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Lower Yukon Needs DC-4 Field
THE PEOPLE OF THE lower Yukon are asking
for a DC-4 field to serve ten villages with an esti
mated 5,000 population. Several of the villages have
sent copies of their petition to the Legislature, to us
and some of them have already been published.
One of the most interesting features of the letters
is that none of-the villages are asking that they be the
chosen spot for the field. Each village asks that a
good site be chosen so that all may benefit. This is
the kind of cooperation of effort that should get re
sults, and merits early consideration in the planning
for development of that area.
The villages involved are: Marshall, Pilot Station,
St. Mary’s, Mountain Village, Alakanuk, Chowhoc
tolik, Kwiguk, Sheldon’s Point, Hamilton, Chaneliak,
and Kotlik.
With a better freighting connection, Nome could
be a regular market for the fine canned fish which
comes from Alakanuk and Kwiguk.
Little Hope For
Victims of Atlantic
Iceberg Crash
HALIFAX, N. S., Of) — The
grim search for survivors of the
Hans Hedtoft continued Tuesday,
but rescue officials held no hope
that faint radio signals heard dur
ing the night were from any of
the 95 aboard the missing Danish
vessel.
The signals were picked up by
Danish auxiliary stations at a fre
quency far away from the 500
kilocycles set on survivor radios
aboard the Hed toft’s lifeboats.
Earlier signals picked up at 520
kilocycles sparked hopes Monday
they might be from passengers or
crew of the 2,758-ton vessel which
crashed into an iceberg off the
southern tip of Greenland Friday.
Officers at this rescue center said,
however, that the 520 frequency
was normally used by planes send
ing out homing signals.
The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter
Campbell headed the sea hunt
with the aid of a German vessel
and three Danish ships.
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Dulles In London To
Promote Understanding In
Difficult Weeks Ahead
LONDON, UP) — Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles flew in
from Washington today for talks
with allied leaders on Western
policy in Germany and elsewhere
in Europe.
“I have brought no new pro
posals,” he told reporters at the
airport.
“I have come here because I
suspect that in coming weeks we
will be forced to take difficult de
cisions pressed on us by the Soviet
Union. <.
“It is vital that the Western
nations should understand each
other.”
After two days of consultations
in London, Dulles plans to go on
to Paris and Bonn.
SOVIET GLACIERS THAWING
LONDON, OP — The cold war
may or may not be thawing, but
Soviet glaciers are shrinking.
Moscow Radio said today maps
of the Pamir Mountains, in the
Soviet Union’s Asian regions, are
out of date because of glacier
shrinkage. Scientists are drawing
new maps.
Washington Solons
To Check Alaska
Fisheries Problems
OLYMPIA, Wash. I® — Wash
ington’s House of Representatives
gave its approval Monday to send
ing six lawmakers to Alaska to
discuss fisheries problems.
^The proposal calls for three
members from the House Fisher
ies Committee and three from the
Senate Fisheries Committee to
leave for the new 49th state some
time this week.
They are to consult with Alas
kan officials on possible legisla
tion dealing with fisheries and
transportation that could be pre
sented to the legislatures of the
two states.
Recommendations stemming
from the journey are to be pre
sented to both the Washington
and Alaska Legislatures for their
consideration.
Japanese Make
Survey Flight For
Seattle Service
SEATTLE, (JPi — A plane of
Japan Airlines, which will start
a Great Circle Route service be
tween Tokyo and Seattle on July
1, arrived here Monday night on
•an initial survey flight.
The airliner, with 41 Japanese
officials on board, had stopped
off enroute at Shemya, Cold Bay,
Anchorage, King Salmon and
Fairbanks. During a three-day stay
in the Pacific Northwest, the plane
will make courtesy flights to Spo
kane and Portland.
Japan Airlines plans to start
its Tokyo-Seattle run with twice
weekly service.
Balloon Launched Over
Texas Will Measure Outer
Space Cosmic Rays
BROWNWOOD, Tex., UP) —
Scientists launched a huge balloon
today in perfect weather, hoping
to unveil some of the mysteries
of the upper atmosphere.
The ascension had been delayed
three days by wind and drizzle.
Four ballons will be released over
a two-week period.
Dr. Frank McDonald, University
of Iowa physicist, said the experi
ments are “to probe and measure
cosmic ray intensities and compo
sition of atmospheric particles at
different phases of solar activity.”
This central Texas area was;
selected as the site because of the
flat terrain, which will make re- j
covery of instruments easier.
HUBBARD MEDAL PRESENTED
TO ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower today presented the
National Geographic Society’s
Hubbard medal to Sir Vivian
Fuchs, British explorer who made
history’s first overland crossing
of Antarctica.
The presentation took place at
the White House.
Eisenhower also presented a
Hubbard medal to the U. S. Navy
for its 1955-59 Antarctic expedi
tions.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
This is to inform the readers of
your paper about the Airfield sit
uation in the lower Yukon area,
the area from Marshall down to
the mouth of the Yukon River. It
is also to refute certain misin
forming statements, published in
the Anchorage Times, January 16
issue — not in any way reflecting
on the Times — that there should
be no suitable site for a DC-4
field in the lmver Yukon area.
The facts are that a suitable site
is available for such a field.
I have taken an active interest
in such matters, and personally
I helped pilots in the early days
of aviation on Seward Peninsula
when they had to land on patches,
on beaches. In our day, such field
situations should no longer bej
needed. Roughly, as the crow flies,
it is 250 miles from Unalakleet
to Bethel, and 350 miles from salt
water to McGrath. In this vast
artea we have three small airstrips
— usable as season and weather
permits.
There is a real need for a year
round DC-3 or DC-4 field in this
area, and the possibilities for such
a field are here.
LUDWIG E. OST.
Fortuna Ledge.
NETHERLANDS PRINCESS
COMES OF AGE
SOESTJIKI, Netherlands, —
Crown Princess Beatrix officially
came of age Saturday as she cele
brated her 21st birthday in the
family circle at Soestdijk Palace.
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Named To Rivers -
Harbors Congress
WASHINGTON — United
States Representative Ralph Riv
ers announced yesterday that he
has nominated Pierce Walsh, life
long resident of Nome, and Wien
Alaska Airlines agent, to member
ship on the advisory committee
of the National Rivers and Har
bors Congress, of which Congress
man from Louisiana, Overton
Brooks, is president.
Congressman Rivers said, “Mr.
Walsh’s hard work and interest
in problems of conservation, flood
control and development of our
land resources has equipped him
well for this appointment, and it
v/ill be a pleasure and privilege
for me to serve with him on this
committee. His services will be
most valuable.”
The National Rivers and Har
bors Congress is a non-profit or
ganization established in 1901 to
work with local, state, regional
and national governments in their
problems of harbors and rivers,
flood control, irrigation, soil con
servation and navigation.
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