THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor.
RUSSELL MAYNARD, Manager.
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UNGUARDED ALASKA
“Alaska, not Hawaii, is our natural military base (in
the Pacific.) Tokio is twice the distance from Honolulu as
it is from Alaska.”
That is the statement made by Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
the explorer, who is more familiar with northern conditions
than any other American.
Yet the United States has done nothing to defend that
land of enormous richness from attack.
There is no naval base on Alaska’s long coast line; no
adequate military defense.
In 1931 the Army General Staff urged fortifications and
bases be established in the Territory, but the recommenda
tion has not been followed.
Alaska has no means of defense and is open to any ene
m\ which might attack it.
Once an enemv base be established at any point in
Alaska the foe could spread devastation by military planes
. _,ainst American cities.
It has been repeatedly demonstrated that Alaska can
' be easily reached from Asia by airplanes. What civilian
’round-the-world tours have accomplished military airmen
could repeat, with disaster to Alaska and to the United
States.
This country is to surrender the Phillippine Islands—
formally to the Filipinos; in reality to any Asiatic nation
which wants them. Already we have given up our right to
fortify those islands and our other far-Pacific holdings west
of Hawaii.
And Japan is notoriously fortifying its mandate islands.
Even the blind League of Nations knows that. Geneve is
polite to Japan about this violation of Pacific understanding,
but admits the fact with the naive suggestion that Japan
disprove the charge by permitting foreigners to visit those
islands.
Japan, having temporarily sated its appetite in Man
churia, is now pressing eastward toward Hawaii with its
aggresive program. Alaska is helpless in its path.
For the United States leaves Alaska undefended, un
protected, unguarded, open to air and fleet attack, should
there be a Pacific war.
Advocates of unpreparedness contend that defense in
st igates attack.
The recent developments between Soviet Russia and
Japan show that argument is false.
When Japan last year got pugnacious in its attitude to
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ward Russia the Soviet quietly put a large air force at its
Pacific base at Vladivistock. a force competent to raze Jap
anese cities in event of war.
Immediately the Japanese-Russian trouble calmed
down.
Should America fortify Alaska it would be making a
contribution to peace.
Unprotected, Alaska is just one more temptation to
Asia to start trouble.—New York American
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK?
By Edson R. Waite, Shawnee, Oklahoma
Edgar G. Harris, publisher oi the West Point (Miss.)
Daily Times Leader, and president of the Tupelo (Miss.)
Daily News, believes the growth and development of chain
store merchandising during the past few years is due large
ly to the fact that they have made intelligent use of the ad
vertising columns of the local newspapers in towns and cities
where they operate.
“The local merchant who complains of chain store com
petition can solve his problem only by using chain store
methods,” says Publisher Harris.
“As a matter of fact,” he says, “the average local mer
chant has a tremendous advantage over his non-resident
competitor because the personal equation is still a dominant
factor in the smaller towns and cities.”
Discussing the matter of store advertising in general,
Mr. Harris says:
‘Newspaper advertising is much more important to the
small city merchant than to the big city store. Attractive
show windows and well displayed merchandise may be de
pended upon to secure a fair volume of business in the big
city for the well located store.
“But the same is not true of the small city establish
ment Where so few people walk past the place or go
browsing around for bargains.
“The man or woman who comes in from the country
or the suburb of the small city usually has his or her mind
made up beforehand. In other words, the shopping list is
complete and purchases are usually made at the store with
which the customer is familiar through constant newspap
er advertising.
“The day of the old-fashioned storekeeper is gone for
ever. The merchant is taking his place. And the real mer
chant in the small city and the big one, knows that advertis
ing is today the greatest potential force in modern merehan
dising.”
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of all materials, and an aid to the proper placing of
orders.
ART BROWN
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