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THE ARMY AND ITS
PRESS SETUP
Secretary Stimson s shakeup of the Army s public
ity staff will be most advantageous if he does it right.
Judging by dispatches out of Washington recently,
he is proceeding in a most dubious direction.
The shakeup was brought about because the army’s
publicity staff released news pictures later found to
be ridiculous hoaxes. The pictures displayed supposed
huge arrows on the ground pointing to airports and
defense plants.
As soon as the pictures were published it was found
that the “arrows” were wholly innocent and coinci
dental. This has put the army publicity staff in a
ridiculous light.
It is safe to say that no experienced newspaper
man would ever have fallen for such a hoax, and
would not have released the pictures without a proper
investigation in advance.
Therefore, it would seem to us that Secretary Stim
son’s best bet is to place his army publicity staff un
der the direction of a seasoned newspaperman, and to
dispose of the officers of that staff who do not have
the proper background of experience.
It might be well for Secretary Stimson to start
with the head of his publicity staff. Major General
Surles. The general has been an army officer for many
years, and if he ever had any actual experience in a
newspaper operation, has has long since forgotten it.
We are particularly concerned over the suggestion
contained in the dispatches from Washington to the
effect that “the authority of public relations offices out
side Washington to issue news releases will be greatly
narrowed.”
If this means thJt press relations officers of the army
in the field will be required to clear all their news re
leases through General Surles' office before they can
be given to the press, it is our thought that a hope
less state of confusion and delay will result, and that
the army’s press relations will bog down in a mire
of bureaucracy such as we have rarely witnessed.
Again we say that the first solution is to get an ex
p< enced newspaperman at the top of the army’s
press staff. The next move would be to revamp the
entire army publicity organization, and place season
ed newspapermen in positions of authority throughout
the field of important army operations.
The American people are entitled to have news of
the war effort, so long as its publication does not give
aid and comfort to the enemy. It is ridiculous, in our
view, to take the position that qualified men cannot be
found sufficient to man all important army outposts,
with capabilities and powers of judgement which will
enable them to issue legitimate news of army activities
without making stupid blunders and certainly without
giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
From our experience generally, but much more par
ticularly our experience in this war, we are convinced
that the purposes of the army will be best served if
qualified and experienced officers in the field are given
full authority to issue news, all, of course, within the
bounds of regulations to be established by the head
of the army’s publicity staff.
The army needs the support of the public at all
t mes. and certainly it needs it in time of war.
It is vitally important that its publicity program be
properly organized and properly conducted.
The men of the newspaper profession are keenly
anxious to help in every way.
We urge upon Secretary Stimson that they be given
this job.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Ad\ erlisinjt In War
Mans of the' war industries of the United States
have been utilizing newspaper advertising to contrib
ute in a substantial manner to the ENTHUSIASM of
the American people for essential war activity, and to
the INFORMATION of the people about essential war
production.
Among notable examples is a recent page sponsor
ed by the steel industry emphasizing the necessity for
public support of the scrap metal salvage program
upon which so much depends if prevalent shortages
an* to be overcome. Another example is that of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company asking the
people to do as little long-distance phoning as possible.
That is advertising NOT to get business. It puts pa
triotism above the cash register.
Many other advertisers in the industrial war pro
duction h h urc using newspaper advertising to good
i
I Iver Relates Epie
Tale of Hardship
Walked 10 Days With
Broken Ankle
To Get Help
New York, Aug. (rP) —
Capt. Edward Clark of Om
aha told of walking with a
■ broken ankle for ten days
over Alaskan mountains
I after his bomber had crash
od.
I The army plane rammed
into peak of the Aleutian
range June 1 during a se
vere storm. Captain Clark
suffered an ankle fracture,
his co-pilot, Second Lt. Joe
Donaldson, 22, of Rosebud,
Texas, suffered a c o m -
pound break of the leg and
two enlisted men were cut
and bruised.
Care For Injuries
The four spent the first
two days after the accident
attempting to care for
their injuries. Donaldson’s
1 e g was splinted with
board from the plane win
dow's and bound w’ith para
chute cords. He was placed
in a sleeping bag with a
parachute to prevent him
from freezing.
Then the twro enlisted
men set out for help. After
five days of waiting Capt.
Clark, 24, bound his brok
en ankle tightly and decid
ed to try to reach the shore
line.
“Five days of waiting
and w'ondering like that is
five weeks,” Clark said in
an interview'. “We just sat,
being hurt, we didn’t feel
like doing anything else.
We were running fevers
and delirious, seeing plat
ters of food and hearing
people talk to us.”
Terrible Hardship
Making his way across
ice and jumping crevasses,
cuting footholds down pre
cipitious mountain w'alls.!
swimming streams, sliding!
down glaciers with the I
sleeping bag as a toboggan
the injured captain got be
low timberline in 3 days.
Then he followed streams
leading down a valley. Sev,
on more days and he stum
bled into a fisherman’s
: cabin.
Searchers located Don
aldson and the enlisted
men had meanwhile gotten
through.
i advantage. Not only do
they provide news as to
their progress in war pro
duction. but they are con
ducting a great education
al campaign as well.
Notable examples are
the advertising messages
now being published in Se
attle newspapers by Boe
ing and by the Seattle- Tac
oma Shipbuilding Corpora
tion. From a purely selfish
standpoint, it could be said
that these concerns are do
ing a public relations job
for their own benefit; but
the motive behind these
campaigns is a patriotic
one.
They are doing more
than that. Through public
izing the war effort they
are w-arning our enemies
that the American people
are aroused, and are doing
the job that makes ulti
mate victory a certainty.
Advertising of this char
acter is doing a real service
for the country. More con
cerns should follow the ex
ample that has been set for
them.
I
In the United States Land Office ,
For the Nome Land District, )
Nome. Alaska
Notice of Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1896
Mineral Entry No. 0957
Notice is hereby given that the
UNITED STATES SMELTING
REFINING AND MINING COM
PANY, a Maine Corporation, by
and through its attorney-in-fact,
A M. Hartford, whose post office
, address is Nome, Alaska, has made
application for a United States
Patent for the Rosa Fraction,
i Stormy Fraction and Gold Av
enue Claim, placer mining claims i
, situated on the Right Limit of
Dry Creek a tributary of Snake
River, about three miles north I
! of the town of Nome in the
| Cape Nome Mning and Record
ing District and Precinct, Terri
■ torv of Alaska, and designated
'as United States Mineral Survey
No 1896 and particularly describ
; ed in the official plat and field
notes of said claim now on file
! in the said Land Office, with
mean magnetic variations of 19
deg. 30 min. E., as follows:
Rosa Fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with Cor. No. 5. Survey No.
1207. Fannie Tract Placer, from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears N.
5 deg. 29 min. W.. 3335.9 ft.:
thence S 59 deg. 58 min. E„
196 25 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical
with Cor. No. 1. Survey No. 457.
No. 8 Below Discovery Placer:
thence S. 2 deg. 53 min. E..
1116 75 ft. to Cor. No. 3. identical
with Cor. No. 5. Survey No. 457,
No 8 Below Discovery Placer;
thence N. 45 deg. 48 min. W.,
1086.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identi
cal with Cor. No. 1. Survey No.
1207. Oracle Claim Placer; thence
S. 62 deg. 02 min. E„ 554.4 ft. I
to Cor. No. 5, identical with Cor.
No 6. Survey No. 1207, Fannie
Tract Placer, thence N. 5 deg.
06 min. E., 719.00 ft. to Cor. No.
1 and place of beginning, con
taining an area of 6.788 Acres.
Stormy Fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi !
cal with Cor. No. 4. Survey No. ;
1297, Fannie Tract Placer, from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears N.
15 deg. 20 min. W, 3274.05 ft.;
thence S. 86 deg. 08 mm. E.,
690.80 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
S 13 deg. 58 min. W, 153.05 ft.
to Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor. 1
No. 2, Survey No. 1124, No. 1
Laura Gulch Placer; thence S. I
60 deg. 06 min. W., 1130.90 ft.
'o Cor. No. 4; thence N. 59 deg.
58min. W.. 196.25 ft. to Cor. No.
5: thence N. 37 deg. 00 min. E.,
827.35 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 9.4152 acres.
Gold Avenue Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with Cor. No. 2. Survey No.
1207 Fannie Tract Placer, from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears N.
7 deg. 17 min. W„ 2014 8 ft.:
thence S. 59 deg. 08 min. E.,
1323.80 ft. to Cor No. 2, identi
cal with Cor. No. 10, Survey No.
716. Gertrude Placer; thence N.
30 deg. 33 min. E., 834.35 ft. to
Cor No. 3: thence S 7 deg. 35
min. W.. 28.00 ft. to Cor. No. 4.
identical with Cor No. 6. Survey
No. 446 No 2 Laura Gulch P'aoer;
thence S. 81 deg. 34 min E..
43.30 ft. to Cor. No. 5, identical
w'i*.h Cor. No. 1, Survey No. 1124,
No. 1 Laura Gulch Placer; tlunce
S. 13 deg. 58 min. W., 1247 25
ft. to Cor. No. 6; thence N. 86
deg. 08 min. W.. 690.80 ft. to Cor. ,
No 7; thence N. 38 deg. 51 min. E.. j
617.5 ft. to Cor. 8, identical with
Cor. No. 3, Survey No. 1207,
Fannie Tract Placer; thence N.
55 deg. 47 min. W„ 1205.85 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 and place of be
ginning, containing an area of
10.468 Acres.
Said placer mining claims be
ing contiguous and forming one
consolidated survey, containing j
a total of 26. 718 acres.
The adjoining claims are:
On the North. Survey No. 446,
No. 2 Laura Gulch Placer
On the E. Survey No. 1124. No.
1 Laura Gulch Placer, Survey >
No. 1812, No. 7 Below on Dry1
Creek Placer and Survey No. 457, ;
No. 8 Below Discovery Placer,
On the S. Survey No. 1207, j
Oracle Placer,
On the W. Survey No. 1207.
Addie M. Devereaux Bench and !
Fannie Tract Placer and Survey i
No. 746, Gertrude Placer.
The location certificate for said j
placer mining claims are re
corded in the office of the Re
corder of said Cape Nome Min
ing District and Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, as follows:
Rosa Fraction, Vol. 208, Page
316 and amended location Vol.
220, Page 369;
Stormy Fraction Placer, Vol.
220, Page 69,
Gold Avenue Placer, Vol. 190,
page 222, amended locations Vol.
194, page 64 and Vol. 220, page
! 370.
U.S.L.M. No. 11 to which these
: claims are tied, is a fir post 5 j
ft. above ground in stone mound I
| chiseled U.S.L.M. No. 11, situat
ed on the divide between Lloly
oke and Bourbon Creeks about j
70 feet East of the Government I
mad in said mining district and I
: Precinct and is in Lat. 64 deg. 32 I
min. 00 see. N., Long. 165 deg.
21 min. 54 sec. W.
Dated the 6th day of August,
1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register. !
First publication Aug. 7, 1942, '
land ending Oct. 7, 1942. j
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In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Name, Alaska
Notice of Application For Patent
Mineral Survey No 2122
Mineral Entry No. 0954
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That United States Smelting Re
fining and Mining Company, a
Maine Corporation, by and;
through its attorney-in-fact, A. ;
M. Hartford, whose post office ad
dress is Nome, Alaska, has made
application for a United States
Patent for the UNITED BENCH
and No. 3 BENCH THIRD TIER
Placer Mining Claims, situated
on the Right Limit of Center'
Creek, about *'a mile above the :
mouth of said Creek and about
>2 mile northwest of the shores
of Bering Sea and the town of
Nome, in the Cape Nome Mir
ing District and Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, and designated as
United States Mineral Survev
No 2122 and particularly describ
ed in the official plat and field
notes now on file in the said
Land Office, with magnetic varia
tion at each corner of the sur
vey of mean value of 17 deg. 20
min E.. as follows:
The United Bench Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a fir
post scribed 1-2122-U, from j
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S. ;
18 deg. 18 min. E., 4996.63 ft.; j
thence N. 60 deg. 26 min. W., I
796.60 ft. to Cor. No. 2. a fir post [
scribed 2-2122-U: thence N. 20
deg. 42 min. E., 623.80 ft. to Cor. j
No. 3, a fir post scribed 3-2122-U; j
thence N. 20 deg. 35 min. E., j
279.70 ft. to Cor No 4, a fir post ]
scribed 4-2122-U; thence S. 44
deg. 02 min. E.. 895.40 ft. to Cor. I
No. 5. a fir post scribed 5-2122-U;
thence S. 47 deg. 28 min. E.,
208.50 ft. to Cor. No. 6, a fir post
scribed 6-2122-U: thence S. 41
deg. 27 min. W„ 186.05 ft. to Cor.
No. 7, a fir post scribed 7-2122-U;
thence S. 41 deg. 39 min. W.,
419.40 ft. to Cor. No, 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 15.687 Acres.
No. 3 Bench Third Tier Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a fir I
post scribed l-2122-3Bh„ from1
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S.
33 deg. 09 min. E.. 4482.3 ft.;
thence N. 56 deg. 25 min. W„
321.00 ft. to Cor. No. 2, a fir post
scribed 2-2122-3Bh.; thence N. 20
deg. 42 min. E., 1290.30 ft. to Cor.
No. 3, a fir post scribed 3-2122
3Bh; thence S. 60 deg. 26 min. E.,
796.60 ft. to Cor. No. 4, a fir post
scribed 4-2122-3Bh„ thence S. 41
deg. 39 min. W., 1326.50 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 16.496
Acres.
There are no conflicting claims.
The adjoining claims are:
On the NE., Survey No. 1863,
Grace Association placer, and
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
On the SE., Survey No. 1139,
No. 2 Bench Second Tier and
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
On the SW., Survey No. 1139,
No. 1 Bench Second Tier,
On the NW., Survey No. 338, I
Aspen Placer claim, and claims !
unknown and unsurveyed.
The location certificates for
said placer mining claims are
recorded in the office of the Re
corder of the Cope Nome Mining
District., Territory of Alaska, in
Vol. 220, Page 162 of the record
of locations of said District.
The mineral monument to
which these claims are tied is de
scribed as follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 1C to which these
claims are tied is • an iron pipe
434 in. in diameter, 30 ins. above
the ground, a brass cap on top
stamped U.S.L.M. No. 1-C, and is
in Lat. 64 deg. 30 min. 30 sec.
N„ Long. 165 dog. 25 min. 18 sec.
W.
Dated the 13th day of July,
1042.
Aimer Rydeen, Register
First publication July 13, 1942,
and ending September 11, 1042.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 666
In the Probate Court In and
For the Cape Nome Precinct,
Second Division: Territory of
Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of
V IT ALINE LAURIN, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
by an 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 Vitaline
Laurin, deceased. AH persons
having claims against said estate
shall present them with proper
vouchers attached within six
months from the date of this
notice to the undersigned admin
isrator personally or through his
attorney, Leroy M. Sullivan of
Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, Aug.
21, 1942.
EMILE 1-AURIN,
Administrator
Publish August 21, 28. Sept. 4,
11, 1942.
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