THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor.
RUSSELL MAYNARD, Manager.
Published every evening except Sunday by the NOME PUBLISHING
COMPANY, Nome, Alaska.
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TO RELIEVE INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Infantile paralysis, that malady which so few know
about and which has so often ruined the lives of young Am
ericans just beginning their span of years, has again been
brought before the attention of the American people.
President Roosevelt has agreed again this year to lend
his birthday in this cause, man effort to raise funds for re
lief from such a disease. Himself afflicted, he readily recog
nizes the wonderful work which has been carried on by the
Georgia Warm Spring? Foundation in carrying for many
others so afflicted.
In 1934 the funds raised throughout the nation were
turned over to this organization to carry on its work. This
year a more general program has been made whereby sev
enty percent of the funds will remain in the community or
section in which it was subscribed, and only thirty percent
will be sent away, and this to be used in further research
by competent research laboratories.
Nome, in 1934, contributed along with other Alaskan
cities, and welcomed the opportunity to assist in such a good
ly cause. This year the public of Nome is again to be asked
to contribute. We have been very fortunate here in being
isolated from infantile paralysis but perhaps there are a few
in our section who are suffering from the disease, and there
may be,a time ’ ” ’ 'he list of victims.
Whether President’s Birthday
Ball January 30th, is being considered by a special com
mittee this evening. Other cities in Alaska, according to the
reports, are planning such a ball. But due to the destruc
tion of our public halls here in the fire, we do not have a
.suitable place in which to give a dance. .
As a worthy cause, contributions made for the purpose
of studying and relieving the effcets of infantile, will nev
er be spent for a finer or more humanitarian action. As in
the past, Nome always comes through in cases of emergency
and in the daily course of doing goodjor the other person
as well as for itself. It will not fall down now.
NEWSPAPER ACCURACY
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Speaking recently 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 er
ror; indeed, he admitted the possibility that every newspap
er makes mistakes every day. But “in no business and in no
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profession save that of the pure scientists, 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 accurate than other men, but
that newspaper mistakes never go unnoticed. When mistak
es are made in some other business or profession they are of
ten 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 thous
ands of people:
There isn’t a newspaper man 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 he, himself, is unaware of it, there are still
the old subscribers—thousands of them—vigilant, alert, ag
gressive, resentful, eager to put their finger on the brake,
communicate with the editor, and “show up” the writer and
the paper. These old subscribers, in my judgfhent, are by far
the most valuable asset a newspaper can have. Their mili
tant, microscopic scrutiny is the finest possible corrective in
fluence.
It is seldom that the error-pointer-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 Halifax
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 merely
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.—New York Times.
Well, just for variety, we are still waiting for a wedding
where they sing the ballad “I’ll Be Faithful,” instead of the
good old standbys “I Love You Truly” and “Oh, Promise
Me”.
One feature in favor of the old style phonograph over
the radio is that it doesn’t take time out to tell us about
tooth paste, auto tires and stomach medicine.
A headline, referring to the coming marriage of a happy
couple, says the wedding “ends romance.” How cynical news
papermen become!—Boston Globe.
We can’t explain exactly the nature of the change that
has come over the blue eagle of late, but he doesn’t seem to
be in the pink, anyway.—Boston Herald.
A numismatist says that in 200 years our present-day i
coins will be rare and much sought after. How about now?
—Dayton, Ohio News.
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