Alaska Rail Link
Survey Now Up
To President
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Presiden
tial approval was awaited yester
day on a bill proposing an Alaska
railroad survey, a project describ
ed by Senator Magnuson <D.
Wash.> as of “supreme military
importance.’’
The measure, which authorizes
the President to negotiate with
Canada to sui*vey a railroad from
Prince George, B. C., to Fairbanks,
was passed unanimously by the
Senate Monday after previous
House approval.
The Senate foreign relations
committee, reporting on the mea
sure Monday, noted that a mili
tary survey in 1942 indicated such
a railroad was practical and could
be built for about $112,000,000.
The committee said it felt the
survey should be brought up to
date, and added:
“The present bill will accom
plish this purpose and will pro
vide a firm basis of fact on which
a decision to close this gap must
be made.”
Under the bill, the President is
authorized to negotiate with Can
ada for a standard gauge railroad
for the Prince George-Fairbanks
gap. It provides for a survey to de
termine the most practicable
route, as well as construction
plans, estimates of cost and fin
ancing plans.
The President would designate
such existing agencies as he may
select to conduct the survey.
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Rescue Three
Goose Hunters
ANCHORAGE, (>P), Three goose
hunters didn’t get home with their
geese—but they got home yester
day.
Pat Cartee, Anchorage business
man-sportsman; his nine-year-old
son Tommy, and Bill Entrikin,
who works for Cartee, went goose
hunting on barren Kalgin Island
southwest of here in Cook Inlet.
Wen they got ready to leave
Sunday night a crooswind struck
their Aeronca float plane on the
takeoff. The floats and a wing
were sheared off when the plane
smashed into boulders on the
beach.
Somehow, all three escaped in
1 jury.
One of the largest air searches
ever held in the area ensued.
Ward Gay, local bush pilot, locat
ed the smashed plane yesterday
morning, picked up the hunters
and brought them back to An
chorage.
“We knew someone would be
qut looking for us when we didn’t
come back,” Cartee said adding
they had huddled about the
wreckage through the night.
Oh yes, the two geese they shot?
They ate them while awaiting res- |
cue.
Bill Wood of the Alaska Steam
ship Co., flew to Usalakleet yes
terday where the Coastal Mon
arch is discharging freight. The
ship plans to leave there for Gol
ovin tomorrow and may be in
Nome late tomorrow evening.
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Wednesday, October 19, 1949
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Friday, October 21, 1949
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borhood and I thought I might
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U. S. Must Keep
Up Strategic
Bombing Strength
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tactical air power to support
ground operations.
Such a policy shift as this, Van
denberg said, would mean:
1. “We would give up the de
terrent value of this nation’s atom
ic weapons and we would place
ourselves in disagreement with all
of those people who, on both sides
of the ocean, believe that Soviet
aggression is in fact now being
deterred.
2. “We would inform the Rus
sians that they need now take no
defensive measures against a pos
sible atomic attack on their heart
land. B-36’s, B-47’s, and B-50’s by
merely existing can and do force
the Soviet Union to channel its
industrial power, technological
skill, manpower and money into
purely defensive measures and
thus cut down resources which
would otherwise be devoted to of
fensive purposes.”
3. “If war is forced on us, this
proposal deprives us of the op
portunity to choking off enemy
warmaking power at its source.”
The hearing room was jammed
with spectators when Vandenberg,
his blouse front agleam with rib
bons, took the stand at the direc
tion of chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.)
He was accompanied to the
hearing by air secretary Syming
ton, who testified yesterday, and
by top air force generals.
Vandenberg first took up the
attacks by navy officers on na
tional defense policies which set
high importance on strategic
•bombing. He read to the commit
tee excerpts from a joint chiefs of
staff document saying the chiefs,
separately and jointly, agreed that
the policies are sound.
Admiral Louis Denfeld, chief of
naval operations and a member of
the joint chiefs, last week told the
committee he supported other ad
mirals who had criticized the
strategic bombing concept.
ALL-GIRL ORCHESTRA
ENTERTAIN AT MARKS BASE
The Chordettes, a six-piece all
girl orchestra and vocalist, enter
tained at the NCO Club Tuesday
night. They will play at the Offi
cers Club tonight. The group wa*
brought in from Fairbanks and
will return Thursday.
Under the leadership of Jean
LeFeber, whose . sister, Marsha,
plays bass, the orchestra enter
tained at the NCO club to a large
crowd. Along with Jean and Mar
sha there were: Betty Christopher,
pianist; Bobbie Robbins, drums;
Gladys Johnson, trumpet and
Frances Scharett, clarinet, sax and
flute. Gloria Dell was vocalist. At
10:30 p.m. Tuesday night they
broadcast from the NCO Club for
fifteen minutes over WXLN.
All tne girls are accomplished
Musicians. Miss Scharett having
been with Phil Spitalney’s All
Girl Orchestra for a time, Betty
Christopher majored in music at
Northwestern U., Gladys Johnson
played trumpet in a WAC band
for two years and Gloria Dell
made a concert tour of France and
Germany last year. Four of the
girls have played with D’Artega,
Mexican band leader, and the
whole troupb is known to theUSO.
for whom they have made many
appearances.
The Chordettes have been in
Fairbanks for a month and will
remain another month before re
j turning to the States. Their future
| plans call for appearances on the
i West Coast.
BALKAN PEACE COMMITTEE
i FINDS NO PEACE PLAN
LAKE SUCCESS, (/P) — Th<
United Nations assembly’s Balkar
peace committee announced todaj
it had failed to find any basis foi
settling the Greek-Balkan conflict
The four-man committee ac
knowledged its failure to the gen
eral assembly’s 50-nation politica
1 committee. Assembly presiden
| Carlos P. Romulo, who headed th«
: peace group, said in a letter tha
! the committee had authorized hin
to report failure.
Romulo made it clear he didn’
believe further efforts would b
| worthwhile at this time.
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