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WEDNESDAY". AUGUST 21. 1944
ALMOST ROUTINE
Even the very young
among us can recall when a
trans-atlantic'flight was a
dramatic and dangerous
undertaking, a stunt which
rated the headlines at any
time So we couldn’t help
thinking about the Byrd
fliers and Lindbergh and
others when the Army Air
Transport Command dis
closed that in a month’s
time its planes have made
500 crossings of the Atlan
tic to the United Kingdom
and Africa.
Nor was it a stunt—it
was a regular part of the
Air Transport Command
operations. The ATC planes
flew in all varities of wea
ther. Even in wintertime,
the big four-engined C-54s
used the difficult but short
route across the North At
lantic to England.
To be sure, there have
been amazing improve
ments in planes and equip
ment. The four-engined
cargo planes of the ATC
are scarcely to be compar
ed with the trans-Atlantic
planes of yesteryear. They
have the speed power, navi
gational aids and safety
equipment to take most of
the gamble out of an ocean
hop. It is a far cry indeed
from the puny, high-wing
monoplanes of 15 years
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ago. with their engines of
perhaps 200 horsepower.
But even so, 500 flights in
a month is a record which,
in the parlance, really
takes some doing.
Some of us may wonder
when the dream of trans
Atlantic freight and pas
senger traffic by air would
reach full bottom. The ma
terialization of the dream
is not awaiting peace- The
ATC has brought it true
already, as one important
phase of getting the war
! won.—(Cincinnati Enquir
er) .
EDUCATION NOW
The University of Den
ver has announced that it
will open its doors this
summer to as many eligible
honorary discharged veter
ans of this war as it can
accommodate, regardless of
whether government funds
are available at the time.
This is a foresighted
move which other colleges
and universities might well
follow if they are financial
ly abel. The government’s
policy on veterans’ educa
tion has already been es
tablished, and the money
will be forthcoming.
Meanwhile it is only
right that .men and women
who already have given a
sizeable slice of their time
to their country and who
to return to school, should
not be asked to delay that
return a day longer than
necessary. — (Anchorage
Times).
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Wednesday's Games
National League
Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 9. ^Play
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American League
Detroit 1, New York 5.
St. Louis 5, Washington 3. (12
innings),
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 3. (10
innings).
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National League
Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 5.
Brooklyn 5, Pittsburgh 7.
Boston 4, St. Louis 7.
Boston 1, St. Louis 2.
New York 9, Chicago 8.
Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 3.
American League
St. Louis 0, Washington 3.
Detroit 7, New York 9.
Chicago 1, Philadelphia 5.
Cleveland 5, Boston 3.
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|U. S. REINDEER
SERVICE ITEMS
To provide bleak St. Matthew
Island with a source of meat and
warm skins, 30 selectd live rein
deer were delivered to the U. S.
Coast Guard by the Reindeer Ser
vice at Nunivak Island recently
I The animals were hog-tied for
1 overnight shipment to St. Mat
| thew. John P. Snow, Kuskokwim
Unit Manager, looked after round
ing-up, corralling and preparing
the reindeer for shipment. A1 Fel
man and Fred H. Chase, of Nome,
j are working for the Reindeer
^ Service at Nunivak Island this
: summer.
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Hans Samuelson, of Egevik, an
old-timer popularly known as
1 Lapp Hans, is operating the Rein
deer Service boat, Wm. T. Lopp,
1 this season. With him is Edward
Sagoonik, of Shaktoolik, a first
class boatman who sailed with
; Stephan Ivanoff between the,
Kuskokwin and Norton Bay in
earlier years.
The Wm. T. Lopp, a 46-foot
1 auxiliary gas boat outfitted at?
i Nome under direction of Gus
Johnson, is now at Nunivak Is
land, engaged in general hauling
in connection with erection of a
large cold storage and complete
equipment for producing reindeer
' meat for market. Frank Williams
| finished delivering over 300 tons
of Reindeer Service freight to
Nunivak yesterday.
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! Chester Sevick has been shift
ed from his job as chief herder
at Kivalina, to the position of
chief herder of the government’s
Escholtz No. 2 hard. Chester has
a wide reputation as a faithful,
expert reindeer herder. The gov
ernment is operating seven herds
between Kotzebue Sound and
Naknek, wherein Native appli
cants for breeding stock must
serve apprenticeship.
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The Polar Bar is now featuring
smoked reindeer meat, prepared
as an experiment by Unit Man
ager A. D. Johnson. This product,
sold in cellophane bags, is a very
tasty delicacy.
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Sigfried Aukongak, government
chief herder, of the Golovin herd,
is recovering rapidly from the ill
ness for which he was rushed by
emergency plane to the Nome
hospital last month. Siegfried’s
have 1,500 reindeer at Rocky
Point.
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Herman L. Larson, Shakttoolik
teacher who directed medical
and school work at Shangeluk for
five years, is now at Cape Den
high conducting experiments in
! treating keratitis in the govern
ment’s Egavik herd. This is an
; inflammation of the cornea of the
1 eye usually caused by irritation
from pollen, dust, or mosquito
bites, and total blindness some
times results. Fifteen fawns are
affected. Two different treat
ments are being used, sulphathia
j zone and silver nitrate.
LESSON STUDIED IN U. S. **
SAVES LIFE IN ENGLAND
| LONDON —(AJFh— American
! medical officers credited first
aid training which two American
soldiers received at home with
: saving the life of Pvt. Arthur C.
Grasser, 6335 Twenty Sixth.Ave.,
Kenosha, Wis., after Grasser re
ceived a deep cut on the wrist
| while operating a motor-driven
saw at an ordnance installation
in England. *
Pvt. A&fis A. Baudoin, 133 Sala
Ave., Westwago, La., and SgL
Zalpheus R. Dillingham, 2139
Malvern Road, Charlotte, N. C.,
immediately applied first aid.
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