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EDITORIAL
Faithful Servant
.After 25 years in the practice
of law- in the Territory of Alaska
and eight years of service as At
torney General, James S. Truitt
left his office to take a well-earn
ed rest. The position was taken
over by Henry Roden. who was
elected Attorney Genera! last
September.
Wh n he first came to Alaska a
quarter of a century ago, Mr.
Truitt found a Territ ry differ
ing greatly from the Alaska of
today. For the transformation
which has taken place, he is in
large measure responsible, along
with the men who have lived and
labored in t.h? Territory in these
busy years.
Mr. Truitt entered noon public
life in the North in 1918 when he
was appointed Assistant U. S. At
torney for the Third Division, a
posit m which he held for four
years before returning to private
practice, which includ d service
as a Referee in Bankruptcy. Dur
ing the World War, he served as
United States representative on
the B ard of Exemption ,as Ap
peal Agent.
The p ople of Alaska elected
James Truitt Attorney General
in 1932 and reelected him in 1936.
He has served in that office fer
eight years and one month, the
fiscal year having been changed
during his incumbency. During
that time he has seen the work
of the office of Attorney General
triple. During the time he has
taken not one day of vacation,
except for two sick spells which
kept him from the offie . Mr.
Truitt has served through five
regular and one special session of
the Legislature. He has served
under three Governors, George
Parks, John Troy and Ern st
Gruening.
He is stepping out of office on
his own accord, not having stood
for reelection last year. He plans
to go Outside for a rest of several
months and then will return to
spend the rest of his life in Al
aska.
Mr. Truitt takes with him the
thanks f tli; people of Alaska
for a gc id job well done. H ? has
been a faithful public servant uni
versa ly respected for his honesty
and energy in the conduct of his
high office. We wish him well
and we wish him many more
year- of usefulness as a citiz n
of Alaska.
— Juneau Empire.
Average Hume Is
Cuing To Feel
Del' ense Pinch
WASHINGTON, April — The
sure frequent collisions between
defense miuirements and civil
ian demands that lie just ahead
will bring greater sacrifices by
the public, but no serious depriv
ations are yet in sight.
Tighter priority controls on
many more items are promised
by Office of Production Manage
ment officials in order to safe
guard limited production and
siuppmg facilities. The changes
some of the priorities will bring
to the kitchen and the new fam
ily far are expected to serve as
a general morale builder by im
pressing everyone with the all
out quality of the defense effort.
The public will feel the cold
steel of “total defense" in the
form of higher taxes, mnderately
higher prices, substitutes and in
the limination of unnecessary
luxury or convenience gadgets
and decorations.
Prices Pass Peak
Some of the substitutes may
grow to be permanent improve
ments on the products they re
place. The output of n:w indus
tries created or stimulated by the
war will be transformed into last
ing contributions to civilian life
“after the emergency.”
N w taxes now in prospect in
clude levies on s'mi-luxuries
such as cosmetics and refriger
ators. They will be collected from
the manufacturers and hidden
from consumers by higher prices.
Commodity prices have passed
the peak to which tb y bounced
when the war broke out in 1939
and are highest since December.
1937. No attempt is being made
to check the advances on farm
prices have remained severely de
pressed for so long.
Prices of finished goods point
upward as a result of industry
wide wage increases ordered or
pending in several branches of
the textil business, lamps, hos
iery, jewelry, enamel utensils
and drugs.
Shutdowns of aluminum uten
sil production leaves the kitchen
ware field temporarily to glass,
enamel and earthenware utmsils.
The threatened shorage of wal
nut for gunstocks pushes cherry
wood for furniture finishing.
With a third of wool mill capac
ity at work on defense orders,
carpet makers are using part
rayon faci’ gs okay'd by the de
fense watchdogs in Washington.
White Tires Doomed
White sidewall tires probably
will be an early victim of prior
ities in order to save the 29,000
tons of rubber they use in an
average year. A littl further
ahead is the plan to require mot
orists to have all their tires re
treaded before they can be trad
ed in on new ones.
Rubber r serves on hand or en
route to the United States are
less than one year’s supply and it
will be two years before as much
as 10 percent of domestic require
ments can be produced from th
synthetic "butyl rubber." by-pro
duct cf petroleum.
Parts of scores of consumers
appliances hitherto made of met
al are giving way to plastics.
They are being introduced in el
ectric totters, vacuum sweep
ers. refrigerator trays, washing
machine wringers, adding ma
chines and typewriters. „ Plastic
bases are used for telephones.
F i‘d promises a ear with an all
plus'. :c body and other auto mak
er-. say plastics will replace 200
parts pr viously metal.
Production of new synthetic fi
bers is expedited to decrease de
p ndence on Japan for silk. Ny
1 n is emerging in rainwear and
unhrellas, coresets and girdles.
Successful mat rial for “uppers"
in footwear. Vinyon now is wov
en into gloves. A woolly fiber ex
tracted from soybeans makes its
appearance in hats.
Hl’.ME ESTATE IS
APPRAISED AT $289,000
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif. April
— An appraisal fixing the value
of the estate of Mrs. Mary Hume,
widow of the pioneer Alaska sal
mon packer, at $289,000. was filed
in the Superior Court with the
will.
Mrs. Hume died last December
at the age of 83. The will pro
vides gifts of $53,000 to relatives
$90,000 to charities and income
residue to go to Mrs. Priscilla
Shan, a niece.
When a man starts out to sow
wild oats, he starts with a little
rye.
| They’ll raise a when
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Axis Makes
Agreement
With Japan
ROME, April — Virginia Gay
da, Fascist editorial spokesman,
indicated that Hitler and Musso
lini have reached agreements
w ith Japanese Foreign Minister
Matsuoka regarding Japan's ac
tion in the event the United Stat
es engages in hostilities against
the Axis Powers, “even without
a formal declaration of war,”
The German and Italian lead
ers, foreign observers said, pre
sumably told Matsuoka just what
help Japan could expect in the
event she became involved in hos
tiliti s.
Britain, U. S.
Are Close On
Jap Problem
LONDON, April — Britain and
the United States are working to
gether closely as Britain regards
Japanese action^ in China with in
creasing dissatisfaction, Richard
Austen Butler, Parliamentary un
dersecretary of Foreign Affairs
told the English House of Com
mons when qu stioned about Tok
yo’s attitude regarding the Open
Door Policy.
Butler responded that he had
taken a “recent opportunity" to
acquaint the Japanese ambassa
dor with the British view.
French Ships
Not Going To Be
Seized By U. S.
j
WASHINGTON, April — Gas
ton Henri Haye, French ambassa
dor, told report rs, following a
visit t ' the State Department,
that it is his understanding that
the United States Government
will take no action against
French merchant ships now tied
up in American pjrts, as has been
done with German, Italian and
Danish following sabotage.
The French Ambassador stated
that while the United States
might carry out surveillance of
all foreign ships in American
ports, it is his belief the French
vessel? will not be taken over
in the sam.' manner by the Coast
Guard on German, Italian and
Danish vessels.
EMPTY SADDLE;
GOES ON TANK
EAST LANSING, Mich.. April
A1 Kircher, cl the Michigan
State College coaching staff, wel
comed his country's call to arms
r cently but he couldn’t help
feel that he had wasted some
time and effort in preparing for
his chance to serve.
“I spent five years learning to
ride a horse so I could qualify
for my commission as a reserve
officer in th. cavalry and when
my ord rs came I learned that
I'm to be a jockey for a tank in a
mechanized division,” Kircher
lamented.
He reported to Fort Knox, Ky.
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; Motor adjustments on one of the bombers destined for Britain are
j explained to Briitsh airmen by an unidentified mechanic at the
! Boeing plant at Seattle, Wash. The pilots, left to right, are: William
j Brown, Alex Sherwood. Albert Buckton and Bert Unwin
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