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Ft. Richardson
“Attacked’* In
Practice War
Army officers and men were re
cently engaged in the largest
maneuver of trops over held in
the Territory as an “alert” was
called for all officers and men at
Fort Richardson, although larger,
the “alert” was not as unexpect
ed as the July 4 maneuver,
which caused widespread ru
mors as all soldiers were hurried
ly gathered from the streets, stor
es and motion pictures and re
turned to the Fort.
However, high officers at Fort
Richardson explained that no
special significance should be
• placed on the maneuvers, for,
they said, the actions were mere
]y “routine training.”
Distinguished by Hats
. Object of the maneuve was to j
determine if an attacking force, i
played by soldiers wearing toq
ues, woolen hats, could be held '
from their objective by the de
fenders who wore fur hats.
It appeared to Anchorage resi
dents that the Military Police
headquarters in town fell to the
invaders, for two trucks carry
ing woolen hatted soldiers and a
machine gun, pulled up in front
of the structure. Many of the
MPs were away at the time, i
checking up on soldiers in town
w’ithout passes.
Up To Referees
However, final decision in the
batle was left in the hands of the
referees who were scattered at
strategic points throughout the !
“battle” area. Final results will l
not be known until the decision
of the deferees is reached. Nei
ther was it announced when the
“alert” would be countermanded.
Meanwhile trucks were patrol
ing the highways near the city,
while a few planes flew over
head. Several large bombers cir
cled low over Anchorage appar
ently trying to gain information.
No “bombs” were reported by
local residents.
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Revenue Collee’or of Washington
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that Secretary Morgenthau has
approved regulations covering its
use.
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sons whose income in 1941 does
ont exceed $3,000 and is derived
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er compensation for personal ser
vices, dividends, interest, rents,
annuities or royalties.
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aliens may not use the form.
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creasing amounts of gross income
after allowing a $400 credit for
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ple, a single person (not head of
a family) having gross income
between $2,300 and $2,325. with
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Home Guard
On Duty In
Nine Minutes
Juneau's 150 Civic Defense
Guardsmen were at their posts
and watchful against acts of sab
otage within nine minutes after
the Alaska Juneau mine siren
sounded its shrill signal of the
first drill of the home guard unit
recently.
“Splendid cooperation all down
the line,” was the way Frank
Metcalf, chief of Juneau defense
plans, summed up the first sue
cessful drill of the minutemen.
After the last sergeant in the
city's 32 defense districts had call
ed central and reported every
thing in readiness for his district
Metcalf allowed five minutes for
the men to walk their beats then
gave the signal for the "all clear”
b ast from the mine siren, just
14 minutes after the emergency
call had been sounded.
Expected Black-Out
Some misunderstandings were
reported in a few sections of the
city, despite the fact that the
time and nature of the first drill
had been publicized for a week.
Although no mention was ever
made of a practice “blackout" in
connection with the drill, in some
neighborhoods lights were extin
guished by citizens who apparent
ly believed they should cooperate*
in tiiis way.
hen the siren first sounded, sev
eial persons called the telephone
office asking if there was a big
fire at Douglas, and saying that
they had no; heard of the sched
uled civic defense drill.
The fact that the time for the
drill had been set in advance for
6:45 p.m. defeated the purpose of
the maneuver in some cases, ac
cording to Metcalf. In one dis
trict, he reported. the squad
members had anticipated the
siren blast and were at their
posts awaiting the start of the
drill. One district sergeant re
ported eyerything in readiness at
his district before the last wail
of the mine ciren had died on
the crisp night air Metca’f .said.
Boy Scouts Active
Metcalf especially praised the
work of the Boy Scouts, who
showed up immediately after the
siren sounded the alarm and con
tacted sergeants at each district
headquarters, ready to carry mes
sages in ease of an emergency
which might put telephone lines
out of order..
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The Navy s new aircraft carrier, l'. S. S, !.<■ net, get a welcoming cheer from sailors on the shore
as it arrived at the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va„ f. r commissioning ceremonies.
B-19 SKIMS TOP OF NEW - PLANT
Thousands of persons attending dedication of the Douglas aircia t . ' \ s'.i i {)";) goo win
do w less aircraft factory at Long Beach. Calif., got a close up l<> 's ;i the i.-lf, bigg. , ai.e ev«
built by company when the huge f< ur-enginerl h mber lieu low i i. i ■■ • p s eakw "
r:tand at the conclusion of the cer?mony.
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HEAVY HEAVY HANGS OVER t>T H E I R HEADS—Necks craned upward as crowds attending dedication of tin- new $12,000,000 Douglas Aircraft
| ' plane factory at Long Beach, Calif., got this closcup view of the B-19. The huge, four-motored bomber was hedge-hopping along railroad track back of plant.