THE NOME NUGGET
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E. P. BOUCHER .*. Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY
While shipping conditions remain paralyzed and
the Division continues to be without a judge, it seems
an excellent time to give the business men of our com
munity and their supporting organizations, a word
of appreciation for their efforts to relieve the distress
and avert an economic crisis.
The Northwestern Alaska merchant, under nor
mal conditions, has a difficult position to fill as he
orders supplies in the fall to last the community
through the entire winter so that it will not be neces
sary to fly in staples at prohibitive prices during the
winter months.
Now the merchant is faced with the same prob
lem of ordering enough to last until the strike is
settled. As such settlement is a matter of ‘‘if” and
■when”—how much to order becomes a tremendous
responsibility and financial load.
Sailors' Union Lundeberg is apparently not par
ticularly interested in studying the conditions of
northern Alaska, as he is reported taking off for
Sweden and has inferred the strike cannot be settled
during his absence.
One Nome merchant has aptly stated it: “Putting
a 10,000-ton ship on the Nome run is like putting the
Queen Mary on the Seattle-Bremerton run.” The fact
that the Seafair has no cold storage or cool room only
adds insult to injury.
FINAL 1950 CENSUS FIGURES
The Census Bureau recently announced that final
figures on the 1950 census showed a total United States
population of 154,233,000. That figure applies to April
1, 1950. I
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growing so fast that this figure is already out of date
and that there might be anywhere between 156,000,000
and 160,000,000 Americans in the United States today.
The Department of Commerce estimates that U.S.
population increases at the rate of one every thirteen
seconds.
The final Census Bureau report shows that 44
states gained population in the decade between 1940
and 1950, although South Dakota, Mississippi, Arkan
sas and Oklahoma lost population. California was the
fastest growing state and jumped from fifth to second
place in total population.
The figues now stand: New York State, 14,830,192;
California, 10,586,223; Pennsylvania, (the state edged
out of second place by California), 10,498,012.
Other fast-growing states are Florida and Wash
ington, each of which moved up seven positions; Ari
.zona, Maryland and Virginia.
SUP’s Harry Lundeberg Says:
**\\ e Are Siek and Tired of Hearing
There Is a Food Shortage In Alaska”
(By the Associated Press) ,
Alaska's Gov. Gruening await
ed a reply Thursday to his second
appeal to the Sailors Union of the
Pacific for emergency ships to
carry food and other supplies to |
the far north territory.
Lundeberg flatly rejected Gov.
Gruening’s first appeal Wednes- i
day for the release of two Alaska j
Steamship Co. Knot-type ships to
take supplies to Alaska.
He said: “We are sick and tired
of hearing that there is a food
shortage in Alaska. As far as we
are concerned there are all kinds j
of ships running to Alaska.
“Why, they are not able even j
to get enough cargo for the Sea
fair . . .
“We have told them time and
again that we will not release the
struck Alaska Steamship Com
pany ships.”
The Governor said he told
Lundeberg: “Although you re
quested me not to ask for relief j
of any Alaska Steamship vessels
in the future, experience now in
dicates that no satisfactory alter
natives are available . . . we
have tried all the proposed alter
natives and they do not meet the
situation.”
Gruening said the Seafair, due
in Seattle about June 5 from San
Francisco, will not reach Nome
until late July and will not take
care of all Seward Peninsula
ports. He asked that two Knot
type Alaska Steamship vessels be
released—one to go to Nome and
other Bering Sea points, and the
other to Southeastern Alaska.
Both Houses of Congress
Pass Appropriation Bills
To Enable Early Wind*up
WASHINGTON, UP)— The log
jam of Congress* mone}' bills fin
ally has broken — on a multi
billion dollar scale.
And the breakup is proceeding
so fast that leaders were talking
with some confidence Friday of
being able to wind up the session
—and the 82nd Congress — for
good, a week from Saturday.
The House scheduled the open
ing of debate Friday on its last
pending appropriation bill — 10
billion dollars in new funds for
foreign aid, military projects and
other purposes next year.
And the Senate, which has been
lagging far behind the House,
was in the throes of a get-out-of
town fever.
Moose Meets Car
—Nothing Happens
BERLIN, N.H., (/?) — Richard
Pinette, a Berlin school teacher
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driving along a narrow country
road was stopped by a bull moose
which loomed in front of his car.
The moose wouldn’t move —
Pinette didn’t dare to. A bull
moose when irked can do a lot
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of damage.
Man and beast started at each
other for almost 15 minutes.
Along came another car. Two
was too much for the moose.
He shook his head and saun
tered away.
Traffic resumed.
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Miss Universe Beauty Contest
To Be Judged Abstractly On
Basis of Natural Beauty Alone
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LONG BEACH, Calif., (/P) — <
Beauty, in any language, is much
more than skin deep. The Miss
Universe pageant is out to prove
it. ;
The loveliest of the Orient ver
sus the prettiest of the Occident,
and a few points in between.
How to choose between East
and West is a matter that would
perplex the amateur observer.
But Oscar Meinhardt, Miss
Universe impressario and former
producer of the Miss America
shows in Atlantic City, N.J., has
the problem well in hand.
“The girls will be judged ab
stractly on the basis of natural
beauty alone,” he says. The prob- ,
lem then became one of finding
abstract judges.
This was harder, but Mein
hardt thinks he has it licked with
a board of nine judges headed by
Vincent Trotta, former motion
picture art director. Trotta was a
judge for 16 years at Atlantic
City and still has no astigmatism.
The board also includes film
players Arlene Dahl and Gilbert
Roland.
The most important compo
nents of natural beauty, Mein
hardt believes, are face and fig
ure (best gauged in a bathing
suit), personality and charm (as
displayed in native costume), and
grace and bearing (best judged in
evening gown). The Miss Uni
verse finals Saturday will be
judged on appearance in each
garment.
The Miss Universe contestants,
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exclusive of the U.S. representa
tive to be selected from state win
ners Friday night, average 20
years, 5-5, 121 pounds, with vital
statistics of 34%, 24 and 35. The
foreign entrants include 20 bru
nettes, seven blondes and two
redheads.
Heat generated when steel is
dissolved in acid is slightly great
er when a coiled spring is dis
solved than when one without
tension is used.
Early-Day Alaskans Will
Be Honored at Alaska Day
Luncheon On Monday
SEATTLE, (A>)—Old time Alas
kans will be honored guests at
Alaska Day luncheon here next
Monday.
Other honor guests will be Ann
Blyth, Hollywood star, and Mayor
Allan Pomeroy. Miss Blyth is in
Seattle for the premiere of the
motion picture “The World in His
Arms,” which has an Alaskan set
ting.
Among the old - time Alaskan
guests will be Dr. Kristian Fal
kenberg, who went over the Ed
monton Trail to Dawson during
the Gold Rush; Capt. A. J. God
dard, who piloted the first boat
down the Yukon from Whitehorse
to Dawson; Dan Green, Northern
Chief of the Alaska Yukon Pio
! neers Association; D. E. Griffith,
who promoted the first dog races
in Fairbanks.
Others will be J. F. Heilscher,
early day Valdez resident. Billie
Huson, who took the first piano
to Dawson; Nathan Kresge, dis
coverer of Gold Hill Mine in the
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Klondike; Leonhard Seppala, Al
aska dog musher, and H. A. (Ray
Stewart, Dawson district miner.
On the committee in charge are
Miss Lulu Fairbanks, Glenn Car
rington and Lou Seidenverg.
Steel Strike Will Last
At Least A Week No
Matter What Happens
WASHINGTON, (yP)—The steel
strike was considered certain
Thursday to* continue at least an
other week even if President Tru
man bowed to the will of Con
gress and asked a court to order
the men back to work.
The walkout of more than 600,
000 CIO steelworkers has already
cost more than six million tons
of steel.
The President’s last public com
ment on Taft-Hartley was a curt
remark that Congress has no
power to force its use.
The law calls for a board of
inquiry, appointed by the Presi
dent, to look into the issues in
volved in a dispute and make a
report to the White House. Not
until that has happened — and
customarily it takes at least a
week — can the President ask a
court to issue an order banning -
continuation of the strike for 80
days.
The Steelworkers Union, it was
learned, is considering an attack
on the steel industry through the
same Taft-Hartley law.
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