ious movements had been able
to command. The time had come
when we must be prepared to go
out and d,o battle for our faith.
Sir Stafford Cripps said the
meeting was no ordinary Chris
tian gathering, but an attempt
to mobilize the Christian effort
and Christian faith in western
Europe behind the great political
social and economic drive to turn
our future towards the ways of
peace, harmony, and happiness
If we are to translate our Chris
tian faith, the free and fearless
spirit with which we had been
divinely endowed into terms of
practical effect, we could only do
it through that form of free and
progressive democracy which had
grown to be the symbol of our
country’s Christian civilization *md
not of that of western Europe.
For that democracy, and not
some totalitarian or authoritarian
conception, alone embodied the
true freedom of the spirit which
was the essential basis of our
religious beliefs.
•We must not only employ demo
cratic methods, but, we must use
them fpr Christian ends. The free
dom and justice which our Chr's
tian faith demanded must be ex
plicit in the actions of our com
munity, whether in the interna
tional, or local sphere.
The conscious exertion of our
beliefs was not by any means an
easy task. If it were, it would be
hardly worth the while, for it
would accomplish little or no
thing. It was the effort, the hard
work,the determination that was
required of us that gave us the
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL FOR
"BOB" DOYLE SATURDAY
A large crowd of friends gath
ered last Saturday afternoon at
the Pioneer Hall to pay their las*
respec s to their departed friend
an brother pioneer, Robert Con
way Doyle, who passed away
earlier in the week.
Memorial services were given
by Fred Rohn, Charles D. Jones
and M. J. Walsh officiating for
the Pioneers of Alaska.
Following a most impressive
ceremony, the Pioneers formed a ,
procession, taking the body to the
funeral parlors.
power to succeed and the joy in
our successes.
No inventiveness or ingenuity!
of men, no power of arms or force
of wealth, no material gain or ec
onomic advance could save the
world if it turned its back on the I
love of God. If man neglected
the things of the spirit and put
aside the full, armor of God, he
would seal the doom of the fut
ure generations.
Need For Unity
Miss Florence Hancock said that
the Trades Union Congress and
the organized movement it rep
resented were firm in their sup
port of a union of the western na
tions. Political realities were
teaching European nations that
they must unite to defend again,
with the weapons of the spirit,
the institutions of free citizenship
and the right of all peoples to
live undisturbed and unthreatened
by the domination of their neigh
bors.
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BID FOR FIRE-POLICE CHIEF
The Nome Common Council held
a special meeting Friday night
concerning the vacancies in the
fire and police departments.
Following the opening of bids
for the jobs there was a motion
made to accept the bid of Clyde
Gray, of Richland, Washington.
Mr. Gray has had experience
in both departments at Walla
Walla, Wash., and was in Nome
with the U.S. Engineers during
the war.
At the time of going to press
no answer has been received to
a wire sent to Mr. Gray, and no
action has been taken on the other
vacancies pending word from him.
ARMY LICKS WINTER
WEATHER DRIVING PROBLEM
By Edward Priser
DEETROIT,— (/P) —'The Army
h s learned how to operate motor
vehicles in arc ic winter weather.
The tough problem of getting a
truck to run efficiently at 60-be
low temperatures had the army
stymied for a long time, but the
solution has been worked out by
engineers at the Detroit arsenal
in cooperation with industrial
technicians.
Capt. William Klein, of Largo,
Fla., who supervised tests, sums
up findings thus:
“Motor vehicles can now be op
erated about as efficiently at 60
below as at normal temperatures.’’
“The army found out about
warfare in the arctic iruihe winter
of 1946-47 when a task force of
1,142 men and 700 vehicles staged
a maneuver around Fairbanks, Al
aska, operating in temperatures
down to 65 below.
All sorts of things happened to
vehicles. Oil froze hard as rock.
Batteries failed to supply current.
Insulation broke off wires. Car
buretors misbehaved continually.
Sometimes it took hours to start
an engine in the morning.
The winterization process de-'
veloped under supervision of Det-1
roit arsenal consists chiefly of
these things;
1. Installing a gasoline heater
to keep the engine, transmission
and other vital parts warm at all
times.
2. Lubricating with a special'
oil which remains liquid at lower
i temperatures.
3. Using special cold-resistant
rubber parts and tires.
4. Heating and insulating ve
hicle cabs to provide for com
fort of personnel
Last fall hundreds of winter
ization kits were flown to the ar
my at Fairbanks. Capt. Klein,
M/Sgt. Adam Asman, of West
field, Mass., and W/O. Michael
Laputka, of Baltimore, went along
to conduct tests and teach drivers
how to use the equipment.
The real test of winterization
lay in the amount of wear and
tear. Arctic use previously cut
the life of a vehicle in half.
So six of the test trucks were
driven back to Detroit and were
stripped. Bearings, pistons and
other parts showed only normal
wear.
The army is still conducting
tests on these parts, but officers
already are sure the biggest prob
lems of arctic driving are licked
Col. Joseph Colby, arsenal eng
ineer, emphasizas the strategic
irqportance of winterization. He
says that if war comes it will
develop along the nearest routes
between mass population centers.
In our case, he says, that is by way
of the arctic.
Trading at home, whenever pos
sible, is sound policy; the dollar
that stays around might come
back.
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William R. F. Miller, 30, former GI, and his
half German, half Japanese wife, sit in U.S.
Army screening center, Ludwigsburg, Germany,
after their arrival from Tokyo. Miller, a Stan
ford graduate who formerly lived in San Fran
cisco, renounced his U. S. citizenship to live in
Germany with his wife. Miller was drafted in
1945 and was sent to Japan. (AP Wirephoto).
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