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WEDNESDAY. DEC. 4. 1944. "
EVE OF PEARL
HARBOR
On this, the eve of Pearl
Harbor, we should remem
ber the dastardly act
which the Japanese com
mitted on the morrow,
three years ago. The way
in which the act was car
ried out.
Much water has spilled
over the dam since that
fateful day, but also much
has been done to avenge
the wrong perpetrated in
the wake of peace propos- j
als. 1
Many months of investi
gation into the lack of de
fense on the part of the of
ficers in charge of the TJ.
S. island fortress and fleet
base, has brought an an
swer from both the War
_
and Navy departments,
that nothing further will
be done in the case until
the war is finished.
Blood, toil and tears are
ahead for all, and we must
not waiver a minute from
the full effort in the cause
for justice.
We are now convinced
that the day of Hitler’s de
feat is not too far distant,
■ but we must not let the
> conclusion of the European
war take our noses from
the grindstone war effort,
in that the Japanese war is
still far from completion.1
We are hammering at
Ithe enemy from every di
rection with our huge
| bombers, slowly and labor
; iously forcing him off our
! stepping stones, from
which in turn, we make
long steps, bypassing
smaller and less strategic
island strongholds.
It seems that our ad
vances are dragging for
ward on leaden feet, as two
years of war progress has
returned our forces to the
! Philippines. j
We are well aware oP
the fact that our home!
front duties are not yet
complete, nor will they be
done soon. *
Even after the wars’ end!
there will be much work
at home rebuilding the
world peace, but now our
concentrated effort is aim
ed high, and victory is that
goal.
Pearl Harbor will be
avenged.
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DEVELOPING THE
NORTHLAND
A road to the north
country is more essential
than ever, for we are con
fronted with an insatiable
demand for the products
such as only that region
can be depended upon to
provide. Northern British
Columbia, the Yukon and
Alaska may be regarded:
not only as the last great
j frontier on this continent,
but the last great un tapped
storehouse of wealth.
Here is a land not only
capable of supplying our
own markets with metals
and other needed products,
but ready to produce the
materials that will be in
tremendous demand across
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the Pacific once the war is
over—lead, zinc, copper,
steel.
I have no hesitation in
describing this area as the
richest part of North Amer
ica, and for the first time
in history the timing is
just right for its develop
ment. In the last two great
wars we have used almost
to the point of depletion
our great established pro
duction of essential miner
als.
If we are to leave any
thing for posterity in these
now operating districts we
must find new fields to
take up the abnormal de
irnand for these minerals
at this time. The north will
produce the metals for fu
ture generations, it will
al^o pitovftde employment
for thousands of men re
leased from war srevice.
Common sense and a
proper recognition of our
responsibility tells us that
the time for developing this
vast and rich new land is
now. It is equally import
ant to choose the best route
to reach it. This is not nec
essarily a highway through
British Columbia, but in
stead a leg of the highway
from Cape Horn to Paris.
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ALONG MEMORY
LANE
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(December 6. 1934)
The Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce^ is busy
formulating a legislative pro
gram to be submitted to the
Legislature at their meeting next
January.
The soft weather following the
storm has left the streets very
icy and dangerous to pedestrians.
The Dionne quintuplets are
being spoiled states Dr. Defoe.
Petting of these four-month old
infants must stop, said the doc
tor.
The highest temperature ever
recorded in Nome in December
occurred last night when the
i thermometer registered 40 de
I grees above zero.
Mrs. Edna Christofferson and
Mrs. Jules Gunderson arrived
from Shelton, driving their own
dog team, after eight days spent
on the trail. They will do their
Christmas shopping and then re
turn to the upper country.
When the U. S. population
reaches an estimated 140 mil
lions in the decade, 1940-60, it is ^
estimated about 360 million acres
of land will be needed to pro
vide food and clothing for them.
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