Show b y WR W rl I 1 G H HT T A PAT PATTER T E R S SON 0 ulerid Ul euid b by western newspaper union THERES TIN IN ALASKA BUT 85 55 MILES HILES OFF SIBERIA thi THE CLAWS of the communistic lus bear are but 55 miles aroi from 4 re united states just across ber TVs g strait from rom cape prince of wales alaska Is russia with an established airplane base at east cape to which planes fly by each day T to 0 offset that and other russian bas bases e 8 within easy flying baing distance of 0 A alaska in the american government Is hurriedly building five air bases in the territory at juneau anch anchorage or fairbanks on kodiak island and at dutch harbor in the aleu 1 l tian islands ads should the russian bear conclude to take back the t then hen ley icy waste he told sold tor for 7 pow now that it has proved to be profitable table and conduct a blitzkrieg the little eskimo village age at cape prince of 0 wa wales les would first feel eel the claws carl dreutzer a graduate of annapolis who for some years was an officer in the avy and I 1 is S now a chicago actor V y visits that village every sum hean e on his last visit he brought back four our young walruses he cap aured ared pt jat cape prince of wales tor for th the bicok fl e id zoo at chicago the hc little e v village ilia ge consists of a doz en eskimo families a post office and government conducted school for two jears years the school was taught by willlam Will laih albee and his wife they had bad mamed in seattle and for or a wedding flip trip traveled afoot through british columbia and alaska finally anally land landing inglat Yat cape prince of wales at a time v n a le teacher c her was needed ald they had t the job b un until t I 1 another adventurous a tre au a applied ap pp to wash p A ington and agre ahe then r replaced c ed V near capin Cape prince ce ot of wales is tin city the s e a of f A americas mer I 1 cals only known t tin in deposits ep e three claims are being worked in a small way but lack of smelter facilities prevents sufficient tent development to de termine the extent of the 0 ore re two inears ears ago dreutzer staked some 16 balm a tor for himself and associates but has attempted no development work on them A america us uses es more than 50 per NW en I 1 a of the worlds production of tin the greater portion of it comes comes from the far east and that supply would be jeopardized if we had war w with japan recently the government contracted to take over all the tin production of bolivia as insurance against the possible loss of the far east supply with a government smelter now being built at son san fran cisco the tin claims at tin city may become valuable PUTTING SKIM MILK AND SUCH TO WORK THE upholstering in a 1941 ford car will be made from soy bean fiber it represents another step in providing a market tor for american americ a fi farm products felt hats are now being made fr from am skim of f which hi c h thousands of pounds is akiba roz are thrown away every day that Is another item pointing to a future 8 tor for the american farmer there are some sixty different farm arm products that are or can be raised in the united states but which today are being I 1 imported mp arted into the country to the extent of a year america can keep that money at homi home by encouraging american farmers to grow these products we are now importing and the money they sell for or can go 90 into the pockets of 0 american farmers the solution must come from encouragement coura gement tor for far farmers to produce the crops and encouragement tor for private industry to provide processing establishments in which such crops can be utilized to accomplish it all requires the full play of the american system ot of 4 idree free competition which has created for foi the american people the highest living standards on earth with the farms arid aind the laboratories of industry working together america can face the future with confidence 0 w O v MODERN WA WAR TAKES AKES A OF TOLL JUDGING from newspaper headlines we e would believe that london and other cities of england have been practically wiped out and a large part of the population tion killed by german bombs the tact fact to a that in no major war in modern history was ryas the n umber number killed ia EO small as in the present struggle since the french irmy army quit from the most authentic ac counts the nuin number ber of people killed I 1 by german bombs bomb S in all england ajr is not as great as 20 in the first world war battles lasting but one or two days resul resulted tea in far more than that number of deaths the total number killed in all armies engaged in that war was approximately germanier Germani german air lr raids over all of england havi have resulted in killing only about three tenths of 1 per centon cent of li people e ople the value of the planes germany girhiny has lost and cost pt of bombs she has us used probably would be nearly as ard great t as value alue of 11 property r destroyed in i the way of property destruct tion less than pert per cent of the buildings of london baye been either completed comp letey letcy destro destroyer yeii criar or par bially dama damaged gedl I 1 |