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Three Superforts
, Flying Non-Stop
Japan-Washington
WASHINGTON, Sep. 19——
Flying nonstop from Japan to
Washington, three Superforts sped
past the halfway mark, sixty-five
hundred miles, exactly on sched
ule. The flight passed over St.
^John, B. C., at seven a.m., PWT.
This is approximately three hun
dred seventy-five miles northwest
of Edmonton.
The planes reported light icing
conditions between fourteen and
eighteen thousand feet as they
crossed the Canadian Rockies.
ATC said the planes then rose to
between twenty and thirty thou
sand feet and were experiencing
no difficulty there.
At six a.m., PWT, Lt. Gen. Bar
ney Giles, commander of the
flight radioed the three big bomb
ers were one hundred twenty
miles south of Watson Lake, Y.T.
Officials said the flight shouldn’t
rfiave any difficulty in arriving at
the Capital by three p.m., PWT.,
as General Giles’ messages said
they expected to do.
The Superforts passed over
Fairbanks at 3:10 a.m. PWT. They
left the Jap mainland at 1:01 p.m.
PWT, yesterday. The flight is
scheduled to enter United States
near Duluth and from there the
$oute follows a course near Green
Bay, Wis., Lansing, Detroit, Cleve
land, and Pittsburgh.
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Flight Cut Short From Lack
Of Gas '
CHICAGO, Sept. 19—(/P)—The
projected non-stop flight from
Japan to Washington was cut
* short on account of lack of fuel.
Brig. Gen. O’Donnel brought the
Superfortress down at the muni
cipal airport at two forty-three
p.m. PWT.
The distance from Sappora,
Japan, to here is five thousand
nine hundred ninety-five miles
J>y air, the Army Air Force offi
cials estimated at Washington.
It was also announced that Maj.
Gen. Lemay had decided to stop
at Chicago to refuel. It was previ
ousyl announced he planned to try
to reach the Capital. The pilot of
the third plane also planned to
land at Chicago.
An early sign of the resumption
of mining activities in this area is
to be found just east of Nome,
near the King Island village
where the ground is being stripped
^preparatory for next Spring’s ac
tivities. This property was sold by
Nels Swanberg to Walter Johnson.
TRUMAN CREETS H 0 W E L L_This picture of Pres
ident Truman and Gen. Julius F. Howell of Bristol, Va., 99-year
old commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, was
v made at the White House recently.
Japs Want To
Try Own War
Criminals
TOKYO, Sept. 19—^/P>—Gener
al MacArthur’s headquarters an
nounced it will Issue soon a new
lengthy list of suspected Jap war
criminals. While reliable Jap
sources predicted an imminent
purge of reactionary elements in
the cabinet.
Premier Higashi Kune, himself
in the press conference yesterday
told Allied correspondents his
government intended to determine
the responsibility for starting the
war and try its own accused, pro- ^
viding General MacArthur ap
proved. There was no word from
MacArthur’s headquarters as to
whether the Japs will be permit
ted to punish is own war crimin
als.
Demonsrtating the resolve to
keep a firm grip on the Japs, the
Headquarters suspended for one
day the second Tokyo paper in
the English language, Nippon
Times, because its editors failed
to submit for American censor
ship a printer’s proof of the edi
torial on the recent change in for
eign ministers.
Meanwhile the American Em
bassy residence got busy making
preparations for the expected ar-1
rival of Mrs. MacArthur. Out in
‘Alaska's Story One
Of Congressional
Neglect’
WASHINGTON, Sep. 19—(/Pi—
“Alaska’s story is one of Congres-1
sional neglect,” is the opinion of
one member of the House Terri
tories committee who recently vis
ited there. “Since buying the Ter-1
ritory Congress has treated it with ]
studied indifference,” Representa-!
tive Bennett, Republican of Mis-'
souri said in a statement.” As a
result the population consists only
of about forty thousand white
people, and forty thousand na
tives.
“Industry, except mining and
fishing, is almost non-existant.
The great region of America lies
undeveloped.”
Alaskans believe Congress must
do one of two things, Bennett said.
One: Congress must assume re
sponsibility for the welfare of the
Territory and keep close to its
problems, or; two—grant state
hood to Alaska so with local rule
the people can work out the solu
tion of their own problems.
the Pacific the largest carrier task
force ever assembled is being
formed as a special “carrier divi
sion twenty-four” to carry back
home the victorious army of Mac
Arthur.
Army To Spend
Hundred Million In
Postwar Projects
SEATTLE. Sept. 19—<(/Pt—Brig.
Gen. Philip G. Bruton, Pacific Di
vision Army engineer, is enroute
to Alaska to inspect projects un
der the War Department. He an
nounced the Army Engineers pro
gram of a hundred million dollars
for postwar civil works in Wash
ington. Alaska, north Idaho, west
ern Montana.
Twelve projects are authorized
for Alaska including the Craig
Harbor channel, dredging eight
thousand: Elfin Cove channel,
dredging forty thousand: Bastieau
channel, dredging one hundred
fifty-five thousand: Metlakatla
Harbor breakwater construction
basin dreding two hundred thou
sand; Meyerschuck Harbor Rock
mound breakwater construction,
twenty-five thousand: Petersburg
drerdging, eighty-five thousand;
Port Alexander channel, dredging
thirty-five thousand; Seldovia
Harbor, fifty thousand; Sitka Har
bor breakwater basin channel,
dredging three hundred forty
thousand; Skagway Harbor Basin
wharf dredging with breakwater
by local interests twenty thous
and; Wrangell Harbor basin
dredging, one hundred ninety
More Passengers
Coast Route Than
Inland Route
SEATTLE, Sept. 19 — (>P) —
Northwest Airlines in its weekly
newsletter distributed today, said
passenger traffic on the Seattle
Anchorage leg of all American
airlines to the Orient probably
would be three times greater than
on the Minneapolis-Anchorage
route over Canada.
The company estimated the an
nual passenger total of eighteen
thousand for the Seattle-Anchor
age run and six thousand five
hundred for the inland route for
the first year or two.
THREE SHIPS NOW
IN ROADSTEAD
The S.S. Waipio arrived from
the north where it has been dis
charging freight, and will be
southbound in a few days.
The North Haven which has
been in the roadstead for a day is
sailing for Seattle today.
The Standard Oil Tanker Mo
jave is still unloading in the road
stead.
U. S. Should
Control Seiu Air
In Postwar
WASHINGTON, Sep. 19—UP)—.
Postwar control of the seas with
a navy capable of “delivering
atomic bomb attacks,” was urged
by Secretary Forrestal before the
House Naval committee. Testify
ing on legislation to determine the
size of the peacetime navy, Secy.
Forrestal said the key to future
victory wlil “be control of the seas
' and the skies above them.'’
Specifically he recommended an
active fleet, ready for battle, con
sisting of approximately three
hundred major combatant vessels
I including eleven battleships, fif
teen aircraft carriers, including
three forty-five thousand tonners;
i twenty-one escort carriers, twen
‘ ty heavy and large cruisers, twen
ty-nine light cruisers, one hun
i dred seventy-six destroyers, forty
: destroyer escorts, ninety subs, in
addition to supporting craft.
All carriers, cruisers, destroyers
and subs to be new ships, com
j pleted since nineteen forty.
thousand; Wrangell Narrows
channel basin dredging two mil
lion seven hundred thirty-five
thousand.
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Capt. Latlirop
Favors Inland
Air Route
ANCHORAGE. Sept. 19—(/P)—.
Capt. Austin E. Lathrop. Fair
banks publisher, banker and busi
nessman said today he favored an
inland air route giving Alaska a
direct connection with Chicago
and New York. He said the Seat
tle program of Puget Sound as the
air gateway to Alaska would
“shut out the middle west and
east from Alaska,” and added
“this is something I don’t want to
see happen.”
Meanwhile his Fairbanks News
Miner said editorially “If it were
a matter of sympathy and long
acquaintance, Fairbanks would
support attempts of Seattle to re
tain its place as the gateway to
Alaska and the Orient, but when
the future of Alaska is considered
a connecion with the middle west
offers something new for the Ter
ritory and something new for the
eastern states. It offers to tap
sources of tourist and other busi
ness that now are remote from
Alaska.”