THE NOME NUGGET
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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.
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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, November 14, 1951
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T. B. SEAL TIME AGAIN
For the 18th year the Alaska Tuberculosis Associ
ation announces its annual Christmas Seal campaign.
H. L. Faulkner, chairman, stated that ‘tubercul
osis is the most important health problem in Alaska.
It is the most dangerous infectious disease, the most
fatal chronic disease, the greatest menace to the health
of young people. It knows no boundaries. On the other
hand it is the most important of the truly preventable
diseases.”
This year Olaf Halverson is local chairman and
with the aid of the Nome school students, will offer
the 1951 seals for sale in units of 100 seals for $1.00.
It is so little to contribute for such an important
cause that many people in the territory are increasing
their contributions each year. Every penny means
further expansion of the program of service. This is
the only appeal made during the year for funds.
PROBLEMS FACED IN REARMING GERMANY
The proposed rearmament of Germany to a limited
extent, raises a question between the three Western
powers and the West German Government.
The Germans, who are called upon to pay the cost
of the troops that now occupy their country, in view
of the unconditional surrender of the Third Reich in
1945, maintain that if they undertake to create a* Ger
man contingent for the international army, they should
be relieved of the occupation costs.
The British and the French, with economies al
ready strained by the expenses of rearmament, assert
that it will be impossible to go to the people of their
countries for the money with which to maintain divi
sions that, in essence, protect the Germans from the
Russians.
Faced with an increasing economic burden, the
British and French are utterly unable to speed up their
own rearmament and, at the same time, pick up the
cost of occupying Germany. The German Government,
in its own behalf, points out that it is unable to pay
the cost of maintaining three Allied armies inside its
borders and, at the same time, bear the expense of
recruiting, training and rearming a German contingent.
In this dilemma, the three nations are inclined to
assume that the only possible solution is for the United
States to provide West Germany with weapons and
equipment, or make a loan that will enable the West
Germans to buy weapons and equipment.
Stines l )iscloses
Plans To Dredge
For Tin Ore *
SEATTLE, (/P) — An Alaska
mining engineer says the need for
strategic metals is spurring inter
est in tin and bismuth operations
in the Nome area.
Norman Stines, the engineer,
said the situation is prompting
explorations of many northern
properties.
He says he’s going back in the
spring when the Zenda Gold
Mining Co., start exploration of
tin properties on the Seward Pen
insula under a participating loan
granted by the Federal Defense
Minerals Administration.
Stines said the plan calls for
converting tin operations to a
dredge program, first time a
dredge has been used in tin op
erations. He said an electric
dredge now on Nome creek in
the Fairbanks area will be dis
mantled and hauled overland 160
miles to Circle. There it will be
rebuilt on pontoons and floated
down the Yukon river, thence
j northward along the Bering Sea
] shore to Tin City.
Stines also reports much inter
! est in the Nome area in a bismuth
operation on Charley Creek—first
in the territory—where a vein of
quartz, rich in bismuth and sul
phide of bismuth, has been un
covered. It is about 30 miles north
of Nome.
Many Businesses Still
Delinquent OPS Filings
Many business men are still de
j linquent in filing and other re
quirements of Office of Price Sta
bilization regulations, Charles W.
Preston, Fairbanks branch man
ager said last week.
Preston said most of those de
linquent are in the service trades.
All businesses which sell a ser
vice at retail are required to file
a list of their ceiling prices with
the O.P.S. Deadline for filing was
September 25. Businesses in this
category would be laundries,
cleaners, garages, repair shops of
all kinds and other similar sellers.
Barbers and beauty shops are ex
empt, however.
Filings may be made either at
the Fairbanks office in the Haj
dukovich Building, Box 589, or
sent to the Office of Price Sta
bilization, Box 2481, Juneau.
Ceiling prices filed must be
those that prevailed during the
base period December 19—Janu
ary 26, last. Service sellers who
increased prices since the base
period did so illegally.
In addition to filing their ceil
ing prices with the O.P.S., service
sellers also must conspicuously
post their prices in their place of
business.
Winston Churchill Gets
Vote of Confidence
LONDON, (/P) — The House of
Commons gave Winston Church
ill’s new Conservative regime its
first vote of confidence Monday
night, beating down by a 39-vote
margin a Labor attempt to halt
repeal of steel nationalization.
Ed’s Barber
Shop
(Back of Alaska Airlines)
Haircut . 1.25
Shave .. 75
OPEN EVERY EVENING
EXCEPT SUNDAY
AND MONDAY
6:15 to 8:00 p.m.
Declares South
Does Not Owe
Loyalty to Party
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., —
Gov. James E. Byrnes of South
Carolina declared today the south
owes its loyalty to no political
party or candidate in next year’s
presidential election.
The governor told a news con
ference that he is opposed to the
renomination of President Tru
man and would support either
Sen. Richard Russell CD-Ga) or
Sen. Harry Byrd (D-Va) for the
presidency.
He added that “true Ameri
cans owe their loyalty to their
country rather than to any politi
cal party or leader.
And he made it clear that he
believes a southern revolt against
Truman should not be judged on
any basis of political loyalty.
Byrnes’ statements were in
direct answer to a plea from
House Speaker Sam Rayburn for
Southern Democrats to remain
loyal to the Democratic nominee
next year regardless of who he
might be.
Rayburn threw the Southern
Governors’ conference into a tur
moil last night when he pleaded
for party loyalty and also sharp
ly criticized Republicans.
Juneau Flier Indicted
Intent To Defraud U.S.
POCATELLO, Idaho, (JP) —
Shell Simmons of Juneau, Alaska,
and Silas King of Portland, Ore.,
i
pleaded nolo contendre (no con
test) Monday to a charge ol con
spiring with intent to defraud the
U.S. government. The indictment,
handed down by a federal grand
jury investigating surplus pro
perty disposal in Idaho, was modi
fied by the U. S. attorney’s office
before their plea.
King and Simmons wei£ charged
with conspiring with former state
purchasing agent Harold A. Boyd
in disposition of a Grumman
Goose naval airplane.
Boyd also pleaded nolo con
tendre to an embezzlement charge
in connection with disposal of the
plane.
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Washington Area
Overloaded With
“Upper Brass”
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, (/P)_The Sen
ate Preparedness subcommittee
complained today that the Wash
ington area is overloaded with
“upper brass” — high-ranking
military officers — and armed
forces civilian employes.
“It is obvious that the defense
establishment is tending toward
an administrative top - heaviness
that is inefficient, wasteful and
dangerous,” the Armed Services
group said in a report.
“Unless the trend is halted
now we could, in the classic
phrase, wind up with the fight
ing forces composed of “all chiefs
and no Indians.”
The report said there now are
almost as many generals, admir
als and defense establishment
civilians stationed at the Penta
gon and in the general Washing
ton area as there were during
World War II peak strength when
the armed forces were three and
a half times their present size.
In an accompanying letter to
Secretary of Defense Lovett,
chairman Lyndon Johnson (D
Tex), called the situation startl
ing and asked for recommenda
tions to remedy it. There was no
immediate comment from the
Pentagon.
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