Public Opinion Poll
On Liquor!
Many people would like to see
an improvement in the liquor
*, situation in the City of Nome.
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IN THE YEAR 1944 there were
approximately 333,009 quarts of
liquor shipped into the city.
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THE |RESULTS:
IN COST: The cost to the con-|
consumer; loss of man hours due
to drinking; expense to the City
and Federal governments; medi
cal care; gambling and theft of
money while drunk; fines paid
the City and Federal authori
ties, and other direct costs of li
quor—brings the total expense to
liquor during 1944 to about $967,
000 in Nome, Alaska.
IN HEALTH: It has been con-i
servatively estimated that 24 per
cent of the medical care in the
community is due to drinking,
and about 75 per cent of the
nursing care among the Natives
is due to drinking.
IN LAWLESSNESS: There were
607 arrests in the city during
1944 and out of this number 81
per cent were arrested for
drunkenness.
IN RELIGION: In religious
work at least 60 per cent of the
personal and family problems can
be traced to the drinking of li
quor.
CONCLUSIONS It is evident
that liquor is a major expense to
the citizens of the dommunity;
it is one of the greatest causes of
disease and ill health; lawlessness
and the breakdown of moral and
religious standards.
What Should We Do About It?
Please check the plan or plans
you favor and mail it to The Re
ligious Council of Nome, Box 84.
1. Prohibit the sale of liquor in
Nome.
2. Limit the sale and control to
one municipally owned store.
3. Regulate the sale of liquor
by a permit system.
4. Restrict the sale of liquor to
light wines and beer only.
5. Prohibit the sale of liquor
over the bar.
6. Enforce more strictly the li
quor laws now on the boohs,
And should we build an ade
quate social center, without li
quor association, which can be
used every day or evening in the
week?
(THE WAY YOU VOTE WILL
BE HELD IN STRICTEST CON
FIDENCE).
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By LIEF ERICKSON
' U. S. 21st BOMBER COMMAND
ON GUAM, Feb. 26.—(Via Navy
Radio).—B-29 crewmen, return
ing to their Marianas bases from
the first daylight Superfort
strike “in large force” on the
heart of Tokyo, report that they
had to unload the bombs with
precision instruments, through
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The attack by the sky giants
was coordinated with the pow-!
erful Sunday morning blow on
the enemy capital by American
carrier-based planes of the Fifth
Fleet.
One B-29 unit leader, Col.
Carl Storey of Texas, declared:;
“That town (Tokyo) really must
be burning tonight. We could not
see through the soup, but we
must have laid some bombs in
the main street.”
BOMBERS GIVE
SUPPORT YANKS
ON IWO JIMA
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS ON GUAM, Feb. 26.
—(AP)—For the first time since
the central Pacific campaign be-!
gan, heavy land-based bombers
gave direct support to the ground
troops on Iwo Jima yesterday,
communiques reported today.
Admiral Nimitz stated that
army Liberator planes pounded
the Japanese positions in north
ern Iwo, helping the three Ma-!
rine divisions by neutralizing
enemy air power and gun em
placements.
The U. S. marines now have
over half of the island.
L. E. OST IN
FROM COUNCIL
L. E. Ost is in Nome this week
on business from his home in
Council.
CTiASSTFTFT) ADS
.TfOR SALE — DRESSES ..Even
ing Gowns .. Slack Suits .. and
Robes . . See Mrs. Anne Eber
hart, on Stedman Avenue. 3t.
WANTED—Will buy good Ac
cordion. Call Main 125.
FOR SALE—A modern cafe.
Seats 45—boths and counter.
Plenty of new equipment. Do
ing $10,000 per month now.
Sickness in family reason for
selling. 25-2t.
WANTED—One or two men to
share 4-room house. Call Main
125.
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