THE NOME NUGGET
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Nome. Alaska
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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, July 6, 1945
ARE WE LETTING THE BOYS DOWN?
Seventh War Loan sales for Alaska,
through June 30, total $3,508,957, of
which E sales are $1,428,867.50. Individ
uals other than E $1,021,006, and corpo
rations $1,059,083.50.
The following six communities are
over one hundred percent of E quotas:
Palmer, Wrangell, Metlakahtla, Seward,
Valdez, and Yakutat. All the other com
munities in Alaska are below quotas.
Nome has bought only $25,343 E
bonds — HALF OF QUOTA! Do we
want the boys “over there” to just half
whip Japan?
Aircraft Again Beats Schedule
Aircraft production went over the top
of quota in May for the third consecutive
month. While the schedule called for
6,345 planes, production for the month
totaled 6,354. Even with recently an
nounced cutbacks, the combined aircraft
program of the Army Air Forces and the
Navy calls for a production rate in the
i—4- ,-4.-, tixic jcai uniy percent
lower than that of the first quarter. This
means that the aircraft industry will
still face a heavy production load.
WAR CRIMINALS
The U. S. 15th Army in Germany, on
the 29th of June, hanged three civilian
war criminals. The civilians were ar
rested and convicted as war criminals by
an American court in a Heinbach pris
on. The crime was the bludgeon-killing
of an American Airman who parachuted
from a flaming bomber over German
territory last August.
Two of the men on trial, admitted the
clubbing to death of the American flyer,
while the third admitted shooting the
airman through the head and neck.
When these three men went to the gal
lows they made the request that the
American Government should take care
of their families, and were content to die
after bieng told that their families would
not suffer because of the crime for which
they, the three men, were about to die.
With this story there should be an ex
planation. It seems that there must be
something behind the German people
aside from Nazism. Now that they need
no longer fear the Gestapo, the German
people are becoming almost reverent in
their attitude toward the American
Armed Forces in the treatment which
they have received at the hands of the
American soldier.
Inching Ahead On Refrigeration
Approximately 17,000 jobs will result
from the production of 265,000 domestic
mechanical refrigerators scheduled for
the third quarter of 1945. The order
which controlled the production of do
mestic mechanical refrigerators was re
cently revoked but the order controlling
the sale, transfer, and delivery of all new
domestic mechanical refrigerators, re
mains unchanged.
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! WASHINGTON
NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett.
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
ARMY DISCHARGE POINT SYS
TEM FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS
Seating “careful consideration”
I has been given to the many ap
neals made by Delegate Bartlett,
Governor Gruening, soldiers and
civilians protesting against the
i War Department’s policy of not
allowing overseas credit for Alas
ka residents serving in the Aleu
tians and other parts of the Terri
tory, the Adjutant General of the
Army, General Ulio, has informed
the Delegate that it is the Depart
ment’s belief that the present plan
provides “the fairest and most im
partial treatment to all concerned.
His letter is quoted below:
“I am sure you will be inter
ested to know that the policy be
hind the provision ... is based
upon the same reason which does
not credit residents of the United
States with overseas credit for
service within the continental
United States. Although individ
ual cases will vary, in general, a
man serving in the country or ter
ritory of his residence is in a bet
tor position than one sevring out
side of such country or territory.
However, your atteniton is in
vited to the fact that a resident of
; a territory who serves outside the
I geographical limits of that terri
tory, including service in the
United States, is given overseas
credit for the period during which
he is outside the territory.
FEDERAL PAY RATES
The new basic rate is computed
by adding 20 percent of the first
$1200 of the present basic rate,
plus 10 percent on everything be
tween $1200 and $4600, and 5 per
cent over $4600. The overitme
rate is computed at true time and
one-half up to and including $2980
basic salary; that is, 30 percent is
added to the new basic salary for
the 48-hour week, or 15 percent
for 44 hours. Over $2980 the rate
and percentage will diminish.
HOUSE COMMITTEES PREPARE
FOR TRIPS TO ALASKA
Recognizing the ever-increasing
national importance of the Terri,
tory, two committees of the House I
of Representatives have been au
thorized to make inspection trips
to Alaska this summer for reports ,
to the Congress on Alaska’s po- |
litical, economic and social status.'
The first group will comprise j
the Interior Department subcom
mittee of the House Appropria-1
tions Committee which will leave ,
Seattle on July 15 to study all
subjects, such as fisheries, land, |
natives, under the jurisdiction of
the Department of the Interior.
The second group, comprising
■nembers of the House Committee^
on the Territories, will leave Seat
tle about August 1, and special
emphasis will be placed on the
study of revisions to the Organic
Act of Alaska. Several members
of this committee are also mem
bers of the Road Committee, and
an excellent opportunity will be
afforded for an examination of
♦he road problems of Alaska, Del
egate Bartlett, who is a member
of this committee, plans to accom
oany the group to Alaska.
GOLD MINING BAN LIFTED
Effective July 1, the ban against
gold mining has been lifted by the
War Production Board, according
to information given Delegate
Bartlett.
Operators of gold mines will be
able to obtain maintenance, re
pair and operating supplies on an
AA-5 priority operating under
preference rating order P-56.
The problems of manpower to
operate the mines and wage ceil
ings will be controlled by the field
offices of the War Manpower
Commission, working in coordina
tion with the Board.
This action follows appeals
made by many members of Con
gress, including Delegate Bartlett,
to the War Production Board urg
ing resumption of the gold mining
industry.
O. A. Lundberg, Democratic
precinct chairman of Candle,
Alaska, called on Delegate Bart
lett. Mr. Lundberg operates mines
and owns the roadhouse at Can
dle.
RECEIVE LETTERS ON FIRST
TRANSATLANTIC AIRMAIL
FLIGHT FROM SWEDEN
P. H. Sarv and John Rapp have
each received a letter from Swe- •
den on the first trans-Atlantic
v
flight from Stockholm. Leaving
Stockholm June 27 and traveling
by way of Reykjavik, Goose
Creek and New York, they ar
rived in Fairbanks Wednesday
night, July 4. The postage on the
letters cost $1.80 and $1.60, Swed
ish money, which is approximate
ly 45c and 40c of our money.
U.S., Britain, China
Recognize Warsaw
Government
WASHINGTON, July 6—1&)—
United States and Britain jointly
recognized the reconstituted Pol
ish government in Warsaw. Cut
ting adrift the exile in London re
gime.
President Truman said the War
saw regime had been recognized
at the Yalta agreement for free
elections. President Truman
named Arthur Bliss Lane as Am
bassador.
CHUNGKING, July 6 —OP) —
The Foreign Office announced
that China recognized the Poland
Warsaw government.