THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME. ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the postoffice
fit Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, April 14, 1950
M-M-M HOSPITAL CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY
One year ago tomorrow the Maynard MeDougal
Memorial Hospital opened its doors, replacing the in
adequate Maynard Columbus Hospital which was de
stroyed by fire.
The people of Nome are proud of this modern well
equipped hospital, made possible through the efforts of
the Women’s Division of the Methodist Church and a
legacy from “Cappy" MeDougal, druggist of Nome.
During the year new equipment has been installed
making it one of the finest in the Territory and its
x-ray equipment is second to none.
Its tuberculosis ward, makes it possible for some of
our people to be near their families and it is hoped that
more beds can be made available to care for those in
the community who are suffering from this contagious
disease and for whom there is no place where they can
receive adequate care.
Our hospital is not only well equipped but well
staffed as patients testify with words of praise for serv
ices and treatment received there.
LIBERTY AND COMPETITION
(By George Peck)
Liberty alone is not entirely responsible for building
America into the greatest nation in the world. Free,
open competition, working hand in hand with liberty,
also played a major role. For without this competition
to sharpen the brains of men and inspire them to greater
undertakings and achievements, the U. S. A. would
have made little or no material progress.
During the century and a half following the War of
Independence we Americans amazed the rest of the
world by the almost miraculous things we accompished.
This was only partially due to the fact that Almighty
God had endowed our domain with a wealth of raw
materials—iron, coal, minerals, timber* and fertile farm
land. Russia had all these things in inexhaustible quan
tities but failed to progress because that country did
not have the free, open competition that we enjoyed in
America.
The eyes of the entire world look longingly and en
viously toward America. Millions of men and women
tore up stakes in their native lands and migrated to
America, to start life anew in a land where a working
man by applying himself could become a foreman, by
further application a superintendent, a general man
ager, even president of his company.
Currently, our Department of Justice seems to have
become a bit mixed up about our competitive system. It
is confusing competition with monopoly. The suits
it has entered against many of our largest business con
cerns which are guilty of no other crime than giving the
consumers quality products at reasonable prices, would
also indicate that they are confusing efficiency with
monopoly.
At a time when this nation is losing out in its “cold
war” with Russia and the ever-increasing danger that
its temperature may turn to “hot,” is behooves us to
keep ourselves economically strong. That certainly can
not be accomplished by persecuting industries, whether
they be little, middle-sized or big.
Whether the Department of Justice is deliberately
misinterpretting our anti-trust laws, or simply does not
understand them, it might be well for the Congress to
revise them. This revision could state in clear and sim
ple language that just because a business has grown
“big” it does not necessarily follow that it is “bad.”
Even a bureaucrat ought to be able to interpret that.
Most town boosters are willing for somebody else to
do the expensive part of the boosting.
.CHAMBER OF
1 COMMERCE
Members present at the meeting
of tiie Northwestern Ala ska
Chamber of Commerce on Tues
day in the Northern Grill, were:
, Paul Mandeville, Chuck O’Leary,
Dick Cornwell, Gordon Osborne,
I Don Lyle, Joe Hunt, George Bea
( com, Capt and Mrs. Stan Morgan,
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Harper.
Mr. Raymond P. Sanford. Alas
ka Field representative, American
Social Hygiene Assn., Inc., An
chorage, Alaska, was introduced
as guest by Paul Mandeville. Im
mediate after the luncheon, Mr.
Sanford, with the help of Cpl.
Monohan gave a movie on the
“Cycle of Human Growth.” This
was a very good movie concern
; ing the beginning of life to birth,
and, in the film it was shown to
a school class of adolescents, and
afterwards any questions they
had were answered by the teach
er. This type of educational movie
would be very appropriate to
show in our school to the right
age group. Mr. Sanford has many
different type films and he will
be glad to loan film to a responsi
ble person to be shown to differ
ent groups.
i Mr. Sanford’s organization is
promarily interested in sex educa
tion in its broadest terms, teach
ing children no more than they
can grasp at a given time in their
mental development. His organi
zation is also interested in the
prevention of venereal disease,
not only throughout the armed
forces but throughout the world.
The purpose of his organization is
further explained:
“In our society the reproductive
instinct finds its most satisfying
expression in family life and the
family provides the best oppor
tunity for training the young in
sound ideals regarding the role of
sex in life. The other institutions
which have special opportunities
to guide the expression of the re
productive instincts are churches
and schools. On its positive side,
theerfore, the association endeav
ors to give all possible help to
parents, teachers and the clergy
in guiding young people toward
the accepted ideals of our society.
These ideals include the follow
ing:
(1> Chastity before marriage,
<2* Faithfulness in marriage,
<3) Full legal and moral respon
sibility for the product of sex re
lations—that is, the child—to nur
ture him, develop his endowments
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questioner.
And he said it was all right to
use direct quotations.
Mr. Truman went on to say he
hadn’t read all that Taft had said;
that lie doesn’t read all the politi
cal columns of all the people run
ning for re-election.
Taft made his statement about
Mr. Truman, McCarthy and libel
in a column he distributes to Ohio
newspapers.
Taft is up for re-election this
year, Mr. Truman noted. He add
ed that he thinks the Ohio Senator
is interested in something else a
couple of years from now.
The Ohio Senator is frequently
mentioned as a possible GOP
Presidential candidate in 1952.
Mr. Truman’s original blast at
McCarthy was in defending the
state department from the Sena
tor’s charges that it harbors com
munists and their sympathizers.
A Senate foreign relations sub
committee is investigating the
charges and next week is to hear
testimony from Louis Budenz,
former communist leader who re
nounced affiliation with the party.
There are reports that another
witness, also described as a for
mer communist, may be called.
McCarthy’s investigators were
reported to have talked to the
prospective witness, but there was
no indication what bearing he
might have on the Senator’s accu
sation that Lattimore is a top Sov
iet spy in this country. Lattimore
has vigorously denied the accusa
tion.
Budenz, once a communist and
now a Fordham University pro
fessor is McCarthy’s key witness
in the case. Budenz is to testify
Thursday, April 20, before a Sen
ate foreign relations sub-commit
tee looking into McCarthy’s gen
eral charges of communism in the
state department.
and' protect his well being.
<4) Respect for the personality
of every individual—no one to
exploit or injure another morally
or physically—hence no sex ex
ploitation in the form of prostitu
tion.”
The KK Library will be furn
ished with books and pamphlets
dealing with children’s growth
and development, marriage and
all phases of social hygiene. These
books will be available to the
general public in the near future.
THINGS SEEM BRIGHTER, ANYWAY!
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SCHOOL NEWS
FIRST GRADE
Two children enrolled new in
the first grade recently: Robert
Esenituk from Teller, and Paul
ette Outlaw from Louisiana.
The following children had
perfect attendance during the last
six weeks: Gerry Belt/., Maggie
Panek, Reggie Bellury, Clarice
Hardy, Velma Brown, Ethel Ailak,
Richard Cross, Roy Carlson. Da
vid Haberman, Tommy Knudson,
Dale Morton, Billy Muller, Doro
thy Russell, Karl Tveter, Tommy
Tootkayalook.
The Easter season was made
most pleasant by gifts of cookies,
flowers, and gifts to the children.
The first grades are learning
songs of robins and spring in
preparation for their arrival.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two great earthquakes have
occurred in past history during
the month of April. On April 18,
1906, we had the devastating San
Francisco earthquake. The earth
quake started at 5:16 a.m. and
| lasted one and a half minutes.
Five hundred persons died or
were missing and thirty thousand
buildings were ruined.
The water mains were broken
so that fires laid waste the entire
city after three days of unham
pered burning. That is why San
Francisco, today, has no old
buildings standing within its lim
its.
Another more recent earth
quake occurred on April 13, 1949
in the Pacific Northwest including
Seattle. This earthquake took
only a year ago yesterday and did
considerable property damage.
Earthquakes are caused by the
settling of the earth’s surface and
if it breaks along a structural line
it is called faulting. Earthquakes
on the ocean bottoms cause tidal
waves.
There are two main earthquake
belts in the world. One begins on
the north side of the Mediterran
ean in Spain, passing through
Italy, Turkey, India, and China.
Fifty-three percent of the earth
quakes occur there. The second
borders the Pacific Ocean includ
ing our West Coast and along the
coast of the Orient including Ja
pan. Forty-one percent of the
earthquakes take place here.
The High School basketball
team received, gold basketballs on
Monday, April 10. They were pre
sented by Mr. Theodore Duffield
and were bought by the Arctic
Club. Those receiving awards
were Alfred Sahlin, Louis Kost,
Lawrence Okpealuk, Gilbert
Ozenna, John Hudert, Joseph
Felder, Vincent Ahkolik, Clarence
Willoya, David Bowen, and Har
old Bell.
Report cards came out Wednes
day following a week of examina
tions. Those making the honor
roll are: George Bell, Harold Bell,
Ralph Bingham, David Bowen,
Katherine Bjornstad, Wi 1 f r e d
B o u cher, Juanita Fagerstrom,
Shirlee Fricke, Olga Hay, John
Hudert, Donna Miller and Clar
ence Willoya.
Peter Kowchee has returned to
school.
Eclipses of the moon can occur
with varying degrees of shadow,
12 degrees on either side of the
nodes.
Mrs. Thomas Stanton arrived
from San Diego and will be in
charge of the Snack Bar at the
Bering Sea Club this summer. Mr.
Stanton will cook for the U. S
Smelting Co.
A large pecan tree can bear 100
to 300 pounds of nuts.