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Palmori Alaska -Hay 29. 1942
No. 21
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/ • ■ ■ RATE AUTO INDUSTRY
IS MAKING ARMS
In an address broadcast ov
er a nationwide network and
relayed abroad by short wave*
Ernest Kanaler* director of
the autoaotivc branch of the
war production board* eaidt
••the wc.r won't last long after
the mass production of war ma
terial e reaches its destina
tion. The automotive indus
try is producing weapons of
war at a rate several times
the 'butter and guns' output
of only a few months ago and
totals already can b6 express
ed in billions.
'.Today you may see guns and
carbines* plane and tank parts
shells and engines moving in
the same orderly mass produc
tion flow where once you saw
transmissions and axles and
wheels and fenders.
"On conveyors which usod to
carry brake bands* you now
find helmets and carbino bar
rels. Bomb sights have re
placed adding machines. Body
builders are making wing sec
tions for planes.
"Since Pearl Harbor we've
been climbing uphill," said Ur
Kanzler* "but now we are over
the hump and traveling at ac
celerated speed toward military
offensive end victory."
The v/r.p production board
has imposed a death sentence
on fancy nightgowns* slips*
petticoats and pajamas which
require excess material.
Effective Lit.y 11* no slip*
nightgown, petticoat or pajam
as may be produced with double
materiel yokes, balloon* dol
man or leg-o*-mutton sleeves*
all-over tucking* shirring or
pleating, more than one pock
et, a hem wider than one inch*
no ruffles.
These.regulations are de
signed to conserve yardage,and
are contained in 1PB order L
116. ' c
.i.. ji; ■
Sc sy tip understand why
Australia must' look to the
United States for troops and
supplies*2 She is 6500 miles
from Los Angeles - 12,500
miles distent from Great Bri
tain.
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NOTICE
The TRADING POST - MARE
HOUSE “ GARAGE SHOP - PRO
DUCE DEPARTMENT will bo
closed from Saturday noon,
May 30 to the morning of
Tuesday, June 2* for mid
year inventory*
The CREAMERY will be
closed each afternoon dur
ing the same period*
The B* J. Lossings have
planted their lawn to grass
seed and havo put in 100
Chinese elms and SO willows*
Carl Rasmussen is a fan
for home-raised seed. He
says that over three seasons
he has raised splendid crops
of Siberian wheat* Victory
oats* and 19-B barley* the
last making good straw and
good feed. All of thoso
wore from seed raised in th6
Valley. In 1939* because
of too much rain* the seed
failed to mature* but that
is the only yoar on record.
This season Ur* Rasmussen
and Frank Clark have 70 ac
res in grain* mostly oats*
Donald Parke is grating
700 ewee und 500 lambs above
Fisher. The owes are Rom
ney Mureh which make good
mutton and good lamb and
good wool. The bucke are
Columbia.
Mr. Parks says that the
sheep get along fine with
grating from May to October.
The remaining months they
have to be fed to an expen
sive extent.
The fire which raged in
the Eska-Chickaloon region
is under control and those
which raged in the Valley
and King's Lake region are
out. Soldiers from Fort
Richardson, armed with shov
els t vastly aided the Fire
Control Servioe in subduing
the fires.
June 2nd will be the next
induction date for the Palm
pr Selective Service Board,
in the group reporting to
Fort Richardson on that date
ro the following men from
IS GUEST OF SEATTLE
CHAMBER OF CCUHZRCS
WHILE IN THE STATES
According to The Alaska
Weekly» Mr* Stock was a
gueet with other Alaskans
of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce at a regular
meeting! while he was in
the States. Roy Ruther
ford! lumber mill operator
of Juneau) uiss Ruth Reet
of Nome! P. J. Watkinson
of Kodiak! Miss Liirian
Dickey of Fairbanks were
other .ilaskans present.
Beautiful colored pic
tures of Alaska scenes
wore shown by ;.{iss Dickey,
of mining! farming! Mount
McKinley,the business dis
trict of Fairbanks.
Each guest was called
upon to "speak a piece" and
the .VEEKLY says that Mr.
Stock spoko interestingly
of the progress being made
here in the Colony.
Unconfirmed information
reaching London from Ger
many says a group of Adolf
■litler's chief military
aides! including Field Mar
shal Gen. dlblther von
Brauchitsch! has told the
Fuhror that if his 1942
campaign against Russia
fails! thoy will attempt a
lew "new order"in the
Reich, calling for "aboli
tion of the Nasi system."
The Rubber Reserve Com
pany has signed an agree
ment with Nicaragua to buy
all the rubber that Nicar
agua san export up to the
end of 1946. Secretary
of Commerce Jesse Jones
says tho agreement is sim
ilar to other pacts signed
with several Latin-America
countries.
Ptlaori
Edward Bouv/ena, Louie
Burcher, Harvey Curran,
Lloyd Oleen and Alexander
Papp.
BUY VICTORY SAVING
STAMPS AT THE TRADING POST
and general office. . . .