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EDITORIAL
NEW ROADS FOR
NORTHWEST ALASKA
Judging by the interest reflect
ed in the office of the Territorial
Highway Engineer by the filing
of four candidates for election to
that office, the road programs
throughout Alaska are going to j
be important subjects of admin
istration within the next year.
Besides incumbent Wm H Hesse
the following have filed their
candidacies, Victor C Rivers,
Irving McK. Reed and H C Mil
ler.
This is the first time in the
past six or seven years that such
activity in this office has been
manifested.
Now is as good a time as will
ever come when Nome and Se
ward Peninsula should demand
its share of the road develop
ment projects of the Territory.
There are many fields of mining
opening up throughout this sec-'
tion and as never before the cost j
of transportation of freight and
supplies has become the govern
ing factor whether this section of
Alaska will pursue its develop
ment in the mining industry.
Without an organized road pro
gram Nome and Seward Penin
sula will be retarded. In this day
and age that would be ridiculous.
Main arterials to the larger min
ing centers should be pushed.
Without them rioh mineral areas
will continue to lie idle.
The N W Alaska Chamber of
Commerce has been preparing a j
report on road work in this Div
ision, which it is understood will:
soon be ready. Definite proposals
should be drawn up and present |
ed to the proper authorities. Lack
of organized interest in the past
h3s worked to the detriment of
this section and now is the time
to get busy and work for de
velopment of this section thru
the construction of proper roads
and highways throughout ■ the
Division.
PRINCE GEORGE-ALASKA
HIGHWAY ROUTE
Following the conference of a1
few days ago, held in Ottawa be
tween American and Canadian
members of the International
Highway Commission —at which
Governor Gruening of Alaska
and Commissioner Donald Mc
Donald of Fairbanks were pres
ent — come two important an
nouncements, namely: The com
mission has recommended the
selection of the Prince George
Atlin, or middle route; and the
highway construction will invol
ve an expenditure of $25,000,000.
The next step is to put the
proposal up to the United States
congress and the Canadian parlia
jnent. To get these two august
bodies to approve is another
thing.
That the project long has had
the approval of President Roose
velt and Administration leaders
as common knowledge. That Can
ada would like to see the high
way become a reality, for de
velopment of its vast dormant
and rich areas of northern Brit
ish Columbia and Yukon, is also
admitted.
The military exigency develop
ing in face of critical world con :
ditions has stimulated the desires
of both countries to see the high
way constructed. With Canada
heavily burdened by her partici
pation in the European w'ar, leav
es the financial burden to Amer
ica. This the Administration
seems willing to assume.
To get the consent of the Am
erican members of congress for
the expenditure may be no small
matter, especially in face of the
tendency to trim the budget. But
as naval and army and defense
estimates are going almost un
challenged, the Alaskan highway
program may ride through as an
auxiliary of the great defensive
program.
Early action may be expected
on the huge project. Fairbanks
and Interior Alaska are anxious
that when it comes the section to
tap the Fortymile and other lo
caliies tributary to this area be
built first. Let this fact be kept
to the front.
One shot never won a war.
Keep up the good work all along
the firing line, and see that the
most needed work in the whole
project comes first.
—Fairbanks News-Miner
Compare Here and Over There
Extension of Remarks
of Hon. William L. Nelson
of Missouri
In the House of Representatives
Wednesday. Jan. 3, 1940
Mr. Nelson — Mr. Speaker in
December with the approach of
the Christmas season, I suggest
ed in the following press release
to the newspapers of the Second
Congressional District of Missouri
that we compare our United Stat
es of America with other places,
almost any other place: '
Butchering hogs here, butcher
ing humans over there; carols
and singings here, crying and
singing over there; corn shocks
here, shock troops over there; el
ectric lights and telephone lines
here, Maginot and Siegfried lin
es over there; football fields here
fighting fields over there; light
ing our streets for Christmas
here, “blackouts'' of cities for
safety over there; bringing in
coal from mines for comfort here
putting out floating mines for
destruction over there; building
homes here, bombing buildings
over there; happy boys in C C C
camps here, miserable men in
concentration camps over there;
a President fighting to keep men
working here, dictators working
to keep men fighting over there;
freedom for every man to wor
ship God as he wills here, re
strictions as one man wills all
worships over there; a free press
and free speech here; censorship
and suppression of truth oven
there; every man having some|
say in government here, one man
having all say in government
over there; prayers for “peace|
on earth” here, a war that few
want and nobody wins over there.
ASKS DEMOCRACY
—Reaching U. S. shores. Miss
I ri.cn Beth alia (above) of
India's privileged parsee caste
remarked: “India has been asked
to fight for the liberty . . .
democracy of other nations but
there's no talk about her own.”
The Washington
News-Letter
J. J. Eckles, Secretary
To the Delegate
Pressing the stand he has al
ways advocated, that residents be
I given preference in the filling of
jobs in the Territory for which
they are qualified, Delegate Di
mond on January 17 introduced
two bills in the House, either of
which if enacted will require
that Alaskans be given priority
in employment in the fisheries in
dustry of the Territory.
One of these would attain its
purpose through an amendment
to the fishery law which would
require the Secretary of the In
terior to insure so far as may
be practical, by annual regula
tions, “priority of employment to
actual bona fide resident of Al
aska, who have resided therein
at least one year immediately
prior to the date of making any
such regulations, in all of the
work, employment, trades and
occupations incident to or con
nected with 'the taking, prepar
ing, canning, processing or pre
serving fish or shellfish in the
Territory of Alaska or in the
waters adjacent thereto."
The other measure would set
up an exact formula providing
that at least a certain minimum
percentage of Alaska residents be
employed in the fisheries each
year with an annual increase in
the raitio of resident employees
to nonresidents until at the end
of five years, only Alaska resi
dens would be employed in the
fisheries.
Under the provisions of the
last mentioned bill every employ
er engaged in the fishing indus
try would be required to keep
a record of all persons employ
ed showing the residence of each
and in the case of resident em
ployees the date on which they
acquired residence in the Terri
tory. The records would always
be open to inspection of the offip
ers and agents of the Interior De
partment, the Bureau of Fisher
ies, the Treasurtr of Alaska, the
Territorial Labor Commissioner,
and the Attorney General of Al
aska. Independent fishermen sell,
ing their catch to an employer j
would be considered as employ-!
ees of the purchaser.
The Delegate believes that the
enactment of either of the proros
ed measures will go far toward
increasing the resident pupula- j
tion of Alaska as well as insur-1
ing a livlihood to bona fide Alas
kans now engaged in the fishery
industry.
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By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD (Exclusive) —
Speaking of mystery and horr
I or films a new record was set
for this kind of films in ‘‘Black
Friday'' with Boris Karloff and
Bela Lugosi when a total of ten
murders are committed in the
! movie.
Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean
have been set to co-star in “If I
had Mv Way." It will be her first
film since “The Underpup” in
which she soars to stardom over
night.
Gretr Garson replaces Norma
Shearer in the leading feminine
role opposite Laurence Olivier
(Vivien Leigh’s number on heart
beat) in “Pride and Prejudice”
Flash—and it is only reported
There is talk that President
Roosevelt will dramative in and
produce a series of 12 fireside
chats in two-reel shorts. All mon
ey for the films will go to Presi
dent's Warm Springs Founda
tion. The only hitch in the re
ported deal is whether it will
have any significance with the
1940 election. Series will be pro
duced in New York.
A few months ago Dick Powell
was said to be through as far as
the films were concerned — the
gossips said his movie days were
over because he coudn’t draw at
the box office — but they were
wrong—Powell went on a person
al appaarance tour of the coun-'
tiy and has broken theater re- j
cords, in most every theater he1
has played in. He played to some
250,000 people in five weeks.
Thanks to 20th Century-Fox
are in order for they have just
released Shirley Temple’s latest
and most extravagent effort “The
Bluebird” and it fits Miss Tem
ple in that she is not the only
person holding the picture up.
Work still continues on Charlie
Chaplin’s “Production No. 6”
(known to most of us as “Tire
Dictator”)—it has been in pro
duction 120 days and they are
still working night and day.
It ought to be a real hit—War
ners has purchased the story
“Thieves Fall Out” for James
Cagney, George Raft, and Hum
phrey Bogart. What a trio!
CAUSE OF STORM —When this picture of his inspection
of Canadian troops in England was taken in late December,
Leslie Hore-Belisha (right) had no hint of his later dismissal as
v British war secretary, which aroused loud protest.
Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Law
Rooms 918-921 Alaska BdIMIoi
Seattle, Washington
rhos. R. Lyons Ira D. Ortor
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