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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
HORSE SENSE FROM RIDGWAY
General Matthew Ridgway, now Allied command
er in Europe, gave senators who are members of the
Senate Armed Forces Committee a clear picture of the
dilemma in Korea, when he passed through Washing
ton on his way to his new European post.
To those politicians and retired military men who
have been screaming for a new offensive in Korea.
General Ridjgway’s words are a much-needed antidote.
When asked by a member of the Senate committee
whether he had a plan to end the war, Ridgway did
not fall into the political trap and assert that if he were
entirely free to run the show, he could end the conflict.
Instead, he pointed out that there was no simple solu
tion to the Korean fighting and that the solution rested
in the political sphere and not in the military field.
General Ridgway also pointed out that to rout the
Communists in North Korea and run them to the Chi
nese border would not necessarily end the war. This is
the one monumental point which so many Americans
have blindly refused to understand in the last twelve
months.
U. S. JOB TACTICS
The National Civil Service League has charged
that millions of dollars are being wasted in federal
personnel operations through “red tape, duplication of*
effort, paper-shuffling.” A report released by the
league, prepared by former G-man Melvin Purvis,
charges that:
1. Government recruiting of employees is waste
ful.
2. The maze of government administration regu
lations defeats effective utilization of personnel.
3. Fifty to sixty percent of the top jobs in new
defense agencies are being filled by persons brought in
Communists Request 24
Hour Recess Truce Talks
MUNSAN, (/P) — The snarled
Korean armistice talks are in re
cess for 24 hours at Communist
request. The Reds gave no reason
for asking cancellation of Wed
nesday’s session, but the U. N.
Command immediately agreed.
The recess came just one day
after Gen. William K. Harrison,
Jr., painstakingly reviewed the
April 28 Allied plan for exchang
ing war prisoners and suggested
that it offers the Communists a
face-saving way to end the long
stalemate.
Some observers have speculated
that the Communists are studying
carefully Harrison’s lengthy re-'
view of the prisoner problem.
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Third Class Mailing
Permit Rates Increased
WASHINGTON, (JP)—Users of
the bulk third class mailing priv
ilege got a 30-million-dollar-a
year hike in their postal charges
Tuesday.
The long - standing minimum |
charge of one cent per piece went
up to one and a half cents per
piece — another of the staggered
postage increases authorized by
Congress last year to help wipe
out the recurring postal deficit.
The increase, however, will not
apply to religious, charitable and
fraternal groups, which will con
tinue to enjoy the one-cent-per
piece minimum charge.
Those using bulk mailing of
third class matter pay an annual
$10 fee for the privilege.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
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$1,500,000 Reno Robbery
Principals Are Sentenced
CARSON CITY, Nev., (yP) —
Mrs. Jeanne D’Arc Michaud, 36- i
year-old self-styled brains of the |
$1,500,000 Redfield burglary, has
been sentenced to five years in
a federal women’s prison.
Mrs. Michaud probably will be
sent to the federal reformatory
for women at Alderson, W. Va.
She will became eligible for par
ole after serving 20 months.
Leona Mae Girando, 40, Reno
cocktail waitress, convicted of
transporting $11,000 of the loot
across state lines, was sentenced
to a year and a day in a federal
women’s prison.
Bentan Henry Robinson, 63, a
dude ranch handyman and Mrs.
Michaud’s contact with the under
world, was sentenced to four
years in prison.
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Basement-Dwelling
Detroit Tigers To
Get New,Manager
DETROIT, (/P) — It appeared
pretty certain Wednesday that
Red Rolfe is going to be fired as
manager of the Detroit Tigers.
Still undecided was the choice of
a new manager for the last-place
American league club.
Rolfe, nearly everybody agreed,
is going to* get the axe Saturday,
and he appeared resigned to his
fate.
Walter Briggs, president of the
Detroit club said he will go be
fore the directors and recommend
a change in managers for the rest
of the 1952 season. But he said
he did not know who the new
manager will be.
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directly by supervisors, thus eliminating competition
for important posts.
4. Certain agencies, such as the Defense Depart
ment, are sending many officers to civilian law schools,
although the department already has on hand thous
ands of officers with law degrees who are not being
used in legal work.
5. The cost to the government in cutting em
ployees from its payroll is far too high. (It was esti
mated that it would cost the government $50,000,000
to remove 25,000 persons from the payroll.)
The National Civil Service League is doing the
nation a service in pointing out defects in the govern
ment’s job tactics. Untold millions can be saved if the
recommendations of the league are followed. However,
the history of recent years shows that it is an extremely
difficult job to overhaul the federal government’s per
sonnel machinery. Only through voter-insistence will
the necessary steam be generated to force such reorgan
izations and economies through Congress.
Girl Scouts To Encamp
At Dexter Saturday A.M..
All Girl Scouts are gathering
Saturday morning at 10:00 at the
school with their baggage and
sandwiches for their summer en
campment at Dexter.
Due to the fact that there are
a limited number of leaders, all
scouts except the Brownies will
have their encampment together
this year.
Brownie Day will be Tuesday,
July 15 and details for this trip
will be announced later. ^
LOVE FAMILY IN NORWAY
Frank Love, formerly engineer j
with the U.S. Smelting Co. here, j
reports that the project on which
he has been working in Norway i
is about completed and has been
turned over to the Norwegians.
As soon as his work terminates,
he and his family are making a
tour of Europe and will return to
America by boat in time for the
children to start school.
He said that the children speak
excellent Norwegian and did re
markably well in school, where
they spoke Norwegian.
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H. KELL MEETS NOMEITES
IN SEATTLE
Hazel Kell sends greetings from
Seattle, stating she was among
225 Alaskans who met with the
cast of “The World In His Arms.”
Other Nomeites she met at the
luncheon given at the Norse
lander included Jim Gaffney, who
heads the Pioneer re * union at
Woodland Park on Aug. 10; Carl
Lomen, Mrs. Fred Jones, Dick
Sundquist, Mrs. Ross Kinney,
Mrs. Charles Cavey, and Mr. and
Mrs. Slim Rydeen.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Lola Ost and Blesida
Remarka.
Discharged: David Oksataruk.
SMITTY’S CAB I
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Communists Suffer
11,316 Casualties in June
SEOUL, (ff)—A powerful Allied
raiding column knifed into Com
munist territory in western Ko
rea Tuesday and virtually wiped
out a Chinese company before
pulling back, the U. S. Eighth
Army announced Wednesday.
U.N. headquarters in Tokyo
said the raiding force was of bat
talion strength, 750 to 1,000 men.
The Eighth Army said the Com
munists suffered 11,316 casualties
in June—the heaviest toll in five
months.
Low clouds grounded U. N.
fighter-bombers and jet fighters
Wednesday, but propellor-driven
B-26 bombers pounded Commun
ist troop positions along the 155
mile battlefront.
MINK SKINS IN 'SILVER BLUE'
AT FURRIERS CONVENTION
BALTIMORE, (A3)—Mink skins
in the new “silver blue” shade
went on display here Wednesday
as the Master Furriers Guild of
America opened its 23rd annual
international convention exposi
tion.
A coat from a silver blue mink
costs in the neighborhood of
$30,000. Understandably, most of
them are made up into stoles and
scarfs that don’t require so many
pelts.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Dining room table,’
$35. Call Nugget. tf
WANTED—Dishwasher, over 21.
Bering Sea Club. ' 80
LOST — Gold nugget cross. Re
ward. Call Munz Airways. 80
FOUND — Six keys on a ring
near Dry Creek Bridge. Call
at Nugget Office.
FOR SALE — Woman’s mouton
parka, cross fo*x ruff, $75. 11
stripe sheared beaver coat,
small size. Call Main 21. 80
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FOR SALE—1942 Pontiac Sedan.
Call Nugget.
COOK WANTED—For month of
July. Apply at MMM Hos
pital. 79
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