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The Nome nugget., 1941-12-01
Envoy kurusu To Be Japan's Last Offer

TOKYO - The Tokyo news paper Nichi Nichi said in its is sue recently that the trip of Sa- buro Kurusu to the United Stat es should be considered Japan's absolutely final effort toward solving the Pacific crisis.
 The paper said that the events of the next few days will have utmost significance.
 Warned Nichi Njchi: ''The Unit ed States should note the iron de termination of Japan's hundred million people. Despite our na- tions earnest desire and efforts for peace, the situation between the two countries does not allow optimism if the United States per sists in the attitude she has here tofore taken.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-01
Deemed UndemOcratic

Nichi Nichi declared that if the United States is really aiding Britain and Chungking under the name of democracy, Americans should realize that these two gov ernments are most undemocratic of all countries; especially Brit ain, which is suppressing the spirit of democracy in virtually every colony or dominion under her control
 If the people of the United States continue to insist on sup porting their leaders with mis- guided ideas, and are willing to riak clash with Japan, the Tokyo paper concluded they will find the Japanese people more than prepared to meet any chal- lenge
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-01
Copper Currency Of Alaska Natives Is Museum Exhibit

JUNEAU. Proof that Alaska Indians, before the advent of the white man, operated their financ- es strictly on a copper standard is shown in a new exhibit which made it's appearance at the Terri torial museum recently.
 Called a Tinneh, or Chiefs Cop per, it is a huge copper shield with nd-hammered decorations once used for money among the Thlinket and other Southeast Alaska tribes.
 Loaned to the museum from the private collection of Edward L. Keithan, curator, the piece is said to increase in value each time it changes hands. Some of these copper pieces, Keithan de- clares, were once traded for thousands of blankets.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-01
Report Made On Aid to England g

WASHINGTON = The Aero nautical Chamber of Commerce said recently that airplanes and war equipment worth $330,000.000 were delivered to England.
 The report said that the equip ment was delivered during the first eight months of 1941. The chamber said that airplanes and equipment worth $1.300,000,09o were contracted for under the Lease-Lend Act.
 Among materials shipped to Britain were bombing planes, fighters, pursuit ships, and train ing planes of all types.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-01
Notice of Final Settlement

In the Probate Court, Cape Nome Precinct, Territory of Al aska:
 In the Matter of the Estate of MAMIE BALL, Deceased:
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Roy Stump, Administrator with the Will annexed of the Es- tate of Mamie Ball, Deceased, has filed in said Court his Final Report and Account; and that Friday, the 30th day of January, 1942, at the hour of 10 am. at the Court Room of said Probate Court, in Nome, Alaska, has been set as the time and place for the hearing of objection, if any there be, to said Report and Account, and the sediment of the same. At said time and place, the Court will adjudicate and decree who are the heirs and distrib- utees of said estate.
 Dated: Nome, Alaska, Decem- Der 1, 1941.
 Roy Stump, Administrator
 with the Will annexed
 Publish Dec. 1, 8. 15, p, 1941.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-01
SOLDIER DECORATED FOR SAVING WOMAN

MITCHELL FIELD, N. Y, "A soldier from Caquesne, Pa, was decorated for heroism in rescu- ing a woman from a fire.
 The soldier was Staff Sergeant Mathew L. Pelicat of the 59th Pursuit Squadron. Pelicat receiv ed the medal for rescuing a Wo- man from a blazing automobile at MacPort, Pa, December 27, 1889. The medal was presented by Major E. R. Quesada, com manding officer of the 33rd Pur- suit Squadron.
 A formal review was held in honor of the occasion.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-01
Fresh Buttermilk at POlet's
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair and colder tonight and Tuesday with light northwest winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. Lowest temperature tonight 3.
The Nome nugget., 1941-12-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

certainly in a period of national emer- gency, to be alert and vigilant to meet every opportunity for service, not only because of the obligation but because of the special training which the program of Scouting gives to boys in Patrols and Troops and through the development Of qualities of leadership on the part Of older boys and Scouters."
 Giving new significance to the Boy Scout Motto: "Be Prepared!" the Scout Movement has begun intensive training for the boys in it's membership in all things which will make them more rell- ant and capable in emergency situations. Scouts are being trained in observation, identification and memory through thorough knowledge of their home com munities.
 Although in no way advocating m1ll- tary training for the forty-seven thou sand Scout Units throughout the coun- try, the Scout Movement has recognized the necessity of preparing the youth of the United States for efficient and valua- ble service to the country in time of emergency. Scout service in times of recent crisis, such as the hurricane dis asterS of New England and Florida, has shown the value of the Boy Scout train ing in first aid, signaling, pathfinding, safety and use of knife and axe.
 The Boy Scouts of America in organ izing this emergency service program has joined with 16 other organizations of the Citizenship Educational Service in issu- ing this statement: "While recognizing the urgent necessity for military prepar- edness, we are deeply convinced that the paramount need in national defense Is the strengthening and invigoration of propose to do through our respective pro- grams of activity and education"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
A Thought for Today
Lease, Lend or War?

Passage by the House of the lease lend bill was speedily accomplished once this arm of Congress settled down to the actual task of a vote on this most vital and perplexing question. It goes to the Senate now with the full weight ot the Roosevelt administration behind It and the added knowledge that con- siderable majority of the House was in favor of it. Neither of these, ot course, should be factors in the Senate vote; this body should debate the pro posed aid for Britain in the light ot momentous problem the deciding ot which may change the entire course ot the world not merely the United States.
 Opponents of the measure made every effort to cucumber the bill with pro- visions to their own liking. Actually only one such effort was realized when the House placed a definite limit on what defense material may be transferred abroad, this amount being $1,300,000,- 900. What the Senate will do in this respect remains to be seen. There will be, naturally, as many efforts in this body to amend the bill as there were in the House. But it does not seem as if they would be successful.
 One of the remarkable features at- tendant on House passage is the speed with which this major piece of legis- lation was enacted. It's barely month old as it was only introduced in Congress on January 10. It was in committee for three weeks. The Senate could pro- long discussion on it, but there seems to be an opinion throughout congress sional circles that the Senate will deal with it as rapidly as did the House And so the United States will be com mitted to an all-out aid policy for Brl- tain.
 Argue that, how you will, the fact re- mains that we have too long regarded Britain as the bulWark of democracy against the various isms that sought to cross the Atlantic that we have long since lost sight of the fact that the Britain of today isn't what she was some years ago. When this present conflict is over, it might be well for statesmen, abroad and in this nation, to examine it's causes and see wherein their coun- tries failed. We want no part of foreign dictatorship in the U. s. A. But we don't relish the shedding of blood un- necessarily.
 No man, even the President of the United States, has the right to sell Ameri- can lives for the mad-dogS of Europe. We aren't afraid to fight, but we see nothing gained in laying waste na- tion That proves nothing other than the ruthless Savagery latent m the hu- man breast. It satisfies no ambition, no lust for revenge. It produces cores bonding revenge mania in the oppressed. The lease-lend bill, we sincerely trust, will not coat us with any such baSer feelings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Speedy Work

The announcement by Governor Rob- ert A. Hurley that the state had acquired the necessary land for the airport in Windsor Locks and Suffield which will house an army air base comes within a very short time after news of the proposed project first was heard in Con- necticut This is moving fast and elim- mating governmental red tape. We hope that the federal government moves as rapidly as this in putting the land into shape and erecting the necessary build ings. Establishment of such an air base in Connecticut is going to satisfy lot of industrial executives who view the future with some misgivings.
 Another satisfied person should be Congressman J. Joseph Smith of this city. For long time the Waterbury legislator argued and fought with offi- cials at Washington trying to convince them that Connecticut needed just such a base as is now to be built and where army pursuit planes might be housed. Connecticut is too vital link in our national defense program to go without such means of protection from the threats of an invasion from without We don't doubt it one bit but what Congress man Smiths earnest efforts in the states behalf had lot to do with the final de- cision to establish the air base.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

When Congress takes time out one of these days to reapportion House mem bership, and you have to be optimistic to think it will do this, there will probably be a lot of commotion around New York City, in which voting area alone there are more than twenty congressional districts These range from small districts to very large ones. They are far from propor- tional And the same is true in many other sections of the nation where there are big cities in states and heavily-pop- ulated surrounding areas Concentra- ton of congressional strength in such areas has resulted in odd-shaped dis tricts and in districts that today are far from equal in population, which, after all, is what determines a congressional dis trict. But to get Congress to do some thing about this is difficult. However, in view of the fact that if it doesn't do something there1l be an automatic reap portionment you may find the House Seeking to squirm out of difficulties be- fore long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Defiance

The burning of Paternoster Row, Lon dons book and publishing center, by incendiary bombs is one of the wars tragedies. Its magnitude can be guessed from this: single wholesale house, Simpkin, Marshall and Company, lost 3,5O0,OOO volumes. The London Book seller" British book trade organ, stricken by this orgy of destruction, nevertheless, issued this defiant cry, which re-echoes and is worth echoing:
 Seven years have passed since the Nazis made their first bonfire of books in Germany. Maybe now, however, they have lit larger fire than they think. If it is to be an ordeal by fire, we know how to take it. Give us ten thousand incen- diary bombs raining down on our homes, our shops, our warehouses, rather than single bleak, obscene flame of book burnings in the village green"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
ALUMINIUM CORPORATION
A GREAT REsTAURATEUR
(New York Herald-Tribune)

Peter Luger, who died Tuesday, was known to thousands of .he cog noscenti as the proprietor of res- taurant that was unique. In his musty old establishment in Broad- way, Brooklyn, at the end of the Williamsburg Bridge, he served nothing but steaks as the main course. Word -of-mouth publicity made those steaks known to meat fanciers all over the country. There were no frills for MT. Luger, who was a dour old Teuton. He would have no such nonsense as table cloths and printed bills-of-fare, just as he never cluttered up his excellent kitchen with the usual miscellany of dishes. The customers came simply to eat steak. MT. Lu- ger, who was present almost every evening, would greet customers po- litely enough, but a smile was a rare thing with him, and he never indulged in fawning or back slap ping, whether the customer was a Supreme Court justice, a baseball player, visiting notable from Hol- lywood or a famished steak lover from Wall Street. They were all the same to him. His attitude seemed to say: All right. you can come in and eat if you want to, but you're not doing me any favor" He was fine man and deserves to be remembered as one of the bene- factors of humanity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

with emotion. They expected to hear walls and the declaration that life was no longer worth while. In- stead, there was silence for a mos ment and then, with smile on his face, the injured man replied, Well, doctor. when you take out that eye and put in a glass eye. want you to make sure that the glass eye has twinkle in it."
 It might be good thing if gov- ernments began decorating .people for bravery in civil life as well as in military life. If they did. they would run out of medals before they were through the first hospital. There is more heroism on our city streets, more brave hearts fighting great battles behind the walls of humble homes. in hamlets and on countrysidcs. than there is on the iield Of battle.
 Beautiful as physical courage is,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
''Be Prepared"-Boy Scout Motto

To mark its 31st birthday, the Boy Scouts of America is continuing an active program to prepare the youth of this country to take its place in dealing with world conditions.
 Scouting officials have drawn up an extensive emergency service program de- signed to make the boys of the United States of more value in tines of crisis. or. James E. West, Chief Scout Execu- tive, in announcing the plan said: Tt is the responsibility of everyone identi- lied with Scouting in norma. times, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
ALMOST TOO LATE
(New Britain Heraldl

For years Hartford and the Leg islature dilly-dallied about con- structing a second bridge across the Connecticut river at that city. Hart ford did not wish to foot the cost, and the Legislature was In doubt whether to construct such e span at Hartford or elsewhere along the river. While this delay was under way, Springfield was enjoying the benefits of three bridges across the Connecticut.
 Finally it was decided by the Leg.slature to start work.
 Now comes the need for defense, and the need for much going 70 end fro across the river. Traffic jams frequently are terrific. Is sn tho spring q flood should come, trans. portall0n would be vllally crippled ln one Of the nations most inns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

The action of Governor Hurley in hay ing his 1941-42 budget include better salaries for state employees proves what many people have often claimed, namely, that governmental employees don't enjoy the "cinch'' jobs that many workers ln other types of employment always claim for them. The average man in the street is apt to imagine or even say right out that government workers get big pay ana
 work short hours. As matter of strict fact the average employe has only in recent years come into his own in this respect. We speak now not of depart mental heads, such as appointive and elective officials, but of the average em- ploye who is in the white-collar class to be sure, but often forced to work long years before attaining respectable wage level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Selected Poem
FIELD FULL OF FLOWERS

David Morton in the New York Timeso Make much of these Their way, now, is to flourish Bright in the eye and lovely to the touch, But briefly, being of legions that will perish From eye and hand that loved, however much. Look more intently, with intenser seeing Than you are wont to give to a longer thing. Let fingers memorize these shapes of being Swayed in an air with sckles at the wing. Make much of these make much make even more Than desperate gaze and ardent hand can make Pour out your breath in adoration, pour Words that are formed to brightness for the sake or these so radiant and so doomed in time That naught can save, now. but the saving rhyme
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

there is nothing SO beautiful as moral courage. A man can throw himself against tho cannon's mouth knowing that, for good or evil, it will aii be over in c minute, but the man who faces lifelong blindness and asks for . glass eye with c twinkle ln it Is chap who knows how to take what life has to give and tO take it brayely. Life knows no greater heFolsm than this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

O114S dHO4C oA4O IA4O )AVNAA A1' become the aggressor in the South Pacific in order to divert Ameri- can attention away from Europe.
 No one knows better than the German Foreign Office that the American people are sk1ttish about having two Oceans-both Atlantic and Pacific-churned up at once. So German attempts to persuade Japan to focus Amer ican attention on the Far East are nothing new.
 Absolutely new, however, is the fact that the Japanese are in much more strategic position to take over the Malays and the Dutch East Indies two regions vital to the supply of American tin and rubber.
 For what the Japanese very quietly have done is to occupy the powerful French naval bases of Saigon and Cap St. Jacques in French Indo-China.
 In gauging possible war in the Pacific, one should remember that distance is all-impOrtant. A Japanese fleet cannot cross the Pacific to attack the United States without great risk, be- cause of distance. Nor could it have attacked Singapore, pre- viously, without grave risk, be- cause the distance from there to Japan is almost as great as from Japan to Honolulu.
 Now. however, with the French Indo- Chinese naval bases in her possession, Japan is in far bet ter position regarding Singapore and the Dutch East Indies than she would be regarding California if she occupied Hawaii.
 It still will not be a WalkaWay for Japan to take these British and Dutch possessions, because they are well fortified. However, the job is now about 50 per cent easier
 Strategy which U. s. naval experts expect Japan to follow is to begin the attack at the mo- ment Hitler begins his long ex- pected invasion of England.
 EDITORS NOTE = Tomorrow The Merry-Go-Round will de- scribe what steps, if any, have been taken to safeguard American tin supplies in case the Dutch East Indies and British Malaya are conquered.
 BRITISH BILLS
 Recent British statements re- garding the difficulty of paying for American war supplies pro- duced one repercuSSion that wasn't aired in the papers. Read- ing the news headlines, three Washington stationery dealers burst into the offices of the Brit ish Purchasing Mission, waving sheets of paper.
 q say-really-what's all the excitement abOut?" asked be- wildered official.
 The three callers confronted him with bills for stationery, ink, paper clips, etc., amounting to $7, $10 and $15.
 We want to render State- ment for those supplies you bought from us," explained a spokesman for the excited trio. we just heard Great Britain is bankrupt and we want our money"
 The British official left the room and returned with three checks.
 Most any bank will honor these checks, I am sure, gentle men," he said cordially. "The war has set us back financially, but we're still able to pay for 8 S32 stationery bill"
 LIQUIDATE THE HOLC??
 A penetrating illustration of the type of men being drafted" as advisers on the Defense Commis- sion is the confidential news letter circulated by Morton Bodfish, Of the U. S. Savings and Loan League. now an adviser on defense hoiisina.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

1. Was Vermont one of the thir- teen original states?
 2. On what river is Washington, D. C.?
 3. Who wrote the novel "Jane Eyre?
 4. Name the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte?
 5. If bird alightS on a single. uninsulated high-tension electric wire will it be electrocuted?
 6. Name the Assistant Attorney General in charge of trust bust ing"
 2. Which President of the United States was associated with the Rough Riders" cavalry regiment?
 8. Are Indians born in the United States full citizens?
 g. In which of Shakespeage's plays in the line ITO be or not to be, that is the question:?
 10. Is musk obtained from Q flower, an animal or an herb?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

maintained that it could supply all defense needs, but persuaded his chief, Defense Commissioner Stettinius, to echo his views.
 Stettinius' statement denying a shortage got a violent kickback from the Justice Department, which had made a very thorough study of the situation, and also from monopoly investigator Sena- tor O'Mahoney. Now Folsom has gone back to his Eastman Kodak Company.
 NOTE-Folsom has been suc- ceeded by his young assistant, Greenville Holden, also defend- CT of the Aluminium Corporation. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Pretty, six-year -old Janelle Johnson, daughter of Represen- tative Jed Johnson of Oklahoma, was overheard discussing boy friends" with a small playmate. Heavens, Janelle," asked Mrs. Johnson, T didn't know you had any boy-friends. Who are they?' Replied Janelle, well, my best boy-friend is President Roosevelt" .. Able young Assistant to the Attorney General Matt Mcclure is headed for a judicial appoint ment, probably the vacancy cre- ated by the recent retirement of Justice Peyton Gordon of the U. s. district court for the District of Columbia. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Sol Bloom is taking no chances of his files be- ing rif1ed regarding the Lend Lease bill. He has detectives guarding his office day and night. Copyright, 1941, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

country isn't at war, /. doesn't like the idea of having to hold out on any legitimate n e W s. But national de- fense has to be consider e d an d there's no parti- cular point t in spreading b e fore the world at large just W h ere the navy is strength ening its bases or moving its ships and men.
 Secretary Knox on T fha n O w
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
COD LIVER OIL SHORTAGE
(Boston Post)


 A challenge to the great New Eng land fishing industry is continued in the announcement at Washington that the blockade of war has cut of 95 per cent of the nations cod liver oil. The defense commission declares, furthermore, that there is an additional danger that available cod liver oil supplies will be ex- hausted. Domestic production, even if greatly expanded, it asserts, will fall short of meeting usual demands. Substitutes are called for New Eng flanders, interested in the present and future of the fish industry, can not only hope for increased produc- tion of cod liver oil here, but some degree of prosperity for the business in the manufacture of the substitute vitamin products.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Views Of The Press

portant defense sections.
 No matter how much traffic suf- fering Hartford now experiences, the new bridge will not be com- pleted for at least two more years By that time there may be consid- erably less defense work being done and considerably less traffic across the river.
 The former delay by fanatical pay-as-you-go legislators is proving costly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 8:53 e. m; sets 5:20 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The longer period Of daylight k quite np- parent this month Sunset in February conn pares with that in october. although the sun rises an hour later now than it does In the fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

theu QlaguOSAs and said that while they could save the partial sight of one eye. it would be nec- essary to remove the other eye and replace il with a glass eye.
 The doctors told the patient this with sol- c m n, b a t e q ore a tn a n q voices choked