The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 8, 1939, Page 2

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Norway dis- putes claim! . . . Japanese group pushes claims! . . . Australia dis- putes U. 8. claims! ... U. S. to map | coastline! . . . So runs the headline story of the scramble for Antarctica, the last piece of land pie on earth. Four to five million square miles of territory, equivalent to the United States and | | Mexico combined! A continent pro- | tected from prying man by an inert, uninhabitable ice cap, two to 200 feet thick! | Why should sovereign—and pre- sumbaly sane—governments work | | themselves up to a geographical! | lather? | (For that’s just what Uncle Sam | is about to do, Congress willing, An expedition to map coastlines starts | this year if all goes as planned.) | There is no single answer; but | there are several reasons why the | U. 8. is on the verge of action in the Antarctic. Here they are, one- | ROSS DEPENDENCY or ZEALAND SECTOR” A (FRENCH SECTOR) 142 in the South Pole area. This map, based on’ information supplied by the National Geographic Society, shows claims to territory in 1936. These acts started a rush. Dr. Ernest H. Gruening, director of territories for Uncle Sam, won- ders where we ought to stand among all these disputes, lacking as we do, any official acts by Congress to back up our unofficial claims. 4. INSURANCE No man knows whether Antarctica now has, or ever will have, any stra- tegic or commercial value to civilized man. What about aviation? Will the Antarctic ever become a commer- cial aerial route linking the Am- ericas and Asia, Australia, and Af- rica? You never know any more. And how about the military value of that continent? Could it ever be- come a base for a military expedi- tion against the Americas? That brings up the Monroe doctrine. Furthermore, what Government official wants to become the scape- goat of history by sleeping on Am- erican rights anywhere? These questions suggest to gov- 'PROBE NEAR; lative Request-Pas- sage Likely ALASKA FISH DIMOND SAYS No 0bjedifiet fo Legis- § C(oming North SAN PEDRO, Cal, June 8—De- {|stroyers Chester and Partridge leave Bremerton, Wash., on June 26, arriving at the Aleutian Islands | on July 8 and after visiting ports | in Alaska, will return south. | Destroyers Tucker and Case will | take ROTC students of the Uni- | versity of Washington and Univer- }sxty of California on a training | [ [ | { | i cruise to Alaska from June 14 to July 10. The Tucker ‘and Case with the ROTC students will call at Haines, Juneau and Ketchikan on the cru e | SNEAD PRESSED | BYAMATEURIN NATIONAL OPEN \Walker Finishes First, Round in Even Par | i Figures ’ ’ PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 8. — |Marvin “Bud” Walker, member of | the 1938 U. S. Walker Cup team, | today stroked his way in even par | {figures to lead the field of the Na- |tion’s top “simon-pure” linksmen in |the first round of the National Open. | The surprise shot master from | Spokane and Olympia, Wash., hung | {|lup a medal score of 69 for the { {18-hole round. Walker’s score put him one shot!‘ | |behind professional Sam Snead, who phoz a sparkling 68 to end the first lap in front position. HOOVERLIBRARY | WILL BE HOUSED IMMENSE TOWER By SAM JACKSON AP Feature Service Writer PALO ALTO, Cal, June 8.7Dia-} mond drills have begun exploring | for foundation to hold a lofty $600,- ! 000 tower which will house one of | Uncle Sam’s most unusual assets— | the Hoover Library on War, Revo- lution and Peace. It is a collection of books, pam- | |phlets, posters, newspapers and original manu: pts gathered by |Herbert Hoover during the World |War and the tumultuous years| {that followed, and later presented | {to Stanford University. { In time of peace the library is a that .y |mecca for historians, who want to| ns L he; vill Baong MG i i W ‘]('m‘n what went on behind the| |be a Congressional investigation of | p |Alaska fisheries were voiced today |SC€VeS in the great struggle. in a radiogram from Alaska Dele- Vzhmhlc_ 18 R Shesaniies gate Anthony J. Dimond to Terri- .In Wht: thig erserikl »01' "]wrm?_ = {tion might play a vital role in torial Senator Henry Roden. * ¥ § American strategy, particularly in ernment men the desirability of an| insurance policy for future genera.;torial Legislature sent a mem-’)rial‘y tions. That insurance policy takes| to Congress urging such an investi- the form of an expedition. Dr. Grue- | gation and three House members ning has estimated it will cost about Th sessio; he Terri- 8- JRCEDL. SeoNgn of the 5 |the field of propaganda. For among its contents are 26,-| 000 posters and photographs show- ing how the military spirit was U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and Vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., June 8: Showers tonight and Friday; gentle to moderate southerly w Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: ; gentle to moderate southerly winds, except Dixon Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: to fresh scuth and southeast winds tonight nd Friday coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Ommaney; moderate winds from Cape Ommaney to Cape Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA Barometer Tembd. Humidity Wind Velocity 30.01 50 82 S 7 30.03 45 91 El 4 30.08 47 84 S RADIO REPORTS s. ight and Fri- moderate to fresh Moderate along the southerly Time 3:30 pm. yest'y 3:30 a.m. today Noon today Weather Cloudy Cloudy Lt. Rain TODAY 3:30am. Precip. temp. 24 hours 40 a2 48 28 46 38 46 46 42 42 44 15 Lowest temp. 40 46 i4 38 46 Max, tempt. last 24 hours 3:30 a.m. Weather Cloudy Cloudy Clear Pt.Cldy Pt. Cldy Cloudy t. Rain Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York Washington 0 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Lt Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cighr Cloudy Clear 46 52 54 | 54 | 54 i | 54 62 68 58 64 WEATHER SYNOPSIS netric pressure was still low this morning over most ska and over the northeast portion of the north Pacific Ocean. The *ter was moderately high over the Arctf® Ocean and over the c Northwest. Light rain has been general along the coast of Alaska from the" Aleutian Islands to Ketchikan, and south to Oregon with local showers over the lower Kuskokwim, the Yukon and the Tanana valleys, also over most of southwestern Canada, with fair weather prevailing over the rest of the field of observation. Tem- peratures were warmer last night over the Seward Peninsula and the Alaska Railroad belt with readings mostly below iormal reperted from other portions of the Territory. Juneau, June 9.—Sunrise The bt portions of Al 6 am.; sunset, 9:02 p.m Shoe*” two-three style: {and two Senate members were ap- $350,000. 1. WHALING— | pointed to work with the Congres-|Stimulated in every nation en-| It might lead to some internation- |sional committee should it be ap-|S2°d in the World War — hand- novelty that will be pleas- ing to the foot as well as the eye. SETTS? SIIOES! $2.95 For quick disposal we have grouped several lines of high heeled slippers that formerly sold for much more. 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Antarctic whaling is a 50-million- | dollar-a-year enterprise, shared by a half dozen nations, including the United States, Our, Govs t has noted with lifted eyebrows that rival nations have mapped Antarctica to include the whaling ereas ,in the claims, Should Uncle Sam go and do likewise? 2. WEATHER Argentine_weather .observers sta- tioned regularly on Laurie Island (off South America in the South Orkneys) are making the world’s only clegr-accurate long range fore- casts. Other metgorological data hints that Antarctica might be the answer to the weather man’s dream of long distance forecasting, and if 50, Uncle Sam is more than an in- terested observer. 3. INTERNATIONAL POLICY In the ahsence of an act of Con- gress, the United States has Jaid no official claims to any land not ac- tually colonized and settled by Am- erican citizens. That is true of Ant- arctica, despite claims of EXplorers Ellsworth and Byrd. Explorers for 165 years have as- serted Antarctic claims for their nations. Once it was. customary to |sail along a bit. of Antarctic, coast- |line, which might have been merely an ice shelf over the ocean, and |plant a flag here and there. Many of those explorers claimed all ter- ritory from the ‘“coastline” to the i pole. That's why Antarctic claims | look like pieces of pie on the map. Claims have been made for Great Britain, the United States, Ger- many, Norway, France, and Japan. | Great Britain long ago put chunks of territory under some territorial governor as “dependencies.” In later years, explorers in air- planes dropped flags or written claims and registered them with their governments. Byrd introduced the aerial mapping camera in. 1935, Norways' Christenson dropped flags al administration of the ice-capped bottam of the world—an adminis- tration that would safeguard Ameri- can rights. Otherwise, Congress might wake up some morning to find a request on its hands to rec- ognize our claims to Antarctica. Tore Woman's (lothing; Gets Five Months Pleading guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct, William Gamble today was sentenced by U. S. Com- missioner Felix Gray to five months in jail Complaining witness was Beatrice Harris who said Gamble, a “boy friend,” tore up all her clothes at her gpartment while she was ab- sent. Ball Game for onight; 11 No Rain Two_nights in a row, ball games scheduled between the Elks and the Mopse have been rained out. To- |night, both squads, fretting with in- activity, are hoping that the gods of storm will permit a game. t’s seven-inning contest be- tween the league leading Elks and the runners-up Paps is scheduled for 6:30, if it doesn't rain. PETERSBURG (OLLEGE STUDENT IN JUNEAU Earl Fosse, University of Alaska student from Petersburg, arrived in Juneau on the Aleutian this morn- ing to stop over night in connec- tion with business. He will go on to Petersburg on the North Sea, planning to fish for the summer. —— e DR. STEVES, CHIROPODIST, gives quick relief to paining feet. Office, 10 Valentine Building. Phone adv. | pointed. committee since the passing of the |late Senator Joe Hofman. Represen- tatives Smith, Davis and Walker represent the House. | The following is the text of Di- mond’s radiogram to Roden: “I confidently expect House Reso- lution 162, providing for a Congres- Isional Investigation of Alaska fish- eries, to be passed by the House within ten days. “It is not necessary that the Sen- ate pass the resolution. It is im- possible to say when the committee will reach Alaska, because nobody knows when Congress will adjourn, but it seems highly probable that Congress will not adjourn until late in July. Therefore, the committee will not arrive in Alaska until early in August, and perhaps later, “I agree that you and other mem- bers of the Joint Committee on Fisheries should make the fullest preparation for the investigation as outlined in your letter. “I will wire you when the reso- lution passes. As yet no one has ex- pressed any objection to the investi- gation.” Roden had said earlier that hear- ings will be held with interested parties before the arrival of Con- gress committee members, to de- termine the lines along which the investigation shall be conducted. DALE VS. PULLEN First case of the present Court term to come to ftrial, the labor lien suit of Olaf Dale versus Har- riet S. Pullen, Royal B. Pullen and Katherine Nye started this after- noon in District Court, with Judge George F. Alexander presiding. Dale, a carpenter, claims Mrs. at Skagway, owes him for work he did on the place. The trial is expected to take the rest of the week. e o s sommeannd Senator Roden is the only Senate | {member on the Alaska Legislative | TRIAL UNDER WAY Pullen, operator of the Pullen House Try The Empire classifieds for jresults. bills spread by airplane over enemy country and pamphlets, books and press releases. Scholars say its equal does not exist in any other country “The library today coptains more than 5,000,000 separate items,” says Prof. Ralph H. Lutz, in charge. “Do Not Open Until—" Some of the acquisitions are sealed, with the proviso that they {remain unopened until some future |date, presumably because their con- tents, if published, might have dam- aged living persons. The next of |these “time-locked” cases will be opened in 1942 and may yield some |startling secrets on European in- trigue. Hoover, who lives on the Stan- ford campus, is a director and con- tinues to take a keen interest in building up the library. The library staff likes to tell of an American scholar who planned a book on the war, went to En- gland and settled down for a long period of research in the library of the Imperial war museum. |When he made his wants known tne museum sent him back to the |United States—and Stanford Uni- versity. —,,———— {Freak Fish in (ity Display Two men who heard the U. S. Goyernment’s anti-espionage forces arrived in San Francisco recently to study an ever increasing spy problem on the Pacific Coast. Pictured above is Attorney General Frank Murphy, head of the Department of Justice (left), and J. Edgar Hoover of the FBL Center is Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron, who greeted the pair during an inspection tour of that city. Murphy pointed out that San Francisco is a center of military and naval opera- tions, natural gathering place for those who would like to find out more about Uncle Sam’s private affairs. (ase Today There are eight freak fish in Ju- neau today, one of them terrific |and the other seven unbelievable. Down at Thomas Hardware, in a lg]ass display case, there was a 23- pound Irish Lord—more technically, a sculpin—horned, warty, and ter- ribly ugly, caught by a fisherman at ‘Tee Harbor. The seven other freaks are in a glass jar in a display case at Jim O'Neill's Baranof Cigar Stand. Jim |says they are seven invisible Kenai goldfish. He may be right. G R Ay GOING SOUTH Dorothy Hitt, wife of Vance Hitt, of Fairbanks, passed through Ju- neau on the Aleutian this afternoon, en route south for a trip through ‘Lhe States, 4 3002i3(;ot Fall Kills Motorist ing 300 feet through the roadside fence at the top of Croton Dam, 5;‘;:gcl:£an»on-fludson, N. Y., the driver of this battered car (circle) was instantly killed. State troopers worked all night with acetylene torches the wreckage and free the body. The victim was identified to eabthrough e i Yo, ot Asin AW