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“WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1944. '
THE SPIRIT OF A TRUE LEADER
YESTERDAY, through the country, celebrations
and demonstrations were at a minimum.
The anniversary of the birth of the “Father
of our country, passed with very few remarks or
references to the day. which it is our true belief,
would be heartily approved by our “first Presi
dent".
War production did not cease for the occasion,
but continued as a fitting tribute to one who led
the fight for liberty, in the early days when our
forefathers were throwing off the yoke of oppres
sion.
Let us not forget the privations and hardships,
tears, starvation, blood and death which purchased
cur freedom, the American way of life we have
known for many years.
If George Washington were alive today we
could be sure he would praise the efforts put forth
In our production of war materials and manpower.
But he would also be thoroughly disgusted with
those few who are continually making trouble by
forcing strikes, causing undue loss of time in war
effort, and it is certain that he would verbally
chastise some of our-’ so-called labor leaders.
THE SPIRIT THAT QUICKENETH.
(Merle Thorpe in "The Nation’*; Business)
THERE ARE intangible elements in the oper
ation of a business. which texfbooks an^'na
tional blueprints do not comprehend. Perhaps it
is impossible to do so. Things of, the/spirit are
like electric currents, little-- understood. • yet - all
powerful. Latterly, we have come, to lump them
as psychological factors. We speak. of a, “psy
chological slump,” '“marked loses, •. .fionl-idence,”
“rumors of peace- send stocks - down,’.’ ;The . state
cf our mind even measfirds’ in fractions: of a dol
lar our daily estimate of’th’e state...pf o;sir Gov
ernment’s credit. ; ... .
One daring effort to fix a money- value upon
these intangibles is the accountant’s, item of good-,
will, which attempts to appraise the mental atti
tude of customer and supplier toward a business
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But no one has, and doubtless no one can,
define and evaluate those intangibles in the busi
ness life of a nation which animate, stir, spur
and impel the exchange of goods and services.
This is unfortunate because it, the spirit—not dol
lar signs, pig iron production, kilowatt consump
tion. or bank clearances— giveth life.
Last month on this page it was suggested that
in oar post-war planning we pay some attention
to an intangible, to the creation of desires which
lie back of demand, which, in turn, lies back of
production. A reader writes:
“The 'exciters’ you describe are the forgot
ten men of our famed standards of living.
Without their constant pressure upon us we
should slip back . . . And there is another
group which we should recognize and encour
age. the men and women who put up their
savings and thus give management and work
ingmen the chance to do their stuff. Is any
Planner today giving any place in his Plan to
the risk dollar?”
Of course, the reader is right. Most of our
thinking envisages a future in which every man
has a job. That requires each of us to produce
something, in goods or services, which some one
else will desire and exchange his labor for. But,
after the desire for that something, there must
then be the facilities for the production, a place
to work, and tools. To provide a man with a job
in America is first to provide $5,000 worth of
equipment. That is the average per workman.
These dollars come from the pockets of men
and women who consumed a little less than they
produced. They are sacrifice dollars. They are
a certificate of credit, a token of work done, not
to be exchanged immediately, but at some later
I time.
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What ivas the state of mind which animated
millions of us between 1900 and 1930 to risk $100,
oMhfiOO.OPP pf our savings in new industries. an$ in
the expansion of old ones, which, at the end of
the period, found one-thrfd of all our workers
owing their jobs to this new venture money?
• We must strive to reproduce the atmosphere,
, the environment, of a risk-taking America. The
' test of any plan, or any part of any plan, should
be Does it fit into a climate, political and. eco
nomic, which develops the daring and creative
spirits of industry and commerce? Does it openly
acknowledge the contribution of those silent part
ers of the nation’s business, who provide from
[their savings the funds for an enterprise, but, more
| important, by so doing provide a stimulating ex
J ample of faith and confidence in the country’s fu
ture?
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Intangibles, yes, but of such is the substance
'of national well-being.
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HIGHLIGHTS,
Wednesday ,
1630—G. I. J,ive. ,
1645—Music We, L,ove. ’
1715—Melody Round-lip
1730—Club Sandwich.
1800—Fred Waring.'
1815—Newsr ' \ ^ f ■
1930—The Family Hour ' ;
^ 1900—The Vesper :Hbbr*' !
1930— Carnival of MiisiY" - ’ '•'* j
't20bo—Kay Kyser.' ***-'*'}
2030—Boston Syrhphohy:
2130—All-Time HitT^ttitte.- * •;
2200—Treasury Star Parade. I
2215-i-V©£afi Variety! 'Tr*. J * !
2230—Ond Nite Stand - *■' l
2300—News.*' y . j... *
; 2315—Starddst MelofiidsJ J j
2330-Sigp .Qff f».,. ..... . r
, J\ 'fhufsaayj! •»'/*•*• ♦:
| 0630—Yawn Patrol. i
0730—News. - ?
*' 0745—Variety! * ’ ?*'
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I '*■ If.10—-Red' Hof ‘and'Low Eltiwn.
' ’'1 lr2f)ti—Variety:' "‘ •■'• • •■'lo.,.'
)2f5—Sound Ofr. *-* 1
, ** ftl0—HeWs. 1
1243—Personal1 Album. ‘i‘ -
E 1300—Sign Off. ',v*!l»
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1630—G f4»ive
f 1645—Yank Swing Session.
1715— Melody Round-Up.
' '1730—Club Sandwich.
' 18b0—-Fred Waring
1815’—News.
< 1830—Red Skelton.
390Gb— Music, For America.
. 1,930—Bandwagon.
1945<—Yarns For Yanks.
• . 2000,—>Sasjn. Street,
! 2030rr-Aldrich Family.
., . .5100—^ing Crp§by.
i, £l3G-r-Fanny Brice. Frank Mor- i
g£n»
[ ,22013—-Treasury Star Parade,
2215—^Spotlite Bands.
, 2230—One Nite Stand.
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v230Qr-News.
2^15-—Stardust Melodies!
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 25th
The JvojToJ Fay of; Pratyer ser
vices will be-held at- the- Favinia
WaHate' Young ,:M;ssion Friday.
Fobniaxy 3SJh'h*.'2:00- p, ip. The
j Woman’s Society of the church
i^giH .sponsor t£e .service. Binding
,£very, poptinphi. pf the war-torn
-world. together.*jn 3 fellowship of
Jntqrg-fssiqii^ .<the United World
.Ccanc,y.of X^prch ., Women, of
which the loc^ii , organization is a
:.partA will,, observe this" day, the
first .Tuesday in "Lent Mrs. Ida
JV^or_r)S win .preside.
1 NOME MOTOR CO.
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2 1 1 WINTERIZE YOUR CAR NOW!
| B. P. Barper NOME, ALASKA ‘ Pbon« Mato 1M |l
I DON'T BUY WHISKEY; j
l ii BUY WAR BONDS ii
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r 11 —But if you must buy Whiskey—Buy it From ;;
j j Us so we can buy WAR BONDS! ||
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ESKIMO
LOADS FLYING
FORTRESSES
Greetings for Adolf is the
caption on a picture of Pfc. Wil
liam Oten, Alaska Eskimo, serv
ing with a Flying Fortress group,
in The Stars and Stripes, daily
newspaper of the U. S. armed
forces in the European theater of
operations. Pic. Oten is shown
handling a “blockbuster” bomb,
and the London newspaper advises
that he “did his Christmas shop
ping early.”
Concerning the Alaskan, Stars
and Stripes says:
“Maybe you wondered how an
Alaska-born Eskimo came to be
in the European theater of oper
ations instead of the logical Alas
kan Aleutian theater of operations.
Well, that’s the army for you;
you never can tell where you’re
gonna end up.
Pfc. William Oten was inducted
at Seattle, not so very far from
his native land. The Army then
sent him several thousand miles
in the opposite direction to the
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ETO. Bill was born at St. Mi
chael, Alaska, a town with about’
249 other Eskimos. There he used
to fish and hunt and occasionally
feel uncomfortable when the tem
perature fell to 55 below zero.
Mainly to see the States, he ship
ped on a tanker to Seattle and
soon after was in OD.
Loading bombs on Forts in “a
semi-tropical climate”, Oten is ad
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Tell them you saw it in The
Nugget.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT,
SECOND DIVISION, TERRI
TORY OF ALASKA.
No. 659
NOTICE Of HEARING AND SET
TLEMENT OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the Matter of the Estate of
HARRY CREMIDAS, Deceased, j
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN !
that the undersigned Administra- j
tor of the estate of Harry Cremi- |
das, deceased, has filed in the
above-named Court his Final Ac
count, and that the 22nd day of!
April, 1944. at the hour of 10
' o’clock A. M. of said day, at the !
j Courtroom of said Court, at j
j Nome, Alaska, has by Court Or- !
1 der been fixed as the time and i
place for a hearing on said S^ial
Account and an adjudication as to 1
who the heirs and distributees of
said deceased are.
OBJECTIONS to said Account
will be heard at this time.
Dated the 21st day of February,
1944. - -
GUST CREMIDAS,
Administrator
C. C. TANNER,
Attorney for Administrator,
Nome, Alaska.
Feb. 23; March 1, 8, 15.
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mired by his G1 friends as a tire
less worker—and fbr hi$ ability
to adapt himself, after haying
lived in afew igloos ih hiis day.
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FIRST ATG FUNERAL
FOR ESKIMO OFFICER
KOTZEBUE, Alaska — Captain
George Goshaw, of the Alaska
Territorial Guard, reports that
First Lieutenant John Sinook, of
the organization, died here last
week from Influenza.
John was quite an elderly Es
kimo and could not throw off the
illness. He is the first Eskimo to
have a military funeral here in
the Arctic, and perhaps the fun
eral was the first held under the
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auspices of the Alaska Territorial
Guard organization.
SIGNS BILL AMENDING'
ALASKA COAL ACT
WASHINGTON, Feb. ;23.^-<AP>.i.
—President Roosevelt yesterday
signed a bijl amending the Alaska
Coal Act permitting persons, as
sociations or corporations to hold
more than one coal least, but
more than qne coal lease, but
with the same maximum of 2650
acres as contained in the pfes
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