TUNDRA
By AUDREY HENDERSON
Walking down Front Street this
morning I dropped into the Nome
Drug Store and bought a number
of magazines that had come in
on the boat. I hastily scanned
through the pages and noticed in
particular some of the news ti
tles. Predictions here and there
like ‘The War Will Be Over
Soon,” “War Will Be Ended by
Christmas”, ‘The War Will Be
Won by 1945.” Articles in news
paper columns telling how the
American people are getting tired
of the war. That we are smug,
complacent, and very optimistic
That we aren’t observing the
rules of rationing boards and la
bor boards and what have you
. . . That we are rash, pig-headed,
stupid. Well, maybe . . .
Just suppose you are home an<J
you’re eating dinner. The door
bell rings . . . you hurry to the
door thinking that it means an
evening of pan with a next door
• neighbor You open the door,
and there stands a boy just like
your boy.
“Mr. Smith live here?” he asks.
“I’m Mr. Smith,” you say.
‘Telegram for you!” he replies.
You hastily tear the telegram
open and read, “The War Depart
ment regrets to inform you . . .”
Your very heart and head seems
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to burst into flame, and the tears ,
rush from your eyes. You bury
your head in your hands, and ;
you can’t eat. You think of that
little boy you will never see I
again, of bread and jam, fishing
trips, Sunday school, Christmas,
and his first pair of longies.. And
you sit down and think of what
"they” have done to him. A white
hot heat fuses inside your heart.
You calm down and a cold mad
ness seizes you. You’re good and
mad. You’re no longer smug or
complacent or tired. You pant to
get your hands on a gun. Must
you wait? Yes you must!
Because your actions today can
do more to determine the fate of
some soldier’s life tomorrow. But
you can get mad now and stay
mad. Let us not be smug, com
placent, and optimistic! Let us
not be rash, pig-headed and stu
pid! This war is too big and it
means too much . You can’t
make a bum of an issue like that.
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Don't forget the church bene
fit food sale to be held at Leh
man’s Store Saturday the 16th
. . . Lots of good home cook
ing, boys . . Cliff Ranier is
back in Nome from Pt Barrow
on his way “Outside” . . . Rus
sell Annabel, foreign corres
pondent and well known Alas
kan author, on his way to San
Francisco via Honolulu . . .
Major Marston reports a blessed
event in his family . . . His dog
Panda had six bouncing baby
pups , . . How about some of
our Nome ladies sending in
their favorite cooking recipes
to The Nome Nugget . . . Jane
Nixon on her way “Outside.”
... Remember the Nome Queen
contest . . .
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Customer: “I sure like that.”
• Waitress: “Oh, applesauce!”
Customer. “No—pork chops!”
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A waitress is never as busy as
it seems—its just that she can’t
move any slower . . .
Says the great Ena Ooktuka
look, famous Eskimo shaman, and
my personal advisor in crucial
moments. “The most useless
phrase I know of—“I’M SORRY”.
HEALTH COUNCIL
MET TUESDAY
A regular meeting of the Nome
Health Council was held in the
court room of the federal build
ing Tuesday evening, October
12th.
Under order of business the re
vised constitution was adopted
and a general discussion on com
munity health was held, although
representatives from several or
ganizations were not present.
Visit the Ladies’ Aid Bake
Sale at Lehman’s Store, Sat
urday for *«ur Sunday “food
ies.”
Jt*.
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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 45.—No. 80. ' NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1943. PER COPY—15e
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ROOSEVELT TALKS
ON FOREIGN TOPICS
WITH NEWSMEN
|
President Roosevelt showed increasing signs of being
! less charry about giving out war news with official re
j ports from all over the world at his elbow. He volun
| teered the last two press and radio conferences with-a'p*
! praisals of the developments in Europe, the Pacific and
! at home.
! While no reason was given for these analyses to the
| American public, there were complaints from the press,
Congress and other quarters of the country that we were
not getting enough war news..
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Prime Minister Churchill di
vulged information that Amer
ican correspondents knew, but
were honor-bound not to print
yesterday, minus the prompting.
Roosevelt singled out as im
portant pews of the day, Brit
ain’s agreement with Portugal
for the use of the Azores bases,
and said that it seemed obvious
that in emergencies United States
' uses British facilities to protect
America® lives and ships and that
both the British and American
governments assured the Portu
gese there were no territorial
ambitions regarding the islands.
The President stressed what he
called a most amazing record set
up by the American subs in the
Pacific in the destru,tion of
enemy shipping faster than it can
be replaced. In the past six
months he asserted that the sink
' ings averaged about 130.000
tons monthly or about 1,400,000
tons a year.
In discussing the statements of
the five senators who have just
| returned from a round-the-world
inspection tour, Roosevelt made
clear that he thought this no
time for stirring up bitterness,
while displaying no evidence
himself of any deep-seated re
sentment. He did take definite
] issue regarding things the legisla
tors said about oil, Russian air |
! bases near Japan, fhe shipping of i
American civilian trucks to Aus- !
tralia.
To a question of the press, as I
to whether he shared the British
i feeling about current discussions
about oil, post-war rights on
air bases, he replied: “It is un
fortunate, I do not know.” ,
THUNDERBOLTS
ARE ADDED
TO TASK FORCE
j ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Oct. 13.—(AP)—.The latest addi
tion to General MacArthur’s aer
ial armory is the new Thunder
bolt fighter which took the spot
light over the week-end, when
four of the new fighters attacked
32 Japanese fighters near Wewak,
New Guinea, downing eight and
possibly ten.
The communique also reported
new Allied air blows to stir Jap
anese air activity and killing
more than 400 Japanese by the
Australians who are continuing
to mop up the Japs north of Fin
chafen on New Guinea.
The Australians in the Raimi
Valley are moving north to with
in 40 miles of the enemy coastal
base at Madang, expanding their
holdings by driving the enemy
from their outpost positions on
high ground.
DISCOUNT IS
GIVEN ON
CANNED FISH
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—(AP) !
—The government gave itself 2Vi !
percent discount under the price j
charged civilians on all sales of
canned fish by fish processors.
In addition, the OPA directed
that government agencies be al
lowed 1% percent discount for
payment of cash in 10 days.
It is believed that the 2!fc per
cent allowed, said an OPA repre
sentative, would be a saving in
brokerage and selling expenses in
sales to the government.
POULSON TELLS
OF PETROLEUM
DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 13.
—(AP)—Representative Poulson,
republican of California, said that
the Army-Navy petroleum board
has spent over $100,000,000' in
the development of the Imperial i
Oil Company wells at Fort Nor- j
man, while a 35-thousand square
mile naval petroleum reserve
north of Nome, remained unex
ploited, and urged an investiga
tion ,
Poulson also told the House
that they should investigate the
corporate connections of the oil
company and he described pri
vate enterprise production of the
Canadian wells which he said
did not exceed 3,000 barrels daily
over a 500-mile pipeline that was
built over “extremely mountain
ous terrain” to reach them.
Whereas a pipeline to the Alas
ka reserve could readily be laid.
The Alaska reserve, he added,
“is favorable for the present
military necessity.”
DR. SAMUEL HARDEN
CHURCH DEAD
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 13.—(AP)
—'Death came unexpectedly last
night to Dr. Samuel Harden
Church, the 85-year-old president
of Carnegie Institute.
It will be remembered that in
1840 Dr. Church offered a reward
of $1,000,000 for the capture of
Hitler “alive and unhurt” be
cause he believed that the Ger
man dictator intended to violate
the neutrality of Holland and
Belgium and would overrun
western Europe.
PRECAUTIONS
FOR FIRE ARE
LISTED BY CHIEF
Stop and think*
What is the first thing to do
when you discover a fire?
The answer is: Call the Fire
Department.
unavoidable reasons we
now have no phone service after
midnight, but we still ha-vo the
alarm systems. That is som. hing
many people have given at
tention. Do you know \ -h
alarm box is nearest your
Can you find it even thoug u
are somewhat in a panic?
For your convenience we arc
I listing them. Please study the
list and make it a point to see
just where they are, especially
; the one nearest your home.
In case of fire just stop to thinjj
■ one moment That moment may
t mean minutes to the fire depart
! ment and dollars to you or your
1 neighbor.
To send in a call just open the
! outer door of the alarm box, pull
down the hook you will find
there, then release the hook.
The Fire Department will be
there in short order.
FIRE ALARM BOXES
No. 13—E. Front St near
Mazen residence.
No. 14—Front St. and
Steadman Ave.
No. 23.—North end of
Lane’s Way.
No. 25.—Catholic Church.
No. 31.—First and 4 Sts.
No. 32.—North D St
No. 33.—Dock.
No. 42.—Hospital.
SIREN SIGNALS
One blast for fire east of
fire house.
Two blasts for fire west of
fire house.
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I AIRWAYS
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Pan-American Airlines
Today’s incoming plane carried
as a passenger, Martha Anne Jen
ner.
Outgoing passengers were L. W.
Mattala, Knute Drange, Charles
Kirschner, and Agnes Schlosser, \
who is enroute to the States to
join the WACS.
Alaska Star Airlines
Pilot Don Emmons made a trip
to Council yesterday with the
briday party, which included Lois
Ost, W. C. Mclver, Ruth Towner
and Betty Doyle, sisters of the
bride-to-be.
Gordon MacKenzie made a trip
to Anchorage Tuesday with Ray
Englebloom, Henry Martin, Ken
neth Thompson, Chas. Johnson
and Ann Dwyer as passengers.
Wien Airlines
Frank Whaley made several
trips to Teller Monday and Tues
day bring back equipment and
men for the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The men were: Lt.
Com. Stewart, Sam Flint, Bill
Husemeyer, A. L. Lyne, Martin
Bagley, Mr. Kitchen and H. O.
Williams.
Herb Hager arrived in Nome
today from Fairbanks in the tri
motor.
Mr. Heide of the U. S. Bureau
of Mines came in from Lost Riv
er Monday afternoon with Frank
I Whaley.
BAGDOLIO SENDS ,
WORD OF ITALY’S
WAR DECLARATION
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13,—(AP)—President Roose
velt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin si«
multaneously announced that Italy had declared warn
against Germany. •
The White House said that Bagdolio had communica
ted Italy's declaration of war against its former Axis
partner. (i
In a message from General Eisenhower to Bagdolio
he said that “by this act all ties of dreadful past ar^
broken and my government is proud to be able to march
on with you to inevitable victory.”
In a joint statement released at the White House,
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin “accepted the active co
operation of the armed forces of the Italian nation as
co-belligerent in the war against Germany.” Italy thus
turned against her former partner a little more than a
month after the armistice with Allied powers.
In proclamation to the Italian people, Bagdolio said:
“Shoulder to shoulder we must march forward with
uui friends, the United States, Great Britain, Russia and
all ther United Nations.”
Bagdolio said tfiat “The Itallian government, headed
by myself, will be completed shortly with representa
ves of every political party invited to participate in;
order to constitute a true expression of democratic gov
ernment.” *
CONVICT GIVES
SKIN FOR
INJURED CHILD
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13—
Daniel Donohue a “lifer”, en
tered the hospital room of nine
year-old Evelyn Henderson, and
laid miniature toys he had carv
ed, on the bed. A few minutes
later he underwent for the sec
ond time a painful skingrafting
to the badly burned back of the
little patient.
.Donohue, when first chosen,
said: “I want to do something
for somebody”, and again volun
teered more skin if needed.
He has been a very willing
prisoner since 1929 said Police
Chief Hamburg, of Philadelphia.
WILL ROGERS
JR. TALKS OF
POST-WAR JAPS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13—
(AP)—Will Rogers, Jr., is quoted
as saying that the problems of
conquered Japan “will be tough
indeed.”
Rogers passed along the con
sideration that we might set up a
Japanese emperor as a puppet in
the United States, which might
be very useful in enabling us to
reach the oriental mind through
a respected leader.
ARRIVES BACK
IN NOME
Mrs. Tom Lyle arrived in
Nome Monday evening via the
Wien Alaska Airlines. Mrs. Lyle
has been visiting for the past
year with relatives and many
friends on the Pacific coast. We
are pleased to note the return of
one of our first citizens.
NAVY FIGHTER
PLANE IS
HUGE SUCCESS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—(AP\
—First combat reports of per*
formance of the newest Navy
fighting plane, showed, the Navy
said, it “is an excellent fighter
and superior in all respects tqi
the Jap zero and will be able to
hold its own against the best thq
Japanese have to offer.
“It is designed to meet the
speed and maneuverability of thg
Jap Zero fighter,” the Navy said,
“The Hellcat” is bigger faster
more maneuverable and a better
climber than its predecessor, thQ
Grumann “Wildcat.,’
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LOIS OST MARRIED
TO W. C. McIVERS
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Lois Ost was married last eve*
ning in Council. Alaska, to W,
C. Mclvers, by Mr. Lingren, the
traveling minister in that dis
trict. The ceremony took plactj
at the home of the bride’s par*
ents.
The bride was accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Earl Towner of
Nome, on the trip to Council,
The newlyweds are expected to
be in Nome tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Mclvers attended the
Nome high school and graduated
with honors a few years back;
and we are proud to extend our
most sincere, best wishes, arid
take this opportunity to congrat*
ulate the groom.
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FINED BY CITY
MAGISTRATE
John Oscar and Joseph Igrahufc
were brought before the city;
city magistrate and were fined
$20 each on a charge of drunken*
ness and disorderly conduct,