Costs Of War
' Rising Sharply
WASHINGTON (/P)—'The army,
. contending that the best current
insurance against another war is
preparedness, produced figures to
day to show that the cost of war is
preparedness, produced figures to
day to show that the cost of war to
this nation has multiplied 245
times in money and 24 times in
life during the last century.
The summary was issued in con
nection with observance of army
week, the 30th anniversary ol
United States’ entrance into World
War I. The figures, covering only
foreign wars, show these compari
sons:
Mexican war, 104,284 troops
used, 12,948 killed, cost $139,500.
208; Spanish-American war, 408,
391 troops, 6,472 killed, cost $992,
159,840; World War I, 3,665,000
troops, 183,663 dead, cost $21,850,
000,000; World War II, 10,200,000
troops, 313,000 dead, cost $340.
Duck Population
Declining Sharply
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WASHINGTON, (>P)—Albert M.
Day, director of the fish and wild-!
life service, said today the North
American duck and geese popula
tion has declined to 54,000,000, the
lowest since 1938.
The drop during the past year,
Day said, was 26,000000, the sharp
est slump on record. The 1945 duck
kill was estimated at 23,000,000.
But despite the decline, Day
told a reporter, there almost cer
tainly will be a hunting season;
this'fall.
The Audubon society recently
recommended that duck hunting
be prohibited this year as a con
servation measure.
000,000,000.
By 1972, continuing costs direct
ly connected with World War II—
such as aid to veterans—will have
increased the total to $700,000,000,
000, the statement added.
Texan Starts For
Alaska On Scooter
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LON ANGELES, (/P)—A jovial,
rotund Texan, bound for Alaska,
started from Brownsville two
weeks ago with only one passenger
aboard his three-wheel motor
scooter.
Now D. A. Gregory, whose home
is at Harlingen, Texas, has four
passengers on his tiny northbound
vehicle. His pet fox terrier. Pooch,
became a mother before reaching
Los Angeles.
Gregory named the puppies
Scooter, toboggan and Klondike
and they ride in a wire basket.
“We’re just going for the trip,"
explained the Texan. "I’m an oil
field worker and a preacher—a
kind of good will ambassador,
passing out a good word here and
there. People smile when they see
a big fat man like me riding this
little scooter on such a long trip.
And I like to see them smile.
"I hope we get a million smiles
on our trek.”
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Climbers Will
Have Eight Camps
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ANCHORAGE OP), Eight camps
| will be established on the ice-cov
i ered slopes of Mount McKinley
| during the forthcoming assault on
North America’s highest mountain,
i Bradford Washburn, leader of the
expedition, said today.
' The camps will stretch from the
base camp on Muldrow glacier to
the 18,150 foot level where the
party plans to establish its final
camp and to set up a cosmic ray
station. The summit of the moun
tain is 20,300 feet high.
Washburn and expedition mem
bers completed plans with the 10th
rescue squadron of the Alaska Air
Command yesterday to drop ap
proximately two tons of supplies
at the various campsites.
Other last minute preparations
included briefing on types of sig
nal flare communications and
RIVERLESS BRIDGE
KANSAS CITY, {&)—Construc
tion of a new 1,800-foot bridge—
i over dry land—is scheduled to be
gin shortly.
Then after it’s completed, a river
will be put under it.
The Liberty Bend bridge will be
constructed on land, then a pilot
cut made beneath it and the flood
waters of the Missouri river will
cut a new channel for themselves.
The $3,000,000 project is part of a
flood control program.
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weather warnings.
Prematurely melting snows on
the glacier have prompted the ex
pedition to push up the time of its
departure several days. Washburn
said it might leave for the base
camp tomorrow.
Haakon Christensen, veteran
Anchorage bush pilot who has
flown supplies to the base camp,
will carry the members in by
plane.
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