THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the postoffice
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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, February 21, 1951
The Changing Legend Of George Washington
Tomorrow America remembers the birth of a lank,
long-nosed Virginia planter whose , vision, courage and
leadership charted the infant course of our republic.
Geography and the bountiful earth are the chief sources
of our national power, and America would probably
have become great if George Washington had never
been born 215 years ago tomorrow. But there is no cer
tainty it would be the nation we know today.
Amid the bitter factionalism, intrigue and even
treachery which threatened to destroy the revolution
ary effort, Washington was a tower of granite. With our
French allies, he saved the revolution. When the loose
confederation of states was in danger of falling apart,
he was a central figure in the call for a Constitutional
convention. As president of the convention he has been
given major credit for securing agreement on the Con
stitution, and obtaining its ratification. And as first
President of the new Republic, he steered it through
difficult days when its unity was on trial. That was
Washington’s great gift to America: Planting and cher
ishing the principle of national union.
The “debunking” of the Washington legend has in
late years become a popular literary exercise. It cannot
be said, however, that the Virginian has been the lesser
for it. On the contrary, he has been transformed from a
marble bust and austere portrait to a human being with
a plausible balance of fault and virtue.
Men become great through their competence in deal
ing with the problems of their day; their memory is
abused when their words are resurrected to justify op
position to policies based on changed conditions. Wash
ington’s name was thus abused by the dwindling advo
cates of American isolationism who cited these lines
from his farewell address:
“Europe has a set of primary interests which to
us have none, or a very remote, relation.... Our de
tached and distant situation enables us to pursue a
different course.... Why forego the advantages of
so peculiar a situation Why quit our own to stand
upon foreign grounds? Why, by interweaving our
destiny with any part of Europe, entangle our peace
and prosperity in the toils of European ambition,
rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?”
Those words, sound although they were when spoken,
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND I
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Civilian Defense
Activities
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as assistant director of public re
lations.
2. That the board of directors
; serve as a unit at all public meet
ings of the Nome Civil Defense.
3. That the loyalty oath as pro
vided in the Section 403 of the
Civil Defense Act of 1950, be re
quired Except government em
ployees who take a special oath)
[ before entering upon their duties
in the Nome Civil Defense.
4. That a Bulletin be prepared,
designated afc Bulletin No. 1, set
ting forth instructions and advice
to the citizens. The text of the
bulletin to be inserted in the
Nome Nugget for three consecu
tive issues beginning today.
Thereafter sufficient copies will
be made to have one placed in ev
ery home and occupied building.
Director Angell volunteered to
supply the bulletins.
Acting on the advice of Capt.
Stalney Morgan, Civil Defense
communications were revised and
improved and combined with the
same department of the CAP, un
der the leadership of Robert Hall.
CAP will place a walkie-talkie
and operator in each zone head
quarters and at the command
headquarters.
The telephone company is to be
approached on linking up a con
ference circuit of telephones which
would place one phone in each
zone headquarters and an auxili
ary one in headquarters. Messen
ger service to be continued and
expanded as it is the most reli
able in case of emergency.
It v/as also decided .that a letter
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to Headquarters of the Alaska
Command through the Base Com
mander be sent, requesting' per
mission for the use of the MAFB
radio facilities for broadcasting
information to the public relative
to civil defense and instructions
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in time of an emergency.
Mimeographed maps of each
zone area will be made and an
adequate supply be furnished to
each of the respective rones.
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
Larry Galvin was elected pres
ident of the Northwestern Cham
ber of Commerce Tuesday noon
at the regular luncheon held at
the Polaris Coffee Shop, with H.
F. Harper receiving a unanimous
vote for vice-president. John Mc
Nees will be the new secretary
with Don Hurlbert as treasurer
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and Carl J. Lomen as national
counselor.
One of the first official acts of
the new board was to send a wire
of congratulations to Coach Haw
kinson and the Nome Basketball
team, who to date have lost no
games in the tournament and will
play for the championship today.
A joint wire by the Chamber
and the Good Roads Assn, was
sent to Delegate Bartlett and CoL
John Noyes urging their support
of the Legislature Memorial on
the Nome Solomon Road.
It was urged that action be
taken immediately to get the an
nual membership drive underway.
Corporation or large businesses
dues will be $25.00; small busi
Lifting The lid
At Juneau
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lining the Territorial Government
to increase its efficiency and elim
inate what McCutcheon called
“dead wood.”
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Sen. James Nolan (D.-Wrangell)
told the Senate “I hate to»go home
without accomplishing anything
on this problem.” Butrovich warn
ed that if something isn’t done
now “It will be just that much
bigger a problem in two years. I
think this session will have to pro
vide $50,000 to $100,000 to get the
job done.
Engebreth suggested the imme
diate work of the Council repre
sentative alone should not cost
over $2,000 or $3,000.
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Wednesday, February 21, 1951
JUNEAU, (/P)—Alaska’s legisla
ture ended its third afternoon of
closed-door hearings on Territori
al affairs last night with a short
statement that “no evidence has
been presented that warrants ac
tion by this body.”
The brief statement was issued
by Senate Pre^dent Gunnard M.
Engebreth (R.-Anchorage) after
authorization granted by the joint
session. He added:
“The above action was taken
! unanimously by all members that
were present.”
It came after an afternoon ses
sion of more than four hours at
which Governor Gruening and
Territorial Treasurer Henry Ro
den appeared. Both officials were
behind locked doors with the leg
islators more than two hours.
When the Governor emerged he
said he could not comment on the
proceedings of the legislators’ ex
ecutive session.
Former Democrat Representa
tive Marcus Jensen of Douglas,
also was in the chamber for the
third day. His request to report
some investigative findings to the
legislature' precipitated the closed
joint sessions.
There was no disclosure of the
nature of Jensen’s report or what
charges he may have made, but in
past he has blasted at the Terri
orial administration and Rep.
Stanley McCutcheon (D.-Anchor
rge) in particular.
Authoritative sources reported
that McCutcheon also was on the
j stand during the session.
There were reports, too, of con
! .roversy over what kind of state
' ment should be issued before the
brief one agreed upon.
benators Howard L»yng <l>.
Nome), John Butrovich (R.-Fair
banks( and W. L. Lhamon ^R.
Fairbanks) left before the state
ment was agreed upon, and Sen.
Gerrit Snyder (R.-Anchorage) re
fused to participate in the pro
ceedings on the contention they
| should be public.
The executive session lasted un
| til nearly 6:30 p.m.
Nick Simeon, well-known owner
and operator of the Glue Pot,
who has not been feeling well, left
this morning for the States for an
indefinite period. *
There are approximately 900
species of flowering plants, trees,
and ferns on the Hawaiian is
lands.
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nesses, $10.00; individual dues
$5.00 and professional $10.00.
have lost meaning in terms of today’s situation, and the
great Virginia soldier-statesman would have been the
first to acknowledge it. In our day, they are real only as
literature—part of a changing Washington legend.
Law Of Supply
And Demand
(</P) Newsfeatures)
The market is controlled by
supply and demand and when the
demand gets out of proportion to
the supply, the seller is in the po
sition of an absolute monarch.
That's when sometimes the mon
arch puts his manners, and his
morals away for the duration. Of
course, when the supply is bigger
than the demand, the customer can
turn arrogant — and frequently
I does.
Our experiences in World War
II certainly showed most of us
that patronizing black markets
and hoarding was wasteful and
extravagant. It certainly left those
of us who bought more than we
were entitled to feeling cheap and
shoddy. 'Many women who made
an expensive deal with her butch
er when the squeeze was on,
changed to a new one—and had
nothing but hard feelings for him
after the emergency was over.
Rude salespeople may have felt
like little Neros for a brief hour
—but their customers remember
ed after they wished all could be
forgiven.
It seems to me that now is the
time to think through a situation
which may be just ahead of us.
Let’s resolve for 1951 to put aside
an impulse to hoard or patronize
a blackmarket, if we’re custom
ers. And, if we’re sellers of goods,
to be honorable, fair—and man
nerly.
Life will be pleasanter and
easier for all of us.
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Will Place Plastic
Postcards In Gulf
Strear For Study
Several thousand postcar d s ,
each sealed in a plastic container,
will be dropped into the Gulf of
Mexico by United States naval air
craft during 1051 to trace complex
Gulf currents as well as the dis
tribution and migrations of com
mercial fishery stocks, including
shrimp, the United States Depart
ment of the Interior announced
recently.
The project is sponsored by the
I Fish and Wildlife Service of the
department, with the cooperation
of the Gulf States Marine Fisher
ies Commission, the Texas Game
Fish and Oyster Commission, the
department of Oceanography of
Texas A. & IM. College, and the
Navy Department’s Office of Na
val Research.
The postcards are expected to
drift about in the Gulf currents,
i and to 'be cast up eventually on
beaches, where many of them will
be found and returned to the Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commis
sion at New Orleans, La. Then
they will be routed- to scientists
who will deduce from the returns
the paths which the cards must
have followed in the sea.