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Buckner Hears
Higlm ay Plan
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MacDONALD CONFERS ON
NEED OF ROAD TO STATES
Bringing a detailed map of the
route for the proposed interna
tional highway which would con
nect Alaska with the States, Don
ald McDonald, father of the high
way project, presented it to Brig.
Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Jr., with
the admonition that it is the
only “lifeline” for the territory
in the event of war.
Mr. McDonald, in Alaska for
the first time in two years, stop
ped a; Anchorage for a day and
continued on to Fairbanks to
visit his family. He expects to go
Outside again soon, perhaps for
a meeting of the International
Highway Commission which may
be called to convene in Ottawa
or Washington in January.
In conference with General
Buckner, Mr. McDonald went
over the map in great detail,
showing the ease of building the
proposed highway and the condi
tions which would make it us
able 12 months each year.
Easy To Build
Highest point on the roadway
would be 1,000 miles south of
Fairbanks and would be at an al
titude of 4,400 feet, hi; said. Lit
tle difficulty would be experienc
ed in keeping the summit open.
“For 700 miles south from Fair
banks it is all bulldozer and
scraper country—the easiest type
of road construction," he point
d out.
Mr. McDonald urged General
Buckner to study the highway pro
posal with the view of creating a
mode of transportation over^
which supplies could be brought
to Alaska if war comes.
,/ Might Save Alaska
“One submarine operating in j
the inland passage would make it i
impossible, to operate steamers.”!
"Without steamers Alaska would (
bi cut oil from the stat s entire
ly. It would be impossible to
st„i sufficient supplies in Alaska
for mi it ary and civilian need
a. it wouid be impossible to!
br. g them north by airplane.” ■
Mr. McDonald said the con-1
struc ion of the hi ,hway might
we 1 be the one thing that could
prevent the nation from losing
Alaka.
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“We built the Panama Canal
and it was not on American soil.
We can build this highway too
oven though it runs through Can
ada. The Canadans are heartily
in favor of it but haven't the
; money.
Good Investment
“Some folks say that Canada
would benefit more than the
United States from the road, but
that is a foolish argument. When
you buy a hat you pay five dol
[ lars for it and you consider the
invesment good if you get your
money’s worth. You don’t bother
to look into who is going to bene
fit from that five dollars. The
man who sells you the hat can
use it on a race track or to feed
a pretty blonde. It’s the same
way with the higjhway. It is
worth *20,000,000 to the United
States and should be built immed
iately, without question of the
ben-fits to Canada. Besides if it
benefits Canada it will benefit ev
eryone along the Pacific coast.”
Mr. McDonald pointed to the
map as one of the outstanding
accomplishments of the Interna
tional Highway Commission. It
gives complete data on the route,
soil, c.imais and the like.
Official Opposition
.. He also pointed out that since
the commission began its work
the attitude of Canada has chang
ed from one of indifference or
even hostility to one of keen in
terest. .j
Mr. McDonald belittled the pro
posal known as the “Hesse High
way System” as a “red herring”
to defeat the international high
way. ..„ ..
“Officials have always opposed
the highway for business reasons
and this new plan for a network
in Alaska instead of the interna
tional highway is another red
herring across the path,” he said.
“If we can get the defense of
ficials to see the strategic value
of the road, it will be easy to got
appropriations for the road and
have it a reality in a short time.”
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THE JUSTICE STEPS OUT—Rare evening social en
gagement was this, for Chief Justice Charles Evans Hugh's, and
Mrs. Hughes; occasion was White House receplion for judiciary.
Chief Justice Hughes is 78, was named to supreme court in 1930.
Court Upholds
Espionage Charge
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 —The'
U. S. Supreme Court upheld the
con vie'ion of two men, one a cit
izen of Rus-ia. the other a Rus
sian-born naturalized American,
on charges of violating the feder
al anti-spy legislation by obtain-j
ing information from U. S. Naval
Intelligenc fi'es.
Justice S. F. Reed delivered
the opinion, which applied to
Hafis Salich, former employee of
the Naval Intelligence at San
Pedro, and Mikhail Nicholas Gor
in,a Soviet citizen and employee
of a Los Angeles tourist com
pany. No dissent was announced
Salich is alleged to have sup
pied Gcri-n with data from office
files in 1938 after Gorin had sol
cited information concerning t
“Japanese activity in the United ;
States in the .vent of troube be
tween Japan and Russia.”
Salich is al eged to have receiv j
ed $1,790 for the information fur
nished Gorin.
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Axis Shipping
Is Attacked
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UNDATED, Jan. 18 (/PI — Brit
i'h planes attacked Brest, Cher
bourg. and two airdromes in
No/i-occupied France. The air
m'nistry said that axis shipping
was also bombed and machine
gunned ofT the Dutch coast. Four
ships were hit, one left sinking.
GERMAN PRINCESS TO
FIGHT SPY LABEL
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. —Prin
cess Stephanie Hohenloh3-Wal
denburg, ordered to be out of the
United States is still in Califor
nia and will fight to clear herself
of charges she is a Nazi propag
andist. j
Attorney Joseph Bullock an
nounced his client’s decision, but1
:l dined to reveal where she was
He said however, she was in bed
‘made sink by the false charges
he is a Nazi spy."
The attorney said the Depart -1
mient of Justice knew her where j
abouts and had two physicians 1
examine her, both advising;
against expelling her now.
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'TIJIDPN TED KA' DD CCIHEklT victor in a spirited election that broke even the Third Term precedent, President
I III lx L/ I ClxfVl r l\b JIL/Cm I Roosevelt waved greetings from the White House Nov. 7, along with Mrs. Roosevelt
(left), Vice President-Elect Henry Agard Wallace, Mrs. Wallace. F.D.R. accepted re-election as an endorsement of policies which in
1940 led to: Huge defense program, peacetime draft, trade of 50 over-age U.S. destroyers for British bases, western hemisphere defense
< collaboration with South and Central American republics, “all possible aid to the nations that still resist aggression.’’
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Continued fair tonight ann Tues day with temperatures remaining
close to zero
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp —, 9 Lowest temp — -4 Precipitation _ 0
Totol precip this month 0.07 Total since Jan. 1, 1941, 0.07
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight —._. -4 60 NE 8 Clear
Sam - 2 54 NE 7 Clear
12:30 p m- 5 58 NE 9 Clear
Tomorrow: Sunrise 9:22 a. m. Snnset 3:04 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 40 Lowest temp — 24 Precipitation — 0
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