GRACE O'CONNOR. HAYCOCK
TEACHER. IN NOME
Miss Grace O’Connor, teacher
at Haycock, Alaska, came to Nome
yesterday, bringing a small native
child, Nina Sigfried, from Golovin
for hospitalization.
MARSHALL LOVETT
IN TOWN ON BUSINESS
Marshall Lovett, chief account
ant for the Alaska Airlines, ar
rived in town yesterday on offi
cial business.
The Navy’s most serious loss in
volving combat vessels in World
War I was the sinking of the Coast
Guard cutter Tampa, which had
been cited for commendation by
both the Navy and the British Ad
miralty. All hands, a total of 115
persons,. perished, 111 of them
Coast Guardsmen. Of 350 ships
the Coast Guard cutter Tampa
had guarded in 18 convoys be
tween the United Kingdom and
Gibraltar, only two were lost by
enemy action.
New Cable-Controlled
“Caterpillar” 'Dozers And
Scrapers Now Available
Cable-controlled bulldozers and
scrapers, announced as an addi
tion to Caterpillar Tractor Co.’s
line of products more than a year
ago, are now in production as the
result of a lifting of WPB restric
tions, it is announced by Northern
Commercial Company, local dis
tributor for “Caterpillar” prod
ucts.
Delivery of bulldozers for ‘Cat
erpillar” Diesel D8, D7 and D6
rtack-type Tractors is scheduled
late this year with delivery of the
scrapers in several sizes sched
uled for early 1946.
Manufacture of the bulldozers
and scrapers marks “Caterpillar’s”
entry into this field of indusrty.
Matched in capacity to the power
of the tractor and matched in de
sign, materials and workmanship
to the high quality of other Com
pany products, they are priced in
keeping with “Caterpillar’s” pol
icy of building the best possible
machines to be sold to the user
at reasonable prices.
The new products which have
been subjected to thorough testing
on the Company’s proving grounds
and at numerous locations
throughout the United States,
will be sold and serviced through
“Caterpillar” dealers, making it
possible to provide the customer
with a complete “package” of ma
chinery for earthmoving needs.
Among the outstanding advan
tgaes of “Caterpillar” bulldozers
are: balanced design, great capa
city rigid construction, elimina
tion of “A” frame, reinforced
blade, easy digging, enclosed op
erating cables long-life cutting
edges, easy blade adjustments,
quick mounting, correctly grooved
sheaves, long cable life, safe oper
ation, fine visibility, high lift, low
drop straight or angling cut, unit
manufacture and one service
source.
According to Company officials,
shipments of “Caterpillar” equip
ment to dealers have increased
steadily in recent months, and an
increase over the present produc
tion of “Caterpillar” Diesel DW10
high-speed rubber-tired earthmov
ing tractors is scheduled for 1946.
HERE’S WHAT IT COSTS
TO END A WAR!
It takes money, and lots of it,
to stop a war, which is a major
reason for the Victory Loan. Here
are some official figures:
On the night that Japan sur
rendered, the War Department
sent out 37,300 telgerams cancel
ling work on some 83,000 con
tracts for a total of $17,500,000,000
worth of undelivered munitions
and supplies.
The same night, the Navy sent
out 12,000 termination notices.
These, with further notices sent
out, cancelled 50,000 contracts
with a value of $7,000,000,000.
The Maritime Commission can
celled construction of 135 ships.
The National Housing Agency
cancelled 44 projects with a total
of $8,800,000. The Office of De
fense Plants cancelled construe
tion work and acquisition of
equipment for 750 War Depart
ment projects, 129 Navy Depart
ment projects and 40 War Pro
duction Board projects.
Now all of the cancellations
mean money settlements with the
contractors—some for work prac
tically completed, some for ma
terials assembled, some for the
drawing of plans.
In only the first three weeks af
ter Japan’s surrender, contracts
with a face value of approximate
ly $40,000,000,000 awaited settle
ment. Fixed-price contracts com
prise $30,000,000,000 ol' this
amount; the rest are cost-plus con
tracts. In order to close out all
these contracts within a year,
$4,000,000,000 must be cleared
each month.
Yes, it takes money to end a
war.—BUY VICTORY BONDS
of a GREAT NEW
“CATERPILLAR” LINE
“Caterpillar” Bulldozers are here—first in a mighty
line of earthmoving equipment designed, built and
\backed by the same manufacturer that makes the
tractors which power it; sold and serviced by a single
dealer; developed to bring you still greater advan
tages in getting “lowest costs on earth”.
Forty years of “Caterpillar” earthmoving exper
ience has gone into these complete-package bull
dozers built to give perfect balance between power,
traction and blade capacity; to include every
design feature learned on the toughest tasks of
war and peace; to insure one high standard of
material and workmanship and to provide the
top performance and long life which are tradi
tional with “Caterpillar” products.
Proved in laboratory, on test field, and on the
l world’s toughest jobs, “Caterpillar” Bulldozers
l are now ready to prove their advantages,
\ stamina and long life on your jobs.
Bulldozers mill) these Outstanding
BALANCED DESIGN
GREAT CAPACITY
RIGID CONSTRUCTION
REINFORCED BLADE
EASY DIGGING
ENCLOSED OPERATING
CABLES
LONG LIFE CUTTING
EDGES
EASY BLADE
ADJUSTMENTS
QUICK MOUNTING
UNIT MANUFACTURE
ONE SERVICE SOURCE
CORRECTLY GROOVED
SHEAVES
LONG CABLE LIFE
SAFE OPERATION
FINE VISIBILITY
HIGH LIFT
LOW DROP
STRAIGHT OR
ANGLING CUT
We will gladly give you lull
information on these rugged
earthmovers. Better still, we
will help you get them at the
earliest possible date. See us.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
NOME FAIRBANKS ANCHORAGE
Nome Phone — MAIN 22
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