New NYA Work
Is Established
In
.
NYA projects of various kinds
have been set up in many com
munities throughout the Terri
tory to aid young people and to
teach them useful trades, accord
ing to Mrs. Florence Syverud.
director of personnel for NYA in
Alaska.
Recently three projects have
been set up in Shishmaref and
in Kwinhagak which will pro
vide employment for between 45
and 50 natives and Eskimo
youths.
In Shishmaref an out-of-school
project has been established in
cooperation with tile cooperative
store there under Edgar Russell.
Here three boys between the
ages of 17 and 24 will learn book
keeping and store managing.
Their work will include train
ing and actual experience in cre
dit managing, clerking, prepara
tion of wholesale materials and
of yearly requisitions for sup
plies.
There will be two projects at
Kwinhagak, the first for young
er people who have dropped
school. The work consists of
working skins and making them
into fur garments, such as par
kas, and mukluks. These gar
ments, made from reindeer, deer
and faun skins, will be used by
needy families. to which they
will be distributed through the
cooperation of a Moravian mis
sion established there. This work
is under the supervision of Mrs.
Elizabeth Astoriak.
The second project in this com
munity is a gardening and
green house program under the
direction of Henry Roberts.
Throughout the Territory, the
iNYA is setting up programs for
the members to embroider insig
nias for the National Guard.
These insignia consist of a small
replica of Alaskas flag.
Another project of the NYA is
to provide nurses’ aides. For the
Territorial Department of Health
aides have been installed in
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg
Juneau, Skagway, Anchorage,
Seward, Cordova, Fairbanks,
Palmer, Nome and Seldovia.
For the Indian Service, aides
have been installed in Akiak,
An goon, Chitina, Hoonah, Hyda
burg, Kake, Kenai, Metlakatla,
'Nulato, Ouzinkie. Savoonga, Sit
ka, Tanana, Tetlin and Wain
wright.
Among others established by
the NYA are library projects in
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Fairbanks,
Nenana, and Seward; clerical
projects, Ketchikan, Juneau, An
chorage, Palmer, Craig, Fair
banks; workshop projects in Un
alakleet, Ketchikan and Cordova.
These programs are all out-of
school work, and school projects
have been set up in all eligible
institutions in the Territory, in
cluding the University of Alaska.
The NYA has been working
with the Office of Indian Affairs
in these projects.
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this national emergency. Build a
wall of defense by buying De
fense Savings Bonds and Stamps.,
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S U P P O R T—That Hawaii's
155,000 residents of Japanese ex
traction are loyal to the United
Slates rather than to Japan is
! the belief of Sanje Abe, now
visiting on west coast. lie’s
Hawaii's first territorial senator
of Japanese ancestry.
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Income Tax Form
To Be Simplified
WASHINGTON, Aug. — The
Senate Finance Committee voted
to eliminate a big headache for
small taxpayers by adopting a
simplified income-tax form.
The new simplified form con
sists of one page with a table
showing the amount of tax that
must be paid. It may be used by
al persons earning $3,000 a year
or less.
The committee action to re
lieve small taxpayers of the com
plicated job of filing tax returns
was taken as the finance group
continued its coneideration of the
new three and one half-billion
dollar tax bill.
The House version of the rev
enue measure has been amended!
by the Senate committee to low
r tax exemptions and thereby
add about 6,000,0i00 persons to
the number affected by the fed
eral income-tax law.
Atlantic Crossed
In 71-2 Hrs.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. — Revela
tion that an American-built
British Liberator bomber had
been ferried across the Atlantic
in 7!-2 hours was made by the
manufacturer, Consolidated Air
craft Corporation.
Consolidated officials said the
four-motor bomber averaged
more than 300 miles and hour on
i the 2,300 mile trip from New
foundland to Ireland.
Australia Premier
Menzies Resigns
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CANABERRA. Australia. Aug.
;— Australian Prime Minister
Menzies resigned, climaxing a
, long political dispute with the
Australian Labor Party,
j Deputy Prime Minister Fad
I den was elevated to the head of
i the government to succeed Men
zies.
Before resigning, Menzies an
nounced that the Cabinet has
agreed on sending a representa
tive, other than the Prime Min
j ister, to London to represent the
Commonwealth in Empire confer
ences.
Menzies indicated that he ex
pected to be chosen for the post.
Recognize
Manchukuo Govt.
HSINKING, Manchuria — The
German-dominated government
of Denmark recognized the Jap
anese-dominated government of
Manchukuo.
Denmark followed other Axis,
members and Germancontrolled .
countries in recopnizing Manchu- '
kuo. The Copenhagen govern
ment previously recognized the
Nanking government of China.
The*, unique and humorous,
snd typical Alaskan stationery—
"Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have beet
brought strictly uptodate, and are
now available at the Nugget offl
ce.
NAVY’S NEW NET TENDER GETS T E S T—1The U.S.S. Locust (above), given tests in Lake Erie, is first of a dozen
158-foot anti-submarine net tenders to be ready for Uncle Sam under a $6,500,000 contract with Cleveland and Lorain, Ohio, shipyards.
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Army Shows Way
For Air Freight
Service to Alaska
DAYTON, Ohio — A military
pattern of a new field of expan
sion for the air transport indus
try after the war is seen for:
planes through extension of the
army air corps’ network, into
freight lines to Alaskan outposts.
Wright Field officials at Day
ton reported that military air
freight service will be expanded
over a 2.0PO-mile line from Sac
ramento. Calif., to Ladd Field,
Fairbanks. ’
They said the project awaited
only acquirement of necessary
equipment to augment the pres
ent year-old wing by 50 cargo
carriers, each with a capacity of
of about two and one-half tons.
The officers declared the route
of the new leg to Alaska, scene
of gTeat military expansion both
on the ground and in the air, has
not been selected yet.
However, during the past year
facilities have been established
to give pilots a radio beam to fol
low from Seattl to Juneau.
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BREAD PRICES IN
ST. LOUIS RAISED
ST. LOUIS — The high cost of
living was brought home to St.
Louis bakeries as major bakeries
| in the area announced a 20 per
cent reduction in the size of the
standard loaf of bread—and no
reduction in price.
The standard loaf has been cut
from 20 to 16 ounces, and will
retail at the same 10 cents. The
bakers cited higher costs of flour
and lard as responsible for the
move.
PARAGUAY FREEZES
ALL WORKERS TO
THEIR PRESENT JOBS
—
ASCUNCION, Paraguay, Aug.
! —The Paraguay Army command
| issued an order freezing all work
' ers in Paraguay at their present
occupations and jobs and sub
| jecting them to military law.
Of Kentucky’s finest Bourbons
this is the QjJ |
CALL IT BY NAM E—Britain calls this big gun—a late
addition to the stock of British armaments and said to be the
world's largest calibre—"Boche Buster,” with a certain idea in
mind. This is one of first action photos.
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HEADACHE FOR MARINER S—A fishing boat makes its way through a harbor entrance
believed the world’s narrowest—22 feet wide, winding, and only nine feet deep—and leading from
Pacific ocean to Depoe Bay, Ore. Only sports boats, fishing craft and trawlers can squeeze through.
Overhead is the four-lane highway bridge of Oregon Coast highway. U.S. 101.
Notice of Rendering First and
Final Report of Executor and
Petition for Final Order of Dis
tribution
No. 622
In the Probate Court in and
for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Second Division, Territory of
Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
PATRICK H. SWEENEY, De
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Thomas Sweeney, executor of
the estate of Patrick H. Sweer.ey.
deceased, has rendered for final
settlement, and filed in the above
Court his first and final report of
executor and petition for final
order of distribution, and that
Wednesday, the 15th day of Oc
tober, 1941, at 10 o’clock A. M.,
at the office and Courtroom of
the Court in Nome, Alaska, has
been set as the time and place
for the settlement of the account
and report and for hearing ob
jections thereto if any there be,
and for a hearing on the petition,
and all persons interested in the
estate are hereby notified then
and there to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why the
account and report should not be
be settled and allowed and why
distribution of the estate should
not thereupon be immediately
made to the persons entitled
thereto without further notice or
proceedings. At such hearing the
Court will adjudicate and de
cree who are the heirs and dis
tributees of the deceased. Refer
ence is hereby made to the ac
count, report and petition for fur
ther particulars.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
13th day of August, 1941.
Thomas Sweeney, Executor.
Publish Aug. 15, 22, 29. Sept. 5
Notice of Rendering First and
Final Report of Executor and
Petition for Final Order of
Distribution
No. 626
j In the Probate Court in and
I for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Second Division: Territory of
j Alaska.
1 In the matter of the Estate of
'•FELIX BRUNER. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that M.
J. Walsh, Executor of the estate
of Felix Bruner, deceased, has
I rendered for final settlement
and filed in the above Court his
first and final report of executor
and petition for final order of dis
tribution and that Friday, the
31st day of October, 1941, at 10
l o'clock a. m. at the office and
; courtroom of the Court in Nome,
Aiaska has been set as the time
. and place for the settlement of
tlie account and report and for
| hearing objections thereto, if
any there be, and for a hearing
on the petition, and all persons
interested in the estate are here
by notified then and there to ap
pear and show cause if any they
have, why the account and re
port should not be settled and
allowed and why distribution of
the estate should not thereupon
be immediately made to the per
sons entitled thereto without fur
ther notice or proceedings. At
such hearing the Court will ad
judicate and decree who are the
heirs and distributees of the de
ceased. Reference is hereby
made to the account, report and
petition for further particulars.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
i 29th day of August 1941.
M. J. Walsh, Executor
Publish Aug. 29 Sept. 5, 12, 19
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Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
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