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President Signed Army Air Base Bill
POST AND ROGERS AT FAIRBANKS TODAY
Civil Aircraft Prohibited Flying Over Federal Sites
Arrive Fairbanks
Unexpected From
Aklavik, Dawson
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 13, —Wiley
Post and Will Rogers arrived here
unexpectedly Monday from Aklavik.
They landed in Chena River and
tied up their plane to a pier.
The pair flew from Dawson to
Aklavik over the week-end. How
long they will remain here was not
determined. Both said they would
stay until “they felt the urge to
move on”. Rogers said that he and
Post were “just bumming around.”
Mickey Walker Is
Winner In Second
Comeback Trial
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13, —
Mickey Walker, the Rumson, New
Jersey bulldog made good Monday
night in his second comeback at
tempt by knocking out Lou Foster
of Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the
second round of a scheduled ten
round bout. Walker weighed 173,
and Loster 183.
Investigators Find
Wanted Head Of
Utilities Systems
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, — The
House Lobby investigators Monday
night finally caught up with How
ard C. Hopson, ellusive master
mind of the Associated Gas and El
ectric system.
Chairman O'Connor, democrat of
New York, of the Rules Committee
which is conducting the inquiry, an
nounced that a subpoenae had been
served and expected that Hopson
would appear before the committee
Tuesday. Officials declined to reveal
where Hopson was found or his pre
sent whereabouts.
Huey Long Says
He Will Try For
Pres. Nomination
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, —Huey
Long told colleagues today that he
had definitely decided to run for the
democratic presidential nomination
in 1936. He also said that if Roose
velt is renominated, he would run
as an independent, unless the Re
publicans nominate someone he
could support.
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ARMY AIR BASE BILL IS
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
SURVEY START SOON
Advocates Of Measure Elated At Sijjrninjjr
Of Hill. Press Forward For An Early
Survey Of Possible Defense S'tes
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—President Roosevelt, Mon
day late, signed the Wilcox Air Base Bill authorizing a chain
of military aviation bases to be established. At the same
time he also signed the second deficiency appropriation bill.
The president explained that in signing the aviation bill
he had established a future policy but he did not necessarily
recommend the immediate appropriation of all the funds;
necessary to put it in full operation.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—Advocates of the larger
Army Air Corps are elated at President Roosevelt’s appro
val of the Wilcox Air Base Bill and plan to ask Secretary of
War Dern to take immediate action.
Wilcox said he would ask Dern to appoint a board pr
corps of officers to visit proposed sites for the bases and de
termine their strategic value. An expenditure of one hun
dred and twenty million dollars for the construction of the
bases was authorized, but not appropriated.
The sponsors of the bill estimate that the survey cannot
be completed before January. If no funds are alloted by
then they will introduce an appropriation bill.
Wilcox stated “This bill marks our first step toward a
logically and orderly air defense policy. Under this bill the
establishment of air bases has been removed from politics.”
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
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COMMENT
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July 25, 1935.
A short time ago, Col. Dreyfus
died in Paris at 76 years of age. He
was the hero of the celebrated Drey
fus case in France though his hero’s
laurels came late. The public in
general has forgotten what it was all
about, but 40 years ago the Dreyfus
matter was important enough to fill
newspaper pages the world over.
His alleged offense was selling
military secrets. In the wild orgy
of misdirected patriotism that at
tended his conviction, the free use
of such terms as Jew and German
had a good deal to do with his ex
ile to Devil’s Island. Col. Dreyfus
finally was pardoned and restored
to his former honors, and the man
who dug up evidence of his inno
cence was raised to a high place in
the French government. After all,
it was a French affair and why both
er about it now?
The answer is found in the cir
cumstance that any nation which is
sure that a particular crucifixion,
prompted by public clamor is dead
right and completely justified, may
have something to take back later
on.
—
The Presildent lately paid $3.50
for a government book that he
wanted. No one would have be
grudged him a free copy, but there
were no free copies for anyone, and
anyone included the Chief Execu
tive.
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Gratuitous distribution of public
property has given rise to amusing
incidents in the past. When seeds
were handed out gratis, boiler mak
ers in cities, who never were out of
sight of cobble pavements and brick
walls, used to get packets of prize
oats, and a Representative in Con
gress recalls that he was once ask
ed for a book heavy enough to hold
a door open. A person who really
wants printed information on al
most any subject can get it at cost
from the Government Printing Of
fice in Washington, said to be the
largest publishing house in the world
Its 76 free catalogues cover nearly
everything, from care of infants to
speeches on the tariff.
In Washington, a motorist stops
for a traffic signal and is held up
at the point of a pistol. Before
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Hiller Comes Out
In Open Speech
In Favor Nazis
(Bv The Associated Press 1
BERLIN, Aug. 13, —Hitler came
forth as the back of the house-clean
ing of the state of enemies, when he
broke his self-imposed silence with
a speech at Rosenhiem, in which
he declared that the Nazi party must
smash its opponents.
Other Nazi leaders added to the
disquiet of the Jews, with threats of
future strictures.
"By fighting we conquered Ger
many and by fighting we shall pre
serve it. Those standing up again
st us shall not deceive themselves
about us” said Hitler.
Berlin Police President, Count
Von Helldorf said that the Jewish
question was slowly but surely be
ing gotten rid of as the Nazi pro
gram foresees,
Expresses Hopes
Budget Balaneed
At Next Session
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13, —Hope
that the budget will be balanced
next year was expressed by Chair
man Buchanan of the house appro
priations Committee, who hails from
Texas, and the committee which
starts all appropriation bills through
Congress.
Already this session. Congress has
appropriated eight billion, one hun
dred and fifty-three million dollars
—twice as much as the ordinary bud
get.
“I think there is a good chance of
a balanced budget next session. I
figure that the country will have
recovered so much we won’t have
to spend as much next year and wc
can stop lending and begin to coll
ect some of the loans we have
made,” said Buchanan.
First Man Killed
Fighting Forest
Fires This Season
(By The Associated Press)
SPOKANE, Aug. 13, —Forest fir
es in the Pacific Northwest, took
the first life of the season—when,
Carl Carlson, a CCC enrolee, was
fatally injured by a falling tree
limb yesterday, in central Idaho,
as the fire front extended six hun-1
ired miles across Idaho, Washing
:on and Oregon.
Several thousand men stood guard
along the fire lines, which caused a
jreat week-end fire scare at Chin
aok, Washington, which was imper
led. The fire was controlled about
a mile from town.
CIVIL AIRCRAFT IS NOT
TO I A OVER ARMY OR
NAVAL RESERVATIONS
Executive Order Prohibits Civil Aircraft
From Flying Over Federal Ammunition
Stores—Must First Oct Perm'ssion
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—Civil aircraft were forbid
den Monday by President Roosevelt to fly over twenty-four
military and naval reservations throughout the country.
The White House said that this action was taken upon
recommendations by the Secretaries of War, Navy and Com
merce departments.
The area included that part of the Aleutian Islands in
cluding Territorial waters lying West of the 167th Meridian
West Longitude. It was stated that the action was taken
as a safety measure to prevent the possibility of airplane
crashes into government stores of high explosives.
War Department attaches discounted the speculation
that the new prohibition had anything to do with the “spy
scare”. Although no explosives are kept on the Aleutians
it was pointed out that the area was used by recent navy
maneuvers and that the navy high command might consider
the establishment of a naval base there after the expiration
of the Washington Treaty next year.
Civilian aviators might fly over I he closed areas how
ever, by obtaining permission for each flight from the pro
per authorities.
Lord Cecil Of Eng.
Voices His Opinion
Ethiopian Dispute
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 13, —Lord Rob
ert Cecil, said the British govern
ment faces a tragic sequell to 1914
through their failure to make it clear
to Italy that England is not bluffing,
and is prepared to uphold its obli
gations under the league covenant,
“even if it means war.”
Informed Rome circles reported
that Mussolini’s policy will be “no
compromise” at the tri-power con
ference.
One Ethiopian crisis hope in Paris
for the settlement of the dispute was
seen in the persuasiveness of Prem
ier Laval for women to take over
the jobs of men recruited to the
army in Addis Ababa.
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 13, —It was re
ported again today that Italy will
neither abase her demands for a de
finite settlement of her dispute with
Ethiopia, nor give further heed to
suggestions for a compromise which
would involve concessions on her
part.
Lord Cecil said: ‘‘only plain speak
ing can save us from repeating the ^
fatal blunders of twenty years ago.”
Cecil was the former under-secre
tary for Foreign Affairs. He made
the following statement at an inter
view:
“We must tell Italy in plain and
decisive words that we are not bluff
ing and that we are ready to carry
out are solemn obligations to the
League Covenant no matter how dras
tic the action which may be re
quired.”
Improvement Noted
In World Business
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 13, —Almost
a general improvement in business
conditions throughout the world in
the last few months, was shown by
current surveys emassed here.
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS.
The City Ordinance requires all
dugs to be confined or kept tied, and
any found at large can be destroyed.
Numerous complaints having been
made the Police Department is com
pelled to enforce this ordinance
strictly. Keep your dog confined or
tied, else it will be seized and im
pounded, or destroyed.
W. W. LAWS,
Chief of Police.