Post Office Will
Flood Market With
Misprinted Stamps
WASHINGTON J* — The Post
Office Department moved Tuesday
to flood the market with deliber
ately misprinted Dag Hammar
skjnld commemorative stamps to
wipe out the inflated value of un
intentional misprints in the hands
of collectors.
Postal officials acknowledged
the step was certain to bring howls
of protest from collectors holding
stamps resulting from the original
misprint.
But James Kelleher. special as
sistant to Postmaster Gen. J. Ed
ward Day, said new run-offs of
the stamp, with its inverted yel
low background, “will be made
available in unlimited quanitities
... to satisfy collectors’ demands.
Estimates of the value of the
original misprint ran as high as
$500,non for one unbroken 50
stamp pane held by a New Jersey
collector.
“In line with the Postmaster
General's policy of avoiding pro
duction of rare or over-valued
philatelic items,” said an an
nouncement distributed by Kelle
her, “the unusual misprint, exactly
as it appears on the inverted
stamp now known to be in post
offices, will be deliberately repro
duced by the bureau and will
carry the same plate numbers
as the few stamps now in circula
tion.”
The original misprints passed
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spection procedures employed by
the department to catch just such
mistakes.
Stamp collectors prize such im
perfections highly, and the issue
commemorating the late secretary
general of the United Nations had
a big one. At least 400 were print
ed on an inverted plate with the
4-cent mark showing up in the
wrong place.
The Post Office Department said
it's the first time in 44 years
than an imperfection has slipped
onto the market — and it turns
out billions of stamps yearly.
The last time was 1918, when 50
imperfected 24-cent air mail stamps
were circulated. A postal official
recalled that one of them recently
brought $9,000 at an auction.
Mrs. Stan Morgan
Recalls Meeting With
Eleanor Roosevelt
The passing of Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt has brought many kind
memories to people all over the
world, including Nome.
Friday evening Mrs. Stanley
Morgan told of her meeting with
this great woman many years ago
j at the White House.
| She told how she and her hus
| band, then Sgt. Stan Morgan, who
| had been stationed at Pt. Barrow
! with the ACS for many years were
j one a year long furlough, due to
| the length of time they had been
j in the Arctic without a vacation,
j They traveled across the United
States stopping to visit in many
places of interest.
When they arrived in Washing
ton, DC., Mrs. Morgan relates
how a messenger brought an in
vitation to her at the hotel with
a White House crest on it and it
contained an invitation to tea with
the wife of the President.
She was thrilled with the honor
conferred and made the necessary
J plans. Upon reaching the White
[ House and being ushered into a
! large room, she was dismayed to
find herself alone and was hor
; rified with the thought that she j
| had probably arrived on the
wrong day by mistake.
She was about to leave when
Mrs. Roosevelt entered the room
and assured her that it was not
a mistake and that she had in
vited her for tea so that they
could have an interesting talk all
bv themselves as she wanted to
hear about Alaska from a real
i Alaskan woman.
President. Franklin D. Roosevelt
i was on one of his trips to Warm
i Springs, Ga., at the time on a
i visit.
! FOURTH SET OF TWINS
SALEM, Ore. UP) — The fourth
set of twins in as many trips to
the hospital was born Monday to
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman King of
nearby Aumsville.
The infants are boys. The Kings,
who receive welfare payments, j
have a boy and girl, 9; two boys, I
5; and a boy and girl, 2Vi>. They I
had three children before the first !
twins arrived.
King has not been able to work
for some time because of back
injury.
Transistor Radio Test
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Buying a transistor radio? Engineers from Channel Master
Corporation, whose transistor radios are among the largest
selling brands in the U. S., suggest a new and novel way to
test the sensitivity of the set you’re thinking of buying. Turn
the transistor radio up to full volume. Then place it, still play
ing, inside a refrigerator and close the door. If you can still
hear the radio with the door closed, you know the set will
give you good performance practically anyplace. Heavy insu
lation in the refrigerator acts as shielding which prevents all
but the most sensitive sets from playing properly. According
to Channel Master engineers the refrigerator test is a valid
indication of performance only when applied to high perform
ance radios designed for long-distance listening.
(j»iicUti Begins
Digging Out from
Karen's Big Blow
AGANA, Guam liW — Guam be
gan the long, tragic job Tuesday
of clearing the debris left by Ty
phoon Karen, which killed six and
injured hundreds, and damaged
every structure on this American
defense stronghold in the far west
ern Pacific.
Acting Gov. Manuel Guerrero 1
described the four-hour blow as
the “worst disaster” in the is- I
land’s history. Damage far exceed
ed the destruction caused by as
sault bombardment and fighting i
in World War II, when the capital
city of Agana was shot to pieces, j
Guerrero said damage will total !
at least $100 million. Thousand.- ;
of people are homeless and are
being quartered. 48 hours afr the
disaster, in churches, school.- and
other surviving buildings.
Seventeen pre-war years of
building up the island’s ee' now
and installations went down the
drain in a matter of hours, beaten
into wreckage by winds that reach
ed a force estimated between 150
and 170 knots.
In pre-World War II days, ex- j
cept for the city of Agana and
Navy installations at Apra Harbor,
the island’s other towns were
simple native villages. Since then
the United States has spent mil
lions on buildings all over the
island.
The six persons killed were is
land residents. There were no
deaths among American military
Agana again was reduced to
rubble, with its relatively new
frame buildings splintered and
strewn widely.
All power and water facilities
were knocked out. Emergency
crews have been working around
the clock trying to restore some
i electric service and water pump
I ing stations.
Guerrero estimated it would
take four months to complete re
pairs of damage to the utilities.
Water points have been set up
around the island and bucket I
brigades organized to carry water
to homes.
The massive typhoon hit Guam
Sunday night with such violence
that no official measure of the
wind’s intensity was possible. Esti
mates ranged up beyond 170 miles
an hour.
Reinforced concrete house at
Anderson Air Force Base, on the
extreme northern tip of the island,
were damaged severely.
Money Was Still There . . .
PARIS, Tex. UP — In June 1959
Roy Davis lost his wallet with $108
in cash and $33 in checks at his
cleaning shop here.
His son found the wallet this
week in a pile of old laundry bags.
The money and checks were in it.
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Christmas
Is less than two months
away.
And in Nome you plan
early for the holidays, or your
plans are not fulfilled.
Have you ordered your
Christmas Cards yet?
If not, we suggest that you
stop by at the Nome Nugget
office and place your order 1
NOW, in order to assure that
they’ll be here in time for
mailing.
Business houses are remind
ed this is the last week for
calendar orders.
Nome Nugget
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TtilfoAboutTeefiS
from Nnxzema *
'7 ( • m '.timer Sent
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SCHOOL can be a breeze! Plan you
work-and-fun hours carefully ai d you
will avoid last-minute panics, enjoy
smooth sailing all semester
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CONCENTRATION counts more
than time in studying effectively.
Make yourself distraction-proof
during study hours. Work alone
and without day-dreaming!
LOOK as fresh as you are. Minuses
each morning can mean a prettier
complexion. Wash your face ant:
septically clean with medicated Skin
Lotion—look cleaner, clearer, dewier.
YOU gotta take part ... to really ap
preciate school. Allot some hours each
week to club work, class meetings.
Discover the all-out fun of rooting for
the home team.
NGAIK NUGGET AI)S PAY BIG DIVIDENDS
I WINTER SCHEDULE
FAIRBANKS — NOME — KOTZEBUE
Flight 311/312
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Lv. Fairbanks *8:00 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:05 a.m.
Lv. Nome 10:00 a.m. Ar. Kotezbue 10:50 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 11:20 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *2:10 p.m.
Flight 309/310
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv. Fairbanks *8:00 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 8:40 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 9:20 a.m. Ar. Nome 10:05 a.m.
Lv. Nome 1:05 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *4:10 p.m.
In order to maintain a scheduled airline and conform to our
departure times it is imperative that passengers check in at the
terminal one hour before departure time:
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, check-in time is 12 noon.
On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday check-in time is 9:00 a.m.
NOME — N.E. CAPE
Flight 501/502
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv. Nome 10:50 a.m. Ar. N.E. Cape 11:20 a.m.
Lv. N.E. Cape 11:50 p.m. Ar. Nome 12:20 p.m.
NOME — GAMBELL
Flight 509/510
Monday and Friday
Lv. Nome 9:00 a.m. Ar. Gambell 10:20 a.m.
Lv. Gambell 11:00 a.m. Ar. Nome 12:20 p.m.
* Alaska Standard Time all other times Bering Standard**
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