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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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THIRSTY MACHINERY
TIME TO STOP HIDING
WHEN LT. GEN. FRANK A. ARMSTRONG made
a statement recently that two enemy bombers
could put Alaskan bases out of action and leave Alaska
and the West Coast of the United States defenseless,
he shook up the Pentagon and the Congress of the
United States as well with cold facts.
“At present the Strategic Air Command can count
on putting out of action only 8 of the 26 bases in
Siberia that threaten Alaska—and leave Alaska open
wide for invasion,” he said.
Alaska the territory, was depended on only to
warn the United States of attack. Alaska the state,
must not be the weakest part of our defense. Alaska
should be so fortified that any aggressor nation would
think carefully before trying to penetrate the 49th
state.
The Pentagon is disturbed apparently as they
are sending important people to see for themselves
the need for a missile program which could strike
back hard and fast if necessary.
If there are 26 bases on the Siberian coast, then
there should be the equivalent on the Alaskan coast.
It’s time to stop hiding behind the mountains!
GRASSROOTS OPINION
From the Italy, Texas, News Herald: “Our financial
problem is not something that developed overnight.
It has been in the making ever since the national
government began toying with the Marxist theory of
unequal taxation — soaking the rich to pay for gov
ernment. Such a theory worked as long as govern
ment costs were reasonable and restricted to govern
mental functions. But as the Marxism spread and
government took on more and more of the responsi
bility of the individual to provide for himself, the cost
of government became more than the rich alone could
pay for. ...
“Our socialist chickens are coming home to roost.”
The Senate Rackets hearing is the converse of
the old theory that if you repeat a statement often
enough, people will believe it. The stories of shady
deals betwen employers and labor representatives
as paraded before the committee is so commonplace
that the public apparently wishes to forget it.”
/" — Bellingham, Wash., Herald Sun.
Alaska and Canada
Officials to Hold
Historic Meeting
KITIMAT, B.C., m—'Top Can
; adian and Alaskan officials will
I meet next week in this “Alum- j
| inum City” carved out of what
° was once a wilderness .
It is a meeting that may have |
more than a little significance
both for the new American state
and for British Columbia.
The two top figures will be
Prime Minister Diefenbaker and
Gov. William A. Egan. Both will
address the delegates to the two
day meeting of the Associated
Boards of Trade of Central B.C.
and Alaska affiliates.
Now that Alaska has gained
statehood she is looking for ways
to bolster her economy. For this
she needs communication lines—
roads and perhaps a railway—to
her sister states to the south.
Canadian officials, and particu
larly those in British Columbia,
see bright prospects in this since
any such links would have to pass
through the province. Already
tentative plans are to have the
i proposed Wenner-Gren rail line
I in the north, point northwest in
j the direction of Alaska.
The province is sending three
cabinet ministers to the meeting.
Delegates in business session
are expected to get down to a
number of resolutions concerning
closer B.C.-Olaska cooperation in
various fields.
Trades and Development Minis
ter Robert Bonner also plans to
attend a Sept. 4 meeting of the
Pacific Northwest Trade Associa
tion at Fairbanks.
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Navy Halts Production
of Jet-Powered Seamaster
BALTIMORE. 0P> — The Navy
has called a halt to production
of the jet-powered Seamaster,
blaming “unforeseen technical
difficulties.”
In ordering an end to the 44,1
million dollar production pro
gram, the Navy cut back on five
of the seaplanes that were to have
been built by the Martin Co. here.
Nine months ago it curtailed the
project by 10 out of the orignal
24 ordered.
Now, the Navy is debating what
use it will make of the nine al
ready built. It expects to recover
some 72 million dollars from the
progr; n.
The 500 mile-an-hour, four-en
gine I'M Seamaster is able to
cruise at 40,000 feet and can per
form lew-level mine-laying mis
sions as well. Its chief missions
are reconnaissance and mine-lay
ing.
Two Seamasters were lost in
test flights, in December 1955 and
November. 1956
Martin spokesmen denied the
program had been stumbling.
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