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EDITORIAL
TOUGH JOB AHEAD
(Philadelphia Record)
President Roosevelt is to be
commended for his choice of
Rear Admiral William D. Leahy
for one of the most ticklish jobs
in the diplomatic sarvice —Am
bassador to Unoccupied France.
In Vichy, Admiral Leahy will
be in the midst of the behind
the-scenes struggle between pro
British and pro-German forces.
Hopes are expressed in Washing
ton that he will be able to stiffen
French morale and prevent Ger
man inroads on the French col
onial empire.
One of his most difficult jobs
will be to resolve th problem of
French possessions in this hemi
sphere, particularly Martinique.
As former Governor of Puerto
Rico, he will bring to the ques
t;in a familiarity with colonial
problems as well as an under
standing of Martinque’s import
ance in naval affairs.
Form rly Chief of Naval Oper
ations. Admiral Leahy served in
the Spanish-American War and
the Boxer uprising. His wide ex
perience will be needd as Ambas
sador to the captive Government
in Vichy.
CIO Strike
Spreads To
Three Plants
E A GIN AW, Mich., Jan. 15 — A
s'rike of CIO auto workers!
snread to three more plants of
th Eaton Manufacturing Com- j
pany.
latest factories affected
\v e thos: at Cleveland, Ohio,;
rr t Marsha l and Battle Creek.
I
Mhh. One union leader claimed,
J>'0 members wore col’ d out ax!
y shall, l.ioo at Battle Cirrh,'
and 50 at Cleveland. Members
were on strike at Eaton plants at
Saginaw. The Saginaw factory is
operating with non strikers un- j
dor protection of state and local
police.
At Detroit, Federal Labor Con
ciliator Dewey said he would
take “'drastic action” if n cessary j
to get the plants of the Eaton
company opened immediately.
He said he was authorized to
speak for the National Defense
Commission.
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Gas Tax Is
Recommended
For Alaska
Hesse Report Urges Trunk
System, Regulation
of Traffic
Recommendations for a Terri
torial gasoline tax, laws for the
regulation of traffic, and an “in
violable road fund’’ into which
certain tax receipts should he
covered for road purposes only
are made in the biennial report
of William A. Hesse, Territorial
Highway Engineer and Superin
tendent of Public Works, issued
today.
Hesse renews in the report his
recommendation that a trunk sys
tern of Alaska highways be plan
ned as a basis for the extension ■
of the Federal Highway Act to
Alaska. Tlu system would begin
at Haines on sheltered inland wa
ters navigable throughout the
year and connect with the Rich
ardson Highway. Other branohes
would link up the major activ
ities and industries of the Inter
ior in the single system.
Tolls Rappeu
A declaration against the pol
icy of collecting tolls on Alaska
highways is contained in the re
port, though Hesse says he believ
es that if this policy has been
adopted as a means of collecting
revenue it should in fairness ap
ply to all highways alike, instead
of as present to “a part of a
single highway.”
With reference to a gasoline
tax, the report states: “The ques
tion of road construction is so in
separable from the question of
taxation that Alaska might as |
well face the fact now that it
east- money to build and main-,
lain roads and that we are the
only civilised country in the
vvorld that exacts no taxes from
che motor v hides for which the
roads are built and maintained.”
' tax is described as both scien
Lific and equitable. It “should be
adopted here,” Hesse recom-;
mends.
The Engineer holds the regu
lation of traffic on the public
highways in Alaska to be a “vital
necessity.” Hesse says that this
will have to be dene sooner or
later and if it is not done by
the LegislatUie it wrill be by Con
gress and “th re is a strong pro
bability that any such measure
parsed by Congress will please
us less than one we couid devise
ourselves.”
Statistical Material
Tables in the report show road
fan:! rrc ipts, distribution funds
bv the Alaska Road Commission
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ROYAL ONCE - OVE R—The Duchess of Windsor seems
to he looking on anxiously as her royal husband, the former King
Ldward v bo's now governor of the Bahamas, inspects war relief
r iwi.clcs produced at the Red Cross center in Nassau.
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WASHINGTON — An Ameri
can Red Cross ‘“mercy ship,”
carrving a $850,000 cargo of crit
irtlly-noeded relief supplies for
Greek war victims left New York
for Athens January 15, it was
announced by Chairman Norman
H. Davis.
Th • vessel will be the S. S.
Kassandra Louloudis, a 7500-ton
freighter provided free of charge
by the Greek' Government. It
will sail to Athens via Suez.
Mr. Davis said the Red Cross
had taken action following a de
tailed report from its Athens n~p
resnetative, Charles L. House.
Hi-: report described “critical”
needs for complete hospital units
and milk products for children.
Orders have been plac d for $100
000 worth of canned and dehy
drated milk and $150,000 worth
of drugs and surgical equipment.
The remainder of the cargo will
consist of 10 trucks, dried fruits,
cerea’s, flour and a large quan
tity of blankets.
Orders also have b"en placed
by the Red Cross for 25 U. S.
Army field type ambulances, Mr.
Davis said. They will be placed
on the “mercy ship” if delivery
is made before departure.
Announcement of the “mercy
ship" brought American Red
Cross reli f to Greece to $1,100
000.
T' c Kassandra Louloudis will
be the second American Red
Cross “mercy ship” since the
and Territorial Road Board, sum
mary of expenditures and allot
ments in each Division, shelter
cabin expenditures, telephone
line expenditures, distribution of
road mileage throughout the
Territory. distribution of sled
roads and trails, a list of avia
tion fields and of seaplane ramps
platforms and floats.
Operations during the bienni
um are described for each Div-.
ision and a brief d scription in
cluded of every project on which
funds were expended by the
Board during the biennium.
The report is illustrated by a
dozen pictures of Alaska road
and bridge se nes. A map shows
the proposed p'an for a trunk
highway system and a large map '<
of Alaska contained in an en-!
velupe at the back of the report
shows the location of roads and |
aviation fi Ids throughout the j
ferritcry.
start of the European war. In
July the S. S. McKeesport car-,
ri> d a similar cargo of relief sup*
plies to Marseill for distribution
in unoccupied France. Ohter Red
Cro s relief supplies from the
United Slates have been shipped
as partial cargo lots on Europe
bound vessels.
The cargo of th Kasandra Lou
1 udis is being purchased accord
,ng to needs described to House,
bv the Greek Army Medical
Corps, the Minister of Public;
Welfare and the Greek Red
Cross. Thii.r requests were turn-1
ed over to House and the U. S.
Minister to Greece, Lincoln Mac
Veagh.
Strikers Ordered
Back To Jobs
DETROIT, Jan. 15 — James
Dewey, Federal labor conciliator
announced as a “defense mea-1
sure” he will insist all plants of
the Eaton Manuacturinig Com
pany be reopened and all strik-!
ing employees put back to work..
The strike which began at
ihe Eaton plant at Saginaw,
soread to the company’s factories
at Detroit, Battle Creek and Mar
sha 1. Michigan, and to Cleveland
Ohio with about 3,500 workers j
affected.
Dewey said: “This marks the
first time such drastic steps have
been taken anywhere in tbs j
country. The dispute can be set
tled after the plants are running
again.”
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Men Are Ready
The Eaton Company supplies
airplane ngine parts. R. J. Thom
as, International president of the
striking United Auto Workers,
CIO, said the men in his organ
ization employed by the Eaton
company are “ready to go back
to work immediately,” while neg
otiations are resumed.
The CIO called the Saginaw
-trike charging that the company
violated its promise to rehire
DO union .members involved in
a strike two months ago.
J. O. Eaton, company chair
man, said the dispute is “strictly
between diffi rent groups of em
ployees.”
The publication of the fall edi
tion of the Berlin-Rome time
tab e has been delayed by cir
cumstanced over which the pub
lishers have no control.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
n bcrt Mandell, 1G year o'd San Jose, Calif., youth (left) convicted
of the slaying of Josehpine Parsen, 15, a school mate has started
a life sentence in San Quentin prison—one of the youngest per
sons ever admitted. Escorting Mandell into the prison is Warden
Clifton Duffy. Last wish of the pale-faced youth is that he could
become a flier in the Army Air Corps.
DREAM THEATRE
IOO% TALKING PICTURES
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Two Shows Friday, 7:15 & 9:00 p.m Adm. 55* & 26«
“BLONDIE TAKES A VACATION”
The Bumsteads Take To the Great Open Spaces
PENNY SINGLETON—ARTHUR LAKE—LARRY SIMMS
and "PORKY’S PHONEY EXPRESS” also “FROLICKING FROGS”
ONE SHOW SATURDAY 7:30 P.M. Adm. 55* & Z&4
“PERSONS IN HIDING”
with Lynne Overman — Patricia Morison — J. Carrol Naish
Astonishing Story of a Female Svengali
and “WEATHER WIZARDS” also “The CAT AND THE BELL”
t WO SHOW'S: SUNDAY 7:15 & 9. Adm. 55* & tU
“THE STORM”
with Charles Bickford — Nan Grey — Preston Foster
Tremendous Drama of Heroism At Sea
also “AUSTRALIA”
PASSENGERS AND EXPRESS TO j
ALL PARTS OF ALASKA
Approximately One Dollar of Each Fare j
Is Spent for Passenger Insurance
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l An Alaskan Bank Which Has Served This |
i Community Continuously Since 1904 I
\ GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS CONDUCTED |
I Money Transfers Made to Any Point In |
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GOLD DUST PURCHASED t
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Pioneer YJaler Co
SPRING WATER
Always At Your Service
Phone Black 44 or Main 15
Fresh Milk
Delivered at your home or
place of business daily 40«4 per
quart. Also home made fresh
cottage cheese.
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Attorneys At Ljlw
'looms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
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ARTISTS TRY WAR PAIN T_Proving that ca
mouflaging has become “art,” students at Kansas City Ari' In
stitute learn the fundamentals of tndus\rial camouflage. Director
Keith Martin pours oil on model oil tanks. Aim is to make tanks
blend with the surrounding terrain. A handful of dirt sprinkled
over that—then just try to spot those tanks from an airplane.