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The Nome nugget., 1954-01-08
KEEP AHEAD
Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

General Nathan Twining of the Air Force has said encouragingy that are not as far behind the Russians in some phases of military air power might be, and in other phases a bit ahead of them although not as far as ought to be.
 We think the stress, by General Twinng and everybody else connected with the Air Force is pro- pery on the fact that the United States cannot safely be second best in any phase of military air power.
 The kind of an Air Force need is one that on defense is capable of doing maximum job of turning back air assault against America and on the of- fenSe is capable of doing absolutely devastating job of reprisal against an aggressor.
 A second best Air Force, on either defense or Offense, will never deter aggressor.
 America is wasting it's money if it does not have an Air Force strong enough to convince potential enemy that an air assault against will not only cost too much but will bring reprsal that will wipe him off the face of the earth
 It is strike-back air power that we need the most and in such overwhelming quantity and quality that 1t will make peace profitable to wouldbe aggres than
 What we should measure American air power by is the solid rule get ahead and keep ahead
 That way, will win any future war we are forced into
 That way, we will keep out of future war alto gether if such thing is possible.
 There is no other way
 Fifty million poWder-puffs were sold in this coun- try last year. Some lucky manufacturers are making hay while the nose shines.
 man with wonderful vocabulary is one who describe shapely girl without using his hands,
 A Woman seems to think the only way to reform a man is to tie him up in nots.
 Income tax The fine we pay for reckless thriving
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-08
MAYOR MCDOWELL FILES FOR ALASKA LEGISLATURE

JUNEAU, R-Mayor B. F. Mo Dowell Wednesday became the first candidate from the First Division to file for the Alaska Legislature, declaring his candid acy on the Republican ticket.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-08
l7 Republicans Meeting With
 Gov. Heintzleman In Anchorage
 Berated As Pressure Group

Study of facts takes time; and if the IT Republicans are not willing to allow it to a Governor whose support they need, then they are insincere They should have sent their proposals to the Governor immediately, at the same time suggesting a meeting at his convenience. Even now it is not too late, trust.
 Hostility toward Governor Heintzleman has been voiced by one or more of the IT Republicans in the past. We know that J. C. Morris was among three persons in that group who were mentioned for the governorship to which the highly qualified Heintzleman was appointed. If any disappointed office-seekers in that group are sniping resentfully at the govern or, then the people may thank God that the petty spirited sniper was not placed in office.
 Persistent internal disharmony, together with lack of a full hearted cooperative spirit in its relationships with the governor, tend to make the Republican group look ridiculous. A few 'show-off,' personally ambitious hot heads in the group may threaten destruction of the party they profess to serve.
 "Contrarywise, this great gov ernor of ours, whose qualities of character and mind have endeared him to thousands of Alaskans who know him personally, is marked credit and source of strength to the Republican Party. It is hard not to vote for a party that pro- vides such men.
 "When he fights for an alurni- mum project, wood pulp develop ment, extension of Alaska public works, federal loans for small businesses, revision of land laws to permit outright purchases, road funds to open the country and other projects, we have confidence that his plans are sound because they derive from facts, not rosy minded fancy or any brutal will ingness to betray the nation into wasting federal funds here or any where.
 "The IT Republicans include men of fine ability and character. They want the same things the Governor seeks, namely, the gen. eral welfare. In spirit of CO., operation with him, they will achieve it. Maybe they can damp en such sophomoric utterances as J. c. Morris poetic hogwash about stars, traps and cans, too; and per haps he will join with them to improve Alaska without needless combat.
 "J. Sidney Rood,
 ''Spenard, Alaska" ,.G
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-08

being raised in Anchorage by IT Republicans is more than another tempest in a teapot, we don't know.
 It is heartening to find in the Anchorage News a letter from a reader who is supporting Cover nor Heintzleman-but who hopes, too, that some good will come of the current controversy, because in the group of IT Republicans are "men of fine ability and char acter" and 'they want the same thing the Governor seeks, naAlely the general welfare"
 Here is the Letter to the Edi- tor" from J. Sidney Rood, of Spe- nard, Alaska, well-known thru out the territory over a long per iod of years.
 "If IT Republicans here want the Governor to support their pro- posals for achievement of this areas welfare, why don't they simply send him the proposals for his consideration? Airmail reaches Juneau within five hours every day, w.p.
 If he agrees it will be because he believes the proposals are sound If he diSagrees, he will say why. If he is not sure, he will wish to discuss the matter with the pro- posers to get more justification. It is that simple.
 Governor Heintzleman appears to welcome proposals, to be very constructive and well informed. He must always refuse, however, to be forced by any pressure group into rubber stamping it's proposals without thorough study. He is like that.
 If he will not be thus used we need more men like him. What security would there be for the rank and file of our people if little groups of men could push him around.
 The IT Republicans, apparent ly, decided to inform the Cover nor that it was urgent that he hop up here to accommodate them Cat whose expense is not clear) mean while keeping secret from him the proposals they intended to per suade him to accept 'or else,' then to open battery of IT guns on him to persuade
 Fair, do you think? And now it is reported that they may pulp fish their proposals in newspapers so as to put the Governor on the defensive, even before they have given the work iburdened friend of Alaska a fair or sporting chance to read their document. I hope it is not true.
 "The Governor is clearly right in wanting to study any proposals which men who are presumably responsible believe to be meritor- ious. Certainly we cannot expect him to successfully advocate pro- grams before Congress unless, as based on all the facts and reason able conclusions to be derived therefrom, he sincerely believes in the program. Furthermore, Congress confidence in him and, therefore, in all his proposals for Alaska, is at stake. Ballyhoo be- fore Congress, when discovered, could easily. become a boomerang.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-08
ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSES
 ASKED FOR KJNO AND KABI

WASHINGTON, Rt-The Com munications Commission was ask ed today by Aurora Broadcasters, Inc, to approve assignment of the licenses of stations KJNO, Juneau, and KABI, Ketchikan, to the Midnight Sun Broadcasting Co. Ion Duplicate Receipt Books
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The Nome nugget., 1954-01-08

A Woman seems to think the only way to reform man is to tie him up in nots.
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-08

A man with wonderful vocabulary is one who can describe shapely girl without using his hands,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
q A H-CHOO!"

IA Prof. Reginald L. Rea-
gan looked alphabetically
across the breakfast table at
his wife. Her eyes were watery,
her nose was red, her head
heavy, and there was a box of
tissues on the chair beside
her-all telltale evidence of
life's old misery at work, the
common cold. Indeed, he
thought, Mrs. Reagan had had
more than her share of sniff
fling and coughing that year.
After a second cup of coffee,
his mind began to work rap
idly. Why not try to capture
this ubiquitous bug" under
an electron microscope? In
the past, aided by a team of
scientists, he was first to pho
tograph other virus strains,
notably polio, yellow fever.
measles and infectious mono
nucleosis, a glandular fever.
With 100000 worth of
equipment at his finger tips
and a couple of baby CHM
panzeeS, Prof. Reagan con-
Quoted his cold experiments
at the University of Maryland,
where he heads the virus lab
Oratory in the Livestock San
itary Service. Working with
DR.. Arthur L. Brueckner. serv-
ice director; virologiSt Edward
c. Delaha, several technicianS,
a group of students and DR..
Eddy D. Palmer, who supplied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
BY Meredith S. Buel

cold specimens from Walter
Reed Hospital patients, he
spent four months getting the
microscopic menace into
focus.
Here are the steps leading
up to the camera cornering:
Nose and throat washingS,
mixed in saline solutions, were
taken from two persons-one
had cold symptoms, the other
was normal. The waShingS,
placed separately in two plas-
tic tubes, were filtered
through pads designed to
keep out bacteria. Each So
luton spun under refrigera-
ton for several hours at a
rate of $4,000 revolutions per
minute In an ultra -centrifuge
machine.
The spinning forced virus
particles in both waShingS to
the bottom of the tubes, and
the excess material was drawn
off by suction with a pipette.
A drop of each sediment was
placed on a different screen.
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pho
tographed them after they
were magnit1ed $4,000 times.
Then, for study, the negatives
were blown up" to 100000
magnifications. Objects re-
sembling golf balls appeared
in the prints made of the cold
washing. Nothing was de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Cornering the Cold Virus

tected in pictures Of the nor
NAL solution.
Then more WaShingS taken
from the same tube yielding
the infectious particles were
painted in the noses of the
isolated baby chimps. One
was normal, the other-acting
as a control-had been i'm
munized against a cold. The
normal animal soon developed
cold symptoms; the immu-
nized chimp never did.
Il feel sure we captured a
strain of the cold virus" Prof.
Reagan says.
Actually, the capsule-form
summary bellies the many
heartbreaking factors making
it a long, tedious process, en-
failing much retestine. In
many respects, tracking down
a specific virus is like trying to
pocket a smoke ring.
In the first place, about a
dozen patients had to be used
before one provided a strong
enough cold virus solution.
prof. Reagan estimates about
a million cold virus particles,
collectively about the size OF
a pencil point, were in the
bottom of the tube holding
the successful experimentD
Other diScouraging factors in
clude unwanted viruSes, such
as influenza, showing up in
the cold experiment; virus
(COnfinMed on Page n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23

pay legislation be coupled with postal per-
sonnet Redistribution, has compromised
by giving the unions nearly everything they
demanded. Passage was by such over
whelning majorities that the veto threat
may fade away-although there are reports
that the President is standing his ground.
The administration had agreed to S
per cent pay raise for postal and classified
civil service workers generally - but had
insisted that an increase in postal rates and
some provision for immediate reclassifica-
ton Of postal employees should be incor-
porated in the legislation. With the postal
deficit touching the half billion dollar mark
year after year, the prospect Of adding
millions to rising postal costs through pay
raise was ar unpleasant one to the Budget
Bureau. The approved bill has reclassif-
cation clause, it is true, but this calls only
for study of the need for reclassifying
postal workers Postmaster General Sum
merield has asserted that no further study
is needed to show the inequalities Of the
existing job structure, long pushed out Of
killer by previous pay and personnel acts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23
By Charles E. TroceWeN

it is in this drip that the cardinals
love to battle.
Other species, too. like the novelty.
They act much as children do on
the occasions mother turns the hose
on them.
Fortunately. one may still carry
buckets of water to flowers and bird
baths.
Times of drought bring out in spec
tacular fashion the need for small wa
tering places for the wild life of the
small garden.
Wandering tortoises. dogs, cats, squir-
rels and others find solace in the shall
low bath sunk in the ground.
The birds like best the elevated bath.
Baths for the wildfolk should be
kept clean at all times.
This Is best done with an old scrub
brush and bucket Of water-a bucket
full Of which is not used In the bath,
by the way.
Such cleansing should be. carried out
at least once week, with care taken
daily to see that the bath is kept filled.
A lively gathering Of starlings or
robins. or both. will clear all the water
out Of bath in q few minutes.
The birds become part of ones fam
lily, and summer care Of the inmates
Of the home should extend to the
feathered creatures that add 50 much
to the beauty Of daily life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23
Arlington Schools


A recent letter to The Star concern
ing Arlington Report Cards" gave what
Is in my opinion very unfair report
Of the recent teacher workshops.
First Of all, the five visiting educators
were asked to sit on panel to discuss
various kinds of grading and reporting
to parents AS teacher in attendance
felt that the five panel members tried
to state their honest opinions of the
different methods of grading, because
that is what they were asked to do.
When the panel members finished, a
question period followed. hope B. M.
Miller at that time stated his questions
if he had any.
have never heard that the yearly
workshops are compulsory. The teach
erS in my acquaintance who attend
them do SO voluntarily. The classes can
either be audited or taken for under
graduate or graduate credit. The teach
ers who enroll find that although home
work is required it is not to the extent
that the workshops can be termed EN-
durance tests"
The Arlington school system may be
ambitious in wanting the very best Tor
the children, but never forces "undesir-
able methods and practices" The
Arlington schools always welcomes crit
icisms and suggestions. Before the mar
ratiye report was adopted in any school
majority Of the parents voted favor
ably for the new report.
Mr.. Miller's letter seems to me to
reflect very narrow uninformed view
point.
Maxine RiSS0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23

was stocked with everything from vodka
to moonShine.
Gen. Eisenhower ordered 4 cooke, !"
but there wasn't one in the place.
This was one of the rare times a
lStatler hotel has been caught with its
provender down.
The hotel industry was set on its ear
recently with the announcement that
Millionaire Hotelman Conrad n. Hilton
was swinging one Of the biggest deals
of the century Of the Statler
chain for an estimated SIG million.
Old-timers scratched their heads and
CLICKED reminiscently about rugged
Ellsworth M. Statler, founder Of the
famous chain-a Wheeling, w. Va, bell
boy who built his first hotel in Buffalo.
N. Y, just after the turn of the century.
Fond Of old fedoras, So shoes and Is
cent cuff links, Mr.. Stat}er's genius as
a pioneer hotelman was probably the
result of theory he invoked through
out his lifetime: 1.-THE customer Is al
ways right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23
Sreece's Claim on Cyprus


have read with great interest your
editorial on Cyprus and the feature
story which appeared, respectively, in
the August and Is issues Of The
Star.
It is heartening indeed, but not sur.
prising, that the uproar raised in
Cyprus, in Greece, and in Great Brit
ain itself, over this new outburst of
colonialism in the midst of the goth
century has been echoed in the United
States and other parts of the world
would like. however, to be given
the opportunity to- comment on
single point of your story.
Cyprus has always been regarded by
historians and geographers as part
of Greece, bound by ties of blood, cul
ture, religion and sentiment.
Cyprus was part of the Byzantine
(Greek) empire until 1871 AID. The
Byzantine empire, after a long and
glorious history of approximately LOOT
years, fell to various conquerorS.
There was then no independent
Greek state. AS result of the Wa)
of Greek Independence, 1821-1830, the
modern Greek state was formed. How.
ever, due to political conditions which
unfortunately prevailed at that time
only small part of the Greek territory
was allowed to join in forming this
state. The small independent Greek
state had, therefore, to struggle for
more than century in it's effort to
liberate and unite with Greece the
various Greek provinces left outside its
boundaries. One after another these
provinces were Joined to the Greek
state: The Ionian Islands in 1863.
Thessaly and small part of Southern
EpiruS in 1880; the remainder OF
Southern Epirus. Macedonia, Crete, and
the Aegean Islands in 1912-1913; West
ern Thrace in 1918; and the Dodeca-
uese Islands in 1915. None Of these
purely Greek territories had been
part of modern Greece until they were
united, some as late as 1945, with the
modern Greek state.
Cyprus would long ago have been
united with the motherland, as were
the other Greek islands under Ottoman
rule, were it not for the British occupa-
ton. which has SO far prevented its
return to Greece.
The question is a basic and simple
one which no argument advanced by
those trying to prolong colonial status
in Cyprus can escape. The Cypriots do
not wish to be governed by laws made
in their absence and without their con-
sent. They want to decide freely and
of their own accord upon the form OF
government they desire. They feel that
after having fought in two wars for
the independence of others. they should
at least be entitled to their own.
The time is approaching, however,
when the issue will be brought before
the coming General Assembly of the
United Nations. Every country, large or
small, will have to take stand. It will
then be easy to count those who really
stand, by deed-not only by words-for
self-determination and for democratic
principles in general.
Constantine Alex. Triantaphyllakos,
Counselor. Royal Greek Embassy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23
Tax on Food
Maxine Risso.

ANY person who would have anything
to do with putting tax on food shows
that he has no knowledge OF the pro-
found effect food has on almost every
phase of human existence! DR.. Cava-
naugh of Cornell University says that
there is really only one disease-mal-
nutrition; all other diseases stem from
it. In other words, everything IN this
world operates on the principles OF
chemistry, and health especially is a
simple matter of chemistry! II we
replace the chemicals that are con-
stantly being used up in our bodies, in
the right amounts and proportions.
and they are reacted on properly by
the chemicals that should be in the
body, we have all the blessings of good
health. II not, we have the pitifully
unnecessary and preventable miseries
of chronic and acute disease, mental
deficiencies. inefficient and Intellectual
living and working, personality malad-
justments, etc.
II children all through school were
first taught the fundamentals of life.
which have been criminally neglected,
and the academic things after, such
things as this amazingly shortsighted
legislation couldn't happen.
Much money and time have been
spent revising the tax structure, and
Congress has come up with setup just
as Anticipated and impractical as the
old one. They simply took taxes on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23
PQrIoyed Hotel SLOGAN Into So Million

Another time, the late Joseph Short,
President Truman's press secretary and
an ulcer sufferer, called the hotel
before banquet at which the Presi-
dent was to appear and explained that
he-Mr. Short-wanted only a clear
consomme and custard cup for din
ner. The request got botched somehow,
for when the President sat down to
eat. he discovered it was he who had
the consomme and custard. His press
secretary had inherited the steak and
potatoes.
A spectacular contretemps occurred
shortly after the Statler here opened
It was the practice of the hotel during
the war to melt down unused soap left
by the guests, cut it into large bars
and save 1t for the employees wash
rooms. This was done with steam
driven through a pipe connecting the
boiler and laundry room.
One night the steam was shut off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23
Church History
I. C. M.

The reporter who wrote the recent
Associated Press story entitled "Catho-
lies Shun World Council erred when
he said that one of the sects that broke
away from Rome in the 10th century
is the Jacobite Apostolic Church.
The Jacobite Apostolic Church is
Monophysite church that separated
from the Catholic Church in the 4th
century when the Roman Catholic and
Greek Orthodox Churches were still
one body. In the 10th century. Chris
tians in India who had belonged to
the HISTORIAN Church, also originating
in the 4th century, had united with
the Catholic Church. and since the
Inquisition had been a little over
jealous in burning them for heresy.
some Of them decided to go back to
being HISTORIANS. Since they couldn't
find HISTORIAN Church to consecrate
them bishop. they joined the Jacobite
Church instead.
In the 10Th century French priest
named Vilatte was consecrated bishop
by Jacobite bishop in India, and
organized an Old Catholic Church in
the State of Wisconsin, and several Old
Catholic bodies derive their episcopal
succession through him.
Thomas A. Fairbanks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-23

His first ventures prospered with the
slogan. "A room and bath for
dollar and half" Mr.. Statler figured
q shoe salesman and duke had one
thing in common when traveling-a
bed. He detested the pomp and cere-
mony Of American hotels OF the day,
which he thought aped the manners
and customs Of European iostelries
Indeed, his first customers were trav-
cling statesmen and itinerant vaude-
Williams
Mr. Statler's phenomenal success was
derivative OF his Unfortunately shrewd
imagination, coupled with unabashed
daring. He was the first hotelman to
install circulating ice water; first to
put keyholes above the doorknob (al-
ways bane to early-morning inebri-
atesl: first to put an electric light in
every closet: first to provide rooms with
full-length mirrors "a sop to the ladies
with their hanging petticoats); first
to put pincushions and sewing equip
ment In hotel rooms.
And, among innumerable other
novel services. he was the first to de-
liver free morning newspapers to his
guests, which were slipped under doors
specially built five-eighths Of an incl,
above the floor. It cost the Boston
Statler alone $4,000 one year to
deliver 3 million papers.
Mr.. Statler was q stickler for efi-
cheney. He never forgot an inspection
visit he made to one Of his hotels. The
elevator boy in the car he was riding
chose the occasion to turn out the
lights and. as the elevator plummeted
down floor after floor in stygian dark
ness, yelled at the top of his lungs.
Hold your hats, folks, we're going
through tunnel"
The Washington Statler once came
cropper with President Truman in
an elevator incident.
President Truman stepped into one
Of the elevators few minutes after
midnight-the doors closed but the
elevator operator couldn't get the car
started. Anxious Secret Service men
downstairs in the lobby were ready
to spring into action just before Man
ager Blunck managed to get another
car for the presidential party.