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two Great facts
It has been said that the most effective answer to
communist propaganda is an American mail - order
catalog.
The catalog, in this connection, is a symbol — a
symbol of what the American system of free enter
prise has done for the living standards of the people.
According to the American Economic Foundation,
a Russian worker, reading the catalog, “would see that
an American worker can buy a shirt with one hour’s
-earnings (instead of the Russian’s 22 hours), a suit or
overcoat with three days’ earnings (instead of 47 days),
and a pair of shoes with one day’s earnings (instead
of 12 days).”
If that Russian worker had an opportunity to walk
into a typical American retail store he wouldn’t be
able to believe his eyes. The abundance would seem
an illusion. And so would the fact that the goods on
display are offered at prices within the means of the
masses of people, not just the few
The Foundation also observed that Marx’ theory
that mass production leads to unemployment and im
poverishment of the masses is upset by two facts: “The
first fact ... is that mass production is impossible
without mass consumption, and that mass consumption
is impossible without an increase in the material wel
fare of the masses. The second fact is that mass con
sumption brings economic freedom to the masses.”
Every American retail outlet is an example of
those facts.
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“Molotov says no force in the world is strong
enough to stop the onward march of Communism.”—
Press report; We’re filing this statement along with
one made by Hitler some years ago to the effect that
Germany would take the world over and rule it for
a thousand years.
The person who says he doesn’t care what people
think of him has a clear conscience, a dead conscience,
or a pronounced propensity for lying.
The poor come in twfl classes: (1) The deserving
poor; (2) Those who deserve to be poor.
It is unnecessary to advise anyone living in the
world today to live dangerously.
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Chamber Officers
Installed At Banquet
Saturday Evening
The N.W.A. Chamber of Com
merce held its annual banquet
Friday evening honoring the new
members of its official board and
announcing the new president to
be Dr. Fred Langsam who has
been active in chamber work for
the past three years.
Outgoing president Boyd Har
wood reviewed the activities of
the board for the past year, show
ing how representation of the
Chamber in Washington, D.C., at
the CAB hearings, by Larry Gal
vin, and representation at the
All-Alaska Chamber as well as a
conference in Hawaii by past
president Dewey Godrich, has
done much to tie Alaska closer to
its future sister states.
He praised the work of the
mothers and the fine cooperation
of all those who served on com
mittees. Other new members to
the board were announced to be
Margaret Heller, Stanley Morgan,
Dewey Goodrich.
Other new officers elected were
Stan Morgan, vice president, Mar
garet Heller, secretary, and James
Walsh, treasurer.
Distinguished honor guest was
Einar Enga, Norwegian civil en-1
gineer from the World Health Or
ganization who is making a gen-,
eral survey of Alaska and is visit
ing towns in all sections of the
territory.
Part of the brass section of the
Nome School Band played several
selections under the direction of
band leader Robert Heath. The
boys participating were: Bruce
Russell, Fritz Chambers, Peter
and David Barber and Robert
Summers. Then Tilden Miller,
magician, put on a fine perform
ance for the group.
Community singing was led by
Helen Stevens at the piano who
also played dinner music.
Dick Benson appealed to the
members to dig out their white
I elephants for the Boy Scout auc
tion being held by Rotary as a
special feature of the 50th Anni
versary of Rotary-International.
Turns Tables On The B-Girls
YOKOHAMA, VF> — You’ve
heard about B-girls, who be
friend, then clip, tavern patrons.
Barmaids in this seaport were
on edge tonight. Police said a
customer was turning the tables.
He had taken the wristwatches
of six B-girls after slipping a
knockout drug into drinks he
bought for them.
Ice Pool Dates
Since 1917, when the Pool
was started, the ice hns gone
out at Nenana as follows:
1917— April 30 .11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 8:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11.10:45 a.m.
1921— May 11. 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.m.
1923— May 9. 2:00 p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6. 4$25 p.m.
1929— May S. 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1.10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8. 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15. 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 .12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12. 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6. 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 p.m.
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m.
1942— April 30 . 1:28 p.m.
1943— April 28 . 7:22 p.m.
1944— May 4. 2:08 p.m.
1945— May 16. 9:41 aun.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
1947— May 3. 5:53 p.m.
1948— May 13.11:13 p.m.
1949— May 14.12:39 p.m.
1950— May 6. 4:14 p.m.
1951— April 30 . 5:54 p.m.
1952— May 12. 5:04 p.m.
1953— April 29 . 3:54 p.m.
1954— May 6. 6:01 p.m.
Truck Line From
Midwest Will Cut
Time To Alaska
FAIRBANKS, — The first
shipment by a new truck line
composed of a group of Alaskan
truckers will come here from the
Midwest next month. The service
utilizes the direct rail - highway
route via Edmonton and Dawson
Creek.
James F. Evans, president of
Canadian-Alaska Freight Express,
Inc., said the Canadians have
given full cooperation even to the
extent of putting in a customs
and excise station at Dawson
Creek, to supervise transfer of
shipments from rail to truck and
place them under seal.
Midwest manufacturers and
wholesalers have indicated inter
est in the new plan which would
.cut shipping time from Minne
apolis and Chicago to Alaska 50
per cent.
A shipment that normally takes
six weeks from Chicago by rail
to Seattle, ship to Alaska port
and truck or rail to Fairbanks or
Anchorage would come in three
weeks by the new direct route,
Evans said.
A total of ten rigs will be on
the run by mid - summer with
eight days allowed for the round
trip over the 1,527-mile Alaska
Highway route. New 40-foot trail- 1
er vans and diesel tractors will :
be used, Evans said. Some are j
now being purchased in Seattle, j
No perishables will be hauled,
only general merchandise and
construction materials.
Plans are to develop a back
haul to Dawson Creek.
The rate structure will be com
parable to others for Alaska.
ONE FOR THE BIRDS
SHAWNEE, Okla., (jP—A mar
riage license was issued yester
day to Margaret Buzzard and
John Bird. ,
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Sen. Morse Urges CAE
Authorize Two Airlines
Seattle-Portland to Alaska
WASHINGTON Sen. Morse
♦ Ind-Ore* urged the Civil Aero
nautics Board Friday to authorize
two airlines to operate over the
Portia nd-Seattle to Alaska route.
He made public a letter ad
dressed to individual members of
the board. He said he was greatly
concerned over published reports
i “containing a rumor to the effect”
that the board is ready to recom
mend renewal of Pacific North
ern Airlines’ authority to operate
over the route . . . but not that
of Alaska Airlines.
“If these rumors air correct,”
Morse said, “ I urge that such
recommendations be withheld
until there has been an oppor
tunity for interested parties I© toe
heard on this issue . . . preferably
in Portland . . . because I doubt
that the Civil Aeronautics Board
would desire to recommend the
certification of only one airline
on this route it it could obtain
the views of those in my state
who would be directly concerned
or affected by such proposed
action.”
The senator also noted the
board now has only four mem
bers, although a fifth has been
nominated and is likely to be
acted upon by the Senate within
a few days. He suggested the
board wait until it is at full
strength before ruling on a mat
ter having such far reaching ec
onomic consequences for the
i State of Oregon and the Pacific
Northwest.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Many people think that the
planet Saturn is the most beauti
ful object in the heavens when
viewed through the telescope.
When the rings of Saturn are
edgewise towards the earth they
almost disappear in small tele
scopes. This is because the rings
are very thin when observed at
such a great distance.
At first it was believed that the
rings were a thin sheet of solid
rock. Such a ring revolving rapid
ly about a planet would soon
break, just as a flywheel will
break if it is allowed to revolve
too fast. This tendency of a re
volving body to fly away from
the center is called centrifugal
force.
The rings of Saturn consist of
an innumerable number of small
bodies all revolving according to
a fixed law about the planet.
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