THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER ... Managing Editor
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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LOT OF BACK BLAST IN THESE MODERN WEAPONS
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY?
If you have attended a meeting of the City Council
recently or a meeting of the school board, or have at
tended the open weekly meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce on Tuesday noon, or are actively working
on a committee of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, public
library, volunteer firemen or other civic project, then
this editorial does not apply to you. |
Nome can grow, be improved, and made a better
place in which to live only by the people living in it
taking an active interest in its development. There
are too many people who claim they are good citizens
who sit back and let the other fellow do the work, then
criticize the fellow who tries, for his efforts.
If you feel that there are problems in the commu
nity that should be investigated or civic developments
that should be taken under consideration, now is the
time to speak up. If you don’t like to speak up in public
'gatherings, then write a letter—not one of criticism,
'however, but one of constructive suggestion.
Your City Council and your Chamber of Commerce
cannot carry the full burden of responsibility unless
they know you, the taxpayers of the community, are
interested in their efforts.
SODIUM FLOURIDE IN WATER
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A number of communities have conducted studies
to determine the effect of sodium fluoride on drinking
water. In 1944 such a study was begun in two New
York communities, Newburgh and Kingston. Kingston
citizens were to drink fluoridated water, while New
burgh people drank ordinary water for a period of 10
years.
The ten-year period is not up yet, but the Health
Department of the State of New York has reported the
interim results. It seems that children who drink water
with sodium fluoride added have 47 percent less tooth,
decay.
According to Dr. Bruce F. Forsyth, chief dental
officer of the Public Health Service, fluoridation is
“the most remarkable public health preventive devel
oped in this country.”
“Pro” means “for,” and “con” means “against.”
This explains the difference between progress and
Congress. —The Bristol (Va.) Herald Courier.
Sen. Taft, Etc.- And Their
Political Enunciations
(Continued from Page One)
the Shrine auditorium to capacity,
was devoted to what he said was
America’s golden future 20 years
from now. In this address he said
of the Republicans:
“They have always been afraid
of tomorrow. Seldom has there
been a bold idea for building
America bigger and stronger . . .
but that Republican voices are
raised saying, “You can’t do that.”
But the big political news of
the day came from New York
where Taft got together with Gen.
Eisenhower. Taft is a symbol to
many party leaders — they call
him “Mr. Republican” — and
many were waiting to see what
tack he would take in the cam
paign before reaching their own
decisions.
Taft made it plain that he has
no intention of taking a sideline
seat in the campaign. He will
speak, he said, “on a national
broadcast and speak anywhere to
the extent of my ability.” He
asked his own supporters to give
Eisenhower their enthusiastic
backing.
He said, too, that he is “com
pletely satisfied” that Eisenhower
would give the country a good ad
ministration.
Dean AchesOn got into the pol
itical act last night in a speech
at Kansas City in which he de
fended his State Department poli
cies against attacks by Eisen
hower and John Foster Dulles,
Republican foreign policy adviser.
But the political spotlight was
centered today on New York
where Eisenhower was holding
his long - awaited meeting with
Taft.
WEDNESDAY BASEBALL
American League
Cleveland 5—Philadelphia 3
Detroit 6—Boston 2
Chicago 6—Washington 3
New York 6—St. Louis 1
National League
New York 3—Pittsburgh 2
Philadelphia 6—St. Louis 3
Brooklyn 4-6—Chicago 1-2
Cincinnati 6—Boston 5
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 6—San Diego 3
San Francisco 5—Portland 0
Seattle 4—Hollywood 4
NOTICE
Board of Directors meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce will
be held at the G. R. Jackson resi
dence on Friday evening at 8:00
p.m. All members are urged to
attend. Important business.
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NEWSPAPERS KEEP UP
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NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION
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NEWSPAPER circulation has a little more than kept up with
U.S. population in the past 12 years, figures from Editor ancf
Publisher's Year Book and the World Almanac show. In 1940
morning and evening newspaper circulation was 41,131,611.
That meant one copy for every 3.31 persons. In 1951 there was
a circulation of 54,017,938 with a population of 154,353,000 or
one newspaper for every 2.86 people.
Japanese Interests Seek
To Cut Timber in Alaska
WASHINGTON, </P)—President
Truman said Thursday he is un
able to comment on a plan for
Japanese private interests to log
a large section of the Tongass Na
tional Forest in southeast Alaska.
The President told his news
conference he had not been in
formed of the situation and thus
could not reply to a reporter’s re
quest on whether he approves of
the proposition.
Informed officials said that un
der the proposition now being dis
cussed, Japanese private interests
would form an American com
pany to cut timber in the Alaskan
forest and ship the logs to Japan
for processing and use in Japan
ese textile industries.
Informed sources said one of
the major stumbling blocks is that
the Agriculture Department has
ruled frequently that any timber
cut in Alaska must be processed
there before shipment.
The Japanese have traditionally
bought lumber from Canada and
other sources for processing in
Japan into dissolving pulp for use
in textile and other manufactures.
Chips in Destroyer’s Gears
May Have Been Sabotage
BOSTON, (£>)—First Naval Dis
trict headquarters disclosed yes
terday that metal chips found in
the reduction gears caused $300,
0 0 0 damage to the destroyer
Pritchett in what may have been
sabotage.
Hear Admiral John L. McCrea,
commandant of the district, said
a naval intelligence investigation
to determine if it was sabotage
has not yet been completed.
He said the damage was dis
covered about a month ago just
before the Pritchett was to leave
the Boston naval shipyard for
a training cruise.
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