THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday by The
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
Nome, Alaska
Telephone: Main 125 P* O* ®ox
SI.50 PER MONTH $16.0(^A YEAR
W. A. and EMILY BOUCHER.Editors
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice at
Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. _
Wednesday, October 3, 1945_
APPRECIATION
In accordance with rules and regulations set forth by
Congress, newspapers throughout the nation must pub
lish a statement of ownership and management. Else
where on this page you will find the necessary sworn
statement as to such ownership.
The Nome Nugget cannot wish for greater reward or
recognition than that its unity of purpose and interest
with the people, and its willingness to advance the cause
of the community, is brought forth in the form of popu
lar support to carry on with a job well worth doing.
We sincerely thank our patrons and hope for their
continued support.
Wilfred A. and Emily Boucher.
THE INLAND ROUTE
(Anchorage Times)
That Anchorage should be pleased with the recom
mendations is obvious. This city will have all three ma
jor airlines stopping here—two from Seattle and one
from Chicago. That other cities should also approve the
recommendations is a bit more difficult to see, but their
interest is substantial.
In Anchorage there is confidence that those cities
with a full understanding of the issues will be quick to
join in opposing the Seattle program.
The inland route to Chicago would provide Alaska s
first outlet to the States other than through Seattle.
Through its establishment the Territory would enjoy
much development otherwise not possible. The direct
route would give Alaska its first opportunity to enjoy
the business of tourists and sportsmen east of the Mis
sissippi, a group rarely represented among visitors in
the past. These visitors could come to Anchorage and
travel by connecting planes to any hunting and fishing
grounds in western Alaska quickly and economically. I
How far they would travel is a matter oi speculation,
but it is entirely reasonable to expect that they would
visit the major points of interest while they are in the
Territory
The inland route would furnish a triangle tour by air.
Instead of returning home by the same route the visi
tors would return by the coastal route to Seattle, stop
ping off at Juneau, Ketchikan and other points to enjoy
the scenery, hunting and fishing.
In addition to opening up new tourist and sportsman
travel to Alaska, the inland route would give Alaska its
first direct trade and commerce channel to the eastern
part of the nation. For the first time Alaskans could
choose whether to confine their business to the west
coast. Naturally the air route would not carry heavy
freight, at least not in the immediate future. But it
would aid materially in the movement of documents,
mail, personnel and air express covering the business
W The^nland route would also give Alaskans their first
direct service to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and
other medical centers, a service that has been found
highly desirable because of the continual emergenc
Which occur. Alaskans can readily see the desirability
°^The AnchorageVChamber of Commerce has not hesi
tated to press the Alaska point of view against all odds.
K nSttempting to secure the position of Alaska—
and'that3 meansPany point the Civil Aeronautics Board
may select—on the main line between the States and
the Orient.
2. It is attempting to secure its own position on that
route, as anv other city would.
3. That other cities, by opposing the proposed route,
are acting contrary to the best interests of Alaska as a
whole—interests that transcend the importance of An
chorage or any selfish interest on the part of this city.
WINGS OVER ALASKA
(Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
It was appropriate that, right in the middle of the
Seattle-Chicago debate over airline routes to the Orient,
three of the Army’s mighty B-29 long range bombers
should wing their way over Alaska on a non_stop flight
from Japan to the United States. They were bound for
Washington, D. C., although they fell short of their mark
and made Chicago.
What the big planes were out to prove was not an
nounced immediately, but it probably had little connec
tion with the tempest that was generated by the CAB
examiner’s report favoring Chicago as the hopping off
point for the Orient. But there is considerable about the
flight that bears on the question at hand, nevertheless.
The B-29s were out to bridge the distance between
two cities that are widely separated on the globe. They
naturally chose the shortest route, using the time-hon
ored “great circle” method. They planned no stop, so
what cities that route passed over was of little concern.
Through the natural course of these events the planes1
passed over Fairbanks.
The planes of course had planned no stop. They were (
carrying gasoline for the whole trip, together with such
passengers as could be safely included. If they had been
carrying pay loads they would have scheduled at least
one stop enroute, for airlines dislike using their gasoline
just to carry more gasoline instead of passengers and j
cargo. The stop would have been made at Fairbanks.
Now Tokyo is the easternmost of all the Oriental cap
itals. To run the “great circle” course to any of the
others would take the planes even farther north than
Fairbanks, that is, if the flights were to be non-stop.
The half-way stop would be off course, a little to the
south, at Fairbanks.
In regard to Seattle’s claims, an earlier B-29 produced
some facts. Flying from Iwo Jima, also on a “great cir
cle” route, non-stop, that plane passed south of Alaska,
over water all the way. Alaska can draw a conclusion
from that, while the rest of the country is noting that
the plane from Iwo Jima flew 5,490 miles to Spokane
on the west coast while by the Alaskan route it is only
6,500 miles to the east coast.
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT A SOLDIER !
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Of The Nome Nugget, published
i thrice-weekly at Nome, Alaska,
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Territory of Alaska
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Nome Publishing Co.
Before me, a Deputy Clerk of
the District Court in and for the
Territory and Division aforesaid,
personally appeared Wilfred A.
Boucher, who, having been duly
sworn acording to law, deposes
and says that he is the Editor and
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Address, Box 618, Nome, Alaska.
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(SEAL) NORVIN W. LEWIS
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L. S. PETERS NEW DIRECTOR
OF NATIVE RESOURCES
Mr. Doug Johnson, of the local
office of the Reindeer Service, in
forms us that the office previously
held by Mr. Sydney Rood in Jun
eau, as Reindeer Supervisor, has
been discontinued by the Depart
ment of Interior, and consolidated
into the office of the Director ol
Native Resources. Mr. L. C
Peters, the newly appointed Di
rector of Native Resources, for
merly with the Native Organizifl
tion and Credit Department, wil
manage reindeer affairs alon{
with the other duties of his office