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Show Washington, D. C. ALASKAN HIGHWAY After all the hullabaloo about the vitally needed military highway to Alaska, it now looks as if it would take at least two years, perhaps nearer three years to build it. One trouble is there is still an argument about the route. To date the army has picked a route by way of Edmonton, center of the prairie state of Alberta, which is longer than the route advocated by Alaskan territorial officials. The Alaskan officials propose a short quick route straight up from the state of Washington to Prince George, then on to White Horse. Part of this about 400 miles to Prince George already is built. And if interned German, Italian and Japanese Jap-anese prisoners were put to work on the remaining link, it might be finished before winter. However, both the army and the Canadian government favor the longer route via Edmonton. This would follow the chain of Canadian airports to Alaska. These airports are operated by the Canadian Pacific Pacif-ic railroad, which may be one significant sig-nificant reason why the Canadians want a road to link them up. The army originally picked this route because last summer some of its planes, en route to Alaska with green pilots, got lost and cracked up. So it was suggested that a highway linking link-ing the airports would serve as a guide to airmen. The army also favored this route in order to send gasoline and supplies by truck to air bases. The war may be just about over, however, how-ever, before this interior highway high-way is built. JAPANESE PROPAGANDA Inside intelligence information is that Japanese propaganda agents are now marshalling their forces for a concerted attack against the United Unit-ed States in Latin America, with Argentina, Brazil, and Chile as focal points. Japan will resort to a number of typical Axis methods to sway neutral neu-tral countries away from collaboration collabora-tion with the United States, including includ-ing the Axis-worn tactics of making overtures and giving assurances that she has no imperialistic aims toward these countries. On the other oth-er hand, the Japanese will emphasize empha-size that the United States has been greedy in her international trade relations re-lations and ha imperialistic designs on Central and South America. In launching this propaganda attack at-tack Japan has instructed her agents to do everything possible to solicit the good-will of Spanish and Portuguese representatives in Latin Lat-in American countries. In addition to propaganda agents and diplomatic representatives, represen-tatives, Japan has recruited agents in commercial firms throughout both Europe and the American couutries to propagandize propa-gandize persons of Latin culture and Catholic faith. In this connection, con-nection, plans have been made to go even so far as to try to exploit his holiness, the pope. Already $50,000 has been forwarded forward-ed to Japanese representatives in Chile to be used in attempting to bribe government officials. One of the most audacious phases of the Japanese plan is the one that calls for an attempt to induce a revolution in the United States by co-operating with factional groups within the country, and creating dissension dis-sension among the people by sniping at the Roosevelt administration. ROOSEVELT FAMILY DINNERS In the usher's office, just inside the front door, an old-fashioned call-board call-board is hung, to indicate when guests are in or out. There is space for 20 names, but on a recent day it carried only the names of Mrs. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins and Lore-na Lore-na Hickok, long-time friend of both the First Lady and Hopkins, who often stays at the White House. (The President's name is never entered on the board.) A year ago it was possible to drive alpng Pennsylvania avenue, turn in at the White House gate, hand a calling card to the footman at the front door and eventually receive an invitation from Mrs. Roosevelt to come for tea. Today, the gates are closed and heavily guarded. The two avenues ave-nues flanking the White House are barred to traffic entirely. Never in 100 years has the White House been so heavily guarded. The teas and receptions are cancelled for the duration, du-ration, and the normally democratic residence of the Chief Executive stands cold and aloof. - NAZI RACKETEERS Hitler's semi-hysterical demand that his stooge Reichstag vote him more dictatorial powers which it promptly did was of particular interest in-terest to Intelligence authorities in the light of secret information concerning con-cerning a recent scandal in high Nazi circles. According to a confidential report it was discovered that a well-organized racket, protected by big-shot Nazis, was looting the food supplies of U-boats when at their home ports. |