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The Nome nugget., 1947-12-12
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 The Roof Garden

Wien Airlines pilots report that many residents of Kotzebue, Can dle, Deering and other locations are making reservations to attend the Roof Garden.
 Bill MunZ has made arrange ments to bring all the Kougarok miners for the occasion. Those old Kougarok sourdoughs would not miss an opportunity of seeing those Hollywood stars. Inquiries are also coming in from Council, Golovin, Teller and Unalakleet. It seems that more interest is mani fested in this years Roof Garden than ever before. We believe it warrants it.
 John McNees advises that all indications point to ideal weather on December 20th, and John knows his onions when it comes to forecasting.
 NI ,. 4NOi ullllb SoyS tilC ldI SC nugget and fox fur on display at Polet's are attracting so much at tention that it takes a great deal of her time answering questions and selling raffle tickets on these beautiful rare specimens.
 Don't let your little worries about appraisement, assessment, taxation, get you down. Remem- Der there is one place where you can find solance and relaxation; where you will meet your friends and enjoy with them an evening of pleasant enjoyable entertain ment. so diversified and original that you will wonder in amaze ment that such talent existed in Nome. That place is the ROOF | GARDEN, December 20, School Gym.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-12
Seattle C. of C. Seeks Alaskan Development

SEATTLE, LP)-Approval of a program for Alaska's development and defense will be sought by the Seattle chamber of commerce Alaska committee at special meeting of the board of trustees on Tuesday, it was announced Wednesday.
 If approved, the program will be forwarded to Washington, D. C. for legislative action by members of Senate and House Congressional committees who have promised to support such a measure.
 The Alaska committee, in an nouncing completion of its pro- posals, charged that development of the American north is being re- tarded chiefly by two factors, poor transportation and the attitude of the department of interiors bur eau of Indian affairs.
 "The bureau of Indian affairs is inclined to lock the area up by setting it aside as an Indian reser- vation," the committee said.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-12
To Investigate
 Boston Internal Revenue Office

WASHINGTON, (PD A House appropriations subcommittee yes terday turned over to the justice department and other federal agencies an investigators report that "a condition which may em- brace criminality exists in the Boston office" of the internal rev enue bureau.
 The b-committee, headed by representative Garfield R.-N. JD suggested appropriate action" by the attorney general, the treasury department, the internal revenue commission and the civil service commission.
 The committee also sent a print ed copy of it's hearings and record to Basil O'Connor, president of the national foundation for infantile paralysis, because funds of that agency were said to be involved.
 There was no formal committee report, only the transcript of the secret hearings being made public
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-12
SuitOr Tries To "CIVE Her Coat

LORAIN, O., (P) - Miss Mar garet Novak said yesterday she .s not looking forward to Christmas unless police can convince q mysterious Julius" he shouldn't send her any more goats.
 A goat was tied to her front porch a month ago. Another was left in the same place this week.
 The second goat bore this note:
 Keep him and feed him, and I'll send you another for Christ mas. (SigneO Julius"
 Miss Novak told police she sus- pected the goats were sent by young man she refused to date. Officers gave one goat away. The other vanished" they said.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-12
SCHOOL NOTES
GRADE SCHOOL

The Primary Grades have been busy practicing the Christmas Op- eretta which is to be presented at the Community Christmas pro- gram.
 The operetta, "The Quest of Santa Claus" will be presented in four scenes, featuring rabbits, snowflakes, brownies, soldiers, and sunbeams, all in costumes.
 Under the direction of Mrs. Dunbar a chorus, made up of the entire grade school, will sing a group of Christmas songs. The stu dents are busy learning their songs.
 The individual grades are be- ginning plans for their own Christmas parties which will be held the last day of school before vacation.
 HIGH SCHOOL
 Students are looking forward to the high school Christmas party to be held on Thursday evening, Dec. Is. Names have been drawn for exchange of gifts which will be placed beneath the Christmas tree ing for the operetta to be given by the grade children on Dec. l9. Ii is truly a busy season for students and teachers.
 The planet Mars was visible last Tuesday for the first time in al.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-12

most three weeks. Continued cloudy weather hid it from view. It has travelled eastward consider able during this time. Many canals on Mars connect with projections of bluish green regions, which may be actual gulfs and bays.
 in the assembly room.
 Melodious strains of music can be heard frequently from Mrs. Cameron'S room where the girls are rehearsing Christmas songs. Several of the students are help ing on the stage scenery and light
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-11-01
EVERY QUALIFIED NEGRO CITIZEN SHOULD GO TO
THE POLLS AND VOTE TUESDAY

On November fourth when the qualified electors of
Mississippi 90 to the polls and cast their vote for the
candidate of their choice for the seat in the United
Stotes Senate moke vacant by the deoth of Senator
Bibo another Mississippi political campaign, not in any
way unlike those heard from the stump and rostrum in
Mississippi for the past seventy years, will become
matter of history Inspte of the predictions from all
sides ond shades of opinion Their nothing in the
compoign indicating that the death Of Senator Bbo
morked the end of the DID, and the beginning of new
era in Mississippi politics.
Again as in previous years, with worrying degrees OF
subtety, the main question in the compoign has been
the Negro question: pledges to continue to deny to Neg
citizens the boso rights of democracy, of man, and
of American citizen In the compogn proposed fed
eroI legislation FEPC, onti-poll tax and ont ynchng
laws and federal aid to state education have been mode
to appear having been proposed solely for the bene
fit of the Negro, when matter of foct may be
seen when looked at with mind free from the blind
of prejudice these proposed laws contain the very
seed beds of democracy
One thing that the rank and file Mssissippion must
learn and realize before being obe to throw of the yoke
of system of politics and political issues which,
thon eveythn gelse combined, responsible for the
istng conditions, economic, inductroI educational and
otherwise that makes Mssssippions the worse off of
any people in the United States u.s. that the poI-tox
low also dsronchizes thousands of White voters, and
that the potox is the basis of which the present
political system in Mississippi kept alive for the bene
fit of the few at the expense and suffering of the many
whites os~weII as Negroes.
AS to FEPC 1t was first proposed and put into tenn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-11-01

poroy effect when because of prejudice and discrm-
motion cothoics Jews, foreign born and other minor
ity groups we'll as Negroes, were denied jobs during
the wor that prevented the fullest utzoton of the
notions monpower in it's greatest emergency which makes
it as plain as the ones face thot the law whose
peace time purpose is the that during the war;
is not proposed solely for the benifit of Negroes.
As to FEPC, "congenolity". to take word from
the ottock FEPC by Donald Rchberg Of race
for roce color for color religion for religion super
ior to the foct of being American Unde the Amer
icon idea and ideal and the great melting poi" rodi
tion of this nation Americonsm tronscends race, color
nationality and religion and FEPC coils for the recogn
ton of this tronscendoncy in the filed of occupotono
opporunit yfor all American regardless of race, color
creed or notonol origin
AS to the proposed anti ynching law. Must the moral
and spiritual and intellectual progress in Mississippi be
measured the bosis of the arguments made to it cleo
orote in condemnation of proposed law to curto the
crime of ynchnq? Must White and Negro children O.
like continue to suffer the blight of inferior schools in
the fear with federal aid Negroes may be given equal
educational opportunity oreody coll for under the
state law calling for separate but equal education for
the races and upheld in vorous descisions of the Uni
ted Stotes Supreme Court?
In spite of the predictions, and that it would mean
Ultimately for the betterment of all phases of the life
and welfare of all he people of the stote the
in Mississippi politics has not yet orved The old
issues and appeals to passion and prejudice which
to keep the rank and file peopIe>ot least half sotfied
with their lot still being orgued as of old.
While there is as yet new era beginning in Miss
issipp politics. there is for the qualified Miss
issipp Negro voter Under the decisions of the
United Stoes Supreme Court, he 90 to the polls
and vote in all elections in the state. The right to voc
is conferred by the consent request of condi-
date, but by the Constitution of the United States In
the judgment tho everything good and bad alike, hos
greater and lesser Degrees every qualified Negro cit
izen in Mississippi should go to the polls next Tuesday
and vote in the firm conviction that his vote corys with
it the very life and future of American Democracy
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-30

TODAY, FOR THE FIRST rMx m SIX YEARS, you don't have to
take what you can get" any more. You can walk into
your dealers store, choose what you really want on the
basis of quality, tone, performance and reputation :. and
buy it for immediate delivery.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL WANT 70 SEE the new 1913 Phllco radios
and Interchangeable arriving now at your Ph1co dealer.
Philco, the industry leader, is back in full production.
Vast new factories with the longest radio production lines
in the world are working at new efficiency, turning out
new 1913 Philcos at the greatest rate in their history.
nit MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, in these days Of postwar
readiustment, Phi]co is bringing you the same standard
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

are aware that the faster the
Keys grow the better it will be
for Key West in more ways
than one. One result will be that
as result of developments and
increase of population on the
Keys, the taxable burden in Mon
roe county will be more equit-
ably distributed than it is at
present"
Mr.. Papy said that provision
in his bill will call for an cleo
ton for all members of the school
board to be held next year. Only
a resident of any given district
is eligible to be candidate in
that district, though in the pri-
mary they will run at large. Mr..
Papy explained that, though the
candidates will run throughout
the county, they will be divided
in three groups. which assures
representation for every district
in the county.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
Monroe County School Districts
To Be Changed; Election To Be
Held In 1913; Keys Represented

What we call the Keys are
rapidly growing, in population,
and many developments are un-
derway in that area. but con-
dition exists of taxation without
representation with residents in
that part of Monroe county, so
far as our public school board is
concerned" Representative Ber-
ME u. Papy said today. land for
that reason | am going to intro
duce a bill in the coming session
~ the legislature that will redis-
trict the three school districts in
the county. so that the residents
Of the Keys will have represen-
tation ON the board.
The unfairness of the Keys
not having representation on the
Board Of County Commission was
corrected a few years ago, and
my bill will correct the unfair
ness of all members of the board
being residents of Key West. l
ann confident that every fair
minded Key Wester will agree
with me that residents of the
Keys. who pay school taxes as we
do. should have representation
on the board"
Mr. Papy said that all that
territory northwest of Division
street will be in the first dis
trict. The second district will ex-
tend from the southeasterly side
0f Division street to the toll
bridge at Big Pine Key, and the
third district will comprise all
that territory in Monroe county
north Of the toll bridge.
The third district" Mr.. Papy
pointed out. will include such
cntepTising communities as Mar
athon and Tavernier, where the
populations have increased fast
the last few years and where de-
velopments have been made on
a large scale. We in Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
TO-DAY In HISTORY

1776-Gen. Washington enters
Boston after its evacuation by the
British-first great success of TIE
Revolution.
l822-Historic help-wanted ad
in American history: st. Louis
paper advertises for 100 enter
prising young men" to ascend the
Missouri to its source to hunt for
fur. under Gen. William H. Ash
ley.
1852-"Uncle Toms Cabin" APP
pears for first time in book form
and begins its great success-it
had attracted no particular atten-
ton when previously serialized in
a Washington, D. c., paper.
1886-William Stanley, Westing-
house engineer, first demonstrates
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

the multiple system of alternat-
ing current (A.C.) in experiments
in Great Darlington, Mass, store
at own expense-company had
refused him aid.
1918-German planes drop balls
of liquified mustard gas over
American iineS-World War /.
1922-Pres. Harding orders all
American troops withdrawn from
Germany.
1933-The Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps Bill enacted by Con-
gress, to go in effect March 81.
1942-Japan complains of U.s.
English Interpretation of interna-
tional law.
1944-U.S. Marines land on is
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

LONDON. -(AP)- A London
businessman wanted to telephone
a Danish firm from which he had
received a letter.
Reading from the letterhead,
he told the operator "Grundahl
1884,"
A giggling operator in Copen-
hagen explained that meant "es-
tablished in 1891"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

land some 600 miles from ia
Truk.
1945-U.S. 3rd Army takes
Worms and Mainz on the Rhine.
1916 - Westinghouse workers
reject company offer. Failure to
agree opens prospect of soft-coai
strike April l. Russia asks UNO
delay on Iran until April 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
Not Even A Gold Brick

STAUNTON, Va. -(AP)- A
stranger entered Hills Restau-
rant handed a package to a
clerk. said the proprietor had or
dered it and that the charge was
$l0.50. The clerk paid and put it
aside. When the puzzled proprie-
tor opened it later it contained a
brirk-a broken one at that.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

The planet of Venus is less
than 26,000,000 miles from the
earth at some periods of the
wear,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

The number of active vol
canoes is estimated at between
300 and 400.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

Velasquez, a Spanish artist
died in 1900, but did not become
famous until 200 years later,
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Lions Cling 10 Second,
But Losses Pile Up

The Washington Lions still cling
to second place in the Eastern
Hockey League, although beaten in
their last three games. It's because
Baltimore, only half a game behind,
is doing poorly, too. The Lions fell
before the Olympics, 7-3, yesterday
at Boston while the Clippers were
being beaten by New York, Sd, for
the second time in two days.
1t was four goal outburst in the
second period after both had scored
twice in the opener that ruined the
Lions yesterday. Three of those
tallies came in the space of a min
ute and one second when both Joe
Ciuman and Phil Vitale were off the
ice for misconduct. The had talked
black to Referee Dom Baolto.
All three Lion goals were by
Johnny Carr Harris yesterday and
all three were assisted by Jimmy
Wilson, with Chirp Brenchley also
getting in on two Of them.
Evening star., 1947-01-20

injured leg, said he anticipated no
trouble arriving at terms with the
Rams. He admitted receiving a
boost in salary from the Tribe last
year but declined to reveal how
much.
No Other Plans In Mind.
Aside from playing basket ball,
Bagarus said he had no other plans
in mind and no other financial
propositions.
The Redskins, meanwhile, an
nounced the signing of Joe Duck
worth, Colgate end, the seventh new
player added to the roster. A g.
foot-2, 217-pounder, Duckworth is
the ninth end on the team and, on
a basis of scout reports, one of the
most promising.
Other wingmen now signed are
Jim PEBBLES, Johnny Kovatch,
Johnny Lookabaugh, Ed Cifers, Ted
Lapka, Paul Mckee, and Joe Tere-
shinski, while Doug Turley is still
unsigned.
DuckWorth, still in school at Col
gate, is Is and halls from Orange,
N. j. While in the Army he played
on the Army All-Star Eleven that
was one of the top service teams.
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Fewer TockIers Lunqed at Will o Wisp E
ShipIey to Let Cogers Decide
III He'll Remain as Terp Coach

over George Washington and the
Generals stamp the Terps as a Con-
ference threat.
Maryland has improved faster
than any team in this section. The
football players, Tommy Mont and
Vic Turyn, found the transition a
little slow, but now they're playing
basket ball as if it was their major
sport.
Seven Dependable Men.
Shipley has found seven depend
able men, with Bill Brown and
Johnny Edwards his top scorers;
Don Schuerholz, the guard and
playmaker, and the former Bethesda
High products. John Schumate and
Bob Keene, the top reserves. Mont
and Turyn round out the seven.
Although Brown is Maryland's
top player, actually the Terps are
a starless team, for which Shipley
is thankful. Any one of the seven
players is capable of winning indi-
vidual honors in any one game.
Maryland's midyear examinations
start today and Shipley may be
forced to leave some of his regulars
home Wednesday when the Ole
Liners play Navy at Annapolis, as
they cannot be excused from exams
The big game of the week is Fri
days home game with North Caro-
lima. The Tarheels beat Maryland
at iChapel Hill, but that was before
the Terps caught fire.
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Boys Club Vets F|ashy Win
Marks Court Loop PLAY

The Boys Club of Washington
Unlimited Basket Ball League
staged some close games yesterday
in Washington Flour's 1897 win
over st. Patricks; and Gold &
Abend's $3.50 victory over IBM,
but D. & w. Market was taking no
chances as it rolled past the CEN
tury mark to down the Boys Club
Vets, 1898.
Dick Harlow dropped in II field
goals and l free toss to register %
points, and Bob Lamon accounted
for % points to pace the Mar
keteers' attack.
Roger Sawtell accounted for
Washington Flour's win by tossing
in a last-minute field goal. Alex
Papanicolas led the winners with
10 points.
Jack Castro pocketed 13 points
to lead Gold & Abend to it's vic
tory. Bill Hardesty and John
Lumpkin led IBM with 10 markers
each
Evening star., 1947-01-20

Burt Shipley said today he would
"leave it up to the boys Wnen IL
comes time to decide on his re-
tirement as basket ball coach at
the University of Maryland.
Shipley and Jim Tatum, Mary
lands new athletic director, nave
been buddies for years and the vet
eran Terp court mentor said ne
was sure Tatum would leave the
matter of Maryland's future bas-
ket ball coach strictly up to him.
Shipley managed Tarboro in the
Coastal Plains League when Tatum
played for Aiken, and later Ship
lev's Maryland baseball teams
played Tatums Cornell clubs and
also his freshman teams at North
Carolina.
oath Year as Coach.
This is the oath year for Shipley
as the Terp court tutor and although
he has mentioned he would like to
confine his duties to baseball ana
physical education, he intimated
today he would like to see his present
team through another year.
The three victories over Wash
ineton and Lee, V. P. I. and " M. I.
last week end on consecutive days
rekindled Ships interest in the
game. Suddenly the Maryland team,
an expected doormat in the Southern
Conference race, has scared to the
first division with four victories
against two defeats. The triumphs
Evening star., 1947-01-20

NEW YORK, Jan. 2o.-The
night that Bouncer Taylor was
bounced as coach of the st. Louis
Flyers hockey team he encoun-
tered Ken Loeff1er, pilot Of the
basket ball Bombers, who had
more than his share of trou-
bles in, college coaching.
"Bouncer," Ken consoled, Il just
want to tell you there are only
two kinds of coaches in this
world-those who already have
been fired and those who are still
to be fired" =. When some one
brought up that remark a few
nights later Loeffler elaborated:
when I read that Amos Alonzo
Stagg had been fired at College
of the Pacific I knew was right.
When you still can't have security
after 60 years in the business
there's no future in it."
AL (Red) Priest, Johnny Buck
ley's middleweight, who makes
his Madison Square Garden de-
but tonight, was roofer until
he learned there was more money
in boxing. He surely ought
to know what to do when the
roof caves in-which it won't
against Ruben Shank. :. Emmet
T. Ormsby. jr., son of the re-
tired American League umpire,
has signed a contract to play
with Wisconsin Rapids of the
Wisconsin State League.
Johnny Alsup, Oklahoma U. back
who played through the foot
ball season without an injury,
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Blanchard Is Mentioned for Job.
As Aide to Totun at MARYLAND

Speculation concerning Mary
lands complete football coaching
staff for 1947 include Army's Doc
Blanchard today, as university Off
cials awaited the arrival OF Jim
Tatum from Oklahoma to assume
the mantle of director OF athletics
as we'll as head football coach.
Blanchard, it was pointed out, has
indicated a desire to resign his Army
Omission following his gradua-
ton from West Point in June to
study medicine In view of his ex-
cellent record at the military acad-
emy, plus the official knowledge that
medicine is his life ambition, West
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Sports Need Guarding,
'Mahoney Believes

National legislation to curb gam
bling on sports events and attempts
to "fix'' games is being contemplated
by Senator Joseph c. O'Mahoney,
Democrat, of wyoming, who also
favors ar investigation of baseball's
"monopolistic tendencies"
"If sports fans want to protect
sports from gamblers there's an easy
way to do it-legislation by Con-
gress," said Senator O'Mahoney to-
day. II have not written resolu-
tion, making such proposal, but I
may dc so shortly"
Clark Griffith. president of the
Washington baseball club now vaca-
tioning at Orlando, Fla, said, There
is no basis for an investigation of
baseball. The problem of handling
gamblers in ball parks is one which
may be handled by club owners
through better policing of their sta
liunnS."
Evening star., 1947-01-20
Stoqq's Custer After so Years
Proof of Insecurity of Sports
By Hugh Fullerton, Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer

accidentally spiked himself the
other day practicing for the CO.
yard dash.
Amt he a card?-"The NCAA
says it's wrong for colleges to
recruit athletes of the campus"
says Scoop Latimer, the sage of
Greenville. S. c., 'but maybe it
would be a purity gesture for a
coach to send a high school pros
pect a picture postcard Of the
stadium, saying: We are having
a wonderful time; wish you were
here"
Monday matinee-Three former
Minnesota athletes now in the
pro football business, Bobby
Paffrath, Bill Daley and Gordy
Paschka, are back in school for
the winter quarter. Pete
Tarpley, once a pretty good
lightweight, is trying to revive
amateur boxing in his home
town of Athens, Ga, as a starter
for professional promotion. 1.
Fisticuffing ought to be quite
popular down that way. !. y. The
Cincinnati Reds figure that Ted
Kluszewski, who hit plenty Of
homers in the Sally League last
season, may lead the National
League in home runs some day.
The 13-man Virginia Tech bas-
ket ball squad has only five Vir-
ginians.. Would you call that a
Technical foul?