Public Opinion Poll
On Liquor!
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(Sponsored by the Nome Religious Council)
Many people would like to see
. an improvement in the liquor
situation in the City of Nome.
IN THE YEAR 1944 there were
approximately 333,000 quarts of
liquor shipped into the city.
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
servatively estimated that 25 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 c^ommunity;
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?
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 books.
Please check the plan or plans i
you favor and mail it to The Re
ligious Council of Nome, Box 84.
(THE WAY YOU VOTE WILL
BE HELD IN STRICTEST CON
FIDENCE).
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Potato Picking
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MARS HILL, ME. — Big down
east spuds spurred Rev. V. P. Musk,
ebove, pastor of three rural church
es near here, to beat all the Meth
odist ministers in New England,
city or country, in laying his money
on the (potato) barrel-head for the
denomination's current "Crusade
for. Christ" relief and reconstruc
tion fund.
While following the digger to
help out Aroostook County's labor
shortage, Pastor Musk told his fel
low potato-picker-uppers about
their $700 share in the $25,000,000
post-war fund. Someone said:
"Let’s all give 1* for each barrel."
The first $110 came this way
from young pickers. This inspired
the farmers. Bishop Hartman of
Boston reports them not only first
in his Area to raise their quota,
but more than twice as generous
as he asked.
MARINES TAKE
JAP GARRISON
ON VERDE ISLE
By C. YATES McDANIEL
MANILA, P. I., Feb. 28.—
(AP)—Reports today from Man
ila state that the Fourth Divi
sion Yanks have completed the
destruction of the Japanese
garrison on the Little Verde Is
land, after last Sunday's inva
sion.
General MacArthur reported
the island, which is between Lu
zon and Mindoro, was on the
shortest supply route from the
United States to Manila.
The 14th Corps is clearing the
Japanese from the Manila water
shed to the east of the liberated
capital, and have captured Mount
Mataba and the southwest slopes
of Mt. Pacawuan, also covering
the Montalban-Wawa road to the
south, where the First Cavalry
Division pressed the attack on
Antipolo.
The cavalry is facing heavy
CLASSIFIED ADS
..FOR BALE — DRESSES. JEven
ing Gowns .. Slack Suits .. and
Robes . . See Mrs. Anne Eber
hart, on Stedman Avenue. 3t.
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. Box 468, Fairbanks,
Alaska. 26-2t.
WANTED—One or two men to
share 4-room house. Call Main
125.
mortar and machine gun fire and
the enemy seems to be gathering
forces for a final stand.
Mopping up Japanese remnants
continued in the hills flanking
the central Luzon plains.
On blasted Corregidor, the
fortress at the mouth of Manila
Bay, the few remaining Japs hid
ing in caves were being hunted
down.
The communiques also reported
that Borneo was pounded with
100 tons of bombs concentrated
on the airdromes and port facili
ties. Many hits in the target areas
were reported and smoke cover
ed the entire area.
Formosa took a 60—ton bomb
ing as fires were started in bar
racks areas.
Three coastal ships were dam
aged near the Pescadores Is
lands.
Two American planes were lost
in the operations.
NOW LOCATED IN
MISSOURI
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith,
formerly of Nome, are now in
Camp Crowder, Missouri, where
Mr. Smith is stationed with the
general’s staff. Mr. Smith was
with the U. S. Signal Corps here,
and while in Nome, married Miss
Helen Bruner, daughter of Felix
Bruner. He is reported to now
hold the rank of major.
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MATERIAL IS
STILL OFFERED
BY THE RFC
Reports from the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation recent
ly, indicate that individuals are
making use of surplus army prop
erty as it becomes available.
Propert which has been re
leased and sold so far, consists of
heavy machinery, mainly such as
pumps, cement mixers, com
pressors, power units, etc., par
ticularly essential to the mining
industry.
A few buildings have been sold
also.
To date about 75 per cent of all
material offered for sale has been
sold.
The RFC is very anxious to
have the list of items available
to the public. For information
write their office in Fairbanks.
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