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Evening star., 1940-03-10
j. :. Health Service
Receives 43S Pleas
For Small Hospitals
: Surgeon General Finds
Presidents PIons
Are Conservative
BY STEPHEN J. McDONOUGH.

by STEPHEN ]. McDONOUGH.
r Associated Press Science Writer.
IA month ago President Roose-
velt recommended the building Of
80 small hospitals in rural COM
nunities. WA
To date the United States Pub
Nc Health Service totaled requests
for 438 such hospitals.
The requests have come from
doctors, public health officers, lay
men, service groups and commute
ties, each pleading that the Ma
tion erect small hospital in his
locality.
Public health officers throughout
the country, polled by Surgeon Gen.
eral Parran, recommended the build
ing of 239 general hospitals pro-
viding 14,400 beds and 80 tubercu-
losis hospitals providing 1929 beds
to meet present needs. The other
requests have been for 80 gen.
eral hospitals, eight tuberculosis
hospitals, and three special children S
hospitals. One health officer de-
clared a Southern State needed 495
beds for present Negro tuberculosis
cases alone.
The President, declaring that "the
most elementary health needs are
not being met" in many rural areas,
suggested that Congress provide be-
tween $7,500,000 and $4,000, 900 for
the building of hospitals of from 80
to 100 beds each in areas selected
by the Surgeon General. His pro-
posal was considered an alternative
plan for the $850,000. 900 national
health program offered last session
by Senator Wagner, Democrat, of
New York.
Says Number Is Conservative.
DR.. Parran declared in an inter-
view yesterday that the number Of
requests made to date indicated that
the Presidents recommendations
were extremely conservative"
He concluded that thousands Of
people in several hundred commune
ties ARE not receiving the kind of
medical care which modern science
Evening star., 1940-03-10
Youthful Job Hunter
Home With Body Of
Man He Never Saw
y the Associa ated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 9.-Rob-
ert Seaholm, II, came home to-
day with q dead man he had
never seen end who probably
never had even heard Of Robert
and his troubles in California.
Robert left home some time
ago to get a job In the West and
ran into one piece Of hard luck
after the other.
When he owed his landlady q
board bill, police put him In q
boys home until it was paid.
That stymied Robert, because
his mother couldn't pay the
bill and he couldn't work while
confined.
Popular protest solved his
dilemma and an undertaken
gave him the job Of accompany
ing the corpse to New York,
partly out Of sympathy and also
because Federal regulations re-
quire a living person to accom-
pany a body.
Evening star., 1940-03-10
Army Relief Meeting

The annual meeting Of the Dis
trict Chapter Of the Army Relief
Society will be held at the home Of
Mrs. William r. Smedberg, chapter
president. at 1910 Wyoming avenue
NV, Friday at 10:30 am.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18

last Saturday that the only place he can enlist is Haines.
 And 22-year-old Wallace doesn t have enough money left for a tick ct to Haines Anyone knowing or a small boat going up Lynn Canal in the next few days is asked to get in touch with the would-be re- cruit through the Alaska Terri torial Employment Service.
 Wallace said he became inter- ested in Alaska while working as :, civilian classified iaborer with the Army Engineers in Pittsburgh As a transfer from the States to an Army unit in Alaska is almost im- possible to obtain, he saved up his money until he had enough 'o purchase ticket for Juneau, the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
GUARD IS LECT RED
 BY GRAHAM
Members of Local Unit Told to Attend Drills as II Is
 Most Important

Expressing himself as displeased with any unnecessary absences dur ing regular Thursday night Guard duty, Major Jesse E. Graham last night cautioned the members of the Juneau unit of the Alaska Ma tional Guard, that it is little to ask of each man to be present for two hours of study and work each week. He went further in stating that all men must be present un- less it is absolutely imperative that they be absent
 Major Graham, with Sergeant Hamilton H. Bond, made a regu- lar inspection of the company last night, and reported he will do so at various times in the future with the ultimate idea of watching for flaws and to make general i'm prCvement of the Juneau Com pany
 Duty tG Nation
 The Company was assembled II: a group to listen to Major Gra- hams short talk to the men He stressed the importance of the Army and the soldier during these perilous times. The American gov ernment gives more to it's citizens than any other government in the world today, and each citizen should be willing to give in return he stated
 Major Graham went further in stating that we must be prepared in times such as these, pointing out the actions and greediness Of the dictator, which persons under stand only one thing, and that is force
 Although he reported the Juneau group ragged, as all army men are at the beginning of their training he has hopes of a fine company developing here Stating that the men have lots to learn, as only the bare fundamentals have been given the company so far.
 Precious Democracy
 Our democracy is the most precious thing in the world" con tinued the Major, and the only way we can protect it is by an ef- ficient army. A responsibility which rests on the shoulders of each man is his ability to absorb and keep the information which is given him. Each man is important to the successful advancement of the army, from officers on down.
 Company A was given a further lecture last night when Lieut. Dr E. F. Vollert of the Battalion Medi- cal Detachment, spoke to the group on personal hygiene, and it's im- portance to the soldier.
 Last nights drill included march ing, infantry manuals and calis- thenics In regular drill, privates taken from the ranks of the com pany were given the opportunity to drill platoons and squads O. men.
 New men each week are given this training to familiarize them with the proper commanding of groups
 Capt Walther announced follow ing the meeting that additional classes will be offered those Wlo wish to go further in this work CT Tuesday nights of each week. This will speed up instruction for the company, which is badly needed at this time" the Captain stated.
 This plan was decided on after the report was given Capt Walthcr that several men of the company desired to obtain more personal instruction than is obtained while the entire company is present.
 No guns, equipment or uniforms are expected for the company for some time, but the local soldiers have plenty to learn yet, reports the Captain, without the use ol equipment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
PITTSBURGH BOY
 ARRIVES TO JOIN
 ARMY IN ALASkA
Wallace Russell Looking for Passage 10 Haines
 10 Enlist in Forces

Wallace Russell, who came all the way from Pittsburgh, Pa, to enlist in the Army in Alaska, learned on arriving in Juneau on the Denali
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
FOUND DEAD IN BED

Ira McCoil, 63, oldtimer of the North, known as an efficient quartz miner. was recently found dead in his bed in his hotel room at Fair banks. Death was due to silicosis, an ailment which often afflicos quartz miners. McCoid was for merly employed at Kennecott be- fore going to Fairbanks several years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18

Empire Classifieds Paw
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18

capital He was disappointed on arriving here to find he would have to go still further to join the Army, but Wallace learned through the Governor office that enlist ments were open in the Infantry at Chilkoot Barracks.
 Now he's anxious to be on lis way. Can anybody help?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
NOTICE

aIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burforo & Co. adv,
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u. S. REDS:
Don't LOve Nazis

The American Communist party,
in the last six months, has sent
$4,000 to German reds, to help them
in their underground struggle
against Hitler. This fact was an
nounced at the C. P.'s national con-
vention in New York, which gather
ing appeared to be unabashed by
the Russo-German pact Of last
August. (This anti-Hitlerism, how
ever, did not make things any cas-
Ter for the Firms early in the year,
There were visiting reds at New
York from Mexico, Chile, Haiti, Ice
land, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. A
Mexican delegate condemned Con-
gresham Martin Dies and his COM
mittee. The convention opposed
participation in the national advi-
sorry defense commission "and any
subordinate boards"
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D. Of C. AND
White Housings

President Roosevelt made another
request for money. This time it
was for more than a billion, for the
army, navy and civilian train
ing program, coupled with a fear
that all continents may become in
volved in the II German war Che
did not mention Germany by name).
Roosevelt asked for specific author
ity to call up the national guard and
army reservists-if and when need
ed to Safeguard" and "defend."
And Roosevelt asked for corps Of
dollar-a-year men, to expedite ma
tional defense preparations. Also,
there came a request for million
dollars, to expand the navy depart
ment and munitions buildings in the
capital. Talkative young Elliott
Roosevelt assailed so-called fifth
columns in Mexico. Elliott is a ra-
dio executive.
War department plans called for
immediate orders to get 1890
planes, 1,700 tanks, 500 heavy artil-
lery units, and big consignments Of
anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns.
The senate voted, 55-4, for new
alien control resolution, already
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N A M E S
in the ne,os


q Former French. GeneraIissimo
Gamelin was said to have commit
ted suicide, while General C0rap,
chief Of the French Ninth army de-
feated at Sedan, was reported as ex-
ecuted. General Bodet Of the
French Medical corps got six
months in jail for abandoning his
post in the Inflated Sedan sector.
Thus did la Republque crack down.
q General Robert Lee Billiard, dis
tinguished U. S. army officer and
patriot, was reelected president of
the National Security league, which
favors increased preparedness and
is. strongly ssanti-subversive" in its
hawkeye activities.
q Proving that American isolation
sentiment was by no means dead,
some 1000 earnest Catholics prayed
for peace, assembled at St. Patrick's
cathedral in New York. With the
Catholics, members of other faiths
peace-minded, despite war propa-
ganda-participated. Here were
1000 anonymous but highly impor-
tant Names in the News.
d Jean Batten, well-known and we'll
favored young aviatrix, was exhibit
ed as an ambulance driver in the
Anglo-French corps, hooked up with
the Gallo army. She looked won
derful in uniform
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III GERMAN WAR:
Flanders Battle

The tch-Belgian-Fl anders-Artois
battle came virtually to an end, save
for up-noppings and kitty-corner
operations here and there. The
Dutch and Belgian armies had been
surrendered or finished, and the
First, Seventh, and Ninth French
armies were destroyed. Nobody
came out of it with any laurels save
the British navy, which somehow
succeeded in ferrying perhaps two
thirds Of the British army out of
Dunkirk by means of warships,
transports, yachts, barges, and life
boats-and under heavy aerial fire.
1t seemed that the German air
force fell down on this debarkation
operation, for British losses, in re-
treat, were smaller than might have
been expected. Somehow, the allies
secured a temporary air supremacy
in the Dunkirk sector, and the Brit
ish Spitfire machines showed
slight superiority to the German
Messerschmitt combat craft. Brit
ish morale, strangely enough, was
reported as excellent, but French
morale did not appear in quite so
favorable light. The German gen.
eral headquarters was strangely re-
strained in it's moment of triumph.
Lille, fourth city of France and its
pittsburgh, was in German
hands, along with Amsterdam, Rot
terdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Ostend,
Calais, Boulogne, The Hague, Liege,
etc. Would refugee-choked, hyster-
ical Paris be next, wondered the
railbirds?
Even as these railbirds wondered,
Hitler's warbirds came out of the
skies and rained showers of bombs
upon southern France and later
upon Paris itself. In the first at
tacks about $50 German bornbers
swept over the city, dropping their
cargoes Of high explosives, setting
many fires, infiicting huge property
losses and killing at least As persons
in Paris and its suburbs. The allies
promised to repay Germany bomb
for bomb in the new air offensive
they were launching.
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Biggest Hat in the Ring


dication and these men should be
given any authority, the metal
people may howl at having their in
dustries headed by the head of U. S.
Steel and the other automobile COM
panies may not care to be rounded
up by the head of General Motors.
The New Dealers who like to
scream: "Wall Street! Du Pontl
Morgan!" at every patriotic effort
by business man, will find materi-
al for all three cries of anguish. In
view of the splendid personalities
here none Of these objections is
valid.
Subject to these qualifications
these selections are so good that
it will be pleasure to find at least
something to support in the defense
effort which has been so fumbling
and inefficient to date. Sometimes
men can be so good that they can
make even bad plan and organi-
cation work.
A war psychology is growing in
which much can be done by the
three industrialists by mere sugges-
lions and agreements among bust
ness men. Stettinius, Knudsen and
Budd can do that as well as any
three Americans alive-if Thurman
Arnold will let them do it. This is
a point of real importance.
Since the Supreme court decision
in the hot-ol case it is dangerous
to do anything by agreements in in
dustry at the suggestion of the gov
eminent. We need statute vail
dating such agreements for national
defense when made at the demand
of the President.
Because of the rift in the ranks
of labor, there was no other possible
choice but Sidney Hillman. He is
brilliant, patriotic, cooperative and
has the confidence Of labor and Of
every industry with which he has
dealt.
/ brought Leon Henderson into
this government from obscurity to
an important post. ! believe that
he is too biased and pinkly partisan
for his job in SEC and with the
monopoly committee, but he will be,
I think, ideal for this job.
Of course, Henry Wallace isn't 60
ing to let Chester Davis do anything
in agriculture, any more than Mud
dom Sec will permit Sidney Hillman
any initiative in labor, but Mr.. Davis
is, by all odds, the very best selec-
ton that could have been made.
don't know the lady who is going
to protect the consumers. It is a
tough and almost impossible job. I
do know all the rest of these selec-
tons, most of them intimately and
well. From my experience from
working with them under high pres
sure they are the cream of the cur
rent crop.
Whether we think this curious and
Illogical organizational contraption,
which failed so dangerously in 1917,
will work or not, it is at least
faltering step in the right direc-
ton. Everybody will wish it well.
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G EN- Z RAJ
jon N SON
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Washington, d. @.
GESTURE WITH GOOD
SELECTIONS

The Knudsen- Stettinius etcetera
board is not a council of national
! defense. It is an advisory commits
sion to the statutory council which
Is composed of Secretaries Wood
ring, Edison, Ickes, Wallace, Hop
kins, and Perkins.
Only these New Dealers have
authority. They, added to the New
Dealers on the commission-Leon
Henderson, Sidney Hillman, Chester
Davis, William McReynolds and
perhaps Harriet Elliott-make
total of 10 or II New Dealers.
There are only three non-New
Dealers, Knudsen, Stettinius and
Budd, and only the New Dealers
have any power. Yet the setup is
being widely represented as ''non-
POLITICAL - several commentators
insisting that Knudsen was 'nom-
mated" by Republicans.
/ don't know about that but do
know that this column-which is not
Republican-began before anybody
plugging to have him brought in
months ago, and has frequently
urged it since.
I fear the thing is just gesture
which won't work and perhaps
wasn't intended to work. 1t starts
just where we started in 1915 before
we knew how and began two years
laundering before we learned how.
1t includes not one single veteran
of that effort. It studiously avoids
every lesson of the past and stupidity
repeats every blunder.
Yet it must in fairness be said
that the selections are excellent.
If World war experience is any in
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Italic Notes

All private motoring stopped in
Italy, due to government conserva-
ton Of gas and oil. Italy has no
native petroleum, iron or coal.
Pro-Italians were jailed in Eng
lands Mediterranean naval base,
Malta. Possession of this strategic
island is leading Italian objective.
The English suspended Italian pa
pers read by the Italian-speaking
Maltese. A minority of Maltese
talk the ancient Carthaginian tongue
of Hannibal and his elephants.
Mussolini said he was too busy to
see U. S. Ambassador Phillips, who
was toting a message from Roose-
welt. Mussolini also broke off a ship
ping deal with the English, in the
matter Of illegal contraband control,
which put the shivers into London.
italian journalists left Paris.
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Planes and guns, said Willkie, are
not built by emotional appeals over
the radio. "We have confused liberty
with license" added the Repub-
leans dusly equine.
But Candidate Dewey, in New
York, characterized certain of
Roosevelt'S defense measures as
progress in the right direction.
He added, in sorrow, that much re-
manned to be done. Dewey had not
yet selected nominator (for him.
self, to boost him at the Republic
cans Philadelphia convention this
month. Dewey, on the whole, tends
to be more kid-glove and velvetine
than the rugged quipster, Willkie.
Liberals, for some reason, much pre-
fer western Wendell to the 20. A."
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FRENCH DESPERATE FOR
PLANES

WASHINGTON.-The French have
been too proud to let the public
know it, but they have been almost
down on their knees before u. s.
officials to beg, borrow, or buy
more airplanes.
The French aviation situation is
desperate. How many planes have
been smashed is not definitely known
perhaps not even by the French
themselves. But most Of their air
force on the western front has been
put out of business. It is estimated
that at least an equal number Of
Nazi planes have also crashed, but
Germany started with about $4,000
planes, the French with about 1000.
One big handicap to the French
is that they were counting upon Brit
ish air support. The original tactics
were for the French to do the bulk
Of the land fighting, with the British
reinforcing in the air. But this was
before anyone realized that Hitler
was going to break through the
French lines and head straight for
the channel.
Now Britain needs every plane
she has for the home defense.
So desperate was the French
plight that they wanted to buy any
kind of plane, even those consid-
cred too old for the U. S. army.
The war department estimates it
has more than $500 out of date
planes. However, the secretary Of
war issued an order no later than
March IA prohibiting the sale Of sur
plus army material even to third
parties who might conceivably re-
sell them to France and England.
Latest Plane Purchases.
Meanwhile the delivery of air.
planes already ordered by the
French and British proceeds with
tragic slowness. Here are the in
side figures, illustrating how long it
may take the United States to turn
out 81, 600 planes for itself:
! (through Delivered Unde-
Airplanes 1883 1888 $500
Motors 2. 20,820 1922 1878
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ART DEPT:
On p. p. Rubens

Hitler's Vienna paper, on the 300th
anniversary of Rubens' death, said
that Flemish artist was German
ic pagan who painted Christian
sagas with a fieshly relish. This
seemed fairly obvious to art critics,
some of whom call him the Falstaff
of the Palette. Rubens liked to de-
pict mountains of f1esh," said the
Vienna journal. Rubens, too, added
the paper, was fond of Christian
Venuses" and "Nazarene wres-
tiers" He was without the blinds
of churchly virtue, and fearless in
the face of nature" 1t will be re-
membered that many of Rubens'
themes were religious.
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erals opposed to the transfer, as
sailed j. Edgar Hoover and the G.
men, while Wheeler censured the
current American ''hysteria."
Archibald Macleash, radical" IL
brarian of the Congressional library
at Washington, said that the II Ger
man war was not a revolt of the
masses. He said that, instead, it
was the revolt of gang.
Sos, 900, 900:
Battleship
The $65, 900, 900 battleship, WASH
ington, was launched at the Phila-
delphia navy yard. It is a 1000
tonner-1, 900 tons bigger than any
American battleship now in opera
ton. The Washington is our first
new capital ship in 10 years. It is
$50 feet long. Fifteen-year-old Vir-
ginia Marshall of Spokane, great
Observation-Disclosures of Chief
Justice John Marshall, was the
Washingtonian christener. The boat
was named after her home state
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p assed by
the house.
The immi-
grafton nat
uraliza ton
b u r e a u
w o uld b e
transferred
from the de-
partnent Of
labor to the
departm emit
of justice.
S e n a t o r s
Norris and
Whaa1ar 1ih.
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against CnaL lei
low" "That fell
l o w +" m e a n t
Roosevelt. To get
rid of Roosevelt,
Willkie felt, was
the only way to
unite the nation
against the totali-
tartan threat.
WIKI i e W a s
equally hard on
Hitler. He called
the Fuehrer a
"m a d m a n"