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EDITORIAL
SOUTH AMERICAN
TRADE PICKS UP
American business men. who
feared the effects of the war on
foreign commerce can take some
comfort from the fact that no
thing very sinister has happened
so far.
What trade has been lost with
. Ger iany has been amply made
up in increased business with j
Great Britain, France. The Neth |
erlands and the Scandinavian
countries. And, meanwhile the |
new Pan-American solidarity has ;
doubled exports from the United
States to South America, accord-1
ing to United States Department;
of Commerce figure, based on
comparisons between January,
1939. and January. 1940.
In January. 1939. this country
exp rted $18,695,000 worth of
goods to South American coun
tries. In January. 1940, $38,566,
000 worth of material was ship
ped down. Imports from South
America, on the other hand, rose
only slightly — from $27,309,000
for January, 1939. to $31,570,000
for January, 1940.
In any school of economics, this
looks like a favorable balance of
trade. In January, 1939, we im
ported goods worth eight and one
half million dollars more than
we exported. In January, 1940,
we sent to South America seven
million dollars more in goods
than we took from her. It looks
good, except for one hitch: South
American republics can't hold
down their end of the tetter
totter unless something is done
about arranging credits or pro
viding exchange.
It would be wise to preserve
the South American market, not
alone for its immediate value but
for its potentialities. The United
States has not suffered heavily
from collapse of trade in Europe.
As a matter of fact, if the war
should increase in fury, chances
are the United States would pick
up a new flood of orders from
the allies.
Before the war ends, the allies
tnay be stone broke. Under any
~ ci: jmstances when the fighting
is over, trade will drop off very
suddenly. That’s when this coun
try will be able to use a reliable
market such as South America
can provide.
In the long run, American busi
ness men might find it more pro
fitable all the way round to con
centrate on the market in this
hemisphere than to rely too heav
ily on the possible economic
spurt in Europe.
—.Anchorage Times
The Washington
Daybook
By Jack Stinnett
WASHINGTON —Secretary of
the Navy Charles Edison recent
ly saw rare sights. A crack spy
couldn’t see half as much. A gob
working his eight bells on the
same ships wouldn’t see one
third as much.
Secretary Edison was, so to
speak, in the crow's nest during
one of the greatest maneuvers
the Pacific fleet has put on. And
the Pacific fleet is heart and soul
of the United States Navy.
Sailing from San Pedro recent
ly after checking that new break
water which makes it possible
for the big ships to come within
hailing distance of the offshore
cutters, the Secretary plunged in
to the middle of one of those U.
S. Navy’s maneuvers that must
forever be a mystery to the peo
ple who foot the bill. He was
aboard the navy flagship ‘•Penn
sylvania.’’ called the “big flag”
by the boys wbo chew our salt
water, because its the floating cas
tie of Admiral James O. Richard
commander of the United States
fleet.
The Pacific fleet maneuvers are
known as Problem 21 which may
or may not mean that the navy
has come of age. But no matter
what Secretary Edison had a
chance to get his sea-legs.
In mid-Pacific he transferred
from flagship to light-cruiser, to
airplane carrier to submarine to
what-have-you. He saw the great
"attack on Hawaii.” In chartroom
and on the bridge he observed
every move in one of those “holy
of holies"—a great fleet maneuv
er.
;
Seerctaiy of the Navy Charles [Alison (left) is shown snaking
hands with Admiral James Rid . risen, commander-in-chief *>f the
flee', af.er lie boarded the flagship Pennsylvania at San Pe.iiY)
Cali rnia. to have a front row seat for the firvt ten days of the
Pi40 war games of the United States’ battle fleet in the Pacific.
At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after
the battle was over he inspect
ed the largest array f ree that
the United States has stationed
anwvhere off the continent —
25,000 men.
He came back to the United
States on the U. S. S. Nashville,
one of the newest and latest and
fastest of the navy’s light-heavy
cruisers—.but not until he had
sat through the "critique” and
heard the admirals praised or
hanged to yard-arm fer the way
they did their jobs.
In the vicinity of San Francis
co he inspected the Great Ala
meda supply base, the R. O. T. C.
at the University of California.
He went from there to San Die
go to inspect the navy’s largest
land air sta.ion; the destroyer,
base; the big marine base and the
vast San Diego naval training
station.
He returned to Washington
with his head full cf knowledge
of actual naval operations—pro
bably more full than the heads of
a dozen or so secretaries of the
uvv- for Mr. Edison is conced
,1 by many to be no of the best
we've hsd.
But his first observation of the
inner wo.kings of hi depart-1
n.ont may also be his last. Capit-1
al chaff has it that soon he will
o-ogn hi: cabine; post and enter
iie ro.ee for governor of the state
■ i New Jersey.
REYNAUD WINS CONFIDENCE'
OF FRENCH SOLOXS
—
PARIS —The Chamber of De
ludes gave the government of |
premier Reynaud a unanimous |
vote of confidence, 504 to 0, at a
:ublic session following a secret
eb3te on govern mental policies
i prosecuting the war.
The vote contrasted sharply
, ith the one vote margin for Key
'„uJ in the first vote taken on
iis government ’as. March 221
• hen he succeeded Premier Da- j
dier.
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ii i' e fight against Germany there. A second transport is visible immediately behind the first. This picture radioed from London.
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Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Continued fair and slightly cooler tonight and Thursday.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 52 lowest te mp — 35 Precipitation — 0.00
Total precip this month 0.02 Total since Jan. 1, 1940 1.96
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight ... 36 55 NW-5 Pt. Cldy
8am . 42 54 SE-4 Clear
12:30 p m .. ..
9
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 32 Lowest temp — 24 Precipitation _ 0.15
Tomorrow: Sunrise 2:39 a. m. Sunset 9:16 a. m.
The Peninsula: Temp. Wind Weather
Deering .38 W-10 Clear
Council ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ 40 W-15 Clear
Golovin .~ . 43 NW-3 Clear j
Kotzebue .—. 34 S-5 Clear ’
Solomon ..... 40 NW-8 Clear
Teller . ..— ... 33 NW-2 Clear
Wales ... 34 E-15 Clear
Weather Elsewhere: 1:00 am Nome Time *
Temp. Wind Weather Precip.
Anchorage .-.— .. 46 SE-2 Cloudy 0
Bethel .-.-. 37 NW-10 Clear 0
Cordova .... 43 E-6 Rain 0.07
Dutch Harbor ._... 38 SE-2 Foggy T
Fairbanks .-. „ 31 E-10 Clear 0.38
Juneau —.-.. 44 SE-6 Rain 0.14
Pt. Barrow . .... . 5 NE-10 Pt. Cldy 0
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