THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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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, Wednesday, August 31, 1949
“THE ENGLISHMAN S CASTLE?”
(By George Peck)
The story has oft been told of an American doughboy
in World War I. He was going into the trenches for a
period of weeks where he would receive no pay and
couldn't spend it if he did. He had fifty cents in his poc
ket so he spent it for a money belt in which to keep his
money.
There seems to be a parallel between that story and
England of today. The Englishman now enjoys (?)
among other things, free medical and dental care. Has he
lost the teeth which God provided him, his new god, the
British Government, makes him a present of a man
made denture. At the same time, this same new god pe
riodically cuts down on his food ration, tells him to still
further tighten his belt. Over here, we Americans won
der why the new teeth? What’s the Britisher going to
chew on?
In a release of February 24, 1946, I led with my chin
when I said in part regarding a proposed loan or gift to
England:
“ . . . If we do grant this loan or gift to England, it
will be a temporary palliative which in the long run
may help to destroy the British Empire. If we refuse to
grant it, Mr. Attlee and his Government may not be 1
able to carry out their socialization program. Believing |
as we do that such a program would spell eventual ruin i
for the English people, then the greatest kindness we
can render is to refuse the requested loan or gift. It
would be an awkward and unpleasant temporary situa
tion, but may save England from doing herself lasting
and irreparable damage.”
This, as I had expected, brought a flood of letters,
most of them accusing me of being an “America First
er.” Frankly, I have never been able to see anything
wrong about an American being for America first. I
think it is much more respectable than being for Russia
first, in the style of the Paul Robesons and Henry Wal
laces.
Well, we made the loan or gift to England. And then
we made some more. Today, England is bankrupt. Her
socialist leaders kid themselves and their followers that
the cure for England’s socialist ills is more socialism. In
other words, more poison to cure the poisoning.
The Englishman no longer can proudly sing that mem
orable line, “Britons Never, Never Shall Be Slaves,”
from “Rule Britannia.” Today he is a slave of his Gov
ernment; he has given up his freedom for a mess of Gov
ernment doles, free medicine, free wigs, free dentures,
etc.
For centuries it was the Englishman’s proud boast
that, “His Home Was His Castle.” But not today. His
home is just a roof over his head to be invaded willy
nilly by a horde of socialistic, bureaucratic snoopers. #
Said William Pitt in 1783: “The poorest man may in
his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown.
It may be frail; its roof may shake; thq wind may blow
through it; the storms may enter,—but the King of Eng
land cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the thres
hold of the ruined tenement.”
But, on March 11, 1947, Prime Minister Attlee reveal
ed that seventeen Ministries had power to authorize in
spection involving entry into private houses and prem
ises without a search warrant. It later was admitted
that 10,916 Government Officials were authorized to
carry out inspections and investigations without a
search warrant.
That is the sad plight of your Englishman today. It is!
to our shame that we have largely contributed to the;
condition of servitude in which he now finds himself.
The big question that now confronts us is: “Are we
going to continue to travel down the same road that has
brought disaster to England?” If we don’t put the brakes
Washburn Locates
Two Unnamed
Alaskan Peaks
FAIRBANKS, .(/P) — Bradford
Washburn, leader of the 1947 ex
pedition which made the first “sci
entific ascent” of Mount McKin
ley, has announced the discovery
of two unnamed, unmapped anl
unclimber peaks in the Mount
McKinley area.
He suggested that one of them
be named after Joe Crosson, well
known Alaska bush pilot who died
June 21 in Seattle after a heart at
tack.
Washburn, director of the Bos
ton Science Museum, has been ;
conducting work here for the of- ,
fice of naval research on loan
from the museum. He has been do
ing extensive survey work in the ,
area surrounding Mount McKin
ley.
He has written the board of geo
graphical names at Washington,
D. C., recommending that the
higher of the two peaks be called |
Mount Crosson. The peaks, be
tween Mount McKinley and Mount j
Foraker, as 12,780 feet and 12,500
feet in altitude.
Crosson was one of the first
widely known Alaska bush pilots
who flew mercy missions to wide- 1
i
ly scattered and isolated spots in j
the northern territory. In 1935 he
flew the bodies of Will Rogers and
Wiley Post to Seattle from Point
Barrow after they were killed in j
the crash of Post’s plane.
Early in his flying career he was j
associated with Ben Eielson, “the
father of Alaska aviation.” and in :
1930 helped locate Eielson’s plane j
Vital Statistics
Bureau Formed
(Alaska Health Bulletin*
Dr. Albert Bailey and Francis
E. Kester from the national office
of Vital Statistics are now at the
Juneau central office setting up
the new Vital Statistics Bureau.
A bill passed by the last legisla
ture transferred responsibility for
vital statistics from the Territorial
Auditor to the Department of
Health.
CORPORAL MUNSON
RECEIVES BRAVERY RIBBON
WRANGELL, -(/P)—Corp. Wayne
C. Munson of Cleveland, Ohio,
who plunged into the icy water of
the King Salmon river last year
to rescue of comrade, received the
U. S. Army commendation ribbon
Saturday.
Munson is stationed here with
the Alaska Communications Sys
tem.
Lt. N. H. Ahlstrom made the
presentation on behalf of the sec
retary of the army and the com
manding general of the army.
and body when the latter became
lost on a Siberian flight.
In 1927 he was a pilot with the
Wilkins Arctic expedition and j
went with Wilkins to the Antarctic, j
He was one of the first airmen to '
cross the treacherous Endicott J
Mountain range on a flight to
Point Barrow.
For 10 years he was Alaska divi
sion manager for Pan American l
Airways, resigning from the line in
1944 to move to Seattle and be
come manager of the Northwest j
Air Service at Boeing Field.
on wasteful governmental spending and say “NO ' to all
the socialistic schemes being propounded for us, one of I
these days, and not too far off, we will end up in the !
same ash-can with our British cousins.
KEY TO LONG AND HAPPY LIFE i
Readers of The Nome Nugget who find life interesting
and wish to live a long time, will be interested in the
health advice given recently by a Chicago doctor.
The doctor says that everybody should work eight
hours, play eight hours and sleep eight hours in every
twenty-four. Moreover, people eat too much, worry too,
much and overlook teeth, tonsil and appendix infection.
He urges a balanced diet. He would end worry, which
retards the functions of the vital organs. It may be com
paratively easy for most people to secure a balanced
diet, but the prescription “end worry” will give many
individuals a harder task.
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Nome Public
School To Open
September 6th
Enrollment in the Nome Public*
School will begin next Tuesday
morning, September 6, at nine
o’clock.
Children who are attending
school for the first time, should be
accompanied by a parent or guar
dian. The parent or guardian
should bring the child’s birth cer
I tificate. This will serve a double
purpose. First, it will give the
J school vital information relative to
birth date of the child. This in
formation goes on the perman
ent record: and is often used
years after graduation. Second:
The child must be six years of age
on or before the first of Novem
ber. This is according to Territori
al law and not a local ruling.
The teachers for the school year
1949-50 will be:
High School Teachers
W. L. Angell, Superintendent,
and Social Science teacher. Educa
tion: Bachelor of Science Degree;
Master of Science Degree in Educa
tion and a year of graduate work
in addition.
Olaf Halverson, Principal, and
Geometry and Industrial Arts
teacher. Education: Eiachelor of
Arts Degree.
Mrs. E. Cameron: Teaching field;
English and Commercial. Educa
tion: Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Mr. Almquist: Teaching field;
Mathematics and Natural Science.
Education: Bachelor of Arts De
gree.
Grade Teachers
Mr. L. Urich: Grade School
Principal and H. S. coach. Grades
7th and 8th. Education: Bachelor
of Science Degree and Master of
Arts Degree.
Mrs. L. Dunbar: 6th grade. Edu
cation: Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Miss W. Embrey: 5th grade. Ed
ucation: Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Mrs. Gallegher 4th grade. Edu
cation: Baceholr of Arts Degree.
Mrs. L. Urich: 3rd grade. Educa
tion: Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Miss M. Steinbrech 2nd grade.
Education: Three years of college
and Normal Training.
Mrs. 1. McCarthy: 1st grade. Ed
ucation: Three years of college and
Normal Training.
Statehood Are
uMust” Measures
WASHINGTON, i.P) — Rep. Sa
bath «D.-Ill.> said yesterday that
Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills
are among a number of “must”
measures on which President Tru
man asks early action after the
House ends its recess on Sept. 21.
Sabath talked to reporters after
a White House conference with the
President.
Others which Sabath said the
President put in the same catgory
included: creation of a permanent
fair employment practices com
mission under the “civil rights”
program: $150,000,000 recovery
program in Southern Korea; a
$100,000,000 public works plan
ning program; expanded social se
curity benefits; increased benefits
for postal workers.
PRAGUE BOASTS
IT'S CLEAN
PRAGUE i/P)—Pargue has 2,000
street cleaners and its costs the
city $3,000,000 to keep the capital
clean each year, it was disclosed
when the city celebrated a special
“week of cleanliness.” Prague
calls itself “The Golden City” but
it has adopted a new slogan: “The
most beautiful and cleanest city.”