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FIGHT WITHOUT END
Science has made marvelous
strides during the last few years
longer steps forward than were
recorded in all the previous his
tory of the w^orld. Many afflic
tions of mankind, which hither
to have taken their toll at will
have been stripped of myster>
and arrested in their devastat
ing march, with resultant im
provement of the mortality tab
les.
But after 2.000 years of in
tensive study in the field of med
icine, many diseases remain un
solved. After 2,000 years the sen
sation of pain is still a puzzle.
This is the statement of Dr.
Karl M. Dallenbach of Cornell
University to the Eastern Psy
chology Association, meeting in
Philadelphia.
Certain shortcuts, which serve
to still pain temporarily, have
been devised, but the way in
which nerves feel pain as dis
tinguished from other sensations
remains a puzzle, says Dr. Dal
lenbach. But he does not end
there. His report to his colleagues
tells of the sustained effort of
medical science to pierce the
veil which hides the secret. Some
day, the scientists hope, the mys
tery will be solved. That will be
a great day for all mankind.
MATANUSKA ESKIMOS
(Juneau Empire)
An example of ignorance of
Alaska and things Alaskan, as
reported in the Congressional
Record:
Rep. Dewey Short of Missouri,
during debate in the House—“I
want to ask about the farm fam
ilies who were transported from
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne
sota to far-off Alaska, to the Mat
ansuka Colony, where the chief
products are reindeer, Eskimos,
icebergs and polar bears . . . Did
Harry Hopkins give any one of
those farmers a mule in foal? In
Missouri I know my mules, but I
never heard of that strange ani
mal.”
This from one of the men who
make our laws.
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Siamese Twins—
A La Pine Tree
SAN FRANCISCO — "Siam
! ese twins," over 150 years ole
are among subjects of current rt
search in Yosemite National
I Park, the National Park Service
regional office reported today.
Yosemite Nature Notes, a park
publication, tells of the union ot
two yellow pine trees in a com
mon top, believed to be a phen
j omenom never before recorded
i in coniferous trees. Simiar condi
I tions are common in deciduous
| species which shed their leaves
annually.
Emil Ernst, park forester, ex
plains the two trees had lean
ed toward each other and that
as they grew, the tops touched.
Friction, resulting fTom wind,
killed one top. Later the injured
I cambiums fused together. Now
j the surviving top serves two
I trunks both of which are two
feet in diameter at the base.
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OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
House Approves Funds for
Alaska Army Air Corps Station
The supplemental military ap
propriation bill, to provide funds
, for several War Department act
. ivities no? included in the recent
ly enacted Army supply bill,
• passed the House cn June 22.
Among other items in the mea
sure are those to finance the de
velopment of the President’s air
defense expansion program
which called for a strengthening
| of “air defenses of the contin
ental United States, Alaska, Ha
waii, Puerto Rico, and the Canal
I Zone.”
In reporting the bill out, the
House Committtee on Appropria
tions submitted a statement out
lining the purposes of the Air
Corps section of the appropria
tion as "For housing and Air
Corps techincal construction at
new bases and depots,” which in
cudes Alaska in the amount of 4
million dollars. The bill also con
! tains a provision that $27,000 of
1 the amount appropriated” shall
i be available exclusively for pre
j paring a comprehensive digest
■ of the data which has been col
I lected upon geographic, meteor -
! ologic and weather conditions in
; northern latitudes,” indicating
that the Army Air Corps will
waste no time in preparing tech
nical background for its flying
! operations in the Territory.
| Supporting the War Depart
! ment’s request for money to es
: tabiish the air base. General Ma
lin Craig. Chief of Staff of the
1 Army, told the Appropriations
j Committee that “Hostile forces
| holding Alaska would be in a
i position to conduct air operations
j against vital areas in the con
; tinental United States and be
I cause of its vast areas and the
I lack of adequate communications
1 the proper defense of the terri
! tory by ground forces presents a
| most difficult problem but one
| to which the characteristics of
aviaton appear to be readily ad
aptable. For the defense of Al
aska and as a necessary exten
1 sion of the defenses of contin
ental United States, we propose
to establish a base there.” This
is in entire agreement with that
part of Delegate Dimond’s argu
ment before the House some time
ago when he said. “Alaska today
is without any form of defense.
Fewer than 300 soldiers and no
other armed military or nava
forces of any kind are stationed
in the Territory. Alaska could be
: taken almost overnight by a hos
! tile force, for there is nothing to
| prevent; and once :n, that hostile
power would have a perfect line
of support from the Asian Con
tinent through the Aleutians and
by placing submarines in the
principal inlets and bays on the
Alaskan coast, and by stationing
a defensive air force in Alaska,
the task of reeaptur.ng the Ter
ritory would be tremendous, in
volving billions of dollars and
probably the loss of thousands
( of lives. That the need was well
established is evidenced by the
■ fact that no question was raised
in the House to set back estab
lishment of the Ailaska base
when the appropriation bill was
under consideration.
When testifying before the
same committee, Maj. Gen. H. H.
: Arnold, Chief of Air Corps, said
; that the Army pilots must be
j trained in flying and navigating
in the Territory, that they must
learn the kind of clothing to
wear, the kind of equipment toj
use, how to start an engine when
it is +Q- degress below zero, how
to keep oil from congealing be
fore you get it into the engine.
He continued, “All those things
we have to go through, and there
is going to be an awful lot to
learn.”
House Would Provide Funds for
International Highway Comm.
For miscellaneous expenses
that must be met by the Alaskan
International Highway Commis
sion, the House on June 23 pass
ed a deficiency bill providing
$6,200 for the Commission. The
Commission was appointed by
the President at the request of
Congress last year to study spec
i ications, estimates, and plans for
the financing of construction of
the proposed highway to connect
Alaska with the United States,
and to cooperate with a similar
agency representing the Domin
: ion of Canada in its activities
in this connection. Donald Mac
Donald of Fairbanks, popularly
known as the "father of the Al
aska International Highway,”
i was appointed as the Alaska
| member of the five-man oommis
I sion and is actively representing
| the Territory in advancing the
plan.
The bill also contained an item
continuing the unexpending bal
ance of about $40,fXM) that re
mained from funds set up for
construction and equipment of
hospitals and quarters in Alaska”
under the Office of Indian Affairs
It is expected that the amount
will be used in construction of
the hospital at Kanakanak.
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George Marshall (left), who succeeds Gen. Malin Craig as chief
of staff, discusses with Maj. Gen. Delos Emmons the defense plans i
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