VETS MAIL BANG
DEATH BENEFITS PAID
TO VET DEPENDENTS
The widow, children and de
pendent parents of a deceased i
World War I veteran whose death !
was due to service may qualify for
death compensation paid fcy the
Veterans Administration.
A widow loses her entitlement
to VA death compensation if she
remaries, and a child loses its en
titlement, normally, upon reach
ing age 13.
Monthly amounts paid vary ac
cording to the number and rela
tionship of the dependents. Exam
ple: Widow, no children, $75; one
child alone, no widow, $58; one
parent, $60.
Death compensation is payable
regardles of income from other
sources.
The widow and children of a
deceased World War I veteran
who died of causes not due to serv
ice, in most cases are entitled to
VA death pension benefits. The
widow is disqualified if her an
nual income exceeds $1,000 or
$2,500 if she has a child or chil
dren. A child is not eligible if his
or her annual income exceeds
$1,000.
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HOPE TINIEST GLIDER WILL
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MAKE 400 MILES PER HOUR
Old Woman’s Springs, Calif. (/P),
Roy Cusick. who built and flew
what is believed to be the world’s
smallest and fastest glider, said
yesterday the tiny craft should hit
up to 4’.0 miles an hour in a dive.
The 51-year-old test pilot and
Hying ins ructor, who never be
fore had flown a glider, flew it for
the first test flight Wednesday
over a dry lake in the Mojave
Desert.
An airplane towed him in lazy
circles to 4.000 feet and cut loose.
Cusick glided off. tested the con
trols and then went into a steep
dive. He made three snap-rolls,
circled the field and came in for
I a perfect landing at 80 miles an
hour. The descent from 4.000 feet
; took just five minutes.
The glider, 15 feet, 6 inches long
j with a 14-foot wingspan, hit an
air speed of 120 miles an hour.
. Cusick built i‘ for about $4,000 at
Big Bear Lake. Calif.
| A widow loses her entitlement
' to VA death pension upon remar
riage, and children normally be
come ineligible when they reach
age 18.
A widow alone receives $42 per
month in death pension, with ad
ditional allonawnces for children.
Where there is no widow, a single
child is entitled to $21.60 per
month, with added amounts for
i more children.
Q. Under what circumstances
are parents considered dependents
by the VA?
A. When they do not have suffi
cient income to provide reason
able maintenance for themselves
and members of their family de
pendent by reason of mental or
' physical incapacity.
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FOR COLLECTION OF ACCOUNTS ONLY
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BANK OF ALASKA
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CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS j
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Wiring Materials
Push Plans For
Growth Of Alaska
(Continued from Page One*
there are many plans which have
to be woven together to assure an
orderly development of this vast!
and rich Territory. He points out
that until very recently, there* has
been vir'ually no organized effort
on the part of any agency, private
or Government, to develop or to
stimulate development of Alaskan
industry, community life, and ag
iculture.
The Inter-Agency Committee,
composed of 16 representatives of
The Federal Government, has a
five year coordinated plan and
program covering the major de
velopment* which should be un
dertaken during that period. In
addition, the Interior Department
now has an Alaska Field Commit- |
tee, composed of on-the-spot, on
the-job representatives of Interior
Bureaus and Offices who will
trouble-shoot and expedite plans.
Under this coordinated plan, In
terior’s Bureau of Reclamation is
pushing forward with the investi
g a t i o n s and project-planning
phases of water-resource develop
ment, including hydroelectric
power, irrigation, etc., which com
prise the basic step to full-scale
Alaskan growth. And, the other
Federal agencies are gearing plans
for related developments into the
basic Reclamation undertaking.
Reclamation investigations got
; under way last July, following a
Con gressional appropriation of
($150,000 for this purpose. Al
! though engineers have reconnoi
lered only the major rivers so far,
they have already found hydro
electric power sites which would
produce more than 50 billion
kilowatt-hours annually. This rep
resents about one-fifth of the en
tire electric power production by
United States utilities in 1947. In
all Alaska, only 34Vz million kilo
. watt-hours were produced last
. year.
| Reclamation’s Alaska Office,
with headquarters at Juneau, has
already submitted a report on the
Eklutna project, near Anchorage,
1 to Secretary of the Interior J. A.
Krug.
Commenting on future possible
! resource development projects for
Alaska, Assistant Secretary Warne
savs:
“At the present time, it appears
I that the next development in the
railbelt area would be in Devil
Convon on th Susitna River. It is
located about 125 miles north of
Anchorage and only 10 miles from
I the Alaska railroad. The Devil
Canyon project would serve not
only the Anchorage area but also
several large new industries pro
jected for the railbelt. Initial in
stalled power plant capacity would
be more than 100,000 kilowatts.
“All in all, I am told, there are
30 major potential hydroelectric
power sites in southeast Alaska
alone, which could have a contin
uous capacity of more than 300,000
kilowatts. Investigations are now’
being conducted on major sites
near Juneau, Sitka, nad Ketchi
kan.
“Development of Alaska’s hy
droelectric power potentialities is
only one use for multiple-purpose
river control system. Ultimately,
each major drainage basin in the
Territory should receive careful
consideration for coordinated and
c o mprehensive development of
water resources for such benefits
as irrigation, flood control, navi
gation, power production, and
municipal and industrial supplies.
“Much has already been accom
plished in the relatively short time
since the Government began to
concentrate uopn Alaska’s prob
lems. Much more remains to be
done, and with the task forces we
have assembled, much can be
done.
“To fail to meet the challenge
of Alaska would be to gamble with
our safety and curb economic
progress in a region rightfully
named, the ‘Great Country*.”
World War II revealed the im
portance of Alaska a.^ a source of
potential new wealth for the Na
tion and as a strategically located
outpos', the Assistant Secretary
said.
"Men and women who had been
stationed in this land of contrasts,
with its surprises of flowering
valleys, jewel-like lakes, sturdy
forests, and mild summers brought
back tales of its untapped re
sources and unexpected beauties
to dispel some of the my'hs which
have surrounded Alaska since it
was purchased from Russia for
$7,200,000 in 1807,” he added.
“Post-war emphasis on conser
vation and development of natur
al resources, Alaska’s proximity to
Piussia 'only 50 mlies away by sea
at the nearest point*, and its posi
tion as a crossroad for ship routes
and the new northern airways, is
bringing the ‘Great Country’ into
its proper focus.”
j The three main industries in
j Alaska have been extractive and
exploitative in nature, and they
have been absentee-owned.
Discussing Alaska’s plight in the
midst of plenty—her alarming
lack of industrial and agricultural
I development. Assistant Secretary
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SEEK BIDS ON QUONSET
HUTS NEAR NOME
John Setrling, real estate direc
r 10. the district engineer at An
chorage has announced that bids
will be received at his office until
January 31 for quonset huts north
and northwest of Little Creek, ap
proximately four miles from
Nome.
The communication did not
state how or with whom those
wishing to see the buildings or in
spect same could find out where
they were located.
War no said:
“There are great forests in
southeastern Alaska and some sec
tions of central Alaska. It is esti
mated that the Tongass National
Forest in the southeast can supply
enough pulpwood to meet a fourth
• f all market demands for paper
iii the United States and give em
j ployment to about 35.000 people.
“It may be hard to believe, but
it brings in‘o focus the plight of
Alaska, that there is but one brick
hiln in all of Alaska—and not a
single cement mill.
“When it comes to agriculture,
it has been estimated that there
are about 65.000 square miles of
| potc-n ial farm lands and another
35,000 square miles considered
suitable for grazing stock. Yet
only around 3,000 square miles
are now being cultivated. The
Matar.uska Valley is the fastest
growing agricultural region in the
Territory.”
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