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Hitler-Goering
Clash Ominous
Press dispatches to the effect
Hitler will put Goering — sec
ond in power in Germany—in a
concentration camp are stoutly
denied in Berlin replies. But
there may be far more to the
• rumor than Berlin will admit.
Recent current articles appear
ing American papers forecast
such a development, giving as a
reason that Goering. agreeing
with the Prussian military lead
ers. contended that Germany no
longer could expect to conduct a
successful invasion of England
and that once Germany attacked
Russia her chances of winning
the war would vanish.
Dr Otto Strasser, once the
Naz: party's head organizer in
Berlin, now antiNazi Black Front
leader, writing in Liberty of
April 14. predicted just such an
outcome as is now reported. He
declares Hess foresaw this pre
dicament and hence fled to Brit
ain. He goes on to declare the
flight had a tremendous effect on
the morale of the German peo
p e. especially since Hess was
third in line in German affairs.
Goering, said the writer, can see
no victory for Germany, especial
ly if America goes into the war,
and aspires with other military
leaders to dispose of Hitler and
seize the reins of powt r and ter
minate the war before Hitler
maneuvers the German nation
into a osition that will mean its
overthrow if not annihilatio.
High ranking military leaders
with whom Goering has worked
are said to have recently report
ed that 75 percent of the German
fleet has been destroyed, together
with European sea bases, and
they knew Germany could not
conquer Britain with air power
alone. Hitler flew into a rage, it
is declared, when confronted
with the statement .and said he
would defy Britain at any cost,
ar.d later proceeded to take on
Russia also against the advice of
the Goering faction.
In any even*, the higher-ups in
Germany apparently are in a
„£orry state of discord, and now'
comes the rub which may split
the nation politically, break,
‘flown ail unified action and
threaten revolution such as spell
ed the doom of the late Kaizer
fWilhelm and the old German
Empire. It looks anything but
peaceful behind as well as in
front of the German line.
—Fairbanks News-Miner
Good Going
Seward is setting a good ex
ample for the rest of the Terri
tory.
When the future looked dark
est to that stout-hearted commun
ity, its enterprising citizens set i
out to tell the world, through the
columns of their local newspaper
and over the air, what they have I
to offer home-seekers, tourists
and prospective investors.
And as if by magic, the Army
moved in-overnight and started
building quarters for a sizeable
garrison; and there is a possib
ility that the importance of Re-;
aurrection Bay as a link in the
Alaska coastal defense soon will
be given recognition by the
Navy.
All of Seward’s houses are oc
cupied, new buildings are under
construction and properties are|
advancing steadily in value. The)
road ahead has taken on a new
promise.
All this may not have resulted
from local campaigning but at
least Seward folks have display
cd a will to carry on, and Tire
Nugget rejoices with them in the
turn of affairs in their favor.
Salmon Go To War
An example of what will very
likely happen to Alaska's fore
most industry as this nation be
comes more deeply involved in
war is furnished by news from
Canada, where two-thirds of the
1941 canned salmon pack has
been ordered delivered to Great
Britain.
The British Food Ministry has
p'aced an order for 1.200.000 cas
es of salmon from the expected
1.700 0 0-ca?e 1941 pack. British
requirements will be given prior
ity over domestic and other mar
kets. an embargo has been placed
on exports of fresh salmon for
canning purposes, all canncl sal
mon exports are to be licensed,
shipments from British Columbia
ports are to be supervised by the
Dominion and a rigid price maxi
mum placed on every grade of
fish.
The British government has
-discontinued its former policy of
permitting imports of canned sal
man through the usual trade
channels and has added purchas
es of this commodity to the string
of foodstuffs now under tkmi
plete control of the Ministry of
Food. The arrangement required
direct dealings with the Domin
ion government, which has now
acted to deliver the goods.
Thus is a resource as remote
f: cm the battlefield as canned sal
mbn regimented in modern war.
The Canadian developments
will have an effect on the Alaska
canned salmon industry. Just
what it wi 1 be is difficult to pre
diet. We might sell less salmon
to England and more to Canada
and the rest of the world. The
war is already reaching a long
ways and will reach farther be
fore it is over.
—Juneau Empire
Willkie Suggested
As Air Chief
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NEW YORK. July 17 — Maga
zine Editor William B Ziff said
ccsterday that all informed avia
tion opinion favors a unified, sep
arate air force under direct super
vision of a minister of defense.
Ziff has just returned from
Washington after a conference
with leading aviation officials.
He says informed opinion con
siders such a unified air force an
immediate necessity if the war is
to be won and our safety guaran
teed.
The editor suggested Wendell
Willkie as a man who might fit
the defense ministry job admir
ably. He points out that making
Wallkie minister of defense
would include all major portions
of United tSates political opinion
in the program. Said Ziff:
"Beneath such a defense min
ister would be the ministers for
Army, Navy and Air, each with
its own organization, and all com
plctely coordinated for the na
tional welfare. At present the ere
ation of aircraft is handled by a
group of agencies with resultant j
confusion."
Federated Church
Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11:00 a.m.—Church School
7:45 p.m. — Worship service.
Sermon topic: “The Fiery Fur
nace,” Mrs. Allan Lee will sing.
ESKIMO METHODIST CHURCH
Miss Constance Erickson,
Superintendent
11:00 a.m.—Church School
5:30 p.m.—Worship service.
Sermon topic: “What Will Hap
pen Next?” W. P. Wood will
preach.
Grateful SM/C5S greet I
Sunny Brook!
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Army To Co
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operate With
U. S. Newspapers
The recent public relations
meeting held in Washington, D.
C., was the largest gathering of
its kind ever held in the history
of the United States Army deal
ing with the subject of cemeting
relations with the public and
citizens of the democracy. The
opening address was given by
General George C. Marshall,
chief of staff. Others present at
th» meeting were Major General
FI bert C. Richardson, new direct
or of pub'ic relations for the
War Department and many prom
inent newspaper men.
One of the outstanding events
of the meeting was the complete
abolishment of a time-honored
policy of news suppression that
was practiced by old-time offic
ers until recently. One of the
things completely .revolutionary
to old-time beliefs was the de
cision that the Army in the field
has no secrets to withhold from
the public other than things of
a technical nature dealing with
equipment and other delicate
phases of the armed services.
General Richardson, in his op
ening address, made the follow
ing statement:
“When members of the press,
radio and news reels appear in
camps, posts or stations, make it
a point to give them every pos
sible facility for getting what
they want at the angie they de
sire.”
Direct communication outside
of channels is allowed from time
to time, informative material
will be issued direct to G-2 offic
•T3. However, communications rc
quiring action will continue to
go through channe's.
Secretary of War Stimson was
one of the first to address the
Conference stressing the import
ance of keeping the folks at
home informed of the activities
of men in the field.
“Nothing is more distressing
and instrumental in undermining
morale than the feeling and fear
that news is being withheld,” he
said.
"Every father and mother, bro
thcr or sister who has a relative
in the Army desries to feel that
they have a clear picture of his
surroundings and regarding his
well-being. By means of news
papers, radio news and so forth
many sides of the picture can be
presented to the family at home
that gives them an insight into1
what is going on where ‘John’ is;
stationed. Not only is .this an imj
portant function but it helps to
create a warmer contact with
men who are considering the ser'
vice who happen to live in
‘John’s’ home town. !
“In the past the Army has been
a sore spot to newspapers and
newspaper men. It has long been
a practice of newspapermen to
take a crack when the opportun
ity presented itself. Thjs war,
though carried on in a most
subtle manner, did not help to
establish a feeling of general in
terest with the public. The rea
son for this attitude taken by
the newspapers was largely due
to suppression and lack of co
operation when trying to get
news and information from offic
ers who feared that something
they might say would be detri
i
mental or nr.sconceot'ons might !
In addition to the speeches
some study was made of news-1
paper possibilities and systems of,
releases given consideration.
The technical end of the work
presents considerable problems
d will demand a great deal of
: bought and study.
From a recent brief survey of
•■Tvice publications coming into
ex'stence made by the staff of
the Alaska Service Record of the
Alaska Defense Command, a num
ih r of things became obvious.
First, hardly a pest, camp or sta
tion of any size under the Stars
and Stripes is without some sort
of post publication ranging from
the mimeographed sheets to well
printed and remarkably well edit
ed publications that would com
pare with many of the profession
al papers. Some of these post
publications are using a grade
; of paper that would fit well intoj
the pages of “Esquire” magazine.:
The response to these papers is
! almost unbelievable and the cir
culalion covers a wide scope. In
fact, many of them become al
most national.
For some time the editorial
staff of the ASR have been work
tng on the idea of an army syn
dicate of these newspapers. That
would make possible the steady
exchange of newspapers between
, camps and stations over the en
tire United States. This would
| make possible the printing of the
highlights of camp news from
other points and result in a more
efficient source of news and asj
well create a better understand-1
ing of the many problems facing
the different sections of our'
Army. Due to the ever-shifting
of the personnel of the Army
his would become most interest
ing to men of the service who
; could keep track of friends and
doings at camps once so familiar;
, to them, This could be develop-,
ed into one of the most helpful
aids to morale of service men
ever devised.
Additional highlights taken
from the meeting of the Public
Relations departments and of
ficials disclosed that a far closer
and better understanding of the
Army’s problems and needs
1 could now be accomplished that
! otherwise would never have
: come into existence.
At the end of the meeting the
following declaration was made:
“The work of telling the Ara
j erican public of the news and
i activities of their Army, its suc
! cesses, its mistakes, and its pro
i gross in a simple .truthful, quick
i ly accomplished manner is now
j possible.”
— Alaska Service Record
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Russian Attitude
Pleases Britain
LONDON, July 17 — British
Labor Minister Bevin said last
night that Hitler’s attack on Rus
sion would lead to the wiping
out of some of the misunderstand
ing which has >xisted between
Britain and Russia since the last
war. He said in a speech yester
day that if Britain handled the
situation correctly she could
count on years of peace ahead
with Russia.
Bevin urged everybody to for
get past blunders and furnish all
possible aid to the Russians.
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