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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered ns second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Parents Have Great Responsibilities ...
CHILDREN OUT LATE at night or during the early
morning sometimes face situations they are un
prepared to handle properly. Most parents realize this
and begin worrying when their youngsters have not
arrived home at the hour they were told to. These
parents soon start phoning and hunting for the young
ster, and if they fail in this, notify the police to be on
the lookout.
There are a few parents, and fortunately in Nome
the number of these is small, who fail to take their
parental responsibilities as seriously as they should.
They allow their youngsters to go and come at all
hours and seemly are unconcerned if their teen-age
son or daughter is out all night roaming the streets
and alleys or doing whatever may strike the child’s
fancy. This is most unfair to the child because it allows
him or her to form poor habits and become subject
to possible probable injurious moral and physical in
fluences.
Local officials know that if this very small
minority of parents continue to fail in their responsi
bility to their children, some serious incident will
occur. Not only that, but the fact that a few young
sters are allowed to do much as they please, makes it
all the more difficult for those whose parents insist
on stable habits and conduct of their Children.
Consequently, local authorities are taking steps
to improve the situation. They are asking the co
operation of all parents, and in extreme cases are ap
plying the law which provides penalties ranging up to
thirty days in jail and a fine of $300 for those who al
low their children to roam about at all hours of the
day or night. This does not apply to those whose chil
dren have legitimate errands or who are properly
supervised 'between the hours of 10 p. m. and 6 a. m.
Some parents have already been penalized. With
this information published it is hoped there will not
be any more.
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To Northwestern Alaska Sines 1904
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TWO ALASKANS START
SECOND TERM IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTIN Ut) — Alaska
started its second term state
representation in Congress as a
Senaor and Congressman, were
sworn in for second terms at the
opening of the 87th Congress.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett, Democrat,
who won a two-year term after
statehood, was elected to a full
six years last November.
Rep. Ralph J. Rivers, also a
Democrat, was returned for a
second time.
Americans are still a restless
people, even though the frontier
has disappeared. One of every
five U. S. families moved to a
new dwelling last year.
THIS FLAG POLE SITTER
CARRIED A LOT OF WEIGHT
ROCKFORD, 111. UP) — John
Gregory, 28, a flag pole sitter who
weighs nearly 500 pounds, was
lifted off his lofty perch at a shop
ping center with a crane after he
became ill Friday.
Gregory, of Janesville, Wis.,
mounted the 45-foot high platform
83 days ago in an effort to break
his old record of 211 days, set in
1958 at Fort Smith, Ark. He had
hoped to stay aloft 222 days.
Are fat ladies more easy-goingy
than fat men? Some researchers
think so. However, this is only
true if the fat lady has the sense
to wear a girdle and shoes that
fit her.
CUTS HUSBAND'S THROAT
SAVES HIS LIFE
CASPER, Wyo. UP — Mrs. Paul
English of Calgary, Alta., cut her
husband’s throat with a razor
blade to save his life.
The incident occurred at Path
finder Dam, 50 miles southwest
of here, on Christmas Eve. It
didn’t become known until a
Casper physician told of it Fri
day.
English was unable to breathe
because of a flareup in an old
throat injury. Before a physician
could reach him, English instruct
ed his wife how to open his
throat with a razor blade so he
could get air.
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