First (£~) in
QUALITY
'er American
At your favorite tovern
and pockage store.
,ft(>TTlED IN BO**
4:*> Schenk
Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 100 proo..
Schenley Distillers Corp., N. Y. C.
Indo - China
Is To Fight
I VICHY, France — It is author-1
itatively reported that massing
troops along the French Indo-|
China Thailand border has been
| resumed and hostilities will re
sult if the armistice is ended.
This statement is made on re-1
ports of action by Japan declar-;
in.g “final” proposal by mediation
pust be accepted by Indo-China
at once.
CIVIL GUARDS
TAKE NOTE —
Want to change your double
barrel shotgun into a repeater, j
J or your single-barrel gun into a
double? There’s a device on the
market that does just about that,
lit is a metal contraption that
grasps 2 shotgun shells by their
primer ends and is in turn attach
ed to a leather strap that en
circles the wrist. After the gun
. is fired and empty shells ejected j
you r load by pushing the left
wrist forward over the gun bar
rels, pull the device from the
shells, and close the gun. It is.
made for 12. 16 and 20 gauge;
guns.
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ARMY ‘JEEP’—Pilots testing this plane at Fort Benning,
Ga., call it the “Jeep.” Wing slols on the leading edge and wide
flaps on the trailing edge allow for quick takeoffs and landings at
25 m.p.h. Plane may serve as a courier.
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I’ MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK OF ALASKA j
J| NOME, ALASKA j
I! An Alaskan Bank Which Has Served This \
!! Community Continuously Since 1904 1}
j: GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS CONDUCTED j
♦ Money Transfers Made to Any Point In
* ;; States By Wire or Draft j
j; Carry Your Money to the States in the \
" SAFE Wray, By Draft t
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GOLD DUST PURCHASED 1
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
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Fair and continued cold tonight and Saturday.
Data For 24 Honrs Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp-6 Lowest temp — -26 Precipitation _ 0
Total precip this month 0.01 Total since Jan. 1, 1941, 0.89
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight----- -22 29 Calm Clear
8am ----- -24 31 N 2 Clear
r 12:30 p m . .... -13 37 NW 3 Clear
Tomorrow: Sunrise 6:48a. m. Sunset 5:39 a. m.
One Year Ago Today
| Highest temp — 32 Lowest temp — 23 Precipitation — 0.06
NOTICE OF ELECTION
TO RATIFY ORDINANCES NOS
291. 2.92 AND 293. TO THE EL
ECTORS OF THE CITY OF
NOME, Alaska:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to Ordinance No.
291 entitled “An Ordinance
granting to The Northern Light
and Power Company, its suc
cessors and assigns, a franchise
to construct. equip, operate,
maintain and use an . lectrie
light and power plant and
system within the City of Nome,
and providing for the ratific
ation hereof," and pursuant to
Ordinance No. 292 entitled “An
Ordinance selling to the Direct
ors of the ‘Drifters Club’ and W.
H. K' lsey the South and North
one-half (1 b> respectively of Lot
14, Block 30, -and providing for
the ratification hereof," both or
dinances having been passed and
approved by the Common Coun
cil of the City of Nome on Jan
uary 13, 1941, and pursuant to
Ordinance No. 293 entitl d “An
Ordinance to convey to James E.
Hewitt a portion of Lancs Way,
and providing for the ratification
hereof," passed and approved by
the Common Council on January
27, 1941, all of those 3 ordinanc
es wi'l be separably submit ed
for ratification at the annual City
Election to be held in the City of
Nome on Tuesday, April 1. 1941.
at which election the qualified el
ectors and voters ar. invited to
vote for ratification or for refus
al of ratificati >n of the ordinanc
es. The submission of each or
dinance will be separate from
that of the others, and each voter
or el1 ctor can declare himself for
or against each ordinance separ
ately. Qualification of electors,
place of voting and the time for
voting, and all other rules, regu
ations, laws and ordinances re
specting the conduct of annual
city elections will apply to the
election as to the ratification ol
these ordinances. Th? original or
dinances showing their exact pre
visions are on file in the office o
the City Clerk, and are availabl
to the public for reading and in
spection at all regular offici
i hours. The time of election shal
be between the hours of 8 A. IV!
and 6 P. M., April 1, 1941. th.
place of voting the City Hall lo
j cated on the South side of Fron
Street. As to Ordinance No. 29!
the property to be disposed of i
the South one-half and Nortl
one-half of Lot 14, B ock 30
terms cash, consideration $109 a.
to each one-half As to Ordinance
No. 293 the property to be con
veyed is the East 7 feet of tha
I portion of Lanes Way lying be
tween Blocks “H” and “J”, anc
being the 7 feet directly adjoin
; ing on the West and parallelinf
| the Western boundary of Lot 1
Block “J”, for the entire length
of 190 feet thereof.
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DATED AT NOME, Alaska
this 21st day of February, 1941.
M. J. Walsh, City Clerh
Publish Feb 21 28 Mar 7 14, 1941
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For That Party
j
Chop Suey, Chow Mien or any
Oriental or American Dish. Call
Frank Suzuki, care Polet’s Store
All cooking and serving done al
1 your home.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
ICE MOVED AT NENANA
i 1917—April 30 . 11:30 a.m
11918—May 11 . 9:33 a.m
i 1919—May 3 . 2:33 p.m
'1920—May 11 . 10:46 a.m
1921— May 11 . 6:42 a.m
1922— May 12 . 1:20 p.m
1923— May 9 .. 2 p.m
1924— May 11 . 3:10 p.m
1925— May 7 . 6:32 p.m
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m
1927— May 13 . 5:42 a.m
1928 May 6 . 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5 . 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8 . 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10 . 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1 . 10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 . 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15 . 1:32 p.m.
1936— -April 30 . 12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12 . 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6 . 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 . 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 pm.
Army Food Is
IBetter Than
U. S. Average
NEW YORK —The United Sta‘
es Army now eats better than
the great majority of this coun
try’s population. Dr. Mary Gar
mo Bryan, director of institution
al management at the Co'un hi?
University, told the A-oc at ml
Grocery Manufacturers of Am
erica in convention at the Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel. "It is safe to
assume that hundred; of thou
sands of American young men
are now about to increase their
present food consumption to a
remarkable extent,” she continu
ed.
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SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
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Th' unique and numerous
nd typical Alaskan stationery—
Sourdough Roadhouse Bette
oeads and Envelopes”, have bee
• rought strictly up’odate. and ar«
.aw available at the Nugget otfi
ce.
Big Defense
Measure Is
Given Boost
WASHINGTON — The House
passed and sent to the Senate
the SI.533,000.000 Emergency De
fense appropriation after over
whelmingly defeating the anti
closed shop amendm nit which
oDponents said wiU “tie the de
fense program in knots.”
The measure carries funds for
completion of the Army's big
housing program and vast expan
ion of Navy shore establishments.
The bill was passed without a
record vote.
ONLY 3 NEWSBOYS
IN GRAND CENTRAL
NEW YORK — New York's
great Grand Central Station has
but three newsboys —Pete As
trel o, Willie Masse:.lion and Ar
thur Ccgnato,
To ir franchise is a family heri
tag. era bd by Commodore Cor
neliu- 1 r''ilt in 1HD6. He did
it to halt daily bat 1 - between
newsboys for space in .he s ‘ a -
ticn.
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Eskimos Register
POINT BARROW — Eleven E.'
kimos and four whites have reg
istered here for the draft with
receipt of the first blanks for
selectees.
The notices were posted in the
stores and aroused much interest
among the Eskimos.
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MINERS AND OPERATORS
You can obtain at the Nugget
Office the following forms which
ire carried in stock, thus avoid
ing long delays and incomplete
blanks obtained in the States
iVrite or call at the Nugget Of
fice for:
Time sheets for Employees
I.ode Location Notices.
Placer Location Notices.
Proofs of Labor Banks.
Cold Water Thawing Logs.
Dredge Shift Reports—2 types.
Non-Liability forms printed on
•ardboard. for posting on claim>
when owners lease property. 50<
each or three for $1.00
Prospecting Drill Field Logs
Deed Forms.
Voucher Forms.
^neojal Power of Attorney
'■‘.inks.
THE GRAND DUCHES > GETS A HANDSHAKE
The Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxenburg (black coat) arrived at the White House for a three rl v
vsit and got a welcoming handshake from Mrs. Ro sevelt at the front door. Behind the Grand Duch
ess is her husband. Prince Felix. With him (back t» camera) is George Summerlin, chief of proton I
of the state department. At left is H. G. Grim. Wh te House usher. Behind Mrs. Roosevel is her
naval aide. Butler waits at open door.
ONE TO TALK ABOU T—Tunafish salad may be the ultimate goal of this husky 150-pound
tuna being whipped back into a fishing boat somewhere off the Mexican shore. Tuna fishing is an im
portant business on the west coast, the tuna fleets moving as.far south as the Galapagos. A criss-cross
of lines permits two or three fishermen to help land the catch.