COACH AND CAPTAIN — Coach Earl Blaik (left)
and Captain Jack Green of the* United States Military Academy
football team watch a practice session at West Point, X. Y.
REASON FOR !
SPECIAL SESSION OF
THE LEGISLATURE
SENATOR HOWARD LYNG
Both the House ‘National Con
gress) Appropriations Sub-Com-:
mittee and the Sub-Committee on
Territories, subsequent to their re
spective tours of Alaska this year,
reported to the Congress that
Alaska is not ready for Statehood,
nod likely to be in the near fu
ture.
These Sub-Committees, whose
reports to Congress will definitely
! influence the general Congression
al attitude toward Alaska, have
! stated through their reports, and
through the press of the Nation,
that until such time as the people
I of Alaska, through their elected
representatives, the Territorial
Legislature, see fit to assume a
i greater portion of self help, their
| recommendation to Congress is,
and will be, less aid, financial and
| otherwise, to Alaska.
There is no question in my
mind, and I believe, in the minds
! of the general public, that these
Congressional Sub-Comm it t e e s
have a legitimate reason for their
1 gripes, although it also appears
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U. S. Admits 1945
Attack On Swiss
BELLINZONA, Switzerland —
UPV—The government of this can
ton, Ticino, announced it had
been advised by the Swiss federal
political department that the
American government has accept
ed responsibility for an air attack
January 27, 1945, on Chiasso, on
the Swiss-Italian frontier.
At the time of the attack it was
reported that four airplanes of
unknown nationality machine
gunned the Swiss railroad station
at Chiasso, destroying one loco
motive, damaging another and
slightly injuring one man. The
cantonal government said the
American government had agreed
to pay damages.
that in some respects, they are
prone to overstate the case.
However, the publicity given
| these sub-committee reports
i throughout Alaska, has made it
j evident to the hitherto more or
I less uninformed public, that the
i policy of the Alaska Legislature
j has been penny-wise and pound
| foolish in many instances. It has
also created the impression, not
i without justification, that the leg
islature has in the recent past,
failed to make adequate provision
for the maintenance and expan
sion of the following basic and
fundamental sub-divisions of our
Territorial community and gov
ernment—public health, educa
tion, public welfare, taxation,
roads, and airfields.
The war is over—has been for
some time—wartime construction
is finished—the ban on mining
has been lifted, and Alaska has re
turned to its peacetime economy.
In order to put the Territorial
House in order, and to bridge the
gap of the war years, also to coun
ter Congressional criticism and
materially assist the long dormant
mining industry, the following are
called to your notice as requiring
immediate action on the part of
the Legislature:
Public Health requires $225,
000 for 4,000 cases of TB.
Schools need $250,000 for 10
new schools.
Public Welfare needs $60,000.
Roads and Airfields need
$225,000.
Taxation for urgently needed
appropriations.
I am in receipt of a recent let
ter from Territorial Treasurer Os
car Olson, wherein he states that
as of October 1, 1945, there was
on hand $1,672,792.31 with all ob
ligations paid up to that date.
This means one year and three
months remain to complete the
1945-46 biennium, with all the
1945-46 salmon taxes to be col
lected, together with the 1946
mining tax.
From this, it should be appar
ent that we have the funds on
hand with which to satisfy the
crying immediate needs of the
Territory, for in no other way can
we adequately and satisfactorily
accomplish the transition from
our former insular and backward
looking economy to the present,
which is so dependent for success
on Alaska’s attitude and actions,
right now.
Alaska stands on the thresh
hold of great and far-reaching de
velopments—Alaska has come of
age. It’s role in the post-war
world will be a new and import
ant one.
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COFFEE — Rear Adm. A. G.
Noble, USN, amphibious task
force commander, takes time to
drink a cup of coffee aboard
his flapship, the USS Wasatch,
off Balikpapan, Borneo, during:
an Allied bombardment of the
oil center.
MILITARY LIFE WILL
HOLD ADVANTAGES
Headquarters, Alaskan Depart
ment, Nov. 5—“The American sol
dier of the future will enjoy every
i advantage of American life,” Sec
retary of War Robert P. Patterson
declared today in presenting to
the Nation’s youth the opportuni
ties afforded by an enlistment in
the Regular Army.
“Through the help of the new
inducements authorized by Con
gress through the Armed Forces
Voluntary Recruitment Act we in
tend to put the military service
in peacetime on a par with any
civilian field for the young man
who wants opportunities for ad
vancement, self-improvement and
economic security,” the Secretary
continued.
Mr. Patterson declared that the
War Department intends to make
the most important peacetime
Army throughly representative of
the American way of life in the
atomic age.
“Extended furloughs, enlistment
bonuses, educational and loan
benefits, family allowances, re
tirement on half pay after twenty
years’ service, and other benefits
which Congress has authorized
for volunteers,” he said, “Are not
designed to put a price on patriot
ism or to make it profitable. They
are only partial compensation for
obvious sacrifices required by mil
itary service. Love of country and
pride in service under its flag are
still the basic reasons for enlist
ment in the United States Army,
but the day when food, clothing,
shelter and small pay were con
sidered ample is long past.”
Anyone Can Start
At The Beginning
DANVILLE, 111.— (JP) —At the
age of three, John David Carlson
reached the third grade. He
walked into Edison School one
day, spurned grades one and two,
and chose a desk in grade three.
He was sitting there browsing
in a book, when his mother caught
up with him.