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EDITORIAL
'THREE-FOURTHS OF
A CENTURY
Tomorrow, Saturday. March
30th is the anniversary of the pur
chase of Alaska from the Imper
ial Russian government, popular
ly called at the time, “Seward’s
Folly,” “Seward’s Icebox,” etc.
The date of purchase is given
as March 30. 1867. when the flag
of Russia was lowered at the
then seat of government at Sit
Jta. and the Stars and Stripes of
Uncle Samuel were raised.
Third and fourth generations
are today living in the Territory,
once a storehouse of values to
Russia, and which she relinquish
ed according to history with hesi
fancy.
And yet in seventy-two years,
how far has Alaska progressed?
Its numerous cities and villages
are still struggling along on the
same type of keel as in Russian
days. When winter comes, away
go the busy workers to other
climes; and without a single lar
ge winter-time industry. Only in
Juneau, where quartz mining is
carried on the your ’round is
there the industry which will do
so much to make a permanent
population.
Alaska has been the victim in
the past of land-grabbers, bureau
cratic “overlords,” and has been
without a definite, well-defined
program of development. We can
point to_ Canada where the value
of development enterprises is to
day bearing fruit throughout its
entire Northwest territories.
There, systematic programs of
prospecting and planning of new
industries goes on all the time.
Yet Alaska still has done nothing
to even approach a basic study of
the valuable resources and min
eral wealth throughout its con
fines.
We have an Alaska Planning
Council sitting at Juneau, the
territorial capita). This board,
however, is busily engaged in pre
paring on paper the value of Al
aska’s wealth in terms of natural
"'resources, etc. What we need, and
In a big way, is action.
Gold mining i3 the main indus
try of this section, and strange
-to relate nearly every gold pro
“"dueer in the district is still work
ing ground discovered and min
ed in the primitive ways of thir
ty years ago. No new finds have
been made of any consequence
during the past twenty years.
Which speaks well for the origin
al locators. However, let’s com
bine and try to obtain a full sys
tematic prospectus of the entire
section with a view to systematic
prospecting sometime in the near
future. Alaska has gone far since
that day in 1867, but she is to go
still farther.
GIANT BRITISH SHIP
HEADING FOR AUSTRALIA
CRISTOBAL, March 27 — The
35,000 ton British luxury liner
Mauretania anchored in Cristobal
Bay, presumably in prepaartion
to threading the Panama Canal.
The grey painted, blacked out
ship arrived without fanfare and
officials are silent in regard to
her destination though it is be
lieved she will head for Austral
ia as a troopship.
Passes Through Canal
CRISTOBAL, March 27 — The
liner Mauretania, bent on a sec
ret war mission passed through
the Panama Canal to the Pacific
believed enroute to Australia to
carry troops to the Near East; it
is possible to carry 15,000 men
on the. ship.
The liner is on Germany’s offic
ial list to be attacked on sight as
an armed raider.
“TRIPE” IS ON THE
ICE AT NENANA
The “tripe” is up.
The "tripe” is an ingenious
tripod - butcher’s twine - alarm
clock gadget which times the ex
act minute the ice goes out on the
Tanana at Nenana — an item
which has Alaskans everywhere
guessing.
Fairbanks to N. nana telephone
communications brought report
from George Hupprich, manager
of the 1940 Ice Classic, that the
timing device has been installed.
The congealed crust, however,
is still 42 inches thick at Nenana,
according to Hupprich.
A1 Turner, Fairbanks weather
bureau attache assigned to the ice
stabbing detail on the Chena, re
ported bridge-side depth is 40.5
inches, the thickest ice of the
season to date, despite the 35-de
gree temperature brought by the
long-lingering sun.
COL. C. WASH TAKES
CHARGE HUGE AIRBASE
TACOMA. March 27—Col. Car
lye Wash, one of the Air Corps
top flight organizers, arrived and
5 took command of McChord Field
the $18,000,000 project here near
ing completion.
He said approximately 72 plan
es including 44 of the newest
1 long range bi-inotored bombers,
i will be there by June 1 along
with 203 officers and 1.958 enlist
ed men, and "by the first of the
year we hope to have at least 90
planes here and there is no rea
son why this should not become
1 one of the biggest military air
bases in the world.”
Catholic Church
Father McElmeel, S.J.
Beginning this coming Sunday,
March 31, services in the Cath
olic Church will be held at the
following hours.
Mass at 7:30 and 9:00 in the
morning.
Benediction at 7:30 in the even
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Increase In Popular Interest
Tpberculosis Sanatoria Alaska'
Indications of a rapid increase
in popular interest in the acquisi
tion of a tuberculosis sanatorium
for the Territory were recently
reported by the Alaska Tubercul
osis Association.
"Since last November," said
Harry Watson. President of the
organization, “we have received
more letters commenting on the
ack of such facilities than were
received in three years prior to
.hat time. There is no doubt that
such facilities are badly needed
and we hope that the near future
will bring a tuberculosis sanat
orium to Alaska.”
"At the present time there is
a bill pending in congress, which
if enacted, will provide for the
construction of 50 hospitals in
various sections of the country
where the need is greatest. They
are to be constructed entirely
with Federal funds and upon com
pletion are to be turned over to
responsible local agencies for op
eration but the title to them will
remain with the Federal govern
ment.”
According to figures released
by the Territorial Department of
Health" he continued, “the tuber
culosis death rate per 10,000 pop
ulation in Alaska during 1938
was over seven times the aver
age of the country as a whole.
358.3 compared with 48.9.”
“The amount of money being
spent annually by the Territory
for the-care of tuberculosis suffer
ers in sanatoria in the States
would go far toward the mainten!
ance of such an institution here
and the necessary expenditures
are increasing every year. Dur
ing the eleven month period
from April 1, 1939 to February
29, 1910, these outside expendi
tures for the treatment of tuber
culosis were 28.5% greater than
they were during the whole two
year period previous to that time
According to the figures of the
Teritorial Department of Public
Welfare, during the 35 month
period, April 1, 1937 to February
29, 19+0. 24.7% of the total hos
pitaizaiion costs have been de
voted to the treatment of tuber
culosis.
"No amount of effort can bring
about the eradication of tuber
euosis unless adequate facilities
for the isolation and treatment
of active cases of the disease are
available and it is toward se
curing such hospitals that the As
sociation is pointing its work. In
the meantime we are continuing
to contribute to the support of
the Tuberculin Testing and Early
Case Finding Clinics and our
work of bringing a wider know
ledge of the facts concerning tu
berculosis to the people of the
Territory.”
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HITLER S PRICE FOR PEACE
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Sources close to Adolph Hitler believed he told U. S. Undersecre
tary of State Shmner Welles that Germany will fight sntil England i
and France recognize a “German Monroe Doctrine’’ for Central
Europe and restore her lost colonies. Hitler's peace price according
to this version, includes permanent German political domination
over Bohemia-Moravia, Slovakia, Polad and Hungary (all shown
diagonally shaded). Germany now dominates all of this territory
except Hungary. Plan also provides that England and France pro
mise not to stir up the Balkans and Scandinavia, and that “strange
hold control’’ of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal be stopped.
MOTHER MOURNS QUADRUPLET
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Mrs. Clyde Short of Nauvoo, Ala., is shown weeping over the cas
ket of her daughter, Hope, one of the quadruplets. Hope died of
bronchial pneumonia at the age of 41 days. The other children,
Faith, Charity and Frankin, were in good health
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