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EDITORIAL
War Shifts Position of Highway
Plans for construction of an in
ternational highway athwart Can
ada and Alaska which were
booming until the European war
broke out are now shifted to the
background with litte chance of
coming to the front again unless
American sees her way clear to
bear the burden of costs.
Canada is dropping everything
else in order to throw her weight
into the struggle to win the war
for Britain. The Canadian view
is well summarized in the fol
lowing from the Northern Argo
naut, of Stewart, B. C.:
“Canada has virtually told the
United States parties concerned
that money required for the
building of the Canadian section
of the Alaska Highway is more
urgently needed for the defense
of the Dominion.
“Probably no place in the Dom
inion is more eager to see the
Alaska Highway built than is Ste
wart. But Stewart and Northern
British Columbia know that Can
ada’s main job today is to help
Great Britain win the war. Can
ada has a small population and
the people are heavily taxed. It
is taking on a big new burden j
for the preservation of democra
cy in the world and, so far as J
possible, it is going to try to pay!
its way as it goes.
'Thai means it is going to be
hard for Canada or any of its
provinces to find the money that j
will be need to build this high-'
Way. It is still as desirable as
'ever—but it is even more desir
able that Canada should con
serve her financial resources for
the winning of the war.
“That brings us to the ques
tion: How much does Uncle Sam
want the Alaska Highway?
“Does he want it enough to j
put up the money, the equivalent
of which Canada must withhold
to pour into the effort to crush
Hitlerism?
“Does the United State possibly
feel that the Highway is vital
enough to the United States and
its interests for that country to
move for the building of the high
way with United States money
in war time?
“If the United States does j
th'nk so, then there is a good
chance that some satisfactory ar
rangement can be made for the
highway to go ahead.”
Although letting out a cabin- I
ft member ducts not mean so!
much in Europe as in the United j
States when four such officials at j
once are deprived of their port- j
folios, it is safe to assume that j
there is something in the wind. |
Mr. Mussolini parted company i
with a group of his ministers
who were strong on the axis
proposition replacing them with
men known to be pledged to neu
trality. A wise statesman will
not urge one war too rapidly on ;
the heels of another. The Afric- J
an conquest was an affair of no j
great magnitude but it was a war j
nevertheless. Sound policy sug
gests a breathing spell. Neutral- J
ity today does not mean neu- j
trality a few months hereafter.
(Italy is to be congratulated upon
taking a seat with the spectat
ors, but none should assume that
*he will occupy it until the game
is over.
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BURDICK ON WAY
TO BUY REINDEER
To buy reindeer for the gov
ernment, Charles G. Burdick,
formerly with the Forest Service
' with headquarter in Juneau is
expected to start north in the
near future.
He was expected to leave Seat
tie Saturday for the north. He
may stop in Juneau a short time
before coming here.
Mr. Burdick recently was in
Washington, D.C., where he con
ferred with Secretary of the In
! terior Harold L Ickes, whose de
partment has jurisdiction over
the forthcoming reindeer pur
chase.
Under the law enacted by Con
gress, reindeer owned by white
persons will be bought and turn
j ed over to natives, either on a
| sale or a lease basis.
Mr. Burdick will make his
headquarters in Nome.
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URGE G-MEN BE
STATIONED IN 4 DIVISIONS
Urgently requesting the feder
al government to station Federal
Bureau of Investigation agents in
each of the four Alaska divisions
j the Anchorage Chamber of Com
1 merce has unanimously adopted
a strnog Resolution, citing the
| Cache Creek murders as proof
of te need of such officers.
; According to the Anchorage j
Times, the resolution drawn by a!
i special committee on law enforce j
ment headed by A G Thompson
told of unsolved deaths under
mysterious circumstances in terri
j tory adjacent to Anchorage.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the ITrsme Nugget office
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Will have an Annual Roll Call
November 17th, 1939
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HOLLYWOOD STAR-L1TES
By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD (Exclusive) —
Through the Hollywood looking
glass —Charlie Chaplin’s coming
film is in production these days
on the famous old La Brea and
Sunset studio lot where history
was made during the early days
of the picture business—it is sim
ply listed as “Production No. 6,"
however the story is to be that
of “The Dictator” with a cast of
Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie,
Reginald Gardiner and Lucien
Prival.
These young ladies who think
they have to travel to Hollywood
in order to break into the movies
had b tter listen to the story of
Doris Jordan, screonland’s new
est, find,—Miss Jordan had to go
to New York from Hollywood’s
extra ranks and get a job as a
model before the talent scouts!
and producers v/oud give her a:
chance. She even changed her|
name. And today she is at thej
Samuel Go'dwyn studio where a
few years beck she was just an
extra girl.
Months ago the gossips were
saying that Deanna Durbin was
on the downgrade road because
she 'had grown up and no studio
could ever graduate her into
grown up roles with a love in
ures1. without failure. This week
her latest "First Love” contra
dicted this completely because
Deanna has come through with
another hit picture and her act
ing and singing surpasses any
thing in the past. On top of this
she plays her first grown up role
and does like an old-timer.
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