THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at
the postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Monday, July 2, 1945
WE MUST BEWARE JAP TRICKERY
(Bremerton Sun)
Diplomatic circles are excited by the
report that Tokyo, taught a grim lesson
in the utter destruction of Germany, has
offered conditional peace terms.
According to insiders, the Suzuki cab
inet with the backing of the financial
lords has promised to withdraw from
China, Manchuria, Malaya and the East
Indies provided that the Allies agreed
not to occupy the Nipponese mainland.
If there is any truth in the report, it is
artfully timed. The wily Japs think that
parents of veterans in the European the
atre scheduled for transportation to the
Pacific would be willing to call quits to
bring home their sons. They assume that
American capital and labor would set
tle for half a loaf in the Far East in order
to resume “business as usual.”
What are the probable consequences
of swallowing the bait?
We would recover for other nations
their lost colonies; we already have won
our own Philippines. But we did not go
to war merely to regain plantations for
the Dutch rubber cartel or Chinese cus
tom houses for the Kuomingtang.
We fight because we were treacher
ously attacked at Pearl Harbor, and our
Pacific seaboard will always be in dan
ger of a sneak invasion so long as Japan
is a power in the Pacific. Our sword is
drawn to avenge our martyred dead and
tortured living. Our debt to them cannot
be paid by clasping bloody Japanese in
negotiated friendship.
Should we allow the scorched snake to
crawl back into its nest, it would strike
again if its poisonous fangs were not
drawn. More than a million fresh troops
are now in Japan. Two million, five
hundred thousand conscripts are ready
for mobilization. Sixty additional divi
sions can be mustered on short notice.
If this enormous army were left on the
loose, we should be obliged for years to
keep American boys in jungle bases
watching it. We would not dare to bring
home our men lest the Japs pounce on
Alaska at the first favorable moment.
We would never know what went on be
hind the veil of secrecy in Nippon—what
new warships and giant planes were un
der construction for a second try—what
ocean-crossing V-bombs were being
made for raids on Bremerton, Seattle,
Portland, San Francisco and Los An
geles.
Unconditional surrender has made us
safe from the Nazi menace for a genera
tion. President Truman and Prime Min
ister Churchill have declared that it
alone can guarantee peace in the Pacific.
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Education is simply an investment in
good health, good sense and good econo
mic production. It is the instrument of
our progress and the main structure of
freedom.—George D. Stoddard, New
Your State Educational Commissioner.
< NEW BUSINESS
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I DON'T
KNOW,
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'fc (flora ftWOOR
fhrfjut cf Harding College
Searcy. Arkansas
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INDEPENDENCE
Arkansas and Mississippi both
ran have splendid public schools
without accepting financial aid
from anywhere. I am prepared to
prove this statement with figures
I presented early in May to the
House of Representatives in Wash
ington. Moreover, if these states
can do well without help, any of
the other states can do likewise.
Federal aid is not needed any
where.
I have singled out Arkansas and
Mississippi for good reason. It has
bearing on the subject in hand.
Measured by a money standard,
these two states are lowest on the
educational roster. Only one state
has less income per person than
Arkansas, provides less school
money per student and pays its
teachers less; that’s Mississippi.
These are our two low states in
the respects named.
There Is A Reason
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Poor as these two states are on
a basis of income per capita, each
of them has more net worth than
the federal government. Our na
tional debt probably will reach
300 billion dollars before the war
is over. Mississippi had a cash sur
plus of 11 million dollars last year
and Arkansas accumulated 45
million during recent years. Ar
kansas schools are inadequate,
i due to politics, not poverty.
What the school s^tem in my^
home state needs is re-organizing, j
not subsidizing. For example:
About a year ago there were 106
| school districts in Arkansas with
j less than ten pupils apiece. There
! were 350 district? with assessed
Valuations below $10,000. Some
districts couldn’t raise $100 a year
from local taxes. School districts
varied in size from one square
mile to 100 square miles.
Why Squander Money?
There is one community in Ar
kansas which, although it has only
35 students all-told, is made up of
six school districts and thus uses
six busses to take the 35 students
to school and back each day.
Transportation costs $600 a month
when one bus might easily do the
whole job at a cost of $150 a
month. The saving of $450 would
pay three teachers at the prevail
ing Arkansas scale.
The problem is local and politi
cal. More money for such an in
efficient operation probably would
, tend to aggravate a bad situation
! and make it even harder to rem
edy. The federal government
spent $80,000 for a WPA survey
of Arkansas schools in 1937 and
the analysis showed that the state
i could have a good school system
j for an outlay of 17 million dollars
| a year. The outlay was made
' promptly.
Taxpayers Respond
Arkansas income per person
has more than doubled since 1939,
due to new industries and new
discoveries of oil and bauxite.
More than 20 million dollars were
spent for education in Arkansas
last year, and a recent legislautre
raised that figure considerably
for the next biennium. Already
about 25% more money is being
spent on Arkansas schools than
the government-supported survey
called adequate in 1937.
This however is not enough.
Arkansas should have better
schools; better financed. Arkan
sas teachers should be better paid,
probably the salary scale ought to
be doubled. I’m for it when the
system is re-organized and made
efficient, but I oppose federal aid.
Easy money would sacrifice statb
sovereignty on the altar of politics
when we are able, really, to in
crease our school revenue as soon
and as fast as conditions justify.
Fish Ideas From
Alaska Kitchens
The Fishery Products Labora
tory is making an appeal to the
housewives of Nome and vicinity
to assist in compiling an Alaska
Cook Book. It is planned to pub
lish a booklet devoted exclusively
to methods suitable for home
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preparation of fish caught in
Alaska waters.
Although fish has always con
stituted one of the most important
food sources for Alaska kitchens,
the variety of fish so utilized has
been very limited; therefore, a
special attempt is being made to
increase consumption of many
types of little-known fish.
The recipes submitted must be
I easily prepared and economical.
Each will be tested by the Home
Economist in the laboratory kitch
en. Full acknowledgment will be^
given to each person whose recipe
is published.
Your suggestion and recipes
may be mailed to Mrs. Dunlap,
Home Economist, Fishery Pro
ducts Laboratory, Box 647, Ketch
, ikan, Alaska.
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NEW YORK—<(£*)—At the last
moment, a Protestant missionary,
I returning by air to China, found
i his baggage was under the mini
mum and offered to carry a six
pound package to Catholic Sisters
j in China. The convent of the Fran
- ciscan Missionary of Mary in New
j York promptly packed medical
J supplies for treatment of malaria,
| intestinal parasites, and sprue.
The missionary took off with
interfaith package which weighed
five and three-quarters pounds.