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Promptness with which America has met the challenge of
Japan and the manner in which allied nations of the democracies
are rallying to her support is fraught with deep significance.
Japan, by treacherously attacking American outposts on many
fronts while her diplomats deployed in an apparent well laid plot
of decetion, has aroused a hornets’ nest. Scattering her shots in
many areas, she has effected nothing of miitary significance, but
lias done enough to awaken a host of owerful opponents, who
in time wil make their force known.
Japan will find she has plenty to do to cover her island king
dom, rather than go ranging afield. In her own immediate area
«he faces powerful enemies at every point of the compass —
Britain’s fleets and armies at Singapore and vicinity; the Ameri
cans on the high seas and in the Philippines, Hawaii and Alaska;
The Dutch in the East Indies; the Siberians on the Manchukuo
front and at Vladivostok; China, with her army of nearly 3»000,000'.
Thailand, Malaya and lesser Far East nations.
And last but by no means least, Canada and the Latin-Am
erican nations of the Western Hemisphere are to be reckoned
with. Do not think for a moment of the effectiveness of the pact
^negotiated two years ago at instance of Secretary of State Hull
between the nations of the Western World is not now proving a
priceless bulwark.
The Latin-American nations may not have the numerical
fighting strength of the major Allied nations, they may not have
vast fleets of planes and othern modem, equipment, but they din
have a wealth of natural resources which are the basis of supply
and endurance, which eventually will win the ar.
And again, it is invaluable to America and all Allied nations
having possessions in the Western Hemisphere that no one of
their countries become bases of enemy nations. It requires little
imagination to picture what would be the results of Mexico.
Panama and any South or Central American nation were to be
come a haven of refuge and base of operations for an enemy.,
Hats off to Latin-American nations, standing pat and openly
declaring their loyalty under the good neighbor pact, and faith
ful to their pledge in the hour of need. The solidarity of the
W estern Hemisphere is no dream—and the Axis powers may soon
learn what it means.
Japan may boast she never lost war in 2.000 years, but she
hasn’t licked China after f ur years of rape and pillage, and
now defies a billion and a half people in a host of nations sworn
to give their all in the cause of freedom and democracy*. The
handwriting is on the wall.
SEA WAR CLAIMS AN AMERICAN SHIP
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Torpedoed by a submarine October 19, the United States-owned
freighter Lehigh points her bow skyward and plunges to the bot
tom 75 miles off Freetown, Africa. The vessel sank one hour and
2.1 minutes after hit. Two of the 44 men aboard were injured.
Crewmen in lifeboats were rescued by British vessels and then
brought back to the United States by an American ship.
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Instrument Approaches
For Plane Landings Triple
According to the CAA
WASHINGTON — Th number
I of instrument approaches at 88
airnorts reporting to the airway
traffic control service of the Civ
il Aeronautics Administration
, has more than tripled between
1939 and 1941, Administrator
Donald H. Connolly reported. A
total of 7,362 instrument ap
i proaches were made at these lo
i cation in the first six months of
1941.
An instrument approach is a
preliminary to a landing under
conditions of impaired visibility,
and is worked out by the pilots
of airline, military or private
planes along a standard pattern.
A definite procedure for each ma
jor airport has been established.
Facilities provided by the CAA
for these approaches consist of
the radio range, which guides
the pilot along an airway and
which gives him an identifying
signal when he is over the range
towers, and marker beacons,
which permit him to determine
his position on the airwya. Fu
ture plans call for an airport lo
calizing rado beam to enable the
pilot to line up with the run
way. By proper use of these fac
ilities, and by following the es
tablished procedure, the pilot is1
able to “break out” of the over-'
cast above the field in the pro
per position for making a land
ing by sight. Eventually, instru
ment landing equipment will
make possible completion of the
landing by instrument alone.
The largest number of instru
ment approaches for the first
half of this year—647—was made
at the Chicago airport. There
were 560 at Burbank, Calif.; 518
at Pittsburgh; 386 at LaGuardia
Field, N. Y.: 379 at Oakland; 374
at Kansas City and 233 at Wash
ington.
Most of these approaches —
7019—were made by airline pi
lots. The Air Corps accounted
for 202, the Navy for 11 and it
inerant pilots for 130.
When pilots arc flying in condi
tions of reduced visibility, the
airway traffic control service of
the CAA controls the aircraft so
as to provide adequate separa
tion between them in the interest
of safety. During periods of
heavy traffic, it is necesary to de
lay some of the aircraft await
jpg ssfc tending of others ahead
of them. The total delay for the
7362 instrument approaches dur
ing the first half of 1941 amount
ed to 459 hours.
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U. S. MERCHANTMAN LIFTS HER NOSE AS WATER ENGULFS HER
In this striking picture, the U. S.-owned freighter Lehigh, with more than half her length submerged, lifts her bow. Pulling away
from the stricken ship are the No. 1 and No. 2 lifeboats, last to leave the ship. The vessel went under 34 minutes after the crew
cleared the side. James Earle, 2nd engineer, took these exclusive pictures.
Railroads Petition For
Increased Rates
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 1/P) -
The nation’s railroads petitioned
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for increased freight and
passenger rates, to produce
$350,000,000 additional revenue
annually.
Notice of Final Settlement
In the Probate Court, Cape
N :me Precinct, Territory of Al
aska:
In the Matter of the Estate of
MAMIE BALL, Deceased:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.!
that Roy Stump, Administrator
with the Will annexed of the Es
tate of Mamie Ball, Deceased,
has filed in said Court his Final
Report and Account; and that
Frtday, the 30‘h day of January,
1942. at the hour of 10 a.m. at
the Court Room of said Probate
Court, in Nome, Alaska, has
been set as the time and place
for the hearing of objection, if
any there be, to said Report andj
Account, and the settlment of the
same. At said time and place, the
Court will adjudicate and decree'
who are the heirs and distrib
utees of said estate.
Dated: Nome, Alaska, Decem
ber 1, 1941.
Roy Stump, Administrator
with the Will annexed
Publish Dec. 1, 8. 15, 22. 1941.
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GERMAN INFANTRYMEN MARCH IN THE SNOW
V column of German infantrymen, says Berlin s urccs, moves through a sonw-covered field on the
Eastern front. Picture radioed from Berlin to New York.