THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone 443 - 2381 $1.50 PER MONTH
P. O. Box 610 $16.00 A YEAR
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
THE LIGHT STILL SHINES
The Christmas Star
THIS SEASON, the Christmas Star will burn again at the tip
of countless millions of tinseled trees, in the heavens and i
in the hearts of men across the world, to remind them of their
heritage.
Man-made stars circle the earth and in this country, what I
ever their material importance, their deeper significance has !
been to make us, a nation and as individuals, to drop our petty
preoccupations and reassess our strengths, our purposes and our |
basic faith.
Christ challenged the free individual to discipline himself
and reach beyond his apparent capacity to gain a reward without
price. This has ever been the hard core strength of Christmas
everywhere. To draw’ on this strength, America was dedicated
to freedom.
The wisdom of this dedication is once again questioned, and
as we turn to answer, let us pause this Christmas to remember
the source of our strength and our mission as a nation to make
this world more habitable and to keep alive the fires of reason
and freedom for men everywhere. In this His words will guide us
"for what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world, and
lose himself, or ke cast away”
Christmas is not just another holiday, but the birthday of
Christ.
F
!
MODERN CLEANERS
JIM * RUTH McLEAN
Castro's Ransom
For Prisoners Is
1st In 20tli Century
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel
Castro has become the first head
of state in the 20th Century to suc
cessfully exact commercial goods
in exchange for prisoners of war.
The Cuban leader accomplished
that Friday when he signed an
agreement to swap 1.113 prisoners
captured in the unsuccessful Bay
of Pigs invasion in April 1961 for
much needed medical supplies and
food.
The last international ransom
was demanded of the Allies by the
German Gestapo chieftain Hein
rich Himmler during World War
ir.
Himmler offered to exchange the
lives of a million Jews for 10,000
trucks. The offer. negotiated
t1 rough a Hungarian intermediary
by the late Adolf Eiehmann, was
refused.
However, ever since man real
ized the commercial potential in
holding his prisoners hostage in
stead of killing them, ransom has
been a profitable adjunct of war
fare.
Ransom was so commonplace in
the wars of the Middle Ages that
it became an accepted part of the
customs of war.
Knights had the right to ransom
hemselves from their captors,
r’neir retainers back home were
obligated to chip in as needed.
When Richard the Lion-Hearted
if England was captured in Vienna
.vhile disguised as a woman, the
-cnights of England contributed $4
each toward his ransom.
To raise the rest of the $500,000
ransom, the English levied what
scholars have said was the first
tax on movable property. Late in
the 100 Years War. the French
paid $2.5 million to free King John
from the British. The sum was so
large it had to be paid on an in
stallment agreement.
Bond Advisor Retained
JUNEAU (fP — John Nuveen &
Co., Chicago, has been retained to
continue as financial advisor to
the State Bond Committee on the
sale of state bonds. Commerce
Commissioner A. H. Romick said
Saturday.
Romick, chairman of the State
Bond Committee, said the firm of
Preston, Thorgrimson, Starin and
Ellis, Seattle, has been retained as
bond counsel.
r
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
MEETING POSTPONED
UNTIL THURSDAY. DEC. 27
To Make Mittens and Mukluks
If you're thinking of making fur
mittens or mukluks. but don’t
know how to do it. the Cooperative
Extension Service of the Univer
sity of Alaska has the answer in
a new publication.
It's available free from am Ex
tension Service off ice or from the
Information Office. Cooperative
Extension Service, University of
Alaska, College, Alaska. Ask for
“Making Mukluks and Mittens with
Fur," Extension Publication No. 4.
No two zebras have exactly the i
same stripe pattern.
MAC GETS A JOB
PALM SPRINGS. Fla. </P) — Gen.
Douglas MacArthur has taken a
temporary assignment, the White
House announced today. He was
named to arbitrate a dispute over
certification of athletes for the
1U()4 Olympic team.
Press secretary Pierre Salinger
said the five-star general, at the
request of President Kennedy, will
try to referee a dispute over certi
fication between the Amateur
Athletic Union and the National
Collegiate Athletic Assn.
Thorulf Lehmann Sr., former
businessman here who retired
when he sold his store to the
N.C. Co., is now in his <)4th year
and in good health.
H
... ulliX)v tfie q^wjl. Unit uhm
cor.ic, (jod ,-Uvct' jo ltd hi 5 Son
GALATIANS 4 A
Our Savior's
Lutheran Church
11:00 a.m. Christmas Day
Festival Service
6:00 p.m. Christmas Day
Pot Luck Supper. Bring your
own food and silver at 5:30
7:30 p.m. Sunday School
Program
{0mi
GLUE POT
VERN MILLER, Prop.
*
1
May Christmas bring you all the joy and love and
warmth that Christ our King gave to mankind the
Holy Night He came to earth.
This Christmas Blessing is sent to you as a sincere
message of appreciation for honoring us with your
friendship and patronage. To every one of our
policy holders, as well as every other fine citizen
of this area, we extend sincere Greetings for the
Season.
EMILY BOUCHER, Agent
BOX 610
NOME, ALASKA