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| V 0 T E
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Alaska's General Election occurs next month
on Sept. 8th. Among the things our country is
fighting to preserve is the right of ballot — the
right of a free people to elect their representa
I tires in Government.
Every citizen who is a qualified voter in the
2nd Division should cast his vote on election day.
If your work or business does not permit going
to a voting pace, provided you are two or more
miles away, you can up to two days before elee
n tion. cast an absentee ballot a< the U. S. C’oia
tj missioner's office of your district, or you can
» write to your commissioner requesting that an
H absentee ballot be mailed to you.
Delegate to Congress
Anthony J. Dimond
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I Territorial Treasurer
Oscar G. Olson
Commissioner of Labor
Waller P. Sharpe
Territorial Senator
Howard Lyng
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House of Representatives
Wallace Porter
Christian A. Roust
! Tolbert Scott
Frank Whaley
STAR AIR ACTIVITIES
Pilot Chet Brown in the
Yultee arrived Nome from
Anchorage with the follow
ing passengers:
Axel \V. Lundquist of
the CAA; Col. J. L. Turley,
and four ACS personnel,
Mr. Geraceness, Mr. Kem
merer, Mr. Kiepack, and
B. E. Margnone.
On the return trip. Capt.
Bush of the Army Engin
eers and Mr. Whiting of
, the American Red Cross
were passengers.
WIEN AIRLINES
Aug. 5 — Pilot Wien ar
rived in Nome from Fair
banks with Robert Hayes,
Diana Seymore from Fair
! banks and Mrs. Ai Rhodes
i from Galena. Pilot Wien
j left immediately for Kot
n zebue and Pt. Barrow.
Aug. 6—Pilot Bill Paine
made a trip to Teller and
j Keenan’s camp with rein
deer herders. Pilot Paine
then made a trip to Bluff
with Mrs. Wm. T. Nelson
and carried freight to
Council and Beaver Creek.
Aug. 7 —Pilot Paine to
Solomon with Chas. Ander
son, continuing on to Coun
cil with freight and return
■ ing to Nome via Wht. Mt.
ALEUTIAN SITUATION
' IS DISCUSSED
j WASHINGTON. Aug.—The
Pacific War Council met with
President Roosevelt and canvas
sed the whole Pacific area, in
cluding the Japanese invasion of
, :he Aleutians.
Canadian War Minister Mc
Carthy told the reporters follow
ing the conference that inform
j ation the Council received “is
| not of a character that I can di
1 vulge."
FOR SALE
5-inch De Laval pump and
Chevrolet engine. 800 ft. 8-in.
16 guage hydraulic pipe — good
j condition. Prices reasonable. In
quire at Nugget Office.
The
NEVADA TAXI
(Ken Seymore)
24-Hour Service
Phone — “Nevada Taxi”
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In Bulk or In Containers
PRICES:
500 Gallons or more into your containers
at the Plant .1212 per gallon
40 to 499 gallons into your containers
at the Plant .14 per gallon
53-gallon Containers, washed and repainted 3.50 each
ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
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FAIRBANKS NOME SEATTLE
Shortage Of
Meat Predicted
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CHICAGO. A c — Agrcuitur,
tl Secretary Claude W.ckard
a irned that there will he a beef
shortage and expressed fear that
t m ght become worse by --pring
Wickard said the army bought
lean catttle so fast to supply its
nerds that the cattle had no op
>rtuni'y to follow their u-u.tl
c -redure of gaining as much as
100 pounds cn usual fattening up
feeding.
Wickard visited Chicago to
e_ • Midwestern Farmers
feed their stock some of the na
tions wheat surplus instead of
c- rn v h:ch he said nrght not be
so profitable. He explained that
the corn supply was needed to
i ‘d 184 million more hogs be
rg raised this year. Wickard
laughed at the threatened short
age of prime beef, a small per
, r 'ui.age of the total beef produc
tion. Said the agricultural chief:
If we have to sacrifice our
i/.zlir.g steaks" its not going to
hurt anybody except the fellow
who loves to spend $3.50 for
dinner.
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Flour Rationing
To Two Pounds
Per Person Week
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WASHINGTON. Aug.— Wheat
rationing started on the small
American island of St. Thomas in
the Virgin Island group of the
Caribbean.
The Office of Price Administra
tion said that the 12.00) resi
dents of the two islands will be !
limited to consumption of two
pounds of flour a week per per-j
son. The flour rationing will be
carried out in the same manner
as the sugar rationing in the J
states.
This was the first wheat ration 1
ing of the present war on Am
erican territory.
The United States purchased •
the Virgin Islands from Denmark !
during the World War.
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Cash on Delivery
FRESH FRO] N
Frozen Cream per pt. 35^
Peas and Carrots per pkg. 30^
Wax Beans . ” ” 25e
Baby Lima Beans . ” ” 30f
Green String Beans ” ” 25^
Golden Bantam Corn ” ” 25^
Boysenberries . . ” ” 35y>
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