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Alaska May Be First Army Air Base
LONG AND LOUISIANA TO BE INVESTIGATED
Representative Zioncheck of Wash., Is Coming to Nome
BELIEVE ALASKA WILL
BE FIRST PLACE ARMY
AIR BASE FOR DEFENSE
Representatives Believe Alaska Is Destined
Be f irst For Construetion of Air Base
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, — Representative Wesley L.
Lloyd of Tacoma, Democrat, said today he agreed with'Re
presentative Conrad G. Wallgren and Delegate Anthony J.
Dimond, that the first air base to be constructed under the
Wilcox Frontier Air Defense Act, probably would be in Al
aska.
It was apparent, Lloyd said, that U. S. Army officials consid
ered the Territory of Alaska the logical place for the first
base under the act. He further predicted that the work in
Alaska would start by spring.
The location ot the bases nave sun noi Qeen aiscioseu.
Some thought it significant, however, that President Roose
velt in a recent order included an area of the Aleutian Is
lands as a military district over which civilian aviators were
barred from flying.
Although Tacoma interests made a strong bid for a pro
posed air base to be built somewhere in their vicinity, in the
Pacific Northwest, it was learned authoritatively Tuesday
that War Department officials were considering a site at
Yelmn, near Olympia. Pierce County offered to sell its air
port adjacent to Fort Lewis, for a nominal sum but War De
partment official were reported as not being interested in
that location.
Gold Hunters To
Roam Canada As
Real Surveyors
(By The Associated Press)
OTTAWA Aug. 28, — Canada’s
newest and probably the strangest
gold rush in its history is on.
The vanguard of an army of near
ly 1,500 professional and amateur
prospectors, who will search the
whole of Canada and its possessions
in the~ far north to find where the
dominion’s vast untouched mineral -
riches lie, has left for the Yukon,
scene of many famous gold strikes.
Parties made up of geological stu
dents and laborers, and supervised
by experienced geologists, have
started out for the far corners of the
country, often through virgin terri
tory, seldom before trod by white
men, to find and map mineral de
posits at the expense of the Fed
eral government.
The hunt will last a year and will
cost $1,000,000. It is unique in that
the prospectors will do very little
actual prospecting and will be un
able to stake clams. It will be more
of a geological survey.
No Claims To Be Staked
The men work directly for the
Canadian Department of Mines, and
since the department i not allowed
to stake claims, the gold hunters
merely will note location of their
discoveries and move on to other
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Soviet-American
Relations Strain
ed: Not Serious
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, —Sov
iet and American relations are un
dergoing a severe strain, although
it is not believed that there will be
a complete •break at least immediate
ly.
Secretary of State Hull and Pres
ident Roosevelt are expected to hold
an important conference and canvass j
the situation, in the light of Mas
low's action toward other foreign ’
nations.
Planning Labor
Moves Against An
Italian War Now
—
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(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 28, —Labor
movements against Italy, was the
backing of two foreign nations for
Britain’s peace campaign at Gene
va, it was reported in Great Bri
tain today.
Continental labor leaders were
considering a joint action by gener
al strikes throughout Europe and by
boycotts, to hamper an Italian War.
Latvia is reported to be joining
Spain in supporting the British pol
icy at Geneva.
First Session Of
74th Congress A
Record Breakei
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, — Thi
session was a record-breaker in mon
j ways than one. It saw the enact
ment of the work relief bill, thi
largest appropriation of all time
i social security, neutrality policy
bank bill and amendments strength
ening the AAA and TVA; a quarter
billion dollars tax bill, utilities, am
the regulation list of other majoi
acts.
It also saw the Supreme Couri
strike down the New Dealer’s nurn
ber one experiment—the NRA
which is sure to be an echo in the
next campaign.
Expenditures authorized during
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ten and one-quarter billion dollars.
Senator Robinson, new leader,
said the achievements of this session
will be memorable as practically ev
ery problem touching human inter
est will be made easier of solution
by legislation and enactment. He
stated: “I think it can truly be said
that congress has done its parts to
carry on through this grave crisis.”
Senator Dickinson of Iowa said
“the first session of the 74th cong
ress will be remembered for its
ill-advised legislation, extravagant
appropriations, and the four billion
dollars for work relief waste. No
congress in American history has
made such a record as this. The re
cord was made under the direction
of President Roosevelt; Congress in
itiated nothing. The President dir
ected it, and whatever responsibil
ity there is, it must rest with him.”
Dickinson is a prominent republican
in national circles.
Forty Persons Are
Reported Dead On
Account Weather
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 28, — Anxious
watchers patrolled the beach seek
ing bodies of victims taken by the
worst gale to strike New Foundland
in 36 years.
Forty persons were unofficially re
ported to have died in the week end
hurricane.
The Liner Rex docks at New York
tomorrow with five men rescued in
mid-ocean from the foundering
yacht Ladahana of Philadelphia
which had been in a gale lasting
forty-eight hours. The yacht was ab
andoned in a sinking condition.
A typhoon swept over the is
lands off southern Japan forcing all
shipping to seek shelter or remain
in ports. No casualties were report
ed from this quarter.
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Little Hope Held
Alaska Portion Of
Highway Be Built
(By The Associated Press)
' WASHINGTON, Aug, 27, — Lit
tle hope is held by Delegate Dim
ond for the allocation of work re
' lief funds for the building of the
Alaska portion of the proposed In
ternational Highway. There is a
possibility however, it was said, that
a hundred thousand dollars may be
made available for a survey of the
area to determine which, of two
possible routes would be more feas
ible.
Dimond said that the measure
which was sent to President Roose
I velt merely authorized the survey
1 and construction of, but did not
j provide for driy funds. He said he
i funds would made avafta&fe soon!
Representative Zioneheck of Wash
j ington agreed with Dimond but said
| that the survey would probably
j be made next year.
Representative Wallgren was more
optimistic and believed there was a
possibility of money being allocat
ed for the survey and construction,
as the roads besides being valuable
commercially, would be "of immen
se value from a military standpoint."
Rep. Zioneheck To
Make Tour Alaska
Will Come Nome
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTIN, Aug. 23, — Re
presentative Zioncheck today start
ed a fifteen thousand mile tour which
will take him to Alaska within six
I weeks.
He left by Automobile for Seattle
and after a few days stop there will
continue to Alaska visiting not only
interior parts including Fairbanks,
but possibly will go on to Nome.
“There are many things I want to
study in the Territory. I hope to go
over at least a portion of the route
of the proposed International High
way from Fairbanks to the Yukon
border.
“I want to get first hand informa
tion on Matanuska Valley. I believe
Alaska to be on the verge of a per
iod of rapid growth and through
careful planning could become as
well known to the United States as
Hawaii. Alaska could well become
the summer playground of Ameri- j
ca, in addition to the possibilities for
the development of agriculture, lum ,
bering and other industries which
have never been actively undertak-,
en.
Zioncheck plans to return to the
states about the middle of October.
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HUEY LONG TO BE IN
VESTIGATED FEDERAL
COMMISSION OF SEVEN
LoinmisKion I o S<*<‘ If Louisiana Mas \ Rc».
publican Korin Uoverniiient Under Lon"
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, —(Copyright. 1935 By The
Associated Press—An investigation of Senator Huey Long’s
dictatorship in Louisiana, it was reported at Capitol Hill to
be the major purpose of an inquiry voted by the Democratic
House just before adjournment.
Informed by Representative Durther, the authority for
the investigation was granted by the House of Representa
tives to administration leaders on promptings of members
from Louisiana, who opposed Long ami his political control
ol the State...
without a word of protest, many of the members considering
it a routine resolution adopted automatically every two years
for the setting up of a committee of seven to investigate and
report on campaign expenditures of candidates to the House.
However, this resolution contained new language, it
was disclosed today, which observers said would permit the
investigation of Louisiana affairs. Some said privately that
the resolution would authorize the committee to determine
whether Louisiana under Long’s political organization has
“a republican form of government as guaranteed by the
Constitution of the United States.”
Long, and all the House members from his state, come
up for election in January.
Meanwhile in New York, Senator Long shouted his defian
ce of practically everything, including the President and the
reported investigation.
He declared himself for Borah for president, and said
that if Roosevelt and Hoover are nominated by the major
parties next year, he would run on an independent ticket
and be elected to the presidency himself.
Threats Another
Maritime Strike
Again Noticeable
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28, —
riireats of another maritime strike,
A’hich Harry Bridges fiery long
shoremen leader, declared would be
i darned big fight, found industrial
ind business leaders in at least four
sorts organizing for action.
Bridges, who spurred labor in San
Francisco Bay cities into mass walk
>uts last year declared that Atlan
ic, Gulf and Lake ports would be'
irawn into the new strike, which
le said was looming.
Portland and San Francisco busi
less and industrial leaders simultan
;ously moved to complete an or
janization. They said they intend
ed to guard against the disruption
>f normal orderly trade and com- j
nerce. The spokesmen of two or
janizations declared they recogniz-1
*d the right to strikes, but also in
listed on the right to work, for non
inion employees.
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Some Hard knocks
Initiate Colonists
Their New Homes
Rev. Bingle Finds Fine Group Of
Men and Women Matanuska
Reverend B J Bingle first church
man with the Matanuska colonists,
in a letter recently to the Cordova
Times, says he is seeing some “pio
neering in the raw” at the govern
mest colony, but that he believes a
“healthy, normal child will result
from the wails of the first hard
knocks.”
Through a slip-up somewhere, he
states, the second group of colonists
arrived before their tents and much
to their consternation, not to say dis
comfort of the new arrivals; they
were dumped off at the station in a
downpour with no prospects for im
mediate shelter. However, the ear
lier group, already housed, took in
the new arrivals, and Rev. Bingle
sees far-reaching good coming from
the misfortune of the tardy tents in
view of the friendship it establish
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