THE NOME NUGGET
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The Washington
News-Letter
Fatricia S. Jernberg. Secretary
To the Delegate
New Director of Division of
Territories and Island
Possessions
Rupert Emerson, of Harvard
University, has been appointed
Director of the Division of Terri
tories and Island Possessions in
the Department of the Interior
to suceed Ernest Gruening, who
resigned that office to become
Governor of Alaska.
The press release issued by the
Department of the Interior con
cerning the appointment is as fol
lows:
“Appointment of Rupert Emer
son, authority on territorial mat
ters. as Director of Territories
and Island Possessions, was an
nounced on May 2 by the Secre
tary of Interior Ickes.
“Director Emerson has receiv
ed a leave from Harvard Univer
sity. where he has served for the
past 13 years and is now an As
sociate Professor of Government,
to accept the Government post.
He ■will assume his duties in
Washington next month, after
completing his immediate work
at Harvard.
“Director Emerson has given
particular attention to American
"territorial matters. In addition,
he is considered an authority on
colonial problems generally. At
the time of his appointment, he
was engaged in studies of such
problems for the Institute of Pac
ific Relations. In 1932-33 he was
granted leave of absence from his
duties at Harvard to conduct re
search in colonial administration
in British Malaya and the Nether
lands Indies. His book ‘Malaysia'
A Study in Direct and Indirect
Rule,’ is considered an authorit
a.ive reference work.
‘‘Director Emerson was born in
R a, New York, 1899. He attend
e Middlesex School. Concord,
K ssachusetts, and in 1921 re
ceived his B. A. degree from Har
v d University after serving in
the United States Navy in 1917
and 1918. Immediately thereafter
he became a reporter for the
New York Sun. He left his news
paper work to enter the London
School of Economics, where he
studied under Professor Harold
Laski, receiving his Ph. D. in
1927. In 1937-38 he served in the
Department of International Re
j lations at Yale.
| “Under the supervision of the
Secretary of the Interior, Direct
or Emerson will be responsible
for the development of policy
and the coordination of Federal
! activities in Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is
lands. These widely separated
areas have a total population of
more than 2.000,000 persons. Var
ious activities relating to the
Commonwealth of the Philippines
also will come within his juris
dction until 1946, at which time
these islands are slated to be- i
come independent. Responsibility
for the small colonization parties
on the South Pacific Inlands of
Howland, Jarvis. Baker, Ender
bury and Canton also will form a
part of the new Director’s duties.
“Director Emerson has been
making his home at 5 Bucking
ham Place, Cambridge. Massachu
setts. He is married and has three
children.
“The post of Director of the
Division of Territories and Is
land Possessions was established
in 1934 to corordinate Federal
policies. It has been vacant since
1939. when Ernest Gruening was
appointed Governor of Alaska.
"
Edward R. Stettinus. Jr., U. S.
Steel Company executive: “Or
ders for all the steel required
; this year in the naval armament
program would amount to only
one per cent of our finished steel
production for 1939.'’
James A. Farley, Postmaster
General: “As one who has some
what of a modest reputation as a
prophet. I .predict another victory
for the Democratic Party in Nov
ember.'’
John N. Garner, Vice-Pesident:
“I am not going to say anything
that amounts to a darn thing
now.’’
WILBUR SHAW AGAIN
WINS AUTO CLASSIC
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31—Wil
bur Shaw of Indianapolis won
the 500 mile automobile race and
the acclaim of 142.000 spectators
for his third triumph.
Rev Mays of Glendale. Calif
ornia was second, two and one
half miles behind the race, when
stopped in account of rain.
Shaw covered the distance in
four hours, 22.39 for an average
of 114.277 miles per hour.
Mauri Rose of Columbia was
third.
Adolph Hitler. German dictat
or: “Weapons must this time de
finitely struck from the hands of
the war mongers and declarers
of war.”
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SATKO FAMILY IS
AT ALERT BAY
—
ALBERT BAY. B. C, May 31—
The Paul Satko family unreport
ed for three days, arrived here
late Thursday nearly half way
from Tacoma to Ketchikan.
12 IN ALASKA ARE
RECEIVING BENEFIT CHECKS
WASHINGTON. May 31 —The
Social Security Board announced
12 persons in Alaska are receiv
ing monthly benefit checks total
ing $263; under the insurance pro
grams seven retired workers are
receiving a total of $138; two wi
dows with dependent childen re-1
ceive S55 and three children $70.
Have The Nome Nugget sent to
your mining claim.
Five newsreel cameramen, who frequently film beauty, had an op
portunity to judge it in San Francisco. They picked Virginia Engels,
23-year old Los Angeles girl (right! as “Miss Streamline” and
Connie O'Cor.r.or, 10-year-old San Francisco girl “Miss California.”
Miss Engels will cat as official hostess during the 1910 Golden Gate
International Exposition ann Miss O'Connor official California host
ess. Miss Engels received an additional award when Joe Pasternak,
producer of Deanna Durbin’s pictures, offered “Miss Streamline”
a part in the next Durbin picture. Miss Engels accepted.
GERMAN BOMBER SHOWN DROPPING MISSLES ON NORWEGIAN VILLAGE
f ording to the British-approved caption material transmitted b y radio from London with this picture, it shows a low-flying German
v 'd;'n" bombing the Norwegian village of Rena north of Elverum on the Glomma River. Smoke rises from a house hit by one of
t ribr;. i nans later captured Rena. This is an Associated Press photo from Paramount News.
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FATHER’S DAY
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Gifts for this occasion
The date: June 16
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Instruction For Enforcement Of
SCHOOL TAX LAW
Four distinct remedies are pro
vided by Chapter 29 of the Laws
I of 1919, -known as the School
Tax Act.
1. Where an individual liable
for the tax refuses or fails for
ten days after demand to pay the
same, he may be prosecuted as
i provided in Section 6.
2. Where an employer refuses
or fails alter proper demand, to
funish the school tax collector
with a true list of his employees
who arc subject to the tax, or
fails to pay the collector the tax
due from the employees, he may
be prosecuted as provided in the
second paragraph of Section 8.
4. Without civil or criminal
prosecution the Commissioner
may issue a warrant to the Mar
shal, directing him to seize the
property of the delinquent and
sell the same in the manner pro
vided by law. Before this is done
a complaint under oath must be
filed, showing the delinquency.
Such warrant may be issued both
against the empoyer and em
ployee, were both in default, as
provided by Section 9.
E. B. O’Connor,
School Tax Collector
Office: Itesident across from
Native School. Hours: 5:30 to
7:30 p.m.
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Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Padtly cloudy tonight and Thursday with light scattered showers
| Thursday morning. Litle change in temperature
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
| Highest temp — 52 Lowest temp — 39 Precipitation — T
| Total precip this month, Trace Total since Jan. 1, 1940, 2.50
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
| 12 Midnight ... .. 40 70 N-5 Cloudy
8am ...... 45 65 NW-2 Cloudy
12:30 p m . ... 50 68 WSW-9 Cloudy
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 57 Lowest temp — 41 Preciiptation — 0.01
Tomorrow: Sunrise 1:29 a. m. Sunset 10:29 a. m.
The Peninsula: Temp. Wind ..Weather
Deering ...... 36 W-10 Clear
Council _ __— -- 43 W-4 Clear
I Golovin . .— _ _ 48 N-5 Cloudy
Kotzebue...—... 38 W-7 Clear
Solomon _ _ __ 42 N-18 Cloudy
Teller ....... . _ 40 N-8 Pt Cldy
Wales__™, 32 NE-20 Cloudy
Weather Elsewhere: 1:00 am Nome Time ’
Temp. Wind Weather Precip.
Anchorage —.—-— 39 N-2 Clear 0.00
! Bethel ...--- 47 NW-6 Cloudy 0
Cordova ..... . . 40 Calm Clear 0.24
Dutch Harbor ..... 37 NW2 Clear 0.03
Fairbanks__ __ _ 50 E-6 Rain 0.001
Juneau--- 48 S-2 Cloddy 0.15
Pt. Barrow_ 22 NE-10 Cloudy 0
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