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8 Billion More
For Defense
Over $8,000,000,000 more for
Army and Navy purposes, asked
of Congress by President Roose
dent Roosevelt, comes fast upon
the heels of other huge sums for
the same purposes. And there.?
no question raised but what the
Army and Navy needs they will
Eft.
The distribution will be wide
spread. and allocated as tne de
fense command determines. No
question but. what an appreciable
portion will be allotted to sup
plement the defense projects and
increase the armed forces in Al
aska.
In this region, a? well as others
of vital strategic importance,
Uncle Sam may be expected to
bestir himself as never before.
The titanic struggle in Russia
and bitter conflicts elsewhere
brook no delay on the part of
America.
The issue in Russia may be de
termined sooner than many ex
pect. Wearing down of both Ger
man and Russian forces in the
most rapid and destructive con
flicts of history may soon leave
American the one surviving pow
or. By rushing her program for
all-out armament to the maxi
mum she would stand in a posi
tion of superior might, once the
ether nations have whittled each
other down to skeleton forma
tions,
Gritain as well as America
both are producing on an unpre
cedented scale. Britain has not
lost in man power in any de
gree comparable to either Ger
many and Russia, and America’s
potential man and machine pow
er not only is untouched but
mounting clahy.
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Expenditures for defense ir.
this country have just begun. By
the end of June, which closes
the current fiscal year, only six
billion dollar out of the many bil
lions apropriated for defense hadj
been expended. During the next
twelve months, this sum will be
tripled and there is a possibil
ity that it will be doubled in the
following year.
Luekly, the United States has,
had ample time in which to con
struct new industrial plants and
to secure the machine tools that
make mass production possible.
The Government has allocated
more than three billion dollars
for new plant construction. Some
of these plants are now begin
ning to go into production and
others will come into the produc
tion stage very shortly.
When all the wheels begin to'
turn, the production of tanks,
planes and other fighting mater
ial. equipment and supplies, will
,give the world a new conception
of American efficiency and indus
trial genius.
Chinese Will
Aid Russians
LONDON — A reliable source
declares that Chiang Kai Shek
and Stalin have an understand
ing by which China will put half
-a million soldiers alongside the
Soviet forces in the event Japan
attacks Russia.
It is said the agreement is one
reason Japan “chose Indo-China
instead of a direct attack on Rus
6ia to aid the Axis partners.”
Russia, it was learned, will
soon get Polish troops under a
pact now nearinig conclusion, com
prising prisoners taken by Rus
sia when the Soviet occupied Po
land two years ago. This force
is estimated at 200,000 soldiers.
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Napoleon And
Hitler In Russia
The Fuhrer’s attack on the So-^
viet missed by only two days fall;
ing on the anniversary of Napol
eon's invasion of Ruissia. Junol
124. 1812. And there are enough
I parallels for the early stages to
| give the comparison an ecire'
I quality. The assault by the Em
peror of the French was prepar
i ed with a secrecy which rivaled
that of Hitler. However, much of
the transport was of the wrong
kind because Napoleon had not
consulted anyone about it. Like
the Fuhrer, the Emperor struck
without a declaration of war ag
ainst a ruler who had been his!
ally of convenicce. Napoleon per
sisted in thinking the he only
had to win a few victories and the
Czar would fold up, and as long
as there was hope of this hap
pening he conducted an indus
trious war on Alexander’s nerves
through secret envoys. But Alex
ander spread out a fnap of the
vast Russian territories and said:
"He will have to go to the end
of the earth to find peace.”
The general situation that fac-|
ed Napoleon in 1812 was also re
markably similar to that which1
confronts Hitler. The French
were bogged down in a difficult
war in Spain against guerillas
and a British Army.
Napoleon was futilely attempt
ing to organize the Continent of
Europe against British soa and;
mercantile power. And he even;
gave as his greatest reason for
the attack on Russia the idea
that once that country had been
defeated and forced to boycott
British goods, a move which Alex
ander then was only making half
heartedly, Britain cou'd finally
be beaten and a universal peace:
enforced.
The fact that the two adven-1
turcs started from comparable
situations doesn’t mean, of course
that they will have comparable!
endings. — News-Week.
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No Time For 1
Divided Nation
The people of the United Stat
es are far away from the actual
fighting in Europe and Asia, but
their destiny is undoubtedly at
stake. Certainly, this is no time
for a divided America. It is time
for minorities, regardless of the
sincerity of their convictions, toj
accept the will of the majority of|
the people of this country and;
thus demonstrate to the world j
that democracy can function in |
times of war as well as in times!
of peace.
The brave men who signed thei
Declaration of Independence un-j
erstood the peril they accepted.,
They were not afraid of the re-i
sponsibility of leadership and!
they faced realities. It is neces
sary for the people of this coun
try today to be equally courag
eous in the face of an uncertain
I future.
GROW SUNFLOWERS
IN AUSTRALIA
Mrs. George Black, of Dawson,
received a letter from an Aus-!
tralian friend stating that in the!
Warren district of New South;
Wales they are growing sunflow-j
ers which it is expected will pro
duce an oil more valuable than
the best imported olive oil. The
residue may be used as feed, and
the fibre of the plant is suitable
for strawboards. Flowers are
fully 12 inches in diameter, and
the seed is so fattening that lay
ing hens, fed with it, become too
fat to lay after a few weeks.
Alaska In Line
If Russians ] I
WASHINGTON —Frank Knox.
] Secretary of the Navy, an-ounc
! ed 'bat the new naval air sta
: tion at Dutch Harbor on the
js'rategic Aleutian h ands would
be commissioned Sept. 1.
Air bases on Midwav I-'land, in
the Pacific, and a; Trinidad, in
the Caribbean Sea. also will be
commissioned this summer, he an
nounced. bu: the approaching
comp!"tion of the Dutch Harbor
base attracted especial attention
because of the new importance
being attached to Alaskan defens
es in light of the German at
tack on Russia.
The tip of Siberia is but 30
miles from the western reaches
of Alaska and the German attack
briging the possibility of Ger
man threats from that sector, has
speeded up work on Alaskan de
fenses. The speed-up particular
ly app'ics to air. submarine, anti
aircraft and heavy artillery in
stallations.
Knox said that the Midway air
station and that at Trinidad, on
Carenage Bay, about five miles
from Port of Spain, would be
commissioned on Aug. 1.
Commander Syri! T. Simrad,
executive officer of the San
Diego naval air station, will com
mand the Midway Island base.
Commander William N. Upd-e
graff. who has been on duty at
the Pearl Harbor Air Station,
wi ! he in charge of Dutch Har
bor's air s'ation. and Command
er Arthur W. Radford. aboard
t!ie aircraft carrier Yorktown,
will command the Trinidad sta
tion.
The Dutch Harbor station is lo
cated in Amaknak Island and in
formed military sources regard
it a? an important installation
that neutra’izes to some extent,
at least, the air and submarine
bases recently constructed in the
Bering Islands within easy strik
ing distance of vital Alaskan;
areas.
These bases, it was said, were
built for the Russians under the
direction of German technicians
and to German specifications, a
fact which official? stressed in
discussing the probability of the
German army overrunning Sibcr
ia and moving into the area.
Taking into account German
plans to complete the campaign
against the Soviet Union in less
than three months, officials said
that emphasis has been given air
and submarine bases in the Alas
ka defense program, since under
sea and aircraft will form the1
main defensive weapons of the
United States sliou’d an attack
come at that point.
Delegate Dimond, representing
Alaska in Congress, said that the
Russo-German conflict made it
apparent that the defense of that
territory must be stepped up
There Outta
Be A Law
i
.
Official Washington is of the
lopin'on that the border dispute
which has smou'dered for a cen
tury between Peru and Ecuador,
and which suddenly burst into
Sure recently, may have been
set off by “ou‘c'de forces.’ mean
ing. of course, Fifth Columnists.1
If? very possible. With England
making definite progress in her
war. since American aid. it’s not
far-fetched to suppose Nazi Ger
many thought it was time to give
America something to think
. about in the western hemisphere.
Confusion, panic and dissatis-'
•action are three of the weapons
which Herr Hitler very frankly
states in his Nazi Bib'e. Mein
Kampf should be used to the ut
most by his disciples in divert
ing attention of governments
while their boss goes on to great
cr and farther-reaching victories.
It's satisfying to read of 32
Nazi trouble-makers being pick
ed up by the FBI in New York
for. while we know that like
d.sth and taxes we will always
have spies among us. it seems
that more stringent measures
Could be taken to make it -less
■ asy for them to circulate from
her? to there. Alaska is full of
i them. We know that. too.
A though we give full credit to
the Custom? Service, an incident
happ.ned which got to wonder
ins if. pc’-hap'. it might not be
a good idea for that important
branch of our government to
wise up their men on what might
or might not constitute proof of
a traveler’s American citizenship.
Passing through Victoria re
cently an Alaska newspaper man
was asked for credentials. He took
out his 1941 American Legion1
card. No good. Digging deeper
in his wallet he found his Elks
card. Again no good. While rum
maging for a pass-port, carried
since war days when he was in
.he Navy, another card dropped
out on the Customs man’s desk.
It was an old press card which
had admitted the • newsman to
Washington’s Senate chamber
when, in 1931 he covered a legis
lature. Every reporter covering
a session is given such a pass,
whether he covers for the New
York Times or for Hitler’s DNB.
and whether the reporter hap
pens to be a citizen or aliep
didn’t at that time, make any
difference to the newspaper he
worked for as long as he was ef
ficient.
"O. K. Senator,” he said, wav
ing the startled newsman on.
without delay. Congress already
has appropriated $100,000,000 for
defense in Alaska.
One of the most advantageous
projects, he suggested, would be
construction of a highway be
tween Alaska and the northwest
.'tates. That, he said, would “give
us unmistakable control.” |
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These Nazi tanks are described by German sources as assembling for “an attack on burning Sluk.” Maps of Russia indicate that
the town of “Sluk” may be Slutsk, whichlies 5ft miles south of Minsk, in the Russo-German fighting zone.