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EDITORIAL
Alaska And
The War
Among a good many others,
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is
disturbed about the position Al
aska may find itself in if war
comes on the Pacific.
Says the Post-Intelligencer in
a lead editorial:
“There was cries of ‘No’ at the
Seattle Civic Auditorium Friday
night, when a speak r at the
Town Meeting of the Air suggest
ed that the United States had an
interest in the Orient akin to our
interest in South America.
“Let’s see about that.
"We hav,? full responsibility
for the Philippines, at least until
1946.
“We have Alaska. No one sug
gests that we should surrender
that Territory. Little Diomede
Island, Alaska, is only a mile and
one-half from Russian Big Dio
mede. The westerly Aleutians are
only a few hundred miles from
Japanese fortified bases. All Al
aska, unless well protected, is
vulnerable to attack by air or
sea and Japanese economic inter
est in salmon and seals has been
all to plainly evidenced. . . .
“If the Axis powers should be
victorious in Europe we would
deal with Japan on Japan’s terms
or fight—probably on two fronK
“Viewing these facts anyone
who suggests that the United
States has no interest in the out
come of affairs in the Orient con
victs himself of simple folly."
What about a threat to Alaska?
Does such a thing exist or is it,
as our Legislators shout in the
Senate, “just so much hot air.”
The fact that the Unit d States
Army and Navy have seen fit to
embark on the construction of
one hundred million dollars’
worth of defense bases in the
Territory should be evidence that
in the minds of those who should
b st be able to estimate the
threat to this part of the world,
such a threat does exist.
The Diomede situation, to our
way of thinking, has been worn
threadbare The proximity of the
islands is a circumstance of geo
graphy and not of power politics.
There are no Russian bases on
Bi.g Diom.de and no probability
that there ever will b?.
But Alaska is still on the most
direct route from the Orient to
North America. If any potential
foe in Asia harbors thoughts of
attacking America, he would be
foolish not to come by way of the
Alaska stepping stones.
We don’t think this is th: time
or the place for confusion or al
arm. But this is certainly the
'time and place for the people and
their leaders to do some clear
thinking on the possibilities and
probabilities of the situation.
If war comes on the Pacific, A1
aska will c rtainly be affected. If
nothing worse, we will be at the
very least see our shipping dis
rupted as vessels are mustered
for service at the points of dan
ger. We know in a very mild way
from our experience with marine
strike, what a disruption of ship
ping means to Alaska. It makes
life uncomfortable here and, if
protracted, would make life all
but impossible.
The Army thinks Alaska might i
face a war threat. The Navy;
thinks so. It’s time the rest of us 1
began to take a realistic view of j
the situation.
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METAL MINERS
HOURS ARE FIXED
WASHINGTON, April —Wage!
and Hour Administrator Philip
Fleming announced, after a con!
ference wtih metal mine operat-j
ors that he has sustained the re-;
commendation of the workers
committee that working hours1
be all hours spent underground
from portal to portal, effective
May 1,
This construction of hours was
originally set for April 1, but
Fleming said he would postpone
the date until May 1 to give op
erators time to bring their prac
tiers into line with his ruling. i
Lunch periods were held to be
an hour or longer, and were ex
cluded from working hour rul-;
ing.
EAST INDIES ARE
PREPARED FOR DEFENSE
BATAVIA, Java, Netherlands
East Indies, April 2 — Batavia,
always the commercial center of
the Netherlands East Indies, is
now the military headquarters of
the archipelago.
Strong military forces are sta
tioned at Batavia to protect the
numerous islands from military
invaders. The defense forces are
highly mobile organizations that
can quickly move from one part
of the possessions to another.
Dutch officials in the Nether-,
lands East Indies, whose govern-'
ment headquarters, formerly at
The Hague, are now in London,
are keeping sharp eyes on Japan.
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WOMAN IS SENTENCED
TO DEATH
—
SACRAMENTO, Calif. April 2
— The head of the so-called
“Dutch Gang,” Mrs. Juanita Spin
elli, was sentene d to die in the
San Quentin prison gas chamber
June 20 for the murder of Rob
ert Sherrard.
Two other members of the
gang Mike Simeone and Albert
Ives also were sentenced to die.
Sherrard. a youthful fellow gang
ster, was slain to keep him from
squealing, according to trial evi
dence. I
Gov. Culbert L. Olson ordered
Mrs. Spinelli transferred to San
Quentin’s death house as soon as
accomodations for h r can be ar
ranged. He said he had informa
tion of a plot to “spring" the wo
man gang leader from the state
women's prison.
Mrs. Spinelli, a middle-aged
mother, will be the first woman
ever put to death by the state of
California, if the death sent nee
is carried out. i
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GREAT LAKES SHIPS
WILL BE ARMED
WASHINGTON — The United
States and Canada have agreed to
permit construction and unlimit
ed arming of war vessels in the
Great Lakes. The agreement was
announced by the State Depart-;
ment. It was reached in an ex-'
change of notes providing a new j
interpretation of the 124-year-old!
Rush-Bagot agreement which:
had limited armaments to a single |
three-inch gun on Great Lakes!
vessels.
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U. S. MARINES ARE
NOW IN TRINIDAD
PORT All SPAIN, Trinidad,
British officials declar d that a
force of 100 United States Marin
es recently arrived in Trinidad
will be used to guard the Carib
bean bases set up by the United
States in connection with the
trade of American desiroy:rs for
British bases.
(MI, STRUCK: SWISS SORRY
CHIASSO, Swtzerland — Oil
recently discovered in Chiasso at
a drp’h of 1,300 to 1,5 0 feet is
bv no means welcome to all the
Swiss, surrounded by neighbors
ne ding petroleum.
Said the Corrirre del Ticino:
“Freedom is a rare and valuable
enough raw material for a little
people such as we to defend.”
WRITER IS HELD FOR
ENTERING U. S. ILLEGALLY
NEW YORK — The Depart
ment of Justice said that Julius
Herman Krebs who wrote the
best seller “Out of the Night” un
der the name of Jan Valtin, has
'been arrested b re and is facing
deportation proceedings.
Krebs was arrested by immig
ration officers and was held on
Ellis Island until released when
he furnished bond for $5,000.
Immigration authorities said
there was an und rstanding that
he return to F.llis Island at a lat
er date for a hearing. Krebs is
accused of entering the U. S. il
legally.
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be had at the Nome NuggPt office
CAROL IS TO LIVE IN CHILE
LISBON — The Chilean Lega
‘ ion officials announce that form
r King Carol of Rumania and
is i nr anion, Magda Lupescu,
n.-w Portugal, will soon sail
to t.i'-e ■ n res id'-nee in Chile.
.T se Ario, Chilean Minister to
V .'1 •-!. announces his govern
-v ' is giv n permission to the
p ir t< < ntcr and reside in Chile.
ORDER ISSUED FOR
TROOP TRANSFERS
SAN FRANCISCO — Sixteen
hundred soldiers of the 13th In
fantry will leave the San Fran
cisco Presidio for Fort Lewis,
Washington.
The remainder of the 13th In
fantry will leave for Fort Lewis
the following we k.
Meanwhile, 5,000 soldiers will
be transferred shortly from Fort
Ord, Calif., to various other mil
itary posts. Ths entire Third
Army Division will engage in ex
tensive military maneuvers in
the Pacific Northwest this spring
and summer.
SUGAR TREES?
BERGEN, Norway — Norway’s
trees may prove the life-saver
which will give the country the
sugar of which it is deprived,
now that the country is practical
ly cut off from foreign imports.
Dr. S. Samuelson, director of the
research Institute of the Nor-1
.vegian Paper Industry, believes
'hat in due time Norwegian for-1
e'-ts can yield 600,000 tons of su
gar annually from wood pulp.
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U. S. GETS NEW FLEET OF SHIPS
The United States Navy has acquired 51 new warships ranging
from motor launches to battleships, constructed during the last 3
years by William H. Tompkins, 17, of Hollywood. The vessels, the
largejst 18'i inches long, were shown to Rear Admiral Charles
Blakely, commandant of the 11 naval district, who was so impressed
by their fidelity to detail that he arranged to borrow them for dis
play at ithe naval training station at San Diego.
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