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EDITORIAL
American Dress
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Prof. Edward L. Thorndike of
the Institute of Educational Re
search of Columbia University
says in Sri ntific Monthly, offic
ial mouthpiece of the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science:
“It is common to speak of the
newspapers of today as purely
commercial enterprises manag'd
with an eye singly to profits,
which are to be got by circul
ation, which is to bo got by en
tertainment for the masses,
which is to be got by avoiding
all intellectual difficulties and ap
p a ing to common passions and
prejudices.
"The facts suggest that for
most of the press of the United
States this is a slander,
“It would be truer to say that
the newspapers of today, with
considerable disregard of th.
cravings of the populace provides
r conventional mixture of facts
ahout what has happened during
♦he past 24 hours at home and
abroad.
“Those who make newspapers
apparently still in larg. measure
consider their craft to be that
of getting and presenting news.”
** The. Dr. Thorndike states the
p sin truth was never more evi
d nt 'ban today in ti e United
Sta; s.
I. > probable that never in the
h ry f newspaper has NEWS
with few exceptions—been print
ed so completely unhan pend by
re.-(notions of personal opinion.
T!i re is a blackout of liberty
throughout the world.
But the great light of freedom
still shines here.
It burns with intensity every
day in the news columns of the
papers you buy.
Adolf Isn't
Entertaining
(Cincinnatti Enquirer)
The r port from Hollywood
that the gross income from most
of the so-called anti-Hitler films
has been considerably less than
hoped for by the producers, can
be taken to mean almost any
thing. But the most likely x
planation is the psychological
factor.
While motion pictures consti
tute an undeniably powerful im
plement of education or propag
anda, they must perform this
function obliquely. The average
moviego >r does not wittingly pay
his money at the box office for
either education or propaganda,
but rather for entertainment and
diversion. Indeed, he is likely to
be frighten d away by the
thought that the feature picture
“has a mission.”
In these trying days it is not il
logical that motion picture pat
rons should be seeking simon
pure entertainment to an even
gr ater degree than usual. The
day’s news is filled to the brim
with the grim and soul-trying
events of a world at war. If diver
sion is to be found in the com
forting darkness of a motion pic
fure theater, it must be found
■through the medium of pictures
far removed from war-related
subjects. "Hitler—Beast of Ber
lin,” for instance, is hardly a di-;
Version from the worries that
stare from every newspaper front
page these days.
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Minutes of Meet
in" Of Territorial
C of C At Juneau
The regular b: nr.inl mooting
of the Territorial Chamber of
Commerce was held in the Sen
ate Chamber, Federal and Terri
torial Building, Juneau. Alaska,
at 2 p.m. on February 1, 1941.
Regular Officers present were:
O. D. Cochran of Nome, Pr.si
dent.
L. W. Ki burn of Douglas, l?t
Vice-President.
W. C. Arnold of Ketchikan, 2nd
Vice-President.
Leo Rogge of Fairbanks, 3rd
Vice-President.
H. R. Vanderlerst of Juneau.
Tr asurer.
Curtis G. Shattuck of Juneou,
Executive Secretary.
The following representatives
of member Chambers answered
the i hi call : rdei d by the Prisi
dent:
Anchorage Chamber, Almar J.
Peterson.
Cordova Chamber, Harry Spel
ling. Charles Carter.
D uglas Chamber, Arne Shud
shift, Calvin Poole.
Fairbanks Chamber, Leo Rogge
Hjalmar Nordale.
Jun au Chamber, Harold Foss,
Rev. A. J. G asse, Sam Paul.
Ketchikan Chamber. W. C. Ar
nold, Ralph Bartholomew. Frank
Llovd.
Nome Chamber, Leroy Sulli
van, Frank Whaley.
Seward Chamber, Don Carlos
Brownell.
Sitka Chamber. Bob Wahl.
Skagway Chamber,Charles Car
ter.
Guests at the meeting includ
ed Governor Ernest Gruening
and Secretary of Alaska E. L.
Bartlett.
President Cochran declared a
quorum present, in accordance
with Section 7 of the By-Laws,
and ,f.e meeting in order for busi
ness. The minutes of the last reg
ular meetings h id in 1939 were
d.spenses with, since represent
tives had previously been fur
nished with copies of the same.
The Secretary then read an in
formal biennial report, which fol
lows:
“Since no normal report of the
Alaska Territorial Chamber of
Commerce is required by law as
in previous bienniums when the
bulk of cur funds came from L g
is ative appropriation, this report
is being submitted in an informal
manner.
“Due to the lack of funds with
which to carry on our normal
activities during the past two
years, the Territorial Chamber
has been unable to handle any
of its form r publicity work.
Since this formerly constituted
the bulk of our activity, its cur
tailment has resulted in a rel
atively inactive year with a con
sequent lack of active participa
tion and interest of the member
Chambers.
“In order to conserve funds,
during the early part of the bi
ennium our correspondence was
tuned over to the Governor’s of
fice, the Chamber furnishing
printed matter on hand while the
Governor’s office took care of
mailing costs. Later in the bi
ennium, this arrangement was
Lrminated by the Governor’s of
fice and from that time until the
present all mail other than inter
Chamber and of an official nature
has been returned to the Post
Office marked “refused."’ Had the
Chamber attempted to handle all
correspondence during the bien
ium, it would have been out of
funds within a year. By curtail
ing this part of our normal work
however just the reverse has
been true and we are ending the
biennium with almost as much
money as we had when the bi
ennium began.
“Dues from memb r Chambers
during the biennium totalled
$575.50, which, added to our bal
anc; on hand at the start of the
biennium gave us a total receipt
of $1250.50. Duri. g the biennium
xpenditures totall d $595.88
($84.18 for Secretary’s sa ary and
social security f r January and
February, 1939; $20.00 for U. S.
Chamber'of Commerce du s: $200
for publicity and advertising;
$141.04 for mimeographing, print
ing and Secretary’s supplies;
$76.90 for telegrams; $73.78 for
po. tag . express and box rent!.
This leaves a net balance on hand
at prasent of $654.50.
“It may seem peculiar to the
delegates at this meeting that,
although we failed to secur: any
Territorial money for our work
during the past two years, we
still have more than $650 in our
treasury. The main reason for
this is that during the preceding
bienniums approximately 75% cf
:1! funds was us-d for publicity
work on behalf of the Territory.
Another reason is that during the
past two years we had more than
amp's funds for conducting our
0 her activities on the scale on
which they were handled.
“Und r cur present set-up we
can reasonably expect to receive
approximately $600 a biennium
from member Chambers. With
cur balance on hand we will
have twice this amount to carry
us through the next two years.
It is my r commendation that
our activities in matters relating
to the welfare of the Territory
be en’arged as far as our funds
will permit; and that we spend
more time and money in work
ing for legislation that will help
Alaska and against that which
will be harmful; and that we pay
a salary of $10 or $15 per month
tc the incoming Executive Secre
tarv to reimburse him for his
work.
“Inasmuch as an amount ap
proximately equal to that form
erlv made available by the Leg
islator; was always spent for
pub icitv and advertising, it is
p on mended that no request be
mod* ‘ the Legislature for funds
this ;es , .n and that the Cham
ber divorce itself completely
from publicity work. This organ
ization can fully justify its x
iftence by interesting itself in
the problems of the Territory,
and through its mere existence
a lowing the small business inter
e.-ts of Alaska to -.xpress them
elves.
“The Chamber has served for
many years as the only collec
tive voice of small resident busi
ness men, and for this reason if
for no other its continuation
should bo considered of para
mount importance. The organiza
tion should feel no particular ob
iigpition to continue publicity
work for the Territory in view
of the attitude of certain per
sons toward the Chambe in the
past few years.
“Should the T rritorial Cham
her continue along the lines re
commended herein and should
the treasury become exhausted,
(n to is little question that more
funds could be secured by in
creasing the dues from member
Chambers. From time to time dur
ing the past year several of the
n mber Chambers have express
ed their belief that our income
could be increased in this way.
The bulk of the extra load would
fall on the larger Chambers at
Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage,
Fairbanks and Nome which are
undoubtedly best able .to stand
an increase. This is a matter
which could be taken up during
the biennium should the need for
extra funds become apparent at
any time.
“There is no question that the
majority of our present active
member Chambers are very
much in favor of having the Terri
torial Chamber continue. We
have letters and wires in our files
from most of them expressing
this desire. The Territorial Cham
1 her of Commerce cap and should
continue in order that business
men of Alaska may expess a col
lective opinion on matters of vit
al interest to the Territory. The
scope of our activities and the
details should be given earnest
consideration at our Biennial
Meetings.”
Pr sident Cochran declared the
floor was open to discussion on
‘hp Secretary's recommendation
concerning Legislative appropria
ion fer the Chamber.
Mr. Sperling spoke in favor of
an appropriation by the Legisla
ture since no body has be n do
ing publicity work for Alaska
other than the Territorial Cham
ber. Mr. Rogge, wha declared he
felt the publicity work done by
the Chamber was valuable, said
lie thought th re was little likeli
ho d of the Legislature making
"lands available for the Cham
ber.
That the Chamber’s position
might be strengthened by not
having public money was the
view express d by Mr. Nordale.
Mr. Bartholomew spoke against
Legislative appropriation, also,
and said he believed the Cham
ber’s work shou'd be confined to
bringing busines interests in th
Territory closer together and oth
er related activities He suggest
ed that perhaps the Legislature
could appropriate funds for pub
licity work and that the Tcrri
. n'ial Chamber could offer to ad
minister the funds, with a strict
ci unting to be made at the end
of the biennium.
The possibility of securing
funds from industries was men
>ned by Rev. Glass:. Mr. Sulli
van contended that the business
men as individuals would un
loubte !ly be opposed to asking
for public funds for publicity
work. Mr. Wahl spoke of the un
questioned value of publicity
work and said that he felt the
T rirtor.v should be interested in
its continuation and should pro^i
vide some money for such work.
Following other discussion on
the subject, it was noted that a
committee be appointed to con
sider the matter. President Co
chran appointed Mr. Carter as
Chairman, with Mr. Kilburn. Mr.
Lloyd. Mr, Arnold and Mr. Shat-!
tuck as the other members. The
committee was asked to consider
various ways of financing the
Territorial Chamber in the fu
ture. other than with Territorial
funds.
Two resolutions were submitted
by the Fairbanks Chamber for
ref rendum vote, and the meet
ing voted that the referendum be
submitted to the member Cham
bers.
The Valdez Chamber’s request
for support in their (Torts to se
cure Federal funds for the re
construction of their courthouse,
which was referred to Mr. Car
ter’s committee.
•
The Executive Secretary an
nounced that he would not be a
candidate for re-election. To in
vestigate possibilities for a sue
cessor and report back at the
next bi nnial meeting, President
Cochran named a commiittee com
posed of Rev. Glasse, Chairman,
Mr. Vanderleest and Mr. Ban
field (Juneau). The committeei
was asked also to consider the
matt r of salary for the incoming!
Secretary.
Correspondence regarding the
possibilities of linking the Rich
ardson Highway, the Anchorage-)
Matansuka road system, and the
Seward-Kenai Peninsula road
system was ref rred to the com
mittee headed by Mr. Carter.
Delegates present voted to hold
the next biennial meeting on
F bruary 22, 1941, and the meet
ing was adjourned to that date. |
Curtis G. Shattuck,
Executive Secretary
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Continued Cloudy with light snow tonight and Tuesday; not
much change in temperature
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest t:mp — 24 Lowes temp — 14 Precipitation _ 0
Total precip this month 0.10 Total since Jan. 1, 1941, 0.29
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
2 Midnight ..._ - 15 77 NNE17 Pt Cldy *
* a m .—- . 20 68 NE 16 Pt Cldy
2:30 p m .... 24 73 NE 24 Clear
Tomorrow: Sunrise 8:14 a. m. Sunset 4:19 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 3 Lowest te mp — -16 Precipitation — 0
Every effort made Ao wipe out traces of the sinking two years ago
that carried 26 men to death, the submarine Squalus (above) has
sailed from Portsmouth, N. H. Renamed the Sailfish and with a
new log, she Jis headed for Pacific waters. Four members of the
original crew are aboard. She was ready to sail when this picture ^
was made.