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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-04

COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
 The Juneau City Council will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the City Hall for what city officials predicted would be a routine session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-04

No runs,no hits, no errors; one left on base.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

saw fit, subject to presidential ap-
proval. On the books of the emer-
gency spending agencies, the pres
ent p. w. A. and w. P. A., are no
detailed records of how the funds
were utilized. Only the War and
Navy Departments know the COM
plete breakdown of figures in terms
of materials actually produced.
Even while the cry of "boondog-
Cling was loudest, millions of dol
lars in non-Federal allotments were
made each year for municipal air.
ports and National Guard armories,
To these sums local sponsors added
as much as 10 and As per cent. The
Federal allotments were estimated
at approximately $685. 100000.
Some of Biggest Airports.
In time OF national emergency or.
1or training purposes these new IA
clllties have a special military i'm
portance. Some of the countrv's
largest airports, such as La Guardia
Field and Washington's National
Airport at Gravely Point, which is
being built wholly with emergency
funds, are counted among them.
To emergency funds for direct ma
tlonal defense should be added, the
United States Coast Guard says. the
approximately $34.844,478 given that
arm of the service af1oat. During
the World War the Coast Guard
was transferred to the Navy.
From this sizable fund the Coast
Guard modernized and increased its
fleet OF armed cutters and built up
lts aviation arm almost from
scratch. Among the new ships put
into service were seven 327-foot cut
tiers carrying 5-inch guns. They are
sisterships of the Navy's Erie and
Charleston, also built from emer-
gency funds. Their mission in war.
as IN peace, is to help guard our
thousands of miles of seacoast.
Accounting for all these various
types OF expenditures, officials esti-
mate a total of about s875 900 ,OOO
most OF which has been diverted
strictly to military uses. The allot-
ments were made for the most part.
1t was reminded, during years of
peace and national security when
spending for employment and hu-
man relief was uppermost in the
American mind.
Other Kinds of Aid.
But there is another side to the
heavy emergency expenditures that
uttered into preparedness channels.
Next in Importance to the aid rem
dered the Army, Navy. Coast Guard
and National Guard, officials pointed
out. are the hundreds of millions
IN recovery funds allocated for non-
Federal projects that can be utilized
In part, at least. in a mobilization
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Guard, $2,227,l57; ordnance, $s.-
768. .450; Quartermaster Corps, 412o,- :
737 1852; Secretary's ONCE, SIT, ,096,
and Signal Corps, $l73,225. From
these figures 1t is apparent that the
w. P. A. must have supplied about
$125 900, 900 in addition to the War
Department.
Many millions were spent on i'm
provements at posts in the District.
Maryland and Virginia. How much
Is hard to say. Due to the intricacies
OF Federal bookkeeping and the labor
involved, the War Department was
able to furnish only meager break
down Of specific items. These covered
emergency expenditures from 1887
only. More was allotted during the
earlier years, it was believed.
Omitting projects costing less than
$4,000, the record discloses a total
OF $2,936,019 authorized for posts
In the District. They include Boiling
Field, Army Medical Center, Fort
Humphreys, Army War College
Engineer Reproduction Plant and
Soldiers Home. This, however, is q
very incomplete picture
The total for Virginia posts was
given as $4,000, los. Fort Myer, out
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actual number Of aircraft could not
be ascertained from the department.
Another major item included 49,
AL sol for public works construc-
ton, consisting chiefly of improve
ments at naval bases, yards and gun
factories. More than $28, 900 900 was
expended on such improvements at
yards and docks alone. Even the
United States Naval Academy bene-
fitted from emergency funds.
Secretary of War Woodrins in
cluded the sum of 1911 800 900 from
Federal emergency funds in account
ing recently for amounts appro-
priated for the military activities
of the Army over a long period.
His figure Is about 500, 900 900
higher than estimated since then
by the general staff. The emergency
funds allotted to the War Depart
ment, according to an of1cial sheet,
total $276,37l 1926 since the 1894
fiscal year.
A partial rendering of separated
accounts shows $l55, ,465 ,050 obtained
from the N. I. r. A. and the two
P. w. A. programs distributed as
follows: Air Corps, $7,497 ,612; sea-
coast defenses, $685., ,348; National
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cation, new rolling stock, road beds
and terminals. Coming at time
when carriers funds were rapidly
being exhausted, the emergency
loans put new life into an ailing
transportation system.
New Sources Of Electric Power.
Vast supplies Of electrical energy
for any industrial purposes can now
be obtained from plants built at
Grand Coulee, Bonneville, Grand
River, Santee Cooper, Buchanan
and Austin Dams. The hundreds of
millions of dollars for such gigantic
projects are omitted from the es-
timated billion or more for non
Federal projects of indirect aid to
national defense. Yet, this electrical
power would be boon in any ma
tional emergency.
Brightest high light in all these
emergency expenditures is the pic
ture OF timely aid given the Navy
when its regular congressional ap-
preparations were suffering from the
N~S"o VI WIZ oCPi CoSlOIl III CdIllCI
years. as President Roosevelt pointed
out, naval funds declined as a re-
suit of popular, but false convic-
ton of security.
Allotments made directly to the
Navy Department account for $685.
995, ,780. From the $3.50, 900, 900 given
for new ships were built and COM
missioned the following: Two air.
plane carriers, the Yorktown and
Enterprise, Of 10000 tons each; l
heavy cruiser, the Vincennes, of
9,4OO tons; 3 light cruisers. the
Nashville, Savannah and Philadel-
phia. totaling 9,400 tons: 2 gunboats,
the Erie and Charleston, of 1000
tons each; 20 destroyers, totaling
81 400 tons and 4 submarines, total
ing $3.50 tons
The naval funds also account for
S18,773,048 for new aircraft. The
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of resources. Well over q billion
dollars may be accounted for in this
connection.
Industrial mobilization spells ex-
pansion of factory output and trans
portation, with increased rolling
stock and port freight facilities.
Equally important is the health of
The Nation and provision for ample
hospitals strategically located.
Such indirect aid to national de-
tense contributed by the spending
agencies account for modern arte-
rlal highways, for an ever r-increasing
flow of commercial trucks. and mu-
nlclpal power plants that could be
put to useful service in powering
the sinews Of war. Many harbors on
the East, West and Gulf Coasts
have been deepened, piers, wharves
and docks improved.
743 Hospitals Built.
Through P. w. A. allotments alone
TAB separate hospital projects have
been built and authorized providing
accommodations for 107,849 addi-
tional patients. Their cost was ap-
proximately $400, 100000. of which
the Federal Government provided
As per cent. The new hospitals are
located in all the larger cities and in
many of the smaller ones near which
Army concentration camps were To-
Gated in the World War. How much
these new hospital facilities have
contributed to the health of the Ma
ton and therefore to an essential
phase of national preparedness, it
is almost impossible to estimate.
Important to the Nations highway
and rail transportation system has
been the construction of numerous
bridges throughout the country
Some of these are still under con-
struction but are being speeded up
under orders. Notable types are
the great Tri-Borough Bridge in
New York, the Chicago outer drive
bridge, the strategically spaced
spans over the Potomac, Mississippi
Missouri, Ohio and Susquehanna
Rivers.
Rail transportation facilities were
improved by P. w. A. loans of 5000,
100000 to 80 railroads for electrifi-
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side Washington, was included.
Others are Fort Monroe, Langley
Field, Fort Beivoir and small
amounts for Arlington National
Cemetery.
Maryland posts benefited to the
extent Of $6,l60,634. The principal
expenditures were at Fort George G.
Meade, Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Holabird Quartermaster Depot,
Fort Hoyle, Edgewood Arsenal and
Curtis Bay Ordance Depot.
Ramshackle barracks and officers
quarters. many of them temporary
frame structures constituting fire
hazards. had been a blight at Army
posts since the World War. Most OF
these have been replaced by modern
fireproof buildings. Emergency funds
were largely used.
Army and Navy officers testify to
the value Of all these emergency
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Relief Funds Since '33
Have Aided Defense
To Tune Of 7 Billions
Included Are 81 Wurships
Army Grants and Aids to
Industrial Mobilization
By NELSON M. SHEPARD.

With America preparing to pour
out additional billions for arming
against the overshadowing menace
of the German sWastika. high off,
cials said yesterday the administra-
ton again will tap its reservoir of
emergency relief funds to help
strengthen the bulwarks of national
defense
A golden stream estimated at
more than S2,0000 900, 900 has flowed
directly and indirectly into national
defense and preparedness channels
from New Deal recovery funds
during the lean years of the de-
preston. It is still flowing in siz-
able driblets, officials claimed. and
during the coming fiscal year work
relief funds will be used in larger
amounts
The first indication came from
Col. F, c. Harrington. w. P. A.
commissioner. Studies now are
being made to determine how the
eight-month relief fund of $1,000,-
100000 may be utilized to best ad-
vantage for emergency defense con-
struction, Col. Harrington. Army
trained engineer. estimated that
perhaps one-foIrth of the relief rolls
and money - 100000 men and
$3.50 900 00O-can be devoted to con-
struction work of essentially mill
tary value.
War Department Got 613 Million.
Reviewing the part played in the
national defense program by the
use of emergency recovery funds,
Federal officials stressed that first
Importance is attached to allot-
ments totaling $6l3,307.605 made to
the War and Navy Departments
alone since the 1884 fiscal year.
Speedily these funds were converted
into fighting ships, airplanes. land
ing fields, munitions, improvements
at naval and military bases and
other sorely needed items for actual
national defense.
Thirty-two combat ships, their
118,500 tons forming today a part
of our first line of defense at sea,
u dSC UdSk W Vic llilIldl dllOIlllCllt
of emergency funds to a then de-
teriorating Navy. With a scratch of
q pen, President Roosevelt exercised
his emergency powers under the
National Industrial Recovery Act in
the fall of 1888 to cut red tape and
transfer $237735,837. Later trans
fers boosted the special ship fund
to about s260,OOO,0O0. The excuse
given at the time was to create jobs
in industry But officials say the
real motive back of this first ma
tional defense step of the New Deal
was to build the American Navy to
point more nearly approaching
treaty strength.
Some Jobs Still Being Planned.
Some of the more recent emer-
gency projects for the Army and
Navy are still in process of plan
ming and construction. The w. P. A
on Thursday ordered 73 of these
projects speeded up. They involve
work on the major air, military
and naval bases, including Boiling
and Anacostia Fields. Congress al
ready is planning a supplemental
appropria ton of 25,0000O0 to ex-
pedite those projects.
Federal funds given the Army and
Navy during the last seven years,
it was claimed, had no strings at
tached. They were spent for such
needs as the two armed services
Evening star., 1940-06-09

projects to the national defense pro-
gram. America is just that much
further advanced, they pointed out,
on the hard road it has elected to
travel.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Foot-and-mouth disease is killing
Swiss chamois.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Colossal Military Defeat
In Flanders Is Admitted AS
Nazi Troops EnterDunkerque
British Prime Minister
Says Empire Beyond
the Seas" Will Garry
On Struggle IF Island
is Subjugated By Ger
mans.

London. June + (AP) Prime
Minister Churchill. speaking in COM
mons today. said Britain will carry
this war 10 victory III necessary for
ycHrS-it necessary alonc". despite
the Colossal defeat in Flanders"
We shall go on to the end the
prime minister said. We shall fight
in France. We shall tight on the seas
and oceans We shall fight with grow
ing confidence and growing strength
in the air. We shall defend our is
land whatever the cost may be. We
shall fight On the beaches. We shall
fight on the landing grounds. We
shall fight in the fields and streets
and in the hills.
We shall never surrender, and
even if. which do not for a moment
believe, this island on even Il part of
it is Subjugatcd and starving, then
our empire across the seas, armed
and guarded by the British fleet, will
carry on the struggle until in Gods
good name the new world and in all
its strength and might SEES forth to
the rescue and liberation of the old"
He said the allies had suffered "a
colossal military disaster" that the
French army had been weakened,
and Belgium lost.
The dcIvcrancc Of the troops
from Dunkcrquc." he said, was large
ly due to the work of the royal air
force guarding the 300 light WarShips
and 600 other vessels employed in
the work.
He said 10000 mon in the BEE had
been killed. wounded or are missing,
but added proudly that 335, 900 allied
troops had been saved from an
inhalation or capture.
Against the loss Of the 10000, many
Of whom ne predicted would return
home safely. Churchill said Far
heavier losses" were inflicted on the
enemy.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Army Chief Of Staff
Says p e a c e t i m e
Strength of 100000
Men is inadequate To
vi e e I Emergencies
Stemrning From War.

Washington. June 4-(Ap)-COn-
gross learned from the Army's chief
of staff to-day that mHnpuWcr is the
Army'S tragic shortage" at present
and the only thing in q large meas
urC can produce immediate results"
Despite his earlier statement that
procurement Of equipment should
take precedence over personnel in
Crrn$cS. General George {. Marshall
told House appropriations SUBJ
committee in testimony made public
today that the Arny'S maximum
pCaCctimc enlisted strength of 300
600 men would be inadequate to meet
emergencies StCmming from the cur
rent international situation.
"pCrsonn"l al the present moment
* our SCriuus deficiency" Marshall
said I'm the light of requirements
that are being brought To bear on
!hc War department particularly in
tic last week or more. and the nCcCS-
Sity OF having seasoned, trained men
vino can use the new weapons Cffcc-
lively and immediately. and with a
state of discipline that makes them
completely dependable"
Funds to increase the Army from
its present strength Of 227, 900 men
to the 2&0OOO limit already have
been included in the $1,000, 00O,O 600
CcOntinllcd on Page Tnree.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Is
Very Ill
Condition Reported
AS Slightly Improved
Today; Relatives Sum-
moned Yesterday.

Raleigh, June 4.-(AP)-Rcvcnuc
Commissioner A. }. Maxwell l.
'criticaIly iii" at his home here, but
was slightly better this morning, hi
physician said.
Relatives Of the commissioner
were Summoned 10 his bedside lat"
Yesterday. Maxwell suffered a
stroke Of paralysis during the la$'
week of the campaign before the
Democratic primary May %. in
which he was an unsuccessful CUB
crnatorial candidate.
The nature of his illness was kept
secret until after the primary.
"lIc is definitely Shadc better,
but | would say still in critlcn! con-
dition." said DR.. w. b. DrWar, the
Maxwell physician. Ills tcmpcra-
nrrc went up TO lOl yesterday. Ills
breathing WAS more rapid. There
was considerable" congestion IN one
lung. The fever is down this morn
ing and ne appears better.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Number of Allie d
Troops Still In Dun
kerGuc hot Disclosed;
Mussoliz1i's Cabinet
Approves Undisclosed
War Plans.
GY The Nsenctntcd DrcSs.

i}y The NS'D".a1Cd H!cSS.)
German capture Of the allies
escape" port of Dunkcrquc with
40. 900 prisoners and "a vast amount
Of bOoty"-cnding at last the bloody
battle of FlIndcrS-WaS announced
today by the nazi high command.
The French admiralty announced
that the last allied naval and army
units had abandoned Dunkerque,
leaving the city entirely to the Ger
mans after destroying all supplies.
The French admitted that seven
French dcStrOycrS and supply ship
were lost carrying out the cmbarka-
ton. but declared the operation had
saved more than 100000 men. (Bri-
fish Prime Minister Chamberlain
told the house Of commons today
that the figures was 335. 0O0).
The fall of Dunkcrquc, which was
admitted in London, gives Hitlcr'S
conqucring legions complete mastery
Of the entire French and Belgian
coast on the English channel as far
south as the Somme river.
Paris reported eleven girls were
killed at a girls school just outside
Paris-four 'literally blown to
pieces in yesterdays mass air raid
on the French capital.
II was not disclosed how many
French and British troops still re-
manned in the city, although an in
formed British source said the with
draual of the British eXpcditiOnary
force was virtually completed carly
Monday.
Allied forces cntrcnchcd in Dun
kCrQuc have destroyed all war ma
tcrial which cannot be removed, a
scmi-orficial French news agency
said.
when the Germans enter" the re-
port added, "Thcy will find nothing"
The German high command also
claimed 400 allied planes were de-
Stroycd in hangers and on the ground
in addition to l04 shot down ycStCr-
day.
Mine Of our own machines arc
missing" tho communiquC said.
Paris said II German planes were
shot do"n in yesterdays aerial at
tack ON Paris.
MliSSoI:ni'S cabinet stamped the
seal Of official approval on ItHly'S still
unGiSclo=Cd war plans as France sig
nailed no retaliation on German
civilian populations in the wake Of
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Hull Gives
Approval To
Resolution
Secretary of State Sup
ports Stand That the
United States Would
Not Recognize Trans
fer Of Western tiemis-
phere Regions.

Washington. June 4.-(AP)-SCc-
rotary Hull announced today that Il
heartily approve" = resolution dcc!ar-
ing the United S.,":S would not rec
ognzc or acquiCScc in transfer of any
western hemisphere region from one
non-Amcrican power to another
The Secretary Of State made the
statement in 4 letter to Chairman
Bloom Of the House foreign affairs
committee. Bloom made the letter
public after the committee had dis
cusscd the letter fer two hours with
out taking action.
The proposed resolution" HuifS
letter said, lis based squarcly upon
the idea Of full respect for establish
ed SovereigniticS. It would not IN
tcrrcrc in any way with continuance
Of equality Of commerce and trade
for all nations of the world and then
relations with the countries OF the
American continent
The resolution was introduced yes
terday by Bloom and by Senator Pitt
man, Democrat, Nevada.
II would in effect declare to all
foreign powers that the United States
officially disapprovcd any change in
the political status of western hcmis-
phcrc nations or dependencies as a
result Of the development OF the Ell
ropcan war.
Hull said that this government
must necessarily insist that posses
Sims Of flIrODCan nations in the
western hemisphere shall not become
the subject of barter or conquest be-
tween rival European powers or be
mndc the scene of settlement Of Eu-
ropcan difficulties"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Nv HENRY AVERILL
BY HEN

Raleigh. June 4.--Decision Of Lieu
tenant Governor Wilkins p. Horton
not to call for second primary with
!. Melville Broughton has left all
hands and the political cooks spe-
culating widely as to why's and
WhcrefOreS.
Had Horton said early last week
he wouldn't run, there would not
have been nearly so much cause for
the speculation. but political obSer-
ycrs and commentators are finding it
hard to take the Horton remuneration
statement at its full face value-that
is. all except the part about the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Marshall Declares
Army's Need Is Men
Swiss Shoot Down
German Planes In
Air Battle Today

Bern, Switzerland, june T.
(AP)-Thc Swiss high command
announced today that 1.-TWO or
three" German planes were be-
licvcd to bavc been shot down
by fighters in all air battle over
the Swiss JTra mountains III
which one Swiss plane was
brought down.
The German bOmbcTS nrcSum-
ably were strayS from SquadronS
which were reported 30 have at
tackled the fhOnc valley i'll
France today.
They crossed the Swiss from
tier despite anti-aircraft fire.
The high command conmuni-
que said that in the battle one
Swiss plane had crashed and the
pilot killed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Lochner Sees
German Long
Range Gun
BY LOUIS i. LOCUNER

With the German Army, June g.
(AP)-I stood yesterday at Calais,
next to Il IOng-rangc gun which the
Germans told me could send its shells
as far as London anytime Adolf
Hitler gave the order.
(Thc distance from Calais to Lon
don is about 80 miles by airline.
(ThiS is farther than the famed
big Bertha" Of the World War could
shoot-but both Germany and Soviet
Russia arc said 10 have constructed
long range guns able 10 fire pro-
jcctilc 100 or more miles.
("Big Bertha" was the nickname
given the German long-ranGc CAM
non which in 1918 created scnsa-
ton by Smelling Paris from the forest
of Coucy. d distance Of 76 milcs.)
Calais spacious harbor and iOrti-
ficationS arc in ruins but German
artillery and WAY planes have spared
its Wharves and huge cranes. They
/Top+;pro5 m Dooa Tbroal
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
BONDS SOLD.

Raleigh, June 4.-(AP)--Thc local
government commission sold $115,50O
worth of Wayne county bonds today
to Lewis & Hall, Inc, Of Greensboro,
and Vance Young and Hardin Co., of
Winston Salem. A S50,OGO school
building issue will pay 3 IA percent
interest and S65,500 refunding school
bonds brought premium Of Sl2 and
will pay IA percent interest.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04
Hoey Sees
No Threat
Governor Finds No
Disloyal Element of
Consequence in North
Carolina.
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh. June 4.-GoVernof Clyde
r. Hocy does not believe that any
adisIoval element" is real or serious
threat to the safety Of the states Ma
tional Guard armories. its arsenaiS
~ other public buildings ana
property. o.;o, of Nov.
works. Governor Herbert Lehman
in ordering five hundred National
Crordsren into active service -
s,lard armorieS, etc, Governor Hocy
Said he has no idea that any such
step will be necessary in North Gar
DINA and added that ne does not sec o
the slightest need for it in this state.
~ have looked the SITUATION over
closely and l have found that mere
isn,t any disloyal element n N2ftn
Carolina against which we must !oS
on our guard to that extent ne Sa' G.
The governor has been active III
fc-on.;nIed on Page SeVen)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-04

money.
That count is generally believed
to be the decisive one. Horton knew
last week. just as well as now,
whether his candidacy would pro
mote harmony in the party. he
knew then, just as we'll as he knows
now. that world conditions and their
prospective reflection. make poll
teal battles appear to lose some OF
their significance,
Those were the first of three as
signed reasons. The third 1T is even
more true that a campaign is very
expensive" There was the rub, IN
the opinion of practically all who
have been heard by this reporter to
express all opinion.