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“Alaska is a wonderful coun
try with a wonderful future, and
it has this wonderful future not
only in peace but in war because
it is the center of the crossroads
of the world. Alaska, and Nome
particularly, is right in the heart
of that crossroads. I think that
the Arctic is really the coming
crossroads of the world.'’ So
states Dr. Ruth Gruber, the stim
ulating and brilliant young wo
man who is making a social and
economic survey of the entire
'■ Territory of Alaska for the De
i partment of Interior. “Alaska has
i nfinite resources—gold and oth
I ar minerals, reindeer, fish, furs,
i and timber—and when those are
1 developed to their full capacity
Alaska will be one of the most
important sections of the whole
country." She continued.
Dr. Gruber will remain in the
; Territory for a year collecting
material for her suvey. She has
already covered a good portion
of Alaska, having traveled thru
the Inside Passage and thense to
: Seward: over the Alaska Rail
I road to Anchorage and Fair
! banks: down the Yukon River by
j steamer and on the small river
boats to St. Michael: to King Is
| land aboard the Coast Guard
Patrol Bead Atalanta where she
: remained two weeks; to Nunii
■ vak Island and the Pribiloff Is
lands; to Unalaska and back to
Nome aboard the Cutter Haida
via St. Lawrence Island. Short
ly Dr Gruber will fly to Kotze
bue, Pt. Hope and Pt. Barrow.
Pribiloff Islands Outstanding
Outstanding in her observa
| tion, she said, were the Pribiloff
Islands which make a “most in
spiring picture of what intelli
gent government can do in con
serving wild life. The seal which
were almost extinct in 1911 now
number over two million. The
whole island is a government pro
ject. The native Aleuts live in
government houses and receive
electricity and water from the
government as well as their pay.
The Island is extremely healthy,
having few diseases and only a
small portion of the people have
| tuberculosis.”
Amazing, she said, is the seren
ity and nobility of the Eskimos
she has met in various localities.
The equality among the people
of Alaka, and the vigorous and
democratic spirit in the Territory
has captured her interest.
Youngest Ph. D.
Dr. Gruber is associated with
the Columbia Broadcasting Co.
and also works for the New York
Herald Tribune. A pamphlet is
sued by the Columbia Lecture
Bureau has this to say about this
extraordinary young woman:
“A young American, she be
came the youngest Doctor of
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Dr. Ruth Gruber On Survey
Of Alaska For Government
Philosophy in the world when
the University of Cologne (Ger
many) awarded her the Ph.D.
summa cum laude, after a single
year’s residence.
“She was born in Brooklyn.
N. Y., and studied for her pre
liminary degrees at New York
University, Mount Holyoke, Har
i vard and the University of Wis
| consin. After working as a re
! porter and free lance writer, she
was awarded the Yardley Found;
atien Fellowship given by the
New Jersey State Federation of
Women's Clubs at the rcommend
ation of the Guggenheim Founda
i tion.
“Traveling thousands of miles
! through Europe, Asia and the
I United States, she reported the
j rapid changes in regions into
! whose amazing boomtowns, gold,
i mines and prison colonies she
1 was the first and only foreign ;
[ woman to penetrate.
First Correspondent To Fly i
In Soviet Arctic
“She holds a position unique in
journalism. She was the first for
eign correspondent to fly through
| the Soviet Arctic; the first for
eign correspondent to send de
tailed reports aboard of what
was taking place; the on'y for
eign correspondent to participate;
in the conquest of the historic
Northeast Passage, which will
link Europe, Asia and America
across the top of the globe. Her
stories were sydicated through
out the world, and were read by
millions in the leading news
papers of the United States and
Canada.
“After two extensive flights
j through the Arctic, she set about
j writing the story of this adven
! ture. It was material that could
have been made into a routine
travel book such as the country
has been deluged with in past
years, but it was not. It was a
complete and understanding
study of a new life, in fact of a
new wor d. It was the story of
; the twentieth century, of man’s
creative use of his new tools, ra
dio and airplanes, science and in
dustrial technique, in opening
I an unknown part of the world, j
“Though written with the sus-,
pense and human interest of a
novel, it .had all the thoroughness
of a student gifted with a bril
| liant mind and a lively sense of!
humor. That “I Went to the!
Soviet Arctic” is being widely
read and widely enjoyed for its
; literary style and personal adven
ture is a surprise to no one who
knows Ruth Gruber.
“Ruth Gruber is alive, bril
liant, charming. Seldom has the
world produced a woman who
has packed so much into a few
years. She is a person to meet
and hear because she knows the
part that human being must play]
in many sections of the world—1
she knows what they want—how
they live—what they have accom
plished and what they can ac
complish in a changing world.
“Young, eager, enthusiastic,
Ruth Gruber has tramped, sail- j
ed and flown around the world—|
talked to people behind Europe’s
shuttered windows—lived in Arc!
tic reindeer-skin tents and polar |
radio stations —traveled through;
America to interview the men1
and women striving to hold andj
to improve our rich heritage of'
democracy. She scooped the news!
paper world by getting inside the!
vast and impenetrable Soviet;
Arctic, and on the basis of her
findings there, stirred public op
inion to the need for developing
our own Arctic Empire—Alaska
is now being swiftly fortified
into one of the greatest military
and naval defense bases of our
country. As a candid journalist
and keen student, she ranges the
world not only to understand its
politics ad its new pattern of life
but the men and women who
make up this world we live in.”
NOTICE
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. I
wil meet at the IOOF Hall at 8
p.m. Friday night, August 8th.
Signed Secty. Wm. Maloney
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1941 SAILING SCHEDULE
BERING SEA ROUTE
SHIP Sails from Seattle Due Nome
SUTHERLAND (Freight) Aug. 20th Aug. 30th
Nome, Kotzebue, Keewalik, Dee ring,
Shrshmaref, Wales, Tin City, Teller,
Nome. (Calls made in order named).
DERBLAY (Freight) Sept. 1st Sept. 11th
Nome, St. Michael, Unalakleet,
Ungalik, Golovin, Solomon, Nome.
(Calls made in Otyler named.)
Mt. McKINLEY (Passengers Sept. 13th Sept. 21st.
Freight) Nome, Golovin, St. Michael
Mt. McKINLEY (Passengers Oct. 12th Oct. 20th
Freight) Nome
NOTE:- Arrival dates Nome approximate only. All sailings subject
to change without notice. • M. J. WILCOX, Agent