future. We can continue to be
great consumers, if we keep a
system that permits us to be
great producers.
Right now there is an import
ant reason why we should save,
and save to invest. We must stop
adding dollars that could be sav
ings to the inflation stream, bid
ding up prices and damaging our
economy. The railroads repres
ent just one industry that is call
ing for capital. There are many
other industries in which savings
may be put to work. Under the
American system, there will con
FATHER MCDWYER WILL
HOLD SERVICES HERE
Army Chaplain, Father Mc
Dwyer, chief of Alaska Chaplains,
will arrive in Nome today to con
duct services at the St. Joseph
Catholic Church.
It is reported that Chaplain
McDwyer will soon be replaced
and will be transferred to the
States. He will be succeeded in
Alaska by a Lutheran Chaplain.
I
tinue to be more jobs, more pay,
and more security as well as op
portunity for all.
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ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Red 153
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
BEN YOUNG
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
JACK LENCER
Watchmaker
3 to 5 Day Service
Watchmaster Electronic Timing Service
Box 625 Nome, Alaska
FOR WOMEN—
ANKLETS, - NYLON SWEATERS
And HEAD SCARFS
FOR MEN —
HANDKERCHIEFS, HOSE, And BELTS
The Things They Want For
GRADUATION
GIRLS:- Watches, Lockets, Rings, Pins
Compacts, Toilet Water, Candy
BOYS:- Watches, Rings, Tie Clasps, Belt
Ruckles, Sheaifer Pen & Pencil Sets
From
Polar Curi > Shop
PROCLAMATION
(CONTINUED)
alized in the past year
as well as those of our
youth who have reached
their majority and are
ready to assume the full
responsibilities of citizen
ship.
I call upon Federal, State, and
local officials, as well as patriotic
civic, and educational organiz
ations, to conduct exercises on or
about May 16, expressing thank
fulness for the rights and privi
leges of American citizenship and
solemn acceptance of our obliga
tions as citizens, at home and a
broad, to the end that peace and
happiness may be attained by
Americans and by other peoples
every where.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, LEW
M. WILLIAMS, Acting Governor
of Alaska call the attention of the
people of Alaska to this Proclam
ation, and urge that they partici
pate in observing the day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto subscribed my
hand and caused the Seal of the
Territory of Alaska to be affixed
at Juneau, the Capital, this 28th
day of April, in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and forty
eight.
SEAL OF LEW M. WILLIAMS
Territory Acting Governor
of Alaska.
CITY OF NOME, ALASKA
Office of the Mayor
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Post Office De
partment in Washington is sett
ing aside the week of May 15-21,
1948, as a period of observance
of the 30th Anniversary of the
United States Air Mail Service,
and
WHEREAS, the growth and de
velopment of air transport and the
aviation industry has and will
continue to be fostered and spon
soned by the Post Office Depart
ment through its Air Mail Ser
vice, and,
WHEREAS, the development of
an air communications system un
equalled in the world has played
an important role in the economic
and cultural advancement of our
people and our nation, and,
WHEREAS, I believe that the
citizens of Nome, Alaska are vit
ally interested in the continued
development and growth of av
iation as it benefits the people,
the nation, the postal service, and
our relations with the peoples and
nations of the world,
NOW THEREFORE, I, Luther
Dunbar, Mayor of the City of
Nome, Alaska, do hereby desig
nate the week of May 15-21 as
a period to observe the 30th An
niversary of the United States
Air Mail Service, and do call
upon our people to take cogniz
ance of this week by taking part
in events and activities commem
orating this historic event, and
by patronizing the Air Mail Ser
vice.
SEAL City of Nome, Alaska
May, 15, 1948
LUTHER DUNBAR, Mayor
JACKIE WEBB IN HOSPITAL
HERE WITH PNEUMONIA
Jackie Webb, small son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Webb, was taken
to the Army Hospital with pneu
monia yesterday morning, but he
is reported getting along nicely
today.
MRS. RALPH COOK VISITS
WITH MOTHER IN CANDLE
Mrs. Ralph Cook and small son
left for Candle yesterday lor a
visit with Mrs. Cook's mother,
Mary Buck, before returning to
her home, in McGrath.
MRS. H. F. HARPER RETURNS
AFTER VISIT IN FAIRBANKS
Mrs. H. F. Harper, who has been
visiting in Fairbanks for a few
days with friends and relatives
returned with Wien’s on yester
day’s plane. She had the thrill of
watching from her hotel window
in Fairbanks, the movement of the
tripod in the Chena River, as it
w’avered and moved out from
shore.
Mrs. Harper witnessed her
niece, Marvel Allen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Allen, preside
at the installation ceremony of
the Rainbow Girls, which she says
was a beautiful and impressive
ceremony performed without a
flaw.
She was a guest at the Elk’s
Mother’s Day party which she
enjoyed very much. She met many
GORDONS NEW STORE
ON SOUTH SIDE FRONT ST.
Gordon’s new store building,
which was built by Howard Green,
has ben moved to its location on
the south side of Front Street,
next to 'The Hut.”
The new store will have more
space for the fast-growing shoe
business, says Gordon Osborne,
owner, and will be open on Mon
day.
WALT DOWD JOINS DAD
IN THE ACS OUTFIT HERE
Walter Dowd, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Dowd of Nome, has
joined the Signal Corps here. He
was in the signal department in
the Navy during the war.
His dad is a sergeant in theACS.
Nomeites in Fairbanks.
WALLACE LIQUOR STORE
Phone Ma. 55 - For finest Liquors
SERVICE CLEANERS
4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickleson, Props.
Prompt and Courteous Service
Phone RED 96
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