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EDITOR! \L
Alaska’s First
Military Highway
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The million dollars asked of
Congress recently by President
Roosevelt to build a highway tc
connect the Anchorage Army
base with the Richardson High
way means the project is for mili
tary purposes. It will he the first
modern roadway constructed in
Alaska for such purposes, and
has been strongly recommended
by General S. B. Buckner, head
of all Alaska military units.
The sum of $1,500,000. the Presi
dent said, will b ■ necessary to
complete the new highway. It
will be 145 miles long, doubtless
the road will be built according
to military specifications and re
quirements, a much better pi ee
of work than the Richardson
Highway.
The object is to give connec
tions with the Fairbanks army
base and Valdez and all interior
points served by the Richardson
Highway.
It may be expected that heavy
army tanks, trucks, ordnance and
all such will traverse the entire
system at frequent intervals in
peace time and time of {possible
hostilities.
Such b ing the ca^e it cannot
be deemed sufficient that the
Richardson Highway remain in
its present^condition. with its
comparatively narrow width, nu
merous weak spots and should
ers, old and weakened bridges
and only a ferry to span the Tan
ana River at Big Delta.
To put the entire highway sys
tem in condition for military pur
poses, an adequate appropriation
should also now be forthcoming,
and at no distant date, but im
mediately. What good is a chain
or system of links with a part
of them far below par?
The Army knows what it wants
and doubtl ss will have much to
say in the matter. It will be no
surprise if the Army be entrust
ed to the building of thrj new
roadway from the Anchorage
-area, and perhaps also the rehab
ilitation and maint nance of the
Richardson Highway.
In contemplating a modern
highway system as indicated, it is
necessary to look well ahead, to
get all the materials required for
bridges, to prepare for keeping
the system open at all seasons of
the year. This implies doing away
at an early date with the small
crude ferry at Big Delta—a mis
erable excuse for military purpos
es.
The sum asked is a good start
er. May the good work be carried
on to completion with all possible
speed. The improvement must
come, so why not at the earli st
possible date.
For Alaska’s
Protection
The State of Washington has
just refused to seat a Legislat
or who was accused of connec
tions with an allegedly subvers
ive organization. Oth-r States
are moving in the same direction,
in these dangerous times, to rid
themseves of radicals and para
sites. America is awake — after
the object lesson of Norway—to
the danger of a fifth column, and
things which we looked on a year
ago with amused tolerance are
now recognized as iniminical to
our national welfare.
Alaska could well afford to do
a little housocleaning at this
time. Without doubt there is a
small number of ignorant and
misguided people among us whc
j would sell out the Territory anc
the nation for some foreign sys
tem which they consider to b
superior. They are wr ng, and 9f
percent of the people know thej
are wrong, but they are danger
ous because they are fanatics.
One blow which Alaska should
strike for freedom from such ir
fluences is to see that the pend
ing Territorial Department oi
Labor bill before the Legislature
has inserted in it an amendmen'
to prevent members or repre
sentatives or fel'ow travel rrs oi
any subversive organization from
serving in the office or on to
staff of the Commissioner of La
bor. The- honest laboring man
the good American, will not be
hurt by such a provision; rath.1
his right will be safeguarded b>
it.
Let those who oppose such a
amendment stand revealed ac
foes of the American working
man and stooges of force seek
ing the destruction of this nation.
Cost of Living
c
111 Norway
The cost of living increased
16.9 percent during 1940 in Nazi
controlled Norway, according to
a report from the Statistical Bu
reau of the Oslo municipality.
Even this figure, however, is not
indicative of the tru price level
as the tabulations are based on
products and commodities which
are generally available in the
open markets, while items which
can only be obtain d thru boot
■gging at fabulous prices have
not been included. The vast sup
plies which the Norwegian Gov
ernment laid in before the war,
are rapidly being drained and in
many cases exhausted without
being replaced; and items that
can be replaced usually aopear
at drastically increased priops.
Civ the fe'low who talcs about
himself a break. When he’s do
ing that he isn’t panning some
one else.
SURVIVES — Erected as a
monument to the London fire of
1666 which covered more than
435 acres and destroyed 13,200
homes, this spire survived bomb
ing raids of war in 1040-41.
Debris from ruined buildings
nearby piles up at base.
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JOINS U. S. ARMY AIR CORPS
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Egon L. S. Hanfstaengl, celebrated his 20th birthday at Boston,
Mass., bv taking his oath a.s a member of the U. S. Air Corps and
was to leave for Maxwell Field, Ala. He is a son of Dr. Ernst Ilan
fstaengl, former Nazi press chief and adviser to Adolf Hitler.
Council Holds
Busy Session
The Nome City Council met
Monday, Feb. 24 and the meet
ing was presided over by Mayor
Mill r. Answering the roll call
were Councilmen, Anderson, Kel
sey, Maloney, O Leary and Gi
van. Councilman Kitzmiller be
ing absent.
Reports of committees were
h ard and communications were
read and bills were approved.
Deg Question Discussed
During open discussion opened
by Maloney, the question of con
trolling loose dogs was discussed
lengthily and several proposals
were v ntured. Among the pro
posal discussed was the possib
ility of making arrangements to
have a section of the city, where
there are no houses, used as a
community kennl or pound and
everybody owning dogs to keep
their animals in these kennels
and not tic them in their back
yards.
Ail members present w re ag
reed that it was not the pet dogs
which were a menace but the
work dog= or the dogs tied up in
groups cr the stray, ownerless
cogs which caused the most
trouble and became public nui
sances and were a menace to
our citizens and children.
Another proposal was the reg
ist ring of all dogs, and dogs not
registered declared a public nui
sance and to be disposed of. It
is believed that all owners of
dogs are natural dog lovers and
would be willing to cooperate
with th authorities and keep the
many loose dogs now running the
streets of Nome under some con
,rol. Many instances were cited
where dogs had taken advantage
of their natural ferocity and re
verted to ancestral savagery in
either attacking^ or menacing
children. All members were ag
reed that now is the time to get
this condition under control be
fore any more tragedies occur.
The Mayor appointed the Police
* Committee, Anderson and Mal
oney, to .volve some set of regu
lations concerning this situation.
Public Health Service
Councilman Kelsey opened the
Public Health Service discussion
and the Council diligently went
over every phase of th Service
and were all agreed that Nome
i should widen the scope of the
Public Health Service. Council
men O'L ary and Givan serious
ly discussed several theoretical
questions and Mayor Miller re
ferred to them, investigation of
any possibility of improvement
in the service and asked for a
report at the next meeting.
Hire Man To Survey Static
Mr. Rydeen was present and
ROTARY CI.l'P, FOR
NOME IS POSSIBILITY
The suggestion that a Rotary
Club might be a good idea for
Nome was made at a recent Ju
n au Rotary meeting by Leroy
Sullivan, Nome attorney and Sen
ator from the Second Division.
' New clubs have been established
within the past few months in
Sitka. Fairbanks and Anchorage
and one is planned for Peters
buig. Other clubs in Alaska are
a; Juneau and Ketchikan.
President W. M. Whitehead
toid Sullivan the Nome territory
was being left to the' Fairbanks
club to d velop.
asked about the clearing up of
the radio situation and the Mayor
appointed a committ:e of three,
Maloney, Givan and Kitzmiller,
and the Council voted them full
I authority to hire a competent
man on a full time salary to
make a survey of the causes and
originations of disturbing static.
Civil Defense League
Mr. George Goshaw of Shish
maref was a visitor and Mayor
Mil., r invited him to speak on
the Civil Defense League pro
posal and Mr. Goshaw enlighten
ed them as to what was taking
place elsewhere. He informed ths
Council that Army authorities
were due in Nome shortly to
take up this question with the
Mayor and his committe:, com
posed of Kelsey and O’Leary.
Fire Department Addition
Councilman Kelsey brought up
the old question of competent
storage of Fire department equip
ment and stated that while he was
| chairman on the Fire Committee
two years ago he had asked for
1 an appropriation to enlarge the
Fire Department to the extent of
an addition larg. enough to con
veniently store the "cat” and w’in
ter apparatus. He stated the pos
sibilities of mechanical failure in
the two pieces of motorized equip
ment could not be ignored any
longer, and some way must be
devised for storing the equip
ment so each piece could leave
the building with no danger of
blocking the free passage of the
I other piece. Kelsey stated that
the Council at that time consid
ered the addition vital but that
it should be built in another
year, as it was not possible at
that time. K Isey asked this
1 Council to reconsider this old
question and he would prepare
plans and an estimated cost of
the proposed addition and if pos
sible present them at the next
im eting, March 10. This proposal
was favorably received and Coun
cilman Anderson stated he also
believed this to be necessary for
more efficient functioning of the
Fire Department. The meeting
then adjourned, to meet again at
the City Hall, Monday evening,
March 10 at 8 p.m.
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