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STEADY DRAIN ON SCRAP IRON
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The old steamer “Queen” of the Pacific Steamship Co.,
for fifty years, one of the finest vessels operating along the
Pacific Coast from Los Angeles to Seattle and north from
there to Alaska, is headed for the discard, according to an
announcement made by the Pacific Steamship Lines. The
Queen which has been idle in Lake Union since arriving
frbm Alaska in the fall of 1933, has been sold to Japanese
interests will be taken to Japan for scrapping.
The steamers Admiral Schley, Admiral Fiske, Admiral
Farragut, Admiral Watson, and Admiral Dewey,
other Admiral Line vessels, have also been acquired by Jap
anese interests and will be taken to Japan to be scrapped.
Four of the vessels are idle in San Francisco and one in Los
Angeles.
It is evident that a lot of “Scrapping” is going on. These
six, former Alaskan vessels now enroute to the Island Em
pire are only a “drop in the bucket” compared with the long
list of old, unseaworthy vessels which during the past year
and a half, have steadily but surely been crossing the Paci
fic Ocean from the United States to Japan.
..M is not ^beyond conjecture to believe that the United
States is not the only country selling old ships to Japan.
Therefore, Japan seems highly interested in purchasing
just as many vessels as she can from the U. S. If she buys
anywhere near as many vessels from other countries as she
does from America, her scrap iron business must be flour
ishing; and there is no doubt that she is buying in other
quarters.
The Empire of the Pacific doesn’t want scrap iron to
build skyscrapers or anything like that. The Japanese
want iron to build armaments for war. There has been a
steady drain of scrap iron from the United States, directly
,into Japan, and yet nothing is heard about it. It will not
Is look very good, if and when, Japan should start something
with the U. S., and use good American iron for guns and bat
tleships, throwing the American iron back in our faces, only
with plenty of “English” on the ball.
Self-aid is now being stressed in relief work. That
type of work will make for rehabilitation and self-respect.
Ole Man River, he doesn’t say nuthin’. It’s kind of too
bad that the folks down in Louisiana and Mississippi can’t
send him to the Senate instead of Huey and Bilbo. _
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MUKLUK
TRAIL
By Bob Bartlett
WASHINGTON — A fine argu
ment in favor of the International
highway was made in a recent is
sue of the magazine Civil Engineer
ing by Major Malcolm Elliott, form
er president of the Alaska Road
Commission. The article is illustrat
ed and Major Elliot advances many
reasons why the highway should be
| built.
In the same number of the maga
zine is an accompanying article by
E. W. James of the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads entitled “From" Panama to
the Rio Grande by Highway,” in
dicating engineering attention is be
ing drawn more and more to a com
prehensive Pan-American highway
system.
Drawing orlegislation which will
be introduced at the forthcoming
session of Congress and conferences
with- departmental officials about
Alaska matters have occupied the
time of Delegate Anthony J. Dim
ond since his return to Washington
the middle of October. ^
Ready to launch the better hous
ing program in Alaska, John E.
Pegues, Territorial Director for the
National Emergency Council, left
Washington for Juneau in the later
part of October. His headquarters
offices will be established there, al
though, of course, the program will
be extended throughout the Terri
tory. Donald Richberg, head of the
National Recovery Council, and
James A. Moffett, Federal Housing
Administrator, met with Mr. Pegues
during his stay in Washington, and
expressed great interest in the suc
cess of the program in Alaska.
Walter G. Todhunter was recently
appointed postmaster of Kotzebue,
Delegate Dimond having presented
his name to the Postmaster General
for favorable consideration. He sue
ceeds Henry Copple, who recently
died.
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Another post office change oc
curred when Charles J. Rydlund
was appointed postmaster of Mee
han, near Fairbanks, succeeding
Mrs. Dan Eagan.
Delegate Dimond has been invited
to address the National League of
American Pen Women at a meeting
to be held in November. He will
speak on Alaska.
The Washington State and Al
aska Society, made up of Alaskans
and Washingtonians now residing
in the national capitol, has chosen
Delegate Dimond as honorary vice
president:
The Delegate is taking up with
the Bureau of Fisheries the matter
of drawing the regulations for next
year in such a manner that resi
dents of the upper reaches of the
Yukon River may benefit equally
with those farther down stream in
commercial fishing for king salmon
which was authorized by the last
Congress at the instance of Dele
gate Dimond.
After having been engaged in
clinical study at Harvard Univer-®
sity for the past two weeks, Dr. R.
V. Ellis of Ketchikan has passed
through ^Washington an his way
home. He planned to stop off at
Chicago to visit a brother.
While in Washington Dr. Ellis
conferred with Dr. Ernest H. Grue
ning, Director of the Division of
Territories and Island Possessions,
and Frank Heintzleman regarding
establishment of the pulp industry
in Alaska. At the request of Dr.
Gruening, Dr. Ellis will submit a
brief on his return to Ketchikan.
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