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, June 15, 1945
in the United States who have not seen combat service,
will be transferred to the Pacific Theatre. Nearly half
of the men in Europe who are destined for the Pacific,
will be routed through the United States, with fur
i loughs granted when possible. Other service troops
will be deployed to Asia for the building of bases and
airfields.
All forces will be maintained at full strength in or
! der that the final victory will be the winning of the true
peace, and will b^ achieved at the earliest possible
moment.
• In order to accomplish this end, redeployment will
cause considerable inconvenience to those on the home
fron*, in that travel will be even more restricted than at
present. We must assist in every way possible, in par
ticular by staying at home.
Waits 3 Years To
Revisit Guam;
Misses Bv 1 Mile
0
By Bill Hafferi. Sp.lc. WSCGR
j (A Coast Guard Correspondent)
Aboard a Coast Guard Assault
Transport En Route From Guam
(Special)—Joe had plenty of rea
sons for wanting to get back to
Guam. His girl, three sisters, and
two brothers were there. Joe is a
steward’s mate now serving as
mess boy for the captain aboard
this Coast Guard assault trans
port.
A native Chamorro of Guam
with an American citizenship. Joe
joined the Service in September
of 1941. Four months later he was
in Pearl Harbor when the Japs at
tacked. He was in the hospital re
covering from a slight ailment and
! saw bed-ridden patients cut down
1 as they attempted to escape from
a wing.
Fifteen months later he was a
survivor of the carrier Lexington
when it was sunk in the Coral Sea
by Jap planes. It took Joe 47 min
utes to gain the upper deck and
jump over the side.
Joe had not heard from his fam
ily since the Japs invaded Guam
shortly after Pearl Harbor. When
this ship was picked to participate
in the retaking of the islands he
was overjoyed. Marines told him
he would soon be with his family
and that they would keep them
from harm if possible. All civil
ians had been warned beforehand
by leaflets thrown from planes to
get back into the hills before the
bombardment began.
As Joe’s Coast Guard ship ap
proached Guam, he stood quietly
at the railing. Came debarkation
time and troops filed over the side
and,into landing craft.
“Now must be the time. I will
see. my family again,” said Joe.
But the captain shook his head
and told Joe that the be«)£h was
still unsafe, and Joe went back to
the rail. There he stood patiently
with a big sheath knife hanging
from his belt, as he had vowed
that he would “let” Jap blood.
Suddenly a messenger dashed
to the captain. Immediately there
was a bustle and Joe heard the or*
der, “Prepare to get underway.”
The ship had received orders to
return to a central Pacific base.
He had traveled so far. He had
1 • .» ••
waited so long to get back home,
bpt he never traveled that last
mile.
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CALL HIM SCOFFLAW?
. BOGOTA— (JP) —Claiming Co
lombia needs engineers more than
lawyers, Deputy Mario Ruiz Ca
macho recently offered a bill to
close law schools for five years
and establish engineering schools.
Law studies here are broader than
’n the United States and give the
equivalent of a general college
ducation.
WASHINGTON
NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett,
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
DELEGATE AND
PRESIDENT CONFER
Delegate Bartlett discussed wilh
President Truman at the White
House recently problems concern
ing Alaska with special emphasis
on a sound development program
looking toward postwar settle
ment in Alaska.
Mr. Bartlett found the Presi
dent to be unusually well-inform
ed on the Territory and was great
ly encouraged by the President’s
evident interest. Mr. Bartlett had
previously met and talked several
times with the President when he
was Vice-President.
IMMIGRATION INSPECTION
OF STEAMER PASSENGERS
TO END
As the result of strong protests
made by Delegate Bartlett against
the procedure, the examination by
Immigration officials of persons
travelling to and from Alaska will
be discontinued.
, for the construction of sixty pri
j vately financed housing units in
j Fairbanks and one hundred such
units in Anchorage, according to
advice given Delegate Bartlett by
officials of the FHA.
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE
CORPORATION TO MAKE
LOAN TO BUSINESS ENTER
PRISES
In a move designed to stimulate
expansion of business throughout
the United States, its territories
and possessions, the Reconstrucion
Finance Corporation has formu
lated plans for loans to business
enterprises in amounts of $250,000.
This program constitutes a
blanket plan of participation with
banks, subject to the approval of
the RFC, and the Corporation will
participate in the plan to the ex
tent of 75% of loans and the banks
to the extent of 25%. The words
“business enterprise’’ include all
industrial or commercial con
"b
cerns, regardless of the nature of
their legal entities, that are pri
vatly owned and operated for
profit, and exclude all charitable,
religious and social agencies or
societies and other similar organ
izations.
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OUR DADS AT THE FRONT
Sunday, June 17, is Father’s Day, a day on which
American fathers are being honored.
American fathers are doing it again! Yes, on every
front, American fathers are doing what once seemed
impossible. From our brave fathers on the fighting
front to the fathers working in war plants, on farms and
elsewhere on the home front is coming forth the super
human effort that is paying dividends in battles won,
and in more ships, more planes, more food, and more of
the things needed to make certain we are fighting a
winning war.
In no way discounting all of the supreme efforts
being put forth on all fronts, we hereby wish to pay
special tribute on this coming Sunday, June 17th, to
the American Father, for the outstanding job he has
done on the fighting front, and the home front, in pro
ducing food, materials and supplies, for our Armed
Forces and those of our Allies.
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BILL FOR FLOOD CONTROL
OF GOLD CREEK, ALASKA,
INTRODUCED
Delegate Bartlett has intro
duced a bill authorizing prelim
inary examination and survey to
be made of Gold Creek and its
tributaries, Juneau, Alaska, by the
War Department for control of
floods and by the Department of
Agriculure for run-off and water
flow retardation and soil erosion
prevention on the watershed of
the Creek.
Chairman Whittington of the
House Committee on Flood Con
trol has assured the Delegate that
this measure will be included in
the omnibus flood control bill to be
introduced later this year if action
on Mr. Bartlett’s measure has not
by that time been taken.
Service men^and women to the
number of 101,404,042 have at
tended 257,226 dance sessions at
USO clubs in the four years since
they l ave been in operation, says
th National War Fund which fi
nances the work of USO.
The revised regulations are now
awaiting, approval of the Attorney
General and will become effective
on the first day of the month fol
lowing the date of issuance.
NORTH STAR TO RETURN TO
SERVICE WITH INDIAN
AFFAIRS
Officials of the Office of Indian
Affairs have informed Mr. Bart
lett that the North Star, formerly
a ship of that office, which has
been in the service of the Navy
for the last several years, is being
returned to its original ownership.
The North Star is now being re
fitted in Seattle by the Navy and
will be turned over to the Office
of Indian Affairs in time to re
sume service this summer. The
ship operates as a supply vessel
stoppihg at "points along the codst
of Alaska as far north as Point
Barrow.
CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING
UNITS APPROVED ■“
The Federal Hous ng Adminis
tration has given final approval
and priorities have been arranged
REDEPLOYMENT IS A PROBLEM
The roar of battle has died in Europe and the Allied
nations have been victorious over a foe who would have
forbidden freedom in any sense.
We are most certainly aware of grave responsibili
ties that lie ahead of us for the rehabilitation of a war
torn continent. Nonetheless are we aware, that there
remains another great step before we will be able to
claim the ultimate victory in the Pacific. .
With undaunted faith we must continue the job so
well begun—working in complete harmony—so that the
whole world can be made safe for all freedom-'oving
people.
Most of the remaining troops in Europe, and those