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Home Production
Heading into another sub-Arc
tic winter, Alaskans will make
no mistake in availing themselv
es of every opportunity to stock
theiT larders with as large a pro
portion of home products as pos
sible.
Facing a steady upward trend
in prices of supplies of all kinds,
doubtful outlook as to deliveries
from Outside sources, uncertain
ties as to available shipping ton
nage and possible other hand
caps that may arise from the in
ternational crisis, every com
munity may well prepare to make
itself as fully self sufficient as
possible.
Old Mother Nature has made
it possible for thrifty house
wives and others interested in
domestic economy to profit im
measurably by garnering from
her wealth of products from
farms, fields, streams and the
hills in this region.
Bountiful crops, wild berries
and salmon and other fi-h are
available, and for the next few
weeks of the season is at its
height for acquiring, storing, pre
serving and canning such as the
country affords.
Those who take advantage of
the opportunities cannot lose and
will likely avert a lot of embar
rassment and escape greatly in
creased costs that may confront
the improvident before another
6eason.
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' WASHINGTON
CURRENT COMMENT
History’ can make pretty dry
reading, but since the future will
have to toil through the huge
store of historical material Hint
is being piled up at the present
time, perhaps we should be will
ing to take a hurried backward
look at the Germans. Like it or
not. they are of prime although
unsavory importance. In a good
mapy respects. they have not
changed greatly in fifteen hun
dred years.
Julius Caesar put out what
may be called the first travelog
in Germany, about the year 50.
He found the Germans rough cus
tomers. It may be remarked that
it would have been poor policy
for him to betlittle them as fight
ers, because his letters or com
mentaries were being read back
home in Rome, and he wished to
further the impression that, as
to his opponents, the larger they
■were, the harded they fell. The
severe weather of northern Ger
many had toughened them. A
snowfall of a foot was not a cal
amity to an ancient German
Army. It was just a matter of
wading barelegged through snow
up to the knees, instead of ankle
deep. He recorded that tbey bath
ed in the coldest rivers. No doubt
they went into chilly streams,
and divided their time between
military duties and pushing ice
cakes out of the way; but the
statement about bathing probab
ly should be set aside as a Ro
man misconception regarding the
re'ations that should exist be
tween water and the human
body.
Taking it all in all, Caeser did
not exaggerate greatly, one may
well believe. The people »with
whom he had to deal were a
sturdy and two-fisted lot. They
were fierce, joyful in battle,
strong on plunder, and liked to
wander, looking for trouble, and
ready to manufacture it when
- the supply ran short.
In a modern army, like that,
of the United States, a young
man of Polish extraction, hail
ing from Pennsylvania, is likely
to find himself shoulder shoulder
with a doughboy from the moun
tains of Tennessee. Time and en
ergy will be wasted in building
up a community of interest and
reaching a mutual point of view.
An ancient German “nation”
might consist of fifty villages,
each subdivided into groups call
ed “hundreds.” Practically speak
ing, everybody in the army knew
everybody else therein. This, also
promoted god soldiership.
It was to the south .about the
Mediterranean Sea, that the
“best people” dwelt. They had
ben accustomed to easy living
for a long time and were begin
ning to get soft and out of train
ing. Add to that fact the circum
stances that the pickings were
good in the region, and it is easy
to see why the eGrnians began
to work toward the South.
The earlier of the invaders
made a mistake. If it had not
been corrected later, there would
be no Nazi menace and no blitz
krieg today. When they left the
Northland, they cut loose from
old associations, and went about
the serious business of making
a new home in a foreign land,
as a severed group. Their posi
tion was something like that of
the Americans who crossed the
plains in the forties. Aside from
sentiment, the ties between the
od home in Massachusetts and|
the new one in California ceased
to be very strong. The vigor of
the American pioneers was en
chanted by the change, since life
was harder in the West than in
the Bast. The earlier German out
wanderers settled down to a re
laxed way of living. They were
absorbed, and ceased to be Ger
mans.
Somewhere about 500 A.D., the
German Franks began to reach
out. They did not break connec
tion with the old land, but simply
employed it as base, from which
they operated westward, to the
coast of what is now France.
Wherever they went, they main
tained contact with those whom j
they left behind. The Franks did
not permit themselves to be ab
sorbed. They laid the foundation
tor the theory that wherever
Germans go, that place is a part
of Germany.
Hitler is following a course
that has nothing of novelty in it.
Leafing over the pages of history,
he has reached the conclusion
that the system of the barbarians
is good enough for him. The
body has grown. Hitler has garb
ed it in new rainment and trick
ed it out in modern jewelry: but
the spirit remains that of the j
Dark Ages.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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At the request of the Treasury Department we an
nounce a new feature of interest and service to many
readers who are buying or will buy Defense Savings
Bonds and Stamps. This will be called the Defense
'Bond Quiz, and will start in next week’s issue.
The questions will be chosen from among those
tasked by most Bond and Stamp buyers. The answers
■will tell what the new Defense Savings Program means
<to the individual and to the Nation.
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Of Kentucky’s finest Bourbons
this is the or m
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THE DOUBLE RICH" BOURBON SCHENlW CHSTIllERS CORPORATION. N. Y. C.
Private Enterprise Depends
On Service to The Customer
Declares Schenley Chairman
NEW YORK — Topreserve pri
vate enterprise, business must
recognize that ‘‘the consumer is
the boss, and that the era is one
of service to the conisil ner,”
Lewis S. Rosenstiel. chairman of
the board of Schenley Distillers
corporation, told representatives
of his company from 23 states at
tending a conference here re
cently.
‘‘In order that private enter
prise may prevail, the industry
cannot and should not permit Its
merchandise to be priced to the
consumer at such figures as
would make the system of pri
vate enterprise detrimental to
th epdblic enterest,” he conlin-!
ued. "We are urging a favorable!
reception of the minimum and \
maximum mark-up principle for
the liquor industry in order that
turnover may be accomplished,
so that the consumer may be sat
isfied and private enterprise may
be preserved.”
He emphasized that in advocat
ing a policy of serving the con-!
sumer, he did not imply an op
position to fair trade contracts.
“We take the position that
where a state is operating under
a monopoly, the state being the
only customer of our company,
it is not our province to attempt
to propagandize a change in dis
tribution methods, and our com
pany does not do so,” he said.
"On the other hand, where a
state is now in private enterprise
our company’s policy is to do ev
erything in its power to keep it
so.”
Fields of Weber
and Fields Dies
BEVERLY HILLS. July 21 <A>)
—Low Fields, aged 74, half of
the famous vaudeville team of
Weber and Fields is dead. His
lifetime partner, Joe Weber, join
ed the small family group who
will attend the funeral serivces.
He said, “It’s like losing my right
arm. We’ve grown up together
and he was everything to me.”
Fields became ill last Thursday.
Widow Alexander
Pantages Dies
Of Heart Attack
AVALON. Catalina Is., July 19
|/Pt— S'ricken by a heart attack
‘his morning, Mrs. Lois Pantag
es, aged 57. widow of the late
'heater magnate, died a few min
utes later, on her yayrht, the La
Pan. Her husband died in 1936.
i She was married in Seattle in
1895 and is the granddaughter of
Erin Considine, the only meni-|
ber of her family with her at her
death. Her two sons Rodney and
Lloyd met the yacht when it
took the body to San Pedro. Her
daughter, Mrs. John Considine.
Jr., is the wife of the film produc
er.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 638
In the Probate Court in and for
the Cape Nome Precinct, Sec
ond Division: Territory of Alaska
In the matter of the Estate of
EMIL C. STROM (sometimes
known as Charles Strom). De
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that by
order of the Probate Court in
and for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Alaska, the undersigned has been
appointed Administrator of the
estate of EMIL C. STROM, de
ceased. All persons having claims
against said estate shall prsent
them, with proper vouchers at
tached, within six months frorr
the date of this notice to the un
dersigned, or to him through hi.
attorney, Leroy M. Sullivan, at
his office in the City Hall in
Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, June
30, 1941.
Nels Swanberg, Sr.
Administrator
Publish June 30, July 7, 14, 21
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*nd typical Alaskan stationery—
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A SOCK A DAY —Except on Sundays, when she rests and
goes to church, Mrs. Alex Kyle, 79, a Scottish-born Philadelphian,
knits a sock a day. She already has knitted 114 pairs for British
^ . __ soldiers, and thanks her good eyesight.
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He Led A Thousand Kids From Streets to Stardom
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One Show Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Adm. 25* & 55*
“THOSE HIGH GREY WALLS”
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Story of 'When Men White Become Prison Dovtors
also “HUNTING THRILLS” — A Sportscope
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“THE LLANO KID”
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Henry’s Famous Hero of A Thousand Legends Springs to Life
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FRONT STREET, NOME
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy with light rain tonight a n Tuesday. Not much change in
temperature.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 49 Lowest t emp — 46 Precipitation — .20
Total preeip this month — 0.65 Total Since Jan. 1, 1941 — 2.84
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight--- 47 96 SW 5 Rain
Sam - - --- . 47 95 NW '5 Rain
12:30 p m____ - 49 92 SE 8 Rain
Tomorrow: Sunrsie 2:29 a. m. Sunset 9:45 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 55 Lowest temp — 51 Precipitation — T