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into the cause of peace In spite
~ spreading wars I think that we
have every right and every reason
to maintain as a national policy the
fundamental mortalities the teach
ings of religion and the continual
tiQn of efforts to restore peace
for some day. though the time may
be distant, We can be of even great
Or help to a crippled humanity.
1t is right. too, to point out that
the unfortunate events of these re-
cent years have been based on the
use of force or the threat of force.
And it seems to me clear even at
the outbreak of this great war, that
the influence of America should be
consistent in seeking for humanity
final peace which will eliminate,
as far as it Is possible to do so, the
continued use of force between ma
tions.
1t is, of course, impossible to pre-
dict the future. I have my con-
stant stream of information from
American representatives and other
sources throughout the world. You,
the people of this country, are re-
ceiving news through your radios
9nd your newspapers at every hour
Of the day.
You are, l believe, the most en-
lightened and the best informed
people in all the world at this
moment. You are subjected to no
censorship of news, and I want to
add that your government has no
information which 1t has any
thought of withholding from you.
At the same time, as told my
press conference on Friday, it is of
the highest importance that the
press and the radio use the utmost
caution to discriminate between
actual verified fact on the one
hand, and mere rumor on the
other.
] can add to that by saying that
hope the people of this country
Will also discriminate most careful
ly between news and rumor. Do not
believe of necessity everything you
hear or read. Check up on it first.
You must master at the outset a
simple but unalterable fact in mod
ern foreign relations. When peace
has been broken anywhere, peace
of all countries everywhere is in
danger.
It Is easy for you anu me to shrug
our shoulders and say that conflicts
taking place thousands OF miles
from the continental United States.
and, indeed. the whole American
hemisphere, do not seriously affect
the Americans-snd that all the
United States has to do is to ignore
them and go about our own buSi-
ness. Passionately though we may
desire detachment. we are forced
to realize that every word that
comes through the war, every ship
lat sails the sea, every battle that
is fought does affect the American
future.
Let no man or woman thought
1essly or falsely talk OF America
sending its armies to European
fields. At this moment there is be-
ing prepared proclamation OF
American neutrality. This would
have been done even if there had
been no neutrality statute on the
books. for this proclamation is in
accordance with international law
and with American policy.
Iation required by the existing neu-
This will be followed by a procla-
trality act. I trusI That in the days
to come, our neutrality can be
made true neutrality.
1t is of the utmost Importance
that the peoples of this country,
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actually by years of war threats,
although only in the last II months
have the allies concentrated their
full strength on preparations.
The World War lasted four years.
Regardless of the militray outcome,
the fruits of triumph soon turned
bitter
No man can know how long the
new conflict may last. But it is an
almost sure bet that, in the end,
nobody will be a winner.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-04
Moscow Orders
Up Reservists

LONDON, Sept. 4. (UP)-The ex-
change telegraph agency reported
from Moscow today that civilian re-
servists in the army reserve had
been ordered to present themselves
at their appointed station.
The dispatch said the order was
known to apply to all of Moscow
and was believed to apply elsewhere,
but no information was available
regarding classes or the number of
men affected.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-04
German ENJOYS !
Held In France

LILLE, France, Sept. UP)-
A special train carrying the per-
sonnel of the German embassy In
France back to Germany tonight
was held two stations from the
French frontier. Officials said the
Germans will be permitted to pro-
ceed when news has been received
that the French embassy staff from
Berlin has reached the border.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-04
Germany Can
Lick World, h,
Asserts Kuhn

SELLERSVILLE, Pa, Sept. a..
(UP)-Adolf Hitler and Germany
can "lick the whole world Fritz
Kuhn, German American bund
leader, said at a rally Of his fol-
lowers yesterday. Kuhn said he did
MT believe reports of Britain's and
Frances war declarations against
Germany. They were merely prop
aganda," he said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-04
FRESNO WOMAN
ON BOARD

FRESNO, Cal, Sept. 4. CUP)-
Mrs. Caroline E. Rice, 70, of Fresno,
Cal, was a passenger on the tor
pedoed British liner, Athena, her
son-in-law, C. o. Kenworth of Fres-
no, said last night.
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all merchant vessels.
Poles Successful
In the theater of most active
warfare. Polands government an
nounced that Polish troops were
successfully counter attacking Ger"
man forces at several points and
the population of Warsaw wildly
celebrated the entry of Britain and
France into the conflict.
Although German communicates
had announced the Nazi forces were
pushing more deeply into Poland,
the announcements from Warsaw
said that Orlow and Rack, in the
corridor, had been recaptured by
the Poles ana that the East Prus-
sian front was holding firm.
In the Polish fort of Wester-
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BREMEN UNREPORTED AS
BRITAIN DENIES CAPTURE

LONDON. Sept. CUP)-The
whereabouts of Germany's $22,O00,-
600 passenger liner, the Bremen,
remained a mystery today, follow
ing denial by the British admiralty
that the ship had been captured by
British vessel
The Bremen sailed from New
York last Wednesday. ostensibly
for her German home port at
Bremerhaven, but it has been un-
reported since and some quarters
believed she had set out for a neu-
trail port.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-04
MAYORS WIFE,
SON ON SHIP

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
Sept. 4. (UP)-Mrs. Addison NAL
lery, wife of the mayor of Saratoga
Springs, and their young son we're
believed aboard the torpedoed Bri-
tish liner Athena.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-04
Allies Better
Pre- pared
Than in IA

The dispatch the outbreak OF
war of with events of the past
weekend American foreign correspondents After
portOra America Ed L. Keen went to
Indon in 1911 as Of He has been
of the United Press in Europe ever
since
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HITS ACE
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. CUP)
The thunder out of the west last
night was the noise of golfers
throwing away their clubs. Ten
year old Patsy Ruth Amorosa made
a hole-in- one on the 160-yard l4th
at Ingleside country club.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-04
QUEEN MARY ARRIVES
IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Sept. CUP)-The
Queen Mary. flagship of Great Brit
aims merchant marine, raced into
port today after a wracking
crossing of the Atlantic.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-04
BY ED. L. KEEN =

PARIS Sept a. (UP)-Jus 25 years and one month
ago sat in the House of Commons in London and heard
Sir Edward Crews solemn and eloquent warning to Ger
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
GEORGE BURNS
 IS GIVEN FINE
 FOR SMUGGLING
Also Is Handed Suspended Sentence of One Year
 and One Day

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.--George Burns, radio comedian has been fined $8,000 and given suspended sentence of one year and one day but placed on probation for one year, by Federal Judge Bondy, following a plea of guilty to two indictments charging smuggling of jewelry into this country
 Assistant United States Attorney Delaney recommended a fine of $i5,000 and suspended sentence.
 Burns pleaded guilty several weeks ago to the indictments in which he was also named with Albert Chap eraux, self-styled Nicaraguan Con- sular Agent; Mrs. Elma Lauer, wife of State Supreme Court Justice Ed gar Lauer.
 Both Chapereau and Mrs. Lauer pleaded guilty.
 Delaney asked consideration in the comedians case because the latter cooperated with the Government in a wide investigation of smuggling into this country from abroad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
TERRITORY GETS $15,472 FOREST
 SERVICE PROFIT
Share in Forest Receipts Amounts 10 Slightly
 More than 1937

Regional Forester B. Frank Hein- tzleman of the Forest Service an- nounces that the Treasurer of the United States has recently made payment of $15,472 to the Territory under an Act of Congress which provides that 25 percent of National Forest receipts shall be paid an- nually to the States and Territories in which the National Forests are located. These funds are expendable by the Territory for roads and schools.
 This amount for the fiscal year ending une 30, 1888, compares with Sl5,073 for the Fiscal Year 1937.
 An additional 10 percent of all National Forest receipts for cons trution and maintenance are made available to the Alaska branch of the Forest Service for trail construc- tion within the National Forests.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
GALE SWEEPS EASTERN PART,
 UNITED STATES
(By Associated Press

Furious winds whipped snow and sleet over the Northeastern section of the Nation while the Great Lakes region tried to shake off the paralysis of the worst bliz- gard in years, crippling both land and air traffic. The snow storm moved eastward across New York state accompan- jed by zero temperatures and at the same time the northeast bliz- gard, riding on 42-mile-an-hour gale, roared into New England states.
 Mariners report 60-mile-an-hour winds in Boston Harbor and ships cast out anchors rather than haz- ard moorings at docks.
 A driving snow lashed New York City. In upstate New York, the snowfall ranges up to Is inches.
 Many roads are blocked by snow drifts ten feet high.
 At least 29 deaths are attributed to the storm in the northern tier of states.
 Eleven deaths are reported in the Chicago area Five persons are dead in Indiana and three in Mich igan. One death is reported in Wisconsin, three in New York and four in Ohio.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
THIRD SWEAR PLAN 5TARTED
 SOVIET UNION
Instructions Given Produe- lion Must Surpdss that
 of Other Lands

MOSCOW, Jan. 31.-Vyacheslaff Molotoff, Chairman of the Council of the Peoples Commissars, today outlined the third Swear plan, de- claring that the Soviet Union must "overtake and surpass the economic sphere, the most developed capital istic countries in Europe as well as the United States"
 Molotoff said the plan started last year carrying the Soviet Union into transition from Socialism to Communism" was marked by con- tinued emphasis on industry manu- featuring for defense and also in creasing production of consumer goods.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
UNPOPULAR OR NOT, REED PROVES THAT HE KNOWS
 MANY POLITICAL ANGLES
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-When Senator Clyde M. Reed of Kansas announced a few days back that he expected to be the most Unpopular member of Congress in almost no time at all it seemed high time to investigate.
 Members of Congress, especially Senators, who say that sort of thing usually have something up their sleeve or else have dropped a screw. It developed that Senator Reed had not dropped screw. Freshmen Sem ators almost never attract much at tention but Reed plastered himself, including pictures with outlines, in many newspaper.
 In no time at all the thing which Senator Reed expected began to happen. Gle has been in politics before.) The fan mail began to pour in.
 It is just as well to tell you that Senator Reed said he likely would be unpopular because he was going to be the complete independent" even though a Republican minority member.
 Republicans hoping to show strength with help of Independent Democrats, first must keep their ranks in order.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
E. 1. BARTLETT,
 NEW SECRETARY.
 TAKES UP TASK
Arrives on Baranof from Seattle : Already
 df Work

E. L. Bob Bartlett. new Secret ary of Alaska, arrived in Juneau this morning aboard the Baranof from Seattle and was at work today in his office in the Federal building.
 Bartlett, whose home was at Miller House, was appointed by President Roosevelt recently to succeed the late Edward w. Griffin.
 My object will be to prove a worthy successor to MT. Griffin and to carry on his work for the Terri tory" Bartlett said.
 His first task at which he was busy today, is to check over printed copies of the session laws, the bills enacted by the Legislature, to be cer- tain they are free from mechanical errors.
 Mrs. Bartlett and their daughter will come from Seattle in several weeks. At present MT. Bartlett is staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
FRENCH RUSH TROOPS INTO
 REFUGE AREA
Exposure. Hunger Taking Toll of Fleeing LoYaIisfs
 as Franco Gains

PERPIGNAN, France, Jan. 3l. = Additional motorized French troops have arrived at the French-Span- ish frontier, followed by the report that they are only the vanguard of large forces being sent to police this refugee crowded area under strict military control.
 Deaths from exposure and hun- ger are said to be taking heavy toll of thousands of refugees.
 Midafternoon dispatches from Barcelona said Gen. Francos forces are gaining momentum against the Governments new defense lines, with the return of more favorable weather, and that the town, of Vich. 30 miles north of Barcelona, is under Insurgent guns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
MONEY GOES
 OUT TO TYP
 UNEMPLOYED
First Payments Are Made Under Compensation
 Aet in Territory

First payments under Alaska's s un- employment compensation act were made this week as checks went out to 1,772 of the Territory's job less.
 Average payment is $l4.65, it was reported by Hugh J. Wade, Ter ritorial Director of the Social Se- curity Board. Such payments are made weekly, with the claimants calling in person at employment of fees throughout the Territory to receive their checks.
 The Unemployment Comperisa- tion Division has received 2,096 claims to date Some are still awaiting expiration of two-week waiting period" before the com pensable time begins Only 87 claims are being held up pending receipt of further information from employers regarding wages earned. It is on this information that the dUlOullJ Ol COiltl)CliodtA dtACii Ao AiS SAA So.
 Jobs Found 100
 Joseph T. Flakne, Director of the Territorial Employment Service, said today that registration with his office, required of claimants, has resulted in a number of men being put to work.
 According to Wade, the Alaska Unemployment Compensation Con- missions staff is to be commended for the efficient manner in which they have met their benefit paying problem. Ordinarily, when a state enters this phase of administrat- ing an unemployment compensation law, it takes several weeks for the agency to catch up and be able to pay benefits where due. It appears, however, that by the end of this week the Alaska Unemployment Compensation Commission will be current in receiving and paying claims.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
Report Ship Is Down ill
 Boring Sea
Faint Message Picked Up in San Jose, Cal, Indi-
 cafes Graft in Danger

A mysterious message has been picked up indicating that an air plane is down in Bering Sea.
 An Associated Press dispatch to The Empire from San, Jose California, late last night said Radio Amateur F. A. Merrill, of station W6NRG, near San Jose, reported he had received 8 faint message from station K7GTP of the A!eutian Islands, indicat- ing plane was down in Der ing Sea near Amnak, Aleutians.
 Merrill said the plane was try irg to signal on . wave length of 75 meters and added the re- ception was bad.
 Merrill was unable to obtain mere information before the message faded.
 As far as can be ascertained, no amateur radio operators picked up the signals credited to Merrill and no ether inf0rma- ticn has come out of the north concerning 8 missing plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
CHAMBERLAIN IS IMPRESSED OVER
 HITLER'S VIEWS
Tells House of Commons There Is Also an Agree
 ment with Mussolini

LONDON, Jan. 31.-British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain today answered Adolf Hitler with the as surance that Great Britain wants the friendship of Germany and further declared that Premier Ben ito Mussolini had promised him to stand loyally" behind the British Italian agreement.
 The British Italian agreement provides among other things, the maintenance of status quo in the Mediterranean where lies parts of the French Colonial Empire which the Italians recently laid claim.
 Barrier Raised
 Premier Chamberlain also told the House of Commons that his January visit to Rome brought out the fact that the Spanish Civil War was the chief barrier between France and Italy and he saw no agreement between those two na- tions until the war is ended.
 Premier Chamberlain also said Mussolini told him that Italy had nothing to ask of Spain after the Spanish conflict is ended.
 Yesterday. Chancellor Hitler, in his anniversary speech in Berlin praised both Chamber lain and Mussolini for averting war by the signing of the Munich pact and also stating that Germany de- sired the friendship of Great 
 On European Pace
 Premier Chamberlain also claimed steady success in his appeasement
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
Over Eight Million Dollars Is Estimated as Cost of
 Westward Porf
SITKA STATION ALSO
 INCLUDED IN PROGRAM
Projects Would Be Design ed for Heavy Tempor-
 ary 0verIodds

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The House Naval Affairs Committee, in considering the s65.0O0,0O0 Naval air base program, today received details from Admiral Cook regard ing proposed improvements to bases in Alaska.
 Admiral Cook submitted the fol- lowing details of the Alaska pro- gram:
 At Kodiak Kodiak, because of its vital im- portance as a point of defense for the entire Alaska area. and be- cause it's location is nearest to a continental air station, should be developed with most features of a major air station since 1t Is to serve as the primary base for Al aSka.
 Adequate storage facilities to maintain and serve other Alaska bases should be provided. Complete overhaul shops are not contemplat- ed, but facilities for engine overhaul and plane repairs will be necessary to meet any average exigency.
 Secondary Base
 The base will be secondary air base. to be accomplished by cutting down the number of patrol plane squadrons from three to two.
 Emergency facilities will have to be installed for temporary over- load of a third squadron, however All land plane facilities will be de- lerred, as the base has only pro- vision for one seaplane hangar and accommodations.
 All related items coincident with construction of the base are cor- respondingly reduced by means of these measures and the present estimated cost of construction is s8,741, ,0O0, a considerable reduction from the original $10762,00 esti- mated.
 Sitka Base
 With reference to the Sitka base, Admiral Cook said, The position of Sitka, geographically, enables it to serve as an important intermedi- ate station between Seattle and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
Lighting Cigarette
 In Court Costly One

SAN JOSE, Jan. 31-One cigarette proved too costly to Fred Neeman recently. Neeman, witness in case being heard by Justice of the Peace Chester w. Moore, lit a cigarette in the court room. Justice Moore promptly convicted him of contempt and fined him $5.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
PROTESTS POURED IN

Dozens of irate Republicans wrote in to complain that the party was just now in a position to make a name for itself after six years of mortifying inactivity-and up comes a fiedgling Senator who says he won't be loyal to the party
 Reed insists many fans" com mended him. Don't let them boss you around" was the interpreta- ton he used.
 Reed has had his battles in Kan sas before. He was elected Governor in 1928 amid forecasts that strong Republican leadership in the legis- lature would ride over him. It didn't but the fight that developed out of that situation started two men on their career
 Republican leaders tried to de- feat Reed when time for re-nomi- nation came around Gas he tells it) and the split in the party per- mitted the almost unheard of election of a Democratic governor The new governor was Harry Woodring, and because he was a victorious Democratic governor in a Democratic state he took on considerable stature and was chosen in 1883 as Assistant Secre- tary of War. Now he is Secretary.
 Woodring lasted only one term as governor, as had Reed, then
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
JAPAN WILL KEEP ARMY,
 CHINA AREA
Definite Announcement Is Made Today by Min
 ister of War

TOKYO, Jan. 31.--The first un- qualified admission that Japan in- tends to maintain military forces in China indefinitely, is given in a report made today to the Diet by War Minister, Lieut.. Gen. Seis- hiro Itagaka.
 Itagaka said the Army will sta- tion troops over wide areas in China flor a considerable length of time"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
40 MILLION TREES

The Forest Service reports that 14O million trees were planted on the National Forests in Continental United States last year. The plant ing was done chiefly on old burns that were not restocking from sur- rounding timber.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
PLANE DESTROYED
 IN BLAZE, BETHEL

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 3l.--A plane owned by Ray Peterson, pri- vate operator, has been destroyed by fire at Bethel Oil became ignited from a warming pot as Peterson was preparing for a flight to Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
FOSTERS SOUTH

Wilson fBud) Foster, announcer at station KINY, with Mrs. Foster, left for Seattle or the steamer Mount Mckinley on his annual va cation trip. The Fosters expect to be away for two or three weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
CHAS. STANFORD
 DIES, ANCHORAGE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 31- Charles Stanford, pioneer Alaskan, is dead here.
 Stanford landed at Nome in 1900 and has been in many early day mining camps.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
Waterfront Here
 Is Active

Five steamers today contributed to give Juneau's waterfront one of its busiest days of the season.
 Ships in port were the CordoVa, Mount Mckinley, Baranof, Tongass, and Northland.
 The ships brought some 200 pas sengers through the city, leaving Il of them here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
NEW KIND
 SIT-D0WN
 STRIKE ON
Undoubtedly Sta ge d for Purpose of Justice
 for Underdog
By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The high way encampment of cotton workers in Southeast Missouri turns out to be new kind of sit-down strike obviously staged to get the country's ear for another story of injustice to the underdog in the deep South.
 Tears for the South's underdog have been national phenomena ever since Harriett Beecher Stowe threw the North into crying fit over poor Uncle Tom. But there is something branw new in the southeast Missouri sharecropper episode
 For the first time in history a group of southern farm workers has laid case before the public via the nations front pages without arous- ing violence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
EMPHASIS ON COTTON AGAIN

That's important for the South. and the nation, because it means modern methods of labor agitation (be they right or wrong) have fin ally invaded the deep South's rural sections and emphasized again the problem of cotton.
 Briefly, here's the situation.
 From the workers point of view
 l. Pay in the South is lower than any place else in the nation, on the average. Farm sharecroppers aver age a net cash income of s312 year; tenants, s309, and day laborers in the cotton fields, S180. Add to that $20O-odd dollars in annual re- ceipts represented by home grown provisions, and you have the total
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
ADMIRAL TELLS0F ALASKA NAVAL PLANS
Mystery Plane Call Comes Out From North
IT WAS 4 BIG DAY FOR BOTH OF THEM

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