THE NOME NUGGET
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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
Friday, June 18, 1948
UNITED EUROPE
JJOTH ON THE OFFICIAL and unofficial fronts pro
gress is being made. The Foreign Office people
have not. however, wholly abandoned the idea that
we should move very cautiously, and that we need
only paddle in European waters and keep Ameri
can swimming bath for real bathing. The French
plan for a powerful and unified European Secre
tariat, similar to the idea contained in the Briand
Plan twenty years ago, has given way to some
thing more along the lines of what our Foreign
Office wanted—an executive committee composed
of national delegates.'
AMERICA'S PROBLEM ,
fT MAY SEEM UNGRACIOUS, even impertinent, for
National News-Letter to offer advice of a warning
character to our American readers, but honesty
makes it necessary. The warning I must give them
is that all the help, moral and material, which they
are now so generously extending to Europe, would
fail to materialize if the Americans were to fall
into the whirlpool of an inflationary crisis.
There are signs that many Americans believe
that they can simultaneously do three things which
are, (a) send ERP aid to Europe, (b) build up their
armed forces, (c) have a permanent domestic boom
accompanied by a progressive decrease of taxation.
These three objectives are not attainable at one
and the same time and it is now, before the situation
gets out of hand, that measures against inflation
should be put into force. If Americans mean busi
ness in this struggle to help Western Europe resist
Russia and Communism they must be prepared
for higher taxation and possibly some measures of
rationing of food and raw materials. -
Nor should my American friends imagine that they
can put themselves in a military position of de
cisive influence in world affairs (as Great Britain
was in the 19th century) by concentrating on a large
air force. There is a school of thought in the States,'
which was also to be found in Great Britain between
1930 - 1939, which thought wars could be won ex
clusively by large air forces. This is not so. In the,
event (improbable as I believe it to be) that Western
Europe had to prevent the Russians from reaching
the Atlantic coast, then our job would be to try to
hold the line of the Rhine until the American divi
sions arrived. To do this in time and with sufficient
weight, the Americans should have available at
least 30 divisions of highly mechanized trained
troops, of which perhaps ten should be in Europe.
The Western Powers should be able to dispose of
some 30 divisions in the first stage of resistance.
It is, however, not enough to think in terms of
men. Those divisions have to be equipped, and that
means steel which is in short supply all over the
world.
I say in conclusion to my American membership
that without the efforts you are making, Western
civilization in general and Great Britain in partic
ular would be doomed. It is therefore important that
you should not make a half-effort which would re
sult in your making considerable sacrifices for no
pormanent benefit to us and yourselves, and our
common cause of freedom. It must be an all-out
effort, the quicker we shall get results and be able
to relieve you of the great load you are sustaining.
EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT...
TWJCTVOH j
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BRITISH CARS FILL BILL
Views of a British Motorist
• (Part Two)
AUTOMOBILES — BRITISH ENGINES — The British
car is powered by a small fast-revvinq motor of the
highest efficiency. The shortness of the engine
makes for extreme rigidity, and because of the high
finish and careful balance of the reciprocating parts
little vibration is transmitted to the chassis — and
hence to the occupants. The engine is generally
mounted in a substantial and low-built frame, and
the weight is arranged so as to give the lowest
center of gravity necessary for good road-holding
The transmission is arranged on similar lines to the
American car. Great play has been made recently
in the U.S. about the introduction of fluid drive to
new models, and it is interesting to note that this
refinement has been standard on certain British
cars for the past twenty years.
STREAMLINING — Externally America has plumped
for "streamlining," a non-functional arrangement
of curves and bulges, which purists in both count
ries regard as phoney. It is interesting here to ob
serve how design is conditioned by the requirements
of the customer. There is a tradition of "owner-mech
anic" in Britain, which means that many drivers
service and repair their own cars for the interest
and enjoyment which this work* gives them. The ac
cessibility of all components is therefore regarded
as a prized virtue, and totally enclosed wheels and
huge wings which prevent the owner-mechanic
fronk getting at the interior are not much liked. It
is so much easier, in addition, to knock dents in these
over prominent features of American automobiles.
THE SPORTS CAR — So far we have considered the
orthodox car but there is one type produced in
Britain which has no counterpart in America .This
is the sports car, a machine bred from the experi
ence of racing on the roads of Europe, under all
conditions, which has been developed and im
proved until it is thoroughly reliable for normal use.
Low and fast, the handling and general perform
ance have been a revelation to Americans (nclud
ing many G.I.S here during the war), who had not
driven them, and for sheer pleasure of driving
they cannot be beaten. The steering is finger-light,
the brakes positive and efficient, the engine hearty
and immediately responsive to the throttle. The
gear-box allows extremely rapid changes and the
sense of control is altogether delightful. It is a thor
oughbred car, a car for the enthusiast, and like all
thoroughbreds is more expensive than the stock var
iety. But it gives many years of hard wear, and the
appearance, owing to the strictly functional design,
does not date.
CHURCHES
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CATHOLIC CHURCH
Saturday 1:30 p.m. Catechism
Class.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors - Rev. H. R. Amundsen
and Rev. Theran McGrew
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - Chil
dren’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer
| Meeting.
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FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday .
No morning services at the Fed
erated Church, except the Sunday
School as usual at 10:00 a.m.
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Capener
Sunday—
Sunday School.10:30 a.m.
Evening service .7:45 p.m.
! Wednesday—
| Bible Study .7:45 pm.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Corner of Third and Division
Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins, Pastor
Prayer cheers the heart and
clears the brain.
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School Classes.
11:00 a.m. Morning message.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and spe
cial music.
1 8:00 p.m. Evening message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody and
Prayer.
Come and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcrme to attend
these services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
1 Alaska Evangelization Society
Rev. Vern Rimling, Pastor
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer and Testimony
Thursday:
3:30 p.m. “Vit-Em-In Childrens*
Bible Class.”
Friday:
7:30 p.m. “Know Your Bible
Class.” Verse by verse study
in Hebrews.
You are invited—Everyone is
welcome.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH
Fred H. Wagner, Pastor
All services now held in pastor’s
residence located on Fourth Ave.
and Division St.
Sabbath School 11 a.m. Saturday.
Evangelistic Service, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday.
The Public is cordially invited.
U.S. SMELTING CO. BEGINS
TRIAL RUN OF DREDGE NO. 5.
Dredge No. 5, of the U. S. S. R.
and Mining Co., here which has
been idle since October of 1942,
j (the year of the big mining freeze)
when all gold mining was closed
down by presidential order, start
ed this week on a preliminary
schedule under the supervision
of Gus Wheeler, veteran dredge
master, who has served in that
capacity with the company for
many years.