Arctic Building Specialists Will Test
Alaska Engineers’ Permafrost Method
ANCHORAGE—Three special
ists on arctic and subarctic build
ing and airfield construction have
arrived at the office of the Alas
ka District Corps of Engineers to
observe and test methods now
used by the Alaska district in
building on permafrost.
The noted trio are Dr. Arthur
Casagrande, consultant to the
chief of engineers, U.S. Army;
Frank B. Hennion, airfields
branch, office of the chief of en
gineers; and Kenneth A. Linell
of the Arctic construction and
frost effects laboratory of the
Corps of Engineers, Boston.
They will visit Bethel, Nome,
Kotzebue and other permafrost
areas where the Alaska District is
supervising military defense con
struction in the arctic for the Air
Force and Army.
Accompanying them will be
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John Ireton, foundation specialist
of the Alaska District engineer
division; James G. Patrick, from
the North Pacific Division, and
Fred Kitzie of the Fairbanks frost
effects experiment station. Their
findings and reports are expected
to be of material value to progress
in permanent arctic construction,
such as the far-north defense rim.
Dr. Casagrande summarized con
struction on permafrost as “trying
to build firm foundations on a
dirty cake of ice.”
“Don’t thaw it—Freeze it! The
process works like a mammoth set
of refrigerator coils under the
buildings. Keep the permafrost
frozen solid and foundations will
stay solid.”
This is not a simple process.
Permafrost is perpetually frozen
earth in various types of soil ex
tending from one to 1,300 or more
feet under an insulating blanket
of tundra. Permafrost in silt may
contain 00 to 100 percent water in
the thin ice layers which interlace
the soil. When the tundra is brok
en heat flows into the ground—
the permafrost melts—and foun
dations slump.
Integrated Schools
In South Begin
Fall Term
By the Associated Press
Integrated public schools have
begun the fall term in scattered
sections of the south but most of
those accepting both Negro and
white pupils for the same class
rooms are at government installa
tions.
Three Florida Air Force bases
have opened integrated schools.
Oak Ridge, Tenn., where public
schools are financed by the Atom
ic Energy Commission, opened the
Oak Ridge High School and Rog
ersville Junior High to Negroes
Tuesday. About 45 Negroes regis
tered at the high school in a total
enrollment of about 1,700. Fifty
Negroes entered the junior high
school, which has a total of about
1,000 pupils.
The high schools were the first
public schools in Tennessee to
have* mixed classes.
At Ashland, Ky., six Negro stu
dents enrolled at the junior col
lege after the Board of Education
announced Monday that ~ the
school would be open to both
races.
Principal T. H. Dunigan of Oak
Ridge High named a Negro teach
er to the faculty. He .is Fred
Brown, a teacher at the Oak Ridge
Negro high school which was
closed last spring. Dunigan said
he will teach printing, home
mechanics and plastics.
At Birmingham, Ala., Federal
Judge H. H. Grooms granted the
University of Alabama a four
month stay of a court order to
accept Negro students. Arthur
Shores, a Negro attorney, said the
stay would be appealed to the
U.S. district court at New Orleans.
Several Texas communities be
gan integrated schools without in
cident yesterday.
Territorial Department
Of Mines Bulletin
September, 1955
TDM about the reported uranium
strike northwest of Nome discov
ered by George Lilly of Fairbanks
and associates.
Samples submitted by the dis
coverers to our Ketchikan Assay
Office have given promising re
turns, some samples showing one
percent material.
* * *
Having first-hand information
on the recent helicopter freight
lift to the Ross-Adams property
from Kendrick Bay, we think
many Alaskan prospectors and
mining operators will be interest
ed in knowing what a helicopter
can do under favorable conditions.
The property is located at. an
elevation of 1,000 feet and a dis
tance of IV4 to IVz miles from*
salt water. Eight and one-half
tons of drilling euipment and
supplies were lifted from a barge
to the camp in less than seven
hours.
Forty-seven trips were made,
and the heaviest loads were 440
pounds. Some of the loads were
placed on the side racks of the
’copter, but the heaviest were
slung underneath. It is obvious
that there were efficient ground
crews on both ends of the run.
The craft was a Hiller 360 heli
copter piloted by Dean Johnson
of McMinnville, Ore., who oper
ates a helicopter sales, service,
and flight training organization.
He is looking for other Alaska
business. •
True hail occurs only in warm
weather. ^
WATERFOWL SEASONS
1955 — Interior Alaska
Noon September 1 - September 30—Ducks, geese, brant
coots, and jacksnipe.
Noon September 1 - December 15—(Second and Fouih
Divisions): Old squaw, harlequin, scooter, and eiders.
After first day, shooting hours are one-half hour before
sunrise to sunset.
Shotguns must be plugged to hold not more than three
shells. May be taken by shotgun or bow only.
Shooting from power boats or boats with motor attached
is prohibited.
Paul Swedberg Is New
Teacher at Unalakleet
Paul Swedberg of Nebraska will
be the new High School teacher
for Unalakleet, where 14 students
were expected to start classes yes
terday.
Swedberg comes from three
years of teaching in Chicago and
has a masters degree.
First and second year high
school subjects will be taught,
stated Rev. Lundborg, who also
stated that all students who took
their freshmen work there last
year will be returning.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Incoming passengers Tuesday
were: Father Carroll, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Tripp, Don Sauer.
Outgoing passengers, to Fair
banks: Mrs. Robertson, Mrs.
Owen, Mrs. Mills, George Cur
taz, Robt. Herman Jr., Geo. Bell,
Don Sauer and family; to Seattle:
Larry Galvin, Mrs. Bergstrom,
Eileen Nelson, Bill Grumvold,
Bruce Russell, Clarence Wells,
Sister Jacqueline.
Polio Claims Second
Victim in Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN, UP>—Polio claimed
another victim Monday afternoon
in Ketchikan. Mike Dyakanoff, 24,
the victim, was the brother of
Andrew Dyakanoff who died of
the same disease two weeks ago.
The hospital in Ketchikan report
ed no new cases over the weekend.
DANGER AREA—ANG FIRING
CAMP DEXTER
Extending out from Dexter Road
2 miles beyond Nome River; north
from mountain range (south of
Camp Dexter) to Camp Dexter
extending south along Nome Riv
er for a distance of 3 miles square
from Camp Dexter.
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