THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the postoffice
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Nome. Alaska, Friday, October 1, 1948
BCG AND NON-SKEDS
(Anchorage Daily News)
Once again the word “vaccine” assumes a role of high
import in Alaska as the Health Department has perfect
ed plans for delivering experimental quantities of the
phenominal BCG to far-off outposts of Alaska.
BCG is a new vaccine which doctors and health offi
cials hope will aid in combating the scourge of tubercu
losis. They are not sure yet whether it will be a cure-all
but it has been tested and it is known that it will at least
deter tuberculosis.
BCG must be administered within seven days after it
is rnc'v"m^”r‘*i,v*f'r} ■ *■> ° l*'»br'T*ptr*r,v of course
only in this age of air transport would such a time
schedule be at all possible.
This comparatively short time interval which the air
lines have cooperated in overcoming cannot help but re
call the brave trek of the now famed Seppala and his do?
team nearly a quarter of a century ago when he rushed
serum to a Nome epidemic. It was a brave and wonder
ful feat and resulted in saving hundreds of lives from a
plague of diphtheria.
But in the experiments with BCG Leonard Seppala
and his dog team would be very inadequate. It could
only be possible with the air age.
And what, we might ask, is this wonderful air age?
Is it any one man, one airplane or one air line? Is it for
that matter, any group or airplanes or airlines?
The answer can only be “no” when we take a second
look at the itinerary of a thermos jug of BCG. From the
laborpforv in Chicago BCG will be transported by big
scheduled airlines and as the serum progresses north
ward the facilities of the smaller and non-scheduled
lines will be used. Thus is pointed up the deoendence of,
the two types of operations on each other. The bi? air-'
line must have its subsidies and certificates in order to
use the huge planes that span long distances quickly.
The small operator must be allowed to pursue his cour
ses without undue interference. Neither can long exist
alone, and antiquated government regulations should be
recalled to eliminate the screen of confusion wedge for
putting the so-called “non-skeds’ ’out of business.
M. R. A. WILL HELP LAKE SUCCESS SUCCEED
!
(New World News Service)
Caux-Sur-Montreux, Switzerland—“Caux is supply
ing the moral dynamic without which Lake Success will
never succeed,” said A. R. K. Mackenzie, adviser to Sir
Alexander Cadogan, permanent British delegate to the
United Nations. ‘Unless we fight the war of ideas now
we shall be engulfed in a war of blood tomorrow. There
Is no neutrality in the battle for the soul of democracy,
no observer status. You are either a fighter or defaulter.
The greatest tragedies of today are people and nations
who refuse to commit themselves. I don’t mean political
or economic or military commitment merely, but com
mitment to ideological struggle which will decide the
fate of the world for the next hundred years.
Mr. Mackenzie went on to tell how the guidance of
God, and the experience he had received with MRA
helped him in his work at world conferences.
“In an age when materialism obscures the vision of
statesmen,” he said, “the un-illumined wisdom of man
has led us to the edge of a precipice.”
He said that “the intangible factor of an inspired ide
ology enabled a diplomat to do five things:
1. To change the atmosphere of negotiations. 2. To
anticipate problems. 3. To end deadlocks. 4. To de
tect falsehood. 5. To do a better job by facing absolute
moral standards.
There was an air of expectancy as a tall, broad shoul
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dered figure rose to his feet. He was Fred Copeman who
as British delegate to the Comintern in 1938, met Tito,
Dimitrov, any many others who today direct policies of
countries behind the Iron Curtain. Copeman is now an
executive member of the London Labor Party, President
of the London District of the Constructional Engineers
Union, and member of the London Trades Council.
Copeman describing the force and fire of the Com
munist ideology said:
“Communist dialectics enabled people to sell their
best friends, to sign the Soviet-Nazi pact, and to die will
ingly for the party. This is because Communism con
vinces people that its ideas and ideals are the ones need
ed for the present world. What is the answer to all
this?” Copeman stressed that th eanswer is not negative
criticism, but building “a greater, more constructive, in
spiring, fighting ideology and living it.” He continued:
“MRA is such an ideology. Any delegate here convinced
about the rightness of it can influence national policy,
trade union and industrial organizations.”
“Moral Re-Armament is the ideology of a free world.
Faith is an idea that changes men, but an ideology is an
idea that changes nations,” declared John Roots of
Washington in a major policy statement of the aims and
ideology of MRA. “The present position in the world is
the result of a major ideological offensive. A few men
had the imagination to erect materialism as a world ide
ology. What are Christians doing about it? Have wej
united the church even? For two thousand years Chris
tianity has been tried, or has it? We have known Chris
tianity as a faith. Thank God for that. But are we going
to know it as an ideology? When are we going to make
it the basis of our national policy?” Roots said MRA
must become the policy of newspapers, radio and the
motion picture industry. He challenged industrialists to
serve their nation rather than fatten themselves. He
said labor must serve the nation and not one class.
I AM AN AMERICAN By Hobart Franks
Today I picked up a clod from my yard, broke it, and
as it sifted through my fingers I realized for the first
time that this was more than just dust; this was a tiny
piece of jAmerica! I owned a rare treasure—a bit of the
only soil left in the world today where a man can stand
free and unafraid. I was standing on a piece of America,
a few feet around and a thousand miles deep! Here alone
in all the world could I build my future, knowing that it
would be secure; and rear my children with the assur
ance that they, and their children, could enjoy that same
security. I could stand on my piece of America, think
freely and say what I thought, do what I pleased, shrink
from no man, and call upon whatever God 1 choose. 3
deeds protect my land. One is locked in my strong box—
my purchase deed. The others are enshrined and locked
in the hearts of every American—the Declaration of In
dependence, and the Constitution. I am a fortunate man,
the indisputable owner of my own life, and the land on
which to live*it. I AM AN AMERICAN!
CHURCHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday— *
Masses at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
At the Base Chapel at 4:30 pjn.
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 pjn. - Chil
dren’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer 1
Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday
10:00 a.m. Sunday School.
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
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis I. Hudgins
“Is there any dust on your
Bible?”
10 a.m.—Slinday School Goal 100.
Special Rally with songs, cho
ruses, Indian instruments, etc.
Rewards given to those who
bring new visitors.
Joint service with Morning Wor
ship.
6:30 p.m.—Young People's Service
in charge of boys at the Base.
7:30 p.m. — Closing evangelistic
service of the revival.
Sermon subject: “Sinning Religion
vs. Bible Salvation,” Evangel
ist C. Helen Mooshian.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelisation 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:
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Bible Club for
Boys and Girls.
Friday:
7:30 p.m. Bible Study.
NOME VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
MET WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Nome Volunteer Fire De-#
partment met Wednesday night in
the Fire Hall. Following the busi
ness section of the meeting and
the passage of three resolutions to
go to the City Council for approv
al, the group adjourned in a body
to the Council chambers in the
j City Hall. The three resolutions
presented to the Council were for
fire exits at the Nome Public
School, additional phone service to
i the fire and police departments
for protection during storms, and .
the removal of the huge boulders
from the city streets because of
i the danger to the city’s fire fight
ing equipment while enroute to
fires.
The resolutions were favorably
received and given proper atten
I tion.
The firemen then returned to
their own meeting and concluded
with refreshments.