Alaska Truck Roadeo |
Winner Will Be Eligible
For Trip to N.Y. Contest
VALDEZ—Initial plans were
made at the Valdez Chamber of
Commerce meeting Sept. 14 for a
Territorial Truck Roadeo open to
all truckers of Alaska. This will
be Alaska’s first of such contests
encompassing all the territory’s
commercial and military drivers.
The Valdez Chamber is spon
soring the contest under rules and
regulations laid down by the Na
tional Truckers Assn, of America.
National rules will be followed so
■the overall winner will be eligible
to enter the international finals at
■Madison Square Garden in 1956.
First prize in the Valdez Roadeo
will be an all expense paid trip to
New York to compete against the
■world’s finest drivers.
FIRST THINGS FIRST
PARIS, (#>—-’A Parisian named
Charles Di. Mascio was hurrying
down the street in his truck. The
vehicle plunged over a 30 - foot
embankment, landing upside
down.
Police rushed Di Mascio to a
•hospital. A few minutes later, he
dashed out saying:
“Don’t ask me anything. I’m in
a hurry. I’ll be late for my
mother-in-law’s funeral.”
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: B. L. Bag
shaw, Howard Burkher, Gene
Townsend, B. V. Davis, William
Bell, Charley Roberts, M. Breh
mer, C. Okair, Mary A. Oxereok,
Stanley Spangenberg, Cpl. Bruce,
Capt. A. John, William Sharrowm,
Maj. Urban Grezeskowiak, Betty
Bradwood, Pete Stowell, Major
Kolb, J. Gilmore, Clark Judd, Al
fred Hilton, Donald Lougue.
To Anchorage: Sig Krogstad,
Ernest Berry, Sp3 Bernard Lash
insky, Memory, Reeser, Dick Ball,
Joseph Strongheart, James von
der Heydt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Esch, Maj. Cooper, T/Sgt. Drip
dale, W. Francois, Clark Judd,
Sgt. William Pietras and family,
Charles D. Jones, C. L. Bagshaw,
George W. White, E. A. Parker,
Omie McCarthy.
From Unalakleet: Kenneth An
derson, Eric Johnson. To Unala
kleet: Ralph Cake, Mr. Hirsch,
Mr. DeLeonardis, Mr. Mayers,
Mr. Medelberg.
To McGrath: Richard D. Jones.
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Alaska Air Command Rocket Team
In Yuma Competition Are Used
To Fast Action Over Bering Sea
YUMA, Ariz., (A*)—Sharing a ra
darscope with a Soviet fighter pi
lot is a little close, but its old stuff
for members of the Alaskan Air
Command’s hot rocketry team
now in Yuma.
Headed by Col. Ronald D. Hub
bard of Warren, Ohio, the team
carried the Alaskan Air Com
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mand’s hopes against seven other
crack units in the U.S. Air Force
world - wide air-to-air rocketry
competition scheduled here for
Oct. 3 to 7.
“When we are on the job in Al
aska,” Col. Hubbard said, “Siber
ia is only 28 miles away. If they
go out over the Bering Sea, so do
we. Aftd that puts us even closer
together.
Intelligence reports put Russian
air strength east of the Ural
Mountains in excess of 10,000 air
craft of all kinds and some of
them are as close as they can get
to the American continent for
what Col. Hubbard termed fre
quent “spoofing” missions.
These are runs into the Alaskan
radar surveillance to see what
kind and how quick a reaction re
sults. The purpose is to test the
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WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS
IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE MANY LINES WE REPRESENT
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. . Tractors, Pumps
Belt Drives, Electrical Equipment
Baker Manufacturing Co.Dozers and Plows
DeLavai Steam Turbine Co. Pumps
Detroit Diesel Engine Die. Diesel Engines
Gar Wood Industries . 'Dozers
Gates Rubber Company .. Belts
Hobart Manufacturing Company . Welders
Hydraulic Supply Mfg. Company . Pipe
Jaeger Pumps, Compressors, Concrete Mixers
A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. . Wire Rope
Lincoln Engineering Co. Greasing Equipment
Mallory . Blocks
Onan .:.. Light Plants
Owalonna Tool Co.Hand Tools
Power Machinery Co. . Power Saws
S K F Industries . Bearings
Smith Welding Equip. Corp. Welding Tools
Thew - Lorain Shovel Co. .... Cranes & Shovels
Thor.Pneumatic Tools, Electric Saws
Timken Roller Bearing Co. Bearings
Willard Batteries . Batteries
Wisconsin Motors . Motors
ALSO DEALERS IN LUMBER, STANDARD OIL PRODUCES,
LIGHTERAGE AND COASTWISE WATER TRANSPORTATION
alertness and probe for weakness
es in the defnses.
As director of operations for the
Alaskan Air Command’s 11th Air
Division, Col. Hubbard is very
conscious of this.
“We always scramble when we
pick up Soviet aircraft on our ra
darscopes,” said Expert Radarman
Capt. Patrick F. C. Donnelly, of
St. Louis, Mo.
“While we are keeping them in
sight, it is easy for both our flight
and the Russians to be within an
inch of each other on the glass.”
He did not say exactly how close
they would be but even 28 miles
is close for a couple of jets.
The American people will agree
with Col. Hubbard when he says:
“As we would probably be the
first to be tried if this country
were ever hit by an air attack, I’d
feel a lot better if we took first
in this meet.”
It would be nice to have a win
ner where a win would be needed
most. But Col. Hubbard will have
to argue that point with crack
teams from seven other Air Force
areas next week.
McKay Opens 296 Acres
In Chugach Forest
To Mineral Development
WASHINGTON, UP)—Secretary
of the Interior McKay Thursday
announced signing of an order
opening 296 acres of land within
the Chugach National Forest in
Alaska to mineral development.
The 296 acres are on islands in
Cordova Bay, east of Anchorage
across Prince William Sound. Ap
plications for mineral develop
ment of the land will be accepted
beginning Oct. 20.
The order also revokes the with
drawal of another 74,463 acres for
naval purposes but continues them
in withdrawn status as wildlife
refuge lands.
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October Hearings
Scheduled for
Fishing Problems
From the Seattle office of Sen.
Warren G. Ma’gnuson (D-Wash)
The October hearing schedule
of the Senate Interstate and For
eign Commerce Committee into
West Coast and Alaska fisheries
and shipping problems, including
lioover Commission recommenda
tions regarding the Military Sea
Transport Service, was announced
last week by Chairman Warren
G. Magnuson (D-Wash).
Hearings begin Oct. 10-11 in
Anchorage; shift to Juneau Oct.
12-14; move south to Seattle Oct.
17-20, then resume in San Fran
cisco Oct. 31-Nov 2, Magnuson
said.
Sen. Magnuson believed the
forthcoming hearings would be
“among the most important ever
held on the Pacific Coast, due to
the critical nature of problems to
be heard and because they strike
at the livelihood of thousands of
persons from Alaska to Califor
nia.”
Citing Pacific fisheries as an
example, Sen. Magnuson said,
“thoughtful cannery operators,
union officials and members
agree one of the worst years in
recent history is ending for the
salmon industry in the north and
tuna in the south.
**No longer can we ‘take’ salm
on from Alaska without ‘putting
back,’ and the days are numbered
for invading the salmon feeding
grounds on the high seas because
the loss through immature catches
more than outweighs the value
of mature fish caught.”
Mrs. John Cross Enters
Homemakers’ Course
COLLEGE—The first Arctic
delegate to enroll for the sixth
annual homemakers’ short course
at the University of Alaska is
Mrs. John Cross of Kotzebue.
She registered Monday with
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, associ
ate director for home demonstra
tion.
Mrs. Cross will represent the
Mother’s Club at the Oct. 7-15
event.
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