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/• THE SUN, NEWBERRY. S. OCTOBER 23, 1942 Alaska Highway to Be Ready For Army Use About December 1 ‘Alcan,’ America’s New 1,600-Mile ‘Burma Road’ Through Virgin Wilderness, Constitutes Engineering Feat of First Magnitude. Several months ahead of schedule, the Canadian-Alaskan Military highway, which has been under construction by the United States army engineers since last March, will be ready for army use early this winter, it was announced by the war depart ment recently. The engineers expect to finish the« pioneer road about December 1, 1942. Plans are now being made for winter traffic over the complete route of approximately 1,600 miles between that date and April 1, 1943, the period during which the high way and the rivers of the region it traverses will be frozen. During the months of April and May it is believed the road will be unsuitable for heavy traffic owing to thaws and excessive moisture following the break-up of winter. Although originally contemplated as a rough ‘pioneer” road, to be Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold, chief of engineers. The work is being performed by engineer officers and enlisted personnel of the United States army. Northwest Service Command. On September 10, 1942, the war department announced the estab lishment of the Northwest Service command, in charge of army high way and railroad building activities, and supply maintenance services in western Canada and Alaska, with headquarters at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. Brig. Gen. The men behind the wheel at the Whitehorse sector, Alcan highway. Left to right. Major Frank A. Petit, (C. E.) topographic officer; Brig. Gen. W. H. Hoge, (C. E.) commanding officer, and Major Eugene J. Stann, (C. E.) executive officer. completed in one year, the Alcan highway as it is now being con structed by the corps of engineers is a well-graded, well-drained truck road for practically its entire length and will afford two-way traffic over many long stretches. The highway begins at Dawson Manpower gets busy as these U. S. army engineers build bridges that eonnect up with the Alcan highway. Creek, British Columbia, just north of Edmonton, pursues a northwest erly course to Whitehorse, in Yu kon Territory, then swings west across the Alaskan boundary and thence to Fairbanks. A Military Supply Route. The Alcan highway will function as an important military supply route. Connecting with the railway and highway systems of the United States and southern Canada at Daw son Creek, its southern terminus, the pioneer route provides not only an uninterrupted motor highway to Alaska, but serves as a feeder road to several important military air fields in Canada that have hitherto had to depend upon air transport for all their supplies. The latter may now be trucked in overland. The construction of the pioneer road is a militarized project, au thorized by joint agreement between Canada and the United States and carried out under the direction of James A. O’Connor, formerly in charge of construction on the south ern sector of the road, has been assigned to head the new service command, with Col. Kenneth B. Bush, adjutant general’s depart ment, as chief of staff. Complete arrangements have been made by the army for winter maintenance of the road. These plans include the construction of rest camps for the operators of truck convoys, barracks for engi neer maintenance troops and ade quate weather observation and tele phone installations to serve the en tire length of the highway. All nec essary facilities, equipment and supplies to service the road and keep traffic moving are being pro vided. Great Engineering Feat. The construction of the pioneer route through the virgin wilderness in such a short space of time con stitutes an engineering feat by the army of first magnitude. It was not accomplished without physical hardship and privation on the part of the officers and men, but no handicaps of weather or terrain were sufficient to dampen the en thusiasm of the troops or retard progress. Aside from the endurance and efficiency of the force, among whom a large detachment of Negro troops acquitted themselves with special distinction, three main fac tors contributed to the speed with which construction has been carried Rough and Ready Typical engineer working for Uncle Sam in the Yukon territories. The first of these was the pro cedure of initiating construction at various points along the route at the same time, by transporting crews and equipment to strategic locations in March, before the spring break up of ice and snow made trails and rivers impassable. The second was the employment of aerial surveys, followed by stere oscopic analysis of aerial photo graphs and the time-tested and tra ditional engineer method of ground reconnaissance on foot, with pack- horse and dog-train. The third was the use of bull dozers, tractors and other types of heavy equipment, without which the record for speed and semi-perma nent construction could not have been achieved. The primary road was actually established by the pow erful bulldozers, which plowed through the forests of native spruce, jackpine and aspen as if through cornfields, uprooting and pushing trees literally off a 100-foot cut. Timbers for the construction of bridges, trestles and other structures were felled by the troops and pro cessed by sawmills on the site. Fer ries for crossing the many turbu lent creeks and streams, were im provised of rafts and pontoons. At one major crossing a large scow was built from forest lumber capa ble of transporting equipment weigh ing 40 tons. Extremes of Heat and Cold. During March the troops battled bitter winds and temperatures as low as 35 degrees below zero, when it was impossible to drive a tent- peg into the frozen ground. During July and August they sweltered un der a heat of more than 90 degrees and were forced to wear gloves and net helmets to protect themselves from the swarms of mosquitoes, flies and insect pests. In wet weath er they slogged through bottomless mud; in dry weather portions of the road were shrouded in clouds of al luvial dust so fine that no mesh could exclude it. Through it all, however, accord ing to official reports from the field, the morale of the men remained high and the job has gone forward at a rate which will bring the road to completion well in advance of the most optimistic estimate. The en gineers report that the threats of muskeg proved wholly unfounded. Muskeg, a bog moss studded with sedge, has proved to be a minor problem. Most of it has been suc cessfully skirted and that which was unavoidable has been overcome with corduroy roads. In one particular section of 60 miles in length, report ed to consist principally of muskeg, only four miles of it were encoun tered. Heavy construction equipment proves its weight in gold when called upon to break through virgin territory. Alcan Highway Will Help Oust Japs From Aleutians Alaska is our first line of defense against our war with Japan, and its strategic importance to the safety of continental United States can hardly be overestimated. Up to this time this vast wilder ness outpost has been reached by only two main routes, air and wa ter. The Alcan highway will pro vide a third, and possibly the most important, route to this strategic area. It will enable soldiers and armored equipment to reach Fair banks in 80 hours from Edmonton, Alberta. This trip at present by ocean from Seattle takes eight days to Anchorage and another day to Fairbanks. The Jap occupation of Kiska, Attu and Aggatu in the Aleutian chain brought into strong focus the mili tary importance of Alaska. About 10,000 Japs were landed. The enemy has been repeatedly bombed in their main stronghold on the island of Kiska by heavy U. S. bombers and has been blasted by the fleet. More recently the navy landed Yank troops in the Andreanof islands, only 125 miles east of Kiska, without the loss of a single man. This operation of blasting the Japs from the Aleutians is one of the big gest and most important of the war, and the Alcan highway will play a major role in keeping our forces supplied with reinforcements and supplies. It will be a grand day for America and the world when the first brown army truck rolls into Fairbanks over the Alcan. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for October 25 s Smart Woolknit Fabrics Used For Wide Variety of Purposes Lesson subjects Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. STEPS TOWARD SOLUTION OF THE ALCOHOL PROBLEM LESSON TEXT—Ecclesiastes 10:17: Amos 5:21-24; Romans 14:1*-21 II Corinthians 8:17; I Peter 4:1-5. GOLDEN TEXT—Let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.—Amos 5:24. Let’s do something about it! That is the right word regarding the liquor problem now. The time is past for theorizing or deploring—we need action. The liquor interests have redoubled their efforts of late because they fear the aroused pub lic opinion of decent Americans. Why do not America’s 65,000,000 church members say the word now, and curb this awful thing which is threatening to destroy us? I. Right-Minded Rulers (Eccles. 10:17). National leaders should set the example for the people—an example of sobriety, of clear-headed thought and full devotion to the cause of our country. Are they doing it? Wo quote: “Washington is the wet test spot in the nation. The per capita consumption of alcohol in the District of Columbia is almost twice that of the wettest state in the Union. In 1940, 4.26 gallons were consumed for every man, woman and child. Nevadg, the wettest of all our states, consumed 2.65 gal lons per person. There at Washing ton where they need the clearest heads, the steadiest nerves, and the highest morals, they are drinking the most booze” (Dr. I. M. Hargett). What about 1942? Those who have been able to observe, indicate that conditions are probably worse nowl The secretary of war and the sec retary of the navy have insisted on the desirability of the sale of beer in service canteens. No wonder the Brewers’ Digest of May, 1941, gloated: “One of the finest things that could have happened was the insistence by high ranking officers to make beer available in army camps . . . Here is a chance for the brewers to cultivate a taste for beer in millions of young men.” America had better wake up I H. Right-Spirited People (Amos 5:21-24). God has no pleasure in. the re ligious observances and the pious words of a people who profess to worship, but who come with unre pentant hearts and unclean hands. Can God bless the man (or his money) who profits either directly or indirectly from the sale of in- toxicants? Amos has the answer. Let us heed his plea that righteous ness should run through our nation al, as well as our personal lives, “as a mighty stream.” HI. Right - Living Christians (Rom. 14:19-21; II Cor. 6:17; I Pet. 4:1-5). We have already suggested that there are 65,000,000 church members in America. If they were all right living Christians there can be little question that they would long since have eliminated the liquor business, for it is certainly most unchristian. Apparently they are either not real Christians, or they are asleep to their responsibility. Our Scriptures in this section tell us that in a true Christian life there is I. No offense (Rom. 14:19-21). The question here is that of eating meat offered to idols, which does not concern us; but the great Christian principle here stated is of the high est importance and bears directly on our daily life. None of us lives to himself (Rom. 14:7). Everything we do counts either for or against Christ. Such an ordinary (we regret) thing as staying away from church service speaks to the world and especially to our neighbors of our loss of in terest and respect for the worship of God. Apply that principle to the use of any alcoholic beverage, and every Christian must be a total ab stainer. 2. No Compromise (II. Cor. 6:17). We have come to the unscriptural and deeply dangerous viewpoint that if a Christian wants to compromise a bit with the world, the flesh and the devil, that’s his “business.” God does not think so. He says: “Come out from among them, and be ye separate.” The weakness of the church on this matter of liquor is that too many of the 65,000,000 are guilty of the sin (and that’s what it is!) of compromise. 3. No Worldliness (I Pet. 4:1-5). Here again the assumption of many is that there are two groups in the church—worldly Christians and spir itually minded ones, and that each is as good as the other. Both classes are there, no doubt about that, but God never has and never will coun tenance worldliness on the part of His people. Essentially, there are just two op posing principles in this world—self- will and God’s will. We are either controlled by the flesh or by the Spirit of God. Peter makes it clear that the one who claims to belong to Christ should no longer be con trolled by self-will, but by God’s will. Are we ready, fellow Chris tians, to yield to Him? By CHERIE NICHOLAS 'T'HE vogue for woolknit fashions and handknits is reaching a new high this season. To see a collec tion of smart new woolknits is to know the reason why they are mak ing such an enviable record in the fall mode. It is almost unbelievable that such things can actually be in the knitted realm as the gorgeous plaids, checks, stripes, tweed-like effects and other fabric patternings achieved in current fashions. But added to its flattery and attractive ness, you will find in knitted apparel well-made garments that wiU be practical and comfortable in a win ter of lowered temperature due to the new fuel-saving program. Then, too, in the wool knitted fab rics, which include not only jersey but many worsted tweed and basket- weave types, one is able to find in teresting surfaces that priorities are forcing out of some woven fabrics. Attuned to the rich coloring of an autumn day is the window-pane plaid used for the woolknit suit shown to the right in the above pic ture. Later on you can wear this dramatically colorful suit under a winter coat and with your new giant fur muff and neckpiece—what a pic ture! The large profile beret is just about the smartest in fall headgear. The jewelry ensemble (and how es sential is important jewelry to the costume this season!) is gold plated silver set with large aqua colored stones and rhinestones. The good looking alligator purse qualifies as high in style prestige. Every inch a thoroughbred is the beautifully styled wool tweed-knit suit shown to the left in the above picture. The color scheme inter mingles blue with gray. The hat is a soft breion in gray with a scarf of sheer red woolknit. A gold plat ed sterling silver spiral clip fastens the scarf to the shoulder, and there are matching earrings. ' In the artful uses of yarn crochet, knit and embroidery touches design ers have tapped a new source which is yielding a flow of ideas revealing the vast possibilities offered in yarn technique. Fashions of today are being lavished with ingenious knit ted and crocheted effects. The oval inset picture is of outstanding in terest in that it illustrates a trend now so pronounced in the costume design program of combining knit ted detail with wools and other ma terials. In this instance a brown wool dress is designed with an aqua knitted yoke. A family relationship is established with the hat in that the swirling beret is trimmed with matching knitted fabric. Throughout the fall and winter collections costumes are not£d that have yokes, pockets, belts and oth er intriguing crochet or knit details interworked with the wool of the dress. If you prefer to wear knit ted accessories rather than have the knitted theme incorporated into the dress or coat itself, you will find a feast for eyes in the intriguing items on display. The hat and bag sets, also hat and muff sets, done in multi-colored yarns are simply irresistible. The Jiat may be any type from a wee pillbox to a wide brimmed casual— with pointed skyscraper crown, and you will be seeing the smartest mit tens that fit like a glove and have interesting detail to complement the stocking caps, pill boxes, tricornes and other knit headwear worn. Released by Western Newspaper Union. It’s Reversible WET' A % „. Clever collegians are picking black cotton velvet evening coats with double-duty potentialities. This mandarin coat lined with multi colored, specially woven cotton in ! a homespun-like texture is a case 1 in point. Worn on the light side it makes a perfect foil for dark clothes or looks dainty with p^rty frocks in pastels. Either surface is right for evening wear or with dress-up date dresses in which girls go to service men’I tea dances all over the coun try. Sheer Lace Bodice Tops Black Dresses Something most alluring is hap pening in evening and “dressy” aft ernoon costume design. It is the use of sheer bodice tops, yokes and sleeves either color-matched to the dress oi in lovely pastels or in sharp contrast. It is the black dress that for the most part takes on these alluring transparent touches. The sheerest of sheer black lace is made to ap pear even more sheer when the yokes or sleeves are posed over a nude-colored sheer such as chiffon or tinted tulle, thus accenting pretty shoulders and throats and arms. Many of the pretty shoulder effects are elaborated with the sparkle of sequin and spangle, or with flashes of jet beads or jeweled embroidery. The street length formal frock needed something to differentiate it from just the usual afternoon dressy frock, and the nude shoulder effects do just that. Even the less formal afternoon frocks are being sleeved and otherwise “beautified” with ex quisite bodice tops. Coat Types Versatility in fur coat styling dis tinguishes a three-quarter length mink coat of Chinese coolie inspira tion. This is enriched with a hand some lining of rich Chinese brocade. Fitted coats of Persian lamb employ a s ; de fastening with subtle drape. Much emphasis is also placed on hooded fur fashions. Velveteens Bright velveteen date dresses, fur lough dresses and "off duty” dresses are made to flatter, and they do just that. The colors of the velvet een are fascinating, special stress being placed on fuchsia-purple. Nine Easy-to-Do Rugs From Odds and Ends ■\4AKE your own scatter rugs 0 £ odds and ends. This pat tern contains nine different easily made rugs—braided—woven—tuft ed—appliqued or pieced—a wide choice in a popular American handicraft. • • • Pattern 423 contains directions, charts, diagrams and necessary pattern pieces for nine rugs; materials required. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Elgbth Ave. New York Enclose 19 cents (plus one cent to cover cost oi mailing) for Pattern No. Name........... 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