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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21
Behind The Bat

HUTCHINSON, Kail5., Aug. 21. Baseball teams, like armies. fight on their .stomachs, says Mrs. w. A. Ficken.
 She's one of the most ardent boosters of the Hutchinson Pi- rates of the Western Association baseball league, but she seldom sees a game. Most of the players board at her home.
 T do them more good if I stay home and prepare good post game meal" she says.
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APPROPRIATIONS MADE FOR ALASKA,
 TW0-YEAR PERIOD
By PATRICIA s. JERNBERG Secretary to Delegate DimOnd

A number of inquiries having been made of the Delegate as to appropriations recently made by Congress for Alaska, especially in connection with national defense, a statement has been compiled cov- ering generally the two-year period corresponding with the life of the 76th Congress. A copy of that statement is attached hereto and Delegate Dimond has included it in his remarks concerning Alaska legislation of the 76th Congress, which appears in the Congression- al Record of July 25.
 The following is list of the principal appropriations and allo- cations for Alaska made by the U. s. Government for the two fis-. cal years commencing July 1, 1889 and to end July 1, 1941, and em- bracing appropriations made by the 76th Congress. In some instances, such as with respect to emergency funds, where no exact or separate appropriations are made for use in Alaska during any fiscal year, or where complete data are not available at this time, the figures cover expenditures for 1889 and 1940. Many of the smaller items, which would probably aggregate several hundred thousand dollars. have not been included. Nor have there been included the anticipated appropriations of S1O9,O00 for a small boat harbor at Sitka and $70,000 for harbor improvements at Kodiak.
 Rivprc and Harb0rS and
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SEATTLE IN
 WIN;F0
 RUN RALLY
Helpless Portland Thump- ed Again . Angels
 Defeat Oaks
(By ASSOCIATED PREsS)

Seattle overcame Los Angeles two run lead in the eighth inning last night when they clubbed across four runs for victory. Spencer Harris hit a 3-run homer.
 San Diego thumped the helpless Portland Beavers as the result of two unearned runs in the third in- n'ng last night which started the Padres off on an easy triumph.
 7cramento and San Francisco divided a doubleheader last night
 Hollywood put together three hts for one run in the eighth inning last night to defeat Oakland in the series opener.
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'EHE REPUBLICAN, PARTY
 EN ALASKA
PRESENTS

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GOES HOME

Mrs. Mabel Alvorsen, after visit ing here this summer with her sis ters. Mrs. E.. F. Clements and Mrs Jack Wilson, left for her home in Oakland aboard the Prince Ru- pert.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21
a4fas.A4 Great Swat, q --s-ss
 Ho|e-in-0ne

HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.. Aug. 21-Fifteen-year-old Calvin Norman of Miami Fla, decided to talk c some golfing lessons while on a visit here. On the 190-yard 18th hole he took mighty swat. The ball plunged into the cup for a hole in one.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21
RETURNS SOUTH

Miss Joyce Kolasa, who has been visiting Mrs. Daniel Ros and Mrs. Robert Duckworth, left for the south aboard the Aleutian.
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GAMES TUESDAY Pacific Coast League

Seattle 6: Los Angeles 4. Hollywood 5; Oakland 4 Portland B. San Diego 8. San Francisco 0, 3; Sacramento 2, l.
 National League Boston 3; Pittsburgh 6. Philadelphia 0; Chicago 4. Brooklyn 0, 3; St. Louis 3, 4. New York 2; Cincinnati 3.
 American League Cleveland II: Boston 6. New York 4, 1; Detroit 3. 3. Chicago 6. 3; Philadelphia 1, 4. St. Louis 6; Washington 3.
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GULLs FOR ANCHORAGE

E. s. Gull, Alice F. Gull and
 Julie Gull passed through Juneau
 aboard the Columbia on their way to Anchorage.
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BOUND FOR PALMER

MT and Mrs. w L. Herriman are aboard the Columbia returning to Palmer after visit in tn e States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-21
MISS LIEBE GOES SOUTH

Coming north to attend the we'd ding of MT and Mrs. Ralph Roth Miss Cecilia Liebe left aboard the Aleutian enroute to Libby, Mont, where she will teach.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Russians Admit Finland Europe

second. by proposals on Capitol Hill for
$50. 100000 loan to Finnish government
or for sale Of military equipment cheap:
third, by President Roosevelt's sugges-
ton Of Friday that congressional leaders
set aside political considerations and
get together quickly on Finnish aid leg
islation.
In category of miscellany were follow
ing stories of week:
Paris-Fist fight marks opening Of
Parliament as bill is introduced to oust
former Communist members.
London-Government considers estab-
fishing contraband station in Canadian
waters to halt diversion of American
shipping into belligerent ports for
search.
Berlin-Public funds are being raised
to build new warship Admiral Graf Spee
Tokio-Japanese Premier Abe decides
to resign in face of criticism over course
of Chinese war.
Doorn-Former Kaiser Wilhelm takes
to bed with cold, neglects wood pile and
war maps.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

In their busiest "a hours to date,
Royal Air Force flyers ragged at least
three times on Wednesday over German
air and naval bases on islands of Sylt
and Helgoland. Bombs were dropped
over each objective and residents Of
nearby Danish town reported that Brit
ish missiles had damaged Hindenburg
Causeway, connecting Sylt with main
land.
More spectacular, however, were
clashes between British and German
planes. AS usual results were in dis
pute. London ministry claimed two
Nazis driven into sea, one Britisher un-
reported; Berlin claimed three Britons
brought down, fourth badly damaged,
but no German casualties.
Describing Goering's aerial ami
versary as flop" British sources claimed
their own reconnaissance flyers had
made profitable and safe scouting trips
on Friday over Northwestern Germany.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Hungorions SmugeIe
Meat to Germans

BUDAPEST lR.-Beefsteak and pork
chop smugglers operate regularly along
the Hungarian German frontier.
Because of the Reichs food rationing,
some Hungarians. have found they can
make neat profit by slipping over the
frontier with thick porterhouse or loin
of pork under their clothes and selling
it to some one prosperous enough to pay
bootleg meat prices.
Smuggling also extends to coffee, sugar
and other food products. Some farmers
living near the frontier are said to have
sneaked live cows lambs and pigs across
at unguarded spots and to have disposed
Of them at good prices.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
On Domestic Front

Besides aid to Finland, Washington
heard most last week about naval ap-
preparations, reciprocal trade treaties
in eventual efforts to effect peace and
rehabilitate world.
Appearing before House Naval Affairs
Committee, Navy's chief of operations,
Admiral Stark warned Congress that
Nation must consider possibility of al
lied defeat, must plan defenses to match
any coalition of unfriendly powers.
For immediate fleet expansion needs
he proposed appropriation of $780,
100000 to permit Is per cent increase
in size of naval plant. Added would be
II combat ships and 80 auxiliaries. For
emergency" costs of neutrality protec-
ton since last September House voted
1854 100000.
Sleeping quietly in routine request for
funds for 14th Naval District, it was
discovered, was 100000 item to carry
out naval improvements on Guam
Island, far outpost of United States in
Pacific.
After bitter debate, House last year
deleted $5,O0O,00O provision for Guam
project. Surrounded by
Guom Project japanese -owned is
Up Aeoin lands Guam is 1,4oo
miles from Yokohama,
$500 from Philippines, $500 from
Hawaii In 1888, Hepburn Board recon-
mended its development as major air
and submarine base at total cost OF
s155, 100000
During discussions, Japan has let it be
known that any move toward following
Hepburn recommendations would be
considered "unfriendly gesture"
Influence of reciprocal trade agree
ments not only while world is at wal
but in postwar period of rehabilitation
has been labored by administration
spokesmen desiring three-year extension
of program. On Thursday Secretary Of
State Hull asserted that abandonment O.
program would mean that Nation ha:
withdrawn into isolation, shirking it!
responsibilities for helping world bac,
from chaos of war.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Sea and Air War

Scarcely had Britains pedantic Prime
Minister Chamberlain reached final
period of his Tuesday broadcast warn
ing to the far-hung Empire that past
weeks of relative quiet in Europe's major
war were mere preliminarieS to graver
conflict when his prophecy took on the
color of truth
Like coveys OF birds flushed from scat
tered thickets, NaZi airplanes-bombers
minelayers, fighters-fanned out over
North Sea waters to plague shipping,
both belligerent and neutral Within
span of few hours IL ships-among
them 5 fishing smackS, l lightship
tender, 2 Danish cargo o-carriers-had
been bombed or raked by German ma
chine gun fire.
Some were sunk, others counted dead
or wounded on their decks, still others
escaped without
Air Roids damage, either by
On Shippino good fortune or by
poor craftsmanship
of their attackers. All of vessels embat-
tied were without allied naval escort,
London complained.
And scarcely had darkness dropped
over this chill area of conflict when
British passenger liner Dunbar Castle,
bound for South Africa with 48 passen-
gers and crew of $50, grated over float
ing mine, believed loosed by one of Nazi
planes that afternoon. Split virtually
in half from force Of explosion, with
her captain killed on his bridge, hulk
remained afloat barely long enough for
debarkation of survivors-among them
women and children.
In succeeding days toll of ship losses
mounted to nearly score for week, more
than half being of British registry For
war to date maritime tonnage destroyed
approximates 100000 with loss of life
at sea close to 5000.
In list of ships lost is not included
AustraHnd, British freighter bound for
New York that showed up in port of
Philadelphia on Wednesday-much to
amazement of her skipper.
"Jove, there's been mistake he al
lowed on learning identity of port.
Back in North Sea through rest of
week, black German planes ranged
entire east coast of
kozi Comeros Britain, sniping al
Over Britain ways at isolated ship
ping, dropping g
bombs in some cases, mines in others.
On Friday they celebrated 47th birth
day anniversary of Air Marshal Her.
mann Wilhelm Goering by roaring over
some half dozen seacoast industrial CEN
ters-apparently clicking their cameras,
but dropping no bombs on land, draw
ing angry fire from anti-aircraft guns.
But the weeks aerial activity in North
Sea sector was not all one-sided.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

French bloc have no mind to let rich
Balkans fall further under dominance
Of present or potential enemies.
With no adequate explanation yet
forthcoming from Mr.. Chamberlain,
Britishers were still
Hore- Belisho sputtering in de-
Repercussions bate over summary
dismissal of Leslie
Hore- Belisha, rotund and ruddy, as war
secretary-a triumph, apparently, for
rigid caste system of Britains military.
Return of Parliament on Tuesday may
set of new cross-fire of criticism.
In his widely publicized radio address
of last Tuesday, Chamberlain made no
mention of his major operation on war
cabinet while assuring empire that Brit
aims mastery of the seas is unimpaired,
her defenses against air attack adequate,
and her confidence in ultimate victory
uushaken.
That the assistance of many nations
to Finland Is mo mere formality" has
been apparent in past weeks in many
directions. For instance, four contin-
gents of Swedish volunteers, some of
them officers who resigned commissions
in their own army, are serving today with
Finn armies. During past week first
contingent Of Danish volunteers reached
Helsinki. King Gustav of Sweden urged
all assistance possible to Finland.
Still in Finnish service are British
and Italian instructor-pilots and me-
chanics accompanying military planes
sent from those countries to Baltic ma
ton. On Friday French sources revealed
that considerable supplies of armaments
and even men from Italy, Spain and
unidentified countries of Southeastern
Europe had moved through French ports
en- route to Finland
And in Washington expectation that
this Government will extend tangible
aid to Films was mani
Americon Aid fest, first, by disclosure
For Finland of State Department
note to League of Ma
tions containing intimation that present
Finnish relief efforts will be broadened
Evening star., 1940-01-14

Lake Ladoga and on Karelian Isthmus-
Reds were similarly unhappy.
AS Of Wednesday, Firms reported
slashing Soviet battalion to pieces on
Ladoga ice, leaving 200 dead and taking
40 prisoners. Later In week, Red
parachute troops fell victims to Finn
marksmen. On isthmus, Bolos facing
Mannerheim line proper have resorted
to construction of defensive positions" !"
Spasmodically, there have been mani
festations of warfare along land lines Of
French and Germans.
On Monday, for instance, there oc-
CURED heavy artillery duel northeast of
Sarreguemines, Paris communique claim
ing that German barrage touched of
exchange but that reply from three
French batteries provided adequate
answer.
Reconnaissance flights, occasional dog
fights and no bombs marked air activity
on western front But in Baltic theater
Red planes on Friday bombed Helsinki,
Lahti and Turku.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
DANIEL w. BELL-CIVIL SERVANT NO.
of New Undeeeay of Treasury Is Men
Classified Service of Government Departments
By Raymond p. Brandt.

Consul at Fore Erie, Canada in 1914 was
recently named American Ambassador
to Cuba after serving as an Assistant
Secretary of State; Wilbur j. Carr, for
mer Assistant Secretary of State and
Minister to Czecho- -Slovakia, started his
public service as a clerk in the State
Department in 1892, and the late Alvey
A. Adee became Second Assistant Sec
retary of State during a half century
of service.
An Independent" Voter.
When Mr.. Bells appointment was
proudly announced at press confer
ence by President Roosevelt before Con-
gress had convened, reporters, knowing
the past political implications of the
Undersecretaryship, tried to find out
if he was a Democrat or Republican.
He is an independent" voter and is so
registered in Illinois. where he has reg
ularly voted. Not one of his ballots,
he says, has been unscratched.
Mr.. Bell regards his present post as
one which will give him his greatest
opportunity for service to the Govern
ment and the classified personnel He
knows the machinery of Federal Gov
known it. He has rejected business
offers of three to five times his present
$4,000 salary because he believes that
by staying in the Government service
he can raise the standards and increase
the security of his fellow workers. thou
sands of whom he knows by name and
by their accomplishments. =
When he was commissioner of ac-
counts and deposits, position some.
times called the greatest bookkeeping
job in the Nation" he refused to ac-
cept President Roosevelt's proffered ap-
| pointment to the dictatorship of the
| budget, although his compensation
would have increased from $500 to
| $4,000 a year. His reason was simple
and sincere. He did not want to lose
his civil service status by taking what
was essentially political appointment
He became acting budget director and
continued supervising the work of the
Division of Accounts and Deposits. Al
acting director he completely reorgan-
lied and enlarged the Bureau of the
Budget to give it direct and intimate in
sight into the workings of all the execu-
tive departments of the Government
With this task almost completed, HI
turned his organization over to Budget
Director Harold D. Smith, who is car.
rying out his detailed plans. Without
losing his civil service status he be-
came an assistant to Secretary Nor
genthau and he would not take th'
undersecretaryship until he had beer
assured that his promotion did moi
jeopardize the classified standing fol
which he had worked for more thar
Is years.
Sees Salaries Rise.
Mr.. Bell has seen improvements ir
the civil service during his stay II
Washington, and he believes other great
changes are coming.
For instance" he explains, II cam
to Washington to job paying $700 I
year. That same beginners position
today pays at least 81 40. In those day
Evening star., 1940-01-14

Red Army communique for first time ad-
mitted "withoraWaP' of troops in that
sector "as result
Russia Admits of severe fighting"
"WithdrnwoW Finnish version was
that its ghostly
guerilla army had cleared the area of
enemy troops right to the frontier"
Booty from field, becoming important
source of armament supply to frugal
Films, was estimated at more than 100
pieces of artillery, 43 tanks, 10 armored
cars, l airplane, 20 tractors, assorted
rifles and small arms, field kitchens,
horses-and some vodka.
Included in Russian casualties, now
placed at some 10000 since ill-fated
aggression against Finland was launched
six weeks ago, are thousands of leader
less Red soldiers believed wandering aim
lessly and thoroughly lost in cold, bleak
forests of Central Finland-straggling
survivors of beaten Soviet divisions.
In fact, so cold has it been in Finland
that Josef Stain, Big Red" of Moscow,
was reported to have
StoIin Begins purged his chief
Pureing weatherman for fail
ure to give adequate
warning of rigors of fighting Firms For
practice, if he needs any, Stain worked
squeeze play last week on Mikhail Kaga-
novich, aviation commissar, transferring
him out of sight.
On Southern Fir aish fronts-around
Evening star., 1940-01-14

recent migrants to the city from the
South. They are not eligible for relief
They have no employment. What is to
be done with them?
This raises another phase of the slum
problem. The Negroes form large pro-
portion of the low-income part Of the
population. They form very large
part of the lowest income group, those
withe 1t jobs. So they tend to occupy
the worst houses. If then we are to
get rid of our slums, get rid of the
worst, raise the bottom gradually, we
shall necessarily displace Negroes.
For that reason the Authority under
it's present construction program has six
housing projects for Negroes and two
for whites Under it's first program it
built four groups of houses for Negroes
and one for whites. 1t must make some
provision for whites, for there are white
families also living under intolerable con-
ditions.
The Navy Place Project.
Since the worst houses are occupied
by Negroes, new downtown dwellings for
cupied in part by Negroes. This has
been recognized in the Navy place
project, where part of the square was
occupied by whites. One street frontage
in fact is occupied entirely by whites,
many of them home owners. This street
frontage the Authority left untouched.
The remainder of the square is being
rebuilt for white occupancy. But, be-
ginning block away, the Authority is
redeveloping the greater part of six
squares for Negro occupancy. In the
same section it proposes two other prof.
ects for Negro occupancy.
The projects and others in other Sec
tions of the city illustrate further
fact-that the Authority's work, instead
of checking private enterprise, is slim
ulant. When the Authority began there
were practically no houses being erected
for Negroes in the District. Today there
is considerable activity in this field and
| Immediately adjoining the Authority's
properties private builders have erected
| and are erecting houses. This is true
| not only in the Southwest near the
| Navy Yard site, but also in the North
west opposite the Authority's v street
houses, and in Anacostia across Ala
bama avenue from the Authority's pro-
posed development.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
.Dra,Dn by Capt. Bruce Bairnstather.

0rapn by Capt. Bruce Bairnstather.
Italy intrigued busily with its Balkan
neighbors.
Out of conference between 1taly's
Count Ciano and Hungary's Count Csaky
came an understanding, evidently COM
pretending temporary truce on Hun
garian-R -Rumanian territorial disputes,
with further condition that Italy and
Hungary might act jointly in resisting
possible aggression against either Hun
gary or Rumania. For
Intrigue its part. Rumania was
In Balkans believed to have indi-
Gated willingness to
make certain territorial concessions to
Hungary when, if ever, Europe again is
at peace.
Within orbit of this manipulating,
Bulgaria and Yugoslavia are believed
sympathetic to Italian designs to keep
Soviet Russia on its present side of
Dniester River. For time being Berlin
government is taking no open part in
diplomatic maneuvering of its one-t time
ally, Italy, directed against it's present
ally, Russia.
Meanwhile Rumania, wealthy in meat,
wheat and oil, but perpetually poor in
fighting strength, takes courage not only
from Italian-Hungarian conniving, but
to greater degree from close-by forces of
Turkish British French alliance. From
numerous sources in recent weeks it has
been indicated to world, and presumably
more pointedly to Rumania, that those
plotting strategy of Turkish British