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SO - LONG AMOS
Slated to leave Juneau some
time early this week is a swell
gent, w’ho usually wears some of
the loudest plaid flannel shirts
ever seen along the beaches of
Gastineau Channel.
He’s been here, off and on,
since mid-summer, and the re
sult of his visit to Juneau, and
Alaska in general, will be some
of the best publicity the Terri
tory has ever received.
He’s Amos Burg, of Portland.
Through him courses the blood
of the Vikings. One of his favor
ite stories is that his father
would have come to this country
long before he did, if it hadn’t
been that Norwegian Mr. Burg al
ways found many Swedes on the
ship and refused to sail.
Apparently, the adventurous
spiriti of his ancestors has the
upper hand with Amos. We saw
him first in Alaska in 1928, when
he came here with a traveling
companion and made a canoe trip
down the Yukon, writing his ex
periences for the National Geo
graphic Society.
In China Last Year
Last year, Amos was in war
torn China. His stories of bomb
ing attacks on Chungking, the
lives of missionaries in the Chin
ese provinces and other segments
of Oriental life he observed are
really gems of adventure, trag
edy humor.
The middle of June, this year,
he left the mouth of the Col
umbia River with a traveling
companion in a 36-foot boat he
had built, the Endeavor, named
after Capt. Cook’s first ship of
exploration.
Touring the past several months
the Endeavor has been moored at
Juneau’s small boat harbor while
Amos took care of an assignment
on bleak Nunivak Island, where
there are Eskimos and transplant
ed musk oxen.
Explorer Burg has had a whale
of a job to perform this year in
cur Territory (or rather several
whales of jobs). He came here
representing the National Geo
graphic Society to do a compre
hensive story on Alaska in gen
eral. For Vjalmur Stefanson, he
was to make a motion picture on
Alaska resources. For the ethnol
ogy department of the Smithson
ian Institute, he was to make a
movie of family life of the Nuni
vak Eskimos. For the folklore
division of the Library of Con
gress, he was to make recordings
of the tales of old-timers, both
■white and native.
Saturday, Amos received word
from the Smithsonian Institute
that his Eskimo films are splend
id pictures and that no retakes
will be necessary. The Alaska re
sources film, which shows Alaska
forests, is already in circulation.
The films will bring the wonders
of our Territory to school child
ren and college students through
out the United States and 25 for
eign countries.
The National Georgaphic Mag
azine will soon circulate Amos’
story of Alaska, including 16
pages of natural color photos, to
a million and a half readers.
From here to Petersburg, Wran
gell and Metlakatla, Amos will
be accompanied by Lynn Forrest,
of the Forest Service, who will
aid him with the recording of ex
periences related by pioneers, j
During the past week, Amos
has been getting a lot of photo-'
graphic shots of the Capital City
under a blanket of snow. Some
of them may appear in the Geo-|
graphic article. As a member of
the Portland Rotary Club, he has
been a regular attendant at Ju
neau Rotarian clambakes Tues
day noon here as Percy’s Cafe.!
He has also talked to the Juneau 1
Chamber of Commerce and said I
he appreciated the use of autos
owned by C. of C. members.1
which have been made available
to him to get around and do !
some of his photographic work.
A lot of Juneau folk will be
sorry to see Amos sail away on
his course of adventure, and will
hope that that course will lead
him back to Alaska again before
too long.
We’ll all say "so-long” to him.
with regrets that he must leave;
a d thank him a lot for some
swell publicity on our countnry.
—Juneau Daily Empire
Capt. Olaf Eckstrom enjoyed a
hearty meal in his hospital bed
as he receovered from the ordeal
that followed the sinking of his
ship, the tanker Montebello, by a
Japanese submarine off the Cal
ifornia coast. All the crew mem
bers were saved.
When U.S. Declared War On Axis
WASHINGTON— There was a
stirring unrecorded incident pre
ceding the speedy vote for war
against Germany and Italy by
the House of Representatives. It
was a dramatic illustration of
the kind of na.ional unity that
should prevail throughout the
nation in these critical days.
An hour before the House met
to vote on the war resolutions,
three southern and one western
congressmen decided to obtain
time for a speech by the lone
Negro member of Congress—dig
nified Representative Arthur
Mitchell of Illinois.
The three southerners were
Representatives Bayard Clark
and Carl Durham of North Caro
lina, and Carl Vinson of Georgia.
The westerner was Representa
tive Orville Zimmerman of Mis
souri. Durham initiated the idea
while talking to colleagues about
the earlier congressional debate
on the declaration of war against
Japan.
“There was one thing wrong,” j
said the North Carolina congress '
man. “Spokesmen from all sec-,
tions and creeds spoke, but Ar-;
thur Mitchell was not called on.
Nat ional unity should mean un- j
ity of all Americans regardless
of religion, color, sex or party.
American Negroes are fighting in
this war for their country like
everyone else. I think Mitchell,
whom we all respect, should
■have been osked to speak.”
“You are absolutely right,”
echoed Clark also of North Caro-!
lina.
"Yes,” said Missouri's Zimmer
man, “and I propose we do some
thing about it. Let’s make sure
that Mitchell is called on today.”
Zimmerman immediately got
in touch with Vinson of Georgia,
chairman of the Naval .Affairs
Committee, who enthusiastically
approved the proposal to speak,
to Mitchell about it. Beaming ■
with pleasure the Negro congress
man said he would be very hap
py" to make a speech.
“That will be easy for me,"' he
said. “I've been a strong support j
er of the President’s foreign pol
icies all along.”
At tire last moment, however,f
the plan was abandoned. For
propaganda purposes in Europe, I
in view of the grandstand stag-!
ing by Hitler and Mussolini in
declaring war against the U. S
government leaders decided to
act on the war resolutions with
out any discussion.
Litvinov’s Beverage
When Maxim Litvinov he’d his
first pres; conference as Soviet
ambassador to Washington, there
was a dramatic stage setting . .
Before he entered the room, flood [
bents were set up, spotting the|
ambassador's desk, on which i
rested a shiny silver thermos jug j
and glass. . . Behind the desk,
a bronze bust of Lenin ... On
the walls, oil paintings of sleigh
scenes, dark forests, and bright
evecl peasants. . . The ambassa
dor entered, the newsmen rose.
He sat, and two stenographers
prepared to take his every word.
Before speaking, he removed the
stopper from the bright thermos
jug to pour himself a drink. . . j
He poured-—but instead of water,
a stream of ye'low fluid filled his
glass . . . All during the press
conference he sipped with the
relish of a man who, after days
in the desert, has reached an
oasis at last. . . It was orange
juice. . . In the Soviet Union,
oranges are so rare that most
peasants don’t know the word.
Capital Chaff
The White House has ordered
day and night work on the con
struction of an underground
bomb shelter. It will permit the
President to work underground i
during air raids, and will also!
have a connection with the Treaj
sury for the benefit of Secretary:
Morgenthau . . . The State De-1
partment will soon Issue a new j
Black List of firms doing bush:
ness with the Axis. On it will be;
some American citizens who fail
ed to heed repeated warnings . .
Heavy-browed “Denny” Lewis,!
brother of John L. and head of1
the United Construction Work
ers, is taking no chances since J
the slugging his henchmen staged
at the recent CIO convention in
Detroit. “Denny” has a hulking
bodyguard close at hand in his
Washington office. At Detroit,
“Denny” was always surrounded
by a squad of strongarm men.
(The Washington Merry-Go
Round by Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen.)
A lone Tommy Atkins, smiling, escorted to the rear, destined for a prison camp, a group describ
ed by British sources as the first Axis prisoners captured by the Tobruk garrison after the open
ing of the new offensive in Libya.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 652
In the Probate Court in and
for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Second Division: Territory of
Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
JERRY SULLIVAN, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that by
order of the Probate Court in
and for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Alaska, the undersigned has been
appointed Executor of the estate;
of Jerry Sullivan, deceased. All
persons having claims against I
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with proper vouchers attached,
within six months from the date
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at Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, Jan
uary 16th, 1942.
Mike Walsh, Executor
Publish Jan. 16. 23, 30, Feb. 6. j
NOTICE
Pursuant to an order of Court
entered on this 5t'n day of Jan
uary, A. D. 1942, notice is here
by given that a general term of
the District Court Second Div
ision, Territory of A'aska, will
be held in the Court House at
Nome, in said Division and Terri
tory, commencing at the hour of
ten fifteen o’clock (10:15) a.m. on
Monday, February 9:h, 1942, and
to continue thereafter according
to further orders of the Court. |
Given under my hand arid
with the Court’s Seal affixed this
5th day of January, A. D. 1942.
Aimer Rydeen,
Clerk of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska,
(SEAL) Second Division.
Publish Jan. 16, 23. 30. Feb. 6.
3uv Defense Bonds and Stamps
OLD GLORY INTO THE SEA .Her‘dent,tyas*U.S. ship unmistakable, the empty freighter Lehigh sank after a sub attack Oet 19 off am—
and the U. S. destroyer Reuben James. The latter sank" with ‘oM^rabSuYlOO lives*Oct. 31 whTlY^Y NYHrAtllntic'convo^du*^ Th^reSated86*^*rer’ f°ld
brought the September “shoot first" order for navy and air units on watch for Axis craft, led to neutrality act revision to^ermit the wmin^ofThlpk *' shlppin,r