The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-19
JUNEAU AREA MAY BE PART
 J. s. SYSTEM
Construction of Air Base at Fairb an ks Means
 Facilities Here
ASST. SECRETARY OF
 WAR GIVES OPINION
Inspection arty, Aboard Plane, to Fly to Inter-
 for, Then Return

BULLETIN-At 3 o'clock this afternoon, the Johnson party gave in to the attractions of Ju- neau's salmon fishing and the unfavorable flying weather be-
 tween here and Fairbanks and decided to postpone the Fair banks flight until early tOmOr- row morning.
 Tired of waiting for a break in the nearly GO weather, both
 Colonel Johnsons are going fishing for salmon again.
 If the proposed Army air base is built at Fairbanks, the Men denhall Flats at Juneau may be- come an integral part of an auxiliary air base system.
 This belief arises out of a
 statement made in Juneau this
 morning by Assistant Secretary of War Col. Louis Johnson, when asked if landing field ac- commodations would be made at Juneau for Army planes should the Fairbanks base be con- structed.
 If the Fairbanks base Is put in, I believe there would be cer- tain improvements to landing
 field facilities in Juneau. A
 flight from Fairbanks all the
 way to Seattle is too far with
 out an intermediate stop"
 Yesterday, the Assistant Secretar, 1f War arrived in Juneau in al 543 amphibian plane with Col. J Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secre' ,ary of Commerce, on an aerial in ;pection tour of possible Army al oase sites and the Internationa 
 Col. Louis Johnson said on his ar .ival here that if the Fairbanks bas, s put in it will be "a big base ant ! first class base"
 Building Large Planes
 Those Martin bombers that wer' n Alaska recently, had wingspread! )f 95 feet, I think Col. Louis John. son said. Now they've built bigger planes and still bigger planes witt wingspread well over one hundred feet-and the end is not in sigh yet"
 In connection with building O. first class air base facilities" to ac. "any plane" at Fair. it is generally conceded that similar first class facilities would be put in at Juneau.
 Expecting to fly to Fairbanks thl afternoon, after an early morning .akeoff was forestalled by bad wea. ther, the Johnson party will fly straight through to Fairbanks.
 Last night with plans to leave carly this morning, the party wal planning to spend but two and { half hours in Fairbanks, then go te Anchorage to spend the night be. fore returning to Juneau. either vis or via the coast of thu Gulf of Alaska, probably getting nto Juneau again on Monday.
 At Chilkoot Barracks
 After visiting Chilkoot Barracks the party will then go to White. horse, or in the vicinity, and pics ID the trail of the Internationa for the southward fligh where they begin the northwars light over the route to Fairbanks
 Strip Fishing
 Last night both Colonels and thei party went strip fishing for salmon off Shelter Island as guests o Simpson MacKinnon, Aide to Gov John w. Troy.
 With MacKinnon and Secretar, to the Governor. Harry L. Watson showing the Army party the intri cacies of fishing for salmon witt light tackle, all members of tn party caught fish.
 The Assistant Secretary of Wal Col. Louis Johnson. the Assistan Secretary of Commerce, Col. J. Mon roe Johnson, both tied into battlin young king salmon at the sam