Current Comments
From Washington
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Regarding the strike situation,
the confereno-i between Mr. Mur
ray of th° CTO °od the P"e i d r»r t.
was held as schedul d. bn* wi
ther had s"vthing to sav at ks
conclusion. n°snite rvooulRr irri
tation, thme are many villirn to
testify a* CorH?rQscjpnal inv-estiga
t-ions that anti -‘-ike lego 1'tioo
is not neod^d at present, a vi*>w
^ •whHi has Whit' H">ii*s s,,nr> r*.
Secretarv Perkins would have
the gnvp**nru°nt take ov®* =triko
lock'd plants only as a last re
sort a id at 'he last moment. Dir
. gctor Knud sen, although intro due
„..ing some of the last moment
qualifications. may b: set down
as favorably inclined toward legis
lotion of a curVni* nature, where
as Snrrp-v Perkins is marked
ly on the other side of the fence.
^ The Ford deadlock snop'--- t**
have b m hrn'-^n. a~d 21 a.POO
workmen =o'1r’ will ake u” th°’’r
tools •vain. The trouble in the
soft f'oal m.-'n-’s h-ougbt the num
her of id'" men un to more t'-mr
lhalf a million \vh:l? 'he F
str'ke vas on. Anproximatelv
seven*y-fiv porce't of f,'ri soft
cml opera-nrs =1 "d’vvill:*'* to
accede to the dir-aad: of th°
United Mir--- Work -s. but ac
cord is being retarded bv pro
ducers in the southern fields.
In sp,;te of a furi'-'"5 hotr’
of th- Mid’ands norMnn cf Brk
a n, and 'he none too eocnurag ng
reports that fba; across Ue;t rr
Europe from the Bs'k'ans, th
English population remains c ,n
fidant and belligerent. Mr
■Churchill seems quite as de'er-,
mined, but in nowise inclined to
(minimize the gravity of the ca-o.
He casts an anxious glance sea
ward.
According to news by way of
Japan, 'he invasion of England
will be in progress before these
words can be set in type. Russia
is omfrcl ps believing that the
sea’ of war has been shifted to the
Fas*, and that the British Isles
a“p n no immediate danger. Be
that as it may, Mr. Churchill i
/"ir.-'Ticrt about th Battle of
. yirHis clearly evident
a ‘ode is thg*- although the Unit
. i s’"*.?• -s has d-ne much, she
s^cjld -of hesi'tate to 'o more,
r- lecially in the way of convoy
ing.
Closely coup1 d in poi-t of
• mr wi'h the Mexican absorption
of a dozen Italian and German
vess-'-’s. was President Roose
velt’s request that Congress au
thor'zo the purchase of t’nre tim
es that many Danish ships, to
give added force to the Lend
Lease law. Upon the theory that
bomb- "re as bad now for Brit
ain as beer used to b^ for this
country, t n coast guard cutters,
fnr-'rrly engaged ia end'rcing
TTohibi''ion. will go abroad. The
del very of ten small craft will
not suppress the submarine nui
bu‘ the eff' ct o- the mor
ale of harassed Eurrpe will b:
■good.
I* must t|ke a mind of huge
capaci'y. • rranv minds of that
s-rt, to think un and work out all
the schemes that endanger the
welfare of the other f How in
• • • e of conflict. The paper v -
■ v that German firms in the
Un;-e;i S ■ os -re making ever
r: sing shipments of drugs
1 -h- 'deals to South America
Tiie alleged purpose is to leav
the United States short of Ger
r lied products tha'
• " id be useful in connect io
ith war, and at the same time
u ‘d uo a money reserv her
which, if n t discovered speedily
■V Federal authorities and treat
d ao rdingly, would afford ;
"'.i bankroll capable of being
. ioyed for evil puip se.
Vice Pr sident Wallace's New
TCKFS FAVORS MORE
MIN' RAI. SURVFY WORK
An increase in the appropria
‘: . i for Geological Survey work
’n Ala-V? is favored by the De
partment. of the Interior and has
b^-'n mrr' d'd r-oeatedly
hv S r r t lry Ick -, Alaska was
infer" ' ! a n le'ter fr m A"t»r>'
c; r... .. \ y V? ■ .7 i . -only
to 3 >1 ->? ‘'-o 15 h L"S!s
1 *'ir "" •' -it th anprot r'.a
tie - b H - bled.
Ii‘ter to Secretary of
Alaska F. L. (Bob) Barthtt,
Wiriz said:
“Th pr m-e* - th? full
endorsement of this D( partment.
In f rt.f r many years the See*
rotrrv has repeatedly recommend
■ d m incr nse for this import
ant work, a-d for the pas* thr: ?
years h" has roe mmended even
larger amounts than those sug
-;p?t< d in the nv mortal, though,
for financial and other reasons,
such i-er ases have not been
granted.”
York spe ch can be set down as a
part of war propaganda in high
places, ( >■ a= a sound and pat
riotic utt ranee, (psp-ndin* u m
the cos: of mind of the hearer.
FT" is cr’ d as saying Am
erioa-n aid must be of such na
ture that n ithor a mad man nor
a mad nation will ever -gain
h ” F'p ooportunity t: kill mil
lions of n.en and destroy billions
of dollars in property. It is to
be f ard that Mr. Walla? • h :pes
for too much in that respect. He
intimates that isolation on the
part of the Unit d Slates, follow
ing the first World War, is to
blame fur existing conditions
) ’: will *h may or may not b
rrec . The :.ddr -s included a
da! - nu-n.t that th • American peo
ple are ready to g to war if
their rights are trans.gr ssed at
any vilal point, ar.d .1 the Nazi
philosophy is bused o y violence
and deceit. That is what every
body thinks. Even a Vice Presi
dent has the right to say as much.
c 1 h >v^r ifj yp^q
Tivrrs v\Ycn*rK
C.V'V fprrrS'7'. Term. Aoril
*• *n( tS the
!n avvweight fighters to fall be
f- hr blows of J I. j:>, is
in the Army ho-oital h r- with
a 'ey toriaus ailment t: ‘ has
can - .1 him to In- approximately 1
25 ■ Hinds in the last two works.
"I'll be fighting here in camp
1 n as the doctors find out
what’s wrong with me," said the
Chicago boxer who is a member
1 ilst Field Artillery from
C i * go.
Old Papers l-dr Sale
Li j. :hen d> .... oundle. Use
. toi -nriar fires For Paie
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PARACHUTE TROOPS “HITTING THE SILK ENMASSE
Soldiers of the 50M para chute battalian “hit the silk” erimasse from th/ee army transport planes which carried them over their “ob
jective” near Foot Benning, Ga. Parachutes of soldiers at left are » nly beginning to open. Auxiliary chutes are carved for emergency
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GERMAN GUN ON GUARD IN YUGOSLAVIA AREA
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' ( nr<"an anti-aiTraft g-n and crew guard over a German army motor route somewhere in Yugo
' 3'■ ia. This picture radioed from Berlin 4e '>w York.
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INTERNED NAZIS IN U . S .-Business is brNk in the
social hall at Fort Stanton, New Mexico, when officers and crew
• members of the scuttled Nazi liner Columbus have their drinks
and conversation. Camp was formerly used by CCC. The U.S.
must give the men a haven since thev were nicked up in U S.
waters: because of U.S. neutrality, they're not war prisoners.'’ *
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Above map shows the Greek war arena at the time the Briti.h
struck at the Germans coming through Bitelj Pass. Inverted “V"
was the British-Greek defense line. Black arrows represent the
German thrusts.
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Thursday with little change in temperature.
Cloudy Thursday night. Winds will remain light northeast.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 48 Lowest temp — 34 Precipitation — 0
Total precip this month — 0.30 z Total since Jan. 1, 1941, 1.57
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight-- --- 35 67 NNE 8 Char
8 a m ---_ - 39 60 N E 16 Cloudy
12:30 p m.__.. 47 45 NNE 12 Clear
Tomorrow: Sunrise 3:32 a. m. Sunset 8:27 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 34 Lowest temp — 29 Precipitation — 0.15