THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the postoffice
it Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, September 16, 1949
FIND OLD BIBLICAL SCROLL
A year or two ago, two Arab goatherds found eight
scrolls, apparently written about three hundred years
before the birth of Christ, in a cave in Palestinian terri
tory.
The experts seem to think that the fragments repre
sent the oldest texts of certain books of the old Testa
ment now in existence. News of the discovery has ap
peared in archeological journals for more than a year,
but the general public has only begun to hear about
them.
Some of the scrolls came to the United States where
the American schools of Oriental research, centered at
Yale University, accepted the privilege of translating
and preparing them for publication. This, it is said, will
occur next year.
A British archeologist subsequently visited the hillside
cave above the Dead Sea and secured one hundred frag
ments and these are now in London. It is unlikely that
that the new translations will present any great sur
prises, but the scrolls are said to have included what is
believed to be the oldest known copy of the Book of
Isaiah.
BOOKS ABROAD
(Juneau Empire)
Conscientious objectors who worked on farms and in
hospitals in lieu of military service during the war were
not allowed to receive for their own use the wages
which they earned. Instead, these wages were paid to
Selective Service and kept in the Treasury in a special
deposit. They aggregated, in round figures, about one
and one-quarter million dollars—a tidy contribution on
the part of the COs. There was a kind of unofficial un
derstanding between Selective Service and the COs that
at the end of hostilities the latter would be allowed to
designate the use to which these contributions should
be put. An informal poll was taken in 1945 among the
men whose earnings created the special Treasury de
posit. The consensus was that it should be devoted to re
lief purposes, and this year the National Service Board
for Religious Objectors requested that the money be
used through the CARE book program for the benefit
of war-destroyed libraries of Europe. It seems a singu
larly apt designation in keeping with the principles to |
which the COs adhered.
Senator Sparkman in the Senate and Representative
Judd in the House have introduced bills to bring this
wish of the COs to realization. Their bills would simply
authorize a contribution to CARE of an amount equal
to the moneys received by the Selective Service for
work performed by the COs. The authorization is, in a
sense, an obligation of the United States and deserves
Congressional assent now despite the pressure of more
weighty and urgent measures.
WILL U. S. HELP BRITISH IN HONG KONG?
Discussions between American and British officials
over the determination of the British to retain control
of Honk Kong, the great commercial port in China, has
resulted in no firm commitments for assistance from
this country, according to Secretary of State Dean Ache
son, who says that the attitude of this country will de
pend on what happens.
This is an interesting position for the United States
to take at this late day. The communist armies are rap
idly over-running Nationalist China. There appears to
be no probability that the armies of Chiang Kai-Shek
will prevent the sweep from being complete. In the face
of these circumstances and dangers, the British havs re
inforced their garrison at Hong Kong and announced
Truman News
Conference
, WASHINGTON. i/P)—President
i Truman, after announcing his
choice of federal circuit judge
j Sherman Minton for a Supreme
Court berth, touched briefly on
I other matters at his news cont'er
j ence yesterday.
Told that Senator McCarran <D.
I Nev.> on a visit to Europe will
■ bring up the question of this*boun
! try “recognizing” Franco Spain;
, the President said emphatically
! that McCarran is on his own and
I
; can make no committments for the
U. S. government.
I The President brushed off Re
I publican John P. Saylor’s capture
1 of the Democratic House seat in
Pennsylvania Tuesday. He first
said he had no comment, but then
asserted that back in 1947 there
was the same sort of barometer
and it didn’t work out. He did not |
specify his reference to 1947.
He said he hoped the steel com
panies and the CIO steelworkrs
union will get together and settle
their dispute. He agreed with a re- ,
porter that there is a difference
between accepting his fact finding
board’s rcommendations as a basis
for settlement and accepting them
outright. He believes the former
interpretation is the way the mat
ter has been understood all
around.
Mr. Truman said he could not
(comment on a definition of ‘‘stat- i
ism” by Senator Wherry 'R.-Neb.>
because he hasn’t read it. If the
Senator has a definition, the Pres
ident said, it is one more than the i
dictionary’s. Mr. Truman had com
mented last week that dictionaries i
disagree on what the word means. \
The President put in a plug for (
the impending recruitment drive
for the national guard. He said the
defense of the country will de
SCHOOL NOTES
This week has been a memor
able one because’ the Freshmen
have laboriously and obediently
conformed to the orders of the up
per-classmen. The upper-classmen
are becoming very studious ac
cording to the number of books
’taken home each evening. Perhaps
the free transportation of their
books by the Freshmen explains
this sudden thirst for knowledge.
The Freshmen are looking for
ward to this evening when they
become full members of the Nome
High School.
Two new members of the Junior
class this year are Shirlee Fricke
and Thelma Cobb. We are happy
to welcome them to our group.
They have made many friends
during their brief time with us.
English III students arc studying
Shakespeare’s pla\f The Tempest.
They are enjoying the play.
The planet Juipter rotates in 9
hours and 50 minutes.
NORTH WIND LEAVES
FOR STATES
The North Wind of the U. S. C. j
G. departed for the States on Wed- !
nesday having ended its Bering
Sea summer cruise. The King Is
land natives who have in the past
been taken home by the coast
guard boat in September did not
depart but are reported to be get- J
ting ready to depart with the |
North Star within the next two '
week.
pend almost entirely on the re
serves when there is peace in the
world.
He recalled his own enlistment
in the guard nearly 45 years ago
and said when he was promoted
from the rear to the front rank he
regarded it as the greatest promo
tion he could receive.
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an intention of holding the port.
It ought to be comparatively easy for the United
States Government to determine, now, as well as later, i
whether the interests of this country will be served by
retention of the port of Honk Kong by the British. If we
have any interests which would be protected, the
United States should support the British in their deter
mination. If we have no interests, we should announce
our decision that the matter is of no concern to us.
We can conceive of no reason why our official position
should depend on what happens from now on. The line
is clearly drawn in China, the situation is thoroughly
understood and the stake of this country in the Far East,
if any, should be thoroughly understood.
HEY COME BIGGER EVERY YEAf
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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 McGrew
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
Sunday— RALLY DAY
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School:
Rally Day and Promotion Sunday.
Raymond Tveter, Supt.
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship.
Message: “Growing in Wisdom
and in Stature.”
Nursery for pre-school children.
8:00 p.m.—Evening Service,
Evensong and Message: “The
Parable of the Sowrer.”
Fellowship Hour following.
Tuesday—Junior Choir Practice
after school.
8:00 p.m.—Church Board meet
ing, at the parsonage.
Wednesday 7:30 p.m.. Senior Choir
practice.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
PENTECOSTAL
Third Avenue West
Miss H. E. Brown
Missionary in Charge
Sunday—
Sunday School .10:00 a.m.
Adult Bible Class.11:00 a.m.
Evening Service .7:30 p.m.
Tuesday—
Young Peoples Meeting 4:00p.m.
Wednesday—
Bible Study.7:30 p.m.
Friday—
Bible Study and
Prayer Meeting 7:0o p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lev/is I. Hudgins
"What do we live for if it is not
to make life less difficult for
others.
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.