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When the speeches flowered at the formal dedication last November, The Road was hardly more than a slot in the trees. But while it was still a rough scratch on the earth the Alcan Highway somehow became a smooth fact in the pub lic mind. Travel-starved citizens dreamed of the day when they, too, might wheel the family sedan through Dawson Creek and Whitehorse, past Kluane Lake and Tanana (pronounced Ta´na naw) Crossing...
While the Alcan is officially "The Alaska Highway," it carries only war traffic. It was built, not for the vacation trade, but to service and supply the chain of airports strung along the air route which it follows...
...combination of civilian periodicals. It is not even a newspaper. "It is unique; doing a unique job in a unique way. Published every week entirely by 104 enlisted men, Yank prints five editions in three countries, posts correspondents a 17 world news spots from Chungking to the Alcan Highway, and is sold on almost every battle front and ocean on the globe...