THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
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NEWSPAPER ACCURACY
(New York Times)
Speaking one day at William and Mary college, Frank
R. Kent of the Baltimore Sun, made a shrewd defense of the
accuracy of most newspapers. He was not so foolish as to
contend that even the best newspaper did not fall into error;
indeed, he admitted the possibility that every newspaper
makes mistakes every day. But “in no business and in no
profession, save that of the pure scientist, is the premium on
accuracy so high, the penalty for inaccuracy so prompt, and
the proportion of accuracy so great.”
This sounds sweeping, but Mr. Kent defends it on the
ground not that newspaper men are congenitally more ac
curate than other men, but that newspaper mistakes never
go unnoticed. When mistakes are made in some other busi
ness or profession they are often covered up and are rarely
known to more than a few, but the newspaperman makes his
mistakes right out in the open, and they are spread before
the keen eyes of many thousands of people.
“There isn't a newspaperman anywhere who does not
know that, trivial though his error may be, some one will
catch it. Even when it escapes the watchful editorial gaze,
even when no one in the office picks it up, even when he,
himself, is unaware of it, there are still the old subscribers
—thousands of them—Vigilant, alert, aggressive, resentful,
eager to put their finger on the brake, communicate wdth the
editor and show up the writer and the paper. These old
subscribers, in my judgment, are by far the most valuable
asset a newspaper can have. Their militant, microscopic
scrutiny is the finest possible corrective influence.”
It is seldom that the error-pointed-outer gets such gen
erous praise, all of it, of course, deserved. Incidentally, Mr.
Kent’s remarks direct attention to a service performed by
the critic of mistakes that is often overlooked. Lord Hali
fax used to say that men were not hanged for stealing horses
but that horses might not be stolen. On the same principle,
the subscriber who calls attention to an error does not mere
ly help to get that particular error corrected; he helps to
keep alive on the newspaper that eternal vigilance which is
the price of accuracy as well as of liberty.
A Pittsburgh stenographer who married her boss wants
a divorce. He probably got absent-minded, ran a fountain
pen through the steak, and asked her to do it over.
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Polar Trips Peary
Are Defended By
Today Explorers
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 1, Polar ex
plorations old and new were review
ed here by men who have been act
ively engaged in this field at a lunch
eon held recently. Russel Owen,
who accompanied Admiral Richard
E. Byrd on his first expedition to
the South Pole, and Captain Bob
Bartlett an associate of Admiral Rob
ert Peary at the North Pole were
the speakers.
Booth Owen, who also had been
with Admiral Byrd at his base in
Spitzsbcrgen, prior to the flight ac
ross the North pole area, and Cap
tain Bartlett, defended Admiral
Peary's explorations of more than
20 years ago, against the recent
criticism of J. Gordon Hayes of Lon
don, who denied that Peary had
reached the exact location of the
North Pole.
Referring to the British author as
a rocking chair explorer, Owen point
cd out that Hayes could not have
been familiar with the swift cover
age of icy regions by dog-sleds when
he sad that Peary's final dash of 143
miles to the pole was an impossibil
ity. Owen cited an instance of his
Antarctic trip, in which dog-teams
had traveled 40 miles a day with a
load of half a ton. Peary, he said
covered 143 miles in five marches of
about 28 miles each.
Captain Bartlett, who was a mcm
ber of Admiral Peary’s crew on the
voyage from Greenland, defended
Peary's accomplishments, declaring
the explorer had prepared himself
gradually for many years by his
many voyages in northern waters.
Furthermore, he added, the admiral
used simple equipment and gained
the confidence of the Eskimos, who
were most helpful.
Espionage Case In
Denmark Several
Angles Conflicting
(By The Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, July 31—Mystery
shrouded the espionage case against
George Mink and Nicholas Sherman
who claim American citizenship, al
though the Danish appeal court
Tuesday, sent them to prison for 18
months and ordered their deporta
tion; therefore, the court limited its
announcement to the fact that they
were sentenced under section 105 of
the criminal code which fixes a two
year penalty for anyone proved to
have aided a foreign powers intelli
gence system while in Danish terri
tory.
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In the Probate Court for the Cape
Nome Precinct Territory of Alaska,
Second Division.
In the matter of the Estate of
THOMAS NAKKELA, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Ole
Stenfield has been appointed by the
Probate Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Cape Nome Precinct, ad
ministrator of the estate of Thomas
Nakkela, deceased, and all persons
having claims against the said es
tate are required to present them,
with proper vouchers, within six
months from the date of this notice,
to the undersigned administrator of
said estate, in oare of the U. S. Com
missioner at Nome, in the Cape
Nome Precinct, Territory of Alaska.
Dated this the 25th day of July,
1935.
, OLE STENFIELD,
Administrator of the Estate of Thom
as Nakkela, deceased.
Publish— July 25, Aug 1, 8, 15,
1935.
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