THE NOME NUGGET
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NEW AIRCRAFT GYROSCOPE
The most sensitive implement ever devised for
use in aircraft is now being produced in Minneapolis.
Named the hermetic integrating gyroscope, it is said
to be capable of detecting motion which is 3,000 times
slower than the hour hand on a watch.
The new gyroscope is going into automatic flight
control systems for supersonic aircraft and is also
designed for use on ocean-going vessels and heavy
tanks. Engineers of the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regu
lator Co. say the gyroscope could measure the width of
a city block on the moon —if there was a city block on
the moon to be measured.
Other examples which show the fantastic effective
ness of the new7 instrument are most interesting. It is
said that a youngster on a sled could slide 1,000 miles
down a one-foot-high grade if he could succeed in
reducing friction as much as it has been reduced in the
new instrument.
Work on this new7 device has gone on for five
years. Despite its sensitivity, the instrument is also
rugged and has been hammered with an ordinary
hammer and still remained effective.
The new gyroscope is thought to give U.S. armed
forces an advantage, or lead, over those of other coun
tries just as U.S. bombsights proved so highly effective
and superior in World War II.
Cpl. Dickenson
Found Guilty
Of Collaboration
WASHINGTON, UP)—An Army
court martial Tuesday convicted
Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson of col
laborating with the Chinese Com
munists and with informing on
his buddies while a prisoner of
war in Korea.
The verdict was returned by a
joard of eight high-ranking Army
officers who had deliberated for
IOV2 hours, a time regarded by
court officials as the longest ever
in military history.
The maximum sentence under
such a charge is life imprison
ment.
Dickenson, 23, was convicted
on two charges:
1. General collaboration with
the Communists in following a
pro-Ked line during the two and
a half years he was held at a Red
prison camp.
2. “Squealing” to the Commu
nists about an escape attempt
planned by Edward M. Gaither of
Philadelphia.
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At The U. S. Merc
Congress Told
U.S. and Canada
Have Same Aims
WASHINGTON, UP>—Gov. Gen.
Vincent Massey of Canada told
Congress Tuesday that Canadian
and American foreign policies
have the same “functional aims”
although “we may not always
agree on every detail.”
In an address prepared for a
joint session of the House and
Senate Massey outlined Canada’s
efforts to secure the two nations’
common objective of world peace.
Massey, who arrived in Wash
ington Monday for a three-day
visit, spoke of the U.S. and Can
ada as “partners” and “allies in
the defense of the things we
value.” As an example of the
partnership, he cited joint proj
ects in northern Canara “to
strengthen the defenses of this
continent. . . ”
He spoke also of a brigade of
Canadian troops “now standing
guard (in Korea) against the pos
sibility of renewed attack” and of
another brigade and 12 Royal
Canadian Air Force squadrons
stationed in Europe.
“Such formations,” he empha
sized, “should naturally be related
in our minds to the size of the
population which provides them.”
Massey, who is Queen Eliza
beth’s personal representative in
Canada, said “the problems of
our time cannot be solved by
military strength alone. The line
can be held only by the deploy
ment of force, but the objective
—peace—can be won only by the
quality of infinite patience.”
U.S. mosquito problems are in
creased by rapid growth in the
amount of irrigated pasture lands
which provide breeding grounds.
i Air Force Adopts Bigger,
[Faster Shooting Gun
; For Its Combat Planes
ELMENDORF AFB — A new
20mm automatic gun with a con
siderably higher rate of fire than
any aircraft gun now in operation
has been developed for use in the
latest combat planes of the U.S.
Air Force, it was disclosed by
Secretary of the Air Force Har
old E. Talbott. Named the M-39,
ft is a relatively light weight el
ectrically fired, gas operated ma
chine gun. It fires an explosive
projectile with greater rapidity
and higher muzzle velocity than
the 1200 rounds a minute .50 cal
iber machine gun now used in
many Air Force planes.
The new weapon is a product of
the close teamwork existing be
tween private industry, the U.S.
Army and the U.S. Air Force.
Ford Motor Company accomplish
ed the major share of research
and development following the
initial development by Armour
Research Foundation. The Pontiac
motor division of General Motors
is currently mass producing the
gun under contract.
The gun weighs approximately
170 pounds. It throws a shell
which bursts after penetrating the
target. Its high firing rate is made
possible by the 5-chamber revol
ver-type cylinder which moves
ammunition through the feeSing,
firing and extracting phases at a
greater rate than a reciprocating
bolt-type mechanism.
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MEETING TONIGHT
Pioneer Igloo
8:00 P.M.
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FOR SALE — Silvertone table
radio, cheap. Call Nugget. 54
PAINTING—Inside, outside. Sur
faces carefully prepared. Reas
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FOR. RENT—House with 2 bed
rooms. Call Main 123.
FOR SALE—King trumpet. Ex
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Indochinese Must
Support Any U.S.
Aid There—Ike
WASHINGTON, UP)—President
Eisenhower was quoted by Sen.
Flanders fR-Vt) as saying Tues
day that the United States will
undertake no military operations
in Indochina “unless it has the
support of the people of that re
gion.”
Flanders, a member of the Sen
ate Armed Services 'Committee,
gave the account to newsmen
after conferring with the Presi
dent about the Indochina crisis.
“I was glad to hear the Presi
dent say that no military opera
tion would be undertaken (in In
dochina) unless it had the support
of the people of the region,” the
senator said.
Flanders’ White House visit fol
lowed close on the heels of word
from Senate Republican Leader
Knowland of Califorina that he
would give his “fullest support”
if Eisenhower should ask Con
gress to approve sending U. S.
troops to the Southeast Asia hot
spot.
Knowland’s stand was set forth
in an interview Monday night. At
about the same time House Speak
er Martin of Massachusetts said
in a speech prepared for a Troy,
N.Y., GOP dinner that he believes
such action “will not be neces
sary.” Martin did not specifically
mention Indochina.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Unalakleet: Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Porter and infant.
From Anchorage: Leroy Mor
ley, Jack Snyder, Wayne Dennis,
E. P. Hamilton, Allen Doyle.
To Anchorage: Carl Brown, G
) McCafferty, Ernest Henry, Sergie
i Obruk, Mrs. R. Fee and five
i children, Jonathan Davis, Floyd
| P. Piper, Mr. and Mrs. F. L.
■ Pedersen
To Kotzebue: Fred Sours, Pete
i Maloney.
From Kotzebue: Dr. McKenzie,
Jean MacKenzie, Jackie Sage, V.
L. Hogan.
From Unalakleet: Willie Aco
men, Clifford Tom.
From McGrath: Mrs. Michael.
Arctic Wolf To Be Emblem
Of Alaska Air National
Guard Squadron Planes
JUNEAU — The Arctic wolf
will be the airborne emblem o‘f
Alaska’s only Air National Guard
squadron. The design, approved
by the U.S. Air Force Heraldic
Branch, was described by Brig.
Gen. John R. Noyes, the Adjut
ant General of the Alaska Na
tional Guard.
“The emblem is a dark blue
disk with a yellow border bear
ing the head and neck of a snarl
ing Arctic wolf. A yellow star is
centered at the top of the disk.
The wolf signifies strength and
endurance in the Arctic, and the
star signifies the North Star, re
presenting the northernmost unit
of all National Guard squadrons.”
The emblem will be placed on
the nose of jet aircraft flown by
the 144th Fighter-Bomber Squad
ron at Anchorage. It was adopted
by men of the squadron in tribute
to Col. Lars Larry Johnson, com
mander of the Alaska Air Nation
al Guard. An identical wolf’s head
drawing, with the inscription
“King of the Tundra” was placed
on an A-20 attack bomber flown
by Col. Johnson on many combat
missions in the South Pacific dur
ing World War II.
BABY BORN ON WAY UP
HASTINGS, England, WT—-Three
people walked into an elevator
Tuesday and four came out.
The fourth was a baby girl,
born on the journey up. It hap
pened in St. Helen’s hospital here.
Mischa McCafferiy and Alice
Moses of White Mountain were
married there on April 22 by W.
Anderson.
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