THE NOME NUGGET
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Business In
Alaska
U'c read in Domestic Com
merce that in 1939, last year for
■which complete figures are avail
able, Alaska had 104 wholesale
establishments which did a neat
little business amounting to
$9,000,000. Of the total, 38 were
groceries, meats and fish firms
and 38 were gasoline fuel oil and
lubricating oil firms.
Retail establishments totaled
$89. with an average total em
ployment of 1,645 persons and
receipts slightly more than $23.
000.000. First in number—353,
were general stores and trading
posts, second were food stores
with 108, third were restaurants,i
luncheonettes, grills and cafes
with 98 and fourth were wearing
apparel—81.
The census taken in the same
year showed Alaska to have a
population of 72,524. This indic
ates every man. woman and child
in Alaska spent something over
$317 in the Territory's retail stor
es in 1939.
Net bad for this backwoods
Territory at the top of the world.
— Anchorage Times.
How To Win
The War ?
Many Americans seem to as
sume that the war can be ended
only by the direct defeat of the
German Army. This assumption,
logical as it seems on the basis
cf the history of most other wars
ever fought, is open to question
in 1941, This war has revolution
ized or destroyed conventional
strategic concepts that had stood
for generations. German air pow
er for example, lias sharply con
traded the previous advantages
cf British sea power. The first
clear evidence of this came in
the Norwegian campaign. We
have seen it illustrated recently
over the Greek islands in the
Aegean; over the Mediterranean;
in the campaign in Libya; in the
Battle of the Atlantic, and in the
crucial battles in the sky over
Britain itself. The British have
been able to defend their fleet
and to score their most spectac
tilar victories (as in the Battle
of Cape Matapan and the sink
ing of the Bismark) only by therir
own air power. It is British air
power as much as sea power
that keep Hitler from invading
England today.
But this revolution in warfare
has its reverse potentiality—that
air power can just as sharply re
duce the advantages of land pow
er. This potentiality has been con
cealed so far by the fact that
Germany, the nation that has
land superiority, also has air su
periority. Germany even owes
its land superiority in fact, large
ly to its air superiority; for if
the air situation had been revers
ed, it is hardly conceivable that
France, in spite of German tanks
would have been conquered to
day.
Let us suppose that American
help could hold Britain in the
W'ar long enough for America
end Britain combined to gain air
superiority over Germany. This
achievement is not as easy as it
is sometimes presented as being,
but it is more than possible.
Then, though Germany might be
everywhere victorious on the
Continent, the British could
bomb industrial and military ob
jectives in Germany and on the
French coast almost at will.
What would be the feeling in
Germany, what would happen to
the prestige of Hitler and his
Vast Teletype
System Under
CAA Program
WASHINGTON. D. C. — To
help meet the increasing volume
of traffic due to greatly expand
ed civil and military air opera
tions, 24.000 additional miles of
teletype lines will be added to
the CAA weather reporting sys
tem on July 1.
This announcement is made by
Brig.-Gen. Donald H. Connally,
administrator of civil aeronautics
who adds that the new addition
will bring the weather reporting
system to 55.000 miles, divided
into two networks designated as
Schedules A and C.
At present Schedule A. which
comprises approximately 30.000
miles of lines is used for collect
ing and distributing hourly wea
ther reports, upper air data, syn
optic weather reports used in the
preparation of maps, notices to
airmen, and forecasts. Although
CAA communication engineers
have developed new procedures
and transmission techniques, the
existing circuits are now handl
ing such a large volume of tra
ffic that the mechanical capacity
of the equipment is just about
reached.
However, the volume of traffic
continues to increase and the
new circuit, which will be known
as Schedule C, will gradually
take over the work of disseminat
mg the synoptic reports and fore
casts leaving A to handle the
hourly and special surface wea
ther reports.
There is a third network
known as Schedule B. compris
ing about 14.000 miles of lines,
which is used exclusively for air
way traffic control.
Schedule C will connect ap
proximately 191 important air
traffic or meteorological centers
by means of 24,270 miles of leas
ed wire circuits. It will provide
for the rapid handling of all in
formation needed by the Wea
ther Bureau for forecast purpos
es and permit Schedule A to re
sume its original function of pro
viding current weather informa
tion for highly concentrated
areas, which function has been
curtailed in order to handle in
formation from coast to coast
now proposed to be handled by
Schedule C.
The additional lines will serve,
among other places, Detroit, Den
ver, Louisville, Houston, Mem
phis, Knoxville, Indianapolis,
New Orleans, San Francisco,
Dayton, Pensacola and Albuquer
que.
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Nazi gang, if the ‘‘victorious" and
“conquering” German Army, oc
cupying a dozen lands, could notj
protect the Germans at home?
What would Germany do with
an army invincible but largely
useless? What would be the ef
fect on the nations conquered by
Germany, or acting as vassal
“allies," when British air super
• iority was established?
For there is a tremendous dif
ference between the British and
Germany psychology in this war.
The British are able to take ter
rific punishment from the air
because they know that their on
ly alternative is a barbarous and
intolerable slavery. But the Ger-[
man alternative to punishment
from the air is merely to change
leadersand to give up booty and
insensate ideas of world con
quest. That is why there is real
hope that the present war can be
won in the air.
— Juneau Empire
Russia In War
Is Aid To China
KUNMING, China, June 30 —
The new Chinese foreign minis
ter Quo Taichi said that the lat
est international developments in
eluding the Russo-German war.
will work to the advantage of
China in her struggle against
Japan.
Quo Ta:chi reached Kunming
by the way of the Burma road,
after being called as ambassador
to Britain to assume the cabin
et post. The foreign minister
was forced to walk 10 m'les at
one point, where the road had
been washed out by heavy rains.
Quo Taichi said that coopera
tion among the democracies is
constantly among the democra
cies strengthening China’s posi
tion. The foreign minister ex
pressed satisfaction with the
Burma road, in spite of his 10
mile hike. He said that it is bring
ing vital supplies to China, but
much remains to be done to im
prove it. He declared that the
British naval and military fort
ress of Singapore, which he visit
ed, appears capable of withstand
ing any foreign attack.
Desertions Reported
NANKING, China, June 30 —
miTtary spokesman claimed that
more than 50,000 Chungking
troops in central China have de
serted Chiang Kai Shek’s armies
t > join the Nanking government’s
peace preservation corps.
The spokesman claimed that
many younger officers of the cen
tral government forces are recog
nixing the futility of resisting
the Japanese and are shifting to
the Nanking government alleg
iance.
Meanwhile Japanese troops
were said to be mopping up rem
nants of the Chunking forces in
Hopei Province and in the area
surrounding the former capital
of Peiping.
Biggest Air
plane, the B-19,
Is Tested
SANTA MONICA. Calif., June
30 —The world's bigest airplane.
50 tons of Douglas bomber, cost
ing $3,500,000 successfully nego
tiated its first flight yesterday.
• The huge “B-19” bomber took
ofT from the 3.800 Santa Monica
airfield in 17 seconds and need
ed only 2.000 feet of the field for
the take off. The craft then flew
a short distance out to sea, cir
cled bark over the Douglas plant
which built it, and then landed
neatly on March army field.
Biggest Airplane Tested
The powerful ship was piloted
by Major Stanley Umstead. The
major said the huge bomber flew
like a kite on its short hop. He
added that the bomber had a
tendency to “balloon” because
she was underloaded. She will
weigh about 81 tons when load
ed to capacity, but weighed only
slightly more than 50 tons on her
first fight.
It cost a premium of $80,000
to insure the B-19 for the first
minute of her take-off. After that
the insurance rate was $3,000 an
hour.
Four Years in Building
The B-19 has been four years
in building. Back of the actual
construction period lies another
eight years of research and ex
periments. The bomber is cap
able of carrying 41 tons of fuel,
crew and fighting equipment.. It
has a wing spread of 212 feet and
is 132 feet long.
The huge plane normally will
carry a crew of ten, although
seven men were aboard the
bomber on its maiden practice
flight.
Despite the size of the ship.
Army officials declared that it
was considered as a laboratory
for experiments in even larger
and better planes.
( OFFICIAL PUBLICATION )
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Alaska, Territory of Alaska, at the close of
business on the 30th day of June, 1941.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts . $ 400,500.87
Loans on real estate .. 101,757.45
Overdrafts . 1.200.88
United States Bonds owned .. 154.806.25
Other bonds and warrants owned . 192,292.13
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 46,438.77
Other real estate owned ... 3,019.64
Checks on other banks and other cash items . 7,675.68
Exchanges for Clearing house .
Cash on hand and due from banks . 369,743.97
Other resources, judgements, claims, etc....
Expenses in excess of earnings.
Gold Bullion on hand . 13,714.65
Fuel Oil on hand ... 81.29
TOTAL . $1,300,231,58
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in ......$100,000.00
Surplus fund .......... 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid . 97,753.09
Dividends declared but unpaid __.......
Due to other banks—deposits ......
Due to other banks—overdrafts ....._..
Individual and savings deposits .. 678,190.53
Demand and time certificates of deposit . 399.288.06
Cashier’s and certified checks . .
Notes and bills rediscounted .........
Bills payaole (including certificates of deposit) for __
money borrowed .....
TOTAL . $1,300,231.58
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
Territory of Alaska, : ss:
Second Division, r )
I, H. G. GABRIELSON, cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.. t
H. G. GABRIELSON, Cashier
( NOTORIAL SEAL ) ( CORRECT ATTEST )
Subscribed and sworn to before me this H. G. GABRIELSON
30th day of June, 1941. G. R. JACKSON
IRA D. ORTON
Directors
JEANNE C. MOZEE, Notary Public
in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires Sept. 24, 1943.
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