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SAPT • S. * M . SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR R. L. STRAUB, USN
Executive Officer
THE
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SUN
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EDITOR: H. T. DAVIS, YNl 055-J or 365
CHAPLAINS
CORNER
DOES HE CARE?
When wicked men oppress the people &
plunge the world into war, does God care?
When the typhoon rips to shreds the hum
ble dwellings of the poor, does He care?
When a mother prays, but the dread
disease burns up her child and she stands
weeping at a grave, does God care?
When prosperity and prestige distract
a family and they depart the good ways
of their fathers to be lost in a whirl
of competition and pleasure, does He
care?
If He cares, why does He allow this
sorrow and destruction? Why does He not
keep peace upon the world? Why does He
not still the storms and heal the sick?
Why does He not keep a man poor so that
riches do not destroy his soul? Why
does He allow men to go their way, even
to their ruin?
More than we can ever know, God cares!
It was not He that brought sin and pain
and tragedy and death into the world.He
had made all things good. To man He had
given the priceless gift of independence,
of choice, and had shaped him in His own
image. The Holy Scriptures tell us that
it was man’s own disobedience that open
ed this Pandora’s box of evil. The origin
of evil will forever remain a baffling
puzzle to man’s mind. But this much the
Holy Writers make certain* It was not the
Lord’s doing. He, too, is grieved that
man is burdened with tragedy*
-(.Continued next column)
To overcome this "fallen" state of
man and the world, God set in motion a
gigantic plan of recovery# Nothing
A short of a salvation which He Himself
would bring would do# In the fulness of
time, He invaded this planet. He came
in the Person of His Own Son. From His
Bridgehead in Bethlehem two thousand
years ago, this Lord has occupied the
earth# We cannot find a clue to this
Kingdom with the naked eye, but with
the eye of faith we can catch the vic
tory that already is certain and that
one day we shall see in all its Glory#
Indeed, God cares#
Chaplain Perry
ALASKA FOR YOUR INFORMATION
THE KING CRAB
A crustacean the King Crab averages
10 lbs in weight but may go as high as
20 lbs and its claws may stretch from
4 to 6 feet at times. The claws of the
Alaska King Crab have a great deal of.
power and in its natural habitat of the
depths it no doubt rates pretty highly *
as ’‘what to stay away from” in any
schools held by the other inhabitants
of the deep. Out of the water the King
Crab is fairly helpless however, since
he is unable to move his huge body to
any extent when out of the water.
The King Crab begins life as a min
ute part of the ocean in the Gulf of ^
Alaska and Bering Sea but develops and^
matures in only 18 months. Each year
after that it sheds its shell by molt
ing. The King Crab has 6 legs and a
pair of claws and is found in waters
around Adak in quite abundance at cert
ain times of the year.
They feed on plankton, smaller crust
aceans and sea urchins and usually trav
el in schools. In the spring they move
to shallower water for mating. The fem
ale King Grab keeps the egss for a year
before they are hatched in spawning
grounds on the high seas.
Very delicious in salads and numerous
other ways of preparing them Adakians
who purchase or catch a King Crab will
find it a delightful treat in eating
pleasure.