IIIK NOME NUGGET
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
Draft. Assessment* Protection
The new national draft act,enrolling men from 19
to 65 years of age, is going to affect many in industrial
pursuits and other activities.
Every man called to service, either in the armed
forces, home defense or production, is entitled to full
protection during the emergency of those interests he
holds and which have engaged his attention in time of
peace.
Consider in particular the lot of the prospector
and the mining man, required to perform certain an
nual assessment work in order to retain title to his
mining claims.
No man called to the service in any capacity
should suffer a loss of any interest or holdings while
he is serving his country. Hitherto, under such condi
tions, it has been customary to exempt the prospector
and miner from performance of assessment work.
To relieve those who will be called, from anxiety
and embarrassment, it is but fair that early provision
be made in the matter. It’s none to soon to start the
wheels moving to get action. Procedure in this matter
in the past always has been far too tardy and slow.
With their rush of new duties, authorities who can
provide the relief are almost sure to overlook it if not
reminded of the need and the matter followed through
until definite orders are issued.
And when the time comes to cancel the assessment
exemption provisions, it is to be hoped ample notice
will be given, so that claim owners will have plenty of
time to make necessary arrangements, and get back
into the field, and do the required work.
On previous occasions claim owners have been
given but scant notice, a mere few days, in which to
act, with result that holdings on which they had de
voted their energies and faithful efforts in develop
ment for years too often have gone by the board. May
this not occur again.
Let’s get early action to see that every man in the
nation’s service, and especially in this Alaska of ours,
is fully protected.
—Fairbanks News-Miner
li. S. Gold as Allied Bulwark
The billions of dollars in gold and silver stored in
Kentucky and New York by the United States govern
ment would prove the greatest war prize for whic(h
nations have ever battled. The Germans say they can
do business throughout the world with a system of
barter but they are fooling no one nor themselves.
They know that their rule of the world commerce
would be incomplete without the gold and silver of
the United States.
The defeat of the Axis allies would mean that the
United States would use its great store of precious
metals in bringing order to world commerce whereby
^balances could be settled in gold and silver as before
t'he war.
The United States may soon be in an enviable po
sition with its great wealth of gold and silver. After
the war the entire world will want gold and we can
deliver it at a price. At least part of the billions' in
wealth we are going into debt for under the lease
lend program could be wiped out by marking up
the price of gold before we place the metal back in
world commerce. Our gold and silver mines both large
and small, and all our gold placers should be encou
raged and equipped to produce all the metal possible.
—Denver Mining Record.
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Japanese Spies
Were At Work
In Hawaii
WASHINGTON — A U n i t e d
States Army1 official familiar
j with the defenses of Hawaii ex
! pressed the opinion that the suc
! cess of the Japanese raids on
' Pearl Harbor probably resulted
from months of careful espion
I ago at the Pacific fortress.
! The official said that the man
ner in which the attack was car
I ried out indicated that Japan was
, thoroughly fami’iar with all de
fense precautions of the Army
! and Navy at Hawaii.
Spies Watch Flights
It was explained that the
Army and the Navy have made
regular flights out to sea from
Hawaii in order that they might
be warned of the approach of
; any hostiyle force. The probabil
ity was that Japanese spies ob
served these flights day after day
and learned the time at which
they were made. It also was be
lieved that agents of the Japan
ese government may have dis
guised themselves as fishermen
and gone to sea in order that |
they might learn the distance j
which the American planes flew
from their base.
Acted on Observations
With this information, the Jap
anese apparently brought their
aircraft carriers to a point be
yond the area covered by the air
patrols and then sent their bomb
ers in between flights by the pat
rolling American craft.
This explanation was given as
thoroughly a private one ad con
ncctcd in no way with the of
ficial opinion of the War Depart
ment, which has not yet been
made known.
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( OFFICIAL PUBLICATION )
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE
-Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Alaska, Territory of Alaska, at the close of
business on the 31st day of December, 1941.
_ RESOURCES
Loans •and discounts . ^ 328 883 80 «
Loans on real estate . ... 90 076 99 ■
°vcrdrafts . 1,103.33 :
United States bond and securities . 179 006 25 !•
Other bonds and warrants ..... 176.417.13 •
Stocks, Securities, judgements, claims, etc. I
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 45.041.05 ■
Other real estate owned . 2 908 29 •
Due from other banks . 406,575.91 •
Cfiecks on other banks and other cash items . 1.819.62 *
Exchanges for Clearing house . I
Cash on hand . 122.052.90 '
Expenses in excess of earnings. )
Gold bullion on hand .. 299.00 I
_ TOTAL.$ 1,354.189.27
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . .. $100,000.00
Surplus fund . 25,000.00
Reserves . .
Undivided profits less expenses paid . 104,435.861
Dividends declared but unpaid ......
Due to other banks .
Demand deposits . 759,708.63 ;
Time deposits 365,044.781
Cashier’s and certified checks .
Notes and bills rediscounted .....
Bills payable (including certificates of deposit) for _
money borrowed ......
TOTAL . $ 1,354,189.27;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
Territory of Alaska, : ss:
Second Division. )
I, G. R. JACKSON, president of the above named bank, do I
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the beet
of my knowledge and belief..
G. R. JACKSON, President
( NOTORIAL SEAL ) ( CORRECT ATTEST )
Subscribed and sworn to before me this G. R. JACKSON
5th day of January, 1942. G. H. GABRIELSON
Directors
JEANNE C. MOZEE, Notary Public ]
in and for the Territory of Alaska. i
My commission expires Sept. 24, 1943.
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President Roosevelt signed a proclamation at the White House
Iesignating Dec. 15 as “Bill of Rights Day” in observance of the
150th aniversary of the adoption of the bill of rights.