Here & There
with R. H. S.
Believe it or not. .Kodiak has
a hula dancer and this young
miss is going to swing it at the
next Contractors Vau leville
Mmw-. ue is .Louise Gregorioff
of Kodiak
Baby “Gary” now has some
hair to cbmb. “Gary”, who will
someday use the name Mr. Hugh
Gerhardt Abston holds the dis
tinction of being the first baby
born at the Navy hospital of the
Kodiak Naval Air Station. So the,
following was inscribed on a
sterling silver comb and brush
set: 'To Hugh Gerhardt from
the Men and Officers of the Na
val Air Station.” He’s four
months old.now, men, and he
combs . hair just like Comdr.
jjjerry.
Today’s veather forecast:
Want. <1: A divingsuit for gen
era) wear around Kodiak.
Walter Melvin, Signal Corps
cashier, was attempting i
ate Tarzan on a hike o'er ^
Three Sister Mountains rece^ (]
apparently, but lie fell Torn
cliff ana injured his hip and j
to Ting Him to spend the njg
in the nearest shelter, a
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* * * this Flag has flown above the Territory of Alaska. That’s
a simple statement, a fact well known to every man and woman,
to every school child in Alaska. It’s a simple statement. Until
you start to think about it. Then it gets all mixed up with other
things . .. with your whole life, your home, your family, the
meals you eat, the games you play, the things you learn at
school, the newspapers you read, the radio programs you listen
to, the way you earn your living.
m For all these and more stem from the Flag ... from the Stars
and Stripes snapping in the breeze. They always have, of
course, hut we’re inclined to forget until a war comes along.
A war sharpens our perceptions. Clearly we see what has always
been there—the word freedom emblazoned across those Stars
and Stripes . . . freedom from want and fear . . . freedom to
speak our minds . . . freedom to worship as we please . . .
freedom to make our own laws.
Today Alaska, as an important strategic part of the United
States of America, is facing its greatest trial since that historic
day seventy-five years ago when the Stars and Stripes first flew
above Sitka. Today, too—and for the first time in three
quarters of a century—the true value of Alaska is clearly
realized by the rest of those United States of America—this
great Territory’s value not only from a military viewpoint
but from the viewpoint of the future peace and the growth and
development that must come to this nation with the peace.
We know that Alaska is ready .. . not only with the stamina
for war but with the vision for peace. We know that Alaskans
are ready and willing to fight for their country ... to buy
War Bonds ... to make any sacrifices asked of them that theiij
Flag shall still fly above the land they love and serve.
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