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Record Boom
Is Predicted
For U.S. A.
WASHINGTON. D. C. — "The
United States News" in its lead
ing article in the issue of Septem
•ber 6 says in part:
A boom that will break rec
ords lies ahead in American in
dustry. This boom is assured by
*n immense volume of defense
orders from abroad and by long
range military plans at home. It
is underwritten by the uncertain
ties that will continue regardless
--of the course of the war abroad.
The tendency among business
man is to regard this Govern
ment’s armament program as one
more flash in the pan. There is
recollection of other spending
ventures that caused business
boomlets, which then quickly col
lapsed. There is a feeling that
today’s war may end suddenly,
to be followed by a rapid loss of
interest in American defense.
There is skepticism toward the
idea that anything Government
can do will produce propserity.
This time there is reason for
business to forget its doubts. For
one thing, the spending that lies
ahead will far exceed any pre
viously attempted by the New
Deal. For a second thing, this
spending will be greater in total
and will be more prolonged than
that of the World War period.
For another thing, the United
States will be forced by circum
stances to go through with its
vast armament effort whether or
rot Great Britain is defeated.
Business Already at Peak
Business activity today, as
measured by the new Federal Re
serve index, is higher than in
either 1929 or 1937. This is before
the start of large-scale defense
spending. It is only in small part
based upon the filling of British
orders. It represents the base up
«n which an armament boom
wi 1 rest in the years just ahead.
That boom will set new produc
tion records. It may set new re
cords of national income.
Its effects will prevail for at
leas, four years and may be pro
longed.
The full character of the de
fense program, upon which busi
ness recovery is to rest, is only
now becoming clear. During the
last week, Defense Commissioner
William Knudsen and Air Chief
H. H. Arnold surveyed one part
of the program —the expanding
aviation industry.
The entire defense program is
in larger scale than the appro
pria:ions and authorizations vot
ed by Congress suggest. Those
appropriations and authoriza
tions, together with other appro
priations now planned total near
ly $18,000,000,000. The cost of a
draft army is not included in
that total. Neither is the contin
uing cost of maintaining the larg
-er Army and Navy, that are in
process of being built. Neither is
the replacement cost of airplanes
and guns and warships and oth
er equipment that will be used
up.
When the armament program
is analyzed and appraised on the
basis of plans now drawn, it is
discovered that its cost for the
fiscal years 1941 through 1946—
six years starting July. 1940 —
will be not $18,000,000,000 but
$36,600,000,000. This is a total of
spending far :n excess of any yet
attempting in this country’s
peacetime history. It is in addi
tion to all of the other forms
of government spending. Its total
spread over six years is twice
the total expenditures that were
concentrat d on national defense
in the two years of American
participation in the last war.
The effect upon business of de
defense spending is to be influ
enced by the timing of the flow
of money out of the Government j
and into the pockets of business- ;
men as well as by the character
of that spending —whether for
guns and tank^ and armor plate
and construction or for wages
and clothing and food for sol
diers and sailors.
The flow of defense dollars,
based upon the most careful es
timates, will—upon the basis of
present plans—look like this:
Fiscal Year Defense Dollars
(July to July) to be spent
1941 . $ 5.000.000,000
1942 ._... 8.115,000,000 |
1943 . 7.652,000,000 i
1944 . 6,451.000,000
1945 . 4,778,000,000
1946 . 4,701,000,000
Total .$36,697,000,000
The spending of these im
mense sums has not yet really
started. This now is the 1941 fis
cal year. In the first two months
of this year, July and August,
the flow of cash out of the Treas
ury to cover costs of defense
has been at the rate of only
$2,000,000,000 for the full year.
The August total was about $180,
000,000. The monthly total will
need soon to rise to $500,000,000
if the estimated year’s total is
reached. Included in that total
is half a billion dollars for sup
porting the first conting|enit of
Army to be created through use
of conscription.
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
In connection with the Nation
al Defense Program there is an
urgent demand for instructors in
the air corps technical school of
the War Department. An insuffic
ient number of eligibles resulted
from an examination for filling
these positions which closed on
August 15, 1940. The United Stat
es Civil Service Commission has
therefore reannounced an exam
ination to fill the following posi
j tions;
Instructor, air corps technical
school, $3,800 a year; also assoc
iate instructor, $3,200; assistant
instructor, $2,600; and junior in
structor, $2,000 a year. The salar
ies are subject to a retirement
deduction of 3Vfe percent.
Applications will be rated as
received at the Washington office
the U. S. Civil Service Commis
sion until further notice and cer
tification made as the needs of
the service require.
Separate lists of eligibles will
be established in the following
optional branches of instruction
in the aircraft field: Carburation
systems, engines, hydraulic sys
tems, instruments, mechanics,
propellers, fabric work, sheet
metal work, welding, heat treat
ing, parachutes, and Air Corps
fundamentals. Employment in
these positions is under the
Army Air Corps, and vacancies
will be filled at Chanute Field.
Rantoul, 111.; Scott Field, Belle
ville, 111.; and Lowry Field, Den
ver, Col. Applicants must have
completed at least 14 units of
high school study and must have
had certain experience as insturc
tor in shop subjects or as shop
supervisor.
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Governor
Back From
Long Trip
Expressing himself as very
much impressed with the speed I
with which the national defense
program is getting under way in
Alaska, Gov. Ernest Gruening
returned to Alaska with a pre
diction that the program would
lead the way to ever longer for
ward strides by the Territory.
The Governor consulted at
San Francisco with General John
L. DaWitt on Alaska defense de
velopments and brought home a
firm belief that the present pro
gram will help the Territory in
many ways.
Telephone Hookup
One of these, the Governor
said, will be a development of
Signal Corps communications
facilities so that it will soon be'
possible for Juneau to telephone
to Sitka, Anchorage and Fair
banks as readily as they now
do to Ketchikan and Seattle. All
communities with naval or mil
itary establishments will be hook
ed up b.y telephone, the Gover
nor said.
The development of commerc
ial aviation and other transport
ation facilities will go hand in
hand with the national defense
work, he said.
The Governor said that every
where in Alaska, the work of the
Army is far ahead of schedule.
At Annette Island, during a three
day stop at Ketchikan, Governor
Gruening visited the new airbase
site and found a camp had been
established, a substantial dock
constructed and work begun on
the difficult task of draining and
filling an airfield.
Ketchikan Busy
Ketchijcan is feeling a “mark
ed quickening” of business as a
result of the Army work, just
as other Alaska towns adjacent to
national defense projects have,
the Governor found.
During his stay in the First
City he visited Bell Island for
the first time and came away
impressed by the possibilities of
that resort being developed to
more than local proportions. Bell
Island, he said, could be expand
ed into a really famous resort
which would attract vacationers
from all over the world.
National Guard
The Governor was present at
the induction of Company B of
i the National Guard at Ketchi
kan. He said he was impressed
with the fine appearance of the
young men enrolled at Ketchi
kan.
Progress is being made in the
effort to have a National Guard
air squadron organized in Alas
ka, with commercial fliers who
know the Territory’s terrain to
serve as valuable instructors and
| guides to Army pilots.
A recommendation has been
, made for an Army airfield at
Haines, and a field at Nome is
virtually a certainty, the Gover
nor said.
Saw French Revolt
During his flight to New Zea
land as a guest of Pan American
Airways, the Governor witness
ed at New Caledonia the revolt
of the French colony against the
Petain Government.
He was amazed at Canton to
note development of the island
since his last visit two years ago.
The rest of the New Zealand
Clipper party took the “long way
home” by flying to Australia,
Bali, China and the Philippines.
The Governor was invited to con
tinue on this flight, but returned
the way he had come as he did
not feel justified in spending
any more time so far from Al
aska.
Fair Notes
Fairs, aside from their enter
tainment and recreational value,
are presumed to depict the cul
tural, business and industrial life
of the section in which they are
held.
It so happens that Nome and i
the Seward Peninsula have, prao
tically speaking, but one major;
industry, mining. This is the in-1
dustry that gives employment to 1
hundreds of people that permits
a large number of people to earn
large salaries, that contribute
vast sums of money to stoekhold
ers living in the States as well
as to those who are fortunate
enough to have had the money
with which to back a prospector
with a pay streak.
It is to he hoped that those
who are directly connected with
mining business in the Nome
area will have the time and will
ingness to contribute materially
to the building up of a really j
representative mining display.
Those interested can commun!
icate with Aben Shallit at the
local Territorial Assay Office,
who is superintendent of the
Fair’s Mining Division.
One of the most popular Divi
sions of the Fair is amateur mov
ies. Included for the first time
in the 1938 Fair, and repeated in
1939 it became increasingly ap
parent that a larger room was
needed in order to accomodate
the throngs of people interested
in this form of entertainment.
This year the ball room on the
main floor of the Fair Building
will be used for this feature. Am
ateur movies will be shown two
nights, Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Chas. Clasby is superin
tendent of this Division & those
of our amateur movie addicts
who desire to participate can do
so by getting in touch with Mrs.
Clasby.
For the benefit of our window
box gardeners — here is your
chance to win a blue ribbon to
contrast nicely with petunias, or
a red one to match your geran
iums. In the Flower Division, rib
bon awards will be made for
potted plants and cut flowers of
every variety and a cash prize
for the best assortment of Alaska
grown flowers. Mrs. Aimer Ry
deen is in charge of this Divi
sion, so contact her and enter
your prize plants.
You can save -2.00 by paying six
months in advance for your sub
j scription to The Nome Nugget.
Company A,
Natn’l Guard,
Is Sworn In
Over 80 officers and privates,
forming Company A, of the Al
aska National Guard, stationed
at Juneau were sworn in last
week as a unit by Major W. R.
Mulvihill, Adjutant General for
the Territory of Alaska. The
first National Guard induction
was held in the Southeast Alaska
Fair Building, thus making the
group inducted charter members
of the local unit. The proceedings
were open to the public.
Although the affair was ham
pered by the incessant dropping
of rain on the corrugated roof of
the building, thus making speech
es by the various dignitaries
present, difficult to understand,
the impressive ceremonies were
run off in clocklike order.
Following individual inspec
tion of the company, also the
Headquarters and Medical De
tachments, Major Jesse E. Gra
ham gave the initial talk of the
evening.
Graham Stresses Loyalty
In part he stressed the fact of
loyalty above everything else. “I
believe the group of young men
before me realize the seriousness
of the National Guard.” he said
“. . . but above everything else
in the Army you must stress loy
alty first, even above the ability
to shoot a rifle or handle a ma
chine gun . . . We cannot stress
too much loyalty in times like
the present.”
Major Graham pointed out
that the inauguration of the Al
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aska National Guard is more or
less an historical event. Being
charter members, each name on
the list will be permanently fil
ed in Washington, D. C.
COLOR BLINDNESS IN WAR
“When military conscription
becomes operative, color blind
ness will be found in many
young men not aware of the de
fect in their vision,” Dr. Noble
Dick, eye, ear and nose specialist
declared. “Red cannot be distin
guished from green by one per
son in fifty five; brown is confus
ed with green by one in fifty.
“Total color blindness, which
eliminates every hue but black
and white, is rare, indeed.
“There are some instances of
color blindness that may prove
of use in war. Certain types of
the defect enable the affected per
sons to detect camouflaged articl
es—say guns, ships and ammuni
tion depots—normal eyes cannot
see. To deceive these types, new
kinds of camouflage will have to
be designed.
“Color vision never has been
satisfactorily explained. Color
blindness has been known for
centuries, but only for about 150
years has it been scientifically
studied.
The defect is easily detected
by any one of several tests.
“Color blindness affects 5 per
cent of the young men in the
world; less than one half of 1
percent of the girls.
“Why this disparity?
“Nobody knows.”
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