THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at
the postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1879.
Friday, September 7, 1945
BACK TO sbhbOL
Education and Labor leaders and or
ganizations are sponsoring a Back-to
Sphool drive throughout the United
States and Alaska. The drive has the ap
proval of the War Mobilization and Re
conversion Commissions. In order for a
drive to succeed it must have a purpose.
The purpose is to put in school all ’teen
age boys and girls who have not com
pleted their high school education.
During the war, child labor has been
on the up-grade and school enrollments
have been diminishing. Now, child labor
must cease in favor of education, and
make way for the homecoming veterans
who will be needing the jobs vacated by
youth.
Youth under the age of 18 years must
take advantage of the opportunities af
forded by our national programs. It is the
patriotic thing today for yo^ith to prepare
for a better future in the world at peace.
The youth of today must rule the world
of tomorrow. Do it better through thor
ough education.
THE AMERICAN WAY
(Alaska Weekly)
It is a sad commentary on our times
that so many people are looking forward
with acute anxiety to the return home of
our troops.
A great deal of this uneasiness as to the
future can be traced directly to the mouth
ings of professional and amateur trou
blemakers, who wish to make our people
fearful—to serve their own devious ends.
What we need is confidence .. .
Confidence in ourselves, in our democ
racy,
Our way of doing things made us the
most powerful nation in the world in
war; it can make us pre-eminent, also,
in peace.
We must carry-that truth in our hearts
and in our heads—we must act upon it,
as individuals, and express it.
One group that is doing so now con
sists of our manufacturers. They have
confidence in America and its future—
and they are backing it with their cold
cash.
They have thier plans laid right now,
according to a Department of Commerce
survey, for a nine-billion-dollar expan
sion program in the next 12 months.
Unquestionably the going is to be
tough in the months ahead. None but the
most foolish optimist would expect that
we can step from war to peace without
very serious dislocations of our economy.
But, no one who is sound in his Ameri
canism will doubt our ability to take it
• in our stride.
Labor and management made an envi
able record in supplying our troops and
our Allies with the materials for victory
in war. They can do it in peace if they
continue to present a united front.
Let us face the future with courage
and confidence as befits Americans who
are determined to work out America’s
! destiny the American way.
BACK TO SCHOOL
WASHINGTON
NEWSLETTER
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ALASKA Pr-TT>EKTi
Alaska residents who have
served in the Aleut;ans, the Prib
ilof Islands and the Alaska Penin
sula west of the 154th meridian
will be eligible for overseas cred
it in computing points for d’s
charge f^om the army, according
to information released to Dele
gate Bartlett by the War Depart
ment.
Overseas credi* w:H be baced
on a personal certifica'e f’-o’n tKe
resident sold er st3tin? he has
served in one or more of the areas
while on assignment in Alaska.
This is necessary, according to the
War Department, because each
soldier’s record showing duty in
the Territory does not indicate
the exact locality of that service.
The army s point system for
discharge at the present time lim
its a soldier’s discharge poiftts to
those accumulated up to May 12,
but it is anticipated that at an
early date recomputation will be
made to allow credit for service
beyond May 12. When this pro
cedure is established, such recom
putation will apply likewise to
Alaska residents serving in the
Aleutians, Pribilofs and the Alas
ka Peninsula.
This new order revises the pre
vious army ruling that overseas
credit would not be allowed to
residents of territories and posses
sions of the United States for pe
riods of service within the terri
tory or possession of a soldier’s
residence, and is the result of nu
merous pro'ests made against the
ruling by Delegate Bartlett, Gov
ernor Gruening and other inter
ested residents of Alaska, both
soldiers and civilians.
The new ruling will not affect
the procedure which gives Alaska
residents serving in the States
overseas credit for such service.
AIR TRANSPORTATION
An advisory report submitted
by examiners to the Civil Aero
nautics Board in connection with
the establishment of new and. ad
ditional air transportation be
tween the United States and Alas
ka recommends the following:
1. That a certificate be issued
to Northwest Airlines, Inc., au
thorizing service for a period of 7
years between the co-terminal
points New York and Chicago and
the terminal point Manila via the
intermediate points Edmonton,
Canada; Anchorage, Alaska; Para
mushiro, Kurile Islands; Tokyo,
Japan; Shanghai, China; and the
British Crown Colony of Hong
Kong.
2. That a certificate be issued
to Alaska Airlines authorizing
service between the terminal
point Anchorage, Alaska, via the
intermediate points Juneau,
Ketchikan, and the terminal point
Seattle; subject to the condition
that the holder thereof shall not
engage in the carriage of local
traffic between Juneau and Ketch
ikan.
3. That Pan American's three
certificates authorizing service
between Seattle and Fairbanks be
consolidated into one certificate
redesignating Juneau and White
horse as intermediate points and
| naming Seattle and Tairbanks as
i terminal points.
i 4. That Pan American’s cert|(i
' ca e be amended to include An
t borage as an intermediate point
between Juneau and Fairbanks
no'er. o the condition hat local
traPi;- between Anchorage and
j. rS'i] he carried only
or f >» t= oridnat'ng or ‘ermlnat
4 Sea tie.
", That the appl'caions in all
other respects be denied.
These recommendations affect
ing Alaska were embodied in a
report which also included recom
mendations for issuance of certifi
cates to engage in air transporta-.#
tion between the United States
and the Orient. In the proceeding,
Pan American. United Air Lines
Western Air Lines, Alaska Air
l'nes and Woodley Airways sought
new or additional air transporta
t:on services between the United 4
States and Alaska. Northwest Air
lines, Pennsylvania Central Air
lines and Transcontinental and
Western Air also proposed service
to Alaska in conjunction with
their proposals for service to the
Orient.
It is to be understood that the
report of the examiners is not the
opinion or decision of the Civil*
Aeronautics Board but an advis
ory report. Exceptions to the rec
ommendations of the examiners
may be filed by applicants with
the Board by September 11. after
which time the Board will reach
its own decision. The Board’s de
cision is subject to the approval of *
! the President.
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VISITOR
Ensign William J. Wrede <yf the
Coast Guard was a visitor in
| Washington on a leave from his
base at Norfolk. Virginia. Wrede
especially is well-known, in Fair
banks, Circle Springs and Juneau.
In Juneau he was with the Unem
ployment Compensation Commit
sion. He enlisted in- the Coast
J
! Guard three years ago and was
one of twenty-six non-commis
i sioned supply officers throughout
the entire Coast Guard establish
ment to be selected for commis
sion. Wrede expects to go over
j seas soon.
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