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Aviation vs. Trans
portation Shortage
As the war progresses with its
heavy losses of ocean tonnage,
the cry continues for new ton
nage: Calls for more ships to re
place Britain’s diminishing fleet,
more ships to transport Ameri
can defense materials and troops
to far outposts; and ships to
handle essential supplies for in
sular and remote possessions.
Diverting as great a tonnage
as possible from sea routes to
transcontinental rail lines, Am
erica still feels the need of more
ships. Ship yards are daily lay
ing down hundreds of new keels.
Britain is asking for 100 more
tankers today. Others send in
their pleas.
Transport bottlenecks loom in
all directions. Wherever possible
American aviation is being call
ed on to carry as great a per
centage of traffic as possible, and
yet continue to supply Britain
with planes and build up the Am
erioan air fleets. Russia is ask
ing for American aid, offering to
pay cash, and her orders doubt
less will include airplanes.
Air routes are being looked to
to carry an ever increasing per
centage of traffic—even in Al
aska. and it is now visioned t*at
perhaps aircraft for fighting pur
poses will be ferried to Russia
via Alaska and eventually more
urgent lighter supplies for Brit
ain in her emergency and her
post-war construction period
will be flown over the polar
Tegions.
If such develops, Alaska will
be on the route of a fleet of
heavy air carriers. And this is
just where the aviation program
for Alaska contemplates major
fields suitable for the largest
types of planes built today and
yet larger planes of tomorrow.
This is one of the chief reasons
that while planning and building
fields and auxiliary services for
Alaska, no small scale plan will
suffice, and why immediate de
fense and development programs
shcu.d not tarry nor be hamper
cd by temporary or make-shift
provisions. To measure up to the
emergency, Alaska must have
major accomodations, and that
just as soon as possible.
Dishonest
Auto Service
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It is a shocking revelation and
a serious indictment of garages
and repair stations, all over the
nation, that is revealed in a re
cent article in the Reader’s Di
gest.
A twelve-cyliner used car was
purchased and thoroughly over
hauled. A 14,500-mile trip, back
and forth across the nation, led
to 347 places that held out help
for the motorist in trouble.
The procedure was simple.
Just before reaching a garage
the car was stopped and a small
wire disconnected.
Honest repair men saw what
was wrong at once, fixed the
connection and either made no
charge or a small one. Not so,
however, with the majority of
repair men who found something
wrong, from a dirty carburator
to a ruined clutch plate.
Of the 347 places tested, only
139 gave the lady driver a square
deal. Nearly two-thirds charged
for work they did not do, found
unnecessary things to fix or
charged for unneeded parts
which they sometimes did not
furnish.
The story proves once more
the importance of dealing with
honest men, when you have need
of service which requires you to
pjlace yourself at the man em
ployed.
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For The Duration
j (The Philadelphia Record)
Officers of American Federa
tion of Labor unions in the build
ing trades have signed a truly
historic agreement with the Unit
ed States Government.
They have agreed, on behalf of
800.000 members, that there will
be no strikes on defense work
over jurisdictional disputes “or
for any other cause" for the dura
tion of the present national em
ergency.
This agreement will go a long
way toward heading off drastic
anti-strike legislation pending in
Congress especially if it is follow
ed up by s.milar agreements in
other defense fields.
Admittedly, it is easier for the
well - established construction
workers to enter into such an ag
reement than for unions in new
ly organized or unorganized
fields such as airplanes.
The building employees work
under union agreements in near
y ajl sections of this country.
The new agreement merely freez
es the present set-up. and allows
for some flexibility by stablish
ing machinery for the adjust
ment of disputes and new con
tracts.
Yet the construction industry,
while well organized on the la
bor side, is not highly organized
on the employer side. Most con
struction work is still done by
relatively small local contractors
who are not banded into a strong
national group, or even into
: strong local groups.
However, with the help of the
Government, the building unions
can undoubtedly force compli
ance with accepted local stand
ards by contractors engaged in
defense work.
A strike is no more serious a
threat to a contractor today than
the knowledge that unless he
complies he will lose all chance
at Government contracts.
In return, the contractor
knows that he can make his
p.ans without fear of stoppage—
especially from the wasteful
jurisdictional strikes that have
been so prevalent in the construe
tion field.
The extent to which unions
can enforce tliis new plan upon
their members and their own lo
ca.s is the next question. In the
San Francisco ship strike, and in
: ihe North American Aircraft
| strike, national and union lead
ers pleaded vainly with their
members to return to work. But
for weeks the union strikers
wouldn’t obey their union lead
ers.
This new building trades pact
must be more than a gesture to
ward off anti-strike legislation. It
must be made to mean exactly
what it says—
No strikes in defense construe
tion for any cause during the em
ergency.
The men who signed it obvious
ly intend to make it just that.
They—and Sidney Hillman, who
represented the Government —
have laid the best possible found
ation for industrial peace in a
time of crisis.
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Federated Church
Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11:00 a.m.—Church School
7:45 p.m. — Worship service.
Sermon topic: “Jesus and
Men’s Failures.”
Lavinia Wallace Young Mission
Miss Constance Erickson,
Superintendent
11:00 a.m.—Church School
5:30 p.m.—Worship service.
Sermon topic: “Adventurous
Reigion.” W. P. Wood will
preach.
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i 100 DOCTORS TO
{BRITAIN DURING JULY
WASHINGTON. D. C. —Near
ly 100 American physicians sail
ed during the month of July for
overseas duty in Great Britain,
and her colonial possessions, it
was announced by the American
Red Cross.
Qualification of the first g-oup
; of men to volunteer for service
1 in the Royal Army Medical
Corps or as civilian doctors in
| the Emergency Medical Service
: is being sped by recent eligibility'
j modifications by the British, the
| Red Cross said.
The Briti-h. it was pointed out.
have agreed to accept for ser-{
vice physicians now residing in
the United States who received
degrees in British medical
schools. Previously only United
States or Canadian-trained phys
icans were e igible. In addition,
the British have cabled word
{they will immediately accept
married men, although previous
! ly single men were to be given
preference.
! Acting for its sister society in
Great Britain, the American Red'
l Cross is seeking up to 1,000 doc
i tors to meet an acute shortage
I of British physicians in the
[ Army and among civilians on the
i home front. Technica' aspect of
detrrmining qualifications of vol
unteers is being handled by the
Divi inn of Medical Sciences of
the National Research Council,
i which is cooperating with the
American Medical Association,
the American Coliege of Physic-'
| ians and the American College
of Surgeons. Physical examina
;i; "s are being conducted in 27
; key cities throughout the coun-i
With some 1,400 inquiries re-!
' ceived from in*erested phys-;
! iciars, the Red Cross reports
[more than 650 formal applica-j
tions have been forwarded to1
physicians whose preliminary
correspondence revealed they
met with age and educational
requirements.
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Russian has an area nearly 3
times that of the continental Unit
ed S.ates. Yet there are some
people already saying that even
if the Nazis conquerd all of Rus
s a the Un ted States would havei
nothing to fear.
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RAF REPORT ON GERMAN CAMOUFLAGE
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These pictures, released by the British air ministry, are described
as showjng how a lake and bridge at Hamburg, Germany were
camouflaged. Top: British identify the smaller body of water as
Binnen Alster, one of two lake in Hamburg, the other as Aussen
Alster, another lake, with a bridge between them. Bottom: British
say an artificial “bitilt up” area, floated on rafts, covers the small
lake, and a replica of the bridge, a rail connection, had been built (
600 yards away.
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy tonight becoming partly cloudy Saturday morning and
generally fair and warmer Saturday afternoon.
Data for 24 Hours Ending IrOO p. m. Today
Highest temp — 51 Lowest temp — 47 Precipitation T
Total precip this month — .69 Total since Jan. 1, 1941 — 4.2
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight- 48 96 NW5 Drizzle
Bam- 48 96 NW 3 Drizzle
12:30 p m- 50 83 SW 7 Cloudy
Tomorrow: Sunrise 4:14 a. m. Sunset 7:54 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 60 Lowest temp — 43 Precipitation — 0