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Nome Chamber
Of Commerce
j Holds Meeting
I
The Nome Chamber of Com
merce held a very interesting and
j illuminating meeting last evening
j in the courtroom of the Federal
building.
The first of the speakers pres
ent was Mr. Ike Taylor, officer in
charge of the Juneau office of the
Alaska Road Commission. Mr.
Taylor told the Chamber that
most of the funds of the Commis
f sion were spent on maintenance
j of roads and highways around
; Fairbanks and Anchorage, and
that there seemed to be little
chance for much improvement in
this area until after the war, with
the exception of the Kougarok
railroad, which will be made pass
able to Bunker Hill this year.
Mr. Taylor stated that the Alas
ka Road Commission wished the j
people of the Second Division to
express their opinion as to what!
road they would like to have re
paired or built.
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Mr. L. W. Baker, vice-president
and manager of the Alaska Steam
ship Co., said that was his first
trip to Nome, although he has
been with the company for a great.
many years. Mr. Baker stated that
the company plans to have three
new ships on the Seattle-Seward
run, and that the trip will be
made in four days. The airplane
companies will in all probability
take some of the passenger trade,
but that there will be enough
businss to go around, and that as
Alaska grows, so will their busi
ness.
Mr. Baker introduced W. G.
Skinner, president of the Alaska
Steamship Company, and Mr.
James Allen, who is with the
party travelling through Alaska.
Mr. Carl Lomen, was appointed
National Committeeman to the
United States Chamber of Com
merce.
WARNING TO ALL
VESSEL OPERATORS
The Coast Guard reports that
floating mines are beginning to
appear along the coast of Alaska.
All fishermen and boat oper
ators are warned to exercise ex
trem caution if a mine is sighted,
and not to approach any unidenti
fied floating metallic object.
It will be very dangerous to
handle any spherical or can buoy
shaped object drifting on the sur
face of the water. If one is sighted,
mariners are cautioned not to fire
at it or to attempt picking it up,
but to keep clear, and immediate
ly report its location to the near
est U. S. Coast Guard or Naval
station.
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Army May Cut
Points Necessary
For Discharge
WASHINGTON, June 27—(A3)—
Capitol Hill expects the Army
may soon cut the present eighty
five point score required for dis
charge either to eighty or to sev
enty-eight, the final decision to be
made on basis of reports received
by the War Deparament from field
commanders.
The House Military committee
said the new “critical” score won’t
change the weighing of points al
lotted in the tentative program.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERS
ALARM AT MAT'S TAVERN
Late last evening the fire de
partment was called out to ans
wer an alarm from May’s Tavern.
A burning cigarette had ignited
some rubbish under the building,
causing smoke. It was quickly ex
tinguished and no damage was
done.
Smaller Waf Plants
Corporation To
Open Alaska Office
WASHINGTON, June 27, 1945
_(/P)—The Smaller War Plants
Corporaiton will open an office in
Alaska, Delegate Bartlett said, but
the location is undetermined. A
party of S.W.P.C. representatives
will leave Sunday for a two-weeks
survey of Alaskan cities and will
visit Ketchikan, Wrangell, Peters
burg, Juneau, Cordova, Seward,
Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Bartlett said the corporation
will be in a position to assist vet
erans and others who want to es
tablish businesses in Alaska. He
declared “Alaska is due for sub
stantial postwar development and
the S.W.P.C. will be of important
assistance in this development.
Its program will become effec
tive July first.”
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