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EDITORIAL
FAIRS AND MANKIND
Man has ever wished to parade
his accomplishments, and the
simplest and most satisfying
means he has found available is
through the medium of P’airs.
where competitive exhibits are
made, and wards granted.
Northern Alaska has followed
tYie ancient precepts of annually
gathering together and display
ing its progress.
Varied and unique is the North
western Alaska Fair Associa
tion’s fall fair and festival—its
sixth. There you will find ex- i
hibits of nearly every type of i
production incident to this coun-,
try.
Such Fairs arc educational and I
devoted to the progress and de-1
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velopment of this section of Al- j
aska. They help in the uniting of
common effort and provide the
impetus for further development, j
The doors of Nome's Sixth An :
nual Fair are due to open Thurs-,
■day at the Odd Fellows Building j
©nd one and all should avail:
themselves of the opportunity of
taking part.
Current Comments
From Washington
“And David gathered all the
people togther and went to Rab
•bah and fought against it and1
took it. And he took their king’s
crown from off his head, the
weight whereof was a talent of
gold with the precious stones:
and it was set on David's head.
And he brought forth the spoil
of the city in great abundance.
And he brought forth the people
that were therein, and put them
under saws, and under harows
of iron and under axes of iron,
and made them pass through the
brick kiln; and thus did he un
to all the cities of the children
of Ammon.”
It seems as though, after all,
the world is pretty much the
same today as it was when the
curtain was rising on recorded
history, at least so far as the
general principles of settling in
ternational difficulties are con
cerned. As to the specific instru
ments employed, machine guns,
tanks and submarines can kill
more men per minute than saws
harrows and axes. Mustard gas
offers an improved twentieth cen
tury substitute for the brick kiln.
Good manners demand that wre
have little to say about the cruel
ty and crudity of ancient times.
For the next few months, and
perhaps for several years, es
says on the forward and upward
movement of civilization wrill
make poor reading.
Regardless of whether or not
conditions are such as to justify
bragging, war is “there.” The im
mediate concern of the United
States is to see to it that war
is not “here.” From the German
standpoint, it may be that “the
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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE RUT NO FIRE ■—Inspired by news from Paris that an
artificial for was draped about that city during an air-raid defense drill, 8ergt. S. R. Singleton of
Governor’s Island, New York harbor, produces what he believes Is the same type of chemical for*
screen. It results when Mould carbon tetra*chloride is poured into air, producing smoke.
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i hour has come,” but as to the
United States, the clock hand bos
far to move.
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Senator Borah, one of the so-j
called “isolationists,” who oppos
| es the repeal of the existing arms j
I embargo law, is outspoken in his!
! views. The proposal for repeal.:
! he says is based on the program
of taking sides in the furnish
ing of arms, and will amount
clearly to intervention in the
present conflict in Europe. The
opposing view and a sidewalk
i poll almost anywhere will show,
that it has considerable support1
among the commonalty, is to
equip those who want to fight,
let them go at it hammer and
tongs, and get done with it as
soon as possible.
There are other considerations ■
which lend force to the move- j
ment toward repeal, and in fav
: or of the cash and carry sys
; tern. It cannot be denied that
(most persons in the United Stat
i es do not like Mr. Hitler and his
phi!..sophy; that they want the
allies to win; and that they be
i lieve that the free pedd;ing of
arms at the purchaser's risk
would do more good to England
^ and France than to Germany.
I Moreover, if a wartime trade is
established between Europe and
j countries other than the United
States, that trade will be hard
to break up at the close of war.
Withal, it is not right to as
sume that those who favor re
peal are willing to immolate the
welfare of the land in the inter
est of busness. Mr. Roosevelt and
i many who share his views in j
j instance, even though they do |
not like him politically, believe
sincerely, that peace can be ac
complished most quickly, and
that the country can most surely j
be kept out of war. by a change
in the existing neutrality regula
tions. They may be right.
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No Lack of Merit Implied
An editor was dining out,
“Would you like some more pud
ding?-’ his hostess asked.
“No, thank you,’’ replied the
editor, absent-mindedly. “Owing
to tremendous pressure on space
I am reluctantly compelled to de
cline.”
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Friday of each month 8 p.m.
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of each month
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Lyons & Orton
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Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
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FRONT ST. NOMB.
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VV A T C H HE R—Critics say
that Patricia Ann Travers
(above), 10, seen strolling near
Sharon, Conn., will sometime be
one of the world’s great violin
ists. She’s already played Lalo’s
“Spanish Symphony” with the
N. Y. Philharmonic symphony.
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