Office of Price
Administration
Cuts Nome Rents
The Nome War Price and Ra
tioning Board has been active
during the past two months in the
field of rent control. Acting on in
structions from the Territorial Of
fice in Juneau, all registration
statements covering housing ac-1
commodations rented for the first
time after the freeze date (March
1, 1942) were subjected to careful j
examination and review. Housing
accommodations that were not
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rented on the freeze date may be
registered at rates fixed by the!
landlord. Rents so fixed may be re
duced by the Price Administrator
if they are found to be higher
than the rent generally prevailing
for similar and comparable hous
ing accommodations that were j
rented on the freeze date.
There were fifty-one dwelling
units placed on the rental market
in Nome since March 1, 1942. The
rent on thirty-eight of these was
not disturbed. The Board recom
mended rent reductions on the
other thirteen, and actions were
instituted by the Terriorial Rent
Director, E. P. McCarron. Two of
these cases are still open and in
one case the landlord offered suf
ficient proof to convince the Rent
Director that the proposed action
should be dismissed.
Statistics at the Juneau office
indicate that the rent cuts were
drastic ones.
“All of the rents that were re
duced had been set after Nome
felt the impact of the war, and
reflected influences of war activ
ity.” It would be manifestly un
fair to landlords whose rents were
set earlier and frozen at that level
if the Office of Price Administra
tion did not take steps to level off
inflationary rents of neighboring
properties.
GOLDEN MOTHER
PORTLAND. Ore.—<yP)—With
out funds except for an elkhide
pouch filled with gold dust which
she had mined herself near Deer
ing, Alaska, an expectant mother
arrived in Portland, explaining
there was no doctor in Deering.
Her husband, who died recently,
was a gold miner.
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Two Loans this year, but need
as much as three last year.
POLAR CURIO
Ivory O T T f'J Jewelry
Gifts 1 l) j Watches
Souvenirs Diamonds
Alaska Nugget and Ivory Jewelry
MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Acting solely as agents for the United States of America, acting
by and through the Administrator, War Shipping Administration.
PASSENGER SHIP
Will handle Cold Storage and Passengers for Nome
and Teller.
FREIGHTER
Will handle General Freight for
Nome, Solomon, Golovin, Unalakleet, St. Michael
All orders for freight, including Cold Storage, to
connect with the above sailings should be in Seattle
not later than May 10th.
FREIGHTER
Will handle General Freight for Nome, Teller,
Wales, Shishmaref, Deering, Keewalik, Kotzebue.
All orders for this sailing should be in Seattle not
later than July 1st.
Victory Gardens
In 1945 — A
Proclamation
WHEREAS the United States
Department of Agriculutre esti
mates that our food needs for 1945
j will probably be greater than in
i any twelve month period since
i the war began; and
WHEREAS during 1944 the
many million Victory Gardens the
country over have produced about
forty percent of our fresh vege
tables and an appreciable amount,
of the vegetables canned by;
housewives for winter use; and
WHEREAS last season in Alas
ka we who engaged in the patri
otic pursuit of Victory Garden
ing had unprecedented success in
the quantity and quality of the
results of our venture; and
WHEREAS we in Alaska have
added incentive for our Victory1'
Gardens in order to take the bur-1
den off our limited shipping
space;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GOV- j
ERNOR ERNEST GRUENING,
do ask all Alaskans to secure
suitable garden space, either at i
home or in a vacant lot, and to
join in the cultivation of Victory
Gardens on a scale larger than,
ever before, and I urge them to
start now to make preparations
and plans for the coming planting
season.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto subscribed my
hand and caused the Seal of the
Territory of Alaska to be affixed.
Done at the City of Juneau this
fourteenth day of April in the
year of our Lord, nineteen hun
dred and forty-five.
ERNEST GRUENING
Governor of Alaska.
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Sport “Bowsprite” }
Pin-Ups
NEW GUINEA—Down here in i
I
the South Pacific sailing men are!
ditching the everyday pin-up girl'
and returning to the tradition of;
ships a hundred years ago.
Remember the gold and silver
bowsprits of sailing craft, deco
rated with lovely maidens which
danced on ahead to bring luck to
the ship? Well, they’re back, but
j in a slightly new form.
Men on merchant ships, barges,
i and landing craft are reproducing
I life-sized copies of bathing beau
i ties on ship’s sides near the prow.
When a really good item comes
into port, barracks spill out and
the artist gets a big hand.
A Coast Guardsman, serving in
one of the many Coast Guard craft
helping to smash a way to Tokyo
, saw one such work of art the
| other day. ‘So that,” he mused
aloud, “is what a woman looks
like."
Tuberculosis
Hospital Opened
Anril 16
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Alaska’s first hospital for the
treatment of tuberculosis opened
at Skagway April 16, Don Foster,
superintendent of the Office of
Indian Affairs, said in announc
ing tl at Dr. Rudolph Haas, tu
berculosis clinician, U. S. Public ]
Health Service, is the physician
in charge.
The hospital, recently trans
ferred to OIA from the Army will
be open to natives and whites
alike, Foster said. Facilities are
available for treating 150 patients
but it is not expected that the in
sitution will operate to full ca
paciy for several monhs, due to
the difficulty in securing a full
administrative and maintenance
staff at this time, Foster said.
Four nuns of the Nursing Sis
ters came from Canada to prepare
the million dollar hospital for ad
mitting tuberculosis cases. They
have contracted with Indian Serv
ice to provide all necessary nurs
ing care.
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NEVADA LIQUOR j
STORE
LOCATED IN THE NEVADA GRILL BUILDING
H. G. Gabrielson. Proprietor
NORTHERN LIGHT &
POWER CO.
OUR DOLLARS ARE AT THE FRONT
MORE ARE NEEDED
GROCERIES
We Still Have A Large Stock
Of
, “ GOOD THINGS TO EAT ”
NORTHERN
COMMERCIAL
COMPANY
SANITARY FOOD SHOP
TWO DELIVERIES DAILY
10 A.M. 3 P.M.
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Phone Ma. 133