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MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1944
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FOR THE
DURATION ;
It is good news that the
President has persuaded
Mr. Byrnes to remain atj
post as Director of War;
Mobilisation and Recon
version^ This means con
tinuity in the management
of our domestic economy
—a continuity of particu
lar importance as the war
approaches its final cli
macteric. It affords assur
ance that the new Office
of War Mobilization and
Reconversion, which picks
up where the old Office of
War Mobilization left off,
will be guided, at least in
its initial stages, with the
same-firmness and under
standing of economic prob
lems as in the past. Justice
Byrnes, through his super-!
vision of the several facets
of the stabilization pro
gram on the home front,
has been one of the great
• architects of our military
effectiveness.
As much as any individ
ual in public office, Justice
Byrnes has earned the
privilege of retirement.
His has been a long record
of service, and its culmi
nation in the role of As
sistant President has been
peculiarly arduous and
demanding. In consenting
to stay in office until the
final eliminaton of Ger
many from the war, he has
offered an object lesson to
all the rest of us. Some
months ago when he an
nounced his intention to
retire, it was a reasonable
expectation that the war
would be won before this
year’s end. Now the win
ter presents a grimmer
prospect and we • know
that the enemy can be
crushed only through un
remitting effort. The time
has not yet come for re
laxation. Every American,
civilian as well as service
man, must stay on the job.
—(Washington Post).
Yukon Country Described
As Beckoning Mecca for
Warriors Imbued with
Spirit of the Pioneers
Who Settled the West.
(By Capt. Richard L. Neu
berger, U. S. Army)
Of the three blind men
who felt the elephant, one
thought the elephant re
sembled a wall, another
thought the elephant was
like a serpent, and the
third thought the elephant
was similar to a tree. Alas
ka is like that. Your origi
nal impression of Alaska
depends entirely upon
part of the Territory you
visit.
There are the wind
swept Aleutians, breeding
place of the continent’s
most foul weather. There
is the far-flung interior,
where winters are bright
and clear but tempera
tures touch 75 below zero
in the Yukon and Tanana
Basins. And there is the
forested seacoast, the most
likely spot of all for the
type of post-war settle
ment by returning sol
diers which President
•
Roosevelt foresaw in his
speech at Puget Sound
Navy Yard.
Ever since the Presi
dent came back fronaf itdak
and Kodiak and. Juneau,
the Nation has wondered
if veterans of World War
No. 2 will colonize and
settle Alaska. Veterans of
the Civil War, pioneers in
faded blues and tattered
greys, explored and devel
oped the far West. Will
the homecoming soldiers
of this war, men who have
fought all over the globe,
open up America’s great
bastion in the North Pa
cific?—(Portland Oregon
ian).
ALONG MEMORY
LANE
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(December 18 1934.)
Frank Curtis raised the histor
ic old steamship, The Islander,
which has been under water for
31 years, and recovered the
$400,000 worth of gold, which
was found on it. He stated that
it was and engineering achieve
ment, but not a financial suc
cess as it cost more than that
to complete the job.
The mother lode of the great
placer fields of the Klondyke is
said to have been discovered at
Mt. Free Gold, 30 miles from
the head of the Yukon. Many
have sought for this and it is
hoped that it will be the real
thing thls time.
A new price on reindeer meat
has been established by the
Nome Douglas herd at 20c a
pound. The deer will be brought
to Fort Davis for butchering.
The new Pure Foods Law re
quires that all cans be labeled
with the exact contents.
A Polet, who always has tree:
j for Christmas for Nome, reports!
i that the dog teams enroute from
Council are now at Solomon and
should arrive tomorrow.
Canada is the world’s largest
producer of asbestos..
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To clean copper, brass *or
pewter, apply a paste made of
equal quantities of flour, vine
gar and salt. Let paste stay on
metal for an hour, rub off and
wash article with water, then
polish.
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