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Washington Current Comment
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Strategy today means more than keeping an army
or two on the move in one country. Helping the Chin
ese seems like doing good work afar from home: yet
the American and British Council is alert respecting
both China and the Soviet Union. It is alleged that
for some time to come, Japan will continue to be the
aggressor, and it is an act of prudence to keep China
busy at her back. The importance of the excellent work
being done by the Soviet men at arms calls for no em
phasis by diplomat or tactician. A juncture between
Jap and German forces is one of the many matters
that give war boards and the like a headache.
One hardly knows what to think about those fifteen
planes that appeared over Los Angeles. The Navy in
clines to the opinion that no such planes were seen.
The Army not only is sure that the incident was caus
ed by something other than poor eyesight, but gets
down to figures regarding speed and height. Who
shall decide when doctors disagree? The nature of
the planes make it unlikely that they took off from
the deck of a carrier. The most attractive theory is
that they flew from a base in some Mexican jungle.
The facts regarding the flight over Los Angeles irr.y
be as hard to get, as it is to find out who ordered the
charge of the famous Light Brigade.
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Careful newspapers do not leave their readers in
doubt to a greater degree than is absolutely neces*
sary. After referring to Mr. Wendell L. Willkie, they
add that he was the Republican candidate for the
Presidency in 1940, and then venture to quote him as
saying that America must stop talking about defense,
and have more to say about offense and striking back.
General MacArthur, frequently lamented as being in
the last ditch, got out of it a while ago long enough
to give the Japanese a small scale drubbing at least.
What could he not do if he had more than a corporal’s
guard, and did not have to keep anxious count of the
shells remaining in the pile!
The French fleet, although not the power that it was
before the days of De Gaulle, still is forceful enough
to give the United Nations, and England in particular,
something to think about. It is reported that Hitler is
tightening his hold on the vessels. It is said that a
French warship, pounded in a naval battle off the Af
rican coast, is ready for service after what is referred
to lightly as “eighteen months repair work.” It cer
tainly is profitable to keep out of range of the other
fellows guns. No matter who gets the French fleet
ultimately, it will be worth something to have the
agony over.
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Detroit is a city capable of great things in a mech
anical way, yet she says that it will take six months
or more to get into arms production in quantity. Op
erating thousands of machines specially built to turn
out a single part of an auto, Detroit has millions of
dollars worth of equipment which had to be dragged
away to the shed, or smeared with grease and left out
doors under canvas covers. In the Civil War, there
was not a tank or an airplane. Cannons were of the
^rnalt, popgun variety. Yet there was delay then, and
there must be delay now. It seems, however, that
the "must” should include strikes in defense industries.
A newspaper says that after a “hothouse” debate,
the plan to suspend the eight-hour law was laid on the
shelf. Florists really had nothing to do with the affair.
The House of Representatives had the say. Labor lead
ers fought hard against a change in the eight-hour
rule, and insisted that it applied to non-defense as
well as defense work, and that it made no provision
for overtime pay.
In both the Senate and the House, informal prelim
inary steps are being taken to counteract “morale
destructive” criticism and attempts to undermine con
fidence in the Commander in Chief of the armies of
the United States: in other words, “knocking” the
President. The problem has come up during every
war in which the United States has been engaged. No
satisfactory answer has as yet been found.
A dietitiancalls mince pie a polysachrid carbo-hy
drate of high caloric efficiency. That is what puts the
buck in nightmares.—Wichita Eagle.
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(1AA Produces Tiiols for
WASHINGTON, March 20 — A total of 106,8001
courses have been given in the Civil Aeronautics Ad
inistration pilot training program since 1939, at an
average cost per course of $544, according to Charles
I. Stanton, Acting Administrator.
This sum considers all expenses including adminis
tration, of the several types of courses which have
been given, producing flyers rated from private pilots
to commercial pilots qualified as flight instructors and
even pilots qualified for trans-ocean ferrying in a post
graduate course.
To produce a pilot worthy of a private license, the
CAA pays out $365. To produce a ferry pilot, the out
lay is about $5,014.
Much of the CAA money has been “invested” in
training instructors, taking boys who had never flown
before and giving them elementary, secondary, cross!
country and instructor courses, to meet the need of i
military and civil aviation for instructors. These
trainees have immediately returned “dividends” on
the government’s investment in them by turning out
other pilots. To make an instructor in this manner,
the CAA spent about $2,967.
Several thousand of the 106,800 courses given were
refresher courses, designed to make instructors of pi
lots who had had previous experience. For this course
the CAA paid $250.
All the courses were purchased by the CAA under
contracts with private firms and individuals who did
the flying instruction, and colleges and non-college
centers giving ground instruction. The CAA merely
supervised, set standards and regulated.
The total of $66,000,000 appropriated bv Congress
for training civilian pilots includes the cost of ad
ministration.
Blood Typing Of Civilians
The Territorial Department of Health, in attempting1
to foresee and prepare for all possible emergencies:
relating to health and sanitation which may arise1
throughout the Territory during the present war, has
considered possible needs in case of actual bombing1
of cities with resultant injuries to civilians.
Information coming from Pearl Harbor. Manila and
elsewhere, refers to blood, serum or plasma transfu
sions to injured civilians and to the armed forces as
one of the most important of life saving measures in
cases of severe burns or serious injuries.
Before a blood transfusion can be administered, the
blood of the given (donor) and the receiver (recip
ient) must be matched. As the blood of human beings
falls into four separate groups and as all groups are
not compatible, it is a great time-saver to have as
many persons as possible “typed” (or “grouped”) be
fore emergencies arise.
The Division of Laboratories of the Territorial De
partment of Health is prepared to begin “typing” in
dividuals in ail of Alaska, so that if injured and in
need of a transfusion, one lengthy procedure, that of
“typing” the injured person, will be eliminated. This
same information will make it possible to set up a per
manent list of donors and with their blood type known
;it will be a time-saving and perhaps life-saving step in;
'case of serious injury.
After this date all blood specimens sent into the la-1
boratories for various examinations will also be “tvp-:
ed” and a record of the blood type will be made. The
individual will be furnished a permanent card with
name, adress, and blood type indicated. These cards
should always be carried on the person. All persons
in the Juneau area eighteen years or older, who can
come into the laboratory for blood typing should do
; so as soon as possible.
To avoid possible delay at the laboratory, it will be
advantageous to telephone 466 for an appointment or
come in person to the Territorial Department of Health
Laboratory, Room 105, Territorial Building. At present
this service will be given betwen the hours of 9:30
and 10:30 a.m., and 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Appointments
at other times may be arranged in special instances.
NENANA ICE POOL
WELL ORGANIZED
The Nenana Ice Pool organiza
tion has started functioning in
prepaartion for the great annual
spring event. Tickets can be had
at the Nome Drug Store, Polar
Bar, the Navada saloon and at'
Jack Solomon’s.
Rules governing the 1942 Ice
Pool contest are:
Nenana Ice Pool closes April 4,
1942, midnight.
No refunds for rejected tickets.
No silent partners will be re
cognized as winners.
Key ticket—Name of combina
tion signed on front of ticket,
placing as many names as con
venient on back; making your
combination list as follows:
Key ticket Serial No.
Name of Combination
N Junes
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WHY CLIMATE IN
ALASKA IS WARMER
The continued warm cli
mate this winter, almost
summer weather, on top of
the mild weather for the
past two or more winters,
recalls to the mind of W.
H. Fairis a conversation he
had with members of the
U. S. Geodetic Survey sev
eral years ago.
At that time they predict
ed the climate would get
warmer along the coast of
Alaska each year and said
they would not be surpris
ed to see oranges growing
north of Seattle.
They told Mr. Fairis as
the result of the earth
quake in 1923 an upheaval
in the Pacific Ocean caused
a new submarine mountain
range in the Pacific which
deflected the Japanese cur
rent so as to swing it closer
to the Alaska coast.
TONY SAItG. FAMOUS
ARTIST, PASSES AWAY
New York, March 9 —
Tony Sarg, famed artist &
marionetter, died here fol
lowing an operation.
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RED DRIVE PERILS GERMAN POINTS
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Russian encircling drives threatened 3 key points in
the German line. One Soviet thrust appeared to be
endangering Novogrod (l) in the drive on Smolensk,
the Germans admitted the Russians had stormed thru
their lines below Vyazma (2). Kharkov (3) is threat
ened, as the Reds applied pressure from the front and
both flanks. Broken line indicated most easterly posi
tions reached by the Germans. Shaded area represents,
territory controlled by Germany and her allies.