I
* Bargaining For
Miners At
Fairbanks
^ FAIRBANKS. June 2 — Th
United State? Sm-lting, Refining
and Mining Company has agreed
to bargain with the local 440 CIC
after making a check of the com
pany’s production employees i
this district, numbering 760, Th
check showed the majority o'
such employees b long to tha
union.
Bargaining begins this week
with both sides hopeful satisfac
tory arrangements will assure
contmuation of operations in the
^ Fairbanks area.
CIO Heads Are
* Called to Session
WASHINGTON — President
Philip Murray of the CIO. also
a member of the Defense M dia
tion Board, has joined Chairmar
of the Board, C. A. Dykstra, ir
summoning Washington Staff
leaders of the striking CIO lurr
bermen to the Capital City.
This action was taken after
Board officials said they “have
r eeived no evidence’’ that thei
appeal to settle the strike, ha
been brought to the attention o
the union membership.
The Board declined to state
what action would be taken.
O. M. Oorton, President of the
. International Woodworkers oi
I * America, and Ilmar Kolvunen
Vice-President wired that they
had rejected unanimously any
mediation, saying this was the
action of “our committee.”
Notice of Rendering Third anti
Final Account and Report for
Settlement and Petition for Or
der Determining Heirs, Devisee*
_ and Legatees, and of Distributor
No. 602
In the Probate Court in anc
for the Cape Nome Precinct, Sec
cr.d Division: Territory of Alaska
In the matter of the estate ol
HEINRICH EWERT, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given tha
Kari Palsson and George Modini
Executors of the will of Heinricl
Ewert, deceased, and of his es
tate, have rendered and present
cd for final settlement, and tiled
in the above Court, their third
and final account and report and
petition for an order determining
heirs, devisees and legatees, anc
of distribution, and that Tuesday
the 22 day of July, 1941, at 1(
o’clock A. M. of said day, at the
office and Courtroom of the
above Court in Nome, Alaska
has been set as the time anc
place for the settlement of saic
account and report and for hear
ing of objections thereto if anj
there be, and for a hearing or
the petition for determining
heirs, devisees and 1 gatees anc
for order of final distribution
and all persons interested in saic
estate are hereby notified ther
and there to appear and show
caus?, if any they have, why ths
acount and report should not bf
settled and allowed and why dis
tribution of the estate should no
thereupon be immediately mafl<
to the persons entitled theret<
without further notice or proceec
ings. At such hearing the Cour
will adjudicate and decree wht
are the heirs and distributees o
the deceased. Reference .is here
by made to the account, repor
and petition for further partic
ulars.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 2:
day of May, 1941. ••
George Modini and Kar
Palsson, Executors.
Publish May 23, 30, June 6, 11
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Two Seattle C of
C Officials On W
This Week
Leaving Seattle Thursday or
aboard ihe Bnranof for an exten
sive visit of the Territory, was
Darwin Meisnest, Chairman of'
'he Alaska Committee of the 1
S attle Chamber of Commerce j
and Forest L. McGovern, Assist
ant General Manager of the
Chamber and in charge of its A' I
aska activities.
They will arrive in Juneau Sun
day. June 8, for a short visit and
will return by plane from Fair
banks on Thursday, June 19 and
remain for several days.
Th y will observe the progress
being made on the defense bases!
now under construction, confer
with local Chambers of Com
merce and business leaders and
talk to local and Federal offic
:als, all with an eye to obtaining
a first-hand knowl dge of devel
opments and conditions in Al
aska*
Meisnest is Vice-President and
General Manager of the Washina
ton Athletic Club of Seattle ana
s one of the city’s active busi
icss leaders. H has visited the
Territory several times with the
Seattle Chamber’s Good Will
Tours and has a wide acquaint
! ance with Alaskans.
The Alaska Committee, of
i which he is Chairman, is compos
! d of 70 outstanding business x
eutives and profesional men and
considers all Alaska matters com
! Lng before the Seattle Chamber.
McGovern has long directed all
of the Seattl Chamber's Alas
I ka activities and for the past few
i years has, in addition, been As
sistant General Manager of that
Chamber. He has performed
1 many services for Alaska and is
| known i.n every corn r of the
Territory.
Calls For Great
Aid To Britain
I _
WASHINGTON, May 31 — Be
fore th, Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier, Sergeant Alvin York call
1 ed for immediate all-out aid to
England and added:
“If that means the use of con
voys then we should use them.”
The Tennessee mountaineer be
came one of the outstanding her
oes of the first World War serv
ing with the AEF and was invit
ed to be the principal speaker at
the Memorial Day exercises in
Arlington Cemetery.
York struck out at the advocat
es of isolation,ism and declared
that Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
of Montana, leading isolationist,
“ought to know that you cannot
protect yourself against a bullet
with an umbrella.”
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New Job Is
Given to Iekes
HYDE PARK, N. J.—Announce
ment was made from the t- mpo-■
irv White House of the appoint
ment of Secretary of Interior )
Harold L. Iekes to the new job
f keeping gasoline and oil fiow
ng in an adequat supply to civ
ilian and defense needs. He was
rimed Petroleum Coordinator
for National Defense in addition
0 nLs previous title of Federal
Oil Administrator.
President Roosevelt has in
• tructed Iekes to make what re
commendations he deems neces
ary.
Recently Iekes predicted civ
1 1 iais might have to give up Sun-.
day driv s and return to gasolint
less Sundays as during the World j
War days.
—
Launching Of
Cruiser Juneau
[s Moved I p
The light cruiser USS Juneau
i will slide down the ways at Kear
| icy, N. J., on or about next Oct
; ber 4. Secretary of the Navy
; Frank Knox inform'd Mayor
Harry Lucas of Juneau in a le.ter
i r ecently.
i When Juneau was first notified
the cruiser was to be named for
I the capital of Alaska, the launch
' mg date was to be some time in
1 1942.
Mayor and Mrs. Lucas intend
to b on hand for the launch
ing. Secretary Knox invited the
i Mayor to arrange for Juneau
representation on the occasion.
Burton Holmes
Bound North
—
Burton Holmes, world travel
er and author of the Burton
Holmes Travelogues, arrived in
Juneau recently cnrcute to the
Westward with his wife and pho
tographer, Thayer Soule.
Tile noted lecturer and author
was last in Alaska in 1903 when
he made a trip to Nome.
Holmes and party remained in
Juneau, waiting for a north
bound to take them past Col
umbia Glacier.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
Th*^ unique and humorous
and typical Alaskan stationery
Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
neads and Envelopes”, have beet
orought strictly uptodate. and ar*
; now available at the Nugget offl
ce.
Cyprus, England
Next Island To
Get Parachutists
—
BBRCTN, Jimo 2 -- Hermann
Cl:> ring. Mn. 2 Niz , declared to
d-iv Mbit Nazi parachutists and
a:r Horne ‘mops who occupied
Crete "proved before the whole
v.",r'd the words of t’.ie Fuehrer]
there are r.o unconqu rable is
lands.”
In't.h O’der of the Day, Goer
ing virtu: llv stamped out the
ground work for future actions i
of parachutists and air born
troops and this is taken to mean,
the attempt to invade England,
hut Cyprus, another potential is
land, is the objective of a luft
wafle before England.
Goerirvg call d the conquest of
Crete ;s an “unprecedented ach
ievement.”
Gridley Back In
Alaska To \ iew
Bases For Navy
R. A. Gridley, formerly PWA
repr entative in Aiaska for
thre*. y ars .ending in 1937, is
back in the North on a new as
signment. Gridley is now Head
Eng ; i er attached to the Office of
the Secretary of the Navy. He is
f here on a fi Id observation trip
: with regard lo Naval Aviation
1 Stations in Alaska,
j He will visit Sitka and Kodiak
\ before returning to Washing on
I to advi.e the Secretary on admin
istration and policy matters rel
ative to the negotiated fixed fet
contract work in Alaska.
Gridley has visited most of the
continental Navy installation
and a number of those outside
the continent.
i_zs.m _i
The military Idea now finding ex
pression in dress and coat styles is
also strong in women’s accessories.
Typical of this patriotic flair are the
emblematic scarf and wrap turban
picture'* >.
THE FLICHT THAT FAILED—Untimely death ended the career of this eagle, which
smashed into the windshield of a ear being driven by Fred M, Kline near his home at Avondale,
Colo. Kline said the eagle, eating a rabbit at the side of the road, became frightened, made a sharp
J circle and dived into the auto. The bird was fatally hurt, but Kline was not injured.
Dr. Gruber In
And Write Hook
In spite of Congress and high
water. Dr. Ruth Gruber is in Al
aska to write a book. It will b a
social and economic study of life
in Alaska, the young woman who
caused Representatives an anx
ious half hour in the House re
cently. told a Juneau Empire re
port* r on arriving at Juneau.
She was on h r way to Alaska,
she sn.id, when she read in the
newspapers that the House of Rep
resentatives had voted 64 to 40
against allowing Department of
the Int rior funds to b spent to
send her to Alaska.
Then came a telegram from
Secretary Iekes to “proceed.” So
here she is.
The House voted h r down
after reading from a book by Dr.
Gruber “I Went to the Soviet Re
public" that she wanted to go
Kick some day and shout ‘Zdrav
si vu it ye.”
Questi nod on this point. Dr.
Gi liber said the word means
“!i lln,” that she was in Russia as
a reporter for the New York
New Defense
Sum Sought
Now By FDD
WASHINGTON, June 2— Presi
dent Roosevelt has rccommend
r d tn Congress additional appro
nriations totaling S125.000.0fK) for
special defense highway construe
tion.
The President proposes that
$100,000,000 be authorized sp ci
fically for development and ac
cess of roads and $25.000,000 to
strengthen bridges and widening
services for key areas,
Herald-Tribune and that she does
n’t think she’s a dangerous char
after for Congress to have knock
ing about in Alaska.
Asked “Are you a Commun
ist?” Miss Gruber replied: "Oh,
God, no.”
The attractiv young woman,
whom you might pass on the
str>et without thinking} she’d
ever heard of Russia, once had
the reputation of being the
world’s youngest Ph. D. She hop
's she’s lived that down.
IT WON’T BE LONC LON C-Once Thomas Roberts,
24, a Colorado mountain guide, gets into the army—he volun
teered in Denver—his shoulder-length bob must go. In a mirror
Roberts studies how he'll look without those tresses.
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
I Fair and slightly cooler tonight. Saturday increasing cloudiness
I followed by light rain in afternoon and night.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
j Highest temp — 67 Lowest temp — 51 Precipitation _ 0
Total precip this month — 0 Total since Jan. 1, 1941 _ 1.S0
Temp. Humidity Hind Weather
12 Midnight----- 53 48 NNE 11 Clear
3 a m __1_- 59 39 N 20 Clear
12:30 p m___ 55 62 SW 12 Clear
Tomorrow: Sunrise 1:32 a. m. Sunset 10:31 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 60 Lowest temp — 43 Precipitation — T
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