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Current Comments
Written From
Washington
When New Years Day comes
around, the tendency is to look
ahead rather than behind, a pro
cess that ts cheerful but by no
means the most safe and certain,
Leavirg the future to take care
of iiseX a year ago there was a
real Czechoslovakian nation,
functioning as such and with a
working congress of its own.
Turn back two years and China
was busy strengthening her de
fenses against Japan. Mr. H.‘.Ier
was making graceful gestures to
ward Italy. A five year jump
finds the Saar territory ready to
return to the German fold.
In 192) the League of Nations
was settling down to its first real
business. At the New Year holi
day in 1900, the p .iple were ex
cited over the fact that Marctni
had succeeded in sendutg the let
ter S by wireless telegraph from
England to Newfoundland. The
whole alphabet slips back and
forth across the sea on Jan. I,
1940 but it spells little else than
messages of trouble. Only a mat
ter of days keeps Joe Stalin,
one of the chief distrubers cf the
peace, from ceiebrat.rg New
Years and his sixtieth birthday
on the same date. It is the sea
son of good will, but as to Mr.
Stalin few who are outspoken
ana smcsre can repeat Rip Van
Winkle’s famous toast: ‘"May he
.ive long and prosper.”
In the United States, compar
ed with E-rope, the New Year
opens in cairn c-.ntent. There is
---gge-..;n that former Pres.
der.t Hoover should be sent in
chains to A catraz prison, nor
are those who do not like Presi
dent Roosevelt formulating a
plan whereby he can be shipped
into exile. To be sure, the year
1S*40 must bear the burden of
selecting a new Chief Executive,
but the worst that is likely to
happen is that somewhat less
than ha f the country is going to
be disappo.nted.
German efforts to make a nav
al hero out of the skipper of the
Graf Spee. on account of his sui
c.de, did not raise much er.ihus
.asm in Amer.ca. and probably
did not in the Fatherland, out
side of circles under the influence
of outworn traditions of the sea.
Capt. Langsdcrfl seems to have
put up a g~cd fight. When he saw
that a thousand lives and several
million dol ars worth of property
were in danger, he moved them
to a safe place and took care oi
~ Ail l.k-: ctm
otenlable humanitariar.jjrr and
■:u"d-headed business prudence
It ,s f:r thx that he should re
ce ve credit. Upon the whole. it
or .. . - r:: -.try i r : -
an* from that done by a man whe
gets his family and most of his
furniture cut cf a burning house.
There was neither disgrahe, noi
ground for adverse criticism.
The President's message on the
hr.ance* of the nation, due to be
delivered early in the year, is
awaited with interest and with
-ire degree cf anxiety. It was
not so long ago that the* in
ctarge of the Treasury were
q. ed as saying that added tax
es were not m prospect. At pres
ent. rumor has it that C: ogress
will be asked to do some yeoman
; rv.ee in the way cf balancing
the budget even though the
voice of the tax collector has to
be heard more loudly in the
land. Prophecy has it that new
forms of taxation, rather than an
extension cf existing methods,
are in the oS&ng: all of which
msv turn out to be but a poor
guess when the President speaks.
Enlarged taxation plans pro
ceeding frier the White House,
will, of course. receive iiberal
party support and aid may be
expected from external groups
that do not like the growing de
fic.t A tax law, however does
not make an agreeably-reading
document for circulation among
the constituency, and practical
as v 31 as theoretical considera
tions may build up an opposition
of rc-pjctab'e power. If, in view
.1 approaching Presidential
elec . n. either Democrats or Re
pub.icar* co e out for a tax boost
they will have to be given cred
it for h.gh moral courage, even
though they cannot be commend
ed for political sagacity.
BRAKES IN THE ARM Y—Anjr l\ S. soldier who's had experience with a pack
horse will appreciate the hillside technique used by these Britons training in England.
‘ 5 W I F T 5 U RE; R l L 1 r, SURE... K O T S 7/ I F T !_Riding at her anchor 20 miles off !
Ncah bay, \\ ".hin;; n t. , ■ , the ' are I'ank lightship, or.e of Inch Sam's little-publicized I
lighthouse service v< ti-a1. I • » vi ii a!r< ti*t* v asts. Ship carries two 13,000-candlepower lights,
one as a t emergency ."pare; tiie ravs are visible 14 miles.
Citv Council Meets
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"Button, button, who’s got the
button?" was the battle cry at
las: night's council meeting, fol
lowing the reading of a letter
i from 2 woman in Nebraska, ad
dressed to “the mayor and wife."
The lady in question mention
ed that she has been collecting
buttons from all over the United
States during the past year and
a half and now has 23,741 but
tons. which she has sown into
blankets: queer hobbies. She ask
ed if the mayor would oblige by
send.r.g her a button from Nome,
preferably carved in the shape
of a seal. Tne matter rested in
the hands of the mayor at ad
jo urnmenL
Reports of committees were
heard and accounts against the
c:ty approved and ordered paid,
including the special taxation of
cost in the repair of the heating
equipment at the Nome public
school, w’hich amounted in total
including materials and labor to
51.310.02. More than $2600 in
bills were ordered paid by the
council.
A communication to the city
from the agents of the Berger
Lighterage Co., Seattle, Wash.,
was read, in which they object
ed to the assessment on the tax
roll of $10,000 against the com
pany property stored at Nome, in
eluding three lighters and a mov
able crane. The clerk was order
ed to communicate with the
agents and advise them that the
assessment stood at $10,000.
The Mayor reported receipt of
a telegram from John W. Troy,
manager of the campaign for re
lief of Finnish non-combatants in
the Territory, in which he was
requested to appoint a committee
to handle the campaign for this
section of Alaska.
He reported that he had ap
pointed Carl Wourinen and A1
Carey as two of the members,
with one more to be appointed.
He also stated that he had agreed
to act as treasurer of the com
mittee. Further announcements
concerning this cause are expect
ed to be made later by Carl
Wourinen.
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FIREBUG SOUGHT
IN ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE—Fire that gut
ter the large warehouse of Mc
Nalley’s Exchange on Fourth ave
nue eariy one morning was be
lieved to be the work of Anchor
age's firebug who apparently
struck four times in the night
during a few weeks.
Police and fire officials exam
ined new evidence in their at
tempts to run down a pryoman
iac believed at large in the city.!
'Fire started in two places in
the McNalley building at the1
same time. One baze near a side
entrance was extinguished im
mediately without damage.
The main fire which virtually
burned out the inside of the ware
house started, officials said among
cans of varnish and other inflam
mable materials. The spot was
about 70 feet from the large door
to the warehouse in the alley &
about 70 feet from the front of
the Exchange. The possibilty of
spontaneous combustion was also
advanced by officials.
The apartments of M.rs. Ed
ward McNalley are in the center,
of the building, midway between I
the front and rear doors. The fire'
started near the rear entrance1
to her apartment.
Mrs. McNally told officials that
friends visited her until midnight
and soon after that she retired.:
She was aroused by her dog at
2 am and discovered the fire.
The railroad and city depart
; ments responded and fought the
'fire for an hour before exting
juishing it. Nearly all the burned
j articles were those used in con
I nection with the business Mrs.
I McNalley conducts.
Police gathered matches and
; other partially burned inflamable
objects found where the blaze
originated to use for study in con
nection with their search for a
j firebug.
O’her fires starting under sus
picious circumstances occurred
at the Morrison hotel, Richmonds
and in a small buildnig adjoining
the post office.
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