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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1944
SOVIET NEUTRALITY
Announcement recent
ly by Secretary of State
Cordell Hull that an ex
ploratory conference will
be held in Washington,
probably next month, to
consider an organization
for world security, empha
sizes the differences that
exists between Russia and
the other United Nations
in respect to the war in the
Pacific.
While Chinese represen
tatives will attend the con
ference, they will not sit
at tht same sessions that
Soviet representatives at
tend. Moscow does not
want to prejudice her neu
trality in the Pacific war.
The fact naturally re
news speculation as to the
probability of Russian as
sistance in the war against
Japan. There are some
Americans who insist
that, unless Russia helps
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IRA D. ORTON
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less of what has been said
about the Bolshevik Gov
ernment, it has a good rec
ord in regard to respecting
the terms of treaties.
Any action taken by the
Soviet will probably be
limited to these aims.—
(Fairbanks News-Miner).
NOME’S FIRE OF ’34
Just 10 years ago yes
terday, on Monday, Sep
tember 17, 1934, Nome
suffered the greatest loss
in its colorful history.
The major portion of
the city, including all of
the business district, every
business house in Nome,
covering 12 city blocks,
with the exception of the
two lighterage plants, were
victims of the conflagra
tion.
A relief committee, or
ganized immediately, sent
a report of the devastation
to the then Governor Troy
at Juneau.
The report stated: “Es
timated building loss was
$2,000,000, exclusive of
federal buildings. Fire
wiped out 12 city blocks,
including federal, munici
pal, and a portion of the
| residential district. Schools
| and the hospital were not
I damaged. Sufficient food
here for immediate needs.”
The report went on to
say, speedy preparations
were necessary as winter
was just around the cor
ner. Housing was the prob
lem, but the northern hos
pitality prevailed and no
one had to sleep out-of
doors.
It was reported, also,
that fire department equip
ment was necessary, and
that streets, sidewalks,
mains and drains had to be
started at once.
The message was signed
by G. R. Jackson, chair
man of the FERA commit
tee. Much water has
flown under the bridge, or
rather, great strides have
been made in aviation in
Alaska, since the fire.
Nome is now, as always,
a very independent little
“burg”, and has made its
way through its various
mishaps, with flying col
ors.
Federal offices were
opened here one week af
ter the fire, following the
opening of vaults.
At that time Pilot Bob
Ellis arrived from Seattle
with four passengers, in
cluding Alfred Lomen of
Lomen Comercial Co.
There are more than 1,000 im
portant u^es tor cotton.
NEW FACES LOSE FACE QUICKLY
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! Nome Nugget,
Nome, Alaska.
Gentlemen:
The war effort has turned into
a vacation, a spree, for certain
i chronic drunks who have drifted
into Alaska to take advantage of
big money in government over
time work. Because the author
ities seem to be at a loss what
procedure to take to clear the un
desirables, the tramp element,
from the Territory, the War Man
power Commission of the Fair
banks Area (including Nome) has
decided to go into action and tac
kle this problem.
Henceforth, all employers in
the Nome district are requested to
warn employees guilty of overin
dulgence that they will be fired
for a seond offense and will be
denied a clear release for employ
ment elsewhere. At the time of
the second offense, the employ
er is reminded to conform with
the existing requirement of the
Alaska Stabilization Plan—issue
a WMO-2, the Employers’ Termi
nation Notice, reading: “Released
—No; Denied Release—Yes.” On
the bottom of this form it is sug
gested that the employer write
“Discharged for overindulgence.”
If the man has been in Alaska
three years or less, efforts will be
made to expedite his speedy de
parture from this area.
The proper utilizaiton of man
power, the full use of precious
housing accommodations, the sav
ing of bales of government mon
ey—all have been considered in
making this bold move. The
chronic drunks from Outside
mutft toe induced to take their va
i cation elsewhere, since Alaska
| has been, is and will be an im
portant area in the all-out Pacif-c
war.
The legality of denying these
releases may be checked by refer
ence to the Alaska War Man
power Commission Stabilization
Plan (revised February 15, 1944)
under IV—Procedure, C. Issuance
of an Availability Cetificate, 3.
The Worker Is Discharged, sub
title a”.
In the Nome district, an addi
tional problem is encountered in
the fact that once an undesirable
is put “on the beach” he does not
use his last check to obtain trans
portation out of Nome but hangs
around the bars and becomes in
digent and a ward of the local
jail. To counteract this possibility
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it is suggested that Nome employ
ers take immediate steps to pro
tect themselves as employers in
other parts of Alaska have done
—have all employees sign a pow
er of attorney slip permitting the
employer to withhold transporta
tion cost to Seattle. When the un
desirable leaves the payroll, pur
chase his ticket out, turn it over
to a transportation company and
give the ex-employe the balance ^
This is not a beautiful dream—
this is being done.
The time has come for Alaska
to control this vicious condition.
The co-operaiton of other news
papers in. the Fairbanks Area has
been pledged. Let’s get together
and stop this wasteful nonsense.
PETER WOOD,
Area Director, War Manpower
Commission.
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