American government is that
‘‘taxation without representation”
is tyranny. But in the nation’s cap
ital "taxation without representa
tion” is the regular policy. Con
gress votes the taxes. But the hun- •
dreds of thousands of citizens of
Washington, D. C., have no voice
in the election of members "of Con
gress or any other public officials.
Nome Army Air
Base Sidelights
We have a set of twins in the
A ACS detachment which is rather
rane in one detachment. They are
Felix and Philip Comiers. One is
a former paratrooper with the
the Eleventh Airborne, and the
latter was a flight radio operator.
Felix is now a Message Center
man and Philip is a DF Operator.
This week is a slow one in the
Tenth Rescue. Sgt. Ramsay took
a few of the fellows down to the
gym the other evening to practice
basketball. The 1883rd beat us last
Sunday in softball. Oh well, the
best sometimes go down, but we
are still in second place. We are
happy to announce that Sgt.
Black of this organization was
presented a 7 pound baby boy by
his wife the fifth of July. Con
gratulations. “Pop.”
There’s great rejoicing in Hq.
Det. these days, what with seven
promotions to celebrate. Ex-Pri
vates First Class Tom Maier, Har
ry Prigg, Tams Whitson, Giocchi
no Clemente, Roy Noonan, Dick
Fiscus, and Tom Siler, have joined
the ranks of two-stripers. Much
activity has been noted as the boys
hurriedly stitch on that extra
stripe. Congratulations, fellas; the
cigars are fine. The detachment
will shorlty be losing Sgt. Vernon
Smith. He is re-enlisting in the ci
vilians.
T/5 Dewey Stokes has left
Nome for discharge, after spend
ing nine months here in the base
fire department. It will soon be
moving day for most of the En
gineer Detachment. In order to
consolidate the outfit, it has been
decided to move from building 319
to 326, the civilian barracks.
Last Tuesday was a happy day
for the Signal Corps, for it final
ly got paid. Although it wasn’t a
full pay, it was something to get
the things most vitally needed.
The cards and dice were brought
out into the light and some of the
boys piled up a goodly sum, while
several of the men left the game
in the red. All in all, everybody
stayed out of trouble and still had
a good time.
The top bit of news from the
Base Quartermaster Detachment
is centered around the promotions
which were granted this week. T/5
Dan Toppero got his long awaited
T4 boost while planning on his
departure homeward next week.
T/5 Stanley Horlacher and Del
fino (Poncho) Cantu also got their
T/4 ratings. Pfcs. Alvin Amman
and Fred S. Penner climbed the
ladder to T/5. Pfc. Ben Sterling
will represent the QM for compe
tition at the horse-shoe tourna
ment at Anchorage.
The 761st MP Det regrets the
Portland To Fly
Milk To Nome
—
PORTLAND, Ore., (/P) — Two i
thousand quarts of milk will be
flown weekly to Nome, Alaska,
A. V. Larsen, dairy manager here
said today.
He said his firm now is sending j
900 quarts weekly and the number
is to be stepped up.
He said it would retail at
around 50 cents a quart compared
with 17 cents here.
loss of Cpl. George Inzaina who
has gone to the States for dis
charge as he was a very proficient
member of our organization. Sgt.
Till returned from a very exciting
fishing trip this week and from
his reports the fish were large and
plentiful. He seems to have had
his share of the fun also as he
brought back a nice string of fish
as evidence. Pfc. Price recently
won a place on the team to repre
sent this base at the horseshoe
tournament being held at Anchor
age next week and is looking for
ward to a very interesting trip.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
MET WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Pioneers of Alaska held
their regular Wednesday meeting. I
Andy Nordlind gave a talk about
his trip to Norway and Sweden
and stated that they seemed to be |
getting along allright, but that j
England was the place that he
noted seemed short of food, cloth
ing and most of everything.
A. O. Lundberg, pioneer of Can
dle, who has just left the hospi
*al, where he has been for some
time, told of his plans of going
back to Candle, settling up his af
fairs and then taking a leisurely
trip out, stopping at all the Alas
kan towns he could on the way.
He is looking forward to a visit
at Sitka where he will see many
old friends at the Pioneer Home.
MR. AND MRS. DON WRIGHT
BACK FROM HONEYMOON
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wright re
turned from their honeymoon at
Coffee Creek Wednesday and
state they were treated royally
with real frontier hospitality.
They had the pleasure of a side
trip to the Silver Bow rpine oper
ated by Herb Jenks and Co.
VISITORS AT
RbTARY LUNCHEON
Visitors at the regular weekly
luncheon of the Nome Rotary
Club were W. H. “Dan” Lhamon,
sponsor of the Nome Club; Capt.
H. Moulthrop, of the Nome Air
Base; Ben Hagglund, of the Cater
pillar Tractor Co., from the fac
tory, and Roy Douglas, manufac
turers representative.
During the business part of the
meeting president Chris Roust told
the members that the date set for
the presidents assembly for all
Alaskan clubs was July 29-30, and
would be held in Fairbanks, ac
cording to word received from
District Governor, Frank Daugh
erty, of Victoria, B. C. A meeting
of the board of directors of the
club will be called to authorize
the president and secretary to at
tend the conference.
GUN PLAY
DALLAS, Tex. </P)—She said
she thought the man had been
drinking. Ann Bramblett told po
lice that a man driving a black
convertible pulled up beside her
Good Will Tour
Reaches Juneau
JUNEAU, (JP) — Mayor C. Val
Fawcett and 14 Tacoma business
men arrived here yesterday on a
l'lying goodwill trip through the
Territory.
After a get-together today with
chamber of commerce officials
and merchants, the party was to
leave for Ketchikan, the last stop.
'In Anchorage yesterday, T. A.
Stevenson, manager of the Taco
ma chamber of commerce, told
business men that work has been
started “to get our products to the
Territory."
“Tacoma has long felt shipping
rates to Alaska are much too
high,” he said. “The city also be
grudges the fact that steamship
companies made no provision to
pick up freight in our city. It has
to be sent to Seattle by truck.”'
i as she waited for a bus, drew’ a
water pistol and emptied it in her
! face.
The Alaska Steamship Company
is now serving Alaska with seventeen
ships.
Heading the list are Alaska’s long-time
friends, the passenger steamers Aleutian,
Baranof and Denali and the freighter
Victoria, The Aleutian and Baranof are
sailing from Seattle on alternate Satur
days for Southeastern and Southwestern
Alaska ports. The Denali sails from Seat
tle every third Thursday on the Kodiak
Island-Cook Inlet Route.
Comparative newcomers to The
Alaska Line flag are the motor vessels
Coastal Monarch, Diamond Knot, Flem
ish Knot, Jumper Hitch, Reef Knot,
Ring Splice, Rose Knot, Square Knot and
Terminal Knot, and the steamers Cape
Victory, Edmond Mallet, Peter J. Mc
Guire and Harold D. Whitehead. These
ships, being operated under charter from
the United States Maritime Commis
sion, with the Victoria, are serving
Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska
ports, the Kodiak Island-Cook Inlet
Route, the Bristol Bay and Bering Sea
areas. Sailings from Seattle average one a
week, with more frequent service at
rush periods.
The long experience which the Alaska
Steamship Company has in serving the
needs of Alaska’s people and industries is
being put to full use in the scheduling of
this large fleet so that it will operate to
the greatest advantage of Alaska.