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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffic*
at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Friday, April 18, 1947
Henrv Fords 83 Years
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(Rocky Mountain News)
IT WAS 83 YEARS from candlelight to candlelight
for Henry Ford. He was born 15 years before his friend,
Tom Edison, invented the electric light. As he died, at
his home a flood had cut off electricity and heat, thus
dramatizing the changes of his lifetime and our depend
ence upon them.
Mr. Ford must be listed among the few great mechan
ical geniuses of history it may be conjectured that his
effect upon the trend of human affairs was perhaps the
greatest of all time in any field. Greater perhaps than
that of Napoleon, or Genghis Kahn, or Caesar.
His record is more remarkable in that it did not in
volve as it did in other cases, war and conquest.
His efforts were directed along peaceful lines. He at
tempted, he said, to take the heavy burdens from men’s
shoulders and place them upon machines.
Henry Ford did not invent the mass production sys
tem. Eli Whitney introduced that technique a long time
before, in the manufacture of army muskets.
But Henry Ford developed it on a mass scale. He’s
But Henry Ford developed it on a mass scale. He
lightened men’s labors, improved their efficiency, their
wages and their living standards. He shortened their
hours of work.
By mass producing a car to fit the overage pocketbook
he put the nation on wheels. He was the imagination and
driving force in creating our vast network of hard-sur
faced roads and our great oil industry.
As a by-product of his endeavors, he created a fortune
so vast it is beyond imagination. Yet he lived frugally.
His hobby was collections from the past, antiques re
mindful of the “good old days” which his imagination
had helped hasten into limbo.
Is is good for one man to accumulate so much wealth?
Or bad? Money is power and we believe in this country
that too much power in any man’s hands is evil. Under
present regulations it would be impossible to amass this
amount of wealth or anything approaching it.
It also would be impossible to build the industrial or
ganization which has been so beneficial. Our present
system, though it seems sound and fair in many respects,
is not favorable to the development of Henry Ford’s.
Tax laws and social regulations work against the “rug
ged individualists” which Henry Ford was.
Perhaps this is good. Such power as he has had, in evil
hands, could be destructive. But we should give thought
to the circumstance, nonetheless.
The country which Henry Ford helped transform by
no means has reached perfection. It must grow. New
and improved techniques for working and living must
be developed. The last word has not been spoken on in
dustrial techniques, on labor relations, on anything else
for that matter.
We must prevent obvious abuses. We must outlaw ob
vious exploitation. But we must leave the wav open for
the play of such genius as was Henry Ford’s.
MINORITY CENSORSHIP
IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED that Gen. Charles De
Gaulle will make a speech Monday criticizing the Left
ist elements in the French government.
And there are persistent reports that the Commun
ist-dominated General Confederation of Workers will
call a nation-wide strike to prevent publication of the
speech in the daily press. Things like than can happen
when Communists dominate labor unions.
[ House Labor Bill
Before Senate
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WASHINGTON (>P)—The House
labor bill, laced with tight check
reins on unions and strikes—and
backed by more than enou *h v >tes
to override a Presidential veto—
landed in the Senate today.
It got a cautious reception there.
The Senate expects to start de
bate next Wednesday on its. own
bill, which lacks many of the
union curbs the House voted.
Chairman Taft <R.-Ohio> of the
Senate labor committee hopes to
add some on the floor.
The House passed its bill late
yesterday by a lop-sided roll call
vote of 308 to 107. A powerful co
alition of Republicans and south
ern Democrats pushed it through,
after rejecting all amendments to
tone it down.
In some respects the House bill
and the Senate committee measure
are alike. For xample, both would: i
Ban the closed shop, which com-'
pels the boss to hire only union
members.
Permit the most common union
shop, where a majority of workers
vote for it, and—in the case of the
House bill—w’here employers want
it. Under union shop agreements,
workers must join the union short
ly after they are hird.
Authorize court injunctions to
stop or block—“national paralysis”
strikes, such as a coal or telephone
strike. The injunctions would stay
in effect during compulsory medi
ation.
Set up a new federal mediation
agency, independent of the labor
department.
Make unions liable for unfair la
bor practices. Employers already
are.
U. S. Aid Program !
Nears Test Vote
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. iff)—
The Russian plan to impose United
Nations suoervision over Ameri
can aid to Greece ran into new op
position today as the security coun
cil neared its first test vote on
President Truman’s $400,000,000
Greek-Turkish aid program.
French delegate Alexandre Pa
rodi said France could not sup
port the Soviet proposal for a spe
cial security council commission to
watch over use of American funds
in Greece unless the U. S. govern
ment agreed to it.
Parodi was followed by Brazil
ian delegate Dr. Oswaldo Aranha,
who said he fully supported the
American aid program and added
that nations could help each other
in maintaining order without “in
terference” from the U. N.
A majority of the 11 couucil del
egates already had expressed op
position to the Soviet proposal and
support of a U. S. counter-pro
posal.
Britain Reaches
Balanced Budget
LONDON, (JP) — Chancellor of
the exchequer Hugh Dalton laid
before the House of Commons to
day Britain first balanced budget
in 10 years, saying “I shall propose
some changes in taxation—somo
i up, some down.”
He added, however, that a con
templated surplus “cannot be re
garded as available for wholesale
tax reductions this year.”
Dalton estimated that Britain’s
revenue would be 248,000,000
pounds ($992,000,000) greater than
1 expenditures, which he said would
Explosions Wreck
Texas City, Texas
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possibly hundreds — are missing
and the fatality total ir certain to
ri.-.e. 4
The injured from the series of
racking explosions and raging
fires that have beset Texas City
for the last three' days are num
bered in the thousands, with all
hospitals in the Houston-Galveston
area filled.
Seven *of the 11 fires still burn
ing today were oil storage tanks
in the Humble company’s tank
farm, about one-quarter mile from
the Monsanto plant.
BOSTON (/P)—The services of
experts who had marked success
with new methods in saving the
lives of many persons horribly
burned in Boston's 1942 Cocoanut
Grove night club disaster were of
fered today to stricken Texas City.
Doctors of the Boston City and
Massachusetts General hospitals,
headed by Dr. Charles C. Lund,
stood ready to fly to that area if
needed. “We shall send anything
or anyone they need,” said Dr.
James M. Manary, superintendent
of City hospital. Physicians of the
two institutions teamed as lifesav
ers after the Cocoanut Grove holo
caust which claimed nearly 500;
lives.
Rule Anchorage
Election Legal
ANCHORAGE, <&)—The recent
election of a mayor and five city
councilmen was approved in effect
in a ruling yesterday by district
judge Joseph W. Kehoe, quashing
contest action by U. S. Attorney
Ray Plummer.
Judge Kehoe upheld the conten-.
tion of city attorney Ed Arnell that \
a 1934 city ordinance, under which i
the election was protested, was un- ’
constitutional since it deprived,
persons “vested” right to vote.
Plummer contended the ordin
ance was violated by 633 “sworn
in” voters.
Seward Protests
R.R.’s Withdrawal
SEWARD, (P)—Citizens of Sew
ard decided at a public meeting to
protest to President Truman and
secretary of interior Krug against
possible withdrawal of the Alaska
Railroad from this seaport town.
The action was taken after Krug
wrote Alaska Delegate , Bartlett
that the Seward-Anchorage rail
line was badly in need of repairs
and that no money was available
for this purpose.
W. C. Erwin, oil company man*
i ager, was chosen as the Washing
i ton delegate, with D. C. Brownell
as alternate. Erwin was instructed
to urge that the ports of Seward
and Whittier (the latter is used
chiefly for army shipments) be
kept open. Another Seward man,
James MacDonald, also plans to go
to Washington May 1 to represent
local veterans organizations in
I urging rehabilitation of the Sew
I ard-Anchorage line.
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i total 3,181,000,000 pounds ($12,
j 724,000,000).
He announced smilingly “we
shall have a good balance in
hand,” adding that “this should act
i as smelling salts under the noses
! of tho§e who had been despondent
| of our financial future.”
The last time England’s budget
was balanced was in the 1937-38
fiscal year.
CHURCHES
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday Mass—9:00 a.m.
V.'eekdey Mass—7:30 a.m.
Thursday Evening—7:45 p.m. Re
ligion discussion group.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastor - H. R. Amundsen
Deaconess - Dorothy M. Russell
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
3:45 p.m. Young People’s Sing.
Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - Chil
dren’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer
Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Murlin W. Day, Minister
Sunday
Church School, 10 a.m.
Evening Worship, 7:45 p.m.
Fellowship Hour at conclusion of
evening service.
Wednesday—
Choir rehearsal, 8 p.m.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Corner of Third and Division
Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins, Pastor
"The preaching of the cross is
to them that perish foolishness; but
unto we which are saved it is the
power of God.” I Cor. 1:18.
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School Classas.
11:00 a.m. Morning Message.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and spe
cial music.
8:00 p.m. Evening Message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody and
Prayer.
Come and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcome to attend
these services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelization Society
Geo. H. Loveless, Pastor
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Thursday:
3:30 p.m. "Vit-Em-In Childrens’
Bible Club.”
Friday:
7:30 p.m. "Graphic Bible Study
Course” of God’s Plan of the
Ages, using large dispensa
tional wall chart. \
You are invited—Everyone is
welcome.
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PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
. GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Capener
Sunday—
Sunday School.10:30 a.m.
Evening service .7:45 p.m.
Tuesday—
Bible Study .7:45 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
—
DR. MARK DAWBER IN NOME
ON RELIGIOUS SURVEY
Dr. Mark A. Dawber, executive
secretary of the Home Missions
! Council of North America, who is
on a three-week survey of the re
ligious needs of the Territory, ar
rived Wednesday evening from
Fairbanks.
It is understood that the survey
hopes to lay the ground work for
the establishment of an Alaska i
I Council of Churches and strength
. en interdenominational coopera
. tion among the Alaska Protestant
j churches.