VALLEY SETTLER
Published every Friday at Palmer, Al*
aska by the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association for the purpose
of giving news of the Association's work,
problems, accomplishment, and news of
local and general interest*
By L. H. Allen
Subsc riot ion rates: $1.00 per year
By mail 1.75 "
Single cony5_10
We are surprised at the howl of pain
that Mrs. Klaire Johnson omitted last week
when the Valley Settler "stood up" for
its general manager and board of direc
tors. Did Mrs* 'Johnson think for a mo
ment that she could drag the board of di
rectors of the Matartuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association into court and ac
cuse them of almost every crime but arson
and not get a yelp from the hone-town pa
per?
Other politicians and cause-bearers
can assure Mrs. Johnson that when on seeks
publicity he is likely to get it - and not
all of it favorable, AND it is consider
ed good sportsmanship in this world if you
are goiftg to "dish it out" to stand ready
to "take it."'
One criticism we have had is that we
"went too strong," Ifnthat possible to
do when you're fighting a war? If we
had had "just a line" in the paper that
didn't suit Mrs, Johnson and the sheep
who bre- following her, the bleat9 would
have beeft as loud.
We glean from Outside newspapers!
"The reported presence of numerous sub
marines in Kiska Harbor discloses a double
Japanese design against shipping. One
aim is to cut off shipping to Alaska and
another is to shut off possibilities of a
northern route to Russia via the Arctic
Ocean during open water,. •
"For want of-a’ road Alaska could become
another of those white-elephant outposts
of defense. At the moment, Alaska's val
ue lies not so much in the' fact that it is
American as that it is not Japanese,
"Nearly all of Alaska's supplies, civil
ian and military,' are imported and Alaska
needs a functioning Burma road.
"Japan-'8 best-known bomber, the Naknji
ma 19, range 4,000 miles, could drop its
loads on Seattle and Spokane and other
Western cities, and have gasoline enough
to return to the Alaska Panhandle.
"Japan knows this well. ... By seiz
ing Alaska,-it would eliminate the threat
to its fleet and gain the necessary ad
vance base for air and sea operations
against,the West Coast of the United
States-. . . Building of the highways
to Alaska le being speeded for that very
reason." .
OPA NEWS
TIRES 4 TUBES ISSUED FOR SEPTEMBER 1942
Recipient
R.B. Graham
•I
Commodity
2 tires-truck
2 tubes-truck
Serial Nos,
4497548
4497506
4497505
4497547
4497510
4497505
4497512
4497513
4497550
4497551
4497549
4497515
4497508
4497507
4496925
4497516
A1 King 1 tiro-pass.
'• 1 tube- "
Mae Stephensonl tire-pass.
Neal Wright
II
Victor Falk
U.A.Johanson
tube- "
tire-pass.
tube-pass.
tires-truck
tube-truck
tubcs-truck
Martin Olson 2 tires-truck
2 tubes-truck
Oscar Kindgrenl tire-truck
1 tube-truck
William Bouweas - 1 tire
WAR PRICE AND LOCAL RATIONING BOARD
NO. 11
Herbert C. Hanson
Henry La Ro8e
Arvid Johnson
In an order issued for the purpose.of
conserving notor equipment, the operation
of taxicabs and taxi service are sharply
curtailed, according to an announcement ■
released by the Office of Price Administra
tion.
Seven restrictions are placed upon the
operation of taxi service that have not
heretofore been in effect. Of greatest
interest to Alaskans, perhaps, is the res
triction prohibiting the use of taxicabs •
for making commercial deliveries of proper
ty, This is in line with other restrict
ions, all dosigned for the purpose of con
serving rubber and raot'or equipment, which
have been issued by the Office of Defense
Transportation and the Regional Tine Ration
ing Board. A list of the operating regu
lations follows*
No person shall drive or operate a taxi
cabi(a) For any purpose, including social
or recreational purposes, personal to the
driver or operator*
(b) At a rate of speed which is, (l)in
excess of the speed limits duly prescribed
by competent public authority, or (2) in
excess of forty(40)miles per hour, which
ever rate of speed is the- lesser;
(c) For the purpose of ranking commer
cial deliveries of property;
(d) More than ten(10)railes beyond the
corporate limits of the municipality in
which the trip originated;
(e) For the purpose of securing passen
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