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Evening star., 1942-04-26

and looked up at the sky 1t would be
cold wet morning on the trail. The fakes of the
first snow of winter were beginning to dot
back up to the bank to the little campfire that
Uackled in front of slanting lean-to. While
the coffee started to boil and bacon sizzled
in the frying pan. he spread out map and
traced course across its gaunt, vacant spaces
Breakfast over, he sloshed across the Good
paster and up the opposite bank He was not
the sort of man one would expect to encounter
alone in that vast wilderness. He must have
been at least SO. He was slight and stoop-
shouldered, with graying hair No trail guided
him. and now and then as he stopped to rest
he would take out the map again and study
it intently.
Donald Macdonald was proving that a
road could be built through the forest and
mountain fastnesses which separate the
United States from its strategic seaports and
military bases in Alaska. If he, grandfather,
could struggle through this wilderness on foot,
then surely American ingenuity and resource
fulness could conquer it with road
Eleven years have passed since that lonely
trek - and the project which then was only
the dream of a gray-haired engineer is now
Americas Burma Road. life line that is vital
to the protection of this continent.
1t is to be built at last - and it will be
rushed to completion with all possible speed
Where, decade ago, Donald MacDonald's
campfires cleaned in deep canyons and on
high plateaus. bulldozers and logging crews
will soon be hacking wide swath - swath
along which troops and arms will be rushed to
guard the bases that lie closest to Japan
Fast Start
<ALREADY trains carrying United States Army
Engineers and steam shovels and trucks have
clatteTed across Canada to Dawson Creek in
British Columbia, where work on the highway
will be started. Any day now the first land
will be cleared, the first bridges begun, the
first cuts dug, the first ranges penetrated.
1t will be spectacular job, and it has got
of to spectacular start. All of the prelimi-
nary work has been done on the double-quck
- so that the supplies and equipment needed
to start the actual construction would not
be begged down in the spring thaw. Crack
Canadian limiteds have been sdetracked as
trainloads of highway equipment rolled past
on the main line. Americas Burma Road is
now No. defense job. Carloads of pontoons
already have pulled into Dawson Creek As
soon as the ice goes out, they will be used to
bridge the Peace River. No time now to wait
for permanent span. That must come later,
for Secretary Ickes who is chairman of a
special Cabinet committee handling plans for
the road, has said that the whole project
should be ready within year
All of North America will be watching. For
millions of us have suddenly realized that
our Pacific frontier is, to all intents and pur-
poses, an island - and highly vulnerable
island at that. 1t depends on a moving bridge
of ships for its supplies - ships needed des-
perately elsewhere, ships which are at the
mercy of Japanese submarines.
We have realized, too, that Alaska is our
first line of defense and O,,r fret line of offapca
Evening star., 1942-04-26
VICTOR KEPPLER

Congressman Warren G.. Magnuson of Wash
ington who is also lieutenant commander
IN our Navy, lis reached from the United
States only by air and water In case of loss
of the Pacific to hostile forces, the great air
field at Fairbanks and the large Army post
at Anchorage would be cut off in the matter
of heavy equipment. Tanks a15 t1ucle could
only be flown in unassembled 1t would take
Evening star., 1942-04-26

highway across Canada to Alaska: 1t couldn't
be done"-but now the Army is doing it! Along its
course will speed supplies to help us crush Japan
by Richard l.. Neubexqer
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
MirOw Activities

Jan. 24 Pilot Mex enzie left Nome for Anchorage with one U. s. Engineer and five selectees.
 Pilot Moore made d round trip to Moses Point with freight. Jan. 25 Pilot Whaley made the Unalakleet mail run.
 Pilot Hager left for the down river mail runs.
 Jan. 26 Pilot Mckenzie return ed from Anchorage via Moses Pt. The ship carried a full load of express for Moses Point.
 TomorroW-2 ships are sched- u ed for Anchorage.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that William J. Maloney has been ap- pointed by the Probate Court for the Cape Nome Precinct, Second Division, Territory of Alaska, Administrator of the Es- tate of Julius Patterson, deceas- ed, and all persons having claims against the said estate are re- quired to present the same with in six months from the date of this notice to the undersigned administrator at Nome, Alaska. Dated this 26th day of January, l942.
 William J. Maloney
 Administrator of the
 estate of Julius Patter-
 son deceased.
 Publish Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
New Hearing On s. s. Rates To Alaska

Washington, Jan. 24 (AP) - The Maritime Commits sion ordered a new hearing to question steamship rat es between Washington states and Alaska ports. to start in Washington Feb 3rd. The emergency sur charge vii continue in ef- feet, pending the outcome of the investigation.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
Heavy Run On Sugar May Compel Govt. to Ration

Washington, Jan. "A (AP) Continued heavy runs on sugar will compel the government to begin ra- tion:ng of that commodity within a month or less. Of flee of Price Administra- tion sources said rationing bokS are now being drawn and printed.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26

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The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
WEGIAN ESPIONAGE OUTWITS NAZIS

Ninety-nine percent of the Norwegian in German-oc- cupied Norway have refus ed to submit to the naZis' new order and are contin- uously carrying on a grim, unarmed but unyielding opposition which has made 1t necessary for the Ger m ns to maintain in Nor way a large army of oc- cupat:on, in proportion to population, than in any other occupied country,
 TVS News of Norway.
 The deaths of many Nor Wegians before German fir ing squads during recent months have in no way sue ceeded in stemming the tide of resistance.
 Lined up solidly in their contempt for the German "overlords" and in their resistance to notification are the country's churches, labor unions .employeds' organizations, farmers and fishermen, professional & scientific groups, sports or ganizations, youth associa- tions and even school child ren.
 Frequently the opposi- ton takes on the active form of sabotage and street fights.
 Espionage, particulrly, is playing a major role in Nor ways fight against nazism. Tfe system of espionage developed in Norway has been a constant and cOnsid erable aid to Britain. h. formation is reguglarly sup piled London on the land activities of the German troops in Norway, such as construction of airports, sub bases, or the shifting of troops and the size of the ocupational forces.
 Information also is stead fly sent to London on the movement of Nazi ships on the Norwegian coast. It was in this way the British first learned that the Bis mark was heading out to sea. Numerous other Ger man ships have been sunk by the British as the re- suit of tips supplied by the espionage service, which has it's own ways of con- munication with London.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
Internal Revenue Collector To Come to Nome Feb. 1st

Peter Gatz, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector is expected to arrive Nome on February first, and will remain a couple of weeks to assist any individual wishing aid on. the problem of income tax returns.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
Hansen FrOmm Marriage

Alfred P. Hansen, well known as the Champagne Kid' and Mrs. Anabelle Fromm were mar ried Saturday by Commissioner C. C. Tanner. Witnesses were Fred Glover and Pauline Monroe
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
Capture S,OOO-Ton Italian Vessel

London, Jan. "A (AP) - The admiralty announced that warships "intercepted and captured" the 8,000- ton Italian vessel Daosta.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-26
Airways News
PA Activities

A Pilgrim arrived yesterday with mail and remained over night. The ship was unable to leave today due to poor flying weather.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Arlington zoning Changes
Opposed by Business Group

Appearing at a hearing on the
proposed Arlington County master
coming plan, owners of business
properties in the area bounded by
Glebe road, Lee Boulevard and Lee
Highway asked the County Board
last night to leave the classification
of their properties unchanged.
Much of the property would be
changed to residential or apartment
zones under the plan, officials said
Developers of Tara. Larchmont and
Wynnwood subdivisions asked high
restrictions for their lots, preferably
class R-8, which requires lots Of
5000 square feet minimum area.
The board received request that
. the 91-acre tract to the south of the
Westmont development, extending
over the Fairfax County line, be
zoned Rs, or lots of 5000 square
feet.
J. C. Ristine, Lyon Village, pro-
posed extension of business Zoning
farther down Garfield street in
Clarendon.
Last nights hearing was the
fourth in series of five on the pro-
posed zoning plan. The final hear
ing, slated for 7:30 pm. next Tues
day at the courthouse, will cover the
Rosslyn area bounded by the Poto-
mac River, the Fort Myer line. Lee
boulevard, Tenth street, North Bar
ton street, Lee highway and North
Courthouse road.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Arlington Plans Series
OF Civil Defense Meetinqs

-Four meetings, one tonight and
three Monday, will speed the or
ganization of Arlington County's
civilian defense setup.
Defense rescue squads will gather
at o'clock tonight at jefferson
Firehouse. at the call of Capt.
Mackall R. Bruin, director of the
squads. First-aid and rescue in
struction will begin as soon as the
organization is completed tonight.
Auxiliary firemen will meet at
7:30 pm. Monday in the Falls
Church, Ballston and Jefferson
flrehouses, Fire Chief A. C. Scheffel
announced. Three classes will be
held each week until the auxiliary
fire course is completed.
Charles Bishopp and James Cat
terson, Cherrydale fire company:
Charles L. Padgett, Clarendon:
M. P. Divine, Ballston, and John
Beason, Jefferson, will be the in
structors.
County Manager Frank c. Hanra-
han, who also is county defense
director, said Chief of Police Harry
woodward had informed him addi-
tional auxiliary police classes will
be started next week.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Retired u. :. Officers
To Train Maryland Militia

RS the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 5.-Retired
officers OF the Army Marine Corps
or State Guard will train the mem
bers of Maryland's reserve militia,
proposed to supplement the State
Guard.
The training program was worked
out by the War Department and ap-
proved by Gov. O'Conor and Maj.
Gen. Milton A. Reckord, command
ing officer of the Sd Corps Area.
Basic field training and basic
small arms instruction will be given
the militiamen. They will study
plans for local defense, terrain, map
reading and sketching. communica-
tions and practice assemblies.
Gov. O'Conor said no militiaman
would be permitted to carry a gun
until his unit commander was sat-
isfied he was capable of handling
the weapon ef1iciently.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Virginia 10 Mail Drivers
Applications March II

All motor vehicle operators in
Virginia must renew their operators
or chauffeurs' licenses during a 3l2-
month period beginning March Is.
c. F. Joyner. jr.. assistant director
of the Division of Motor Vehicles,
said today. He announced applica-
tions for renewals will be mailed
March II along with motor vehicle
registration cards.
The period for the purchase Of
motor vehicle license plates will be
from March 16 through April Is
The plates will be on sale at the
division Offices in Richmond and at
ITO authorized agencies throughout
the State.
Motorists will be required to pay
a fee of so cents for renewal of
operators licenses which will expire
July, l945. The applications may
be filed with any of the motor We
hicle license plate agencies, at the
division offices in Richmond or
mailed to the Richmond offices.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Assistant Chief Warden
In Alexandria RESIGNS

By q Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. March S.
Resignation of Robert S. Lyle as
assistant chief air-raid warden for
Alexandria, effective yesterday, was
announced today by City Manager
Carl Budwesky, Alexandria defense
co-ordinator.
Mr.. Budwesky revealed that he
had received a letter from Mr.. Lyle
rendering his resignation because
of pressure of work. Mr.. Lyle has
been affiliated with the air-warden
service in Alexandria since it was
started, Mr.. Budwesky said. He
served as assistant to Robert Atkin-
son and Albert Bryan, former chief
AFRAID wardens.
Bernard Padgett, Alexandria's
present chief afraid warden. will
appoint a successor to Mr.. Lyle,
according to the city manager.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
New Montgomery
Charter Rule
Held Fascist

Charges of Fascism were directed
last night by Alfred D. Noyes, men,
ber of the County Board of Per-
manent Registration, against the
proposed charter form Of govern
ment for Montgomery County.
Mr.. Noyes took the negative side
of this question and Allen r. Gard
ner. representing the Montgomery
County Civic Federation, the afflr-
NATIVE, In a debate before the Ia
koma Park Chamber of Commerce
The federation already has adopted
a resolution calling for circulation
of petition in favor of charter
board.
To illustrate his point, Mr.. Noyes
cited the history of Fascist Italy
under Mussolini during the past 20
years.
Mr.. Gardner condemned the
spoils system of partisan politics
and contended the charter govern
ment would mean greater democracy
for the people of Montgomery
County.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Prince Georges Quota
For March Includes
70 Passenger Tires
No Retreuds Available
Except for Trucks
After March Is

No retreaded tires for passenger
cars will be rationed in Prince
Georges County during March, it
was announced yesterday by Leon
ard Burch, chairman of the county
rationing board. Retreaded tires
will be available for trucks, Mr.
Burch added, after March 25.
March quotas for the board in
clude 10 passenger tires, SO pas
senger tubes, 129 bus and truck new
tires, Sc bus and truck retreads and
145 bus and truck tubes.
The February quotas were So pas
senger tires. "A passenger tubes, 81
truck tires and 123 truck tubes. Of
these quotas, remaining undistrib-
uted on February % were 13 pas
senger tires, q passenger tubes,
6 truck tires and 81 truck tubes.
However, these tires and tubes are
not added to the March quota.
Certificates for tires were issued
to the following persons last week:
Thomas Somerville. Muirkirk: Har-
old Greenberg, Mount Rainier;
Paul F. Needing, Brentwood %;
De Alley Ridgeley. Landover: Robert
S. McCarey. Laurel; Mary P. KEEP
linger, Berwyn Heights; Harry
Moore, Croome; E. C. Swan, Capitol
Heights: Harry P Tayman, Croome:
Mark F. Welsh. College Park. and
Frank Murray, Silver Hill "a. Nine
teen requests for tires we're rejected.
Purchase of cars was authorized
for Edward L Arnold. College Park:
Richard T. Tucker. Benning: Henry
L. Albright, Hyattsville: Bernard
o. Rosser, Temple Hills; 1t. John
G. Taylor, Laurel; Harry A. Key,
Suitland; Roy N. Fry, Riverdale:
Harland C. Griswold. College Park;
James Duncan, Landover Hills; Fred
c. Knauer, Berwyn; William L.
Yingling. Carmody Hills; Frank L.
Teuton, Fort Foote, and Charles F.
O'Connor, Capitol Heights. Two
request were rejected.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Farley
Hears Call for
Production Hike
Committee Is Named
To Seek Solution of
Labor Shortage

The Northeastern Dairy Confer
ence, attended by more than 100
dalrymen from II Eastern States,
ended late yesterday with a call for
all-out agriculture production to help
win the war, despite mounting prob
lens facing American farmers.
Its tough" M. Clifford Town.
send, chief of Agriculture Defense
Relations for the Agriculture De-
partment, commented in discussing
the farm labor situation, "but Gen.
Macarthur is having it tough, too"
Mr.. Townsend, former Governor Of
Indiana, spoke during the morning
session held In the Ambassador
Hotel.
While the dairy business has high
priorities under the present war food
program, the time might come, he
said, when we will be faced with
the question, do we want guns, or
do we want milk?"
Stress Labor Shortage.
Speakers through the day-long
meeting stressed the seriousness Of
farm labor shortage. The dis
cussion was climaxed at the close
OF the day with appointment of a
committee to confer with Federal
officials on ways to keep men on the
farm. IL was suggested that the
Government issue a certificate of
merit to farm youth deferred from
military service for farm employ
ment.
One speaker. P. c. Turner, presi-
dent OF the Maryland Farm Bureau
Federation, suggested that prisoners
OF war be used to help farmers
harvest crops when our war
machine will soon be rolling" He
said the federation was investigating
the possibility Of utilizing men from
conscientious objector camps on
farms.
Hitting at "shiftless labor that
works only one, two or three days a
week and loafs the balance of the
time" Mr.. Turner urged that this
class either be indicted or made to
work.
He also proposed that Maryland
branches of the National Youth Ad-
ministration and the Civilian Con-
servation Corps be abolished for the
duration Of the war, leaving defense
training now carried on by N. Y. A.
to vocational schools, and retaining
only enough of the c. C. C. to super
wise conservation districts,
Agricultural Marketing Adminis-
trater Roy Hendrickson assailed reg
ulatory machinery in the dairy in
dustry used to raise prices "contin-
ually, regardless of the relation to
which those prices bear to other
farm prices or to city prices" He
said the "old game of taking milk
from the farmer and keeping it away
from children will have to stop"
End FrilIs in Delivery.
D. o. Hammerberg, Connecticut
State milk administrator, made the
! suggestion that "frills in milk de-
livery" be eliminated and that milk
be delivered consumers every other
day. A similar suggestion came
from e. A. Perregaux of the Uni
versity of Connecticut.
The meeting, which opened Tues
day, closed with reelection of all
but one officer of the dairy confer
ence. They are DR.. r. B. Corbett
OF College Park, Md, president; C.
Marsden Bacon of Middletown,
Conn, vice president, succeeding B.
B. Derrick, secretary of the Mary
land and Virginia Milk Producers
Association; DR.. w. Bruce Silcox
of the Agriculture Department, sec
retary and o. H. Hoffman, jr., of
Philadelphia, treasurer.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Fairfax Board Refuses
$500 Federal Grant
For Accotink Project
800 Pct. Tax Increase
Seen for Area With
Water, Sewage System
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX. Va, March 5.-Because
of the possibility that citizens in the
Accotink area might be faced with
an 800 per cent increase in taxes
to finance the countys share of a
proposed s26,40O water and sewer
age system, the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors yesterday de-
clined a Federal grant of $500
toward the cost of the projects.
A resolution adopted by the board
said the county now receives an
average of about SIT per house from
local taxes in Accotink, to which
would have to be added approx
mately s121 to meet the cost of the
proposed projects, an increase of
300 per cent in the tax rate.
The supervisors stated that in
view of the tremendous increase
that would result in taxes it would
not be worth while to hold refer
endum to establish a sanitary dis
trict.
The village of Accotink, sur
rounded by Fort BelVolr, contains
AZ houses, and 1t was pointed out
the sanitary requirements in the
town have been brought about solely
by the construction of Fort Belvoir.
The supervisors also adopted
resolution asking the Federal Power
Commission to fix date for a public
hearing on the application of the
Occoquan Co. for license to con-
struct and operate water power
project on Occoquan Run.
Action of the board followed re-
ports that construction of the neces-
sary 125-foot dam and reservoir
might flood the present reservoir
located on OccoQuan Run, which is
used as a water supply for the Dis
trict of Columbia penal institutions
at Lorton. 1t was further claimed
the proposed project might also
render useless the dam now located
on the run belonging to the Deco
quan Hydro-Electric Co. and the
reservoir to be created would back
water up to within 19 feet of the
bridge at Woodyard's Ford.
Evening star., 1942-03-05

whether the books should be for
hidden the entire system because
a section was offended, espe-
cially since there is no compul-
sion to sing the songs.
Mrs. Williams said she did not
think the board should approve
books that were offensive to a
section of the system and that
she had raised the question only
because of the complaints which
had come to her.
The board asked that details
on the songs and offensive
phrases be provided each member
before the next meeting.
Text books for the schools are
considered by a special text book
committee consisting Of teachers
and ofncials and the lists are rec
commended for approval. First
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Home Gardens Course
Opens at MARYLAND U.

Don't plant a Victory garden if
you don't know what you are doing"
DR.. C. H. Mahoney. head of the
Horticultural Department at the
University of Maryland. advised
members of garden clubs today.
A two-day course on planting eff
cient home gardens began this
morning at the university. The
school supplements courses which
have been given IN every county in
Maryland during the past month by
members Of the horticultural -.
partment staff.
DR.. Mahoney said the course
usually was devoted to ornamental
gardens, but that numerous re-
quests had caused the addition Of
lectures on vegetable gardening.
Attending the class today were
about so housewives from nearby
Maryland communities and the
District.
The course will consist of Is lee
lures by university staff members,
w. c. Price of Towson and Vernon
T. Stoutmeyer Of the Department
OF Agriculture, and a lecture on
Flower Arrangement" by Mrs.
Herbert Gregor Of Washington.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Curfew Ordered
For Dublin Stores

Only retail liquor stores, restau-
rants and drugstores may serve GUS
toners in Fire after 8 pm. Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
8 pm. Friday and 10 pm. Saturday.
officials of the Fire Minister of
Industry and Commerce have ruled
at Dublin.
All other stores must bar Gus
toners after the curfew hour. Even
operation of automatic vending ma
chimes is forbidden after the clos
ing hours invoked.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Charles County Salvage
Drive Chairmen Named
Special Dispatch to Tn. Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA, Nd, March 5.-The
Charles County Defense Council an
nounced today it has perfected
plans to collect scrap metal and
other materials needed In the war
effort.
Salvage committee chairmen for
the various districts are:
First, John P. Hancock, La Plata;
second, Solomon Tactic, Welcome;
third, Carl Sandy, Doncaster;
fourth, Hugh C. Gardiner, Faulk-
ner; fifth. w. L. Simms Tompkins-
vile; sixth, Thomas A. Middletown,
Waldorf; seventh, r. A. Hungerford,
Bryans Road; eighth, William I.
Bowling, Bryantown; ninth, William
H. Knott, and tenth, Joseph Mat
tingly, Indianhead.
George I. Gardiner of La Plata
is chairman of the Scrap Metal
Committee for Charles County.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Army, Navy Personnel Officers
Ration New GreenbeIt Homes

Only Army and NAVY employees
certified by their respective per-
sonnel officers will be able to obtain
homes in the new 1,000-unit addi-
ton to Greenbelt. Roy S. Braden,
town manager, declared yesterday.
Homes in the new division. which
was built with Lanham Act funds,
were originally intended only for
enlisted Army men and Army post
employees. Now, however. the units
may be obtained by officers in both
services and employees of the two de-
partments, Mr.. Braden said. A ratio
of two Army occupants to one Navy
occupant will be maintained, he
added.
One hundred and fifty of the new
homes already have been released
for occupancy, according to Mr.
Braden, and an additional $50 will
be available this week.
Authorization for the additional
units came from the Federal Works