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WARPLANES STRIKE AT JAPAN
The Japanese command announced that hostile war
planes bombed Tokyo (1), Yokohama (2), Nagoya
(3) and Kobe (4) and caused air raid alarms to run
through three of the four main islands of Japan. Ob
servers in Tokyo said the raiders bore the insignia of
the United States Air Force.
Governor Talks
About !lis Trip to
Washington,!).(].
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G 'v. Ernest O running. ju‘ t re
turn' ! from a fip to Wrshirg
ton. D. G. look'd none the wiwo
for h>s thrce-rr n‘h tu=sle with
priorities, ••ate hearings, confabs
with n"'ov a"d navy officials, c’v
ilinn di fonse author ties. ration
ing directors and other big-wigs
in the • at-jon’a capital.
T! ( Governor brought news of
Juneau’s r* quest frc an • rmv re
creation center under the Com
mu i‘v Fnc'lifies Act. He said
lb a* he had been informed that
■ b in Washington will Con
s ho an onpropriation for Ju
n an on a 50 50 bads. The total
3~'o:irt for such a project, he
«riid. ".'ill depe-d upon how much
the ci'y can contribute,
( - t Defense Equipment
Ci v. Gruciing said that or
gan a arenf have been made to
fifn h Al: skan communities
with equipment vital to civilian
d. fense aetivitii s. Such equip
ment. he said. would consist
mainly of auxiliary fire fighting
apparatus. The G v-. rnnr ■'< )
that forms with which cities way
apo'y for civil an defense equip
ment iv w have reached the terri
tore a", i are available to city
officials.
Alu-ka’s chief executive su'd
that Alaska definitely will be af
fected by the rationing prograh
brought about by the war. He
said, however, that during his
stay in Washington he bad at
tempted to impress on rationing
officials that conditions ore sp»'c
iol in Alaska and call for dif
ferent treatment than the States.
He said that after observing
the tremendous demands being
made in Washington for priority
ratings from all sources of in
dustry, lie would advise Alaska
miners to develop the production
of strategic minerals and “not to'
put all of their mining eggs into
the gold basket.” He said that
he s ught to interest the govern
ment in the potentialities nt Al
aska as a land wealthy in .strrit
egio minerals which could be
used in the war effort.
I he Governor sad that ho had
been successful in impressing on
Washington officials the conse
quences of any wholesale clo-ino
down of tiie gold mining industrv ‘
here, unless the miners and mire
operators could be shifted to the
i mining of ores that are more im
portant to the war industry. He
‘said that the gold mining indu
- try is bound to suffer.
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Get Priority Ratings
The Governor said that he was
.successful in securing priority rat
ings for cold storage compmi s
in the Territory, and said that he
believed the storing of food im
plies is an especially important
enterprise in Alaska now.
Gov. Greuning said that he
also conferred with military of
ficials and that these authorit os
consider the Territory vitally im
; portant now. Although the G- v
ernor could not comment on
: these interviews, he intimated
that military activites in Alaska,
| are being carried out on a much
j larger scale than Alaskan.-, t u-m
’ selves, realize.
Railroad Considered
Asked about the possibility of
an Alaska railroad being on-1
| structed in conjunction with the
! new international highway, the
i Governor said a railroad defin
itely is being considered and ili.it
a survey is beind made.
During his visit in Washington
i Gov. Greuning visited twice with
President Roosevelt. Mrs. Greun
ing remained in Washington but
1 is expected to return to Juneau
j in several weeks.
CHAS.
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Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT STREET, NOME |
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THE FAR HORIZON S—"Somewhere in northwestern Ohio" an aerial photographer with the
I'.S. Army Air Corps shot this view of Cake St. Mary, which looks like a huge ink blot on the patch
work of neat farm lands. You are looking in the direction of Fort Wayne and South Bend. Ind. < elina,
Ohio, is at upper right corner of lake. Photo taken at 20.000 feet with infra-red film.
Wlirn Tokvo and Ollirr (lili k - U. i <•«’’ m
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A General view of Yokohama (top), the port for Tokyo, showar1 docks and har
bor in background. This was one of the c ties that the Japanese reported were
raided by enemy warplanes. Japanese reports a1 > staled that f: : s were started
by incendiary bombs in the city of Kobe (bottom), one o the leading Japan >
ports.