THE NOME NUGGET
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Altered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at
the postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
_Wednesday, July 18,1945
PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES
(Business Action)
The position of new employees under
going probationary employment is clari
fied by an interpretation of the Selective
Service Act by Director Lewis B. Her
shey.
In certain industries, labor agreements
provide that new employees are to be
considered probationary for the first
three months of employment and subject
to discharge by management at any time
during this period. When the probation
ary period has been completed, the em
ployee’s seniority dates from the period
of original hiring.
Director Hershey indicated that any
person whose employment status is un
certain because of his probationary peri
od would be in a temporary position.
Where the element of uncertainty is ab
sent, the position is not temporary even
though the worker may be called proba
tionary.
The native son movement seems to
have reached an approximate zenith in
the southwest, where two states are ar
guing as to which has produced the big
gest nut.—Boston Herald.
RACE DISCRIMINATION
(Editor and Publisher)
The* government of this country, or
any other country, cannot legislate away
the racial or religious prejudices and
opinions of the people, however strong
or weak they might be. Only an educa
tional program through the school and
church will promote racial and religious
tolerance. Human nature being what it
is, a few laws on the books may force the
people to comply if the penalties are se
vere, but never will it correct the pre
judices and opinions carried within. And
such smoldering feelings are dangerous.
The Ives-Quinn anti-discrimination
bill probably will become law in New
York State. It sets up a permanent com
mission charged with the duty of wiping
out discrimination in employment on the
grounds of race, creed, color, religion or
national origin and make some discri
minatory practices followed by employ
ers, labor unions or employment agen
cies unlawful. This is a ponderous task,
but the commission might be successful.
It will not be successful if it believes that
by forcing people to hire, or work with,
other people of different color or relig
ion it is going to wipe out whatever pre
judices might exist in their minds. In our
opinion, it will make those prejudices
more volatile.
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English is a fascinating language, as
witness the pronounciation of “through,”
“cough,” “though,” tough” and “bough.”
—Memphis Commercial Appeal.
A Pullman window is like draw poker
—it takes jacks or better to open.
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HOLLYWOOD
STAR-LITES
By CHUCK COCHARD
HOLLYWOOD — In tka Spot
light — When Summer Carnes —
someone tore a month off the cal
endar by mistake—and summer
came to Hollywood early this year
... . High fogs arrive promptlyj
and stay late ... the OPA clamps
down on summer rates for Malibu,
cottages—right next to the movie
stars famous Picture Colony . . .
Van Johnson flees from a mob of
Bobby Soxers at a Glendale pre
view (a nearby city where pic
tures get a critical audience).
Red, White and Blue shorts and
bras appear on Hollywood Boule-1
vard (where a pretty girl is as j
common as a summer cold) . . . <
Seven more 20th Century-Fox
actresses retire temporarily to
await the Stork (’tis rumored this
studio will shortly put a clause of
“no babies” in the contracts of its
stars and starlets) . . . Bogart and j
Lauren Bacall rename their boat
. . . Crosby breaks in 11 new
pipes . . . Police chase spooners
off Mulholland dam (which over
looks the film city) . . . Van John
son finally cornered by Bobby
Soxers at the Brown Derby in
Hollywood.
Hollywood Bowl management
dusts off the moon and stars for
“summer concerts under them” j
. . . Sun tan oil makers declare an j
extra dividend . . . Vera Vague, I
the old hen of the radio and'
beauty in real life, gets 97 marri- !
age proposals a day by mail ... I
Thief makes off with seven Santa
Claus Lane tin Christmas trees
from warehouse and sanity com
mission is called in by police.
Betty Grable does a love scene
—and the overhead sprinklers are
set off . . . Weatherman predicts
more fogs for June, July, August
and September . . . Hays office
orders three-eighths of an inch
off the Swagger on the hips of
Red Riding Hood in the film car- 1
toon . . . Bob Hope takes out more
insurance on Jerry Colonna’s mus
tache . . . Jack Benny pays Roch
ester in full to date . . . First
peaches arrive from Yucaipa Val
ley.
Lucille Ball has blossomed out
into a full-fledged comedienne.
. . . Motion Picture Makers, major
and otherwise, are on a buying
spree . . . Reports have it that
four of the larger plants are bid
ding for the script on “Happiness,”
from the novel by Mildred Cram,
with $250,000 proffered, thus far
—and it wasn’t so long ago that
$100,000 was tops for movie rights
. . . M-G-M has bought the bare
outline of a new novel, “The
Crystal Girl” . . . RKO has ac
I quired screen rights to “All
Kneeling,” published in 1828 by
Harpers.
Nome Directory
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STANLEY R. MORGAN. N.G.
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HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phono Main 40
O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Name, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome. Alaska.
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6386
Speaking of Cinderellas, male—
Jack Morton signed as actor at
Warners after 12 years on the lot
doing everythnig else but . . . Ver
onica Lake and Director Andre
DeToth expecting again and hunt
ing a larger house . . . Susanna
Foster and Franchot Tone co-star
in “Once Upon A Dream” . . .
Barbara Stanwyck and Robert
Cummings will co-star in “The
Bride Wore Boots” ... Is that all?
Ho hum . . . Jane Russell, who
started her picture career several
years ago in a picture never re
leased, is finally before the cam
eras in Hunt Stromberg's “Young
Widow” . . . Teresa Wright is back
in pictures after a layoff on ac
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count of a stork visit playing ap
posite Brian Donlevy in “Too
Good To Be True.”
Ickes Asks
Clarification
Of Status
WASHINGTON, July 18——
Ickes will be the next member of
President Truman’s official fam
ily to ask for a clarification of his
status. This was learned definite
ly today together with the fact
that if a satisfacory reply is not
forthcoming there will be little
chance that Ickes will remain as
Secretary of the Interior and only
slightly more likelihood that he
will go to London on the Anglo
American oil treaty mission, de
spite President Truman’s recent
announcement that Ickes would
make the trip to work out the
final draft of the new oil agree
ment.
The cabinet officer is known to
have no plans yet on the London
visit. It is possible, however, he
will accept the assignment in any
event because he also is Petrole
um Administrator for War.