THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska, j
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.'
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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PLATINUM SLACKERS
The newest type of slacker and
one who is doing his country a
great amount of harm :s the man
or woman who buys or even en
eourageses the purchase of platinum
jewelry, according to the Bureau
of Mines, Department of the In
terior. For the country is and for
many years will be desperately in
reed of the scarce and precious
platinum in its industrial work and
must have it if the war machine is
to go full speed ahead. . .
A plan proposed by the federal
officials would stop the use of
platinum in jewelry, not only for
the war but for all time Officials
of the government who are in touch
with the situation are filled with
apprehension as to the future sup
ply of platinum. As far as can
be learned, it is believed that aside
from the large amount of platinum
metals in the form of manufac
tured jewelry, a large part of which
is in private ownership, there is less
than 25 per cent of the normal
stock of unmanufactured platinum
in this country available for the
needs of the war.
In an effort to fill the immediate
pressing needs of the government
in its war program, the War Indus
tries Board has ordered that 75 per
cent of the stock of platinum in
the hands of manufacturing jewel
ers be commandeered and also the
complete stock held by refiners, ini '•
porters and dealers; but this, it is
said, will only fill a small gap and
that temporarily.
It has been hoped by federal
officials and chemists throuhout the
country who understand the serious
ness of the situation that the whims
of fashion might yield to national
needs and that purchasers of jewel
ry would demand gold and silver
or a white alloy, and so release
platinum for its highest use, but
the results have been disappointing. ;
The American Chemical Society,
an organization composed of the
leading 12,000 chemists of the coun- !
try, which is also back of this move
ment, has issued an appeal to the
people not under any circumstances
either during the war or after the
war to use platinum jewelry, but i
to conserve this unique and fast
dwindling metal now priced at five
times the cost of gold, for the ex- j
elusive use of the chemical and
other necessary industries. The first I
purpose will be obtain a sufficient
supply of platinum for the needs of I
the war and then to retain the pro
duction of the future for the in
dustries. It is claimed that even
before the war, as the result of this !
unreasonable craze for platinum in
jewelry, the highly important work j
of the chemists has been curtailed j
and research work, especially in the J
universities, handicapped by ina-1
bility to meet the constantly rising!
price for platinum.
Van H. Manning, director of the j
Bureau fo Mines, is quote'1 as say
ing:
“The scarceity of platinum thru
out the world and its high price is
apparently due almost solely to the
fact that the women of this and
other countries have been recently
led to consider it a choice article
for adornment. It is inconceivable
to me that any woman Would wear
a lead-colored ring or bracelet or
adorn herself with lead-colored jew
elry, except that its artificially pro
duced high price has been made to
! give it a false value in her eyes.
When our basic war needs for plat
inum are going to be met only with
the greatest difficulty, I certainly.
can not consider the purchasing of
platinum jewelry patriotic now and
1 it appears to me to be very doubtful
good taste at any time."
The marvelous ductility of plat
; inum, one of the elements that
make it so necessary in industrial
work, is better conceived when it
is considered that out of a single
troy ounce of the metal it is pos
sible to make an almost infinitely j
slender wire that would reach about
1,800 miles.
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WOMEN WAR WORKERS
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There are now 3,378,998 women
registered for service according to
their' specialized talents under the
Woman’s Committee of the Coun
cil of National Defense. The ma
jority are registered for industries
and agriculture. This census is be
ing taken by the state committees
of the council. These figures rep
resent the incomplete registration
returns from 25 states. The census
taking has been retarded by the tre
mendous amount of clerical work,
and in some districts by the mis
understanding of persons who be
lieved that the act of registeri
was equivalent to compulsory labor. 1
A second registration drive will be- '
gin in the early fall.
The Pennsylvania division has
carried the registration through to '
the extent that the organization is 1
able to report 1,148 “placements”
of women in work. An informative 1
campaign will precede the second '
drive.
To assist in meeting the present 1
shortage in unskilled labor through- !
out the States, Secretary of Labor '
Wilson has issued a departmental
order temporarily removing restric- 1
tions on the importation of Mexi- 1
can labor to be used in certain
specified occupations.
The order went into effect June *
20, and provides that during the 1
present emergency conditions Mexi
cans entering the United States to
engage in agricultural pursuits ,in ^
railroad section maintenance, and 1
in lignite coal mining will be ex- s
empt from the head tax, literacy *
test, and contract-labor provisions 1
imposed by previous rulings.
The opening of March field at
Riverside, Cal., on June 15; and '
Souther Field, at Americus, Go., ^
for active flying makes a total of ‘
27 flying fields now in use for
training aviators and experimental ^
purposes of the Department of Mili- 1
tary Aeronautics. s
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MOVIE PICTURE!)
ARE NOW TAKEN
BY GERMAN SUBS
Photo Artist* Now Attached to th<
Supersubmarine* For Recording
Attacks on Ships.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway—Moving
picture operators on German super
submarines at sea are ’ate addi
tions to the U-boat fleets. Films
are made of merchant vessel sink
ings and taken home to be showr
to the German populance to give ai
idea of the dangers of the deep.
Details of how a German sub
marine of the larger type com
mandeered the big Norwegiar
steamer Norefos and used her as j
tow boat for weeks at a time in the
Atlantic were related here recentlij
by members of her crew.
The Norefos was overtaken bj
the German submarine off thi
Canary Islands early this year. Tw<
German naval officers and fourteer
sailors were sent aboard as a prizi
boat crew.
Then the submarine departed or
a pirating expedition, the Germans
on the Norefos adjusting the ' ;re
less apparatus so as to able to keef
in communication with the under
sea boat. On this trip the submarine
was gone eight days and upon hei
return to the Norefos the sailors
heard that she had been in search
of a British fleet of merchantmen
from the other side of the Atlantic.
The submarine then tied up to
the Norefos and for two weeks the
Norefos roamed the sea with the
submarine in tow, as the U-boat was
short of fuel.
The Norefos soon ran short of
Fuel and an effort was made lo
utilize green peanuts from the
:argo, but they soon developed a
ras which caused numerous small
ixplosions in the fire bjxes and
■reated such a stream, of sparks
hrough the funnel that the ship
learly caught fire. Sj no more
>eanuts were used and for several
lays the Norefos wallowed along
vith the wind and tide. When
'ther ships were sighted the Ger
nans unfurled the Norwegian flag.
After another two weeks’ cruise,
he U-boat returned to h >r ’mother”
hip.
After helping themselves to a
>art of the cargo of rubber, the
>rize crew returned to the super
ubmarine, the Norwegians were
irdered into lifeboats and the Nore
os was sunk- by three bombs r-x
>loded in her hold. The motion
lieture operator on the U-boat took
ilm records of all the important
■vents, starting with the seizure and
he developments of the voyage
vith each return of the U-boat to
he ship.
The Norwegian sailors were in
ifeboats for several days, being
ticked up by a French steamer and
everal weeks later they arrived in
Jiristiania after an absence of five
nonths.
The biggest fire in the history of
iuby, which occurred on Jurie 19,
ompletely destroyed the Harry
lebeler store and warehouse, to
■ether with their valuable contents,
fhe building was owned by John
>unn, and was not in ured. Hcbshr
arried $6,000 insurance on his
tock. Other losers were Eddie
Villis, who lost two new bowling
lleys; the Yukon Gold company, a
upply of belting and other material
lelonging to the Greenstone dredge;
nd the Northern Poolroom, a big
tock of cigars and candies. The ex
losion of a gasoline stove, upon
rtiich Hebeler was cooking his break
ast, caused tie fire. Nearby build
lgs were saved with difficulty.
The children of the Ruby Sunday
chool recently collected *22.50
orth of tinfoil (30 lbs.) for ship
lent Outside to Mrs. Robert Taylor,
f Seattle, Washington. T. H. Long
r., won the first prize, a gold souv
nier ring, and Mildred Fisher won;
econd prize, a gold and ivory pin. I
The prizes were donated and
warded by Mrs. O. E. Tackstrom ,
WILL THE WOMEN
RETURN AGAIN TO
HOUSEHOLD DUTY
Women Will Replace Men, to
Large Extent In Repairing
the Ravages of War.
BEDFORD, England—The muni
I tion factores of Great Britain re
sponded nobly to the heavy demand
for increased fighting material, re
sulting from the recent great Ger
man offensive, according to F. G.
Kellaway, parliamentary secretary
to the ministry of munitions. De
liveries of guns, he told the Liberal
club, exceeded the estimates by 32
per cent, while deliveries of gun
carriages were 60 per cent greater
. than before.
There was a great demand for in
creased supplies of a particular kind
of shell, but there was sufficient on
hand to supply this from stock. The
horse artillery after long inaction,
suddenly was called upon for a most
active kind of service and conse
quently an immense increase in the
output of ammunition for that
branch of the service was neces
sary. The work-shops, Mr. Kell
away said, rallied magnificiently
and by the end of April the weekly
output had increased 800 per cent.
The production of machine guns,
small arms and rifles increased pro
portionately.
All this, Mr. Kellaway added, l as
accomplished in spite of tne fact
! that for the month previous to the
j offensive an average of 3,460 men
j were released per week for the
] army and, for the first month of,
' the offensive this figure was in
creased to 8,200 per week.
At a meeting for enrolling women
j for the land army, Mr. Kellaway
said that since the beginning of the
war there had been two great piece.%'
of constructive work. One was that j
j of munitions and the other agri- j
i culture. With regard to the former;
the women had done splendidly. The !
j excavation work at one of the most
i important fortifications on the north- j
i east coast was carried out bv fisher
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! women from the eastern part of
I Scotland. They, said Mr. Kellaway,
had been the sure shield and buckler
'of Great Britain and he did not be
i lieve they would return to the use
| less occupations so many occupied
! before the war as there would be
! room for them and the men in re
i pairing the ravages of war.
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WUnUSIJUY ALSO AN EQUAL
AQOUNTCT OTHUt (2SLALS
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Home Insurance Co., New York
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Law Union and Rock, London
Look Them Up In Best’s
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three women cooks in Fairbanks1
looking for positions as camp
cooks; also one man cook. All
highly recommended. Address
Nenana News office.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR SALE—One Iron Bed Spring
and mattress, in good condition,
$15. Inquire at News Office
PIANOS—For sale or rent. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
FOR SALE — Extra fine panel t'oc.rs.
1% inches thick, $5. Simson’s.
If you have a sweet-tooth, pull it.
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Julia B.—Up St. Michael, 16th.
Sarah—Up Holy Cross 16th.
Reliance—Up Nulato for Koyukuk
7 a. m. date.
Seatle No. 3—At St. Michael.
Jacobs—At Gibbon.
Davis—Up Holy Cross, 15th.
Washburn —Up Holy Cross for,
Dikeman, 15th.
Sibilla—Up Gibbon for Dawson
3 p. m., 15th.
Yukon—Up Gibbon for Fairbanks
4 a. m. date.
NEW MAN IS APPOINTED
HEAD OF BRITISH MEDICOS
LONDON.—Major General C. H. !
Burtchaell has been appointed direci- j
or-general of medical services of the
British armies in France, in succes
sion to Lieutenant-General Sir A.
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officer wishes to announce that he
has for sale four bonds of the Third
Liberty Loan.
These bonds are all of the |t00
denomination and purchasers will
be required to pay $60 on each bond
at the time of purchase which should
be not later than noon on the 15th
day of the present month. The
balance is due on August 15th.
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