Recent Publicity Reveals Russians
Maintained Secret Expedition On
The Arctic lee Fields During 1950-51
By TOM WHITNEY <
(AP Foreign Staff)
One of the most interesting facts
to come out of the recent flood of
publicity on Soviet arctic activi
ties is that in 1950-51 the Russians
maintained in secrecy an expedi
tion out on the arctic ice, drifting
in the direction of the North Pole
not far south of it.
The group consisted of a small
band of Russian arctic experts
and scientists equipped with one
truck and many tons of supplies.
It was headed by Mikhail Somov,
who received the award off “Hero
of the Soviet Union” for his ef
forts.
Somov’s expedition was a very
primitive affair compared to the
two semi-permanent settlements
the Russians are now maintaining
in the polar regions.
As shown in photographs pub
lished in the Soviet press, these
latest expeditions are regular lit
tle tent villages equipped not only
with trucks and tractors but also
with helicopters which, it is
claimed, are the answer to the
transport problems of polar ice
expeditions.
While in Soviet publicity on
their two presently existing and
publicly announced polar ice ex
hibitions their scientific non-mili
tary nature is stressed, it is obvi
ous the Russians have the-ir eyes
on the military implications of the
work they are doing.
They know as well as anyone
else that the arctic is a short route
for intercontinental bombers and
that the one which has the best
network of radar and air naviga
tion aids on the arctic ice cap has
a big advantage in any such activ
ities.
There is some possibility of con
flict over jurisdiction in the arctic.
The Russians used to maintain
that they had exclusive sovereign
ty over all the arctic directly
north of Soviet possessions—near
ly half of the Arctic Sea.
The United States has always
taken the point of view that the
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Arctic Sea is like any other sea
and free to' anyone in any part of
it except for the usual territorial
waters close to shores.
The question arises as to just
what the Russians might do if one
of the semi-permanent American
expeditions on a polar “ice island”
were to drift into the area on the
side of the North Pole nearest to
the Russians.
So far this hasn’t happened, but
it could. With Russian flyers
around who have itchy trigger
fingers, arctic air clashes could
also occur.
It is quite clear that the Rus
sians, who have in the past done
much important pioneering in the
arctic areas, do not intend to let
the United States get ahead. The
United States, on the other hand,
cannot afford to forget that mas
tery of the arctic skies is poten
tially vital.
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Pampered Pig
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This pig made good in the city.
He, and others, are stars in the
new “Food for Life” exhibit at
the Museum of Science and Indus
try in Chicago.
This is the world’s largest nu
trition exhibit. Donated to the
Museum by Swift & Company as
a public service, the exhibit tells
the importance of eating nutri
tionally balanced foods in promot
ing health.
Baby pigs, lambs and ducks
have been installed in a tile-lined,
air conditioned “animal nursery”
to show how good nutrition is
practiced on the farm and to be
viewed at close range by thou
sands each day. The baby animals
receive balanced feeds to promote
growth and development.
The exhibit tells the story of nu
trition from soil, through plants
and livestock to man. The roles
of agriculture in providing proper
food and of the food processing
and distributing industry are told.
The exhibit also has a glass en
closed incubator in which eggs
hatch before the eyes of visitors.
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Notice of Sale of Estate Property
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Administrator below named will receive
bids upon the following described real
and personal properly, within 14 days of
first publication of this Notice.
Real Estate:
The North forty-five feet of Lot
Twelve in Block Ninety-three, in
the City of Nome. Alaska, to
gether with a frame dwelling
thereon, and the furniture & fix
tures therein.
Personal Property:
Waltham Pocket Wn'^h'
Camera. Kodak A-130. folding:
Shotgun, 12 ga.
Bids must be submitted in writing, and
all sales are for cash only.
Bids must be submitted to the under
signed Administrator, whose address is
Nome. Alaska, and the Administrator
reserves the right to refuse any or all
bids.
The above property is that of the es
tate of Nels A. Larsen, deceased, and is
sold by Order of the Probate Court for
the Cape Nome Precinct. Alaska.
LESTER D. BRONSON.
Administrator.
Publ. Sept. 15, 17, 1954.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, DIVISION
NUMBER TWO. CAPE NOME PRE
CINCT.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
MALCOLM McLEOD. deceased.
No. 845
Notice of Rendering
Final Account and
Petition for Distribution.
Notice is hereby given that the admin
istrator of the estate of Malcolm McLeod,
deceased, has presented for settlement
and filed in the above entitled court,
her final account of said administration,
together with a petition for the final
distribution of said estate, and that Sat
urday. the 30th day of October, 1954. at
the office of the United States Commis
sioner, Federal Building in Nome, Alas
ka. at the hour of 2 P.M. has been ap
pointed the time and place to hold a
hearing on said account and petition,
and all persons interested in same are
hereby notified that they may appear at
such time and place, and show cause, if
any they have, why the said account
should not be approved, and the decree
of distribution granted as prayed for in
the said petition, and the estate distrib
uted to the persons entitled thereto,
without further notice of proceedings.
Reference is hereby made to the said
account, on file in the office of the
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER, for
further notice of proceedings.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, this 27th day
of August. 1954.
Margaret M. O'Leary
Administrator of the estate of
Malcolm McLeod, deceased.
Mildred R Hermann
Attorney for Administrator
Publ. Sept. 1. 8, 15, 22, 1954.
NOTICE
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the co-partnership heretofore
existing under the name of
BUILDERS' SUPPLY COMPANY,
al Nome, Alaska, Will M. Gillis
and Joseph Wallace, co-partners,
is now dissolved and terminated
by mutual consent of the said
copartners.
Further notice is given that Will
M. Gillis is now the sole owner of
the said business under the name
and style of BUILDERS' SUPPLY
COMPANY.
Will M. Gillis
Joseph Wallace
Publ. Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, 1954.
Polio Cases In Anchorage
Area Reach 103 Since
The First Of The Year
ANCHORAGE, UPl—1Three new
cases of poliomyelitis were ad
mitted to Providence Hospital
over the weekend to bring to 103
the number of polio cases re
ported in the Anchorage area
since the first of the year.
One of the cases admitted was
a 4-year-old girl wtih a non-para
lytic form of the dread crippler.
A 9-year-old boy and a 40-year
old man both had paralytic forms.
The new cases brought to 12
the number of polio victims being
cared for at Providence. Eight
are under treatment at the Air
Force hospital here.
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EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 26, 1954
JUKE BOX CAN PARK YOUR CAR
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Now comes
juke box parking lots.
You put your two bits in the
slot, the gate o'pc-ns, and you drive i
in and park your own car.
Fritz W. Drybrough is trying
out the mechanical innovation on
one of his Louisville parking lots.
He expects to get new revenue
at night, when the volume of
parking isn’t sufficient to warrant
paying an attendant.
The collection box will take a
quarter or three dimes. Upon be
ing properly fed, the machinery
goes into motion. The railroad
type gate rises and the car is
driven into the lot. As it crosses
a tredle set in the pavement, the
gate falls again.
Now you are in and you want
out. Another tredle opens the exit
gate and it closes behind you.
The inventor is William B.
Spencer, a 30-year-old Chicagoan.
The automatic arrangements are
in effect only during the time the
lot has no attendant—at night.
The machine does not give change
for three dimes. The lot keeps it.
Motorists whor don’t have a quar
ter get stuck for an extra nickel.
AUTOMATIC—Inventor William Spencer looks on while
Lacey Dennis uses the new coin-operated gate for a parking
lot in Louisville, Kentucky.