U. S. ARMY HOLDS MID-WINTER TESTS IN ARCTIC
LEADS TASK FORCE “FRIGID”—Colonel Paul V. Kane, ner
commander ol' Task Force "Frigid”, equipped for the sub-zero atmos
phere at his Army base at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska. He formerly
commanded the Engineer Training Center at Fort Lewis, Washington
He served in both World Wars.
ACS Announces
•Another Sizeable
Rate Reduction
SEATTLE — Additional reduc
tions in ACS telegraph message
rates within Alaska and from the
U. S. to Alaska will go into effect
on February 1, the Alaska Com
munication System headquarters
in Seattle announced today. These
rate reductions are the result of an:
extensive and thorough study of'
I the whole ACS telegraph and tele- j
phone rate structure made at the!
headquarters in Seattle during the l
past four months. They reflect
the increased traffic developing
over certain main line circuits
when considered in conjunction
with present day maintenance and
operating costs. They also elimin
ate certain inconsistencies in
rates developed over the past sev
eral years.
The new rates represent an av
erage savings of approximately 20
percent over the whole area of
Alaska. It is stressed that the 20
percent is the average and does
not affect all localities equally.
The rates being reduced affect di
rectly approximately twenty-five
of the larger Alaskan towns and
communities and indirectly more
than one hundred small communi
ties whose messages pass through
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MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME :: ALASKA
SERVICE CLEANERS
4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickleson, Props.
Prompt and Courteous Service
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the larger ACS communication
centers.
These new reduced rates, with
their resulting economic benefits
to Alaskans, represent the thin,
rate reduction to be put into ef
fect by ACS in the last four
months. The approximately thirty
per cent reduction of telephone
charges on the submarine cable
circuit between Juneau, Haines
and Skagway on November 27,
1946, was the first rate reduction
to be placed in effect since the war.
A reduction of about 25 per c m
in the Telegraph rates from An
chorage, Fairbanks and Kodiak to
Seattle on Dec. 1 was the second
rate reduction made.
The new Anchorage to Juneau
rate is 75 cents, which represents
a reduction of more than 50';
from the old rate of $1.50. The lis
of new reduced telegraph rates is
too long to give completely, but a
partial list is quoted below:
Stations Old New
Anchorage-Juneau $1.50 $ .70
Anchorage-Ketchikan 1.50 1.00
Anchorage-Kodiak .70 .50
Anchorage-Fairbanks .70 .50
Anchorage-Nome 1.50 .70
Fairbanks-Ketchikan 1.50 1.00
Seattle-Nome • 2.00 1.80
These figures are for a ten-word
straight telegram and do not in
clude the twenty-five per cent fed
eral tax. A complete list of the
new rates may be obtained from
any ACS station.
Col. T. J. Tully, commanding
officer of ACS, pointed out that
traffic has increased appreciably
in the past few months over cer
tain ACS circuits which has a
definite bearing on the rate struc
ture. This general increase in traf
fice is partially due to the traffic
on the new submarine telephone
circuits which have been opened
recently between Ketchikan and
Metlakatla, Petersburg and Wran
gell, and between Juneau, Skag
way and Haines as well as the con
nection of these last three cities
to the Fairbanks-Anchorage-Sew
ard area by means of the Alcan
telephone and telegraph line.
Providing negotiations now un
der way are successful, it is antici
pated that next spring service via
the Alcan line will be extended to
the U. S., thereby making a com
plete wire telephone circuit to the
States available to the Alaskans.
In addition to the reduction in
telegraph rates, a substantial re
duction in single terminal radio
telephone charges will also be
come effective February 1. A sin
gle terminal charge is applicable
on a radiotelephone circuit where
one terminal is owned and operat
ed by ACS while the other termin
al is owned and operated by a
non-ACS agency, such as one of
those which operate in the smaller
outlying communities. These sin
gle terminal charges are designated
to benefit communities requiring
radiotelephone facilities on a rea
sonably frequent usage basis, such
as a few calls per day. For exam
ple, any business concern, individ
ual or Territorial agency operating
un ler a regular Federal Commun
nn "'ommis.'-’on permit may
call into the nearest ACS radio
.1 arrange for a telephone
call with a particular individual
in the town concerned.
The ACS will endeavor to locate
the party and br ng him or her to
the ACS radiophone and reestab
lish the circuit to the calling party.)
From Anchorage to Seldovia, a;
'i~'ince of 154 miles, the rate for
such a service will be $1.15, as
compared to the old rate of $1.50.
From Juneau to Hoonah, a dis-,
tance of 45 miles, the rate will be
lowered from $1.50 to 75c. These
figures are for a three-minute day
call, exclusive of the 25% federal
VETERA N—Althmirh h h
just 14 years old, Darryl Hi
man is celebrating his tenth au
niversary in the movies.
tax. In addition, the night, Sun
day and holiday rates are reduced
approximately 15%.
These new rates will allow each
individual to buy considerable
more communication service at a
lower cost than was heretofore
possible.
Alaskans are invited to contact
their local ACS offices for further
! information on the various types
of service available via ACS fa
cilities.
MOT EVEN ROYALTY
:AN GET GOTHAM FLAT
NEW YORK (/Pi—Even if you’re
in Egyptian prince or princess you
:an’t get an apartment in over
:rowded New York City. That, at
east, is what Prince Mohamed
Aly Ibrahim and Princess Han
'.ade of Egypt have found out.
The royal couple, in Switzer
land throughout the war, came to
his country to have a good time
in I tivy’ve been living in a tiny
o o' room ever since—in spite of
:he fact that the princess is the
granddaughter of both the last
>ultan and the last caliph of Tur
key.
The princess, stymied in apart
nent hunting, looked around the
aotel room and said:
“We’d like to entertain some of
>ur friends. If we invited more
nan two people here, we’d have
:c go out to make room for them.”
COYOTE SKIN GAME
IN NOT FOR NAVAJO
GALLUP, N. M. (/P)—A Marine
Corps major shot a coyote near
here recently and thereby learned
a bit of Navajo religion.
The major searched all over
town, with no success, to find an
Indian to skin the animal so he
could keep the hide as a trophy.
He finally learned that the Navajo
holds the coyote in such extreme
contempt that he will have nothing
to do with the animal, dead or
alive.
The major finally got one of the
town butchers to do the job.
"No, No, Mr. Abercrombie. That isn't what we mean
when we invite you to use our new electric razors”
Pan American recently installed electric razors on all Clippers
flying Alaskan service. So if you’ve always wanted to whisk
off your whiskers while whisking along through the clouds,
just ask Pan American for a Clipper reservation. But whether
you’re of the whisker sex or not, traveling by Clipper is the
comfortable, time-saving way to go. Ask for rates, etc., at
the address below.
Pa/v American
i'ront st. World Airways
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