The Daily Alaska Empire

JUNEAU CAN HELP

Almost everyone would like to help England in some way to successfully withstand the German air attack, which now appears certain to last through the winter. We are all rooting for the British. Now we, the people of Juneau, have an opportunity to do our bit for them.

By voluntary subscription Juneauites are going to buy a trailer ambulance for a small village somewhere in England. This practical little life-saver, designed by men who have seen modern war and know what is needed to alleviate the suffering it causes, costs only £80, or $350.

Large cities of England have been well provided with motor ambulances, but a government hard pressed on a thousand fronts to prepare for the worst assault in history has had of necessity to leave the smaller villages and hamlets largely unprotected. Naturally these small towns are just as subject to attack as the great cities. In providing a trailer ambulance for one of these villages, Juneau will be helping in a small way to support the people of Great Britain in their struggle for freedom, a struggle which we now recognize is as much ours as theirs.

The simple but extremely useful trailer ambulance will accommodate two stretcher cases, four sitting cases and an attendant. There is nothing on it to get out of order. The first cost is the last. It is towed easily by any automobile. The trailer ambulance which Juneau buys will have "Juneau, Alaska" lettered on its side under an American flag.

When the noble Finnish people were attacked by the Russians last winter, Juneau dug down into its heart and its pockets for more than a thousand dollars for a Finnish relief fund, which was transmitted to Finland and helped to take care of the hungry and homeless. The need of England now is no less pressing. An ambulance is not a weapon, but it is just as important in a war in which women and children in their homes are targets for air raiders bent on destroying the morale of a nation. That morale can be strengthened indirectly and possibly many lives saved directly by Juneau's gift to England.

A letter to The Empire from the Trailer Ambulance Committee bears a postscript saying that since the letter was written more than 230 urgent appeals for trailer ambulances had been received by the Committee.

Elsewhere in today's Empire there is a coupon explaining how donations toward the Juneau ambulance may be made. As a token of your sympathy, and Juneau's sympathy with the ideals for which England is struggling, send in or bring in your contribution today.