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EDITORIAL
UNITED STATES
SALES TO JAPAN
By Rev. Wilbur P. Wood
For economic as well as ap
parent political reasons we, the
American people, do not want
China to lose the war with Japan
yet we continue to allow our
merchants to sell Japan the mat
erials with which she will con
quer China. Our government has
the legislative authority through
our neutrality acts, to keep Am
ericans from selling munitions
and potential war supplies to Jap
an, and yet they fail to do it.
Common sense dictates that such
foolishness ought to stop, and yet,
we ask why does it go on?
The government has been
afraid of injuring the steel and
munitions making industries, and
thus has refused to curtail such
sales to Japan. There is some
■sense to that. But, now that we
have the rare privilege to selling
more war supplies to Europe
than we can at once supply, why
should we continue selling to
belligerent Japan? Last week the
United States fleet sailed from her
Pacific war games to the Philip
pines because of certain proclam
ations of Japan concerning the
East Indies possessions. It is not
right that we continue to sell
weapons or potential weapons of
war to a belligerent nation that
might possibly become belliger
ent as far as the United States
and her possessions are concern
ed.
Our United States government
has the ability to stop these un
just sales, and we the people
ought to insist upon it.
r .LANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
P-< .dent Roosevelt’s Address
T > the Pan-American
S'i itific Congress
(Contributed)
C NSTITUTTON HALL, Wash
n. D. C„ May 10 — “I use
ti- American, Pan-American Con
g as an illustration and I
e a d use many similar illustra
te . It is no accident that this
n ng takes place in the New
V, !d. In fact this hemisphere
is the only part of the world in
v. h such a gathering can take
$ c .
1 another world, the teach
e and scholars are forced to
L ,ve their calling and become
agents of destruction.' We, and
most of the people of the world,
believe in a civilization of con
struction and not destruction.
We and most of the people of
the world still believe that men
a 1 women have an inherent
r At to hew out the patterns of
their individual lives just so long
t • they, as individuals, do not
h. m others. We call it individ
u. liberty. We call it civil lib
e and democracy.
'Until row. up to these days,
v pe. mined ourselves by com
j mon consent, to search for truth
| and by learning a little here and
! a little there we allow normal
! pi’oeessee and truths to keep
growing. In our search and in our
teaching we are part of a great
adventure. I think in this we can
i take an even larger satisfaction
1 than our forefathers had when
| they were in the midst of settling
the Americas. We feel we are
I building human progress—remov
1 ing barbarity. In contrast to that
to that rather simple, rather fine
picture of our ideals, in another
world, teachers and scholars are
not permitted to search for truth
lest the truth when made known
might not suit the desires of their
masters, lest that truth might
make men free. Yes, they be
come objects of suspicion. Their
very tongues and minds are sup
posed to be mobilized for other
ends. This has not happened in
the New World. God willing, it
shall not happen' in the New
World.
“A year ago at the Pan-Ameri
can Scientific Congress in Lima,
Peru, we discussed a dim arid un
pleasant possibility. We felt that
other continents might become
so involved in war that the Amer
icas might have to become the
guardians of culture and learning
and protect the Western civiliza
tion. Today the fear has become
a fact. The peace we had hoped
to share with every nation is in
our keeping—to preserve for a
world which must be born—re
born from the ashes of the pres- j
ent disaster.
“We know, we admit, that un
til recent weeks, too many citi
zens of our American Republics
believed themselves wholly safe,
physically, economically and per
haps this mistaken idea was bas
ed on a false teaching of geo
graphy—the thought that a dis
tance of several thodsand miles,
in itself, gave to us some form
of mystic immunity that could
never be violated. Speaking in j
terms of timetables, every single
acre, even hectare, in all the Am
ericas from the Arctic to the Ant j
arctic, is closer to the home of
oonquerors than was ever the
case in those episodes of history,
the efforts to dominate the whole
world by conquest. It is a short
er distance from the center of!
Europe to Santiago, Chile, now I
than it was for Alexander the \
Great of Macedonia to conquer
Assyria —shorter distance from
Europe to San Francisco that it
was for the ships and legions of
Julius Caesar to move from
Rome to Spain, or Rome to Brit
ain. Today it is four or five hours
travel from Africa to America.
You who are scientists may
have been told that you are in
part responsible for the debacle
of today, because of processes
and inventions, but I assure you
that it is not the scientists of
the world who are responsible,
because the objectives which you
have looked to have been head
ed toward closer and more peace
ful pursuits of knowledge. What
has come about has been caused
solely by those who use, and are
using, your inventions not along
lines of peace but using them in
an entirely different cause. Those
who seek to dominate who if they
are successful in that cause will
enlarge their wild dream to en
compass every human being and
every mile of the earth’s surface.
“We must apply common sense
and above all act with unanimity
and singleness of purpose. 1 am
.1 pacifist. You, my fellow-citizens
of 21 American republics, you are
pacifists too. But I believe that
by ov rwhelming majorities in
all the Americas, you and I, in
the long run & if it be necessary
you and I will act together to
protect, to defend, by every
means at our command, to pro
tect and defend ourselves, our
culture, our American freedom.
Nome And Tributary
Goldfields Start Super
Busy 1 9 4 0 Season
In tune with mining develop
ment throughout the Territory,
Nome and the Seward Peninsula,
the second highest placer produc
er of gold in Alaska is looking
forward to an unusually busy sea
son this summer.
With 22 dredges in addition to
the many small operators, the
Second Division has been produc
ing gold for many years. This sea
son will see three more dredges
in operation, following construc
tion periods completed last fall.
In the Nome section proper,
the U. S. Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, it is reported,
will continue its operation of
three mammoth dredges two mil
es from the city, on the old beach
lines. The company is planning on
the construction of another mil
lion dollar dredge during the next
year at Nome to operate on the
Submarine paystreak two miles
west of Nome where the values
run at a depth of about 80 or
90 feet.
Russell Maynard of Nome who
is enroute to the States in char
ge of a group of prisoners brot
news of the mining development
of that section when he arrived
in Fairbanks May 2.
In the Kougarok section about
75 miles north of Nome, he said
gold projection has been stepped
up in the last two years through
the operations of J. J. Keenan
and W. A. Castleton who operate
the largest dredge in that area
on the Kougarok river. In addi
tion to the dredge Mr. Keenan
operates a dragline which it was
understood, said Mr. Maynard,
took out in the neighborhood of
$125,000 last year.
Many individual miners includ
ing Harvey Grant on Coffee -
Creek, A1 Carey and John Kanari
on Dahl Creek; Whaley and Har
ry Nelson on the Noxapaga; Geo
rge Bodis, John Larson, Otto
Worm, Harold Bayne and others
are actively furthering their in
terests by means of draglines, in
dividual pumping and bulldozer
operations.
Over in the Deering-Inmachuk
section the Belleview Brothers, |
Joe and Barney have constructed
a new dredge with nearly 15
years work ahead. It is a new
type of pontool hull construction
and especially adapted to work
in that section. The Forsgrens
who have been dredging on the
Inmachuk for the last 10 years
have obtained a new block of
ground and are branching out in j
their development. The Cordo-1
vado mining interests are contin 1
uing their hydraulicing in the j
Deering section, with about 25 to i
50 men employed.
In the Candle section the Arc- j
tic Circle Exploration Co., main
tains two dredges and draglines j
and has been operating steadily
for the last three years. Jim Rob i
bins, manager of the “ACE’ re
cently passed through Fairbanks
enroute to his operations at Can
dle. Many individuals are work
ing the adjacent creeks to Candle
via the old, time-honored hydrau
lie methods.
In the Council section there
are three dredges all set to go j
for the coming season. They are j
operated by the Glass family, i
Gene and Joe Lucas, and the
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North Star Dredging Co.
In the Solomon and Haycock
section three more dredges have
ben turned up by the Lee Broth
ers and Wallace Porter. Their
field of operations includes the
Solomon river and Casadepaga,
and the Dime Creek areas.
At Bluff the usual “under-ice”
drilling and mining operations by
the Joe Sullivan interests has al
ready elicited encouraging re
sults. At this point the mining
and drilling is done during the
winter months and the cleanup
ocurs during the breakup when
the water comes down from the
j hills.
In the Teller section the Barth
I olomae interests plan to continue
j operation of their dredge on Gold
Run creek with the Tweet family
also operating a dredge on the
upper Tuksuk.
In and about Nome, through
the use of modern bulldozers, die
sel pumping units and allied
equipment, small operators have
turned to the working of many
( creeks where rich pay was taken
out in the early days of the Pen
insula camp. They find through
the economical use of modern
equipment that many of the older
creeks are profitable diggings.
As a whole said Mr. Maynard
the mining industry in the Sec
ond Division expects a steady
groyfh and development. In con
nection with the maintaining of
these many outlying sections, the
airplane industry has played an
important part. Daily schedules
to the camps and scattered areas
of Seward Peninsula keep the op
erators supplied with machinery
and equipment of all kinds.
—Fairbanks News-Miner
NEW AIRMAIL SERVICE
IS HAILED BY NOME AS
GREAT STRIDE FORWARD
Inauguration of the new air
mail service between Seattle and
Juneau, which provides the con
necting link between Alaska and
the States, will prove a decided
boon to Nome and the Seward
Peninsula section, said Russell
Maynard, editor of the Nome Nug
get, who arrived in Fairbanks
May 2nd enroute to the States.
Plans for tieing in the Penin
sula area with Fairbanks and the
airmail to the States have al
ready had attention of members
of the Nome Chamber of Com
merce.
A special committee of the
Nome chamber has been named
to work out arrangements for
Nome to be represented at Jun
eau upon receipt of the first air
mail from the states said Mr.
Maynard. The city council of
Nome has also designated per
sons to carry the ambitions of
the Peninsula city to tie in with
the Alaska airmail —that vital
connecting link which has short
ened distances and time between
Alaska and the important cities
in the states.
Mr. Maynard, in an interview,
drew attention to the vital needs
of the Seward Peninsula com
munication service. His opinion
of the value of the present Fair
banks-Juneau airmail service
was that “it is providing an av
enue of speedy service to busi
ness and mining operators in
their connections with the out
side.”
“The people of the Seward Pen
insula avail themselves of the
airmail service more fully than
any other agency in maintaining
contacts with the States said Mr.
Maynard. “The outlying sections
of Nome send their mail to Nome
with airmail postage, and it pro
ceeds by rapid air transit to Fair
banks and Juneau. Business and
mining cannot wait for outmod
ed means of transportation in
this day and age,’ he said.
The people of Nome, and the
Second Division are working
wholeheartedly for the continua
tion of airmail service from Fair
banks to Nome, realizing the val
uable saving in time and money,
and the step-up in development.
—Fairbanks News-Miner
PRINTING BLANKS CARRIED
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill report!
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers,
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
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Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday with ocasional rain showers Tuesday
afternoon and night. Slightly cooler.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 50 Lowest temp — 38 Precipitation — 0
Total precip this month 0.02 Total since Jan. 1, 1940 1.96
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight . 45 , 72 NNW-5 Pt Cldy
8am ... 43 77 W-6 Cloudy
12:30 p m . 56 68 SW-5 Cloudy
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 30 Lowest temp — 8 Precipitation — 0
Tomorrow: Sunrise 2:46 a. m. Sunset 9:09 p.m.
The Peninsula: Temp. Wind ..Weather
Deering .._v 38 W-10 Cloudy
Council . 43 W-13 Cloudy
Golovin . 48 NW-9 ' Cloudy <
Kotzebue —.... 37 SW-4 Clear
Solomon . ... 52 NE-20 Cloudy
Teller . ..— . 41 N-4 Cloudy
Wales —... 33 NE-20 Cloudy
Weather Elsewhere: 1:00 am Nome Time *
Temp. Wind Weather Precip.
Anchorage .— —.. 41 E-5 Cloudy 0.02
: Bethel —...-. 42 SW-5 Pt Cldy 0.00
Cordova .-. 44 N-5 Rain 0.88
Dutch Harbor .38 NW-2 Clouly 0.00
Fairbanks ... 48 E-20 Cloudy T
Juneau ..~. 45 E-10 Rain 0.57
Pt Barrow . .. 16 NE-16 Pt Cldy 0.00
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