Vol. 5
Palner. Alaska - October 23. 1942
N«. 42
Fairbanks
' Calgtirj
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Nococsity born of war has driven the Uni
tod Stat'-soto Alaska. Highly thru in record
timo. It will bo in use by December first
the Secretary of '.far announces. It is to
bo called TF3 ALCAN HIOTJAY. It will con
nect r.t Edmonton v/ith road and rail notworke
of Canada and tho United States. It will
connect at Fairbanks with Tho Alaska Rail
road .
"Not only is the highway being comple
ted sevoral months ahead of schedule,"Sec
retary Stimson said, "but instead of tho
contemplated rough 'pioneer* road, ae it
is being constructed by tho corps of en
gineers, it is a well-graded, well-drain
ed truck road for practically its entire
length and it will afford two-way traffic
over many of it3 long stretches*"
Between Dawson Crook, B.C. and. Fair
banks there- will br rest camp3 for the ■
operators of truck convoys, barracks for
(Continued, on page 4).
THD SICIlaTARY OF
AGRICULTURE EXPLAINS
In mi article in th« currunt AMIR
CaN magazine, Secretary Claude R.
Wickard oc.ysi To understand tho food
scarcities wo face thin winter it must
bo understood that, paradoxically,our
cupboard is crammed. .Tith the ap
proach of our first war Thanksgiving*
w<~ have a greeter harvost to be grate
ful for than ever before in our his
tory, While the Axis powers aro
forced to tighten thoir b^lts still
further, our granaries and warehouses
aro bulging, and curing this month of
October, and tho months of November
and Doc.mbcr, hogc and cattle are mov
ing to market in rocord-broaking num
bers.
How, then, ten then be shortages
of food during thj months uh^.d?
. . . Be side 3 fcoding millions
of our ov/n boye on many battle fronts,
vfj inuct she.ro our mountain of food
with the nations who are fighting v/ith
us. Thru the CfTBIMSD ?>»D B0*1D,wc
have opened our larder to tho needs of
tho United Nations. As this is writ
ton, more than $5,000,000 worth of
groceries ic being taken from our stock
pile dValY DAY to sustain our allies
in all parte of tho world, . , wo aro
sending millions of dosons of dried
ogg3 to our Allies ^.nd soldiers over
seas, Ho saysi
THUSJ FOODS JILL 3a
PLaNTI TJL THIS 'm’T’tt
Lamb and Mutton
Veal, thicken, turkoy
Dry beans, flour, potatoes
Dried fruits and vegetables
ililk(fruoh and ovupjratod)
Butter, cheese, ico cream
Sirup and molase-. o
Fresh apples
THdS J FOODS JILL B Z SCAi'tCw
0.1 OFF THw lL'iTKJrT
Prime cuts of boof and pork
Han, bacon, and salt pork
Fr-.sh and frozen fish
Lard, vegetable fats
Canned fruits and vcgctabl *
Canned fruit juices
Sugur, coffee, tou
Chocolate, spices
Conned pork - cunnod beans -
oprghetti and macaroni - salnon - mack
erel - sardines - unconcontrated soups
Bananas - pineapples - nuts - coconuts
Dried fruits(other than raisins and
prunes.