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EDITORIAL
TRADING PAN
AMERICAN CULTURE
Fifty years of Pan American
ism was celebrated recently, and
the peoples of 21 Republics in
North and South America paus
ed briefly to reflect on the import
ance of strong alliances as pro
tecting bonds among countries in
the Western Hemisphere.
This may be a pretty good
time to consider what we can
get out of swapping ideas and
culture wth Latin America. We
in the United States have al
ways been a little egotistical
about our way of life, and it is
good that we should be so. We
are firmly convinced that ours is
the best civilization on the face
of the earth—and it is, of course
for us. But we must be careful
not to try to impose our own
ideas on countries south of the
border. We mus. appreciate the
fact that both our culture and
our political system may be whol
]y unadaptable for South or Cen
tral American nations.
I.'s all right for us to like the
music of Paul Whiteman. But so
is it all right for South Amer
icans to like Julio Martinez Oyan
guren’s guitar music. We think
| highly of Victor Herbert, but
Brazilians are just as proud of
their opera composer, Carlos
Gomez.
Basically, we’re satisfied with
thekind of government we have
and with the way we handle so
cial problems. The Latin Ameri
ca members of the Pan Ameri
can Union are democracies, and
that's all [hat is important. Their
forms of democracy may look
different from ours but they
have been evolved to meet the
conditions and needs of the peo
ple. When better forms of govern
men! become apparent, they will
be adopted. Our co-operation
with Latin America doesn't de
pend upon our virtually annex
ing th;e other republics.
Just as we have always traded
ideas with Europe, so we can do
it with the countries to the south.
But it must be trading—on an
equal basis. It must net be done
as a missionary venture. We must
recognize the fact that even the
most primitive colony in the re
motest part of the world has a
civilization of its own that is en
tirely satisfactory to its people.
There’s a lot we can get from
South America. There’s a good
deal we can give. It is to this
give-ard-take process we should
dedicate ourselves fully ;n our en
suing relations with our neigh
bors.—Archer ag? Times.
OLD HONOLULU CASE
MAY END IN ASYLUM
What may prove the beginning
of the end for Lieut. Thos. H.
Massie, central figure in a sensa
tional murder trial at Honolulu
eight years ago. was recorded
this month when Massie was ad
mitted to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
in Washington, D. C., federal in
stitution from which few inmates
i are released. The superintendent
admitted to newsmen that “a
man by the name of Massie had
been admitted for observation,”
but he wouldn’t talk about the
ease. They never do at St. Eliza
beth’s.
It will be recalled that Massie
his mother-in-law and two oth
ers were held for the slaying a
Hawaiian who, they charged, had
assaulted the naval lieutenant's
attractive wife. They were saved
from prison or worse by Clar
ice Darrow famous criminal
lawyer, theirs being one of his
last big cases. Massie was later
absolved by the navy.
In gratitude for what her hus
b ind had done for her, Mrs. Mas
si? di\ arced the lieutenant a few
y ars after he had returned to
duty and sometime later tried to
ki'l herself. Massie remarried in
IP37 and his second wife got hen
s' If a lo. of publicity in China
whan a Japan >se sentry accosted
and lapped her.
EDITOR FADES OUT
Ed or Eaile Jameson, promin
ent' connected with newspaper
•a rk in P a!heastern Alaska,
\vh recently returned to the
T vh.ry and began publican of
a R. publican weekly paper at
Juneau, has returned to the
St; . His paper lived just two
we. hi. —Juneau Empire.
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TVE „SEA SWABS THE DECK_Dat or debbil sea really swabbed the
fecks clean when the motorslup Tidewater plowed through the churning waves off Cape Hatteras
..ortli (arolina, in the waters known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,'’ because so many ships
l.a\e gone down there. The 8,000-ton tanker was en route from Houston, Tex., to Bayonne, X. J
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HOLD EVERYTHING; THE PHOTOGRAPHER DID !-oniy by grabbing a
fircline pipe did E. R. Bumstead keep from being washed overboard while taking pictures of the
heavy seas through which lire 8,000-ton oil tanker, Tidewater, plowed, off Cape Hatteras, North
Carolina. Imagine being smacked by this wave. Bumstead was a Tidewater crew member.
POLITICS TAKING
ON FREAKNESS
By George Tucker
NEW YORK — Mickey Rooney
and Spencer Tracy have bobbed
up in a political race, and here
is why — Not long ago young
Mickey was starred in a picture
called “Young Tom Edison,” and
shortly thereafter Spencer Tracy
played the late, great Thomas A.
Edison as a mature man. .
Now forget about the movies
for a moment. Harold G. Hoff
man campaigning for the gover
norship of N. J., Edison’s state,
and aiding him in the campaign1
is his 19-year-old daughter, Ada,
who makes five and six speeches1
a night. The former governor’s;
opponent in this race will be Sec
retary of the Navy Charles Edi
son, who was recently on the
Pacific observing fleet maneuvers.
In Trenton the other night,
where she was speaking, Ada
Hoffman was asked what she j
I thought of the coming race. “It j
| ought to be a lot of fun,” she said
j "running against Mickey Rooney j
' and Spencer Tracy this fall.”
After 13,000 miles in a trailer,
which he has named “Grand Ho
tel." because everything happens
to that trailer, Hal Kemp is back
in New York and not quite sure!
! whether traveling by plane and i
| train isn’t the best way after all.
On his trip he ran into nothing
| but sleet and rain. At Ashville.
! N. C., he returned from a dance
I to find his trailer in flames. Near
Lula, Ga., it skidded on the
road and overturned. Near Spar
tanburg. S. C., it was stalled for
hours in a snowdrift. In Opelois
as, La., he woke with a start to
find his hotel on fire. In Nash
ville, theives broke into the trail
jer and stole a set of the band’s
uniforms. At Johnson City, Tenn.
;Jack LeMaire his vocalist lost;
his overcoat in a restaurant and
driving in a fog near Indianapol- j
j is he ran through a farmer’s J
picket fence. Outside of this, not1
a single thing happened, except
that two of his musicians got'
married on the trip, two others
became fathers ann he himself,
celebrated his first wedding anni
versary.
WHAT? SPARK PLUG
FOR BABY BOTTLE!
—
FAIRBANKS—Dominic Vern
etti, trading post operator at Koy
ukuk station, has had some queer
orders to fill in his time, but the
one that tops them all popped
up recently.
An Indian living in the river
village stepped into his establish,
ment and said, “I'd like a spark1
plug for a baby bottle, please.” i
For an instant Vernetti was;
stumped, then he shuffled thru!
some packing boxes and emerg- j
ed with a rubber nipple.
Sure enough, that was the
“spark plug” the native wanted
but couldn’t call by name. ,
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Federated Church
Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11:00 a.m.—Church School
7:45 p.m. — Worship service.
Sermon topic: “Religion As A
Factor in Social Change.”
ESKIMO METHODIST CHURCH
Miss Sarah Taylor, Deaconess :
11:00 a.m.—Church School
5:30 p.m.—Worship service.
Sermon topic: “The Secret of
Jesus.”
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Northwest
; ern Alaska Fair Association will
be held on May 23, 8 p.m. Odd i
Fellows Building. The election |
of three directors will be held.
WHAT THE WANT ADS
MEAN TO NOME
To Sell that gun, furniture,
baby carriage, coat, trunk at a
profit.
To Buy that ice box or rug,
piano or suit, car or accordian at i
low cost.
To Rent that room, garage,
apartment or that house to de
sirable tenants.
To Hire that maid, gardener,
nurse, chaugeur, cook or laun
dress, etc.
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MIND ON MATRIMONY —Shown in a Beverly Hills,
Cal., night club are Eleanor Powell, the (lancing star of the films,
and her fiance, Merrill Pye, a movie studio art director. They
were celebrating their engagement.
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Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy with occasional showers tonight and Saturday mornnig.
Not much change in temperature tonite. Slightly colder Saturday
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 40 Lowest temp — 32 Precipitation — 0.25
Total precip this month 0.31 Total since Jan. 1, 1940 2.25
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight —. 33 96 NE-3 Snow
8am . 36 91 NE-6 Rain
12:30 p m . -.. 39 83 NE-15 Rain
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 44 Lowest temp — 24 Precipitation — T
Toyorrow: Sunrise 2:32 a. m. Sunset 9:23 p. m.
The Peninsula: Temp. Wind ..Weather
Deering .. .
Council ....... 42 N-8 Cloudy
Golovin ... . 40 NW-8 Cloudy
Kotzebue —.... 38 N-4 Cloudy
Solomon . .... 40 N-20 Cloudy
Teller ........ ........ ........ ..
Wales ..1.. -. 32 NE-25 Cloudy
Weather Elsewhere: 1:00 am Nome Time ’
Temp. Wind Weather Precip.
Anchorage —.— *-- 45 NE-6 Cloudy 0.01
Bethel —....... 45 S-6 Cloudy . 0
Cordova ..— __ 45 NE-3 Rain 0.56
Dutch Harbor . ..... 40 W-3 Rain T
Fairbanks - —... . 33 W-3 Clear 0
Juneau —...... 49 E-15 Rain 1.46
Pt. Barrow..... 16 NE-25 Cloudy 0
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