THE NOME NUGGET
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Gravity of Alaska Placer Situation
Twenty well informed but much perplexed representatives of
•the Alaska mining industry sat in serious conclave at the meet
ing of the Alaska Miners’ Association recently.
Before them was spread the fact that the national priorities
authorities have ruled that placer mining is divorced from the
mining industry of America when it comes t o the matter of
priorities. Placer Mining is not interpreted as a mining industry.
Alaska is hard hit. Unless the ruling is amended, there’s no
way to obtain necessary parts and replacements to keep the vast
quantity of modern equipment used In the industry in the Terri
tory in working condition.
If the condition continues, many of the operators will be
forced to suspend operations. If they be suspended then, men en
gaged in the industry throughout the Territory have no other
industry within the Territory to which they can turn, as do
others in the States.
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The result will be an exodus of miners, their families and
others dependent upon the industry. Dire consequences will be
felt all along the line. Merchants will find their business gone.
Army posts throughout the Territory, which desire a civilian pop
ulation in their proximity for cooperative purposes and services
will be converted into lonely outposts. Railroad, highway and
ocean lines will be deprived of tfaffic to justify operation that
helps to keep the lines in service.
The wholesale houses of the Pacific Northwest will be de
prived of their markets in the Northland which have provided
them with such a volume of their trade and prosperity for years.
Not only Alaskans but others who have shared Alaska’s min
ing prosperity will suffer. What to do about it very proper’y
caused grave concern to the mining representatives at the meet
ing.
It was decided to place the facts before Alaska’s represent- (
atives in influential centers —the delegate to congress, the gov
ernor and others in official position; to appeal to the Seattle and,
Tacoma chambers of commerce to exercise their influence with
their congressional delegations and to others in position to help'
get relief that will avert dsaster to A’aska.
The Miners’ Association should not be ..alone in this matter.
Every representative local and territorial body shou'd get busy. 1
If placer mining goes by the board, the entire territorial bud
get will suffer, and many services perforce be suspended and the
territory sadly embarrassed. j
It's time an all-out effort be made from every angle to hold
the annual placer gold yield of the Territory somewhere near its
1940 total of $26,000.000—and prevent Alaska from becoming a
ghost region at a time when Alaska is the recognized bulwark
•©gainst in vasion of the nation at the point of easiest contact
from the Old World. — (Editorial in Fairbanks News-Miner of
<Nov. 8, 1941,
r> POSSIBLE JAPANESE MOVES SEEN
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the Japanese, reported concentrat
ing at Hainan, were planning a move into French Indo-China. Far
Eastern experts in Washington believed Japan’s reported new de
mands on Indo-China were based on determination to place Jap
aese forces within striking distance of Singapore and the Dutch
East Indies and that a move into Indo-China would also put them
ta position for a blow at China’s Burma noad supply-line. Arrows
Indicate these possible objectives; shading, Japanese penetration
«f China.
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Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 100 proo,
Schenley Distillers Corp., N. Y. C.
Maine-Canada
Pipeline Put
Into Operation
PORTLAND, Me., Nov. — The
first gallon of crude oil consign
ed to reach Canada by way of
the new Portland-Montreal pipe
line began to pour through 236
miles of seamless steel pipe on
November 10.
Gov. Sumner Sewa',1 of Maine
pressed the button which official
ly opened the new route of trans
portation between the United
States and its Canadian neighbor.
Fifty thousand gallons of oil a
day will be forced by giant
pumps through the miles of pipe
to provide a time-saving of more
than a week.
Until now, tankers have labor
ed up the northwestern coast to
the mouth of the St. Lawrence
River, then up the river to Mon
treal, but now, approximately
1.000 miles of ocean and river
travel will be saved on each trip
to shorten their trips and make
ships available for other services.
Extra Fancy
Full Drawn Turkeys
55 Cents Per Pound
Lehmann's
Thanksgiving
Proclamation
In accordance with a long es
tablished American custom and
in keeping with the wishes of
the Governor of our-Territory, I,
EDWARD ANDERSON, Mayor
of the municipality of Nome
hereby proclaim Thursday, Nov
ember 20th, a day of Thanksgiv
ing, to be observed in giving
thanks to Almighty God, for the
many blessings He has bestowed
upon us during the past year.
I urge the people of Nome to
assemble on the day set forth at
their customary places of wor
ship and offer thanks to Al
mighty God that our Territory
and Nation have escaped the hor
rors and devastation of war now
raging over more than one-half
the nations of the earth. -
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the City of
Nome to be affixed hereto, this
14th day of November, 1941.
Signed: EDWARD ANDERSON
Mayor of Nome
Attest:
M. J. Walsh,
City Clerk
Hitler's Beer Cellar Talk
Muddle of Inconsistencies
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NEW YORK, Nov. — As the
world attempted to understand
the significance of Adolf Hitler’s
beer cellar speech, British radio
commentators hurriedly came
forward with their analysis.
The speech was described as a
muddle all the way through and
showed that inconsistencies were
beginning to appear in the claims
of Hitler and the German pro
paganda machine.
One “muddlesome” tactic used
by Hitler was his attempt to ex
plain the word “blitzkrieg, as he
had applied it to his campaign
against Russia. Hitler declared
the word could be applied to any
campaign and that it did not nec
essarily mean a struggle of short
duration.
Hitler also went on to explain
that Germany was not now at
tacking Leningrad and left the
impression that the Nazi forces
there were only for defensive
purposes. Apparently they are
waiting for Leningrad to fall by
itself, was the commenator’s op
inion.
In a f.eries of misleading re
ferences, Hilter referred to the
possibi ity of revolt in Germany
by promising the use of the abun
dant soil of Russia for the bene
fit of Germany, which has long
their ambition. The reasons why
Hitler invaded Russia was sum
med up as a new fairy tale. Hit
ler declared that in 1940 ho knew
that there had been a secret
session of the British parliament
at which the Russians had agreed
to attack Germany in March of
this year. The reasoning by Hit
ler in this instance was cited as
an indication that the Russian at
tack by the Nazis was very un
popular in Germany.
Hit’er also referred to Presi
dent Roosevelt’s recent declara
tion that the Nazis were for the
suppression of all religion by say
ing this was all falsehood and
that the Nazis were not opposed
to religion as long as it did not
interfere with the state. The
British commentators said that
this again was a give-away as to
Hitler’s attitude toward all re
ligion.
FISCHER TO MAKE
TANKS FOR ARMY .
DETROIT, Nov. — Officials of
he Fischer Body Company said
that construction would start im
mediately on a huge tank order,
placed by the Army.
Medium combat size tanks will
be built. The company received
a $25,000,000 government facil
ities contract. Fischer Body Com
pany executives added that the
Flint factory would employ
15.000 workers at the operations
peak.
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Cloudy tonite & Thurs. Light
snow, increasing NE to E winds
reach .25 mph. Little change in
temperature lowest about 15 deg.
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PATTY-CAKE IN TEXA S—Slap-happy gridders at the University of Texas pat their mid
dles vigorously ill a limbering-up session at Austin, Coach Dana X. Bible (rear) calling the pats.
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