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EDITORIAL
HIRAM AND THE THIRD TERM
„ The third term is a terrible
thing, take it from Senator Hi
ram W. Johnson of California.
Hiram ought to know. He is
now campaigning for his fifth
term as Senator and those have
not been four-year terms, but six
year terms. If three short terms
are bad for a President, five long
terms are worse for a Senator,
especially for one whose principal
object ever since he was elected
the first time has been to keep
out of stop with the rest of the
Senate.
But the most ironical comment
on Hiram Johnson's opposition to
the third term principle (of course
it is a matter purely of principle
and not of personalities with any
one as high-minded as the Senat
or) is the fact that Johnson was
a candidate for Vice-President in
1912 on a ticket headed by Theo
>dore Roosevelt, who was run
ning for a third term.
NEGRO COLONEL BECOMES
FIRST TO BE GENERAL
WASHINGTON — The Presi
dent has announced the promo
tion of Col. Benjamin Davis to
become the first Negro general
in the history of the United Stat
es Army.
Davis’ elevation to Brigadier
General was among a number of
high rank promotions which
(Roosevelt said was required by
a-n increase in the army.
Major General Delos Emmons
Commander of GHQ Air Force,
*Gias been promoted to the rank
cf Lieutenant General, the same
rank held by Commanders in the
Army Corps.
In addition to Emmons, the
ifc! owing promotions in the Air
Corps were announced: Briga
dier General John Curry, Air
iD strict Commander. to Major
General; Colonel Clinton Rus
45ell, Chief of Staff for GHQ Air
F ce, to Brigadier General, and
C lonels John McDonnell and
John Brooks of Carlyle. Wash
ington. all Wing Commanders, to
B. igadier Generalships.
TUBERCULOSIS COMMITTEE
NAMED FOR NOME AT
HEALTH COUNCIL MEETING
The regular monthly meeting
of the Nome Health Council was
called to order by Chairman Hen
ry G. Miller. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and ap
proved.
R solutions passed and adopt
ed by the 20th Annual Conven
tion of the American Legion, De
part men t of Alaska were read
and copies of same are to be
printed and sent to the various
oi'ganizations in the near future
for their action and recommenda
tions. These resolutions are bas
ed on the findings of Dr. Court
ney Smith and Dr. Carl Buck
who visited in Nome during the
past summer.
A letter was also read from
Dr. Courtney Smith suggesting
that the Nome Health Council
take steps to appoint a perman
ent Tuberculosis Committee. Af
ter discussion a motion was made
that the following be appointed
as the permanent Tuberculosis
Committee:
Principal Territorial School
(A. A. Ryan)
Principal U. S. I. O. School (H.
W. Starling)
Pastor, Federated Church,
(Rev. W. P. Wood)
Priest, Catholic Church, (Rev.
McHugh)
U. S. I. O. Nurse (Miss Mar
garet Stockton)
Nome Public Health Nurse
(Mrs. Ralph Kitzmiller)
Chairman, Health Committee
of the Nome City Council (Gus
O’Leary)
Ohairman Miller reported that
the Seals and advertising mater
ial for the Tuperculosis Seal Sale
had been received and that the
above named Committee, should
take immediate steps and start
action for the Drive.
After general discussion regard
ing testing and fitting of glasses
for the indigents the meeting ad
journed.
Lieut. Michael Dorence,
French ace who shot down 13
German planes, has come to the
United States. He couldn’t stand
being trumped by his own coun
try.
Frank Sauliere. Daily News Reporter, got into the 18th U. S. En
gin.crs in the World War by claiming to be 16 (he was only 12).
He saw 19 months service in France as an interpreter and runner.
H won't be 36 until next January, so he registered in Miami, Fla.,
tf r ■ r otion, Sauliere claims to be the A. E. F.’s youngest vet.
Feeding Of Europe Stirs Sharp
Words-German Assurances Lacking
Fulfillment of Plan Briton Asserts
Academy of Sciences Hears Plea
To Relax Barriers To
Succor French
TO PRESERVE THEIR AM ITT
Help Depends on Nazis’ Word
to U. S. Willmot Lewis Says
At Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — The ques
i tion whether this country, for
humanitarian, political or ecsn
om:c reasons, should sent food
surpluses to feed hungry Europ
eans his winter was the theme
■ of sharp debate at a meeting of
! tihe American Acad imy of Politic
! al and Social Science.
Clarence E. Pickett, executive
secretary of the American
Friends Service Committee, as
serted that never had “the star
. vation of populations been prov
| ed to be a permanent instru
ment erf peace” |andi voicedi a
special plea on behalf of the resi
dents of unoccupied France.
From a long range view he eon
tended it was in the interest of
Great Britain to modify her
blockade to permit the entry of
tfood stuffs in'to France. More
over, he declared, it was in the
interest of all those believing in
“the democratic way of life” not
further to alienate millions of
Frenchmen, still “essentially a
democratic people” and still “pre
< disposed to friendliness with Eng
land and the United States” by
' refusing them food.
Sir Wiilmott Lewis, Washing
ton corespondent of The Times
of London, pleaded with Ameri
cans to realize that “the first re
sponsibility for the lifeline of the
blockade to let relief ships pass”
lay not with his own country
; but with Germany.
He was certain, he said, that
the British Government would
| consider no relief plan until
| “full assurances” had been ob
i tained from Berlin not by some
private group but by the United
States Government.
Decision “in Germany’s Hands”
In opening the discussion Dr.
John D. Black, Professor of Ec
i onomics at Harvard and a con
sulting economics of the Depart
| ment of Agriculture, reviewed
the European food situation by
countries and said it was appar
I ent that if the war continued
and the British blockade was
“accepted as given,” then “in Ger
many’s hands largely will rest
the decision as to how well the
different parts of the continent
will be fed until the next crop
comes in.”
“A rationing and quota system
could be set up that would pro
vide with rough equality for all
the countries under the present
domination of the Reich.” he said
"But it does not se:m likely that
this will be done.
"A good job of rationing be
tween families in each country,
with transfers between countries
only to take care of major de
ficiencies, would prevent most
' actual starvation and reduce
1 greatly the illness and death
I from underfeeding. But even this
may be too much to hope for.
Obviously this would call for a
full measure of collaboration of
conqueror and conquered.”
Russia's Aid Is Discounted
, He said he could not envision
| Russia as a heavy contributor to
j the feeding of Western Europe.
But the task would be “a small
burden upon the production of
ith? Western Hemisphere if it
[ were in the cards,” he said, add
I >n'g;
| “In fact, it would be a great
relief upon the tremendous stor
es in this country, Canada and
South America, if an outlet were
available in Europe now.”
Sir Willmott said it was vital
that this government should ob
tain “indispensable assurances”
from the Nazis before modifica
1 tion of the blockade by Britain.
The assurances which he said,
:substantially those asked by Her
be.rt Hoover. As given by Sir
Willmot they were:
“First. The restitution by Ger
|many of all the foodstuffs she
I has taken from the captive coun
tries or their full nutritive equi
valent.
“Second. The. solemn under
taking by Germany that no re
lief supplies shall be diverted
from the suffering populations to
| her own use.
“Third —The establishment of
I rigid controls, either American
lor international for the manage
; merit of the supplies in transit
and their distribution at points
of need.
“Fourth—A sufficient lifting of
Germany’s own blockade against
her captives for it is that and
not the British blockade which
prevents their access to food
supplies from Russia and Central
Europe.”
Sir Willmott said he did not
know whether the British Gov
ernment or British public opin
ion would consider this catalogue
of guarantees to be adequate.
“But I am deadly sure,” he
added “that until full assurances
have been secured and secured
by the intermediary of no less an
agency than the American Gov
[ ernment, there could be no con
sideration of the plan.”
Germany To Omit Thanksgiving
Day Though Is No Lack Of Food
Celebration of Harvest This Year
Canceled But Food Is Said
To Be Plentiful
—
BERLIN — There will be on
official “harvest thanksgiving
day” in Germany this year, but
i the German nation, judging by
official and unofficial estimates
; on the harvest brought in during
i the last two months, will have
reason to be thankful.
These estimates show that
while the* German grain harvest
is 2 per cent below the normal
peacetime average of the last five
years root crops in every case
| exceeded the peacetime average
; and set new records. Only the
fruit harvest, Germans say, is
exceptionally poor. The long cold
winter froze fruit trees through
out Europe so that this paucity
of the German supply cannot be
supplemented by imports. So
fruit will be scarce this winter,
German quarters state, but in
basic foods the Reich’s supply
still is ample.
The estimate of the 1940 grain
harvest is 24,600,000 tons. The
five-year average is 25,100,000
tons. The huge grain reserves al
legedly have not ys.t been drawn
upon.
German quarters profess to be
“exceptionally satisfied” witlh the |
potato harvest. The official esti
mate will not be published until
the end of October, but is expect
ed by authoritative quarters to
approach 60,000,000 tons for
Greater Germany and 55,000,000
tons in the old Reich territory.
In 1937, the record year 55,300
000 tons were harvested.
Germans point out that in the
World War the harvest fell off
seriously after mobilization. This
time, they state German farmers
with the assistance of volunteers
from the Hitler Youth and Stu
dents Union accomplished a truly
Herculean task. Several millions
of war prisoners also were set
to work in the fields, replacing I
German farm labor now at the I
fro fit.
In the first war year an aver
age of eighty-five eggs was dis
tributed to each inhabitant of
Germany. This, it was said ex
ceeds that in the preceding year
and approaches the average Ger
man egg consumption of recent
years.
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