Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1940 — Page 9
ADVISES SOVIET BE REGARDED AS 14000 NEIGHBOR
Stefansson, Just Back From Alaska, Finds That Area Uneasy About Japan. .
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (U. P)— United States should expand its good neighbor policy to include the Soviet Union, “which is certainly a * close neighbor” and ought to be kept a good one, Vilhjalmur Stefansson said today.
The explorer-scientist, just re-
turned from another of his many}
stays in Alaska, said that the people of that most
expansion or aggression, but rath-
| the Bering Sea fF. fishing waters. > The 61-year-old 3 explorer, who has
% added some 100,-|.. 2 000 miles to the
polar maps by his i: discoveries, said that AmericandeStefansson fense preparations ‘ in Alaska were proceeding rapidly, but reported some criticism there on the score of lack of co-ordination of the various Government agencies. He is to go to Washington in a few days to discuss Alaskanematters with the Air and Quartermaster’s Corps of the Army. Mr. Stefansson said there was about as much danger of a Russian
.move on Alaska as there was of |g
Canadian aggression across the open border from Canada.
Relations Better, He Says
“Alaskans feel just that way about it, t00,”, he said. “With the exception
of Mexico and Canada, Soviet Rus-|&
sia is our nearest neighbor, less tha two miles at one point in the Ber - Straits. “We could agree to disagree as to politics—socialism for them, capitalism for us — and then search for avenues of common interest.” He said he had observed a recent improvement in U. S.-Soviet relations and, remarking that Britain was assiduously cultivating Russian amity, suggested that the United
- "States should do the same, “now in|;
good time, rather than in a time of stress.” He emphasized the strategic im-
port ce of Alaska to national de-|] nd indorsed construction of
fo U. S.-Alaska highways now
being built. He said that this Gov-|§ ernment should colonize Alaska with |;
farmers, and added the Matanuska colony was “a step in the right direction if authorities profited by mistakes originally made in the experiment.”
Says Treaties Flouted
Returning to Japan, he said that|
Japan hag flouted two treaties—seal fisheries and whale restrictions— and that “scientific fishermen” of that country were busy in Alaskan Wala, bal only fishing but making soun and maps. It was common knowledge among Alaskans, he said, that the Japanese have better maps of that region than the Americans. He urged co-operation with the Soviets on these specific points — agricultural research, meteorological surveys, fisheries, adoption of the “excellent” Soviet ice-breaker construction, and ‘Arctie trade. .
No Signature, He's Set Free
DETROIT, Dec. 5 (U. P.).—The missing signature of Governor Dickinson has freed Henry Roosevelt Lewis, 28, of extradition fo Georgia on a burglary charge. Lewis, held here since Nov. 5 pending arrival of extradition papers from Lansing, was taken into Circuit Court on a writ of
habeas corpus. An extradition warrant was handed Judge James E. Chenot at: the same time. It held the Michigan seal and the name of Secretary of State Harry F. Kelly attesting Governor Dick=inson’s signature—but the Governor’s signature was missing. { Judge Chenot dismissed the case.
PLAN CELEBRATION OF SLAVERY’S END
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (U. P.).— |{A Negro soprano, |g
Dorothy . Maynor, will open a four-day celebration of the 75th anniversary of her race’s freedom with a concert at the Library of Congress Dec. 18. On that date 75 years ago, the 13th Amendment, granting freedom to the slaves, was adopted by Con-
gress. Other features of the celebration will be a concert of Negro chamber music by ‘he Budapest String Quartet, a Negro folk song program and a song recital by Roland Hayes, " Negro tenor.
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AF ledgling Who Wins Army Wings Leaves 13 Failures Behind
By WILLIS THORNTON " Times Special Writer RANDOLPH FIELD, Tex: Dec. 5. —No wonder fledgling army pilots
wear their wings with a certain conspicuous pride, and no worider San Antonio mothers fight to get their debutante daughters on the lists for invitations to “hops” at the West Point of the Air! Every man who succeeds in attaining those wings has lett behind him 13 who tried and failed. For instance: By next June, those wings will be blossoming at the rite of 700 every five weeks. For every class 9240 will have applied | for the chance to try for those wings. Only 1320—one in seven—will pe accepted for the elementary flying schools. Only 770 of the 1320 get to Randolph. And only 700 will win the coveted wings.
centages in terms of present experience. 3b Everything at Randolph moves with a quiet and effortless precision that means speed, speed, and more speed. A plane comes slithering up to the runway with a cadet concluding his’ morning’s flight practice. He slides out of the cockpit, and while he is making out his report, another cadet has already slid in on the other side ready to take the plane aloft again. A course that three years ago took one year to complete, with 350 hours of flying, is now completed in 31 weeks with 215 hours that are considered to turn out quite as competent a pilot. The 10-week course here at Randolph is almost all spent in the air. Since last January 165,000 hours have been flown at this one field
Those are the per-with only three fatalities, and the training at all. Randolph assumes
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About 7-12ths of those pilots will train at Randolph; the others at Maxwell
Elementary schools, now 18 in number, will soon be increased to 29. Every minute is made to count. Here's an example: Before the successful graduate of a C. A. A. (Civilian Aeronautics Authority) course ever gets to Randolph, he is meas« ured for his slate-gray cadet uniform, the tailor shop at Randolph makes it up, and it is waiting for him when. he arrives on the post. The 'C. A. A. elementary flying school graduate can fly—a little. But often he has hadjno military
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So snappy young West Pointers take cadets’ military education immediately in-charge and attempt to instill in them in the first five weeks something of the military tradition that is inculcated by four years at Failure to make a formation, to shave or get the hair properly cut, ‘to polish a shoe or keep a locker straight, results in an immediate “gig” or demerit, Demerits mean punishment, usually in the West Point style of going “on the ramp.” That means walking a certain post, which doesn’t sound bad, but 30 hours of it taken out of the few moments of free time when the rest of the cadets are in town on pass or enjoying infrequent relaxation, is
not so hot. And too many “gigs” may end the hopeful fiyer’s career. Active tactical units of the air corps and Randolph Field itself fight for its graduates, the former claiming their need is greatest to fill units for combat pragtice, the latter claiming that without sufficient instructors the expanding program must suffer later. One talented young graduate was so badly needed as an instructor that he was set to this work immediately on graduation, though he was not yet 21 and hence not yet able to don his lieutenant’s bars. Training planes are all’ too scarce, also. Foresight in designing Randolph Field and its buildings have made rough pine-board barracks unnecessary, The post suggests a country club’ or campus more than the usual Army camp. Quarters for cadets, instructors and ground
are ‘commodious, and. comfortable. There is room for expansion. Here is one place where somebody 10 years.ago looked ahead to that fufre: which is now the urgent presen
AUTHOR TO SPEAK. BEFORE PIONEERS
Dr. Albert E. Wiggam, author and interpreter on science, will be the principal speaker at the annual mid-winter meeting of the ‘Society of Indiana Pioneers, Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Claypool Hotel. A graduate of Hanover College, Dr. Wiggam studied at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author
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SOUTH WOODBURY, vt., Dee. 5 (U. P.) —William Constant Wheels er, the only living “real son” of the American Revolution, has just observed his 93d birthday in his snow= bound farmhouse. Though in failing health, Wheeler maintains a keen in in national and international news. His father, Comfort Wheeler, was born at Rehoboth, Mass., March ae 1766, and fought under George Ww, n more ‘than 150 years a
g0. Comfort enlisted in April, 1780, af the age of 14 to serve as Gen. Nathe anael Green’s orderly. The son; William, was Comforts third marriage which took place when Comfort was almost 80 years old. William was 60 years younger
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