MOOSE PASS MINER
Bv L. H. Allen ~
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The NEW YORK TIMES sayss "The rapidly
increasing range and speed of bombers
necessarily raise doubts about our own
security. The bombing of Boston or New
York by long-range planes that follow a
great circle over the Pole in good weather>
or cross the Atlantic, is no longer to be
dismissed as a wild improbability ....
In a word, the time is rapidly approaching
when we shall no longer be isolated from
Europe by several thousand miles of air.”
NOW we have 750 land soldiers bottled
up at Anchorage. Delegate Dimond says
there will be 3100 such soldiers as time
goes on apace. That's just fine - or is
it? If a bomb were dropped on the rail
road, one on each side of Anchorage, those
soldiers couldn't get out of Anchorage,ex
cept in small groups by either plane or
small boats to save their own lives, cer
tainly not to save ours.
As these long, cumbersome, expensively
operated troop trains have thundered thru
Moose Pass bearing 200 soldiers at a time
over a period of four or five days, we've
wondered at the optimism of a War Depart
ment which apparently thinks that when war
comes, it will be feasible to usher 3100
soldiers out of Anchorage 200 at a time,
providing there is a railroad to usher
them over.
Did neither of our two representatives
in Washington tell the War Department that
Seward, ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN, is the ideal
location where practice, stratagem and
economy are concerned, for the south-cen
tral Alaska Army base? Apparently not.
There ARE,of course, more votes in Anchor
age than elsewhere in the Third District.
NOW we've got Colonel Ohlson and Major
George both manning around up here yelling
"Get out of my wayI"
Would that we were a Brigadier General.
We'd yell, "Pipe down, boys!" - not that
we'd care whether they piped down or not.
The War Department is kicking because
the Alaska Railroad freight rates are so
high. "It's an ill wind,"etc.
Fourth of July celebrations are not be
ing considered by most cities in the States
If England wins this war for us, Indepen
dence Day will nevermore be mentioned in
the best circles.
If your name is Johnson, Hugh, Hiram or
Hagood, that entitles you to tell Hitler
that the United States couldn't lick its
weight in house cats.
LOCAL
NEWS
Mrs. Fred Laubscher had a few friends
in informally last Wednesday afternoon to
meet Mrs. Dolly Masters of Payette, Ida.,
who has been visiting in this section.
The hostess served spring salad of vege
tables, cheese and cracker sandwiches,
cookies, coffee and tea. Those present
were Mrs. Masters, Mrs. E. L. Robbins,
Mrs. Leora Roycroft, Mrs. Ralph Reed,
Mrs. John Nelson and Mrs. Roy Thurston.
A dance will be held at Hope on the
evening of July 3, beginning at 9 o'clock.
Music will be furnished by Denney McCart
playing violin; Louie Shell, violin and
guitar alternately;Bob DeFrance, violin
or guitar and Bob Davis, violin or guitar.
There will be a midnight supper.
Mrs. Dolly Masters left Friday for
Fairbanks to visit Mr. and Mrs. Bob Saxton
and Verne Saxton.
Mrs. Arthur Levine, who visited her
sister, Mrs. Anton Velanis in Moose Faso,
is again a patient at Seward General hos
pital.
Court Camblin, who is working for Ed
Tulare at Crown Point mine, was married
last week in Seward to Miss Jeanne Ham
mersley. The bride arrived from the
! States on the ss Columbia.
Mrs. Myrtle Everett of Anchorage, who
visited Mrs. Tom Jones, has returned to
her home. The Misses Joan Lingo and June
June Rees, also of Anchorage, were guests
of Mrs. Jones. ___
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