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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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Nome, Alaska, Monday, April 7, 1952
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AMERICAN VOTERS ARE SLACKERS
It may come as a surprise, and should come as a
shock, that the voting average in the United States is
far below that of many other nations. '
Without doubt the indifference of the voting citi
zens in leaving vital public affairs to minority and
pressure groups is largely responsible for many of the
present scandals and abuses which are rocking the
nation.
No other country in this wide world has a better
means of keeping the public informed on current
events. The right to vote is the most vital privilege that
any American citizen possesses. Failure to exercise
this franchise makes us slackers, and allows political
racketeers to hold sway.
Following are percentages of recent elections held
in several nations:
In Belgium, freed from wartime Nazi totalitarianism.90%
In the crucial Italian election which rebuffed Communism....89%
In the British election which returned Churchill to power.82%
In France, after nearly four years of Nazi rule.75%
In Japan, with its new “made-in-America” democracy.....70%
In the U.Sw in the Truman-Dewey election in 1948.51%
NO RED KING ?
(Christian Science Monitor)
According to Radio Free Europe, some leading
chess players in Soviet Russia advocate 'changing the
names of some of the chess pieces as being too “capital
istic.”
They mention especially the “king” and “queen”
—which in some capitalistic societies are mainly of
historical interest. We can imagine that the antire
ligious state might take objection also to the “bishop”
in his turn.
The name principally proposed for substitution is
“stakhanovite,” or high-production worker. That term
in the Communist attempt at speed-up of socialized in
dustry might equate roughly with “knight.” But surely
the higher values would be reserved for “commissar”
and “marshall.”
At the lower end of the scale is a piece whose
name would not have to be changed at all. The “pawn”
should fit instantly and naturally into the Stalinist
nomenclature. >
Work Starts On Ice
Island Landing Strip
To Accommodate C-54’s
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—The seven
man population of Ice Island, Air
Force weather observation station
on a giant floating ice cake 70
miles from the North Pole have
a weasel—a tracked snow vehicle
— to do some of their work for
them.
The equipment is to be used
in packing and leveling the snow
at attempt preparation of a land
ing strip to accommodate heavier
long-range planes. The island now
is serviced with supplies and ma
terial by planes which must stop
off at a secret Greenland base
which is within operating dis
tance of the twin engine C-47.
These planes are the only ones
now able to land on the island.
The long range C-54s will be
able to operate directly from Al
aska, landing on the island, if it
is found feasible to pack the snow
sufficiently. The larger planes
have been carrying supplies which
can be dropped by parachute but
fragile equipment must be landed
with less of a bump.
Reds Promise Peaceful
Welcome To All Prisoners
MUNSAN, Korea, (/P) — Com
munist radios Monday promised a
peaceful welcome home to all Red
prisoners returned by the United
Nations Command during a truce
in Korea, even if the prisoners
say they have renounced Com
munism.
The broadcasts may have been
an attempt to sound out the U.N.
on a possible compromise on one
of three key issues blocking an
armistice—voluntary repatriation
of prisoners.
Negotiations on the prisoner ex
change issue are in recess to give
staff officers opportunity to de
velop additional avenues for ag
reement.
U.N. Command officers said they
are investigating a Red claim that
two Allied warplanes strafed a
Communist two-truck convoy be
tween Pyongyang and Kaesong,
Red truce negotiators’ base, on
Saturday.
The Reds said one truck was
destroyed and that nine persons
were injured, three critically.
Garment Workers Will Not
Seek Pay Increase
NEW YORK, (JP) — The CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
acknowledging a slump in the
men’s clothing industry, has de
cided not to seek a pay boost
now for 150,000 of its members.
The United States Clothing
Manufacturers Association an
nounced Sunday the union has
agreed to extend currently ex
piring contracts until Sept. 15.
NOTICE
Cara Dygerl, 314-29lh Street,
Seattle, Washington, died Febru
ary 2, 1952. Anyone knowing
whereabouts of step-niece, maid
en name, Skinner, and sole heir,
please notify Paul M. Anderson,
attorney, 708 American Building,
Seattle, Washington.
Covenant Navigators Meetings
Covenant Navigators will meet
tonight at 8 o’clock. The program
will be tape recorded and sent to
Unalakleet for their program on
Thursday. All Navigators are
urged to be present and bring
their friends.
Friday evening at 7:30 there
will be a Good Friday service in
English as well as in the native
language.
Special musical numbers will be
given by the choir. A unique se
lection on the program will be a
reading with vibraharp accom
paniment.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce,
Weather Bureau
Continued cloudy with light
snow and occasional light freezing
drizzle tonight and Tuesday. East
wind 10-15 mph. Lowest temper
ature expected tonight 27, high
Tuesday 35.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation .12 in.
.Month total 1.9 inches. Tempera
tures: highest 30, lowest 25. Max
imum wind 20 mph. from the NE.
Sunrise 4:57 a.m.. sunset 7:12 p.m.
Temperatures one year ago to
day: high 31, low 18. Extreme
temperatures this date since 1907:
high 44 in 1940, low -20 in 1920.
Data for other stations
as of 7:00 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 9 Snow
Point Hope 24 Snow
Kotzebue 24 Snow
Shishmaref 25 Snow
Wales 32 Snow
Gambell 30 Snow
Nome 29 Snow
Unalakleet 32 Snow
Bethel 30 Fog
McGrath 30 Snow
Anchorage 30 Cloudy
Fairbanks 19 Cloudy
Whitehorse 22 Clear
Edmonton 30 Cloudy
Juneau 35 Snow
Ketchikan 39 Cloudy
Seattle 44 Part cloudy
San Francisco 57 Showers
Would Discourage
Extravagant Advertising
Ease Newsprint Shortage
WASHINGTON, {JP)—A Senate
subcommittee proposes the gov
ernment act to ease the newspmt
shortage by discouraging “extra
vagant” advertising in news
papers through some sort of jug
gling of taxes and postal rates.
“It must be recognized that
postal subsidies and tax regula
tions tend to stimulate advertising
that may be unnecessarily extra
vagant -and not particularly pro
ductive,” the subcommittee said in
a report filed Monday.
Earlier, word had leaked out
that one draft of the report sug
gested that newspapers themselves
boost their rates to eliminate some
advertising. A storm of protest
followed and this was not rec
ommended in the final report.
The report termed he newsprint
shortage — acute throughout the
world — a menace to free press
and freedom of speech.
The report said senators found
publishers “strongly opposed” to
government rationing of news
print because they feared it might
lead to a form of control over
what is published, and by whom.
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