POST OFFICERS
ENTERTAIN
CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday evening, the Nome
City Council and members and
their wives of the press, were
guests of Lt. Col. Richard Hack
ford, at the Air Corps Officers’
club. A most sumptuous dinner
was served in front of the beau
tiful big fireplace, which is one
of the outstanding features of
the club.
After dinner, Col. Hackford
addressed the mayor and council,
and in well-chosen words, ex
plained that he and his officers,
who ar-» -now in command of this
Post. °"c' rv,r>-:t a^vjn’i^ to
err*t<"> w"fh th-> cifv ;n formult
ing plans for a better understand
ing between the army and civil
ians.
This can be done he stated by
both groups working in harmony
and understanding each other’s
problems.
Col. Hackford then introduced
the other officers, who will be
working with the city on this
program.
The officers introduced were
Capt. Louis B. Klam, executive
officer; Capt. F. G. Dominick, in-,
telligence officer and Lieut. Ed
ward Helwich, special service
officer.
After dinner, Mr. Frances W.
Dunn, of the Bell Aircraft Corp.,!
showed a very interesting film on
the latest development of the
post-war planes. •
The Bell Helicopter has been
developed by the Bell Aircraft
Corp., of Buffalo, N. Y., which
also manufactures fighter planes
and super-bombers for the Army
Air forces and gun mounts for
use in aircraft and naval craft
Two famous products of Bell
should be familiar for residents
of Nome. They are the AAF’s
cannon-carrying fighter planes,
the P-39 Airacobra, now out of
production, and its successor, the
P-63 Kingcobra. Since Novem
ber, 1942, thousands of these
fighter planes have come through
Nome lend--lease aircraft destin
ed for the fighting fronts of Rus
sia. P-39’s also fought the Japs
in the Aleutians.
While some helicopters are be
ing used by the army and navy
for petrol work, aviation author
ities believe that it will be at
least five years after the war’s
end, before heliocopters will be
available in any large quantities.
Bell has made no rash promises
for its rotary aircraft, being con
tent to concentrate on perfecting
ing a type which will be prac
tical, safe and economical to pro
duce when the time arrives
when it can devote the facilities
now engaged in war work to
peacetime aviation.
Bell’s helicopter features out
standing principles of stability
and through a free-wheeling de
vise permits auto-rotation of its
rotors so that the aircraft will
land normally and safely in the
event the engine stalls. Its speed
compares favorably with that of
lighter aircraft, which means
that it will travel as fast as 125
miles perhour. It needs no land
ing strips, since it rises and des
cends, or takes off and lands in
an almost perfectly perpendicular
line. Its controls and instruments
are very similar to conventional
plane, except that they are far
less in number. A person will re
quire considerable pilot experi
ence to operate a helicopter, al
though the safety features of a!
heliocopter undoubtedly will be
inviting to persons who wouldn’t,
| consider trying to learn how to!
pilot a conventional plane. This
plane can fly sideways, forward
or backward, also up or down.
The Bell helicopter has flown
in weather, including the strong
winds of western New York, and
has performed in such confined
areas as the 65th Regiment Arm
ory and outdoors in Buffalo’s
Civic Stadium, where football
games are played.
Bell has developed a single and
{ double passenger model and is
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After two years of Military operation
Pan American thanks its Alaska friends
for their patience and understanding
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‘ PLEATS’ —Complying with
the WPB regulation against
pleats in women’s dresses is this
flat crepe of DuPont rayon de
signed to look like pleats.
now engaged in work on models
wihch calls for sufficient room
| to accommodate more passengers
| and cargfc.
While it may be considerable
time after the war before there
will be a helicopter in every ga
rage, it is expected that helio
copters will be available within
five years for commercial uses
such as surveying, rescue work,
shuttle service for airline pas
sengers, short cargo hauls and
the like.
Everyone present was most en
thusiastic over this almost hu
man plane, and much discussion
: followed, with dreams of wolf
hunting and a revolutionary
method of prospecting.
The balance of the evening was
spent in infprmal discussions be
fore the fire, and the enjoying of
the hospitality of the club.
Guests present were Mayor
and Mrs. Ed Anderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Kitzmiller, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Kitzmiller, Mr. and
Mrs. B. G. Baker, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Reader, C. C. Tanner, Car
rie McLain and Mr. and Mrs. W.
Boucher.
DIPHTHERIA
REPORT GIVEN
In a report of the U. S. Pub
lic Health officer, Dr. Thomas
Morcom, on the diphtheria epi
demic, there were 26 clinical
cases in October and 19 cases in
November, with no further clin
ical cases during December.
Of the 45 cases in Nome during
the two months, there were only
two deaths resulting.
From the outlying villages
Shishmaref and White Mountain
i each report one death.
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NAGOYA IS
TARGET FOR
B-29 BOMBERS
TWENTY-FIRST BOMBER
COMMAND ON SAIPAN, Dec.
13.—(AP)—Nagoya, which is one
of Japan’s most inflammable tar
gets, was bombed in midafternoon
by a force of B-29’s, which
equals or exceeds the largest
group yet to hit Japan, and up
setting the enemy defenses con
siderably, it was reported today.
The Super-Fortresses made a
feint toward Tokyo then cut
northwest to Nagoya with bomb
j ing runs. These bombing runs at
Tokyo were made with the wind
and at great speed over the tar
get.
This raid went into action in
face of a westerly wind, which
slowed the planes’ speed but in
creased their accuracy.
The planes also flew 3,000 to
4,000 feet lower than in the Tok
yo raids. They flew under cirrus
cloud layers to avoid leaving va-.
por trails.
BRITISH LABOR
ASKS GREEK
ARMISTICE
(LONDON, Dec. 13.—(AP)—
The British labor party adopted
a resolution calling on the gov
ernment to take steps to bring
about an immediate armistice in
Greece, but avoided any direct
i denunciation of Prime Minister
Ohurchill’s intervention policy,
it was revealed today.
The resolution put forward by
the party’s executive committed
carried a card vote of 2,445,000
to 137,000.
These votes were cast by a +
thousand delegates, each of
whom represent a union of
known membership.
BREAKDOWN
OF BOND SALES
Total sales ot the Sixth War
Bonds in Alaska for the month
j of November amounted to $1,
, 319,013.50, of which Series “E’’
sales were $825,176.
Total sales for individuals oth
er than Series “E” amounted to
$135,754.50. "4
Corporations bought $358,084
of the bonds:
A breakdown, in part, for the
total sales follows:
Fairbanks, $411,967.25.
Juneau, $205,551.25.
Anchorage, $195,212.75.
Ketchikan, $193„121.00
Seward, $54,288.50.
Petersburg, $35,943.75.
Sitka, $35,579.50. *
Wrangell, $27,380.00.
Cordova, $26,568.75.
Kodiak, $15,637.50.
Nome, $12,281.25.
Skagway, $12,062.00.
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