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Donald McDonald Labels Alaska Hoad
‘Economic & Engineering Monstrosity’
WASHINGTON. July (AP) — A member of the
Alaska International Highway Commission told a Sen
ate foreign relations sub-committee that an eastern
overland route to Alaska, ordered bv the Canadian
American join defense board, was inaccessible, value
less for defense and “an economic and engineering
monstrosity.”
Appearing in behalf of a western coastal route which
he helped to plan, Donald McDonald, an Alaskan en
gineer for 28 years, asserted that a highway close to
the sea would be “far more stategic” as a supply line
to Alaska enemy invasion.
The sub-committee, considering a resolution by
Senator Danger (R-ND) requesting a senate inquiry
to determine if “real reason exists” for the eastern or
so-called “C” highway, was informed by McDonald
that “the future of this country may well depend on
the location of an Alaskan supply line.
“Alaska,” he declared, “is the most strategic point
in the world. If an enemy once took control there he
could dominate this continent as well as the entire
civilized world.”
McDonald explained that the proposed coastal or
“A” route could be built more economically, and that
fighter planes, operating from potential fields along
the highway, could better resist naval invasion than if
either of these two other routes were built.
The eastern route would be 400 miles from the
coast. Planes operating from fields along this highway,
he contended, would hgve a range of about 500 miles
and would be “valueless” against a coastal invasion.
Further, he said, Alaska’s main supply base at Seat
tle is only 600 miles from Prince George but about
3,900 miles from Dawson Creek.
A proposed central or “B” route, McDonald con
tinued, would be as “equally inaccessible and costly”
to construct as the “C” route.
Danger’s resolution requesting the inquiry stated
that the route selected by the joint defense board “con
fers great peacetime commercial benefits on certain
Canadian corporate interests” and is “enabling these
interests to monopolize present and future rail and
air transport facilities.”
“The Canadian Pacific Railroad,” McDonald told the
sub-committee, “had had years of experience in Can
adian politics and it knows how to handle things.”
IN THE DARK
Justice William O. Douglas of the United States
Supreme Court speaking: “The press cleariy has a tight
cn its hand. It must make war on our illusions and on
our wishful thinking. . . Our democracy cannot func
tion effectively unless a free press helps the people to
keep themselves mentally fit. Let us never forget that
free, frank and bold discussion is the very life of this
kind of government.
"We, as a people know no substitute for a free press.
For the people cannot keep themselves mentally fit and
alert in this unfamiliar, complicated kaleidoscopically
changing world without the aid and guidance of a
free and masterfully competent press.
“And yet the press is not free and effective simply
by virute of not being bullied or suppressed. It is free
according to the spirit of our institutions only when it
accepts the responsibility of its independence, and, of
its volition, helps the people advance toward the re
alization of their aspirations.
“When we have fought our way to victory, the Nazis
will finally understand that the decisive secret weapon
in our arsenal is the mind and spirit of the average
American, who wants the truth and who always wants
to know how he can do his job better.
“This is the reason why the average American is
counting on the ability of the press to keep him on
the right course during these dark days.”
We’re glad that we have the opinion of at least one
member of the highest court in the United States on
this matter, because we believe that before this thing
is over, the Supreme Court is going to have to decide
whether we still have a free press.
To start out with the War Department asked the
press to cooperate in keeping all information out of the
newspapers that might prove useful information to
any enemy.
That, was a request that hardly needed to be asked.
It was something very easy to understand. The present
attitude of suppression of truth, of dogmatic ordering
*—DON’T PRINT THAT—is not easy to understand be
cause we must withhold information from the public
which is not valuable information to the enemy be
cause it is information which the enemy already has,
I
The Japs Aren't Smart;
YVe Have Been Dumb
I
The American people are heart
ened over the terrific punishment
j dealt to the Japs by our Army
and Navy off the Aleutians.
At least one cruiser has been
i sunk. Seven other vessels, in
j
eluding an aircraft carrier, have
been damaged.
But, two weeks after their in
j itial attack on Dutch Harbor —
the Japs still are on North Am
! erican soil.
The American people are amaz
ed by the continuing strength
shown by the Japs in more than
six months of war in which the
Japs have been on the offensive.
In the same week the Japs
, struck at Dutch Harbor and Mad
agasoar. This means the Japs
were delivering blows against
: the United Nations more than
half way around the world.
Here is a little nation, smaller
than our own State of California,
that in six months has conquer
ed an area 12 times the size of
Japan proper, containing a pop
ulation twice as large as Japan’s
80,000,000.
During the five months we
held the Philippines, we were
able to take just 56 Japs as pri
soners. The Japs in the Philip
pines now hold 47.000 U. S. and
Filipino troops as prisoners.
Before Pearl Harbor, Japan
couldn’t make an automobile
tire with her own naturally
grown rubber. Now she holds an
area which normally accounts
for 90 percent of the world’s
rubber. The United Nations on
December 7 had 90 percent of
the world's tin, the Axis 10 per
cent. Since Japan’s conquests, the j
United Nations have 27 percent, '
Japan and Germany 73 percent.
How did the "funny little
men,” the “dwarfs of the Eastern ,
Ocean,” the "monkey men” do all
this to us? There are 2 answers.
The Japs disciplined themselv
es. used every ounce of their
available resources, prepared for
years, largely in seert. More im
portant, we have been asleep.
We have been like a man who 1
tries to shut his eyes to disagree
able facts by refusing to enter
on the stub of his check-book the
amounts of the checks he draws.
Nowr the Japs are telling us our
account with history is close to
being overdrawn. We didn’t fort
ify Guam. We couldn’t make up ,
our minds about the Philippines, j
whether to fortify them properly 1
or let them go.
We didn’t start building a mill i
tary road to Alaska until March
9, after we had been at war
three months.
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or information .which would not
help the enemy.
The American public is in the
dark as far as this war is concern
cd—especially as far as Alaska is
concerned. Military authorities
want no news at all about Al
aska to reach the outside, even
nes not of a military nature.
We, too. are positive that peo
ple will continue to be wishful
thinkers, continue to be in the
dark about this war that they are
fighting, that they are paying
for and that their children will
have to pay for, until those in
control of the censorship organiz
ation believe different.
In the meantime, we are at
tempting to cooperate with the
military even though their de
mands are unreasonable and un
wise.
But that is becoming increas
ingly difficult.
—Juneau Empire.
_____;
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska
Notice of Application For Patent
Min. Sur. No. 2114
Mm. Ent. No. 0048
Notice is hereby given that
United States Smelting Refining
and Mining Company, a Maine
corporation, by and through its
attorney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, has made applica
tion for a United States Patent
for the Dayton Bench placer
mining claim, situated on the
Left Limit of Anvil Creek in the
2nd tier benches, opposite No.
! 1 Above Discovery placer on said
Anvil Creek aad about four and
| one half miles northerly from
the town of Nome in the Cape
| Nome Mining and Recording Dis
i trict and Precinct. Territory of
! Alaska, and designated as United
States Mineral Survey No. 2114
and particularly described in the
official plat and field notes now
on file in the said Land Office
with magnetic variation at each
| corner of the survey of mean
j value of 19 deg. 30 min. E., as
| follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 identi
cal with Cor. No. 1, Survey No.
' 433, My Girl pla ■ccr claim from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 2 bears S.
; 4 deg. 24 min. E., 1264,50 ft and
j U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears So. 9 deg.
45 min. W.; thence N. 23 deg. 39
min E., 1351.4 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
| thence N. 65 deg. 44 min. W..
: 652.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N.
26 deg. 15 min. E., 30.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 4: thence S. 66 deg. 41
min. E., 625.6 ft. to Cor. No. 6;
thence S. 73 deg. 26 min. E.,
472.20 ft. to Cor. No. 6; thence
S. 73 deg. 02 min. E. 108.40 ft.
to Cor. No. 7; thence S. 18 deg.
I 56 mm. W., 934.70 ft. to Cor. No.
! 8; thence N. 80 deg. 00 min. \V..
j 166.55 ft. to Cor. No. 9; thence
: S. 9 deg. 39 min. W., 429 50 ft.
to Cor. No. 10: thence N. 73 deg.
39 min. W„ 601.35 ft. to Cor. No.
j ] and place of beginning, con
taining an area of 19.494 acres.
I There are no conflicting claims,
j The adjoining claims are as fol
lows:
On the N., Survey No. 345,
i Snowshoe placer and Survey No.
| 345. Alabama placer;
On the E., Survey No. 513,
j Forget-me-not placer and claims
'unknown and unsurveyed.
On the S., claims unknown
and unsurveyed;
On the W„ Survey No. 433, My
Girl placer claim and Survey No.
722. No. 1 placer.
The original and amended cer
tificates of location of said placer
mining claim are recorded in the
office of the Recorder of said
Mining District and Precinct, in
Vol. 208, Page 230 and in Vol.
220, Page 378 of the records of
locations of said District.
The mineral monument to
which this claim is tied is de
scribed as follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 2 is situated on
the Left Limit of Anvil Creek
about 50 ft. west of the Terri
torial tramway, and is in Lat.
64 deg. 33 min. N., Long. 165 deg.
23 mm. W.
Dated the 6th day of July, 1942
Aimer Rydeen, Register
First publication July 6, 1942,
and ending September 4, 1942.
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska
Notice of Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1891
Mineral Entry No. 0936
Notice is hereby given that
United States Smelting Refining
and Mining Company, a Maine
corporation, by and through its
attorney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is
Nome, AJasJca, has made appli
cation for a United States Patent
for the No. 7 Bench: Rex Frac
tion; Electra Bench; Birthday
Claim; I/ockheed Fraction; and
Black Cat Fraction, placer min
ing claims situated in the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, and
designated as Un.ted States Min
eral Survey No. 1891 and par
ticularly described in the official
plat and field notes now on file
in the said Land Office as fol
lows:
No. 7 Bench
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 on line
3-4, Survey No. 1194, New Zea
land Mine Placer, from whence
U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S. 88 deg.
00 min. W. 2857 44 ft.; Cor. No.
2, Survey No. 1825. Blizzard
Fraction Placer, bears N. 57 deg.
46 min. W. 16.5 ft.; thence N. 46
deg. 02 min. E. 454. 75 ft. to Cor.
No. 2. identical with Cor. No. 3.
Survey No. 1194. New Zealand
Placer; thence N. 42 deg. 45 min.
E, 646.53 ft. to Cor. No. 3: thence
S. 35 deg. 29 min. E„ 627.22 ft
to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 41 deg.
00 min. E., 234.0 ft. to Cor. No.
5; thence S. 51 deg. 41 min. W..
1022.19 ft. to Cor. No. 6; thence
N. 40 deg. 32 min. W., 268.31 ft.
to Cor. No. 7; thence N. 58 deg.
20 min. E., 125.01 ft. to Cor. No.
8, identical with Cor. No. 3. Sur
vey 1325 Blizzard Fraction Pla
cer; thence N. 57 deg. 46 man. W.,
489.18 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 18.077 acres.
Rex Fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 on line
2-3, Survey No. 1194, New Zea
land Mine Placer, from whence
U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S. 69 deg.
41 mirr. W., 2871.66 ft.; thence
N. 72 deg. 54 min. E., 927.99 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 6 deg.
19 min. E„ 382.87 ft. to Cor. No.
3, identical with Cor. No. 3, No.
7 Bench this survey previously
described; thence S. 42 deg. 45
min. W., 646.53 ft. to Cor. No. 4.
identical with Cor. No. 2, No. 7
j Bench this survey previously de
scribed; thence N. 40 deg. 06 min.
W., 760.71 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and
| place of beginning, containing
an area of 9.607 acres.
Electra Bench
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identi
cal with Cor. No. 1 Rex Fraction
this survey previously described;
thence N. 23 deg. 53 min. E.,
1182.5 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
N. 71 deg. 49 min. E., 323.9 ft.
to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 6 deg.
119 nun. E., 915.26 ft. to Cor. No.
4, identical with Cor. No. 2 Rex
Fraction this survey previously
described: thence S. 72 deg. 54
min. W.. 927.99 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 12.840 acres.
Birthday Claim
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, from
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S.
63 deg. 11 min. W.; 2487.97 ft.;
I thence N. 13 deg. 48 min. E.,
; 244.55 ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence
N. 13 deg. 31 min. E., 974.65 ft.
to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 70 deg.
56 min. E„ 704.17 ft. to Cor. No.
| 4. identical with Cor. No. 2 El
| ectra Bench this survey previous
j ly described: thence S. 23 deg. 53
min. W., 1182.5 ft. to Cor. No. 5.
| identical with Cor. No. 1 Eleetra
j Bench this survey, previously
i described; thence N. 40 deg. 06
min. W„ 308.35 ft. to Cor. No.
1 6, identical with Cor. No. 2, Sur
I very 1194 New Zealand Mine
; Placer; thence S. 68 deg. 08 min.
I W., 295.25 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and
| place of beginning, containing an
I area of 15.360 acres.
Lockheed Fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with Cor. No. 2, Survey No.
1373 Good Luck Fraction Placer,
from whence U.S.L.M. No. 1C
bears S. 57 deg. 18 min. W..
; 2609.04 ft.: thence N. 14 deg. 25
I min. W„ 732.86 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
\ thence N. 69 deg. 03 min. E.,
528.68 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
j with Cor. No. 3 Birthday Claim
t this survey previously described;
thence S. 13 deg. 31 min. W.,
974.65 ft. to Cor. No. 4. identical
with Cor. No. 2 Birthday Claim
this survey previously described;
thence N. 59 deg. 27 min. W.,
96.6 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 5.451 acres.
Black Cat Fraction Placer
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identi
cal with Cor. No. 6, Survey No.
1896 Sophia Claim, from whence
U.S.L.M. No. 1C bears S. 62 dag.
47 min. W. 2088.70 ft.; thence N.
36 deg. 40 min. E., 566.16 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 identical with Cor.
No. 1 Lockheed Fraction this sur
vey previously described; thence
5. 59 dog. 27 min. E„ 96.60 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 4 Lockheed Fraction pre
viously described; thence S. 13
deg. 48 min. W., 244.55 ft. to Cor.
No. 4 identical with Cor. No. 1
Birthday Claim this survey pre
viously described; thence N. 68
deg. 08 min. E., 295 25 ft. to Cor.
No. 5. identical with Cor. No. 6
Birthday Claim this survey pre
viously described; thence S. 24
deg. 29 min. W„ 590.02 ft. to Cor.
No. 6, identical with Cor. No. 7
Survey No. 1806 Sophia Placer;
thence N. 56 deg. 34 min. W..
470.3 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beginning, containing an area
of 4.716 acres.
These claims are situated di
rectly north of and adjoining
Survey No. 451 Nome Townsite
and about 500 ft. E. of Snake
River. The adjoining claims are:
On the N., Bluitt Bench Placer
and Seymour Placer, both un
surveyod; On the E., Survey No.
1173. No. 6 Bench Placer Claim.
Survey No. 685, No. 6 below on
Bourbon Creek Placer Claim,
and Survey No. 685 Adelaide
Placer Claim; On the S. Survey
No. 1325. Blizzard Fraction Pla
cer, Survey No. 1194, New Zea
land Mine Placer, and Survey
Nj. 1806 Sophia and Survey No.
451, Nome Townsite; On the W.,
Survey No. 1373, Rein-Deer Frac
lion and Survey No. 1373. Good
Luck Fraction. The conflicting
claims are Survey No. 451, Nome
Townsite, City of Nome, claim
ant.
The location certificates for
said mining claims are recorded
in the office of the recorder of
the Cape Nome Mining District.
Territory of Alaska, in volume
214. page 274; volume 214, page
84; volume 214, page 238; volume
199, page 409; volume 216. page
127; volume 216, page 128; vol
ume 216, page 97; volume 216,
page 131 of the records of loca
tions of said mining district.
U.S.L.M. No. 1C to which these
claims are tied is an iron pipe 4
in. in diameter, 7 ft. long, set
3Vi ft. in the ground with a 5-16
in. brass plate welded to the top,
marked U.S.L.M. 1C in Lat. 64
deg. 30 min. 30 sec. N.. Long. 165
deg. 25 min. 18 sec. W.
Dated the 27th day of June,
1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register
Every issue tri-weekly, start
ing June 29, 1942 and ending
Aug. 28, 1942.
' In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1892
Mineral Entry No, 0937
Notice is hereby given that
United States Smelting Refining
and Mining Company, a Maine
corporation, by and through its
1 attorney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is
Nome Alaska, has made applica
I tion tor a United States Patent
i for The Annie Placer Mining
, Claim situated on Snake River,
■ in the Cape Nome Mining Dis
] trict and Precinct, Territory of
I Alaska, and designated as United
■ States Mineral Survey No. ]H')2
\ and particularly described in the
; official plat and field notes now
; on file in the said Land Office,
I with magnetic variation at each
corner of the survey of uniform
! value of 16 deg. 30 min. E., as
! follows:
The Annie
•Beginning at Cor. No. 1 on
Line 11-12, Survey No. 1339,
Arthur Broncho Cephei Dandy
Eureka Famous Golden and Har
riet, from whence U.S.L.M. No.
1C bears N. 67 deg. 56 min. W.,
997.63 ft.; E edge of Anvil Rock
bears N 16 deg. 39'4 min, E;
thence N. 14 deg. 13 min. E.,
, 722.0 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical
I with Cor. No. 11, aforesaid Sur
very No. 1339 and Cor. No. 6,
Survey No. 1374, Snake Placer;
! thence N. 3 dog. 45 min. E., 780.2
ft. to Cor. No 3, identical with
Cor. No. 5, Survey No, 1374
Snake Placer and Cor. No. 6,
Survey No. 1373, Allie Claim;
thence S. 66 deg. 10 min. E.
570.48 ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical
with Cor. No. 4, Survey No. 1806
Sophia Placer; thence S. 10 deg.
18 min. W., 500.0 ft. to Cor. No.
5, identical with Cor. No. 3 afore
said Survey No. 1806; thence S.
66 deg. 10 min. E., 100.0 ft. to
Cor. No. 6, identical with Cor.
No. 2 aforesaid Survey No. 1806;
thence S. 10 deg. 18 min. W.,
851.63 ft. to Cor. No 7; thence
N. 78 deg. 30 min. W., 611.8 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 18.316
acres.
The adjoining claims are:
On the N„ Survey No. 1373,
Allie Claim.
On the E., Survey No. 1806,
' Sophia Placer.
j On the S., Survey No. 45.1,
! Nome Townsite.
On the W„ Survey No. 1374,
' Snake Placer and Survey No.
1339, Arthur Broncho Cephe.'.
Dandy Eureka Famous Golden
and Harriet.
The conflicting claims are Sur
vey No. 451, Nome Townsite.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in the
office of the recorder of the Cap*
Nome Mining District, Territory
of Alaska, in volume 37, page 92
of the record of locations of said
district.
The mineral monument to
which this claim is tied is de
scribed as follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 1C to which this
, claim is tied is an iron pipe, 4
in. in diameter and 7 ft. long
'with a 5-16 brass plate welded
! to top and marked U.S.L.M. 1C
and is in Lat. 64 deg. 30 min. 30
; sec. N., Long. L65 deg. 25 min. 18
l sec. W.
Dated the 27th day of June,
1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register
Every issue tri-weekly, start
ing June 29, 1942 and ending
I Aug. 28, 1942.
In the United States Land Office
For the Nome Land District
Nome, Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1893
Mineral Entry No. 0938
Notice is hereby given that,
j United States Smelting Refining
and Mining Company, a Maim
j corporation, by and through its
i attorney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
j whose post office address is
i Nome, Alaska, has made aippli
| cation for a United States Patent
j for the Combination Fraction on
I Gold Hill between Dry and Rock
! Creeks in the Cape Nome Mining
District and Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, and designated as
United States Mineral Survey
No. 1893 and particularly descrifc
ed in the official plat and field
notes now on file in the said
Land Office as follows:
Combination Fraction
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 horn
whence U.S.L.M. No. 1396 bears
N. 86 deg. 42 min. E., 2196.70 ft.;
Monument on Cape Nome bears
S. 69 deg. 22 min. E,; thence S.
16 deg. 09 min. W„ 387.7 ft. to
Cor. No. 2, identical with Cor.
No. 1, Survey No. 1311, Combin
ation Claim Placer; thence N. 58
deg. 40 min. W„ 1188.55 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 5, aforesaid Survey No. 1311,
Combination Claim Placer and
Cor. No. 3 Survey No. 1800, Big
i Chief Placer; thence S. 77 deg.
,44 min. E., 1058.6 ft. to Cor. No.
! 4, identical with Cor. No. 2, afore
'said Survey No. 1800 Big Chief
Placer and Cor. No. 3 Survey
I No. 1800 Jack Claim Placer,
' thence S. 76 deg. 56 min. E., 91.3
| ft- to Cor. No. 1 and place of
beginning, containing an area of
: 5.121 acres.
The adjoining claims are: On
i the north Survey No. 1800, Jack
| Claim; on the east claims un
| known and unsurveyed; on the
| south Survey No. 1311, Combina
| tion Claim Placer; on the wast
'Survey No. 1298, Juanita Bench
(Claim. There are no conflicting
I claims.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in the
office of the recorder of the Cape
Nome Mining District, Territory
of Alaska, in volume 214, ipage
172 of the records of locations of
; said district.
U.S.L.M. No. 1399 to which this
claim is tied is a fir post 6 in.
square, 5 ft. above ground, and’
situated on the highest point of
| Gold Hill about % mile N. of
j the shorn of Bering Sea and
about vk mile N. E. of Nome
Townsite. In Lat. 64 deg. 30 min.
08 sec. N„ Long. 165 deg. 5 min.
21 sec. W.
Dated the 27th day of June
1942.
Aimer Rydeen, Register,
Every issue t.ri-weekly start
ing June 29, 1942, and ending
Aug. 28, 1942. K