Life Aboard The
Navy’s R4D Arctic
‘Ski Jump’ Planes
PT. BARROW, (AMNS), March
17—The Navy expedition toward
the North Pole was delayed by
mechanical difficulties on the
three planes brought on by 40
below zero temperatures.
Sunday at the top of the world
found the men retelling their ad
ventures on the first phase of
Operaticm Ski Jump, during
which they established four re
supply bases for later operations
nearer the pole.
Living conditions aboard the
R4D’s while they remain on the
ice for several days are unique.
In the fuselage, seven feet high
by 30 feet long, the ten men are
warmed by a noisy auxiliary
power unit, though it is an un
even temperature at best. It
ranges from a plus 70 degrees on
the forward top bunk to minus
five on the deck aft.
Each man is equipped with the
latest cold weather gear and as
a safety factor the minute the ski
plane lands on ice a survival cap
sule is thrown overboard. In case
the ice gives way, the men will
have another set of clothes, sleep
ing bags and rations available to
them above the surface.
While on the plane, life offers
few problems. The ten men cook
their own meals, usually the best
of Navy chow. Water is no prob
lem near the North Pole for as
long as there is heat, the ice will
melt. The only difficulty in daily
life isolated aboard an R4D is in
washing dishes. And this has been
eased by the discovery that plac
ing the frying pans outside the
plape make it possible to flick
the frozen remains off, leaving
the pans as clean as a whistle.
Tree-ripened bananas are not
good to eat.
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Submarine Volcano
Erupting Near Manila
MANILA, (/P) — A submarine
volcano Monday was reported
belching smoke and steam on the
surface of the Pacific Ocean 315
miles north of Manila.
The eruption was reported by
the steamer Brightstar, enroute
from Los Angeles to the Persian
Gulf.
The location is at the same spot
where a century ago an under
water volcano built up a cone that
reached 700 feet above sea level.
Capt. J. J. Phlippsen of Port
land, Ore., master of the Bright
star, said his ship passed within
30 miles of the spot Sunday. In
a report received by the Philip
pines Weather Bureau he told of
seeing a “column of white smoke
coming in bursts” in or near
Didicas Rocks.
Didicas Rocks, 40 miles from
the northeast tip of Luzon Island,
■are the remains of the century
old eruption. They first appeared
aborve the sea in 1856.
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Steel Shortage Will Affect
Alaska Machinery Users
Warns Steve Andersen
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Steve Andersen, manager of the
Caterpillar Department, Northern
Commercial Co., Nome, has just
returned from the annual meet
ing of the N.C. Co. machinery
division at Seattle.
Truman Sage, general manager
of the Machinery Division, and
Howard Stephens, vice president
of the Northern Commercial Co.,
both frequent visitors to Nome,
were in charge of the meeting.
Representatives of the Cater
pillar Tractor Co., and many
other of the country’s leading
machinery lines addressed the
meeting in order to announce and
explain new models and other
facts interesting to the North
land’s basic industries—construc
tion, mining, fishing, canning, log
ging, and agriculture.
Mr. Andersen states that the de
mand for machinery on high pri
ority government and defense
projects is such that civilian users
should anticipate their require
ments as far in advance of actual
needs as possible. Andersen prom
ises, however, that both the NC
Co. and the manufacturers will
make every effort to meet the de
mands of civilian economy as well
as those of the government and
armed services.
The necessity to allocate steel,
brought about by unsettled world
conditions, will also have its ef
fect, according to Mr. Andersen,
upon parts needed for servicing
and reconditioning. Accordingly,
machinery users are urged to give
special care to existing equipment
in order to minimize as much as
possible the need for parts during
this period of limited supply.
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Wildlife Conference
Scores Private Interests
MIAMI, Fla., (£>)—-The North
American Wildlife Conference
continued Tuesday with discussion
of small game, marine and wet
land resources and a general ses
sion to present a natural resources
policy. *
At the opening session Monday
the conference was told that na
tional forests and parks are being N
“invaded and despoiled by pri
vate interests.”
“There is a very aggressive ac
tion to chisel in on the national
forests 'by taking advantage of
mining laws,” said Ira N. Gabriel
son, president of the Wildlife
Management Institute.
“Influential western livestock
owners are attempting to take
advantage of our national forests
without assuming any responsibil
ity,” he asserted.
About 1,000,000 acres of public
ly-owned land is reverting to pri
vate ownership by “flagrant mis- .
use of laws governing discovery
and operation of mines,” said
Cleveland Van Dresser, news di
rector of radio station WEAT of
West Palm Beach.
“In many cases the land is
simply held by private interests
in the hope its value will rise,”
he said. “In other instances bil
lions of board feet of timber on
public domain are controlled by
persons holding mining claims in
12 western states.”
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began comprehensive reporting of
the debates in the English Parlia
ment, the Parliament attempted to
halt the practice and even had the
lord mayor of London arrested for
refusal to honor warrants against
. printers.
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Thursdays—6:30 pjn.
B O T—Firelite Room
Dinner Meeting
(Reservations for other than
members must be made before
Wednesday noon).
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
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Dorothy Young,
Worthy Matron
Rosa B. Hagen,
Secretary
Meetings 1st & 3rd Mondays
NOME
CIVIL AIR PATROL
Meetings — 1st and 3rd
Wednesdays — 7:30 p.m.
Phone Black 191 Federal Bldg.
ROTARY CLUB
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Thursday Luncheon
W. H. Cameron, Pres.
Dev^ey Goodrich, Secy.
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