THE NOME NUGGET
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Ed Jocius, Foreman
Entered at second class matter October 14. 1943. at tfce
pest office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1S79.
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Open Back Door
MORROW' THE PEOPLE of Nome will have the opportu
nity to view the most spectacular assemblage of military'
attaches ever to trod our streets.
True — they will not he here long: only some four hours.
Nevertheless, weather permitting, they will be here, and because
they chose to come. Wonder why they chose to come to Nome in
preference to any other Alaskan city? They came because Nome is
known to all of them ... it is known everywhere as a town with
rustic surroundings, and a fabulous past. This appeals to men
the world over.
It is very possible, however, that they also come to Nome in
order to break the routine. We note that they depart from Elmen
dorf AFB, will tour an aircraft plant in Renton, an Air Force
base and missile test center in Florida, and an air force base in
Maryland during their week-long junket. In coming to Nome,
they will relax in an atmosphere where there is nothing of a mili
tary nature, which may well be their desire.
They will see no air force base, no missile site, no troops, no
anti-missiles, no test center, no fighting aircraft, no anti-anti
mssiles, no sailors, soldiers or Marines, no gun emplacements,
no radar site and no anti-anti-anti missiles. We are extremely proud
of our National Guard, CAP Cadets and Boy Scouts, but any
delegation that these groups may have on hand won't charge the
air with a military aura.
Perhaps this will disturb some of these air-minded gentlemen.
Many of them are from countries where military prowess and a
tight defense means all of the country — not just portions. Maybe
some of them will note that we are indulging in an "open door”
policy due to the back door of the United States being left ajar
and, recalling that our neighbors to the West are the sneaky type,
will feel concern.
Let us ... in order that these military men are enabled to
relax while here, and not have to entertain suspicions as to our
military capabilities, be careful to point out that our government
is working on this.
CORVALLIS, ORE., HERALD: "J. Edgar Hoover reports that
fines, savings and recoveries in FBI investigated cases during the
year ended last June 30 reached a new peak of $167,654,622, a
figure which represents a return of $1.34 for every dollar appro
priated for the agency.”
WE LL FLY TO BETHEL OR BETHLEHEM
(The Bethel Trip is More Often, in Fact Twice a Week)
MUNZ NORTHERN AIRLINES
A Little Care
Can Reduee
Tragic Fire Loss
This is Fire Prevention Week,
and it is a good time for all of us
to pause in what we are doing
and give a thought to care with
fire.
Too many fires need never have
happened, and a little care on the
part of all of us can reduce our
tragic fire toll in lives and prop
erty destroyed.
On the average, about 1,000 fires
start in homes in the United States
every day. Last year 11,800 persons
lost their lives in fires and more
than 70,000 received bad burns.
And last year, dollar fire losses
in the United States totaled $1,265.
002,000, a new all-time high and
an increase of 4.6 per cent over
the preceding year.
The tragic thing about all these
fires is that three-fourths of them
were the result of carelessness, ac
cording to the National Board of
Fire Underwriters.
With a little care, lives can be
saved and needless burning of
property prevented.
Here are a few suggestions that
may keep your home fire safe:
1—Never leave small children
alone. Even if you are leaving for
only a few moments, get a respon
sible person to stay with them.
When going out for an extended
period of time, employ a baby
sitter.
2.—i>mall children and elderly
people are the most frequent fire
victims. If there are elderly per
sons in your household, plans
should be made to get them out
of the house quickly in case of fire.
3— Use care with cigarettes.
Never discard a cigarette or drop
a match without being sure it has
been extinguished. It’s a good plan
to break a match after using just
to be sure it is out. Keep matches
out of reach of children. And
never smoke in bed.
4— Keep a flashlight handy for
use in dark places. Never strike
matches or carry lighted matches
or candles into closets or attics.
5— Keep your electrical appli- 1
ances in safe condition. Take them
to a qualified repairman if they
have loose connections or frayed
or worn cords.
6— Throw out old newspapers,
magazines and other waste com
bustibles regularly, rather than let
them accumulate in the basement
or attic. These are the things on
which fires feed.
7— Impress upon everyone in
your household that in case of
fire, first get everyone out of the i
house, and then call the fire de- '
partment. Call the department
from your neighbor’s home, if
need be, but never reenter a burn
ing house.
These suggestions could save
your life, or the lives of members
of your family.
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From there, they will visit the
U.S. Strike Command headquar
ters at MacDill AFB, Fla.; take in
a portion of William Tell III, the
annual Air Defense Command
weapons meet at Tyndall AFB,
Fla., and receive a briefing and
tour of the Air Force Missile Test
Center at Patrick .AFB, Fla., be
fore returning to Andrews AFB,
in Maryland.
Ranking the delegation will be
Lt. General Armando De Souza
E Mello Ararigboia, Dean of Air
Attaches, from Brazil.
Arrival in Nome will be at
10 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Among the countries repre
sented in the group will be: Ar
gentina, Australia. Austria. Bel
gium, Brazil, Burma, Canada, ,
Chile, China, Finland. Greece,
India, Indonesia. Israel, Italy,
Korea, Mexico. Netherlands, New
Zealand. Peru. Philippines. Por
tugal, Saudi Arabia, South Af
rica. Spain, Sweden, Switzer
land, Thailand. Turkey. United
Arab Republic, Uruguay, Vene
zuela and Yugoslavia.
Heading the official U.S. Air!
Force Escort group accompanying
the air attaches from Washington, 1
D C., will be Col. W. F. Dallam Jr.
U-A Young Republicans
Elect Nomeites for 63
The Young Republican Club of
the University held their first
meeting October 2.
The purpose of this first meeting
was to elect the year’s officers.
Elected to office were: Chair
man. Gail Mclver; Vice Chairman,
David Craft; Sec.-Treas., Diane
Wilke.
Going out of office was Gail
Croell, also from Nome.
Present at the meeting was Mrs.
.Ann Mathews, a State Officer.
This year is to be a busy one for
the Young Republicans of the Uni
versity, as they will be sponsoring
the State Convention in April, and
also in the Spring will be staging
a Mock Republican Convention and
Election here on campus at College.
MEET THE TEACHER
Today’s teacher is Archie N.
Euwer. He is teaching the fifth
grade and junior high art. Mr.
Euwer has been teaching since
1952. He holds a B.A., an M.A.,
and an M.F.A. He hails originally
from Oregon. Sculpture, painting
and collecting classical records are
hobbies of our Teacher of the Day.
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29 Years Ago Today . . .
Mildred Rude has taken over
Charlotte Potter’s incoming stock
of Ladies Apparel — store set up
in her home.
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Steamer Baldwin due to sail for
Nome tomorrow — Steamer Kirk
patrick is enroute with building
materials — Steamer Forest King
enroute with building materials
and general merchandise. Lomens
to handle with emergency rates
applying. The Steamer Depere
sailed yesterday with a full cargo.
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Late rainfall in Kougarok holds
some miners. Most are in town,
however. Best mining season in
several years, due to rainfall .
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NAT plane, piloted bv John
Lynn with passenger, took sight
seeing trip over East Cape Siberia
at 8.000 feet.
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Frank Whaley of Roust Airways
made round trip to Koyuk River
with two Pacific Alaska Airways
employes in a Ford plane. PAA
to set up a radio station in that
section.
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Hans Mirow. in his new Stinson,
flew to Candle with Harry Riley
and Jim Haley and on to Kotzebue
with E. J. Beck. Returned via
Deering with Warren Ferguson,
and on to Council to pick up
Chas. Strom
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