THE NOME NUGGET
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Emily Boucher .Local Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at ‘he postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
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Nome, Alaska, Friday, February 25, 1949
NOME SCHOOL CHILDREN TO RECEIVE
FREE FRESH MILK STARTING MARCH FIRST
Fresh distribution of fresh homogenized milk to the
two hundred and twenty-five children in the first six
grades of Nome Public School will begin Tuesday, Mar.
1, as announced by the Order of the Walrus, Incorpo
rated, newly-formed men’s club of Nome. The children
will receive with their half-pints of milk, graham crack
ers, and paper straws through which to drink their milk
sanitarily.
“ ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘to talk of
many things’ ...” And one of the first things talked
about at their meeting in the American Legion hall last
Wednesday evening was the milk project. Members be
lieve there is no one thing more important to a com
munity than the health -and well-being of its children,
and while such a project has until recently been too ex
pensive, impractial, and very nigh impossible, it has
now, through cooperative effort, become possible, and
while still expensive, is practial. Convinced of that fact,
the milk fund committee went to work last week on
plans and is ready to begin functioning.
The appreviation of all concerned is felt for the splen
did cooperation promised by Mr. William Angell, Su
perintendent, and all the teachers of Nome Public
School, as well as for the Northern Commercial Com
pany for storage and icing until serving, for the pro
prietors of the Snack Shack for donation of paper
straws, U. S. Mercantile Company for a special discount
on graham crakers, Nome Publishing Company and Ra
dio Station WXLN for excellent services rendered, and
all other business men for initial underwriting of the
fund.
The earnest support of the community is solicited for
this benevolent undertaking.
A DANGEROUS TAX
(By George S. Benson, President Harding College)
There’s talk in Washington of a four billion dollar tax
increase. If Congress permits this new siphoning of in
come and savings from the people into the federal
treasury, the results can be dangerous for the whole
nation. This is fact, regardless of whether or not the
President and his administration could be cramped in
spending a proposed forty-two billion dollar budget.
Of course, like Senator McClellan told homefolks rer
cently: Mr. Truman’s program means that taxes can go
-only one way— up, up, UP.
Senator Fullbright, tried to ease the misgivings of
the .economy-minded by pointing out that saving fed
eral money and reducing taxes is a question of “what
yoq are willing to give up.” That is a problem, all right.
And it takes courage and unselfishness from each citi
zen, to get the answer to it. One reason that economy is
not the rule, is that courage and unselfishness are so
little known.
Too many of us have the attitude of the well known
politician, who said that he had never voted for a tax
bill nor against an appropriations bill. If; we manage to
fool ourselves into thinking the other fellow is going to
have to pay for the handouts, we then show no enthusi
asm about economy. Citizens and Congressmen alike too
often see economy as a fine thing when it’s not close to
home, but work like mad for all the government “aid”
they can get—for themselves.
One thing is wrong with the question Senator Full
bright asked, about what we would give up. It puts the
burden of proof on the citizen who would economize!
That proof belongs elsewhere. Every bureaucrat who
demands funds should explain and justify the expendi
ture of every dollar! Spending is the easiest thing in the
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world to do. Whether some bureaucrat spends waste
; fully and needlessly out of tax funds—that’s something
he should have an answer for.
Wherein lies the danger to the nation in heavier taxes
at this time? It is proposed that the burden of a four bil
' lion dollar tax increase be placed upon corporations and
1 businesses. This might look to some like an easy way
to shift the tax load onto somebody else. Actually^ a tax
that is shoouldered by business is still borne by the peo
ple—because people buy the products of corporations
that are owned by people.
At present the nation’s business corporations pay a
; 38 per cent tax on income. Earnings distributed to own
! ers may get taxed up to 92 per cent. (Other taxes, also,
!are levied upon corporations.) Tremendous sums,
therefore, are handed to Uncle Sam by industry. But
right now, the nation’s economists are agreed that
America’s industry must have huge amounts of addi
tional capital for growth and for expansion. There’s
danger, if instead there billions must be poured into
Washington.
Any industrial plant that is not able to spend money
continually for expansion or for newer, better equip
ment is a corporation moving toward failure. An
amount roughly equal to the President’s proposed bud
get of forty-two billion dollars is the least we ought to
put this year into our industrial, plant. If America is to
have the industrial strength it should have, i/ jobs are
to remain plentiful, and if wages are to be high—then
we had better have a care about penalizing our indus
try. America can lose out, by exacting too much “take”
from business.
If we permit taxes that take away nearly all profits,
we’re heading for bankruptcy and depression. Our so
cialist-minded politicos say a lot about the need for
this giveaway and that handout. But unless industry is
allowed to expand, modernize, and meet today’s needs,
there’ll be nothing at all to tax one of these days. When
taxes take what would be invested, and when incentive
to invest is killed-^-the country will go into reverse,
Another four billion dollars in taxes on corporations
would be most unwise. /
CEILINGS ARE THE LEVITT
CHICAGO, (/P)—If something in a hotel falls on you,
the chances are 50*50 it will be the ceiling.
An analysis of 1,000 hqtel acqidqnts, compiled bv
Kemper Insurance safety engineers, showed than in 140
of them, persons ere injured by falling objects. Half of
them were hurst by the ceiling or parts of it falling on
them. Next to ceilings, the most dangerous falling ob
jects with which guests somehow became involved were
windows, window shades and various types of lifting,
rolling or folding beds.
However, the survey showed that most guests are far
more likely to fall than be fallen on. Altogether, 470
persons were hurt in this type of accident, most of them
in falls on stairways. Another 210 persons tripped over
miscellaneous objects. Half of this group tripped on de
fective stairs and another quarter tripped on rugs.
Internation’l News
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sheba. They got nearly all the Ne
gev desert in southern Palestine,
for which they have ambitious
colony plans.
Foreign minister Moshe Sher
to’< of Israel said the armistice
would be a “momentous event in
the life of the Middle East.” It
was difficult for Jewish officials
to contain their jubilation.
The armistice was a consider
able achievement also for the
United Nations.
Iraq notified Bunche she would
approve agreements reached by
the “neighbors of Palestine”—
Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Trans
jordan. Saudi Arabia said she
does not consider an armistice
necessary. Yemen, the seventh
member of the Arab League ar
rayed against Israel, has been in
active.
Shots rang out again in block
aded Berlin, but without casualty.
Russian soldiers fired on a West
ern German police car which
strayed several hundred yards
in o the Soviet sector. Russian
controlled police fired at the two
other border points on German
trucks which ran the blockade
safely.
The Russian-licensed Taegliche
Rundschau acknowledged the al
lied counter-blockade is hurting.
It repotted farming in Eastern
Germany is limping because it
lacks enough machinery.
Bulgarian foreign minister Vas
sil Kolarov told his communist
parliament the Vatican is linked
with “dark forces” trying to start
another world war. He demanded
new restrictions on religion.
Hungary scheduled another re
ligious trial for Monday of 14 al
leged accomplices of Josef Car
dinal Mindszentv. They are ac
cused of foreign currency specu
lation.
The United States, Canada, Bri
tain, France and the low coun
tries were reported to have reach
ed substantial agreement on the
draft of a defense clause in the
Atlantic Security Treaty they are 1
negotiating in Washington.
Friday, February 25, 1949
Bulgaria put 15' Protestant
churchmen on trial today on
charges of espionage, treason and
black marketing and qne of them
rr-omnMy pleaded guilty to crimes
against the state.
He is Nikola Naumov, a Bap
tist minister and one of the four
main defendants. The communist
government said all 15 had con
fessed.
; Naumov spoke for two hours
■ about his activities, which the
government claims were treason
able. The clergymen were accused
of spying for the United States
and Britain.
The trial . followed by 17 days
the life sentencing in nearby com
munist-led Hungary of Josef Car- «
dinal . Mindszenty on sim i 1 a y
charges.
French war minister, Paul Ram
adier was reported to have taken
legal action against the French
communist party, charging its
central committee with inciting
the army to revolt during the coal
mine strike last fall.
Ramadier’s move came after the
French communist boss, Maurice
Thorez, repeated a statement that
the French people should wel
jcome the Russian array if it ever
reached France. The French as-^
sembly last night denounced com
munist leaders for parroting Thor