Air Force With
drawing From
Aleutian Bases
SEATTLE, </P)—The air force is
withdrawing from Aleutian bases
to concentrate its personnel at key
Alaskan installations from which
counter attacks can be launched
in case of invasion, air secretary
W. Stuart Symington has disclos
ed.
Symington again gave veiled as
surance that the B-52 jet bomber
would be built in the Seattle plants
of the Boeing Airplane company.
His statements were contained
in two letters dealing with Pacific
Northwest and Alaskan defense
made public by Senator Warren
G. Magnuson.
Symington emphasized that the
air force intends to strengthen the
defenses of both areas, but is do
ing all it can with the funds avail
able.
He acknowledged that the pres
ent radar warning system in Alas
ka is not satisfactory and that it
has been impossible to deploy all
of the military forces earmarked
for Alaska because of inadequate
facilities in the Territory.
Air force troops have been with
drawn from bases of lesser im
portance, in order to utilize its
limited forces in Alaska to the
greatest advantage. Symington
wrote Magnuson, who had ex
pressed concei'n over the Terri
tory’s defenses.
The air force announced 10
days ago that it was turning over
six Aleutian bases to other gov
ernment authorities. The bases
are: Shemya; an auxiliary field at
Amchitka; Davis base on Adak
Island; Cape base on Unmak Is
WEATHER SUMMARY
FOR NOVEMBER
The temperatures at Nome for
November were conside r a b 1 y
warmer than the monthly normal.
The three warmest days—Nov. 20,
21, and 22 showed maximum read
ings of 44. A higher temperature
in Nov. has been recorded only
once at this station. A maximum
of 49 occurred in 1926.
Precipitation for the month was
very close to normal, but the
depth of snow is less than is usual
for this time of year. The above
freezing maximum temperatures
occurring daily from the 16th
through the 24th almost removed
the snow cover.
Some Australian aborigines
have acquired the ability to go
long periods without food or wa
ters and then drink and eat pro
digiously. One man is reported to
have drunk three gallons of wa
I ter at a sitting and two others ate
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land; Thornbrough Base at Cold
' Bay near Dutch Harbor; and the
i auxiliary field at Atka Island.
| “While we consider that there is
i a requirement for an increase in
| both the air and ground defense
j potential f Alaska),” Symington de
! dared, “facilities simply are not
1 available to absorb the additional
forces.”
The air force will seek addition
al funds to strengthen Alaskan
and Pacific Northwest defenses,
Symington stated.
Symington expressed resent
ment that despite air force assur
ance that it never has planned to
dose the Boeing plants in Seattle,
criticism from this area of the air
j force’s policies with respect to
i Boeing and the Pacific Northwest
has not lessened.
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NEW YORK, (/P) — Christmas
shoppers may cross up the experts
i by spending a record total of dol
lars this year—but if they’re going
to chalk up any records they’d
better get started quickly.
Individual stores are setting
some peak sales records, but a
blight has settled on others, push
ing them far behind in the race
for Christmas business.
Every year since 1938 there has
been an increase in department
store sales and in total retail sales
Last year was the all-time record.
This year the general guess of
the experts is that sales will be
lower than last year—by a margin
of less than five per cent.
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ing season. Some merchants have
been pulled out of the red at
Christmas so many times they be
lieve in Santa Claus.
Last year the unexpected hap
pened. There was a final rush
Christmas week that kicked the
year to a record.
The federal reserve reports de
partment store dollar sales the
week ended Dec. 3 were eight }>er
cent under a year ago.
The biggest factor in the decline
is lower prices. They are off an
average of three to four per cent.
That means the physical volume
of business is just about as good
as last year, and people are get
ting more for their money.
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