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barded Port Arthur in Man.
churia.
In 1918, the German
damned rivers and flooded
the Argonne area to prevent
the advance of American
troops during World War /.
In 1915, the chief of the Ger
man Labor Front, DR.. Robert
Ley, committed suicide to
avoid being tried as a Nazi
war criminal.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
He prayeth best tOho IoUeth
best all things both great
and smdH.-EHglish poet and
philosopher Samuel TAYLOR
Coleridge.
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USELESS INFORMATION

The s2-inch chest Of Tenor
James McCracken is eight
inches bigger than that Of Sonny
Liston and II bigger than Jayne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
400 Bridges

VENICE (AP). - Venice,
the city without streets, has
$50 canals which carry its
traffic. For pedestrian cross
lngs, there are 400 bridges.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23
Dixie Bigots Abuse
Tommie Aoron During
Come At Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas (ANP) -
Bigots here directed such a bitter
and nasty racial assault of name
calling at Denver Bears third
baseman Tommie Aaron, brother
Of Milwaulee's Hank Aaron, dur
ing a recent game between Denver
and Fort Wayne that Manager
Jack Tighe felt obliged to remove
him from the lineup.
Tommie Aaron was badly shaken
by the abuse, Tighe said.
Tghe said the attack was dis
graceful. 1T was really nasty and
absolutely uncalled for" he de-
clared. Il knew Aaron was very
much upset, so I thought it best to
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23

fight. No one Is too good, or too i'm
portant, to participate in demon
strations against racial segrega-
ton, no matter what his occupa-
ton or ife's calling. And he feels,
again as I do, that successful base
ball players, and other athletes
who are well heeled financially,
have an obligation to help their
less unfortunate brothers by lend
ing their prestige to the fight by
engaging in direct-action protests.
They are certainly in a better posi-
ton to do so. Will they respond to
the call?
Robinson and former heavy
weight champion Floyd Patter-
son were on the Birmingham
front line last week, lending
their influence to the civil right
fight. Again, this is as it should
be. Men Of prestige helping to
inspire others less fortunate;
dramatizing their just struggle
before the world.
Readers will recall that only re-
Gently this writer made a similar
request of colored athletes. said in
my column that they should per-
sonally involve themselves in the
civil rights fight because they are
in a position to dramatize and in
fluence the struggle. A topnotch
baseball or basketball player or
football star can, in most instances,
bring more pressure to bear -
and certainly do more to get the
message across that Negro Amer
leans are determined and united in
the fight for justice and equality
than a hundred pickets who are
unknown to the public.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23

AAAS~AAA6 SAAS ASANS1S'
Jackie Roosevelt Robinson, the
man who made 1t possible for the
Willie Mays, the Ernie Banks, the
Bill Brutons and many others to
not only play in the majors, but
to make fabulous sums Of money
while doing so, is making the re-
quest.
Jackie, the man who broke
organized baseballs long-standing
color bar and who by his personal
struggles, sacrifices and persever-
ance paved the way for others of
his race to follow him, has de-
Cided to ask all Negro major
league players to join him in a
Freedom Day Demonstration"
against racial segregation during
the off-season.
This, compared to the sacri-
fices Robinson made for them,
is a rather mild request. VIII
these players repay him with
ingratitude? 1 hope not.
1t is not necessary at this time
to recount the hardships Jackie
had to undergo to shatter the bar
riers Of racial discrimination in
the great American pastime. His
sacrifices and heroics are well
known to the American public
nay, the world. And his success
was crystanzed by his election last
summer to basebalIs hallowed Hall
of Fame.
Jackie is asking just little in
return. Actually he is not asking
it for what he has done for these
players, but for his race and for
American democracy. He knows
that what he has achieved came
not as only as a result of his own
individual efforts, but through the
help and cooperation of others.
For long before Robinson signed
his memorable contract with the
Brooklyn Dodgers; before he be-
came the first Negro player to
play in the majors, the fight
against racial segregation has
been going on.
Jackie wants to help other
unfortunate members of his race
crack their walls Of prejudice.
To use the language Of the hep
sters, he wants to help the "SOul
Brothers" and "SOul Sisters"
This is as it should be.
It boils down to this. If the cur
rent colored major league players
fail Robinson, they'll also be fail
ing their race as well.
Robinson feels, like this writer,
that nobody. is exempt from direct
involvement in the civil rights
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23

several interesting things to this
reporter.
Ollie, who recently signed his
1868 contract after playing out his
option in '62, is real high on the
LA. Rams new coach Harl Svarre.
Ollie predicts Svarre will make it
big in his first year. Ability will
be the only thing that counts with
Svarre, declares Ollie.
1t has been reported that Ollie
will be given the starting fullback
job, and it will be up to Art Prek-
ms; all-American Ben Wilson, and
free agent Roland Hayes, ex-Min-
nesota Vikings player, to move him
OIIt
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23
TEE
TO
GREEN''

Greetings again dubs and hope
fuls! Your humble correspondent
with quick roundup Of the week.
end swingers!! This will be a
quick 1S holes this week, due to
me having some bent back"
muscles or something like that.
Dig, I am not a cool weather
player. My aching sacro-illiac con-
vinces me of that fully. However,
I left my heat lamp and tight
ened my Sears Roebuck brace
snug enough to lead my "divot-
dggers" against Big Tee McKin-
mis- and his greensmen over at
Meadowbrook, Sunday, May 10.
Pops, the weather was cool but
our match was quite hot in spots.
Again I was pleasantly surprised
by the straight shot making of
Fred Dillon who chokes up on his
clubs but not on his game. heard
big Dan Pothier mumbling some
thing about using his wrists for
drumming, but after checking his
score, 1 don't think a 81 is too bad
with his handicap. Especially since
he hasn't been playing over two
years. I'm sure this ex Globe
trotter will adapt to golf like he
did in basketball.
This crazy unpredictable game
waits for no one, will not be
rushed, and then after you learn
the shots you're liable to break a
leg trying to execute them. Just
keep track of the pros and be glad
you don't have to play it for a liv-
ing!
Hey now, did 1 hit the green
in regulations for all you new
comers to the game? This week 1t
looks like I am lecturing but not
really! My humble aim is to remind
you fellows not to worry about
your high scores at this time of
year. Its early and as long as the
weather is in the 4Os and sos, you
will be making what looks like a
telephone number on your card.
Amen!!
My listed" phone buzzed and
vice-president Cook informed me
of his close match with Mander-
villes team. All of these matches
are close and that's the way 1t
should be. Every man has a chance
when the handicaps are used.
T.C.G.A. is really coming along
this year and with the new green
and white wind breakers, I'm sure
we will be an impressive sight
when our "a man team meets its
first opponents in June. President
Tony Saunders shot an eagle when
he thought of them. I know am
proud of mine and am sure all OF
the members will be getting their
emblems from the club to sew on
their jackets and caps. They're on
order now and will be here in 10
days or less.
Well, here's looking for more
softer greens and of
course better scores! Remember
Dad, if you miss that final putt on
number 18, you'll still eat supper
that evening"!
See you next week with the Of
ficial scores of this weeks matches.
back" Bowman.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23

take him out of the game" He
took Aaron out in the seventh
inning.
The attack on Aaron was so bad,
Tighe said, that after the game
one of the Fort Worth fans came
over to the Denver dugout and
apologized for what had taken
place.
Tommie Aaron started the 1858
season with the parent Milwaukee
Braves for which famous brother,
Hank, plays. However, Tommie
was sent down to Denver when
the Braves cut their roster down
to the 25-player limit.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23
NEST COAST SPORTLIGHT
BY I. I. BROCKENBURY

I department for the Chronicle
Accompanying me on this quick
junket to Detroit was my long
time friend Limuary Jordan
If they gave all-American hon
Ors for drivers, Jordan would be
a Willie Brown on the highway
:. Man he can really push a
car across country.
think my man Ollie Matson
made a good deal for himself and
for the LA. Rams when he signed
his contract to rejoin Reeves Tech
the other day If Ollie doesn't
win the fullback job, which I be-
lieve he will, he can play first
string defense for the Rams or
anybody else in the league .
Ollie can lose a step or two and
still be the best defensive back
and one of the most effective Of
fensive backs in all Of football
These aren't just sentiments, these
are facts Check the records,
boys.
got a chucl1le out of the an
nOuncement the other day that
after reviewing the '62 films the
Rams learned that Ollie MatsOn
was more effective than they
thought. This is no big news to
the readers Of this column
1 told them this all last season
Dick Bass and Pervis At
Hns have a real good thing go
ing on XIX Channel 22.
With a little brushing up here
and there the boys could be award
winning sportscasters . I caught
their show the other night when
BOSNIAN Brad Pye, Jr., was their
special guest How about that
Minnie Minoso? He's still going
strong at 40 for the Washington
Senators.
Ernie Ladd, the Giant Cat" San
Diego Charger star, Is slated to
return to the mat wars at the
Olympic Auditorium this month
. Ernie brings along the title
as the Worlds Eating Champ"
a title he picked up in an "eat
off" with Nick Cordileone down
in the Border City the other night
. BY the way, Big Ernie re-
Gently became a proud daddy for
the first time His pretty wife,
Rosalyn, checked in with little
Earnest Lawrence, a 8 pound and
IL ounce Little Cat" Big Ernie
is worth the price Of admission
whether it's a football game or a
wrestling show He's a classy
athlete.
..
Ollie Matson's High on Svarre: {:
The other day at the Los An
geles Angels Cleveland Indians
game Ollie Matson, the highest
paid unused back in the National
Football League last year, revealed
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23

Ollie is itching for the season to
start now that he and the Rams
appear to have good understand
ing. If he's unseated from the full
back job, the man that does it will
have to be an all-pro.
The Detroit Devils Of the Ma
tional Roller Derby League have
announced the signing Of John
Hall of our town as its new coach
This is a first for Hall, who is
generally regarded as the Jackie
Robinson of the banked track
The Detroit Pistons of the NBA,
who are searching for a new coach,
should take note Earl Lloyd
is in line for the job It would
be a great day for the NBA If the
Pistons would follow the lead of
the Devils.
President Kennedy, it is noted,
doesn't miss a bet He was
among those who sent Willie Mays
a telegram to congratulate him for
being honored in New York the
other day Andrew Hatcher,
JFK's assistant press secretary,
undoubtedly suggested this move.
It will be homecoming for Gene
Baker when he comes to Dodger
Stadium as the second Negro
coach in the majors history, May
16 Bob Bailey, the Pittsburgh
Pirates 100000 plus bonus baby
from Long Beach, had some mighty
nice things to say about Baker on
radio the other night The
rookie star said Baker has been a
great help to him Baker, as
you know, starred here with the
old Pacific Coast League Angels,
and later became the first Negro
to ever play for the Chicago Cubs
Back to the Dodgers Look
for them to be hard to beat here
They had better start here or
there is going to be a long and
tiresome summer.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23

By L. 1. Brock" BrOckenbury
After spending the past week in
Detroit and there about I am back
pounding the keyboards for anoth-
er column My week out OF
town didn't help the Lakers nor
the Dodgers The Lakers blew
1t in the sixth game and let bril-
liant Bob Cousy bow out on top
and rush back to Boston for a
round Of banquets, etc. Cousy
and Big Bill Russell have made
Boston one of the winningest pro
cage teams of all-time Like
the Lakers undoubtedly feel now,
Cousy didn't bow out soon enough
AS for the Dodgers, they didn't
do much on their first homestand
to have the natives shouting in
the streets and putting champagne
on the ice for a pennant celebra-
ton.
Suffering a Ar defeat in their
opening road game to the IOwly
New York Nets, the Dodgers
luck away from home doesn't
seem to be on the upgrade, either
:. It's still early and we're
hoping the Dodgers hit the win
ming groove prontO.
While in Detroit, I went back to
visit the doctors and nurses who
helped bring me back from the
brink of death when I suffered
that paralyzing stroke there last
summer At the time it was
thought that my number was up
But at that time, there was
so much more of me (more than
250 pounds) to go until I just let
half Of me deteriorate, and by the
grace of God, the rest Of me is
still here.
1 had long chats with DIR. Els
enbray, DR.. Hiselberger, Bill and
all the nurses When I left
the Ford Hospital last August
couldn't walk or talk
Seeing me up and around again
was a pleasant surprise to the
Ford hospital staff Bill was so
surprised, he broke down and cried
I'm so emotional and grateful
for the splendid job these people
and DR.. Pearl McBroom of our
town did in bringing me back to
good health, I cried a little too.
After visiting at the Ford hos
pital, I went by to see former
Hampton institute student, Long
wood Shorty" Quinn, General
Manager of the Michigan Chron-
icle, undoubtedly the most pro-
gressive Negro publication in the
east.
Quinn took me on a tour Of
the Chronicles lavish layout and
1t was good seeing Al DunmOre,
assistant editor, Nancy Dixon,
bOOkkeeper and Lawrence Casey,
one of the real top spOrtswriters
In the business, who heads that
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23
NEGRO BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE
OBLIGATED TO SUPPORT JACKIE
ROBINSON'S FREEDOM DAY" PROTEST
BY Charles J. livingston

How does a person go about refusing genuine request
from whom he his very LIVELIHOOD Shouldn't such
person feel rightfuy obligated perform meaningfu
favor in returnR
This is the situation currently confronting Negro major
league baseball players.
What of request is being made of them2 And who is
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23

Britains Fort Knox - the Bank
of England - is guarded by IT.
man detachment Of the Brigade Of
Foot Guards.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23
Sports Shorts

Look for the Los Angeles Lakers
to retain only six of the ten men
who finished the season with the
club The lucky six are Capt.
Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Rudy
LaRusso, Leroy Ellis and Gene
Wiley The Lakers are in the
market for better men.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-23
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Ollie Matson's High on Svarre:
The other day at the Los An
geles Angels Cleveland Indians
game Ollie Matson, the highest
paid unused back in the National
Football League last year, revealed
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
Tax Cut Bill Heads
 For Senate Cantlet

WASHINGTON LR - The House has passed President Kennedy's bill to cut taxes by II billion dol lars over two years.
 Before passing the bill, the House defeated a Republican mo- tion which would have allowed tax cuts only if the President pledged to cut federal spending.
 The vote on the bill was 271 in favor and 155 against.
 The Administration wants to put the first installment of the tax cuts into effect the first of next year. But the tax bill still must be passed by the Senate, where it faces a tough and un- certain future.
 The chairman of the Senate Fi- nance Committee, Harry Byrd of Virginia, says his committee will begin briefings on the bill, with Congressional staff experts, on Oc- tober 3rd.
 Byrd expects these hearings to run week or more - indicating that public hearings will not be- gin until the middle of October. Byrd said these hearings may run six weeks.
 In today's House vote 223 Demo- crats and 48 Republicans voted for the tax cut. The vote against was by l26 Republicans and 29 Democrats.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
MIX Highway Bid .Junked

MT. Obert Hyde, District High way Engineer for the State of Alas ka, in Nome, stated today that the Teller Road bid is rejected. In a communique received in his office from MT. Bob Sharp, Deputy Com missioner, it was revealed that the Commissioner of Highways has recommended to the BPR that the bid of MIX Company covering the construction of 20.877 miles of road and six steel bridges, be rejected. This is the Sinuk to Tisuk section of the NOme-Teller road The req son for scrapping the bid was giv- en as the excessive bid price of s, ,332, 1909. The job will be adver- tised again, calling for new bids, stated the commissioner.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
20 Years Ago

Jimmy McLaren retrieved the welterWeight crown in a decision over Barney Ross. Crowd booed decision. One and a quarter million feet best lumber is coming Tn on the steamer DellWood on consignment from Bolcom Canal Lumber Go. Ames Building IS prepared as an emergency bunk house. The Red Cross is set up in the gym of the high school. Gov. Troy asks Public Works off clals for one-quarter million in relief funds for Nome. Haupt- mann to be charged with the Lind berg kidnapping.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
Chilkat Carries Lots More On New Run

JUNEAU lR - The State ferry Chilkat is carrying considerably more passengers on her Valdez Cordova runs than she did when operating between Juneau and Haines-SkagWay, Gov. William A. Egan said today.
 Egan said that on 54 trips through Sept. IS, the Chilkat car ried 1,094 passengers and 341 ve- hicles between the two Prince William Sound cities.
 The Chilkat was assigned to the Cordova-Valdez run after the Ma rlne Highway system started serv- ice to communities in the So,1tb- east panhandle.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
Living History Is Theme
 At Sourdough Gathering

During the recent International Sourdough Convention in Port land. Ore, which saw attendance of several Nomeites, Living History Parade was the banquet feature, according to Lulu Fair banks. Esther Birdsall, darling of 'Forget-Me-Not" fame, now liv- ing in Auburn, Calif., sent bou- quet of Alaska State flowers to each participant.
 Slim Rydeen, a member of the committee which selected the Alas ka Flag, dsigned by Benny Ben son, and adopted in, 1927, told of that contest. A 5O-year citation was given Henry Roden by the 1863 Legislature for service. as he was a member of the first Territorial Legislature in 1913, and MT. Ro- den spoke of his memorable past.
 Frank H. Waskey, Alaska's first delegate to Congress in 1906, sent polished stones for the ladies. The table decorations were designed by Mrs. Neeta Sale, violinist in early Nome history. A gorgeous rain- bow, its end in a pot of gold" for each guest, was the decorative theme. One of the door prizes was $5 in cash sent by Carrie McLain of Nome, and another, jade pa perWeight, was donated by Ralph Lomen. J. H. Jimmy" Doolittle was elected an Honorary Vice President.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25

worked by employing horse drawn Scrapers, pick and shovels, and sluice boxes. Later it was worked again with the added advantage of steam shovels The third time over saw it mined hydraulically, and the final mining came in the POS with use of dredge.
 The group was given extra en- tertainment by Willy Brown. the tour driver, as he became lost on the return trip, and was forced to turn the bus around among the pits.
 Carrie McLain, Nome historian, commented that Anvil City, built near the workings, boasted several eating houses, a saloon, a ticket office and Post Office. All traces of this town have long ago dis appeared. She related that on the No. 1 claim, above Discovery, four men mined S14,000 in 20 hours and $1OO,000 was eventually taken out. On the No. 9 claim, they were washing $7O to S9O pans. and cleanups were running 10 to 20 thousand dollars day from a 70 man operation.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
WEATHER REPORT

Mostly cloudy today and tonight, with occasional rain. Low tonight 34, high tomorrow A.
 Nome data last 24 hours as of 7 am. today. Precipitation .01 inch. Month total .22 inches. Tenn peratures: highest 42, lowest 26. Maximum wind Is miles an hour from the Northeast. Sunrise at 5:56 am, sunset at 5:49 pm.
 Comparative data: Tempera- lures year ago today: high Al, low 30.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
TWO-Car Collision

A tWo-car collision resulted yes terday at the corner of B and Sd, between a car driven by Linda Doyle and another driven by Jo- sephine Cannon, when the brake line broke on the Doyle car. Miss Doyle's car coasted into B Street and struck the right front of the other vehicle. No injury was re- ported, and no citation was issued. Damage to the vehicles Is estl- mated at a total of S200.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25

year 1865 by a group of Western Union Telegraph employees string ing telegraph lines. Nothing was known of the areas richness, how ever, until 1898, after strike was made at Council. In that same year group of NorWegians and Lap reindeer herders came westward by whale boat and entered the Snake River.
 Prospecting was done in the ri- yer and the men returned to Col ovin. In September of the same year, and on the 22nd to be exact, 'Discovery claim" was located. A young Eskimo lad from Shook called Tony Tony is credited with leading the first white men to the Anvil Creek gold. There followed, recalled Glavinovich, an influx of men from Council - some 40 men filed on 1000 acres within very short time. The three men filing the first claim were John Brynt- son, Erik o. Lindblom and Jafet Lindeberg, who was later to be- come president of the Pioneer Min ing Company, according to early day mining records.
 Many men came in from the Klondike fields, following that gold rush of 1896, commented Glavino- vich. Later, in 1899, gold was dis covered on the Boring Sea beach. One million dollars in gold was taken off the beach in two months by 2,O0O men, but this was short lived. In 1900, 10000 persons Hooked into Nome and tents sprang up. There was much laWlessneSs and many grafters and sharp op- orators came with the rush. Claim jumping and robbery were prev alent.
 MT. Glavinovich advised that about five million dollars in gold was taken from Anvil Creek alone and this from an approximately tWo-mile stretch. This was gold which sold for $2067 an ounce. Two of the largest nuggets in Alas ka, one 298 ounces and the other 18O ounces, came from the creek.
 It was so good, reported Glavin- ovich, that the area was worked four different times. It was first
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
MEET THE TEACHER

we recognize Miss Patty Brooks. She is teaching the second grade on level 2. She has taught in Alas ka and Oregon, and is equipped with a B.S. degree from Southern Oregon College, and has had time in summer school at the Univer- Sity of Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1963-09-25
Nome Sorority Delegates

Leaving for Anchorage today were Ruth Mclean, Betty Gustaf- son and Mary Honsberger. They Will attend a Beta Sigma Phi So- rority convention in Anchorage. which convenes tomorrow. The gals plan to return Monday.