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VOL. 46.—No. 89. NOME, ALASlKA, NOVEMBER 3, 19 3. PER COPY—15c
ADDITIONAL
RELIEF IS
GRANTED
Authorization to provide oper
ators of small placer-gold mines
additional relief from the original
provisions of the order closing all
gold mines has been given tQ B.
D. gtewart, commissioner of
mines for Alaska, in a revised
grant of authority issued by the
War Production Board under date
of October 11, 1943.
During the past year the Ter
ritorial commissioner of mines has !
served as co-ordinator of mines
in Alaska for the War Produc- I
tion Board and, under a grant j
made in April 1943, has issued '
permits to many small operators
to mine gold on their placer prop
erties during the season that has (
joist closed- These pemits re- I
stricted the number of men em- ,
ployed on each operation to five, '
including the owner and asso- i
ciates, and were valid only for i
the calendar year 1943.
Under the new grant permits
may now be issued for seven, in
stead of five men, to be employ
ed on each operation, and the
grants will be made for an inde
finite period instead of being re
stricted for one calendar year.
The povisions of the new grant
are as follows:
“Permission is granted to any
placer mine in the Territory of
Alaska which operated in 1942,
to operate during subsequent
• seasons, providing the following j
conditions are met:
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2. That not more than one of j
men, including owner and asso-,
ciates, are actively engaged in
the operation.
2. Tha not more than one of i
those men, who must be either
the owner or supervisor, was re
siding outside of the Territory of
Alaska at the date of the issuance
of this grant.
3. No man shall be employed
unless because of age, physical
handicap or other reasons, they j
cannot be used in essential war
activities. .j
4. .That no critical material,,
other than those in the possession
of the' operator, or available s*c
ond-h$nd, will be required.
5. That the operator files with
the Coordinator of Mines for
Alaska or his delegated represen
tative the following information:
(a) Name and location of prop
erty. (b) Name and address of
owner or operating company,
(c) Type of operation, (d) Num
ber of men who would be active
ly engaged in the operation.
6. Permission to operate shall
be extended in writing by the Co
ordinator of Mines, to any opera
tor for the 1943 season, provided
said operator complies with the
restrictions and provisions of this
grant. - - •
The provisions of Order L-208
are waived to the extent required
to obtain the relief authorized
above, provided the Order L-208
in all other respects and all other
orders and regulations of the
War Production Board are fully
complied with.”
Applicaitons for permits to op
erate under this grant may be
addressed to B. D. Stewart, Co
ordinator of Mines, box 2811, Ju
neau, Alaska, or may be filed
with any representative of the
Territorial Department of Mines
at the field and assay offices of
that department which are tr
eated at Anchorage, College,
Ketchikan and Nome.
LEAVING FOR
THE OUTSIDE
Herbert Spencer, one of Nome’s
real old-timers, is leaving for the
big Outside. Mr. Spencer has
been prospecting this summer up
the coast, about 15 miles west of
Nome. He hiked into town- this
„ -.morning to catch the P. A. A.
wijMane out of here at noon, and
4 waited in the Wallace Hotel
lounge until departure.
SOMMERS ARRIVES
IN NOME
R. J. Sommers, of the Sommers
Construction Co., arrived in
town on the noon P. A. A plane
to see to the affairs of the com
pany. It is assumed that much
of the work will be discontimyjd
because of the extreme cold wea
ther/
WARSHIPS
IN BATTLE
MONDAY
ALLIED .HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACILIC,
Nov. 3.—*(AP)—General * Mac
Arthur’s headquarters said Wed
nesday that Japanese and Amer
ican warships clashed in battle
which may have an important ef
fect on the ability of the United
States marines to control the
new invasion positions, on the
west central coast of Bougain
ville island.
Preliminary reports by Ad
miral Halsey, that Jap destroy
ers and cruisers were intercept
ed in the Solomons sea and were
forced to withdraw after clash
ing Monday night and early
Tuesday morning, following the
marines landing on the island at
dawn Monday. ^
Headquarters pieced together
the fragmentary reports indicat
“iftg tlie sinking of two "big Jap
■transports. Enemy airfields- were
tw»Hspn<-i„. Enemy Airfields,.. we**
burned on the ground from the
invasion area by coordinated air
and sea blows.
Also off Kavieng, New Ire
land, planes sank an 8,000-ton
transport and damaged a small
er ship.
The navy task foice Sunday
night bombarded and silenced the
Jap shore batteries on the Shott
land islands south of Bougain
ville.
DIRECTIVE IS
TAKEN LIGHTLY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—(AP)
—The President’s directive to the
nation’s coal miners to return to
jobs struck, in workings now un
der government seizure, were
generally ignored in the major
producing states this moning.
Quiet suspension of aativity,
begun two weeks ago in wildcat
walkouts, stemming the contin
ued absence of working con
tracts. The spread was estimated
at 46,000 hard and soft coal min
ers, as conferences looking to
some settlement, went forward
here between Lewis and Iokes.
Reports generally reflected the
lack of any sort of demonstration
in fields where the stars and
stripes flew over deserted tip
ples.
The typical word from Mary
land was: “The Miners just didn’t
show up.'* #
KICKED FOUR YEARS
WITHOUT A BLOCK
TWIN FALLS, Idaho—(AP)—
County Prosecutor Everett M.
Sweeley was the star punter of
Fielding H. Yosts high scoring
Michigan elevens of 1901-02. He
says that in his four seasons of
booting the pigskin for the Wol
verines, he never had a kick
blocked.
Sweeley never had seen a col
lege football game until the one
in which he compted as a Mich
igan freshman. In four seasons
he missed only one game, the re
sult of “a little row with a math
professor.”
FIFTH ARMY
SEIZE HEIGHTS
OF RIDGE
ALLIED HEADJTJARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Nov. 3._(P)_The
Allied Fifth Army seized the
heights of Massico Ridge, the
western anchor of . the tGermap.
lines in Italy, and nearby MbuRt
San Croce, to gain complete ob
servation over the broad Garig
liano river valley, headquaters
said today.
The American units on the right
flank routed the Nazis from the
heights before Venafro, and won
new ground covering the extreme
upper Voltumo river valley,
across which the assault against
Venafro and other strong poiqts
in the mountain line have been
launched.
The three mile advance in this
sector steps up to nine miles in
the southwest positions.
Venafro and Gallo are about
the same distance below Isemia
where the British and Canadian
warriors of the Eighth Army
battered forward to establish new
bridgeheads over the Trigno riv
er, on the Adriatic flank.
• These are new crossings at un
I disclosed distance inland from tl^e
original bridgeheads near Sin
Salvo close to \he river’s 'moutH.
HALSEY TELLS
OF STRATEGIC
OCCUPATION
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTH PACILIC, Nov. 3.—
(AP)—The Allies greatest ven
ture in the south Pacific was the
invasion of Bougainville island
! in the upper Solomons Mondajy
! morning by picked marine af
! sault troops, a major step towafd
the heart of Japan, Admiral Hal
sey asserted.
“You cannot measure in mere
(miles,” he continued, “the ad
: vance we have thus made on our
ultimate objective, Tokyo.”
As a bomber flies it is 380
miles from Henderson Field on
(Guadalcanal to our latest beach
-head, but we stepped much
! nearer than that toward Japan’s
(closely guarded vitals.”
j “Tojo boasted he,d make his
(stand in the upper Solomons. We
I shall see, the” the Admiral ended.
IN NOME ON
TRIP OUTSIDE
E. W. Quigley, well-known
miner of the upper Solomon min
ing district, is in Nome this
week awaiting transportation for
the Outside. Mr. Quigley says he
spent an eventful summer season,
with just enough mining activity
to carry on. Most of the work
has been thawing, and taking off
overburden and other prepara
tions for the season next year.
Mr. Quigley expects to leave to
day on the P. A. A., enroute to
his home at Portland, Oregon.
His address there is 3027 S. E.
55th Street.
ORTON TO SEATTLE
FOR WINTER
Local attorney Ira D. Orton
was an outgoing passenger aboard
the PAA plane which left Nome
at noon today. Mr. Orton will
spend the winter in Seattle. His
office there is room 1912-13 in
the Smith Tower building.
LT- COL- FARREL
DIED SUNDAY
IS REPORT
HEADQUARTERS, ALASKA
DEPARTMENT, Nav. 3. — The
death of Lt Col. Leo J. Farrell,
former member of the University,
of Minnesota football 'coaching,
Sunday£%i Tort Richardson, was
reported here by Iveadquarters of
the Alaska Department
•phe establishment of the Alas
ka Department announced Mon
day, marked o -g step in the
prosecution of >var, creating
a defensive b: k against fu
ture Pacific w - neral Si
mon .Bolivar r r, Jrn as
serted . • *
"It means we' . ■ own up,’’ he
commented.
The general also disclosed he
favors land occupation of Japan
proper, regardless of the the
prospects of a complete knockou,!
blow by air.
“You've got to march into a
country to make them realize
complete defeat. March troops in
and Japanese children will sejfe
and remember. We made a mis
take when we didn’t crush Get“
many by actual invasion. The
vading Japan would be inaur
ma ui a tew (tniuMiia men irr
anee against the loss of millions
in another war. They’d respect
us, as they understand force.’’ he
9eid.
The general agreed when in
terviewed, that the Alaska De
partment would be at least equal
in importance with the Hawaii
Department, which before the
war was the nation’s largest mil
itary establishment, and added
that the department’s Aleutian
chain was "the shortest route to
Asia and dominates the Pacific.”
He added: “A strong Alaska
would be a menace against any
enemies from the west. A weak
Alaska, a menace to all the Pa
cific coast.’’
The new department immed
iately issued a proclamation end
ing dimout regulations which
were in effect since the war start
ed, and took over Alaska travel
control.
Geneal Buckner said the de
partment would deal directly
with Washington, but that there
had been no hitch with the West
ern Command.
Gen. DeWitt, he said, “always
backed us to the limit and gave
us everything he could.”
DISCOVERIES
IN CANADA
WINNIPEG, Can., Nov.3. —
(AP)—Gold discoveries made at
Snowflake, 90 miles northeast of
the Pass have been reported re
cently. The Winnipeg Tribune
states that after the war the dis
trict may become the center of
one of the world’s largest gold
mining areas.
A midwest Canada paper said
that Frank Sheppard, a geologist
of the Manitoba Department of
Natural Resources, predicted ‘A
major gpld producing camp would
be established.”
TO MEET NEXT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Tte Ladies Aid of the Feder
ated church are scheduled to
meet at the home of Mrs. B. V.
Whaley Friday at two o’clock in
the afternoon. A full attendance
is desired.
SEIZE COAL
MINES FOR A
SECOND TIME
President Roosevelt, confront
ied with another general coal
strike, seized coal mines for a
.second time, and authorized Sec
retary of the Interior Harold
Ickes to conclude agreements in
bargaining with the miners sub
ject to War Labor Board ap
proval, and ordered the miners
to report for work Wednesday
morning
The president stated that “Coal
must be mined, the enemy does
not wait” Secretary Icikes im
mediately ^signed the order seiz
ing all mines producing 50 tons
or more daily, where stoppage
has taken place or is threatened.
The president’s of the corn
companies were designated as
managers and were told to fly
the American flag and post no
tices to the eftect that the govern
ment of the United States was in
possession ' *
The President acted two and
one-half hours after the U. M. W.
policy committee put over an
other day the decision on send
ing the miners back to work.
SEALSKINS
BRING GOOD
SALE PRICES
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 3.—>(AP)—
19,561 skins or the government
seal, part of the 1941 catch, net
ted $742,147. None of this year’s
i catch was included.
All 150 bidders at the auction
immediately bid the ceiling price
for the skins, and names went
into the hat with the lucky num
ber getting the lot at the aver
age price of all lots, $40.92, fif
teen percent under last spring's
bidding. ,
UPSETS IN
POLITICS
IS NOTED
SEATTLE. Nov. 3.—(AP)On
the political front today are
some interesting upsets:
Roger Lapham. who never
held a political office, is the new
San Francisco mayor by a decis
ive margin, over George Reilly,
and the present Cayor Angelo
Rossi.
The republicans elected a gov
ernor for New Jersey, a lieuten
and governor for New Cork and
a mayor for Philadelphia in Tues
day’s elections.
The democrats are leading the
fourth big race for the governor
ship of Kentucky.
The big tide of republican
votes leads GOP leaders to pre
dict a landslide for 1944.
GOP national chairman, H.
Spangler asserted “the light of
the new deal has gone out.’’
Willkie declared, “The returns
indicate that the country is tired
—very tired of the present na
tional administration."
Edith Joliffe, a former Nome
ite, has returned via the P. A. A.
at noon today and will work with
Mrs. Garnet Martin, in the
North Pole Bakery.
COSSACKS
USED IN
OFFENSIVE
LONDON, Nov. 3. — (AP) —
Bounding across the steppes of
southern Russia, far beyond the
by-passed Crimea, in unslackened
pace, General Tolbukhin's Cos
sacks were cleaning up swiftly
the last 30 miles remaining be
fore Kherson, at the mouth of tl^e
Dnieper estuary to the Black Sea.
The retreating German forcaj
showed signs of demoralization
is the Red Army swet eastward
and sealed off the Crimea, where
Germans say they still have
strong units. 40 miles was Cov
ered in a single day’s sweep be
yond Perekop, which is in Rus
sian hands, the last entrance to,
the Black Sea from the north,
A Gertnan communique term
ed the reported Russian irivasfoh
[in the eastern Crimea, south' of
Kerch, “an enemy landinghe£d.w
(Bridgehead). They asserted tfyp
Russian holdings were further
compressed despite embittered
resistance. * -
Sfrw- h«a mm confirmed the
landing.
A communique heard from ra
dio Berlin by Aassoclated Pres*,
spoke in vague terms of heavy
fighting against strong Russian
tank and infantry forces at th£
northern entrance to the Crimea
in the area east of Kherson, and
jin the big Dnieper Bend.
The focus of the battle in the
bend was at the iron and rai^
center of Krivoi-Rog, 120 mile*
north of Crimea. There the Ger
mans persisted in counter-attack*
in a desperate effort to prevent
the northern pincers from snap
ping shut in a second death-trap
for scores of thousands of Nazis;
INVASION IS
STAGED ON f
MONDAY l
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Nov. 3.—(AP)—American ground
forces captured empress of Au
gusta Bay, in a bold invasion of
Bougainville Island at dawn on
Monday, Gen. MacArthur an
nounced, and at the same time h«
issued a call for the Jap fleet to
come out and fight.
The invasion was planned by
MacArthur, Halsey and other
high officers, and moved the AN
! lies 200 miles from the scene of
! their recent victories in the SoN
i omon islands, and threatens to
unhir.ge the entire position of the
Japanese in the southwest Pa*
I cific.
The attacking force achieved
the landing which was a surpisa
and little opposition was met half
way up the west coast of the lar
gest of the Solomon island group,
and the last one between the in
vaders and the last Jap base at
Rabaul. I,
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NOTICE! -
Beginning November 1st all
night telephone service will be
resumed and continued as loaf
as help is available.
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