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The
Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen
WASHINGTON —The rigorous
French censorship has suppress
ed the information, but former
Premier Paul Reynaud will face
a sensational charge when he is
tried before the special war guilt
court.
The scandal is based on what
has become known in inner dip
lomatic circles as ‘‘Reynaud’s
trunk.”
Following the French collapse,
Feynaud attempted to escape
from the country. His plan was
to go to Portugal and embark for
the United States, where he hop
ed to be made French Ambas
ador. He made his dash in two
automobiles.
In one he travelled with Count
ess Helene de Portes, the small,
homely, shrill-voiced widow for
whom he left his wife several
years ago and had French divorce
laws changed so he could marry
her in 1941. As had been report
ed, this car went off the road
killing the Countess and severely
injuring Reynaud.
The other car contained Rey
haud’s two private secretaries,
baggage and the mysterious
trunk. This car was seized at the
Spanish border. There, search of
the trunk disclosed that it con
tained—
Twenty million francs in paper
money, presumably from
French public funds.
A large quantity of gold.
A large quantity of jewels be
longing to the Countess.
Numerous confidential state
documents, among them secret
French plans for the destruc
tion of Rumanian oil wells to
prevent their falling into Nazi
hands.
Confronted with this evidence
in the hospital, Reynaud vehem
cntly denied knowing anything
about the contents of the trunk.
He asserted that if the money,
jewels and documents were tak
en, it was without his knowledge
and approval. He placed the
blame on the two secretaries.
* — The Petain govern
ment, acting under Nazi orders,
has not revealed the fact that
Berlin has billed the French for
a large sum to cover the cost of
the German occupation. This will
give Berlin the basis for a claim
on French gold and dollar credits
in the U. S., which the Treasury
took under control immediately
after the French surrender.
GENERAL PERSHING
General Pershing’s solemn
warning that unless aid is given
the British fleet to resist Hitler,
the United States faces certain
attack, was not a reply to the
appeasement broadcast of Colon
el Lindbergh. When the A.E.F.
commander decided, after a
study of confidential military re
ports, to come out of retirement
lie did not know that the flyer
also planned to talk.
Also, Pershing wrote his
speech without any knowledge of
what Lindbergh would say. How
ever, Pershing did tune in on the
latter’s broadcast. But it was on
ly for a few minutes.
The General of the Armies be
came so incensed at Lindbergh’s
views that he turned off the ra
dio and snapped, "that’s outrag
eous. I'm saying nothing about
that young man in my talk to
night, but I shall make it my
■business to do so on another oc
casion.”
NOTE—Pershing has made on
ly a few broadcasts and when
Miss Ann Gillis, chic Columbia
Broadcasting press director, ex
; plained that the signal to begin
j speaking was a finger pointed at
j him, he laughingly inquired:
I “What’sthe signal to stop? That
| may be necessary, as I may start
reading my speech all over
again.”
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FISHERIES VESSEL
ON FIRST Rl'N
The new Bureau of Fisheries
research boat Heron has none of
the ungainliness of that awkward
bird for which it is named.
The new $18,000 vessel docked
at Juneau recently for the first
time and waterfronters pronounc
ed it a real boat.
It is 58 feet long and has a
beam of about 14 feet. Power is
turned out by a 135 horsepower
six cyclinder diesel, a compact
thoroughly automatic unit which
gives a cruising speed of close
to twelve knots.
It is a double ender with raised
deck forward and trunk cabin
abaft the wheel house. It sleeps
five forward and has a stateroom
with double width bunk in the
after cabin which also serves* as
a laboratory for fish studies.
Designed by Ed Monk of Seat
tle and launched July 2, the
Heron left Seattle on its maiden
trip for Alaska August 5.
U. S. TO BUILD JUNEAU
AIRPORT, SEAPLANE BASE
A Juneau airport and Auk Bay
seaplane ramp are to be includ
' ed in an airport development re
commendation to be made to
; Washington September 1 by Mar
shall C. Hoppin, Superintendent
of Airways for the Civil Aero
nautics Board in Alaska.
Hoppin sent this word today in
reply to an inquiry by R. E.
Robertson, Chairman of a Juneau
Chamber of Commerce airport
committee, who was prompted by
a story from Anchorage and pub
lished in The Juneau Empire
that Hoppin was drawing up a
program for the most extensive
airport development ever con
templated for Alaska.
Superintendent Hoppin said
the Juneau airport will be a pri
mary field. He is drawing up the
recommendations at the request
of the Civil Aeronautics Board
in Washington.
Hoppin said a result of the pro
gram would be the building of a
chain of airports across Alaska
at a cost of “a million dollars
and multiples thereon.”
ANNETTE FIELD TO BE BUILT
WASHINGTON, Aug. — The
Civilian Conservation Corps an
nounces that 400 enrollees sailed
from Seattle on Aug. 20th aboard
the Army Transport Leonard
Wood to build an airfield at Met
lakatla, Alaska.
The field will be located on
Annette Isand and will be used
as an intermediate landing stage
for Army fliers flying from Seat
tie to the Anchorage and Fair
banks Air Corps bases.
GABRIELSON PLANS NO
GREAT CHANGE ALASKA
There will be no change for
the present in the Fish and Wild
life Service organization in Alas
ka, Dr. Ira Gabrielson, Director
of the service, was quoted by
Frank Dufresne in Juneau recent
iy
Gabrielson, who has spent al
most three months in the Terri
lory having a personal look at
fish and wildlife problems had
nothing more to say before he
left for Washington on the Al
aska Clipper.
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priations throughout Alaska for Federal Buildings,
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Harbors, for Public and Geological Surveys, for Coast
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party of the people, we the undersigned Democratic
candidates for Territorial office, ask your support in
the forthcoming general election September 10th :
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
ANTHONY J DIMOND
ATTORNEY GENERAL
HENRY RODEN
TERRITORIAL AUDITOR
FRANK A. BOYLE
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Wm. A. HESSE
TERRITORIAL SENATOR
0. D. COCHRAN
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ELIZABETH M. CROSS
HOWARD LYNG
W LEONARD SMITH
_FRANK H. WHALEY
VOTE FOR
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Independent Candidate
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AND OBTAIN RESULTS
General Election September 10, 1940
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