TI1E NOME DAILY NUGGET
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RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manaper.
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AND THIS SECTION OF ALASKA
Beginning today, illustrated news appears in the
columns of the Daily Nugget in the form of pictures
of all important news events which take place through
out the world, through the renowned service of the As
sociated Press.
New picture mats are mailed to the Nugget from
San Francisco, the distributing point for this service
on the Pacific Coast, and will arrive here via airmail
from now on. Upon their arrival here, the mats are
immediately cast into cuts and plates, and filed to be
used in connection with news stories and events as they
take place, and also as a special illustrated feature of
the daily news.
Without airmail it would be worthless to arrange for
the service, but speedy delivery of mats by plane mak
es this added attraction possible to the readers of the
Nugget. If regular U. S. Air Mail could be arranged
between Juneau and Fairbanks, thence into Nome, we
would be able to get the latest pictures of the news
of the world in from four to five days from the States,
and regular mail service would likewise be speeded up.
With the inauguration of this picture news service
readers of the Nugget will be able to keep up with the
events of the world as they take place,andwe offer this
feature to the public, beginning today—We hope you
like it.
FOLLOW L’P ALASKAN AIRFIELD PROGRAM NOW
With airplanes lacing the whole of Alaska and handling a cease
less and ever increasing volume of traffic between every base city
and the innumerable interior mining localities, the crying need of
■Alaska today is more and better airfields.
Alaska has but a few main arteries of land or river travel, and
the river routes are closed for many months of the year. The air
routes are the only yearjaround routes for many a community. To
day a greater number of these communities are without landing
fields, and intermediate points where there should be emergency
fields as yet are in the primitive condition.
The avowed intention of the administration to provide a system
of modern terminal fields and intermediate fields has been heralded
the last three years, but nothing definite has been done.
It is known a large appropriation for putting into effect the
Alaskan airfield and aviation improvement program was killed in
the last congress by haggling over a technicality as to procedure in
congress. Such a fate for a program of such vital importance to
an empire like this which produces millions annually in the realms
served by the airplane is deplorable and next to tragic.
The chamber of commerce and other influential bodies of Alas
ka should get busy immediately urging the early passage by the
next congress of the necessary funds to provide the much needed
interior Aiaskan fields and all auxiliary services. Information in
abundance has been lodged in Washington and recommendations
galore are on file, but they will be considered dead and immaterial
if Alaskans do not renew their fight for the appropriations. A new
congress with new interests, will have to be awakened to an appre
ciation of the Alaskan need. Counter influences of the horde of
petitioners before congress for funds for innumerable selfish and
unwarranted grants who would crowd in ahead of all others and
defeat Alaska’s chances also must be overcome.
Alaska will have to fight for what she gets, and will need all
her friends here and in the States to win. Recommendations afresh
from Alaskan bodies are in order, and they should be started im.
mediately. The good work already done should be followed up
persistently. A few shots never won a war, but ceaseless bombard
ment will get results.
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Current Comments
Written From
Washington
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(Special Correspondence)
A state governor has gone on
record as favoring a repeal of the
income tax, never a popular
measure for the reason that it
comes in a lump sum and is read_
ily recognized. Perhaps it is less
dangerous than a multitude of
penny taxes, collected under cov
er and capable of supporting un
noticed abuses. After all the
best measure of a man's ability
to pay is what he earns. The
! time may come when it will be
regarded unjust to fine a person
for owning the land that yields
him a sparse living or for having
a few hundred dollars in savings 1
laid up against a rainy day. The
income tax belongs to a despised j
, family but he may not be the
black sheep.
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The American Federation of
Labor, in session at Atlantic City,
announces in language not to be
misunderstood, that it has no use
for Communism, European dicta- j
tors or participation in a so.call.
1 ed World War. Not everyone is
on the rolls of the Federation,but
if that organization is opposed to
the things mentioned, there are
few who, in a broader sense, do
| not “belong.”
It is said that snipers are gett
ing in their work in the world’s
latest disturbance. A sniper is a
good shot who believes in indi ■
vidual rather than mass effort.
The commanding officer of a
squad of sharp-shooters once was
asked what he would do if at.
tacked by a force three times the
size of his: to which he respond
ed that each of his men would
shoot three times. Snipers ever
have been the most effective sou.
rce of protection for the oppress
ed minority in seasons of warfare.
Perhaps the stronger powers have
overlooked the service that can
be rendered by the crack shot.
It cannot be denied that the Un-1
ited States would be avoided as a 1
hot spot if it were known that
even fifty percent of the male I
population had the marksmanship I
of William Tell.
A well known publicist states j
that there is and can be no such j
thing as government control of
newspapers, which is true :n parti
on’y. In a kingdom the sovereign ,
ty resides in the king. In a re-!
public, it resides in the people.
The newspapers give the people
what they want. That admitted,
there is a government control of
the press, and that control will
continue until the form of our
government is changed. If news
papers do not come up to the
standard, the directing power,
namely the readers, have not e:<_
ercised wisely the power that is!
vested in them.
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The Duke and Duchess of Kent
are family people now, a son hav.
ing been born to them recently.1
The matter might be passed over !
without remark if it were not for
the circumstance that the infant
stands seventh in line for the
thrQne of England. Citizens of
the United States generally re
gard the cut and dried system of
passing a job along according to
a rule of succession as a ridicul
ous arrangement,good enough fQr
Europe but having no place here.
It might be well to recall that
about forty years ago Congress
pr0vided an order of succession
to the presidency in the event
that the Chief Executive, for rea
sons specified, were unable to
serve. If the name of the Kent
child were on the American list,
his chances would not be regard,
ed as particularly good. Getting
down tQ a concrete statement, he
would have to wait until Mr.
Garner the Secretaries of State,
Treasury and War, the Attorney
General and the Postmaster Gen.
eral were out of the way. It is
likely thait the Secretary of the
Navy has not wasted any time in
gro0ming himself for the Presi
dency. Little Johnny Kent may
profit by his example and com
pose himself for the quiet life of
an English gentleman.
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£T?MONY"‘MAOS' MOVEMENT GROWS
Samuel Willis Rushmore (left) of Plainfield, N. J., organizer of the
“Mads,” a millionaires’ alimony defense association, reported six New
York millionaires had joined hie'movement to bring alimony-seeking
wives “to bay.” He said it had cost him $85,000 finally to win a divorce
*rom Mrs. Hazel Howe Rushmore (right), 18 years his junior, the
mar- he called his "wildcat from the West.” (Associated Press
Pl.v’.O )
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