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Congress moves on slowly with
its everyday grind. That does not
mean, however, that it is occupy
ing its time with the location of
new lamp posts and matters that
would keep a city council busy.
The congressional output is of
large proportions. A billion and a
half for relief, approved recently
by the Senate, is a good example
of the fact that Congress is con
cerned with big things, even tho
no great amount of fuss is made
about it. Some battleships will be
built too, but they may be pass
ed almost without remark, since
only forty million dollars or so
apiece is involved. In Committee
there is an investigation, the
broadly stated object of which is
to straighten out the tangle in
whjch the C. I. O. and its oppos
ers are involved. As to details,
there are interference with the
mails, martial law, alleged thug
work and dozens of other points
to be considered, with a little pol
itics intermingled, to lend compli
cations. Congress sometimes mov
es slowly, an d it is to be hoped
that before the strike investiga
tion is concluded in Washington,
the strikers and their employers
will find a way out, of their own
making. This might be good place
to say something about the din
ner pail, which used to be a sym
bol of industrial peace, but chang
ing times have made the dinner
pail lamost as much of a mus
eum piece as a candle stick.
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Mr. Mussolini cast a troubled
eye over the peninsular homeland
and is concerned about the declin
in^ birth rate, a matter which at
tracts attention and gives rise to
comment wherever noted. It is
said that the condition should be
remedied for the glory of the
Fascist state. That glory has dis
covered expression in some acts
that to the world beyond the
boundaries of Italy seem to em
body few of the e'ements which
most persons think appertain to
glory, for example the grabbing
of Ethiopia. Napolean Bonaparte
is credited with the remark that
a child could stop a bullet as
well as a man. When the Duce
make it clear that he disapproves
heartily of Napolean ic marches at
conquest, his desire for an in
crease in the population will be
looked upon as arising out of the
anxiety of a sincere and benign
statesman.
All saving confirmed globe
trotters consider a trip to Mos
cow as something of a journey,
including long rail rides, an oc
ean crossing, and so on. Three
gentlement from Russia have dis
covered a quicker though more
dangerous way to link the Soviet
city with the American Pacific
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coast. Sixty-three hours in an
airplane, and the jaunt is over,
with nothing but the north pol
ar territory as an impediment:
bait as Hamlet remarked, “There’s
the rub”. Travel by air is the com
monly accepted method of gett
ing somewhere in a hurry, and is
regarded as part of the business
man’s routine. Going to the Nor
th Pole by any means of transpor
tation is quite another matter.
The North Pole will have to be
made more hospitable before
short cuts from the back door of
the United States to the back
door of Europe are popular.
In the thirty-fourth heavy
weight championship bout in 50
years, Joe Louis laid out James
J. Braddock for the full count.
During the half century, the title
has changed hands eleven times.
A game and courageous fighter,
Braddock could not out-box both
opponent and the thirty-two years
that stood to his disadvantage in
the vital statistics. Eight rounds
did the business. The spectators
did not get as much for their mon
ey as those who saw John L. Sul
livan beat Jack Kilrain in seven
ty-five rounds in 1889 in the last
bare knuckle championship en
counter. The oldtimers are in
clined to think that “there were
giants in those days”, and won
der what either Sullivan or Kil
• rain would have done to Louis
or Braddock.
NOTES ON
THE FAIR !
Mrs. McLain, Superintendent of
Division “J”, Antiques, Curios,
' and Relics for the Northwestern
Alaska Fair and Midsummer Fes
i tival, August 19, 20, and 21 is
issuing an appeal today to ex
hibitors whom she has not yet
seen to send in their exhibits.
This is the first attempt in sev
eral years to make such a coll
ection and the effort should be
encouraged.
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Mrs. McLain says:
“Oldtimers — looks through
trunks and attics for photographs,
books, pictures and news-papers
of early Nome days, recalling
happy memories for yourself and
creating an interest for late
comers that no amount of conver
sation can cover. Your explana
tion of each item should accom
pany each article making a last
ing impression on observers,
j "Pioneers—there's an appeal io' •
>rou to look up old souvenirs and
• mementos and bring out facts
about pioneering in Alaska, the
I country you have adopted for,
lyour own.
I "Seward Peninsularites— early
pictures and articles of interest
from your sections will keep us
mindful of the part you have
played in ‘shaping and making'
this part of Alaska. Your geo
graphical existence and signifi
cance is brought closer to ‘home’
and Nome.
“To the Natives of Seward Pen
insula and Curio and Relic Hunt-!
ers—the creation of this booth
really lies in the objects that you
possess. Your primitive imple
ments and old ivory offer edu
cational value, to our youth, na
tive and white, and lend histori- ;
|cal background to our country.
“Through the medium of the
Nome Fair your objects of curio
sity are brought before the eyes!
of the many.”
All exhibitors are asked to have!
their display plainly labeled and
marked. Where the article or the |
event it represents is unusual a
brief explanation should accom-!
pany the entry.
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LOCAL ITEMS
T.„e sn»ual picnic of the Fed
erf ed Church was heid at Hast
in t?- yesterday. About one hun
dr' d It ; •. . is-ii: d the gam
er nr.
A. ? ’ rye d .beer; truc«.
dr-.ve" b;- Calv.n P >->l, wa 1 adtd
wi'h chilivcn, and a nurrber of
cars went down the eous. carry
ing mothers and fathers.
W. E. H. Crem.tr very k.r.diy
loaned the use of nis cab:n. and
had a fins beach iire burning up
on too srr.va, ot the p.cr..cers»
V.'niJe . rr.a.he.y prepared
the lur.d.. e y. .''ig pe-pie en
joyed a game of ..adcn. b;-.-eb:
a:.d r.. i '.-ir-J . \ r itun
dra ski . Larries. L..r. :h wa
s*er’■ e.t aeo... n> ij. u..ci j* proved
that Mr- McCtr. hy. in charge t ‘
the .... :i. ., p. vided amply f-o.
the reel- o '.i-.e pur;y,
Alter :i.:.ner—more baseball,
rr. rr terry picking, ar.d orie.'
swims ::r !ne extra tougn (.neb—
for "he water was colu.
At. j: • • re-.* the tr.oughts cf the
gr .up • o ••.laneoueily uirned to
ward r.i.r'.e, for it was getting a
1' Me rh )ly. The day had beer a
v . |jle.i.-ant one for everyone
I ml Office Surveyor Visits
v :■ i.T.ent Engineer Leonard
M. Berlin with headquarters at
Juneau arrived in Nome yesterday
by plane from Unalakleet, with
a survey party. They will work
mostly in the Kotzebue Sound
and northward to Point
E .r.
.' .ij in Nome Mr. Berlin.
1 ; t ;-he U. S. Weather Bur
cji .r.ers. The party departed
u • rn ng for Igloo and Teller
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The Ladies Aid will meet at 2
p.m. (tomorrow) Friday, Aue
i « (if!i. at >Irs. Leroy Sullivan’s
eamn at Dexter Creek. Those
having cars will plea.se call for
anyone who have no means of
transportation.
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