Cl]? Nome Nutlet
Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday by The
NOME PUBLISHING COMPANY
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone: Main 125 P. O. Box 618
$1.50 PER MONTH $16.00 A YEAR
W. A. BOUCHER . Editor-Publisher
EMILY BOUCHER .Society Editor
2nd Class Application Made in Nome Post Office
' FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1944._
NEW TYPE AMMUNITION
MADE BY MOTOR FIRM
If Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and
is life-raft companions had been equip
ped with the armed forces’ latest type
weapon for self-preservation, their or
deal in the South Pacific would have
been less exacting.
This new weapon, one of the most
prized pieced ofl equipment currently
being issued to American service men j
stationed overseas, is a package of buck- ■
shot shells designed to fit a regulation |
.45 calibre pistol.
A few rounds of these shells augment- j
ing regular ammunition minimizes the j
threat of starvation to sailors cast adrift
from a sinking vessel, soldiers isolated j
in a desrted country, or airmen forced :
down in a remote jungle. As long as I
gulls, fish, birds, or small game come |
within a 40-foot range, the stranded ser-1
vice man is able to bag wild food.
The shells, now being produced in
volume by an automotive company, are
a combination of a regular .45 calibre
steel shell case and a special capsule
composed of three layers of paper press
ed together and held tight by a new kind
of paste. Fitted into the case, the cap
sule takes the place of the usual steel
or lead missile.
Inside the paper container, lacquered
red to distinguish it from other types of
ammunition, are approximately 135 tiny
lead shot. These are similar in appear
ance to the ones used in some shotgun
shells. The steel cases holding the pa
per wads are manufactured by a process
which the automotive company helped
the army develop.
Grooves inside the shell case hold the
paper nose in place. When the gun is
fired the paper wad is discharged, in
tin reintegrating and allowing the shot
j to scatter in a large pattern. These pis
1 tol-sized buckshot shells enable a lost
I service man to hit targets that could not
; possibly be stopped with the ordinary
! high speed, single shot ammunition. To
date, the automotive company has man
ufactured more than 4,000,000 of the
1 shells.
To prevent errors occurring during
the selection of ammunition in the field,
the buckshot shells are packed in spec
ially-designed containers. — (Automo
tive War Production).
FIGHTING WALKER S
CENSORSHIP
The American Newspaper Publish
ers’ Association has made an appearance
in the Federal courts in connection with
the case involving Postmaster General
Frank C. Walker’s attempt to ban the
magazine Esquire, from the mails.
It should be obvious to all Americans
that the Postmaster General was not
designated as a censor for the United
States and that the privilege of second
class mailing should not be used to give
any one individual dictatorial powers
over the contents of magazines, newspa
per and other publications.
In fact, the Postmaster-General would
do well to devote his attention to improv
ing the postal service and leave to other
agencies the decision as to whether a
specific publication should be distributed
throughout the country.
Any attempt on the part of Mr. Wal
ker, or future Postmaster-Generals, to
set up a censorship should result in an
appropriate law to eliminate the matter
from his jurisdiction.
The newspaper publishers point out
that the office of Postmaster-General
has been peculiarly political and that
since the turn of the century, no Presi
dent has named as Postmaster-General
any person who did not actively partici
pate in the campaign of the successful
nominee.
This being the practice, it is so much
more important that no one man, or
group, be allowed to exercise any con
trol which exerts pressure upon second
class publications.—(Fairbanks News
Miner).
Huge Income In
c
Taxes Are Noted
Two million dollars in federal
is the avreage week-day
contribution of Washington and
Alaska taxpayers to Uncle Sam
at this stage of the war. Internal
Revenue Collector Clark Squire
revealed today.
The monthly average exceeds
51 millions, which is almost twice
the monthly collection in the en
tire United States 30 years ago.
Internal revenue collections in
thi Washington-Alaska district for
the fiscal year just closed were
4616.972,074 24, Squire announced.
Thirty years ago—in 1914—the fis
cal year collection in the whole
country v/as but $380,008,893 96.
Collections in this district are
more than double last year s
amount, and are about 19 times
as heavy os four years ago. Squire
Nome Directory
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IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
1912-13 Smith Tower
"■elephone Elliot 8200
0. D. COCHRAN
’ Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Alaska
N. STRAND
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
Phone Black 158
NOME, ALASKA
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
said.
The 1944 fiscal year "take” of
nearly 61? millions is broken down
as follows: Income taxes (individ
ual and corporation), $557,424,
095.98; miscellaneous taxes, $34,
018,744.83; employment taxes,
$25,529,233.43.
Corporations paid $173,891,
216.79 in income and excess pro
fits taxes, while individuals paid
§378,532,879.19 on their incomes,
nearly 160 millions of it by the|
withholding method.
Squire pointed out that the in
come tax paid by individuals in
the Washington-Alaska district
nearly equals the 1914 fiscal year
collection of $380,008,893.96 in all
kinds of federal taxes for the en
tire country.
Miscellaneous taxes for the last
fiscal year amounted to more than
the total of all federal taxes in
this district four years ago—34
millions compared to 32 millions.
Collection costs are surprising
ly low, according to internal rev
SUPPLIES ASHOR E—Motorized equipment ro'ls down the ramps of Coast Guard landing craft j
* Into the surf at Camp Gloucester, New Britain, carrying battle supplies. ‘
GIRL E N G I N E E R—Altha Fay Ellis, 20, Corsicana. Texas,
operates controls of 20-ton gasoline locomotive at Army Air
Forces training command station at Randolph Field, Texas.
Locomotive bandies oil cars on field.
enue statistics. The cost of col
lecting 22 biltions during the 1943
fiscal year was 44 cents per $100
compared with 56 cents per $100
i
of collections for 1942
OLD-TIMER ILL
AT HOME HERE
J. J. O'Leary, old-time Alaskan,
and Territorial license officer of
Nome, has been confined to his
home the past few weeks because
of illness. He is getting along as
well as can be expected.
COUNCILMEN ASSISTING
AS POLICEMEN
Nome should be proud of her
conscientious councilmen who
have taken upon themselves the
burden of policing the town at
night, as there is a shortage of
help at the fire station. 'They are
found performing this duty at all
hours of the night, trying to hep
the children off the streets after
curfew and to alleviate other
night disorders.
Advertise it in The Nugget
LEGAJL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF FURS
PUBLIC NOTICE is hfcrefcy
given that the ALASKA GAME
COMMISSION will sell at PUB
LIC AUCTION, to the highest
bidder, for cash, furs in its pos
session, at 1:30 p. m. on August
16, 1944. in the A. B. Hall at Ju«n- »
eau, Alaska.
I Articles may be examined upon
■ applying to the Alaska Game
| Commission office. Juneau, Alas
ka, from 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p m.
' on August 14 and from 8:00 a
m. to 5:00 p. m. on August 15,
j 1944.
The Commission reserves the
■ right to withdraw any and all ar
ticles from sale, and to segregate
or combine any two or more lots
at the time of sale.
FRANK H. HYNES, <
Executive Officer.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this
noth day of July, 1944.
W There Will Be No More Ice Cream Sold Here Until
| the Arrival of the New Ice Cream Machine.
P HEADQUARTERS FOR
WHITEY’S TAXI - BLACK 126
The Glue Pot!
ft Simeon and Goetzenberger, Props.
Scorchy Smith....
Shocking!
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NEgVEN-SCHQCK
Oh, Diana!
Overdone
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