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Washington News - Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett
Delegate in Congress from Alaska
ALASKA PILOT-OWNERS
The Civil Aeronautics Board
has proposed that present exemp
tions for Alaska pilot-owners from
compliance with certain provisions
of the Civil Aeronautics Act be
extended for a five-year period
until Dec. 31, 1956.
The present exemptions, due to
expire on December 31, 1951, al
low pilot-operated small airlines
in Alaska to operate without cer
tificates of necessity.
4 “The exemption in question was
f- initially granted and subsequently
extended for relatively short per
iods because of the Board’s desire
to keep these operations on a tem
porary experimental basis,” the !
notice of the proposal issued this
week stated. “Experience has
shown that there is a need for the
services which have been offered
pursuant to this exemption. The
pilot-owners have apparently kept
their operations within the in
tended scope of the exemption,
and nothing has come to* the at
tention of the Board which would
indicate any significant, interfer
ence with or prejudice to any of
the other forms of air transport
services offered in the Territory
of Alaska. However, it is believed
unwise to grand authority for a
longer period than five years, in
^ view of the difficulty of predict
ing at this time the eventual air
transportation needs of an area
which is still in a vigorous stage
of economic development.”
The notice furnished Delegate
Bartlett called for the written
views or arguments of interested
persons to be submitted in tripli
cate and addressed to the Secre
tary, Civil Aeronautics Board,
Washington 25, D. C., to be re
ceived by August 24.
World War I Hero Dies !
VEVAY, Ind., *(/P>—Major Sam
^ uel Woodfill, 68, who was ac
claimed one of America’s great
est heroes of World War I, was
found dead Monday in his apart
ment.
Woodfill apparently died sev
eral days ago of a heart ailment.
Woodfill won the Congressional
Medal of Honor for leading an at
tack near Cunel, France, Oct. 2,
1918.
His medal citation said Woodfill
single handedly cleaned out three
German machine gun nests, kill
\ ing 15 Germans with his rifle,
two with his pistol, and two with
a pick in a face to face struggle
during the attack.
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New Flight Instruction
Manual Issued by CAA
WASHINGTON, D. C.,—Infor
mation to assist flight instruc
tors and student pilots is pre
sented in the new “Flight Instruc
tion Manual” just issued by the
Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Although prepared principally for
students and instructors, the man
ual contains much information of
interest to pilots generally.
Basic information on the theory
of flight, principles of safe flight,
and general techniques in the
care and use of parachutes com
prises one part of the manual.
Part two reviews teaching meth
ods, provides information on basic
flying techniques, and outlines
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structor should strive to meet.
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of the student’s flight course in- j
volving actual use of the airplane. ;
There also are chapters on ele
mentary, intermediate, advanced,
acrobatic, seaplane and multi
engine instruction.
SCARED TO DEATH?
LOS ANGELES, (/P) — Herbert
Bringold was ordered by a police
man to pull over to the curb.
The officer, N. M. Goldstein,;
said he saw Bringold go through
a red light yesterday. He asked
for the driver’s license and Brin
gold produced it, held it out, then
slumped over dead.
Amelia Gundersen,
Member of House
Dies In Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 9,
(>P)—Amelia Gundersen, a mem
ber of the Alaska Legislature and
long-time civic leader, died early
Saturday morning. She was about
60.
Last winter she underwent a
major operation in Seattle, but
served at the recent legislative
session in Juneau despite her ill
ness. She was the wife of Andrew
Gundersen, also an Alaskan legis
lator.
Shortly after their marriage in
1930, the Gundersen’s moved here
from Reno, Nevada. She immedi
ately became active in orthopedic
work and a dozen other charities.
Mrs. Gundersen is survived by
her husband, Ketchikan, and three
brothers, all of Houston, Texas.
Her husband was at sea aboard
the Pirate at the time of her death.;
Moscow Charges U. S.
Used Poison Gas in Korea
MOSCOW, (/P)—Moscow news
papers -and radio today claimed
the Americans have dropped poi
son gas bombs in Korea.
The reports said a protest has
been sent to the United Nations.
They claimed the bombs were
dropped on Aug. 1 and Aug. 7,
and that deaths have resulted
froTn chemical poisoning.
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