THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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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.
Nome, Alaska, Eriday, June 22, 1951
Work to Start Soon
On Alaska’s Only
Bismuth Mine
Nome has been famed for the
past 50 years for its gold produc
tion although many of the mining
men in the area have known of
the vast variety of other minerals
which are to be found here.
In the June issue of the Mining
World, a feature article tells erf
the importance of bismuth which
has now become so important that
it is under strict conservation con
trol and can be used for certain
essential purposes only.
It states that bismuth at Charley
Creek on property owned by O. A.
Margarf, I. Kowalski, Wilson and
Dave Russell, is of particular in
terest. The article points out that
the bismuth was first found on
this property in 1902 by John
Dahl and Louis Erikson but that
the mineral was so cheap from
Asiatic countries that it was not
worth mining here.
According to O. A. Margraf, in
the article, once the placer oper
ation is started, “plans call for
driving adits and sinking shafts
with the lode mining equipment
and should produce 25 tons of
shipping concentrates in 30 days.”
This year’s work should in
dicate the value of the property
and could result in the first bis
muth mine in Alaska, according
to the Mining World.
At present the group is wait
ing for the last five miles of their
road to be- opened by the ARC
so that they can get their sup
plies and equipment in and get
started. They expect to get under
way next week. •
Bruce Russell of Nome, In States,
Likes Fresh Food Best Of All
Bruce Russell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson Russell, made the
front page of the Hoquiam, Wash.,
paper recently with his story on
how he likes the “outside.” He
emphatically told reporters that
what he liked most about the
States was FOOD, with fresh fruit
and fresh milk being his favorite
foods. His second interest in the
States is outdoor baseball. He
misses his family, he stated and
his job at the Nome Nugget where
he was a most efficient news boy,
carrying the refute to Marks Air
Force Base.
Roiarians Welcome Back
Several Returning Members
Rotarians welcomed -back sev
eral members at their luncheon
yesterday including Bud Harper,
who has been gone several months
and who enjoyed a trip into Can
ada, visiting relatives whom he
had not seen for 30 years. Bill
Cameron, who just returned from
South America, and Larry Galvin
who has been away for several
months on business, were also
welcomed back.
It was announced that ,T. J.
Dillon and Larry Galvin would
report on the Rotary convention
at the next meeting.
Everett Adams, new employe of
the U. S. Mercantile was a guest.
Hurley Terms
Yalta Agreement
Red Appeasement
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Patrick J.
Hurley accused the State Depart
ment Thursday of making “a de
liberate attempt to disparage me”
in' its 1949 “White Paper” on
China.
Hurley, World War II ambassa
dor to China, was testifying for
the second day at the Senate in
quiry into the dismissal of Gen.
MacArthur.
Much of the questioning, as on
the first day, turned toward the
Yalta agreement.
Senator Wiley (R-Wis) brought
out that one of those who attended
the Yalta conference was Alger
Hiss, a State Department official
( since jailed for perjury. Hiss was
convicted of lying when he swore
i he did not give U. S. secrets to
' a pre-war Communist spy ring.
Wiley noted that Hurley, in his
testimony Wednesday, had bijtter
I ly denounced the 1945 Yalta ag
! reement as an “immoral and cow
ardly” pact which he said
amounted to appeasement of Com
munism.
B. C. Sailors Union
Withdraws Strike Notice
VANCOUVER, B. C., (/P)—The
Seafarers International Union
withdrew a strike notice Wednes
day night after three steamship
companies serving the upper Brit
ish Columbia coast made an un
disclosed wage offer.
Some 900 seamen on 22 ships
were to have gone on strike at
midnight tonight to support de
mands for an additional $30 a
month above the basic deckhand
pay of $153.
Federal Conciliator G. R. Cur
rie revealed the union’s decision
to withdraw the strike notice “as
a result of a further offer by the
companies concerned,” the Can
adian Pacific, Canadian National,
and Union Lines.
The union posted the strike no
tice after the seamen had re
jected the companies’ offer to in
crease wages $13.87 a month.
KODIAK, (JP) — Lt. Ben W.
Sevier, of Midland, Texas, died
in a bomber crash at Kodiak
Naval Air Station last Friday, the
Navy reported yesterday.
The Navy announcement said
Sevier was pilot of P2-V Neptune
which overshot the air station
runway. Lt. W. H. Cranford, San
Bernardino, Calif., was seriously
injured in the crash. Ensign E. A.
Kutschers, Hays Springs, Neb
raska, suffered minor injuries.
TWO CASES OF, FOLIO
REPORTED IN NOME
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mates is considered all right. He
also stated that plans for Girl
Scout Canip should go ahead as
planned.
A list of Do’s and Dont’s are
presented here from the June
issue of the Alaska Health maga
zine:
DO
Allow children to play with
friends they have been with right
along. Keep them away from new
people, especially in the close dai
ly living of a home.
Wash hands carefully before eat
ing and always after using the
toilet—especially important when
polio is around. Also keep food
clean and covered.
Watch for signs of sickness, such
as headache, fever, sore throat,
upset stomach, sore muscles, stiff
neck or back, extreme tiredness
or nervousness, trouble in breath
ing or swallowing.
Put a sick person to bed at once,
away from others, and call the
doctor. Quick action may lessen
crippling.
Telephone your local chapter of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, if you need help.
Locate through telephone book or
health department. No patient
need go without care for lack of
money. Your chapter will pay
what you cannot afford.
Remember—at least half of all
polio patients get well without any
crippling.
DON'T
Get overtired toy hard play, ex
ercise, work or travel. This means
men, women, or children.
I Get chilled. Don’t bathe or swim
long in cold water, or sit around
in wet clothes.
Have a throat operation during a
polio outbreak.
Use another person’s towels, dish
es, tableware or the like.
Take children to places where
there is polio. Ask your health
department.
Take your child out of camp or
playground, where there is good
health supervision.
11 Medal of Honor Awards
To Kinfolk Dead Soldiers
WASHINGTON, (/P) — General
Omar Bradley said yesterday that
in Korea “the free nations gained
at least one precious year to pre
pare for whatever mayv come.”
He told the kinfolk of 11 gal
lant men of the army to whom he
gave the Medal of Honor, the na
tion’s paramount military deco
ration, that these men made -an
“eminent contribution” to attain
ing that period of grace.
Ten of the men—infantrymen,
engineers, a medic, men and of
ficers—are dead and one is miss
ing in action. Of 23 Medals of
Honor awarded to *army soldiers
who fought in Korea, only three
have been alive and present to
receive them.
“World War III was a distinct
possibility when the 38th parallel
was violated that morning in
June, 1950,” he containued. “Any
signs of weakness on the part of
the United States and her allies—
any shrinking from the challenge
most certainly would have indi
cated that the' free world was
ripe for conquest.”
The Nugget welcomes this
Opportunity
To print for Nome — a fine
Community!
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Mining Scrap Iron,
Relics of Nome’s Past,
Salvaged By Ex-Nomites
Piling higher and higher every
day on the waterfront are relics
of Nome's colorful past. Dredge
buckets, bucket lines, boilers,
dredge parts of all sizes and
shapes, many of them fifty years
old, have been lying on the tundra
rusting away.
They are now being salvaged
for scrap iron by an enterprising
pair of former Nomeites, Charles
Each and J.D. Davidson, who have
made arrangements to ship the
junk to the States.
It is reported that some scarce
materials, such as manganese, are
to be salvaged from the buckets,
as well as other minerals used in
this old machinery.
If these piles of scrap iron could
talk they could tell stories of their
share in the finding of great
wealth. Some of them could tell
heart-breaking stories of those
who came to make a fortune and
lost everything, leaving behind
the machinery as a monument of
their investment.
One old landmark being demol
ished is one of the first dredges
ever built here, known as the
Bourbon Creek dredge. It is re
ported to have taken out over a
million dollars in gold before the
pay dirt ran out. The site of the
first power house is in the same
area.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Passengers to Anchorage: Mr.
and Mrs. Clint Atwood, Ed. E.
Cheatham, C. W. Goldsburg. T. R.
Sowder.
From Anchorage: Cecilia Baier,
Mr. Kadow, Hilda Jones, B. R.
Martin, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Cald
well, Mr. Strandberg;
Harry Arnold, Hcfward Burk
her, Jack Baker, Harold Groon
roos, L. Berlin, Clarence Norton.
To Unalakleet: E. B. Fisher,
Mr.. Reino Sarvola.
Unable to Buy Service
Station, Man Shoots Wife,
Two Daughters and Self
PUYAUJUP, Wash., (/P) — A
service station attendant, disap
pointed over his inability to buy
his own establishment, shot his
wife and two daughters to death
and then committed suicide.
Dead in the shooting were
Glenn Taft, 41; his wife Mary
Ellen, about 40, and their daugh
ters, Glenda Lee 16, and Louise
18.
Richard McCreadies, chief crim
inal deputy for Pierce County,
said Taft shot the other mem
bers of his family with a rifle as
they lay sleeping in bed. Then, he
said, Taft lay down on the bed
beside his wife and shot himself
in the head.
Assistant Chief of Police Jim
Rooker said Taft had been wor
ried about his health and had
wanted to buy a service station
but couldn’t finance it. Rooker
added Taft’s wife apparently had
opposed the venture.
A brother, Lawrence Taft, said:
“For the last three weeks there
had been quite a change in Glenn.
He was usually very jolly. Lately
though, he had been very moody.
I thought it was because he
wasn’t able to buy the service
station.”
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