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The Nome nugget., 1954-05-26
RESURRECTION! '!

Since the dawn of the Christian Era, and probably for centuries before has dreamed and debated and speculated the existence of life after death. That there is such thing is an article of faith in most religions but those who have crossed the River Styx not come back to tell their experiences.
 But for the past eight years-only eight years out of the untold centuries of human yearnng-there has been way for to know that still live after the Grim Reaper has cut down Whether we are entitled to hereafter no it is for the asking 50 long have the blessed gift of vision.
 Today, thanks to the Eye Bank for Sight Restora- tion, thousands of people who were blind are seeing through the corneas of those who longer have for them Since it's founding in 1946, more than four thousand eyes have been donated to the Eye Bank 210 East 64th St., New York 21, N.Y., and the branches in Boston, Chicago and Winston Salem
 But more and more are needed, and will be needed through the years Your doctor can tell you how to make the greatest bequest that is anyone's to give
 When your eyes are closed in death they can open a life to another!
 Good advice to girls is never to play ball with a unless he furnishes the diamond
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-26
A CHALLENGE TO THE CLASS OF '54

The Class of 1854 will be graduated tomorrow from the Nome High School. We congratulate these students for they have spent twelve years preparing for this day.
 It would be nice to be able to hand them a we'll balanced world with peace throughout and jobs enough for everybody.
 Instead, we give them challenge to help build Alaska into an empire that does not have to beg for equality or ask favors of other Americans who do not know what is to be governed without the privilege of voting.
 Most of the graduates come of pioneering stock and have the heritage of courage and faith in the future of Alaska
 We believe all of them will be useful and good citizens credit to Nome their country and their God
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-26
The Significance Of The Poppy

Next Saturday little red poppies will bloom on millions of coats throughout America. As the an- nual day for the wearing of the poppy draws near, it is well to bring to our minds the signifi- canoe of this little flower. Why do we have q Poppy Day?
 First, we wear the poppy once year to express the feeling of reverence that is always in our hearts for the men who died for America in the two World Wars. The poppy is their flower. It grew on the battle-fieldS in France and Belgium where so many of them fought and died; it grew over their fresh graves-the one touch of beauty and life in all that region of destruction and death known as the front Nothing can symbOlize our remembrance of the World War dead in so fitting way as the wearing of the poppy.
 Second, we wear the poppy to help tighten the burden for those who are still undergoing suffer ing and hardships because of the wars, the disabled veterans and the families of the dead and dis abled. Making the poppies gives employment to hundreds of dis abled men who otherwise would be unable to earn anything to- ward the support of themselves or their families. If you have never visited the men making poppies in the hospitals, it will be difficult for you to realize that having these little flowers made by the disabled is one of the largest pieces of welfare work done by the American Legion Auxiliary. What form of aid could be more effective than helping the dis abled men help themselves by worthwhile work?
 The funds derived from the poppy sale constitute the largest source of revenue for the Rehab- ilitation and Child Welfare work of the Legion and Auxiliary. The dimes, quarters and dollars drop ped in to the contribution boxes on Poppy Day enable the Legion Posts and Auxiliary units to carry out constructive program of aid to the disabled and to the de- pendent families of veterans thru out the year. Poppy Day is the one day when the public is priv ileged to contribute toward this great work.
 When you buy your poppy Sat urday, think of the disabled vet eran in a hospital or convalescent workshop who has, fashioned the little blood-red flower. Think of the fatherless family whose strug- gles during the coming year will be frightened by the coin you drop into the poppy workers box Think of the brave American boys who lie beneath the waving pop pies in France. Think of these things and you will understand the true significance of the poppy.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-26

The Nome Fire Department was called out to the residence of Jim von der Heydt yesterday afternoon where an overloaded smokestack was the cause of the alarm. No damage resulted.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-26

Good advice to girls is never to play ball with a man unless he furnishes the diamond.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-26

Entered matter October H. 1943 the postofce at Nome Alaska under Act of March B. 1879
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-26

NEW STAINLESS FORM noro ALSO
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Evening star., 1954-12-29
Police Question Parents
Oh Infant Found Dead

The parents of 16-month-old
girl whose bruised body was
found by rescue squad firemen
yesterday in her home in the
TOO block of Eighteenth street
NV, were being questioned to-
day by police.
AT the same time, Coroner A.
Magruder Mcdonald said he will
perform an autopsy in an effort
to determine the cause of the
colored child'S death.
Firemen. called to the home by
the parents after the child
lapsed into Inconsistencies,
gave the child artificial respira-
tion, but failed to revive her.
They told police the body was
bruised badly.
Police said the girls mother
admitted padding" her daugh-
ter with hair brush on Christ
mas Day because she persisted
In turning on the kitchen stove
gas jets.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Giant Building Boom
Hits Greater Miami
As Population looms
By The A.soeiased Press

MIAMI. Fla. Dec. 29.-Greater
Miami. scene of boom and bust
nearly so years ago. is booming
again at the rate of about 1000
new residents every week--and
this time. the experts say. there
won't be another debacle.
Unlike the frenzied land spec
ulation of the '2os. this is q build
ers' boom. New houses are being
built by the thousands. and peo-
pie are buying them and moving
in.
It wasn't like that in the great
Florida land rush which ended
with a crash in 1926. Then
Miami was over-run by get-rich-
quick traders. A single piece of
real estate might change hands
several times in a day, each time
at skyrocketing price. Shoe
string investments pyramided
into paper fortunes in a few
weeks, only to vanish when the
crash came.
miami boom" is something of
a rilisnomer for the prodigous
present-day growth. Expansion
of the city itself was throttled
years ago when satellite suburbs
formed their own municipalities.
Today there are 20 of them
forming a Greater Miami" The
growth is spreading even be-
yond Dade County into neigh
boring Broward County, where
Fort Lauderdale and other COM
munities are growing just as fast.
Greater Miami's population
passed the 100000 mark this
fall and kept on rising. That fig
ure was the estimate of the Flor
ida Power g. Light Co., based on
careful surveys aimed at insur-
ing adequate electricity for the
area. The company's statisti-
clans have advised the firm to
plan for / million in 1860.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Road Program Urged
For Prince Georges
To Meet State Plan

Prince Georges County's pres
ent road program is "just getting
the people out of the mud" the
county commissioners were told
yesterday.
Public Works Director Arthur
L. Tayman said the recently
elected Democratic county COM
missionerS should plan now to
make major expenditures in the
near future to keep pace with
the 1858 million road construc-
tion program of the Maryland
Roads Commission. These State
roads will criss-cross the county
with a network of new super
highways during the next 10
years.
The Democrats pledged, in
their platform last November.
to make it easier for county
residents to get to and from
work by eliminating traffic bot
tlenecks and improving roads.
Two Requests Rejected.
) The status of the county road
program, which has been on a
pay-as-you-go basis aimed pri-
rnarily at grading and paving
secondary roads, also came UP.
The commissioners rejected two
requests to include short sec-
tions Of existing private roads
in the county road maintenance
system.
The reflections followed D dis
cussion in which the commits
siohers indicated that q 40-foot
right-of-way standard will be
applied in considering future
requests. The rejected petitions
were for roads only from eight
to IL feet wide over rights-of-
way from 18 to "a feet wide. Mr..
Tayman told the board the
county would have to buy addi-
tional rights-of way for such
roads. If they were ever used by
more than occasional motorists.
The county has no overall
capital improvement program
and no plans for one. But Mr..
Tayman suggested that. after
demands for school construc-
tion money level of. the COM
missioners should launch a
more ambitious road program A.
nanced by the sale of bonds.
New Traffic Problems Seen.
The new arterial highways be-
ing built by the State Roads
Commission will. change the
driving habits of many motorists.
he said, creating new traffic
Evening star., 1954-12-29
$50 Million Increase
In Maryland Taxes
Seen by Experts
BY ,he A..oeic,ed Pres,

BALTIMORE. Dec. 30. - FL
nancial experts yesterday in ef-
feet confirmed for Gov. Nickel
din his earlier report that $50
million in new or higher taxes
are needed to balance his next
budget.
The Board of Revenue Esti-
mates forecast that all taxes at
the present rates will produce
only 500 million next year.
The Governor figures $12e
million will be needed to run
the State.
Next years tax collections
aren't expected to drop too
greatly. according to the board.
But extra money which was
available this year isn't going
to be. again.
b Utilities Source Gone.
For instance, Gov. McKeldin
collected an additional SIS mil
lion by making public utilities
pay twice on gross receipts. He
can't do that again.
Gov. McKeldin also used more
than So million left over from
last year. His financial advisers
say there will be only $57 224
unspent when this fiscal year
ends June 80.
Board members j.. Millard
TaWes. controller; Hooper S.
Miles. treasurer, and James G.
Rennie, budget director, said
this will be the smallest surplus
since the depression in the early
sos. The smallest actual surplus
between 1899. and last year was
$4.102. 900.
The current budget also was
balanced on paper by anticipat-
ing that State agencies would
give back SIS million they
wouldn't spend next June 80.
Need $lS Million More.
The agencies were appropriated
$1l0,240,641 this year. The Gov
ernor said last week that to meet
demands they'll need $l9 million
more.
The difference between $129
million and 500 million that the
fiscal experts say will be avail
able will be a task of reconcilia-
ton by the Governor and the
Legislature convening week
from today. -,
The estimators say less money
will be collected on alcohol and
horse racing next year.
Gov. McKeldin said he is con-
Evening star., 1954-12-29

District and vicinity - Rain
and colder tonight, low around
a. Tomorrow mostly cloudy and
windy with rain ending in after
noon. Colder in afternoon.
Maryland-Cloudy with rain
tonight and tomorrow morning.
changing to snow tomorrow in
mountains. Colder tonight with
low 40-45 in east and central
portions and around 80 in ex-
treme west. Colder tomorrow
afternoon and night.
Virginia-Cloudy with rain to-
night, ending tomorrow MORN
ing, following by some snow in
mountains. Low tonight 40-45
in west and north and around SO
in southeast. Colder tomorrow.
tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
FBI Chief Urges Check
On Juvenile Delinquency
BY the As.osios.d Prsss

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.--FB1
Director J. Edgar Hoover says a
crime wave of grave proper
tions" may strike the Nation
unless an alarming increase in
juvenile delinquency is checked.
Mr.. Hoover. writing in the
January issue of the, American
Magazine. advocated a return to
religion and STRENGTHENING of
family ties as means Of hating
youthful lawlessnesS.
Available reports. he said, In
dicate crime of all kinds in
creased about 80 in 1854 over
1858.
Mr.. Hoover said that In 1858
persons under 18 accounted for
53.6 per cent of all car thieves
in 1.l74 reporting cities. 49.3 per
cent of burglars, 40.l of all other
thieves, Is per cent of robbers
and 1862 per cent of rapists.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Turnpike Slayer, "a,
is Sentenced 10 Die
" The As.esisssd Pres.

GREENSBURG, Pa, Dec. 90
John Wesley WatJle. 24-year-old
phantom killer Of the Pennsyl-
vania turnpike, yesterday was
sentenced to death in the electric
chair.
A jury last March IL convicted
Wable in the pistol Staying of
Harry F. Pitts, 80, of Bowling
Green. Va, on July %, 1858
Mr.. Pitts was slain as he slept
in the cab of his truck along the
toll road. The jury fixed the
penalty at death.
Wable also was charged with
killing another truck driver and
wounding a. third, but was tried
only for Mr.. Pitts death.
The electrocution date will be
set by the Governor after all
legal moves, If any, are made.
just before Judge Edward G..
Bauer meted out the sentence,
Wable made a statement in
which he said: "I've been un-
justly convicted I'm still
not guilty"
His chief defense attorney,
A. C. Scales, has said he will
appeal the conviction to the
State Supreme Court on the
grounds that the State intro
duced the evidence on the other
shootings in the trial.
Wable was apprehended in
Albuquerque, N. Mex. in Octo-
ber, 1858. He was arrested in
connection with a service sta
ton holdup and later police
recognized him as the man
wanted in Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Sc, 900 Degos Painting
Stolen in Milwaukee
BY fhe Assoeiossd Pres'

,
MILWAUKEE. Dec. 29.-Offi-
GERS 81 the Milwaukee Art Insti-
tute told police yesterday that a
pastel painting by Edgar Degas,
valued by the institute at $4,000.
had been stolen.
DR.. Lavera Pohl. institute di-
rector, said the theft was dis
covered Sunday. but was not re-
ported sooner because an en-
ploye in charge Of the main floor
auditorium where the pastel was
hung was -absent on vacation.
The painting, . Apres lie Balm. =
was given to the institute in 1852
by Mrs. William d. Vogel, a Mil
waukee art patron.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Ex-Bonk Head Denies
EmbezzIement Charge
By the Asseeioisd Press


INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. ga
former Elwood tInd.) bank pres
ident and an automobile dealer
pleaded not guilty yesterday in
! the emhezzlement OF nearly
$50, 900 from the First National
Bank of Elwood.
Walter F. Busch. So, il
charged with embezzlement.
Cecil L. Slavens, a.. former op-
orator of an auto agency in
Elwood. Is charged with aiding
and abetting the embezzlement
Their trials were set for the
February term Of court. Both
are free on bond.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Winds - North to northeast
1925 miles per hour over north
portion tonight. becoming south
east by morning. Northwest or
west 25-35 miles per hour to-
morrow.
Road conditions:
Soutll-Via United States 1:
Wet. Via United States SOL:
Wet.
North-District of Columbia to
Delaware River: Wet. New Jer-i
sey turnpike: Wet. Southern
New England: Wet.
SouthweSt-Via United States
90: Wet. Via United States IL:
Wet.
West-via Pennsylvania turn
pike; Slippery in mountain
Evening star., 1954-12-29

problems along roads which "are
now just holding their own.
The new commissioners also
indicated yesterday that the
county's present stringent trash
dumping law probably is strong
enough. but they mapped pro-
gram to clean up what Commits
Sioners Herbert w. .Reichelt and
Frank j.. Lastner called. health
hazards at roadside dumps. Last
week. Mr.. Lastner called for a
study or. the trash dumping
ordinance to determine if the
penalties for dumping were stiff
enough.
Cleanup Pafley Planned
Chairman Jesse S Baggett
said a meeting with Mr.. Tayn1an,
county health authorities and
Police Chief Vincent S. Free will
be scheduled for early next week
to work out a plan to help the
owners of vacant property clean
up the accumulated trash.
Property owners are required
by law to remove trash that be-
comes a nuisance, but Mr.. Rel
chelt said the county should give
them hand. He suggested using
prison labor gangs to clean up
"the mess. we've got' after a
breakdown on further trash
dumping gets underway.
Mr.. Tayman. looking into the
future again, recommended that
the commissioners get authority
from the General Assembly to-
set up a countrywide refuse
service under a new bureau of
sanitation. This service could
take over the collection and dis
posal of trash in the non-incor-
porated areas of the county, he
said.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Roll Union Asks Raise;
Tulks Are Set Jan. 10
By The Assoeiosed Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 29.-The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen will open
wage talks with the Nations
railroads in Chicago on January
10. H. E. Gilbert. president of
the member union. an
nounced today.
Mr.. Gilbert said the union asks
ain increase of % cents an hour
for men on a 40-hour, fiye-day
week; minimum daily earnings
of $18 for firemen in road serv-
ice. and a $40 daily minimum
for road engineers.
The union said men on a 40
hour. five-day week now aver
age $198 per hour: the typical
daily minimum for passenger
f1remen is $13.84. and for road
freight is $15.68.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Ohio Town S zoninq
Is Not Segregation,
School Head Insists
BY IN. As.eeiet.d press

CINCINNATI Dec. 29.-Paul
Upp, superintendent Of schools
at -Hillsboro, Ohio. testified IN
United States District Court to-
day that the towns elementary
school problem '.is not racial" !"
He added he had never drawn
the color line" in operation of
the school.
Mr.. Upp was a witness as
Judge John II. Druffel reopened
q hearing on petition for an
Injunction to prevent the Hills
boro School Board from enforc-
ing a school coming resolution.
Under that resolution. most of
Hillsboro'S Negro elementary
students go to the all-Negro Lin
coin School. However, four go
to the previously all-white Web
ster School and eight to the pre-
viously all-white Washington
School.
Mothers Ask Injunction.
Five mothers of eight Negro
children sought the Injunction
with the support of the National
Association for Advancement of
Colored People. They claimed
the zoning violated a Supreme
Court decision banning segrega-
ton in schools.
In his testimony, Mr.. Upp de-
clared that as far as he is con-
cerned. the coming lis not a
policy of racial segregation"
He said it might be called
Temporary segregation pending
the construction of additional
facilities at the Washington and
Webster Schools" He added,
however. the coming was done to
maintain "a pattern of educa-
ton" which had been followed
for years.
II have presented what I think
is a sane plan Of integration,
he said. 1T was done in the
high school and it will be done
in the elementary schools. Our
problem is not racial. If we had
the buildings we would move
these plaintiffs into them i'm
inediately."
To Abandon School.
Mr.. Upp explained that the
school board will abandon the
Lincoln School when the new
construction is completed. The
school boards construction pro-
gram and the plan to abandon
the Lincoln school was an
nounced last summer before the
opening of the September term.
Both Mr.. Upp and Marvel
Wilkin. president of the school
board, testified that the zones
were based on effort to keep
children in the same schools
they had attended insofar as
possible and to avoid crowded
conditions until new buildings
are finished"
Mr.. Wilkin declared that sew
eral Negro children preferred
to attend the Lincoln School.
Others have renamed away
from claSsrooms fore many
weeks.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Virginia Localities
Vary on Collection 81
Interest on Taxes
sy ,hs Assoeisssd Press

RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 90. =
Virginia localities have no def
mite system for the collection of
interest payments on delinquent
taxes.
This was shown today in q
survey made by the Associated
Press. The survey was taken
after City Attorney Harry L.
Nachman Of Newport News ruled
that interest on delinquent taxes
in the shipbuilding city should
cover only that period up to the
day of payment.
Mr.. Nachman said interest
should not be figured to the end
Of the month in which payment
is made. The city attorney based
his ruling on an Interpretation
of State law pertaining to pay
ment of delinquent taxes.
However. the survey disclosed
a number of localities charge in
terest for an entire month =
though the bill may be paid on
the first or second day of the
month. Still other localities
charge interest to the middle of
the month If payment Is made in
the first Is days or the last of
the month if payment is made
in the last Is days.
Others Conform to Ruling.
Then there are other localities
which conform to Mr.. Nachman's
interpretation of the law and
charge interest only to the time
of payment, be it any day in the
month.
A check with State legal off,
cials elected the information
there is no State law spelling out
how payment shall be made. The
law gives towns and cities the
right to set up their own regu-
lations in their charters If they
wish.
State officials expressed the
view Mr.. Nachman was tech
nically right" in his interpreta-
ton. At the same time they
said it was understandable that
from the standpoint of practi-
cality and administration local
treasurer might prefer to charge
interest to the 18th or final day
Of the month.
Rundown on Methods.
Here's a rundown on some of
the localities and their collection
methods:
Fredericksburg-to date of
payment; Waynesboro-to date
of payment; Staunton-to date
of payment; Alexandria-to date
OF payment: Arlington-15th
and 30th of month; Fairfax
after first few days of month,
interest figured to 30th; Falls
Church-30th of month: Spot
sylvania County-15th and 30th
of month; Stafford County
payments between 1st and 18th
OF month are figured to 1st -
month. Payments between 18th
and 30th are figured to 30th of
month"; Asi,4' fa