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Wednesday, August 22, 1945
WE WANT GOLD
(Alaska Weekly)
Lord Keynes, British financial wizard,
who always takes care of the British
first in his financial planning, recently
termed gold, ‘‘a relic of barbarism,” and
Paul McNutt, head of our War Produc
tion Board, while admitting that he
knew little of the intricacies of interna
tional currency, stated while in Seattle
recently that he couldn’t see why gold
was important in the economic picture.
Recently T. V. Soong, China’s foreign
minister, and one of that nation’s leading
financial experts, announced an increase
in the price of gold in China from $35,000
to $40,000 per ounce, the dollars being
of course the highly depreciated “mex”
which passes for currency in China’s
dizzy inflationary spiral. It nonetheless
is a doubling of gold valuation in China
from the $20,000 price of two months
ago.
In spite of Lord Keynes’ professed
contempt for gold, Great Britain seems
to want the filthy stuff in her own treas
ury rather than in the vaults of the
United States, for early this month the
British Treasury announced an increase
from $33.60 per ounce to $34.46—still
below the United States price of $35.00
—‘but sufficient increase to offset the
difference in shipping cost and insure
the gold of South and West Africa going
to the British treasury rather than ours.
Thanks to our horde of gold the Amer
ican dollar still holds an enviable posi
tion in world money markets. Our dollar
is solidly backed by gold and, in spite of
any public utterances to the contrary,
other nations are hungrily seeking gold
in an effort to stabilize their currencies.
Great as is our gold reserve, it has
been steadily dwindling, and unless pro
duction is encouraged rather than pro
hibited it will continue to dwindle. Many
gold experts are predicting prices up to
one hundred dollars per ounce for post
war gold, basing their prophecy upon the
terrific amount of world trade which will
demand credit units backed by gold or
silver, or both, which will quickly ex
haust present supplies of these metals.
We are going to need gold and plenty
of it. Not only should our gold miners be
authorized to proceed with operations as
rapidly as circumstances will permit, but
they should have every possible govern
mental encouragement by way of labor
priorities which do not directly interfere
with the post-war plans.
The nation which is in a position to
dictate the price of gold in the world of
tomorrow is the nation which will con
trol that trade.
The best armament any nation can
have in the battle for trade, is a solid
currency backed by plenty of gold.
Seaman Sam says: “Slips don’t count
unless it’s a slip of a girl.”
—U. S. S. Altair Fixit.
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RECORDING THE FIRST
MESSAGE EXPECTED
OVER THE NEW RADIO*
PHONES FOR AUTOS
HOLLYWOOD
STAR-LITES
By CHUCK COCHARD
Psst!—Some stars bear scars!
, Speaking of operations is some
thing that film stars seldom speak
about because, well—because the
luscious lassies of the cinema are
just not supposed to have unsight
j ly scars!
I However, most of them do have :
telltale marks which might help]
identify them in case.
There is, for example, the tiny
mark on Bette Davis’ nose, the re
sult of a dog bite by a strange
Scotty which Bette attempted to
pet . . . Bette had a slight rough
ness under one ear, also . . . All
that remains of a threatened dis
figurement when the actress, as a
child, was badly burned in a I
Christmas tree fire.
Lauren Bacall has a very slight ]
cut scar on her left cheek . . . That!
is the result of a childish attempt
to shave herself with her father’s
razor when she was six year old.
Ida Lupino, who goes comical
in her film, has a slight scar on
her forehead near the hair line
which is the only remaining sign ;
of a bad automobile accident
which threatened, at a time, to
mar her beauty forever.
A foot injury, a very bad cut
from a piece of broken glass, has
left a telltale mark on Joan Craw
ford’s person.
Shhhhhh. Don’t tella soul!
* * *
Will wonders never cease?
We still don’t believe it.
But we have it on authority
from John LeRoy Johnstone, an j
honest publicity man, that Orson
Welles has a double.
He is John Abernathy, a sum
: mer stock player from the effete
east. . . . He is now acting as
Welles’ stand-in for “Tomorrow
Is Forever”.
Well bust our britches! We
thought nobody living could look
like Orson.
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Explosive Successor For Andy
A girl will replace Mickey
Rooney in the Hardy series. The
| series will continue although
Mickey is in the army . . . The
girl will be an unknown who is
described as being “pure dyna
mite.” Applicants—write MGM
Studios, Culver City, California.
. . . Enclose photograph.'
* * * I
How Did He Find It?
Humphrey Bogart has given a
new ring to Lauren Bacall. It is a
rare chrysoberyl, surrounded by
diamonds. . . . We’d hate to have
to ask for one.
* * *
Lana Finds Out About Wages!
Lana Turner plays a “b-a-a-a-d”
girl in “The Postman Always
Rings Twice,” in which she co
stars with John Garfield.
In accordance with the Hays
code, she’ll get killed in the last
25 feet of film ... If they stick
to the story the film will be sizz
ling before the end of chapter
two . . . Whew!
* * *
Crooner Refuses To Reform
Dick Powell, having out-Bo
gareted Bogart in “Murder, My
Sweet.” is po ng to stay Tough.
. . . He’ll play a two-fisted, dis
! charged RAF flyer experiencing
1 Superman Adventures chasing a
NOME NEEDS
Br A. POLET
Second Division, Member of
Alaska Development Board
In the preliminary‘investigation
of the fishery resources of Bering
Sea, recently undertaken by
Messrs. Anderson and Carlson,
the convincing testimony brought
to their attention led them to con
clude the investigation in a short
er period of time than allotted to
them.
At the time they left, they
oromised that on arrival at their
offices, they would immediately
compile their report.
On reaching the Office of the
Alaska Division Board at Juneau,
they furnished the office a brief
of the testimony brought before
them.
On reading said brief, it is evi
dent that the conclusions and
recommendations will be for a
survey of the Bering Sea fishery
resources.
To carry out a survey, it will
require a proper boat with the
necessary equipment to experi
ment and develop the numerous
species of fish of this section. It
is determined that it will require
three years to complete the sur
vey.
The Nome Chamber of Com
merce and the Alaska Develop
ment Board will ask Congress to
appropriate $125,000 for this pro
ject.
TELEGRAM
The following wire was received
by the Lomen Commercial Com
pany Nome office: “WPB Order
L-092 will be rescinded August
20th lifting all restrictions on the
sale of crawler tractors and allied
equipmen.”
Editor’s note—We thought the
merchants and mine operators
would be interested in this item.
war criminal in South America in
a story called “Cornered.”
Dick won’t sing a note, from
Panama to Cape Horn!
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