TIIE NOME NUGGET
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EDITORIAL
THE WISEST COURSE
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The economic stamina of Eng
land in her war with the Axis
powers depends to no small de
cree upon the continuation of
her world trade. And as the war
progresses, the reciprocal trade
■between the United States and
the United Kingdom will be of
increasing importance to the Brit
ish war effort.
While perhaps not a matter of
immeliate necessity, the near bal
ancing of British imports and ex
ports is in the long run essential
to the economic stability demand
ed by the war. And it must be
remembered that while England
blockades Europe, she likewise is
cut off from trade possibilities,
'bn the Continent. This . ntails the
development of markets else
where in the world if the trade
life of the nation is not to be
throttled.
American exports to Great
Britain, larg ly armaments and
essential war commodities, leave
this nation with aheavy trade bal
fnce which might well be equal
ized through greater sales of En
glish products here. This should
not be carried to the point of dis
location of any American indus
try. but there is ample leeway
for a desirable exploitation of
English-made goods.
It is as much to our interest to
keep England strong enough ec
onomically to keep up her fight—
particularly since this can be ac
complished through the regular
channels of reciprocal trade—as
it f^r us to koep her strong
enough militarily to continue the
fight. If we do not accomplish
this through a trade eneourage
m.nt. which is the wholesome
method of accomplishing it, we
will before long be faced with
the unpleasant alternatives of
loaning England money she may
never be able to repay or of ac
c pting the Consequences of a
B.:*ish defeat through economic
p. tration. To int lilgent Ameri
cans the wisest course should be
obvious.
Write to your fr ends and rela
lives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
oush Stationery. They 11 get a big
nick out of it.
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NEW GLASS IS
EVOLVED FOR
U. S. SCIENCE
PITTSBURGH — The combin
ed g nius of American chemists
and industrialists has joined to
prevent a shortage of vital glass
imperative to hospitals and med i
ical science, made by a secret
process. W. L. Monroe, president
of the American Window Glass!
Company announced that after
yjears of research and experi
mentation. his company is now
producing commercially a rare
cover glas for microscopic slides
that has heretofore been avail
able only from sources in Ger
many.
Hostilities in Europ: have long
since halted the import of this
precious glass and on the eve of
the exhaustion of the supply in
the United States, chemists iind,
research workers of the Ameri
can Window Glass Company
have perfected the glass that is
pronounced by government and,
civil experts alike to be equal in ,
I every respect to the German pro
duct under a closely guarded sec
ret formu'a and which glass man
ufacturers in Europe were un
:able to discover.
With the necessity for conduct
: ing physical examinations of
men chosen for military service
and under the Selective Train
ing and Service Act, it is estimat
|ed that the medical need for this
fragile and precious glass will be
! increased more than 33 per cent
| making even more timely this
important discovery that was
announced in Pittsburgh.
The glass, to be known com
mercially as Lustra Cover Glass,
is extremely thin and practical
ly colorless. Its thickness varies
from 5-1000 of an inch to 10
1000 of an inch as compared with
the normal home window glass
that is 91-1000 of an inch in
thickness.
During the World War a short
age was experienced when the
import of this glass from Ger
many was shut off. American
science how ver was not then
agle to develop a suitable substi
tute. This research has gone on
unceasingly during the past 20
years, and finally the solution of
an acute medical and scientific
prob’em has been solved at a
most timely hour.
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UNCLE SAM WHEELS OUT A BIC ONE—During a test of west coast defense preparations, the army’s big 14-inch
1 guns, like this one, were put through their paces near Naples, Cal. See how its she dwarfs the men on car and near track.
Gunboat Is
F1 a g s h i p
For Alaska
JUNEAU — From sun-baked
Panama to the chill November
harbor of Juneau is quite a jump
for Navy men who came aboard
the U.S.S. Charleston, flagship
and floating headquarters for
Captain R. S. Parker, Command
er of the Alaska sector.
Th 2.003-ton Charleston, nam
ed for Charleston, South Caro
lina, was commissioned in July,
1936. She has been serving as
flagship of the Special Service
Squadron in the Canal Zone.
While his men enjoyed shore
leav , many seeing Alaska fori
the first time, Capt. Parker and
his officers were shown the attrac 1
tions of Juneau by Gov. Ernest
Gruening and other officials.
Capt. Parker and a group of
officers were shown through the j
Alaska Juneau mill and there
wms a reception and dance for |
officers of the ship at the Gov
ernor’s House.
Capt. Parker is assisted by I
L utenant Commander C. C.
Phigor, Chief of Staff, and j
Lieutenant N. A. Lidston-, Flag
Secretary. The Charleston is com
xn .Jcd by Commander M. O.
Carlson.
Veteran Alaska pilot Capt. W.
C. Ansell, a frequent Juneau vis
in r aboard Navy craft is pilot
ing the Charleston and was busy
renewing acquaintances with old
friends.
WHAT THE WANT ADS
MEAN TO NOME
To Sell that gun, furniture,
baby carriage, coat, trunk at a
profit.
To Buy that ice box or rug
piano or suit, car or accordian a!
low cost.
To Rent that room, garage
apartment or that house to de- j
sirable tenants.
THE NOME NUGGET
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NO PLACE FOR A CUN-SHY 'COB’-Any Brit
ish sailor who's gun shy would have a hard time of it aboard one
of Britain's battleships where the sides bristle with guns like these.
Ready to fire the heavy projectiles are the small cannon below;
above are the powerful anti-aircraft batteries. Photo taken dur
_ ing a British fleet action somewhere at sea__
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and FIRESTONE PRODUCTS
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All Kinds of Soft Drinks
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and colder tonigh t. Tuesday increasing cloudiness
with snow flurries.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 12 Lowest temp-1 Precipitation — 0.02
Total precip this month 0.02 Total since Jan. 1, 1940, 11.75
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight ....11 83 N-3 Snowing
Bam---- - _ II 83 E-6 Snowing
12:30 p m.... 12 75 E-9 Cloudy
Tomorrow: Sunrise 9:42 a. m. Sunset 2:00 p. m -4
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 11 Lowest temp —■ 3 Prehipitation — 0