ated Christmas tree, colorful pres
ents were heaped up high.
Nothing but mirth and good
cheer was exhibited on the occa
sion. The entertainment, exchange
of gifts and refreshments made il
a very enjoyable affair.
The high school students and fac
ulty wish every one a Merry
Christmas and Happy Ngyv Year
Lumber Shipped
At Reduced Rates
SEATTLE, (/P)—'The first Alas
ka lumber to be loaded for the Pu
I get Sound area since carrying
rates were reduced last week was
loaded on the freighter Jumper
Hitch at Sitka today, Alaska
Steamship Co. • officials said.
A shipment of 200,000 feet was
taken aboard for Tacoma and ar
9 additional 500,000 feet will bt
loaded at Ketchikan for Seattle.
The reduction announced by.tht
Territory’s three main steamship
companies on southbound lumbei
cargoes amounts to about $1.5C
• per thousand board feet.
Many Dead In
Rioting In India
NEW DELHI, 4/P)—Home min- j
ister Sardar V. Patel said today
’ kthat 55 persons had been killed in
ten days of Hindu-Moslem rioting
in the holy city of Ajmer where a
major Moslem shrine is located.
Three were police.
Patel said there had been “se-1
vere losses of property” in the dis-:
orders, which began Dec. 5 and
were brought under control Dec. j
15. Mobs burned 16 shops and
looted 1. Ajmer is about 100 miles
south o{ New Delhi.
In the capital itself, police said
one person was killed yesterday
in the first flareup of Hindu-Mos
lem strife since the September
riots. A bomb was thrown into a
, Moslem restaurant, injuring four
others slightly. Three more persons
, were reported stabbed.
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their name from the giant Gala- J
pagos tortoise.
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Arctic Indoctrina
tion School
In Operation
•
(First in a series of five articles
published on the operations of the
Arctic Indoctrination School at
Nome Air Base».
NOME, Alaska—The C-47 was
flying at 5000 feet over the Alas
kan terrain ... on the ground, a
snow-filled winter wasteland be
neath them . . . the crew had no
indication of danger. Suddenly,
without warning, the number one
engine faltered and failed. The pi
lot, working quickly, notifying the
crew to be on the alert. The C-47,
lumbering along on one engine
suddenly wheeled on one wing as
the number two engine cut out.
The pilot, after a tense moment of
decision, notified the crew to stand
by for a crash landing. Down,
down, down, the air force craft
lumbered, the altimeter needle
made one, two, three, four sweeps
around the face of the instrument.
The crew tensed for the first shock
of the landing .'. . their stomachs
tightened with the intensity of
their emotions. What awaited
them? Was this crew indoctrinated
in Arctic survival? . . . Had they
been through the Alaskan Air
Commands’ Arctic indoctrination
school? The answer to this could
mean a lot ... it could mean men
in a disorganized jumble on the
far stretches of the northern Arc
tic terrain, men without purpose,
wasting their energy in futile at
tempt sthe combat the chilling,
freezing cold ... or men with a
purpose knowing what was neces
sary to survive until rescue ar
rived. The Arctic ‘indoctrination
school, based at Nome, Alaska, is
a United States air force survival
school functioning under the aus
pices of the Alaskan Air Com
mand. The school, commanded by
Captain Harold L. Strong, an old
timer in the Arctic, is one that is
designed to show as well as teach
flight personnel what is necessary
in order to survive when forced
down in the Arctic., The school,
with classes of sixty students, is a
continual process, with classes
lasting one week each, throughout
the long winter months. The stu
dents are officers and enlisted
men, flight crews and members of
flight crews drawn from bases
scattered throughout Alaska. Stu
dents are assigned by priorities . . .
with the number one priority go
ing to crews who are in Alaska on
temporary duty only. The number
two priority goes to crew members
recently assigned to Alaska on a
permanent change of station as
signment, and number three to air
force crews who have been in the
Territory long enough to absorb
some of the necessary knowledge
during their stay. The school is
staffed with survival experts . . .
whites who have lived in the out
doors most of their life tind, who
during the recent war, learned
much with Uncle Sam’s fighting
troops in the usage of modern
equipment. Natives are utilized for
their inherent abilities ... a
knowledge that has been passed
on by generations of their fore
bears. The combination, whites
and natives, under the leadership
of Captain Strong makes an effi
cient staff. The students when they
arrive are filled with mixed feel
ings . . . some are eager . . . they
are the men who have given
thought to what could face them
on making a crash landing in the
bleak wilderness of the northern
Alaskan terrain. Some students
are indifferent and show their dis
regard for the whole proceedings.
JUNEAU {A*) — Approximately
670 of the Territory’s ex-.G.I.’s are
going to get a Christmas present.
Norman Haley commissioner of*
veterans affairs department, dis
closed yesterday that checks total
ing more than $150,000 now are in
the mails to all veterans whose ap
plications were approved.
JUNEAU, (A*)—Extension of the
federal aid highway act to Alaska
and place Alaska’s roads under
the public roads administration
was recommended today by the
Juneau chamber of commerce.
Senate joint resolution 162 re
moving power to establish reserva
tions in Alaska from the secretary
of interior, also was endorsed.
This picture changes at the end of
one week course with the whole
class unanimous in their whole
hearted approval, proud of what
they have learned, but hopeful
that they will never have to use
their new-found knowledge.
EQUALIZATION BOARD
CONCLUDES FINAL SESSION
The Nome City Council, sitting
as a tax equalization board, wound
up the three-day session, listening
to the problems of the taxpayers
regarding real and personal prop
erty assessments.
Several complaints were made
by persons who felt their assess
ments were too high and in some
cases were allowed to be reduced,
but in most instances taxpayers
stated that if everyone was taxed
the same rate there was no com
plaint.
The opinion of the board was
that the new tax structure was
misunderstood because of its de
parture from past appraisals and
tax rolls, but taxes in the main
will not be greatly increased.
Monty says: That Nugget will be
mine. I never saw its equal. And
the fox fur, I have already prom
ised it.
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