Alaska Would
Be a Battleground i
In Case of War
ANCHORAGE UP) — Col. Wil
lard Pearson, operations and
training officer for United States
Army forces in Alaska, said that
in any future war, control of the
Arctic is the key to victory and
he indicated that Alaska would
probably become a battleground.
He urged the emplacement of
missiles in Alaska, the deploy
ment of Polaris missile-firing sub
marines in the Arctic Ocean and
more emphasis placed on train
ing troops for defensive and of
fensive Arctic warfare.
“Examples of failures to pre
pare for northern operations can
toe found from the Napoleanic
Wars to the Korean conflict,” he
said.
Willard was the pricipal speak
er at a luncheon attended by
Civilian Advisory Council, mem
bers of the Greater Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce and city
officials.
Pearson opened his talk with
a discussion of the military stra
tegy that has evolved since World
War II and the necessity for hold
ing ground in the Arctic.
"Gibraltar of the North"
Alaska, he said, for economic,
political and geographic reasons,
is of vital importance in the new
strategy. He referred to the 49th
State as the “Gibraltar of the
North.”
Because of the curvature of the
earth’s surface, missile launch
200 New Fishing Boats
Being Built for Alaska’s
Red Salmon Run
SEATTLE UP) — At least 200
gillnet fishing boats costing a
total around $2 million are being
built in the Seattle area in ex
pectation of a big Red Salmon
run in Alaska’s Bristol Bay in
1961.
The gillnetters, 32-f o o t e r s
weighing about 5Vfe tons and cost
ing $10,000 with equipment, are
being turned out a yards in Seat
tle and Everett.
Alaska Steamship Co., which
will carry the bulk of the new
craft to Bristol Bay, received
word that “five or ten” will be
coming from a yard in California.
Alaska Steam already has orders
for hauling 186 boats north.
The gamble on new boats is
based on the preliminary fore
cast of fishery authorities that
this season’s Brisol Bay run will
total around 22 million fish. This
would be a far above average
run, although well below last
year’s 36 million run, of which
around 13,600,000 were caught.
ings in Europe and Russia could
only be detected by stations lo
cated in the Far North. Ballistic
early warning (BMEWS) stations
in England, Greenland, and Clear,
Alaska are designed to detect
such firings.
These BEMEWS and other
warning stations, because of their
limited number, become strategic
and would invite attack in any
future conflict, particularly in the
opening phase, Pearson said.
Little League
Little League will play this Sat
urday beginning at 9 a. m. The
schedule is as follows:
9:00 a.m. NC vs Nome Druggists
9:45 a.m. Bronson’s Deliveries vs
North Star
10:30 a.m. Nome Nuggets vs Ber
ing Sea Enterprises
This will be the final Satur
day of regularly scheduled games.
The team standings as of now are:
W L
Bronson’s Deliveries 4 0
Northern Commercial 3 1
Nome Nuggets 2 2
North Star 2 2
Bering Sea 1 3
Nome Druggists 0 4
Beginning next Monday night,
a Little League Tournament will
be held. The teams will begin
playing at seven o’clock on Mon
day, Wednesday and Thursday.
There will be two games each
evening and no admission will be
charged.
Front Street on Display
Front Street was decorated this
afternoon, displaying flags and a
big sign welcoming the Class B
Tournament teams which will be
arriving.
The big banner was made pos
sible through the courtesy of the
City Council.
What will do most to add to
your longevity? . . . One medical
expert said the two major ele
ments in prolonging life are pre
servation of energy and a high
degree of motivation ... so, if
you want to annoy your heirs by
outliving them, keep your pep
and your desire to use it.
Coin-Operated Vending
Machines Will Sell
Motorists Insurance
NEW YORK UP — A coin
actuated machine to vend to
motorists the sort of trip insurance
now offered air travelers at air
terminals was given its first pub
lic showing yesterday.
The 12-pound machine was de
signed for placement in gasoline
stations, supermarkets, bus de
pots, motels, hotels and railroad
stations.
Its promoters said it will be in
general service nationwide by
Memorial Day.
For a $1 premium in coins, the
unit dispenses a policy with a
$7,500 death benefit and $500
maximum medical and hospital
coverage.
The policy is offered to per
sons between the ages of 25 and
70. It covers the insured persons
— not others in the car — for
one week of land travel.
Policy-Matic Corp. of America,
producer of the device, described
it as the first land travel insur
ance vending machine that meets
requirements of insurance depart
ments in all 50 states.
The insurance is underwritten
by Beneficial Standard group of
insurance companies, a Los An
geles concern.
Policy-Matic has headquarters
in Atlanta, Ga.
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Hunting Caps . . .
Make Their Debut
On Park Avenue!
NEW YORK UP) — Hunting caps
on Park Avenue? Yes, it’s “flaps
down” for shivering New Yorkers
these sub-freezing days.
Thousands of usually meticu
lously dressed Manhattanites are
discarding sartorial splendor in
favor of an odd array of hats
made from fur, canvas, wool —
anything to warm up the old aural
appendages.
Hurry down fashionable Park
Avenue (no strolling these days)
and what do you see? Hunting
caps worn with smarthly tailored
overcoats; expensively- dressed
ladies bucking the breeze, their
faces almost hidden by scarves of
every description.
Parkas are favorites among
many of the girls, and they’re not
only warm but attractive. The
cops have their ear-muffs down,
and so does the postman, the of
fice workers, and everybody who
owns them.
The most spectacular head-and
ear warmer hasn’t appeared in
public yet: A three-foot tall knit
ted cap from Bolivia. It was seen
leering at passersby from a Fifth
Avenue shop window.
All the emphasis appears to be
on ears. But what about the poor
old proboscis? There it is, stick
ing out in the cruel cold like the
prow of a ship, and nothing can
be done about it.
Take Jimmy Durante, whose
nose knows no peer. There was
Jimmy yesterday, wearing a felt
hat and wool neck-and-ear warm
er. But his nose? Like millions
of others in this cold, cold town,
it glowed like a traffic-light, red.
PARENTS WOULD BE LLABEL
FOR MALICIOUS DAMAGE
CAUSED BY CHILDREN
JUNEAU UP) — Parents of chil
dren under 18 who cause willful
or malicious damage would be re
quired to pay in the full amount
of damage under legislation in
troduced in the Senate by Sen.
W. O. Smith today.
Under present law, the parents
or guardians of children who
cause such damage are not re
quired to pay more than $500, if
the damage exceeds that amount.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
A. E. BOHRER, W. M.
Norrin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Robert Grant
President
Dusty Rhode
Secretary
Wednesday iAincheoo
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
MINA BACHELDEH, President
JANE FOSTER, Secretary
— VISITORS WELCOME -
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Wm. H. Cameron, Pres.
Chas. D. Jones, Secty.