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Current Comments
Written From
Washington
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Those who claim that the seas
guard the United States from in
vasion, have a strong case, yet
the Alaskan region constitutes a
vulnerable heel of Achilles,
which shoud not be left unarm
ored. Without going into tire
some statistics, it looks as tho a
voyage from the tip of Alaska to
the shores of the allied Soviet
republics were less of an under
taking than a trip the length of
Lake Superior. A fleet of large
and seaworthy shuttle ferries ply
; ing between Russian and Alaska
might be able to cause a great
| deal of trouble. When Congress
parcels out the defense coin, per
haps it would be well to ear
! mark a generous appopriation
j for Alaska, which, after all, is
I just as much a part of the United
| States as Iowa or New Jersey.
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; It is estimated that the war
has taken tire lives of approxi
mately four thousand soldiers
from France and England. That
is a heavy toll. Imposed on a city
the size of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
it would produce a season of
mourning that would not be for
gotten for generations. Yot when
nature gets ready for a sacrifice
of human lives, the doing of Hit
ler and Stalin shrink away to the
minor importance f the small
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FIRST FLIGHT: UNHAPPY LANDING —Don’t look now, but Co-Ed Elizabeth
Johnson of Birmingham felt none too well after her first plane ride. Miss Johnson and Virginia Rich
ards (left) of Roanoke, Va., are two of six girls among <0 students receiving flying instruction un
der the C.A.A. aviation program at Cniv. of Alabama. With them is Chief Pilot Alden P. Woodbury.
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FROM BRUIN TO RUI N— \ favorite in Dallas, Tex., is “Hippo,” this 357-pound Canadian
black bear who wrestles with padded paws and muzzled nose. His opponent is Roy Welsh.
dust of the balance. The Turkish 1
province of Erzincan, having a <
population about equal to that
of Grand Rapids, has been visited
by an earthquake in which about j
40,000 dead have been counted. 11
The science of earthquakes is | \
in its infancy and little is kraown i r
concerning their causes or the i ^
laws under which they operate, t
If the matter were an open book c
what could be done about it? , t
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A Harvard professor, speaking '
before the American Association 2
for the Advancement of Science, 1
sounds a note of hope for the 2
beginning of the New Year. He j'
is not disturbed about the dam- 1
age that the forces of nature can c
do, or the possibility of running 1
out of coal or iron. Better hu- c
man relationships lie ahead, and '
man has a happy future in pros- s
pect. He talks, however, in the e
units of the geologist and tosses
off a million years as easily as ^
the average person says “next r
week.” Apparently, It is alright '
to hope, but not wise to attempt ■
to wait. 11
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Chamber Holds
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Noon Luncheon <
The N W Alaska Chamber of
Commerce member : ip sat d twn
at lunch Tuesday at the Nevada
Grill to listen to committee re- ’
ports and dispose of current busi
nsss doming' before the meet
ing.
Under the head of communica
tions the following "literary j
gem” was read, provoking much
laughter. It was addressed to the:
Chamber of Commerce, Nome.
“Hello--way up there. How are'
you? Happy New Year! Savvy?
If you understand English will
you kindly send me some detail
ed information about Alaska?
Thank you.” Signed Harold Horo
witz, 791 So. 12th St., Newark, I
New Jersey.
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| Secretary Polet said that his |
i stenographer had asked him in 1
i what language to make out the
reply.
The report of the special com
imittee urging the construction of:
a new Coast Guard Station at.
! Nome was made. It was in the;
j form of a resolution, addressed
! to Delegate Dimund at Washing
! ton, D C, and called his attention \
! to an Alaska Legislature Joint
! Memorial passed at the last ses
| sion, and urged that the subject;
| again be brought to the attention
| of the proper officials. Officer in
| Charge Kurt Sprenger reported
j he had received a sketch and
I plans of the pr posed building by
Coast Guard authorities, and
many present viewed them.
The committee on nominations
reported that the following had
agreed to their names being plac
i ed in nomination: Wm F Barber,
l Mrs Emma Bellows, Chas Code,
i Harry G Gabrielson, Thomas O
| Givan, Ralph Lomen, Henry G
Miller, B J McConaghy, Dr Thos
! Morcom, A Polet, E E Roberts,
j H W Starling, Sam W Taggart,
j and Walter L Slack.
Their names are to be placed
| in nomination at the annual meet
i ing Feb. 13th, and at the same
I time the names of any others j
who choose to run, for member
ship on the Board of Directors.
The special committee on pre
paring a detailed report concern
ing the Kaugarok Tramway re
ported that much of the informa
tion had been assembled. A. Po- ^
let, head of the committee, read
a preliminary outline of the in-1
formation and facts concerning \
this railroad and was instructed
to continue in the formation of j
the report which is to be pre
sented to Delegate Dimond with
the request that a special appro,
priation be made by congress
for complete rehabilitation and
construction.
Other communications read
asked for information on this sec 1
tion of Alaska, which the secre
tary was asked to direct to the ;
proper channels.
An invitation from the Fair-1
banks Ice Carnival and Dog Der- I
by was read and secretary in- ;
structed to transfer the matter
to The Arctic Club for action. J
PIONEERS’ HOME
CHRISTMAS FI ND 1939
Once again the residents of the
Pioneers' Home desire to express
their gratitude to all the people
who contributed to their Christ
mas Fund. The Home is able to
give the men a good dinner and
to extend to them the physical
comforts of life, but there is no
thing that can take the place of
a little cash at Christmas time,
which is their very own to spend
as they see fit. With a lavish
hand these men icnce gave to A1
aska the fruits of their labor. It
was the early day prospector
that broke the trails to a new
country, that opened the doors
to unknown lands, and compris
ed the vanguard of Pioneers in
whose wake followed the home
seekers who became the perman
ent residents of the Territory.
There is nothing sadder than to
be forgotten at Christmas. It has
made the Pioneers in the Home
very happy that they have been
ao handsomely remembered by
their many friends.
I render herewith an account
of the money received and dis
tributed:
Amount carried over from 1938
$ 52.57
Collections through W D Gross:
Juneau ... 590.00
Ketchikan 332.47
Petersburg 141.40
Sitka ... 153.00
Wrangell 125.25
Nome Igloo No. 1 244.50
Fairbanks Igl. o No 4 25.00
Anchorage Igloo No 15 25.00
Nenana Igloo No 17 10.00
Cordova Igloo No 19 25.00
Craig Igloo No 30 25.00
Fairbanks Aux Nio 3 10.00
Anchorage Aux No 4 25.00
The Alaska Weekly 478.00
Other Contributors 23.00
Total . $2,195.19
198 Pioneer @ $11.00 each
. 2.178.00
Carried over to 1940 $ 17.19
Eiler Hansen,
Superintendent Pioneers’ Home
Weather Synopsis in General
The latest map indicates a
deep area of low pressure cen
tered at about Lat. 43 degrees,
Long. 148 degrees with a trough
like format! >n and another small
center in the Aleutian Islands
west of Dutch Harbor. Pressure
is rising slowly to the west and
north of Anchorage while fall
ing over the southeastern por
tion of Alaska.
Wind circulation is northerly
and northeasterly on the surface
with easterly and southeasterly
aloft.
This pressure and wind distrib
ution is favorable for partly
cloudy to cloudy skies western
and southern Alaska, and only
slight changes in temperature;
and with scattered light snow
showers northward and light
rain and snow mixed south and
siooithwest portions.
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NOW GUESS WHO !—Any resemblance “mustached”
Butch bears to a certain dictator in Europe is purely coincidental,
say the cat’s owners. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Henley of Boston.
They considered “Adolf" as a name, decided ou Butch.
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