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SIGNS OF SPRIN G—Prize silver foxes gave their all to
decorate this New Yorker, who wears a Dcin-Bacher stole that
features a waist-length cape at the back and in the front, ends
that may be turned under to form a muff.
, BOO ( M ) TO YOU —Better duck when this new 8-inch,
225,000-pound railroad gun, given a test at the army’s proving
ground at Aberdeen, Md.. starts hurling 260-pound shells into
Chesapeake bay. The overall length of gun and its mount is 49'6"
MYRNA LOY AND ESTRANGED HUBBY
Actress Myrna Loy and her estranged film producer-husband, Ar
thur Hornblow, Jr., went to a ni ovie, had dinner and finally danced
until after midnight. Neither would discuss the possibility of a re
conciliation, but Miss Loy declared they would continue to be the
best of friends. Grinds noted that they danced every dance together.
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-''SONNY, MORE THAN
frnCH WHAT A v ".000 ALASKANS DRAW
VIU5H,WnHI H \THEIR PAY FROM 0L‘ man
LOT OF FOLKS! T Canned salmon!
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/Tan' every Alaska familyN
. ( IS SUPPORTED WHOLLY OR
M PARTLY BY THE MONEY I /
\ FETCH HOME TO THE /,
TERRITORY! /'
AS ALASKA'S BIGGEST PAYMASTER, the Canned Salmon
/V Industry gives employment to more than 11,000
Alaska workers and fishermen During the fishing season
Salmon canneries alone give jobs to more Alaskans than
any other industry.
As Alaska’s biggest local customer, the Industry spends
over $10,000,000 annually—purchasing coal, lumber, wire
and other Alaska products. . . . helping other industries
meet their payrolls.
As Alaska’s biggest taxpayer, the Industry helps
provide the salaries for Alaska’s school teachers and
government officials.
So, fisherman or merchant, cannery worker or doctor,
ijon share in the prosperity of Alaska’s leading industry.
Statistics Alaska
Canned Salmon
Coordinated
SEATTLE —With the appear
ance this week of the 1941 Year
book number of Pacific Fisher
man, coordinated statistics on the
U. S. supply of canned fish from
Pacific waters ar now available.
I The total U. S. pack of canned
'salmon during the 1940 season
amounted to 5,548,902 cases, of
; which 5,028,378 cases were pack
ed in Alaska. The Columbia Riv
er pack came to 386,999 cases. Pu
get Sound production was 121,
428 ca1' s, and Washington and
Oregon coast streams accounted
■for 12,097 cases.
The total U.S. pack was 422,625
cases below the 1939 output and
1,376,000 cases below the aver
age for the preceeding ten years.
The 1940 pack was the smallest
since L927, when total U. S. can
ner salmon production amounted
to 5.053,172 cases.
While the 1940 salmon pack
was considerably below av rage
the pack of other canned fish
which competes with canned sal
mon for consumer acceptance is
plentiful.
The California pack of canned
tuna during 1940 amounted to
3,806,785 cases, more than half a
million over the 1939 pack, and
the largest canned tuna pack
ever put up in California.
The pack of canned sardines in
California during the last year to
tailed 2.869,031 cases, approximat
ly a half million cases below the
preceeding year, but slightly
more than the average canned
sardine pack of the previous five
years.
California’s production of can
ned mackerel, which competes
vigorously in southern markets
particularly with Alaska packed
chum salmon, amounted to 1.343,
495 cases. This was a gain of
nearly forty percent over the
1939 pack and was the second
largest canned mackerel pack in
the history of the California in
dustry.
Panama Loyal
To United States
PANAMA. March — President
Arias of Panama proclaimed in a
manifesto the solidarity of his na
tion with the United States in all
matters pertaining to defense of
the Panama Canal. He announc
ed an agnsement for use of Pan
ama territory for United States
air bases.
Navv Yard
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Labor Goes
On Strike
ORANGE. Tex., March — Pic
kets paraded to enforce a strike
which closed the $5,000,000 naval
shipyard construction project in
Orange.
Three hundred-fifty American
Federation of Labor shopmen
went on strike at the st el fabric
ation plant of the Consolidated
Steel Company. The dispute
threw 300 additional men out of
work and tied up the shipyard.
The War Department issued an
ord.r directing firms employing
Congress for Industrial Organiza
tion men at Wright Field in Day
ton, Ohio, to continue its work
despite a jurisdictional protest
by A F of L unionists. The firm
employing the CIO men is doing
j electrical work at a laboratory
near the Dayton air field. A F of
L workers mployed by another
; contracting firm went on strike
in January in protest over the
CIO workers.
Decision in January
The War Department then or
dered the firm with the CIO men
to susp-nd work, pending investi
gation.
The order held that the firm in
question held a valid contract
and directed that the firm con
tinue its work. The department
said the strike by the A F of L
j men was n-suiting in serious in
; terferenee with defense expan
| sion.
Effect is Slight
President Roosevelt said that
only on quarter of one per cent
of production is affected by pres
ent labor strikes, while there is
a widespread, false impression
that strikes are numerous. He
said the false impression is in
jurious to the defense effort since
it is an exaggeration.
The President compared the in
te mat ion a l crisis of today with j
the domestic crisis facing the
United States eight years ago
when he was sworn in for his j
first term. He said he b-lieved to
day’s crisis probably was greater
than that of eight years ago since
democracy is being challenged
throughout the world.
HUNTER NAMED
WPA COMMISSIONER
WASHINGTON. March — How
ard Hunter, acting Works Pro
gress Administration commission
er sinqe the death of Colonel
Frank Harrington, was nominat
ed by President Roosevelt as
Commissioner.
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\\ inner Of
lee - Break
Wins Again
SEATTLE—Mrs Lila Palm, one
time co-winner of the 1940 N -
nana ice break-up contest was
one up on her husband in the
legal battle over the $35,563 she
received.
Judgi William Long in refer
ring to the Alaska court decree
that gave her a divorce from j
Palm last November awarded
her all her "earnings” since her
marriage.
The judgie then granted her the
right to withdraw a $9,5C2 fund
held in escrow and also permit
ted the withdrawal of $10,430 to
pay federal taxes.
Suit Brought by Palm
The court’s ruling on the writ
was in a suit brought in Wash
ington States by Palm as a Wash
ington State resident against the
Northern Commi rcial Company
to which Mrs. Palm had delegat
ed the money for safekeeping.
Palm sought control of the
money as her husband under the
Washington law' and the money
was impounded with th Com
pany.
Palm also appealed from the1
Alaska federal court’s divorce de
cree to the circuit court of ap
peals.
Statement of Lawyer
Her attorney E. A. Ni imeier
said Palm left his wife five days
after their marriage, November
18, 1939. She,received the money
after thi? contest was decided in
May, 1940.
Neimeier said he expected that
the circuit coutrt case will be
heard here next September when
the court comes north. Judge
Long indicated, the attorney said
that he wdll await action by the 1
circuit court on the case befon:
making a final disposition of the j
entire Nenana ice-break award. I
PERSISTENT
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Mrs. Esther Moore (above) spent
a night in the Glendale, Calif.,
jail for a principle — .she thinks
she thinks sh comes ahead of the
army in her husband’s attentions.
Because she persisted in efforts to
force her way into an Army air
school to see her husband, G. G.
Moore, a student then'', she was
arrested on a charge of disturb
ing the peace, and sent to jail
awaiting trial when she refused
to promise to stay away from
hubby until he graduates.
For That Party
&
Chop Suey, Chow Mien or any
Oriental or American Dish. Call
Frank Suzuki, care Polet’s Store.
All cooking anil serving done at
your home.
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday wit h light snow ending Tuesday af
ternoon or night Not much change in temperature.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 31 Lowest temp — 25 Precipitation — 0.02
Total precip this month 0.09 Total since Jan 1, 1940, 0.97
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight-—.... 28 70 E 15 Clear
Bam - - - ..... ...... . 25 959 E 13 Snow
12:30 p m ..... .. ...... . 27 95 E 11 Snow
Tomorrow: Sunrise 6:12 a. m. Sunset 6:10 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 3 Lowest temp-19 Precipitation — 0
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