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CHILE — COASTAL EMPIRE
If that drop of iodine smeared over bruise or abrasion
could share the intelligence and tendencies of its hu
man beneficiary, it would, likely enough, have much
to say of its unappreciated dignity and importance, in
war as in peace; of its parent, nitrate of soda; of the
nitrate’s power in life and death in the human family:
and, finally of the world’s only producer of natural
nitrates on a commercial scale—the Republic of Chile.
Chile, an empire in itself, a great ribbon of 286,396
square miles, spread along the rum of the Pacific for
nearly 3.000 miles, reaches farther south than anv
other nation of the American Continent. It is some
times referred to as “the Caifornia of South America.”
If there is some similarity as to relative location, shape
and topography, the parallel cannot be carried far.
Two Cakfornias, nearly, could be contained within
the boundaries of Chile. Then would hold Germany
Belgium. Denmark. Holland and Switzerland. Cane
Horn and the Chilean archipeloga are about as far
from the bleak desert country of the north, where are
the nitrate fields, as San Francisco is from New York.
The belt line, at its broadest, is about the distance
from Washington New York.
Stretched out between the great Andean mountain
range and the Pacific. Chile has a climate varvino
from the heat of the baked northern desert to the snow
and ice of the stormy deep south. Nature has portion
ed the country roughly, into three productive zones
In the extreme south, adjacent to the strait of Magel
lan, are good grazing areas where stock-raising is a
rapidly developing industry. To the north is the great
Central Valiev, famed as one of the world’s garden
spots. Here all the products of the temperate zones
and most of those of sub-tropical climates grow lux<
uriantly. This is the most thickly settled and the most
highly cultivated part of the country. And here, in a
fertile valley between mountains and sea. is the beau
tiful city of Santiago. On the coast, only 116 m'iles
away is the equally famous port of Valparaiso.
And last, but by no means least, is the zone of the
nitrate fields. The eyes of the nations of a world at
war, as the struggle in defense of the ideals of the New
World moves toward decision, will turn w-ith more
and more eagerness toward Chile’s desert storehouse.
For nitrate, with its by-product, iodine, is a principal
item in the manufacture of explosives. A necessity of
war, both for the making and mending of wounds, it
is priceless, too, as a putrient for man and his hus
bandry.
In times of peace and normal demand, Chilean nit
rate was second only to Chilean copper, another war
need now': As a world-producer of this metal. Chile
is outranked only bv the United States. The country
has, in addition, surpluses of iron and coal. After more
than a hundred years, the mining of gold has been re
sumed. Recent discoveries of oil seepages may be her
ald of another great industry to come.
Chile’s is a republican form of government, wdth ex
ecutive, legislative and pudicial branches. Its present
constitution dates back only to September 18, 1925,
but it retains many of the important features of one
adopted nearly a hundred years before it. This older
constitution was largely the work of the great states
man Diego Portales, Minister of States under Presi
dent Prieto from 1831 to 1841. This constitution, in
turn, superseded a still older one, Chile’s first. It was
drafted by a committee appointed by the famous Gen
eral O’Higgins shortly after the Chileans, with the
help of the Argentine patriot and soldier, General San
Martin, defeated Spanish Royalist forces. This tri
umph, the Battle of Maipo, April 5, 1818, marks the
end of Spanish power in Chile and the birth of the
republic.
One of a senes descriptive of our neighbor nations pre
pared by the Pan American Union for the information of
students participating in the 1942 Inter-American Student
Forum, and for their parents, teachers and friends.
•B PROOF. STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY. SCHENLE Y DISTILLERS CORP-, NEW YORK CITY
Credit l nions ^ il!
Register Schenley
^ orkers’ Bonds
CliN 'INNATI Qu
authorized fi-cal agents of the
Federal Reserve Ranks, six cred
it unions maintained by employ
ees at olants and offices of Schen
ley D tdlcrl.es, Inc. w 11 hence
forth han lie regi-lration of de
'erse savings bonds purchased
by work r- un <er the voluntary
payroll deduction plan, it was
announce i here by H. C. Phillips
company personnel d n ctor.
Mr. Phillips said the naval ar
rangement was being made for
or dit un ons at Schenley plants
n Frankfort jnd Louisville, Ky.,
Schenley, Pa.. Lawrcnceburg,
Tod., and San Francisco, and at
’ 1 Cincinnati ofTice. The plan is
being inaugurated to help relieve
pressure on regular bond-regis
1 ring ngencio , he explained.
In it d deductions authorized
by cmployi e- Turing the first few
weeks of the plan called for pur
chase of $150,000 worth of bonds
throughout the Schenley organiz
.vim, he said, and even verier
participat: >n is expect d during,
the next few months. It was.
pointed out that $150,000 worth
of bond- and stamps had already j
been d? ributed by the manage |
ment as bonuses last Christmas, i
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NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
TO ALL WHOM THIS MAY
CONCERN:
In accord with Chapter 29,
Session Laws of Alaska. 1919.
and amendments thereto, all male
persons between the ages of 21
; and 50 years, who are not “sol
l diers, sailors in the United States
! Navy or Revenue Cutter Service,
j oluntcer firemen, pauper nr in
j sane persons,” are required to
jpay an annual School Tax of
FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00).
j This tax is due and payable
| after t)in* host Monday in the
| month of Anril and shall be paid
, before the first day of May, prq
j viding you are in the Territory
| of Alaska on said first date; if
i not. the tax is due within thirty
days after your arrival in Al
aska or within ten days afte
written or oral demand is made
j upon you by the School Tax
| Collector. Taxes not paid in ac
! eordance with the foregoing re
j quifoments shall become delin
quent, and each person delin
[ quent shall l>e subject to a fine
| of TWO DOLLARS ($2.00).
All persons, firms and corpora
tions employing labor in Alaska
shall furnish to collectors a list
of all employees subject to tax, j
and employers of labor as above
set out are authorized by pro
visions of said Act to deduct
amount of the tax from the wag
es of each employee who is sub
ject thereto. If any such employ
er shall fail to report and deduct
as herein specified within the
period designated for payment of)
said lax, the said employers of
labor shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and subject to a fine
of from $50.00 to $500,000.
All persons subject to, and re
fusing or neglecting to pay, said
tax, are subject to a fine of $25
or imprisonment in jail for a per
iod of one month; and all such
employers of labor as herein set
out who neglect or refuse to col
lect such tax from employees
may be proceeded against and
shall pay the amount of each in
dividual tax, and a further pen
alty of $25.00 for each such tax.
The receipts will be furnished
by the tax collectors.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
13th day of April, 1942.
Carrie M. McLain,
Duly authorized and qualified
Alaska Territorial School |
Tax Collector for Nome Dis
trict.
Send your school-tax to collect i
or by mail or pay upstairs of City ;
Hal Monday, Wednesday or Fri- j
day afternoons.
(HAS. CAVEY
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT STREET, NOME
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WHAT MAKES WILD WAVES WILD ?—Three of Mama'a darling daughters get
clow—but not too close—to the waters of Santa Monica. Cal., In this antidote for depressing w ar news
Left to right are Martha O'Driscoll. Susan Hayward and Barbara Britton, ail of whom have something
to do w ith the movies. Suits look rather gay this season.
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Enemy planes bombed Trineomalee (1), British naval base on the island of Ceylon.
Japs claimed a sea force had landed on the Burmese coast and that there were re
ports that Japanese submarines were operating (2) in the Ganges estuary. Jap
reinforcements continued moving up in tV Prome and Toungoo "sector (3)
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY j -.— .. ,
tiveTon i they would read your ad
lcugh Stationery. They’ll get 9 TOO, IF IT APPEARED HERE
big kick out of it