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Sr\t*nl\ lYivrnl Of (Intimities
Harold Bu n.u . British Information Minister, has
ended his vis’t t«. tile Fnited States.
T e pm |)■ >i his trip was to give the Ameri
can pc iple ;h< truth about the British
Hue oi ' n ..iiegations of the critics of the British
is thul the- Fna shmen do n >t fight, leaving it to the
An/.aes, Can .. ... u.d South Africans to preserve the
Empire. Mr B-uier called attention t<> the fact, al
ready publish: a, fin.t 70 percent of the Empire’s cas
uaJtie.- it thi. ..r Inure been men from the British Isles
Fie adruitt. I ‘i the British lost many battles be
* nuse they a > ouch \ orlci area to defend, too little
U, <1 . \ : ■ • ’ ti time at which to prepare. This
amount-' 1. • .•! admWion that the British Isles
.me paeificis • lich all but
i f the iDemocractc' and opened
t h: \ ft < . . re*s>e. rs to prepare for their attack.
The Unit* n States, bv its disarmament policy and
. : cn is • v 1 a! "olYending Japan " found itself
eiigi ed : . n tin - Pacific. This war would not
avc > a: ’ < . . pt IV the Jact that the Japanese
bucam-. . n\ i ti:a we were not prepared.
M Bui - .'eased with the strength of Gibral
’ u M i a (I ; e Sue/ 11 noted that the islands are
stili s*» oral "wa n holding the Middle East
against Bar!", < , is."
.fi c w. t ing th -e who Wonder where
tht . i• ‘ . n .n :!. he points out that most of
Mu- ni's and that Hitler’s warships
' narii • i eing w
irui *r . n \ - a: vine in England.
No! \«‘t hi I h«* Ba«r
A. " : 's t : t t i)a.. for the United Nations,
as yet. bu1 . - cv . t,rn that the United Nations are
not n i-he Ax Ar the Axis powers.
i m iA iv : - (if results recorded in 1942, on the
h. '!; a t' -, of the world, it is reasonable to
assient h '!• Axis ,;as definitely failed to deliver
•the kn«* k*»ut oi<*w* ;liai would have given the aggres
sor- ; ■■ v ■ ’•• chance of winning the war.
'A. • i xt issur to be do. ded is whether the Unit
0 r'ho op., .r: assemble the power to break the Axis
completely end, if so, how long it will take.
T.A o.t^iwholming advance of German panzer
n;o ,u .• a and Egypt .ire being bought by blood
arid 1 • p a of territorial conquest is getting so high
that hit levs toin. t lit blood and material of Germany,
is ms 'A urnt ; complete the transaction.
Jao.nis spe.1 aeular sweep through the Far East
has in n halted. The orientals are also discovering that
the initial payment in war is easier to meet than the
subsequent installments that fall due. Japanese sup
pi.ea augmented for years, are being reduced and the
• certain to arrive when the United Nations will
outnumber and outgun the swashbuckling soldiers and
sailors of the Rising Sun.
Americans are gradually understanding the value
01 tlie initiative in war. They have seen what happens
when their enemies pick the time and place of at
tack:, It is simple arithmetic. To nations, with equal
forces, a tv at war. There are ten points of contact.
Obviously, if one attempts nothing but defense, the
tlier can mass reserves and deliver an overwhelming
attack at any selected point, thus gaining a decision.
When the Nazis marched into Poland, Germany was
at her iuliest military strength. Hitler timed the show
down test with Great Britain and France, knowing
that no was ready and suspecting that the democracies
were unprepared and hoping to get his goal without
heavy cost.
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the Japs were
at then peak in military, naval and aerial power. The
Tokyo gang knew that they were ready and that never
ea Vi would Japan possess the same relative strength
i battle against the United States, which was slowly
expt nding its forces.
Hedy Lamarr, on Bond-selling expedition:
"What you think Hedy Lamarr looks like doesn’t
worry me as much as what Hirohito and Hitler are
doing."
Wendell L. Willkic, after talking to American
soldiers m Egypt:
‘ I like them for saying they wanted to get home. If
they had said anything eise. they’d have been liars."
Italian broadcast, recorded in London:
“Wr.de optimism gives a rosy view of the situ
ation gone/ illy, strict military facts paint another pic
ture not > ! osy *’
NEW CHIEF OF .STIFF
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Most interesting backstage s e> .' r in the
Army these days is, who will replace Gen. George Mar
; shall as Chief of Staff when, as general!', -_-x peeled, he
i goes overseas to become Supreme A died Commander.
Central figure in this speculate n s handsome, am
j bilious Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell, a h') ha> come fur
ther in a shorter time than almost am .ther man in
the Army. Rising from WPA administrate • in New
York, this close friend of Harry Hopkins, nov has re
organized Ordnance, the Quartermaster C aps. Chom
ical Warfare, Signal Corps and the Surgeon General's
Office, and put them all under the Sere-ices f Supply.
He has done an A-l job.
However, there is much opposition to Somervell as
Chief of Stalf. due to one fact. He has never been an
: officer of the line — in other words n • fighting or
combat branch of the Army.
Top-notch combat officers who are n line for
Chief of Staff, when and if Gen. Marshall yoes over
; seas are:
Lt. Gen. “Jakey” Devers, a Pennsylvania Dutch
man, commander of the Armored Forces at Fort
Knox, a great tank expert.
Major Gen. D. D. Eisenhower, of German descent
from Texas, another tank expert, now chief U S. strat
egist preparing for the 2nd Front in England.
Major Gen. Robert Eichelberger of German de
scent from Ohio, an infantryman, now Superintendent
of West Point, who was assistant chief of staff to the
AEF to Siberia in 1918.
Major Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger, b< re. at An
derson. Ind.. of German descent, one of the crack tank
corps commanders in the Western desert maneuvers.
Brig. Gen. Clarence Huebner, born at Bushton.
Kansas, who enlisted as a private, worked o> was up
to one of the top ranks in the Army,is new m charge
of training of the Service of Supply.
Major Gen. Robert C. Richardson of South Caro
lina. a cavalryman, formerly commander it El Paso,
who recently served in Australia, and now commands
The Seventh Cavalry Area.
NOTE: Lake Gen. MacArthur. Gen Somervell
was born in Arkansas.
I KM.Mr Brrwillii
Plenty of trouble—for A. Hitler and company —
was brewing in Europe this week. Briei accounts of
uprisings in France, Nazi troop mutinies m Norway,
portend an unpleasant winter of unrest and riot
The disciplined German army, proud >f he iron
will of its men and their ability to carry out orders, .
was being unruly in Norway. Two concentration camps*
have been set up to house the strays. There were others
who took their own lives or escaped into the Finnish
frontier guided by maps dropped by Russian ’hers.
The Russian front, too, and the prospect of being
| sent to the slaughter put fear into one group of Nazi
troopers in Norway. They rebelled, were rdered ex
ecuted. The firing squad in turn rebelled and refused
; to pull their triggers. So the offenders were sent to cool
■ their heels in a concentration camp, instead. Hitler
was having trouble keeping his butchers In line, at
; least as far as butchering Germans was concerned.
In France, the people were tiring of Nazi domina
i lion and protested openly the transportation of French
: men to Germany where they would replace Germans
being sent to slaughter. Several hundred Frenchmen
were shot down in mob rioting. At least 500 more'Ges
tapo agents have taken their places in the Vichy area.
Winter food stores have been bandited away by
the Nazis for their own. The winter will bring even
more uprisings. It will be starve or fight.
Kaiser lo Built Three Planes
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Henry J. Kaiser has been authorized to proceed
with the construction of three large-scale cargo planes,
to cost $18,000,000 and be completed’ in twenty-five
months.
Meanwhile, he will draw up plans, for a plant
where planes of the type could be produced on a vol
ume basis and so that it could be constructed at any
time that the military services decide they wanted sub
stantial numbers of the planes.
The proposed planes are to be of the flying boat
type, capable of carrying sixty tons of cargo and will
be constructed of duramold, a combination of plywood
| and plastic material. Engines, propellors and instru
ments necessary will be made available by ‘be War and
Navy departments.
; Another interesting specification is that neither
! Mr Kaiser nor his associate Howard Hughes will de
j rive any profits from designing and manufacturing the
I planes. Each is anxious bo make this contribution to
j the w ir effort.
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Passing: of Galen
Fry Is Mourned
Funeral services were held for
Galen B. Fry. 71. posmaster and
weather observer at Richardson,
who was a hermit as far as com
ing to Fairbanks was concerned,
but whose death recently was
mourned by the many Richard
son Highway travelers he had
befriended over many years.
Fry was brought to Fairbanks
fur medical treatment from his
station 75 miles from Fairbanks,
after much persuasion by friends
He was unconscious much of the
time after reaching Fairbanks.
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List of Pallbearers
Pall-bearers were William Mel
vin, Jesse Rust. Forrest Lyons,
George Preston, Frank Nash and
Richard M. Boyd.
Fry was a well-known resident
of the Richardson district for the
past 18 years. Before that, lie had
spent some years at Nome. Little*
is known about his relatives in
the States. But from the recol
lection of some of his friends, he1
was thought to have come to
A'aska from Maine, when he
had a sister.
Among his other occupations,
he worked in the summers for
the Alaska Road Commission
from about 1924. Since 1932, he
was postmaster at Richard son.
ircceii ng Fred Wilkins, who
was accidentally drowned in Pax
son's Lake in July of that year.
Ill Last Summer
In kite years. Fry was also
wrathi r observi i it Richardson,
and helped maintain the high
way m t he summer season. His
''ailing health tweed him to give
up this road work last summer. .
He was hold in high esteem b\
a largi circle of acquaintances
who made his hou-e at R chord
si m a regular stopping place
when business or pleasure took
them i i that section.
One of the-'e friends, George
Pre.t. n. sa d, ‘'About the best
eulogyq that can be given any
man is to say that he was a good
neighbor." Wi Fry well earned
this fine reputation. He was ever
ready to get up at any hour of
hte night to wait on some belat
ed traveler and prepare a meal
or give him a bed.
liver Ready To Aid
"On more than one occasion he 1
has been called on to spend his
time helping to pull some unfor
tunate driver and his car or
truck from the ditch after which
he would be ever ready to pro
v de a cup of coffee and H b te :
i i eat for the comfort of the
parts he had previously assist- 1
i d.
"Mr. Fry's immediate neigh
V> i -• at Richardson will miss
Pin: especially for the many acts
of personal service which he
lur ever ready to perform for
them, and the unselfish help
hey could always count on when
needed. Tin* world is poorer by
the death of this kindly soul who
was eve. true to the bes t tradi- *
lions of the pioneers of the
north.”
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Towns Plan
House Every
40 Minutes
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SEATTLE Seattle and other
King County will go after feder
al quarters for 11,000 families to
meet their combined needs.
This was decided upon at a con I
ferenct* in Mayor William F. De- j
vin’s office in which officials of
the various housing commissions
representing S e a 111 e, King
County, Kirkland, Renton and
White Center together with rep
resentatives of war industries i
participated.
Tlic homes sought will be of
the prefabricated demountable
removable type costing about 1
$800 per house with one bed- j
room, $1,400 for houses with two !
bedrooms and $1,800 for houses |
of three bedrooms. The houses
can be put together in forty min
utes, it is said.
Jesse Epstein, secretary of the
Seattle Housing Authority, said
the 11,000 family units will be
just about take care of the com
bined needs of the municipalit
ies while other speakers thought
Unified Command
For Alaska
Is Advocated
Washington. Oct.— Uni
fied eomand of army and
Navy activities in Alaska
is urged by Delegate Di
mond. In a statement he
said: “I have no criticism
of either the army or the
navy command in Alaska,
but if an active war should
be developed in the Terri
tory they might regret
they did not have a unified
command.
As it is now. sometimes
the navy commands some
situations, in other cases,
the army commands. Some
times it is difficult to de
termine who is in com
mand.”
Dimond said he would
ask the House to appoint a
committee to inspect the
army’s new International
Highway through Canada
to Alaska. He said he
would ask in a resolution
that the committee deter
mine whether the road
should be extended to oth
er sections of Alaska part
icularly to the tiering coast
from which there could be
quicker access to Russia.
Japs Test
Four Large
Submarines
Washington, Oct.-Agents
of the Sinn-Korean Peo
ples League reported thru
the Washington office of 1
the league that Japan has
Intilt and tested lour large
submarine5:, wh’ch are be
ing placed in service and
will be followed by 24 oth
ers to be completed by
June of next year.
The Korean League said
tin; reports were without
confirmation but that the
agents state the submarin
es can cruise 20,000 miles
and that one of them made
a trip to Europe and car
ried 200 CJerman air and
ship experts to Japan and
Singapore. The submarin
es were said to carry two
collapsible airplanes each
and to mount four six-inch
guns. They are to be used,
in part, as transports.
The same agents report
ed that the head of the Jap
anese Black Dragon so
city, Toyamo, has promis
ed that within 10 months
India will be Japainese.
The address also was made
in August. Toyamo also
was reported to have said
that Japan also will block
ade the Arabian Sea while
Hitler strikes at Dakar and
the Azores.
more will be required.
At th same time Charles C.
tendent, in a report filed with
Hughes, city building superin
Mayor Devin, urged immediate
steps for conversion of i83 Seat
tle stores into living quarters for
336 families or more at an aver
age cost per store unit of $400,
on permits issued by his depart
ment under the city’s new hous
ing liberalization ordinance.
Hughes said his department
had made a survey and inspec
tion of 236 store buildings listed
by the Homes Registration Bu
reau as suitable for living quar
ters and found 183 adaptable for
such conversion, eighteen not ad
aptive, eight already occupied
and others not available for var
ious reasons.
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