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EDITORIAL
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WINTER WARFARE
IN E17ROPE
Failure of Hitler to crash thru
British defenses with the first on
slaughts like he did in his con
tinental drives shows he is up
against a different game in try
ing to subjugate Johnny Bull.
With the British spirit high
and fall and winter coming on,
the German horde will have a
much harder nut to crack. No1
only is Britain' holding her own
Ofi the British Isles, but also in
the Mediterranean, at Gibraltar
and on the high seas, with her
blockade effective against ship
ments into enemey occupied terri
tory.
Authorities agree that if Brit
ain can maintain her grip on the
blockade until well along in the
winter, hunger if not famine will
weaken her enemies not only
physically but with discord and
possible rebellion and revolution.
All this and more is within
range of possibility.
Britain is far from here last
trench. Given a little more time
and the liklihood is she will not
only stand her ground for
months but years and, further
more, bring the war home to Ger
many and turn the tide to vic
tory.
Prime Minister Winston Chur
chill is made of sterner stuff
than his predecessor, and is win
ning wide acclaim as a leader
comparable with any of modern
times. Under his inspiring lead
ership old Britain may yet prove
triumphant. But it’s no time to
sit back in smug complacency
end think that any part of the
world is safe from the wolves.
KING. QUEEN INVITED
TO COME TO THE U. S.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. — Brit
ain’s royal family has been in
vited to share Death Valley Scot
ty’s million dollar desert castle
for the duration of the war.
Death Valley Scotty, who nev
er kept out of the headlines for
a very long period, said that he
wasn't sure that their majesties
could accept his offer, but he
thought it was a good idea.
Scotty cabled his offer direct
to King George instead of both
ering wth such intermediaries as
the British Ambassador in Wash
ington.
The old gold miner said he
thought that Death Valley was a
good spot to escape Hitler’s blitz
krieg, while the castle would fur
nish accomodations for royalty.
He said: “I suppose they won’t
accept, but I still think it is a
good idea.”
NAVY GIVES CONTRACTS
FOR MID-PACIFIC BASES
HONOLULU—The Navy grant
ed contracts to five companies to
construct $30,000 worth of air
bases and other defense struc
tures in the mid-Pacific area.
At the same time it was re
ported that Navy authorities had
(begun preliminary work on a
$5 ,000,000 underground fuel stor
age project adjacent to the Pearl
Harbor Navy Yard.
Contracts were awarded on a
cost-plus, fixed-fee basis for pro
jects on the Island of Oahh, of
which Honolulu is the capital, &
at Wake and Midway Islands, ly
ing to the west on the route to
Guam. America’s most westerly
Outpost.
Sharing in the contracts were
the Hawaiian Dredging Company
the Raymond Concrete Pile Com
pany and the Turner Construc
tion Company of Honolulu, J. H.
Pomeroy & Co. of San Francis
co and the Morrison-Knudsen
Comp ny of Boise, Idaho.
HITLER HAVING TROUBLE
WASHINGTON, Sept. — The
world-tfamous columnist, Ray
mond Clapper, in an article re
leased recently says that inform
ed observers believe that Hitler
! his encountered trouble in his
war against Britain and that as
an unavoidable result the opin
ion of military observers is shift
ing to the view that the war
will stalemate through the win
ter.
Although, the air damage in
flicted by the Nazi air force has
I been terrible, military observers
now feel that it is insufficient to
settle the issue while at the same
time the shortage of British pi
lots is about to be relieved.
The article says that the Ger
mans have been unable to de
stroy the British air force as
they did Poland’s — on the1
ground. The article further says I
that an acute shortage of lubri- j
eating oil and aviation gasoline
i rather than foggy weather, are
responsible for Hitler’s failure
to attempt a knockout blow.
Hitler’s failure to deliver a
knockout blow from the air in
turn makes it very unlikely that
he will attempt an invasion this
winter.
KETCHIKAN NATIONAL
GUARD SWORN IN
KETCHIKAN. Sept.—The first
National Guard company in Alas j
ka was inducted into Federal j
service last week when 59 men
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were sworn in by Major Jesse j
Graham, Commanding Officer ofj
Alaska’s National Guard,
Gov Ernest Gruening and May
or Harry G. McCain participated j
in the induction of the company. \
The Governor pointed out that
the American Army is respon
sible to the American people. He
compared the privileges of free
men in the Army service as free
people with those forced to obey
“a Fuehrer despot and tyrant.”
The Guardsmen are expected
to receive their uniforms and
guns in about a month. However,
they will start drills before.
Russia has called up two more
classes of her army since Ger-;
many has taken over Rumania.
There’s said to be honor among
thieves, but apparently not en
ough to make them feel easy
when things get on a grand
scale.
MRS ROOSEVELT IS
NOT TO CAMPAIGN
/WASHINGTON, Sept. — Mrs.'
Franklin D. Roosevelt declared
that she will not campaign for
her husband.
The First Lady pointed out
that since her husband has been
in the White House she has been
asked by Democratic leaders to
take part in his campaigns but j
has never done so.
Only one scheduled speech is
on Mrs. Roosevelt’s calendar be
tween now and election time.
That will be a non-political ad
dress at Colby College, Water
ville, Me., on October 13.
Mrs. Roosevelt revealed that
j she would visit “all her child
ren,” during October. When it
pointed out that this meant a
nationwide swing, which might
be considered to have political
meaning, she laughed wholeheart
j edly.
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HALF-BLOCK IN TIA
JUANA SWEPT BY FIRE
TIA JUANA, Sept. -One-half
block of this resort city’s busi
ness district was leveled by an
early morning fire, including the
federal postal and telegraph
building. The cause of the fire
is unknown. Soldiers at the army
garrison were called out to aid
the fire fighters
Ain FOR INJURED BRITISH
ALASKA FUND ORGANIZED
To assist the injured British
in the present Etiropeon conflict
an Alaska Fund for The Order of
St. John has been organized in
the Territory with its general of
fices at Anchorage. .
The officials of the fund are
headed by Col. O. F. Ohlson,
President, with R. M. Mills, exec
utive Vice-Prosident, Alfred
Balls, Secretary, and E. A. Ras
muson Treasurer.
Mrs. Catherine MacKinnon,
well known in Juneau, is Lon
don rperesentative of the order.
The full amount of money sub
scribed to the fund will be used
to purchase hospital supplies and
general relief without deductions
for operating expenses or any
other items.
Mr. G. R. Jackson, President
of the Miners and Merchants
Bank of Nome, has been select
ed by President Ohlson to act as
Chairman in this community.
Anyone desiring to make a con
tribution to the Order may do so
by sending their contribution to
The Miners and Merchants Bank
or contacting Mrs. Kenneth
Rank, Miss Mildred Maynard,
Mrs. Allan Davis, or Mrs. Robert
Eaton who have been asked to
assist.
Old Organization
The Order of St. John is the
oldest organization of mercy in
existence, being founded by the
first Crusaders in the tenth cen
tury at the tide the Christians of
Western Europe were endeavor
ing to recover the Holy Land
from the Mohammedans. From
this ancient organization the pre
sent English order emerged.
Queen Victoria in 1883 granted
a charter to this order in recog
nition of its meritorius service in
nursing and caring for the suffer
ing. The reigning sovereign of
Great Britain is automatically
a patron and head of the order.
Work of Mercy
The Order of St. John per
formed outstanding ambulance
service for the Allies during the
World War and continues its
work of mercy in the present
conflict. Regarding the Alaska
fund, Mrs. MacKinnon received
the following letter from Great
Britain’e Queen:
“Buckingham Palace, July 2,
1940.
“Dear Mrs. MacKinnon.
“I am commanded by the
Queen to thank you for your let
ter of June 18th, and for your
offer to help.
“Her Majesty suggests that as
the sending of supplies is difficult
now and liable to delay, any con
tribution of money, however
small, that you are able to col
lect would pe extremely useful,
and that the headquarters of the
Order of St. John of Jerusalem,
3 Belgrave Square, London, S.
W. 1., would spend it to the
greatest advantage.
“The Queen is grateful for and
much encouraged by your help.
“Yours sincerely,
“DELIA PEEL,
“Lady-in-Waiting.”
JAP CITIZENS MOVING
FROM INDO CHINA
HANOI, Sept. 20—A Japanese
spokesman announced all Japan
ese civilians nationals in French
Indo-China, including diplomatic
representatives, will be removed
by special train and boat start
ing in advance of the prospective
arrival of Japanese armed forces.
Japan has been granted limit
ed military facilities in this
French colony for operations
against the Cental Chinese gov
ernment.
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two minutes. Known as the Vegetable Cow, it supplies us with
all the life-giving elements in protiens, minerals and vitimins.
Make soy bean milk OVERNIGHT. Am soliciting orders foT
these machines.
ANABEL FROMM, D. H.,
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Telephone Black 19—Demonstrations at Polet’s Store Fri. & Sat.
REPORT MADE ON TAXES
PAID BY ALASKANS
Total internal revenue collec
tions in Alaska for the fiscal
year that began July 1, 1939 and
ended June 30, 1940, totaled $975,
709.61 according to a report just
received from the office of the
Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue by Guy T. Helvering in
Washington, D. C. by Peggy Lyle
deputy collector of Internal Rev
enue in Alaska, with offices in
Fairbanks.
The population of the Terri
tory is placed at 61,500, estimat
ed by the Bureau of Census as
of July 1, 1937. This figure is .05
per cent of the total population
i of the entire nation.
Income Tax Collections
Collection of income, includ
excess profit, taxes amounted to
$618,399.26, which was .03 per
jeent of the income tax collec
tions throughout the nation.
Miscellaneous internal revenue
collections in Alaska totaled $120
834.77.
Employment, including carrier
taxes, collected in Alaska
amounted to $236,475.58 which
was .03 percent of the payroll
payments throughout the nation.
Income taxes on corporations
in Alaska in 1940 totaled $255,
607.31 as compared with $187,
256.74 in 1939, an increase of 36.3
per cent.
Collected from Individuals
Income taxes collected from in
dividuals in 1940 amounted to
$360,446.32 as compared with
$380,587.93 a decrease of 5.3 per
cent.
Total income taxes, both cor
poration and individual in Al
aska in 1940, totaled $616,053.63
as compared with $568,114.66 in
1939, a gain of 8.4 per cent.
Miscellaneous internal revenue
including excess profits collected
in Alaska in 1940 totaled $123,
180.40 as compared with $144,1
215.10 in 1939, a decrease of 14.6
percent.
Employment taxes, including1
carrier taxes, collected in Alaska 1
in 1940, amounted to $236,474.08 j
as compared with $247,481.25, a;
decrease of 4.5 per cent.
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