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4 News-Letter
Mary Lee Council
Secretary to Delegate Dimond
Alaska National Defense
Air Fields
Several inquiries have come to
the Delegate regarding expendi
ture of the $3.000,900 allotment
for airfields in Alaska to be built
und:r the national defense pro
gram, the appropriation therefor
having been made in the summer
of 1940. It has been suggested
that a large part of the work
Could be most economically done
by the Alaska Road Commission
because that agency has the nec
essary engineering and operating
organization and is completely
familiar with conditions in the
mt
Territory. Some persons have
b en concerned lest all of the
work be given to some non-resi
dent contractor under a cost-plus
fixed-fee arrangement similar to
most of the construction con
tracts recently made by the
Army.
Rec.ntly. the Delegate had a
conference with Colonel Donald
H. Connally, Civil Aeronautics
Administrator, and Major Lucius
D. Clay, Secretary of the Selec
tion Board consisting of the Sec
retaries of War, Navy and Com
merce, in which th; whole mat
ter was discu-sed thorougnly. It
appear^ that the appropriation
was made for the fiscal year of
1941 only and that unless the
money is actually spent or actual
ly under contract before June 30
1941, any un -xpended funds or
balances will revert !to the Treas
ury and cannot be used after
^ July 1, 1941. It further appears
that no contract can be given to
the Alaska Road Commission and
that in the event any work is
done by the- Alaska Road Com
mission, it will be necessary for
the Commission to use its own
~ funds and be reinbursed later out
of the $3,000,000 allotment. More
over, no authority exists for mak
ing any cost-plus fixed-fee con
tract for doing this work.
As a result of the law and the
time limitation for expenditure
of the money or placing the work
under contract, it will be neces
sary for the Civil Aeronautics
Administration to let all of the
work out to contract after adver
tisement to the lowest resonpon
sible bidder. Resident contractors
in Alaska will have the same
opportunity to bid on the various
projects that any non-resident
contractor will have. At Nome
For That Party
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All cooking and serving done at
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Bridges Seeks
Dela> in Hearing
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25 —
Attorneys for CIO leader Harry
Bridg s said yesterday they will
ask postponement of the second
Bridges' deportation hearing now
schedu’ed for March 31.
One of the defense attorneys.
Aubrey Grossman said that more
tim. is needed for preparation of
the Eridges' defense. It is expect
ed that the hearing probably will
last as long as hte 12 weeks of
the first deportation proceedings
in 1939.
Th. complaint filed by United
States Attorney General Robert
H. Jackson charges the Austral
ian-born Bridges with having
been a member of the Commun
ist party, and advocating over
throw of the government of the
United States.
Dean Landis of the Harvard
Law School, the special examin
er at the first deportation hear-1
ing found no evidence that Brid
g s was a communist at the time
the proceedings were started.
THE FEDERATED CHURCH
TO AID IN WAR RELIEF
The Federated Church of
Nome will participate in the Em
ergency crusade in a nation-wide
attempt to raise one million dol
lars to meet thr e war-caused ap
peals. The offering plates of
many congregations in the Unit
ed States and Alaska will be si
multaneously passed on what has
br:>n named "The Day of Com
passion," Sunday, March 2. This
will b the one war relief offer
ing of the year.
The Reverend Wilbur P. Wood
explains three types of appeal
that are consolidated in this
Good Samaritan movement:
(1) $250,000 is to be alloted to
th. religious and social well-be
ing of young men in army camps
and navy yards. Chaplains with
in these camps will be aided with
, literature and equipment as need
ed from the fund.
(2) $250,000 will be devoted to
assist the chyrch-s in England in
temporarily easing some of the
frightful situations involved in
hundreds of bombed churches.
(3) $500,000 will continue and
supplement the overseas relief
now in progr ss; feeding, cloth
j ing and sheltering non-combat
ant war victims.
This offering will be taken in
' addition to the regular offering.
and at Kotzebue, where fields are
to be built or enlarged, the con
tracts will provide that the ma
chinery and facilities of the Civil
Aeronautics Administration now
on the ground may be used in<
doing the work. The plan is to ■
call for bids and award the con- i
tracts at the earliest possible date
so that the fields may be com
pleted without delay.
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with slowly decreasing velocities Saturday morning.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:§0 pm Today
Highest temp — 10 Lowest te mp-4 Precipitation — 0
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Total precip this month 0.68 Total since Jan. 1, 1941, 0.87
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
IT) RATIFY ORDINANCES NOS.
S91. 292 AND 293. TO THE F.L-'
ECTORS OF THE CITY OF
NOME. Alaska: v
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
‘.hat pursuant to Ordinance No.
291 'entitled “An Ordinance
granting to The N rthern Light
and Power Company, its site-1
cesser- and assigns, a franchise'
to construct, equip, operate, j
maintain and use an .lectric
light and power plant and j
system within the City of Nome,
and providing f^r the ratific-j
ation hereof.” and pursuant to;
Ordinance N 292 entitled “An;
Ordinance selling to the Direct-1
ors of the Drifters Club' and W. j
H. K 1-ev the South and North
one-half (’2) respective'}- of Lot'
14. Block 30. and providing for
the ratification hereof.” both or
dinances having been passed and
approved by the Common Coun-[
oil of the City of Nome on Jan
uary 13. 1941, and pursuant to
Ordinance No. 293 entitl d “An(
Ordinance to convey to James E.
Hewitt a portion of Lanes Way.
and providing for the ratification
hereof," passed and approved by
tlac Common Council on January
27, 1941. all of those 3 ordinanc
es wi 1 He separat ly submitted
for ratification at the annual City
Election to he held in the City of
Nome on Tuesday, April 1. 1941.
at which election the qualified el
ectors and voters ar invited to
vote for ratification or for refus
al of ratification of the ordinanc-!
es. The submission of each or- j
dinanee will be separate from
that of the others, and each voter j
or el ctor can declare himself fqr;
or against each ordinance separ
ately. Qualification of electors,
place of voting and the time for j
voting, and all other rules, regu- j
ations, laws and ordinances re- J
specting the conduct of annual
city elections will apply to the
election as to the ratification of;
these ordinances. Th original or
dinances showing their exact pro
visions are on file in the office of
the City Clerk, and are available
to the public for reading and in
spection at all regular office
hours. The time of election shall
be between the hours of 8 A. M.
and 6 P. M., April 1, 1941, the
place of voting the City Hall lo
cated on the South side of Front
Street. As to Ordinance No. 292
the property to be disposed of is
the South • one-half and North
one-half of Lot 14. B ock 30.
terms cash, consideration $ 100 as
to each one-half. As to Ordinance
No. 293 the property to be con
veyed is the East 7 feet of that
portion of Lanes Way lying be
tween Blocks “H” and “J”, and
being the 7 feet directly adjoin
ing on th'c West and paralleling
the Western boundary of Lot 1,
Block “J”, for the entire length
of 100 feet thereof.
DATED AT NOME, Alaska,
this 21st day of February, 1941.
M. J. Walsh. City Clerk
Publish Feb 21 28 Mar 7 14, 1941
FORFEITURE NOTICE
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To Chas. Olsen, his heirs, ex
ecutors, administrators and as
signs.
You and each of you are here
by notified that I have expend
ed during the y>&ar ending July
1st, 1940, two hundred dollars lr>
labor and improvements upon
the Sand Hill Association Placer
mining claim, situated on the
right bank of Snake River about
three and one-half miles north
westerly from the mouth thereof,
and the town of Nome in the
Cape Nome Mining and Record-1
ing District, Territory of Alas-)
ka, in order to hold said mining
claim under the provisions of U.,
S. C. Tit. 30 Sec. 28, and amend-j
ments thereto concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said
claim for the period ending July
1st, 1940.
And if, within ninety days af- :
ter the publication of this Notice,
you fail to contribute your pro- |
portion of such expenditure as a |
co-owner, which amounts 4o one |
lundred dollars, your interest in
the property of the subscriber,!
your co-owner, who has made j
he required expenditure to hold
>aid claim.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, the I
ith day of December, 1940.
John Carlson, Co-owner
Publish Dec. 6 13 20 27, 1940,
ran. 3 10 17 24 31, Feb. 7 14 21 ,
!8, 1941.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. — An
thony J. Dimond, Delegate from
Alaska, in a statement says he ex
pects ample funds will be appro
priated by Congress to carry for
word defense of the Territory,
which, with the more than $40,
000.000 appropriated la1-'! year
will put Alaska in shape to meet
any invasion thr at.
Delegate Dimond said: "I do
not expect any more funds to be
appropriat d for Fairbanks, ex
cept possible enough to complete
the Army Base there, but I do ex
ect considerable funds for expan
sion at Anchorage, Sitka, Kodiak
and Unalaska.
Troops For Base Defense
“There are 4,(MX) ground troops
I
I now in Alaska and I expect ev
entually that this number will be
increased to 10,000. The ground
troops will be used purely to d
fend the air bases from attack.
They will be defensive troops,
sufficient to do this a^ the actual
defense of Alaska will be by th
air forces.”
Delegate Dimond said the
Army appropriation bi 1 has not
yet been received by Congr
but the Naval appropriation bill
submitt d to Congre- recently
contains funds for Alaska, in
cluding the Sitka and Kodiak ba°
es, total close to $25,000,000.
Fighting Planes
Delegate Dimond predicted the
Unalaska Air Station, for which
more than $10,000,000 is includ
ed in the Naval appropriation
bill will be equipped with (igi
ing planes r ady to meet any
threat in the west.
The Delegate further said: “I
anticipate Congress will make
ample appropriations for Alaska
def nse. Last year the appropria
tion by Congress was more than
$40.04)0,000 and other Govern
ment funds for Federal expendi
n' s brought the total sum to
$59.0 :0,000.
"I look for considerable ex
pansion at the Anchorage base
nod funds will have to be ap
propriated to meet that need."
MEXICANS DON'T
\V A N’T COMM N UNISTS
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 25 — Cit
izens thrmghout Mexico cho e
their flag day yesterday as th.e
occasion for demands that com
munism be eliminated from the
Latin American nation.
Thousands of persons, among
hu m w. men and children, par
■ d J with banners pledging al
legiance t the Mexican national
emblem. Th banners urged that
gave; ament leaders initiate a
drive against c mmunism in Mi x
ico.
COMMAND, IN AFRIC A—Since February, 1910. when this picture of Gen. Maxitne Wey
gantl end Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell was made at a review in Cairo, much has happened. Wcv
gand n, . mmands Franc' s Nr rf h 'frlcan army. One-eyed Wavell (his left is gone) commands
- Sf'Uain'g Mmy scattering Italians in Libya and pushing westward toward Tripoli and French Tunis’’
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