THE NOME NUGGET
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Alaska is occupying an in
creasing important place in
American economic life
Theo C. Wiehe, President of
Schenley International Cor
poration of New York, said
on his arrival at Nome.
Mr. Wiehe is making a
business survey of the terri
tory with Mr. J. W. Gueker,
Alaskan representative o f
Schenley International Cor
poration.
The visitor pointed to the
recent expansion of air ser
vice betwen the states and
Alaska, and the current
Army and Navy defense pro
gram as indications of Alas
kan’s growing military and
economic importance.
Theo C. Wiehe
“Many business firms have
been gratified by improved busi
ness conditions. The Schenley or
ganization, for example, has en
joyed in the past 12 months
more than a 50 per cent increase
in its business with Alaskan mer
chants as compared with the
previous 12 months,” Mr. Wiehe
pointed out.
He said that the national em
ergency' created by the European
war has emphasized the need for
“complete unity of purpose and
action on the part of every in
dustry that contributes to our
national economy.”
“This distilled spirits industry”
said Mr. Wiehe, “is anxious to
do its part and, according to es
timates, will pay $85,000,000 as
its share of the current national
defense tax measure.
“The industry is giving tang
ible evidence of its cooperation”
he said. “There is now being
formed—for the first time —an
organization whose duty will be
to guarantee that our industry
functions cooperatively during
this period of stress. This group
consists of representative dis
tders, rectifiers and wholesalers.
“It is our hope that the dis
tilling industry will have mach
inery in operation very soon en
abling it to make an outstanding
patriotic contribution along with
steel, rubber aviation and other
groups.”
ALASKA MERIT SYSTEM
EXAMS ON AUGUST 3
The Alaska Merit System Ag
ency of the Department of Pub
lic Welfare, Department of Pub
ic Health and Unemployment
Compensation Commission an
nounces competitive examina
tions for the following positions:
Fiscal officers of the Health and
Welfare Departments; Chief
1 Clerk of the Welfare Department
and Chief Accountant and Office
Manager, Research, Information
and Field Representative, Chief
of Benefits in the office of Un
employment Compensation; and
in the Employment Service Sen
ior Interviewer in the Juneau of
fice, and Office Managers at Ju
neau, Ketchikan, Anchorage,
Fairbanks and Kodiak. The an
nouncement says:
“The purpose of these examina
tions is to provide qualifying
tests for encumbents, to provide
a promotional register of encum
bents, and to furnish the agen
cies with a register of eligible
persons when vacancies arise. It
should be borne in mind by ap
plicants that these positions are
of a somewhat technical nature,
involve in most instances only
one job. and have fairly high
minimum requirements of train
ing and experience.
“Only U. S. citizens who have
had residence in Alaska for one
year preceding the date for ex
amination are eligible to make
application.
"Infnrmstl&n as to minimum
qualifications, job descriptions,
examples of work to be perform
ed, salary ranges, nature, scope
and passing grades of examina
tions, general instructions, and
application forms for any one or
more of the said positions may
be had upon request at the Al
aska Merit System Agency, Room
201, Little Territorial Building in
Juneau.
“The closing date for receipt
of applications is August 3, 1940.“
VIOLENT DISORDERS MARK
MEXICO’S PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION; HUNDRED DEAD
—
MEXICO CITY, July 11 — Pol
itical quarters estimated a death
toll of more than 100 as a result
of violent disorders in Mexico’s
presidential election Sunday,
when reports of the dead and in
jured continued to mount. Police
counted 19 dead and 251 injured
in Mexico City alone.
Among the casualties in the
capital were two American stu
dents, Edward Mallen, Jr., from
Frannie, Wyoming, who is report
ed near death from a pistol
wound in the stomach; and Leo
nard Durso, 18, of Uncon City, N.
J., gravely wounded by a rifle
bullet.
The Mexican electoral system
provides that the first citizens to
arrive at the polling place may
organize the election board and
the disorders resulted in efforts
of various groups to control poll
ing places.
Both General Manuel Cam
pacho, administration candidate,
and his independent rival Gen
eral Juan Almazan, issued state
ments claiming an overwheming
victory, but actual canvassing re
turns won’t be made until Thurs
day, and the official result will
not be announced by the Mexi
can Congress until September. ..
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Alaska Haven
For Sufferers
From Havfever
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That hayfever sufferers in the
continental United States may
turn a hopeful nose toward Al
1 aska this summer was indicated
by a 'report of daily tests made
during July, August and Sep
i tember of last year in Nome,
Fairbanks and Juneau, The sur
vey was conducted under the
' supervision of O. C. Durham,
[chief botanist of Abbott Labor
atories, North Chicago, 111., and
was read before the American So
ciety for the Study of Allergy
June 10 at Hotel Commodore,
New York. This group is meet
ing in connection with the an
nual convention of the American
Medical Association.
Mr. Durham sain that these
1939 “pollen count” tests, made
; in cooperation with the U. S.
Weather Bureau, were probably
'the first ever conducted in Al
aska, and showed that the terri
tory is virtually free from rag
weed pollen, chief cause of hay
fever, and of most other wind
; borne pollens which affect so
many sufferers, especialy in the
mid-western and eastern parts
[ of the United States.
“A total of 276 slides were ex
posed in these Alaskan cities dur
’ ing their summer months,” he
said, “yet the total number of
‘significant’ airborne particles
found on all of them was much
less than is frequently found on
a single 24 hour slide in the ag
ricultural areas of the United
States. Fairbanks, most norther
ly of the three stations and the
only inland point had the fewest
pollen grains and the most spor
es—Nome, the fewest spores and
most pollen.
‘‘Two thirds of all pollen en
countered in Alaska,” said Dur
ham, “were grass pollens, and
abundant enough to mark a de
finite season of pollination. This
period was during the first two
weeks in July in Juneau and
Fairbanks and during the first
half of August in Nome. Several
other pollen spores were caught,
but they were of the “non-sneez
ing” variety.
Mr. Durham concludes: “Thus
the possibility of inhalent allergy
from pollen and spores in Al
aska is remote or confined at
most to a few days of light ex
posure to grass pollen in late
June and early July in southern
and central Alaska, and a month
later in the vicinity of Nome.”
Last summer Mr. Durham flew
to Seattle via United Air Lines
and made aerial as well as
ground studies of pollens in the
Pacific northwest. He found that
this part of the country was also
virtually free from ragweed and
other irritating wind-blown pol
lens. Ths fact has received much
attention throughout the “hay
fever belts” of the United States
therefore his conclusions are that
the state of Washington as well
as Alaska are fine spots for hay
fever sufferers to visit during the
uncomfortable season.
MINERS AND OPERATORS
You can obtain at the Nugget
Office the following forms which
are carried in stock, thus avoid
ing long delays and incomplete
blanks obtained in the States
Write or call at the Nugget Of
fice for:
Time Sheets for Employees
Lode Location Notices.
Placer Location Notices.
Proofs of Labor Banks.
Cold Water Thawing Logs.
Dredge Shift Reports—2 types.
Non-Liability forms printed on
cardboard, for posting on claims
when owners lease property. 50<‘
each or three for $1.00
Prospecting Drill Field Logs.
Deed Forms.
Voucher Forms.
Special Power of Attorney
Blanks.
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ACTOR COMES BACK FROM THE WARS
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Acto# Robert Montgomery, erstwhi\e ambulance driver on the
Western Front, is shown above as he arrived in New York from
Lisbon on the trans-Atlantic clipper.