Alaska Highway Ready for Army Use Early This Winter
The Alaska highway, built by U S army engineers since last March, will be ready for army use around December 1, 1943, with winter traffic planned along the 1600 mile route to Whitehorse and into Alaska. It will serve as a military supply route connecting Dawson Creek to Fairbanks and linking with U S and Canadian systems for overland freight and air-field supply transport.
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Alaska
United States Army Engineers
War Department
Eugene Reybold
United States Army
Northwest Service Command
Canada
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Alcan
Corps of Engineers
Dawson
United States
James A. O'Connor
Few
Kenneth B. Bush
Adjutant General's Department
Army
Rough and Ready Road Building Across Muskeg Fronts
March planning moved crews to strategic sites while early surveys and ground reconnaissance guided rapid progress. Bulldozers established the main route through spruce, jackpine and aspen. Bridges used timber felled on site and ferries improvised with pontoons aided crossings amid extreme heat and cold, muskeg proved largely manageable with corduroy roads, four miles of muskeg in a 60 mile section.
British Plan to Solve Farm Problem in Wartime
A Washington commentator outlines a national approach to farm labor this year and next, favoring a British inspired mix of voluntary measures and eventual laws. He notes the need to prioritize essential farming, mobilize women and experienced farm workers, and prepare for coordinated manpower plans before election day.
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WNDU
H Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
Great Britain
Manpower Commission
Labor Department
Department of Agriculture
Britain
England
Germany
Wickard
Farm Security Administration
Kentucky
New York State
Hershey
Middle Western
Army
Navy
Lcal
California
America
Alcan Highway to Defend Alaska in World War II Campaign
The Alcan highway will provide a third route to Alaska, speeding relief to Fairbanks from Edmonton in about 80 hours. Alaska’s Aleutian defense, including Kiska and Attu, emphasizes the corridor role for US forces and supplies, with Allied strikes targeting Japanese positions and recent landings near the Andreanoff Islands.
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Andreanas Islands
Kiska
Alcan
America
Fairbanks
Civil Air Patrol saves ships as war news roll in
In Birmingham a registrant uses the name Mathematics Enthusiasm Smith. Civil Air Patrol planes appear over the Atlantic to deter Axis submarines, saving at least 25 merchant vessels. Dean Landis of the Office of Civilian Defense speaks. Leon Henderson probes alleged scarce goods hoarding by manufacturers, harming small stores.
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Enthusiasm Smith
Birmingham
Ala
Atlantic
Dean Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Leon Henderson
OPA
Care With Possessions He who has many vineyards has many cares
A reflective proverb notes that wealth brings duties and worries, comparing abundance of vineyards to burdens of responsibility. The saying emphasizes prudence and balance in managing riches.
Jeans Statement On Heat Scale For Sun Interior
Sir James Jeans theorizes that heating matter the size of a pea to 1050 million degrees, the interior temperature of the sun, would burn up all life within a radius of 1,000 miles.
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James Jeans
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Burma
Alcan Highway
Frank &. Petit
U. S. Army
Uncle Sam
Xukon Territories
Baukhage
Aleutians
Japan
Bankhage
Elbert Hubrd
Xo Nisny Inilona
PAZO
Walt Whitman
HOTEL
Ben Lomond
Ogden, Utah
Aetery
Kivnnls—Executives Exchange
Opiintista
Chamber of Commerce and Ad Club
Ben Lomond Ogden
Utah
Mubert B
Vialck
Mere
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