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MONDAY, MAY 29, 1944. _
MEMORIAL DAY AN
AMERICAN CUSTOM
Each year Memorial Day rolls around
to remind us of our duty toward both the
living and the dead, and we are remind
ed that death is in the world and that as
the Destroyer, is running rampant. We
must revere the memory of those who
have crossed the Divide, that we may,
live. _ |
Services are being conducted in.suchi
character and manner as to pay becom
ing tribute and respect to the departed
and to be true to the teachings and cus
toms of the great American Brother-,
'hood. ; . ...•
The graves of the deceased dyill be !
decorated throughout the Ifrncf, and tu
fitting ceremony will be held over the
grave of the American soldier, who died
• known only to God. *
Inscription on the Tomb of the Un
known Soldier
“Here Rests in Honored Glory, An
American Soldier Known But to God ”
HITLER ANXIOUS FOR INVASION
Hitler is very impatient for the Anglo
American invasion to begin, says Lieu
tenant-General Sir Douglas Brownrigg,
former adjutant-general to the British
Field Forces.
The officer points out that about the
only strategic advantage still enjoyed by
the Nazis is the possession of interior
lines of communication which, despite
damage by bombs, enables Germany to
move troops from one front to another
more quickly than the Allies can shit
reserves around the circlumftrence cp
the battle area.
German strategy has been based cn
holding off the Russian armies while v'
ing every available man to meet and de
feat the Anglo-American invasion. Tk
strategv is somewhat impaired by the
continual pressure exerted by the R?c
Army, by the enforced use of divismp
in Italy and the necessity to keen Nr'
divisions in the Balkans to meet increas
ing resistance in that area.
If the invasion is delayed, Def Fuehrr ’
may find his reserves thoroughly occu
pied in other areas. According to the
British General, Hitler is scanning the
North Sea and the English Channel for
i sign of an Allied armada while “look
ng apprehensively over his shoulder to
vard Poland and Rumania and wonder
ng whether his broken legions can give
him the time he wants to deal with the
men and machines that will come out of
jthe West.”—(Fairbanks News-Miner).
JAPAN’S NAVAL DILEMMA
Japan faces a naval dilemma which
| must be bringing great worry to leaders
i >f the Nipponese military machines.
They realize, probably, that the time will
come when $heir fleet must meeH, in
full combat, the navies of the Allies. To
date they, have ducked and eluded any
extensive engagement, but as the battle
lines draw tighter, the day of eventual
conflict approaches.
Japan has two choices: she can man
euver this engagement—or engagements
—within the next few months; or she
can continue to put off the evil day un
til it is forced on her. Grave dangers
lies on cither road.
If site fights today, the battle area will
be distantly removed from Japan’s home
bases and home waters- The disadvan
tages, to her, of such condition is ap
parent, If she waits she can fight close
to- horde. The advantage of distance will
be with her, for the Allies will have to
•run lo'hg supply routes to bring in ships
and planes. There are strong argu
ments, then, behind the waiting game
which she is—and has been—playing.
But that game has its disadvantages.
In many ways they are as strong as the
advantages. For Japan is steadily losing
naval strongth, while the naval power of
the Allies grows. We do not know,
exactly, what replacement powers the
'••nemv in the Pacific possesses. But we
do know, beyond any shadow of doubt,
hat they are much less than those of
~V in and the United States. We know,
!eo. that her maritime losses have been
• e:ter than ours. Thus, as every month
'.asses, the ratio grows in favor of the
r ; *. c d Nations.
These facts probably are well known
* ’he crafty Japanese. They probably
r * o desnerate, trying to decide which
I* n of the dilemma they will seize- Per
h ■•• are waiting until such time
feel they can inflict the great
hle damage with the smallest
\ o of disaster. But, regardless of
• he problem is approached it must
• -T ed that time is now working
- \Pi?s so far as naval superiority
T :-r '• ast is concerned.—(Fair
v — --Miner).
LITERARY
GlTDEPOST
"COMPLETE POEMS OF EDGAR
ALLAN POE", edited by Louis
Untermeyer; "THE POEMS OF
HENRY WADWORTH LONG
FELLOW," edited by Louis
Untermeyer (' p ritage: S3.50
each.)
The war has no* yet defea’ec!
the producers of handsome books,
and although in some cases it
has forced a simplification, this
has not been too great a disad
vantage.
Louis Untermeyer, for example,
is beginning a series to be called
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“The American Poels Scries” tor
the Heri'age Press. Two volumes
are so tar ready, and they are not
only handsome, but very useful.
Each is illustrated and well—
“The Complete Poems of Edgar
Allan Poe” by a set of Hugo
Sifelner-Prag's lithographs, J i
“The Poems of Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow” with wood engrav
ings In color by Boyd Hanna. And
Mr. Untermeyer has had 1he good
sense to restrain the usual ten
dency of an editor, which seems
to be to produce longer and long
er introductions which for the
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most part are no* read and de
serve not to be.
The Poe volume makes a good
text. Here Mr. Untermeyer’s in
troduction runs less than nine
well-spaced pages, but contains
all one needs to know *6 under
stand the poems and the poet. It
by no means embraces all there
is to know about Poe, nor does
it explore many of the complicat
ed by-paths 1hat determined re
search has opened over the years.
The poet’s obsession with death
and his insistence that “a certain
taint of sadness is inseperably
connected with the higher mani
festations of beauty” are re
marked, and it is Mr. Untermey
er’s opinion that *he man’s chief
contribution to American poetry
is “the necessary note of suggest
ion", the note of “pure trance”
tha* is struck again and again in
his verse.
And the editor also includes
an appraisal by Walt Whitman
which is so wonderful in its
blindness that it should be quoted
in full, for which there is no
room. It begins with a complain*
that Poe was “almost without the
first sign of moral principle,”
which seems to me one of the
most astounding sentences I ever
read, coming from a man with
Whitman’s quaint propensities.
The Longfellow introduction is
equally useful. Mr . Untermeyer
thinks Longfellow was much over
praised in his own day, and much
underpraised in ours, and does a
. good job of showing how.
Roosevelt Jests
Over Fourth Term
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 29.
—<AP>—President Roosevelt told
in a conference today, that “Only
| time will tell" about the fourth
term, or rather his decision about
I the fourth term question.
I This laughing reply was given
to a reDorter. who said he was
not asking what decision had been
reached, but if he had decided.
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_AIRWAYS
Alaska Airlines
Pilot Long flew the Lockheed
Vega to Anchorage Sunday with
passnegers A1 Lane and George
O’Connor.
Wien Alaska Airlines
P lot Whaley made a round trip
to Deering Saturday with Joe
Belleview, John Wheeler and Bar
ney Wheeler of the Dry Creek
Dredging Co. Re'urn passengers
were Mrs. Angelos Buffus, Mrs.
Mary Autwater and Gideon Barr.
| Sig Wien is busy freighting
between Fairbanks and Pt. Bar
row.
ATTENTION PIONEERS
Members of Pioneer Igloo
and Women's Auxiliary will
meet at the Masonic Temple,
Tuesday, May 31, Memorial
Day, for a special memorial
service at one o'clock.
Baccalaureate
Services Held
Sunday Evening
Sunday evening, in the spacious
high school auditorium, Bacca
laurea'e services were held in
honor of the graduating seniors.
Programs were received at the
door, and attendants readily seat
ed themselves.
As eight o’clock drew near,
both choirs marched single file
to their posi'ions below the stage.
Following the Junior choir was
Rev. Booker, and the three sen
iors, who flook their respective
places on the stage.
The following program was car
ried out through the evening:
Prelude, Robert F. Baldwin,
pianist.
Processional Hymn No. 406,
“God of Our Fathers”, congrega
tion.
Invocation and Lord’s Prayer,
Rev. Vernon L. Booker.
Anthem, “The King of Love”,
Federated Church choir.
Scripture Reading, Revelation—
Portions of Chapters 21-22, Rev.
Vernon L. Booker.
Hymn No. 342, “Dear Lord and
Fathei of Mankind", congregation.
Prayer, led by Rev. Vernon L.
Booker.
Solo, “The Holy City”, > Pfc.
William Fos'er, accompanied by
Pvt. Frank Parten.
Baccalaureate Address, “The
World We Want to Live In”, Rev.
Vernon L. Booker.
Anthem, “The Lord’s Prayer",
Federated Church Junior Choir.
Hymn No. 278, “Lead .On, O
King Eternal”, congregation.
Benediction, choir response.
Postlude, Robert F. Baldwin,
pianist.
Choir director for the event was
Sgt. Robert Andersen. Trumpeters
were Marjorie Castel and Robert
Strand.
After the services, Rev. Booker
and the graduates, Frances Wald
heim, Teddy Amarok and Eliza
beth McLain, remained at the door
to shake hands and receive the
congratulations of their friends.
Tell them you saw it advertised
n The Nome Nugget.
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New Officers’ ^
Mess Building
Opens
Visiting officers and invited
guests were welcomed Saturday
evening by Colonel R. Hackford,
commander of the Nome base, at
the grand opening of the officers’
mess building, a'tached to the
BOQ.
Special guests of the evening
were Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckner. Jr., commanding officer f
.of the ent re Alaska Defense Com
mand several of his staff officers.
Brigadier General Edwin Jones,
post commander of the Nome
area, and other high-ranking of
ficers from various base and post
commands. Also many local
townspeople and a group of girls
from Ladd Field, were guesst of
the officers.
i The dancing began a* 9:00 p.
m., to the music of Lt. Lagle and
his orchestra <G. I. band), while
at one end of the beautifully de
s gned interior was the bar, at
which was served free liquid re
freshments throughout the eve
ning.
Flanking either side of the en
trance to the hall were two beau
tiful paintings by the Alaska art
is*, C. Heurline, both of which
depicted the life of the native Es
kimo.
The officers of the base are to
be complimented on the success
of the party and the efforts to
ward making 1he otherwise drab
interior of the “GI” building, into
a homey and congenial atmos
phere, where they will spend
many of their off-time hours.
Between the lounge and the
dining room is a game room with
two pocket billiard tables, and
other game equipment for use by
the officers and their guests.
Dancing continued until about
one o’clock.
Sunday afternoon, a tea-dance
was also given by the officers of
Mie base, with dancing from 3:00
p. m. until 5:00, when it was an
nounced that dinner would be
served for officers and their
guests. J
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