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The President's Diamond Jubilee
Once again January 31 assumes special significance.
It has been designated as the date of the President’s
Birthday Anniversary, to raise funds for our annual
local drive to help in the nation-wide war against
mfantle paralysis. This year’s campaign against the
dreaded scourge is the ninth to be conducted here as
well as in all other parts of the United States by the
National Foundation for control of the disease.
Inasmuch as the approaching anniversary of the
President is his sixtieth, the observance has been nau
ed the Diamond Jubilee Celebration.
The annual “Fight Infantile Paralysis” campaigns
have been marked by a steadily increasing response
on the part of the public—a respone which last year
resulted in the record contribution of more than two;
million dollars.
With every epidemic year adding its toll of afflicted
to the thousands already cared for by the Foundation,
this years campaign takes on still greater importance.
Beginning in 1939, heavy epidemics persisted thru
1940 and 1941. Thus with no respite in three years, the
demands upon the Foundation have increased and the
efforts to discover a cure or preventative have been
further intensified.
So once again the country wil pause to help the 1
afflicted and distressed—the ailing little bov or the
aling girl who may be next door or just around the
corner.
This year our local chairman B. B. Mozee, for the
Second Division, has apointed a very able and conscien
tious committee which has met with fair success todate.
Wed For Government
"Capable business men often tell me they won’t be
come candidates for public office because they can’t1
afford to get mixed up in politics. It’s not politics, it’s'
government, and you can’t afford not to get mixed up:
in it. I tell them.”
Such is the remark of a man who has been closely
associated with territorial affairs for a number of years.
His talk was predicated, of course, on the fact that
only a week and a day remain for candidates to file fori
legislative and three territorial positions before the
filing closes. We thought his discussion was timely and:
his argument well taken.
Right now, as never before, this Territory needs
good men at the head of its governmental departments
and sitting in the legislative chambers in the spring of
1943. Primary elections in Alaska are slated for April
28. Filings of candidates for the positions of Territorial
Treasurer, Delegate to Congress and Commissioner of
Labor must be made in the office of Territorial Auditor
Frank A. Boyle, in Juneau, not later than the closing
time at that office on Saturday, January 31.
In these days of war, we believe, the people of Al
aska, and of the nation as a whole, have a more com-1
plete realization of the importance of electing the right;
type of men to public office. So many things hang in
the balance — matters of national and territorial de-'
fense and the necessity of keeping Alaskan enterprise
on an even keel through this period of wartime econ
omy—that clear thinking, the ability to make decisions
honesty and integrity are qualities which must be held
at a premium among public officials.
It is true that “politics” have earned themselves a!
black name among many classes of men who would
be infinitely qualified to hold responsible public offices.
Fundamentally to blame for this condition have been
a minority of public officials who, after their elections,
were not beyond forgetting the “Honest John” char
acter they had assumed during their campaign.
When these corrupt officials began to use the cloak
of their office as a shield while they fleeced the public
and perpetrated all sorts of rackets, newspapers took
up the cry against them. They denounced them—ridi
culed them. When the corrupt rings were finally oust
ed out of office, the newspapers reporters, by this
time educated to look with a critical eye upon the acts
of government functionaries and to expect some sort
of hi-jinx from every public official, were hardly will
ing to take “politics” seriously.
And so it has gone. On most newspapers, local, state
or territorial politics are treated with the same jour
nalistic license, the same use of slang which is accord
ed the reporting of sporting events. Small wonder,
then, that some men in respectable positions with in
dustries refuse point-blank to get “mixed in politics.”
This situation is certainly not as it should be, but
may we point out that qualified persons who refuse to
take their part in the government of their city, their
territory or their nation are doing nothing to correct
the shadowy implication whch unscrupulous politic
ians, who never should have been elected, have earn
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Hattie Rages Only 30 Miles Away From
Singapore W hile Rest of World Waits
| Undated, Jan. 29 (AP) —
The fateful battle of Singa
pore raged only 30 miles
' away in the jungles of
southern Malaya as the
“zero hour” approached
; and the world awaited the
' answer to the mystery of
the island’s stronghold’s
$400,000,000 defenses.
In London, Churchill told
j Parliament “I cannot tell
how the Johore battle or
the attack on the island of
Singapore will go, but
there has been a steady
flow of reinforcements for
several weeks past.”
Churchill won a smash
ing vote of confidence for
his government, 464 to 1, j
on the last day of the 3
dav-old general debate in ;
the Commons.
He said the presence of
AEF forces in northern Ire
land are the fulfillment of
a U. S. wish that American
troops should establish bat
tie contact with Germany
“as closely and as soon as
possible.”
In the Burma war theater
sharpshooting Yankee and
British combat pilots scor
ed another spectacular vie
A. J. Dimond
Files For Dele
gate to Congress
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With the filing recently ot'
Anthony J. (Tony) Di
mond as a candidate in the1
April 28 primaries to suc-j
eeed himself as “Delegate j
from Alaska in the House
of Representatives of the'
Congress of the United
States," all incumbents for,
the three territorial posts
open this year had thrown
their hats into the political
ring.
Dimond s declaration of,*
candidacy was received in(
Juneau by airmail from
Washington, D.C.. and was
entered in the office of
Territorial Auditor Frank
A. Boyle, where all such
candidacies must be filed, j
Only previous filings of
candidacy have been made
1 bv Territorial Commission
ier of Labor Michael J.
Haas and Territorial Trea
surer Oscar Olson, both of
j whom have declared their
intentions of entering the
race to succeed themselves i
in those offices.
First elected to repre
sent Alaska as Delegate inj
; Congress in 1932, Dimond
' has been reelected to that
1 post every two years since
j then. At the polls this year
; he will be seeking his sixth
• consecutive term at the na
tional capital. Dimond filed
on the Democratic ticket
iand gave his home as Val
dez.
Long a prominet figure in
! the affairs of the Territory
; and thoroughly conversant
I with the needs of Alaska
j through actual contact with
tory over Japan’s airmen,
wiping out at least 13 Jap
anese planes and possibly
4 more in a battle over Ran
goon. Not a single loss was
suffered by the Americans
or British.
A British comunique ack
nowledged that Japanese
vanguards advanced with
in 30 miles of Johore Strait
which separates Singapore
from the mainland, but de
clared that bayonet-wield
ing Australians successful
ly counter-attacked and in
flicted about 200 casualties
On the Malay east coast
other Japanese columns
had apparently driven to a
point 40 miles northeast of
Johore Strait and heavy
fighting was reported at
Ulu Sedili. British head
quarters said imperial de
fense troops are “in con
tact” with the Japanese
central front spearhead
near Lavang, a town on I
the main Singapore rail
road, 30 miles above Jo
hore Strait. A mile wide
strip is being cleared along
the Strait in preparation
for the battle of Singapore
Island itself.
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its problems, Dimond held
his first Territorial posi
tion as U. S. Commission
er at Chisana in 1913-14.
Later he was U. S. Attor
ney in the Third Division
and for many years mayor
of Valdez. Representing
the Third Division, he serv
ed four terms in the Terri
torial Senate.
i ed for that word “politics.”
Conscientious officials of government deserve the
highest of respect for their position and work in the
| public’s behalf. Generally, our Alaska officials have
learned that respect for themselves and their offices.
This year, the voters deserve to have their politics
dished out in a serious fashion, in keeping with the
gravity of the national situation which must be reflect
ed in every public office. There should be keen interest
in the men seeking those offices, and the candidates
should all be of a type to command the respect of
their fellow men.
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Daylight Saving
Effective Feb. 9
The following wire was
received from E. L. Bart
lett, Acting Governor, to
day:
Senate bill 2160 was sign
ed by President Roosevelt
on Jan. 20th. Known as the
Daylight Savings Law it
requires the advancement
of Alaska clocks at two
o’clock the morning of Feb
ruary 9th, 1942. The act
shall cease to be in effect 6
month after the termina
tion of war or at such ear
lier date as Congress shall
by concurrent resolution
designate.
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AWARDED JUNIOR OSCARS’
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Four-year-old Baby Sandy and 10-year-old Darryl
Hickman look over the ‘Junior Oscar’ plaques present
ed to them in Los Angeles after their selection as the
best juvenile performers in the movies in 1941 by stu
dents of some 5,000 dancing schools thruout the coun
try. Baby Sandy won for her work in “Melody Lane”’
and Hickman for “Men of Boys Town.”