THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME PUBLISHING COMPANY
NOME, ALASKA
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“WILL SHOCK THE WORLD”
“Things are coming this winter that' will shock the
world,” declares Capt. Eddie V. Rickenbacker, recently
returned to America after a 55,000-mile tour - of the
lighting fronts in the Mediterranean, in Russia and in
the Far East
In an article in a current magazine, Rickenbacker de
clares that “only a miracle can bring victory'soon,” and
points out that Germany still has a vast army, tons of
material, millions engaged in slave labor and is relieving
men from her own forces for additional labor.
The American air expert, while not “a fanatic of air
power,” says that “no people on earth, including our-i
selves, can stand the kind of bombing Hamburg has re- i
ceived.” He adds that it is going to continue. While
Germany has a fanaticism in this war which she did not
have in the earlier struggle, she is getting bombings
such as never before.
The opinions of Capt. Rickenbacker are interesting,
whether one agrees with his conclusions or not. He in
timates that Russia will come out of the war “the great
est democracy in the world” and that “should we keep
going the way we are, we’ll be where they were twen
ty-five years ago.”
Asked whether this was meant to suggest that Rus
sia is moving toward capitalism while we move toward
bolshevism, the Captain replied: j
“Yes, in a sense.”—(Juneau Empire).
A 70-year-old Colorado woman, who taught ocean
navigation 12 hours a day to more than 50 boys pre
paring for Navy training, did so well as an instructor
that not a single one of her pupils “flunked” the Navy
curses.
It is expected that the nation’s requirements for oil
will be four and a quarter billion barrels in the first
three months of next year.
/Submarines sank 470 ocean-going cargo ships In
the first three months of Germany’s World War U
boat campaign.
Before Pearl Harbor the United States obtained all
its agar, used in ice creams, sherbets, puddings and
other products, from Japan.
There are 66 medical schools approved by the Ameri
can Medical Association in the United States.
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TUNDRA
By AUDREY HENDERSON
Walking down Front Street this
morning, I visited the Federal
Building and participated in an
AlaskanJs. favorite past-time,
‘•Looking for mail;” 1 saw a
long white envelope in my post
office box. A ripple of excite
ment spread over me as I anx
iously fumbled with my key.
Opening the box, I pulled the
letter out and I looked at the
postmark to see where it came
from. Suddenly I felt cold and
then hot and sweat broke out on
my brow. 1 swallowed hard and
the day seemed dark. And all I
could see was a huge envelope
with a postmark as large as the
Federal building staring 'at me
with oggling periods.
Have '.you ever been afraid?
Whejn I say that I have been
afraid many times during my
conscious JiJfy I am talcing it j
for granted that the majority of
people have had the same exper
I cannot remember the time
when there wasn’t some awful
omen hanging over my head of;
some sort. As a .matter of fact, j
the reaction against fear was in- J
! stinctive. I tried my best to ar
gue agamst the emotion. But
the habit of looking for trou
ble had been established from
my earliest years. I anticipated.
“What’s it going to be now?" My
hopes Were as ultimate disap
pointments. I know my life was
not any darker than most lives.
Yours isn’t either.
Just what is fear? What makes
us tremble at the sight qt. sound
of a certain person Ufe dread ta
see or meet? Webster’s diction
ary says that fear it a "painful
emotion or passion excited by <an
expectation of evil, or the appre
hension of imjjending tfanger.”
But definitions never seem to
explain events as they really are.
Remember when you were a
child? There was always the fear
of being sent td bed and you
buried yourself alive beneath
the sheets and blankets. And th#
terrible dread of going outside j
on a dark ‘ night. Later it' was;
school and meeting people. Later
still, there was a fear and dis
may of obvious duties we had
neglected. Perhapd; many mis
takes had been made. There were
always people to whom we had
done wrong. And then on top of
everything else there were the j
fears of people who bored or I
annoyed or discouraged us.
Now that you have grown up,
there are feaTS that have taken
the place of the old ones. Still
fears, however. Look around
you. In just one hour’s time the
amount of people who are in
Hear of something is pathetic
Everyone seems to be living or
working in fear. You see a fa
ther who is afraid for his busi
ness. A clerk who is afraid for
his job. A worker is afraid of
his boss. A political appointee
afraid for his political plum. A
mother afraid for her children.
There isn’t a person who isn’t
afraid that someone else will do
him a bad turn. There isn’t a
woman who isn’t afraid she will
lose the man she loves. There
isn’t a home or an office or a
church in which there aren’t
people with a hang-dog expres
sion, eating out their hearts. A
pitiful sight to behold.
When you stop to analyze this
problem. And it is a problem,
believe me. All the miseries
caused by sickness and sin to
gether would not equal those we
bring upon ourselves by fear.
Surely there should be a remedy,'
or at least a mental aspirin. We
are not sick all of the time. We
can’t be sinning all of the time.
But if you will notice we are fear
ing something practically all of
the time. Why should we be har
angued and nagged by fear?
I sure was scared for a minute
or two!
• Are yta a .dawdler? Do you
take twice as long as anyone to
wash your face? When you are
supposed to be on your way
down town, do you sit down
and finish a chapter in a book?
Just before the curtain goes up
in the theatre, do you stop to
play with children in the
street? When yon are suppos
ed to be home for the evening
meal, do you spend more time
than yon expected in ye local
cocktail lounge? Do you take
twice as long to eat your
lunch, read the newspaper;
comb your hair, or dress for
dinner? My friend, you had
better watch out—you are
heading for trouble! ’
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Customer: "What is a masher
—girlie?"
Waitress: "You can tell a
masher by the way he tackle* h
hot potato.”
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The groat aad famous Ena
Ooktakalmk, shaman of the Es
kimos and flay affectionate ad
visor flays, "Sympathy to what
one person offer* to another
in exchange for the detail*”
COMMUNICATION
Mr. W. A BOUCHER,
Editor-Publisher,
Nome Nugget,
Nome, Alaska
Dear Bill:
• With the arrival of your sou
venir edition and the reappear
ance of the Nome Nugget to
Name'S influence, I am anxious
to extend to you my congratula
tions. Although I have not been
in Nome much during the last
two. years, my interests aTe nat
urally extended there. Tomorrow
morning I will start my folly
first year as an Alaskan, having
arrived at Nome on October 22,
1903. During all of that time I
have read the Nugget Major
Strong, later our governor, was
the editor when I arrived, and
the paper has gone through
many changes since,
I hope that you will recognize
the power of the press and use
the medium foT the advancement
of Alaska and Nome in particu
lar.
With all good wishes for your
success, I remain.
Sincerely yours,
RALPH LOMEN,
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you civilian defenders in good
condition.
“To help the department fight :
a fire you must know something j
about our equipment and set^ip
or you may do more harm than
good. Along this line I am ready, j
willing and anxious to do all I
-can. If any or all of you, my
neighbors, would like to learn
about firefighting, and the pre
vention of fires, the care of oil
stoves, etc., I will gladly help
you all 1 can. I have made this
a study for many years.
“Another thing I wish to men
tion is this: If you caution any
one concerning conditions or fire
hazards in yo»ur neighborhood
that does not make you a “bult
insky,’ or if you report it to me
it does not make you a “stool
pigeon”. It makes you a dutiful
citizen and a valuable member
in this community.
“Bear in mind that our town
jrtew has a large floating popula
tion, which increases the work of
the Fire and Police Departments,
but does not increase the tax rolls
in the same proportion. What yru
cannot hire done you must do
yourself.
“Won’t you come out 200 strong
and help prevent carelessness and
i avoidable fires?
“Won’t some of you acquaint
yourself with out r rji i jgjpn r nl
enough so you can be a real help
to us at firefighting?
i “Boys, think this ever!”
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‘•Thanks fftr your attention."
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Need I add further to Chief
Yenney’s timely remarks?
Yours,
—JAY RAYMOND.
BARNEY BELLEVIEW
IN FROM DEERING
Barney Belleview is in town
this week from Deering, where
he has been mining with his bro
ther Joe Belleview. The broth
ers are mining under the com
pany name of Dry Creek Dredg
ing Company. The company for
merly mined in the Dry Creek
area near Nome.
VISITOR IN
NOME THIS WEEK
Wallace Porter was a visitor in
town this week, Due to the
mild weather, Mr. Porter, who
owns the store at Haycock, was
able to transport all his supplies
from Golovin which is unusual
this time of the year.
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