THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at
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March 3, 1879.
Friday, June 29, 1945
COME ON NOME!
With the lag in E Bond sales, indicat
ing considerable feeling that the war is
about over and the Treasury will not
need the money—How can anyone read
the newspaper and think the war is
over?
t
OKINAWA, incomplete casualty lists,
11,260 dead or missing.
Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner killed
while at observation post on Okin
awa.
Brig. Gen. Claudius M. Easley killed
directing attack on Jap positions in
southern Okinawa.
Destroyer Mannert L. Abele sunk, and
Cruiser Nashville struck by suicide
pilots; loss of life heavy.
Lt. General Joseph Stilwell appointed
to command 10th Army, arousing
speculation of attack being planned
against Japanese on Chinese main
land if attacks on islands inadequate
to subdue foe.
Undersecretary of War Patterson
warns of bigger losses yet to come.
These items are already “history” in
the press of June 21 and 22. More tragic
news of loss of life and property will un
doubtedly come to hand by the time you
read this editorial.
There IS a war on. You need only to
read the newspaper headlines to know
I that.
Out of the $50,CI J quota set for Nome
on E bonds, last Saturday totals showed
we have only bought 44.8% or $22,437.50
GOME ON NOME!’!
TOO SIMPLE, MAYBE
(Anchorage Times)
An article in the War and the Work
ing Class reprinted by the Russian Em
bassy in Washington, admits and dis
cusses the obvious difference between
the Russian and Anglo-American defin
itions of “democracy.”
This difference, the article holds,
“should not serve as an obstacle to firm,
endurable cooperation among the Al
lies.” But in view of this difference, “it
would be hopeless to demand that de
mocracy should be built up in all coun
tries of Europe on a British or American
model.”
The obvious solution, of course, should
be to let the citizens of Europe’s various
countries decide for themselves what
type of democracy they want. Such a so
lution was implicit in the Atlantic Char
ter (to which the Soviet Union sub
scribed) and explicit in the Yalta Agree
ment in regard to Poland.
But Poland’s problem can’t seem to
get started toward settlement. And now
an official Russian publication qualifies
its original agreement on the matter by
way of four explanations.
Well, maybe that is the trouble with
simple solutions—they are too simple.
However, we hope that all concerned
will get used to the idea of simplicity as
time goes on.
_TME0U6H A 6USS DWhOV_
WASHINGTON
NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett.
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
JONES ACT WAIVERS
CONTINUED
The Treasury Department has
nerred to and has ordered contin
i nation of waivers of the Jones Act
J to enable transportation of pas- j
j sengers and freight between Alas- j
| ka ports on Canadian vessels |
through July 31.
This action, strongly urged by
Delegate Bartlett, officials of the J
Interior Department and many
Alaska organizations and individ
uals, was necessary so that waiv- j
ers allowed in 1942 would remain
effective beyond the suspension
date of May 31.
Deeming that “such action is
necessary in the conduct of the
war,” the order of the Treasury
Department specifies that sections
of the Jones Act will be waived
“to the extent necessary to permit
the transportation of passengers
on Canadian vessels between
pionts in Alaska,” and “to permit
the transportation of merchandise!
on Canadian vessels between j
ports in southeastern Alaska, j
south of Yakutat, and ports in |
British Columbia as a portion of
the transportation of that mer- j
chandise between points in Alas-!
ka and points in the continental
United States.”
The order also states that if the |
transportation of any merchandise
on a Canadian vessel is not com- j
pleted on or before midnight on
July 31, penalties prescribed in
the Jones Act will prevail.
Delegate Bartlett will urge the'
continuation of these waivers be- i
I
i yond July 31 until such time as
American bottoms are available
to render adequate service.
GOVERNORSHIP BILLS
INTRODUCED
Delegate Bartlett has introduced
two measures in the House affect
ing the office of Governor of
Alaska.
One bill provides for the elec
tion by the people of Alaska of
the governor and conforms with
the memorial of the Alaska Terri
torial Legislature passed during
the last session requesting such
action.
The other bill introduced by Mr. I
Bartlett forbids the appointment!
of any person but a resident of j
Alaska to be governor.
If favorable action is taken on
the first bill, action on the second,
of course, will not be necessary.
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE RESTORES ALAS
KA FUNDS TO INTERIOR BILL
Restoring $1,260,265 for Alaska
items to the House version of the
In'erior Appropriations bill for
1946. tfe Senate Appropriations
Committee has reported the bill
Fire Destroys WA£
Barracks Near
Fairbanks •
FAIRBANKS, June 28 —UP) —
The recently completed Ladd
Field WAC barracks near Fair
banks, reportedly the most attrac
tive women’s Army establishment
in the nation, is only a blackened
shell af’er fire swept the interior
of the entire structure Tuesday
afternoon.
Flames mushroomed so rapidly
that several of the hundred fifty
girls in the building were forced
to jump from second floor win
dows. Some personal items were
saved but many of the Wacs are
now wearing clothing from men’s
stocks until an emergency shiR
ment arrives.
Memo To Troops—
On Home Front
NEW YORK — ifP) — A recent
“Newsmap” for soldiers, prepared
by the Army Information BratfLh
of the Army Service Forces, car
ried the usual charts plus a spe
cial message: It read:
“MEMORANDUM FOR THE
ARMED FORCES
“Subject: Home Front
Production
“1. Attention is invited to the
facts and figures on home front
production submitted herewith for
your approval.
“2. The numbers mean that the
United States is turning out more
equipment than all the rest of the
countries in the world combined.
“3. The vast numbers are only
part of the story. They are the re
sult of the sweat and prayers of
millions of men and women on the
production line. That line now in
cludes boys and girls working af
ter school, housewives who place
their children in well-supervised
day nurseries while they are at
the plants, and men and women
who have come back out of re
tirement to bring the end of the
war closer.
^ The job on the home front
is to produce, transport and dis
tribute. Most of the folks at hom^
do that job with the same loyalty
and energy as you fight overseas.”
Photographs illustrated such
production statistics as: 424,000
pieces of artillery made from Jan
uary 1, 1942, to January 1, 1944;
1,160,000,000 rounds of ammuni
tion turned out in 1942 and 1943;
9,000 planse last March.
out of committee.
Action by the Senate is expected
to be favorable, and after passage
by that body the bill will go to
conference between the two
Houses.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Mozeze of 1
Nome called at the Delegate's of- 1
f cc recently. Mr. Mozee is United
States Marshal for the Second Di.
vision.