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Nome, Alaska, Friday, December 14, 1951
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JET AIRLINER SERVICE
The first jet airliner service is scheduled to begin
early in 1952. The first of a regular series of flights
will be from London to Rome and Cairo. Officials in
dicate that regular service to South Africa and to
Singapore will definitely be in operation before the
end of 1952.
The type plane used on this route will be the De
Havilland Comet, powered by four Ghost turbo-jet
engines. This plane will carry thirty-six passengers
at about twice the speed of any similar plane now in
service.
It probably comes as a surprise to many Ameri
cans that the State-owned British Overseas Airways
Corporation is taking a clear lead in international
civil aviation. One thing to take note of, however, is
the fact that American airlines will have to develop
an even more powerful jet engine than the British De
Havilland Comet if they are to span the Atlantic or
the Pacific in regular flights.
Defense Mobilizer Wilson
Says Military Deliveries
Have Tripled In Past Year
NEW ORLEANS, {/P)—Defense
Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson said
if Joseph Stalin could have at
tended an industrial ceremony
here today the Communist ruler
“might drop his dream of being
able to dominate a living source
like ours.”
The production chief spoke at
the dedication of a new aluminum
plant at Chalmette, a suburb
south of New Orleans. He said
the plant is expected to produce
200,000 tons a year of the scarce
defense metal.
Wilson called the plant an ex
ample of American industrial ex
pansion that, he said, in the past
year has tripled the dollar value
of military deliveries.
He defended the program he
heads from criticisms of both
under- and over-production, and
indicated he intends to stand by
a three-year plan that contem
plates production of $150,000,000.
000 worth of military goods.
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Truman Promises Continued Drastic
Action to Clean House in Government
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Presi-<
dent Truman Thursday promised
what he called continued drastic
action to clean house in the gov
ernment.
Allowing himself to be quoted
directly at one point on the scan
dals in the tax collecting and
some other agencies, Mr. Truman
told a news conference:
“Wrongdoers have no house
with me no matter who they
were or ore, or how big they
ai;e.”
In response to questions, the
President said he has no plans to
fire Attorney General J. Howard
McGrath or Democratic National
Chairman Frank McKinney.
Mr. Truman’s news conference,
always well-attended, drew an
even heavier than, usual attend
ance of reporters who anticipated
he might announce some dramatic
action in connection with the lat
est disclosures.
When the subject came up, the i
President declared with firm em
phasis that his administration al
ways has acted swiftly to elimin
ate wrongdoers from its ranks, j
and will continue to do* so.
He said his administration did
exactly this, through its loyalty
boards, in the case of communists
who were found to be working
for the government.
These were brought to trial and
convictions were obtained by the
attorney general, just as they
should have, despite a great deal
of ballyhoo to the contrary, the
President said.
He was asked if McKinney had
been correct in telling reporters
earlier this week that the Presi
dent feels he has been “sold down
the river” by federal employees
who have proved faithless to their
trust.
“Well, who wouldn't feel that
way?” the President said.
He went on to say that he has
been a fighter for clean govern
ment ever since his first election
to public office in 1922.
He declined to say what sort
of special agency he might set up
to police the federal service. He j
said that if he does set up such
a body it will be his own kind
of committee and not one pat
terned after some special govern-1
ment units that have been set up
in the past.
Bob Reeve To Run
As GOP Candidate
For Delegate
Bob Reeve, well known Alaska
bush pilot and air pioneer has
announced his intention to file a
nomination as a Republican can
didate for delegate to Congress.
Mr. Reeve is the first candidate
on either party to make an of
ficial declaration of his intention
to run for this office. He is the
president and superintendent of
operations of Reeve Aleutian Air
ways, Inc., with offices located in
Anchorage.
Fob Reeve’s activities as a bush
pilot are legendary in Alaska. His
feats as a pioneer in Northland
flying and especially his explor
atory work done in connection
with glacier and mountain flving
in and over Chugach and Wran
gell Mountains and the St. Elias
Ice Cap have been the basis of
many Alaska stories. His flying
feats formed the background for
the book, “The Valley of. Thun
der” by the famous author Rex
Beach. Reeve is the principal
character in the book and the
story is wovpn around his ex
ploits. His life as an Alaskan
pioneer bush pilot is also por
trayed prominently in Jean Pot
ter’s book, “The Flying North.”
In addition to his interest in
the Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc.,
he has substantial interests in
other Alaskan enterprises includ
ing Reeve Alaska Airmcftive;
Kennedy Hardware Corporation;
and the Terminal Building Cor
poration, all located in Anchor
age. He has been active in civic
affairs in Anchorage and has
added his influence and business
acumen liberally to the develop
ment of the region.
LONG DAY
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., </P)—A
local contractor was taken aback
when one of his workmen credited
himself with a 25-hour work day,
the Grand Island Independent re
lated.
Queried about it, the work
man replied. “Well, I didn’t take
time off for lunch.”
Scorchy Smith Goes Out of This World!
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Accustomed as he is to high adventure,
Ace Airman Scorcliy Smith never be
fore has run up against anything such
as he encounters in the sequence start
ing Monday, December 17. Artist ftod
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Willard has had the technical advice
of AP Science Editor Howard Blakes
lee in giving his new out-of-this-world
story down-to-earth realism in the light
of new scientific facts.