NON-SCHEDULED AIRLINES GET
BACKING FROM CONGRESSMEN
AT HEARING ON C.A.B. POLICIES
WASHINGTON, (A — Oswald
Ryan, chairman of the Civil Aero
nautics Board (CAB), was told
Friday the board should consider
liberalizing its regulation on non
scheduled airlines, particularly
those serving such isolated areas
as Alaska.
Rep. Wolverton (R-NJ), chair
man of the House Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee,
said he is convinced “there is
something in the law that needs
correction” to prevent the irregu
lar airlines from being put out of
business.
Rep. Pelly (R-Wash) said that
shippers in his district are “up in
arms over the loss of the irregular
air service,” particularly between
the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Wolverton, presiding at a hear
ing on the CAB functions and pol
icies, also read into the record a
Supporting letter which Alaska’s
Delegate Bartlett wrote to Ryan
January 17.
Bartlett said the majority of
Alaskans, as close ‘to unanimity as
it is possible for them to come,
have urged that Air Transport As
sociates (ATA> a non-scheduled
airline, not be put out of business.
Pelly said it is possible to buy
fresh milk in Fairbanks for 80
cents a quart, “but you wouldn’t
be able to get an£ milk at all if
it wasn’t for the irregulars.”
He added that it may be that
new legislation is needed to “set
a pattern for the irregular airlines
more in keeping with 1953 than
with 1938.”
Wolverton said, with reference
to ATA, that it is unfair, after an
airline has pioneered a route and
made a success of it, to close it
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out entirely because it is inter
fering with a certified airline.
Ryan said that the freight rates
of the certified airlines in Alaska
are comparable to those of the
non-scheduled carriers. He added
that the certified airlines are pro
viding adequate service, and that
a good .deal of misinformation,
some of it “inspired propaganda,”
has been spread about irregular
services in the Alaska area.
He said that if there is to be a
change of policy, it should be
made by Congress in order to re
lieve the board of its responsibili
ties under the present law.
FEBRUARY WEATHER, NOME
February continued the rela
tively cool, dry trend of this win
ter. Only four inches of snow fell
during the month, accounting for
only 0.33 inch of precipitation,
slightly over one-third of normal.
Six inches of snow remained on
the ground at the end of the
month, as compared to 20 inches
at the end of February, 1952. This
is the least snow cover for the end
of February since 1940, when only
five inches were observed.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Increasing cloudiness with snow
and blowing snow tonight and
Tuesday. NE winds 20-25 mph
increasing to 25-30 mph late to
night. Winds easterly 20-25 mph
Tuesday. Low temperature ex
pected tonight 12, high Tuesday
25. I
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
10, lcrw -12. Max. wind 10 mph
from the NNE. Sunrise at 6:27
a.m., sunset at 5:48 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 17, low -6. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 32 in 1940,
low -31 in 1938.
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -9 Fog
Kotzebue 0 Snow
Wales -8 Part cloudy
Gambell 0 Snow
Nome 10 Cloudy
Unalakleet 15 Part cloudy
Bethel -5 Cloudy
McGrath 4 Clear
Anchorage 20 Clear
Fairbanks 4 Clear
Whitehorse 19 Cloudy
Edmonton 24 Clear
Juneau 31 Cloudy
Ketchikan 36 Cloudy
Seattle 53 Part cloudy
San Francisco 49 Fo'g
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First GMC Hydra-Matic Pickup Truck
PONTIAC, MICH.—The first GMC Hydra-Matic pickup truck rolls
off the assembly line at the GMC Truck plant as three GMC officials
point out the “GMC—Hydra-Matic” insignia. Nineteen GMC 1953
light truck models now have the famed Hydra-Matic drive available,
phis a new 228 cu. in. engine of 105 horsepower and a compression
ratio of Standard grad* fuel is used.
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