come to grant Alaska’s plea,” Hen
ry Larcade of Louisiana said,
“Alaskans have shown, by their
vote of last October, that they wish
to be more firmly integrated with
the 48 States from a political stand
point. Statehood was granted to
the territories of the continental
United States, which were no more
‘American’ in tradition than is
Alaska, and, in some cases, as for
instance New Mexico with its
Spanish influence, even less so.”
All advocates of Alaska state
hood appearing before the Con
gressional subcommittee dismissed
as unrealistic the charges of state
hood opponents that the Territory’s
nooulation and distance from the
continental United States were rea
sons for continuation of the pres
ent status. Congressman Miller of
California pointed out that his
state at the time of admission to
the Union had approximately the
same population as Alaska has to
day and was, in fact, bordered by
no other state. He said that in con
sideration of statehood for Alaska
“the factor of distance is so unim
portant a factor in determining
Alaska’s eligibility as a state as to
be no factor at all.”
Agreeing with Secretary Krug,
Melvin Price of Illinois expressed
his opinion “that one of the great
est arguments for Alaska’s state
hood is the fact that the people
want it, have asked for it and de
serve it. In the long run, the ex
pressed democratic aspirations of
our fellow Americans in Alaska
take precedence over any pertinent
statistical quotations or financial
considerations which we might
discuss. Let us keep faith with our
Alaska citizens and fill, as soon
as possible, their more-than-rea
onable request.”
Congressman Mike Mansfield of
Montana, a member of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, in urging de
velopment of Alaska through state
Hitler Planned To
Seize Italian King
(By James Devlin)
FRANKFURT. l/P) — Adolf Hit
ler reacted to Benito Mussolini’s
resignation with a grandiose plan
to move into the Vatican — “We
will apologize afterwards”—and to
capture the Italian king, the crown
prince and the whole Italian gov
ernment.
A frenzied scene at the Fuehrer’s
headquarters on July 25, 1943, is
reflected in stenographic notes of
the occasion which were found by
the American army.
“Tomorrow I shall send a man
down who will order the com
mander of the Third Panzer divi
sion to go down to Rome with a
special command group to arrest
the entire government, the King,
and the whole gang, but primarily
I to get hold of the crown prince
and Badoglio and his gang,” Hitler
declared.
“They will see and get weak in
1 the bones and within two or three
days there will be another change.”
Ambassador Pewel, German for
eign office liaison officer at Hit
ler’s headquarters, suggested:
“They say that tlje exits of the
Vatican will be guarded?"
“I don’t care, go into the Vatican
immediately,” Hitler replied. "Do
you think I am afraid of the Vat
ican?
“We’ll get in immediately be
cause the entire diplomatic corps
sit there, and I don’t care. The
gang is there, the entire dirty gang.
We will get them out. What does
it matter? We will apologize after
wards.” . . .
I
hood, expressed his concern over
the importance of strengthening
the whole defense of the western
hemisphere by continued and am
plified fortification of Alaska.
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Needs Of Alaska
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struetion $1,500,000 would be for
roads already started and $250000
for the Richardson Highway.
Arnold said the department was
giving much thought to starting on
the Kenai Peninsula an agriculture
project similar to the Matanuska
valley project where he said the
settlers are doing very well. He
said the first thing needed was a
road into the section.
"I think,” Arnold said, “there is
more agriculture possibility in
that particular area than there is
I in any other part of Alaska.”
Maj. General W. H. Arnold, dep
uty director of the plans and oper
: ations division of the war depart
ment told the committee the de
partment is “deeply concerned”
over the lack of roads “ in Alaska
and the critical condition of the
Alaska Railroad.
I “The maintenance of the Alaska
Railroad and the connected Alaska
highway system in proper condi
tion to accommodate military
movements is a prime necessity for
the maintenance of the war de
partment installations upon a
sound operating basis,” General
Arnold said.
The officer said the department
was concerned with the difficulties
encountered by the railroad in its
1 operation from Seward to Portage.
He said the railroad might be
forced to use the Whittier area as
a commercial port,
j Col. J. P. Johnson, general man
| ager of the railroad told the com
: mittee the department was asking
$4,000,000 this year together with
contract authorization for $15,000.
000. He said the physical condi
I tion of the road “is not good.” He
j detailed all of the planned im-1
i provements for the railroad.
Ike P. Taylor, chief engineer of
the Alaska Road Commission join
! ed the other witnesses in explain
| ing to the committee the need for
| roads in the Territory,
j Alaska’s attorney general told
the House public lands subcommit
j tee yesterday the Territory has
i be^n deprived of much federal-aid
, legislation it would enjoy under
I statehood.
| Attorney general Ralph Rivers
cited agricultural experiment wori.
as an example.
Alaska was not included in the >
program at all until 1936, and
then came in for a 50 per cent
share, he said.
“As a result” he declared, “the
Soviet government is far ahead of
us in developing agriculture in Si
beria in a similar climate.”
Teamsters Strike
In Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. [&)—'The tie
up of commercial hauling here in
a dispute between 1,20(7 AFL team
sters and major operators over
wages and hours continued today
with no early settlement in sight.
Emergency hauling of hospital,
supplies and perishables was or
ganized and there were no reports
uf hardship as the second day of i
*he dispute halted 90 per cent of
city’s trucking. No serious
rtage of food supplies was due
*”eeks, businessmen said.
* "TLVERMAN ACQUIRES
~ JORDAN PROPERTY
' property of the late Mrs. [ |
je Jordan situated on the cor-,
of First Avenue and Steadman I
ve. was auctioned yesterday by;
the U. S. Commissioner. After live- j ^
ly bidding Mrs. Rose Silverman (,
was awarded the property. 11
Dawson Creek New
Port Of Entry
GREAT FALLS, Mont, i/P>—Ca
nadian authorities have made
Dawson Creek, in northern British
Columbia, a temporary customs
port of entry, helping to expedite
shipments to Alaska, it was learn-:
ed here today.
The move “will open up a $60,
000,000 market for produce from
this area by making overland ship
ping possible on a competitive
basis with water shipping from
Pacific ports,” Robert F. Jorgen
son, president of the Great Falls
chamber of commerce, commented.
Final approval by the Canadian
cabinet will enable shippers to
send produce by rail to Dawson
Creek, where it can be routed over
the Alaskan Highway in trucks,
Jorgenson said.
U. S. Needs More
Mental Clinies
SAN FRANCISCO, (/Pi — The
United States needs one outpatient
mental health clinic for at least
each 100,000 of population, if the
nation is to cope with the mount
ing incidence .of insanity or cases
verging on insanity, Dr. R. H.
Felix, chief of the U. S. public
health service’s mental hygiene di
vision, said today.
Tn an address prepared for the
74th annual meeting of the national
conference of social work, Dr.
Felix compared the present battle
against mental diseases with that
launched 40 years ago against tu
REV. EMORY LINDGREN
VISITOR FROM UNALAKLEET
Rev. Emory Lindgren from Una
lakleet came to town Monday on a
business trip and returned home
today. The Lindgren’s expect to
leave for the States next week on
their first furlough since coming
to Alaska nearly five years ago.
They have served the mission sta
tions at Candle, White Mountain
and Unalakleet.
ROY BRADLEY HAS
EMERGENCY APPEDECTOMY
Roy Bradley, of Unalakleet, was
brought to Nome Monday and en
tered the hospital for an emer
gency appendectomy.
Andrew McCafferty in
TOWN ON BUSINESS
Andrew McCafferty came up
from Golovin yesterday on a busi
ness trip.
TONS OF TROUBLE
KANSAS CITY, f/P)—Dubs to
day had evidence for their stories
of just how much trouble that
scant five-inch cover of sand in a
golf course trap contains.
Ed Brugger, greensweeper, fin
ished resurfacing the Swope Park
municipal course hazards and an
1 nounced the job took 284 tons.
That’s a sand pile. Brugger said,
: as big as the clubhouse if all of it
were in one place.
berculosis.
A $10,000,000 yearly federal ap
propriation to the States is counted
on to produce the needed mental
health clinics, he said, but the goal
is not immediately attainable due
to personnel shortages.
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