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SUMMIT TAIK
THE LIBERATOR
(From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
In a rude log hut near Hodgensville, Ky., Abraham
Lincoln was born 149 years ago today. How this child
of the backwoods, whose early years were spent in
hard physical labor, whose genius was shaped in primi
tive surroundings, rose to a stature not reached by any
statesman before or since, is now a shining chapter of
human history.
That this should be is entirely natural and ines
capable. Not alone because Lincoln was a shrewd and
skillful leader of men and successfully fought a great
civil war, nor because he was a masterful debater and
wrote immortal prose.
He was, and did, all these things and a good many
more. But there have been other statesmen who ap
proached him in these particulars.
The deep source of his greatness was something
else — the unexampled force that guided and im
pelled him. Thus he could grasp firmly a cardinal prin
ciple that escaped most men of his time: That no society
can endurse without unity, and that no unity is possible
without freedom.
When Lincoln became the 16th President, he
was the first elected 'by the Republican party, the Re
public stood in mortal danger because some of its mem
bers rejected the basic condition of unity.
The immense tragedy of the War Between the
States followed. In the early years of that conflict,
Lincoln explicitly stated his aim:
“My paramount object in this struggle is to save
the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.”
The Union was everything. But there was a con
dition to this acomplishment. Lincoln stated it thus:
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a
master. This expresses my idea of democracy. What
ever differs from this, to the extent of the difference,
is no democracy.”
He saved the Union, thus, by guaranteeing the first
requirement of its existence, democratic freedom.
And now, these things established in the minds
and (hearts of the American people, we see the fruit
of Lincoln’s labor:
A nation in all fact “concieved in liberty and dedi
cated to the proposition that all men are created equal,”
giving the world its finest example of creative unity,
moral strength and material progress.
1,1?0,000 Increase In Unemployment In
January Brings Total To W2 Million
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Chou Voluntarily
Steps Down As
Foreign Minister
HONG KONG, UPi — Peiping
radio announced today Chou En
Lai has been “relieved” as Com
munist China’s foreign minister
on his own recommendation. The
broadcast said he retained his
post as premier.
Vice Premier Chen Yi was ap
pointed to succeed Chou as for
eign minister.
The actions were taken at a
plenary session of the National
People’s Congress.
The Red radio said Chen Yi
would continue to hold his post
as a vice premier. He also is a
marshal in the Chinese Army.
Chen Yi has been a rising star
in the Peiping hierarchy since
1955.
Bartlett Introduces Bill
To Clarify Limitations On
Bonding For Alaska Cities |
WASHINGTON, UR—A bill to
clarify limitations on bonding
authority of Alaskan cities is
slated for introduction tomorrow j
by Del. Bartlett. It will specify
that limitations do not include
money due on projects built un- I
der the Alaska Public Works Act. |
Alaskan cities generally are ‘
limited in the issuance of bonds i
for public works to a ceiling of
10 per cent of assessed valuation.
Bartlett said present law is not
clear whether this is meant to in
clude money owed the federal
government in connection with
projects built under the APW act.
His proposal also would in
crease from 12Vfe million dollars
to 15 million the amount of gen
eral obligation bonds which can
be issued by the City of Anchor
age.
What Little Dogs Are Made Of
BARKING SIDE, England, UR—
If there is any justice they will
rename this place “Barking In
side,” after Mrs. Elizabeth Bun
yan’s pet mongrel puppy.
A veterinarian who operated
on the ailing dog yesterday re
moved the following objects: 3
half-pennies, 3 beer bottle caps,
2 pennies, 1 bone, 1 blue crayon,
1 large butoon, 1 set of cuff links,
1, jackstone (used by children in
the game of jacks).
The puppy, named Buster, is
recovering.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Betty Doyle, Pamela
Klein, Fanny Iokienna, Sandra
Dickman, Annie Savok, Fred
Kingik, Allen Dickman.
Discharged: Allen Jack, Sheryl
Bergamashi, Clyde Hinkle, June
Pederson, Florence Nuglene.
Since 1911 a total of 21,166,890
merit badges were earned by the
Boy Scouts of America.
PIONEER
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> WASHINGTON, W» — Unem
ployment jumped by 1,120,000
last month to a total of 4,494,000.
It was the biggest monthly rise
since World War II.
Reporting this today, the Com
merce and Labor Departments
said the increase.was about twice
the normal seasonal rise which
occurs in the post-holiday let
down. The jump reflected a fur
ther large drop in factory em
ployment. t
The monthly report disclosed
also that the average work week
declined to 38.7 hours last month,
an hour and a half shorter than
a year ago.
Because of this cut in the hours
of work, the average weekly earn
ings of factory workers dropped
by $1.47 from December to Jan
uary. At $81.27, earnings were
$1.14 lower than a year ago.
A Census Bureau official at
first said the spurt in unemploy
ment may have been the largest
on record. He added, however,
that he was unable immediately
to locate comparable figures for
the early years of the big depres
sion which started in 1929. In any
event, he said, the jump was the
biggest for any month since
World War II.
Four Killed in Crash
Of Giant B-52 Bomber
RAPID CITY, S.D., UR — Four
Air Force men and civilian em
ploye were killed when a huge
B-52 bomber skidded out of con
trol during a landing yesterday
and plowed into a radio control
blockhouse.
The eight-jet air giant assigned
to a bomber squadron at Ells
worth Air Base here, demolished
the shack and plunged it into
flames, killing the two airmen
and a civilian worker inside. Two
of the plane’s crewmen were kill
ed, and four other crew members
plus two military passengers es
caped with minor injuries.
They're Get Rid of Those
Cotton-Picking Rayon Banners
MEMPHIS, Tenn., (£1 — Those
cotton carnival' banners that flap
ped in the breeze last carnival
season are going to be destroyed.
They were made of rayon.
That firm decision was announ
ced yesterday at a meeting of the
carnival’s publicity committee,
the next Cotton Carnival begins
May 13.
The city will pick up the tab
for the new banners which will
cost several hundred dollars. And I
they’ll be 100 per cent cotton. |
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Mr. and Mrs. George Klein are j
the parents of a son born at the
hospital on Feb. 11. The father |
is with the CAA here.
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| Alaska Muskeg
Important Source
Of Peat Moss
I
SEWARD — Milo M. Palmer,
president of the United States De
velopment Company of Seattle,
was in Seward last week for a
business meeting with O. E. Dar
ling, president of the Brown &
Hawkins Commercial Co. Palm
er’s company mines and- distrib
utes peat moss for commercial
and home gardening purposes.
In talking about his Alaskan
trip Palmer said, “The peat moss
industry has grown to be a huge
business in the states. The de
mand for peat moss grows bigger
every year as American farm
lands become humus-depleted and
as new homes are built. The peat
bogs in the states that supply the
market are of limited scope and
will be mined out in another
three or four years."
Palmer said, “We have long had
our eyes on the limitless supply
of peat, or muskeg as you Alas
kans call it, here in Alaska. Our
company is following up some
experiments made by the War
Production Board during the last
war in coking peat to produce
petro chemicals. If we can devel
op efficient means of producing
peat by-products to help equalize
transportation costs, Alaskan
muskeg will be a bonanza to us.”
Palmer said, “We plan to send
an engineer to Alaska this sum
mer to cruise Alaskan muskegs to
determine if they contain good
grades of spaghnum moss which
are essential for the industry.”
Palmer will inspect the huge
muskeg areas on the Kenai Pen
insula and those around Fair
banks before returning to Seattle.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
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SCIENCE IN I
YO»S UFE I!
U
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The Flu And You *
Asian influenza is now well
launched on its unpleasant course
in many U. S. communities. It
seems probable, however, that
nowhere in the United States will
it be as severe as it was in two
widely separated countries: the
Philippine Islands and Chile.
The Philippine epidemic raged
during May and June of this year,
and the overall death rate for the
islands was 16 per
100,000 of total
population — far
higher than its
toll on the Asiatic
mainland. As
usual, these
deaths were at
tributed not to the
secondary bacterial invasions
which sometimes follow the flu.
In one test of means to combat
these secondary invaders. Dr. An
gel Florentin of the Manila Gen
eral Hospital administered the
antibiotics Terramycin and Tet
racyn to hospitalized patients as
soon as they were admitted. While
neither of these antibiotics had
any effect on the flu virus itself,
they were significantly successful
in repelling the secondary germs,
and in keeping down serious ill
ness and death.
Dr. Florentin reported his work
before the Fifth Annual Sympo
sium on Antibiotics in Washing
ton, D.C. A similar experience was
related to the Symposium by Dr.
Rogue Kraljevic of Chile, who
treated 76 flu victims with anti
biotics during the recent epidemic
in his country. He found that Sig
nemycin halted secondary infec
tions in more than 9 out of 10 pa
tients. In Dr. Kraljevic’s study,
secondary infection of the respir
atory tract was proved in all but
11 cases.