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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943 at the
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SILENT WAR IN THE ARCTIC
The silent war in the far north goes steadily on,
with the United States now constructing a second
radar-warning line across Canada, with Canadian co
operation. A line even farther north is also being
contemplated, in addition to the first line, which is
now complete, and the second line—which is now
under construction.
The third line would run above the Arctic Circle
and would present difficulties, due to the cold weather,
which are now not so severe in the southerly locations
of lines one and two.
One reason why the Defense Department wishes
to extend our radar picket lines farther north is the
unmistakable evidence that Soviet Russia is building
bombers which can travel at speeds 600 miles an hour
and above. Until recently, it was thought that the main
Russian bomber—in an immediate war—would be the
300-mile-an-hour T'U-4 bomber, which averages only
between 300 and 400 miles an hour.
While some of these preparations may not seem
directly important to Americans at the moment, they
are vital, and the scientific war now being waked bv
the United States will have a decisive influence on the
outcome of the next world war.
Seward Peninsula's
11 Gold Dredges Shut
Down For Season
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many years. This year they com
pleted building a real home-made
dredge, a small one, built largely
from oildrums. It has a 1-cubic
loot bucket line, which two men
can operate. The owners report a
successful initial season and are
considering installing a similar
type dredge on Darling Creek, a
few miles above Buster along the
new Nome River Road.
Approximately 100 miles north
of Nome at Taylor in the upper
Kougarok, N.B. Tweet and Sons
(three) of Teller, operated a 3-cu
bic-foot bucket dredge on the
Kougarok River, in addition to a
hydraulic operation on the bench
es. They report a good season with
many years of dredging ahead.
Forty miles further north and
22 miles up the Immachuk River
from the village of Deering on the
shores of Kotzebue Sound, the
two-dredge fleet of the Casa de
Paga Mining Co. closed down
within the past week. Supt. Don
Stewart and Dredgemaster C. L.
Dempsey recently passed through
Nome enroute to Seattle, where
the company is owned. They re
ported a successful season, with
current drilling indicating another
good one coming up.
In 1942, when gold mining was
closed down throughout the Uni
ted States by government order,
Seward Peninsula had 24 dredges
in operation—more than half the
total then in Alaska. Placing these
11 gold producers back in useful
service has been a long and labor
ious process.
With two more scheduled for
next year—that of Straub and
Towner, and the U.S. Smelting,
Refining and Mining Co.’s million
dollar giant for the stretch of
mining ground just west of Nome
known as the “Submarine”—all
signs point to a gradual and steady
Alaska Chamber
Hears Sea-Train
Service to Start
ANCHORAGE. UPI—A predic
tion was made Saturday at the
meeting of the Alaska Chamber
of Commerce that sea-train ser
vice will be operating between
Puget Sound and the territory by
next summer.
Frank Kalbaugh, general man
ager of the Alaska Railroad, said
three firms bidding for sea-train
franchises have indicated they can
be ready to go by July.
Spokesmen for the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce urged the
Alaskans to ask the Dept, of In
terior to try to restore passenger
ship service to the territory.
A1 Shyman, member of the
Maritime Committee of the Seat
tle Chamber, assured the Alas
kans of Seattle’s “firm, complete
support.” Dr. William Stanton,
University of Washington, told the
Alaskans their tourist industry
had “a brilliant future.” It is a
future, he said, “in which all parts
of the territory can share—unlike
fishing, forestry and federal ex
penditures which benefit only
certain localities.”
Another Seattle man, Standard
Oil’s regional manager, S. E.
Stretton, assured the delegates
that if oil is^found in commercial
quantities in Alaska it will be
developed.
He said there are many obsta
cles to oil development in Alaska
—severe winters, immense dis
tances to refiheries, plus the limi
tation placed on land control by
the government.
Ray Petersen, president of
Northern Consolidated Airlines,
urged the chamber to make road
building its first order of business,
saying it was vital to all Alaska.
expansion, over the years, of Sew
ard Peninsula’s fleet of gold
I dredges.
Alaska Growth
Needs Cooperation
Of U.S. and Canada
ANCHORAGE, Iff*—Cooperation
between the United States and
Canada is needed if Alaska’s re
sources are to be developed prop
erly, Gov. Heintzleman told dele
gates to the territory-wide Cham
ber of Commerce meeting Friday.
The governor told the 135 dele
gates from 16 cities that he feels
a high level commission is needed
for ironing out differences be
tween the United States and Can
ada.
He told the group in its opening
session that major Alaskan objec
tives include:
"Better land and sea trans
portation; placing more of our
land in private ownership; fewer
land reserves; extension of public
land surveys.
“Also better inventories and ap
praisals of our mineral resources;
more adequate information on our
water power resources, especially
of our major rivers and streams;
a federal tax incentive program to
stimulate mining and other major
industries in this region of higher
| costs.”
"The more we delve into our
development problems,” he said,
"the- more we come to realize that
British Columbia, Yukon Terri
tory and Alaska are geographical
ly, and in many respects econom
ically, a jingle unit.”
He called this unit the North
Pacific region, in which the arti
ficial boundary must be mini
mized to permit satisfactory de
j velopment.
Sen. Jenner Says Soviet
Embassy Directed Spy
Rings in U.S. Government
WASHINGTON, UP—Sen. Jen
ner (Rl-ndi said Saturday the
i Soviet Embassy here directed the
| operation of Communist spy rings
in “every part of the government”
and in the United Nations.
Jenner said "the free nations
must not be fooled again by the
Kremlin's slogan of peaceful co
existence.”
The Indiana senator is chair
man of the Senate Internal Secur
ity subcommittee and sponsor of
a resolution calling for a break in
diplomatic relations with Russia.
He made the statement in an
nouncing publication by the sub
committee of another volume of
testimony taken in public hear
ings on Communist strategy and
tactics.
Referring to reported Soviet
talk ol “peaceful co-existence,”
Jenner said, "We let them fool
us in 1933 with that phony slogan
and reestablish their embassy spy
center here.”
He said the late Premier Stalin
promised, in return for diplomatic
recognition by this country, to re
frain from “interfering with our
government.” But, Jenner went
on, after Russia won that recogni
tion 21 years ago, Stalin broke his
promise.
HOME MADE
PIES
Any Kind, Any Quantity
CALL
Red 40
— Pearl Davis —
TILDEN Ihe magician, who appears at the Bering Sea Club Nov. 20
Mystifying Magician
To Play Tricks Here
Weird, baffling and mystifying—
TILDEN, Magician Extraordinary,
will be “pulling rabbits out of
his hat" at the Bering Sea Club
this Saturday night, the 20th, at
11:00 p.m.
Tilden, an artist of deception,
has been entertaining theater and
night club audiences since he was
12 years old.
The feature attraction in his
fast-moving show will be his
“Fantasy in Fire,” which few
magicians attempt to do.
A star of Empire Picture Pro
ductions, he has been featured in
several movies and has promised
us a top-notch show.
With Tilden will be his lovely
young lady assistant.
A modern intercontinental
bomber has more reserve power
than today’s commercial trans
ports use for their main propul
sion systems.
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