THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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W. A. Boucher .Owner-Publisher
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, December 2, 1949
WORKING FOR SUPER MEN
The creation of a super-race of men has always fas
cinated scientists and artists as well as the imagination
of men and women of average walks in life.
Dr. Alexis Carrel, himself a noted scientist, has given
some thought to the remodeling of man, with special
emphasis placed upon his treatment as a whole, instead
of a divided personage, and would increase the mental
stature without giving overdue emphasis to any partic
ular part of man’s nature.
This is along what we think must be the true line of
human progress. Man is a peculiar, if wonderful com
bination of mental, physical and what we may call spir
itual powers. He is not either part more than the other
and culminates into perfection only when there is com
plete balance in his development and growth.
There was a time, not yet entirely gone, when the re
ligious leaders of the race insisted that mind and body
should be subordinate to spiritual perfection and there
are today those who believe that this can be accom
plished by the disregard of the other elements that
make up man. The schools of the world, even today,
with rare exceptions, stress mental development, leav
ing almost untouched the physical nature of the pupils
entrusted to their teaching. There are, too, individuals
who go crazy over the body in one form or another and
forget that these exists mind or soul.
How little man knows of his own body is painfully
evident as the world treats disease ad physical deform
ities ad what we really know about the human mind is
almost nothing. As to the soul, there is much argument
as to its existence, much less any understanding of its
nature and power. No wonder, we have not, today, pro
duced the sought-after super-man!
DIFFERENT IN ARGENTINA
Some 700 Communists in Argentina were arrested
recently while celebrating the anniversary of the Rus
sian Revolution in their headquarters in Buenos Aires.
News dispatches say that 305, including 160 women,
were given jail sentences of four days. Some party lead
ers were given fifteen-day sentences and the remainder
v ere freed.
Apparently, Argentina does not go to the trouble of
staging an elaborate and costly trial, such as that wit
nessed in New York recently when the eleven top Com
munists were called to face American justice.
HIS CUE FOR 1950
Tourist Travel lu |
Alaska Sets Record
JUNEAU — Summer travel to
Alaska attained record proportions
during 1949—approximately 67,000
persons journeying north to the
Territory—according to a survey
just completed by the Alaska De
velopment Board. Total travel ex
penditures, including transporta
tion, food, lodging, and miscel
laneous expenses, were estimated
at 25,000,000 a new high for Alas
ka.
In making the survey, the first
of its kind ever conducted in
Alaska, all scheduled land, sea,
and air carriers were polled, as
were ports of entry maintained
by the U. S. Immigration Service.
The survey covered a five
month period, from May through
September, and excludes seasonal
workers such as cannery and de
fense project construction per
sonnel. However, traveling resi
dent Alaskans, representing only,
a small percentage of the over-all
traffic, are included in all figures
shown. 1
About 35,000 persons made the
trip to Alaska aboard vessels of
the Alaska Steamship Company,
Pacific Cruise Lines, Canadian
Pacific Steamship company, Ca
nadian National Steamship com
pany. Union Steamship company,'
and private cruisers and yachts.
The major portion of this traffic—
some 32,000 persons—were round
trippers who visited Southeastern j
Alaska ports as far north as Skag- j
way, while the balance proceeded
on to Seward, railhead for Inte
I
rior Alaska.
Planes of Pan American Air
ways, Northwest Airlines, and Ca
nadian Pacific Airlines carried
about 22,00 travelers to the Terri- j
tory in the five months. More
than 50 per cent of that figure!
terminated their flights at An-1
chorage and Fairbanks.
Passenger traffic figures for
on-scheduled airlines to Alaska
were not available for the survey |
but were known to be large. In j
addition, a number of private air- j
planes visited both Southeastern
and Interior Alaska.
Private automobile traffic over
the Alaska Highway reached un
precedented heights. From May to
September, more than 10,000 per
sons passed through Tok Junction,
U. S. port of entry on the wartime
constructed 1500-mile highway.
An additional several hundreds1
j persons turned off the Alaska
! Highway short of Tok Junction to
| enter Southeastern Alaska through
Haines.
Expenditures for transportation
: alone weer estimated by the Alas
! ka Development Board at more
than $16,000,000. That figure does
not include special travel within
Alaska, such as local airplane,
bus, and railway tours. Local
traffic, however, is known to have
been substantial. For example,
large increases in travel to Mount
McKinley National Park, Circle
Hot Springs, and the Arctic coast
have been reported.
Average expenditures for food,
! lodging, recreation and miscellan
eous needs were more difficult to
estimate. Food and londging are
provided aboard ship for round
trippers. A conservative estimate
would place the average tourist
expenditure at five Alaska ports
—Ketchikan, Wrangell, Peters
burg, Juneau, and Skagway—at
$25, or a total of almost $1,000,
000. Using the Washington State
average tourist expenditure of
$200 as a yardstick, the balance
of the travelers to Alaska spent a
1 Irani Herr And
There About Town
A coterie of distinguished ladies,
presumably from Marks Air Base,
lavished a lot of time yesterday
afternoon admiring, handli n g ,
draping the silver fox two-piece
stole on display at Polet’s store.
Exclamations such as "Precious."
"Gorgeous." "Wonderful," and
ready to wear could be heard on
all sides. Looks like the Army
personnel would go all out for this
prize Dec. 10th. Why not?
All cab companies advise that
they will be ready to render
prompt, courteous and efficient
service to and from the Roof Gar
den.
Herman Hoop was observed
putting a lot of trimmings, bells,
ribbons ,etc., on his “one horse
open sleigh.” What’s is all about
inquired one of his neighbors? Oh!
heck, replied Herman, “I’ll show
’em how we took our gals to the
Roof Garden in the good old days.
Wanta ride with me?"
Hans Arp, just returned from
Anchorage, was observed slyly1,
but seriously, admiring the silver;
for set at Polet’s store. A man of j
few words but deep thoughts,
Hans remarked “what an ideal!
Christmas gift.”
"Deep Channel" Pete, "Gee Pole"
Larson, "Wing-Dam Johnson and
Formation Gus, each of whom
mined in the Klondyke, uncon
sciously got into a heated argu
ment while admiring and hand
ling the large gold nugget on dis
play at Polets. Pete said “we did '
not mean to—just got excited.” |
No wonder.
Chief Laws has assigned a spe
cial policeman to direct traffic in
the vicinity of the Nome High
School building Dec. 10. He feels
this necessary to avoid congestion,
as it appears everyone is going to
the ROOF GARDEN.
See that big advertisement the
Pioneers had in Wednesday’s
Nugget about the Roof Garden?1
Well, that’s nothin’. They just ain’t
a-tellin’ half of it. Hank Ullrich,
in charge of the program is so
close-mouthed you might think he
was a protege of Calvin Coolidge.
We wouldn’t know the Hollywood |
stars were coming were it not for
Vera Nelson. Now, Hank says:!
“No more leaks Vera,” I want
them kept incognito until the cur
tain rises. Well, murmured a cou-,
pie of old-timers from the Kou
garok who came in specially for
the Roof Garden, we don’t give a
hang about incognito or magneto
or whatever in heck you mean;
we want to see them thar actress
es when they arrive.
Bible Readings
Each year the American Bible
Society presents a list of Bible se
lections for reading each day from
Thanksgiving through Christmas.
The 1949 theme is “The Book to
Live By” and the Scripture selec
tions chosen bring out helpful
truths concerning it.
The readings for this week are
listed below:
Thursday, Dec. 1.John 14
Friday, Dec. 2 . Psalms 8
Sat. Dec. 3.Revelations 21:1-7
Sunday, Dec. 4 .II Timothy 2
Monday ..Micah 6:1-8
Tuesday .Acts 17:16-34
Wednesday .Revelation 22:1-7
Thursday .John 3:1-17
Friday.I Thessalonians 5:12-28
total of almost $8,000,000 in the
Territory.
CHURCHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Masses:
8:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
10:00 a.m.—M. A. F. B. Chapel
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION (METHODIST)
Pastors—Rev. Theron McGrew
Rev. Paul B. F. Carlson
Rev. Robt. Treat. Methodist pastor
Sunday—
10:00 a.m. Eskimo Speaking
Service.
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 pjn. Evening Service.
Wednesday—
2:00 p.m. Children’s Miracle
Book Club.
Thursday—
7:30 p.m. Mid-week Service.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
(FEDERATED)
Rev. Robert Treat, Minister
WORLD WIDE BIBLE STUDY
9:45—Sunday School
11:00—Morning Worship; Anthem
by the Senior Choir, “Rock of
Ages.”
Message, “A Light on Our Path
way.”
3:00—Hospital Service.
8:00—Evening Service, Evensong
and Message, “Faith In God.”
Sunday Evening Fellows h i p
Hour following.
Tuesday—Junior Choir rehearsal
after school.
Wednesday—7:00, Senior Choir.
8:30—Training Class.
Church Board Meeting, Tuesday,
at 8:00.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Capener
Sunday—
10:00 to 11:40 a.m. — Combined
Sunday School and Morning
Worship.
7:30 p.m.—Evening Worship.
Tuesday—
3:30 p.m.—Junior Young Peoples.
7:30 p.m.—Prayer Service.
Wednesday—
7:30 p.m.—Bible Study.
Friday—
7:30 p.m.—Senior Young Peoples.
Everyone Welcome
“The family that prays together,
stay stogether.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis I. Hudgins
“Plants appear to have more
sense than most people—they turn
to the light.”
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun^
day School classes.
11:00 a.m. Morning Message.
7:00 p.m. Young People’s Meeting,.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and special
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
Rev. Vern Rimling. Pastor
Sunday—
2:00 p.m. Sunday School for
boys and girls.
Preaching service in the Eskimo
language by James Savok.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday—
7:30 p.m. Bible Study—trans
lated into the Eskimo language.
Thursday—
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. K.Y.B Club for
boys and girls.
Friday—
7:30 p.m. Prayer, Praise and
Testimony.