THE NOME NUGGET
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Emily Boucher .Local Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
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Nome, Alaska. Friday, February 4, 1949
NEW PAIN KILLER BETTER THAN MORPHINE
(British Information Service)
A new pain-killer six times more effective than more
than morphine, has been produced in England by Dr. B.
A. Hems and Dr. J. Elks, two industrial chemists of
Greenford, Middlesex. They call it heptalgin.
During extensive tests, the drug has been found to
give quick relief from pain to patients with rheumatic
complaints, pleurisy, heart trouble, sinusitis, toothache,
gastric ulcers and inoperable cancers. The drug can act
within a few moments and rarely takes more than half
an hour. Its pain-relieving effects last for at least three
to four hours.
Unlike morphine, it does not produce drug addiction,
and attacks the seat of pain without producing drowsi
ness or a feeling of depression. It can be swallowed in
tablets or be given as an injection.
Heptalgin is the result of three years’ research. In
1945 scientific “search parties” discovered that during
the war the German chemists had evolved a useful new
lrug called amidone, an improvement on existing mor-;
phine substitutes. The British chemists tried to improve
on the German drug, and produced a whole series of al
ternatives.
Heptalgin, one of these alternatives, had lower tox
icity, greater analgaesic effect than anything existing.
^Morphine taken regularly is a destroyer. The new
pain-killed is just a pain-killer, and neither a destroyer
nor simply a producer of sleep.
Cancer and The Chemist
Research by United Kingdom scientists directed to
the understanding of normal growth caused by certain
chemicals may lead to a new treatment for cancer. The
initial discovery was, in this case, an accident. It was
noticed in 1945 that the administration of a complex
colored substance to albino rates had the quite unex
pected effect of producing an orange-yellow pigmenta
tion of their hair. Other colored substances of similar
type were then tried, and among them xanthopterin,
the yellow pigment of butterfly wings. Quite surpris
ingly, xanthopterin had no effect on coat color, but it
increased significantly the size of the rat’s kidney. And
that was due to a great increase in the rate of cell divi
sion of the kidney tubules. The same effect was observ
ed in a laboratory mouse, a rabbit, hamster and guinea
Pig
Xanthopterin occurs naturally in the kidney and it is
believed that it is present there as a growth regulator.
The greatest danger of cancer is that so far no efficient
means has been found to stop the unregulated growth of
malignant cells. Researchers now believe that the coor
dinated growth of th enormal tissue depends upon the
of essential substances from an external source
’an dthat, contrariwise, malignant cells may have ac
quired the power to synthesize these essential sub
stances, or their equivalent, themselves.
Research into the means by which the normal growth
of cells is so delicately adjusted may put the scientists
into position t oanswer the question why the growth of
malignant cells is so unregulated and this again, may
prove a decisive step on th eway of treating cancer by
chemicals.
A “DYNAMIC DEMOCRACY”
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(New World News Service)
Two billion people were looking at the United States
early last month as Mr. Truman, our 32nd President,
,>vas inaugurated. What would this American and his na
tion offer them—The Marshall Plan, the Atlantic Pact,
a “Dynamic Democracy?”
In the midst of t he dark world crisis Mr. Truman of
WHAT’S THE GAME ?
fered goods, food, money and a military alliance to the
millions hoping for an answer. Then he pointed out that j
the supreme need of our times is for people to learn
how to live together in peace and in harmony.
Everybody is waiting for the other fellow to begin.!
Everybody points a finger at his neighbor, his boss, the
government or the President. But what the ordinary
fellow forgets is that when he points a finger, three
point back at himself. The minimum price of survival
fs a change of heart. When we begn to change ourselves
we will be able to produce, package and export sound j
homes, industrial teamwork and unity in the nation.
In 1943 when President Truman was chairman of the
special Senate committee investigating the war pro
gram he was amazed to find in the course of his investi
gations a story of industrial change in which manage-1
ment took the initiative. In a vast West Coast aircraft!
plant, communists dominated the tinion. The company j
ordered MRA training for top management personnel. '
They learned the need for change starting with them-’
selves. In a new spirit and with appropriate apologies,
they built solid teamwork with sound labor leadership. |
Wage arbitration cases had been legally settled, but the
industrial relations director said, “We were wrong. We
admit our error. I don’t care if it costs us $100,000.” In
this new atmosphere communist leaders were unable to
carry on their tactics of class war and voluntarily left,
the plant. World record production followed, which!
helped win the war.
If such arresting instances could be multiplied, the
“dynamic democracy” Mr. Truman called for will be a
reality. 1949 can be a year of victory—a year of meet
ing the challenge of communism with an ideological of
fensive of democracy.
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FAKED DIVORCES
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(Cincinnati Enquirer)
Grotesque is about the only word that seems to apply
to the development in New York where a 20-year-old
woman who believed she was being underpaid to act the
role of “other woman” confessed and touched off legal
repercussions which might affect as many as 9,000 di
vorces in the State.
New York recognizes only one ground for divorce:
Adultery. For a number of years divorce-minded cou
ples, in whose cases adultery planed no part whatso
ever, were willing customers of a divorce grounds rack
et. It usually involved a crude and phony drama in
which the husband would be “discovered” with another
woman in circumstantially incriminating surroundings.
Courts, attorneys and others evidently condoned the
practice—which was regarded, at best, as a cheap way
of getting a divorce (especially among folk who could
not afford to go to other States—such as Nevada—and
establish residence to procure a divorce on a more real
istic basis). There have been some 9,000 uncontested di
vorces in New York on the adultery charge, and investi
gators are assuming that the circumstances were faked
in a great majority of these actions.
CHURCHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday—
Masses at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
At the Base Chapel at 4:30 p.m.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors * Rev. H. R. Amundsen
and Rev. Theran McGrew
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - Chil
dren’s Miracle Book Club. •
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer
Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday
10:00 a.m. Sunday School.
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Capener
Sunday—
Sunday School.10:30 a.m.
Evening service .7:45 p.m.
Wednesday—
Bible Study .7:45 pm.
EVERYONE WELCOME
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis I. Hudgins
“God calls men when they are
busy; Satan when they are idle.”
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School classes.
11:00 a.m. Morning message.
7:00 p.m. Young People’s Meeting.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and special
music.
8:00 p.m. Evening message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody and
Prayer.
You are ever welcome to attend
these services.
Come and bring your B:ble.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelization Society
Rev. Vern Rimling. Pastor
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School for
boys and girls.
Preaching service in the Eskimo
language by James Savok.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer and Testimony
Thursday:
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Bible Club for
Boys and Girls.
Friday:
7:30 p.m. Bible Study.
PIONEER CARD SERIES
STARTS FEBRUARY 10
The annual series of six popular
whist parties sponsored by the
Pioneers of Alaska is scheduled to
get under way next Thursday
evening, February 10, at 8:00
o’clock.
Chairman Ben Mozee stated
that a door prize and six other
prizes will be given at every par
ly. In addition to these nuggets
and nuggeet jewelry will be
awarded as grand prizes for the
series.
; Anyone missing one or two of
the series will be given an aver
age score, toward the total for the
series.
Attention is called to the fact
that season tickets are available
for the entire series, which is a
saving of one dollar to those wish
ing to attend the series, they are
available at Polet’s.
The following dates have been
chosen for the tournament: Feb
ruary 10, 24, March 10, 24, April
2 and 16.