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The Nome nugget., 1942-08-28
In the United States Land Office For the Nome Land District
 Nome, Alaska Notice of Application For Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1895 Mineral Entry No. 0940

Notice is hereby given that GEORGE K. GEAiMALIS, whose post office address is Nome, AL aska, has made application for a United States Patent for the King Bench Placer Mining Claim on the right limit of the Ungalik River in the St. Michael Mining and Recording District, Territory of Alaska, and designated as Unit ed States Mineral Survey Nc. 1895, and particularly described in the official plat and field notes of said survey now on file in the said Land Office as follows:
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-28
In the United States Land Office For the Nome Land District
 Nome, Alaska Notice of Application For Patent
Min. Sur. No. 2114 Min. Ent. No. 0q48

Notice is hereby given that United States Smelling Refining and Mining Company, a Maine corporation, by and through it's attorney-in-fact, A. M Hartford, whose post office address IS Nome, Alaska, has made applica- tion for a United States Patent for the Dayton Bench placer
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-28
Number Three Bench Association

Beginning at Cor. No. l ldentl- cal with Cor. No. 2, Number Two Bench Association Placer, this survey herein described, from whence U.S.L.M. No. 1245 bears N. 37 deg. 03 min. w. 2,614.77 fit; thence N 83 deg. II min. E. 9O6.3 fl. to corner No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 1 Number. Four Bench Association Placer, previously described; thence s 3 deg. 09 min. E. 1769. 2 fl. 10 Cor. No. 3
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-28

Amer Rydecn, Register Every issue tri-Weekly, start ing June %, l942 and ending Aug. 28, 1942.
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-28

In the United States Land Office For the Nome Land District
 Nome. Alaska Notice of Application for Patent
The Nome nugget., 1942-08-28

In the United States Land Office
 For the Nome Land District
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29

Washington. Oct. 2e- (UP) - Senator George D. Aiken, R., Vt, demanded today Congressional in- vestigation of the maritime com mission which he charged has "rashly dissipated and miSused" public funds.
 "As result of the maritime com- missions extravagant and incom- petent handling of the merchant marine" Aiken said in a letter to Chairman David I. Walsh, D., Mass, of the Senate naval affairs com- mittee, American taxpayers have been virtually robbed of untold millions"
 Aiken urged Walsh to delay &C., tion on bill now before the naval committee which would give Rear Admiral Emory s. Land, maritime commission chairman, the rank of vice admiral. He asserted that the record raises grave doubts as to the efficiency and reliability of the commission and its chairman"
 Citing two recent reports on the commission by the comptroller gen. eral-Congress' watchdog over the expenditures of the executive branch of the goyernment-'Aiken wrote Walsh:
 "The two reports describe trans actions wherein approximately $4,- 100000 of the taxpayers money has been dissipated. In fact, these transactions appear to go beyond the realm of dissipation. They smell to high heaven of rank tn- competence and collision with pri- vate interests, for which the mari- time commission and its chairman should be held responsible"
 Aiken said the comptroller gen. eral has barely scratched the sur face of the almost unbelievable record of wastefulness and incom' petence which has existed over a long period"
 Among the charges Aiken made against the maritime commission were:
 It paid "exhorbitant and out- rageous prices for old and obsolete ships"
 It paid "unwarranted" coastruc- ton and operating subsidies "long after foreign competition ceased to exist"
 It spent millions of dollars in subsidizing ships for private cor- porations."
 It has failed to recover excess profits from khipbuiiding corpora tIons."
 It "has been a party to trans actions whereby it has sold ships, both completed snd under constric- ti0n. to private corporations. which have thereupon. in accordance with understandings had with the coni- mission before 1t transferred t"s, resold the same ships to the Navy at higher prices which were not justified by increases in value"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
How Much Higher Were Prices
 In The Last War?
By HARRIET V. HEALD Waterbury Washington Service Bureau Correspondent

trol and others were indirectly regu- lated. Official controls were removed in December, 1913.
 A sustained rise in the average family's expenditures for Its prin- cipal foods did not begin until the latter part of 1915, more than a year after the war in Europe began. The greatest advance in any one month was in April, 1917, after the United States entered the World War. Thereafter, the price trend of foods was steadily upward. In December, 1919, the average family expendi- ture for its staple foods was 97 percent higher than in 1913. The peak price for most articles of food was reached in 1920, after federal price controls were removed. Retail prices varied somewhat from city to city and some were subject to sea- sonal fluctuations.
 Sugar did not sell at extremely high prices during the first World War while its distribution was un- der government control. The price rose to a peak on June 15, 1920, when the average price for the Unl- ted States was 26.7 cents a pound and in one city 1t retailed for SIS cents a pound. The highest retail price for pork chops was in Septem- Der, 1920, when they were 50 cents a pound. Bacon reached its top price in December, 1913, and again in January, 1919, when 1t retailed at an average price of 5s 1-2 cents. Ham sold at GOA cents a pound in September, 1920, the highest average price for the postwar period. Lard cost 42 cents a pound in July and August, 1919. The retail price for flour increased rapidly from the summer of 1916 to the summer of 1917. In May, 1917, 1t touched the peak of 8.8 cents pound, almost three times the price of 1913. This price declined but was reached again in June, 1920. Lamb rose to 43 cents 8 pound in April, 1920. and in the same month hens retailed at their peak price of 47.8 cents per pound. Eggs cost most in December, 1920, WkleII LLlS dVc1dBC pEACC 4OE SCAASGlJ fresh eggs was 924 cents a dozen. Potatoes were quoted in retail stores at a peak price of 10.3 cents a pound in June, 1920. The prices for beef were greatest in July, 1920, when the average price for the month for sirloin steak was 48.6 cents; round steak, 45 cents a pound and rib roast, 45 cents pound.
 At the peak prices for the seven- year period from 1913 through De- cember, 1921, retail prices of round steak rose 102 per cent over 1913 prices; sirloin steak. 91 per cent; chuck roast, 91 per cent; coffee, 65 per cent; butter. 1o4 percent; bread l13 per cent; milk. 94 per cent, and sugar 385 per cent. These rises in price added to corresponding higher costs for clothing and other living expenses added up to an increased cost of living of over 1f0 per cent for the average American family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
BANKERS FORESEE
 PART-TIME JOBS
Voluntary System Dis- Cussed Regarding Fac.
 tory Labor Shortage

Bank employees were talking to- day about a voluntary system by which they would take part-time employment in defense industry during the labor shortage. If the system is put into practice and proves successful, it might be ex- tended to lawyers, insurance men, store employees and other business and professional men.
 It cannot be said with certainty whether this step is forerunner of labor conscription or a plan to de- termine whether such conScription is necessary.
 Charles Dana Tyack, first vice. president of the Citizens & Manu- lecturers National bank, admitted that a voluntary system under con- sideration and that "one of the fac- tories had agreed tc take men in pairs with each working four hours to complete the eight-hour shift.
 The Conn. State Employment of- flee said this morning that men were being placed in defense indus try where they were needed. Men thus employed, work on a part-time basis, in shifts of four or i've hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
LAPS READY FOR
 ALL-OUT SMASH
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Army reinforcement landed on Guadalcanal Oct. 13 were well con- ditioned, able fighters.
 "They're anxious to go," he said, "they want action"
 He said the fact that they were whipping into shape rapidly was indicated by Washington's an- nouncement that they mad hurled the Japanese back from the south ern end of Henderson Field, the hotly defended air base on Guadal- canal.
 The Army endorsements arrived on the day of the heaviest Japanese raid on the island, which followed Gen. Douglas MacArthur's an- nouncement of the strongest raid on Rabaul Harbor the day before, Jensen pointed out.
 Depicting the pressure on Gua- dalcanal, the fliers said that on the afternoon of Oct. 13, a Japan csc artillery battery opened fire on Henderson Field, although the shells fell short of the runway.
 That evening"" Richardson said, "one-lung Charlie (Japanese scout plane) came over early and awoke us early, dropping bombs and flares. Then the Jap ships shelled us until 3 a. m. Then there were more bombs. There were numerous hits on the runway"
 Richardson said he flew the dawn patrol the next morning, and land- ed just as the Japanese land bat tertes opened another barrage.
 We ran for shelters" he said, then I returned to my plane in hope of spotting the battery, but the firing stopped whsn I got near. However, flying beyond Point Cruz, l saw puff of black smoke and located an anti-aircraft battery which their army was protecting"
 Richardson said American dive bombers and fighters maintained a ceasless bombing of Japanese trans ports off the island. They scored & direct hit on one transport. Marine Maj. Jack Kramm, he said, hit a transport with an aeril tor- pedo nd returned to Henderson Field with four Japanese Zero fighters on his tail. One of the enemy planes was shot down.
 "The Japs were brazen as hell with their transports" Jensen said. They brought them in about 100 yards from shore and built pom toon docks for landing operations"
 He said the Japanese force shell ling Henderson Field that day 1n- cluded battleship and two cruisers. The ships fired 130 salvos during the day, and the field had three air raids in addition. he said.
 The fiiers said the Japanese landed their biggest forces Oct. 15, after attempting for two days to soften the American defcnseS with repeated raids and shellings.
 "We're certain they landed 10,- 00O," Richardson said, "and we don't know how many more, How ever, the Japs sent small landing parties to the island almost noghtly and in allition had several thouS- and men on the island when we occupied it."
 They said the Japanese field ar tillery was about four or five miles west of Henderson Field. They des- cribed the American-held territory as a small area about three miles deep and five or six miles long,"
 The Japanese landings during September and October were made to the west of Henderson Field around Point Cruz and Cape Esrcr- Ance, about five or six miles from the air base, they said. The front lines are west of the field, beyond the Matanjkou river, with two ridges and a cocoanut plantation between them and the field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
BYROLLY WOMAN
 WTTHDRAWS SUIT
Use of Harpers Ferry Road Land By Trucking COn-
 cern Basis of Action

Catherine Barilari, also known as Byrolly, of Waterbury has with drawn an $S,O0O damage suit brought against the Byrolly Trans portation Company, George E. Ber- tucci and Louis M. Bertucci of Springfield, James T. Doyle of Wor- cester and the Mccarthy Freight System of Boston, The case has been removed from superior court docket.
 The plaintiff claimed that Byrolly concern had used her land on Harp CTS Ferry road as a storage place and the service was worth $6,000. It Is alleged that the concern filed a certificate of dissolution on August 1, 1888 and conveyed the business to the freight company for the purpose of evading creditors. The concern through Its officers, the other de- fendants, claimed there was no debt in a special defense filed in court. Terms of settlement were not dis closed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
AUTO PROTECTION
 LOWER THAN EVER
Travellers Insurance COn1- pany Stresses Reduce
 tiOns of Liability Rates

Pointing out that automobile lia- bility insurance Is now cheaper than ever before, the Travellers Insurance Co. today urged all motorists to se- cure such protection.
 A statement by the company re- lates that reductions in rates have been made possible by rationirg of gasoline and tires and by the es- tablishment of @ nationwide speed limit of 35 miles an hour. Rates for owners of private cars are now from 25 to 50 per cent less than before.
 Also emphasized was the impor- tance of insurance protection at this time, especially for those engaged in war work, who cannot afford the lost time from work that results from a need to defend ones self in court against 8 law suit. The low ness of the present rates, the com pany stated, makes liability lnsur- ance a bigger bargain and a more needed protection than ever before.
 The local office of the Travellers is at Ill West Main street. John L. Hines is assistant manager.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
SOLOMONS FIGHT
 NOT NAVY SHOW
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shortly before Costello's criticism was made on the House floor.
 Shortly after the initial announce ment of the American attack on the Japanese positions in the Sol- omons, during which six islands were wrested from the Japanese MacArthur's headquarters in Aus tralia had described the action as a Navy show" But even then some of MacArthur's long-range Army bombers were plastering Jap anese ships and positions In the area. The Allied command area in that region of the Pacific Is so divided that MacArthur technically has no control over the Solomons although they lie close to Australia. The Solomons themselves are in the South Pacific command, under Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr
 On the other hand, MacArthur's command includes New Guinea and New Britain, from which the bulk of the Japanese endorsements have been drawn for the fight in the Solomons.
 Stimson did not elaborate on his statement that the joint Army and Navy chiefs of staff had agreed on plans resulting in the Solomons drive, nor would he discuss details of the fighting at Guadalcallal and in the surrounding areas now large ly controlled by the Japanese.
 Meantime. new .IaDaneSe attacks were anticipated against American positions guarding the vital air. field on Guadalcanal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
COLGATE ADOPTS
 COMMANDO WORK

Hamilton, N. Y., Oct. 29-(UP)- 4 compulsory wartime 'toughen- ing" program calling for two hours daily, i've days . week. of military drill and accelerated commnado work, was aGopted today by the Colgate university student body.
 The program, initiated among the s76 students themselves. was be- lieved by university officials to be the first in the country of a com- pulsory nature. It Is expected to get under way within a week.
 Four demerlts for every absence was the punishment agreed upon by the students.
 Henry H. Pierce of Boston headed the committee which presented the plan. He said he hoped other cole leges would adopt the Colgate program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
SCOTTISH GROUPS
 PLANNING DEGREES

An informal supper meeting for members Of the Scottish Rite bodies in Waterbury was held last night at the Masonic temple. to discuss the degree work schedule for the com- ing season.
 A different consistorial degree is planned by the Scottish Rite bodies for this winter and a full schedule of degrees will be carried out dur ing the fall and winter.
 Present at last nights session were the heads of the three bodies: Charles P. Rodenbaeh, thrice puis- sant master of Doric Lodge of Per. lection; Fenton ?. Niver, Sovereign Prince of Ionic Council. Princes of Jerusalem: and Harry J. Beardsley, Most Wise Master Of Corinthian chapter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
Election Estimates
 Continuing To Soar
Democrats Expert to Carry City BallOting Tuesday
 By $500 to 5000 Votes

congressional race. Tn fact, if past experience is a criterion, the out come of the congressional contest will be decided in Waterbury. Odds that favored Congressman Joseph E., Talbot, Republican, have steadily dwindled. Much more support IS now in evidence for Mayor William A. Patten of Torrington, the Demo- cratic candidate. A third candidate in the congressional race is Edward M. Ryan, American Progressive, who says confidently that his vote will furnish a major surprise"
 Republicans and Democrats will center their state campaigns on Waterbury tomorrow night. Cover nor Hurley and other Democratic nominees will make tour of the city, speaking at rallies in several sections. x-Governor Raymond F, Baldwin, who heads the Republican ticket, will be joined by several running mates in addresses at Re- publican rally at Temple hall.
 The Democratic sampling of sen- timent showed that interest in the election has increased considerably during the past week, though there are still thousands of voters who are apathetic. A last-Ininute drive to get out the vote is planned.
 Backers of Mayor Patten for Con- gress claim that Congressman Tal- bot has lost ground with the voters since his election last January. They argue that Mayor Patten will carry Waterbury by substantial margin and will have much uneX- pected backing in the small towns of Litchfield county.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
Winter Blizzards Take Toll Of Invading Nazis
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captured guns and dugouts and killed more than 400 Germans.
 On another sector, the Germans counter attacked, but retreated aft CT losing 120 men.
 The Soviet high command, how ever, reported another Soviet set- back in the Nalchik area. 50 miles southwest of Mozdok. where the Germans had turned after the cost ly failure of 6 three-month cam- paign to drive from the Terek val ley east of Mo0dok to the Grozny oil fields.
 New Positions Sought
 "ln the Nalchik area, Soviet troops in defensive fighting smashed an attack by tommy gunners, but enemy endorsements forced Soviet troops to withdraw to new posi- tions," the communique said.
 Northeast of Tuapse, where fight ing was reported raging in blizzards Soviet counter-attacks were said to have thwarted Q further penetra. ton toward the Black sea.
 At one point, according to battle. front dispatches, the Russians splii German and Rumanian forces, tool a strategic height and captured much booty and many prisoners.
 Northeast of Tuapse, Soviet ar. tillery smashed a considerable at. Etack. after which Soviet infantry counter attacked and drove back the enemy. leaving 200 killed and wounded" the noon communique said.
 As regards fighting in the Nal. chik area. the Germans were iA . narrow valley. using 2y000 oI $500 troops supported by tanks, artillery and planes on individual sectors Frontline dispatches said, however that Soviet depth defenses did noL appear to have been penetrated, and the Russians were ounter-attackine strongly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
MACARTHUR IS NOT INTERESTED
No Political Ambitions; Australian Paper Decries
 Command Division

Gen. MacArthur,s Headquarters, Somewhere in Australia, Oct. 29-- (UP)-Gen. Douglas MacArthur an- nounced today that he had mo po- ntical ambitions whatsoever"
 Citing a Washington dispatch of the Cflritian Science Monitor that political Washington is largely re- sponsible for establishment of two separate commands in the Pacific, partly because conservative oppcsi- ton which launched a MacArthur for President campaign" MacArthur said:
 "I have no political ambitions whatsoever and any suggestion to the contrary must be regarded mere ly as amiable gestures of good will dictated by friendship"
 The Sydney Daily Telegraph to- day decried the division of command in the south Pacific between Mac Arthur and Adm. Chester W. Nim- itz, commander of the U. s. Pacific fleet, and the inadequate supplies sent to Macarthur" unless expert military decision and military neces- sity dictated these measures.
 "The first big offensive test of strength in the Pacific found our strategy confused by the divided commands" the editorial said.
 "MacArthur cannot drive beyond New Guinea because he does not command the naval forces neces- sary. His defense of New Guinea may yet be embarrassed for the same reason.
 "The first phase of the Solomons offensive directed by the other half of the Pacific command ended un- satisfactorily because 1t was too eX- clusiyely a naval show"
 The newspaper asserted ma chinery still was lacking to coordi- nate all Allied forces in the Pacific for 6 concentrated drive against <. Japanese outposts.
 "I1 politics are responsible for this division of command and for in- adequate supplies sent to MacAr- thur, then 1t Is time to table all the cards" the newspaper said. .
 Macarthur in his statement said he had started as a soldier and that he would finish as one.
 'SThe only hope and ambition l have in the world" he said, lis for victogy for our cause in the war. If I survive the campaign I shall re- turn to the retirement from which this great struggle called me"
 The 62-year-old general, who was chief of staff of the U. s. Army from l93O-S5, retired from active duty Dec. 3l, 1887, at his own re- quest after 30 years service to or. ganize the military establishment oi the Philippines commonwealth When the United States participa- ton in the war was growing i'm minent he was made commander oi D. S. forces in the Far East on July 26, 194l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
BALDWIN'S RECORD EMPTY SAYS GOV.
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for good government"
 '-The direction of the war Is in slae hands of our national govern ment. It is our duty, therefore, to support that national government. Politics must be left out"
 Mrs. Hurley, wife of the governor, also entered the campaign, making a radio address calling for the cleo ton of the Democratic ticket:
 She said: "It is up to the women, to the mothers, and housewives of Connecticut, to help Governor Hur- lev continue to carry on in that work he has started. The women must take this election seriously, as one of the most serious things in our life today"
 T am trying to be as objective as possible in talking about the achievements of my husbands ad- ministration, but I cannot conceal my own joy in what this adminis- tration has done for the develop ment of Connecticut. I am proud of its success and of what 1t has meant to all our people"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
HOLLYWOOD TAKES
 CUTS IN STRIDE
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i've been on the other side of the Atlantic and I know" he said.
 Joel McCrea said he didn't intend to worry.
 Twenty-Five thousand dollars a year is lot more than I ever ex- pected to make when I got in this business" he said. When was a cowboy I was very lucky to get $50 a month"
 Many a movie actor is in the Army now and need not bother about high finance. Clark Gable, for instance, who earned $357 800 last year, now is earning $9,400 as second lieu tenant in the air corps.
 Studio chieftains, aside from pom dering about their own financial af- fairs, had the added worry of con- tracts. The usual dotted-line deal between a studio and Q star calls for the latter to receive a substan- tial raise in salary every six months. If he doesn't get 1t, he can quit and work somewhere else.
 Now he can't receive his raise, Does that fact break his contract? And if so, can a goth Century Fox star go to Metro Goidwyn-Mayer? Or vice-versa?
 "But that's only the start of the questions I've got to get answered. reported on studio executive. Right now I don't know anything, except that this thing looks like mess z
 Most of those movie stars whc refused comment were Of the opln- ion that the new regulations were discriminatory against them, on the theory that they seldom earn top money for more than q few years If they're not allowed to keep any of it, they agreed. they're headed eventually for the poor house.