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The Nome nugget., 1941-02-10
EDITORIAL American Press
Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Prof. Edward L. Thorndike oi the Institute of Educational Re search of Columbia University says in Scientific Monthly, offic- iaI mouthpiece of the American Association for the Advancement of Science:
 Tt is common to speak of the newspapers of today as purely commercial enterprises managed with an eye singly to profits, which are 10 be got by circul- ation, which is to be got by en- tertainment for the masses, which is to be got by avoiding all intellectual difficulties and ap D. a ing to common passions and prejudices.
 The facts suggest that for most of the press of the United States this is a slander.
 Tt would be truer to say that the newspapers of today, with considerable disregard of tho cravings of the populacs provides a conventional mixture of facts about what has happened during the past 24 hours at home and abroad.
 Those who make newspapers apparently still in larg5 measure consider their craft to be that of getting and presenting news" "
 Ina; Dr. Thorndike states the p ain truth was never more evi- dent than today in tse United Stats.
 I, is probable that never in the history cf newspaper has NEWS with few eXcepti5ns-bean print ed so completely unhan per-d by restrictions of personal opinion.
 Tn re is a blackout Of liberty throughout the world
 But the great light of freedom still shines here.
 II burns with intensity every day in the news columns of the papers you buy,
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Pr sident Cochran declared the floor was open to discussion on he Secretary's recommendation concerning Legislative appropria Ton fer the Chamber.
 Mir Sperling spoke in favor of an appropriation by the Legisla- ture since no body has ben do- ing publicity work for Alaska other than the Territorial Cham ber MT. Rogge, who declared he felt the publicity work done by the Chamber was valuable, said he thought tn re was little likeli hood of the Legislature making 'unds available for the Cham Der.
 That the Chambers position might be strengthened by not having public money was the view eXpress.d by MT. Nordale. MT. Bartholomew spoke against Legislative appropriation, also. and said he believed the Cham ber's work should be confined to bringing bushes interests in tn Territory closer together and oth CT related activities He suggest od that perhaps the Legislature could appropriate funds for pub licity work and that the Terri iorial Chamber could offer to ad minister the funds, with a strict accounting to be made at the end of the biennium.
 The possibility of securing funds from industries was men toned by Rev. Glass;. MT. Sulli- van contended that the business men as individuals would un- doubtelly be opposed to asking for public funds for publicity work. Mir. Wahl spoke of the un- questioned value of publicity work and said that he felt the I rirtory should be interested in it's continuation and should pro-s vide some money for such work.
 Following other discussion on the subject, it was noted that a committee be appointed to con- sider the matter. President Co., chran appointed Mr. Carter as Chairman. with MT. Kilburn. MT Lloyd, Mir, Arnold and MT. Shat tuck as the other members. The committee was asked to consider various ways of financing the Territorial Chamber in the fu- ture, other than with Territorial funds.
 . Two resolutions were submitted by the Fairbanks Chamber for ref rendum vote, and the meet ing voted that the referendum be submitted to the member Cham bers.
 The Valdez Chambers request for support in their cfforts to se- cure Federal funds for the re- construction of their courthouse, which was referred to MT. Car ter's committee.
 The Executive Secretary an- nounced that he would not be candidate for reelection. To in- vestigate possibilities for a sue cessor and report back at the next biznnial meeting, President Cochran named a committee com posed of Rev. Glasse, Chairman, Mir Vanderleest and MT. Ban field (JuneauD. The committee was asked also to consider the matter of salary for the incoming Secretary.
 Correspondence regarding the possibilities of linking the Rich ardson Highway, the Anchorage Matansuka road system, and the Seward-Kenai Peninsula road system was ref.rred to the com mittee headed by Mir. Carter.
 Delegates present voted to hold the next biennial meeting on F bruary g, 1941, and the meet ing was adjourned to that date.
 Curtis G. Shattuck,
 Executive Secretary
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Minutes of Meet
 ing Of Territorial C ofC At Juneau

of the Territorial Chamber of Commerce was held in the S1n- ate Chamber. Federal and Terri torial Building, Juneau, Alaska, at 2 pm. on February 1, 1941.
 Regular Officers present were:
 o. D. Cochran of Nome, Prssi- dent.
 L. ". Ki burn of Douglas, 1st Vice-President.
 W. C. Araold of Ketchikan, 2nd Vice-Presi5ent.
 Leo Rogge of Fairbanks, 3rd Vice-Pres;dent.
 H. R. Vanderleest of Juneau, IT. asurer.
 Curtis c. Shattuck of Juneou, Executive Secretary.
 The following representatives of menb nbsr Chambers answered the rol call order by the Prasi dent:
 Anchorage Chamber, Almar J. Peterson.
 C5vdova Chamber, Harry Sper ling, Charles Carter
 Douglas Chamber, Arne Shud- shift. Calvin Poole.
 Fairbanks Chamber, Leo Rogge Hjalmar Nordale.
 Jun au Chamber, Harold Foss, Rev. A. J. c asse, Sam Paul.
 Ke.oAikan Chamber, w. C. Ar mold, Ralph Bartholomew, Frank Lloyd.
 Nome Chamber, Leroy sulli- van, Frank Whaley.
 Seward Chamber, Don Carlos B~oWnell.
 Sitka Chamber, Bob Wahl.
 Skagway Chamber, Charles Car ter.
 Guests at the meeting includ- ed Governor Erasst Gruening and Seer -tary of Alaska E. L. Bartlett.
 President Cochran declared a quorum present, in accordance with Section of the Bylaws, and ,4,e meeting in order for busi ness. The minutes of the last reg ular meetings hsld in 1889 were d.Spenses with, since represent 2tiVes had previously been fur nished with copies of the same.
 The Secretary then read an in formal biennial report, which fol lows:
 Since no normal report of the Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce is required by law as in previous bienniums when the bulk of cur funds came from Lsg IS atiVe appropriation, this report is being submitted in an informal manner.
 Due to the lack of funds with which to carry on our normal activities during the past two years, the Territorial Chamber has been unable to handle any CT its form publicity work. Since this formerly constituted the bulk of our activity, its cur tailment has resulted in rel atively inactive year with a con sequent lack. of active participa- tlon and interest of the member Chambers.
 Tn order to conserve funds. during the early part of the bi- ennium our correspondence was tuned over to the Governors of flee, the Chamber furnishing printed matter on hand while the Governors office took care ot mailing costs. Later in the bi- ennium, this arrangement was terminated by the Governors of flee and from that time until the present all mail other than inter Chamber and of an official nature has been returned to the Post Office marked refused" Had the Chamber attempted to handle all correspondence during the bien- ium, it would have been out of funds within year. By curtail-
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been true and we are ending the biennium with almost as much money as we had when the bi- ennium began.
 Dues from memb-r Chambers during the biennium totalled $575.50, which, added to our bal ancz on hand at the start of the biennium gave Us a total receipt of $l250.50. During the biennium expenditures totall d S595 ($84.l6 for Secretary's sa ary and social security fer Janusry and February, 1889; $20.0o for U. S. Chamber of Commerce dues; $20O for publicity and adper.ising; $141.04 for mimeogra2hing, print ing and Secretary's supplies; $7690 fer telegrams; $7378 for postag express and box renD. This leaves a net balance on hand at present of $654.50.
 Tt may seem peculiar to the delegates at this meeting that, although we failed to secure any Territorial money for our work during the past two years, we still have more than $650 in our treasury The main reason for this is that during the preceding bienniums approximately 75fo of all funds was us-d for publicity work on behalf of the Territory Another reason is that during the past two years we had more than amp Q funds for conducting our c her activities on the scale on which they were handled.
 'Und r cur present set-up we can reasonably expect to receive approximately $500 a biennium from member Chambers. With cur balance on hand we will have twice this amount to carry LIS through the next two years. It is my recommendation that our activities in matters relating to the welfare of the Territory De en arged as far as our funds will permit; and that we spend more time and money in work ing for legislation that will h2lp Al9ska and against that which will be harmful; and that we pay a salary of Sl0 or S15 per month to the incoming Executive Secre tary to reimburse him for his work.
 'InaSmuch as an amount ap- proximately equal to that form eTly made available by the Leg islat2rz was always spent for pub jcity and advertising. it is recommended that no request be made e the Legislature for funds this session and that the Cham Der divorce itself completely from publicity work. This organ ization can fully justify it's 5x- istence by interesting itself in the problems of the Territory, and through its mere existence 2 lowing the small business inter ests of Alaska to express them elves.
 The Chamber has served for many years as the only collec- tive voice of small resident busi ness men, and for this reason if for no other its continuation should be considered of para mount importance. The organiza- ton should feel no particular ob liget.on to continue publicity work for the Territory in view of the attitude of certain per sons toward the Chambe in the past few years.
 Should the Territorial Cham Der continue along the lines re- commended herein and should the treasury become exhausted, th9re is little question that more funds could be secured by in- creasing the dues from member Chambers. From time to time dur ing the past year several of the IT. mber Chambers have express ed their belief that our income could be increased in this way. The bulk of the extra load would fall on the larger Chambers at Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage,
Evening star., 1941-05-14

Wilson, Mr.. Thompson and Mr..
Robbins.
A resolution to bring to the at
tention of the Commissioners, the
Park and Planning Commission and
the Board of Education the need
for more Fairgrounds and recrea-
tional centers in the downtown area
was passed. Mrs. Thompson said
that there was not enough space
on the small triangles and In parks
for children to play baseball and
other games. She also pointed out
that the school Fairgrounds were
Evening star., 1941-05-14
Mrs. Thompson Reelected
Head Of Association

The Logan Thomas Circle Citi-
zens' Association last night unani-
mously elected Mrs. Frank M.
Thompson president for her 18th
consecutive term.
Also elected were w. E. Baker,
vice president; Kenneth Robbins,
secretary, and Frank M. Thomp-
son, treasurer. Although the Offices
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Of secretary and treasurer are now
combined, Mr.. Robbins pointed out
that a separate Office as treasurer
would be created at the next meet
ing, just prior to the installation
OF officers.
The association approved a reso-
luton urging a site at Fourteenth
and Upshur streets for Abbot Vo-
cational School.
A committee was appointed to
study a bill providing for a nine
member recreation board. This COM
mittee was made up of Mrs. May
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Volunteer Knitters Needed

More volunteer knitters are needed
by Bundles for Britain, headquar-
tiers of the organization in New York
City announced yesterday.
Yarn in the regulation colors-
khaki for the Army, blue for the
Navy and steel gray for the Air
Force-is available here at the
branch Office, 1901 Connecticut ave-
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nue. NV. Those who are willing TO
knit for the men of Britain's armed
forces but cannot afford to buy ma
terials are given the yarn.
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closed after school hours, and that
many children were forced to play
in the streets.
Evening star., 1941-05-14

Shanghai. China, has many
strikes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-19
Text Of Lindbeghs Speech for American Destiny

fectly sincere people whose
prime objective is TO get us into
the war. Words are, to them,
weapons to be used in any man
HeF they think will be effective,
regardless of whether truth or
falsehood is involved.
These groups are our real
enemies. They constitute our
major danger Of involvement In
the war. Against their activities,
we must be constantly on guard.
These are the people who, under
the gulse of steps short of war
have led us TO the verge of war
itself. They now demand that
we convoy ships TO England
with the American navy. II we
do this IL is inevitable that we
will have American battleshipS
sunk, and American sailors
killed. Under no guise of imagin-
alton or propaganda can this be
called a step short of war
ENGLAND DESPERATE
I'VE must face the fact that
England is in n desperate posi-
ton Up TO date she has lost
every ma ior campaign in which
she has participated. Her ship
ping losses are of utmost serious
ness, and her cities have been
devastated by bombs. Her geo
graphical and economic position
is as great disadvantage in
this age OF aircraft and sub
marines a il was an advantage
10 her in the era Of sailing ships.
Personally. l believe It will
be a tragedy TO the world--a
tragedy even 10 Germany-if
the British Empire collapses.
But ] must tell you frankly that
l believe this war was lost by
England and France even be-
fore it was declared, and that
II is not within our power in
America today TO win the war
for England. even though we
throw the entire resources of
our nation into the conflict.
With all our organization and
industry We are not and will not
be able TO transport an army
across the ocean, large enough
To invade the continent Of Eu-
rope successfully as long as
strong European armies are
there for its defense.
But thank God IL is, not
yet too late for us 10 save our
country from the chaos and the
failure Of this war. With all the
errors that have been made, and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-19

kind in every community in the
United States, Our fOrefathers
have guided this country safely
through greater dangers than
we face today. If our generation
has become so weak that we
cannot guard what they con-
quered with n fraction of our
present population. then we de-
serve to lose the heritage they
gave us.
we, in America First, must
face realities. for we are deal
ing with the hard facts of war.
But here we have one great adj
tantage over the intervention
lists. Our mission is TO clarity
the issues before the American
people. Theirs is TO confuse
them. Our mission is to build
self-confidence and strength in
America. Theirs is 10 create
fear and willingness TO be de-
pendent upon others.
REALISTIC THINNING
when we advocate an indie
pendent position for America,
the interventionists shout that
ne are defeatists because we
oppose Jumping bliudly into a
war in Europe. But / ask YOU;
Whose policy has led to defeat,
ours. or theirs? What have they
10 say about the long list Of
PROSTATE nations in Europe who.
under their leadership, Jumped
into the war hastily and uupre-
pared?
when | was cadet. learn
ing To fly, ] was taught that
success, and life itself for TINT
matter. depended upon adequate
preparation. n man took Oft
on difficult flight hastily and
unprepared, he lowered himself
In the esteem of his fellow men;
and more often than not. he
never returned from his fight.
But the interVeftionists in
America seem 10 have a differ
ent sense Of values. quite con-
trary to ours. What we called
caution. they now call coward
ice What we called prepare
ton. they call 'defeatism. And
for what We called success, they
seem TO have no name at all.
BUT again We must be re-
aliSts. These values have not
changed. we are, simply eX-
periencing the hysteria and
propaganda that come with.
major war. We must recognize
the fact that along with per-
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notwithstanding the arms S1at
have been taken from our own
military forces to send 10 Eu-
rope. the United States is still
able to defend itself against any
foreign power. But If we are TO
maintain the ability to defend
ourselves I'm the future we must
not expose our. feet in European
war zones, and we must stop
sending most OF our modern
fighting planes abroad.
FAVORABLE SOLUTION
"From a military standpoint
the United States Is more favor
ably situated than any other ma
ton In the world. In addition to
an isolated geographical position
we are highly industrialiZed; we
have great natural resources,
and a population of 1870 million
people upon which to draw for
our army, our navy. and our air
force. We have all the necessary
elements in this country TO build
a civilization that is as strong.
and permanent. and progressive
as the world has ever known.
Never before has a nation been
In as good a position to protect
and advance the ideals Of de-
mocracy and freedom. Let us
not sell such heritage for
the uncertainty of European
future and the chaos of n Euro
pean war.
we of the America First
Committee ask you TO join us In
supporting an American destiny
for this hemisphere-a destiny
not of isolation, hut of indie
pendence; not of reliance upon
others. but of strength among
ourselves; destiny that knows
no place for fear of any foreign
land"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-19
500 NeWsbOys
See Fantasia

Nearly 800 boys who deliver
The Detroit Times were guests
today at a special morning per-
Torrance Of Fantasia Walt
Disney.s celebrated color film at
the Wilson Theater.
The film presented in thrilling
Fantasound with Leopold Stokow.
ski, has among its incidents. a
scene in which Mickey Mouse. the
famous Sunday Times comic ro-
dent, tries to engage in the mystic
art Of sorcerN with humorous
results.
Afternoon and evening performs
ances Of Fantasia are being
daily at the Wilson
Theatcr.
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tee is purely American or
ganization formed to give voice
TO the hundred odd million
people in our country who OPP
pose sending our soldiers to Eu-
rope again. We believe that the
United States has been led to-
ward war by minority of its
people, through transformation
and through confusion Of the
issues involved. One o! the func-
lions OF this committee IL to
clarity the facts and issues Of
the war.
COMMITTEES PRINCIPLES
THE committees principles
are simple and broad. Our objec-
tive Is to make America i'm
pregnabIe at home, and 10 keep
out of those wars across the
sea. Some Of us. including my
self, believe that the sending Of
arms TO Europe was a mistake
that II has weakened our posi-
ton In America. that IL has
added to bl0odShed i'm European
countries, and that IL has not
changed the trend of the war.
Other members of this commit
tee have supported aid to Bri-
tain. trusting In the promises
Of our President and our Com
gres> that such aid would actu-
ally he short Of war.
The America First Commit
tee Is open to any patriotic
American citizen who opposes
Intervention, regardless of what
his attitude on aid TO BritBib
has been. ~ I said before, we
are now confronted with the
actual issue of war, aud on this
issue we take our stand.
War j. not inevitable for
this country. The claim that our
participation is inevitable Is
simply propaganda nv those who
want TO get vs. In. II we can he
forced into foreign war
against the opposition Of more
than four-ffthS Of our people.
then the idea Of representative
government and democracy will
be proved such failure at
home that there will he little
Use Of fighting for II abroad.
DECISION LEFT WITH Us
Whether or not America
enters the war Is within our
control. The decision rests upon
the shoulders Of You in this
audience, upon Us here on this
platform, upon meetings OF this
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SAID he was convinced that
Bridges was a Communist. and
would have freely admitted him
70 any secret meeting although
known Communists were warned
70 stay away from Bridges for
fear of bringing hlm into dis
repute.
The Loveiacc statement also
told his activity jn organizing his
fellow World War veterans INTO
Communist front groups and Of
boring from within the Amer
ican Legion and the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars.
Her late husband was expelled
from the Red party because be
objected TO soliciting funds from
his fellow WPA workers for the
loYaiiSt cause in Span. she testi-
fed, and she also left the party.
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Aid by u. S. Cannot
Save Eng and,
Colonel Says

Following = the text Of Col
Charles a. Lindbergh's speecl
Thursday night before a mas
meeting of the America Frs
Committee IN Chicago,
There are times in the his
tory Of n nation when its people
must give up their personal in
terests and desires, and devote
their primary attention TO the
welfare of their country. We
are going through such a time
now IN America. That is why
you and / are assembled here
tonight.
We are faced with an issue
Of as great importance as any
that ever confronted the people
of the United states. The imme-
date issue before IL is that Of
war or peace. But underlying
this ISSUE Is one of even greater
Importance. 1, this nation Of
ours, this new world of the west.
u have an independent destiny
nf lis own. or must our future
he forever entangled I'm these
endless wars between the coun-
tries of Europe
INDEPENDENT DESTINY
Il stand with those people
Who believe IN an independent
destiny for America. believe
that this coumtry j. strong
enough 10 defend itself regard
les .of what takes place in
other sections Of the porld-if
only our government will devote
its attention 10 our defense.
The time is here when those
Of us who have similar beliefs
must band together TO obtain
the strength that comes only
with organization. II is for this
reason that ! speak 10 You from
the platform OF the America
itsf Committee tonight. ! am
making ? plea Tor unity among.
the fVrces and tine people In
America who stand against our
Intervention In this MAR.
The America FIRST Commit
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ORGANIZED RED FRONTS

a statement by her husband,
Robv Lovelaco. written before his
death a month ago was read II
confirmed her story of the meet
ing and specified that the discus
sion was about Communist tactics
to prevent q lockout of San Fran
cisco'S waterfront workers
Lovelace's statement further
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