THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1043, at the postal! cc* at
Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1370.
Friday, April 26, 1946
VETERANS BILL
Veterans of World War II may obtain loans from the
Commissioner of Veterans Affairs at Juneau. Alaska,
under the recently passed Veterans Bill in the special
session of the Alaska Legislature.
In the first classification comes the personal, domes
tic or educational loan up to $2500, with or without se
curity. In the absence of adequate security, these loans
may be made on a character basis at the discretion of
the Commissioner. For educational purposes this loan
is an excellent aid to returning veterans.
In the second classification, loans not to exceed
$10,000, and must not exceed 90' < of the appraised
value of the property, to purchase, remodel, repair,
build, furnish, and7or equip homes or farms in Alaska.
These loans must be secured by mortgage.
Loans to acquire or finance businesses including
mining and fishing and or equipment, but not including
farms, can be made up to $10,000, and must also be se
cured by mortgage to 90' < of the appraised value of the
property.
Interest rate on the unpaid balance of the loans shall
be at 4' ’/.
This Alaska Veterans Fund is not to be confused with
the GI Bill of Rights, it is a distinct and separate Act.
Veterans, who at the time of induction, were residents
of the Territory, and who have served a year or more,
or received injuries in line of duty, and who are honor
ably discharged from the armed forces of the United
States, and who intend to remain in the Territory, are
eligible for loans under the Act.
Veterans seeking loans under the Act should write
to the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs in Juneau for
procedures.
A NEW MORAL FORCE
By DEWITT MACKENZIE
(/P) Foreign Affairs Analyst
The French constituent assembly has made the sen
sational move of approving a bill for the suppression of
prostitution in metropolitan France, thus striking a
heavy blow at one of the forces most destructive to the
moral fiber of chaotic Europe, for the Old World is ex
periencing a plague of sexual immorality and its attend
ant disease which far exceeds anything it ever has
known before. Immorality is a by-product of every war,
but the Hitlerian conflict differed from others in that
the evil Nazi teachings encouraged it both at home and
abroad. The Nazi Fuehrer taught German girls that it
was a patriotic duty to the Fatherland to have illegiti
mate children to provide more soldiers. And in some
conquered countries the Nazis conducted a regular cam
paign of interbreeding, so as to introduce German blood.
It was all as coldly calculated as that. And naturally
when such a code has been accepted, outright prostitu
tion becomes easy for dulled consciences. Thus we find
that large sections of the populations in many parts of
Europe have abandoned restraint and that even young
girls who haven’t yet reached their teens have joined
the ranks of the professional.
r ranee is one oi me ursi countries to iaxe construc
tive action to deal with this evil. The move is all the
more striking in that legalized houses of prostitution
have been permitted since 1877 and there are now some
3,000 in operation, doing a business which runs into mil
lions. Paris alone has 6,000 registered prostitutes, who
have been responsible for increasing venereal disease.
The new law not only contemplates the closing of all
houses of ill repute within six months, but campaigns
against white slavery and venereal disease are to be in
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augurated. Measures also are to be taken for the re-edu
cation and rehabilitation of prostitutes. In order to make
a clean sweep the law provides heavy penalties for cafe
and hotel proprietors who allow their premises to be
used by prostitutes.
The crusade which has culminated in the new French
law was begun last autumn by Madame Marthe Rich
ards, a Paris municipal councilos who won fame as a
spy in the first World war. On one occasion, in discuss
ing the houses of ill-fame in the French capital, Mad
ame Richards said:
“These institutions, in which young women most of
them minors, are treated as cheap merchandise, are a
horror for our city. I have told the council that in them
a girl is forced to receive seventy or eighty clients a
day. I have seen such girls in hospitals, physically ruin
ed, of course.”
Madame Richards said last December that people who
were interested in the operation of these houses had of
fered her one million francs (about $8,500 at the pres
ent depressed rate of the franc) if she would “drop this
whole business.” But she refused to quit, and now has
her reward in the new bill.
France has made a wise and timely move, but there
are many other countries which will have to follow suit,
and quickly, if Europe is to be saved from a lot worse
than that with which she already is afflicted. The moral
decay has struck deep. I myself have seen crowds of
girls in their early teens soliciting on the streets of a
great and normally upright city of the war theater. The
older people of that city have been immeasurably
shocked and worried—but they haven’t known how to
deal with the problem so long as the place was filled
with soldiers.
Now France has given a lead. Of course you can’t
stop such immorality by legislation alone, for moral
standards must be restored. Still, France has made a
brave beginning and set an excellent example to other
countries.
PRESIDENT ALASKA NATIVE
SISTERHOOD IN NOME
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Peratrovich, of
Juneau, arrived in Nome Thurs
day afternoon via the Wien Alas
ka Airlines, following a short tour
of several villages on the Seward
Peninsula.
Mrs. Peratrovich is Grand
President of the Alaska Native
Sisterhood and is on a tour to
start chapters of the organization
in all localities of the Territory.
“The Alaska Native Brotherhood
and Sisterhood are very active in
matters protecting the rights of
the aboriginal Alaskans and in ef
forts to better working and living
conditions in general throughout
the Territory,” stated Mrs. Pera
trovich.
In a preliminary report on the
trip, Mrs. Peratrovich stated that;
there are several new chapters!
started in the Second Division and
there will be more, until the sec
tion is covered.
—
VICTOR AHMANGrMATOGUK
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Victor Ahmangmatoguk is en
route home to Teller on furlough
j after serving in the U. S. Army
| for four years and two months.
Victor spent some time in India
but says he did not like it there
as it was just too hot.
CHURCHES
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Masses
Sundays .9:00
Week Hays . ..7:30
LaVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Kev. and Mi». Paul Carlson in
charge during the absence of the
Me’hodist Missionary.
Sunday 11 a.m. — Sunday School
Service. Rev. R. Amundson will
preach.
Thursday 7:30 p.m. — Midweek*
Prayer Service.
Thursday—Choir rehearsal after
prayer service.
Saturday 7:30 p.m. — Sunday*
School teachers meeting for les
son study and discussion.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday:
10:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:45 p.m. Evening Message, by
Chaplain York.
Thursday:
8:00 p.m. Choir practice at the
home of Mrs. Grill.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Corner of Third and Division
Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins. Pastor
The values of Easter cannot be
computed until the congregation is
counted on the following Sunday. ^
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School classes.
11:00 a.m. Morning Message. “In
structions and Blessings Fron^
the Risen Lord.”
7:30 p.m. Singspiration.
8:00 p.m. Evening Message.
“The Second Coming of Christ.”
WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. Melody
Hour.
FRIDAY 7:30 p.m. Prayer meet
ing. Come and bring your Bi
bles. i A
You are ever welcome to attend
these services.
ALASKA EVANGELIZATION
SOCIETY
Main St. just West of Polet's Store
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. H. Loveless,
Missionaries 4
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Subject: “How Great Is His
Beauty?”
Thursday:
3:30 p.m. “Vit-Em-In Bible
Club.” Child Evangelism after
School. Using Gospel-Grapf?
Stories.
Friday:
7:30 p.m. “Know Your Bible
Class.” A profitable time in
I Corinthians. Subject to-#
night: “Old Testament Types
of New Testament Truths.”
You are invited—Everyone is
welcome.
PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD
Third Avenue Weal
Pastor A. E. Capener
Sunday — Combined Sunday
School and worship service with 4
Special children’s music
10:30 a.m.
Evangelistic Service. .7:45 p.m.
Tuesday—Bible Study in
book of Romans. 7:45 p.m.
Thursday—Prayer Service 7:45 p.m.
Bring your children to Sunday
School. Children brought up in
Sunday School are seldom brought
up in Court_
Blood pressure was first meas
ured in 1733 by the Rev. Dr.
Stephen Hales.