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.ALASKA TAKES NEW PILOT
Alaska set up a new marker in
the march of time when Dr Er
nest Gruening took over the
helm as chief executive of Am
erica’s largest and farthest
North possession.
Governor Troy who first as
sumed the responsibilities of the
office April 19, 1933, retires with
a splendid record of achievement
and the gratitude and good will
of his fellow Alaskans. It is grat
jfying news to them that he will
continue to be an .Alaskan, mak-;
mg his home in Juneau. Doubt- (
less he will continue a factor in
the public life of the Territory,1
lending as occasion requires his
sage advice and counsel, based
on a long and active career in the
Northland.
Although Governor Gruening
hi£ not been a resident of Alaska
he comes to the Territory with a;
seasoned record of many years:
service as a journalist and ad-1
ministrator in numerous respon!
sible public positions, notably the
last several years as Director of
Territorial and Insular Affairs
m the Department of the Inter
tot.
In this capacity, Dr. Gruening
several times visited Alaska, and
in the discharge of the duties of
his office gained a knowledge of
Alaskan affairs which will stand
6im well in hand in his new
task.
Coming ai <a time when Alaska
stands at the threshhold of a new
era with many major new pro
jects and promise of an expan
sive program on an unprecedent
ed scale Dr. Gruening takes ov
er the helm at a most important
period.
Doubtless a heavy task lies be
fore the new governor to suer
the territorial ship of state right
and keep her on the course of
pr gress avoiding the shoals and
reefs that He ahead. In this task
it is safe to assure the new exec
utive that he will have the
strong and sincere cooperation of
a 1 Alaskans in all matters deem
ed to the best interest of the
i Territory and her people.
Dr. Gruening on various occa
sions has expressed his great
faith and admiration in Alaska
and her future. He has been an
extensive traveler and by this
token Alaskans in various parts
of the Territory may expect to
see much of him. Let this be the
hope together with a resolution
that between the new executive
and the people there wifi arise
an understanding and a spirit of
cooperation and adoption of such
policies as will work to the inev
i itable progress of Alaska and ev
entually will crown with success
he administration of Dr Gruen
ing now opening simultaneously
with a new era of great promise
for the great Territory of Alaska !
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HITLER WINS A KAMPF
(New York Times)
Maybe Herr Hitler was too
busy Monday evening to know or
! care that the Supreme Court of
the United States had handed
down a ruling which upheld his
rights as an author. Such, how-1
ever, is the case. The court sus- .
itained the action of the Second
Circuit Court of Appeals enjoin j
ing an unauthorized publication'
of “Mein Kampf" in this coun- ‘
try. Hence Hitler will get royal-1
ties from his American sales, if;
! and when they can be transmit
ted to him.
He wilt, get royalties for in
stance on the statement that
(the “regents of present-day Rus
I sia are common blood-stained
criminals; that here is the scum
of humanity, which, favored by
conditions in a tragic hour, over
ran a great state butchered and
ooted out millions of its leading
intellects with savage bloodthirst
inoss and for nearly 10 years has
exercised the most frightful re
gime of tyranny of all time.” He
will get royalties for the well
- SWEDISH PUZZLE-PICTUR E—i .ike those puzzlers
that ask the reader to “find anotiier face” is this view of a heavy
Swedish army tank engaged in war drill with a soldier (left)
almost concealed by the "Christmas tree” camouflage.
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reasoned argument that if Ger
many entered a military alliance
with Russia she would not “get
from Russia even the slightest
effective support.” The quota
tions are from Reynal and Hitch
cock’s authorized edition, pub
lished by arrangement with the
copyright holders, the Houghton
Mifflin Company.
The issue is not, however whe
ther or not Herr Hitler gets his
royalties. The issue is the larger
one of the rights of foreign au
thors in the American book mar
ket and of Americans in foreign
book markets. International copy
right is the foundation stone of
the world-wide republic of let
ters. The ideas for which it i
stands will do Hitler more harm
than all the groceries he could
buy with his royalties—-provided
I the British Navy woud let him
tote them home —will do him
good.
A doctor now informs us that
:|t.he heefisteak has no cutfative
value when applied to the black
eye. But there’s nothing like a!
good old-fashioned beef to be the'
cause of a shiner.
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The U S S R is determined to
maintain peace in the Baltic stat
es even though it be necessary to
do so with armed force.
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“Whkpv” n-^i^ ^ ^—Worry for her hubby, Harold
Whitey Dahl, who s been imprisoned by Franco’s forces in Snain
since July. 1937. ua, eased by Mrs. Edith Dah.Vv?sit"ab"ve lo
nicti.y- ” gh*1 flub with Dan Varzos as a partner. Mrs. Dahl, whose
picture sent to Franco—is said to have prevented Dahl’s execu
tion, plans appeal to state department in hubby's behalf
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