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THE RED CROSS began op-....
erafions in Australia on Aug.
13, 1914 as a branch of the
British Red Cross to help the
wounded in World War 1.
To pay pribute to the or
ganization on the 40th anni
versary of the Australian
branch a special 3Vi-pence
stamp will be issued June 9.
Did you ever plan on having an
accident?
Of course not . . . but accidents
happen every day . . . and when
they occur, knowing what to do
may make the difference between
life and death.
Red Cross training in First Aid
and Home Nursing gives this val
uable knowledge. You make this
training possible throxigh your
membership in Red Cross.
You make other help possible—
to the victims of disaster, to ser
vicemen, and to persons who need
blood.
Your membership in Red Cross
means you were there.
Answer the Call . . . Join and
Serve.
New Election Ordered for
New York Longshoremen
In Labor Control Dispute
WASHINGTON, UP*—The Na
tional Labor Relations Board yes
terday ordered a new bargaining
rights election—to be held before
May 26—between rival New York
Harbor longshoremen’s unions.
The two rival unions have been
scrapping for more than . six
months for labor control of the
New York piers. One is the Inter
national Longshoremen’s Associa
tion i ILA) and the other is a new
AFL union with the same name,
formed after the ILA was ousted
by the AFL on charges that it
contained a criminal element.
The NLRB held a previous elec
tion between the two rival labor
groups last December 22 and 23.
The ballotting, however, was set
aside by the NLRB on April 1
because of violence and threats
which the NLRB found made a
free election impossible.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
LOOKING
AHEAD
by Dr. George S. Benson
DIRECTOR - NATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Searcy, Arkansas
CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM
A group of 50 people sat in a
small private motion picture pre
view room in New York City re
cently. They watched intently as
a sound slide film entitled “The
Future of America” was given its
national preview. At the end of
the 25-mipute presentation, a man
sitting near the rear of the room
turned to the person on his right.
“This story makes me a piker,” he
said. “I’ve been uncertain about
our economic future, and so I’ve
been holding back on building a
new home. Now I’m going ahead
and build.”
The thing that had eased his
uncertainty about America’s eco
nomic future was a dramatized
story of our dynamic economy, the
measure of its continuing growth,
its unlimited frontiers with their
ever-widening opportunities for
all Americans.
Displaying the Facts
A great deal of research into
the American economy was done
in the producing of this film.
Here are some o-f the facts:
In 1953 there were 4,000,000
babies born in the U.S.A. That’s
a record. And our people are liv
ing longer than ever before. By
1950 our population will be ap
proximately 180,000,000. Con
stantly more jobs are being creat
ed. Total employment, including
agriculture, was 62,000,000 last
September. This is 17,000,000
more jobs than existed in 1939.
Grov/th Everywhere
Although our population has
had a net shift of almost six mil
lion away from the farms since
1940, we have at the same time
increased our farm production to
higher levels than ever before.
We have 80 percent more high
school graduates in our popula
tion than in 1940. School enroll
ment totaled 32,796,000 last year.
College enrollment has increased
55 percent since 1940.
Technological Progress
We’re making great technologi
cal progress. Today only 5 percent
of the work done is manual; 95
percent is done by machines.
We’re eating better. We’re
drinking 18 percent more milk
per person, eating 33 percent more
eggs, and 5 percent moTe meat,
fish and poultry per person than
we were at the end of World War
II. Forty-million Americans this
year will get paid vacations. We
have entered the Atomic Age and
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Three Famous Americans
Will Participate In U of A
Baccalaureate Exercises
Three distinguished Americans
will participate in the University
of Alaska baccalaureate exercises
May 16 and commencement May
17. Dr. Andrew Nerland, president
of the Board of Regents an
nounced recently.
They will be Dr. Henry Schmitz,
president of the University of
Washington; Judge George W.
Folta, U.S. district judge, First
Judicial Division of Alaska, and
Colonel Bernt Balchen, arctic pi
lot-explorer.
Dr. Nerland said both the bac
calaureate and commencement
exercises will be in the university
gymnasium. He invites the public
to attend and said the university
is anxious for a large turnout of
Fairbanksans and other Alaskan
residents to honor the graduates.
Train Wreck in Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany, UP)—
Five persons were reported killed
and 60 injured Tuesday when a
German commuter train side
swiped the Scandinavian Express
at nearby Hanau.
are witnessing a miraculous ad
vance in industrial chemistry.
Jet and rocket-propelled trans
portation, amazing developments
in electronics, and great new ad
vances in medicine and surgery
give indications of continuing pro
gress unmatched in all history.
Creating Needs
With this dynamic growth there
is being created the need for vast
new construction and production.
The public school facilities of the
nation must be substantially ex
panded, more and better highways
built, millions of new homes con
structed; and factory production
to meet the needs of our growing
population must be greatly ■ ex
panded. A million new jobs each
year—or more—must be created
to keep pace. These will require
the investment of $10,000 per jo'b
by business and industry, or $10
billion in new capital each yeai\
When all the facts are reviewed
our citizens can be enthusiastic
about the economic potential of
our nation. There is only one big
IF in the picture. These advances
are sure to come IF we safeguard
the basic elements of the Ameri
can private enterprise system, and
give it the freedom and incentives
that keep its life and strength
surging forward.
NOW f So Much Value
for So Little Money!
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Jewelry Store
— NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS —
FRONT STREET
GARAGE AND
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Corner of Steadman & Front St.
^ Phone Main 31 ^
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TUESDAY (freight only)
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ARRIVE NOME DEPART NOME
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WEDNESDAY
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