THE NOME NUGGET
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W. A. and EMILY BOUCHER.Editors
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at
the postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
_Monday, May 7, 1945
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TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO
Reports were issued simultaneously
from London, Moscow and Washington
that the war in Europe officially ended
today at 2:41 p.m., Nome War Time, thus
ending the war in the European Theater
of the blodiest of all the wars of history.
The Germany, which began the war
with a ruthless attack on Czechoslovakia
and Poland, followed by successive ag
gressions, brutality and intern m e n t
camps, while surrendering to. the victors,
appealed for mercy toward the German
people and the armed forces.
' The announcement was made by the
German radio, which told the German
people to surrender, that the German
armed forces throughout Europe have
ceased firing.
The victory over the Germans will
come as an anticlimax to the American
doughboys, who have watched the Ger
man armies disintegrate before their
sledge hammer blows, beaten into noth
ingnesS.
The feeling of a great victory is les
sened by the fact that the end of the war
did not come suddenly, as in World War
I, but continued through gradual stages
of collapse until V-E Day, which will ao
pear as no more than a symbol, to the
troops who have seen the terrible suffer
ing and death of this ultimate in cruel
wars.
There will be little or no celebrating
among the troops as the war for some of
them ended some weeks ago.
An unusual ending to a strange war; it
came without the customarv dramatic
conclusion ,as in other wars. There is the
feeling of a job only partly done. This is
true in every sense of the word.
The American forces know that the
end of hostilities in Europe means only a
respite for some of them.There is the bal
ance of the job to be done on the other
side of the world.
The back-stabbers have to be taken
care of.
Although Italy and Germany, two of
the signers of the Tripartite pact, have
now been liquidated, there is still a big
job ahead in the Pacific area, to finish the
job, and completely liquidate the third
partner in the most brutal of all crime as
sociations.
V-E Day will be officially announced
tomorrow by the three big allied leaders
from London, Moscow and Washington as I
per previous agreement between Churc
hill, Stalin, and Truman.
Although the war in Europe is over
the official announcement will not be
made today.
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LOOKING
AHEAD
rr GEORGE & MNSON
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PAY THE MEN
About 25 years ago people in all
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walks of life began to notice and
talk about competition between
industries. It was new then, and
interesting. Before that, competi
tion was understood to exist be
tween people and firms in the
same industry—merchant vs. mer
I chant, railroad vs. railroad, saw
mill vs. sawmill, etc. But after
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World War I it was a changed
business world, plain to see.
Among the modest newcomers
in that remote era was a product
called rayon. It was manufactured
in the form of yarn, like wool and
cotton yarns. The price to weav
ers was $2.80 a pound against 50c
a pound for cotton yarn. Last year !
55c a pound was the price of both
rayon and cotton yarns, and
rayon was on the market as a
fibre, very must like cotton fibre, ,
but less expensive.
Rayon Has Grown
Back in 1919 the American peo
ple bought less than 2 per cent as 1
much rayon as cotton. Last year
the ratio was 20 per cent, and
rayon had captured quite a slice ,
of cotton’s export business. Euro- J
peans earn less than Americans j
and they pay more attention to a
low price. If it were not for the
war using up all both industries
can produce rayon would prob- J
ably be giving cotton some tough ,
Competition.
When the war ends these two,
big industries are faced with a
struggle for sales in world mar
kets. It is anybody’s guess now j
how the struggle will turn out, i
but King Cptton is not licked. The
cotton industry is still much big- !
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ger; still employs more people
than any other American indus
try. Besides, smart cotton men un- ,
derstand how rayon made its re- 1
markable gains.
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Volume and Wages
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Rayon started out the American ;
way. It had relatively large in- I
vestments in machinery. With
good tools it turned out large vol
umes of rayon per worker. On a
basis of big results from their
day’s work the men who worked
drew good wages. At the same
time, large outputs of rayon per
man every day made it possible
for prices to go lower and lower
each year, sales become bigger
and bigger.
Working people in America
have a right to live well. When
they earn good wages, they do
live well. Money they spend is the
very life-blood of national pros
perity. But before they can earn
good pay they have to turn oul
lots of merchandise per worker
And in order to produce goods ir
volume they must have good tools
It was a successful plan with rayon
and it will work with cotton.
It Costs Something
[ People say there is a pract cal
cotton picker ready for introduc
tion after the war. It will cost a
lot more than one big sack and a
string for each member of a share
cropper’s family; it will likewise
pick more cotton in a day than
they can pick in a week. Efficient
tools call for capital investment.
It means laying out money, but
efficient tools are worth it.
People say we will see many
mechanical cotton choppers after
the war. It is not impossible. This
will increase the number of acres
of cotton per worker; mak% more
yield per day for every man. The
picker and the chopper will cre
ate high wages and good living
for a lot of people. But rayon can
win its war with cotton if cotton
tries to stay in tjie field armed
with hoes and gunny-sacks.
NEW THREE-CENT
STAMP ISSUED
WASHINGTON, May 7 — The
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three-cent stamp featuring Asso
ciated Press photographer Joe
Rosenthal’s famous Iwo Jima flag
raising picture will be* issued soon
the Postoffice department has
said. No date has been set for the
release. <A reproduction of the
picture can be seen in the Nugget
window).
Keep the home fires burning ‘
and the front lines firing—BUY
WAR BONDS.
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