Alaskan War Games
Winding Up
At Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (£V-A last-gasp
counterattack by defending forces
in realistic Alaskan war games re
gained some ground lost to attack
ing units as the two forces were
locked in a realistic dress rehear
sal for war today.
The defending units in what is
known as Operation Dutchdoor
took back high ground command
ing Elmendorf air force base run
ways late yesterday, then contin
ued the full-fledged effort to
drive out the green-unifomred
“enemy."
The action, employing both land
and air forces, is in its final phas
es. It started a month ago with
the theoretical capture of Ladd
and Eielson air force bases near
Fairbanks. Defending troops have
been attempting ever since to
solve the problem of throwing out
the attacking forces which signifi
cantly entered Alaska through its
northern entrance—Nome.
The umpires will decide soon
what measure of success was
achieved by both forces.
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French Vessel
Sunk By Mine
ST. MA'LO, France, (^P) — The
French naval frigate Lt Place was
blasted and sunk by a magnetic
mine Saturday as she lay at an
chor outside this port on the north
coast of Brittany.
The naval ministry in Paris an
nounced that only 43 of the 75 of
ficers, men and passengers on
board have thus far been rescued.
Rescue operations were continu
ing but the ministry said it is cer
! tain some lives have been lost.
Investigation at the spot dis
closed the explosion was caused
by a floating magnetic mine.
There was no report as the origin
or type of the mine, which may
have been left over from the last
war.
The La Place, a meteorological
ship, was returning from a 21
day voyage in the Atlantic. She
arrived late Friday and her com
mander deemed it too late to en
ter port and ordered her anchored
for the night. The explosion oc
curred 20 minutes after midnight.
The La Place formerly was the
U. S. Frigate Roanoke, a 1,400
tonner launched March 18, 1944.
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Suntrana Coal
Miners Strike For
Higher Wages
(Continued from Page One)
ly organized unit of the United
Mine Workers (Ind.) gave no ad
vance notice on the walkout. Ne
gotiations between the firm and
the new union local had been in
progress since Sept. 5.
The mine normally supplies
about 200 tons of coal a day to
the Fairbanks Exploration com
pany power plant, which gener
ates nearly two-thirds of the elec
tricity used in Fairbanks. The F.
E. Company declined to estimate
how long the power plant can re
main in operation without the
Healy River coal.
Members of the union negotiat
ing committee said in a statement
on the walkout:
“Negotiations have fallen thru
because of disagreement on the
question of wages. The miners are
asking 471/2 cents an hour blanket
increase for all workers. Their
present wage is $2.27 */> per hour.
The increase, if secured, would
give them $2.75.”
The union negotiating commit
! tee members are Thomas J. Cola
| han, Edward J. Donahue and Ray- j
! mond Monahan. They declined ]
j
further comment.
Company officials said numer-!
ous concessions have been madej
to the union on working condi-1
tions and wages; that they met!
Thursday morning with the union
negotiators and left with the im
pressions that negotiations would
continue. They said the union
committee had stated it would
have to confer further with the
men at the mine on the wages is
sue. They said the company learn
ed for the first time from the
mine office that the workers had
struck without advance notice.
The company management said
its offers to the union still stand
and it is willing to negotiate. The
company management said it had
offered a straight 27Vfe cent an
hour increase to the miners and
from 20 to 25 cents for all other
categories covered by the union
agreement. A IVi cent increase
would make the miners’ scale
$2.55 an hour.
The company said negotiations
were started after the majority of
men at the mine were organized
by the United Mine Workers dur
ing the past summer. The com
, pany said its concessions in bar
gaining has included: double time
on Sunday and holidays; time and
a half for all work over 40 hours
a week; $10 a month in lieu of va
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In The Roadstead
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The M/S Health of the Alaska
Territorial Health Department is
in the roadstead this morning,
having completed its first trip to
the north. Medical attention and
dental work has been given to
many of the remote villages along
the coast all the way from Dio
mede by the staff of this little ves
sel whose trip is history making.
The North Star of the Alaska
Native Service which has just
made its annual trip to Barrow
and all villages where there are
native schools or native co-opera
tive stores, arrived in the road
stead during hte night with veter
an Capt. Charles Salenjus in
charge.
Contrary to usual procedure the
North Star did not stop in NomeJ
northbound.
The North Star plans to make a1
trip south and return in about
two weeks at which time the King
Islanders will be picked up and
taken to their winter homes.
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The Flemish Knot with Nome’s
badly needed supplies is due in
Teller on the ‘20th according to
latest advices and should be in
Nome on the 22nd weather per
mitting.
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Rev. R. Amundsen flew in from
Unalakleet where he is stationed
with the Covenant Shurch in their
Children’s Home. He states that
there are twenty children in the
home this winter.
cation time; establishment of pit
and grievance committees and ar
bitration machinery.
Bartlett Blasts
News-Miner Editor
For “Talking”
(Continued from Page One?
a d m inistration responsible for
these conditions. If they are read
ers of the News-Miner, they know
who they are.
“Delegate Bartlett States that no
further explanation regarding the
Feltus deal (the hiring of a public
relations agent to work for State
hood after he had once had an As
signment for communist Poland)
needs to be given the Alaska pub
lic. In this he is in error.
“Many Alaskans, myself in
cluded, still want to know what
Feltus did to earn $8,000 of Alas
ka taxpayers* money.**
Bartlett had said that “these
known foes of statehood joiiled
with Bow ... in a campaign that
had the dual purpose of hurting
statehood and blasting men’s rep
utations.”
HEAD-ON COLLISION
ON KOUGAROK RAILROAD
There is always excitement on
the Kougarok Railroad during the
summer, but a head-on collision
Is something to write about.
Last Friday the Alaska Road
Commission with two flat cars
collided with the Ko u g a r o k
Freight and Mining Co/s car antj^
although considerable damage was
done to the car no one was hurt.
Apparently no one is blamed for
the accident as the cars were un
able to stop on the track on short
notice.
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