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The Nome nugget., 1945-10-01
LOMEN COMMERCIAL co. FORMS NEW COMPANY

The Lomen Commercial Com- pany has announced effective this date they have disposed of their business in Alaska, exclusive of the Second Division, to a new cor poration to be known as Lomen Equipment, Inc.
 The new corporation, with of fices in Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau and Seattle, will confine it's efforts entirely to the sale of mining, contracting and farming machinery.
 Stanley Tatom, formerly divi- sional manager of the Allis-Chal- mers Mfg. Co.,, stationed in Seat tie, has been elected president and general manager. Don E. Lillie, known to many in Alaska, has re- signed as Sales Manager of the Lomen Commercial Co.,, equipment division, and assumes the same capacity in the new company as it's vice president
 John Hurley, formerly of Nome, will be manager of the Fairbanks branch and has been elected to the directorate of the new com pany.
 Ralph Lomen, vice president of the Lomen Commercial Co.,, when interviewed, confirmed the above and added: "It's nice 10 be back
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Mackenzie King COnfers With
 President Truman

WASHINGTON, Oct. -IP)- Canadian Prime Minister Macken- zie King conferred for two hours with President Truman Sunday. but declined to say what had been discussed. All he would say was "the value of my conversation with the President cannot be overestimated."
 Before the meeting there was speculation that the question of sharing the atomic bomb with other nations would be high on the list of subjects. Canada and Great Britain now are coholders with the United States of the great secret.
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AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES

The Sunday trip of the plane from Anchorage brought a full load of express. It departed with the following passengers: Madeline Tetanik, Hans Knud, Oscar Grey, Gust Cuhomen, Don Gretzer, liar old Warner for Juneau; Gordon Wildes, Christine Sorrell and Alice Oliver for Unalakleet; and Helen Butcher for McGrath; Tex Wheaton and J. s. Patterson for Anchorage.
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PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arrivals on the plane last Fri day evening were Frances Harri- son, It. Col. F. L. J. Killilea, Re becca Katz, John Mccormick, and Holly Derrick.
 Departing were MT. and Mrs. Axel Edmon, Rev. Alvin Cappen- CT, Mrs. Keith Hedreen, and Ross Morrison.
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Visitor-Don't you cut yourself often with that straight -edged razor?
 Hillbilly-Naw, I been shavin' nigh onto three years and I ain't cut myself either time.
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GENE JACK FLIES TO CANDLE

Gene Jack of the Arctic Explora- ton Go. and the Arctic Air Serv- ice, flew to Candle over the week end. His secretary, Miss Frances Vamora, accompanied him.
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home. From now on I will be able to devote more of my time to Nome"
The Nome nugget., 1945-12-24
}, Christmas Customs
 . In Other Lands

An Argentine Christmas dinner features roasted peacock.
 In Armenia everybody eats spinach on Christmas Eve as a tribute to the Virgin Mary.
 AS Hawaii has no snow, Ha- waiian Christmas trees are paint ed white for Christmas.
 Lithuanians cover their Christ mas Eve dinertable with layers of straw beneath the table-cloth to symbolize the manager.
 Brazilians celebrate Christmas Eve with a feast of delicious fluff fly pancakes served with codfish cakes and toast; save their famous cheese cake for Christmas.
 Little girls in Switzerland re- ceive their presents from Father Christmas wife, called Lucy; while Father Christmas remem-
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visited.
 In Bohemia, outdoor Christmas carol-singing is popular; singers going from door to door, and be- ing rewarded with gifts of money, bags of nuts and a Christmas cake called vanocka.
 At French Christmas gatherings, the man who finds the hidden bean in cake becomes King for the night and chooses his Queen from the girls present. The pair rules the party the rest of the
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main Christmas meal in Mexico may feature hot tamales.
 A Danish custom is the break ing of china and crockery on New Years Day against the doors of friends houses. The family who has the largest pile of smashed crockery before it's door is the best-loved. For this custom, Danes hoard all their broken crockery throughout the year, points out Walter J. Let's, of World Travels, a travel agency.
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evening.
 In Denmark the Julenissen, or Chrismtas elf, is a legend. He rides goat instead of a reindeer. The Danes leave bowls of rice and milk in their attics on Christmas Eve, it being a good luck sign if the milk disappears during the night.
 Mexican children put shoes in the window instead of hanging up stockings and find them filled with gifts in the morning. The
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bers the little Swiss boys.
 In Puerto Rico, the Christmas dinner consists of such native dishes as chicken with rice; pork meat cooked with olives and raj sins, and roast pig.
 Finnish families indulge in elaborate baths on Christmas Eve in special Broom huts. One room is for steam, one for rubbing, the third is a dressing room.
 On Christmas Eve the Cubans have elaborate dinners of barbe- cued pig, beans and rice, and plenty of candy and sweets after each course.
 The Chinese know the Christ mas festival as Cheng Dan Jieh- the Holy Birth Festival. Their Christmas tree is called "Tree of Light"
 The yule log had its beginning in Sweden, when at Jul of Yule, guests originated the custom of bringing log and carrying it into the house with them when they
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Occupation Frightened
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(Conttnueu rom PHBe ~ ton in c 4,000.word qualification Of rules, responsibilities and require' nents for Germany.
 The councils general proclama" ton No. 2 authorized separations. seizures, confiscation, territorial demands and other regulations. limited only by the discretion or Allied representatives.
 The proclamation laid the groundwork for the grimmest Kind of c potential peace settlement with Germany, and for Q stern ana thorough.golng rule in the mean"
 The qualification contained noth- ing unexpected and little that the control council had not already announced piecemeal. But mas" much as the councils proclanla' ton only announced it's supreme authority over Germany, it's second comprised 6 comprehensive DOCK of rules.
 The proclamation placed the final stamp Of legality on the rules under which Germany already was being administered. At the same time 1t served formal notice Of these rules on the German peo- pie. ..,.
 To all intentS and purposes this proclamation No. 2 established the authority Of Allied representatives over just about everything in Ger. many and oil German interests everywhere.
 Tn every sense the future of Ger many now was dependent on the decisions Of the control council within the sweeping power 1t as- sumed in the proclamation.
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Teachers Arrange
 Music Convention

Waterbury students are among those who are expected to particis pate in annual musical conventions arranged by the Connecticut State Teacherg association for Oct. 20.
 An ail-state chorus will be di. rected ct Bridgeport by Noble Cain, famous conductor and composer, with about 400 vocaligtS scheduled to participate. A session in Hart- ford on the same day will Dc for an all-state band, with pr. Ernest s. williams of Brooklyn as director,
 A third convention will be for high school students of New Haven, East Haven, West Haven and Ham- den, with . regional chorus to be directed by Marshall Bartholomew, associate professor of singing at Yale university.
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ship of the family of nations. His majesty says he will deliberately refrain from giving too many prom ises regarding the future of the country ct this moment as he re. alizeS 1t Is deeds and not mere words that really matter.
 3. What is the future of democ- racy In Japanp
 Answer: The emperor believes that an immediate revolutionary change of the form of government In Japan Is neither possible nor de- sirahle. The Democratic government which will evolve in time may not necessarily follow the exact pattern that 1t has In the United States or Great Britain. But 1t is his majesty's desire and intention that his peo- pie will be made to appreciate the value of Democratic government
 3. Tn my travels around Japan, I have been impressed by the large numbers of children seen every where. Would your Imperial Maj esty care to comment on the trend which education will take in ja- pan during the coming yearsp
 Answer: His Majesty feels that the educational system should be so directed as to foster Q search for truth, initiative, broad minded. ness and the correct kind of world outlook. He hopes that any past shortcomings in these respects VIII be remedied
 {. What are the most immediate problems in Your Imperial MaJeS- tvs mind with regard to the daily needs of the people of japanP Answer The emperor says that Japan Is in urgent need of staple foods now. He Is much exercised with the prospects for winter when millions of his people will be withs out clothing, shelter or fuel. A So- luton of this problem will Do OK. tremely dlfflcult without the syni- pathetic cooperation Of other nae tons.
 5. Is 1t Your Imperial Majesty'i wish that Japan have free press and free interchange of news with other nations of the worldp
 Answer: His MajeSty's reply fl "yes;" he says that this highly do. sirable objective Is to be achieved as rapidly as conditions permit. The emperor believes that free inter. change of news among I1atioil would be the greatest Safeguare aGainSt international mistfnder' standings.
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turerS.
 2. Convenience to large eastern markets and excellent airport and harbor facilities.
 3. quick recall for OO,0oo dis- charged war workers.
 {. A head-Start in top technolog. icai industries such aS plaStIcS, ribs beF, radio and radar.
 5. The traditional "knowshow" of New England industry.
 Connecticut Scene
 Hardest hit ir the lAyohS that fols lowed the wars end were the indus trial cities of Connecticut and Maine's Shipbuilding ceflters. Some 26 per cent of the Nutmeg states bioated munitions and aircraft working force has been idled, but manufacture are confident the ac- celerated production of consumer gods soon will take Up the slack. Some of the S7,00O Shipyard workers laid of ct Portland, Me, and Bath have returned to farms, but buS- ineSs men foresee an unemployment problem unless new industries are established and the exodus of sur- plus labor continues.
 Massachusetts counts on vast public works project, expanSlon Of airport facilities and c e20,O ,O00, ,OOO Boston port development program to tide 1t over until large scale civilian contracts find their way into the state.
 D. l., New Hampshire
 In Rhode Island, the jewelFy and textile industries viii absorb easily the 10000 workers from the Statei lone shipyard. Postwar employment in the greater Providence area, ac. cordink to authorities, will be q least il per cent better than ia ie4O.
 New HampshlFe and Vermont found the cancellation os var con- tracts had its greatest effect cn women wofkoFe who probably would have withdrawn from tne labci
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(Contlnued from Page D ters. The formal session of tho council was expected to end lat" this week.
 An official British commentator said Britain had taken no steps toward recognition of the Soviet. sponsored Hungarian government, and none were contemplated now.
 The spokesman said Britain had been informed of United States steps Hn the direction of recog. hilton of the Hungarian governs ment, adding:
 His MajeSty'S government con- sider 1t impossible to recognize Q state with which we are still offi' cially at war"
 The spokesman said there was mo intention" among Anglo Amer ican occupation authorities to com. pol the repatriation of citizens ot the Baltic states and eastern Foe land who now are deSignated ny Russia as Soviet citizens.
 Informed sources had reported that e Russian demand for repatr riation of displaced Poles had brought another stalemate iTl the Big Five conference.
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NOOHblHueu 1COIH EhBe v Do son. Only ii of his colleagues pres viously had joined him in voting for Q motion to ask the Senate Foreign Relations committee to re~ examine the question of AcheSon's promotion from Assistant Secretary to Undersecretary.
 White House publication of the new directive, dated Sept. c, made the Potsdam declaration the basis of our policy in Japan. Against Q rising clamor of Liberal and Con1- munist protests, the White House unequivocally reiterated that Mac. Arthur was the instrument through which our policies would Do effect- cd. The left wing is protesting that MacArthur is sahotaging the deiiloS cratiZation of Japan.
 The dispute probably will echo tomorrow on the House side of tho Capitol where the committee to inc vestigate un American activities will meet to hear Comniunists w4ts nesseS discuss their recently re- vived class warfare program in tho United States.
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(Continued from Page D agreement with the protests voiced by the colored people in New Aav' efl.
 The oldtIme melodrama. once Q powerful influence in correcting the abuses against the Negroes, was yes' terday banned in Bridgeport, due to the protest of Negro and labor lead. CTS there who contended the play "refreshed memories that tend to portray only the weaknesses of Q racial minority and hold up to rid: icuie people who in early days ot our country were unfortunately sub. iected to exposures that today would Do considered atrocious." Tn New York city yesterday, fear Of can.' celiationS of the show throughout the country was expressed by Jerry Cargiil, booking ofiicial Of A. & D. Lyn, Inc, SIS Madison avenue
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 Nathan Podoloff, manager Of the New Haven arena told the Democrat that he had cancelled the show in deferenct to the wishes of colored Rroupg in New Haven, headed by the New Haven branch of the National Association of Advancement of Col- ored People. Protests to the play were voiced, Mir. Podoloff, said, be- cause 1t was felt the play was in:: furious since 1t portrayed coloTed people in serviie positions.
 The advance sale of tickets wal very satisfactory, Mir. Podolon re- ported, indicating that Uncle ToF1'G Cabin is Stlll considered good thea- tre fare. He said he believed many WaterburianS had obtained ticketA to the show,
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l,500,0o0 Manhattan workers, cur- tailed operations in the financial, garment and professional districts. Many Of the city'S tailest structures, including the l02-story Empire State building, were without Serv- Ice, and Mayor ?. II. La0uardia elevators fl the strike hit apart authorized city employees to run ment buildings.
 In the month-old Kelsey Hayes dispute. the Michigan Labor Board was ordered to investigate efforts being made to end the strike re- sponsible for 44,b00 of Detroit'S o0,- 900 idle.
 The strike at Kelsey Hayes. Q Ford supplies, precipitated the lay- of OF b0,000 Ford workers through. out the country and halted produc. ton of l046 automobiles,
 Overall Auto Strike
 United Automobile Workers (CIO) officials, meanwhile. pro" ceeded with plans for industry-wide action against the automotive inc dustrys big three, and Oct. 24 was set for strike vote in the l36 plants of the General Motors Corp.
 Elsewhere in the motor city, how ever, e transit crisis loomed as a result of the spreading gasoline tie- Up.
 Nine of 1T stations still open were designated to handle gas and oil for essential users. Taxi coTnpaniea said their reserves were dwindline rapidly, and nearly half the city's cabs were stalled.
 Richard T. FrankenSteen, JAW CIO vice president and e candidate for mayor, persuaded the C1O oil strikers to supply gasoline for bui transportation in Detroit and Pon. tIac, e manufacturing city of 60,' 900 90 miles north of Detroit.
 Employes of the Refiners' Trans port and Terminal O.. in Bay City and Alma. Mich. left their jobs lasl night in sympathy with the ole workers, further curtailing suppliei on hand.
 Gas RatIOning
 Voluntary rationing was initiated in Toledo, O., and bulk operator in Chicago warned supplies woult be exhausted by the weekend.
 Mayors of three northwestern In diana cities met last night to con slider rationing gas and oil supplies Under the plan. gasoline would D, supplied for police and fire depart meflts, nurses, public health service garbage collections and public con veyances.
 Elsewhere, enc of the first sit down strikes since the troublet 1e50's cropped Up at the Camder IN. J., yards of the New York Ship building Corp. The i4,000 dayshif workers struck after c breakdown in negotiations in . lingering was dispute.
 At Cleveland, O.. ATL teamster demanded . 90 per cent pay booG and told oil companies waikou might De expected f demands weT not met.
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Marriage Intentions

The following documents have been filed ct the ofilce of ToVn Clerk Mary T. Kilmartin:
 NicoiIno DeLeo, 267 Edgewood avenue and Mary Rlcci, ie0 Mad. iSon avenue.
 Frederick 0emino, e35 Highs land avenue, and Ethel elnoncsl. !. 800 Highland avenue.
 Edward Silks, { Ridge street, New Haven, Connecticut, and Ale dona '. LabasauckaS, Linkfleld, Tcad, WateFtown.
 Vinal |. Cloney, IT ehehield Terrace. and Gladys ?. pelletieF, 3i Homer street
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Air-Hose Case

(Continued from Page i> hose to his body. Compensation Commissioner John J. O'Corinell held that the accident did not arise out Of employment and denied cofii- pensation payments.
 Judge McEvoy refnanded the case to the commissioner with directions to find that the death resulted "be. cause of the work or conditions under which it was required to Dc performed"
 CommissIoner o'Conneil yesterday afternoon approved c settlement made by the concern with the wi- dow. The Supreme Court appeal was scheduled to Dc called for san as- Signment in Hartford tomorrow.
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(Continucd from Page i) wood working plants were shut down by 60000 AFL lumber work CTS demanding higher wages, On the Atlantic seaboard, New York city elevator operators walked out, disiaipting business in more than 1000 Manhattan office buildings. A showdown strike" closed 20 Pennsylvania soft coal mines. ern- ploying i6,0oo.
 Michigan's Gov. Harry P, Kelly afltervened in Detroit Kebey.Hayes dispute which has forced the lay- off of 5000 Ford Motor Co work. CTS.
 The lumber strike, called against operators in oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Northern Cal. ifornia, was complicated by an in- tra-union dispute, AFL Teamsters officials refused to halt carriage op- erations into striHe-pound lumber yards on the grounds they couldn't afford" to respect picket lines thrown up by AFL affiliated lumber workers.
 Home Construction
 New home construction was fur- ther threatened by hints that the tie-up might spread to three other western lumber-producing states and possibility that 10000 C1O workers might join the walkout. CIO members already have er1pow- cred officials to call strike to back demands for a 2b cent an hour increase.
 The New York building strike ap- reared no nearer settlement, as more than l6.0O0 elevator operators remained away from their posts in protest against shortened hours and reduced pay. The strike, affecting an estimated
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had jeiied?
 He said the increase in strikes was "the deciding factor" in the cofTi' mitkee'S action.
 Committee Chairman Robert L. Doughton, D., V. C., announced the committee would meet tcboFrow to begin consideration of tax legiSla' ton.
 Tlie motion called for shelving the Senate-approved bill and all related bills pending in the House. Four Democrats were said to nave joined the 10 committee RepubEs cans In voting for it.
 Some committee members, wno declined to De quoted, agreed wltn KnutSon that the current strikes were c factor in the action. Rep, Aime J. Forand, D., D. !. sponsor of one of the pending bills. how ever, called the decision "deplor- able" and said:
 "USing the strike alibi as an exs. cuSe to postpone action does not convince me. The same group that postponed action last year w still opposed"
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CContlnued from Page D effort would not be able to with. stand heavy manpower losses ifl- fiicted by the Japanese.
 Nomura, who with special envoy Haburo Kurusu was comforting with U. s. State Department represeflt- atives up to the hour of the Japan. csc attack on Pearl Harbor said he had hesitated to take the post of ambassador but finally had acc cepted after pressure from the Jap' anese navy.
 when went to Washington as ambassador, relations between the United States and Japan were near the breaking point" he said. -4
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maFket Of their own accord.
 At present, the Regional War Manpower Commission estimates that perhaps T0,O00 jobe gre going beggiig iE the slx-etate eTea, Mows eVef, tlie casoh IO inst most of them arc in lcwspayins industries with- out overtime, and discharged war woFkefD prefer to live on their eav- lngs white they gizs ur tlae sltuatica'
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while diners waited in iead- ing hotel if sydney, Australia, the chef, who had split some soup, argued with iiis helpers, who had struck when he asked them o mop # iip and his hotel manager finally sav6d the day by getting on his knees and wlping up the eonsomnie.
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P0triek Moylon
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tt, Patrick Moyian ha5 TetuTnst' to duty ct the Police Department afte ran absence Of Q few weeks when he was confined to his home wit hpneumofiia.
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cciumbia viii ald financially q .new Fsl-eleetFIileatiOn program.
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Oil Strike
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The south American republics are recruiting hundreds of our eX- army and navy flyers for coii- rnercial aviation. Some Of our big. gest war ships are being peddled to our neighbors there--so they can shake c fist at each other The
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