THE NOME NUGGET
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E. P. BOUCHER .-. Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the
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THE RUSSIAN BIRTH RATE
Robert C. Cook reports in the Population Bulletin
that there has been a change in the birthrate in the
Soviet Union since the revolution of 1917, when the
Communists seized power. The decrease, it appears,
did not set in, in full, until the 1930s.
It is estimated that the Soviet birthrate in 1937
was 39.6 per thousand. Since that time it has dropped
to possibly 27 per thousand. And while this drop does
not mean that Soviet population has stopped increasing,
it does mean that the rate of increase since 1937 would
have been higher had the birth rate continued at the
1937 level. .
There are many reasons advanced for the declining
birthrate in the Soviet Union. One of them, of course,
is World War II, when families were broken up and
many were killed in the German invasion. Another
theory is that a collectivized citizenry is not conducive
to a higher birth rate. Such a system, it is said, weak
ens family ties.
HOW THE CITY FAMILY SPENDS INCOME
Recently the Bureau of Labor Statistics painted us
a fairly accurate picture of where the average city
family spends its income. According to this govern
ment source, the average city family in 1950 made
$4,350, after personal taxes.
The average American is 30 years old, married, and
the father of two children, in the process of paying off
a mortgage on his own home. He has a car, a refrigera
tor, and a radio—and by the time this editorial is pub
lished he has Drobablv bought a television set.
Out of the $4,350 income, $1,300 is spent for food
rnd alcoholic beverages. To break it down even further,
only about $65 a year is spent on alcoholic beverages.
About $600 a year is spent buying or renting a
house. Buying a car and other transportation expenses
run around $500 a year, and recreation, reading and
education takes $350.
Clothing costs $400 to $550 a year, with the women
of the family spending 50% more than the men on
wearing apparel. An estimated $200 out of the family
budget goes for insurance.
As a matter of fact, what the statistics really
revealed was the fact that the average city family
spent $350 more than it had coming in in 1950.
Now the question that comes to our mind is just
where did the average American family learn about
deficit financing?
Approval Granted
Polar Air Route
L. A. to Europe
LOS ANGELES, (^—Scandin
avian Airlines System Friday an
nounced plans for the first Cali
fornia to Europe air service over
the top of the world via Thule
Air Base.
The U.S., Danish and Canadian
governments have granted ap
proval for exploratory flights over
the short-cut polar route SAS
officials said at a news conference
here. The first two such flights
are scheduled for November.
In New York, meanwhile, Pan
American World Airways an
nounced it already has the per
mission needed to fly the route
and is “ready to do it any time.”
While, not giving a date, a Pan
American spokesman, reached by
telephone, said:
“When across - the - pole flying
starts, an American flag airline
will be represented and that line
will be Pan American.”
The ^Scandinavian Airlines said
regular passenger service is ex
pected to begin about April 1.
The plan calls for three flights a
week from Los Angeles to Copen
hagen wnh stops at San Francisco,
Edmonton and Thule, Greenland.
“The recent completion of the
great air base at Thule makes
this route entirely safe and prac
ticable,” Toge N. Nilert, SAS
president suid.
Flying time from Los Angeles
to Copenhagen will be cut from
a present minimum of 25 hours
to perhaps 18 or 2(Khours. SAS
spokesmen added. The estimated
air mileage will be 5,695 com
pared to the present 6,370 vja
New York.
The Arctic Circle service will
operate with DC-6B planes, each
carrying 72 passengers, at alti
tudes of 20,000 to 25,000 feet.
Extra cabin heaters will be in
stalled in the planes, but SAS men
said polar flight poses no special
proolem because air temperatures
are generally higher than ground
temperatures in the Arctic area.
AIR FORCE CHIEF SAYS
CHINESE REDS HAVE MORE
PLANES NOW THAN EVER'
TOKYO, <iP)—The chief of the
Far East Air Forces says the Chi
nese Communists have more
planes now than they have ever
had before.
Gen. O. P. Weyland estimated
the Reds have 2,500 planes—in
cluding 1,100 jet fighters based in
China and Manchuria. He said in
an interview that this was a slight
increase over all previous esti
mates.
Weyland, said however, that
Red air power strength is level
ing off.
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VOTE
Democratic!
We can’t blame the press much for seeming to
be pro-Republiean, after all they are in the busi
ness of making money and the Republicans are
sure tossing away a lot of Mud-Slinging Dollars.
I’ll bet that if all the dollars they have spent
on Mud-Slinging and will spend before election
time, were pooled, there would be enough to:
1. A pretty long piece of road built toward Fair
banks, or
2. A tannery started in this area some place so
the cost of transporting skins outside and
back would be eliminated, and more of the
profits from the sale of mukluks, parkas and
slippers would go to the people who make
them, where it belongs, or
3. A nice Children’s Home could be built in the
Second Division, so our present Children’s
Homes would not be so over-crowded nor
have such long waiting lists, or
4. A new TB Hospital could be started here,
which would eliminate the high transporta
tion costs to southeastern Alaska, and pa
tients would be closer to their loved ones, or
5. A good big Eskimo transient boarding home
could be built that would be self-supporting
' and relieve the burden from a few kindly
familes who are crowding their own homes
to the bursting point with the Islanders who
get caught here through no fault of their
own, or
6. A self-supporting small boat service could be
started to and from the Islands so these peo
ple would not have to impose themselves on
private families, or
7. A Recreation Hall for sailors, soldiers and
the Coast Guardsmen that we want so badlv.
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The Republicans yell like everything because the govern
ment spends quite a bit of tax money to help the native people,
but when it comes to spending a few of their fat dollars for
local enterprises which would help the natives to help them
selves, they yell even louder and still they go on wasting their
money, throwing mud at the Democratic Administration which
is fully dedicated to do these very things, and we’ll do them.
In spite of all their complaining the Republicans will help
us get these things done because they can’t exempt themselves
from paying as we all do, a share in taxes, and of course, the
dollars they are throwing into Mud-Slinging are of a little
benefit to everyone because the press must pay its gross in
come tax next March and it should be an extra big one.
So folks, don’t feel too badly about all the ugly things
that are beng said about our government because they are being
said in -anger, anger bred in the Republican mind by the fact
that they have become so small a minority that they have to
say something sensationally bad in order to be recognized, and
people seldom speak the truth in anger.
It is not a question of individuals; there are some fine
people among the Republicans and some bad people among the
Democrats, but the policies of the Republican party have long
since been out-dated, and we are playing by a set of sound
Democratic rules that they will have to learn and abide by
if they expect to play on the first string. Until they do they
will have to continue to warm the bench. The things they are
saying are just about like the things a love-crazy high school
boy says about his best friend who beats his time with the belle
ol' the school, and it will get worse before election time, October
14th, when we will all have to turn to the job of getting the
Territory in even better shape for statehood.
We will be mighty glad when everybody shuts up and
we can all start getting things done.
Cast Your Vote For These Democrats:
Delegate “Bob” Bartlett
Neil Moore
For Auditor
Gerald Williams
For Attorney General
Frank Metcalf
For Highway Engineer
Ed Anderson
Howard Lyng
For Senators
Charles Fagerstrom
James K. Wells
Ted Duffield
For RapraaenlaiiTas