Alaska Retains j
Gold Minin" Sea
sonal Exemptions
Placer gold rmnir'g by power
machinery in the states of Wash
ington, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana. Nevada, South Da
kota, Utah and Wyoming is not
a “seasonal” operation within the
meaning of the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act, Michael J. Haas, Spec
ial Agent of the Wage and Hour
Division for Alaska, announced.!
Therefore. overtime pay fori
workers so engaged must now be!
(paid throughout the year at the i
rate of at least time and one- j
half their regular hourly rate
for work beyond 40 hours in a
single work week.
Tins dec.slop by L. Mi tcalfe
Walling, Administrator of the
Wage and II r D vision amends
prior determinations by the Ad
ministrator which had hi Id the
seasonal exemption to apply m
these areas, whereby for a per
iod of 14 weeks :n a calendar;
year, overt me rates of pay did
rot apply until af‘er 12 hours of
work in any one day. or 56 in a
work week.
The amended decision was ■
reached after interested labor
unions had objected that mining
with power machinery continues
throughout the year, and a hear
ing on the obi'ciions resulted in
a finding that the objections
were valid.
The original determination.
holding that plan r ged mining
in Alaska eith< r power, or other
wise, may enjoy the exemption,
remains in effect.
Calvin E. Pool
Is Assistant
OPA Director
Announcerm nt of the appoint
ment of Calvin E. Poole of Doug
glas as Assistant Director for the
Alaska Office of Price Adminis
tration was made by Mildred R.
Hermann, Director of the Office
of Price Administration for Al
aska. The appointment was made
by Rupert Emerson, Regional
Director of the Office of Price
Administration in Washington,
upon the recommendation of1
Mrs. Hermann. Mr. Pool's work,
will have special reference to
price administration work in the
First Division of Alaska.
Well known to most residents
of Gastineau Channel, Mr. Pool
has been for the past three years
superintendent of the Douglas
schools. Prior to that, time he
held a similar office at Nome. He
has also found time for other
activities, such as the summer
management of the Northwest-,
cgn Alaska Fair at Nome and|
active work in the Territorial
Chamber of Commerce, of which
organization he has been the ex
ecutive secretary for the past
year and a half.
He is a graduate of the Eastern
"Washington College of Education
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 65.9
In the Probate Court in ar.d for
the Cape Nome Precinct, Stcond
Division: Territory of Alaska
In the matter of the Estate of
HARRY CREMLDAS, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
by order of the Probate Court
in and for the Cape Nome Pre
cinct. Alaska, the undersigned
has been appointed Administrat
or of the Estate of HARRY CRE
MIDAS, deceased. Ail persons
having claims against said estate
shall present them with proper
vouchers attached within six
months from the date of this no
tice to the undersigned adminis
trator personally or through his
attorney, Leroy M. Sullivan of
Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, June 1 j
1942.
GUST CR EM IDAS
Administrator
Publish June 1. 8. 15. 22 1942
A. B. degree. Mr. Pool was an
and the University of Washing
ton from which he received his
economic major, most of hisj
work at the University being in
the School of Business Adminis-.
t rat ion.
“I feel that Mr. Pool’s admin -j
istrative experience admirably1
qualifies him for the position to
which he has been appointed,”
Mrs. Herman said. His long ex
perience in dealing with the pub
lie through the administration ot
schools in the various parts of
Alaska has equipped him for the
contact work with the public gen
erally which will be an import
ant part of his new duties.”
NEW SYSTEM OF
SIGNALS EFFECTIVE
TUESDAY, JUNE 1<>
In order to prevent confusion
when sounding the city tire sta
tion siren whistle, the following
information is released for the
public of Nome to follow:
The regular signal will he
sounded for fire, one blast will
mean that there is a fire in the
east end of town and two blasts
will mean that the fire is at the
west end of town, the dividing
line is at the city hall or lire
station.
The lire signal will he of short
duration as in the past.
In case of impending danger
from an enemy attack, the city
siren will sound one long con
tinuous blast.
Remember — Listen to the
whistle, one or two blasts will
mean fire at the east or west part
of town but one long continuous
blast will mean that there is dan
ger of an approaching enemy.
Then—tune in to the Civil De
fense Station for information.
The danger signal will be one
long continuous blast of at least
two minutes duration. Any other
signal will be given in case of
a lire. Tell your neighbors and
all your friends so they will he
able to note the difference be
tween the signal for fire and the
danger alarm.
l ire alarm—I, east; 2, west, j
Danger signal, one long con-:
tinuous blast.
The above regulation will be
effect Tuesday, June ll», 1942.
By Conrad Yennev.
Chief, Nome Fire Department
Buv Defense Bonds and Stamp?
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BUY
WAR
BONDS
COLOGNE AFTER TH )CSAM)-PLANE RAID
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es dropped 3,000 tons of bombs on the old city o the Rhine. Running dia«> mitly hem left to top
|of picture is the Hohestrasse, described as Cologn busiest 'tieet. The famed ( a!h« leal, shadow of
. its upper structrue shows on the ground, appears » have escaped : >1 but superfii ial damage, the
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The above map locates Cologne, objective of the 1000-plane RAF raid, pictures of
which appear on this page. Also located are Rostock, Luebeck, and Essen, which
suffered similar devastating bombings by the Royal Air Force.
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Widespread damage in the modern section ol' Cologne is pictured in this ollicial British photo marie
from an RAF plane after the thousand-plane raid that wrought havoc on ti at city. Running from
top to bottom is the broad tree-lined Luxemburg, astra-se. Lighter sections iu photo show area
heavily “blitzed.” This picture sent by cable from .ondon to New York.