THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME. ALASKA
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I W. A. Boucher .Owner-Publisher
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the postoffice
•t Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
' Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, May 24, 1950
J SOCIAL SECURITY TAX . . .
Security is a fundamental urge. Self preservation is
f the first principal in human nature. All of us seek as
urances of safety not only for the present but also for
* the future. That urge to protect ourselves and what we
possess is expressed in life insurance, fire insurance,
, theft insurance, etc.
Some people however find it difficult to handle their
own affairs especially that of providing for old age,
k hence that is why Congress enacted the Social Security
Act in 1935.
It is a major element in our national economy and this
past year grew large. If House Bill 6000 passes the Sen
ate it will cost still more and is that the way we want it
to go? This bill would make the old age and survivors
tax based on the first $3600 instead of the $3000.00 now
used. The tax for the employee as well as the employer
wrill rise to 2 percent instead of W* percent in 1951, to
21/* percent in 1960; 3 percent in 1965 and 3 Vi* percent
in 1970. These changes seem unnecessary to be made so
far in advance—making the tax burden heavier by look
ing too far into the future.
SUGGESTS NEUTRALITY FOR FRANCE
French officials are hopeful that the North Atlantic
Treaty nations will avoid any split between the mem
bers of the alliance and the neutral nations of Europe.
They take cognizance of the view expressed by Etien
ne Gilson, member of the French Academy, who main
tains that the world outlook has changed and that the
interest of France requires a policy of neutrality.
Professor Gilson savs that when the North Atlantic
Treaty was signed, the fear was that the Soviet Union
might attack an unarmed Western Europe. In this case,
Europe would have to fight but the United States would
be free to decide what course to adopt.
Now, according to his argument, a conflict is more
likely to occur between “the two giant powers.” In this
case, the United States would have to fight “while it
would be Europe’s turn to choose its course.”
It’s a pleasant life if you have enough money to pay
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CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
Question of the Week—“Should
the ARC funds be spent to main
tain the Kougarok Hailroad or
applied to a new road paralling
the railroad?"
The Chamber of Commerce
met Tuesday noon for their reg
ular noon luncheon meeting with
Sage and Chester Smith, both of
the N.C. Co. Seattle headquarters,
as their guests.
A copy of the letter sent to the
Portland Chamber of Commerce
was read extending a cordial in
v;tation to the tourist groups be
ing sponsored by that Chamber
to Nome and assuring them of
accomodations and entertainment.
Dewey Goodrich, manager for
the N.C.. protested to the Cham
ber and asked for their support in
connection with the surplus sale
of green merchandise being sold
from Marks Air Force Base at
prices below landed cost. He sta
ted that his company would sus
i tain a heavy loss on potatoes due
to this sale. The Chamber was
urged to write to the army dispo
sal department in Anchorage and
protest against the government
competing with local business
houses.
John McNees, reporting for the
Nome Planning Council, stated
provements, fire improvements,
that actual plans for street im
etc. would be presented to the
City Council probably at the next
meeting.
Lester Bronson asked the sup
port of the Chamber for the CAP,
which, he stated, must raise its
funds locally. He explained how
important their program was to
the community and particularly
i n connection wUh search and
rescue.
Larry Galvin, of the publicity
committee was to look into the
purchasing of cuts from the pam
phlet on Nome issued in Seattle
several years ago by the Alaska
Life in connection with the publi
cation of a new Nome booklet.
He also urged the purchasing
of rubber stamps by the mer
chants to make the territory tax
conscious, using such slogans as
“Spend It Wisely”.
All representatives of business
houses present agreed to close
their places of business on Mon
day instead of Tuesday so that
their employees could have the
benefit of a two-day holiday.
Tn answer to a letter sent to
the Alaska Development Board
by the Chamber relative to a
local office here for that board,
the following answer was re
ceived from Juneau.
“Mr. Polet, our Alaska Devel
opment Board member for the
Second Division, has long advoca
ted our establishing an office at
Nome. We have been unable to
do this because of budgetary rea
sons. As you may know, all four
of the senators from the Second
Division voted in the 1947 Legis
lative sessions to completely abol
ish the Alaska Development
Board. These men were O. D.
Cochran, Tolbert Scott, Charles
Jones, and William Munz. They
were also instrumental in that
session in obtaining a vote by
which our Board was given no
.appropriation whatsoever for the
entire biennium. In the 1949 ses
sion Senators Jones and Munz
again voted to cripple the Alaska
Development Board in every pos
sible way but the two new sen
ators who had been elected in the
meantime, Howard Lyng and Ed
The Alaska Development Board,
Anderson, supported us strongly,
as a result, received an appro
Pori Angeles
May Develop
“Gold Rush”
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP)—
Tip-of-the-nation residents were
bitten by the gold bug yesterday.
An assayed’s report that rock
found a few miles to the south as
sayed at more than $120 a ton did
not help to cure their gold fever.
The rock was taken from a
ledge on the farm of Mrs. Grace j
Melick, who lives at the foot of
Mt. Angeles. Despite her efforts !
at secrecy—she had it assayed in
the name of a neighbor—31 per
sons quickly applied to the state
land commissioner’s office at
Olympia for rights to search
state-land in the area.
People here also fearfully ex- ,
pect more to follow.
Robert-A. Lambert of the assay
firm of Lambert and Dent, Seat
tle, said the tested sample mea- ,
sured out at $124.32 worth of gold ,
and silver to the ton of ore. There ,
was only about a dollar’s worth of :
silver.
No one would say whether
there might be more.
“It would take a series of rela- (
tively extensive tests to determine ;
that said Lambert.
“It’s anybody’s guess as to how
extensive the find may be,” said
Sheldon Glover, state geologist at
Olympia. “Gold is where you
find it.”
A former sourdough took a look
at Mrs. Mellick’s samples and
reckoned it could be a real find.
I don’t know. I’d like to see the
exact spot where the rock was
taken from. Maybe it’s just floater
gold. It could be from a mother
lode. Mrs. Mellick seems to think
j so.”
Port Angeles residents hoped—
cautiously—that she was right.
Girl Scout News
The Girl Scouts are celebrating
their 5th birthday with a banquet
on Thursday evening at six o’- i
clock at the Pioneer Hall with
their mothers as guests.
As there are 60 Girl Scouts and
10 Brownies, the committee is
planning for seating of one hun
dred places.
Mrs. Eugene Gallagher, Girl
Scout leader, assisted by the Girl
Scout committee of Mrs. L. Dun
bar, Mrs. J. Fricke, Mrs. J. Hu
dert Mrs. C. C. Tanner and Mrs.
Walter Glavinovich, have been
planning the dinner assisted by
^ the troop leaders Mrs. Lud Urich,
Mrs. Carl Glavinovich, Mrs. Paul
i Galloway and Ilene Harwood.
The main speaker of the even
ing will be Mrs. R. Treat, Who
will talk on girls in Japan. The
! Senior girls have planned a play
and will also perform the Senior
Scout ceremony. There will also
be a special birthday ceremony
as well as group singing.
The Brownies are also taking
part in the program! with singing.
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“Hash Marks” are the navy’s
name for the red or gold service
stripes on an enlisted man’s sleeve.
biennium. This does not permit
priation of $80,000 for the current
us to maintain an office in Nome
or to spend any money on a tour
ist promotion program. Whether
we will be able to proceed toward
these objectives next biennium
will depend entirely on action ta
ken by the 1951 Legislature and
of course, upon the makeup of
that body.
Sincerely yours,
George Sundborg
Consultant
Present Defenses
In Northwest “Are
Adequate Today”
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“gives some protection,” but add
ed. “It was put in by the air force
on a shoestring. There will be a
radar screen, and a good one, in
Alaska and the United States and
at sea. We aren’t having too much
trouble getting the money for it.
“One thing people should un
derstand is that because they can
not see these things doesn’t mean
that no defense is there. The in
terceptor plane, for instance, does
not have to be in your front yard
to defend you.”
General Schmidt, 60 belongs to
a group composed of army, navy,
and air force officers as an agen
cy of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Of the H-Bomb, he said “I be
lieve we can make it and I be
lieve we ought to make it.”
He was cagy in discussing new
weapons, but offered that:
“Our latest anti-aircraft gun
costs something in six figures and
is entirely automatic. It’s some
thing pretty slick.”
“Spring”
While the sun shines brighter day
by day,
And the snow swiftly melts away,
Spring rushes in like a steak of
light,
In the land—where day meets
night.
Since temperatures have risen
from a low point of freeze,
Lighter clothes we’ll be wearing
as each of us agrees,
Off with those coats and heavy
woolen clothes,
No need for parkas cause—
"Spring” has rose!
The roads are thick with mud and
slush, '
Vehicles are jammed in a down
down rush,
Walking is rough and our clothes
get spotted,
From the splashing of mud, that
nature’s allotted.
Hunting will be in season for us
once more,
Animals will show from behind
winter’s door,
Rabbits and fox, and marmot and
muskrat—
Will be the find of a spring hunt
er’s catch.
With the ice soon to break in the
Bering Sea,
Fishing again will be summoned
to thee,
Boats once more will sail to our
shores,
Bringing supplies and equipment
in everlasting scores.
Spring has come in its Easter
glory,
Of hearty welcome in God’s own
story,
Spring has come with its “Memo
rial Month,”
That made its history on a fight
ing front.
Spring has come in all its glory
and splendor,
Of joys and sorrows that we again
remember,
In the light of Alaska’s everlast
ing days,
Spring has come once more our
way!
E. James Liberty,
Sgt., United States Air Force
Home, 297 E. 33rd Street,
Paterson 64, New Jersey.