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EDITORIAL
THE ARMY MOVES IN
— NEW ORDER BEGINS
Notable event that when two
mammoth modern bombers—.un
der Capt. Richard L. Freeman of
the 36th Squadron—vanguard of
the fleet that is to permanently
guard Alaska, roared onto Ladd
Field in the suburbs of Fair
banks recently. Also of signal sig
mficance is the coming of Com
pany L of the 4th Infantry, head
ed by Captain H. A. Murphy,
who arrived by train.
These pioneer units are but the
beginning of the sizeable force
that will be assembled at Ladd
Field, entrusted to the direction
-of Post Commander Dale V. Gaf
fney.
Other units also will be mov
ing soon into Anchorage, supple
menting those already there,
where Brigadier General Simon
B. Buckner will direct the coor
dinated defensive forces assigned
to Alaska.
Coming of all these units
spells a new day and a new order
of things in Alaska. Army planes
from now on are to be a familiar
sight in these parts—not only in
Fairbanks and Anchorage — but
in every portion of the Territory
where they will be on constant
patrol or going and coming in
training and familiarizing them
selves with the region assigned
to their watchful care.
The movement of army planes
from the States to Alaska will
soon b£. nb uncommon thing.
Summer and winter they will be
seen anywhere along the 1800
mile route, and over the hills and
valleys and the far-flung tundra
stretches of Alaska.
Troops at the main ba^es and
maneuvering or in training over
the trails, highways and near and
distant p aces w.U be familiar
.sights. Heavy ordnance, tanks
ar.d defensive equipment of ev
ery kind will come into the pic
ture.
li c r.?. na deiense pro
g f ' A expands, ail
t a .hikes will present con
*?•••’• - v d ce of the fact
U e S .s ht-ie in force to de
fend hi- g;£ji ' d strategically
ir. riant Farthest North posses
*1 ” — rr ■ ■ of any outside of
co ' ir.enia, A : arica.
The men assigned to duty here j
—officers and the rank and file of
every branch of service—now be
come an important factor in the,
life of Alaska communities.
May none fail to appreciate
what an important role they will
play in the drama of life of the 1
region —bringing a new era of
security and a new and vitally
important new order of things in
Alaska.
As Alaska awakens to the con
sciousness of the new day, may:
none neglect to extend the hand
of welcome, making the entire
personnel —especially those pio- j
neering the way—fell that here'
they are among their own people
and at home.
—Fairbanks News-Miner
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Current Comments
Written From
Washington
—
After three days of intensive
discussion, the Senate passed the
Second Revenue Bill of 1940,
more commonly known as the
excess profits measure. Due to
various trimmings that were ap
pended by the upper body, the
bill will have to be gone over
in conference and shaken down
to a form which is satisfactory j
to Congress. considered as a
whole. The view is spreading
that no matter what is done, the
effect on business cannot be en
tirely satisfactory, and that after
a year’s test, extensive changes
!or an entirely new law will be
j in order.
In addition to cutting a liberal
slice from the excess profits of
corporations, an increase of 3.1
percent in normal profits is pro
posed. Provisions too intricate to
be traced here, are intended to
speed up national defense. A
person having an annual income
of a million dollars may be call
! ed upon to face a levy of 880
: thousand dollars, a matter which
j of course brings the tax business
right home to every man’s door.
Congress of late has busied it
scl. mostly with useful but not
spcctacu.ar affairs, and has done
nothing startling. It would be un
reasonable to expect that body to
put on 3 continuous performance
of high pressure legislation.
One of its more important ac
tions consisted in the House ap
proval of a bill carrying an ap
propriation of a billion and a
half in the interest of defense in
General and perfection of the
conscription program in partic
ular. It is expected that July will
see a million and a half of the
rank and file, and about seventy
five thousand officers, in the field
for training.
Other matters that merit not
ice include the passage of the
Ramspeck bill by the Senate. Un
der its terms, more than two hun
dred thousand government em
ployees will be made subject to
the Civil Service, through non
competitive examination. Thus
they will enter a quiet haven
where political storms never
beat, and tenure of a job is rea
sonably certain, so long as they
behave themselves and their ser
vices are needed.
A minor note, but of conse
quence nonetheless, is that the
House has appropriated funds
for the extension of the work of
the Dies committee. It may be
observed that money might be
spent in a far less profitable way
than in finding out who wants
the country to be communized or
Hitlerized, and when, and where
and how.
A junk dealer's yard presents a
picturesque appearance, but it
may become an eyesore to the
neighborhood. Tinkers and home
mechanics find it a convenient
mart. So far as junk is concern
ed. the Japanese just now are
not interested in it viewed relat
vely to local color, civic virtue
or mending the kitchen stove.
Doctor Necessity has prescribed
iron as something needed in the
national life blood of Japan, and
his instructions are not to be
treated lightly. Thus it comes
about that when President Roose
velt closed the supply source of
the badly needed medicine, the
Asiatic patient showed signs of
a relapse.
The proposal to stop the trans
pacific flow of metal scrap is not
new. When the matter was last
up for consideration, the com
modity was plentiful, and the at
titude was, that since there was a
good supply both in the United
States and elsewhere there was
no reason why we should not be
polite to a junk minded custom
er. The war in Europe has prac
tically put an end to scrap ex
ports to Japan, saving from the
United Suites. Uncle Sam at
present is in a position to give
tangible expression to his sym
pathy for both England and
China.
With few exceptions, newspa
per readers were pleased to note
the picking up of a boat, from
the torpedoed City of Bernares,
with its human cargo of 45. The
British report is that part of i
I
them “seemed to be rather in a!
bad way,” which appears likely j
in view of nine days of hunger j
and thirst, at the mercy of the
sea. We should not, however, con
tent ouselves with a joke about!
the way the English express
themselves. That the survivors
should have been described mere
ly as being “in a rather bad way”
indicated the desire of Britain
neither to parade her woes nor
magnify her troubles.
Many a motorist has seen New
England ponds filled with float
ing logs in places were there was
no sign of a lumber industry.
They are dismal relics of a tor
nado which scourged the region
two years ago. A kindly govern
ment put the timber in merchant
able form and stored it in the
logical and customary way.
When reference is made to na
tional defense, one naturally
thinks of air bases, ships capable
of being cleared quickly for ac
tion, long range guns with their
noses pointed skyward, and sol
diers aplenty. The logs would be
likely to be forgotten by the civ
ilia, yet the military authorities
see potentialities in them, and
have bought ten million dollars
worth.
Almost anything has a value
for defense, broadly considered.
It's handy to have a frjend when
the hurrieane strikes. Make a sec
end inspection before throwing
away something that looks as
though it were no good. Such is
the week day sermon which can
be preached with the logs as a
text.
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PRiINT ST NltMt
!•• •■ : i genera view of Croslev Field, in Cincinnati as the Detroit Tigers staged a five-run uprising in the second inning of the first
\ i s gar.3. Rudy Yo k, Detroit first sacker, has just singled into short right center field and Hank Greenberg takes off from
k to reach third base, lie was forced back to second by Goodman’s r'eturn throw.
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