THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by The
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
Nome. Alaska
Telephone: Main 125 p. o. Box 618
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W- A. and EMILY BOUCHER.. *..,,,.Editors
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at
the postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Monday, June 11, 1945
REALLY CUTBACKS?
According to a recent release by the
War Production Board there have been
specific actions taken to adjust war con
trols to the new one-front basis. Some of
the controls will be relaxed wherever it
is in the interest of the war effort to do
so. Several of the limitation and con
servation orders have been revoked and
in the next few months about half of the
orders in force on April 1, 1945,-will fol
low suit.
Beginning next month, July, deliveries
will be permitted without the usual
CMP allotment orders where they do not
interfere with production and delivery
on rated orders.
The regional office in Seattle, makes
the following statement, “The lid is off
on hundreds of articles, and if you can
Find them, you can buy them, without
getting authorized priority from the
WPB. Many items, however, will not be
available for another six months or a
year, depending on how fast factories
cen be reconverted.”
Another order which was recently re
laxed permits the building and exhibi
tion of models for the purpose of promot
ing sale and creating the demand for the
item. •
The restrictions on the production and
delivery of typewriters haxe been re
moved because manufacturing concerns
have been sa heavily engaged in produc
ing war materials, that they have been
unable to produce enough typewriters to
meet essential military and industrial
needs.
These cutbacks and others to follow,
do not necessarily mean that the war
front has sufficient war equipment to
carry the high speed mammoth air, sea,
and land forces which are overpowering
the Japanese Homeland, to put an end
to the war-loving nations of the world.
It does mean however that certain ma
teriels needed in the prosecution of the
European War will not be needed in the
Pacific War, and that some of the facto
ries producing these items can be recon
verted to peacetime civilian require
ments, as soon as other orders are cut to
relieve the release stockpile materials
and labor for such reconversions.
It is probably pretty safe to say that
within a year there will be a number of
items on the market, which today are
not available, if, as and when cutbacks
release materials and labor for the fac
tories.
The following was culled from the rural press:
“On Wednesday evening the Ladies’ Aid of the
Methodist Church will hold a rummage sale. This
will be a good chance to get rid of anything not
worth keeping but too good to throw away, Bring
your husband.”
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RECOGNITION
i Gratitude has been defined bit
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' terly as a lively anticipation of
I future favors. Gratitude is a great
deal more than that, but it’s a
fact that people do much more,
also much better, when they know
their efforts are appreciated. Gen
uine appreciation goes unexpress
ed sometimes, but people who
don’t express their gratitude are
sure to miss some desirable future
favors.
Unselfish things people do for
their country, for their home com
i munity family or church, are not
rightly done for praise. In fact,
people who do noble things with
glory as the primary aim quite
often miss the target. Shouts of
hurrah for a hero help other peo
ple more than him. The effect is
to inspire everybody to public
service.
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The Danville Idee
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Danville, 111., cashes-in on this
powerful influence. The Commer
| cial-News, a Danville daily news
paper, keeps the idea alive. Every
Monday morning the paper car
ries a story about some citizen |
who has performed a noteworthy
| public service. He is designated
j the “Man of the Week,” and the
article tells why. It tells what the
man did any other interesting
things about him.
Selections are always on a basis
of public service, not personal
achievement. Some, ambitious
young underwriter who sells his
first million-dollar insurance pol
icy is not necessarily a Man of the
Week, although he probably feels
pretty successful. Danville’s Man
of the Week must have done
something big for Danville and,
like as not received no commis
j sion on it.
A One-Man Program
The weekly selection the bio
graphical sketch of some good cit
izen every Monday, the repeated
, reminder of what a fine thing it is
to be unselfish and thoughtful,
keeps Danville’s wide awake citi
zens “on their toes.” They never
let a good man down. The news
paper learns of praiseworthy
achievements because somebody
always writes to th^ editor and
tells him.
The articles are written by a
modest scribe who signs his name
f3ob Poisall; no title after it. Inci
dentally Bob picks the Mart of the
J Week every time. He does it with
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MAURICE KING, GENE JACK
IN NOME SATURDAY
Maurice King, pilot for t)ie Arc
tic Exploration Co., accompanied
by Gene Jack, general manager
for the company made a trip from
Candle to Nome for supplies last
Saturday.
NEVADA GRILL BEING
COMPLETELY RENOVATED
The Nevada Grill and Lounge
building is being completely ren
-*va*ed. A new front of fireproof
shingles is being added. The liquor
store is being moved to the rear
of the building to make room for
4he remodeling.
out help or advice from staff or
board. Usually he selects a man
of Danville, Vermiliion County,
but there is no rule. If the town’s
benefactor lives somewhere else
he’s not barred.
An Annual Banquet
Every year Mr. Poisall plans
and organizes a dinner with all
trimmings and invites his 52 selec
ted men to eat with him. The Man
of the Week Banquet has become
quite an institution in Danville
since April, 1940. There are not al
ways just 52 men present. Once
in a while Bob has a hard time
deciding which of two good men
to choose and ends by naming
both of them.
The moral to this story is so
perfectly obvious that I am going
to surprise you and not mention
it. Once I attended Bob’s banquet
—a completely American function.
I met 52 good men and true, most
of whom were still surprised that
what they did should be consid
ered great. Maybe every town
can’t have one but it’s a construc
tive project for any community
where there is a man who has the
knack.
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IRA D ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska,
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
Q. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At' Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Alaska