THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager
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THERE IS NO WAR LUST
IN THE HUMAN HEART
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Men make war, it is said, because the fighting in
stinct is ineradicable—as if some ghost of caveman
days went stalking through the dark corridors of every
human heart, ready to come out swinging his cjub the
moment the bars were let down. Because of this, we
are told, we can never have permanent peace.
It may be so. But if it is, why do the ordinary sold
iers of the world take advantage of every chance to
fraternize with their enemies, and substitute comrade
ship for killing whenever their officers aren’t looking?
Perhaps you read a recent news dispatch from Cin
cinnati in which L'othar Schurgast—now an American
citizen, but during the war a soldier in the German
army—told how he wontheiron cross for valor.
Schurgast took a German squad by night to a ruin
ed village between the lines to establish an advanced
observation post. In the ruined village he and his men
The rival squads decided not to shoot; instead they
bumped into British squad bound on a similar mission,
brought out some playing cards and cigarets, and had
a poker game !
They did this every night for eight nights. The Ger
man papers were full of stories about the bravery of
this squad which held the most dangerous post on the
front. Schurgast got the iron cross; the leader of the
Tommies doubtless was similarly decorated. And at
the bottom of it all was a game of poker.
The spirit of that incident could be duplicated a thou
sand times, in the unwritten annals of the world’s arm
ies. Our own Civil War was full of such occurrences.
There was the famous winter of 1863, for instance,
when the northern and southern armies lay facing each
other along opposite banks of the Rappahannock.
Fredericksburg .was j,ust-be
were Chancellorsville, Get
tysburg, and the long agony of the 1864 campaign in
the Wilderness. But for that winter, along the river,
there was peace.
Rival pickets made little wooden boats and sailed
them across the river, the southerners shipping packets
of tobacco, the northerners sending back quinine and
coffee. They exchanged notes and shouted greetings;
and one winter evening a federal army band came down
to the river bank and gave a concert, while both
armies listened.
It played "The Star-Spangled Banner,” and then it
played "Dixie”; and at last it played “Home Sweet
Home”, and the men of both armies sang it there in the
winter twilight—and, being homesick youngsters under
their battle-stained uniforms, wept and felt sick of war>
and killing.
This ingrained savagery of ours—where is it, any
way? Isn't it just a myth, after all? Men would be
friends—they would like one another, and play games
and sing songs, instead of killing—if only they werei
allowed to.
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SPOTLIGHT
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By “Nosey”
Probably the most exciting
game of the evening will be be
tween the Huskies and the Ham
mon at the new school gym to
night, starting at 8 p.m.
Each team was the victor in
the benefit games played during
December. Some time ago they
played a seven inning practice
game and the Hammon were de
feated by the Huskies 10 to 5.
However, that wasn’t the worst
of it, because in the Hi School
News, published in the Nome
Daily Nugget, the school sports
reporter kind of handed the well
known raspberry to the Ham
mon team by accusing them of
being overconfident, and were
therefore soundly trounced to
the tune of 10 to 5.
Good sportsmanship in all lin
es of athletics is just as important
as winning games. The Ham
man team grinned and bore it.
However, they will have their
chance for revenge tonight when
they meet the Huskies, who are
described in some quarters to
have developed what might be
called as a little "cockiness”, af
ter winning their last game with
the Alaskan’s by such a top-heavy
score.
Now don’t get us wrong. We
are to keep this baseball col
umn filled with live, interesting
news about the series. If you
know anything that is news just
tip off ‘‘Nosey”, he’s in the bus
iness of writin’ stuff. By base
ball news we don’t mean some
low-down dirty publicity trick
on another team. If there is fun
to be had let everybody join in
and enjoy it.
—
It’s a funny thing about these
teams. All of them had plenty
of timber to start with. Of the
four the Commercials probably
had the most turn out for pract
ices when they first started. At
their last practice session they
had just the twelve to select
for the squad permitted by the
league officials, and it was said
some of their sessions did not
even draw that. They have of
I .
! ten been known as the "cripples”
due. probably, to the first year
they played when they won the
championship, after seven men
had either broken legs, sprained
ankles, or had fractured Tibs>,
and had been put in the hospital.
_
The Alaskan team seems to be
having the toughest time of all.
They started the practice ses
sions with just enough men for
a team, and they still have no
reserves to count on. Most of
their players have been togeth
er for the past three or four
years. They are one of the most
unknown quantities. Sometimes
their playing is erratic and at
other times, hardly a run can
be made off of them.
All of the teams ordered spec
ial indoor baseball suits to be
shipped in by plane. Due to the
strike and disruption of mail
service, they have not yet arrdv
ed. Haiitf of the color of the
game is gained when the teams
appear on the floor in different
uniforms. The suits are anxious
ly being awaited.
Finally we come down to the
umpires—Norvin Lewis and Guy
Boyd. Everyone should be able
to pick them out, because so
many of the spectators and the
players are always calling them
“robber”, “thief” “blind-man”,
and so many other names that
would be sacrilege to print. Just
a tip from the old maestro him
self—Give the poor devils a
break. They are trying hard to
give the fair decision everytime
—and you can't hang a man for
putting forth his best efforts. In
the past it has always been the
same, and they have always done
an excellent job of it.
Eagle Lodge Starts
Alaskan Drives
For Pension
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persons or classes. That every
aged citizen 65 years of age or
over who needs it be given a pen
sion.
“2. That every aged citizen
who needs a pension be paid not
less than forty ($40) dollars per
month. This allows only $10 a
month for rent, and one dollar a
day for fuel, clothes, food, medi
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“3. That the period of resi
dence in Alaska required to en
title an aged person to receive a
pension be fixed at more than ten
(10) years.
“Our aim is to prevent there
being an excluded class,” said
Chairman McCain.
Urg^Territorial Support
In the form letter, to accom
pany petitions sent to other cit
ies, the following explanation is
included:
‘‘No doubt the social security
act will be before the legislature.
But whether the social security
act is adopted by the legislature,
in whole or in part, there are
certain minimum requirements
due our aged Alaskans. It is the
earnest desire of the committee
that we may have your coopera
tion in bringing the sentiment of
the people on this subject to the
attention of the members of the
senate and house.
“We feel that $40 per month is !
the absolute minimum amount
which an aged citizen can live
decently in this northern terri
tory.
“We also feel very deeply that
there should be no excluded class
es; that every aged citizen who
needs a pension ought to get it.
If there are any persons or class
es of persons excluded by the
social security act, then the leg
islature ought to pass^ additional
legislation to provide pensions
for such persons or classes.”
The form letters are signed by
the entire committee.
The Nome Daily Nugget is in
receipt of the above letter and
petitions ready for signatures, &
will be placed in some conven
ient business house as soon as
arrangements can be made.
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