Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 30, 19 November 1941 — Alaska Route Found Closed To Any Enemy [ARTICLE]

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Alaska Route Found Closed To Any Enemy

FATHER HUBBARO DECLARES DEFENSES REMOVE INVASION THREAT SAN KKANVlt*t'l> A ! u s k ji cuuuot iuviuk'<l Lu nnulk^! l> v v any yo\vor, lu the oi)lh!oii i>f Fallier LUn-nani llul>bard, JesuU oxi>loror ruid 'i'uek'o uf tlie GlaciHe lihs miuie 5-ueli u report, iu <lotnil, to Lieut.-Gen. Joliu L. De\Yitt s ooniniauder of tlie 4th Anu,v stationed at the Pres?idio hore. Father nul>hard, wlio for the pasL 15 years has heen §tadyiug Uie mouut(il*s ainl volcaitoe.s »>f Alaska and who has? flo\vu over almosi ?very m'le of the territcry, reiunii>d there last .TuTy \vitli u , p!oii from the army to report oii , uny vulnembntt>' to «iiuok whioh | he m!pht fiud, aiu) tho ;tdfc\juai'y ofi dofen*os. s "T n*.int to sa t v lhut Uie anuy i* ] iloing a fiue job ln estsblisUins ba-, ses fer dofond:?ip Ahisl<a." lio de ( ohirod upou lii<; ro(uvn. U. S, Fcrces Entrenched wmfry ?\u-h Ihat tlu> fel!ow who K there firvt oan liolil it. | Our armed .iio \orj muoh ■ fliere nt pref=ent. ' j **The Tvnrltfce r\ntlons of tho Ea*t S may try to tnrade Ala?fca hut tlieir j lrouWes wouhl be manv. Bnt is « losrtca! path -whioh they hcv fōHovr. | "Tt first Trould be neoos«\ry , r!1 TT><;tot; f<\r a That port trou!d be tlio noaros? ' ra!lroad terni!nus to Alaska and th«t is as fnr froni A'aska a.« ;t !<'' fwm Seattle to Pannma. thev T\-onld tollow iwo| Hw*~ftri«t headlng north hihl j l«g l?u«s<!lsri r*art of the island| >f S*»VrhsHn wns the southh«lf hut ft i« the Rns«ian part 1 thp rtorth has all fhe petro- * «īm. - -■j "Secoudl,Y, they wOuU» he*id iorHiw«»<tt for !Camehatk.i with «n its rt<% ft«hertes, finaīly. thnt

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. "Fnthor TTirtih<ml flīc«»onnte<l ra-1 mors of vast lorUll<-utions oa TsTnnd nvi<l fotvlgn pn?;sp.«jsioiic m\ir P.eniie s?trait. "Of ro«rse therp nro .Tnvnne!»e in A?nsta and possiliis (lu\v nre doīng «onie spying. But just wlmt would thpy ppy? TTioy enn lmy iuaps of all Aiiiskaii wiUt'ri>. They ean eusilj" olitain essential weaUuu' data, aud evci;vone knowa w!htc Uie arm«d r«ives are stat}oned." ! Wlulo <lotaU« 01 rntlu?r liuhl>urtl"a roi>ort to thc unuy art» a sevrct, it is undi?rstoo\i ihe trip was iuade laretjly Lo de*i;auUv Uie best air field »ites in tiie interior of Alaska. Fatlier Hubbard > detailed topo-j grapiiical knowiedso of Alaska, it. is uuder?tood, fittod liiui eapeeiaUi', for a rtport ou the ,best site&, (