Saipan New Hub in Pacific War
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As the biggest naval task force in history battles for the island
of Saipan (1) in the Marianas group and for Saipan's fine airfields,
the importance of this particular spot—some 146ft. miles from Tokyo
and 1470 miles from the Philippines — becomes increasingly evident.
Quite outside its proximity to the Bonins, located about bOO miles from
Japan, which have just been attacked by a big carrier task force,
Saipan is reported to have flat areas made to order for big land air
bases.
Some already are visioning the giant Superfortresses radiating
from Saipan (as arrows show), as well as from China (2) to blast
Nippon’s big manufacturing areas and slam at the Philippines. Pres
ence of great naval forces there, plus other forces battering at the
Bonins, indicate that the big smash is on. It is pointed out that the
recent capture of Biak (3) off New Guinea provides bases for crack
ing at areas indicated by arrows.
WOKING
AHEAD
GEORGE %. RENSON
College
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LOOKING AHEAD
Freight
Years before I ever saw an
ocean, pictures of Oriental places
and people interested me. Dis
tinctly I remember one decorative
drawing of a Chinese boy. He
wore wooden shoes and a bread
tray hat. His queue seemed to
wave sportily behind him as he
walked with a wooden yoke on
his shoulders. The yoke helped
him carry two buckets that hung
by cords, one from each end of
the yoke.
Later I saw such men in real
life, many of them. I was old
enough then to wonder what was
in the buckets and why people
had to lug them. The first such
“common carrier” I patronized
had kerosene in his buckets, five
gallons at each end of the yoke.
His daily job was to walk ten
miles and carry ten gallons, for
which labor the local oil dealer
paid him ten cents a day.
A Sharp Contrast
Oil consumers had to pay lc a
gallon for ten miles of over-land
! transportation, which is exhorbi
j tant. The dealer had to content
himself with a speed of one mile
! per hour in transit, which is ridi
i culous. The poor Coolie worked
ten hours a day for a penny an
hour, $3 a month, which is pre
■ jjosterous. Such was the Orient
. when I was there and it hadn't
changed much in a thousand
years.
In America, where there are
railroads and the economy of vol
ume applies in transportation as
well as in other things, one cent
pays for moving a gallon of kero
sene over-Land J00 miles, not ten.
Speeds in transit are rarely be
low 200 miles a day. Trainmen
who do the work get $175 a
month, not $3. The difference is
that railroad investment exceeds
$20,000 per employee.
Everybody's Asset
Total railway investment in the
United States exceeds 26.5 billion
dollars. In a recent address in
Florida. Thurman W Arnold of
the U S. Court of Appeals charg
ed the railroads with trying to
throttle competition to make their
invesments safe. I do not know
the specific accusation, but I
know two things: (1) Real com-!
petition can’t be throttled and
(2) investments ought to be pro-,
tected.
Whose investment is it? Rail
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Harry Gabrielson, Prop
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roads don’t belong to the officers
of the company. They don’t be
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long to their mere mill.on of stock
and bond holders. There are doz
ens ol millions of people who own
insurance policies and nave bank
accounts who are the real invest
ors in railroads. A government!
with the interest ol its citizens in!
mind would help protect their ac
cumulated lSbor; their invest
ments.
Railways Are American
Railroads, more thar. any one
thing, made America what it .s
today. They are partiaLy respon
sible fr the differences between |
the United States and China.
America is superior because its in
terior is developed. Railroads
.penetrated the wilderness and <
brought its wealth to market.;
Then venturesome pioneers hur
ried inland from both shores to
seek personal gain and 4V,e inter
ior developed by economic lav/.
Railroads like other industries
are sending young men to war.
Railroads have their manpower
shortage and it’s acute But with
less equipment than they nari in
World War I, railroads are doing
above 50 per cent more actual
work than they did unde Federal
bunglement. Our only route to
still higher American efficiency
after the war is through protect
ing and encouraging liberal in-1
vestment of private capital in the
tools of production.
RETURNS TO FAIRBANKS
AFTER VISIT HERE
.Mrs. Ella Chapman, sister of
Mrs. Charles Yeager, returned to
Fairbanks after a visit in Nome.
Mrs. Chapman is employed at
Ladd Field and was on he va
cation here renewing old friend
ships.
NOTICE!
All bills owing the Lin
coln Hotel prior to August
1st must be paid on or be
fore that date, or they shall
be placed for collection.
JOE MULLINS. Prop.
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Tire Blowout
Injures Worker
Yesterday morning, while re
pairing a tire on the ramp of the
garage of the Pioneer Water Com
pany, Enos Bernhardt, an em
ployee, was injured when the
tire on which he was at work blew
< ff the rim and struck him in the
chest and head, knocking him un
conscious.
Be was immediately taken to
tne hospital for treatment, and is
today reported to be doing well.
The doctor reports that Bernhardt
will probably lose a few teeth, but
otherwise will be okay.
It pays to read The Nugget.
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Maneuvers List
Friday Evening
Last Friday evening the Nome
unit of the Alaska Territorial
Guard staged a mock battle north
of Nome, simulating real battle
conditions.
One group representing the at
tacking force, left town early
enough to make their preparations
for an attack on Nome, and the,
other unit were then given their!
orders for the plans of defense, j
When the two armies met the
defenders outmaneuvered the at
tackers, and either wiped out or
captured the entire force. Nome
remained in the hands of the
ATG.
The men who took part in the
mock battle were pleased with the
outcome of battle practice, and
Major Bronson said, "The boys
did remarkably well in their first
attempt under battle conditions.”
He added: "We plan for an
other sham battle in the very near
future."
INFANT DIES
TUESDAY
The 20-month-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Stanley died yes
terday from a severe cold. Fun
eral services were held today
from the Methodist Church.
NOTICE!
After this date I will not
be responsible for any debts
contracted by my wife,
Mrs. .Margie Opal Kosten
bader.
C. A. “Dutch" Kostenbader
HOSPITAL NOTES
Teddy Amarok and Enos Bern
hardt were brought to the hospi
tal because of accidents.
Mrs. Frank Elena came in for
surgical care.
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ofl a »pr«ng in Mr. Gudgal!"
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