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Little but sturdy is the village of Metlakatla, on rugged Annette Island in Alaska's Panhandle, 650 miles north of Seattle. Religion started Metlakatla, and religion has kept it going. In 1887 a Church of England missionary named William Duncan and a band of Tsimshian Indians, harried by differences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: AIR: Flying Field for Arcadia | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

Few weeks ago grateful Metlakatlans saw a chance to repay the U. S. for favors received (which do not include relief). The U. S. Army Air Corps had set its eye on Annette Island for a flying base, as part of its plan for the fortification of Alaska (TIME, Aug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: AIR: Flying Field for Arcadia | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

The Navy is no less hard at work at its inner defenses along the Inland Passage. For if Kodiak and Dutch Harbor are well defended an invader is likely to make his first thrust there. With a toe hold in Alaska's Panhandle he might end the supply lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: Fortifying Alaska | 8/5/1940 | See Source »

The lady known as Elizabeth is now an old lady of 74. Born Mary Annette Beauchamp (pronounced Beecham), a cousin of the late Katherine Mansfield (Kathleen Beauchamp), she was married first to a German nobleman, Count von Arnim, and in 1916 to the second Earl Russell, elder brother of Philosopher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Elizabeth's Autumn Garden | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

A songwriter cannot make as much money out of a war as a munitions manufacturer. But if he hits the jackpot, he can do pretty well. (Songwriter George M. Cohan's Over There sold 2,000,000 copies during World War I.) Soldiers are choosy about their songs. By...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Musical Munitions | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

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