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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.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, December 9, 1949
RETAIN WHITE MAN’S CULTURE
Martin Niemoeller, president of the Evangelical
Church in Germany, recently passed through the
United States on his way home after a three-months
visit tt> Australia and New Zealand.
The pastor, who was a submarine commander in
World War I and a prisoner of the Nazis later, said that
the Australians were not disturbed by Communist ad
vances in China but that, with less than eight million
people compared to the millions of Orientals to the
“they are thinking along the lines of the fate of the
white man against the Oriental races to the north.”
The Australians and New Zealanders, being now
largely composed of immigrants of the white race, nat
urally wish to maintain and develop their white man's
civilization. It is perfectly natural for them to dislike
the idea of a swarm of Orientals coming into their coun
tries and overwhelming them by sheer mass of numbers.
There was a time, in the history of the world, when
pride and loyalty to one’s race were considered com
mendable Today, under the absurd theory of complete
equality, there is no admitted superiority of races, na
tions or civilizations. Everybody, under the new dispen
sation, is equal and entitled to anything, including the
immigrational occupation of lands by other peoples.
LABOR LEADER FLAYS LARGER PENSIONS
Here is a news item that strikes us as something new:
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company,
the country’s largest employer, recently liberalized its
non-contributory pension plan to provide a minimum
benefit for workers, upon retirement, of $100 a month
instead of the former minimum of $50 a month.
The unusual feature of the news is that Joseph A.
Beirne, president of a CIO union, which represents some
of the Bell workers, complains that the company has
violated the Taft-Hartley Act by increasing the pension
while the issue is in collective bargaining. It accuses
the company of attempting to undermine the union and
asserts that the “myth of collective bargaining” has
been torn apart and that “action like this” promotes
strikes.
In a word, the company gives to its employees mini
mum benefits in line with those provided under the
Bethlehem Steel “formula” which was the result of a
strike. Because it took this step before Mr. Beirne and
his associates could demand it, the labor leader flays
the company and its officials.
NOW EASIER TO RECORD BIRTHS
Alaskan parents will now be able to record the births
of their new babies with greater ease following the is
suance of new birth certificate forms which were dis
patched recently to officials in communities through
out the Territory.
The new birth certificates were formulated by the
Bureau of Vital Statistics, in the Alaska Department of
Health, and dispatched to U. S. Commissioners, hospi
tals, doctors, nurses and marriage commissioners in vil
lages throughout Alaska as well as in the larger towns.
The new certificate, according to F. E. Kester, direc
tor of the Vital Statistics Bureau, conform with those
adopted as standard by state health departments
throughout the nation, and will greatly assist in furn
ishing accurate records for the Territory. Considered
confidential, he said, the certificates will be filed with
the Vital Statistics Bureau.
Birth records of children under one year of age will
be checked in conjunction with taking of the current
census in the Territory in order to determine how many
births are not being recorded at the present time, he
pointed out.
The birth certificates are the first of four forms newly
Atomic Workers
Eml 4-Day Strike
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OAK RIDGE. Tenn., (A*)—R. W.
Cook, manager o Oak Ridge oper
ations fo rthe atomic energy com
mission, said yesterday a four-day
wildcat strike of construction
workers on this giant atomic pro
ject site has ended.
“It looks like a wholesale back
to-work movement this morning,”
Cook said yesterday.
He added that all 10 striking
crafts of the AFL Knoxville build
ing trades council were represent
ed in the return to work move
ment at Maxon Construction Co.
Maxon is the government con
tractor building two new atomic
plants here.
“Not all the workers are back
as yet, but they are returning
fact,” Cook said.
The business representative of
the Knoxville building trades
council, J. C. Kerr, said affiliated
union heads voted last night to
“make every effort to persuade
their members to return to work.”
The President’s atomic energy
labor relations panel, th national
labor relations board and the
atomic energy commission have
Bible Headings
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i Each year the American Bible
I Society presents a list of Bible se
i lections for reading each day from
! Thanksgiving through Christmas.
I 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
given below:
Friday, I Thessalonians 5:12-28.
Saturday, Mark 4:1-20.
Universal Bible Sunday, Dec. 11,
II Chronicles 7:11-18.
Monday, John 4:1-14.
Tuesday, Luke 10:25-37.
Wednesday, Matthew 25:3’-46.
Thursday, Exodus 20:’-17.
Friday, Matthews 6:5-15.
been working with labor leaders
in hopes of putting an end to the
walkout involving about 3,000
workers.
The AEC said work was halted
yesterday on a new $66,000,000
uranium-235 production plant.
Work was to start next week the
, commission said, on anot her
atomic processing plant which
produces uranium-235 for u
bombs.
revised 'to standards conforming with those of the
States. Three others shortly to be issued for use by offi
cials of the Territory include death, stillbirth, and mar
riage certificates, the director stated.
FLASH! SELF-HELP RECOMMENDED
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A group of men, composing the Middle East Econo
mic Survey Commission, have just presented a report to
the United Nations, disclosing that they had reached the
basic decision that what the Arab East needs is self
help and judicious aid on a limited scale, not on a lim
ited scale, not a great amount of dollars.
This seems to be a sensible conclusion. It might have
some application to other areas of the world where self
help is not being stressed as much as the flow of dollars
from the United States.
While conditions in the Middle East are different
from those existing in the European countries, there
can be little doubt of the efficacy of self-help for all peo
ples. In their anxiety to get some of the dollars that the
United States is distributing generously throughout the
world, it is natural for most people to emphasize pro
posals which require cash rather than the development
of circumstances through the character of their inhab
itants.
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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. Robi. Treat. Methodist paster
Sunday—
10:00 a.m. Eskimo Speaking
Service.
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 pun. Evening Service.
Wednesday—
2:00 p.m. Children’s Miracle
Book Club.
Thursday—
7:30 p.m. Mid-week Service.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
(FEDERATED)
I
Rev. Robert Treat. Minister
9:45—Sunday School
11:00—Morning Worship; Anthem
by the Senior Choir. Mecwage,
‘‘Good Wijl Toward Men"
3:00—Hospital Service.
8:00—Evening Service. Message,
“Awareness”
Tuesday — Junior Choir, after
School
Cub Scout committee, 7:3o.
Wednesday—Rehearsal for Christ
mas Pageant.
7:00—Senior Choir Rehearsal.
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
“Don’t ask God to be on your
side. Make it your business to be
on His side.”—Abraham Lincoln.
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.