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These are not shepherds but British Tommies assembled around the
silent glow of a bonfire in the Libyan desert. The Tommies are holding
their own Christmas ere eigil far from home under a bright North Afritai
■noon. An accordionist accompanies them in the singing of their hymn*.
Alaska Statehood
Explainde by Lyng
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uals and through organized
groups.
The major countries of the
world are locked in a global ctyi
flict. Boiled down to its essence
the struggle is to decide once
and for all which shall prevail—
democracy, which emphasizes the
dignity of the individual and
^ guarantees his personal freedom
and political franchise, or Fasco
Nazism, which is a pure dictator
ship in which the state is all
powerful and the people are^ffe
chattels—slaves.
In the light of what we are
fighting for, Alaskans should be
stimulated as never before by
the prospect, through statehood,
of one day being able to exercise
full suffrage, and the other full
^ rights of citizenship in a sover
eign democratic state.
In achieving this I trust that
Alaska’s citizens will not allow
outside influences, or those seek
ing only selfish aggrandizement,
to becloud the issue—for there
is really only one issue—that of
extending democracy at home.
CEILING PRICES ON
REINDEER NOTED
No. 1 Whole Adult Carcasses
16c per lb.
No. 1 Split Carcasses
17c per lb.
Retail
Whole, unsplit carcasses, 26c
per lb.
Whole split carcasses, 2Tc per
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Hind quarters and hind halves,
36c per lb.
Front quarters and front hal
ves. 23c per lb.
Stew. 28c per lb.
Shoulder, 31c per lb.
Rib chops, 33c per lb.
Loin chops, 41c per lb
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hands, his eyes and his Intelligence.
Just as much tun to play with as
any of the beloved objects we treas
ured as childreir, these sturdy new
toys teach as well as entertain.
The toys illustrated above, taken
from a group on display at the Mer
chandise Mart in Chicago, show
the kinds of toys recommended for
various age groups.
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Communications
Dear Editor:
Will you please announce
through your paper the appoint
ment of Miss Violet S. Hoar, as
Territorial Health Educator and
Supervisor. Miss Hoar’s appoint
ment has been made possible
through generous financial as
sistance from the Federal Gov
ernment and the Territorial De
partment of Health.
As health supervisor. Miss
Hoar will have charge of the
school health program inall of
its phases in all of the Territorial
schools, both city and rural.
(This does not include schools
under the supervision of the Of
fice of Indian Affairs). In co
ordinating. unifying and improv
ing the school health program,
she will visit each school as often
as possible, but of necessity,
nnuch of her work will be done
by bulletin and correspondence.
Both from the standpoint of ex
perience and academic and pro
fessional training, Miss Hoar is
well prepared for this type of
work. Attached is a summary of
her experience and training.
Health is a major objective in
the Territorial schools. The addi
tion of a health supervisor to the
staff of the Territorial Depart
ment of Education will strength
en our health program immeas
urably.
Yours very truly,
JAMES C RYAN
Commissioner of Education .
The record of experince and
training of Miss Violet S. Hoar,
be newly appointed health edu
cator and supervisor of the Ter
ritorial Department of Education
is as follows:
Academic and Professional
Training: B. S. Degree in Educa
tion—University of Michigan; M.
5. Degree in Public Health—
University of Michigan; Graduate
Nurse—University of Michigan
Registered Nurse in the State ol
Michigan; Life high-schoo]
i teaching certificate, state ot
Michigan.
Experience: School nurse —
j Wayne county, Michigan, three
years; Taught school of Nursing.
Aurora, 111., one year; nurse,
Nichols Hospital, Battle Creek
Michigan, one year; health coun
cillor, W. K. Kellogg Founda
tion, seven years; supervisor of
; health, city schools Muncie, In
diana, three years; interneship in
Health Education, Cleveland
Health Museum, six months.
UNIVERSAL TONGUE
FOR PEACE
To the New York Herald Tribune
The complexes of racial preju
dice, envy, mistrust and cunning
displomacy that prevent inter
national lasting peace are, in
my opinion, due largely to the
fact that nations dealing with
one anpther must do so at arm’s
length because they speak dif
ferent languages and cannot in
telligently communicate their
views and desires to one another.
These complexes that lead to
war can be checked and equality
and good fellowship eventually
improved if an international
common language were employ
ed. Only through mutual under
standing can there be mutual
peace.
The post-war conference will
look far ahead. An endeavor
should be made to bring about
an agreement among the repre
sentatives of the assembled na
tions that the English language
be made part of the study in
every grade of every school and
college in every nation, thus pre
paring their scholars in the use
of a common language for future
diplomatic and representative
service of their respective peo
ples.
Even though the language of;
! some notions may have behind
it, as in the case of China, a his
tory of thousands of years which
:should not be abandoned, the
I seed can be sowed now for a
co-operation of all nations to en
able them to meet upon an equal
, footing, where there can be a
! meeting of the minds based upon
j a language that all concerned
can readily understand. In this
| way the conference would be
j laying the foundation for gen
j orations hence, for necessary ef
j ficient communication between
j nations and not only providing
a remedy for present evils.
JACOBS MARKS
i ‘Boxing Day* Observance
lias Biblical Background
“Boxing day” it in reality St.
Stephen’s day and is observed in
England and other Old World coun
tries in commemoration of the bib
lical martyr in recognition of his hav
ing been the first to seal with his
blood the testimony of fidelity to his
Lord. The year in which he was
stoned to death, as recorded in the
Acts of the Apostles, is supposed to
have been 33 A. D. Due to the cus
tom, established many years ago, of
distributing Christmas boxes or gifts
of money to employees and public
servants, such as postmen, lamp
lighters, and others, on the day after
Christmas, it became popularly
known as “Boxing day,” and ob
served as a general holiday by the
common people.
Old English Celebrated
If Log Burnt at Christmas
Among the many old English
Christmas festivities was the cere
mony attached to bringing a great*
log, sometimes the root of a tree.
Into the household on Christmas*
Eve, piecing it in the fireplace end1
lighting it with e branch of the pre
vious year's log. While it burned*
through the night there wee greet1
celebration but H it went out it'
presaged ill luck for the coming
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Tell them you saw it in The
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