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STRATOSPHERE AIR LINE
SEATTLE TO FAIRBANKS
NEXT BIG STRIDE PLANNED
Direct plane service between
Seattle and Fairbanks with pow
erful planes, making non-stop
stratosphere flights is contemplat
ed for the near future. The Al
aska Cipper coastal service inaug
urated recently is but a prelim
inary to the direct high-atitude
service. Such in effect is the an
nouncement by the Pan-Ameri- i
can Airways in a news bulletin i
from the office of the company, in
Seatte. It reads in part as fol
lows:
“Because of the importance of
the Territory to the U. S., both
from the standpoint of its advan
tages with respect to national de
fense and its potentially great1
trade, it has been considered of
first importance to link Alaska (
with the mainland by means of
an ‘all-American’ route. This
‘aerial highway’ has been survey
ed by engineers of the Pan Ameri
can Airways System and consid
erable development work has
been completed since the route
was originally projected in 1932.
“As planned, the service would
operate on a direct route from
Seattle some 1,700 miles to Fair
banks, approximately 700 miles!
inland from Juneau. Aircraft to
be used in this service would be
big four-engined super-charged
transports capable of high-alti
tude, non-stop flying to permit
direct operation over internation
al waters or U. S. territory for
the entire distance.
“While such airliners—the four
engined, high-altitude landplane
Clippers, “The Flying Cloud,”
“The Rainbow,” and ‘The Comet”
are now available, installation of
this service depends upon the
completion of the government’s
airway construction program in
Alaska which contemplates the
building of terminal airports cap
able of handling aircraft of this
size.
Temporary Service Now
“The new route opened June 20
therefore, is only a “stop-gap”
service —a preliminary step to
ward the final accomplishment of
an All-American high-speed ser
vice from the mainland direct to
central Alaska.
“According to the present
plans the ‘Alaska Clipper’ will op
erate approximately until Oc
tober 15, when the advent of win
ter conditions in the north will
make impractical continuation of
marine flying. It will serve, how
ever, an immediate transport
need for the Territory and will
contribute valuable operating ex
perence prior to the institution
of year-round service.
Service Will Fill Gap
“Establishment of the ‘stop-gap’
service is considered particuarly
significant at this time in view of
the concern over adequate nation
al defense for the U. S. and its
territories. It will also fill an im
portant gap left by the war’s re
striction on surface shipping be
tween the U. S. and Alaska, a
large proportion of which was
provided by Canadian vessels,
which have now been withdrawn
for war service. Last year nearly
50.000 passengers were carried be
tween the U. S. and Aaska, by
steamer and it is expected that
conditions abroad will materially
increase the norma tourist traffic
to the north this year, especially
with the tremendous reduction in
trave time made possible by the
new air service.
“Because of its inaccessibility, j
due to lack of modern transport |
facilities, together with its half
of winter, the development of Al
aska on any large scale has been
seriously retarded in spite of its j
immense natural resources. With 1
a total popuation of about 70,000'
— approximately half of these
white — in a territory of some
600.000 square miles—Alaska still!
produces a commerce with the *
States of $100,000,000 a year. Thisi
sizeable trade has come largely;
from three industries, mining fish \
ing and fur-trapping.’’
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NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By M. J. Walsh,
City Clerk
PUBLIC WARNING
City Ordinance 150 section 53
prohibits the setting oft of fire
crackers, guns, fireworks of all
kinds or any article containing
powder within the city limits,
without the permission of the
mayor and city council. For vio
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Plit)bate Court For the
Noatak-Kobuk Precinct, Second
Division, Territory of Alaska
In the matter of the estate of
THOMAS WOOD, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Peter Wood has been appointed
by the Probate Court for the
Noatak-Kobuk Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, administrator of
the estate of Thomas Wood, De
ceased and all persons having
claims against the said estate
are required to present the same
with proper vouchers within six
months from the date of this no
tice, to the undersigned admin
istrator at Kotzebue, Alaska.
Dated this the 1st day of June,
1940.
Peter Wood,
Administrator of the Estate
of Thomas Wood, Deceased
Publish June 17, 24, July 1, 8.
TO THE REPUBLICAN
VOTERS OF ALASKA
In compliance with the author
ity vested in the Republican Cen
tral Committee of Alaska, it is
hereby directed that a Republic
an Mass Convention be held at
Sitka, Alaska, at 10:00 o'clock
a.m. on Juy 18, 1940, for the
purpose of adopting a Republican
Platform for the Territory of Al
aska, electing a Territoria Chair
man and four members of the Re
publican Central Committee, of
which one member shall be from
each of the four judicial divi
sions, and for the transaction of
such other business as may pro
perly come before the conven
tion.
Said Republican Mass Conven
tion shall consist of delegates
from the following precincts,
which includes all precincts cast
ing Republican votes in 1938: Can
die, Golovin, Council, Marshall,
Haycock, Kiana, Kotzebue, Little
Creek, Mountain Village, Nome,
Selawik, Shungnak, Solomon,
Stuyahok, Tayor, Teller, Unalak
leet Utica.
QUALIFICATIONS—All dele
gates shall be qualified and ac
tual voters in the precinct they
represent.
CREDENTIALS—All delegates
shall be certified to the Repub
lican Central Committee, thru its
Chairman Mr. E. E. Engstrom,
Juneau. Alaska, not later than
July 15, 1940: siujh certificates
shall show the delegates to be
qualified and actual Republican
voter in the precinct he is to rep
resent, to have supported the Re
publican Divisional candidates
and the Republican candidate for
Delegate to Congress in 1938, j
and shall be signed by the duly j
authorized precinct or divisional
committeeman.
Signed: E. E. Engstrom,!
Chairman
Signed: Henry Benson.;
Secretary |
Republican Central
Committee of Alaska
day 1, 1940.
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