Railroad To
Alaska “Feasible”
(By Chariot D. Walkint)
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Magnuson (D.-Wash.) said Friday
reports ordered by Preside n t
tloosevelt had shown that a rail
road to Alaska for year around
.ervice Is feasible.
He said Frederick A. Delano,
• ‘hairman of the national resourc
es board, made a survey in 1942 of
the possibilities of constructing a
Railroad to Alaska, through Can
ada.
Delano reported that a raliroad
constructed along the Rocky
Mountain Trench through Canada,
north of Prince George, B. C.,
would be the most feasible route
and would be of more use than a
l ighway, w hich eventually was
built.
Magnuson said he has received
rrom the' chairman of the Prince
George, B, C., board of trade, a let
ter saying the people in that vicin
:y are strongly for the proposed
.!• abroad.
A. bill now is before the British
Columbia parliament, he said, to
appropriate about $13,000,000 to
INVESTIGATE DEATH
OF MAN IN CAR
SEATTLE, (£*)—Indications the
fire had been set deliberately
spurred the investigation today o*f
the death of a man whose charred
body was found in a burning car
Wednesday afternoon on a lonely
road near Redondo Beach, south
of here.
He has been identified tenta
tively as John McKellar, 46, of
Des Moines, Wash.
County fire officials said gaso
line had been poured in and
around the car before it was ig
nited.
Adam Lyskoski, chief of sher
iff’s deputies, said an autopsy in
dicated presence of carbon mo-!
noxide poisoning. Deputies said
there were signs of a struggle
nearby.
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rehabilitate the P. G. E. Railroad,!
which the Province took over sev
eral years ago.
If a railroad is constructed to
Canada this line would become
part of it.
The chairman said there are
many coal deposits along the pro
posed route to furnish fuel for the
railroad.
Alaskan Troops
Could Not Launch
Counter-Attack
SEATTLE, (/P)—The command
ing general of the army in Alaska
said Wednesday special defense
training for service troops in the
Territory does not constitute full
security in the Far North.
Maj. Gen. Stanley L. Scott said
in event of an attack the army
would put up a fight, “but results
would depend on the nature of the
attack.”
He said every man is trained,
has his weapon and knows his
emergency station during monthly ,
alerts.
“But you can’t expect complete j
combat work from men who are
not specifically trained for that
assignment,” Scott said.
“The special troops could not!
launch and maintain a counter-at-1
tack against an invading enemy.”
Scott flew here to confer with
Brig.-Gen. Fenton S. Jacobs, com
mandant of theJ Seattle Port of
Embarkation, and Brig.-Gen. Paul i
F. Yount, assistant chief of army ;
transportation who came to Seat- j
tie from Washington, D. C. Gen-'
erals Scott and Yount will fly to
I Public Works Bills
i To Assist Alaska
Now In Congress
(Contined from Page One)
pitals, sewer systems, waterworks
and streets costing slightly more
than $4,000,000.
Under the advance planning
program the planning loans are to
be repaid after construction of the
projects themselves has begun.
Major projects now in the plan
ning state include a $1,250,000
school building at Fairbanks, a
$1,800,000 building for the Uni
versity of Alaska near Fairbanks,
two schools at Anchorage costing
a total of $1,300,000, a water sup*
ply system, electric light system
and steam heating plant for Fair
banks, costing $3,500,000, and a
power plant and steam heating
unit at Anchorage, to cost $1,500,
000.
George I, King of England for
three years, could neither speak
nor write the English language.
Edmonton, Alta., this week and
then make a routine inspection of
the Alaska Highway by automo
bile.
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! “America Must
Remain Strong”
Says Johnson
(By Elton C. Fay) ^
I WASHINGTON, {JP) — Louis A.
Johnson, soon to be secretary of
defense, said today that America
must remain strong.
“Strength means peace, and
without strength there is no
peace,” he said.
Johnson talked with reporters
at the White House. He said the
purpose of his call on President
Truman was to express appreci
ation for his appointment and
“my full devoted loyalty.”
A c c ompanying Johnson was
Secretary Forrestal. Johnson said
he had been meeting regularly
with Forrestal and would continue
to do so until March 31, when he
takes over, getting familiar with
the job.
Forrestal said the two would ^
spend the rest of the month ar
ranging for a “smooth, practical,
and easy transition.” He said the
cabinet office is a great responsi
bility and he is confident Johnson
will handle it with success.
Forrestal, a former New York
financier, was asked his plans for
the future. He said he had made
none except to get a long rest.
“I have had the usual tempta- *
tion to write which I trust I will
resist,” he laughed.
There are indications that John
son may be handed more author
ity than Forrestal has had.
President Truman, who an
nounced that Johnson will replace
Secretary of Defense Forrestal at
the end of this month, is exjected
to ask Congress to give more
power to the new defense chief.
Johnson, 58-year-old West Vir
ginian, has served in the past of *
assistant secretary of war. His"*
career includes a term as national
commander of the American Le
gion, years of practicing law, and
experience as a money raiser in
Mr. Truman’s election campaign
last year.
ARCTIC CLUB HOLDS *
ANNUAL MEETING f
The Arctic Club held its regu
lar annual meeting last Saturday
j evening in the form of a pot luck
, supper, at which time new mem
jbers were elected to the board of
J directors for the coming year. The
board which is composed of nine
members elects three members
annually. This year Clem Bou
cher, Terry Kling and Clyde Gods
be were placed on the board.
After reading of minutes and
financial report it was decided to .
refinish the interior of the Club- *
house, and that on Sunday, March
13, there will be a painting party
under charge of Ernie Kling to do
the job.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB *
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Karl F. Dewey, Pres.
Ron Broussean* See.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meals First: and
Third Thursday
each month
EARL COULTHARD. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
HAGEN 1
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40