THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
Nome, Alaska
Telephone 445-2381 $1.50 Per Month
P.O. Box 66 $16.00 a Year
James F. O’Sullivan, Publisher a Editor
E» Jocius, Foreman
Entered at second olaas natter October 14, 1843. at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 187*.
THE ISSUE HUNTERS
A New Cigarette
flTHE LATEST THING in the world of cigarette smokers, other
than lung cancer and other diseases which strike them down
more often than non-smokers, is the vegetable cigarette. It has
no tobacco in it.
One of America’s leading cancer research centers has developed
the cigarette, which is actually made from vegetables, flowers and
erabgrass. The new cigarettes have no nicotine in them.
They point out that smokers do not necessarily like the effects
of nicotine. Many form the smoking habit and would be content
with a tobacco-less cigarette, which they could hold and light
and puff on, maintaining their habit.
Others, of course, might find the effect of nicotine itself
what thev are after and they might not equally enjoy the new
vegetable cigarette.
The new cigarette is not the first non-tobacco cigarette, how
ever. And while the Roswell Park Memorial Institute of Buffalo,
is offering the new cigarette as a means hy which to end the
intake of nicotine and tars, and as a health aid, this very idea was
advanced many decades ago, and health cigarettes, supposedly
helpful to hay fever and asthma patients were marketed over 30
years ago.
The need for health considerations, among smokers, is better
appreciated today, however, and the new health cigarettes might
become the fad in a few years, allowing puffers to keep on puffing
while avoiding nicotine and tars suspected of being harmful.
Grassroots Opinion
Five kinds of drugs orbited the earth with Astronaut Cooper
on his famous flight into outer space. They included a stimulant to
increase alertness- a relaxant; a pain killer; an anti-nauseant; and
an antihistamine.
— Grassroots Philosophy —
With modern medicine doing so well at increasing our life
expectancy, we’d better be careful about adding to the national
debt. We might have to pay it off ourselves instead of passing
it along to our children. — The Cerryvale (Kans.) Republican.
Miners & Merchants Bank of Alaska
"The Friendly Bank”
FULL BANKING SERVICES
To Northwestern Alaska Since 1904
— BRANCHES IN KOTZEBUE and BARROW —
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Faces Forgery Charge
ANCHORAGE cP — Federal au
thorities today announced the ar
rest of Ralph Wayne Zerler, 33, of
Anchorage, who faces a forgery
charge in Michigan.
Joseph Sullivan, special agent in
charge of the FBI here, said Zer
ler was picked up on a federal
complaint filed Oct. 7 at Mar
quette, Mich, accusing him of un
lawful flight to avoid prosecution.
The FBI said Zerler was wanted
on a charge of violating the Michi
gan Check Law, but gave no de
tails. Zerler was taken before a
U.S. Commissioner and posted a
$1,500 bond.
In and Out
With Alaska Airlines
Awe, H. Fisher, G. Bayer, J. Han
sen, N. Scott, C. Traxsinger, S.
Sobocienski, C. Stiatton, H. Resue.
To Kotzebue — Maj. G. Cockle, A.
Nagozruk. ,
To Unalakleei—V. Steve, A. Long,
J. Moulton.
i To Anchorage — G. Harlan, G.
| Pierce, M. Wheaton, H. Lincoln,
j R. Frederickson, J. Murrison, C.
Summer, N. Cotton, W. Ellsworth.
OFFICER CARTER RECEIVES
SPECIAL TRAINING
Officer Jim Carter has success
fully completed a month training
course in Anchorage. The course,
offered by the Alaska State Police,
was conducted in the Anchorage
Police Academy. Officer Carter
returned to duty on Wednesday.
MEET THE TEACHER
Our teacher today is William H.
Ullrich. Bill is teaching high school
mathematics and mechanical draw
ing, with nine years in the Nome
High School to his credit.
His educational background is
a B.S. in mining engineering from
N.S.F. summer institute. Mr. Ull
rich’s home is here in Nome. His
hobbies are those of fishing, hunt
ing and mining, all of which he
enjoys as often as possible.
CORRECTION
A call from Phillip Dexter will
result in some embarrassment to
the Lions Club and proper ack
nowedgement to Peter Dexter.
I For it was Peter, age 16, and not
his father, who waltzed off with
two of the three turkeys.
(Ho Hum!)
M-M-M HOSPITAL
Admitted — Bolling (Bob) Red
daway, Terry Lee Dickson, Annie
Kunayak, Richard Ivanoff Jr., Lar
ry Iyatunguk.
Discharged — Ida Boone, Frieda
Olanna, Robert Scott.
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Cleaning House for the
Thanksgiving Holiday?
DON'T FORGET YOUR
DRAPES and CURTAINS
For Pick-up Dial 2491
Modern Cleaners
Letters to The Editor
To The Editor:
Wo here at Port Clarence would
like for your paper to have a copy
of our Thanksgiving menu. Also
to let it be known if by chance
anyone happens to be flying over
the area, they will be more than
welcome to stop and feast with us
on this God given day.
R. B. DRAYTON
U.S.C.G. Loran Station
Port Clarence, Alaska
(The menu’s for real. Turkey,
ham and the works. Home in on
that tall tower, folks, and help the
Coast Guard boys celebrate
Thanksgiving.)
29 Years Ago Today . . .
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Company rumored planning to
take over holdings of the Alaska
Power and Mining Company —
formerly known as the Alaska
Gastineau Gold Mining Company
at Juneau.
* • •
Dr. R. J. Conlon says Anthony
Dimond is apparently on the road
to recovery Still very ill but blood
clots clearing up very nicey.
* • •
B. B. Mozee appointed chief dep
uty marshall by U.S. Marshall
Thomas Gaffney. He succeeds A.
O. Brown who has retired.
I Japan buying Steamer QUEEN,
from the Pacific Steamship Com
pany for scrap. Editorial for the
day states “The Empire of the Pa
cific doesn’t want scrap iron to
build skyscrapers or anything like
that. The Japanese want iron to
build armaments for war. There
has been a steady drain of scrap
iron from the United States, di
rectly into Japan, and yet nothing
is heard about it. It will not look
very good, if and when, Japan
should start something with the
U.S., and use good American iron
for guns and battleships, throwing
the American iron back in our
faces, only with plenty of “Eng
lish” on the ball. (You can write
till you’re blue in the face —
until everybody who can read has
the facts — but the government
still doesn’t understand — and
this is a good example. EdJ
• ♦ •
Mr. Gilbert Prucha is the new
head of Nome’s weather bureau.
He relieved C. J. McGregor who
left on the VIC,
To The Editor:
I am an Author within my own
right,
Live in the town of Nome . . .
And to the Nugget do subscribe.
If you would like Poetry
Of local flavor too . . .
Print my “Believe In Him’’
And I’ll make my self known to
you.
If you happen to think it
stinks . . .
By all means set it aside.
And I shall forever remain
Unknown
To the Nugget, until the day I die!
* • •
“BELIEVE IN HIM"
I have a wondrous feeling . . .
That I never travel alone.
For somehow God always . . .
Makes His presence to me
known.
Even in the Arctic
Where the wind howls and
blows . . .
He races with my dog team,
Over the ice and snow.
As I travel out of Nome,
In my skin boat upon rough
sea . . .
I never have to worry.
For God rides the storm with me.
For He is in the wind that blows,
And Creator of the Seas . . .
If you just believe in Him
He will travel too, with thee!
ANONYMOUS (to date)
TRUE ANTARCTIC SEALS
TRAVEL TO NEW YORK
Three little-known Weddell
seals are making their debut in
North America after a 12,000 mile
flight from McMurdo Sound in
Antarctica.
They are said to be members
of the only true species of Ant
arctic seals. They’ll be kept for
scientific study at the New York
Aquarium at Coney Island.
We have a Fine Selection
o f
Boxed
Christmas Cards
. . . Including many of a
Religious Nature.
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