‘Deep Freeze’ Force Commander Says
Antarctic Holds Little Prospect for
Commercial or Military Development
AUKLAND, New Zealand, UP> —
The U. S. Antarctic task force
commander today said the South
Polar continent so far seems to
have chiefly scientific valup, not
strategic or economic.
Rear Adm. George Dufek,
whose Operation Deep Freeze
forces have just returned from
establishing American scientific
teams on Antarctica for the Inter
national Geophysical Year (IGY),
said the ice continent’s strategic
value in a future war probably
would be confined to weather
stations.
He added even those would
take a tremendous effort to build
and maintain, and similar con
struction of military bases seemed
most unlikely. ’•
Economically, Dufek said, the
Antarctic seemed to offer little ex
Army Colonel
To be Tried for
Releasing Info.
ATLANTA, UP) — A 41-year-old
expert on guided missiles at the
Army’s Redstone Arsenal near
Huntsville, Ala., has been ordered
tried by court martial on charges
he released secret inormation to
unauthorized persons.
Trial of Col. John Hickerson Jr.,
a 1938 graduate of West Point, is
expected to begin, within six
weeks at Redstone Arsenal where
he now is restricted to the reser
vation.
Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Hicke,
commanding general of the 3rd
Army, announced initiation of the
court martial proceedings yester
day after reviewing results of an
investigation into charges brought
against Nickerson in February.
A 3rd Army spokesman, who
declined use of his name, said
Nickerson was charged among
other things with writing two
o Deense Wilson and the guided
memorandums critical of Secre
tary of Defense Wilson and the
guided missile policy of the joint
chiefs of staff.
The spokesman said Army in
vestigation determined that five
unauthorized persons received
copies of the memorandums and
others might have them in their
possession. But the spokesman in
sisted none of the memorandums
went outside this country.
Contents of the memorandums
were not made public but it was
understood Nickerson wrote in
some detail about the missile
battle between the Army, Navy
and Air Force.
The 3rd Army charged Nicker
son with violation of the 92nd and
134 th articles of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice. Eighteen
specifications were listed.
The charges alleged he unlaw
fully caused the reproduction of
a document containing classified
defense information, the unlawful
distribution of secret documents
to unauthorized persons not in the
military service, failed to safe
guard secret defense information
and that he was guilty of other
acts prejudicial to good order and
discipline in the Armed Forces.
The combination of matches
and smoking is the largest s.ngle
fire cause. It is generally agreed
that the careless use of matches
is the greatest of these hazards.
cept whaling although many min
eral samples had been found.
He speculated the finding of
rich veins of uranium might fur
nish a source of power for Antarc
tic scientific stations.
“But you cannot write it off,”
the admiral added. “After all it
is six million square miles, bigger
than the United States and Eur
ope combined.”
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There’s money to be made
in World Trade-but these ships
will continue to serve Alaska.
Never has the peacetime demand for ships in world trade been higher
than it is today. Never before has the temptation been greater to “skim the
cream” on international shipping routes.
The truth is, however, that Alaska has important shipping requirements.
This service cannot be discontinued even though it may be more profitable to
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1895 while more than sixty other operators have entered and left the trade. We
are again in a period when other pastures look more green.
The entire Alaska Line fleet of 13 ships is pledged to the service of Alaska.
We stand firm on that pledge with 6 ships providing regular and dependable
service throughout the winter... and the rest will be ready to meet the annual
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SEA OTTER SIGHTED
OFF OREGON COAST
PORTLAND, Ore., UP) — The
Federal Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice said yesterday it has received
the first report in many years of
the once nearly extinct sea otter
being sighted off the Oregon
coast.
The service here said the
schooner capt. Vernon Leback
saw an otter off the mouth of the
Columbia River.
Fur hunters nearly wiped out
the otter in the late 19th cen
tury and small colonies now exist
only in Alaska and off the south- j
ern California coast. i
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