liny Tugs Battle
Ice In Greenland
By Heward E. Canney, Sp.2c(PR).
(A Coast Guard Correspondent)
Designed for towing and ice
breaking detail in sheltered home
land harbors, a group of small
Coast Guard tugs have been slug
ging it out with ice floes and bliz
zards along the arctic coasts of
Greenland.
Greenland presents one of the
Coast Guard’s most difficult sea
going assignments. The tugs, a
scarce 110 feet in length, navigate
some of the nastiest waters the
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out of the question; lookouts on
the flying bridge lash themselves
to the rails; other watchstanders
wedge themselves in place by
whatever means their ingenuity
can muster. Loose equipment,
troublesome on any ship, becomes
a direct menace on one of these
trips.
Once arrived the tugs are put
to work towing, ice breaking,
lightering, and rescuing, under
weather conditions as unfriendly
as our globe has on record.
One of these little ships, during
a year’s stay in Greenland, rode
out a dozen gales exceeding a hun
dred miles an hour, carried thou
sand so ftons of material to out
lying bases,transported soldiers
and Naval personnel to and from
base hospitals, and carried out 9
rescue missions. One of these
was picking up the pitifully few
survivors of the Coast Guard
cutter ESCANABA, sunk by a
mysterious underwater explosion
while on convoy duty.
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tug wen tgground twice, lost her 1
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for 42 hours, while unloading im
portant supplies from a freighter.
To relax on Greenland duty is
to sink.
Specifics Set
On Beef Cuts
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Mildred H. Hermann, Territor
ial £)irector, OPA announced
Tuesday, Nov. 7, that all beef cuts
sold at retail in the larger Alaska 1
communities are placed under spe- i
cific prices.
These specific prices replace fo- j
mer ceilings established by indiv- J
idual markets on the basis ofmark- j
up received during the month pro
ceeding Pearl Harbor.
The first price schedule to be j
1 set on the fresh meats is now set
on al beef cuts although specific
prices have already been set for ,
< over 2,000 food and household sup- ! j
ply items sold in grocery stores ^
j throughout the Territory. I'
Before specific prices are set a j ,
thorough study of the wholesale 5 '
| and transportation costs and the j •
merchandising methods in each I!
town are made by the Price Div- *
ision. *j
Based on information supplied •
by retail and wholesale trade, ! \
these prices are believed to pro- jj
vide fair and equitable margins *j
to meat dealers without untoward •
disruption of a communities econ-1'
omy. ;
The prices in mose towns are •
i somewhat lower than averages •
established by meat dealers and !
this should result in appreciable j
savings on consumers monthly *
, cost of living. j!
! Therefore fullest cooperation is !
j expected . i ]
j It is also expected that meat •
1 dealers will give full cooperation .
I just as grocers throughout the !
' Territory willingly accepted ceil- ;
I ings on commodities sold in their •
j stores.
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Placer Location Notices now on \
sale at The Nome Nugget. )
BLACKOUT - Here Is
"Blackout,” Coast Guard mascot
on an LCI, who went ashore in
Sicily, Italy and Normandy. He
wears a life jacket made by his
pals—just in case.
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