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New Outlet For
Youthful Pilots
Airminded young Alaskans, of
whom there are many, should
find new opportunities to get into
Uncle Sam’s service under the
recent provision to accept enlist
ed men after the methods follow
ed in European countries. News
Week explains the plan as fol
lows:
“The United States Navy and
Maxine Corps for years have
used enlisted men as pilots for
Observation and patrol duty. But
until last June, when legislation
authorizing pilot training for en
listed men became effective, the
Army insisted on limiting its
pilots to commissioned officers.
Last week, as the Army complet
ed selection of its first quota of
200 enlisted men for pilot train
ing, it stepped down from its
high horse and this policy final
ly went by the board.
“Picked from enlisted high
school graduates who are unac
ceptable as aviation cadets sole
ly because they lack two years
of college or its equivalent, the
group began training on Aug. 23
in the Gulf Coast area. To be
sent to flying schools alongside
aviation cadets, they will get the
same training, but will have sep
arate barracks and mess halls.
On graduation each pilot receiv
cs the rank of sergeant. Addi
tional quotas of 200 men will fol
low7 on Oct. 4 and Dec. 8.
-'The flight-sergeant program,
frankly set up as an experiment,
final form'* From The" ’results of
the first few groups, the Army
will pm the program down and
eventually concentrate training,
entirely separate from the avia
tion cadets, at Kelly, Moffett, and
Maxwell Fields. Present plan;
call for flight sergeants to make
up about one-fifth of the Army
Air Forces’ flying personnel.
“On graduation, the enlisted
men will receive $108 a month
plus quarters, food and uniforms.
Alter three years, they will get
$126 a month, and after six;
years, $207.90. When they have
completed nine years of flight
'Cuty, they will be eligible to
compete for appointment as War
rant Officers, a rank midway be
twen noncommissioned and com
missioned officers.”
Protect Alaska’s
Vital Industries
Priorities or whatever they
may be termed, Alaska is entit
led to her share of consideration
in the new government scheme
of things that she may keep her
dredges, canneries and other in
dustrial units going.
The region that gets ample con
fiideration in the complex new
order is the one that presses its
•case to the limit.
Remember there are countless
appeals being filed with adminis
trative authorities, and if Alaska
does not make her wants known
she will be stranded.
Now is the time for unified ac
tion to avert paralysis of the in
dustries of the Territory.
Alaska, being most remote of
any locality on the continent, and
(farthest from the seat of gov
ernment, is handicapped by dis
tance and the fact her needs are
little known or understood in the
distant centers of influence. Let's
get busy and make them known
in no uncertain way.
Your original investment in
Defense Savings Bonds, Series E,
•will increase 33 1-3 percent in
10 years.
Save $2 by paying in advance
for your subscription.
Freight Planes
O
For Alaska
Long cherished visions of ships
of Ihe air carrying cargoes from
the heart of the States to Alaska
are given promise of early re
alization. Planes to serve the
military establishments of the
Territory and plane to serve the
industry of the North are plan
ned—not a few but whole fleets.
Impossible? Impracticable? No.
Neessary—Yes—Especially if an
emergency such as threat the re
gion breaks.
If war comes, Alaska may ex
pect continued sea route freight
services, but possibly subject to
interruption. If the air freight
ers be provided, a priceless alter
native service will be available.
Once established, the chances
are that air freighters not only
will serve the region in times of
stress, but at all periods.
And when they come, keep an
eye o> Fairbanks, logical north
ern terminus and distributing
hub of Alaska.
Just as the large passenger,
mail and express planes now ply
ing between the States and Al
aska gravitate to Fairbanks —
geographical center of the Terri
tory and heart of the clear wea
ter zone —so will the freighters,
to fan out over the vast empire
of the North.
And not only the service to Al
aska is to be kept in mind. Vision
also Occidental-Oriental lines of
the future and the one and only
all-land route between the hemi
rying military aid to allied Rus
sia.
Once established, these new
sky freighters will find not only
cargoes to carry North, but re
turn cargoes. Why go South em
pty. Strategic miierals and oth
er products of the North may
find a way out on these new In
terior liners.
As Alaska confronts new con
ditions and new problems, she
finds not only a need of sky fight
ers to tie into midcontinent, but
for speedier and all-season ser
vice of the more remote localit
ies now inadequately covered by
river or land routes.
U. S. Criticized
_
TOKYO, Aug. — The newspa
per Yomiuri charged -that the
United States plans to send a
military mssion to Chungking is
another demonstration by Presi
dent Roosevelt aimed to frighten
Japan and separate her from the
Axis powers of Europe.
The newspaper said that the
United States is apparently at
tempting to bring both China
and Soviet Russia in the move
ment to encirc.e Japan. Said Yo
miuri.
“In his recent radio speech.
British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill stated the United Stat
es was doing everything possible
to bring about a settlement with
Japan. However, we wonder whe
trier the United States has any
peaceful intentions at all.”
Lindbergh Denied
Auditorium’s Use
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. —
The city council voted to deny
Charles Lindbergh the use of the
municipal auditorium for a
speech. Lindbergh had been
scheduled to speak under the
auspices of the America First
Committee.
DEGAULLE OFFERS
U. S. FRENCH BASES
WASHINGTON— Secretary of
State Hull said that he had re
ceived no information concern
ing a reported offer by General
DcGaulle, commander of the
Free French forces to cede to
| the United States certain French
I owned African naval and air
bases.
The offer was reported from
European quarters. At the same
time Hull said he hal receivel no
nrlvirPK npncprnitiia thp anfi
Petain parliament set up in Un
occupied France by former Pre
mier Perriot.
And if it ever comes to pass
that evacuation of a portion of
the population from the regions
is necesary. the freighters will be
available as transports.
New fields, new communica
tions services and the like must
accompany or precede the new
I traffic establishments. To fore
stall fatal delays and avert con
I fusion in the traffic once estab
! lished. it’s non too soon to get
| going
— Fairbanks News-Miner
Luxury Articles ‘
Banned In Japan
TOKYO — The Japanese min
istry of commerce and industry
planned to prohibit the manufac
ture of radios' expensive textiles,
ceramics, lacquer wares and a
number of other articles on
grounds that they are luxuries.
The articles will be added to
the list of luxury articles pro
hibited last year. The ministry is
attempting to divert all of Jap
an's industrial effort to produc
tion of war materials and civil-1
ian essentials.
—
Watch Is Kept
For Stolen Plane
_
ALAMEDA. Calif., Aug.—Law!
enforcement officers throughout,
the West have been asked to;
keep watch for a small airplane1
stolen from the Alameda airport.!
Airport Manager St. John said
that the plane was owned by S.
R. Summers, a well-to-do busi
ness man. The flying thief start
ed the engine and took off while
attendants were at another part
of the field.
A p'ane answering the descrip >
tion of the missing plane landed
and refueled later in the day at
Fresno.
VIRGINIA BRUCE IS
MOTHER OF SON
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. —Doctors
I said that Film Actress Virgnia
Bruce and her newly-born son
were getting along “wonderful
ly.”
The 6-pound-ll-ounce boy was
born Tuesday night. Miss Bruce
i is the wife of Movie Studio Ex
ecutve J. Walter Ruben.
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vill develop new business
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YOU’RE BLIND ! HE’S SAFE !
Everything was in a whirl for umpire Jotn Blondcll on this play at home plate as Hollywood’s lead
ing men and comedians clashed in their annual charily ball game before 26,000 spectators at Los An
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