Communication
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Nome Nugget,
Gentlemen:
The Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce located in j
Nome has undertaken with the
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce
to enter the Rate Hearing Case.
This is a fight to prevent the
steamship companies from increas- j
ing the freight rates to Alaska as [
much as from ninety to one hun-,
dred per cent.
All bodies and all cities and
towns in Alaska have undertaken
this fight. The Alaska Delevop
ment Board has hired at the ex
pense of $12,500 a Washington, D.
C., attorney to present the case.
Furthermore, the Nome and Fair
banks Chambers of Commerce
have arranged to have Mr. Nor
man Stines, a former Nomeite, to
represent them at the hearings in '
Washington. Mr. Stines was presi- j
dent of the Miners and Merchants
Bank, the manager of the Ham
mond Consolidated Company at
that time and recently was the
representative of the War Produc
tion Board in Alaska.
We are asked to raise whatever
funds is possible but we have ob
ligated ourselves to pay $400
toward this expense.
The success of our fight against
this freight increase is of great
importance and value to you and
every individual in the Territory, j
Therefore, if you find it possible
to make some subscription toward
defraying this expense, it will be
very much appreciated and prop
erly used.
Any of your contribu t i o n s
should be mailed to Dick Webb,
Treasurer of the N.W.A. Chamber
of Commerce, Nome, Alaska. Mr.
Webb, as you know, is the man
ager of the Wien Alaska Airlines.
Respectfully yours,
M. S. “Duke” Mitrovich,
Vice President
N.W.A. Chamber of Commerce
ARCTIC CLUB HELD
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The members of the Arctic Club
met at the Territorial School Do
mestic Science rooms last Monday
evening to hold their annual meet
ing and election of officers. After
a pot luck supper, under the chair
manslvip of Mrs. Frank Bingham,
who was assisted by Mrs. Frank
Love, Mrs. A. D. Stormfeltz and
Mrs. William McDonald, the meet
ing was called to order by Presi
dent Duke Mitrovich.
Committee reports showed the
organization to be in good finan
cial condition, with many activi
ties. New members elected to the
board were Walter Glavinovich,
Jane Galvin and Frank Love.
Plans were discussed for the
program for the coming year. Di
rector Jane Galvin was in favor
of a masquerade party to start off
the activities. Disposal of the ten
nis court was discussed, as it has
been undermined by the storm,
and recommendations were made
by the committee to remove the
court. An explanation of the club’s
activities in connection with the
coming fair was given by A. Polet
in connection with the Kennel
Club dog races.
It was announced by the presi
dent that a building had been
purchased from the U. S. Army
for a clubhouse, and was ready to
move in as soon as a favorable lot
could be found.
The meeting adjourned after
Mrs. N. Cameron complimented
the committee for the delicious
food served.
Printing was done even before
we had paper, according to En
cyclopaedia Britannica. Tradition
has it that paper was invented in
China in 105 A.D., while printing
was carried on before that date in
the form of rubbings from inscrip
tions and the use of stencils and
stamps applied to silk and other
mediums.
ROSEMARY’S
HAND LAUNDRY
In Paterson Hotel
will open
MONDAY, FEB. 11th
MOVING
HEAVY HAULING - FREIGHTING
Done by
JACK BULLOCK and CHARLES O LEARY
Our Equipment Is Available'
Call RED 41
TlieyYe The Tops!
By DOROTHY ROE
, Associated Press Fashion Editor
Fashion tops are making life rosy for girls who want their
glamor on a budget. Sold at neckwear counters and priced from
$5 to $10, they are gay little gilets which slip on over the head,
tie neatly around the waist, and make a complete blouse to dress
up a suit or a skirt. Some are in tailored styles, to go with suits.
Others are strictly on the glitter side, to wear with evening
skirts. Pictured here are three styles <1. to r.>: White crepe “top”
with wide black band and midriff; evening version in pastel or
vivid colors studded with silver nailheads; Victorian “top” in
crisp white lace with quaint ruffled bertha.
STRIKE IS ON
THE STRIKER
WASHINGTON — Strikes cost
the companies money. In most in
stances they cost the public, the
consumers, considerable depriva
tion, if not money. But the man
who really pays for the strikes
while they’re in progress is the
striker.
There is a rather general mis
conception that the unions pay the
strikers while they are making
their no-work demonstration. Ex
cept in the cases of a few compar
atively small old-line unions that
have built up tremendous strike
funds, out of which they can pay
the strikers a meager $10 to $15
a week, this isn’t so.
All unions have strike funds. In
some instances these run into mil
lions of dollars. But unless the lo
cal union welfare committee de
termines that the striker is des
perately in need of help, neither
he nor his family gets any finan
cial aid. *
What happens then to a striker?
He draws on his savings. He gets
credit. If the strike drags out, he
goes on the soup line, provided
either by his union or by the local
chapters of welfare organizations.
In the General Motors strike in
Detroit and other cities observers
tell me that there have been very
few cases of eviction. The land
lord waits for his rent. The grocer
extends credit, not only carrying
the striker on his books, but often
contributing to strike kitchens
and emergency relief.
It is only in rare cases that a
striker takes a’temporary job dur
ing a strike. Within a union this
is frowned upon. He doesn’t loaf.
He works on the picket lines or
otherwise does strike chores, but
ne doesn’t get paid for it.
Life, health, hospital and other
insurance benefits must be met by
the striking workers. In a few in
To Expand Airmail j
Service in Alaska
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—(£>)—
The House appropriations com
mittee allowed the postoffice de
partment three hundred seventy-1
five thousand dollars to expand
airmail service in Alaska. The de-1
partment told the committee the
people of the Territory want bet-,
ter than once a month mail deliv-:
ery. It also costs more to operate
airmail service than previously
Superintendent Stephenson of
the division of railway adjust-!
ments said a seven days a week
route was planned between Jun
eau and Anchorage to cut twelve
hours from the present trip sched
ule. He added that ninety-five per
cent of the mail service in Alaska |
is by plane. He said he had re
ceived a request for the establish
ment of a postoffice on Little Dio
mede island. He said forty airmail
routes operated nine dog team and
eight motor vehicles.
stances, the companies maintain;
the worker’s share of these pay- j
ments, taking it out of the pay of
the striker after he returns to the
job.
It’s apparent that any worker
who has been on strike for any
length of time is going to have to
work months and maybe longer
than that to make up for his ac
crued debts. This is something
union officials don’t care to talk
about. When they discuss it at all,
they admit off the record that
some injustices result, but that in
j the long run it’s a question of the
j greatest good for the greatest
I number.
The workers, I’m told, aren’t
particularly disturbed by this
monetary inequity. They figure
that it may take them a year to
make up for losses incurred by a
strike, but that the increase in pay
eventually will mean enough to
compensate for whatever they
have had to put out.
Sale Date Changed
To Feb. 18tli
The Territorial Surplus Proper
ty office is now open in the Jury.
Room of the Federal bldg., and
has phene Main 10.
Vernon Hilliker, Territ o r i a 1
chief of merchandising division
will arrive today to officiate in
the opening of the sale.
Due to recent weather condi
tions and unexpected delays, the
official opening of the sale will be
advanced to Feb. 18, instead of
Feb. 15, as previously announced.
This will give the people of the
Nome area a better opportunity to
inspect the surplus commodities
before making their selections.
Sales lists are available at the
Surplus Property office, or the
Nome Nugget office.
Carl C. Marcy, acting veterans’
counselor, announced honorably
discharged veterans may contact
him at any time for special con
sideration in purchases of war
surplus materials.
Carl Marcy, hars asked for a
meeting of the veterans to be held
at 7 o’clock tonight in his office,
so that he may advise them about
their special rights and privileges
in the purchase of surpluses which
are being placed on sale.
Rioting Breaks Out
In Calcutta
CALCUTTA, Feb. 13 — —
British troops quieted the rioting
of Hindus and Moslems in Cal
cutta, as the city’s second out
break of destruction within two
and a half months subsided, after
taking a toll of at least twenty
two dead and more than two hun
dred injured. Soldiers are in con
trol of the city.
The rioting was in protest
against the seven-year sentence
passed on a Jap officer who spon
sored the “Indian National Army.”
Yesterday’s injured included 18
U. S. soldiers and 20 policemen.