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Apparently, the government isn’t enough worried
about the chance of bombing damage in Alaska cities
to refuse to protect property owners against damage
due to war action.
At least, the new War Insurance Corporation has
extended its activities to include this Territory, which
may be seen as some indication that Uncle Sam looks
upon his northern possession as comparatively safe
from devastating raids by the enemy.
Recommendation that Alaska be included in the pro
visions of the new war insurance agency, set up under
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, was made
here recently by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce.
Word was first received last week that benefits of the
Federal insurance set-up had been extended to the
Territory.
With Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Administrator, at
its head, the War Insurance Corporation is provided
with a capital of 5100,000.000 to “provide reasonable
protection against losses resulting from enemy attacks
which may be sustained by owners of property * ::
through damage to. or destruction of buildings, struc
1 pr< perty, including goods, growing
crops and orchards.”
Some items are not covered by the insurance. No
insurance is offered for the loss of accounts, bills, cur
rency. debts, evidence of debt, money, notes, securities,
paintings and other objects of art. Nor will protection
be given to owners of property who, “in the opinion of
the President, are unfriendly to the United States.”
Set up hurriedly at the time of the outbreak of the
war, the War Insurance Corporation has yet to com
plete details of its organization. Eventually, there pro
bably will be forms to fill out and declarations of pro
perty to be made on the part of citizens who wish to
\<ke advantage of this insurance. Possibly, there will
be nominal premiums to pay for the protection.
For the time being, however, no premium will be
charged for this protection, and no declaration or re
ports required, unless there is a loss, Jones announced.
This insurance is no guarantee for Alaska against an
attack by Japanese raiders. It might mean, however,
that government agencies, in extending provisions of
die insurance to Alaska, feel the Territory is a pretty
good risk. At least, we have not hear of the war in
surance being offered citizens in Hawaii or the Phil
ippnes.—Juneau Empire.
MacArthiir
Amid Far E stern news almost consistently gloomy
I here stands out. shinino-and magnifiscent, the battle
being waged by General Douglas MacArthur — the
battle of Batan. It is difficult for laymen in civil life
to realize what the heroic resistance of MacArthur and
his men means in the cold terms of physical sacrifice,
endurance, courage and skill. Here is an army over
whelmingly outnumbered, driven hack and back until
Manila itself was lost; an army without planes; an
army without visible signs of reinforcement.
Bear in mind, too, that these men probably realize
that their chance of reconquering the Philippines is
remote; that the chances of being overwhelmed arc
t-ai’ greater. In short, all the odds are against them.
Vet they fight on, doggedly, bravely. Daily come re
'■ !(,rls of charges made by the Japanese, but MacAr
thur meets them, counter attacks and successfully re
pturing some of the lost ground or holding their own
Here is the stuff of which history is made. And to a
truly great general this nation pays, daily, a grateful
and sincere tribute.
Every Jap gain is being paid for in terrific price
Every day of delay means that much less Jap strength
shunted to the Singapore area, where the tide of battle
is even less encouraging. And if there are no planes.
g‘ic anti-aircraft is doing a mighty effective job; and
if there are six Japs to one—our boys have that many
more targets. No matter what follows in this war; no
matter what exploits win the acclaim of the nation—
no American who lives through these times ever will
forget the stand oi MacArthur’s Unconquerables.
And when the United Nations finally strike the blow
which will give them victory—all of us will remem
ber the grim days when the corner stone of that tri
umph was being laid by the toil, sweat, blood and
sheer guts ol the heroes of Batan. —JuneauEmpire. 1
Federated Church
Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor
11 a. m. — Church School
7.-15 p m. — Worship service.
Sermon topic: “The Fourth
Dimension.”
Catholic Church
Father J.I. McHugh, S.J. (Pastor)1
Sunday Benediction 7:30 p. m. '
Sunday Masses 3 and 10 a. m. j
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DRASTIC STREAMLINING OF
EDUCATION IS UNDER WAY- •
COMMISSION IN HIGH GEAR
Washington, Feb. — Drastic streamlining of educa
tion to meet war needs and avoid the pitfalls which
gave education such a setback in World War I is un
der way. The wartime Magna Carta of higher educa
tion will be the 15 resolutions recently adopted by the
congress of 1.000 college presidents in Baltimore. The
group which will administer it and work with indiv
idual colleges and school systems will be the Office of
Education wartime commission here in Washington.
Appointed by John W. Studebaker. U, S. Commission
er of Education, at the request of Federal Security Ad
ministrator Paul V. McNutt, the commission already is
in high gear.
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Some of the things in immediate prospect are:
1. Reduction of the college course to three and pos
sibly two and a half years, in order to give youth its
degrees and a completed education before it is called
into the army or into civilian defense and wartime in
dustries. This speedup has been going on in West Point
and Annapolis for more than a year. As in the case of
those institutions, six day weeks, full summer terms,
and an acceleration in all courses by stripping them of
frills and non-essentials are expected to do the trick.
2. A vast expansion of military training with full
college credit for such work. There has been no hint
that colleges and universities again will be converted
into full-time military institutions as they were by the
Student Army Training Corps in the last war. How
ever, if it develops later that such a drastic move is
necessary, the nucleus of the S, A. T. C. will be ready
to again turn every fraternity house into a barracks
and college campuses into armed camps.
3. A far greater emphasis on physical education with
a view to building every youth into the tough phys
ical specimen that can stand the rigors of war in the
field and at home. The report that a million young
men have been deferred in the draft because of phys
ical deficiencies has been considered alarming. An
analysis of these deficiencies already is being made
and physical education courses will be revamped thru
out to remedy them in th youngsters coming up.
4. An expansion of the Civilian Pilot Training Pro
gram and a greater emphasis of turning out both pilot
and aviation mechanics. This year, 700 colleges are
taking advantage of the Civilian Aeronautics Adminis
tration’s C.P.T.P and turning out pilots with good
basic training at the rate of 30,000 a year. No goal has
been set but it is known the CAA and the military
forces would like to see this doubled and tripled.
5. Plans to povide financial aid to colleges threat
ened with bankruptcy and closing because of curtailed
enrolment. 9nd measures to combat the growing short
, age of teachers. The draft I ■ - —. -i
and war industries have al
I ready taken a big slice out
of enrollment and teaching
staffs in high schools and
colleges.
6. There will of course be
I greater concentration on
/oational e d u c a tion to
meet the needs of a nation
it war. This program is al-!
eady far advanced, It is
1 ikely now that the govern
, ment will be asked to fin
ance many courses, such as
engineering, physics and'
chemistry, and that the col
leges will become designat
ed training centers for!
(such Army and Navy per
sonnel as the engineering
j corps, the chemical war-1
| fare service and the quar
termaster corps.
7. The possible establish
i ment of nursery schools on1
a nationwide scale to care
for the small children of
mothers who are in indus
| try or war work.
Add to all this the wide
spread civilian morale ser
vice which is gearing edu
cation from kindergarten
to doctor’s thesis to the
conversion from a peace
time culture to war-time!
economy, thought and ser-j
vice. The three r’s are now!
spelling it WAR.
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I IK! PI ID What tanks U.S. could spare—after civilian plants
L.IIN UVjr snitched over to defense, produeing combat cars
like these 12-ton light tanks on parade at Berwick, Pa.—went to
Russia, Britain. Army called for machines to speed up its mecha
nization: mass production methods rolled out gas masks, shells,
guns, planes. Household washer industry turned to gun mounts.
JAPANESE CLAIM SUCCESSES ON NUMEROUS FRONTS
Japaese forces claimed successes throughout the Far East, with a major reversal,
however, at Changsha, China. Arrows point to capture of Hongkng,' Manila and
Guam. In the Philippines, Japanese claimed capture of Olongpo, naval station. Nip
pon’s troops stormed closer to Singapore in the Malay peninsula and their bomb
ers pounded positions close to that fortress. The Japanese landed forces on Cele
bes, of the Dutch East Indies, against strong resistance. Previously, Japs had
made landings on Borneo Island.