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Nome Publishing Q).
“Operation Cow” j
Dear Elsie:
!
Although I’m just a cow, I
really came into my own here in
>fome. yesterday. You know how
gratified I always am when folks
see the value of my product—
milk, but when it is children who
reap the benefits, well, then my
heart just overflows. You know
how good milV is for growing chil
dren. Doctors and other scientists
say it contains the materials chil
dren need to build strong bodies;
also the materials that keep bod
ies in good repair; and materials
needed for heat and energy. Why,
it’s been said that there would
probably be no such thing as rick
ets—which means bad teeth and
crooked bones—if all the children
—but don’t get me started on
that
But here at Nome Public School
yesterday the boys and girls in
the first six grades were served
fresh homogenized milk with Vit
amin D added from sanitary paper
containers and for good measure
also had graham crackers. And
you know how good they are. I
wish you could have been here,
Elsie. It would have done your
heart good to see the smiles on
j those kids’ faces, and the way the
i teachers hurried around getting
j things done in that efficient way
! teachers have. Mr. Wrn. Angell,
the School Superintendent, told
me personally that I hadn’t seen
anything yet. He said that in a
few days those teachers will have
it worked out so that the whole
: distribution process will take a
| mere few minutes and theer will
i be no loss of school study time.
Not that the kids would mind* if
there was <you know kids!> but.
after all, we are all trying to help
those kids grow up to be healthy
and wise.
And, oh yes Elsie, the children
are receiving that milk free of
charge, because the good people
in Nome are going to help pay for
it. Some of them have contributed
already; others are buying tickets
to the Milk Fund Ball at the
School Auditorium next Saturday
night, March 5; and still others
are getting ready to add to the
fund in other ways. So you see
why I’m excited. Everybody is
helping the Walrus Club so much
to see that those kiddies get what
they need.
I know this is a long letter. El
sie, but I knew you would want to
hear all about this project that
newspapers are calling “Operation
Cow.”
Love,
Susie. j
HOSPITAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Stocum of
Moses Point are the parents of a
son born yesterday at the hospi
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Jones are the
parents of a boy born today at the
hospital. Mr. Jones is manager of
the Nome Undertaking Parlors.
Nick Ezukameuw is a new pa
tient in the hospital.
MacDonald Scoffs J
At Rail To Alaska;
Wants Road Link
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link the British Columbia high
way system with the Alaska road
netw-ork.
The rail link proposal which (
touched off MacDonald's reply j
was advanced by Senator Magnu- [
son <D.-Wash.), and Sen. Hugh 1
Butler (R.-Neb.).
Magnuson’s statement that a
railroad over the route, deter-'
mined by “secret” survey, could
be built for $111,359,000 also drew
fire from the Alaskan.
I
He called the estimate mislead
ing and scoffed: “Secret survey—
that’s something like a secret
brass band.”
MacDonald said he spoke a> the
man in charge of the office of en
geering during a 1942 survey for
a proposed military railroad from
Prince George to Teller on the
Bering Sea—a stretch which en
compassed the link referred to by
Magnuson.
Computations showed. MacDon
ald asserted, that the extension of
the Pacific Great Eastern Railroad
could not be built for less than
$300,000,000 whereas a Fort St.
James-Atlin highway could be
cons ructed for $20,000,000.
Quoting an army estimate that
cargo movement by highway ap
proximated a million tons annual
ly, MacDonald said savings by
shortening the route thousands of
miles would pay for construction
of the road link in eight months.
MacDonald long has been one of
Alaska’s most active champions of
development of the Territory 1
through expansion of its roads.
He pioneered the engineering
phases of the Alaska Highway 1
and was appointed by President
Roosevelt as Alaska member of
the Alaskan International high
way commission.
MacDonald said: “Neither the
Pacific Great Eastern nor t he 1
Alaska Railroad would be able to j
generate enough freight to pay
operation maintenance, to say ,
nothing of interest on the invest
ment.”
Air Force Bomber
Ends Non-Stop,
Round-World Run
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planes was from the Philippine*
to Hawaii, about 5,300 miles.
The last fill-up came over K«
waii. From there to the Fort
Worth home field was a litt.h
more than 3.700 miles.
The Boeing B-50 is the postwar
successor of the wartime B-29 so
perfortress.
Closely resembling the B-29 in
exterior appearance, the B-50 ha*
considerably more speed, rate of
climb, range and bomb-carrying
ability.
Powered with four Pratt and
Whitney 3.500 horsepower en
gines, the B-50 has a top speed of
about 400 miles an hour a cruis
ing speed around 300 and can
climb to 40,000 feet. Its bomb ca
pacity is stated at 10 tons, its
maximum range (without in-flight
refueling) at 6.000 miles. Its wing
span is 141 feet, its fuselage
length 99 feet. The weight of the
plane for normal takeoff is about
120,000 pounds.
Normal crew is made up of 12
men and officers.
Production of the B-50 was
started in 1944, but only within
the last year has deliveries in
creased to the point where opera
tional outfits began receiving the
bomber.
Air secretary Symington dis
closed plans a year ago for equip
ping the strategic air command
with “tanker” planes. He said
then some units would be outfit
ted by early 1949.
Members of the crew included:
Capt. James Gallagher, Mel
rose, Minn., commander and pilot.
First Lt. Arthur M. Neal, Visa
lia. Calif., second pilot.
Capt. James H. Morris, San An
tonio, Tex., third pilot.
Capt. Glenn E. Hacker. Eldor
ado, Kas., first navigator.
First Lt. Earl L. Rigor, Corval
lis, Ore., second navigator.
Lieutenant Neal, second pilot of
the “Lucky Lady II,” was the pi
lot of the B-29 superfortress
“Lucky Lady,” onp of the three
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