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, November 18, 1949_
WE ARE STILL FREE TO CHOOSE OUR “ISM”
(Cities Service Co. “Service”)
There is a lot of loose talk today about ideologies.
“Are you a Communist? Take the oath!” “He is a Fas
cist ” “The British have gone Socialistic.” “Capitalism
is on trial.” i
All Isms revolve around the savings of people, ex
pressed by the word “money,” how they shall be used;
and by whom. What is money? The dollar bill in your,
pocket is a receipt for labor performed. It is a certifi
cate, it certifies to one and all that you have produced
that much more than you have consumed. It is a due bill
on some other person’s labor. Its uses and by whom
should not be complicated or involved or mysterious.
Capitalism is primarily concerned with putting sav
ings to work. It abhors an idle dollar. It is happy only
when it sees that dollar in overalls. Happier, when it
sees that dollar reproduce itself and become two dollars.
Dollars are as temperamental as people. If you don’t
believe it, consult the dollar in your own pocket. Ask it j
if it wants to hire itself out and to whom and for how j
much. A dollar naturally wants to work. It knows how j
it came into being, through someone s labor. Labor, that j
is, and not twilight sleep.
A capitalistic system arranges for all this. It sets up
a hiring hall where dollars gather, look over the “help
wanted” on the bulletin boards and pick out the jobs
that appeal to them. If the job carries the risk of losing
both wages and life, the pay has to be commensurate—
10c, 15c a year, even more. It becomes a share of stock,
a partner in the risk. If the job is a safe one and the
dollar is not in the mood to gamble, it will work a year;
for a penny or two. It becomes a bond, a creditor of the
enterprise.
The point is that under capitalism it is a free dollar, i
Under communism, fascism, socialism, totalitarian
ism, the dollar is not free. The State drafts the dollar
and puts it to uses that those who happen to be in
charge of the State decide. Furthermore, it seldom, if
ever has the opportunity to reproduce itself when ex
pended by the State. No self-respecting dollar likes to!
be an expense dollar, it wants to multiply itself through
investment. The State dollar is a most unhappy dollar
because dollars, like men, want to be free. As part and
parcel of a free people, ambitious to get on and up in
the world, they most enjoy what we all pray for, “an
expanding economy.”
Isms determine who controls and spends the savings
of individuals. Those who oppose capitalism do it in the
name of the people. They call themselves “friends of the
people.” Yet the greatest test of a “friend of the people”
is this: Has he such faith and confidence in them that he
is willing to let them allow their dollars to make and
correct their own mistakes. “Friends of the people” will
never admit it, yet they really stand for a static society.
They want neither profits nor losses. “Nothing ventur
ed, nothing gained” has never had a better application
by by capitalism.
There can be no real freedom of individuals unless
dollars are free. There can be no expanding economy
for America unless dollars are encouraged to hazard
their own lives in untried fields. Millions of small savers
collectively can do a better job of putting their dollars
to work than political mentors and managers. It is well
for us to remember that America is what it is today be
cause alone of all the countries of the world, we have
expanded under those Siamese twins, political and eco
nomic freedom.
SAYS WE WANT “WORLD AMERICAN EMPIRE”
The United States, according to Georgi M. Malenkov,
of the Russian Politburo, aims at a “world American
empire” to be created “by means of violence and new
wars” and our policy is “nothing more nor less than a
Turkey Shoot
Sunday Morning
Children of all ages have been
crowding around the windows of
the stores displaying the live tur
keys of the Sportsmen’s Assn.—
both inside and outside the stores.
For many these are the first gob
blers they have ever seen. The
club members state emphatically
that the birds are not going to be
used as targets but only as prizes.
Ted Duffield, who is in charge
of the event, states that members
of the club will act as field mar
shals during the shoot and that all
participants will keep their guns
open at the breech except during
the time they are actually shoot
ing.
A charge will be made to cover
the cost of the clay pigeons and
the turkeys. If the event proves
popular the group will sponsor
another shoot before Christmas.
The time set for the event which ,
is to be at the rifle range east of (
town on the Cape Nome Road, is
Sunday from 10:30 in the morning
until dark, and is open to all.
Balchen Predicts
Regular Norway
Alaska Flights
ANCHORAGE, (JP)—Col Bemt
Balchen predicted at the weekly
chamber of commerce meeting
that it will not be long until trans
port planes will be able to leave
Norway and land in Alaska on the
same hour of their departure.
It would be a matter of flying
as fast as time. It actually would
mean an 11-hour flight That is
the amount of time differential
between Norway and Alaska.
He described his own flight to
Norway in 22 hours in a DC-4
“which is already considered ob
solete.”
The famed Polar flier and com*
mander of the 10th Rescue Squad
ron also predicted commercial air
lines in the future will criss-cross
the Arctic regions in flights be
tween Europe, North America and
the Orient.
Mrs. John Muller left yesterday
for Anchorage where she will re
ceive specialized medical atten
tion before returning home.
matter of converting the whole world into a colony of
the American materialists, of reducing sovereign peo
ples to the position of slaves.”
This is the type of informaiton that the Russian peo
ple receive as to the motives and foreign policy of the
United States. In view of the fact that they have no ac
cess to the sources of information, it is easy to conclude
that they are being misled by the leaders of Soviet Rus
sia and there i9 a sinister purpose behind the program.
Mr. Malenkov warns us, however, that if a third
World War is unleashed by imperialists, it will “dig the
grave” o fthe whole world capitalist system. This warn
ing, of course, is spoken for home consumption because,
obviously, the Russian leader is not averse to anything
that might “dig the grave” of the capitalist system.
It is interesting to note that the charge is made that
the basis of our preparation for a new war is the Mar
shall Plan, which seeks “the Americanizaiton of all
countries and continents.” In view of the fact that the
Marshall Plan costs the people of this country a tremen
dous amount of rrioney and that it is based upon a sin
cere effort to help the victims of former aggression, it is
somewhat ludicrous to see it described as a plan for
war-making.
The utterances of the Russian leaders would not be
important except for the fact that they hold complete
control over the vast resources and military power of
the Soviet Union. This military might, and the doubt as
to the purpose for which it is maintained, make it neces
sary for the United States to be prepared for any
eventuality.
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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
Pastors—Rev. Theron McGrow
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 p.m. 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
THANKSGIVING SUNDAY
9:45—Sunday School.
11:00 Morning Worship
Anthems by the Senior Choir,
“O Give Thanks,” and “Praise the
Lord, O Jerusalem.”
Message, “Thanks Be To God”
8:00—Evening Service. Tableau
Scene and Thanksgiving from
the Psalms, by Young Adults of the
Church. Thanksgiving Hymns.
Tuesday—Junior Choir.
Wednesday. 7:00—Senior Choir.
8:30 Teachers’ Training Class.
Thursday, Thankg:giving Day
Union Service at this Church
1030 a.m.
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,
j Wednesday—
7:30 p.m.—Bible Study.
I 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
“O give thanks unto the Lord;
for he is good: for his mercy en
I dureth forever!” Ps. 13:6.
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
1 music.
i 3:00 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.
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NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelisation Society
Rev. Yarn Rimling, Pastor
Sunday—
2:00 p.m. Sunday School for
boys and girls.
Preaching service in the Eskimo
j language by James Savok.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday—
7:30 p.m. Bible Study—trana
• la ted 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.