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Nation’s Police
Forces Slated
Consolidation
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan.—Who is
going to be the National Chief of
Police ?
A year ago you could hear of
ten that J. Edgar Hoover, Chief
of the G-Men, some time would
head not only his Bureau of In
vestigation Agents, but a consoli.
dation of the famed Secret Ser
vice and various other police and
detective agencies of the Govern
ment. You don’t hear that so of
ten now. It never had any ofRc.
ial support.
Washington now hears much
talk of a back-fire being built up
against the phenominal rise of
the stock, black-haired executive
whose agents have raised ned
with the kidnaping industry and
made bank robbery a criminal
hazard instead of a criminal sport
Determined Foes
He has many staunch friends.
But well-bolstered rumor credits
him with having also some deter,
mined foes belTfles Senator Me
Kellar of Tennesee, who alone
barked out his opposition as an
increase in Hoover's pay went
through that body last session.
He gets $10,0000 a year now, as
against $9,000 before.
Hoover and his men have had
most of the publicity for a long
time. Since rum-row died out,
the various police agencies under
the Treasury Department haven’t
been much in the news. The
Secret Service is always around
with the President, but seldom is
mentioned in dispatches. The
Secret Service also protects the
currency. Yet in the most recent
exposure of a counterfeiting ring
in New York, some of Hoover’s
men came in for a share of the
glory.
Breakfast foods, illustrated
newspaper “hero” strips and ra
dio broadcasts feature Hoover &
his men. Then recently came
that exchange of letters between
the Department of Justice and
Secretary Morgenthau of the
Treasury disclosing that certain
Secret Service agents had been
sort of “checking up” on the Hoo_
ver men. Morgenthau apologiz
ed and ordered a couple of Secret
Service men demoted. Another
break for Hoover.
Treasury Seeks Big Force
But lately something else hap
pened. The Treasury announced
it would ask Congress to consoli
date its police agencies under one
head in the Treasury. That would
give the Treasury a force of 2,890
men, not including the 380 in the
narcotics branch, to be kept sep_
arate for a time.
Hoover’s force amounts only to
G25 men.
The Treasury group would in
clude: Secret Service, 300; cus
toms investigation agency, 300;
border patrol, 590; alcoholic tax
unit. 1,700.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Generally fair weather prevail
ed over western Alaska early
this morning while snow was re_
ported at Fairbanks. Cloudy
weather obtained over central A1
aska. Clear skies obtained over
southeastern Alaska and western
Canada.
High barometric pressure con-;
tinues over the North Pacific oc
ean with the highest readings
charted directly south of Bethel
Alaska. An intense area of low
pressure is observed near the end
of the Aleutians. It is likely that
increasing winds from the north
east will obtain over western
Alaska tonight. Cloudy and un_
settled weather with snow is in
dicated for the next 24 hours.
Ruby reported 79 inches of
snow on the ground at 7 a.m.
while Nome's measurement was
38.4 inches.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 18 and the highest
yesterday 31.
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Building Cannery
Start After Old
Destroyed
Construction plans for the new
Western Fisheries Company’s sal
mon cannery at Ellamar on Prin
ce William Sound call for the er
ection of a cannery building and
a warehouse during the spring
months, according to James W.
Parks, head of the company.
The new cannery replaces
Park’s Eyak River Cannery which
was burned down a year ago. The
Ellamar location was formerly a
mining camp, and many build-!
ings, including a bunkhouse and
several residences, which were
part of the mining establishment
will be used in connection with
the cannery operation.
These buildings have all been
put in first class condition as part
of the fall building program.
During the past fall, the com
pany built a dock and a new
water main. This work required
two months. It is expected that
the spring building program, in
cluding the new cannery and
warehouse, each 44 by 250 feet
will require about three months.
A crew of twenty men, largely
local residents, is being used on
the job. These men will have a
,otal of five months employment
during the off season on this con
struction.
These three girls and three boys were adjudged the healthiest young persons In the country at the an
nual 4-H Clubs’ Congress at Chicago. Left to right: Mary Flynn Sellers, 16, Letohatchee, Ala.; C A.
Abbott, 17, Blairs, Va.; Martha A. Ekberg, 16, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.; Roy Graves, 20, Porter, Okla.;
Margaret J. Topovski, 16, Wooster, O., and Jerry Cowan, 19, Rogersville, Mo. (Asosclated Press Photo)
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The cannery will be either one
or two lines, with a possibility
that one line will be installed foT
the first season and a second add
ed later.
It is planned to complete the
construction work this spring;
but this, as well as the operations
during the coming fishing season,
depends largely upon the settle
ment of conditions now facing
the industry.
Parks said that he planned to
hire fishermen from among the
natives of a neighboring settle
ment, as well as many other lo
cal fishermen.
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