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VALUABLE CLOCK
IS IN FAIRBANKS
The most valuable timepiece in
Alaska was in Fairbanks recent
ly
It’s the delicate ticker which
will tell the tale on the 1941 Ne
nana Ice Breakup Classic.
With the sensitive stopclock un
p der his protective wing. M. J.
Cooney, dogteam mail carrier con
scripted to manage the contest,
descended from the train and
quickly installed the instrument
in a Fairbanks jewelry shop.
There, for a few days, the Ne
nana clock will be given the
scrutiny of experts to make cer
tain all the hands are turning
the right direction and that no
mice hav., nested in the main
spring since the works were snap
ped to a halt at 3:27 p.m., last
p April 20.
Early Leanings
Cooney, who disclaims that his
monthly dogteam mushes into
the Kantishna with United States
mail gives him any call as an ice
guessing wizard states that griz
zl d prognosticators along his
route are “rushing to early no
tions about the ice.”
He said the ice at present is
three and one-half feet thick off
the banks of Nenana.
The. tripod which floats down
stream at the breakup t<± stop the
clock is already in place.
Just exactly how the mechan
ism operates which determines
who is the best guessr.r in the
northland was explained by Coon
ey. When the tripod moves down
stream, it pulls a weight to the
top of a tower on shore. When
the weight r .aches the top of
the tower, it is snapped to a halt
by a block. If it's the sure ’nough
‘ breakup, the force of the tripod’s
movement is sufficient to break
the thin line attached to the
weight. The weight then drops
to the ground, taking up, as it
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falls, the slacken a second line
which runs to a trigger on the
clock.
Heavy Guard
The clock itself is harbored in
a specially construct d cabin
near the shore, wnere three shifts
of watchman are on duty 24
hours per day. The timepiece is
not equipped with an indicatoi
which registers less than a one
minute interval. In other words,
the time is one minute after two
until it is actually two minutes
after two.
S .< I JAUNT-Ski fans,
meet Ed Borders, 24, University
of Alaska student, who's making
a 1,300-miie solo ski jaunt from
Fairbanks, Alaska, to llazelton,
British Col r.uia. Carrying food,
camera at;,I sleeping bag, he
hones t<> do it in 90 davs.
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START THE
1941 SEASON
WITH
The Finest ami Completest Line
, Of Forms For All Kinds Of
Mining Operations
•
Drill Field Logs
Dredge Shift Reports
Non-Liability Notices
Voucher Forms
Proof of Annual Labor
Special Power of Attorney
F Placer Location Notices
Lode Location Notices
Bill of Sale
Deeds
Mining Laws in Brief
Social Security Receipts
Latter Heads
Envelopes
Sourdough Stationery
Ready Printed—You send your order
And you receive it back on the next mail or plane
THE NOME N U G G E T
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Fair and continued cold tonight. Tuesday fair and slightly warm
er with light variable winds becoming fresh northeasterly Tues
day night.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:90 pm Today
Highest temp — 2 .... Lowest temp — -9 Precipitation — 0.01
Total precip this month 0.68 Total since Jan. 1, 1941, 0.87
Temp. Humidity Wind Weathei
12 Midnight_—..1 81 W 12 Snow
Bam__- -9 70 NW 7 Clear
12:30 p m______ .. -2 63 Calm Clear
Tomorrow: Sunrise 7:27 a. m. Sunset 5:05 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 16 Lowest tevnp — 5 Precipitation — 0
Suggestions and Criticisms Invited
.v.WS HUMS
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The-Washington Day party giv
en by the Masons Saturday night
was a age success. Jane Jones
sang several s is 1 - •
being “God Bless America.” Har
ry Gabiitisan gava. a s...n. u .
about Washington and what he
stood for. with a final touch of
asking tho audience to stand and
salute the flag.
Those winning prizes at cards
were: Mrs. KycUen, first, Connie
Mazen, 2nd and Mrs. A.1 Gawne
consolation.
tor me men: Guy M.sh, 1st,
Loren L ■<, 1 2nd and Hank Mil
ler consola ion.
Aft r cards every one danced
until a:, i was served in tha
econoi.ms iu. :n of^the school.
ilO d’. i’AL NOTES
Henry Holzeriand is a pati it.
John Kakaruk from Igloo is a
patient.
New Fe.Purei For The
Pioneer Card Party Series
The v .olive com’ ittee cf
the P. r Card I rty Series
met 1: -i -i: id iy and selected the
following efiiv.mi'.tec- to c idu-ct
the see ! p: rty of the series:
Mrs. Hi wit.. Mr.:. Salher. Mrs.
Modini, i d Fred Rohn, Louis Ol- (
son, Jo Walsh, Larry Johansen,
Pierce Wa'.-h. As a new feature
the admission tickets will be
dropped into a box, each having
a number and will be signed by
the purchaser. During the even
ing one ticket will be drawn,
the lucky ho dor will be awarded
$1 in cash. On the last night of
the series the winner will bo
awarded $5. It is also agreed that
ayone that was not able to start
the series now may join the
series as the com.mitt e will start
them with the lowest number
scored by the sex to which the
new starter b longs. Be sure to
attend all of the games. The next
game will be on Feb. 27th.
The Chairman of this party is
'Win. Maloney who will have ot
er new features to announc .
The Nome City Council mee:
tonigiit i i i gular sessi. n at tin
City Hall.
ASCAP Will Pay
$24,000 In l ines
NEW YORK. Feb. — D re-tor
of th American Society op Com
posers. Authors, and Publishers
agreed to a consent decree pro
viding payment of $24,000 in fin
es thus paving the way for settle
ment of the federal gov rnmenfs
Hitler Said
Not To Be
Nazi Head
LONDON, Feb. 19 — The last
B Iti-h ambassador to G rmany,
? r Neville Henderson, said that
Hitler is no longer the real lead
er of Germany but merely puts
the stamp of approvol on plans
worked out by others. Sir Nevill
$aid that Hitler stands ready to
dl.miniate himse f wh n his true
position is unmasked before the
Berman people.
.. In a speech at Oxfeid Sir Nev
ille said the real powers behind
Aie Nazi regiments were two
ijien. Heinrich Himmler, head of
tiie Nazi secret pulic-, and For
eign Minister Von Ri’obentrop.
Ex-Envoy’s Statement
'• S. :J the former British envoy:
“If y u gave me a revolver and
1\ o cartridges and toid me the
list thing I could do would be to
shoot two people—I should shoot
Pi" t Him m! r and then Von Rib
bkntrop. Then I think I sli uld
brain Hit er with the butt < f the
gun.”
'■ r N lb- said that Himmler
and Von Ribbentrop originate all
of ill Nazi moves and that Hit
ler merely approves them be
eau-. h has faith in these two
me-:. Said Sir Neville:
Hitler No Longer Leader
“Hitl r is no longer the leader
of Germany. I do not think he is
responsible for anything the Ger
mans have done. All Hitler has
is faith in thse two men. The
plans are brought to him and he
simply has faith enough in them
to say ‘Go ahead’.”
Sir N ville said that the day of
reckoning would be certain to
come. Said he:
“When Hitler has nothing more
to offer the Germans—when he
realizes that he has be n cheating
the people, he would scuttle him
e f just as he scuttled the war
ship Graf Spee.”
inti-trust action against the or
ganization.
Although ASCAP officials re
’’ •= 'd to c mment, it was learned
the government agreed to dis
miss the criminal action now
pending in th federal court in
Milwaukee, Whs., and substitute a
ip, reeding civil action in New
V :-k City.
Under the plan ASCAP plead
ed nolo a contendere.
The consent deer e probably
will bn entered within 2 weeks.
Among terms in the proposed
(b -roe are that the xclusive
r.gcncy provisions of ASCAP be
modified to permit a member to
license any of his own works to
any individual or company.
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^ ® "^" SO DUSTY—Less dust from dirt roads along which
the troops are maneuvering will be swallowed now, thanks to the
army's new dust masks, being worn by a soldier at Fort Benning,
Ga. Disks at side of mouthpiece serve as filters.
Battleship
Washington
Ready May 15
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — Sen
ator Tom Connally, Democrat of
Texas, pleading national unity in
support of the Roosev It adminis
tration’s Britnh-aid bill, told the
Senate that democracies of the
world “must all hang together or
they would hang separately."
The Texan opened th., third
day of the Senate’s debate on the
propose legislation. He character
lzed as specious the argument that
the Lease-Lend measure would
make President Roosevelt a dic
tator.
A crowded gallery listen d at
tentively.
Vandenberg Opposes Bill
Republican Senator Arihur H.
Vandenburg of Michigan charg
ed that the Lend Lease Bill will
make Pr ident Roosevelt what
he called “power politician num
her jne of this man made world.”
Vet. . ;rg said the measure
hands the President one billion,
300 million dollars worth of arm
aments and paves th,_i way for
handing him seven billions more.
Aid Short of War
Vandenburg favored aid-short
of-war to Britain but said that
by aid-short-of-war did not mean
all the spending powers of the
Lend-Lease Bill.
President Roos velt announced
that W. Avrill Harriman will go
to London to deal with the Lend
Lease program. The President
created a new title—“defense x
port” for Harriman who is a New
York financier. Mr. Roosevelt
said Harriman will go to Britain
as soon as the Lend-Lease pro
gram begins to function in the
Unit d States.
Buy them by the bundle. Use
them for starting fires. For Sale
at The Nome Nugget.
Unity Is
Urged For
British Aid
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — The
Navy Department announced
that its new 35,000-ton battleship
Washington will be placed in
commission May 15 of this y ar.
exactly six and one-half months
• head of schedule.
Undersecretary of the Navy
James Forrestal also said orders
have been issued for Capt. How
ard Benson to tale command of
the vessel at that time. The bat
tleship Washington will carry 9
16-inch guns. It is designed for a
speed of 27 knots per hour.
Destroyer Time Is Cut
President Roos velt revealed
that estimates of the time neces
sary to complete the destroyer
building program have been cut
nearly in half. H explained that
revised estimates were made at
his request. Original estimates of
20 months to complete a destroy
er, Mr. R josev It said had appear
ed silly to him because lie re
called that they had been built
d -ing the World War in nine
months.
Transfer Question Remains Open
The chief of naval operations.
Admiral Harold Stark, indicated
th. question of transferring fur
ther warships to Britain remains
open in view of constantly chang
ing international conditions.
Stark made this comment after
a call cn President Roosevelt in
connection with Rear Admiral
Gormly, who recently returned
from Britain. Stark made it clear
that he sees no liability of any
such Navy transfers “at the mo
ment.”
The President said also time es
timates on airplane production
had been trimmed.
A diagnosis is much sup rior to
a post mortem.
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