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EDITORIAL
WHAT IF THE ALLIES
SHOULD LOSE
The people of the United Stat
es have assumed that Great Brit
ain and France will inevitably
win the war against Germany or
at best have thought little of
what would happen in America
if the Allies do not win. To the
average American the impression
is the struggle may last for some
months and it may be aecompan
led by some brutal fighting and
the destrution of much property
but in the minds of our people
the defeat of Great Britain and
France is not invisioned.
The failure of Germany to
strike hard against the Prime
racies and the refusal of Italy to
participate in the warfare was all
we needed to become convinced
■that the Allies will certainly win.
The result is by no means so cer
tain and word from Washington
indicates that some high officials
of the Government are not so
suite. While the present course of
the struggle does not indicate
Teutonic victory the fighting so
/aff has been in the “shadow-box
ing” stage and no man can tell
what the future months will pro
duce.
Having convinced ourselves that
Great Britain and France will
■win we immediately conclude
that we do not need to be as
well prepared as we thought.
The British Fleet is relied upon
to be a safeguard in the Atlan
tic and th^ naval program of the
United States is designed largely
for the purpose of preventing
Japanese forces from taking the
aggresive against American terri
tory.
Confident that the British will
somehow manage to win the pres
ent war we give little though , to
the conditions which might exist
if our conclusions are wrong and
the British through some mis
fortune happen to lose the pres
ent struggle.
Relations between the United
States and Japan are in a critical
condition. The Japanese Empire
is embarked upon a program of
expansion in the furtherance of
which program it provoked a
war with China. The position of
the United States in the Far East
is diametrically opposed to the
aggresive designs of Japan in re
gards to China. Inasmuch as the
military group in the Japanese
Empire control its policies one
cannot lightheartedly assume
that they will not willingly alter
their course. Unless they do the
chances of serious complications
are great.
Before mid-summer the trend
in the struggle on both sides of
the earth may be far more appar
ent and every American—from
the Atlantic seaboard to Alaska
—have a far clearer conception
of how vital the hydra-headed up
heaval in the old world is to the
new world.—News Miner
BETTER HOMES ARE
URGED FOR NATIVES
—
Better housing conditions for
natives throughout Alaska will j
be brought to the attention of
high officials of the Office of In
dian Affairs in Washington D C
as the result of recommendations 1
on the subject by the federal |
grand jury in Juneau according;
to word received in Fairbanks j
from the Territorial capital.
Improved housing conditions'
for natives would reduce crime
' and sickness among them and
; would prove of economical bene
fit to the government it is as
serted.
Federal officers were urged to
enforce more strictly the laws
regulating traffic in liquor. The i
jurors particularly stressed the
desirability of enforcing the reg
ulation against the sale of liquor
to intoxicated persons.
D A T E D U P W ! i H T. M . V .—-arly in April, but not
on 'i it Fool's tiiiy, Join: ■ (Above) ( h?a vy weight from
1:3 ‘c . I-., • srbc’v.!.’-' to 1 > t ( unnion Joe f.ouis. who
u , 1 10 ro. ..v., with Ariu.o Godoy.
FRED GENTRY IS NEWEST
MEMBER OF ALASKA CAA
Fred Genry of Seattle veteran
flier on the West Coast recently
joined the Alaska staff of the in
spection division of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority with head
quarters in Anchorage.
Mr Gentry accompanied by
Mrs Gentry and their three-year
old son arrived in Anchorage via
train. He will be in charge of
aeronautical inspection work for
; the southern half of Alaska. His
work will extend from Ketchi
J kan to that section bounded on
the north by a line drawn from
Cantwell to Nunivak Island.
Mr Gentry is a member of the
i air corps reserve and has seen
army service. He has been flying
since 1930 with headquarters at
West Coast cities. He is a grad
uate of Texas A and M College.
U S AMBASSADOR
AT GIBRALTAR
GIBRALTAR — The United
States ambassador to the Court
of St. James Joseph Kennedy ar
rived at Gibraltar today enroute
to his London post, Kennedy is
returning from a visit of several
weeks to the United States. In
Washington he gave President
Roosevelt a first-hand report on
the European situation.
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WAR WORKER -To fos
ter interest in the “American
Friends of France,” which she
formed last September to aid
the war needy, Anne Morgan,
sister of Financier J. P. Mor
gan, is now in U. S. She's wear
ing uniform of her organization.
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TESTIMONY-Now secre
tary of the N.L.R.B., which he
j once served as assistant general
counsel, Nathan Witt (above)
testified at House committee
hearing on labor act.
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PEEKABOO . —Inside mask,
which will be used for Royalty
parade of Galveston’s Mardi
Gras, Feb. 1-6, is a Texas glamor
girl, Edw ina Robinson, who may
be chosen queen. j
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Romance Hits the Trail
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Clyde (Tex) Cockburn
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, For Representative
( Democratic Ticket
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“Devoted to the best In
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terest of the 2nd Division
and Alaska as a whole.”
Primary Election
April 30. 1940.
GRUENING FOR ALASKA
PART OF HIGHWAY
Construction as soon as pos
sible of the Alaska part of the In
ternational Highway is advocated
by Gov. Ernest Gruening accord
ing to a letter received by J G
Rivers secretary of the Fairbanks!
Chamber of Commerce from An-j
hony J Dimond. *
At Washington D C under date '■
of February 12 the Delegate writ
es:
"Today I went into the matter
of the International Highway!
with Governor Gruening at some'
length. He is all for it and says
he will do everything he can to
iring about the construction of
'ur part of tne highway without
awaiting action by the Canad
ians.”
THOUSANDS OF SWEDES
LEAVE FOR FINN FRONT
STOCKHOLM, March 2 —Sev
eral thousand Swedish workers
prepared today to leave for Fin
land winere they will perform
non-military duties. Their pres
ence is designed to relieve for
military service a number of
Finns who now are kept at home
to perform essential work. It
was reported that, altogether
about 8,000 Swedish, workers will
go to Finland.
F. Fair Goes Streamline
Pretty Jeanne Bon of San Francisco (above) was first beauty to
try out for the title of “Miss Streamline,” Golden Gate International
Exposition pre-opening publicity theme girl. Candidates from all sec
tions of California are being tested daily in the. Exposition's search
for a representative 1040 beauty. “.Miss Streamline" will also be
featured in Treasure Island's opening-day production, “Bays of ’40,’*
May ii5.