WILL TAKE CENSUS
OF WILD FOWL
WASHINGTON, (A*)—A contin
ent-wide count of wild geese and
ducks will be made Jan. 1 — 13.
The 16th annual water fowl
census—by plane, boat and land—
was announced last week by the
fish and wildlife service. It will
■be conducted by 1,300 trained ob
servers in the major wintering
i
grounds from Alaska to Guate
mala and the West Indies.
Canadian, Mexican and U. S. i
government specialists, state con- i
servation agencies and aimed
forcec pilots will take part in the
count. Air photographs of large
gropps of waterfowl will be taken
to serve as a check on the accur
acy of the estimates.
Results of the inventory, . to
gtfther with spring and summer
field investigations, will be used ;
in setting up annual hunting reg
iiImHawc
About half of the precious
manuscripts aboard the Freedom
Train which toured the country
two years ago, came from the Li
brary of Congress and the Nation
al Archives, while the remainder
was loaned by private individuals
and groups.
Anchorage Mayor
Seeks Senatorship
ANCHORAGE (/P)—Mayor Z. J.
Loussac of Anchorage announced
his candidacy Saturday for nom
ination to the Territorial Senate
on the Democratic ticket. He will
run in the April primaries.
He is the first legislative condi
date in the Third Division to an
nounce his intentions. Loussac
has another 21 months on his term
as mayor.
Two Senators and seven repre
sentatives will be nominated in
the Democratic and Republican
primaries. The general election
will be in November.
Rep. Alfred Owen. Jr., of An
chorage, previously filed as a can
didate for Territorial commission
er of labor.
The present Senators from the
Division are Victor Rivers. Demo
crat. and Gunnard Engebreth, Re
publican. Both are expected to
seek re-election.
One political point being watch
ed with interest is the choice of a
Republican to run against Con
gressional Delegate E. L. Bartlett,
who filed Friday for re-election.
Republicans have given no indica
TAX COLLECTION BRANCH
SET UP IN NOME
Norman Sommers of the depart
ment of taxation arrived from
Juneau yesterday to set up collec
tion facilities for the department
in this division.
For the convenience of taxpay
ers in the Second Division and to
increase the efficiency of the de
partment of taxation, the office of
tax assessor is now to include a
department for tax collections.
| As of today Paul Dryden has
i been appointed as divisional dep
! uty tax collector.
He will collect property tax, net
income tax, tobacco tax, amuse
ment tax as well as punchboard
stamps.
For the time being driver’s li
censes, auto licenses and school
tax will continue to be collected by
U. S. Commissioner Ted Duffield,
however, stated Mr. Sommers, in
the near future all functions in the
tax department of the Territory
will be combined.
tion of who may enter against i
him.
It is considered likely that
trasurer Henry Roden. Democrat.
will run for the post he now holds
by apponitment. He was appointed
treasurer after the resignation of
Oscar Olson.
[ More Soft Coal
| Miners Strike
PITTSBURGH, (/P)—About 43,
000 of the nation’s 400,000 soft
coal miners struck today, singling
out steel companies and one giant
mining company as targets for the
second work stoppage in 2 weeks
by United Mine Workers mem
bers.
Without explanation from either
UMW officials or rank and file,
miners refused to enter many pits
in Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama, and
Virginia.
Soft coal (bituminous) diggers
in western Pennsylvania led the
parade. More than 20,000 are idle
there in 36 * mines which have a
total productive capacity of 111,
000 tons a day.
A half dozen steel companies
and the big Pittsburgh Consolida
tion Coal Company reported their
mines were forced to close.
Practically all the 12,000 UMW
miners in eastern Ohio were stay
ing away from work. In Ken
tucky. about 1.200 idle miners
were counted.
Five thousand miners stopped
work in steel company pits in Ala
bama.
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MERIDIAN, Min.—Albert Rose.
I local jeweler, examines dramatic
proof that newspaper advertising
stimulates business. Mailman de
i livers letter ordering Elgin watch
and enclosing time-yellowed dip
ping of Rose’s old advertisment to
| illustrate watch style desired. Files
of Meridian Star, local paper, re
vealed ad was run September 29.
1940.
I
Seven Missing In
Canadian Wilds
EDMONTON, Alberta, </P) —
Canada’s air force planned to start
a search Saturday in areas of 73
below zero temperatures for seven
men who have not reported to
their Northwest Territories base
since Dec. 10.
The men, all Canadians, are dis
mantling the war-time Canol pine
line which carried oil into White
horse, 1,100 miles northwest of
Edmonton.
When last heard from, the men
had 10 days’ food left, the Royal
Canadian mounted police said.
But an official of the salvage pro
ject said he was confident they
were safe because shelters with
emergency provisions were located
at 10-mile intervals along the pipe
line. •
The air force planned to send a
search plane along the pipeline
route.
The dodo bird gets its name
from the Portugese “duodo,”
meaning “simpleton.”
. MUSIC STUDIO
Tillie Stangroom
Teacher of Piano
Call MAIN 108
Nome Directory
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Stanley R. Morgan, Pres.
Ron Brousseau, Secy.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets Firs| and
Third Thursday
each month
STANLEY R. MORGAN. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
ORDER OF THE
WALRUS
NOME, ALASKA »
WES WELCH, Pres.
A. L. WALKER, Secy.
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40