THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME. ALASKA
Telephone: Main 125 P. O. Box 618
$1 50 PER MONTH $16.00 A YEAR
W A. Boucher .. ..Owner-Publisher
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the postoffice
et Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
' Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, March 14, 1951
THE ROAD AHEAD
•i West Point (Miss.) Times Leader
John T. Flynn, the author of the best-selleh, “The
Road Ahead—America's Creeping Revolution,” which
was a staggering revelation of the strides socialism has
been making in this country, recently addressed the
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. He
spoke of the menace of socialized medicine. And then he
said this: “he point I want to stress is that this is not
just a fight for socialized medicine.... The field of med
icine is just one battlefield in a general war-The war
is upon our whole economic and social system.... There
is another battlefield in agriculture, under the incred
ible terms of the administration-backed Brannan Plan
.... There is still another battle-ground in the field of
industry where through the administration - backed
Spence bill they propose to make the first dangerous
step in government-owned and government-planned
industrial plants. . .. There is still another in the field
of credit.... .
“The Federal government is now planning to get
its hooks into the schools by gradually invading them
by means of tax grants.Unfortunately, each of
these battlefields is more or less neglected save by the
/*
We enjoyed this original poem so much that
we thought our readers would enjoy it also. Mil
dred Herman is well known here, having been head
of OPA in Alaska and a prominent club woman.
#
Happy Birthday to Me
The years pass on, I bow to fate, And on my birthday cogitate:
A backward look at years now passed,
They traveled furiously and fast
Those youthful years of play and fun,
Finished when they’d scarce begun,
Those middle years of joy and hope,
Just part of life’s kaleidescope.
•
Salute to the years that lie ahead;
The present goes, the past is dead.
Pan, from today, tomorrow’s gold,
It CAN be fun—this growing old.
Good health to cheer, good friends to greet
Good books to read, good folks to meet,
Good work to do, good food to eat,
Good fights to win, good foes to beat,
A cat to purr, a fire to heat,
And from my spacious window seat,
A panoramic view complete. :. •*.;
• • .. !* .* ^ . •*? •• • v ... •
So THINK your good wishes, and WAFT them this way:
For T have a good life, and I’m SIXTY today.
* ... • ■ • * * - . .■ ■*•
—Mildred Herman, February 28, 1951 |
group which happens to be involved in any given attack.
What I want to impress on you is that each of these bat
tles is every man’s battle. ... The coming of socialized
medicine will be speeded by the coming of socialized
power. . . . The doctor, the educator, the free working
man, the banker, the farmer, the manufacturer, the free
citizen must each of them realize that no more battles
can be lost and that wherever the attack is pressed all
must fly to the defense.”
■ ■■ ■ —— ■ ■■ ■" — « ■■■■■■ ~
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS |
ELIGIBLE FOR ALASKA
MERIT SYSTEM EXAM
Arrangements are being made
so mat the seniors in the high
school may participate in the Al
aska Merit System examinations
on either April 27 or May 4. These
examinations will be for the posi
tions of Junior Clerk-Typist and
Clerk-Stenographer.
The Alaska Merit System will
provide all examination material.
The commercial instructor will
administer the examinations dur
ing regular class time, returning
the papers to the Merit System
office for scoring. Reports will be
made to the school authorities,
giving the grade for each pupil
and a distribution of the grades
for the Territory. This will enable :
the school authorities to make j
comparison of the abilities of their i
students with the students in the
other schools of the Territory.
Pupils earning passing grades
will be eligible for appointment to
vacancies in the territorial offices
of the Employment Security Com
mission and the departments erf
Health and Public Welfare, with
offices in Ketchikan, Wrangell,
Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks and
Home. The starting salary for a
Junior Clerk-Typist is $250 i n
Southeast Alaska, and $287<50
elsewhere. The starting salary for
Junior Clerk-Stenographer is $260
in Southeast Alaska and $299 else
where.
The examinations will consist
of a practical whitten examina
tion of 100 questions, largely of
the objective type, in the fields
of arithmetic, spelling, vocabulary,
filing, punctuation, English usage,
and office practice. For the typing
test pupils will type from copy
for ten minutes, with the papers
scored for both speed and accura
cy. The "shorthand test will con
sist of a new type of examination
which requires copying in short
hand and answering questions
based upon the shorthand notes.
Nineteen out of the twenty-two
ST. PATRICK'S DAY roll*
around every year just like ii
has for the past several hun
dred years and always seems
to come on the same day—
March 17.
This year it Is no exception
—it will fall on the same day
—Saturday# March 17#
No good Harp will ever lei
the occasion slip by without a
bit of a celebration. So bring
your shellaleigh and your clay
pipes and wear your green ties
and hair ribbons and we'll see
you at the Arctic Club Hall
Sat. night. Any time after eight
will be fine.
By the way. the proceeds
from this little party will be
placed in a fund which will
help finance a summer catech
ism class at SL Joseph's
Church. It is hoped that like
last summer two nuns from
Holy Cross can come over to
conduct these classes.
The men of the Holy Name ^
Society are sponsoring this lit
tle get-together. They tell us
that the admission is 501 and
there will be plenty of coffee
and cake.
(Paid Advertisement)
JUNEAU to PLAY ANCHORAGE
FOR ALL-ALASKA
BASKETBALL TITLE
Juneau High is playing Anchor
age for the All-Alaska Basketball
Title this week. \ .
j.
■> Three games will be played re
gardless of who wins the first two.
Juneau won over the Ketchikan
team for the Southwestern title
while the Anchorage team is the
winner from the Fur Rendezvous
for the rest of Alaska.
Alaska high schools teaching com
mercial subjects participated in
the examinations last year. It is
anticipated that there will be one
hundred percent participation this
year.
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
(Continued from Page One)
and two pilots for Wien Airlines
—W. S. Johnson and George
Clayton.
A. Polet brought word from our
legislators in Juneau that they
invited the people’s pleasure on
all matters coming up. Mr. Polet
praised the 20th Legislature as
the “best body of willing and con
scientious men, considerate and
hardworking for the best interest
of the Territory of Alaska.”
The following resolution was
adopted:
WHEREAS: The Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce,
through the efforts of its mem
bers and the legislators of the Sec
ond Division did foster and en
courage the establishment of the
Alaska Development Board to fill
the need of an organization to
have in charge the economic and
industrial dvelopment of the Ter
ritory and
WHEREAS: Since its creation
has favorable demonstrated a sin
cere effort and have accomplished
so much in the interest of the eco
nomic and industrial life which is
reflected in the large increase in
business and the amazing growth
in the population of Alaska and
WHEREAS: Therefore it is evi
dent that the money invested in a
Development Board or spent in
advertising the resources and po
tentialities of Alaska will bring
results commensurate ter the ex
penditures; so -therefore be it
RESOLVED: That we urge the
20th Legislature to appropriate
the full amount as recommended
by the Bureau of Budget the sum
of $200,000 for the Alaska Devel
opment Board, and be it further
RESOLVED: That the full
i amount asked by the Alaska Visi
' tors Association of $60,000 at dol
lar per dollar basis be appropria
ted*
House Limits
Truman’s Power
WASHINGTON, INS, The House
yesterday dealt President Truman
a surprise defeat by voting 227 to
167 against granting him emer
gency authority to establish new
defense agencies.
The Senate already has ap
proved such powers for the Presi
dent and the House had been ex
pected to follow suiL
Unless the House reverses itself
Mr. Truman must now act under
the permanent reorganization law
in establishing new agencies or
reorganizing existing groups and
functions.
The President objected to this
procedure because a 60-day wait
1 is involved before reorganization i
plans can become effective. Dur-!
ing this time, either branch off
Congress may reject the Presi
dent’s proposal by a majority vote
of the entire membership.
AFRS RADIO NEWS
B7 Ken O'Donnell
Hi Folks— Once again your
Armed Forces Radio Station would
like to inform you of its weekly
radio schedule which this week
includes quite a rearrangement of
programming and six new addi
tional programs sent to us by Los
Angeles to try and step up the
quality of our radio entertainment.
First on the agenda this week
we have five 30-minute programs
in titled "Juke Box USA/’ Starring
motion picture actress Rebel Ran
dall, spinning the latest and great
est in the recording field. This
program will be beamed your way
Monday thru Friday from 5:30
until 6 p.m. ^
The next addition to our sched
ule will, I hope, please that seg
ment of the listening audience
that prefers Western Music and
the latest scoops on Western do
ings brought your way on Red
Harpers "Hollywood Roundup.”
Program time 7:30 p.m., Friday
evening.
At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon the
“Air Force Hour” resumes the
popular musical series with the
Air Force Band under the direc
tion of Lt. Col. George S. Howard.
Soloists are M-Sgt. Glenn Dar
win and Lt. Cass Bielski with the
Singing Seargents Chorus. This
program replaces Music by Faith,
usually heard at the above time.
Jane Pickens stars on the 30
minute program “Chamber Music
Society (of Lower Basin Street)”
scheduled for broadcast at 3:30
every Sunday afternoon. Featured
on the program are Henry “J0[ot
Lips” Levine, Gene Hamilton and
the Escourtiers.
To fit these programs into our
schedule at a convenient time for
our listening audience, we have
had to do quite a bit of rearrang
ing of the entire week’s schedule
which is listed in each edition of
the Nome Nugget* and we suggest
that you consult these schedules
for the change in time of broad
casting other favorites on your
radio entertainment Hit Parade.
We regret very much to an
nounce that due to the constant
increase in programs from Los
Angeles, it is necessary to de
crease the six half-hour programs
“The Greatest Story Ever Told”
to two half-hour programs which
will come to you at 8:30 p.m. on
Wednesday evening and at 2:30
p.m. Sunday afternoons.
The volcano Mauna Loa re
mains as an escape vent for the
volcanic activity that formed the
Hawaiian Islands.
SOMETHING GOOD
EVERY DAY
I . ' •
Arctic Luftch
“The Home of Fine Foods”
and Coffee
PIONEER CARD PARTY
Thursday, March 29 — 8:00 P.M.
PRIZES FOR EACH NIGHT OF SERIES
GRAND PRIZES DOOR PRIZE
REFRESHMENTS
Everyt: 3y Welcome Admission $1.00
. . * * A A A ^ A A A A A A A