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FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1944.
MILITARY PRECEDENTS
Criticism has arisen in certain quar
ters over the purported delay on the
part of United States Navy officials in
ordering a new quick-release parachute
harness for airmen. The harness, it is
said, makes it possible for a flier who
has bailed out over water to release him
self from his chute with a single opera
tion. The parachute in ordinary use re
quires three such operations. Propo
nents of the new device maintain that
the additional time endangers lives.
There can be no doubt that the mili
tary services, both army and navy, often
move more slowly than .they should,
particularly when they are working on
new ideas. Precedents in tactics as
well as equipment are sacred with many
high-ranking officers. While this char
acteristic admittedly has its drawbacks
at times, it has definite advantages.
No one knows better than a military
ordnance man the difficulties of fully
proving a new piece of equipment. The
device in question may perform per
fectly under ordinary test conditions—
even tests designed to duplicate the
most difficult battle conditions. Still,
until trials of combat and experience
are completed, no one can definitely sav
that any item of military equipment is
worth its salt. Flaws and defects must
be avoided, because those defects, ap
pearing under the stress of emergency,
certainly will cost lives.
Such situations are not limited to the
military. American automobile manu
facturers know them well. Newly de
signed cars and items of equipment,
back in "the good old days, were given
all sorts of tests before they were turn
ed over to the public. Test courses were
set up by manufacturers—courses sup
posed to be tougher than ordinary driv
ing conditions. But the “bugs” did not
appear fully until there was opportun
ity for a broad and general use of the
device in question.
So it is with the army and navy. Ex
ept that, with the military, the tiny,
hidden errors can cost lives and lose
battles. No wonder, then, that there is
delay and procrastination before new
vadgets are ordered to replace old, test
ed devices already in use. Until the
high command can be completely con
vinced that the new is actually better
than the old under frontline conditions,
the change should not be attempted.
—(Cincinnati Inquirer).
—
THE YOUTHFUL LAWBREAKE
American youth has met the test of
battle. It has shown courage and en
dured a hard discipline. Yet its young
jer brothers and sisters, if FBI Director
; Hoover’s figures are correct, show a wor
jrisomely high rate of delinquency. As
iMr. Hoover told a D. A. R. audience in
j this city recent, “13 per cent of all mur
derers arrested last year were under 21
[years of age, as were 59 per cent of all
[robbers, 55 per cent of all burglars, 3
'per cent of all thieves, 32 per cent of all
rapists and 65 per cent of all car
thieves.” “More boys 17 years of age and
more girls 18 years of age were arrested
•than in any other age group.” And ar
! rests of girls last year were up 130 per
icent over those of 1941.
These statistics are disheartening only
[as they show an increase in youthful
and juvenile crime. Some of this in
crease is no doubt due to war conditions.
The same phenomenon was noted in
England during the first two years of
| the present war. We may as well face
' the truth that war always tends to upset
private notions of right and wrong, and
so to encourage crime; and we may add
this to our general indictment of the
! warmakers.
Nevertheless, the home, the school
and the church have also failed when
adolescents take to breaking the law.
What are the reasons for this failure?
What could we do differently, or
what could we do that we are not now
doing? How can we meet the war emer
gency? These questions have been
studied in our own State and elsewhere.
They require closer attention by State,
local end private agencies, even at the
price of adding a few dollars to already
overburdened public budgets.—(New
York Times). __
Olsen In Fairbanks
To Decide Owner
Of Seized Liquor
Oscar Olson, territorial treas-|
urer. visited Fairbanks recently
from Juneau to decide as to the
government’s course in the mat-,
ter of recent seizures by the U.l
S marshal’s office of $9,000 worth
of liquor consigned to Thelma
Gregor, operator of the Graehl
Circle Bar, who has no liquor li
cense.
A lo’al of 190 cases of liquor
were seized in two separate ship
ments, sent by Magids Brothers
of Seattle, through Mrs. Bess
Cross of Deerlng. The question
Olson will decide is whether the
contraband will be sold and the
proceeds added to the territorial
treasury, or whether it will be
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IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome. Alaska
Seattle Office:
1912-13 Smith Tower
Telephone Elliot 8200
O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome. Alaska
N. STRAND
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
Phone Black 156
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HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
returned to the wholesaler. The
points are raised as to whether
the liquor belongs to the con
signee until fully paid for, and
also the fact that the territorial
law forbids shipment by a whole
saler to any person without a li
quor license.
The last seizure was made on
Memorial Day at the Alaska
Railroad Freight Depot.—(Jessen's
Weekly).
Tell them you saw it advertised
in The Nome Nugget.
FANKHOUSERS ON
FURLOUGH TO STATES
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Fankhouser,
who are employed by the weather
Bureau, left this week for a trip
to the States on their regular
earned vacation, and expect to
re'urn at the end of the month.
BABY GIRL BORN TO
TO MR. AND MRS. GLOVER
A baby girl was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Glover at the
Maynard Columbus Hospital on
June 7th.
Scorchy Smith....
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DETAILS YET ON THE RAID AT | FIELD WAS
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WOUNDED ABOARD THE WHO MEANS A LOT TO ME/
RIDDLED TRANSPORT...
SUDDENLY DR. NORTH
COLLAP5E5 FROM WOUNDS
SUFFERED WHEN HIS
“BULANCE WAS STRAFED...
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GROUNDED AIRCRAFT INCLUDING / /
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Drive For Aid
Of Veteran War
Pilots To Be Held
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With American pilots and their
crews now in the vanguard of
the Allied invasioN of Europe,
Lt. Col. Hackford of Station 12,
Air Transport Command, an
nounced today that the drive for
membership in the Army Air
Forces Aid Society will be ini
tiated immedia’ely.
Originally established by Mrs.
H. H. Arnold, wife of General
“Hap” Arnold, chief of the air
forces, the AAFAS has already
received the support of high
ranking military officials and
civilians throughout the United
Sta4es.
Primary purpose of the society
is to provide aid to air force vet
erans of the second global war,
who would otherwise not be
reached by organizations prev
iously existing. The drive is in
! sti'uted at this time in prepara
tion for the economic upheavals
that will accompany the return of
millions of fighting men from
overseas, and insure that their
sacrifices will not jeopardize ’heir
opportunities in a world at peace.
' In an effort to open member
ship to everyone, both civilians
and the military, four classes of
members have been established
in the organiza4ion, which Colo
nel Hackford, commanding offi
cer of Station 12, describes as
"most worthy.” "Patron” mem
bers contribute StOO.OO, and
“Life” members $50.00 for life
time memberships. ‘Benefactor”
members pay $5.00 per year, and
“Members-At-Large”, $1.00 per
year. Funds may also be accept
ed from volun'ary donations, be
quests, -legacies, or memorials es
tablished in memory of friends or
relatives who have passed away.
Many donations have already been
received from interested civilians,
including the proceeds from bene
fit athletic events, horse shows
and the like, which are conducted
solely by civilians.
Membership cards are provided
all donators who contribute. Civ
ilian contributions should be sent
to Lt. J. J. O’Hanlon, personnel
officer, Marks Field, Nome, Alas
ka.
BOUND OVER TO
THE GRAND JURY
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Garfield,
who were charged with criminal
negligence when their eight
month-old son was found smoth
ered, have been released on bond
until the grand jury convenes in
the fall.
BISHOP FITZGERALD
ON TOUR OF NORTH
Bishop Fi'zgerald of the Alas
ka Catholic Diocese, is in Nome
on his annual tour of the various
missions. He is awaiting transpor-j
tation to visit Father La Fortune
on King Island, and will then
continue north. i
I CHURCHES |
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
• Eskimo Church*
Constance Erickson, Deaconess
Pastor
Sunday, June 11th:
11:00 a. m. Church School
7:30 p. m. Evening Worship.
8:30 p. m. Social gather at the
Kazhim.
—
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic
march
Edmund A. Anable, S. J.
Pastor
Sunday Masses, 8 and 10 a. m.
Week-day Mass’ 7:00 a. m.
Religious instruction for the
children: Monday afternoon, pri
mer class; Yuesdaj' afternoon,
advanced class.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Rev. Vernon L. Booker, Pastor
Sunday, June 11th:
10:45 a. m. Sunday School.
6:30 p. m. Young Peoples’ Meet
ing.
7:45 p. m. Worship Service.
9:00 p. m. Social Hour.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT,
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, TER
RITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF GABRIEL JOHN
SON, Deceased.
No. 664
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that by order of the Probate
Court in and for the Cape Nome
Precinct, Second Division, Terri
tory of Alaska, the undersigned
has been appointed administrator
of the estate of Gabriel Johnson,
deceased.
All persons having claims
against said estate should present
them with proper vouchers at
tached within six months from
the date of this notice to the un
dersigned at Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, June
1, 1944.
FRED J. ROHN.
Administrator,
C. C. TANNER,
Attorney for Administrator.
June 9-16-23-30.
Garrison Notes
By SGT. A. M. BROUSSARD
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Departed
Recently seen with bags in arms
and a joyous smile across his face,
heading for the airfield, was 1st
Lt. Laurence P- Lansing. Lt.
Lansing came to Nome with the
Fourth Infantry in June of '42.
He la"er became special service
officer for the Nome Garrison and
his good work was recognized and
appreciated by every member of
the garrison.
Lt. Col. Milton L. Lee was an
other to leave the Nome Garrison
this week. Departing for Command
and Staff school in the States, he
will visit his home in Salt Lake
City, Utah. Good luck, Col. Leer
Arrived
Lt. Harold L. Olsen has just re- ;
turned from Abilene, Kansas,
where he left a brand new bride
of May 11. According to L.t Ol- .
sen, af'er you have been away so
long it’s very hard to get back
in the old routine of sitting at
a linen-covered table and a meal
of fresh vegetables and real
steaks. Lt. Olsen has been with
1 *he garrison only a short time,
but is a veteran of Alaska sinre
1942.
As well as losing a few mem
bers, other new ones were added
and among those is our new spec
ial service officer, 1st. Lt. Mason
W. Fuhr. Others are S-Sgt. Hale
T. Cade, S-Sgt. Frederick Grand
osky. Sgt. Warren E. Doyle, Tech
4 James Feil, Cpl. George J. Ei
vers, Tech 5 Bernard Wadepohl.
Pvt. Clayton G. Hollabaugh and
Pvt. Paul L. Weidler.
Nile-Sun Softball League
The first two games of the sea
son went under way Sunday, aftee
Brig. Gen. Jones threw’ in the ball
to start it off, with the Sun Lea
gue playing *he first game be
tween the AC Flying Seals and
the Infantry Sacks. Murphy hom
ered in the seventh inning for
the Seals with two on base, after
being held 4-2 for six innings,
and won the game, 5-4. In the
Nite League, be'w’een the Infan
try St. Louis Blues and the AC
Gremlins, the battle was between
the pitchers and the Gremlins
took it 2-0.
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