THE NOME NUGGET
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Bertie And
Bobbie Sell
America Short
Whether the United States is
constructing a naval base in Nor
thern Ireland is, of course, some
thing we don't know very much
about. The proposal strikes us
as not at all bad. But we din t
sit own to write an ettorial like
that.
What we would like to point
out is this. When Hitler makes a
move against his enemies. the
first they know about it is when
German shells begin to whiz,
tanks to blitz, planes to bomb
and parachutists to shower down.
What a wonderful help it would
have been to the democracies
fighting for their lives if Nazi
Germany’s Bertie Wheelers and
Bobby Tafts had called in the re
porters and told them for pub
lication around the world that
“on reliable authority” Hitler was
about to launch a parachute in
vasion gainst Crete or was mov
ing an army into Libya to attack
the Suez Canal.
Of course, the Bertie Wheelers
and Bobby Tafts of Germany, if
that nation is so unfortunate as
to have such individuals, do not
have access to information of the
sort we intrust to our Senators. If
they were informed of Hitler’s
plans they would know death
was the penalty for disclosing
them.. Germany has no free press
to air the views of the critics of
the administration. Finally, no
thing, in the nature of inform
ation helpful to the Reich’s en
emies (and never duobt we are
among them) would ever be al
lowed to leak through the cen
sorship to the outside worlld.
So our situation is not very
much like that prevailing over
there. But it will be exactly like
it. to the extent that Americans
as well as the peop’e of the rest
of the world will be heiling a
conquering Hitler, if irrespon
sibles such as Wheeler and Taft
continue to sabotage the defense
efforts of this nation and her al
lies.
When Senator Whellcr forecast
the occupation of Iceland and
Senator Taft disclosas the sit
uation of a new United States
base they are endang -ring the
lives of Americans and the very
existence of the nation. It is true,1
the Senators are helping Hitler
from what to them appear to be
the very highest motives. They,
poor fools, want to keep us at
peace, the peace that Czechoslo
vakia knew until Munich, that
Boland enjoyed until August,
1939, that England and France
Cutting Red Tape
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
During World War I there
were frequent complaints about
Army and Navy red tape, the as
signment of a perfectly good
cook to learn how to navigate a
truck while an experienced truck
driver proved a mess in mess
] hall work, and so on.
Almost inevitably similar com
I plaints have been heard this
tirpe.
It is encouraging to report a
different case which came to our
attention recently.
The man in the case as a naval
reserve officer and the other day
he received a notice from the
Navy Department to get ready to
I go to Greenland for duty.
There ensued a correspondence
which we reproduce only as to
its gist, with the note that the
i actual language was more for
mal:
“Why in the name of common
sense should I be sent half way
around the world when all my
• experience has been in Alaskan
waters? You might need men
i like me there."
"O. K., mister. Glad you told
told us. Get ready for Alaska.”
He’s going to Alaska at once.
Evidently sound sense can cut
through red tape, a fact that
ought to be noted wherever red
tape may still be entangling a
service man in his relations with
his Government,
The fast young man will even
tually discover that the race isn’t
l a ways to the swift.
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-v ill develop new business
•'or vou
hoped for and believed in until
appeasement was slain by Hit-'
Isr's sword, that Denmark and
Norway cherished, that Holland
and Belgium trusted, that Human-'
ia sought to maintain until the
pressure upon them became to
great, that Yuoslavia lost in a
few terrible days, that Greece
died to defend.
The Senators, because they in
their wisdom, and contrary to the
overwhelming sentiment of the
vast majority of American citi
zens. oppose the foreign policy of
this government, are selling Am
erican life and liberty short to
preserve a beautiful dream which
has been shattered by rude awak
enings everywhere it has come
up against the ruthlessness and
greed of Nazi Germany.
Wake up, Bertie Wheller, and
Bobby Taft! This isn’t fairyland
This isn’t a game. This isn’t pol-.
itics. This is Armagaddeon.
DEFENSE /\|TT 7
BOND yjuiij
Q. What happens if I suddenly need the money
I put into a Defense Savings Bond?
A. You can cash you Bond at any time, after 60
days, for the full amount paid, plus any in
terest due you.
Q. Do many Bond owners cash Bonds?
A. No. People want to help arm America ag
ainst all attacks. In many cases, people are
putting every cent they can spare into Defense
Bonds and Stamps. Some are doing this by
asking employers or banks to withold part of
their salaries in order to buy these Bonds or
Stamps for them.
Note.—To purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps,
go to the nearest post office or bank, or write
for information to the Treasurer of the United
States, Washington, D. C.
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Cheese to Britain
Asked By Wickard
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WASHINGTON — If the Am
1 erican consume" wants to do
something to aid Great Britain,
i Secretary Claude R. Wickard,
Secretary of Agrculture. sug
gests. he can eat less cheese.
The head of the Department of
Agriculture appealed to the na
i tion's citizens to reduce cheese
consumption as a means to assist
j the United States Government in'
feeding all nations resisting ag
| gressinn.
“In this time of crisis.” ho said,
j “many cit zens have asked me:
'How can we contribute to the
defense effort?’ Isn’t there some
thing we can do? Reducing the
consumption of cheese to make
| more of this feed avai’rble to
i the British is a real contribution
| the average citizen can make and
I one which I am sure he will be
glad to make.”
j The Secretary called on manu
facturers to dry skim milk to use
as much of their products as pos
I sible for human consumption in
1 stead of for animal feed. Confer
ences will soon be called by the
| Department to discuss expansion
of tiie output of dry skim milk.
1 New plant construction will be
j considered.
The urgency of the British de
j maud for cheese was indicated by
the Secretary’s appeal which was
j made despite the fact that Ameri
can cheese stocks are 29.000,000
| pounds ahead of last year,
j Secretary Wickard said that
"the people of this country have
I never considered cheese an es
sential part of their diet to the
| same degree as Britain’’ and urg
ed that where families here can
afford to replace cheese by other
foods containing the same nutrit
| ive values they should do so.
ltiO.OOO TONS OF CHEESE
GOAL SET NEW ZEALAND
WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
j—-Wiliam Singleton, Director of
the Daily Division of the New
Zealand Department of Agricul
ture, reports that his department,
of the government is making a
big drive to expand the national
cheese production during the
next year to a level requested by
the British.
The Department's goal at pre
sent is a 15.000-ton increase in
cheese production over the pre-j
vious season. That increase, so
Mr. Singleton said, is practically
assured, largely clue to a fortun
ate agricultural season. The cur
rent season’s experience, he said,
will aid in the expansion of the
cheese output by about 33 per
cent next year, a vo.ume the Brit!
ish now seem to require.
In the current setson more
than 1.700 dairy farmers changed
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Mules For Spares
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ANCHORAGE — Forty-six
muies will be “enlisted” at Fort
Richardson. Additition of a vet
erinary officer to the staff has
t>een given war department ap
p: oval. The officer also wi'l have
charge of food inspection, check
ing all food as it arrives.
The system will enable the
army tc do more business local
ly, it is believed. At present the
army must purchase canned sal
mon in Seattle, where it under- j
goes inspection, and then ship it
to Anchorage. With the new of
ficer on the staff. the salmon
could be purchased direct from
Alaskan canneries and taken to
the fort.
Dairy products and vegetables
offered for sale by local farmers
would come under inspection of
the veterinary.
How the mules will be used is
not known here. It is considered
possib'e that they will be kept
available for emergnecy use in
case gasoline supplies run low
and motor equipment is restrict- ■
ed in use.
ALASKA TREASURY
IS DOWN S81.000
The net cash ba’ance in the
Territorial Treasury on June 30
was SI.160 535.46. the smallest
amount for that date in the past
four years but exceeding the bal
ance on June 30 for any year
from 1931 to 1937, Territorial
Treasurer Oscar G. Olson report
ed.
The treasurer's net cash bal
ance as of June 30 for the past
11 years has been as follows:
1931 . S 663.847.74
1932 523.525.33
1933 . 573.013.01
1934 . 781.910.88
1935 . 1.084.451.04
1936 . 864.380.25
1937 .. 1.050.132.90
1938 . 1.355.464,08
1939 . 1 .346.486.46
1940 . 1.241,584.87 j
1941 . 1,160.585.46 j
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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 at
low cost.
To Rent that room, garage,
ipartment or that house to de
sirable tenants.
THE NOME NUGGET
over from butter-making to
cheese-making. But to enable the
country to produce 160,000 tons
of cheese, which is the goal, j
about 4,000 must make the j
switch.
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MODISH OME N—Smooth shoulders and easy lines are in
the fur forecast, along with a preference for lighter furs such as in
this natural blonde Himalayan baum marten cape-jacket of Joseph
** De Leo design. The stripes are a deeper beige.
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday with intermittent light drizzle, fresh
southwest winds and little change in temperature.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 52 Lowest temp — 4 Precipitation — T
Total precip this month — 1.34 Total since Jan. 7, 1941 — 3.53
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight-- 46 97 SW 12 Drizzle
Sam-- 45 90 SW 15 Cloudy
12:30 p m- 47 93 SW 17 Drizzle
Tomorrow: Sunrise 2:53 a. m. Sunset 9:22 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
j Highest temp — 55 Lowest temp — 47 Precipitation — .21