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CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3,( 1879.
Subscribers not receiving their paper by 5:30 p.m. call
Main 125 for special delivery. After 5:30 call Black 102.
MORE CATCHING UP TO BE DONE
GOODBYE, HUCK FINN
Stephen Foster’s “Olid Black Joe” is a piece of
immortal Americana, loved and sung by tens of mil
lions of people over the generations. But it has been
banned from certain radio networks—on the ground
that it contains racially offensive phrases.
Now the New York City Board of Education has
taken “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from its
approved textbook list for grade and junior high
schools. A great many excellent critics regard Huck
Finn as the greatest of all American novels, and prac
tically all put it very high on the short list of genuine
classics. The New York Times reports a publisher as
saying the book was banned because, like Stephen
Foster’s wonderful old song, it was held to contain
racially offensive material.
There is only one logical end to such a trend., All
literary and musical material which happens to offend
anyone should be banned—whether those offended are
white men, yellow men or black men; Protestant,
Catholics or Jews; businessmen or labor leaders, and
so on ad infinitum. Then we can all live in a cultural
vacuum comparable to the Dark Ages.
Montreal-Post Express
Flies Off Rails, Killing
Engineer and Fireman
MEDFORD, Mass. IP)—The crack
Montreal - Boston express train
“Redwing” was wrecked yester
day in a derailment at a highway
overpass in this suburb six miles
north of Boston.
The engineer and fireman were
killed and about a score of pas
sengers injured.
One half of the two-section die
sel locomotive plunged over the
side of a brigde to the street 15 to
18 feet below.
Tracks and ties were torn up
for a quarter of a mile from the
bridge back to a siding switch.
It was a nine-car train.
— POOL PLAYERS —
Mukluk Pool Hall
OPEN 12 NOON
TO 12 MIDNIGHT DjyiLY
STUDENT OFFICERS AT
SHELDON JACKSON COLLEGE
At recent elections of student
body officers at Sheldon Jackson
Junior College at Sitka, several
students from Savoonga andKot
zabue were elected as class offi
cers for this year. They are:
Joe Pungowiyi, treasurer of the
Student Council and also of the
Junior Class; Paul Rookok, trea
surer of the Sophomore Class;
Caleb Pungowiyi, treasurer of the
Freshman Class.
Women’s Society
Plans Reception
For Hospital Staff
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service is sponsoring an in
formal reception next Sunday
evening honoring the staff of the
MMM Hospital, its superinten
dent, Opal Catlin, and the mem
bers of the Hospital Advisory
Board.
The affair will be held at the
Lavinia Wallace Young Commun
ity Recreation Center (the build
ing facing 3rd Ave.).
The time of the reception will
be from 8:15 to 10:00 p.m., Sun
day, Nov. 24th.
Hospital Board
The following persons are mem
bers of the hospital board:
Mrs. Andrew Nerland, Robert
Baldwin, Mike Walsh, Willie Se
nungetuk, Mrs. Fred Larsen, Rus
sell Hermann, Mrs. Emily Bou
cher, Mrs. Fredrik Bockman, and
Steffen Andersen.
Hospital Staff
Dr. William A. Woodcock, Mrs.
Opal Catlin, R.N., administrator;
The following registered nurses:
Eleanor Anderson, Marie Cote',
Mary Garrett, Ellen Rueff, Lucie
Okpealuk, Gwendolyn Dick, Car
oline Rostik, and Jean Cutting;
Shirley Bailey, practical nurse;
The following nurses’ aides;
Fanny Iokienna, Marion Olan
na, Ruth Teayoumeok, Pauline
Tocktoo, Mary Galley, and Elean
, or Walker;
Janitors John Kiminock Jr.,
Mike Sirloak and Roy Komakuk;
Wallace Mclvor, maintenance;
Silverio Ruiz, cook; Norma Al
exander and Louise Price, kitch
en helpers.
The office staff consisting of
Mrs. Ann Crawford, Mrs. Audrey
Rauch and Nancy Davis;
Laundry staff: Viola Ailuk,
Mary Pushruk, Agatha Patunac;
Chas. D. Jones, secretary for
Igloo No. 1, says: “I am swamped
with correspondence from resi
dents of Fairbanks, Anchorage,
Juneau and other locations, re
questing hotel reservations for
Roof Garden Week, the first week
in December.” What the Mardi
Gras is to New Orleans, the Roof
Garden is to Nome. Charlie
should know, he helped to organ
ize the first Roof Garden a half
century ago. —Pd. Advt.
PIONEER
WATER
DELIVERY
Phone Black 150
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
Alaska Steam Names
Advertising Manager
SEATTLE UP>—S. G. “Sid” Hay
man is named advertising mana
ger of Alaska Steamship Co., Mel
ville McKinstry, company vice
president and general manager,
announced tbday.
The Alaska Line’s advertising
program has been placed under
the company’s service department
that Hayman heads up, McKin
stry pointed out. •
Hayman first joined Alaska
Steam in 1934. He has served in
the line’s freight, traffic and gen- i
eral manager’s office.
WEATHER FORECAST
Rain and drizzle tonight and
Thursday with easterly winds 15
to 20 mph beginning tonight. Low
temperature expected tonight 30,
and the high tomorrow 30 to 35.
HOME ARTS CLUB
BAKE SALE SET
FOR SATURDAY
The Home Arts Club has an
nounced a Bake Sale for Saturday
to be held at the Northern Corti
mercial Co. store.
This annual event is given by
this women’s club for the purpose
of raising funds which will be
used for lunch tickets for needy
children. j
Anyone wishing to contribute
or have baked goods on Saturday
to be picked up may call Mrs.
Nels Swanberg or Mrs. Joanne
Lambreeht.
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