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QUALITY
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At your favorite tavern f
j and package store.
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Straight Bourbon Whiskey, ICO p ro..
Schenley Distillers Corp., N. Y. C.
Largest Powder
Plant In World
Now Operating
CHARLESTOWN. Ind.. April
29 — The first of six production
lines began operation at the
world’s largest powder plane —
moor than three weeks ahead of
schedule.
The huge munitions works, con
structed at a cos; of $35,500,000
occupies 5.500 acres outside Char
lestown. When full operation
are reached, the plant will em
ploy 10,000 persons, turning out
600,000 pounds of smokesless
powder daily. The Dupont Com
pany of Wilmington, Del., will
operate the mammoth govern
ment plant. Operations original
ly were scheduled to begin May
17 but expanded construction
forces permitted the earlier open
ing.
IS EPILEPSY INHERITED?
WHAT CAUSES IT?
A booklet containing the opinions of fam
ous doctors on this interesting sub)ect will
be sent FREE, while they test, to any reader
writing to the Educational Division, 535
Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y., Dept.
CAA Airports
In Alaska
In a releas- from the office of
the Adminis'rator of Civil Aero
mniics Administration, Depart
ment of Commerce, the follow
ing was stated:
Before winter, at least one us
able runway on each of six nc
airports in Alaska, locat'd and
engineering for national defers®
will He in operation, according
to a report made to General D n
aid H. Connolly, Administrator
of Civil Aeronautics, by CAA en
gineer's after a two months in
spect im tour through Alaska.
N w airports at Juneau, Cord
ova, Boundary, Big Delta. West
Ruby and Nrme are either in
course of construction . or await
ing receipt of bids for work to
be done during the summer. In
s veral remote sections, th: last
1 -d? of supplies for construction
of radio facilites are being taken
in before lha spring thaws wipe
out the new trails broken by dog
teams and tractor trains. By win
t r, Alaska’s available airport
facilities and radio aids to flying
will be.rrore than doubled.
The new airports are a part or
the $40,000,000 airport program
instituted la-t year now being ad
ministered by the CAA and the
Orps of Engineers. Alaska's
•h re is S3.300 090 and if being
h 'died by the Airways Engin
er ng Division of the CAA. Can
a Li’s Airways system will tie u '
with ours at Boundary.
The status of the six proje"1;
i.s as follows: Proposals on Ju
neau and Cordova already issued,
bid to be opened May 15: propos
als on Big Delta, Boundary,
Norn, and West Ruby to be ready
for publication early in April.
Proposals are being distributed
throughout the States as well a ■
in the Territory of Alaska. There
are two regular air services in
operation in Alaska, betwen
Seattle and Juneau, and between
N me and Juneau, conducted by
P n American Airways and its
subsidiary, Pacific Alaska Air
way?. The civil Aeronautics
Board is now considering applies
lions for additional routes be
tw.en Juneau and Anchorage
nd routes to serve other .strateg
ic points in the Territory.
GREEK CREDITS FROZEN
WASHINGTON — President
Roosevelt has issued an Execut
ive Order freezing Greek credits
and cash in the United States
immediately. i
The President’s action took cog i
nizance of the conquest of Greece
by Germany and is designed to
keep Greek credits and cash in j
this country from German hands.;
The Greek assets in the United
States are estimated by Govern-1
ment officials to be between $40,
000,000 and $50,000,000.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the Nome Nugget office
Territory of Alaska
Executive Department
Office of the Governor
Juneau
proclamation '
National Music Week
W'lr rr-;, the iehteenth obser
vation of National Music Wee1'
will b'1 celebrated throughout the '■
country. M v 4-11, and
Whereas music is one of the i
cultural arts which contributes
greatlv tn the enrichment and to1
the more complete enjoyment of!
a fi ll life, end s; ice throughout i
the centuries m.ur.ic has aided the
spiritual advancement of man
\ ind, has brought beauty into the
lives of millions, has lightened
the load of suffering of the uri.for
tun'ste, has served as a means of
making ar iculate both the joys
and sorrows of mrnv people, and
Whereas, the primary object
ive of National Music Week is to
further knowl dee and apprecia
tion of music, and to make music
an integral part of the lives of
an increasingly large number o'
people, and
Now, Therefore, I, E. L. Bart
lett, Acting Governor of th Terri
tery of Alaska, do hereby declare
May 4-11, 1911, National Music
Week in Alaska, and urge all cit |
izms, civic and educational
groups to aid through appropri
ate programs and educational
means the promotion and dissem •
inalton of the knowledg: cf mu
-■ htt in 0-d‘r that a better and
mere g - ral appreciation and a |
wider participation in music may
1 during this week.
By the G vernor:
In witness wlvre, I
have hereunto sub-1
scribed my name and
caused the Great Seal
of the Territory of Al
aska to be affixed at
Juneau, this 21.st day
of April, in the year
of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Forty One.
E. L. Bartlett,
Acting Governor
E. L Bartlett,
Secretary of Alaska
—
’.OAF OF BREAD WILL
BUY BEER, BEER, BEER
BRUSSELS, April 29 — A loaf (
of, bread will buy beer and foeerj
and beer in Brussels.
The loaf costs four ration cou-'
pons, a glass of beer on ^-thirteen !
th of one coupon under govern- j
ment decree. Beer lovers are not i
particularly fond of the plan
since it forces them to drink at
least 13 b.ers at one establish
ment.
VANDERBILT’S BOAT
SUNK IN GREEK HARBOR
NEW YORK, April 30—A CBS
broadcast from Athens picked up
here said the former cruising
yacht of Harold Vanderbilt, Am
erican sportsman, was sunk in
Piraeus Harbor by German Stu
kas and many civilians aboard
were killed or injured.
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| THE MAN WHO ISNT T H E R E—Imagine the surprise of art patrons In St. Louis when
they found In an exhibit above eanvas by Artist Fred Conway who says it’s his conception of "Pep
per” Martin, long-time Cardinal star now managing the 8acram»vto stub on the Pastflc coast.
"Pepper” Is that swirl of dust making a circuit of the bases and clouding up the home plate.
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FREE FRENCH FORCES
JOIN THE BRITISH
'By Associat'd Press'
A new theatre o' •action appe-v'
ed on the verge of op“ning i
th ■ French goven m?": s = the ai
n-ur-rmeent was made that “Fr
French” forces -under DeGruli"
are supporting the British me
a-dzed tro-ps xna'srd a!?r? thr
i „.-n ' order of Fr n-ch Som
ali!' ‘d in East Africa.
Thr D Gaullist followers a
reported concentrated a: Dirua
leh, just inside French So ?.li
land. The French crlony it- » :dg
ed bet,w *n British conquered
Eri rea on 1he north, British
Sor aliland on the south and
Ethiopia on the west.
KRFISLFR RUN
DOWN 1,7 TRUCK
.NET V -YK — Fri'z Kr. isle".
63, internationally known vi: !:n
ir.f, err ting a street here, was
hit by a truck and taken to a
h ■ pt‘al believed sufferi--.' from
skull injuries and also in. rna
injuries.
He remained unenn -cious s’"’
his cordition was prerrur d a
serious.
Thr jc.iquv -i/.ci nunioto-.
n-J ap -.••> Alaskan stai.-wen
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Fair toni h: becoming cloudy Sa today morning with light rain
'late Saturday afternoon or night. Slightly colder Saturday.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 48 Lowest temp — 28 Precipitation — 0
To a; ■p’.vrip this month — 0 Total since Jan. 1, 1941 — 1.57
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
,! V ght .. 28 93 Calm Clear
t a IT. . 37 59 NW 15 Clou y
MO p m . ... - 36 84 W 11 Clear
Tomcrrow: Surri - 2.2' a. m. Sunset 8:34 p. tn.
< m- S’cat r-’.Nv
Highest temp — 29 Lowest 1; mp — 30 Precipitation — 0.02
For The Nome Nugget NVv
WHAT MAKES ARMY WHEELS CO ’ROUND-Pa. ma and brothers ealore
grabbed the chance to see an army from the inside when "open house "as lie'd at bhubj,
Mississippi. Tliis is the look-see parade l-asi dcmonsuaUon unto and son.e cu.is._^
PRESIDENT PITCHES BALL TO OPEN BASEBALL SEASON
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With a mighty heave President Roosevelt threw out the first ball to open the baseball season as the
Washington Senators and the New York Yankees met at Washington, D. C. Left to right: Rudolph Fos
ter of White House staff; Harry L. Hopkins (behind Foster), Col. Harry Hooker, Mary Ann Gray, Or
lando, Fla.; Stephen Early, presidential secretary;Mr. Roosevelt, Major General Edwin M. Watson,
and W. W. Richardson, Washington ball club official.