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The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15
Girl Scout News

The Senior girls have now in their treasury S52.55. They also voted on the time which would be suitable for going to summer camp. The majority wanted to go from the last week of June and the first week of July.
 Picked members of the troop have been going out to WXLN to record skits for later radio pro- duction. Girls in the first skit were Jackie R., Donna M, Mau- reen H., Dorothea H., and Carolyn B. The second group consisting of Bonnie B., Star H.. Lucy F., Joan L., Ella Mae L., and Sigrid Olson recorded their skit Thursday, the 14th.
 Work is being done now for a dancing musical show to be pre- sented in the future. The girls are sending for matching pajamas which will be used as costumes. The show will consist of individ- ual and group dancing and sing ing.
 In answer to public queries, the Girl Scouts will take over the care of all children on Thursday night, April 2l, while parents are at- tending the high school play Boys About Bobette." The children will be entertained in the high school assembly room for 25 cents child while parents may enjoy the show. Remember-check your babies at the door and pick them up on the way out.
 June Dunbar,
 Scout Scribe.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15
Modern Land Rush At Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, (P) - Alaska's biggest modern land rush is ex- pected today. The Anchorage district land of flee has been getting an advance taste of it for several days, since the opening of 42,000 acres to claim filing was announced last week.
 Filings can not start until We'd nesday, but flood of would-be homesteaders have flooded the of flee with inquiries. A total of 263 surged into the office Saturday Ialone, to make it the busiest day the office ever had seen.
 World War II veterans will have priority ratings on the fil- ings The land is being released from the Fort Richardson reserva- ton.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15

4:30-One Night Stand 5:00-News 5:l5-Fairy Tale Time 5:30-Music of the Masters 6:OO-AFRS Sports Reel 6:l5-WordS With Music 6:30-Science Magazine of the
 Air 7:00-Grand or Opry 7;30-The Lone Ranger 3:00-Twenty Questions S:30-Hit Parade 9:00-My Friend Irma 9:30-Joan Davis l0:00-Jill's luke Box l0:30-Command Performance l ll:00-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15

Claire Sears. with the IT. c Smelling thirteen years ago re- turned yesterday to work for tha company again. MT. Sears reports that his mother and father for merly of Nome, MT. and Mrs. Cal Sears, are in Natoma, Calf, where they are with dredging company
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15
Mrs. Axel Edman returned home

Mrs. Axel Edman returned home yesterday from a visit in the States. She "tates she had. just come out of ne Bon Marche when the quake cured and stood on the corner where she witnessed plate glass windows bluge and several shatter. It was an experi- ence, she states that she would not care to go through again.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15

A hundred different designs of miniature electric bulbs are re- quired for signaling and indicative devices, radios and telephones of the U. S. Army Signal Corps.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15
WXLN
Friday. April IS. l94s

Friday. April IS. l949 5:00-NeWS 5:l5- Supper Club 5:30-Music of the Masters 6:00-AFRS Sports Reel 6:15-Words With Music 6:30-From the Bookshelf of the
 World 9:00-To be announced 2.30-Hill Billy Hit Parade 3:00-On The Beam
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15
Sunday. April l7. ls4s

Sunday. April l7. ls49 l:00-Show Time l:30-Angelus 2:00-Concert Hall 2:3O-Fellowship Hour 3:00-NBC Symphony 4:00-Meredith Wilson 4:30-Academy of Music 5:00-Hollywood Bowl 7:00-Greatest Story Ever Told 7:30-Fibber McGee and Molly 8:00-Amos and Andy 8:30-Manhattan Merry Go
 Round 9:00-Lum and Abner 9:30-Charley Mccarthy l0:00-Milton Berle l0:30-American Album of
 Familiar Music l1:00-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15

8:30-Harvest of Stars
 9:00-You Asked For It
 9:3O-Passing Parade 10:00-Adventures of Sam Spade l0:30-Melody Hour 11:00-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15
Saturday. April IS. l949

Saturday. April IS. ls49 l:00-Around the World in His
 tory 1:15-Sound Off 1:30-Good Friday Services 2:30-Westward Ho 3:00-Matinee Melodies 4:00-Remember 4:15-Today's American
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-15
Monday. April l8. ls49

1:00-Around the World in His
 tory 1:15-Club Fifteen 1:30-You'll Be Surprised 2:00-Musical Varieties 2:30-Music From America 3:00-Matinee Melodies 4:00-Strike Up The Band 4:15-Today's American 4:30-One Night Stand
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13

conditions in the surrounding
areas. He also contacted book
sellers about Nordic literature
that can be used over here and
talked with large number of
people during an extensive tour
of Norway. DR.. Arestad was born
in Stavanger and came to this
country as young boy.
About 25 or 30 students from
Sweden, Norway and Denmark
are expected to study at the Uni
versity of Washington during the
coming school year, DIR. Arestad
said. He pointed out that the
University and its School of Fish
cries has good reputation over
there and that officials of the
Bergen Fisheries experimental
station regard the school of fish
cries as one of the best if not the
very best of its kind i'm the world.
Professors and researchers from
the station have lectured at the To-
cal university campus. A close
contact exists between the uni
versity's School of Fisheries and
the Bureau of Fisheries in Nor
way.
DR.. Arestad said that Professor
Erik Lundberg of the University
of Stockholm will give lectures at
the University of Washington dur
ing the spring quarter of next
year. A young teacher at the Uni
versity of Uppsala, Sweden, is
scheduled to teach mathematics
here during the coming year, he
added.
A Norwegian professor will
probably come over here to SUBJ
stitute for DR.. Arestad during the
winter quarter, when he is sched-
uled to participate in the Com
munity program, sponsored by the
university. DR.. Arestad will be in
cluded in a group of four univer-
sity professors who will give fif-
ty or sixty lectures throughout
the state as a part of the schools
adult education program.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13

girl, Hilda Karlson from Norr-
botten, and they went to Sweden
for a pleasure trip. Returning here,
Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin,
whom he had previously met, op-
ened little shoe store in the Bige-
low Building, Pike and Fourth
Ave. That was in the year 1901.
They only sold four pairs of shoes
the first day and the business
didn't look to be very promising.
However, they moved the store to
other locations during the COM
ing years and business was in
creasing rapidly In 1929 both
Nordstrom and Wallin retired and
ownership of the business was ac-
quired by Nordstrom's three sons,
all of whom are graduates of the
University of Washington.
The Nordstrom enterprise now
consists of two big stores, four
concessions and employs about
200 people. The main store was re-
Gently modernized and is now oc-
cupying three stories and a base
ment floor.
Mr. Nordstrom, a modest and
friendly person, is now leading the
quiet life of retired businessman.
Nevertheless, he likes to be. busy
with something and recently he
wrote his memoirs, illustrated with
pictures, which will be published
soon.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13
Swedish Success Story:
Swedish Success Story:
Swede Lost Fortune In Alaska.
Became Top Shoe Dealer In us

The name of NordstrOm is lit
orally a household word in Sc
attic and the life ofJOhn w. Nord-
strom epitOmizes a success story
in the good old American tradition.
However, before he achieved the
heights of success he had to fight
the struggle for existence with his
bare hands for many years, both
in America and Sweden, where he
was poor farmer boy.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13

navian countries as he had not
been there since 1889, when he
attended the universities of Oslo.
Stockholm and Copenhagen.
DR.. Arestad reported that liv-
ing conditions in the Scandinavian
countries appeared to be very
favorable. He stayed for some
time with a cousin on his farm
near Stavanger, Norway, and in
addition to working on the farm
a little he was afforded the op-
portunity to study agricultural
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13
Tourists Are
Non Reaching
Sweden By Bus

The first Swedish trans-conti-
mental bus equipped with sleeper
coach trailer recently returned
from it's maiden round trip Hell
singborg-Paris. The sleepe
coach, having 80 berths in 10 COM
partments as we'll as dressing
room conveniences, is hitched off
the ordinary bus at night, when
it serves as perambulating no.
tel. The Swedish pioneers in this
field are the Karlsborg Busstra-
fix ABB.
The large Swedish bus line en-
terprise ABB Linjebuss Swedish
Trans-European Bus Lines) MAIN
tains regular services across Den
mark, Holland, Belgium, Germany,
Austria and Italy, with about 40
different stops throughout the con-
tinent. A fleet of rs comforta BILE
vehicles equipped with such up-to-
date conveniences as pantries, re-
frigerations and revolving arm
chairs are used this summer to
transport an estimated $4,000 tuo-
rists to Sweden. A popular nov
city this year is 14-day round
tours to the three Scandinavian
capitals, the tours so far made
having been fully booked by tour
lists from abroad. A Linjebuss
Blue Wings" coach was recently
voted the best in an international
contest in Monte Carlo.
In Sweden itself, no less than
1000 buses are operated over
routes traversing the country in
all directions and connecting the
cities with numerous summer re-
sorts. The State Railways ESD
alone operate 1900 feeder lines
and nearly 100 additional special
touring routes. A special treat to
travellers from abroad will be the
81 Arctic Skull Cap" Tour from
Lulea to Hammerfest. the worlds
northernmost town, and from
there to Narvik. The island of
Gotland in the Baltic is also a
favorite playground for Swedish
tourist buses.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13
See With Thine Own Ewes:
zee WIN nine OWn Eyes:
Arestad Is Back From Scandinavia,
Reports On Students Coming To Us

One can't discover all the facts
about conditions in Scandinavia
only by reading, says DIR. Sverre
Arestad, professor at the Scandi-
navian department, University of
Washington, who returned to Sc
attic September 6 after an extern
sive two months tour of Norway,
Sweden and Denmark.
Il decided to go over there and
discover things with my own
eyes," he said, adding that he was
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13

The Norwegian parliament re-
Gently voted 100000 Kr. $3.50, 000)
as the country's contribution to
the United Nations fund for the
aid of Arab refugees from Pale
slime. The contribution will be
made primarily in the form of
Norwegian products.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13

His life story features a pathet-
ic motive about a young man in
search of gold and distinction.
Without knowing it he lost about
two million dollars the day he
sold a claim which later turned
out to be gold mine, to two pros
pectors in Alaska before the turn
of the century.
Well, they got the gold all right,
but Nordstrom was destined to
achieve the greatest distinction.
The shoe store bearing his name
at the corner of 5th Ave. and
Pike Street in Seattle is the larg-
est in the Pacific Northwest and
one of the largest Independent
shoe stores in the United States.
Westward Bound
Nordstrom left his home town,
Alvik, south of Luleo in Sweden
and came to America as a 16-year
old boy He worked for a time in
various coal mines in the Mid
west. One of his school chums
asked him to come out to work in
mine in the Rockies. Heading
toward Colorado, Nordstrom and
two of his friends stopped in Om-
aha, Nebraska on the first leg of
their journey and discovered that
a ticket to San Francisco cost only
50 dollars while the Colorado
ticket was priced at $3.50 They
We're low on money, so they went
to Frisco, where they couldn't find
work and had to live on free
lunches donated at some of the
saloons.
Faced With Court Action,
Lost Fortune
Nordstrom came 10 Seattle in
the summer of 1889. only a few
months after the big fire. At that
time nearly all business in Sc
attic was transacted in tents and
a large number of the inhabitants
were some of the first settlers to
come to Seattle.
After working as logger for a
number of years he went to Alas.
ka during the gold rush. He be-
came part-owner of a claim. where
he searched for gold without any
success. Two other prospectors,
who unjustly claimed they were
lawful owners of it, instituted
court action against him. Rather
than take the chance of losing his
property, he sold it to two men, of
which one of them. doctor. was
certain that he could keep the
claim because the gold commits
sioner was one of his best friends.
Nordstrom went back to Seattle
in 1899. Soon after he left the
two men found gold deposits worth
over two million dollars.
The doctor took care of his mon-
ey and returned to the states but
his partner spent everything reck-
lessly and was a beggar in Alas
ka before he died, says Nordstrom.
Small Shoe Store Became
Big Business
In Seattle he married a Swedis
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13
Norwegian
Dog Racer
In Seattle

AT ", the last of the famous
Nome to Candle dog racers can't
stay away from his favorite sport.
Leonhard Seppala is back in
Seattle again after acting as judge
of a Canadian series of races a
few months ago. The wiry, wea-
zoned little Norwegian with the
Finnish name was only mildly in
terested in the event it was
a pansy race of 80 miles.
Quite a contrast to the long,
dangerous 408-mile grind which
Seppala raced in the romantic
days of 40 years ago, when the
All-Alaska Sweepstakes was front
page known all over the world.
The only man to win the color
full event three years in success
sion (1915-16-1D, Sep, as he is
known. drove 16 Siberian Husk-
les over the drifting, binding,
snow and icy steppes.
Scotty Allen, Johnny Johnson,
Fay Define and Johnny Hegnes
were some of the other famous
racing names but Seppala guesses
he is the last of that gallant crew
Now raising white Siberian dogs
at the Bow Lake Kennels, Sep
dreams of the days when he was
the toast of the dog racing realm
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13

AT ", the last of the famous
Nome to Candle dog racers can't
stay away from his favorite sport.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Australia Set 10 Use
Troops in Coal Pits,
Crack Down on Reds
By the Associated Press

SYDNEY. Australia, Aug. L.
Blaming Australia's Communists
for the coal strike that has Grip
pied her industry. the Labor gov
ernment has pledged to wipe out
communism in the Common
wealth.
AS the country wide strike Of
$4,000 miners entered its sixth
week. the government prepared to
smash the walkout by using troops
to work open pits.
Troops are standing by, ready to
start digging at a signal from the
federal capital at Canberra. on
GERS claim they can beat regular
production records within week.
Information Minister Arthur
Calwell told a labor rally yester-
day, Communism is on the way
out here
1--WE will use the army against
them, the navy against them, the
air force against them"
He said the strikes would be
smashed and the government
then would move to exterminate
communist ratbags."
The Communist Party is a tiny
political force in Australia and has
no seats in the federal Parliament,
but it is influential in trade unions.
Mr.. Calwell said a police raid on
Communist headquarters last
month gave the government all
the information it needed on the
party'S activities.
Evening star., 1949-08-01

his tax, shrugged his shoulders
and left this pearl behind.
Il suppose this means the Com
missioners will all get new Cadil-
lacs."
Another customer. hoping to
save a penny by purchasing two
13-cent cigars for Is cents, found
he was running into a blind alley.
With the penny tax applied to
purchases over 13 cents. he still
was paying 26 cents. He found
some relief when the clerk offered
three of the cigars for IS cents.
Personal Services Untaxed.
The new tax is applicable to
transactions involving most tangi-
BILE property. Exempt is food
bought in markets or restaurants
for consumption elsewhere. and
medicines and drugs.
The customer will pay no tax or
personal services, such as that
provided by barber shops, laun-
dries. dry cleaners and repair
shops. when the materials in
volved cost less than 10 per cent
of the total bill for labor and ma
terials.
Also exempt are services by pro-
fessionals such as doctors, lawyers
and dentists, and on insurance
transactions.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Rites for Mrs. Ella Hearn
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Cheek Hearn, IS. a resident here
for the last IS years. will be held
at pm. tomorrow in the Hines
Funeral Home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Hearn died Saturday at
her home. 1911 Van Buren, street
NV, after a long illness. She had
been i'll, for. nearly four years.
She was the wife of William E.
Hearn, retired Agriculture Depart
ment employe, who had 46 years
service with the department be-
fore his retirement in 1947.
Born in Chatham County. N. c.,
she attended Meredith College,
near Raleigh, N. c. She and Mr..
Hearn came here in. 1914. She
was a member of the Columbia
Chapter No. IS, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by a sister. Mrs. J. A. DIM
mette, Gastonia. N. c., and several
nieces and nephews.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Mccormack Expects
Excise Taxes 10 Stand
BY the Associosed Press

House Majority Leader McCor-
mack said after q White House
conference today he sees no pros
pect for repeal of any of the war
time excise taxes at this session
Of Congress.
Mr.. Mccormack, in addition to
his party post, is member of the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee which originates tax legisla-
ton. He and other Democratic
congressional leaders discussed
the tax situation and other mat
ters at their regular Monday
morning session with President
Truman.
Other conferees were Vice Pres
ident Barkley, Speaker Rayburn
and Senate Majority Leader
Lucas.
When Senator Lucas was asked
about the possibility of tax legis-
lation he referred questioners to
Mr.. Mccormack, asserting the
matter was in the jurisdiction of
the House committee.
Everybody is for repeal" Mr..
Mccormack said, "but when you
open up the question of repeating
excise taxes you open up the
question of repeating them all and
raise the possibility of another
1,700, ,000, 900 loss in revenue.
you can't lose this much rev.
enue without further unbalancing
the budget and without levying
other taxes to replace the excise
taxes"
Various business interests have
urged repeal of the excise taxes
as stimulant to business. The
latest group was the United States
Chamber Of Commerce. which is
sued a statement yesterday asking
repeal.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Greek Workers 10 Strike
For 6596 PAY Increase
BY the Assoeioted Press

ATHENS, Aug. 1.-Greek civi
servants scheduled a walkout fol
tomorrow to back up their de-
mand for IS per cent wage boost
If the strike is complete. it would
paralyze all government services
including post and telegraph.
The government workers re-
jected a recent offer of 80 per
cent increase. contending the cost
of living in Greece has risen 100
per cent. The salaries of a ma
jority of government workers
range from. $50 to 500 monthly.
Premier Alexander Diomedes
disclosed that civil servants and
pensioners now are absorbing
$3.50, 900, 900 annually, Or IS per
cent of the total Greek govern
ment revenue.
In a statement issued yesterday,
the civil servants union charged
that the government is controlled
by an economic oligarchy' which
is incapable Of providing social
justice.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Inspections
Continued From First Page

of the right of freedom of speech.
no one may rise in a crowded the
ater and yell 'Fire!'"
Sanctity of Home Not Absolute.
In the same way the sanctity
Of, the home Is not absolute, :"
Judge Holtzof declared. ,., ....a
For example. it is not disputed
that representatives of the local
government may enter a home if
one of its inhabitants Is afilicted
with a serious contagious disease
that constitutes q menace to the
community" the judge said.
Representatives of the Fire
Department require no search war
rant to enter a house in order to
extinguish a blaze, even if the
owner objects to their presence. "
he pointed out. THE law has al
ways recognized that the sanctity
of the home is not always abso-
lutte, but is subject to certain linn
itations. The right of inspection
in the interest of public safety
and public health is one of these
qualifications Judge Holtzof
concluded.
Differs Sharply With Majority.
This view was at sharp variance
with the ruling of Appellate
Judges Prettyman and James M.
Proctor. They held that the
absence of legislation providing
for search warrants except in
criminal cases demonstrates con-
clusively that Congress means that
the right of privacy shall not be
invaded except in criminal cases."
Search warrants are a means
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Moragon Says He Upbroided
Hunt and Thus Got Into Diary

bers of the mission was such that
he personally called it to the at
tention of Henry F. Grady. chief
of the 1945 mission and now Am
bassador to Greece.
Reported Drunk Member.
He said he reported to Mr.. Grady
that one member of the mission
had come. into his hotel drunk
and cursing and that three other
Greece. sr.. ho'>n"'
visiting Communist leaders in
members of the mission were
Under repeated questioning, he
said Mr.. Grady told him after five
weeks that my work was finished
and to make arrangements to GO
home"
3 AS for Mr.. Grady's statement to
the New York Herald Tribune that
Mr.. aMragon was flashing a pic
ture of himself with President
Truman. Mr.. Maragon said he
never carried a picture of Mr.. Tru-
man with him and that the only
pictures he had of himself with
Mr.. Truman were maybe in a
group-like Congressional parties
or funeral parties"
Asked About Bank Account.
4. He was asked by reporters if
he has $40, 900 hidden. bank
account in Texas. At first he re-
piled. You could have half mil
lion dollars in bank account.
The question is how much of that
money is yours
When he was pressed for
direct answer he said he had had
bank account in San Antonio
but the account was closed three
years ago. He declined to say
what business he was in to ac-
count for the Texas bank balance,
but said the committee was not
getting the records of the account.
Undoubtedly. he added, the
committee is now subpoenaing all
his financial records.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
U. S. Embassy Official
In Belgrade Dies of Polio
By the Associated Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 1.
Robert G. Braden, 20, third Sec
retary and vice consul of the
American Embassy in Belgrade.
died today. He was stricken with
infantile paralysis three days ago.
During Mr.. Braden's brief i'll
ness. Yougoslav authorities dis
pensed with ordinary formalities
in order to speed delivery of serum
rushed here in an effort to save
him. Burial will be in the United
States.
Mr.. Braden was native Of
Pasadena, Calf. and a graduate Of
Stanford University. He served
five years in the United States
Navy during the war as a lieuten-
ant before joining the Foreign Ser
vice in 1947. He was married and
had one child.