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YOU’RE A VERY LUCKY PERSON
(Dayton, Ohio Press)
Why should you gripe?
Without as much as a by-year-leave we are going
to toss before you a few short statistical sentences
which anybody who can read can understand.
You think your lot is bad? That some other system
of government, perhaps, might improve it? That some
dictionary definition of an “ism” holds out more to you
than the ism which is prefixed by “American”?
Hold your hat your dreamer!
Of necessity we speak in averages, for while we
might know how much an American worker makes, we
cannot know what a peasant in Communist Russia can
call his own after 60 minutes of labor.
If you want a one-pound loaf of bread and live
in the U.S., you work six minutes for it. In Canada and
Great Britain you would work the same six minutes,
in France, nine minutes, and in Russia, 19 minutes.
For a pound of butter you would work 31 minutes
in the U.S., 39 minutes in Canada, 37 minutes in Great
Britain. 169 minutes in France and 373 minutes in
Russia.
Want a quart of milk? Then work eight minutes
in the U.S., nine minutes in Canada, 15 minutes in
Great Britain, 20 minutes in France and 52 minutes
in Russia.
For a dozen eggs you work 22 minutes in the
U.S., 29 in Canada, 66 in Great Britain, 96 in France
and 291 in Russia.
To buy a pound of coffee you must trade 33 min
utes of your time in the U.S., 53 minutes in Canada, 66
minutes in Britain, 159 minutes in France and 694
minutes in Russia.
To telescope: for your food basket in the U.S. you
work 100 minutes, in Canada, 130 minutes; in Great
Britain, 170 minutes; in France 313 minutes, and in
that Great Paradise, Russia 769 minutes! (Don’t at
tempt to add us, for we have left out many items of
the bread basket).
One conclusion we draw unmistakably from these
minor statistics: the farther you move from freedom
the more you pay for a life that is worth less to live.
Again: why should you gripe? Rather should you
thank the gods that be that you somehow, through the
miracle of birth or the happenstance of immigration,
chance to live in America. You might have been born
a Russian!
U.S. Olympic
Ski Squad Is
Short of Funds
CHICAGO, (JP) — The U. S.
Olympic ski squad may be forced
to operate 9horthanded in the
1952 winter games at Oslo, Nor
way, unless additional funds for
expenses are forthcoming within
a week.
The projected goal of $50,000 in
funds so far is $29,000, Cort
land T. Hill, of Los Angeles,
chairman of the Olympic Ski
Committee has reported.
He said $21,000 has been raised
to date. The winter games are
scheduled for Feb. 14-15.
“We feel it unwise to enter a
team unless skiers can get re
quired training,” Hill said. “The
only other alternative would be
to reduce the size of the team
drastically. This may be done if
funds are not forthcoming within
a week.
Originally, the committee plan
ned to send a squad of 31 by
plane to Europe next month for
training. The alpine squad of
downhill and slalom stars is
slated to leave New York Jan. 2
while special jumpers, cross coun
try and other entries are sched
uled to leave Jan. 22.
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Cub Scouts Sliding Party
Thursday afternoon the Cub
Scouts took to the snow via sleds,
skis, and other gear, giving the
old sensation of “zip”—now we
are cutting the breeze.
Powell Baby Born Today
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Powell
of Wales are the parents of a
daughter born on December 28.
Mr. Powell is with the U.S. Wea
ther Bureau and is stationed at
Wales, Alaska.
ONE HEAD SHORT
HARRISBURG, 111., (/P) — This
southern Illinois city just missed
having a nice round population
figure by a head. The 1950 cen
sus count was 10,999.
Accident fatalities were high
last year, but the records show
very few people were tickled to
death.
NOTICE
For those desiring to go to the
basketball games and not wanting
to go alone to the base there will
be transportation from the school
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Friday evening at 7:00.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce
Weather Bureau
Snow and blowing snow todsy
and tonight. Easterly winds 20-25
mph. with gusts to 35 mph. this
afternoon and tonight. Cloudy
Saturday and declining winds.
Lowest temperature expected to
night 17, high tomorrow 15.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
27, low 10. M-aximum wind 30
mph. from the ENE.
Data for other selected stations
is of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -6 Blowing snow
Pt. Hope -9 Clear
Kotzebue -6 Clear
Wales 12 Snow
Gambell 26 Snow
Nome 12 Snow
Unalakleet 14 Cloudy
Bethel 26 Snow
McGrath 7 Cloudy
Anchorage 23 Part cloudy
Fairbanks 5 Clear
WhitehoTse 9 Cloudy
Edmonton 22 Cloudy
June-au 22 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 29 Snow
Seattle 42 Rain
There Was a lime
When America
Didn’t Pay Tribute
BOSTON, (/P)—Rep. Joseph W.
Martin, Jr., (R-Mass), said Wed
nesday night “The United States
has retrogressed a great deal
when we have to pay “blackmail”
for the release of U.S. fliers im
prisoned in communist Hungary.
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He told newsmen in a press
conference that “there was a time
when America didn’t have to pay
tribute.”
He said release of the fliers
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could have been effected by dip
lomatic negotiations without pay
ing the $120,000 in fines and with
out the affair coming to a “force
of arms.”
In a prepared address earlier
he urged the acceptance of Japan,
Nationalist China and Franco
Spain as fighting partners against
communism.
A “bonehead” is a fellow whose
brain is all wish-bone.
L.A. Teachers Must
Smoke “Off Campus”
LOS ANGELES, (/P)—Los An
geles school teachers will have to
continue to do their smoking “off
campus.”
The school board voted down
yesterday a proposal to allow
teachers to smoke in rest rooms
in school buildings.
Board president Paul Burke
cast the only affirmative vote. He
argued that teachers should be
granted personal freedom “within
the bounds of good order and pro
fessional decorum.”
However, Burke admitted the
public generally opposed the pro
posal for smoking.
Russian Orthodox Priest
Of Kodiak Passes Away
KODIAK, (/P) — Services were
held yesterday here for Father C.
R. Kingjn, former priest of the
Russian Orthodox Church. The
73-year-old patriarch died Mon
day. Children in Seattle and Ko
diak survive him.
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