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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-18
YoHNgighbr and Nine
BY Tito Valdez


other, and by either word,
deed or physical expression
OF some sort leave a perman-
ent impression, either for
better or worse, on the
minds Of people with whom
they come in contact. This
writer has such a person in
mind at the moment. She
is one of two persons with
w n ON we have had the
pleasure of having worked,
and worked for a period of
several years, and whose in
fluence towards good, clean.
christian living has been so
great that it exerts itself
even when we are absent one
from the other. A highlight
of this lady's personality is
her ability to vocally express
appreciation for the most
trivial favor. in such a way
that the honoree is made to
feel that he or she has done
something great, no matter
how small the deed. Her pet
p hras s. e, THANK you so
much, with the emphasis
on the $50, leaves one with
the feeling that he should do
more than what he has al
ready done. Our lady was
the recent victim of an acct
dent that temporarily af-
fected her speech, and she
isn't permitted to talk above
a whisper, but when we vi
sited her as she lay on her
hospital cot, the big smile
and the look in her big
brown eyes told us the words
that her lips wanted to speak
"Thank you so much for
coming. We miss you, Mrs.
Linkous, and sincerely join
family, friends and fellow
workers in hoping that you
will soon be up and with US
again real soon. This is our
i tribute to a most gracious
lady, your n e g h b or and
mine, Mrs. John r. Linkous,
Pulaski Hospital.
/ Sunday we attended morn
ing worship at the Baptist
Church on Magazine Street.
Service was ably conducted
by the Rev. William Frazier,
assistant pastor, in the alb
sence of the pastor, Rev. o.
l.. Johnson. The sermon, "A
| G. h ri s t a n Who Lived In
Vain, was taken from the
book of James. 1t dealt
with the value Of governing
our tongues when speaking
of some fellow being. Even
though we may profess to
be true Christians, and may
even follow diligently the
/ Ten Commandments, our
/ testimonies as Christian be-
\ levers are worthless if we
engage in idle gossip, or
speak unfavorably about our
neighbors. 1t was a good
sermon, well delivered, and
a tribute to the instruction
of the Rev. Johnson. Rev
Frazier is his understudy.
During the past month or
so we have had the pleasure
of knowing Mrs. Elizabeth
Eastman, of New York, who
has been visiting with her
mother, Mrs. Susie Richards,
of Maple Street. We've been
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-18

U. S. shall be electing anew
House Of Representatives,
and 1-3 Of the Senate. Poll
tics will be much in the
news, and there'll be many
a hot argument over politics.
Meanwhile, a lot of hands
will be lifted in horror, and
a lot of voices will say poll
tics is a dirty business"
Yet you are in politics. Or
if you're not, you should be.
What do you want? You can
get it at the polls.
Oh, yes, we know all the
arguments. For instance,
neither party stands for
what you want most. Well,
why not bore from within?
Be an active member of your
party. Support it with your
labor and FOR your money.
Make yourself valuable to
the party. You will soon find
yourself in a position to in
fluence the position of your
party. locally. And if that
position is a good one, it will
be echoed elsewhere locally,
so that eventually it will be-
come a State or National po-
sition. You can do it.
Or, what you want is too
broad to be limited to sin
gle party. Many good things
are taken up by both parties,
so it is logical to take a good
thing to either party. Still,
if that doesn't suit you, you
can form a nOn-partisan
group to work for the thing
you want. The reform par
ties" we hear of in many big
cities are such organizations.
This means work, too, you
must deliver the vote to back
up your demands.
You don't know what you
do want! Well, find out.
Read the newspapers, maya
zines, the library books
available. Talk it over
with your neighbor across
the fence, your fellow club
members, your minister, the
president of the PTA, your
newspaper editor. Find out
what the issues are. Make
up your mind what your
stand is. and then stand I'D
for it.
But the principal way
most of us are Tin politics"
is by voting. Or is it? Did
you vote in the last election?
According to the Virginia
Jaycees, only 81 per cent of
Virginia adults voted in the
1852 Presidential election. In
West Virginia, II per cent
of the adult population
voted.
Now, why don't we vote?
tits the poll tax" comes the
chorus. But it's not a valid
excuse for most people. It's
true, if you haven't paid EN-
this year, you can't vote this
year, but you can make up
your mind not to let it hap
pen again.
But in this day and age,
most people can afford to
pay their Virginia poll taxes.
Until recently, accumulated
poll taxes in Alabama could
amount to $36, and for many
people that is just too much.
Here in Virginia, we must
have paid our poll taxes for
three consecutive years. But
even paying three years at
one time, it is not too large
a sum for most people.
d., tho WOW dop,t fornaf
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
House Comm. Chairman
Opposed To Linking
Two Statehood Bills

WASHINGTON, R - Chair
man Miller (R-Neb) of the House
Interior Committee said yester-
day he is opposed to linking Ha-
waiian and Alaskan statehood in
one bill Each should be handled
on its own merits, he said,
He told reporter he intends
to vote for Hawaiian statehood
if it is brought to vote in the
new Congress but he is not "as
strong for it as before"
The congressman said he had
reached no definite conclusions
regarding Alaskan statehood.
However, he said he probably
would support it if the northern
part of Alaska is left as mill
tary reservation.
81 am going to vote for Ha-
waiian statehood, but l am not
as strong for it as was before, )"
Miller told a reporter. 81 have
some misgivings. There are a
number of reasons.
For one thing, if they obtain
statehood l do not believe any
Caucasians will be elected to Of
flee from local offices on up. And
members of the Caucasian race
are the ones who made the wheels
go round out there. This matter
should be carefully weighed"
Miller said labor unions are
under the control of Harry
Bridges and Bridges can ham
string the islands at any time.
Miller said that under present
conditions the military can step
in and take over shipping if
necessary.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
Will Ask Congress
Postpone April l
Excise Tax Cuts

WASHINGTON, R-President
Eisenhower said today he will ask
the new Congress to postpone the
scheduled April | estimated
at three billion dollars-on cor
poration and excise taxes.
The President told his news
conference the budget deficit
makes it necessary for him to
make such request.
He said when you have the
government going into the red
federal income must be kept up.
Eisenhower expressed conf
dence he will have very real CO.
operation from the Democrats as
well as the Republicans on for
eign policy, national defense and
mutual security matters.
In regard to national defense,
Eisenhower indicated, but did not
say so specifically, that the adj
ministration might be thinking
about a further cut in the strength
of the armed forces.
He said that development of the
long-range bomber and atomic
weapons has made it necessary
for the United States to concen-
trate first on continental defense,
and secondly on preventing STRAIT
egic areas such as western Europe
from falling to an enemy attack.
He said that in doing those two
things, the nation can cut back
on its active forces so long as it
has an adequate trained military
reserve.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
Christmas Tree
Program To Be At
School On Friday

The annual Community Christ
mas program will be presented in
the school gymnasium on Friday,
Dec. II, at 800 pm. All grades up
to and including the sixth will
take part.
The program, called "The Gift
of Song" was written by Robert
Heath and is dedicated to the
Nome School children, who have
worked very hard to make it a
success. The story protrays the
spirit of Christmas as it might be
observed in the homes of children
in many parts of the world.
Some carols seldom heard in
America will be sung by the vari-
Gus rooms. Mrs. Dunbar's room
will sing two German carols in
that language and Mrs. Glavino-
vich's room will sing a song in
Norwegian. These songs may Gre
ate bit of nostalgia in the hearts
of some of the old-timers.
There will be some solos, duet,
and some small group singing
during the program. The Nome
School band will play familiar
carols during the change of scenes.
Save Friday night for the Christ
mas Program.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
X-Ray of School
Children Will
Start Thursday

The mass X-ray of school chill
dren will be carried out tomor
row at school, All parents able to
are asked to send a dollar to
help defray the cost SO that other
children in other communities
may also get their chest X-rays.
Anyone who cannot afford the
dollar will be X-rayed anyhow
For the rest of the community,
the X-rays will be taken at the
Court Room in the Federal Build
ing starting on Friday, Dec. II
between 12:45 pm. and 400 pm.
AT those hours, all persons whose
last name starts with the letters
A or B are to get their x-rays
taken.
For the group whose last names
start with c, D or E, x-rays will
be taken on Saturday, Dec. 10
OGl"SCll O.fO dill. ctliSl Il lloOll'
The F, G or H, group, Satur-
day, Dec. Is, l2:45 to 400 pm.
l, ] or K-Monday, Dec. 20,
l2:45 to 400 pm.
L, M or N-Tuesday, Dec. 81,
6:45 am. to II noon.
o, P or Q-Tuesday, Dec. 81,
l2:45 to 400 pm.
R, S or T = Wednesday, Dec.
%, 8:45 am. to II noon.
U through z Wednesday,
Dec. %, 12:45 to 400 pm.
Remember if you can afford
dollar-pay it. If you cannot af-
ford the dollar, your x-ray will
be taken anyway.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
Unemployment
Fund Expected
Depleted In March

ANCHORAGE, lR = Alaska S
unemployment CO IN p e n ton
fund will be exhausted next
March if benefit payments con-
tinue to exceed contributions by
the same rate they have the past
several months, the Territorial
Employment Service said today.
The Employment Service adj
ministers the fund, which is main
tanned by tax on employers.
Benefit payments the first II
months this year were 35 per cent
higher than during the same II
months a year ago, while en-
ployers' contributions were down
IL per cent, spokesman noted.
Should the rate of contributions
continue the same, the fund bal
ance will be down to $1,370,000
by next Feb. 18th, he said, and
added:
This would not be enough to
pay anticipated benefit payments
for March if they should be 35
per cent higher than the March,
1854, payments of S1,216,860.56."
The status of the fund has
caused concern in labor, manage
ment and legislative circles the
past several years. Suggestions for
safeguard it, as we'll as insuring
continuance of payments, have
varied. Sweeping changes are ex-
pected to "a be suggested to the
legislature converting next month.
Under present Alaska law,
workers are eligible for $35 week
ly benefits, plus allowances for
dependents, as long as the fund
remains above two million dol
lars. When it drops below that
point, the payments must be cut
back to $40 weekly.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
Justice VIM. o. Douglas
WEEDS Member of His Staff

TALLULAH, La, R- Associ-
ate Justice William o. Douglas
and 37-year-old member of his
Washington staff were married
late yesterday at her parents
home here.
The bride is Mrs. Mercedes
Hester Davidson, ex-wife of for
mer Asst. Sec. of the Interior C.
Girard Davidson, now a Portland,
Ore, attorney.
Douglas, Sc, was divorced last
year by Mrs. Mildred Douglas,
who said he abandoned her while
engaged in his work and world
travels.
The new Mrs. Douglas did re-
search for Douglas on his last
three travel books.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
No Fire Results In Near
Miracle AS Fuel Tank
Cars Are Derailed

PARIS, ILL.,, Up Twenty cars
of two New York Central freight
trains flowed off the right-of-Way
in this city of about 10000 early
today and a witness said, otis a
miracle the entire west end wasn't
blown up"
Among the cars which left the
rails were three tank cars con-
tanning naptha, gasoline and fuel
oil. Tilted or overturned and with
seams leaking, they still were a
menace to the community several
hours later
There were no fatalities. Only
four persons were slightly injured.
They lived in store-apartment
building into which a string of
three cars crashed, wrapping
themselves around it.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
PNA Will Buy Turbo-Jets
If CAA ReneWs Permit

ANCHORAGE, lR - Six new
English-made Vickers Viscount
turbo-jets will be added to the
Alaska run of Pacific Northern
Airlines if the Civil Aeronautics
Board allows it to continue SER
vice to the territory, president
Arthur Woodley said yesterday.
Only the boards decision on it's
application to have it's air certifi-
cate renewed has delayed pur-
chase of the new-type planes,
Woodley, of Seattle, said.
They are made by the Vickers
Co., and were inspected by Wood
ley on his recent trip to London.
They are similar in appearance
to DC-4's and are now used by
British Overseas Anyways, British
European Anyways, Air France
and Transcanada Anyways.
''The six turbo-jets would sup
plant the five DC-4's and the
four DC-3's which we now have
in operation" Woodley said.
"They would each carry an aver
age of "A persons"
Their purchase would bring a
realignment of the lines routes
They are reported to cruise at 1926
miles an hour at $4,000 feet.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
Pope Plus On Mend Today

VATICAN CITY, (R-The Vati-
can press office said today Pope
Plus XII is again on the upgrade.
Though internal bleeding is re-
ported to have complicated his
gastric ailment, his condition was
described as improving.
Quoting a dispatch set up for
publication late today by the Vati-
can newspaper, the press office
said:
"The holy father has overcome
his stationary situation and his
condition now has again started
to improve"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
CAA Reveals Development
Rupture-PrOOf Flexible
Airplane Gas Tanks

INDIANAPOLIS, R = The
Civil Aeronautics Administration
announced today the achievement
of a major step toward prevent
ing plane crash fires-the devel-
opment of flexible bladder type
fuel tanks for aircraft.
CAA said Goodyear Tire g.
Rubber Co. and us. Rubber Co.
have developed rubberized nylon
materials so strong and light
weight and elastic that:
l. 1t has now become possible
to make integral tanks-fuel cells
built into an airplane's wings
out of them.
2. In accidents where passen-
gers can be expected to survive
the crash impact, these tanks will
not rupture and cause fire.
One CAA official said fire after
the crash, resulting from the rup-
ture of fuel tanks and the spray
ing of gasoline over the wreckage,
accounts for almost one-fourth of
the fatalities in airplane acct
dents.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
Navy Abandons Search
For "The Brothers"

HONOLULU, Up - The Navy
called off at dark last night a
massive air and surface search
for two Washington State fisher
men who radioed early Sunday
that their boat, "The Brothers"
was sinking 70 miles north of
Honolulu.
A spokesman said the Navy be-
lieved the men were lost.
Arthur Otness and his cousin
John Otness of Seattle and Ia
coma, the two fishermen aboard,
had reported they would abandon
the sinking 48foot boat for a
small raft they carried.
The Navy, Coast Guard and Air
Force combed 1000 square miles
area all last night.
The Otnesses formerly were of
Petersburg, Alaska, and the boat
was registered out of that fish
ing port.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
Alaska Delegate Bartlett and Hawaii
Delegate harrington Disagree On Plan
To Press For Hawaii Statehood Only

HONOLULU, lR - Alaska's
Democratic and Hawaii's Repub-
lican delegates to Congress, both
here for Interior Committee hear
ings, disagreed yesterday on
President EisenhoWer's decision to
press for statehood for Hawaii
only in the next Congress.
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said
the action may well deal a fatal
blow to Hawaii's chances
Delegate Elizabeth harrington
of Hawaii said the experience in
the last Congress led her to be-
lieve both territories would have
better chances in separate bills.
Bartlett said:
eff Eisenhower fails to include
Alaska, naturally it will be hurt
full to Alaska, but likewise it may
we'll deal fatal blow to Hawaii's
chances because the singing out
of one and failure to mention the
other will give statehood oppo-
nents in the Congress a rallying
point and will introduce partisan
consideration into the whole state
hood cause.
THAT is the last thing we
should want.
81 simply do not understand
why the President, who spoke so
eloquently for Alaskan statehood
together with that fol: Hawaii in
1850, will not promote the Alaska
statehood cause now.
"His attitude has been in con-
trast to that of former President
Truman who urged statehood for
both territories with equal force"
Mrs. harrington said:
81 will introduce a bill for
statehood for Hawaii on the open
ing day of Congress. l will sup
port statehood for Hawaii and AL
aska.
However the experience of the
past session of the Congress when
there was joint bill leads me to
believe that both territories would
have a better opportunity of hav-
ing the legislation passed and
signed by the President if each
were considered on its own
merits
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15
Canadian Airline Requests
Permission Toe Fly To Alaska

WASHINGTON,R -The White
horse Y.T) Flying Service today
asked CAB permission to operate
irregular service from White
horse to Haines, Juneau, Fair
banks, Anchorage and Skagway,
Alaska.
No one appeared to protest the
request at brief hearing.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-12-15

TOKYO, R-Hisashi Sekido, AZ,
confessed he was the mysterious
slasher who had wounded nine
women, but, police said, he only
wanted to go to Jail to dodge his
estranged wife who wanted
money.
They released him to face her.
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