MOOSE
PASS
MINER
Bv L. H. Allen_
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WHEN THE JAPS COME
We are in receipt of the following
suggestions from the organization for civ
ilian defense - the OCD. We have selectei
only those which can possibly apply to
Moose Pass. Everybody hopes that the
Japs wont get around to Alaska but every
body knows that they will if they earn
First there should he organization with
definite plans.
Get fire fighting equipment, especially
ladders, in good order.
Have water and buckets handy.
Have warm clothing ready for each mem
ber of the family in case they have to
get out quickly.
Avoid showing any lights at night.
If parachute troops are seen notify
Seward telephone operator.
Get pomeone to keep the parachutists in
sight - note direction they take.
A survey of foodstuffs has been made
and at least two months' supply is avail
able in Moose Pass.
Be sure that no vegetables and fruits
on hand freeze.
Stay indoors during an enemy bombing,
lie face down on the floor while bombers
are directly overhead.
An Emergency hospital should be prepare)
A long-headed resident has suggested that
the loft of the Public Roads Administra
tion building be prepared. The stove in
the railroad depot(?) is hot employed and
it should not be difficult to get permis
sion to transfer it from one government
building to another under the circumstan
ces.
Necessities for the emergency hospital
are
Bandages - Cotton - Splints - Scissors
Hot Water Bottles - Mineral oil for eyes -
Iodine - Ammonia - Baking Soda - Boric
Acid - Coffee - Good Flashlight - an im
provised stretcher,aside from cots and
blankets. If there is a nurse in the
settlement it is essential that she be
made superintendent. A First Aid book
should be on hand.
Nothing can be done about bombs which
explode when they strike but if incendiary
bombs fall on our roofs, preparedness can
take care of them. They are magnesium
thermite and weigh around two pounds. Do
not use water or patent fire extinguish
er. Stay away from the bomb for at leasi
45 seconds or until they stop throwing
white hot sparks.
The bombs being so light will usually
not penetrate a roof but will bum thru.
After 45 seconds they can be removed from
the attic or first floor under the roof
in a bucket with 2 inches of sand in the
bottom and by using an ordinary pointed
shovel with the handle extended about 10
feet used with a hook with a 10-foot
wooden handle. The procedure requires
a team of three. The bomb is scooped
onto the shovel» dumped into the bucket)
which is picked up by the long-handled
hook and carried into the open. They
[burn out in 15 to 20 minutes.
We all know where telephones are avail
able but our instructions are to print
the list, so here goes*
Gillis’ Store
Roycroft residence
Trail Lake Inn
Moose Pass Store
Section House
Everyone should conserve all foodstuff
now on hand. WASTE NOTHING.
We are advised to lead normal lives,
perform our regular duties, hope for the
best but PREPARE for the worst. To date
that Star Spangled Banner still waves
"O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave.”
Mrs. Ebing has written to us that Alice
and her little family passed thru the
Pearl Harbor debacle without disaster.
Mrs. Leora Roycroft and her niece, Mrs.
E. M. Thompson, sailed for the States on
the last boat out. Mrs. Roycroft planned
to join Mrs. Billie Estes and children on
a ranch in 7/yoming.
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A Community bean supper seems indicated
to finance an emergency hospital project.
A Bingo game afterward would provide enter
tainment and further finance the laudable
enterprise.
Mr. and Mrs. Dell Douglas sailed for
the States last week. For nearly two
years they were resident of Moose Pass and
Kodiak and made many friends. They will
buy a car in Seattle and drive to Mr.
Douglas' home at Rexford, Mon.
Bill Manley of Anchorage hunted moose
in this section the last week in December.
He was guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Graves.
Will Watkins has been promised that he
may leave the Seward General hospital on
March 1. The injuries he received in an
r accident at Mile 18 when his truck skidded
on a curve into the truck of Denney McCart,
are healing satisfactorily.
Mrs. Velanis received a letter from
, Mrs. Alvin Hacking that the Hacking family
arrived safe at their former home at New
Bedford, Mass., on Christmas Eve. They
boarded the boat at Seward on December 8.
R. A. Paul purchased Mr. and Mrs. Dell
Douglas' car.