THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager.
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SHIPPING STRIKE AND LOCAL SUPPLY
SITUATION
Fairbanks and her vast tributary trading area—
not exceeded by any in Alaska and rivaling that of any j
part of America faces the Pacific marine strike with
as much concern as any affected territory.
In common with all parts of Alaska this particu
lar region will be especially embarrassed by reason of
the fact the territory is dependent almost wholly upon J
outside resources for supplies.
But the Fairbanks area is not unprepared for a
siege of weeks if not months. Most of the more nec
essary supplies have been stocked by trading houses.
Fairbanks merchants today report having laid in heavy
lines of foodstuffs, clothing and other essentials. The
local fuel supply will cover all needs in that line with
out interruption.
Fairbanks is therefore in a position to carry on for
quite a long period, not unlike she did in the earlier days
when she had only steamboat service in the summer
season for laying down here ample stocks to last her
throughout the winter and until the following season.
The stocks now in local warehouses are not as heavy
as in those pioneer days, but there is no reason to worry
for weeks, if not months, as to supplies. Fairbanks
business will carry on, and it is to be hoped reason will
prevail in the field of conflict to the extent that some
satisfactory agreement be effected soon—Fairbanks
News-Miner.
MARINE STRIKE PUTS ALASKANS ON SPOT
Several hundred people who have planned to leave
here for the Outside before the holidays now find them
selves bottled up in the country by the strike unless they;
get out by plane.. It will be just as well with the wiaj- i
ority of them, and perhaps far better for them than if
they hurried out to the Land of the Lotus to broadcast i
their hard-earned wages among strangers.
The best a lot of those forced to remain can do
for themselves is to invest in bacon and beans, picks
and shovels, after the manner of the pioneers who laid
the foundations of the country, and get out into the
hills and punch prospect holes. Tens of millions of
dollars of gold in hidden paystreaks and veins are yet
to be discovered in the Tanana and Yukon watersheds.
And they will be discovered by men-who display faith,'
grit and energy—and attend to business and oppor
tunity rather than play around.
So far as the strike is concerned, the country is
confronted by a definite condition, not a mere theoreti
cal problem—and the best way to meet the situation
is to realize they are on the spot—the spot where lies
their best opportunities and to get busy and capitalize
their time.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
Scientists find Ethiopia has no mineral wealth, but
they probably do not figure in the rings II Duce has
put in the native noses.
With streamline trains getting popular, any live
musician will see the possibilities in arranging “Casey
Jones as a rhumba.
American politics seems to be something of an ani
mal act. If politicians aren’t throwing the bull, they’re
passing the buck.
A new pistol for G-men is said to have an 830 pound
punch. Maybe we were a little premature with the
phrase “big shot”.
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SCIENCE PROVES WHAT EXPERIENCE TAUGHT
(Des Moines Register)
Man in his evolution may be headed back toward
an all-fours posture, Dr. Donald A. Laird, professor of
psychology at the Colgate university, reports, after
finding that office workers slowed down and made in
creased errors after lunch.
Experimenting with students he deduced that the 1
withdrawal of blood from the head for purposes of
participating in digestion slowed down the mental pro
cesses temporarily.
Placing his experimental subjects in a position
where their heads were lower than their feet, quicken
ed those processes again, as demonstrated by mental
arithmetic tests.
Therefore the psychologist reasoned, man would
do better on all-fours, with lowered cranuim, or under
a system of eating more frequently and more lightly.
But since Dr. Laird announced his findings as per
tinent to “office workers”, one might suspect that he
was on the very threshold of real discovery but turned
back just short of revelation.
Had he gone on through the office into the inner
sanctums of business he would have found that evolut
ing man has long known what he has only now learned
by applied research.
The simple little matter of lower casters on the
swivel chair, and a law book or a thick dictionary on
the corner of the desk have been after lunch practice
for getting the feet higher than the head ever since
there have been swivel chairs and desks and business
men.
TELEVISION’S PROMISE
To those who are speculating on the future of tel-'
evision, which now seems “just around the corner”, it
might be worth while to look back 10 years.
In 1926, Getrtrude Elderle was swimming the English
Channel, the Hall-Mills case was in full blast, and John
Gilbert was appearing in “The Big Parade.”
It was early in that same month that Warner Broth
ers presented their first talkies. There was a talk by
Will Hays, coming at the astounded audience, right
out of the cold screen. There was the Philharmonic
Orchestra, Mischa Elman, Efrem Zimbalist, Martinelli,
Anna Case, and other great musicians. The audience
applauded wildly for “novelty”.
Now it is 10 years from that 1926. Everybody
knows what has happened Maybe that affords the
best guess about the future of television.
Eastern mills report heavy advance demand for
woolen underwear, which is understandable, since we
all have itched for red flannels.
Professor Einstein, it is reporte_d, has begun new
calculations of the outer universe. Maybe he can find
some trace of the League of Nations.
As a result of poor crops resulting from the drought
the real corn-fed girl ought to be worth her weight
in gold.
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Canned Salmon
Advertising Big
Help Retailers
Success of the Canned Salmon
adfertising campaign now runn
ing in the United States is largely
dependent upon many of the less
spectacular activities of the Ad
vertising Committee office^ accord
ing to D. W. Branch, a member
of the committee. He points out
that consumer advertising must
be supported by plenty of dealer
education to be fully successful.
“Supervision of the Industry’s
magazine and newspaper adver_
tising is of course the most im
portant of the many activities of
the Advertising Committee office,’
Branch declared. “However,
there are many functions perform
ed by the Committee in backing
up this campaign and insuring
the maximum return in the way
of salmon sales which play a
large part in the Industry’s pro
gram to stabilize itself and con
sequently make employment in
Alaska more secure.
Dealers Help Salmon Sale.
"The most vital of these subsid
iary activities is in encouraging
the trade to push canned salmon
in the stores. A housewife may
be very favorably impressed by
one of our magazine recipes and
decide to buy sallmon but she may
overlook it when she gets to the
store unless she is reminded by a
display of the product or by some
kind of a salmon banner. The
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Industry has been unusually sue.
cessful in enlisting this coopera,
tion from the trade,” Branch said.
Requests were filled for 171,000 of
the first Industry window ban
ner. Approximately 50,000 addi
tional banners of a different de
sign were supplied on demand
during the late spring.
“Another 45,000 banners were
sent out during the summer mon.
ths in answer to requests from
grocers.
“During the retail trade’s ob_
servation of the 58th New Salmon
Pack Festival more than 261,000
display pieces were requested by
retailers and supplied by the In
dustry advertising headquarters.
Approximately 527,000 banners
featuring Canned Salmon have
been displayed in stores in all
parts of the United States since
the end of February.
“Hundreds of mats for use in
grocers retail advertising have
been furnished upon request to
stores that are ‘cashing in’ on the
interest in Salmon being promot
ed among consumers by the ad
vertising drive.
The Industry’s minature news,
paper “Salmon Splashes,” five is.
sues of which have been publish
ed, goes out to the tune of IS 000
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copies per issue. This newspaper
is sent to the trade at regular in
tervals. It is filled with sugges
tions to show the grocer how he
can increase his sales of this pro.
duct.
“In addition to these promo,
tions, the larger food outlets are
periodically supplied with spec
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