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EXPLOITATION
In his Seattle speech recently Vice
President Henry Wallace said: “The new
frohtier extends from Minneapolis via
the coast states and Alaska through Si
beria and China all the way to Central
Asia. Here are vast resources of miner
als and manpower to be developed by
democratic, peaceful methods the
methods not of exploitation but, on the
contrary, the more profitable methods
of creating higher living standards for
hundreds of millions of people. ’
As is usual with a Wallace statement
this one is a mixture of fact and hazy
radicalism. Obviously the trend of
world development is routed as he sug
gests—through the coast cities and Alas
ka, thence to and through Siberia and
on to China and Central Asia. But what
of “exploitation” as opposed to the
“more profitable methods of creating
higher living standards for hundreds of
millions of people?”
Webster’s New International diction
ary declines the word “exploit” as “to
utilize; to make available; to get the val'
ue or usefulness out of; as to exploit a
mine or agricultural lands.’’ To be sure
there is a much later and secondary
meaning which is also given—“to draw
an illegitimate profit from; to speculate;
to put upon.” *
The point that we are attempting to
make is that the Wallace type of think
ing permits no acknowledgment of the
entirely legitimate exploitation of natur
al resources by private enterprise for
profit which is fully shared by the many.
Yet this is exactly the type of exploita
tion which has created the highest liv
ing standards known to civilization—the
American standards.
A good case in point may be had by
reference to another statement in the
same speech: “It is quite possible that for
15 or 20 years after this war the air route
to Asia via Fairbanks, Alaska, will not
be a money-making one. But it is also
certain that our national future requires
that we, in cooperation with Russia and
the Chinese, maintain such a route.”
This week we are carrying advertising
copy for United Airlines announcing that
as soon as its application is granted reg
ular mainlirier service will be maintain
ed to several Alaska points with termi
nu i at Anchorage. It is our understand
ing that Pan American Airways will
shortly announce a daily service from
Seattle to Fairbanks. The inference is
plain. These two great air pioneering
companies expect to be established on
the route outlined by Vice President
Wallace says we as a nation require, and
through private enterprise will “ex
ploit” the air lanes of the world to create
higher living standards “for hundreds of
millions of people.”
The Coast cities and Alaska face a
tremendous and non inevitable future
development. It will come through ex
ploitation in the best meaning of the
word. All the governmental aid which
is required is sufficient regulation to
assure that type of exploitation. The
higher living standards will then take
care of themselves.— Alaska Weekly).
VITAMIN FAD DENOUNCED
Dr. Herman L. Kretshmer, of Chicago,
who does not believe that the people of
this country are in such a state of malnu
trition “as to require the use of $250.
000,000 worth of “Vitamins”, is worthy
of commendation.
The doctor recently took office as pres
ident of the American Medical Associa
tion and lost no time in condemning the
widespread indiscriminate use of vita
mins. He declares “the excessive claims
made for vitamins are beyond any basic
medical evidence.”
Dr. Kretshmer says that the people of
the United States have never enjoyed
better health conditions. He cites the
following facts:
(1) The death rate is the lowest in
our history, except for a slight rise last
year.
i2) There have been no major epi
demics such as the influenza epidemics
in the last war.
(3) Tuberculosis, which often rises
during war, has reached an all-time low.
(4) Pneumonia is no longer the dan
ger it was before the advent of the sulfa
drugs.
(5) Cerebro-spinal meningitis, which
formerly had a death rate of 60 to 70
per cent, now has a mortality of about
five per cent.
(6) More than three million babies
were bom last year in this country with
the lowest maternal and infant death
rate in our entire history.
(7) The troops of the nation enjoy
good health, with bullets killing more
fighting men than disease, which is the
reverse of previous war time experi
ences.—(Fairbanks News-Miner).
GiiirchOl Tells
Of C ordination
LONDON, Aug. 4—(API—
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill disclosed today that the Nor
mandy invasion was coordinated
with the Russian offensive, and
added that everything is going
well but it is the Red Army
which is "tearing the guts out of
Germany.”
He said, "4,375 persons have
been killed in England recently
by rocket bombs, and 14,000 in
jured. 17,000 homes have been
destroyed since the alwck began
June 15th.
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MASONIC TEMPLE
BEING RENOVATED
The Masonic Temple on Sted
man Avenue is undergoing a
change in appearance. After much
pounding and knocking by vari
ous members of Che Order, there
appears to be an addition to the
rear of the building to take care
of kitchen facilities, which have
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been lacking. The members are
doing the work on the construc
tion of the addition after their
work hours and according to re
ports will soon have the place fin
ished. The Masonico Temple is the
onl private mee'ing hall in the
city at the present time, and there
is need for the kitchen facilities,
for the forthcoming winter season
of social activities.
Holman Convicted
In Fire Deaths
| SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 —
<AP>—A jury convicted George
Holman, 47, a Negro cafe proprie
tor, on 22 counts of first degree
murder, who was charged with
setting the fire which destroyed
the New Amsterdam Hotel here
in March.
Twenty-two perrons, many of
them war workers, died in the
fire.
The jury recommended a life
sentence.
; One of the principal witnesses,
Gertrude Jordan, was a resident
of the hotel.
| The State asked the death p% -
alty.
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Fifth War loan
Over the Top
WASHINGTON D C.. Aug. 4.
—‘AP)—Sales in the Fifth War
Loan topped $20,630,000,000, Hen
ry Morgenthau, secretary of the
treasury, announced today. The
goal was $16,000,000,000. Alaska
is over the top with $3,864,428 25,
with the Nome total at $94,
130 25, well over its quota.
American Forces
Near St. Nazaire
—
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES IN ENGLAND, Aug. 4.,
—(AP)—American forces are be
lieved tonight to have swept
across Brittany to St. Navaire,
virtually completing the tut- wfl’
of the Brest Peninsula.
Court of Honor
Is Established
LONDON, Aug. 4_(AP)- A
special court of honor has: been
se4 up to purge the army ele
ments hostile to Hitler, it was re
ported here today.
The court reports 11 officers,
including a field marshal, have
already been fired or jailed, feur
others suicides, and five execut
ed.
There Will Be No More Ice Cream Sold Here Until
the Arrival of the New Ice Cream Machine.
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