THE NOME NUGGET
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1943
ALASKA AND WALES
An item in the Vancouver Sun
recently stated that much of the
equipment used in the eonsruc
tion of the 1.630-mile Alaska
Highway, principally dragline
power shovels, will be shipped o
Britain for use in surface mining
in the coal fields of Wales.
At about the same time there
appeared in the papers of Port
land. Oregon, the recommendation
of New York's Park Commission
er. Robert Moses, concerning
civic works for the city of Port
land to cushion the period of
p st-war unemployment which is
* - ct d to fo’i- ■ "o release o'
i, _ i 137.000 workers now
employed in Portland in excess
of the usual city payroll. In thi
c nr:fiction M Pes recommended
an . i-.p^iioiture of $75,000,000 in
public works for the city.
It may seem a far cry from the
highway construction equipment
shortly to be on its way to the
coal mines of Wales and the eivir
problem of the city of Portland,
but somehow the two items seem
ed to hook up in our minds.
Alaska has had its own war
boom. It must either find em
ployment for the thousands of ill
present workers or those workers
must seek other fields and further
complicate the situation in which
most of the cities of America wjV
find themselves during the trans
ition period of the post-war days.
The city of Portland will prob
ably spend the $75,000,063 rec
ommended by Robert Moset? in
parks, playfields, arterial high
ways and the like and in so do
ing will make the city that much
more livable and inviting, attrac
tive to capital and labor alike.
A similar amount of money ex
pended in Alaska for roads into
known areais of mineral wealth,
in systems of communication . . .
in any number of manners which
would serve to make the wealth
of the territory more available
and the country more livable
would pay unbelievable divi
dends.
Tire equipment about to be
shipped to Britain is in Alaska
or near Alaska, on the highway
it helped to build. It is exactly
the kind of equipment needed for
the development of Alaska . . .
why ship it to the coal mines of
Wales?—Alaska Weekly.
Communications
December 13. 1943.
The Nome Nugget,
Nome, Alaska.
Gentimeen:
Ais you know, the '‘Cruiser
Alaska Fund” drive had a tenta
tive closing date of December
1st. However, I am now advised
by Governor Gruening, who is
in Washington, D. C.. that since
the .ALASKA will not be com
missioned for some little time,
there is no reason why those who
still desire to contribute to the
fund cannot do so. Of course,
it is not intended to put on r
concerted drive in view of what
has already been done, but it
would perhaps be helpful if you
could make it known that con
tributions are still being received.
Sincerely yours.
E. L. BARTLET.
Acting Governor.
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Mr. Frank C. Bingham,
Auto License Collector,
Nome. Alaska.
Dear Sir:
Please be advised that this of
fice has been unable to secure
license plates for the year 1944
due to the shortage of metal
stock. Therefore, 1943 licence
plates will have to remain on
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cars for the year 1944.
We 'have ordered small metal
tabs to cover the year 1943 and
expect to receive them from th;
manufacturer within ten days or
two weeks. Immediately on re
ceipt, these tabs will be forward
ed to all a^ent«.
Do not cm.ray the 1943 license
plates you now have on hand.
Some should be retained, as it is
likely that a few cars which have
Outside license plates will want
Alaska plates, and it will be nee
efsary to issue the 1943 plate|
and the 1944 tabs.
If a newspaper is published in
your community, k.ndly contact
them and arrange if possible to
have a news item printed relative
to auto bcensp plates for 1944, in
order that the general public v^ill
also have the information.
A copy of this letter is being
forwarded to all agents selling
1944 auto license plates in the
Territory of Alaska for their in
fomation in this matter.
Very truly yours,
OSC.AR G. OLSON.
Excerpt of a letter received
from Mr and Mi's Bernie Knud
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sen, who will be remembered
by their many friends in Nome,
cheer of Nome and really wish
“Dear Friends- The seasons
best wishesto you friends of the
we could be with you again.
We wish to thank you so much
north. We miss the holiday
for your many kindnesses to us
while in Nome.
Mrs Knudsen arrived in camp
Sunday and will work and live
at the fort near me.
After Attu, Kiska, and Adak.
the States seems pretty good to
me. After being injured, I was
in five government hospitals, but
finally was released and now I’m
Fort Lewis. My work is to in
terview and elassify all hew re
from Washington and Oreyon.
If you folks return here for a
erulfis coming into the Army
visit please let us know.
Your friends,
Bemie and Lucille Knudsen
A letter received from Army
Air Force Headquarters, 7th
Ferrying Command, Gore Field
Great Falls, Montana
2 December 1943.
l«t Lt. Walter J. Marx, son of
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Mis Ethel M. Marx, of Teller.
Alaska, attached with the 7th
Ferrying Group, Ferrying Div
ision, Air Transport Command,
Great Falls. Montana, was re
cently promoted to grade of
Captain, Headquarters of his
group announced.
Captain Marx has been with
the 7th Ferrying Group since
21 November 1942.
FREEDOM
From the archives of broken
ptaoe we are bringing out old
words and dusting them off for
use again as shining lanterns to
lead us through the darkness of
another war.
Words like freedom, justice,
and truth—all of them hard to
define, none of them used more
frequently than freedom.
You cannot say what freedom
is, perhaps, in a single sentence.
It is not necessary to define it.
It is enough to point to it.
Freedom is a man lifting a
gate latch at dusk and sitting
for a while on the porch, smok
ing his pipe, before he goes to
bed.
It is the violence of an argu
ment outside an election poll; it
is the righteous anger of the
pulpits.
It is the warm laughter of a
el on a park bench.
It is the rush of a train over
the continent and the unafraid
faces of people looking out of
the windows.
It is all the howdys in the
world, and all the hellos.
It is Westbrook Pegler telling
Roosevelt howr to raise his child
ren; it is Roosevelt letting them
raise themselves.
It is Dorothy Thompson ask
ing for war; it is Gen. Hugh S.
Johnson asking her to keep
quiet.
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