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EDITORIAL
If Hitler
Has His Way
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(Philadelphia Record)
Hitler knows what he wants.
The American people know
what they want.
Who's going to win?
Tf Hitler has his way—
Congress will debate the Lease
Lend bill unti the Fourth of July
_ until it becomes Dependence
Day instead of Independence
Day.
If Hitler has his way—
Every member of Congress
will introduce an amendment to
the Lease-L nd bill, and every
other member will offer a substi
tute, such as Senator Taft’s plan
to grant Britain new war loans—
the one plan which nearly every
body else doesn't want.
If Hitler has his way—
Congress will devote itself to
arguing about the danger of giv
ing President Roosevelt more
power instt ad of the dang r of
giving Hitler more time to con
quer England and prepare to deal
with us.
If Hitler has his way—
A wedge will be driven be
tween the United States and Eng-,
land by just such tactics as those
of Senator Wheeler and othCT ap
peasers, and real aid to Britain
will be put off until it is worth
ess.
If Hitler has his way—
Hitler will win.
If the American peophe have
their way—
Congress will exert the utmost
speed on the Lease-Lend bill, de
bate is briefly—and mak? a few
simple modifications such as Wen
dell Willkie has courageously urg
cd; preferably modifications limit
mg the duration of the Presi
dent’s powers and limiting the
value of existing armaments he
may lease or lend.
If the American people have
their way—
Congress will then pass the
bill and get that aid to Britain.
There will not be any d: lay.
there will not be any filibuster
and there will not be any ap
peasement.
If the American people hav1
their way—
Democracy will win this war.
Congress knows what Hitler
wants. It knows what our people
have shown, over and over, that
they want.
It’s now up to Congress.
Congress must decid1:1—for derr
ccracy.
Student Loan Fund
Hawkesworth
‘‘Memorial”
The memory of Charles W.
Hawkesworth. widely known and
respected citizen of the North,
who died last' November 4, is to
be perpetuated in a student loan
fund which will be available to
young Aaskans regardless of re
ligion, race, or what course of
study they pan to pursue.
Named by friends of the late
Office of Indian Affairs official to
arrange a “Monument” to Mr.
Hawkesworth, a Committee at
Juneau divided upon the student
loan fund which is to be an edu
cational revolving fund pattern
ed after the successful funds of
its kind in the States. Probably
it will be the first student loan
fund in Alaska absolutely free of
restrictions as to what school
may be attended. The size of
loans which can be made will de
Chamber Holds
Noon Luncheon
A special meeting of the Board
of Directors of the N. W. Alaska
Chamber of Commerce was call
ed to order by Secretary Polet.
On motion Director Givan was
oec ted to preside. Th minute?
of the last meeting and the spec
i31 meeting of Feb. 10 were adopt
ed as read.
A telegram from Rep. Whaley
was read with the answer, also
resc'ution on the subject. On mo
j ticn the resolution was adopted
as read and ordered mailed to
Rep. Whaley.
Secretary brought up th sub
ject of the annual meeting. After
some discussion the annual meet
ing was postponed until the 15th
of May.
Secretary read resolution from
th. Fairbanks Chamber of Com
rr.erce on the subject of the Inter
national Highway as submitted
to the Territorial Chamber for
referendum. On motion the reso
lutions weer unanimously adopt
ed.
On motion the names of Leroy
Su'livan and A. Polet were sub
mitted to the annual meeting of
the Alaska Territorial Chamber
of Commerce as members of th
Board of Managers.
Secretary brought up for con
sideration the printing of addi
tional pamphlets as the supply on
hand is almost exhausted. He re
commended that inst-ad of the
folder, the Chamber should un
dertake a large booklet with ad
vertisements and to extend it to
cover the entire Second Division.
Each town in the division should
have one page or more w'ith il
lustration and to publish at least
5,000 copies. The subject was
submitted to the Committee on
publicity for study and report in
th: near future.
The minutes of the Territorial
Chamber were ordered filed a?
have been printed through the
courtesy of the Norn? Nugget for
the information of the members
and the public.
pend upon the contributions
made to the fund.
Already a number of voluntary
donations toward a Hawkesworth
“monument” have arrived in Ju
neau from all parts of Alaska. No
monutnent would please him
more—or be more appropriate—
the Committee felt, than a fund
to assist young people in whom
Mr. Hawkesworth, throughout
his if , showed such great inter
est.
Donations for the fund have
not been solicited, but will be
accepted from those wishing te
contribute toward such a studeni
loan fund They should be addrese
ed to “The Hawkesworth Studeni
Loan Fund, First National Bank
Juneau, Alaska.”
■‘The Committee," its member;
say in a statement, “knowing o
Mr. Hawkesworth’s early strug
gle for an education, of the per
iod when he cleaned stables
shucked corn, trimmed hedges
delivered newspapers, stackec
hay, sold watches and bicycles —
in fact did almost every honor
able kind of work in order to fir
anco his college career, believi
no better tribute could be pair
this felows citizen, this Aaskar
educator. Therefore if you wisl
to make a contribution, or possil
ly start a movement in your owr
community or institution for ;
contribution no matter how smal
the same will be aceapted anc
given recognition along with thi
many other contributions beinj
l received.”
The movement has the endorsi
i ment of Governor Ernest Gruen
ing, the Territorial Commissionei
j of Education and the Alaska In
! dian Service.
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War Undersecretary Inspects Plane
i
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Robert P. Patterson. Undersecretary of War. climbed about to get a
better look at (he Lockheed P-38 interceptor, speedy military air
plane on his inspection trip at Burbank, Calif. The plane is under
! going final tests preliminary to mass production for the U. S. Army
air corps and the RAF.
\Iachine Guns
Arrive Juneau
For Guards
Two light machine guns, recent
!y arrived, completed the com
plement of arms for Company A
207th Infantry of the Juneau Na
tional Guards unit, according to
a statement issued by Major R.
W. Mulvihill, Adjutant General,
i the weapon strength of the com
Th: two machine guns bring
pany to total .allotment according
to the War Departmen. Arms for
the company now consist of two
light machine guns, three 60 mm.
trench mortars, 40 semi-auto
matic Garand M-l rifles, four
Browning automatic rifles and
twenty .45 calibre revolvers.
Weight 31 pounds
As described in a release from
the Adjutant General’s office, the
newly arrived light machine guns
are Browning Machine Guns, M
1919 A4 .30 calibr:, flat trajectory
air cooled belt fed, recoil operat
ed weapons. It is mounted on a
tripod and capable of delivering
fire fixed in direction and eleva
tion. Th. gun weighs 31 pounds;
the tripod, approximately 20
pounds; and a chest of ammuni
tion, 250 rounds, 20.5 pounds.
The weapon is capable of main
taining the same rate of advance
as riflemen for short periods and
may be considered capable of al
' ways giving rift: units close sup
1 port. Its mobility permits it tc
accompany a maneuvering rifle
platoon on the battlefield, and ib
; low mount permits it to be con
. coaled behind very slight cover
■! The gun requires v* ry little more
cover than for riflemen.
Fires 150 shots Per Minute
i At a slow rate of fire, 40 round;
- per minute, it can be fired con
- tinuously for more than 30 min
. utes; at a medium rate, 75 round;
, per minute, it can be fired con
I tinuously slightly less than 3(
- minutes; and at a rapid rate. 15(
- rounds per minute, it can be firec
i continuously for approximate^
j 15 minutes. It can be fired at ;
II faster rate for a very short per
i; iod.
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FAIRBANKS COUPLE
WED IN JUNEAU
At a simple candlelight ccre
| mony at the home of Senator and
i Mrs. Hjalmar Nordale in the Mac
; Kinnon Apartments, in Juneau,
j Mrs. A aska Moody and Mr. Lee,
1 Eugene Linck were married re
cently with the Rev. John A.
G’.asse reading the service.
For her wedding, the bride
j wore an afternoon dress of pow
der blue. Her corsage was white
] gardenias.
; Mrs. Nordale attended the
I bride and S-nator Nordale was
I best man. An informal reception
I for close friends of the couple
was held later in the Baranof
Hotel.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart of
Fairbanks. She has spent most of
her life in various parts of the
Territory and for the last five
years has been a popular mem
ber of the traffic department of
the Pacific Alaska Airways in
Fairbanks.
Mr. Linck has been associated
with the U. S. Smelting Company
for a number of years, having
gone to the Fairbanks office in
1926 where is now chief account
ant.
Mr. and Mrs. Linck sailed on
; the A aska for an extend d tour
Hof the States and Havana. They
will return north to make their
I home in Fairbanks in about two
^ months.
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Sen. Wheeler
Going On
War Path
WASHINGTON, Feb. — Senat
i or Burton K. Wheeler declares
that he “did not say in 1934 or
at a,ny other time,” that Nazi
domination of Europe was inevi
table.”
The statement was attributed
to him by President Roosevelt
recently at a conference with
newsmen. The President said that
he was advised by the late Wil
liam Dodd, former Ambassador
to Germany, that Wheeler, an
outspoken critic of the Adminis
tration’s British Aid bill, voiced
the opinion at a dinner party sev
eral years ago.
Senator Wheeler now recov
ering from influenza at the home
j of former Ambassador Kennedy in
Florida, said in a statement that
it is a “desperate attempt to dis
credit me because I stand unalter
ably for American peace as ag
ainst entry of the United States
into any foreign war. This is a
slanderous attack on me attrib
uted to a dead man and is ab
solutely false.”
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Answering President Roosevelt’s broadcast plea for greater aid to
England, Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D-Mont), from W’ashington
told a radio audienoe that the idea of a Nazi invasion is “fantastic.”
He suggested eight points as a “working basis for peace.”