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The Nome nugget., 1941-06-16
4l'lr.y Bill Is Passed
 By House

WASHINGTON. June - The House hes passed ana sent to the Senate the Army Approration b;ll.
 Ire bill contains a provision re curing both employers and en- ployees in defense production in- dustries to comply with the re- commentators of the National Dlieese Media jon Board.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-16

aciey is 5000 monthly and the N3zis have already embarked on a program of utilizing facilities of rq4ercd countries to in e.ssse plane production capacity to bztWeen 400 and 6,0O0 month lY.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-16
COPPER RIVER R. R. BILL PASSES SENATE

WASHINGTON, June - The Senate has passed and sent to the House the measure authorizing the Copper River and Northwest ern Railway to convey to the United States its right-of-way for 3 highway.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-16
Thousands of Police and Sheriifs Work with FBI In International Defense Plan
By Jack SGnnett

WASHINGTON, June - Work ing for two years so quietly that only few hints leaked out, Fed eral Bureau of Investigation Dir ector J. Edgar Hoover has com pleted his "FBI Law Enforce ment Officers Mobilization Plan for National Defense"
 Hoover emphasizes 1t is not "a national police force.n It actual ly is a far more widely-hung law enforcement agency than the national government could hope to maintain alone. It ties nearly 4,300 cooperating police agencies in towns, counties and states into network coordinated by the FBI.
 This means that countless thou sands of police officers, sheriffs and their deputies, detectives and government agents now are working, with FBI methods and under FBI guidance, to clear the entire defense setup of saboteurs spies and fifth columnists.
 1t means that the FBFs 17,000,- 0o0 fingerprint cards its technical laboratory with more than 100 crime scientists its knowledge of modern sabotage methods learn ed on the ground in countries now at war and its vast reservoir of criminal information will be available to all these agencies in their concerted efforts against en emies of our defense plans and plants.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-16
ON PRESIDENTS ORDER

Back Tn September, 1859. PreSl dent Roosevelt asked the FBI to take charge of all Investigations relating to espionage, sabotage, and violation of the neutrality regulations"
 This task" said the President, must be conducted in a compre- hensive and effective manner on a national basis, and all informa ten must be sifted out and cor related.
 Using this order as his spring board, Director Hoover and aides went to work. The plan they evolved is simple
 Through its fingerprint assem- bling system, its Uniform Crime Reports Ca quarterly survey of crime throughout the nation); its National Police School Ca concen trated "college" of criminology here in Washington which has graduated 553 members of police agencies and sent them back to their cities or s 'atcs to tca2's FBI mctlojs); and its criminol- og.cal laboratory (which handles sbout 5000 cases a year for p0- Ice agencies free of charge). the FBI already was in contact with thousands of police agen- cioe
 The FBI has 54 bureaus ln the United States. Using these as Auclei for the greater network, s.ate or sectional conferences Aere set up, attended by officials irom the police agencies who sig ni6ed willingness to cooperate. TAKE AN OATH
 The first thng these police of ficials must do is take an oath. which without calling for any al legiance which would interfere with their obligations locally, ends on this note: T will constant ly strive to cooperate in the safe guarding of our internal security and in the defense of the nation.
 This is the tie that binds" and in the first quarter of 1941 it bound 8,357 police officials (and consequently the forces working under them) into the FBTs mo- bilization plan,
 As an example of how these conferences blanket a state, Cali fornia may be cited. Quarterly conferences have been held in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Stock ton, Martinez, Sacramento, Napa, Oakland, Bedding, San Rafael, Watsonville, Eureka, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Der nardino and Santa Barbara. That Is covereage.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-16
SEWARD BILL GOES TO FDR

WASHINGTON. June 10 The Senate has passed and sent to the White House the House bill en- 1bling the town of Seward, AL lska to purchase its privately 'Wned electric and telephone sy- stem.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
u. S. SEIZURES:
CretUS, Ships

Sensational was the American sci
zure of all German, Italian and Dan
ish ships in u S. ports and the
failing of BIS seamen of German
and Italian nationality.
Comments from the Axis ranged
all the way from Virginia Gayda's
direct threat that another such act
would meet with reaction" without
a declaration of war, to others
from Berlin and Tokyo on somewhat
a milder basis.
The general Axis reaction was
that the Selling of the ships was an
unjustifiable breach of international
law, but Cordell Hull quoted book.
chapter and verse to show that the
seizure was entirely justified under
a precedent established bv italy. no
less, in 1897.
In that instance Italy seized neu-
trail and belligerent ships and later
either returned them or reimbursed
the nations The American plan was
to put the Italian and German ships
into the U. S. hemispherical service,
and to turn the Danish ships over to
Britain. The use Of Italian and Ger.
man vessels to replace American
bottoms would release them for Brit
ain also, It was pointed out.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11

The 1871 major April IS This
teams race changing peonnes players called into The
leading Cleveland Indians
Henry eenbeg Detroit Tigers John Rgny Chicago White SOK and
Ted Williams Of the Boston sox.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
JUGOSLAVIA:
Ready for Var

II was apparent that Jugoslavia
was on the threshold of war, or if
the nation was blufing, it was will
ing to carry the bluff to the verge
of actual hostilities.
Nazl reconnaissance planes flew
over a key city of southern Serbia
and there was a brief air raid
alarm. This was considered a good
intimation that the Nazis meant
business and that the 5000 soldiers
amassed on the eastern frontier
would be increased and would be
the nucleus of an attacking force.
1t was interesting that most of the
press attacks on the Jugoslavian sit
uation in Berlin were directed at
British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden, whose series of visits to the
southern Balkans and Turkey and
Greece were followed by Jugosla-
Was firm decision to stand by Brit
ain and Greece, even at the cost of
bloodless revolution.
The Berlin papers referred to
Eden IN the most caustic terms, and
1t was apparent that even as Berlin
blamed Eden for the Jugoslavian sit
uation, so Eden would be getting
credit for it in Britain.
The crucial point in the Jugoslavi-
an situation, was whether the Serbs
and Croats would get together and
achieve a united front Mack, the
leader of the Croats, was still in
the new cabinet as vice premier, but
there was some doubt as to whether
he would stay.
He was one of the signers of the
Axis pact in Vienna, and one of the
few to remain in the government
after the overthrow. For some rea-
son that was not Immediately clear,
Simovic, the head of the govern
ment, appeared to be anxious to
keep Mack, but the latter was APP
parently anxious to get out and put
some other Croatian in his place.
Political observers said that Ma
eek, while permitting his followers
to support Simovic, was finding it
personally embarrassing to serve in
Simovic's cabinet.
The Germans in their attacks on
Jugoslavia in the press, we're max
ing a build-up for immediate mill
tary action on the ground that all
sorts of atrocities had taken place
in Jugoslavia.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
Minority Party in u. S.
Is Still Important

l walked along the corridor OF the
Capitol building, turned down a mar
row hall, got into a still narrower
elevator and went up TO the second
floor. Opposite the elevator door is
the office OF a small town editor.
The Office was not a newspaper
office and the editor was not editing
at the moment-he has TO do that by
remote control most Of the time
nowadays for his newspaper is To-
Gated in North Attleboro, Mass. He
is Joe Martin, minority leader Of
the house Of representatives and be-
ginning his second term as chair
man OF the Republican national com
mittee.
The subject Of our conversation
had TO do with what a minority party
does when a national emergency ex-
lists and partisan politics is supposed
TO be forgotten. Chairman Martin
told me the Republican party has
plenty TO do.
THE Republican party has two
big jobs ahead OF II today" this
Scotch-Irish Yankee said THE first
job is to keep congress from getting
ahead OF the people"
] asked him just what he meant
i've been out in the country" he
answered, land I know the people
don't want US here in Washington
to do anything that will get the ma
ton into war II it weren't for con-
tinual unspectacular work on the
part Of the minority, especially in
committees, the country would be
in far worse shape then it is today"
But a still bigger task lies ahead.
Joe Martin told me-
"Our second job" he said, lis TO
prepare for the situation when the
chaos Of the World war which has
produced the present emergency is
over. Then it will be the RESPONSE
bility Of the Republican party to get
back the democratic processes
which are being sacrificed today by
the emergency grants Of power to
the executive"
OF course, Chairman Martin be-
lieves the country will turn to the
Republicans then, as what he calls
a stabilizing force Meanwhile, he
says they must continue to police
the majority party policies.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11

lngton with Representative Grove
from his own Indiana district.
Although his family roots 90 clear
back To the beginning OF Salem, Ind.
history, there is an ancient tale
which makes him n little uncertain
as to who he really is. II seems
that four generations ago two little
boys were stolen from two different
families, the MenaughS and Hins-
legs, by the Indians. One was four
and one was five. Later. n trappcr
reported that he had heard that one
OF the boys, he didn't know which.
had died. Still later, the other boy
returned TO the village. But which
boy? Six years has passed The
little fellow had an Indian name and
he had forgotten his own. Both fam
lies claimed him and finally a pub
lie trial was held and he was award
ed to the Mcnnughs. Bob is great
grandson Of that boy.
High School Start
Bob started newspaper work in
high school, buying an old press and
setting the type himself. Later he
worked on the Salem Democrat, the
oldest newspaper in Indiana He
says that his greatest thrill came in
speaking on the first national broad
cast celebrating the opening OF the
radio gallery on June 20. 1899 an
honor shared by your correspondent.
McGrath, head OF the senate side
started work in 1910 at the age OF
IL as a reporter, succeeding Lowell
Thomas on the Victor (Colo.) Rec
ord.-The Record was a four-sheet
daily and McGrath was to have other
reportorial training in Boise and
Wallace, Idaho, before he got the
urge to own a weekly.
He paid a hundred dollars down
and fifty dollars month for the
Kellogg Qdaho) Record. Equip
ment, one job press, one Cotrell fiat
bed newspaper press and lots of
hand type.
Mrs. McGrath and l." he says,
Learned TO peg type and with the
help of one printer got out the paper
until / joined the army in 1918"
After the war he secured the Je-
rome County Qdaho) Times which he
ran until he sold out in 1922 He
came to Washington with Senator
SchwcIlenbach of Washington and
was with him until he took over the
gallery job
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
Rural Newspaper Men
Make Good in Warrington

Two small town boys, both trained
on weekly newspapers, have made
good in the radio world in Washing
ton and neither of them can get the
country out OF his blood and is proud
of it.
One is lanky, ed-halred Hoosler,
Robert M Mcnaugh, and the other,
scholarly looking d. Harold Nc
Grath, who grew up in the Cripple
Creek mining district in Colorado.
They are the superintendent, re-
spectively, of the new house and
senate radio galleries.
my favoritc newspaper, says
Bob, lis the oldest in Indiana and
the one l used to work on. It's the
Salem Democrat"
McGrath, who has owned two
weekly newspapers, says: Il have
made seven auto trips from coast
TO coast in the last seven years and
/ noticed that the weekly newspaper
is on a much more solid basis than
il was when / was a publisher IS
years ago | still think the weekly
is the best read news publication in
America"
Bob is the veteran Of the two In
radio because Il was the house Of
representative which first recog-
nized that radio men needed the
same facilities that the members of
the long established press gallery
have If they arc properly to cover
the doings Of congress. SO in May
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11

ESTE"whsn 1pan. they
tReleased by Western Newspaper Union
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
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Government TO Encourage
Greater Food Production
Prepare for Increased Aid to DemocraCieS;
Newspaper Men From Small Town
Make Good in Washington.
BY BAUKHAGE
National Farm and Home Hour Commentator
WNU Service, l343 IL Street, N. w.
Washington, ID. G..

WNU Service, l343 II Street, N. W.,
Washington, ID. G.
WASHINGTON.- Before long the
government will take steps to give
the American farmer an incentive
for raising more animals and in
crcaslng the egg and milk output for
this arsenal of democracy, il can
be safely predicted at this time. Fur
thcrmore, with the incentive will un-
doubtcdly go some type of guaran-
tee, as in the case Of the manufac-
turcr, that the farmer will be pro-
tectcd at least from possible loss in
such undertakings. AT most, he
might even be guaranteed n profit.
Here is the background of the stu
alton. details of which government
officials are not ready as yet to
make public:
Food is as much II munitlon OF
war as guns. The United States in
pledging its aid TO democracies is
starting to send food supplies to
them.
Important Food-WeapOns.
One OF these ood-weapons is
wheat We have plenty OF that gram.
The department of agriculture esti-
mates that at present there are
more than SOS, 900, 900 bushels in ex-
cess Of domestic needs.
Another food weapon, and a vital
one for fighting men, is the protcins
meat, milk, milk products, poultry
and eggs. Rationing OF these prod
ucts is becoming severe in England.
American agriculture does not have
surpluses of these things. But farms
are the factories where they can be
produced, and we do have surpluses
of one of the chief raw materials
for the process, namely, corn. Pres
ent estimates indicate that the corn
surplus will reach 700,000,0 900 bush
els by October /.
How many more cows, pigs and
chickens do we need in order to be
able to feed ourselves as well as the
fighting dcmocracies? That is hard
question TO answer. The department
of agriculture calls it an "imponder-
able" 1t also admits that if every
body in this country right now were
getting a square meal we would not
have enough of the protein foods to
60 around.
Hence, the notwithstanding to
encourage American farms to
"manufacture" proteins in the in
terest of national defense.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11

Concluding a three-year term as
president Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution, Mrs. Henry NJ
Robert Jr. (above) will preside al
the organizations ffheth congress
In Washington, April 1919. The
OAR. has las, 900 members.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
2Z2sSyDzAg
Major Leagues Open Baseball Season
[SES1S:lSE:I LEAGUE

Opening Games
New York at Brooklyn
St. Louis at Cincinnati
Pittsburgh at Chicago
Boston at Philadelphia
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11

FROM CHE BILLION
COAL FIELD IN THE
BIOGRAPHICAL CEN
TER OF INDUSTRY
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
STRIKES:
Dominate NetUs

While the question of whether or
not the United States was lin the
war" or not continued to be debated
by editorial writer's, there was no
question but that the nation was in a
labor war, daily growing more and
more serious, with outbreaks of VIC
lence hitting the front pages with
q bang. Congressional action in the
situation came when the house voted
324 to ! for an investigation of
the re-armament program with spe-
cial emphasis on strikes which
hamper the defense program.
The c. I. o. held the strike spot
light, the three major disturbances
consisting of various types of trou-
BILE involving unions of that organi-
zation. These included the Ford
strike, the Allis-Chalmers strike and
the soft-coal strike.
After sailing along for II weeks
with little happening except unsuc-
cessful negotiations, the Allis-Chal-
mers dispute broke into serious VIC
lence. This followed closely on two
developments, statements by Knox
and Knudsen urging that the plant
be reopened, and the action by the
company in putting 500 rehabilita-
ton men to work, and then throw
ing open the doors to chose en-
ployees who wanted to come back"
About 1850 out of 1900 on one
shift reported, and then the govern
ment of Wisconsin stepped in to at
tempt to give returning workers pro-
lection through embattled picket
lines. The result? The plant had to
close down again, Governor Heips
car was stoned, 48 persons were in
jured in police-strikers battle, and
the Governor informed President
Roosevelt that the trouble was be-
yond all state, county and city police
to keep order.
Biggest Plant
Hardly had this cry reached the
President from Milwaukee when c.
l. o. workers struck at the largest
single industrial plant in the world,
Henry Ford's River Rouge factory,
employing $4,000 persons. Almost
Immediately there we're reports of
violence at this factory, owned and
operated by the only big Industrial
ist who never has had a union con-
tract.
The basis of the battle in the Ford
plant between strikers and manage
ment was a matter of 10 cents an
hour more or less to bring the Ford
wages, until recently higher than in
competing auto factories, UP to the
General Motors-Chrysler level
AS the Ford strike brewed and
broke, 400 900 workers in the soft
coal industry, John l.. Lewis per-
sonal G. 1. o. union, stopped work
pending negotiation of a new wage
contract to take the place Of one
which had expired.
This newest strike brought from
President Roosevelt the "hope" that
this walkout would not be of long
enough duration to endanger the ma
tional defense.
But the government, which had
put Dr. Dykstra in charge of la
Dor mediation board, and which had
dumped the Allis-Chalmers and 9TH
er strikes in the lap of this new
organization, seemed to the public
to be making little progress in get
ting the full manpower of the U. S.
to work on national defense.
1t was being plainly said in Wash
ington that unless there was some
immediate amelioration Of the labor
problem, some form Of national de-
tense labor law would find favor
with the President.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
BY Edward C. Wayne

House Launches Rearmament Inquiry
AS Labor Disputes Continue Tie Up
Of Plants Vital to Defense Program;
Balkans Hold Center of War Scene
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-04-11
EYIIl;ISa .;y!EEIz:X5Is

Opening Games
Chicago at Cleveland
Detroit at St. Louis
Washington at Boston
Philadelphia at New York
Evening star., 1941-09-14
France on Berlin Time
By Thomas Keruun JB

The story OF the fall Of France having been told that
or France 10
week the reviewer of called
all conquered The author this
though
Ih week we have the of the pnder
did not go to France to there,
business when the Germans swarmed land
enced personally the tactics of the Naz international burglars
representative
Ihough he American his firm had French
ned Paris Returning after short time he that
been entered by the
The NazS negotiations
which could
obviously by design he sayskpt tape
ne Whe affairs were at this there
vogue his Leading publication 1T nearly
could In
The explanation he that editors
send TO German control OF their while he did His
This was in general the German plan, applied
French wealth The Germans in
cupaon costs The figure purpose high
big margin OF profit This profit they purchase
in all French
claim is that the purchases
The catch that the seller gets his offer the
which isn't
long since passed into German
One wonder why
with so elaborate peense of legality The
that the Germans making
avoiding
IN allowing
they hope make the general public believe
injury Their line of selling talk the
ally the good
German people understand and bear strategy
might be expected to fail of conviction
observing whole plan could
intend to
Mr. Herman and their attitude
ntenioned administrators toward population of intelligent
walks of French life 1t chapter in the history Euopes
IIler-made Dark Ages NC r
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Timely and Helpful Books
Are Offered by Library
Wide World Photo.

I Ruth Fedder. "A Girl Grows Up"
stresses the importance of gaining
self confidence and attaining emo-
| tional maturity.
Teachers who wish to follow de-
velopmentS in the field of vocational
guidance may want TO read Ruth
Strangs Pupil Personnel and
Guidance OF possible interest TO
the elementary school teacher is the
recently published Teacher in the
Modern Elementary School" by
Robert H. Lane, author of The
Progressive Elementary School ." An
other new book. A. Gordon MelvinS
latest contribution. Method for New
Schools describes the learning
from experience process with illus
tratlons of how this method is ap-
piled in the classroom. The high
school teacher may find The Emer-
ging High School Curriculum"
timely volume to read-if he is not
too occupied revising the curriculum
to read about it.
The publication Of three new books
VIZ AiAN w NNll NllI
and the school seems to indicate
growing interest in this subject. In
Youth. Family and Education"
Joseph K. Folsom discusses the need
of education for family living and
the practices ia use today. A second
work, Family Living and Our
Schools" Is by the Joint Committee
on Curriculum Aspects Of Education
for Home and Family Living and is
intended to help teachers plan
courses in this subject The Amer
lean Associa ton of School Admins
traitors chose this same topic for its
18th yearbook and called it "Educa-
ton for Family Life" The editors
of this volume present a strong plea
for greater cooperation between the
schools and the homes.
In addition to these books. there
are many others for parents who
are hoping to make the coming year
healthful and happy experience
for School-age children. for children
who are thinking about the fun and
work they will find at school and
for teachers VINO are organizing their
program for the year.