Terris Moore:
Military Building
In Alaska Slows
Civilian Industry
PORTLAND, (A*) — Hardships
which the present military con
struction boom has brought to
Alaska were outlined Monday by
Terris Moore, University of Al
aska president.
Moore, speaking at the second
annual Alaska Day dinner spon
sored by the Portland Chamber
of Commerce, said military con
struction had absorbed most of
the territory’s labor force. This
has slowed development of civ
ilian industry, he said.
Most of the millions of dollars
poured into the construction proj
ects have found their way back
to the states—in the pockets of |
transient workers, he added.
But Alaskan resources remain
boundless and are awaiting devel
opment, he said, adding that the
area’s growth in the past decade
has been greater than that of any
other area in the United States
and that the population has in
creased 77 per cent.
In addition, he said, the climate
is warming up—the growing sea
son in the Fairbanks region has
increased from 87V2 days in 1905
to 116 days.
He repeated his belief that Al
aska was ready for statehood.
Another ceremony relating to
Alaskan commerce was held in
Portland Monday.
The $440,000 towboat Yukon,
built by the Albina Engine and
Machine Works of Portland for
the Alaska Railroad was launched.
The railroad has ordered
$1,100,000 worth of ships from the
Portland firm. Two barges al
l'eady have been delivered and
another towboat is 50 per cent
complete.
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World Day of Prayer To
Be Observed Here Feb. 20
The World Day of Prayer ob
servance on February 20 will be
the 66th annual World Day of
Prayer, linking 115 nations in a
globe - circling demonstration of
Christian unity.
When February 20 dawns on
the International Dateline, Chris
tian worshippers of the Tonga Is
lands will be among the first to
speak a common prayer—a prayer
to be echoed from continent to
continent in hundreds of dialects
and languages until the day draws
to its close with Eskimos in the
frigid Arctic on St. Lawrence Is
land and Samoans on the tropical
Southwest Pacific voicing the final
“Amen.”
Here in Nome, the missionary
groups of the Protestant churches
are cooperating in community
services to be held at the Nazar
ene Church.
i. ne cnnaren s service is 10 De
held at 3:30 and Mr. W. Angel has
given permission for all children
who attend to be dismissed from
school at 3:30. Children’s songs
and choruses will be under the
leadership of Mrs. Capener. Mrs.
Hudgins will be in charge of reci
tations by the children and a
Scripture and candle lighting ser
vice. A flannelgraph lesson on
prayer will be given by Mrs.
Carlson. In addition, there will be
an instrumental group from the
Nazarene Church. The service will
close with a session of prayer.
At 7:30 is the adult service. Miss
Opal Peterson will lead the song
service, there will be a prayer by
Mrs. V. Rimling and a vocal solo
by Mrs. Reeves Havens.
A shoTt message on the Impor
tance of Prayer will be given by
Rev. Vern Rimling and a special
song by a combined native group
of the different churches.
Another short message on How
to Pray will be given by Rev. Paul
Carlson. During the Offering for
Missions Mrs. Helen Olson will
play the offeratory. This will be
followed by Rev. Lewis Hudgins’
short message on Praying Accord
ing to God’s Will, a duet by Mrs.
Capener and Opal Peterson, and
a short message on Illustrations
of Prayer by Rev. Alvin Capener.
The service will close with a
session of prayer.
It has been estimated that there
are 4 Vfe million cubic miles of salt
in the ocean.
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Heavy Smoke
Obscures Identity
Erupting Volcano
KODIAK, (jT) — Dirty, ash-filled
smoke hung like a deep blanket
Tuesday over the base of the
Alaska Peninsula, cloaking the
identity of a volcano—or volcanos
—which began a series of major
eruptions Sunday.
A brownish - orange volcanic
dust which spewed into the sky
eight miles high and spread 100
miles or' more prevented close
aerial reconnaissance.
But a Navy patrol plane boring
through the thick, ashy haze Mon
day afternoon spotted what ap
peared to be a new volcano shoot
ing steam 10,000 feet in the air.
This dark - cratered cone was
! about 10 miles from Mt. Katmai,
which first was believed the
source of Sunday’s first giant pil
lars of smoke.
Later, commercial fliers fam
iliar with the region said either
Mt. Mageik or Mt. Trident, close
by, had suddenly come to life,
instead of Katmai.
The “new volcano” reported by
the Navy plane apparently was
none of these, but an uneasy peak
opened up by the other volcanic
activity.
• Mel Crawford of the Kodiak
Mirror,' who made a flight with
the Navy to the area, said no lava
was flowing from the crater of
the new volcano.
Crawford reported that two
rivers nearby had melted and
were running nearly free of ice, |
while others in the Katmai Na
tional Monument remained frozen i
over.
Two large eruptions already
have occurred—one Sunday and
another Monday—but no villages
have been endangered. Loss of
animal life may be heavy, how
ever.
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