ALASKA HIGHWAY
OPENING FOR TRAFFIC ON DECEMBER I . WELL-DRAINED TRUCK ROAD. FOR WHOLE LENGTH OF 1,600 MILES. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) WASHINGTON. Septtmber 24 The Secretary of War, Mr H. L. Stimson, announced that the Alaska Highway would be ready to use on December 1. The whole 1.600 miles will be onen for traffic until the spring thaws render it impassable, during April and May. The highway is months ahead of schedule. Moreover, instead of the rough pioneer road originally contemplated, it is a welldrained truck road for the entire length. __ ...
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1942, Page 3
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96ALASKA HIGHWAY Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1942, Page 3
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