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Wake Up America
This editorial, originally called “Wake Up America
—It’s Late!” and written by editor Edward T. Leech
of the Pittsburgh Press, first appeared in the Scripps
Howard newspapers of March 5, 1942, and quickly be
came the most-discussed newspaper editorial of the
year. Widely reprinted, its circulation soon ran into
the millions. Mr. Leech’s incisive prose carries a mes
sage for every American.
The nation needs to awaken to the full gravity of
the peril that confronts it. It needs to appreciate how
badly we have been defeated so far. It needs to uqder
stand that the United Nations can lose this war and
suffer the fate of France—and that this possibility may
become a probability if the present tide does not
change. It needs to get away, once and for all, from
the comforting feeling that while we may lose at the
start we are bound to win in the end.
Production Director Donald Nelson appeals for vast
ly increased industrial production, on a 24-hour, seven
day basis. Maximum production, in short. Can we
get it?
Not on the present basis—not under the psychology
of recent years.
Not until we quit thinking in terms of less work for
more money.
Not while there is greater concern about overtime
pay than overtime production.
Not while farmer politicians are more interested in
higher prices than raising more essentials.
Not while government bureaus—created to meet a
depression emergency that is ended — continue to
grab for themselves money needed for armaments
Not while an army of federal press agents clamors
to promote arid perpetuate activities that have no pre
sent need or value.
Not while Congressmen clamor for factories and
contracts a.^ if war were a great gravy train.
Not while strikes hamper war production, despite a
solemn promise that they would stop.
Not while the life-and-death need for uninterrupted
production is used as a weapon to put over the closed
shop.
Not while a man can t he employed on an army pro
ject or in a war plant until he pays off to a labor rack
eteer.
Not while the grim job of preparing our home com
munities against air raids and sabotage is gummed up
with boondoggling.
We will not get maximum production, in short, un
less, first, we fully realize our awful peril; and, second,
get over the gimmes of recent years.
Gimme shorter hours, gimme higher wages, gimme
bigger profits, gimme more overtime, gimme less work,
gimme more pensions, gimme greater crop benefits,
gimme more appropriations & patronage, gimme plants
for my Congressional district, gimme fees and dues t(
work for Uncle Sam, gimme $30 every Thursday.
France had the gimmes, too—had them till the Gor
mans were close to Paris. Then everybody went fran
tically to work, too late.
France has no gimmmes today—except gimme food
for my baby, gimme a place to lay my head,
gimme death.
AP PRESIDENT, MacLEISH CHAT
Robert McLean, president of The Associated Press,
chatted with Archibald MacLeish, director of the Of
fice of Facts and Figures, as they attended the 42nd
annual meeting of The Associated Press at New York.
MacLeish was the principal speaker at the annual
AP luncheon.
Biography of Former Governor
of A! aska John ^Kier Trov
John Wier Troy, 73, former
Governor of Alaska, and owner
and editor of the Daily Alaska
Empire, died at 1:15 o’clock Sat
urday, May 2. in the St. Ann's
Hospital at Juneau.
His death closed a long news
1 paper career which began when
he became reporter en the Port
Townsend, Wa«h., Argus, in 1896.
1 then as Publisher and Editor of
the Weekly Democrat Leader,
Port Angeles, Wash., 1891-97. Ed
itor of the Skagway, Alaska,
Daily Alaskan, 1899-1907, Editor
of the Daily Alaska Emniro in
1913 and owner since 1914. He
did not relinquinsh the Editor
: ship of the Empire until he was
inaugurated as Governor in April
1933.
Surviving are Mrs. Troy, who
| lives in Hollywood, California,
his daughters, Mrs. Alt N. Mon
*on and Mrs. George A. Lingo;
1 his granddaughter Joan, now in
I school in Seattle, and his sister,
Mrs. Seymour I. Stone, of Long
, Beach, California.
Born I’’ Washingon
John Wier Troy was born on a
farm in Clallam County near
Dungone-s, Washington Territory
October 31, 1868, the son of
Smith Troy and Laura Bass
Wier Troy.
Smith Troy, his father, served
in both the Territorial Legisla
■ ture in Washington and the first
State legislature. For 14 years
he was Clallam County School
Superintendent. He also served
as County Auditor and County
Commissioner in Clallam County.
Smith Troy was a native of Penn
, svlvania, of Virginia and Mary
land ancestry.
Mr. Troy’s mother. Laura Bass
Wier Troy, was born in Texas,
where her father, a native of
Missouri, was with the American
Army in the Mexican War. Her
mother whose, parents came west
from Alabama and South Caro
lina, was born in Texas also.
Pioneer Family
The Wiers were pioneers of
Washington Territory. Mr. Troy’s
; urcle. Allen Wier. was a mem
ber of the Constitutional conven
! tion for Washington State and
was Washington's first Secretary
of State.
Mr. Troy’s brothers, Preston
M. Troy and David S. Troy, were
lead-ng Democrats in the State of
Washington throughout their'
i lives. The former, a lawyer, was ;
J a former president of the Wash
ingion State Bar Association. His1
! son. Smith Troy, Is now Attor
ney-General of the State of Wash
! in.gton.
David S. Troy.i a scientific
| dairymen, served in both houses
j of the Washington State leglsla
j ture from Jefferson County and
1 for many years was a member of
the Board of Regents of the Wash
! mgton State College, where the
David S. Troy Memorial Hall is
I the dairy building.
John W. Troy attended the
! country schools at Clallam Coun
ty, the high school at Port Tnvvn
send, the Port Townsend College
| for one year and was tutored by
. his father. He had his first news
. paper experience at Port Town
! sond under his uncle, Allen Wien
1 editor and publisher of the Port
j Townsend Argus. He was appoint
i ed Deputy County Auditor of
: Clallam County by his father1
! when he was 21 years old. He
i served two years and was ap- i
! pointed Deputy County Clerk. At1
; 24 lie was elected County Auditor
| on the Democratic ticket and was
I re-elected. In the meantime, hej
j had established the Port Angeles;
Weekly Democrat, of which he
was editor for six years.
Came With Klondike
Mr. Troy came to Alaska with
the Klondike Rush, arriving in j
Skagway August 19, 1897, and
was correspondent for Seattle
I and New York newspapers.
J When the edge of the Klondike
| rush wore off, he returned to
; Puget Sound, but was back in
Skagway in 1398. He was man
| ager for J. H. Brooks pack train
operator over the White Pass
until October, 1899, when he be
came editor of the Skagway
Daily Alaskan.
Worked For Territory
j As editor of the Skagway Daily
Alaskan, he immediately began a
campaign for a Territorial form
of government for Alaska. He re
mained as editor of the paper, in
which he had acquired an inter
est, until 1907. when the paper
was sold.
He then returned to Seattle
where he became associated with
the Alaska Club, an Alaska com
mercial organization. When that
club merged with the Arctic
Club he assisted in the financing
of the new organization. In 1911
he became edilor of the Alaska
Yukon Magazine, an illustrated
monthly publication devoted to
Alaska and Yukon Territory.
As Secretary of the Washing
ton State Democratic Club in
1912 he assisted in conducting
the successful campaign of Er
nest L ster for Governor.
Returned in 1913
In 1913. Mr. Troy returned to
Alaska as editor of the Daily Al
aska Empire which he purchased
in January 1914. He was aopoint
ed Collector of Customs for the
District of Alaska by President
Wilson in 1919. He remained in
office until February 1. 1922.
when he resigned under the
changed administration.
Mr. Troy was delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions
in 1904, 1920, 1924. 1928, 1932
and 1936 and served as chair
man of the Alaska Democratic
Territorial Committee.
Ho was married twice in 1892
to Minerva Lewis, daughter of
Dr. F. S. Lewis, pioneer phys
ician of Clallam County, Wash
ington. They were d vorced in
1911. In 1917 he married Ethel
Crocker Forgy, superintendent of
schools at Seward, Alaska.
Long a prominent figure in
journalism on the Pacific Coast
and in the Pacific Northwest, as
well as in Alaska. Mr. Troy was
made a member of Sigma Delta
Civ, national honorary Journal
sm fraternity, bv the organiza
tion's chapter at the Unversify of
Washington. He also was vice
president for Alaska of the Na
tional Editorial Association, and
a member of the Associated
Press.
He was a charter member of
the Naval Lodge of Elks, of Port
Angeles, and also a member of
tin' Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No.
4. and the Loyal Order of Moose.
He belonged to the University
Club of Washington, D. C„ and
was a life member of the Artie
Club of Seattle.
Becomes Governor
Mr. Troy was nominated for
Governor of Alaska on March 23
1933 approved by the Senate com
m ttee March 28, 1933, onfirmed
by the Senate March 30, 1933 and
was inaugurated in Juneau on
April 19, 1933. He was renominat
ed May 10, 1937, and was confirm
ed by the .Senate on May 20,
1937. Mr. Troy resigned August
29, 1939, effective October 15,
but remained in office until De
ember 5, 1939. when Ernest
Gruening arrived in Juneau and
took the oath of office and be
came Governor.
Democratic Services
While Mr. Troy took an active
interest in political affairs dur
ing his early residence in Alaska,
from 1897 until 1907, the absence
of organized government in the
Territory made the field limited
for that work. He was active in
Democratic politics and was el
ected as delegate to the Terri-!
torial Convention in 1900.
He pioneered in the organiza
tion of municipal corporations in
1900 as editor of the Skagway
Daily Alaskan and that year,
following the approval of the
Alaska Code by the President,
he began a campaign for the in
corporation of Skagway and led
the movement to a successful cul
mination.
He was first auditor and city
clerk of the town of Skagway,
the first town in the Territory to
take advantage of the municipal
government act.
His real service to the party
began with his advent as edijorj
of the Empire in 1913, and later1
as owner and editor.
It was acknowledged by Dem j
ocratic leaders, including the!
whole organization, the rank and
file of the party, and by Repub
licans as well to have been a great
force in the party’s aggressive
I
carrer in the two d.cades before
1932.
Pemocratje Doctrines
NVrmaUv. ’• ■ v.d bt n R • |
nublican in r '1 '"’r since if was
organize 1 a-' a T r - tr.-.- Never :
intil 19"2 : 1 the Democratic!
nartv control! d h '-‘h Rranchesl
of the Legislature. And during;
the R publican od ministratmns. j
Mr. Troy and the Empire kept (
the party's adher nf< on the alert |
driving home Democratic doctrlni
Dreachine p.rty kmaltv and!
carrying the organization along!
almost by the sheer force of hisj
personality.
He served on the Divisional j
Democratic Committee for nearly
20 years, expending thousands;
of dollar? of personal fund’ ini
performing his duties and attend
mg local, Territorial and Nation
al convention? of the party, s»rv.
ing on the Resolutions Commit
tee. He invariably uipnorted fin-;
ancially and editorially, the ne-!
tional. Territorial and D:visional!
candidates of the party.
Original Roosevelt Man
He was one of the origins!
Roosevelt men in Alaska.
The victory of the Roosevelt;
’late in the Democratic conven
tion was due in large measure to
the un-oninromising fight made
for it under the Empire, the
then lone Democratic newspaper
in Alaska and the only one to
take an active part and positive
stand in the primary campaign.
In 1932 as a member of the
Resolutions committee at the Chi
cago convention he aided in pre
paring the famous plank pledg-j
ing the party to Prohibition re
peal, and was one of the original i
group to launch that plank.
Unanimous Support
When in February, 1933, Mr. |
Troy was mentioned as a candi
date for the governorship of AI-1
aska, unanimous endorsements j
were received from every divi- !
sien in the Territory and through!
out Alaska and in the States, al-l
most unanimous personal endorse j
ments poured in to Washington,
D. C.
Delegate Anthony J. Dimnnd
then endorsed Mr. Troy in Wash
ington, D. C. and the appoint
ment was approved and the nom
ination made by President Roose
velt.
Virtually all the newspapers
of Alaska supported Mr. Troy's
candidacy for Governor begin-1
ning in November, 1932.
Mr. Troy, on learning of the:
support behind him for candi-;
dacy made the statement: "I am
not insensible to the honor and
distinction such an appointment
would confer upon the recipient.
I have not been a candidate for
it and am not now in the sense
that I am seeking it.
‘‘It would be untrue were I to!
say that I did not know that my!
name has been suggested more j
or less frequently in that con-1
nertion. I have felt and still feel!
that there are other Democrats in
Alaska ho would fill the position
more capably than I and who are
just as deserving of the honor.
However, if it is the sentiment of
the organization and as Delegate
Dimond has said, the rank and
tile of Alaskans both Democrats!
and those of other parties, that I!
can serve the Territory as Gov- j
emor and the appointment shall
be tendered me, I shall not re
fuse it.”
Faithful To Trust
During his six years in office1
he was faithful to the trust that
had been placed in him as Tcrri
toria executive and assumed the
additional duties of the various
New Deal agencies that came
into being from 1933 on.
In spite of the increasing load
placed on his office, his door was
always open to everyone, friend
or enemy, in whatever walk of
life. He found time always to
give to problems or complaints of i
any callers, whether official or
personal, his understanding at
tention.
In the execution of the duties
of his office, he sought and wel
comes advice of his fellow Terri
torial officials, the legislators who
served during his administration
and citizens throughout the Terri
tory.
tailing health and the gradual
recurrence of an illness which i
had him bedridden for many
months when he was in his early !
thirties, lessened his strength
and the attention he was able^to
give to his office He resigned as
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RUSSIA ON SCHEDULE
Ku'byshev — American
Ambasador Admiral Wil
1 m H. Standley declared
hat the flow of U. S. war
applies to Russia are up to
ccmnrtments and further
stated that Josef Stalin ex
pressed satisfaction at the
deliveries.
Admiral Standley, dur
ng a conference with news
paper corespondents, said
he conferred with StaLin
and Maxim Molotoff for
half an hour in Moscow.
During th:s time the con
versation was mostly con
cerning the American sup
V v of war material for the
armies in Russia.
The Adnvral said Stalin
had no complaints to make
on the deliveries.
Interment of a crew of
n American bomber that
a need in Siberia after air
aids on Japan, reported on
April 13, was also discus
sed. Admiral Standley said
there was nothing new dis
closed beyond the fact that
the airmen were all right
and receiving treatment ac
cording to International
Law.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To GEORGE H. THOMAS,
HENRY MEEGAN. JAMES H.
KENNEDY, PETER McINTOSH.
WILLIAM H. PA OK WOOD, W.
J. SOMERVILLE. J. G. GALVIN,
W. A. BOWT. ES, KNUTE
DR.ANOE. and ALASKA HOME
STAKE GOLD MINING COM
PANY, A Corporation, and to
your and each of your heirs, re
presentatives and assigns:
You and each of you are here
by notified that the undersigned
CHARLES V. OLSON is a Co
owner of each of the following
gold mining claims located in the
vicinity of Bluff, Alaska, to-wit:
Esquimo Chief, Eskimo Chief
No. 1. Eskimo Chief No. 2. Es
quimaux No. 3, Idaho, Idaho No.
1. Idaho No. 2. Idaho No. 3, Sea
Gull, .Sea Gull No. 1, Sea Gull
No. 2. Sea Gull No. 3.
That for and during each of the
annual mining assessment years
ending respectively July 1st,
years 1935, 1936, 1941, the said
Charles V. Olson expended in
work, labor, improvements and
money at least $100.00 on and for
the benefit of each of said min
ing claims. That said expendi
tures were made for the purpose
of complying with the mining ass
essment law’s relative to said
claims and for the years herein
stated.
And you and each of you are
further notified that if within
ninety days of the completion of
the publication of this notice
(said publication being for a
period of ninety days) you fail
or refuse to contribute to the
undersigned Charles V. Olson
/our proportionate share of said
expenditures, as a co-owner, your
interest in said claims and each
of said claims will become the
property of Charles V. Olson co
owner, who has made said ex
penditures.
DATED at Nome, Alaska, this
14th day of March, 1942.
* CHARLES V. OLSON,
Co-owner.
Bluff, Alaska.
Publish March* 16, 23, 30, April
3, 13, 20, 27, May 4 11 18 35;
lune 1, 8, 1942.
governor in 1939 and continued
io live in Juneau at the home of
iis daughter, Helen.
He entered St. Ann’s hospital
i year ago and his condition
gradually weakened. A week ago
i definite change for the worse
<vas observed. Death came at 1:15
Saturday afternoon.
With him during the last days
ff his illness were Lieut. George
Lingo, from the Naval Air
Station at Sitka, Mrs. Lingo and
Wrs. Alf N. Monson, his daugh
ters. Mr. Monson. is a captain
vith Pan American Airways.