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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, April 18, 1951
‘GOLDEN’ OPPORTUNITIES IN SEWARD METALS
Increased interest in prospecting has developed
recently with the announcement that the U.S. Tin Co.
would be installing a mill at Lost River this summer
followed by the news that the Zenda Mining Co. would
be putting in a dredge at Tin City this season.
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Now comes the word that there is an urgent de
mand for mica, graphite and beryl, all of which are
known to be available on Seward Peninsula, and should
mean the opening up of several creeks in the area and
the staking of considerable ground which is known to
contain these needed minerals.
Some mining properties have been patented years
ago by mining men who found these minerals while
seeking for gold and who knew that eventually they
would be of value. Many claims, however, have been
released over the years and only need re-locating..
Anyone interested in mining certainly has a golden
opportunity to get a good start at this time.
Through the courtesy of Dan Jones, of the Terri
torial Assay Office, samples of these minerals are on
display at the Nugget.
Army Hopes to Begin
September Release of
Involuntary Reservists
WASHINGTON, UP) — Assistant
Secretary of Defense Anna Rosen
berg said today the army hopes
by September to begin releasing
enlisted - reservists who were
called to duty involuntarily.
She testified before a House
Armed Services subcommittee
which is holding hearings on the
reserve program.
Mrs. Rosenberg added that the
army also has planned to release
other reservists, officers and en
listed.
She said the Marine Corps will
begin releasing its inactive reserv
ists in June, 1951, and plans that
by July, 1952, no marine reservists
will be on active duty involun
tarily.
W. Stuart Symington
Slated as Boss of RFC
WASHINGTON, iff*)—Adminis
tration leaders predicted today
swift Senate approval of W. Stu
art Symington for a new job —
boss and trouble-shooter at the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion.
There was no sign of furious
opposition to his appointment.
President Truman announced
yesterday selection of Symington
to head the huge government lend
ing agency, now under fire in
Congress on charges that its loan
policies have been influenced by a
ring with contacts in the White
House. A strong move is afoot to
abolish RFC entirely.
Light Korean Casualties
Leads Army to Cut May
Draft Call by 20,000 Men
WASHINGTON, </P)—'The army
today cut its May draft call from
160,000 to 40,000 men.
The action follows the halving
| of the April call which was cut
1 from 80,000 to 40,000. But cuts
are based on the increase of vol
unteer enlistments the army said.
Since January 64,000 men have
volunteered for the army. This is
34,000 more than the army antici
pated.
The army said lighter-than-an
ticipated casualties in Korea also
influenced the decision to reduce
the number of men needed
through the draft.
Old Lady—Son, can you direct
me to the Savings Bank?
Boy—Yessum, for a quarter.
Old Lady — Isn’t that mighty
high pay, my boy?
' Boy No’m, not for a bank di
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BUREAU SEEKS
LOW-COST POWER
FAIRBANKS VICINITY
JUNEAU, </P)~Joseph M. Mor
van Mead of the Bureau of Re
clamation here said yesterday on
his return from Washington that
investigations will be started im
mediately to locate a low cost
power site in the vicinity of Fair
banks.
He also disclosed that a report
on the Swan Lake power project
has been reviewed favorably by
the Bureau of Reclamation.
Minor changes were recom
mended. After further review, the
project will be submitted to the
Bureau of Budget, he said.
A report on the Lake Dorothy
project near Juneau, he added,
will be brought up to date and
submitted to the Budget Bureau
before the end of June.
THE BRUSH-OFF
BRIGHTER DAYS PROMISED
Calling attention to the “temporary curtailment”
of civilian goods, Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil
son emphasizes the productive capacity of this coun
try and expresses the opinion that increased pro
duction will make it possible, in two or three years
to take care of the defense and civilian needs of the
country.
Mr. Wilson points out that production has doub
led since 1939 and cites the fact that restricted pro
duction in 1951 will still give Americans more motor
cars than they had in 1948. He envisions a three-year
plan of mobilization, with the increased facilities and
skills eventually becoming available to the “building
of a better nation and a better world.”
MacARTHUR TO GET
“EVERY COURTESY”
WASHINGTON, </P) — House
Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex) said he
and other Democratic Congres
sional leaders assured President
Truman today “We are going to
extend every courtesy to General
MacArthur.”
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Mr. Truman said last week that
he regarded it as “fitting” that
Congress should hear an address
from the five-star general.
Rayburn talked with reporters
after Mr. Truman’s regular ^Mon
day morning conference with his
Capitol Hill lieutenants.
Air Force General Gets
Fine and Jail Term For
Income Tax Evasion
BALTIMORE, (JP)— Bennet E.
Meyers, cashiered Air Force gen
eral, today was sentenced to a
year and a day in prison and fined
$15,000 tir evading $61,400 in
federal taxes.
The 55-year-old former major
general pleaded guilty to the
charges.
Meyers faced a maximum pen
alty of 30 years in prison and
$60,000 in fines—five years and
$10,000 on each of six counts in
the two indictments against him.
One of the indictments covered
his income in 1941, the other cov
ered 1942 to 1946 inclusive.
A mechanical “brain” that au
tomatically controls a city traffic
light system according to traffic
load has been announced. The de
v'ce can be set 12 weeks in ad
vance to rearrange “go” signals
to give rush traffic a non-stop
I route.
The Latest On Tuberculosis — By Alton L. Blakeslee
The tu. -rculosis
DEATH RATE IS DE
CLINING, BUT ONLY
VIGILANCE WILL
KEEP IT GOING
DOWNHILL. IT STARTS
INSIDIOUSLY. BE
ALERT FOR SUCH
SIGNS AS TIREDNESS,
LOSS OF WEIGHT,
A COUGH LASTING
lO DAYS OR MORE,
SPITTING OF BLOOD
OR SHARP PAIN IN
THE SIDE.
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