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.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, March 10, 1950
WHY BRITISH BREAK ALL GAMBLING RECORDS
(By Fred G. Clark and Richard Stanton Rimanoczy)
A recent dispatch from London states the the church
has appealed to the government to do something to stop
the enormous increase in gambling.
For some time now the British people have been on a
record-busting spree of betting on the ponies, the dogs,
and the football matches.
The Church of England’s committee orf gambling re
ported that, in 1948, betting on these three forms of
gambling alone amounted to more than $21/L> billion.
There is no way of knowing how much more the total
gambling amounts to because the other forms are un
der-cover and private affairs.
But $2 V'i billion is about 7.6', < of the entire income of
the British people, and if we were to add about 2l/>r<
for “secret gambling, we would get a total of 10', of
the entire income.
This amounts to about 33.3 billion, just about the
same amount as was spent for clothing.
The food bill was the only item that was larger.
Now the British have never been any more fond of
gambling than any other normal nation of people.
In fact, they have been considered on the conserva
tive side. But something has happened to make the Brit
ish peaple the world’s champion gamblers.
That something is very easy to explain: The socialist
welfare state under which Britain lives has given the
people what they were promised—more pay for less
work. The catch, however, is that there is nothing to
buy with the extra money.
The people cannot use the money to rent a better
borne, because there are no homes to rent.
They cannot use it to buy more or better clothing be
cause their ration coupons do not permit it.
They cannot use it to buy more and better food be
cause there is no more for sale.
They can spend only so much on movies, trips, etc.,
because there are only so many seats in the theaters and
on the trains.
There is no desire in any socialist country to save
money or invest it in a new business, and this is natur
ally true of England today.
So with $2 Vi or $3 billion rattling around in their
jeans, what is more natural for the British people to do
than to play the ponies, the dog-tracks, the football (soc
cer) pools, or drop in the back room for a game of cards?
At least the people can get a little thrill out of using
their money this way, which is more than can be said
for most of the uses they can put it to under the austere
welfare state. It’s a great tribute to British people they
do as much work under these conditions as they do.
There is not much reason for earning money that
can’t be spent. k
Yet the British workman has shown great devotion
to his country and to the cause for which he voted—
namely, socialism. Socialism is not failing in Britain be
cause of the British workers.
Socialism is failing because it is socialism: a system
that stifles human progress and makes like a dreary
succession of dull tasks.
succession of dull tasks. This determination to see a
thing through is not limited to Great Britain,
work by the people of New Zealand and Australia. Pa
tiently and faithfully the people of these parts of the
British Empire worked with the Socialist Governments
to make their dreams come true.
But there is a limit to the patience of any people, and
the people of both New Zealand and Australia decided
that socialism had had its chance and failed.
So these two countries now have “private enterprise’’
governments which must start the difficult job of pick
ling up the pieces of individual liberty and fitting them
together into the framework of a competitive economy.
I Sermon On The Mount
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"AND WHEN THOU PRAYEST. thou shall not be as the hypo
crites are ..." Illustration: Dore's "Publican and Pharisee."
HELP FINANCE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE i
I I
The Chamber of Commerce is financed mainly by
the business men of the community but needs the sup-1
port of the whole town to carry on its extensive pro
gram, Many of the people in the community are not
; aware of the time and money that is spent annually by
! the organization to foster and develop the activities re
j sponsible for the growth and welfare of the place in |
| which we live.
The Chamber is giving everyone a chance to assist
this year and have a good time while doing it by spon
soring a real old time barn dance. Purchase of tickets
and attendance at the gay party will directly benefit
all as the proceeds will be used on projects of civic need,
and there are many.
Extensive plans are being formulated for an all out
attempt this year to make Nome a more attractive town!
for ourselves as well as the tourists and visitors and a
more healthy place in which to live.
Arrangements for this dance should make it a high
light of the season. Everyone is urged to don their cot
tons and janes and participate in the spirit of the
party.
[THESE WOMEN! ~ By <T Alessio"|
"I with-1 hadn't insisted on his practising on the piano
when he wanted to play football!"
MAT. 6:1-15
TAKE HEED that ye do not
your alms before men, to be seen
of them: otherwise ye have no re
ward of your Father which is in
heaven.
Therefore when thou doest
thine alms, do not sound a trum
pet before thee, as the hypocrites
do in the synagogues and in the
streets, that they may have glory
of men. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward.
But when thou doest alms, let
not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth:
That thine alms may be in se
cret: and thy Father which seeth
in secret himself shall reward
thee openly.
*
AND WHEN thou prayest, thou
shalt not be as the hypocrites are:
for they love to pray standing in
the synagogues and in the corners
of the streets, that they may be
seen of men. Verily I say unto
you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou prayest,
enter into thy closet, and when
thou hast shut the door, pray to
thy Father which is in secret; and
thy Father which seeth in secret
shall reward thee openly.
But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen do: for
they think that they shall be
heard for their much speaking.
Be not ye therefore like unto
them: for your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of, be
fore ye ask him.
* * *
AFTER THIS MANNER there
fore pray ye: Our Father which
are in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation*
but deliver us from evil: for thine
is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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FOR IF YE forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father
will also forgive you:
But if we forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses.
METHODIST CHURCH PAR
TICIPATING IN "ONE GREAT
HOUR SERVICE" THIS SUNDAY
Nineteen denominations in the
United States arc cooperating in
presenting an appeal, for sacrifi
cial missionary giving in a pro
gram called “One Great Hour."
Tme major radio networks as well
as T.V. stations have carried the
story of the church in action in
time released to the cooperating
churches each day this week.
The Methodist Church, Feder
ated here in Nome will partici
pate along with Lutheran, Presby
terian, Episcopal, Christian-Con
gregational, United Bret h r e n
Methodist, and other churches
throughout the states.
Projects to be aided by the ap
peal have been selected by each
cooperating church, and the funds
raised by each denomination will
go to that church’s work. In the
case of the Methodist Church, thts
service, which is also being called
the Day of Dedication, will re
member the special scholarships
granted to nationals of other coun
tries for Christian training, chil
dren’s homes in various lands,
new churches for unchurched
areas and work among the dis
placed persons and refugee camps.
A great crater in northern Ariz
ona is believed to have been
forme^l by the fall of a meteor of
an estimated weight of a million
tons.