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Aircraft Harriers
The aircraft carrier has become one of the main wea
pons of offense upon the oceans of the world and it is
good to know that the United States is busy construct
ing these important units of sea power.
When the war began this country had seven carriers,
with eleven on the ways. Since December 7, the pro
gram has been enlarged and the Japanese have lost
three or four carriers, with several others damagd. |
Even so the Japs have eight left, having had thirteen
when the war began.
Under stress of actual warfare, air officers are com-;
ing to the top, with important command of task forces;
in which air strength is predominant certain. These
fast-moving squadrons will carry their winged artillery
close to enemy bases and the fast-flying planes will
deliver the explosives.
The use of carriers as offensive arms of the fleet and
to secure control of the air for surface units does not
mean the end of the battleship. This heavily-armored
and powerful striking unit continues to be an import
ant bone of modern fleets and, so far as possible factor,
the nations have not risked them in premature action.
It is interesting to understand that American naval
officers have not acccepted the idea that Japan can be
beaten only bv a steppingstone process of retaking Jap
anese occupied lands. The leaders of the United Na
tions fleets are planning for a grand smash at the battle
fleets of Japan, confident of winning the decisive en
gagement and thereafter strangling the Japanese offen
sive power and homeland as well.
War Air Transport
Our commercial air transport system, built bv the
foresight and courage of private operators into a service
unparallel anywhere else in the world, is' now to feel
the full effects of total war. To judge from an announce
ment by the War Department, as yet not fully clarified,
the lines will lose half of the planes remaining to them
after the recent transfer for war use of 25 percent of
their equipment. Some of the liners will be transferred
directly to the War Department for operation by Army
personnel for various services and commands. The air
lines themselves are to convert about seventy planes
into cargo carriers, which they will continue to operate
with their own personnel under contract for the Air Ser
vice Command. Those transports which remain will
operate on new schedules, with emphasis on trunk ser
vices, possibly under a pooling arrangement. Priorit
ies for accomodation on these ships will be still further
extended, in order to assure space for military and
war production travel. The air mail service will be cur
tailed, and, of course, limited to the new routes to be
laid down. Probably it will have to face still further
curtailment.
One may be sure that the air transport operators
will respond patriotically to the call for the new' sac
rifices which they are asked to make. When the war
is over, and victory has been wron, air transport can
look forward with confidence to a development far
beyond the most visionary expectations of even a few'
years ago. The seeds of this development germinates
in the war itself. The universal ocean of the air has
brought us global war. Its aftermath cannot fail to be
global air service for men. for mail, for cargo.
—New York Times.
Graver Situation
'i he shortage of rubber is so grave that any citizen
hoarding rubber or using it unnecessarily is "commit
ting an act of disloyalty.
it is now illegal to destroy any rubber article.
I his is both a warning and an appeal to everyone in
Canada, and that includes every person in Prince
George district. On each of us rests the responsibility
ot supplying the 50,000,000 pounds of scrap rubber
needed for OUR war effort. Every old piece of rubber
in Our Dominion, no matter how small, is needed—and
needed immediately.
Our rubber shortage can be appreciated by realizing
that the Japanese now control the source of Canada’s
crude rubber. The only quickly available supply is old
scrap rubber, which can be reclaimed.
Jt ;s the personal duty of every citizen to see that
every last pound is started on its way through the usual
salvage channels to the reclaim factories.
If you are in earnest about wanting to help Canada
win the war—then gather up your old rubber and send
it quickly to the Red Cross Salvage Depot here.
If you are a “Doubting Thomas” think this over:
The rubber necessary for insulating, tubing, con
duits, cables, vibration dampers and so on in one bat
tleship is equal to the amount of rubber required for
t he construction of 32,000 sets of average automobile
tires.—Prince George Citizen.
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Unemployment
Compensation j
Benefits Decline
The amount of moneys paid for
jobless insurance based on invol
untary unemployment for the
month of May, 1942. was 50%
less than the payments issued
during May. 1941 Executive Di
rector Robert E. Sheldon an
nounced recently. It is especially
interesting to note that the num
ber of first payments, represent
ing newly initiated claims, de
creased some 72% from the num
ber of first payments issued in
May, 1941, and that 51% of the
total payments were made to in
dividuals who formerly worked'
in Alaska and are now' residing
in the states, Mr. Sheldon stated.
The fact that a number of
workers unemployed at the pre
sent time due to curtailment of
industry not essential to war pro
duction will experience short
periods of unemployment until a
readjustment or reallocation of
workers can be completed, is gen
erally conceded. This realloca
tion of workers is being success
fully carried on by the U. S. Em
ployment Service. The service
maintains five offices throughout
the Territory.
Mr. Shedon stated further that.
those in charge of the United:
States Employment Service are'
taking initial stops against the:
post-war sag in employment and
the conversion from wartime to
peacetime production. The
amount of jobless insurance paid
by the Unemployment Compen
sation Commission is closely cor
related with the successful opera
tion of the Employment Service.
Claimants for Unemployment
benefits are required to register
for work before the intial claim
for benefits is accepted. This rep
istration includes a full descrip
tion of the worker’s experience
training, and ability. The claim
ant is also required to establish)
a two week waiting period be
fore benefits are payable, and
must at all tunes be able and
available for work, it was ex
plained.
The Alaska Unemployment
Compensation Commission is en-;
deavoring to build up a sufficient
reserve fund to take care of the
potential benefit right acquired
by the unprecedented number of :
workers now employed within
the Territory. Employers cover
ed under the Alaska Unemploy
ment Compensation Law are re-1
quired to contribute 2.7% of the
first $3,000 wages payable during
; the calendar year. Contributions'
are deposited in the Alaska Un
employment Compensation Trust I
Fund to be used for benefit pay
ments only, the entire adminis
trative costs of the Commission
being financed through grants al
lotted by the Federal Social Se
curity Board, Mr. Sheldon con-!
eluded.
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
Retail Merchants
Are Bound By
Price Regulations
JUNEAU, June 11 — All Alas
kan retail merchants are remind
cd that they are and have been
bound by the provisions of the
General Maximum Price Regula
tions since May 18. 1942. This is
in accordance with a statement
released to the press today by
Mildred R. Hermann, Director of
the A ask a Office of the OPA. "No
formal notification other than the
order issued by Leon Henderson
on Anril 28 is necessary to bring
retailers under the provisions of
the regulations.” Mrs. Hermann
said. "Pending any changes made
by the Price Adminstrator, price
levels no higher than maximum
March prices must be maintain
ed for aU commodities not cov
ered by the list of exceptions.
The OPA Office in Juneau is
open at any time to any retailer
wishing specific information on
any points covered by the reg
ulations, Mrs. Hermann said, and
we shall be glad to make any
interpretations of the meaning of
any regulations that may seem
obscure to the retailer. Mer
chants who have any quest on at
all concerning the regulations!
are urged to write, wire, or call
personally at the OPA Office in j
Juneau for clarification.
All merchants under the reg-1
ulutions are assumed to be licens'
ed as of May 18 and must fix
their ceiling prices by one of the
five methods provided. Under no
circumstances are they permitted;
to fix prices higher than the!
maximum 'charge during the:
month of March for the same or!
comparable commodity, Mrs. Her
inann said. Adjustments can and!
will be made by the OPA to meet;
cases of individual hardship, but
no merchant is permitted to fix'
his ceiling according to a system
of his own.
Copies of all rules and regula!
tions covering price control will:
shortly be placed in the hands
of Alaska retailers and plans for
public meetings and conferences j
with merchants in all the larger
towns are now being developed.
Announcement concerning these
meetings will shortly be made in
each town. Pending that time,
however merchants are remind
ed that they must consider them
selves bound by the general pro
visions of the regulations and
keep their price levels no high
er than the maximum March
prices for the same commodity.
They are further advised that
they are not permitted to pay I
their wholesalers or other suppli'
ers of merchandise any higher'
prices for goods supplied them
than the highest price they paid!
the same wholesaler for the same!
or comparable goods in March.
This is true even though the
wholesaler has since announced
an increase in prices and is bill
ing the retailer accordingly,”
Mrs. Hermann stated.
CUE FOR E A S T E R--Forerunner of Easter's fashion pa
rade is (his simple but charming stole of black Alaska sealskin
worn over a pearl gray wool gabardine suit with matching hat.
The white corsage adds an interesting contrast.
Axis Grinding
From the looks of some of the propaganda which the
Axis nations have been throwing our way in recent
months, it looks as if they have little regard for the in
telligence of Americans. One of the Nazi mouthpieces
is an announcer who broadcasts to America under the
name ol “Joe Scanlon.’ Said this Joe in a broadcast:
“Join us in our endeavor to save our boys from for
eign battlefields. You can compel the Government to
act. The elections are coming again and our people
will have a last opportunity to assert themselves. Or
ganize as free Americans to fight the dictatorship be
ing set up in Washington. The only real enemies sjt
right within the ranks of our Government today.”
Thus, another Nazi propaganda weapon is noted.
That of participating in our politics with the hope that
Americans would be foolish enough to believe these
foul mouthings of Nazi broadcasters and clean an al
ready fairly well-kept household in Washington, D. C.
Tokyo, too, has been broadcasting what it calls an
America First program and this Jap announcer says:
Japan would be a charming partner to any nation
which would understand Japan’s ideals correctly. Jap
an would share with the United States its newly-won
rubber and tin if the Americans would only get rid of
Roosevelt. Of course, at the same time, the Jap Im
pel ial headquarters declared in an announcement to
Jap youth that Japan’s goal must be the “Ultimate
destruction of Britain and the United States.”
This, is evidently, one of the ways in which the Japs
aie preparing themselves for the “charming partner
s np u hich they propose. We think that most Ameri
cans possess enough intelligence to be able to put
these twos and twos together and find the answer.
—Juneau Empire.
A marvelously initiative people, the Japanese. They
have Western civilization down to a T. N. T —Atlanta
Constitution.
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