The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-09
Alaska Attack Out
 Priest Tells Crowd
Rev. Bernard Hubbard Claims Japs Lost Chance Com. ing Too Late; Overflow Audience Enjoys Lecture

i the very ones whom people used to point to scornfully, remarking that they were going to the devil"
 "trhe boys who were going to the devil" said Father Hubbard, "are the ones who are fighting this war with all their hearts. They are flght- ing war they didn't make, We must appreciate the grand job they are doing"
 The noted explorer remarked thas he talked with many service men iu his capacity of civilian advisor te the Western Defense Command, and they told him, "Father, we're going to have those Japs out of the Aleu-. tians in no time at all" The priest said that he advised them, You had better make Q quick job of it, ol they will be taking out their first citizenship papers"
 Declaring that the weather in the Aleutians is most disagreeable be. cause of rain, mist, and heavy fog, Father Hubbard made the point When our boys start bombing Kis. co, the Japs will be sorry they ever went there. They are sorry anyhow, because that is no place to lead happy life"
 Father Hubbard said that another reason for his coming trip to Alac. ka is to impress upon the service men stationed there that Alaska s nothing to be afraid of. Most people, he pointed out, when they hear mention of Alaska, immediately think of some place that is freezing cold and unpleasant all year round Such is not the case. Alaska, with an area of 590,000 square miles and population of only 75,000 is not country of uniform cold weather and zero temperatures. Some parts of Alaska, said the priest, never get i below zero, and seldom below freez- ing. Nevertheless, until our boys can get that idea through their heads, our greatest enemy will not be the Japs but the country.
 1t is necessary for us to correct few of our ideas of history and 1 geography, stated Father Hubbard. Since childhood most of our his- tory was about Europe, and we were given an exaggerated conception of the size of the continent. The entire European world would not have as great an area as the islands of the Pacific.
 Continuing on the subject of our distorted views, the "Glacier Priest, who for the past several years has held a profeSsorship of geology at Santa Clara university, pointed out, Remarks were made cat the begin- hing of the war) that the Japs were 100000 900 people, mostly gardeners, wtndow-cleanerS, and what have you. When we speak of England, we speak of the British Empire. We must also remember the Japanese Empire, That empire excluding their | new conqueSts, is l80,000 900 people a0,000,000 more than the United ! States"
 1 Father Hubbard declared that Lha menace of birth control "has ruin- cd France and England. and isn't doing us any good" Said he, Every time we killed Jap, two more were born, But every time tho Japs kill- cd . Chinaman, four more were born --and the Chinese arc on our side" 1 The priest who has spent i6 years exploring glaciers and other pheno- mena of Alaska, said that he had turned over thousands of feet of moving picture film to the governs ment along with @ large quantity of StiQ pictures. He showed films of the actual bombing of Dutch Harbor on June 3, l942, in which docks. barracks, and warehouses were de- molished. Father Hubbard Glsd showed pictures of the Andreanot islands which U. s. forces recently took back from the enemy, and operations of the American force landing in the Aleutians,
 In his second film, the priest showed many scenes of his most res eehb exploration trip to the glacier country, during which he and his companion ventured through tha lake of imprisoned icebergs,' one- seventh above water and siX-sev' enths buried under the surface, constant threat to all types of boats Father Hubbard photographer tha actual breaking up Of glacier mass first the weakening Of its structure because of pressure from below then the sliding ice masses, and finally the toppling Of tremendous ica cliffs, larger than the Empire Stata building,
 The film was in technicolor, tho priest describing his experiences and feelings as the picture proceeded,
 At tho next session of the forum Mrs. John c. Walker will present ar illustrated lecture, Virginia in 1922 On Nov. 9, the following week, Fred Hardenbrook world traveller and ads venturer, will bring to the church his colored motion pictures of Jung. les and Jungle Men of Dutch Guiana"