Government Agencies, Universities
Pool Efforts In Scientific Studies
Of Katmai National Monument
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Sourdoughs Get Greetings
From Gen.James Doolittle,
Former Nome Newsboy
LONG BEACH, Calif., UP) — The
International Sourdoughs — hoary
pioneers of the Alaska gold rush
—Friday elected Tom Lamb of
Vancouver, B.C., as their presi
dent and chose Vancouver as the
site of next year’s convention.
Lamb succeeds R. N. Sundquist,
Seattle.
The sourdoughs, winding up
their 22nd annual conclave, ate
sourdough rolls Friday night at
the annual reunion banquet.
The friendship bracelet, given
each year to the oldest woman
present, was awarded to 86-year
old Mrs. Christine N. Ives, Seattle.
She went to' Alaska with her hus
band in 1904 and made a tent that
was their first home after they
reached Fairbanks.
Greetings to the reunion came
from Gen. James Doolittle, who
as a boy sold newspapers in Nome,
and from Gov. B. Frank Heintzle
man of Alaska.
FIRE WATER BOTTLE
TRINIDAD, Colo., UP) — The
glare of the sun through a bottle
tossed in a bed of pine cones was
believed responsible for starting
a forest fire blazing through 3,000
acres of brush and timber recent
ly near the Colorado-New Mexico
border. Damage was estimated at
$25,000.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy with light rain and fog
tonight. Mostly cloudy Tuesday.
Winds SE 15-20 mph, becoming
SW 10-15 Tuesday. Lowest tem
perature expected tonight 45, high
tomorrow 58.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation .08 in.
Highest temperature 52, lowest 36.
Max. wind 20 mph from the SE.
Sunrise 3:59 a.m., set 8:12 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 61, low 47. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 68 in 1940,
low 30 in 1929.
Other stations, 7 a.m. today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 31 Cloudy
Kotzebue 46 Rain
Wales 49 Cloudy
Nome 52 Rain
Unalakleet 51 Cloudy
Bethel 47 Rain
McGrath 46 Cloudy
Anchorage 59 Part cloudy
Fairbanks 51 Cloudy
Whitehorse 57 Cloudy
Edmonton 70 Part cloudy
Juneau 54 Cloudy
Ketchikan 59 Rain
Seattle 67 Part cloudy
> WASHINGTON, UP)— Five gov
ernment agencies and several
state universities are cooperating
in a study of volcanic and seismic
forces at Katmai National Monu
ment, scene of recent volcanic
eruptions on the Alaska Peninsula.
The studies were undertaken
prior to recent eruptions of Tri
dent Volcano and Mt.- Spurr. Their
objective is to appraise the gener
al geology of the area and changes
occurring as a result of volcanic
activity.
Katmai National Monument, the
largest area in the national park
system, consists of nearly 2,700,
000 acres. It was established in
1918, six years after a violent
eruption of Mt. Katmai, to pre
serve scientific and historic values
for later study and use.
Secretary of Interior McKay
said Saturday investigations now
being conducted by 15 scientists
were made possible only through
pooling o'f the resources of five
government agencies.
Anticipating that the research
will produce information of mili
tary as well as scientific impor
tance, the Office of Naval Re
search in cooperation with the
Army Corps of Engineers is pro
viding helicopter and other trans
portation services for the expedi
tion, and the Army Quartermaster
General’s Office is providing a
wide variety of equipment and
supplies.
The geological survey, which
is making a major part of the sci
entific studies, provided funds and
equipment. The Public Health
Service also furnished equipment
and is participating in the re
search.
The National Park Service,
which administers the monument,
is in overall charge of the investi
gation. Robert S. Lutney of the
Park Service staff heads the ex
pedition.
In the investigation, observa
tions are being made in the Valley
of Ten Thousand Smokes, which
came into existence at the time
of the 1912 eruption. Attention al
so is being devoted to the lands
bordering the lakes and rivers of
the monument and along the coast
in an effort to measure rates of
change in surface conditions and
changes in plant and animal life.
The extent and kinds of human
use of the area prior to the 1912
eruption are also being studied, as
well as changes in the character
of the forests, animal diseases
communicalble to man, and evi
dences of climatic changes.
The work is being carried out
from several field camps, through
the use of airplanes, helicopters
and folding boats.
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Aid To Dependent
Children Payment
To Be Cut To $72
This month, all people receiving
an Aid to Dependent Children
grant were notified toy the Depart
ment of Public Welfare that in
September their assistance will be
reduced by 20 percent.
“It is unfortunate,” said Henry
A. Harmon, director of the de
partment,” that it is necessary to
make this reduction.” He ex
plained that the amount of money
appropriated by the legislature
for this kind of assistance fell far
short of the department’s request,
and that to carry the program on
for the remainder of the biennium
the reduction was necessary.
The Aid to Dependent Children
program was established in the
territory in June, 1945. It was de
signed, primarily, to help children
remain in their own homes, and
with someone who was respon
sible for them. It was thought that
financial need should not be a
reason for a child to leave his
home or his relatives. There are
legal requirements for receiving
help under this program, and
while there has been criticism of
some of the adults to whom pay
ment was made, it should be noted
that at no time have the children
for whom this program was de
signed been thought to have no
right to financial aid.
What the reduction in payment
really means is that a mother and
two children, who had been bare
ly managing on the maximum al
lowed by law of $90, now will re
ceive $72. It means, too, that some
2200 or more Alaskan children
will receive help inadequate to
meet their basic requirements of
food, clothing and shelter.
PRECISE ENGINEERING FOR
18-TON JET BOMBER WINGS
The wings of a modem jet
bomber look almost thin, yet they
weigh 18 tons. And the wingskin
before shaping is as thick as the
hull of a destroyer!
Construction is so precise and
engineering so accurate that, de
spite the thickness of the skin, the
wingtips are capable of moving
up and down in air turbulence in
a 20 foot arc!
W.H.O. Operations Extended
MANILA, UP)—Operations of the
World Health Organization are
being extended to include most
of the islands of the Western Pac
ific.
Dr. I. C. Fang, WHO regional
director, said the new areas in
clude Guam, the trust territories
of the Pacific, American Samoa
and all of the British, French,
Australian and New Zealand ter
ritories in the Pacific.
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