THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the postoffice
•t Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, July 1, 1949
"The Stars and Stripes Forever"
James and Pearse Walsh, in charge of the decorations
for the Fourth of July celebration Monday, urge all
business houses and private homes to show flags; also
all organizations are urged to show their own flags, as
well as the Alaska and American flags on their build
ings and clubhouses.
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MR. BARNUM WAS RIGHT
(Hugo S. Sims)
Millions of people in the United States are experienc
ing hot flushes on the subject of tolerance, both religi-,
ous and racial, and there are many somewhat ludicrous :
efforts to create the idea that everybody and every re
ligion is equal in every respect.
Whenever the promoters of some enterprise get the
idea of proclaiming tolerance, they manage to invite
leaders of at least three faiths to sit on the rostrum. The
presumption is that because the spiritual shepherds do
not fight each other on the platform, they are cooperat
ing for the betterment of the human race.
If racial and religious tolerance is to be depicted, the
promoters get individuals of various races and religions
to act together in apparent harmony to create the im
pression that nobody ever suspects that he, or she, is
better than anybody else.
Of course, such stuff is utter nonsense, but it goes
over big. The more diverse the population of a given
center, the more impressive is the hocus-pocus. It all!
reminds us that Mr. Barnum was not wrong.
USE LEISURE TIME WISELY
Vacation time is now being enjoyed by the hundreds
of thousands of school children, college students and
teachers all over the United States. After a strenuous
session of hard work, a little period of rest and recupera
tion is deserved and appreciated by all of them.
Wouldn’t it be fine if all vocations in life, there could
be arranged a vacation like that of the school children
and teachers, with pay the twelve months? Too many
men and women grind from start to finish of their earth
ly career and stop only at the final heart beat.
Sooner or later, in the progress of the world, more
leisure time will be available for the average man and
woman. What will be done with this spare time? Are
we preparing ourselves to enjoy leisure in a healthful
and helpful manner?
President Truman is asking all Government depart
ments to measure their performance against the Hoover
plan. This offers them a splendid opportunity to report
that any improvement would be wasteful, inefficient
and overlapping.—St Louis Post-Dispatch.
News of the World
At A Glance —
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government appears to have
stirred up a hornet’s nest in in
tnsely Catholic Slovakia.
Reports reaching Prague said
small partisan groups of Cathlics
have been formed in Slovakia to
stage violent resistance to the com
munists in the church-state fight.
The anti-communists call them
selves “Janosikovci,” after Jano
sik. the Slovak Robin Hood.
In recent rioting at least two
communist policemen were re
ported beaten to death and an un- j
determined number injured. Di-;
plomatic quarters said the gov-'
ernment was restricting travel into J
Slovakia to hush up the situation.!
In Paris, the Marshal Plan na-'
tions of Western Europe moved
one small step toward free compe
tition in trade. At a meeting of the
organization for European econo
mic cooperation <OEEC> a com
promise was reached between
American demands for freer trade j
among European nations and Bri-!
tish demands for continued strin-1
gent regulations.
The economic differences be-1
tween free enterprise America and
Socialist Britain, which many di
plomatic observers had feared
might affect British-American po- \
litical harmony, were resolved on |
a basis which eased, but did not I
abolish, trade restrictions.
A small amount of trade—less i
than two per cent of the normal
eight billion dollar yearly volume
—will be conducted on a multi
lateral competitive basis. Since!
the war most European trade has
been conducted on a barter sys
tem between two nations at a |
time.
China’s Nationalist government
declared it has a sovereign right to
close ports held by the commun
ists and expressed the hope the
United States would help in pre
venting “any untoward incident.”
Both the United States and Bri
tain have refused to recognize as
legal the nationalist government's
order closing ports in Communist
hands.
Meanwhile, the political course
Red China intends to follow ha
been made clear by Chinese com
munist leader Mao Tze-Tung. H
said communist China “definitely
belong to the anti-reactionary
front headed by Soviet Russia”
and can obtain “really friendly
help” only from Russia. He added:
“It is childish to expect assistance
from America, England and other
imperialists.”
Secretary of State Acheson has
assured Senate foreign policy lead
ers they will be consulted before
i the U. S. government makes any
: decision on recognizing a Chinese
communist government.
There has been recent criticism
from some Senators of administra
tion policy toward China. Twenty
one Senators sent President Tru
man a protest last week against
establishing diplomatic relations
'with the expected communist re
gime. '
Western Berlin’s strike-frozen
trains moved today for the first
time in six weeks. The anti-com
munist strikers ended their walk
out Tuesday, but the Soviet-up
pointed management held off
starting service on the ground that
repairs to tracks and installatlo is
were necessary.
A new coalition Greek govern
ment—the 17th since Greek’s lib
eration from the Nazis—holds its
first meeting today. It is headed
by Alexander Diomedes, 74, for
Seldovia Faces 1
“Destitute Winter”
Due To Strike
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July 10 “the fish will be in on the
beaches.”
Only a few beach gillnetters
and cannery operated traps will
reap the harvest, he said. He de
clared if drift net fishermen were
kept from the fishing grounds un
til July 10, the traps would take
all the fish and Seldovia would
be without a payroll for 1949.
"Seldovia is a small fishing vil
lage entirely dependent on the
fishing industry,” he declared.
"Nearly all its citizens are fisher
men. If the strike is not broken
soon there will be many going j
hungry this winter.” j
As one solution, Ancle rson
recommended that all canneries
be placed on an equal footing im
mediately through elimination of
traps.
"Then each cannery will have to
take its chances buying fish from
drift gillnet fishermen. Then Alas
ka residents at least will be on an
equal footing with Outside fisher-1
men, as few Alaskan residents arei
employed on the traps,” Anderson
said.
“It is possible that canneries op
erating nothing but traps are be
hind a movement to sec that set
tlement is not made before July
10. It’s been advertised by CIO
union leaders who come from
other parts of Cook Inlet than Sel-1
dovia. A couple of canneries of-1
fered prices so high that canneries
operating only with gillnets and i
seines could not possibly exist if
they pay prices asked after July
10/
Meanwhile, Alfred Owen, busi
ness agent for the united fisher-;
men of Cook Inlet »AFL> reported!
fishing in Anchorage would con-1
tinue as usual. Some fish were!
brought to Emard Packing Co.,.
Wednesday and yesterday. Pres
ently this is the slack packing sea
son, midway between the regular
salmon runs.
Although CIO tenderrnen were
ordered out here, four independ
ent tenders are available to han
dle fish, Owen said. The AFL
leaders also blasted CIO tender
men, declaring they violated their
contracts by walking out. AFL
tender crews are standing by wait
ing to board tenders upon notice,
Owen said.
‘‘If the strike goes on long
enough, the CIO will lose jurisdic
tion on tenders lor all time—in
fact it looks like they already have
lost it because of the violations,”
he declared. ‘‘We’ve been wanting
that jurisdiction for a long time.
If the CIO remains on strike a
couple more weeks we’ll have ten
dermen and other things on Cook
Inlet pretty well organized.”
Owen charged that Oscar An
derson. secretary of the Alaska
i fishermen’s union, had ordered
} the tenderrnen out, but that the
men themselves never had a voice
; vote in the matter.
: “We’re going to fulfill the terms
of our contracts. We see no reason
to tie up Anchorage,” Owen said.
Mayor Anderson also said “now
that the order is out for the ten
dermen to respect picket lines, it
will be impossible even for AFL
fishermen to go out there, as there
will be no tenders to deliver the
fish.”
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mer finance minister and governor
! of the national bank. Actually the
new regime is little different from
the government which served un
der the late Themistokles Sophou
lis, who died last week.
CHURCHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday—
8:00 a.m.—Mass
9:30 a.m.—Mass
4:30 p.m.—At the Base Chapel
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors—Rev. Theron McGrew
Rev. Paul B. F. Carlson
Sunday—
10:00 a.m. Eskimo Speaking
Service.
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:00 p.m. Evening Service.
Wednesday—
2:00 p.m. Children’s Miracle
Book Club.
Thursday—
7:30 p.m. Mid-week Service.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
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 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday—
Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Friday—
Bible Study and
Prayer Meeting 7:0u p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lee/is I. Hudgins
RECRUITS WANTED! For the
Army of the Living God.
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
‘hese services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelization Society
Rev. Vern Rimling. Pastor
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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. Prayer and Testimony
Thursday—
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Bible Club for
boys and girls.
Friday—
730 p.m. Bible Study.
MISS BERNICE OSBORN,
WILL ASSIST REV. RIMLING
Miss Bernice Osborn, of the
Alaska Evangelization Society,
Chicago, has bean sent to Nome to
assist the Rimlings with the work
at the Nome Gospel Mission. She
will be bringing a word of greeting
and giving her testimony at the
2:00 p.m. service Sunday.
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cause competition is not as p: eat
at that time.