3,000-Mile-Long Dew Line To Be
Extended 1,500 Miles In Aleutians
By ELTON C. FAY
WASHINGTON, (jP> — The
United States has decided that the
already far-flung 3,000-mile long
distant early warning line (Dew
Line) now building won’t be long
enough.
So the Air Force is adding an
other 1.500 miles to extend the
pdlar electronic sentry path far
out on the storm-cloaked Aleutian
Island chain which touches the
international boundary with So
viet Russia.
When the whole, vast, costly
system — designed to trigger off
alarm of Russian H-bombers —
is done a year or two from now
it will:
1. Reach from a point actually
located in the Eastern Hemisphere
slightly west and somewhat south
of Russia’s airdrome - dotted Si
berian Peninsula, along a 5,000
mile route which incorporates an
existing early warning system,
and thence eastward along the
vicinity of the 70th parallel to
Baffin Bay. The next land beyond
Baffin Bay is Denmark’s Green
land, where the United States has
big airdromes.
2. When operating, the distant
early warning line should provide
the U.S. Air Defense Command i
and the Civil Defense organiza- 1
tions between four and six hours’ j
warning of attack by Soviet air- .
craft taking off from bases in i
northern Eurasia. This time inter- j
val is based on the subsonic speed
of existing jet bombers.
Last week a letter from Air
Secretary Donald A. Quarles to
chairman Russell (D-Ga> of the
Senate Committee said the Air
Force proposed that the westward
extension along the Aleutian
chain be “undertaken without do- t
lay.” He said it would be a "vital
part of our warning system.” He
estimated the cost at 63 million
dollars.
Compared with the minimum
im thf PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT. SECOND
DIVISION. TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE O*
W. E. H. CREMER, deceased.
NOTICE OF SAaLEOFbREACLPROPERTY
No. 1050
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that,
pursuant to an Order of the above en
Utled Court, duly made and entered
upon the 20th day of April. 1956. the
following described real property wlU
be sold, for cash, to the highest and
best bidder, at the otfice °f Hje ILJnlt^
States Commissioner and ex-officio Pro
bate Judge, which said office is located
on tlie main floor. East Wing^Federa
Building, at Nome. Alaska. said s?*e
will be made at the place «Jove desig
nated on Wednesday, the 23rd day oi
May. 1956, at the hour of two p.m. The
Administrator reserves the right to re
fuse any and all bids.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the
Court, by Order duly made and entered,
has set the minimum value of said pro
perty described below at the sum of
$500.00, which is its appraised value.
The said real property to be sold is
described as follows:
The West 15 feet of the South one
ha'.i of Lot 11 in Block 53. in the
City of Nome. Alaska, together with
a two-room cabin and cache, and the
furniture, fixtures and household
-..ppltcs therein.
Dated this 20th day of April. 1956.
MINERS & .MERCHANTS BANK
OF ALASKA
By G. R Jackson. President,
Administrator With Will Annexed.
James A von der Heydt,
Nome. Alaska.
Attorney for Administrator
Pi hli =h April 23. 30, May 7. 14. 1956
Nome Laundry
& Cleaners
CALL MAIN 29
FOR PICKUP
JOE AMAROK. Proprietor
400 million dollar cost of the
3,000-mile sector of the warning
system, this seems modest.
The Aleutian extension, says
the Air Force, is being substituted
for some of the Navy picket ships
(and presumably picket planes)
originally planned to provide
radar coverage at the western
flank.
Dewline is not a defensive line.
Enemy bombers can’t be shot
down with mere radar beams.
When completed, it can do no
more than report that hostile air
craft are on the way toward the
south and give some indication of
their course, speed and numbers.
Except in a minor and indirect
way, it will be of only slight
help in directing interceptor
planes of the U.S. and Canadian
air defense to points where they
could meet and engage hostile
bomber formations.
Sweeping Changes
Proposed in VA
Veterans Program
i
WASHINGTON, <£»—Veterans’ i
pensions would be tied in with |
social security payments and grad- i
ually eliminated under a proposal '
offered yesterday by President ;
Eisenhower’s Commission on Vet- j
erans’ benefits.
The proposal was one of 70 !
made to the President in a lengthy |
report which, if adopted, would !
greatly change the benefit pro- !
gram now covering the nation’s
22 million veterans.
The recommended changes in
volve GI insurance, disability
compensation, survivor benefits,
widows’ pensions, readjustment
benefits, Veterans Administration
structure, discharge benefits, GI
loan privileges and servicemen’s
benefits.
The commission was headed by
retired Gen. Omar N. Bradley and
spent more than a year studying
the veterans’ program. Bradley
formerly headed the VA.
The proposals apparently would
lower or cut out many of the pay
ments now being made to veter
ans, servicemen and survivors.
The proposals are bound to stir
up controversy because they con
flict sharply with the benefit pro
grams advocated by various vet
erans’ organizations.
PAN AMERICAN
Arriving Saturday were: Ellen
Mulvihill and daughter Pamela,
Laurie Mattila, Helen Castell and
infant, Charles Lewis, George
Bell, Jimmy Walsh, also Messrs.
Jcnt, Colby, Early, Ausley, Keene,
Andrews, and Rud.
Departing were Ernest Blateh
ford, John Reeder, and Dale An
drew.
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In Whom we have redemption through His blood.s
the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 1:7
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
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Russian Leaders
Look Over British
Atomic Research
HARWELL, England, — Nik
ita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bul
ganin looked over Britain’s Har
well atomic research headquar
ters Saturday—and ran right into
a tricky question from a straight
talking Irishman named Mc
Carthy.
The Soviet leaders, accom
panied by their top atomic scien
tist Igor Kurchatov, drove in a
20-car convoy through the sun
bathed English countryside to
this sprawling atom station in the
heart of Oxfordshire.
First call was an atomic pile
named “Bepo” — housed in a
building like an aircraft hangar.
Just inside the door stood Vin
cent McCarthy, a 35 year-old en
gineer. Bulganin and Khrushchev
were introduced to him as a rep
resentative of the atom plant
workers.
After the handshakes McCarthy
said:
“I am a practicing Roman Cath
olic. In view of the apparent
change of heart in the Soviet gov
ernment when can we expect the
Soviet Union to reach the point
of withstanding criticism from
free trade unions and religious
denominations?”
An interpreter put the question
to Khrushchev.
“If we start criticizing each
other we shall not get anywhere.
We don’t want to compete in this
field. We should like to compete
in showing good will and that
will improve friendship.”
Then he grabbed McCarthy’s
hand and pumped it vigorously.
Bulganin looked on smilingly.
Inside Harwell the British are
working on experiments aimed at
controlling the massive power of
the H-bomb.
This work is top secret and the
Russians saw none of it, but a
spokesman told newsmen' these
experiments have now passed
from the theoretical state into
practical fields.
There are 692 parks in the U.S.
national capital.
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400 Children Harass
Police Headquarters
At St. Joseph, Mo.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., UP — Some
400 children Friday night upset a
juvenile program designed to
create respect of law enforce
ment.
The kids went to police head
quarters for a scheduled lecture
by Edward C. Burke, assistant
chief of detectives, but became
restless and finally so noisy Burke
cut short his talk. The children
took over the elevator, tied up
phones and generally worried the
few officers on duty.
The series of program, “Know
Your Policeman,”' will not be re
sumed until larger quarters are
available.
Jones Noyokuk is serving a 30
day sentence in Federal Jail for
serving liquor to a minor. The
minor is being held in City Jail.
Three W hoc pings Crane See At
Moose Jaw, Sask., Enroule North
MOOSE JAW, Sask., WV-JIar
old Deign ion, conservation officer
for the Assiniboia district, re
ported yesterday three whooping
cranes stopped briefly in the Til
ney area, south of Moose Jaw,
during their long flight from the
southern United States to their
northern feeding grounds.
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Notice to Vessel Owners
and Fishermen
The 1955 Alaska Employment Security Law covers (taxes)
the services performed by Fishermen, provided — that the
services are covered by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
On January 1, 1956, the Federal Law, and therefore the
Alaska Law, cover ihe services performed by halibut, salmon,
crab and shrimp fishermen, provided the vessel owners or
employer has in his employ 4 or more individuals performing
services for some part of a day in each of 20 weeks during
the calendar year. In the case of crab or shrimp fishermen
an additional requirement for coverage is that the vessel on
which the services are performed be of more than ten net tons.
Secure additional information by writing to the Com
mission at the address shown below:
Alaska Employment Security Commission
BOX 2661 JUNEAU
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