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Curtail Vches And Pains
The war has done funny things to the economic life
of the nation. Therefore, it is not a surprise to learn
that the medical profession urges the public to curtail
aches and pains for the duration of the emergency.
With more than 10.000 physicians already in Armv
uniforms and another six thousand required in 1942.
there will not be sufficient physicians to take care of
increasing civilian practice.
Of course, as most everybody knows, there is little
or nothing the matter with many “sick people.” The
doctors, as expressed at the recent meeting of a Med
ical Society in Fort Wayne, Ind., think that the needs
of the public can be met if individuals will pay closer
attention to matters of health by adopting a good diet
and getting plenty of rest.
Naturally all excesses, whether of over-eating, over
working, over-drinking or over-exercising are to be
avoided.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
11*8 War
We can’t buy new automobiles. We shall have to use
the old jalopies year after year, instead of turning them
in every spring for new models.
We can’t buy new tires. We shall have to walk to
stores and bridge parties or else use buses.
Gasol ne is rationed — or will be — to dealers. We
must either spread our share through the month or
lay up the car the latter part of each month.
Stores and laundries are various agencies are saving
tires and gasoline. Our demands for instantaneous ser
vice are coldly rejected. We have to plan now and take
advantage of regular pick-ups and deliveries.
Refrigerators and stoves and radios and washing ma
chines are not being manufactured any longer. Dealers
are running out of patterns in linoleum. We can’t get
aluminum percolators or other cooking dishes. Sugar!
is short. Typewriters aren't on jjale. We can't have
curls on our trousers.
It’.-, terrible—or is it?—Ketchikan Chronicle.
Look lit War and Like it
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“Oh Boy, I'm Saving Rubber”
1 understand that the government is worried about
a rubber shortage in the National Defense program.
If Sophie Tucker will give her girdle to Donald Nel
son. his troubles will be over. Even if all of our wo
men have to give up their gridles, don’t worry, they’ll |
come through.
Even the school kids will do their part. They’re will
ing to give the government the rubber erasers off their
pencils as long as they help to rub out the Japs!
A lot of people are asking how come we’re not hear-i
ing of any shortage of rubber in Japan. Practically
every person in Japan wears rubber heels, and they
had a lot of heels to start with.
You can tell how valuable a rubber tire has become
by talking to the Broadway show girls. They used to
brag about their mink coats and their diamond and plat
inum bracelets. Nowadays, a girl walks in with a brand
new rubber tires as a lavaliere and she makes the girls
with the bracelets and fur coats green with envy.
The lack of rubber should save the lives of millions
of pedestrians. For years the automobile manufactur
ers in Detroit gave us good brakes, a good clutch and
beautiful bodies but they couldn't do a thing about a
nut at the wheel. Now the reckless drivers will have
to stay off the streets. Even though the government
takes automobiles away from the people, do you know
a better way to get the American people back on their
feet?
The girls in my show, “Banjo Eyes,” tell me that
there’s a shortage of rich young men to squire them
around town. It’s serious. After all. Tommy Mannville
can t marry everyone.
Speaking of Tommy Manville, the trouble with him
is that while he says “I do” to one girl, he’s looking
around the crowd to see if he can do any better.
Incidentally, there’s a shortage of new jokes. As a
matter of fact I’m having several of mine retreaded.
-Bv Eddie Cantor. Wide Wide Features
Burglars who break into houses and steal all of the
soap are becoming common in Scotland, In this case it
doesn’t seem that there is much truth in that old say
ing that cleanliness is next to godliness.
Nearly 10.000,000 pounds of chicle were produced
in Yucatan last year. At a rough guess, we’d say that,
stuck end to end, it would cover the bottom of every
m movie set in America.
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Rents and Priors
Freezing of rents in Alaska, as of last March, accord
ing to the announcement by Price Administrator Leon
Henderson recalls that only recently retailers, whole
salers and mnufacturers of all essential products in
the States were ordered to freeze their selling prices
at March levels by the Office of Price Administration.
The freezing of prices is under the Emergency Price
Control Act of 1942 and is designed, in connection with
rationing, to assure families in the low and m ddle in
come brackets of an equal opportunity for those greater
ncomes to buy available goods.
Under the order, wholesalers and manufacturers in
the States must hold prices to "highs” of March and
one week later, retail stores were required to do the
same thing.
Price Administrator Henderson stresses that the
price controls are “strictly a war time measure to be
abandoned as soon as possible after peace comes.” The
‘'battle lines are drawn for the fight against inflation,”
he says, and tells retailers, wholesalers and manufac
turers that they are in the forefront of the fight.
Mr. Henderson points out that none of the regulation
is a hastily drafted order but that Office of Price Ad
ministration has been working on prices and rentals
since early in January.
Mr. Henderson warns people not to harbor petty
suspicions and to make unfounded complaints against
merchants or real owners. If efforts are made to dodge
the regulations, steps will be taken to enforce com
pliance although no threat is made in the announce
ment which appeals to the people to accept the regula
tions as war measures just as they accepted the Selec
tive Service Act. —Fairbanks News-Miner.
No Effective Revolts Likely
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Returning correspondents, after being confined in
Germany and Italy, are releasing interesting stories
about conditions in these two countries. The fact that
these experienced observers are unmuzzled and can
now write as they please should not obscure the fact
that they have had relatively meager opportunities to
survey conditions in the countries where they have
been kept under guard since the war began.
Reynolds Packard, well known correspondent, after
three years in Italy, with five weary months of intern
ment,” reported in dispatches that the people of Italy
are firmly under Adolf Hitler’s thumb and fear the
bogey of Russian communism, but concludes that
“most of them are ready to rally to the United Nations
on the day American and British troops land on Italian
soil.”
This is very interesting but it should not lead anyone
to believe that all we have to do to capture Italy is to
land a few troops. Obviously, if the situation described
actually exists, the British would have landed troops
in Italy many months ago.
It is rather difficult to foresee effective uprisings on
the part of the peoples of Europe. Even if one grants
the doubtful assertion that they are “for us,” the ob
stacles to successful revolt, under modern military con
ditions, seem to be well nigh insuperable.
The peoples of the Axis nations and the conquered
countries in Europe may rise up in time against their
present masters, but there is no reason to expect this
to happen until the military strength of Germany has
been broken by force of arms. So long as the German
Army retains its fighting strength and maintains its
coherent organization, the prospect of successful revolt
seems to be slim. —Fairbanks News-Miner.
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Notice o( Rendering Final Ac
count and Report of ExMlutoi*
and Petition for Final Order of
Distribution.
No. 615
In the Probate Court In and
For the Cape Nome Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of
James Haughey, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Aimer Rvdeen, Executor of the
estate of James Haughey, deceas
ed. has rendered for final report
and account and petition for final
order of distribution, and that
Thursday, the 20th day cf Aug
gust. 1942. at 10 o’clock A. M„ at
the office and court room of the
Court in Nome, Alaska, has been
set as tht time and place for the'
settlermnt of the account and re
port and for hearing objections
Ihcre’o. 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 ac
count and report should not be
settled and allowed and why dis
tribution of the estate should
not thereupon be immediately
made to the persons entitled
thereto without further notice or
proceedings. At the hearing the
Court w 11 adjudicate and decree
who are the heirs and distribut
ees of the deceased and estate.
Reference is hereby made to the
account, report and petition for
further particulars.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
19!h day of June, 1942.
ALMER RYDEEN. Executoi
Publish June 22. 29, July 6, 13
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 659
In the Probate Court in and for
the Cape Nome Precinct, Second
Division: Territory of Alaska
In the matter of the Estate of
HARRY CREMLDAS. Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
by order of the Probate Court
in and for the Cape Nome Pre
cinct. Alaska, the undersigned
has been appointed Administrat
or of the Estate of HARRY CRE
MIDAS, deceased. All persons
having claims against said estate
shall present them with proper
vouchers attached within six
months from the date of this no
tice to the undersigned adminis
trator personally or through his
attorney, Leroy M. Sullivan of
Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, June 1
1942.
GUST CREMIDAS
Administrator
Publish June 1, 8. 15, 22, 1942.
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Civil Service Exam
Closing Dates Extended
The United State.-, Civil Ser- J
vice Commission has extended;
the closing dates for applications
for radio inspector. technical
assistant in engineering, and jun
ior engineering positions. Appli
cations for radio inspector must'
be filed with the Commission’s!
Washington office by June 30.
1942, but will be accepted for
the other positions until the
needs of the service have been \
met. Persons otherwise qualified
who are enrolled in engineering
defense training courses and ex
pect to complete the course with
in 4 months may apply for Ju
nior Engineer including all i
branches of engineering except
aeronautical and naval architec
ture and marine engineering.
Full information as to the re
quirements for these examin
ations, and application forms,
may be obtained from Loren P.
Leech, Secretary of hte Board of
j U. S. Civil Service Examiners, at
| the post office or customhouse in
! this city, or from the Secretary
1 of the Board of U.. S. Civil Ser
vice Examiners at any first or
second class post office.
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King George of England (left) greets rear Admiral Robert C. Giflen (right), com
mander of the task force oi U. S. Navy which has been attached to Britain’s home
,£ ^ ‘Vng nn’ "i!gho’ U.°ur Adm,rals 11 M- Butrough, R. L. Burnett and
L. H. K. Hamilton all of the British navy. Pcture by rado from London.