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The Nome nugget., 1949-08-22
ARMY SURRENDERS FLEET

Not many people know that the Army operated more ships during World War II than the Navy for the purpose of transporting troops and supplies but the fleet" consisting of 32O ocean-gong vessels will be transferred unit to the Navy in October.
 We call attention to the fact that the Army 129 ocean-gong vessels including 66 passenger transports 58 cargo transports and five tankers This will give the people of this country some idea of the magnitude o our present operations abroad in connection with patton responsibilities The army also has 320 ships chartered, operated by army crews and others by civilians.
 The average American reads of the tremendous eX- penses connected with occupation forces abroad but there is sometimes confusion to the for such expense The size of the army fleet which is large y used for the support of forces abroad gives indication of the gigantic task the army assumed.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-22
ENDING TRIBAL HAPPINESS

We are always intrigued by explorers-they always come home with stories of discoveries, adding bit to the sum total of the worlds knowledge
 One explorer not too long ago, announced his dis covery of primitive village in Africa where perfect happiness exists" He remained week in the village, where white man had been seen before, and never noticed sign of anger-only laughter and general hap piness!
 Think of what the visit of this explorer will mean to the happy life of these native people, As of their happiness gets around among civilized people, more and more white men will visit them and, gradually, the blessings of civilization will demoraze the happy tribe The aborigines may learn of white mems miracles of their troubles and, even, of their moralties!
 It seems pity for tribe to develop it's happiness and then have an inquistve stranger, representing for egn breed intrude upon them and, perhaps introduce some of the "vices" of educated and civilized men.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-22

the press, was really a sale to the banks of one million dollars worth of vouchers accumulated the past several months in Territorial Aud itor Boyle's office in Juneau. h. volved however was Sl5,000 worth of interest charges for holding the vouchers for months while wait ing repayment from the Territory, with Is citizens signing individual e-thousand dollar notes as a guarantee of repayment in case the next Legislature refused to ap- propriate this sum with which to pay the banks interest charges. This entire procedure is skating on very thin ice, is only a stop gap at best, and no proper solution to the problem confronting the Ter ritOry.
 The accumulated vouchers or warrants now repOSing in Auditor Boyle's office, and which are be- ing added t0 daily, are ac.lnOWl- edgements oy the Territory of services rendered. and monies due and payable by ne Territorial treasurer. The only means Of pay men. t.e treasure. has is from tax receipts that go directly into the General Fund.
 P8radoxically as it may sound, thece is at present approximately two million dollars in the Terri torial treasury but-and here is the catch-these are ear-mar.Ied funds and canno. be spent for any other purpose than tha. designated under the law. Fo" instance the gasoline and fuel tax monies can only be spent for roads, airfields, water and harbOr facilities; the tobacco tax, for school cOnstruc- ton. These two tax measures alone bring in several million dollars during the year.
 I regret that Henry Roden. act ing treasurer, has had to bear the brunt of recent publicity, both here and in the States. MT. Roden, former Presiden, of the Senate, was appointed only recently to serve out former treasurer Oscar Olsen's uncompleted term, and has had no part in the conduc, of the Territo"y's affairs since he completed his term as Alaska'S Attorney General in 1925.
 The main tax collections placed directly into the General Fund stem from the income, general property, liquor, canned salmon, and mining tax laws. The mining industry is at present dormant, paying taxes during the fiscal year, 1948, in the amount of only Sl66,666.l7.
 Under the General Property Tax Law of 1949, payments to the
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-22
STARTLING, BUT TRUE

 the United States:
 We could have shortened the by at least six months with saving of 5O,OOO 900, more ess and hundreds of thousands of American casualties.
 Who is it that makes such a startling declaration? None other than Gen George C. Marshall who as Chief of Staff, planned the prosecution of the for the war for the United States. How does he think the United States could have shortened the war, with a saving of money and lives?
 In the fall and spring of 1889 the leaders of the ton acuely of what was going on in the world begged Congress for prompt action to prepare the United States for it's defense If these requirements had been met even to a modest degree, the General feels that the nation would have been spared much su ferng and financial loss.
 Today, according to Gen. Marshall the nation faces a situation that is almost exactly like 194O41 He ad mits he is very fearful of delays and questions the ad vantage of small cuts in connection with the program to assist the western nations of Europe to rearm
 If there is anybody who doubts the accuracy of what Gen Marshall says about the similarity of the present threat to peace and that which existed in 1939 let him hunt of newspaper of the when Hitler had Europe by the Read carefully and in place of Germany military power and aggressive actOnS consider the ord of Soviet Russia in Eastern Europe.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-22
Communication

ANSh'Ss
 Aug. l8, l949 Editor Nome Nugget.
 Dear Sir:
 In your issue of Aug. IT, the As sociated Press dispatch states that the interested Seattle bank has cancelled a recently negotiated one-million dollar loan to the Ter ritory of Alaska. The cancellation resulted from the discovery that Territorial indebtedness is two and a half million dollars instead of one million, and that it will progressively mount" To which the cry of intimidation by the 'in- trenched interests" is raised at Juneau, charging that these Gin terests" are seeking to force spe cial session of the Legislature so as to modify or repeal existing legislation and enact sales tax.
 Nowhere was there any men ton, in the form of denial or af firmation, that the Territory'S in- debtedness is presently two and one-half million dollars, and due to increase in the next few months-It remained for the Seat tie and Territorial bankers to ac- quaint the people of the Territory with the amount of the total in debtedness.
 The people of the Second Judi cial Division of Alaska have elect ed me to represent them in Alas ka's Legislature on a number of occasions, the last in October, 1948, to 4-year term in the Sen ate. I therefore feel an obbligation to report to them through the col umns of the Nugget" what the present financial predicament Of the Territory consists of and what in my opinion should be done about it.
 The first thing is to recognize conditions as they exist today, in- cluding recognition of our own mistakes, and quit blaming every thing on the "intrenched inter ests." IL is time to stop crying wolf" face the issue squarely and do something about it.
 The Organic Act of Congress, 1912, which is Alaska's Constitu- ton, expressly state ". nor shall the Territory have power or au- thority to create or assume any bonded indebtedness whatever; nor to borrow money in the name of the Territory; nor to pledge the faith of the people of the same, for any loan whatever, either di- rectly or indirectly"
 The recent ill-fated one-million dollar 'loan" as it was termed by
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-22


 cent of the total taxes collected, do not pay their taxes until early in 1850, neither does the mining industry.
 The Income Tax Law of l949 was made retroactive to Jan. l, l949, but will not become fully op- erative until next year, due to court tests and holdbacks on the part of many, pending further le- gal clarification.
 It is apparent that the Liquor Industry taxes, which for the fis- | cal year, 1948, were $985, ,l14.0O, | 2512 per cent of the taxes collect ed, and payable quarterly, plus he brand new Income Tax at its present collection level, are not sufficient to pay the TerritOry's current operating expenses at the | present rate of spending It is also evident that the present financial 1 crisis will continue we'll into next year unless remedial steps are taken soon. There is only one agency of government that can remedy and relieve the present sit uation - Alaska's Legislature - and a special session is clearly indicated.
 The Legislature can
 1. Quickly request Congress to ! pass immediate authorization for 1 he Territory to bond itself for
 TWO and on-half million, or what
 ever sum is required to finance
 the Territory until such time as
 the tax income becomes sufficient 1 10 meet the Territory's day by day operation costs.
 2. Repeal the laws governing all marked funds, thus diVerting 1 the two million dollars now in the treasury into the General Fund
 until such time as the Territory's ] Board of Administration declares the emergency over.
 1 3. Pass a General Sales Tax 10
 be operative only until a specified amount of money has been Ob- tained-this amount and the rate
 to be set by the Legislature. of DA -1 ! action is to continue to deny pay
 ment for another four to six months of several million dollars owing to many of our towns, buSi- nesses and citizens, for refunds, | goods sold, and services rendered. It means the continued freezing
 of the five and one-half million | dollars worth of expenditures au- thorized by the l949 Legislature,
 including two and one-half mil lion dollars for badly needed new school construction.
 1t means the pairing of expendi- lures right down to the bare min
 imum, including reduction of per sOnnel of all departments, boards and bureaus. It means the rigid practice of what the British call 1 'austerity," right down the line
 il Territorial government
 IL also means that Alaska's cit
 izenS will expect to be told, from
 now on, the cold, unvarnished facts, unembellished by fancy | rhetoric or double talk. 1 Only those with a guilt complex
 can fear special session of the Legislature.
 | The great Stntnc nf cnlifn,.,,:n
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
TURKEY PLAGUED BY SHORTAGES

ISTANBUL, Turkey (P)-Short- ages are plaguing Turkey again. Sugar is virtually non-exiStent so far as the consumer is concerned. It is being "allocated" once again. The government will not use the word ration" Rumors of a short age of matches started a run that wiped out supplies in virtually ev- cry store and stand within a single day. Actually, there are plenty of matches, but the run reflected a deep concern among buyers. Tea is virtually impossible to find.
 The wheat content in bread has been reduced and, unless you bake at home or find a black market source, you must be satisfied with very heavy, brown loaf that hardly tastes like bread. But there is no shortage of food in general for those who can afford to buy it. Markets are jammed with lamb and beef and any type of vege- table and fruit a person might de- sire.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SECOND DIVISION, DISTRICT
 OF ALASKA

Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a writ of F'ieri Facias Cor executiOn). dated Au- gust 9th, A. D. 1949, issued out of the District Court, of the United States for the Second Division, District of Alaska on a judgment rendered in said Court, on the 3lst day of August, A. D. l948, in fa- vor of R. E. Havenstrite and against Arctic Circle Exploration, Incorporated, corporation, have, on this 25th day of August, A. D. 1949, levied upon the fol- lowing described real estate, situ- ated in the Fairhaven Precinct and Territory of Alaska, to wit:
 All right, title, claim and inter est of the defendant in and to the following mining claims:
 Johnson Bench, R.L. off Burn side Association; Seattle Bench, R. L. off No. 10 Below Burnside As SOC; Tacoma Bench, R.L. off No. II Below Burnside Assoc; Kent Bench, R.L. Keewalik; Fox Bench, R.L. Keewalik; Bear Bench, R.L. KeeWalik; Norman Bench, R.L. Keewalik; Kalmar Bench. RL. Keewalik; May Bench, R.L. Kee- walik; Lava Bench, R.L. KeeWa- lik; Sunshine Bench, R.L. Keewa- lik; Rex Bench, R.L. Keewalik; Lax Bench, R.L. Keewalik; No. l Below Winner Assoc, RL. Kee- Walik River; No. Below Winner Assoc, R.L. Keewalik River; No. 2 Below Winner Assoc, R.L. Kee- walik River; No. Below Winner
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
SSES LOSE IN BATTLE ,R GERMANY

BERLIN, (P)-Hard times have
 de the kiss unfashionable in
 .rmany, according to the Ger
 m press. The sentimental kiss, insignificant family kiss are
 t of place." the newspaper Iacht Express" found. Hard mes usually limit sentimental ex- 'esSions to an absloute minimum. he newspaper said it found kiss lg in public also had grown lore seldom"
 Since the housewife has been 'eed from the seclusion of the ome and participates in all daily lappenings, the attitude of the eXeS toward one another has be- ,ome more open and unaffected. ,ven young people in love no onger feel it is necessary to make he world a witness to their love-"
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

COlcernlng the Estate of Tom Berryman, deceased; Hereby is given a second notice to all cred itors of this Estate to present any outstanding accounts held against this Estate within 90 days from this date, 20th day of August, 1949.
 MOLLY BRENNAN,
 Administrative Pub. Aug. 19, 26, Sept. 2, g, 1949.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02

Below Winner Assoc, R.L. Kee-
 Walik River; No. 5 Below Winner
 Assoc, R.L. Keewalik River; No. 1
 Above Hoover Assoc, R.L. Kee-
 walik River; No. 2 Above Hoover
 Assoc, R.L. Keewalik River;
 Burnside Association, No. Below
 Burnside Assoc. Keewalik River;
 Burnside Association, No. 2 Below
 Burnside Assoc, Keewalik River;
 Burnside Association, No. 3 Below Burnside Assoc. Keewalik River;
 Burnside Association, No. Be-
 low Burnside Assoc, KeeWalik
 River; Burnside Association, No. 5
 Below Burnside Assoc, Keewalik River; Burnside Association. No. 6 Below Burnside Assoc, Keewalik River; Burnside Association No. ' Below Burnside Assoc, Keewalik River; Burnside Association, No. 8 Below Burnside Assoc, Keewalik River; Burnside Association, No. g Below Burnside Assoc, Keewalik River; Burnside Association, No.
 10 Below Burnside Assoc, Kee- Walik River; Burnside Association, No. II, Below Burnside Assoc, KeeWalik River; Grant Bench, R. L. off Burnside Association; Cleve- land Bench, R.L. off No. 1 Burn side Assoc; Harrison Bench, RL. off No. 2 Burnside Assoc; Arthur Bench, R.L. off No. Burnside As SOC; Hayes Bench, R.L. off No. 4 Burnside Assoc; Madison Bench R.L. off No. 5 Burnside Assoc; Adams Bench, RL. off No. 6 Burnside Assoc; Monroe Bench, R.L. off No. 2 Burnside Assoc; Taft Bench, R.L. off No. 8 Burn side Assoc; Jefferson Bench, RL. off No. g Burnside Assoc; Polk Bench, L.L. off No. Burnside Assoc; Lincoln Bench, IL. off No. 6 Burnside Assoc; Taylor Bench, L.L. off No. Burnside Assoc; Jackson Bench, L.L. off No. 8 Burnside Assoc; San Francisco Bench, L.L. off No. 9 Burnside Assoc; Portland Bench, IL. off No. 10 Burnside Assoc; Baltimore Bench, RL. Adjoining Boston and Cleveland Benches; Buff alo Bench, R.L. Adjoining Baltimore and Harrison Benches; Chicago Bench, R.L. Adjoining Norman Association; Boston Bench, R.L. Adjoining Chicago and Grand Benches; Detroit Bench, R.L. Ad- joining Baltimore and Arthur Benches; Denver Bench, R.L. Ad- joining Detroit and Hayes Bench es; Rex Association, LL. Adjoin- ing No. 1 and No. ? above Rocky Point Assoc; Fox Association, L. L. Adjoining Rex Association; Arctic Bench No. 1, R.L. Keewalik River; Arctic Bench No. 2, R.L. Keewalik River; Arctic Bench No. 3, R.L. Keewalik River; Arctic Bench No. 4, RL. Keewalik River: Arctic Bench No. 5, R.L. Keewalik River; Arctic Bench No. 6, RL. Keewalik River; Arctic Bench No. '. R.L. Keewalik River; Arctic Bench No. 8, R.L. Keewalik River; Arctic Bench No. g, R.L. KeeWal- ik River; Arctic Bench No. 10. R. L. Keewalik River; Box Bench, R. L. KeeWalik River; Cox Bench, R. L. KeeWalik River; Anne Bench, R.L. KeeWalik River; Max Bench, R.L. Keewalik River; Elvira a
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02

Bench, R.L. keewallk k V CT; Lakeview Bench, R.L. KeeWalik River; Soundview Bench, R.L. Keewalik River; RivervieW Asso- ciation, R.L. Keewalik River; Kee- walik Association, R.L. Keewalik River; Max Bench, R.L. Keewalik River; Box Bench, R.L. Keewalik River; July Bench, R.L. Keewalik River; Bluff Bench. RL. KeeWa- lik River; King Association, RL. ton, R.L. Keewalik River; Drill Association, R.L. KeeWalik River; Ocean View, RL. Keewalik River; Norman Bench, RL. Keewalik River; View Bench, R.L. KeeWalik River; Rim Bench, RL. KeeWalik River; Bug Bench, R.L. KeeWalik River; No. 2 Bench 1st Tier, Off No. 2 Above, Candle Creek; No. 19 Bench; R.L. Candle Creek; No. 18 Above. lst Tier, L.L. Candle Creek; No. IS Above, 2nd Tier. L.L. Can dle Creek; No. Is Above, 1st Tier, R.L. Candle Creek; Native Bench, L.L. Candle Creek; No. 2 Native Boy, L.L. Candle Creek; Surprise No. 1, Candle Creek; Surprise No. 2, Candle Creek; No. 2 Above Pat terson Creek; No. 8 Above Patter- son Creek; No. 9 Above Patterson Creek; No. 10 Above Patterson; Water Right Claim, Patterson Creek; No. 1 Viola Creek; No. 13 Bench, R.L. Adjoining No. 13 Above Candle Creek; No. Above Blank, Candle Creek; Willow-C Bench; No. l Above Wallin Dis covery, Kugruk River; No. 2 Above Walling Discovery, Kugruk River, No. 3 Above Wallin Discov- cry; Kugruk River; No. 4 Above Wallin Discovery, Kugruk River; No. 5 Above Wallin Discovery; kugruk River; No. 6 Above Wal lin Diccovery, Kugruk River; No. ' Above Wallin Discovery, Ku- gruk River; No. Above Montana Creek; No. Above Montana Creek; No. 3 Above Montana Creek; No. Above Montana Creek; No. 5 Above Montana Creek; No. 6 Above Montana Creek; No. Above Montana Creek; No. 4 Below Mouth of Mon tana Creek; Discovery Association, Chicago Creek; No. Above Asso- citation, Chicago Creek; No. 2 Above Association, Chicago Creek; No. 3 Above Association, Chicago Creek; No. 1 Below Association, Chicago Creek; No. 2 Below Asso- citation, Chicago Creek; No. Be- low Association, Chicago Creek; No. 4 Below Association, Chicago Creek,
 and that I will, accordingly, offer said real estate for sale, at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, for cash, on the 18th day of September, A. D., l949, at one o'clock PM, at the United States Marshals Office at Candle, Alas ka.
 Dated, at Nome, Alaska, this 25th day of August, A. D., 1949
 B. B. MOZEE,
 U. s. Marshal.
 2nd Division, District of Alaska
 By George A. Bayer,
 Chief Deputy. John C. Gillham,
 Plaintiffs Attorney.
 Pub. Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 1949.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-02
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

 IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR TIE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
 SECOND DIVISION,
 TERRITORY OF ALASKA IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF BERNARD VINCENT BCLLEVIEW, Deceased.
 No. 800
 Notice of Hearing on Final Report And Account of Administrator Ard Determination of Heirs And
 Beneficiaries
 The Final Report and Account of me Administrator of the fore going estate having been duly filei. the Judge of the Probate Court above named has ordered tha. a Hearing on the said Report ana Account and the settlement the reof will be held before the said Court of the 18th day of Oc- tOber, 1949, at the hour of 1000 o'clock A. M.; also that at such time and place the Court will hear proof as to who the heirs and beneficiaries of this estate are and will adjudicate the same.
 All objections to the Report and Account of the Administrator and proof in reference to heirs and beneficiaries of this estate will be heard at such time and place. DATED this 9th day of August, 1919.
 w. E. H. CREMER,
 Administrator Pub. Aug. 12, l9. 26, Sept. 2. 1949.
Evening star., 1949-08-03
1863, Births
Reported in 1947

The number of live births rose
to a peak of 3,699,940 in l947,
with the proportion Of births oc-
curing in hospitals hitting a new
high of 84.8 per cent. the Public
Health Service announced today.
Results of a study showed that
IL States had a higher percentage
of births occurring in hospitals
than the District did. Here, 96.S
per cent of the 1947 babies were
born in hospitals, while 80 per
cent of the births had doctors in
attendance outside of hospitals
and L of l per cent were not at
tended by doctors.
Ranking first in hospital births
was Connecticut, where 99.3 per
Evening star., 1949-08-03

cent of all births were in institu-
tiens. All births were attended
by physicians.
In 1s47. the report showed,
almost nine out of 10 births of
white babies occurred in hospitals.
as compared with about one in
two of the non-white births.
Since 1895, the first year such
data were available, the percent
age of total births delivered IN
hospitals has more than doubled.
rising from 36.9 per cent Is years
ago.
Evening star., 1949-08-03
Bureau Sends Tax Lien Notice
ToD..C. Man Dead Two Months

The Internal Revenue Bureau
yesterday sent q tax lien notice
to a Washington man who has
been dead for more than two
months.
The notice, filed in District
Court, claimed overdue income
taxes totaling $6,42S.44 from Hen
ry Males. former president Of the
now inactive Capital Butter and
Egg Co., Inc, 603 Eleventh street
S.W.
Mr.. Males son. Jack Males, Of
1440 Tuckerman street NV, re-
Evening star., 1949-08-03

ported last night that his father
died last May.
Informed of the court filing,
which claims taxes due for 1914,
1945 and 1946, Mr.. Males said he
couldn't understand the Govern
ments action.
II know that amount was def
nitely owed" he said. But also
know that my father was due to
get at least a $4,000 tax refund
from a later year. and that In
ternal Revenue was supposed to
Evening star., 1949-08-03

subtract the overdue amount from
that figure"
Mr.. Males added that executors
of his fathers estate have been
wondering for a long time" when
the refund, minus Sc, 1854, would
be sent by the Government.
IT guess it's just like so many
Government departments. One
Office doesn't know what the next
Office is doing" he observed.
Evening star., 1949-08-03
ADVERTISEMENT.
ECZEMA

A simple way to quick relief
from itching eczema, pimples,
angry red blotches or other
skin irritations is to apply Peter
sons Ointment to affected parts.
Relieves itching fast. Skin feels
better, looks better, 40c all dug
gists. Soothes itchy feet, cracks
between toes. Peterson's Oint-
ment delights or money back.
Evening star., 1949-08-03

The main military items made
by ironmakers during the Revolu-
tionary War were cannon and
cannon balls. cast from molten
iron at the blast furnaces.
Evening star., 1949-08-03

With weeks of perfect swimming weather oheod bring
handsome special purchase suits mode to sell tor $685. to
$l2e5 hard believe S395. Tell from the fine quality
ostex and nyon from such details oeotted side
Upper cosnes seekng pone thot they suits hot
would be outstanding at regular prices that they
marvellous finds at this appealing price wide Of solid
co!ors and some prints Sizes 81 to 38.
WsL-North Building Stosuenv Third Floor
Evening star., 1949-08-03
Debtor Offers Eve

Seeking to pay his debts, an ex-
serviceman in South Africa ad-
vertised "one sound eye" for sale
Evening star., 1949-08-03

to anybody In danger Of going
blind.