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January 17, 1942
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AUDITS SYSTEMS TAXES
KINLOCH N. NEILL
Certified Public Accountant
202 Lavery Building_Fairbanks, Alaska
jiews Items
All plane were grounded today
due to unfavorab'e flying wea
‘her.
HOME DEFENSE
MEETING HELD
Tlie following telegram was re
ceived by the Director of Home
Defense here:
"Mobilze your Home Guard at
or.ce and see that twenty-four
hour watch is kept on radio sta
tion, telephone exchange, oil
tanks, utilities. Take every pos
sible precaution against sabot
age."
Signed: Gov. Gruening.
A meeting was held in the City
Hall last evening. The necessary
, s'eps were taken immediately to
i start a Home Defense program.
■ Several chart programs show
; ing the various departments pre
| vicusly organized are being dis
tributed around town. Each de
partment will need additional
help and the citizens of Nome
are called on to volunteer. As
signment of service will be made
as soon as possible after regis
tration.
It was decided at the meeting
, held this morning to call an air
; raid black-out in the near future,
five blasts of the fire siren will
be ca'led. All Home Defense
units will function and all lights
will be covered so as not to be
seen outside the buildings. Three
blasts will be the recall.
Notice
Officer in Charge of the U. S.
Signal Corps in Seattle has noti
fied the Signal Corps at Nome
that hereafter no night letters
will be accepted at Nome, only
fast day messages or day letters.
Signed: Sgt. Johnson
NOME CHAPTER RED CROSS
ORDERED ON THE ALERT
The following wire was re
j ceived by C. W. Thornton, chair
main of the Nome chapter of the
American Red Cross from A. L.
| Schafer of the Red Cross in San
1 Francisco:
Concerning the present Pacific
war situation, suggest your chap
ter set its disaster relief organ
, ization on alert duty ready for
any eventuality. The Pacific area
I office is on 24 hours daily until
further notice, therefore kindly
: wire promptly any developments
i in your community affecting Red
! Cross services. If any emergency
arises as a result of which clti
zen-s will need basic necessities,
your chapter should be ready to
extend food, clothing, shelter,
| and medical relief in accordance
! with established Red Cross dis
j aster relief procedure. Be assur
! ed the National organization
I stands ready to give you every
; possible assistance should the em
| ergency arise.
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NOTICE
WINTER OFFICE SCHEDULE
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Effective December 1st
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Main Office 9:00 to 5:00
Sales Office
Standard Oil Agency 8:00 to 5:00
Freight Office
Except:
" All offices will remain closed dur
in" the noon hour and close at
1:00 P. M. on Saturday.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO.
CD Guards On
Alert in Alaska
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i UNDATED, Dec. 8 I/P) — Al-1
aska Defense Guards protected'
Standard Oil storage and other
strategic industries in Juneau.
The passengers and crew of the I
s‘eamship Columbia were for-!
bidden shore leave as Juneau
girded itself for war defense and
tonight will have its first black
out of an indefinite length.
At Kodiak, General Charles
Col ett called two meetings with
civilian leaders to plan air raid
warnings; guard docks, food sup
plies, oil storages, help evacua
tion, traffic control, b ackout,
and fire problems. The Army and
Navy personnel at Kodiak were'
placed on a full-time alert, al- j
though officers said bombing pro-j
babi ities were remote.
Workers at the Navy base start
ed 10-hour shifts.
At Nome, a 24-hour watch was
set on the Army Signal Corps
wireless station, oil storage and
power and light plant. Addition
al civilian defense organization is
planned today to supplement mod
ical units already formed to co
operate with the army command
ant.
Alaska Travel
Rules Tightened
SEATTLE, Dec. 8 I/P) — Al-!
aska travel rules were tightened j
by the immigration and natural-!
ization service requiring passeni
gers sailing for Alaska and calif
ornia to pass immigration tests1
similar to foreign passport sail
ing rules, to establish citizen
ship, in the most drastic in the
service history. So far, the order
does not apply to off-shore fisher
men.
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Navy Censoring
Wires To Alaska
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 8, </P)—'
Shortly after the Army reserved
all commercial telephone links to
Alaska for its own use. cutting;
off the commercial service, the
Navy sent censors to commercial
telegraph, cable and telephone
offices to scan incoming and out
going foreign traffic, in line with!
the quickly instituted censor
ship.
Dimond Not Surpiscd
By Jap Attack
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 <JP) —!
Delegate Dimond said “I am not1
greatly surprised” by Japan’s at
tack. He said “If we had done
what we should have years ago
in A'aska and established ade
quate defenses, Japan would not
have dared to attack. There is
nothing to do now but fight and
win.”
Wheeler Declares For
State Of War
BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 7 (/P)— |
Senator Wheeler advocated the.
immediate declaration of war1
i against Japan and united support j
I of the administration. He said:!
I “The Japanese have chosen war ;
: and we must exert every energy I
to give the Japanese such a'
| whipping that they will not wantj
1 war again.”
Lauritz Stephansen, aged 65,1
died at the Maynard Columbus |
; hospital this morning at 2 a.m. j
Mr. Stephansen was one of ourj
oldest pioneers having come, to
Nome in 1897. He was a mem
| ber of Pioneer Igloo No. 1, the
! Independent Order of Odd Fel
| lows and Loyal Order of Moose.
In compliance with his last
' earnest request his body will be
sent to Teller for burial.
NOTICE
The Polar Taxi and Delivery
; Service will close for the win
! ter season December 11, 1941. For
i Taxi Service or information con
, ceming Ferguson Airways planes
j after above date please phone
the Polar Bar.
George A. Bayer
Our Holiday Prizes
1. Cash $100.00
2. Set of Dishes $50.00
3. Down Comforter $27.50
4. Coffee Table $14.50
Lehmann’s
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