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The Nome nugget., 1951-11-02
MINEOLA, N. Y, (P) - N

standby musician - no "Star Spangled Banner"
 "That's what happened at cor nerStone ceremonies yesterday for the new $2,500,O00 Nassau County administration building.
 Officials were about to play recording of the anthem when union construction workers threatened to walk off the job unless a standby musician was hired at a $16 fee.
 With no musician immediately available, ceremonies went on without playing the anthem.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-02
MS KOtzebue Located Near Sledge Island

The MS Kotzebue was located late this afternoon near Sledge Island, apparently unharmed. by planes which have been search ing for inc past four days.
 Earlier today ii was reported from an unconfirmed source that one of the barges which she had in tow was seen on the beach southeast of Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-02
To Investigate
 Alleged Shortage At Barrow p o

FAIRBANKS, (P - District attorney Everet Hepp said that an investigation into an alleged shortage of $13,80O in postal funds at Point Barrow is under way.
 The postmaster at that north ernmoSt American settlement is David K. Brewer, member of a prominent Arctic family. Hepp said he had asked Brewer to come to Fairbanks in connection with the case.
 Hepp said he entered the case as Fourth Division attorney be- cause there is neither a district judge nor a district attorney in the Second Division, in which Barrow lies.
 Joseph w. Kehoe recently re- signed as Second Division judge to become Secretary of Alaska, and the divisions attorney went to the States several months ago and has not returned.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27

March 2s ROKs drive across the 38th parallel.
 March 2s- Reds reject Mac Arthur proposal to discuss peace on battlefield.
 April 5 - General MacArthur urges use of Chiang's troops for a second front.
 April ll-General Macarthur relieved by President Truman, succeeded by General Ridgway.
 April 2Q- Widespread disease reported among Reds.
 April 22-Reds open massive assault. crack U. N. line above Hwachon dam.
 April 24-Seoul residents aban- doning city third time.
 April 30-Gen. James van Fleet of Eighth Army announces Allies will defend Seoul.
 May l0-General Ridgway says battle may have started defeat of Communism.
 May II = Red casualties esti- mated by US. Army at 893, ,662.
 May l7 = Reds start second spring offensive. 5O0,000 Chinese and 100000 Month Koreans plunge south.
 May 24-Red offensive broken after six days. Eighth Army starts immediate counter offensive.
 June 2-Peiping hints it in- tends to carry Korean War into next year in the midst of peace
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27

Dec. l3-Up to 100000 Reds press on dwindling beachhead.
 Dec. 23-General Walker of the Eighth Army killed in jeep acci- dent.
 Dec. 23-Chinese Reds reported across the 38th parallel.
 Dec. 24-U. S. announces com pletion of evacuation.
 Dec. 26-U. s. forces placed under Eighth Army, commanded now by Gen. Ridgway.
 Jan. 1. lssl-Seoul abandoned by U. N.
 Jan. IT U. S. rejects Red China's proposal for cease fire.
 Jan. 22-General Ridgway de clares U. N. position on central front perfect.
 Jan. 30-U.N. political commit tee brand Red China an aggressor. Feb. SUN. forces claim first major victory over Red Chinese.
 Feb. 22-U. N. troops on offen- sive in central Korea.
 March 7-General Macarthur predicts an eventual stalemate.
 March s-U. N. troops renew offensive.
 March General Ridgway says ending the war at 38th par allel would be a great victory.
 March l5-Seoul recaptured. ,
 March 23-U. S. parachutists drop north of Seoul.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27

Oct. 4-U. N. approves plan to rehabilitate, unite Korea.
 Oct. 2o-U. S. troops capture Pyongyang.
 Oct. 2l-U. s. parachute troops land deep inside North Korea. Macarthur says war definitely coming to end.
 Oct. 26-U. s. troops speed to Manchurian border.
 Oct. 28- Chinese volunteer" troops make appearance.
 Nov. IS - President Truman says U. s. will not invade Man churia.
 Nov. 2l-MacArthur launches an "end-the-war" offensive.
 Nov. 27-Attack by four Red Chinese armies stalls end- the war drive.
 Nov. 29 Huge Chinese forces drive wedge in U. N. line.
 Nov. 30-Reds ring U. s. First division marines and Seventh div ision soldiers at Changjin reser- voir.
 Dec. 3-U. N. forces abandon Pyongyang.
 Dec. 7-More than 10000 mar ines and soldiers start 45 mile push to evacuation port.
 Dec. ll-Americans break out of Red trap and roll back to Hamhung. Thirteen Asian nations call on Reds to cease fire.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27
AP Newsfeatures

June 25. 1880 - North Korean Communists cross 38th Parallel and invade South Korea. United Nations Security Council orders cease fire and rollback of in- yaSion forces.
 June 27 = North Koreans enter Seoul.
 June 2s - U. S. bombers go to aid of South Koreans.
 June 90 - President Truman orders U. S. ground troops to South Korea. '' July IS - North Koreans drive across Rum River, hurl back U. s. troops.
 July ls = President Truman asks Congress for $l0,000,O0O ap- propriations; reserves called to service.
 July 2s - Gen. Walton Walker orders troops to "stand and die. ;
 Aug. l-U. S. Second Infantry Division and First Marines land.
 Aug. 6-Communists cross Nak- tong on many fronts.
 Sept. l2 - Allies make huge amphbiious landing at Inchon.
 Sept. 23-Americans break out of Pusan beachhead.
 Sept. 26-MacArthur announc- es liberation of Seoul. .N Oct. - First South Korean troops cross parallel.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27
2 GrandmOthers Stranded, Victims of Giant Hoax

SANTA FEE, N. M., (P - Two grandmothers, lured from New York to New Mexico last week on what appears to be giant hoax, enjoyed themselves today at a Santa Fe resort.
 The two-Mrs. Mary Keihn, 55, of Clark Summit, Pa., and Mrs. Frank Licari, 51, of East Rock away, N. Y. = found themselves stranded in Albuquerque Friday with only $40 between them. They had thought they were bound on an expenses-paid trip to Los An geles, won on a radio program CTruth or Consequences).
 The gag began with purported long distance telephone call from Los Angeles during which an un- identified girl informed Mrs. Keihn had won trip for herself and companion. Mrs. Keihn per suaded Mrs. Licari to accompany her.
 Now VIVA has stepped in and arranged tickets home for the grandmothers-each has grand children-and a three day holiday at Bishops Lodge here.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27
Seattle Man Asphyxiated In Salmon TrOller Fire

PETERSBURG, (R-A Seattle man died in hospital Sunday as result of injuries suffered in fire aboard the salmon troller, Blue Ribbon.
 He was Robert H. Baker, 34. His death, nine hours after the fire, was due to asphyxiation, authorities said. Baker was asleep aboard the boat when an overloaded stove set it afire.
 The boat was not seriously damaged.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27
Turks Capture 36 Reds
 Assembly" Line Fashion

TOKYO, B = Turks slipped through Chinese lines in Korea and seized machinegun crew.
 Sgt. Mehmed Vurma noticed that one prisoner had a bugle. He ordered the Red to blow assembly.
 Chinese popped out of foxholes.
 Vurrma and his Turkish squad rounded up 36 Reds.
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27
OUR ENEMY NEEDS NO SPIES

There is some basis for the assertion by RepreSen- tative Sam Rayburn Speaker of the House of Repre- sentaves that if this country has many invest gatons, like the present inquiry into the removal of General MacArthur the enemy won't need any spies.
 Mr. Rayburn concludes that all the information that the enemy needs will be ''in the headlines" A casual reading of the testimony before the Senate mittee' gives general impression that the Russians, and other foreign nations get lot of information by reading what our officials have to say
The Nome nugget., 1951-06-27

feeler rumors. Allies continue ad- vance.
 June 6 - All of South Korea cleared of Reds. LIN forces come up against southern base of "Iron Triangle" area north of 38th par allel. LIN units batter Chorwon.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-20
Valley Treniisrsman
Churches of Fusi and West 10 Unite
 In Nativity Pageant ut Kodiuk Base

L $. Naval Station. Kodiak Alaska-In unique dcmonsira- tion of the unity of Christianity the Western churches and the Eastern Russian Orth O q Q \ Church are pooling iheir talents and resources to stage Nativity pageant in the large Naval Sta tion gymnasium in Kodiak this Christmas.
 Under the direction of the Ma val Stations Protestant chaplain's wife. Mrs. Ethel MacPhee, the pageant will include l50 people from all seven of Kodiak's church groups. Presenting the pageant on two nights, the 22nd and 23rd of December, the group is emphasiz- ing the international spirit of the Greatest Story Ever Told
 The series of nine tableaux de picting the Nativity will be eli maxed by children representing all the countries of the world pre- senting their homage to Christ. Between the familiar yuletide carols that have filled Christmas stories in the West since literally the year one. old Slavic hymns will be sung by the Russian choir. The choirs will come from the station Protestant and Catholic churches, St. Mary's Catholic Church, the First Baptist Church of Kodiak. members of the Chris tian Science group in town, and the Russian Orthodox Church and the Church of God of Kodiak.
 The Naval Station will have it's regular church services on Christmas Eve at TOO, candlehght communion at the Protestant Hill Side Chapel, and Midnight Mass at the chapel Star of the Sea"
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-20
ALTAR BOYS
 CHRISTMAS PARTY

Mcrlmeat w.ll precede the event f9. winch they have Ions been prepaung when the mem bcrs of the S' John Berchman's $ Society. an ae5lytc group of St. Michacls Church. hold their Christmas party at the rectory on Satard ay December 9 from one until two o'clock.
 Gifts will be exchanged and games playcl before refresh mentS
 New red cassocks with white surplces wall be worn by the boys, many of whom will serve for the first time, at Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.
 Charles Miles is president of the group and William w. Eli ott is sponsor.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-20
HOME TOR HOLIDAYS

Angus rcKcchnIe returned '1 Palmer thls week from Fairbanks where he has been employed for The past several months He plaas ta spend the Christmas holiday visiting wlih his parents Mir and ani Mrs Lawrence NcKechnie and then flying out for a vsca- ton in Seattle and several cities m California He will return 10 the Valley sometime in February
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-20
zETuRN FROM VACATION

Mrs. Ray McKechnie and son Dennis returned to the Valley this week following a six week vacation spent in Minnesota.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-20

BE IT A MIDGET-be it a whale. put it in classifieds, under FOR SALE.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-20
President Trumon's Chr'simus Message 10 U. :. Armed Forces

Headquarters Alaskan Com man3 Elmcndorf Ar Force Base Alaska President Truman this week addressed the following Christmas message to members 1f the armed forces of the United States throughout the world
 This years Christmas season finds many of you In far-ofi places. away from your homes and the close family ties which are always associated with the holiday spirit As representative of our great nation, dedicated 70 the cause of true peace. may you find reassurance or rejoicing in the knowledge that your unsel- fish efforts stand as a pillar of strength and inspiration to ali freedom loving peoples of the world l pray that the God of our Father will watch over you and your families and that the new year will bring us all nearer to a fuller realization of a lasting and honorable peace. v
 (Signed) HARRY s. TRUMAN.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-20

Angus McKechnie and Jim Sandvik drove to Seward and Kenai this week. They expect 10 return to Palmer Friday.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
MANTEO WOMAN'S CLUB
MEET IN MANTEO OCT. 10
Manteo and Manns HarbOr Clubs
to be Joint Hosts; Manteo
Club Met Sept. IL

The Manteo Woman's Club held
its regular meeting at the Com
munity Building Tuesday evening,
Sept. IL. After cover dish supper,
the meeting was called to order
by the President, Mrs. M. Keith
Fearing, Jr. She introduced and
welcomed visitor Mrs. David Will
lis and new member, Mrs. Roy
Etheridge. She appointed commit
tees for the year and outlined some
of the work to be done by the club.
The district meeting to be held at
Manteo on Wednesday, October 10,
to which the Manteo and Manns
Harbor Women's Club are to be
Joint hostesses was discussed.
Members present for the meeting
were Mrs. M. Keith Fearing, Jr.,
Mrs. M. Keith Fearing, ST., Mrs.
Mcdonald Clark, Mrs. Elmer v.
Midget, Mrs. Isabel Warren, Mrs.
Rennie Williamson, Mrs. Lucetta
Willis, Mrs. r. s. Smith, Miss Bon
nybel Evans, Miss Mary Kirby,
Miss Norma Basnight, Mrs. Rosa
Drinkwater and Mrs. Roy Ether
idge.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM
TOUR COMING TO DARE
Delegation Due in ManteO at One
O'Clock Saturday; Major Muir
ply Speaks to Rotary

Major ]. L. Murphy of Kill
Devil Hills, Chairman for Dare
County for the Crusade for Free
dom, spoke to the Manteo Rotary
Club Monday night about the
movement, and announced that the
freedom caravan on tour from
Murphy across the state would
arrive in Manteo at one o'clock
Saturday, and conduct a program
at the courthouse.
Major Murphy will join the tour
on its arrival in Dare County and
Melvin R. Daniels was chosen to
deliver the address of welcome. A
committee, consisting of C. S.
Meekins, A. w. Drinkwater, Wally
McCown, Archie Burrus, Lawrence
Swain, Ernest Meekins, and sever
al others was named to meet the
group.
A liberal contribution was CIV
en- by the club for the movement.
The club discussed a forthcom-
ing trip to Engelhard and decided
to visit that club at a later date
when a large representation from
Manteo might make arrangements
to attend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
METHoDlSTS TO HEAR
DISTRICT SUPT. SUNDAY

DR.. F. S. Love, District Superin-
tendent of the Elizabeth City Dis
trict, will preach this Sunday even
ing at Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, Manteo. DR.. Love is COM
pleting his first year as Distric.
Superintendent Of this district. The
evening service will begin at 1880
pm. Following the church service
the members of the Quarterly Con-
ference and other interested PEI
sons will stay for the fourth Quar-
terly Conference Meeting.
"Jesus' Description of Us" is the
title of a series of sermons to be
delivered by Rev. David S. Willis,
Jr., at the Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church. The first of this series
'You Are Blessed" will be based
on The Beatitudes. 1t will be a part
of the September 20 Sunday Morn
ing Service.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
.SO'EASTERN AIRPORT MGRS.
COMING TO DARE COAST FOR
3-DAY CONVENTION OCT. 4
Pilgrimage to Shrine of Aviation by Repre-
sentatives of Seven Southern States, Be
gins for First Time, Thursday, October A,
and Continues Through Saturday. Many
NOtables Will Attend.

For the first time, the South
eastern Airport Managers Associa-
ton will bring its annual conven-
ton to Dare County, where avia-
ton had its birth in 1908. The
convention will open at Mays Head,
Thursday afternoon, October 4, and
will continue through Saturday.
Most of the visitors will arrive by
plane at the Manteo Airport.
Among guests noted in the world
of aviation, will be Wayne Par
IRISH, Magazine Editor of Wash
ington, Bill Raymond, Public Re
lations Director for Eastern Air
Lines, and many others. Honor
guests will be Miles Clark of Eliz-
abeth City, President of the Kill
Devil Hills Memorial Association;
Alpheus W. Drinkwater of Man
teo, and Capt. w. ]. Tate of Coin
jock.
Headquarters for the Convention
will be the Carolinian at Mays
Head. Activities will begin with
the cocktail hour at five o'clock.
Dancing at the Casino. On Friday,
business meetings will be held,
with the afternoon devoted to fish
ing, a banquet at night, and a
dance in honor of the visitors.
Saturday morning will be devot-
ed to fishing and sightseeing.
Members of the Association are
from the two Carolinas, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee. Managers of nearby
airports in Virginia have been in
vited as special guests. The meet
ing is open to all airport managers,
whether members of the Associa-
ton or not; all are welcomed to the
convention.
In addition, there will be many
officials of the CAA present to
take part in the discussions and
assist in solving airport problems.
The convention is coming to
Dare County as the result of an in
vitation extended by Victor Meek
ms when he and A. H. Ward,
President of the Manteo Chamber
of Commerce attended meeting
of the Association in Goldsboro in
May.
The Committee in charge of the
celebration is Truman Miller of
Raleigh, Earl Jourdain of Colds
boro, E. A. Anthony of Mlrtle
Beach and Victor Meekins of Man
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
By GLENN SCOTT
In the Norfolk Virginian-PilOt

There's legend about how Mays
Head was named, and Mrs. Alice
Kramer Grice, part-time poetress
and old-time resident of the beach,
tells it this way:
along this chain of sand dunes,
According to folklore,
A land pirate rode his pony,
To lure the ships ashore.
"He hung a lighted lantern
Around the old nag's head;
And that's how Mays Head got its
name
The old folks always said"
Mrs. Grice, her soft dark hair
streaked with softer tones of gray
and white, has spent most of her
Summers here. She has watched it
change from sparsely settled re-
sort to a faster moving locale as
the cars and cottages moved down
the beach toward Manteo and Paul
Green's "The Lost Colony"
All this progress has not met
with her approval and she recorded
this spirit in another poem entitled
Protest"
81 think when it was fashioned:
This strip of wind-swept sand
Twas intended for a playground,
A gift from natures hand.
While it remained in isolation,
Twas perfect, l would say,
Til they spanned the sound with
brides,
And built a new highway.
''Now it's in the throes of progress,
And every day some sap,
Pops up with his own idea,
OF how to put it on the map.
"Perhaps I'm sentimental = old
fashioned
Maybe silly;
But I'm not the kind of damfool,
That would try to gid lily"
Mrs. Grice's feeling about Mays
Head is as genuine as the red cedar
shingles that shield her cottage
from the elements. It's her seconC
cottage since she began seeking
pleasure on the island.
First Built in 1908
"My husband and I first ownet
a cottage on the sound side. That
was in 1908 and the house was
built on a pier over the water. The
place washed away in 1918 and we
built this one here on the ocean,
Mrs. Grice's husband died in 1928
After that she rented rooms to this
occasional visitors to the beach be
cause the cottage was large enough
/ to furnish comfort to others ant
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
DARE COUNTY
CHAMBER MEET
SEPTEMBER 26

A meeting of the Dare County
Chamber of Commerce has been
called by President A. H. Ward, to
be held in the community building,
Wednesday night, September 26, at
8 o'clock. This is the annual meet
ing for the election of officers, and
much other business will come up,
including a discussion of the par
ticipation of the chamber in the
newly organized Dare County
Tourist Bureau.
The Dare County Chamber of
Commerce under its present set-up
stems from a meeting held or May
3, this year, when Ward was elect
ed president, with H. Travis Sykes,
vice-president. Archie Burrus was
vice !president. Archie Burrus was
elected treasurer of the organiza-
ton at the time with the following
persons serving as members of the
board of directors: David Stick.
and j. L. Murphy, Kill Devil Hills;
E. E. Meekins, Gordon Kellogg,
q. v. Brinkley and Guy H. Lem
non, Manteo.
At the May meeting, summer
program of operation, including
the answering Of inquiries, public
ity and promotion, was launched.
Financial aid for this work in the
amount of 1913 was subscribed at
the meeting. Additional financial
aid was given by firms and individ-
uals in various parts of the county.
1t was estimated that the summer
program which would end on Sep
TENDER Is would cost approximat-
ely $l,400. Aycock Brown was en-
ployed as manager Of the organi-
cation, his duties consisting Of an
swering mail, running the infor-
nation facilities for summer vaca-
tionists, publicizing the area ard
doing general promotional work on
a part-time basis in connection
with his duties as news director
Of The Lost Colony.
The meeting on next Wednesday
night win be Of much Importance
and everyone, whether they have
aided the Chamber os Commerce
financially Or otherwise are urged
to be present, according to Presi-
dent Ward.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-09-21
THE HISTORY AND FUNCTIONS OF
THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
An Address by HON. LINDSAY C. WARREN, Comp
troIIer General, at the Dedication of the $25o00c00
Building Housing the Nations Accounting Division

portant part of Federal financial
history. z
From the days of our early col
onists up to the year 1921, the
function of auditing Government
expenditures took many forms ana
was administered in many different
ways. But with the enactment of
the Budget and Accounting Act
there was brought into existence
an audit and investigative agency
in the legislative branch of the
Government with real enforcement
powers. Legislative control over
financial matters was greatly
strengthened. For the first time
Congress had the means to secure
necessary information concerning
the financial transactions of our
Government from a completely
nonpolitical agent, independently
of the executive branch.
AS could be expected, that indie
pendence has not gone unchalleng-
ed. In the thirty years since 1921,
there have been several abortive f.
forts to destroy the office. They
have come not only from within
the Government, but from the out
side. Even some of your prede-
cessors, Mr.. President, have made
the attempt. Their plans were re-
jected by the Congress. AS late as
last year, an ill-conceived attack
was launched from outside the
Government. The action of the
Congress in repelling this last as
sault speaks for itself, for not a
single vote, nor a single voice,
was mustered in support of the
proposal in either the Senate or
the House of Representatives.
The General Accounting Office
has emerged from this experience
with new stature and increased inn
portance as an agent of the Con-
gress. Yet, neither the Congress
nor the Office can afford to relax
its vigilance. The controls placed
by Congress on the expenditure of
funds in the exercise of its consti-
tutional power over the purse and
the enforcement of those controls
by the General Accounting Office
are integral parts of our system
of checks and balances. 1t would
be naive to think that there will
never be another attempt, motivat-
ed by dislike of restraint or adher-
ance to discarded theories, to wat
er down Legislative control Of pub
lie funds or weaken the General
Accounting Office. Both the Con-
gress and the Office must keep
ever alert to guard against any
such eventualities with all the
strength at our command.
would not paint the picture
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