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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

AiS.
After that she
should scrap her
age - instead of
pushing it under
an e m p 10y e RS
nos Sc, as do so
many women OF
40.
he quickest
W ay to S cra p
age Is to avoid
frankly middle
aged" clothes to
walk "y o u n g.
and to be en-
thusiastic about
the job.
That is the ad-
vice of CLARA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09
we. THE WOMEN
JOb-Hunting
NOTirne TOBe
Frankly 40"
WE. THE WOMEN
BY RUTH MILLETT

-,he only time that a job-hunting,
middle-aged woman should admit
that she is middle-aged is when
she is making list of the jobs
she thinks she is capable of hold
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09
Latest Styles

b DR.. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

heni.h ""o eyss:s s
emvelape encinsed letter. .onId pc
be made
nrcnK Of NNnfc rhmHSn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09
ALIBI HOLDS GERMS
OF ANTI-SOCIAL ATTITUDE

inanimate chair
scod the Here again not to matter too much
gradually child
wluness not the OF his hurts He gets into the habit
himself
really think the world all his
comforts
Do not he awkward trial That creates
him
accidents happen they WILL good judgment first aid and when
necessary, without O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09
Of Interest To Women

Hive you a household problem
tO sOlves Write your question
clearly. sign your name and i'd
dress. enclose n three-cent postage
stamp and mnil to The WOmnn's
Editor. Washington Service Bureau
of The Waterbury DEMOCRAT. 1913
18th street. Washington, ID. c., for
"a personal reply. Don't telephones
write as directed,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

husband well trained in the first twelve
thing of beauty He
to common poeness fancy courtesy generosity consideration
nracn and devotion For which he happier
his unfettered he quickly
club instead of velvet
to live with CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

middle-aged women standing to hear
them when they talked in one of
new York's department stores re-
Gently. And they now have a week.
ly Success Session" on nation
yr,irJo 70 Jio Iooty ,,,o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

It's begin your family friends
increasing dosage
will choke and and inconvenience you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

Initiate him the society
labor the Misrepresentation
creased wheels Let him understand consider
side important his job outside that requires
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

will
ered
M held in confidence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

@. My husband has a most I'M
reasonable fear of being locked in
and refuses to permit the doors of
our home to be locked during the
night. This fear seems to be in
creasing, and we would like to know
what to do. ~
A. He should try to recall the
first time he was ever afraid of
being locked in, and the times that
he was locked in when he was
child. 1t is possible that the fear
began when he was very small
boy. He may have been locked in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09
.UEAUGx =
Clarifying
Yourself
BY Alicia Hart
lNEA service STAR writerl

inca SERVICE Sb1n WrNtetI
Every plump teen age girl who is
beginning to be clothes, boy and
figure conscious, wishes she were
slim. And such remarks as, Don't
worry, you're nice size," or you
ought to be glad to be so healthy"
or you'll slim down in a couple of
years, just as ! did," really aren't SO
much help. But perhaps the story Of
Jane Withers will be.
A year ago last summer the young
actress reached the wish-I-were-slim
stage one day when her gang came
over for a swim. Il look like COW
in a bathing suit" she told her
mother.
Jane was IL then, but she wore
size IA dresses high-waisted ones,
so her rotund little stomach wouldn't
show. She weighed Ill pounds-too
much for her 5 feet of height. Her
hips were "a inches, and her wasit-
line scandalous 81 2. More hui
initiating, her best friend, blond June
Carlson, of the Jones Family series,
had 24-inch waist. Then and there
Jane bet June that by the summer
of 1889, her waistline. too, would be
small.
Jane won the bet. Now she weighs
exactly 100 pounds. Her hips are
80, and her waistline %. She can
wear a size IL dress-without alter
ationS.
GETS ORDERS:
SMALLER PORTIONS"
First, Jane and her mother settled
the health question. The twice-a-
year examinations that movie chill
dren get showed that Jane would
not need any special diet or super
intended exercises.
Then changes in menus were made
at home and changes in food be
tween meals. Fewer rich deserts and
bigger salads became the order OF
the dinner in the Withers home.
Jane didn't cut out entirely any OF
her favorite foods. She simply ate
smaller portions of everything. Be-
tween meals, she ate oranges and
drank other fruit juices instead OF
sweets.
1--WE got James teacher at the stu
dio to help" Mrs. Withers went on
Doing exercise by yourself in the
morning isn't much fun. Anyway
Jane didn't have time for them when
she had an early makeup call. So
I took an exercise mat. to the studio
and, instead of recess, Jane had Is
minutes of exercise day.
1.-THE exercises were especially de-
signed for waistline and hips"
She used to lie on her back and
touch the floor behind her head with
her feet. Now she can touch it with
her knees. The diagonal-floor- touch
helped, too-reaching the right hand
over to the left foot while keeping
knees straight then reversing, touch
ing right foot with left hand. There
were stretching routines, too.
II think we started at the right
time-just as Jane started to grow,
Mrs. Withers concluded. Nov she's
not only slim, with nice waistline
but her carriage Us excellent"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

him a
choice whether hunting dancing
gardening When entered Fundamentally his scheme
of pleasures he won't be dependent nights with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09
RAISING A FAMILY ----
It's Natural To Baby
A Hurt Childbirth Don't
"ou1z FOR PARENTS" n: THIRD OF SIX ARTICLES
THIRD OF SIX ARTICLES
QUIZ FOR PARENTS"
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
BY OLIVE hObENI0 L
If child gets hurt, should we:
A. Cry over him and say it is awful?
r RIame the object that trims him?

ID" is the answer make about acct
better nervousness contagious and
evenly we take
better he will stand his bumps.
80 is and kiss the little hand
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

they couldn't stand big hurt big troubles
children because nobody continued feel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09
Caroline
Chatfield
Says Today
/ Joy Forever.

Husband Well Trained in House of Matrimony Il
a Joy Forever.
Open that KITTENS pets OF
they
will embarra long you keep them So
the day return from the
the matri
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

BY all him talk with spit it right
his mind.
uncrica approving curiosity
being dry a drought.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-09

You should transgres the code OF ordinary poll
before breakfast Speak husband though he
bark back you he's been discoureous in private
matter until the habit is formed and then he'll
to tears by being discourteous to you in public.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
SpOrtOvnf Hl1dka
KRfzKOVE ZAPASY
v PARK.

Prfsti 1tery, dine %. kvetna
v krfzkovych zapasech pora-
danych v Carlins Park v hlav-
nj zapase ktery urcen jest ma
dobu jedne porazku George
Pencheff,2 18 Id. utka sc s Col
den Terror, 28O Id.
Manic Singh, 217 ID. VS.. Sam
my Stein, 226 Id. Zapas tento
urcen ma dobu jedne porazky.
Ma programu jest zvlastni
cfslo ma kteremz 1cinkovati
budou dive zeny: Clara Nor.
tenson, championka v tonic O.
boru z Glendale, Kalif. zapasi-
tt Dude Mabel Clark z Little
Rock, Ark. Zapas tento urcen
ma odbu jedne porazky.
V nasleduj1c1ch trech zapa-
sech ktere .urceny ma dobu SO
minut aneb 1 porazku ucinkuji
Jim Clinstock, 235 Id. VS..
king Kong" Kacirmich Sym
kowski, $50 ID.
Hank Matheny, 223 lb, VS..
Maurice LaChappelle, 1877 Id
Pete Managoff, 235 Id. VS..
Jules Strongbow, 225 Id.
Vstupne: Ringside $1.2O
Incl. Tax. Stadium 44c, Incl
Tax.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19

V Amsterodamu sc rozSfrila
zprava o tajemnem Holanda-
now, ktery autem pTevezl po-
klad z Czech. Jeho auto s ma
kladem velkeho mnozstvi ban
kovek, zlata a klenot1 dostalo
Sc v bezpecf do Holandska,
kdyz bylo projelo nemeckou
celn1 a pasovou pohranicn1
kontrolou bez jakychkoli po-
TIL.
R1dic auta, p1vdoem Holan-
dan, ma dotaz holandskych L.
rad1, jak mohl tax lehce S ia
kovym vzacnym nakladem pro
jeti nemeckou r1s1, odpovedel
S 1smevem, re celn1ci mu ocho-
the otevfeli hranicnf sranky,
kdyz ma ne vykTikl: "Pficha-
zlm primo Cd Goeringa!"
Rdic predlozil pax RUNE do
kumenty, jez snad potvrzova-
ly jeho prohlasenf v1ci nemec-
kym celn1kGm. Holandskym
1Taddm Sc primal, re ony do
kumenty byly padelany. Jest
opravnena domnenka, re tento
naklad zlata, pence a
klenotG pochazf 2 Czech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Student Sc primal k vrazds.

We Phoenix, Arizona, Ro-
bert M. Burgunder, % leta sta
ry, syn byvaleho navladniho
"a Seattle, Wash, primal Sc V
podepsanem priznanf, re "a
strelil diva prodavace aut dine
80. dubna, kdyz lezeli malice
nohy svazany v Arizonske
pousti.
Student byl tam dopraven z
johnson City, Tenn, kde byl
chycen.
Richard Hairless, okresnl ma
vladni a serif Lon Jordan, KITE
Fl jej privezli, pravf, re Jim
vypravel celou historic sveho
zlocinc pc veceTi vecer v Globe
Arizona. Pozdeji tour histor-
ku vypravel zpravodaji tisku a
podepsal priznan1 Sc slovy:
"Jsem rad, re je to skonceno."
Burgunder, byvaly student
ucitelske koleje, je obzalovan,
re zavrazdil Jacka Petersona,
35 let stareho a ELISE Koury-
no, 27 let stareho, jejichz mr.
tvoly byly nalezeny ma pousti.
Provazeli mladeho muze, KITE
ry die fotografie byl pozdeji
zjisten jake Burgunder, ably
demonstrovali mu automobil,
ktery, jak pravil, hodlal kou-
pitt.
Burgunder pravil, re napred
naridil Kourymu, ably svazal
Petersona ma rukou a nohou a
pax no prinutil, ably 81 svazal
nohy. Pc tie strelil Kouryho
dvakrate a Petersona trikrate.
Pravil, re motivem k tomu CT
nu bylo, ably zmocnil Sc auto
mobilu a mohl ujeti z mesta,
kde byl Zadluzen nasledkem
gamblovani.
Kdyz matka a otec pTisli do
vezen1, polibil matku a otci
nepodal ami ruku. Jeho otec
odeprel odpovedeti reporte-
rum ma otazky.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
DR.. Hrdlicka " Europe
OnernOcnel

Brnenske "Lidove noviny"
p1sf: DR.. Ales Hrdlicka prijel
pred nedavnem do Evropy ma
vedeckou cestu a mel predna-
Set nejprve ma University Col
lege v Londyne O novych nazo-
rech ma vyvoj cloveka a O ra-
sovych klamech a skutecnos-
tech evropskych narodd.
ODE pfednasky byly odloze-
ny ma neurcito, ponevadz DIR.
Hrdlicka necekane onemocnel
srdecni chorobou velmi vazne-
no razu a musil Sc uchylit do O.
setfen1 v University College
Hospital. Pom. red: DIR.
Hrdlicka je kustodem Smithso-
MAN Institution We Washingto-
nu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Mladez.

V Chicago kdyz nejaky Sc
ladon ukradne automobil, ably
mohl provezti svoji dulcienu,
tax v tom nen1 mic zvlastn1ho,
ale kdyz holky ucinl to same,
ably molly dat "boy friends
p%roj1zdku, to uz stoj1 "a zm1n-
ku.
Lorraine O'Shaughnessy, 20
leta a jejf kamaradka Helena
Connorova vypravely policii,
ktera je zatkla, re sly V nedeli
do White Sox parku a koupily
81 pGl galonu piva, ably mely
leps1 naladu. Kdyz spatrily
parkovane auto Archie Brann-
ingana a widely otevrena dvir-
ka kary a kl1cky ma zapalova-
ci, vsedly, slaply ma gas a jelly
do taverny, kde nasty znam6
kamarady Jim Caseye a Ray
Smitha a nab1dly Sc, re je pro-
vezou. Nejdr1v 81 koupily je-
Ste pul galonu piva a kdyz Sc
napili, pustili Sc ma Outer drive
ely tax, re parkovni policie Sc.
znala, re neco nen1 V poTadku
a je zatkla.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Konsul pracovnikem v csl.
odboii.

Do New Yorku pfibyl inze-
nyr Josef Vladimir Polodna,
byvaly 1raduj1cf konsul Csl.
republiky v Singapore. Obtain
tud byl povolan "a tajemn1ka
csl. ~vyslanectv1 We Washing
ton, D. c., ale mezitim doslo
nemeckemu Zaboru ceskych
zemi a rozbitf CSR. Washing
tonsky vyslanec Hurban postal
no tedy do New Yorku, kde je
nynf zamestnan ma csl. general
MIN konsulate.
Do Ameriky jel pres Pariz,
kde sc setkal S vedoucfmi ia
mejsf csl. kolonie. Parizsti
krajane, POOLE jeho SLOW, jsou
sjednoceni v praci "a move
vzkr1seni csl. samostatnosti.
Inz. Polodna zamysll v nej-
blizsf dobe podniknouti pred.
naSkovou cestu pc Americe.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
PRIMAL Sc k loupezi.

Ted Laure a Christ Herdibu,
uprchll trestanci z trestnice
statu Missouri polapeni palicii
v St. Louis, PRIMAL Sc, re O.
kradli Gilberta R. Palena, asis-
tenta direktora Obchodni ko-
mory o $40 v noci sveho 1teku.
Wall mu automobil, ably jej
pouzili pTi 1teku, ale pozdeji
jej zanechali ma ulici, kdyz sc
rozhodli, re chit sedan. Pale
nGv AUTOMOBILE byl coupe. TIE
tt uprchly t~restanec Lewis je
dosud ma svObode.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Manuel, manzelka, detektiv.

Mattel taverny v Chicago,
52lety Edward Dunant, dostal
Sc V sobotu vecer do hadky sc
svoji 36letou zenou Klarou.
Kdyz wal revolver, v nastale
tahanici byl dvakrat stTelen do
ramona a jater. Byl dopraven
do okresnf neeocnice, kde le-
kari prohlasili jeho stav "a kri-
ticky. zena prav1, re muz Sc
strelil sam a byl opily a hrozil
il zabit1m.
Detektiv Rack zatkl zenu.
Kdyz il vedl pc schodech do
III, do nej kopla az spadl Sc
schodG a utrpel poraneni ma
zebrech a ma zlomenou ruku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Lindbergh o nemecke
vzduchoplavbe.

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
jenz nedavno Sc vratil z cesty
pc Europe, udal We stredu v
kongresnlm zasedanf, re Ne
mecko predict Spojene Staty We
vojenske vzduchoplavbe. Pr
udan1 SVEN vsak ujistoval Gle
ny kongresu, re nen1 nebezpe-
c1 re vzduchoplaveckeho pre-
padu Spojenych Statd Nemec-
KEN, ponevac by tento prak-
tickym nebyl treba re nejaky
cizinecky bombovaci aeroplan
pfiletel by z Evropy do New
Yorku a odtud vratil by Sc
zpet.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
MaIy ~OZnalnOvatel.
HELP WANTED-FOR SALE-ETC


krasny majetek pozGstavaj1cf
re dvou domG, dvorany (Hall)
mnozstv1 ovocnych a stinnych
stromu. Mfsto i budovy jsou
dosti velik6, hod1ci Sc ma vyle-
ty a rozlicn6 jin6 zabavy. Pod
nikavy clovek 81 zde niue "a
bezpeciti dobrou budoucnost.
Adresa = 418 ORIOLE AVE,
BACK RIVER, blizko Eastern
Avenue.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Manzele odsouzeni die Man
nova zakona.

V Danville, ILL.,, soudce Cd
soudil H. L. Price z Terre Hau-
tie, Ind, ma tfi leta do zalare
ma jeho pfiznanf sc k vine z pc
ruSen1 Mannova zakona. Jeho
zena Irena byla odsouzena ma
rok a den. Zaloba prot MIN
znela, re Price privezl svou ze-
nu do Danville z Terre Haute
a pax primel il, ably vlakala
jisteho cestuj1c1ho prodavace
do pokoje, v nemz jej chtel o.
krasti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
SIepice uhorely.

Sedesat beden vajec a $50
slepic shorelo v ohni, ktery
vznikl v drevene stavbe v East
ST. Louis. Hasici pravf, re O.
hen byl zavinen pretopenym
furnacem. Celkova ztrata Cd
haduje sc ma $1,000.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Vrazda ma post. trade.

V Corpus Christi, Texas, in
spektofi vysetrujf zahadny zlo
Gin, jehoz obetf stall Sc Gilbert
McGloin, SO let starry a jeho
a%sistent A. E. Ditmer, 81 leta
starry. Oba byli nalezeni "a
stTeleni v 1radovne postmistra
We federaln1 budove neznamy-
p~achateli.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19

Farmar Vernon Collins z O.
koli North Loup byl zabit pTi
rozhazovan1 hnoje ma poll.
Rozhazoval jej strojem, jez Sc
pTevrhl a sjel Sc strane, pri
cemz byl Collinsovi zlomen
vaz. Zanechava manzelku a
iedno dltko.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
HLEDAJf E

Sklafstf delnfci novinek majici
zkusenost v praci ma krizovem
ohni a Bunsen Burners. Udej-
tie vase start a mnoho-li letou
zkusenost mate v tonic oboru.
NaSi zamestnanci byli zprave-
nj o teto ohlasce. Piste do "Te-
legrafu" pod c1slem 1901.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19

PRODA Sc velky obchod s
cerpac1 gasol1novou stanic1, s
hospodaTstv1m a pozemkem
3712 akrG = vyhodne! Dobra
pTilezitost pro mlade a pTicin-
live manzele. K doptan1 V re-
dakci nebo u p1. B. Dietz,
Waldorf, Md.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Sebevrazda skokem do iezera,

Muzstvo pTistavni straze v
Clevelandu vytahlo z jezera
mrtvolu 46lete Berry Karlove,
zeny mestskeho policisty, KITE
ra plovala We vode We vzdale-
nosti ash 200 stop ma vychod
Cd pf1staviste parnfkn.
Zesnula velice trpela silnou
nervosou. Skocila do jezera,
kdyz ma hrazi odlozila plast a
klobouk.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
" kocabce pres ocean.

Guy Clifford Avery z Ha-
milton, Bermuda, je dnes ma
druhe etape sve plavby pres
Atlantik do Italie v bezmoto-
rove kocabce zdeli Is stop,
ktera nese jmeno miss Tam
pa"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-05-19
Veteran skosen mrtvici.

Mike Saliba, jeden z pozG-
stalych "Ztraceneho batalio-
nu We svetove valce, byl sko-
sen ochrnutfm srdce v Herrin,
Ill. DOLL Sc AT rokn.
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-12
FIGHT WITHOUT END

Science has made marvellous strides during the last few years, longer steps forward than were recorded in all the previous his tory of the world Many afflic- tions of mankind, which hither- to have taken their toll at will, have been stripped of mystery and arrested in their devastat- ing march, with resultant inn provement of the mortality tab les.
 But after 1000 years of in tensive study in the field of med icine, many diseases remain un- solved. After 1000 years the sen sation of pain is still a puzzle. This is the statement of Dr. Karl M. Dallenbach of Cornell University to the Eastern Psy- chology Association, meeting in Philadelphia.
 Certain shortcuts, which serve to still pain temporarily, have been devised, but the way in which nerves feel pain as dis tnguished from other sensations remains a puzzle, says Dr. Dal- lenbach. But he does not end there. His report to his colleagues tells of the sustained effort of medical science to pierce the veil which hides the secret. Some day, the scientists hope, the mys tery will be solved. That will be a great day for all mankind.
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-12
SiameSe Twins A La Pine Tree

SAN FRANCISCO - Siam ese twins" over 150 years old are among subjects of current re search in Yosemite National Park, the National Park Service regional office reported today.
 Yosemite Nature Notes, a park publication, tells of the union of two yellow pine trees in a com mon top, believed to be a phen- omenom never before recorded in coniferous trees. Similar condi tions are common in deciduous species which shed their leaves annually.
 Emil Ernst, park forester, ex- plains the two trees had lean ed toward each other and that as they grew, the tops touched. Friction, resulting from wind, killed one top. Later the injured cambiums fused together. Now the surviving top serves two trunks both of which are two feet in diameter at the base.
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-12
House Would Provide Funds for International Highway Comm.

For miscellaneous expenses that must be met by the Alaskan International Highway Commits sion, the House on June 23 pass ed a deficiency bill providing $6,200 for the Commission. The Commission was appointed by the President at the request of Congress last year to study spec ications, estimates, and plans for the financing of construction of the proposed highway to connect Alaska with the United States, and to cooperate with a similar agency representing the Domin- ion of Canada in its activities in this connection. Donald Mac Donald of Fairbanks, popularly known as the father of the All aska International Highway" was appointed as the Alaska member of the fVe-man commis sion and is actively representing the Territory in advancing the plan.
 The bill also contained an item continuing the incorporating bal ance of about $40,O0O that re- mained from funds set up for construction and equipment of hospitals and quarters in Alaska" under the Office of Indian Affairs It is expected that the amount will be used in construction of the hospital at Kanakanak.
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-12

prevent; and once in, that hostile power would have perfect line of support from the Asian Con- tinent through the Aleutians and by placing submarines in the principal inlets and bays on the Alaskan coast, and by stationing a defensive air force nl Alaska, the task of recaptur.ng the Ter ritory would be tremendous, in volving billions of dollars and probably the loss of thousands of lives. That the need was well established is evidenced by the fact that no question was raised in the House to set back estab- lishment of the Alaska base when the appropriation bill was under consideration.
 When testifying before the same committee, Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold, Chief of Air Corps, said that the Army pilots must be trained in flying and navigating in the Territory, that they must learn the kind of clothing to wear, the kind of equipment to use, how to start an engine when it is 40 degrees below zero, how to keep oil from congealing be- fore you get it into the engine. He continued, All those things we have to go through, and there is going to be an awful lot to learn"
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-12
The Washington Newsletter OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
 Delegate from Alaska
House Approves Funds for Alaska Army Air Corps Station

The supplemental military ap- propriation bill, to provide funds for several War Department act ivities not included in the recent ly enacted Army supply bill, passed the House on June g. Among other items in the mea- sure are those to finance the de- velopment of the Presidents air defense expansion pro gram which called for a strengthening of "air defenses of the contin- ental United States, Alaska, Ha- waii, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone"
 In reporting the bill out, the House Committee on Appropria tions submitted a statement out lining the purposes of the Air Corps section of the appropria- ton as For housing and Air Corps technical construction at new bases and depots," which in cudeS Alaska in the amount of 4 million dollars. The bill also con tains a provision that $27,000 of the amount appropriated' shall be available exclusively for pre- pairing comprehensive digest of the data which has been col lected upon geographic, meteor ologic and weather conditions in northern attitudes" indicating that the Army Air Corps will waste no time in preparing tech nical background for its flying operations in the Territory.
 Supporting the War Depart ment's request for money to es- tab.ish the air base, General Ma lin Craig, Chief of Staff of the Army, told the Appropriations Committee that Hostile forces holding Alaska would be in a position to conduct air operations against vital areas in the con- tinental United States and be- cause of its vast areas and the lack of adequate communications the proper defense of the terri tory by ground forces presents a most difficult problem but one to which the characteristics of aviator appear to be readily ad- aptable For the defense of AL aska and as a necessary eXten- sion of the defenses of contin- ental United States, we propose to establish a base there" This is in entire agreement with that part of Delegate Dimond's argu- ment before the House some time ago when he said, Alaska today is without any form of defense. Fewer than 300 soldiers and no other armed military or nava forces of any kind are stationed in the Territory. Alaska could be taken almost overnight by a hos tile force, for there is nothing to
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-12
MATANUSKA ESKIMOS
(Juneau Empire)


 An example of ignorance of Alaska and things Alaskan, as reported in the Congressional Record:
 Rep. Dewey Short of Missouri. during debate in the House-"I want to ask about the farm fam flies who were transported from Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime sota to far-off Alaska, to the Mat ansuka Colony, where the chief products are reindeer, Eskimos, icebergs and polar bears Did Harry Hopkins give any one of those farmers a mule in foal? In Missouri I know my mules, but I never heard of that strange ani- nnal."
 This from one of the men who make our laws.