(The Kunti' Nugget
Published Monday, Wednesday
and Friday by The
Nome, Alaska
Telephone: Main 12a
P. O. Box 613
$1,50 PER MONTH
$16.03 A YEAR
W. A BOUCHER EditorPublisher
EMILY BOUCHER Society Editor
Second Class Application Made in
Nome Post Office
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Communications
Tresaury Department Aug., 22,1944
To Mr. W A. Boucher,
Editor and Publisher,
Nome Nugget, Nome, Alaska.
On behalf of the Treasury De
partment I want to thank the
Nome Nugget for its cooperation
with the Fifth War L/oan
The success tof he war financing
program is dependent upon wide
spread publicity and we have come
to rely upon the Press as one of
the greatest publicity outlets.
Your wholehearted support of
the recent drive was most import
ant to its success and Is highly
appreciated
Sincerely yours,
R. W. Coyne,
R W. COYNE.
Field Director
War Finance Division
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VISITING SON
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Mrs. T. A Roust, widow of
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"'the late Tom Roust, •.well-known
Candje-tte, is in Nome visiting
with her son, Chris Roust, man
ager for Glenr. Carrington & Co
Mrs. Roust is planning to leave
anA make her home in California
ALASKA TAX j
RETURN" HIGH
Among the r* Internal Re enuo
collection disrr :t» in the : iunry
the W
rates 8th in he percentage of in
crease in total collection,i
The inn res-e p Ala sk? a! ae
was 280.3 per :ent, which topped
all states and ter Stories Total
collections there • maced from
$4,944,000 to $IH, 05,000
The national r :rease was from
$22.37! ,38« 496 to $40.11' ,760,232
or 79.3 per cent
NEW PRECINCTS
Several new voting precincts j
have been established in, the Sec
ond Division upon application, by
the peooie irt the following vil
lages, Gambol and Savoong-a on
St Lawrence Island, Shrkteolik.
Hooper Bay, Akulurak Igloo, and
Wales.
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INFANT B1JRI \L
SUNDAY PM
The infant son of Olaf Piscoya
w:l! be buried from the Lavtnia
Wallace Young Mission church.
Sunday afternoon at 2 00 pm.
p. 11 OPEN ON i
LABOR DAY j
Postmaster, S David Mazen,
Obligingly kept the postoffice
‘open or. Labor Day. in order to
accomodate the public and help
them get their recently arrived
parcel post.
CELEBES HIT
BY LIBERATORS j
GENERAL . HEADQUARERS IN t
THE SOUTHWEST * PACIFIC,
Sept., 8, —(AP)—Another blister
ing raid was made against the
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Celebes islands to the west of
New Guinea, by Liberator bomb
ers which smashed 15 Japanese
planes.
General MacArthur also an
nounced that it was obvious the
Japanese 0th. air division, has
been,1 practically annihilated in its
attempt at defense of western New
Guinea.
Catalina flying boats, are now
striking for the first time, near
Zamboang, on Mindanao island, ni:
the south Philippines, and heavily
damaged two Japanese naval aux
iliaries off that city.
YOUR “SHIP WILL
COME IN” Sooner
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