TIIE 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.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, September 30, 1949
VOTE ON SALES TAX ISSUE NEXT TUESDAY
Next Tuesday the citizens of Nome have a serious
duty to perform when they go to the polls and vote on a
sales tax for Nome.
No one likes taxes, no one wants taxes, but we all
want better schools for our children, a better environ
ment for our families, street improvements of which we
can be proud, adequate fire and police protection, health
and sanitation on a modern scale, which cost moderni
prices.
Your city council has worked long and hard studying
methods used by other cities to raise the necessary
funds to make this a livable community and have sought
to find a tax that would be adequate and fair to all, both
property owners and non-tax paying citizens.
The Sales Tax is believed to be the only form of tax
ation which can be levied on all'earners of a livelihood
and is the tax which is used to advantage in many of
the States. Our proposed tax is not as high as that of
the States of Washington, which collects 3 per cent, and
where it has been used for many years.
Other towns in Alaska, faced with the same problem
are already using the Consumers Tax satisfactorily,
other towns in Alaska are in the process of drawing up
plans for the tax just as we are doing, to meet increased
costs of operation.
It is one thing to criticize the City Council for neglect
ed and broken down sidewalks, worn out fire equip
ment, inadequate jails, etc., and quite another to get be
hind the Council which receives no pay and is trying to
improve the financial conditions of the city, which are
in a critical state.
Support them and their well planned program of1
meeting the issue. Do your duty as a citizen who wants
a city of which we can be proud and vote in favor of the
sales tax next Tuesday.
BIBLES FOR THE WORLD—MAKES HARD WORK
(By Sherry Bowen)
((/Pi Newsfeatures Writer)
Suppose you tried to translate
the Bible into a language in which
you could find no word for “love.” j
That was the problem one man
faced, says Miss Margaret Hills, li- ,
brarian o fthe American Bible So
ciety. He finally heard a mother
use a word when she talked to her
child. She said, “This is the word
I use when I mean that I care so
much for this little girl of mine
that when I think of what is going
to befall her when she grows up it
hurts me.” He had found his word.
It meant, literally, “To care so
much it hurts.”
And how would you translate
the vines of the Bible in a land
where vines are useless? In one
language "tasting death" would
mean "chewing a corpse." In an
other "will of the flesh" denotes
a prostitute. In another, a word in
one tone means "to laugh." When
another tone is used to mean "to
weep."
The man who first writes the
Bible in a language has one of the
hardest tasks in the world, says
Dv Eugene A. Nida, the Bible So
ciety secretary for versions. “He
is handling the very soul of his fel
low men.”
Some people have no food made
of wheat. Thus “Give us this day
our daily bread” would have no
meaning. Dr. Nida says ancient
Greeks lay down to eat. In the
Greek text people “recline to eat.”
The English text says they “sat
down to eat.” In the same way
texts must gain meaning from the
life of the people. Sometimes they
have no beds, no chairs. Thus, in
some cases, the throne of God be
comes a “stool.” In one tribe men
sit on stools, but rest their feet on
sticks. And “God’s footstool” be
comes “God’s footstick.”
Last year, the American Bible
Society had almost 10 million Bi
bles and parts of Bibles printed.
says Dr. Eric M. Worth, the secre
tary. The society works with the
United Bible Societies in which 24
groups from all over the world
distributed 17.508,464 Bibles and
parts of Bibles. The society also
works with 40 denominations in
America. Church missionaries use
society books. Church funds help
the society. Church men do much
of the translating.
The most important work of the
society is not a Bible House on
Park Avenue in New York, says
Dr. North. Nor is it found in other
Bible Houses in many cities of the
world. “The major work is done
where the man without the Scrip
tures is met by the man with the
Scriptures.”
That meeting may come on the
frozen tundra north of the Arctic
Circle. It may be in the rain and
heat of the Jungle or* among the
towering peaks of the Andes. It
may be in the streets and offices
of great cities or between the corn
or cotton rows on the farm.
I
But for those meetings to take
place there must be the books. It
may be the whole Bible. It may be
a translation of one of the Gospels
or just the Sermon on the Mount.
In some cases, salesmen from
the society are in the field long
before missions are there. In other
cases faith comes only after men
have read their Bibles for them
selves in their own language.
Hence the need for translations.
Some part of the Bible has been
translated into 1,108 languages..
These languages are used by nine
tenths of the people of the world,
says Miss Hill.
But there is still much work to
be done. Most people in the world
have never heard that there is a
published Word of God, she says.
And there are still about 1,000
languages which do not have Bi
bles and in which they may some
day be printed. Some part of the
Bible is put into about 10 new
languages a year.
Another vital part of the work
is to teach people to read so that
they can read their Bibles once
they are in print, says Miss Hill.
And of the 1,108 languages in
which the Bible has been trans
lated, most were first written down
for the Bible. Thus, she sees one
phase of the work as making men
more modern. They are given a
written language and taught to
read it.
“And the Bible in print is a ma
chine product," says Dr. North.
“Often we try to take it to coun
tries where people are primitive
or whose economy is farm cen
tered. It can have a fabulous cost
for a man who never sees more
than $70 a year.”
TRANSLATING—Kekchi, an Indian of Guatelama. helps Rev.
William Sedat. a Nazarene missionary, translate the Bible into his
own dialect. Such work goes on the world over.
"BERLIN AIRLIFT" FILM
SHOWN AT MARKS BASE
Mr. William Courtenay, avia
tion editor, “London Daily Graph
ic” on Wednesday presented his
color film “Berlin Airlift” at the j
Base Theater and delivered a run- ■
ning commentary during the show
ing of the film. The film ran ap
proximately forty-five minutes be
fore an audience of some fifty or
sixty persons and Mr. Courtnay’s
outstanding descriptions of the
working of the USAF and the
RAF were highly interesting and j
timely.
Mr. Courtenay took many of the
scenes on board both Briitsh and
U. S. planes flying the Berlin Cor
ridor, carrying food, fuel, machin
ery and other vital supplies to the
blockaded capital of Germany.
Pictures of the three Allied air
fields in the Berlin sector, Gatow
(British*, Templehof, <U. £.>, and
Tegel, (French* showed how these
countries cooperated in this re
markable undertaking. Close co
operation between ground and air
forces resulted in unprecedented
loads 'bing carried into Berlin, av
eraging 8,000 tons per dpy during
the later stages of the airlift.
Known as "Operation Vittles” to
the Americans, the airlift was
called “Operation Sky Lift” by the
British, and continued from June
28, 1948, four days after the Rus
sians sealed all road1?, can'll-, end
railways into Berlin, until May 18.
1949, at a cost of some seventy air
crew' lives, both U. S. and British.
Mr. Courtenay has been visiting
various cities and air bases in
Alaska preesnting his pictorial
film and expects to continue his
tour within a day or two.
B-36 Bombers
Move Toward
Alaskan Bases
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mey and some of his top staff offi
cers to Elmendorf Air Base at An
chorage, headquarters of the Alas
kan air command. Others went di
rectly to Fairbanks and ranged
from the Eielson base there over
the Arctic Ocean and Polar cap.
Because special equipment is re
quired for servicing B-36’s, in
view of their great size, deploy
ment of the sky giants to Alaska
has been delayed for some months
until such equipment could be
made available in Alaska, the
Star-Telegram said.
Modificatibn of the sky giants
for Arctic duty—including more
powerful piston engines and twin
jets—has been underway for sev
eral months here.
FORT WORTH. Tex. (/P)—Brig
Gen. John B. Montgomery, opera
tions chief of the strategic aircom
masd, arrived by B-36 bomber at
Carswell air force base today af
ter a flight to Alaska.
Col. William P. Fisher, Carswell
air base and 7th bombardment
wing commander, was with him.
The officers left Carswell Sun
day on what was described as a
routine training mission. Three
B-36’s were in the flight. The
other two planes returned yester
day.
In one o/ these were Maj. Gen.
Earl Barnes, member of secretary
of defense ohnson’s special wapons
valuation board, and Col. Cecil
' ’ombs, deputy commander of 'he
f’.th air force.
The planes visited Eielson air
base near Fairbanks from which
future training operations are ex
pected to range over the Arctic
Ocean and Polar Cap.
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CHURCHES
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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
WORLD-WIDE
COMMUNION DAY
Sunday—
Sunday School—9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship — 11:00. Com
munion Service: Message, “God
Is With Us.”
Evening Service—3:00 p.m. Even
song. and Message. “A Creed To
Live By.”
Sunday Evening Fellowship fol
lowing.
Tuesday— •
Junior Choir after School.
Wednesday—
7:00 Senior Choir Practice.
8:00 Sunday School teachers
training meeting with Rev. Gould
Friday evening, 50th Anniversary
Church Banquet.
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 .7:00 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis L Hudgins
- “Faith without works is not only
dead, but putrid.”
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.