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MOSCOW KNOWS
(Jessen’s Weekly)
We wonder about all the hush-hush that goes on
about the DEW (Distant Early Warning) project, es
pecially after hearing a workman from Barrow tell of
being able to get only the Moscow station from there,
and of hearing broadcasts on every phase of our enter
prise in the North.
According to our informant the news goes out from
Moscow on every plane that flies north, the type of
plane, how many men or what equipment it carries
and where it goes. Seems as though Russia knows more
about our affairs than what we are allowed to know.
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One Sabrejet Pilot Who
Downed MIG Saturday
Served At Ladd AFB
AUSTIN, Tex., Iff) — Captain
George F. Williams, one of two
U.S. pilots who knocked down
two Russian-built MIGs over the
Yellow Sea, served at Ladd Air
Force Base at Fairbanks from
1950 to 1952.
Austin is the home town of
Mrs. Williams, who said here yes
terday “he came back—that’s the
main thing.” She said her hus
band was a transport pilot until
two years ago when he transfer
red to jets. jp
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Susan, 9, and Georgianna, 2l/z are
taking immunization shots now in
preparation to join Capt. Williams
at his Osan base, south of Korea,
in about three weeks.
In World War II, Williams,
whom his wife described as "re
served,” served in Australia, New
Guinea and Hollandia and came
home with the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross and the Air Medal. The
DFC was for the New Guinea op
erations.
The teachers of the Anchorage
schols paid homage to Orah Dee
Clark when the Anchorage Edu
cation Assn, presented Anchor
age’s first teacher with an orchid.
Miss Clark, who has lived in
. Nome, started teaching in Alaska
in 1906 and was the first principal
and superintendent of schools in
Anchorage. She retired in 1945.
1954 U.S. Fish Pack Was
860 Million Pounds,
3rd Largest In History
WASHINGTON, Lff)—1The pack
of canned fish and shelled fish
in the United States and Alaska
totaled about 860 million pounds
last year, the third largest in his
tory.
Reporting this today, the Fish
and Wildlife Service said the
only two years in which there
was a larger pack were 1941 with
881 million pounds, and 1950 with
a record 956-million-pound pack.
The 1954 total was 68 million
pounds more than in 1953.
The largest increase in canning
of an individual species last year
was for Pacific sardines — 60
million pounds as against three
million in 1953.
The service said this gain “was
due to a return of this species
to Southern California water after
a virtual absence in recent years.”
Production of canned tun set
a record at 209 million pounds.
Output of canned salmon drop
ped to 194 million pounds, a three
per cent decrease.
A bottle of perfume that Willie
sent
Was highly displeasing to Milli
cent.
Her thanks were so cold
That they quarreled, I’m told,
Thru the silly scent Wylie sent
Millicent.
Legal Blanks at The Heme Nugget
Speed and Liquor
Biggest Killers,
Report Shows
Police Chief Clyde Glass calls
attention to the report of the De
partment of Territorial Police on
violations. We quote:
Principal Violations Involved
In Motor Vehicle Accidents
A—Fatality Accidents:
66% of the traffic fatalities oc
curring during 1954 can be attrib
uted in whole, or in part, to ex
cess speed.
47% of the traffic fatalities in
volved driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
Alaska has had twice as many
fatal accidents in which driving
under the influence was an ele
ment, as did the entire U.S. on a
percentage basis.
B—Non-Fatal Accidents
The principal causes of non
fatal motor vehicle accidents, in
the order of their importance
were:
Speed;
Following too closely;
Failure to yield right of way.
Speed was the cause of 19% of
the motor vehicle accidents, and
following too closely and failure
to yield right of way were each
responsible for 11% of the acci
dents occurring during 1954.
An unusually high percentage,
9%, of the accidents were caused
by improper parking location, and
improper start from a parked pos
ition.
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Accident Prevention and
Traffic Law Enforcement
Use of Drunkometer and Radar
Operating a motor vehicle while
under the infuence of intoxicating
liquor is one of the most hazard
ous traffic law violation. Alaskan
experience has shown that the
“drinking driver” is responsible
for a disproportionately large
number of traffic fatalities and
accidents.
The use of chemical tests to de
termine intoxication (was) inau
gurated during 1954, together
with a program of public educa
tion in the theory and accuracy of
this machine. The widespread use
of this instrument can greatly re
duce the number of traffic law
violations of this type, and im
prove the reliability of evidence
presented in court.
Another serious violation con
tributing to fatal and injury acci
dents is speed. Sixty-six percent
of our fatalities in 1954 can be
attributed to this cause. The in
troduction of radar devices has
proved invaluable to other agen
cies in reducing the incidence of
this violation. It is hoped that
during 1955 instruments of this
type can be made available for
use by the officers of this depart
ment.
A jockey who hales from E. Lynn
Had a shape so exceedingly thin,
That when he assayed
To sip lemonade,
He slipped thru the straw and
fell in.
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Alaska’s ‘Vast, Trackless Reaches
To North and West’ Would Only
Be Burden on New State—McKay
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, (/P)— Secretary
of Interior McKay Friday opposed
a combined Alaska-Hawaii state
hood bill, but labeled admission
of Hawaii to the Union a “must.”
“I’m not opposed to Alaska,” he
added, but I’m not as enthusiastic
for Alaska unless certain things
are done.”
Testifying before the House In
sular Affairs Committee, the sec
retary said his “personal view”
toward admission of Alaska might
be changed if the legislation pro
vided for setting aside part of the
territory as a military reservation.
Commenting on the combined
bill, the secretary declared:
“Each of these territories should
stand on its own feet and be
judged on its own merits before
the Congress, as a general rule.
Adams Resigns,
Stirs Rumors
Stevens Will, Too
WASHINGTON, i/P>—1The resig-1
nation of Army Counselor John G. I
Adams, a key figure in the Me- j
Carthy-Army row, stirred fresh
speculation that Secretary of the
Army Stevens also may be on the
way out.
Stevens announced Friday, as,
he was starting his own third year
in office, that he was accepting
Adams’ resignation, effective on
March 31.
Adam’s letter of resignation and
Stevens’ reply made no mention
of the running fight which erupt
ed nearly a year ago in “pressure”
and “blackmail” charges ex
changed by Stevens and Adams on
one hand and by Sen. McCarthy
and Roy Cohn, then McCarthy’s
top aide, on the other.
Adams wrote that “projects
which have occupied my attention
are now well advanced and I
therefore would like to leave my
post” as the Army’s top civilian
lawyer.
Stevens wrote back, accepting
the resignation “in the same spirit
in which you have offered it.”
Pentagon friends of Stevens
said privately they expect the
secretary to return to private bus
iness after a new Senate investi
gation of the Army’s handling of
the case of Maj. Irving Peress—a
prime issue in the McCarthy
Army controversy.
Consequently I do not recommend
enactment of H.R. 2535 or H.R.
2536 in their present form.” »
The two bills are identical.
Each would admit both territories
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as states.
In his prepared statement, Mc
Kay said:
“Hawaii is fully qualified for
statehood, asks for nothing more,
and is entitled to nothing less.”
Alaska “has made remarkable
progress in recent years” and has
great natural resources.
“But the territory also has vast
trackless reaches to thfe north and
west. These barren wildernesses
could be nothing but a burden on
an infant state.”
He said “if Alaska is to be ad
mitted into the Union it should ue
under an equitable enabling act.”
By this, he said, the new state
“should have enough control over
its resources to have freedom to
plan and provide for its own econ
omic development . . . (and> not
be dependent on the federal gov
ernment for its very existence.”
During the questioning, several
committee members stated’ they
felt McKay had made a good case
for statehood for both Hawaii and
Alaska. The secretary repeated
that he did not oppose the north
ern territory’s ambitions.
“I’m for Alaska under the prop
er bill,” he said.
“If you’d help us write it, we’d
get along a little faster,” re
marked Chairman Engle <D
Calif).
On the other side of the capitol,
Chairman Jackson (D-Wash) an
nounced statehood hearings that
were scheduled by his territories
subcommittee for Monday have
been put off until Feb. 21. He salfd
the delay was caused by McKay’s
planned absence from the city
and Republican plans for Lincoln
Day speaking engagements over
the next two weeks.
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