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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Salaries for Solons
Debate in Senate
The proposed payment of $9,000
annual salaries and $16 weekly
expenses to Alaska Tennessee
plan Congressmen remained
stalled in the Senate Saturday.
The bill snagged Thursday in
the Senate over a ruling on an
amendment—which got an S-to-7
vote—to make the salaries pay
able only until Statehood is
granted. The matter has been
continued on the Senate calendar
at least another day, pnding a
ruling from the Attorney General.
The Senate, by a unanimous j
vote, asked for a Congressional:
investigation of the Alaska Native j
Service’s handling of Wheeler-1
Howard Act funds. The Wheeler- ,
Howard Act provides for the loan |
of federal funds through the Alas- i
ka Native Service, to aid indus- j
try aming the Territory’s Eskimo I
and Indian population. The Sen-1
ate resolution said an investiga-1
tion was needed in what it I
termed “certain questionable pur- j
chasing practices.”
Toronto Slush ‘Delightful’
Says Tactful Diplomat
TORONTO, LflPi — Canadians
have seen an example of the dip
lomatic touch of the new U. S.
Consul in Toronto.
Ivan B. White of Salem, Ore.,
a State Department veteran of
20 years, arrived yesterday during
southern Ontario’s worst storm
of the year. Driving from Wash
ington, he, his wife and two young
daughters were marooned in their
car for three hours by 16 inches
of snow.
Passing off the experience with
a diplomatic smile, White called
this slushy city “delightful.”
Nazi Flag Souvenir on
Clothesline Irks Neighbors
VINELAND, N. J., UR — This
souvenir just didn’t go Over at all
with the neighbors.
Mrs. Ruth Dean came across a
big German flag with a swastika
on it while doing her household
chores Friday. She decied to hang
it out on her clothes line for an
airing and forgot about it.
Neighbors saw the flag. Two
anonymous callers offered to pay
passage back to Germany.
Mrs. Dean called police.
The cops had heard about the
Nazi flag and suggested Mrs.
Dean take it off the clothesline.
The flag jvas a souvenir her
husband had brought back from
Germany.
THOMASVILLE, Ga„ UR —
President Eisenhower today nom
inated Arnie J. Suomela to be
Fish and Wildlife Commissioner
in the Interior Department, a new
position.
Suomela, 56, now is assistant
director of the Department’s Fish
and Wildlife Service. He is a
former Fisheries Director of the
State of Oregon.
The nomination is subject to
Senate confirmation.
Jolt for* Boy Kite Flyer
SALT LAKE CITY, UR — Thir
teen-year-old kite flyer Robert R.
Malin Jr. has a pretty good idea
what Ben Franklin felt 204 years
ago.
Robert was flying his kite yes
terday using a string containing
a metalic thread. The string
touched a 7,200-volt power line
and Robert was knocked to the
ground.
He suffered a slight burn on
his right hand—where the elec
tricity entered—and a pin-size
burn on the heel of his left foot—
where it left, as the voltage
grounded out.
Army Engineers To Observe Anniv.;
Want Photos of Construction Projects
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Photos, snapshots and negatives
of persons, construction and
events connected with the early
or 'later history of the Army
Corps of Engineers in Alaska are
urgently sought by the Alaska
District o fthe Corps, Col. P. V.
Kieffer Jr., District Engineer,
•announced.
“For example, 1957 is the 15th
anniversary of two major mile
stones in Alaskan history in
which the Corps of Engineers had
an important part,” Colonel Kief-1
fer said.
Fifteen years ago on June 3,
.1942, Dutch Harbor was bombed.
Within a scant few days before
that bombing the Corps of Eng. 1
eers—disguised as a cannery op- j
eration from Seattle — in rush j
strategy completed an airstrip on
Umnak Island. From 'this air
9.rip U. S. fighting planes beat
off the threatened invasion of
Alaska and the United S ate..
Some of the con tractor^,:! engi
neers or others working bn that
rush war job surely must have
photos.
Another history-making event
fbr which 1957 is the 15th anni
versary is the dedication of the
Alaska (Alcan) Highway at
Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory,
Nov. 20, 1942.
When Congress created the
Alaska Road Commission in 1905
the Corps of Engineers was as
signed to layout and construct
public trails, roads and bridges.
Later the Road Commission be
came a separate agency.
Engineers Build Alcan
But in the war emergency of
1942, seven Army Engineer regi
ments were sent north to help
build the Alcan. The regiments
were distributed along the pro
posed highway route and in a
single construction season carved
a pioneer road from Dawson j
Cree.t, B. C., to Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Who has photos of the Alcan
construction, or of the dedica
tion?
Any other photos connected
with Engineer history are re
quested. And, that history goes
bacli :o 1869, two years after the
purchase of1 Alaska. Photos will
be copied and returned, with
credit given ;o the owner.
Photos should be addressed:
Alaska District Engineer, Corps
of Engineers, U. S. Army, An
chorage, Alaska. Attention: Tech
nical Liaison Branch.
Jefford Griven
Highest Award of
Commerce Dept. v
Jack T. Jefford, chief of the Air
ways Flight Inspection Division,
has received the Department of
Commerce’ high e s t honorary
award.
At the invitation of Secretary
of Commerce Sinclair Weeks, Jef
ford was flown to Washington to
receive the Exceptional Service
Award and Gold Medal at a pres
entation ceremony held last week.
Jefford, a CAA employe in
Alaska for 17 years, has contrib
uted substantially to the leader
ship that has developed aviation
in Alaska. He has flown 1,500,000
miles, mostly in Alaska. During
many of these flights he has pio
neered the federal airways. He
set up the first airways flight in
spection program in Alaska and
has headed this important pro
gram to the present.
Jefford has made many mercy
flights under the most difficult
circumstances. The weather or
terrain has never been too bad for
Jack. A principal benefit of these
mercy flights is the feeling of
security enjoyed by isolated field
employes in knowing that emer
gency assistance is available even
under the most adverse conditi
tions. Jean Potter’s; book, “The
Flying North,” gives many in
stances of his ingenuity, daring,
and ability.
Jack Jefford's humility, warm
understanding of and genuine
compassion for his fellow men
have won the respect and admir
ation of all those who know him,
a CAA official said.
—
Allied Commander Has
Audience with Pius H
VATICAN CITY, UP) — Gen.
| Lauris Norstad, Supreme Com
! mander of Allied forces in Europe,
| was received in private audience
| Saturday by Pope Pius II.
' Norstad spent 15 minutes alone
with the Pontiff in his' private li
brary. Then Mrs. Norstad, who
is accompanying her husband on
his tour of NATO member coun
tries, joined the audience.
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids in duplicate copy will be
received by the Director of Aeronautics,
Department of Aviation, Room 202,
Glovter Building, Anchorage, Alaska,
until 2:00 P. M., on February 28, 1957,
and then publicly opened for the fol
lowing work:
Transportation of approximately
thirty-five (351 tons of steel landing
plank from Point Spencer, Alaska
to the sand spit at Teller, Alaska,
adjacent to the airfield. The landing
mat is now located adjacent to the
landing field and adjacent to the
beach at Point Spencer, Alaska. It
has been bundled in bundles of
fifteen (151 pieces each, but the
bidder is requested to inspect the
planking and advise himself of its
present condition. Each piece of mat
weighs 62.5 pounds and each bundle
937.5 pounds.
Award will be made within seventy
two (721 hours after the bids are
opened. Delivery shall be completed
on or before May 1, 1957.
Envlopes containing the bids shall be
sealed and marked "Bid for Steel Mat
Transportation.”
Ail bids must be accompanied by a
certified check or money order in the
name of the Alaska Aeronautical Re
volving Fund in the amount of ten per
cent (10%) of the bid.
The right is reserved, as the interest
of the Territory may require, to reject
any and all bids, and to waive any
informality in the bids unless otherwise
specified by the bidder. In the event of
default by the contractor, the Territory |
may procure the services from other
sources, and hold the contractor’s bid
bond if any additional cost is incurred.
Department of Aviation
Territory of Alaska
By: Herman Porter
' Director of Aeronautics
Pub. February 20, 27.
U. S. Stockpiling Atoms in France for
‘Full and Prompt Use’ in Defense
BY PRESTON GROVER
PARIS, UP) — The United States
has stockpiled atomic warheads
in France, it was learned authori- j
tatively Saturday.
The source for this disclosure
cannot be given, but it is now
solid information.
Selected Allied forces in NATO j
are being trained in the use of
equipment that would carry the
warheads. The warheads them
selves are held by U. S. forces.
U. S. law forbids the delivery
of atomic warheads to other na
tions. However, as one expert put
it, the aim of the Supreme Head
quarters Allied Powers in Europe
(SHAPE) is to train the Allied
forces so carefully that in the
event of Russian attack all the
Americans in charge of the stock
pile would have to say is:
“Sergeant, there’s the key.”
The U. S. government never
has disclosed whether A-bombs
or warheads were located at any
of its overseas bases. The atomic
Energy law forbids such disclos
ures. Last Jan. 3 Gen. Randolph
Pate, Marine commandant, was
quoted as saying Marines with
the U. S. 6th Fleet in the Med
iterranean were armed with
“live” atomic artillery, but the
White House refused to confirm
or deny that this meant atomic
warheads.
(In Washington, the Pentagon
declined comment on the reported
stockpile in Europe of atomic
warheads.)
It was recalled, however, that
Gen. Lauris Norstad, Supreme
Commander in Europe, has hinted '
on at least two occasions that
such weapons would be available
to NATO forces in the event of
war.
(In a Washington interview on
Jan. 31, he said there is need for
atomic power in support of NATO
forces, adding that “a great deal
can be done without running in
any way contrary to existing
law” which forbids turning atom
ic weapons over to others.)
(In another interview last Nov.
26, Norstad said plans for the
defense of Western Europe “are
based on the full and prompt use”
of nuclear weapons in event of
general war. He said Western
Europe could not be defended
without the ues of atomic
weapons.)
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