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Evening star., 1944-09-03
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The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21
TRAFFIC MANAGER VISITS IN NOME

Stewart Faulkner, assistant gen. eral traffic manager for Alaska Airlines, arrived in Nome Satur- day night via Alaska Air1ines from Anchorage. He is spending several days here conferring with local representatives of the air lines in preparation of factual data and material relative to cus- toner service, routes and equip ment. The company will shortly begin a Territorywide survey to determine future needs for addi- tional service to- the major cities.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21
FRENCH TROOPS ENCIRCLE CITY OF TOULON

ROME, Aug. 21.--(AP)-Hard driving French troops have en- circled Toulon today while Amer ican forces have advanced with in Is miles of Marseilles, heading for the Rhone valley, against dis organized enemy resistance, it was reported today.
 American troops have joined with the French patriots who sur- rounded the Nazi garrison at Per tius, while another of General Patches troops occupied the town of AiX, 15 miles north of Mar seille.
 DNB, the German news agency, said there were indications of an- other landing at LaCiotat.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21
BUSINESS HOUSES TAKE ON PAINT

Front Street business houses are dressing up these days. The Bon Marche, Miners & Merchants Bank and the City Hall are being painted, and the new home of The Nome Nugget, the building formerly known as the Board of Trade, is being remodeled.
 Another improvement is the ad- dition of a new fence around the Bureau of Indian Affairs apart ment building on Second Avenue
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21
NEW CHIEF OF POLICE NOW ON DUTY

John Berry, formerly of Fair banks and Anchorage, arrived in Nome recently and has assumed his duties as Chief of Police and fire chief. Mrs. Berry accompanied him to Nome, and the couple plan to make their permanent home here in the city.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21
AIRWAYS
Alaska Star Airlines
Friday:

Ijody.
 The Lockheed Lodestar arrived from Anchorage Friday evening with Captain Roy Duggan and Co-Pilot Hola. Passengers were: MT. and Mrs. John Berry, MT. and Mrs. William Angell Mrs. H. C.. Beach, Fred and Dennis Beach, Helen Holiday, Ed Koven, H. M. Reherd, MT. and Mrs. Adkins and infants, It. D. .Rookus, Stewart Faulkner and Don Settler.
 Saturday:
 The Lodestar left with John Vaudeville and Don Stettler as passengers.
 Pilot Weaver to Kotzebue with Mrs. Robert Thach, Emma Good win, Mabel Berriman and Mrs. Archie Fields.
 Pilot Weaver to Unalakleet with Christine Sorrill and to For tuna Ledge with George Bayer and Winnie Copeland.
 Monday:
 Pilot Weaver to Kotzebue with Oliver White and Jack Allen for Candle.
 Pan American AirwaYs
 Captain Stan Doepke and First Officer Wes Monsen came in from Fairbanks Saturday with It. Vic tor G. Ellis, Captain John Murray and Captain Gordon McLane. AL bert Pasquan and w. E. Johnson came in from Galena.
 The plane left for Fairbanks with mail, express and the fol lowing passengers; Frank Rice for Seattle, George Anderson, Walter Conrad, Edward Clausen, Captain John Murray and Captain Gordon McLane.
 Captain Les McLennon and First Officer Wes Monsen came in Sunday from Point Barrow at BOO D. m. They departed for Fair banks at 3:15 D. m. with mail, express and the following pas sengers: Mrs. Joyce Turner, Mrs. Bertha Whitlock, Harold Warner to Seattle, Chris .OLeary, Toby Mike,
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21

More than so per cent of Egypts landowners derive their entire living from an acre or less of land.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21
CLASSIFIED ADS

LOST--A ladies wrist watch. Roamer- -SWiS iSS made. Between Sonmers Mess house and Diesel Oil Sales office. Return to The Nugget. Reward. FOUND-LadieS' purse with con- siderable money. Inquire of The Nugget.
 FOR SALE-One large, slightly used. trap line. Going night shift. See Clarence. lt-adv.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21

Advertise IL m The Nugget
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21

of Alaska
 Twenty-Third Opens September 12, 1s44
 CURRICULA LEADING TO DEGREES fouyear curricua leading degrees Agriculture Letters Business Administration Civil Engineering Science, Education Home Economies Mining Engineering Nursing and Pre-Medicine
 ROOM RESERVATIONS .|is. All students expect campus dormi- tories urged make reservations 5000 de post will reserve HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS high school work be enrolled special students Their deficiencies may be removed taking special currently with college courses
 SCHOLARSHIPS
 Territorial scholarships, granting years rent vaiable to those who qualify!
 Sears Roebuck Co., have provided fund from which scol arshps $50 each awarded entering students who residents of Alaska the fields of Mining Agriculture, and Pre-Fisheres Only eligible. = FoRFURTHER INFORMATION, WRITE THE REGISTRAR University of Alaska
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The Nome nugget., 1944-08-21
ROOM RESERVATIONS
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

Students who have completed satisfactorily three years high school work may be enrolled special students Their deficiencies may be removed by taking special currently with college courses
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-04

Two families were reunited this week with the return of Mrs. NeIla Trick and daughter Sally to make their home with MT. Frank Trek, employe of the Ships Tavern, and Mrs Dee Anne Jones and children Sandra and Thomas who had been va cationing in Seattle. MT. Tom Jones is manager of the Chicken Inn.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-04
geDsAK nixRoR

Glen Robinson, on leave of absence from the War Man power Commission, spoke at the Rotary Club Tuesday on the york of that commission in Alaska.
 The purpose of the commits sion he named as being reduction of the migration of labor, elim- nation of labor turnover, en couragement of flow of labor to points where labor is scarce and in general getting the maxi mum efficiency from manpower resources.
 The setup Tn regional and area offices, which operate with local U. s. employment offices, the speaker described in detail, and said that the system was a flexible one to create the least bardships for both employer and employee, and that it had been very successful.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-04

Tony Kvas arrived from Seat tie this week after spending a few months in that city. He re- ports that Mrs. Kvas is now operating a dress shop, calle1 ] Hollywood Fashions, located at 3rd and Pine in Seattle.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-04

Money kept in a glass near the cash register at the Island Fountain was stolen Tuesday night The loss was estimated as between $50 and $75. A custom CT entered and ordered a coke but when the girl returned with it the customer had gone and the money was missing.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-04

The Ladies Guild of the Grif- fin Memorial hospital will hold its March meeting at the hospit- al on Tuesday, March 6, at 2 pm Regular members are urged to attend and visitors and new members are cordially welcome.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-04

Major R. D. Macdonald was introduced as 8 new member at the club and Colonel B. w. Boyes, who is being transferred, said a few words in farewell.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-04
Alaska Steamship
INCOMING

Louise Chaffie, Mrs. Hazel Coulkling. Mildred Donson, Leonard B. Eriksen, Patricia Hammell, Louis A. Heay, Mrs. Frank Trick and daughter, Sig vart Jacobsen, Mrs Tom Jones and two children, Sandra and Thomas, Anton Kvas, Ed Lar sen, Magnell 1 arsen, B. P. Mahlun. Mrs Cecil Mittby, J. D. Nelson, Andy Peterson, c . Pike, H. R. Siver, Mrs Anne E Silver, Warren Bill" Taylor, Dora Torsen, Dorothy Torsen, Ivan A. Wallin, Mrs. Luba Wal lin, Ivan Wallin
Kodiak mirror., 1944-03-04
COMIN' & COIN Alaska AirIines
fNCOMING:

lNCOM lNG:
 It. James Moir, Sgt. Fredrick Macdonald, Kalman Shapers. Wi liam Prerele, John Burton, John Henry, MT. and Mrs. L. WodIinger, Matt Norem, A. F. Heady, A. B. Rieder, M. A. Henriksen, A. Wilk.
 pr. A. R. Roberts, A. Verle Collar.
 OUTGOING:
 Neil Bain, L. seltzer, L Schlindwien.
 H. M. CouIsey, Keith Roberts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Dairy Farmers Are
Granted Drought
Relief iii State

Dairy farmers in eight Maryland
counties were granted drought re-
lief by the war food production which
upped government dairy feed pay
ments to offset increased milk pro-
duction costs, the agricultural adj
iustment agency reported.
The counties affected included Allie
gany. Garrett, Baltimore. Carroll
Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, and
Washington.
The drought relief supplemental
payments will be ten cents per hun
dredweight of milk, the agency eX-
planned, and one cent per pound of
butterfat, to become effective Sept. /.
Payments will total eighty cents per
hundredweight of milk and eleven
cents per pound of butterfat.
Summer rates, effective until Aug.
81, were forty-five cents per hundred
weight of milk and six cents per
pound of butterfat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
To Interview Persons
Interested In Working

A Representative Of the Social
Security Board, Baltimore, will visit
Garrett County on September s, Z
and s, and interview persons over 1t
years of age who are interested in
clerical positions in Baltimore. The
starting salary is $3.50, per year and
positions are open to both men and
women who qualify,
The Representative will interview
applicants at the Oakland office of
the Employment Service on Wednes-
day, September 6, and Friday, Sep
tcmber Sth, from A. NJ, to s P. NJ
The Representative will be at the
Council Chamber in Grantsville or
Thursday morning, September 18th
from 1000 A, NJ. to 1900 noon, and
the Post Office in Friendsville, on
Thursday afternoon, September 9TH
from 200 P. NJ, to 800 P. NJ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Lee Thayer Injured
in Auto Accident

German Lee Thayer, second class
quartermaster, U. S. Navy, who ar
rived in Oakland Sunday night for a
furlough after extended action in the
Pacific theater was injured early
Tuesday morning when the car which
he was driving crashed on route 2l9,
near Rainbow Inn, Deep Creek Lake,
about 2:45 o'clock.
He was enroute from Oakland to
the home of his father, German
Thayer, and his brother, Phillips
Thayer, on the Lake, when the car
left the highway and crashed through
the woods for some distance and up
set. Thayer was unconscious when
discovered by George M. Browning
and CLYDE Shipley, enroute to their
work at the Power House, about 6:30
o'clock and had apparently been in
that condition since the accident, but
regained consciousness in a short
time.
He was taken to Memorial hospital.
Cumberland. in the Bolden ambulance,
where it was stated the sailor was
suffering from decorations on both
eyebrows. brush burns on the chin
and left part of face. and abrasions
on the upper right arm,
He was alone in the car at the
time Of the accident. The automobile.
owned by his father, was practically
demolished.
Thayer has been in the Navy for
over three years and is stationed on
battlcship that has been in most
of the Pacific sea battles with the
Japanese. Thayer has been in seven
major engagements.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
WOMAN, STRUCK BY CAR,
SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL
Miss Maize Layman, IT, Injured
Sunday Morning Near Finzel
As She Was Walking To
Church

Struck by an automobile Sunday
morning as she walked along the
l'mzel road to church, Miss Maize
Layman, IT, of near Finzel, died of
her injuries ON Tuesday night in
Miners hospital, Frostburg. She
suffered fractures of both legs and
cuts about the head and face.
States Attorney Neil G. Fraley,
DR.. +. l. Baumgartncr, deputy county
medical examiner, and State Trooper
A. NJ. Spioch, investigated the acct
Amt.
Mrs l.. d. Llcwellyn %, of Dams
mountain near Midland, was named
as driver of the car.
No charges have been entered yet
against Mrs. Llewellyn. The investi-
cation which was conducted yester-
day in the States Attorneys office,
is being continued and probably will
he concluded today it was stated.
According to Spioch, Miss Lay
man and several children were walk
ing along the road toward the inter
section with Route 40 when the acct
dent occurred. The officer said a
minister stopped his car across the
road to offer them ride to church.
The automobile of Mrs. Llewellyn was
following close behind the first car,
Spioch reported, and in order to
avoid a crash she turned sharply to
pass the stopped machine.
As she turned her car it struck
Miss Layman who was starting across
the road.
A daughter OF the late Daniel and
Susan Layman, Miss Layman is the
last member of her immediate family.
She lived for many years along route
40 between Big and Little Savage
mountains but for the past several
years had been residing with Mr.. and
Mrs Richard Burdock.
Only nieces and nephews survive,
Funeral services are belllg helu
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the home of Miss Layman's nephew
Evan Layman, route 10, about four
miles west of Frostburg. They are
in charge of Rev Charles Davis, pas
tor of Mt Zion Methodist church
who is being assisted by Rev, Ray
mond Grove, pastor of Midland
Methodist church lnterment will be in
Mt. Zion cemetery,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Speaks at Meeting
of Local Lions Club

Jesse Block, of Wheeling, W. Va,
president of Block Brothers, manu-
facturers of Mail Pouch Tobacco, was
the speaker at the regular meeting
of the Oakland Mt. Lake Park Lions
club on Monday evening. He spoke
on tobacco and tobacco products.
Woman James Helbig, U. S. Navy,
active in the invasion of France. and
Ensign William W. Grant, Jr., on an
aircraft carrier in the Pacific, were
guests of the club and told some of
their experiences. The latter has been
in sixteen engagements, five of them
major battles.
Other guests were Delbert NJ.
Davis. DR.. w. W. Grant, Joseph f,
Helbig, Ralph r. Davis, of Plainfield,
n. j.; and DR.. Shoop, of Nandegrift,
Pa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Randall d. Wilburn Is
Patient i'll Hospital

Randall Wilburn, of near Accident.
is a patient in the Frantz hospital at
Confluence, Pa, after shooting af-
fair Saturday night across the State
line, in Pennsylvania.
Wilburn with his family and sew
oral friends were returning from
Uniontown, Pa, and stopped at the
"Knotty Pines" near Addison, Pa,
and while standing near his car he
told Investigators he heard a shot
fired inside the Inn.
Soon, he said, Scott Holiday, of
Addison, Pa, emerged from the Inn
with a gun strapped on his side.
Wilburn said he drew his gun and
attempted to shoot light bulb on a
pole nearby which he failed to hit,
Then, he declared, in trying to get the
gun back into the holster the revolver
went off again, this time the bullet
hitting Wilburn in the left foot.
Holiday was taken to the Jail at
Somerset, Pa, by two State police
men where he posted bond for his
appearance in court. Wilburn remains
in the hospital where his condition
was reported as fair"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31

V pected to understand about American way of doing
"a things how be hammering the dayghts out of
them with both fsts-and still be arguing violently who
s going be next President!
That's the way do it in democracy hoWever-and
determined keep that way spite of attempts change
system
The the New Deal breaucrats and Communstc
ments toward dictator government is too plain to mistake
Government by the PEOPLE with emphasis the word
PEOPL) has been the decline especially the past eight
years
Another years of President Roosevelt at the helm and
every will be of the word Federal except FDR
Americans must be determined to maintain their freedoms
upon the task of oustng the party
power this year which still napty called the Democratic
party entrenched with Federal money machine politics and
hiding behind the front.
Americans production jobs making and doing things
worthwhile
Americans want the quickly possible with the
loss of few lives possible
Americans want postwar America in which there free
dom, opportunity private employment the kind Of jobs
which create prosperity and real security.
Americans jobs, employers incentive invest pos
siblity of fair profit to offset the possibility of loss
These things best be achieved this November by voting
for Governor Dewey and Governor Brcker presidential
of the Republican party in convention not bossed by Federal
ofcehoders and Communists of the Sidney Ilman type.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Kitzniller Soldier
Missing in Action

Staff Sgt Charles H. Brown, of
kitzmiller, is missing in action over
Germany, the war department has
announced.
SISgt. Brown is a son of John
Brown, of Kitzmiler. A graduate of
Kitzmiller High school in 1910, he
was awarded the air medal shortly
before his last flight on August 6.
He has a brother, Sgt. Robert S.
Brown, in the Marine corps, who is
in the Pacific war zone. They are
grandsons of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
H. Sprague, of Kitzmillcr.
Wounded in Action
The War Department has also
announced that Pvt. Willis Harvey,
of kitzmiller, was wounded in action
in France on August 3.
Pvt. Harvey is son of Mrs. Nellie
Parando, Of kitzmiller, and the hus-
band of Mrs Hazel Hershman Har-
vey, also of kitzmiller. The father Of
two children, Pvt. Harvey entered the
Army November %, l943, and was
sent on foreign duty June 10. He is
a former employee of the McNitt Coal
company. at kitzmiller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
SCHOOL TOOPEN
FOR new TERM
NEXT TUESDAY
About 4,50O Pupils Expected in
High And Elementary Schools;
Teaching Positions Filled

School doors will swing open once
again next Tuesday, September 5,
and school children will turn from
their summer jobs and playtime to
dig in" for another term of learning.
F. Z. Rathbun, county superinten-
dent, stated he was still faced with
few difficulties here and there con-
corning the finding and retaining of
instructors, but felt confident that
there would be teacher for every
position, every bus line in readiness
to operate and every other detail an
ranged for the opening next Tues
day.
Two changes were announced in the
Oakland High list. George B. Lanham
resigned and Odar A. Watson, of
Buckhannon, was named in his place.
Miss Elsie l.. Icndrickson, of Pur-
gittsvillc, Hampshire county, w. Va,
was named in place of Virgil Wilson,
Fairmont, who resigned.
The Oakland Elementary teachers
were listed as follows: Merle d.
Frantz, principal, 18th; Miss Ann Dill
gard, 9th; Mrs. Helen S. Hoffman,
9Th and 7th; Miss Catherine l.. Lawry,
5th; Mrs. Edna Baker Wright, 4th
and 5th; Miss Margaret Blocher, 3rd;
Mrs Harriet Calls Casteel, End and
3rd; Mrs. Helen Solars Buchanon,
End; Mrs. Ethel Mccullough Helbig
and Miss Lucille Mitchell, LIST Miss
Blocher, former instructor in Crellin
school, takes the place Of Mrs. Vir-
ginia McManus, resigned.
Mr.. Rathbun said the school pro-
gram would include the usual aca-
demic work coupled with those acti-
vitics supporting the war and felt
that there would be a successful year
ahead. Around $500 pupils are ex-
pcctcd in both high and elementary
schools.
Teachers to Meet September |
The regular meeting for all teach
ers will be held in Oakland High
school on Monday, September II.
Robert Kazmayer, noted lecturer, will
return to Oakland as the principal
speaker, and will talk at 10:30 a. m.
ST. Peters to Open Sept. I
St. Peters School will reopen on
Thursday, September 7. The music
classes will be resumed on September
5. Arrangements may be made by
calling ST.. NJ. Mechtildc, R. S. NJ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Friendsville Farm
Youth Wins Award

Wendell umbel, farm youth of near
Friendsville, in contest conducted by
the Firestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany, for outstanding FLA work in
High school and a farming program
now in operation, has been awarded
second place in the State and has
received an award of $4,000. it was
announced by Charley Miller, vo-ag
teacher at Friendsville.
Umbel is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Umbel and was graduated from
Friendsville High school in 1943.
Since that time he has been farming
in partnership with his grandmother,
Mrs. Chisholm, in the Asher Glade
community.
Mr., Miller said that Umbel had
been an active member of the
Friendsville Chapter, Future Farmers
of America and had received the
Maryland Farmer degree.
Similar contests were conducted in
other states Of the union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Many Servicemen Are
Asking for Ballots
Over 5000 Received AT Annap-
oils; Care Should Be Taken In
Filling Out Applications

Announcing that over $4,000 appli-
cations for State soldier-vote ballots
had been received at Annapolis,
Governor O'Conor made an appeal
for greater completeness and accuracy
on the part of servicemen and service
women in filling out the applications
Inaccuracies and lack of necessary
information are so serious as to
threaten the loss of voting rights to
many, according to the governor.
Over two hundred ballots to SER
vicemen from Garrett county have
been mailed, according to w. A. John
son. clerk to the County Board of
Supervisors of Elections. More will
be mailed as applications are received
through the office of the Secretary
of State.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Eleven Ordered For
Pre-Induction Exam
Will Leave Here Monday Night,
September II, For Physical
Check-Up In Baltimore

Eleven men in the county have been
ordered to report on Monday night,
September IL, to be sent by the local
selective service board to the Undue
ton station in Baltimore for their
pre-induction physical examination.
Those accepted for service will be
subject to call after twenty-one days.
The first two on the list are vol
unteers and all arc noted as being
non-fathers.
Those ordered to report include:
Glenn Stewart Stanton Grantsville
Isadore John Skeweris. -. .Kempton
Glenn Calvin Broadwater. 49,. Avilton
Gay Sweltzer .............SW anton
Snowden Russell Lewis 800. Hutton
Lawrence Calvin Harvey. :. Gormania
Parke Benjamin Tressler. Accident
James Lafayette King Friendsville
Ralph johnson ..............Cr ellln
William Andrew Oester.M Lake Park
Charles Junior Hook Friendsville
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
Thomas F. Nair
Is Killed in Action
Was With An Infantry Unit In
France; Death Occurred
August Second

Pfc. Thomas F. Nair. of Oakland.
son of Thomas and Edith Nair, was
killed in action in France on August
2, his parents have been informed.
There were no other details.
Mrs. Rosalic J. Mckinney, of
Aurora, W. Va, has been notified by
the U. S. Government that her son,
End. Lieut. John c. Mckinney. III,
who had previously been listed
as missing, was killed on May 9, over
France, according to word received
from the German government
Wounded in Action
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. DeBerry.
of near Oakland, were informed that
their son, Sgt. Richard f. DeBerry,
was slightly wounded in France on
August |.