Whatzit Passes
Over Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (#*)—A brilliant
flash, visible in such widely scat
tered places as Kodiak and Fair
banks, lighted Alaskan skies last
night.
By consensus, it was a meteor
although there were unverified re
ports that anti-aircraft batteries
opened fire on the object as it
whizzed over Anchorage.
The flaming streak was report
ed over a 500-mile course extend
ing from Kodiak in the Gulf of
Alaska to inland Fairbanks. It
also was visible from Seward,
Portage and Skwentna.
Security agents immediately be
gan questioning witnesses here
where the visitation caused start
led residents to jam telephone ex
changes in inquiry.
The snowclnd sides of Mount
Illiamna were clearly visible from
Kenai, 70 miles away, as the ob
ject—described as “bright, bluish
and of growing intensity”—streak
ed aver the peninsula a few min
utes before 8 p.m., local time.
Reeve Airways pilot C. G. Kelly,
approaching an airfield eight
miles southwest of here, said the ,
object was directly overhead, trav- j
eling at 1,000 miles an hour and
increasing in intensity until it
was blinding to look at. Then he
said it exploded and vanished to
the northeast.
Other observers said it was ex
tremely high and seemed tr rise
vertically or diagonally tc the
northeast.
Many observers said the flash
was followed by a rumbling sim- |
ilar 'o thunder. The weather bur
eau said the gaseous material of a
Study Use Of
Radio In War
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The gov
ernment is conducting a series of
secret experiments aimed at de
veloping new wartime uses for ra
dio.
This was disclosed in a guarded
announcement hy the Federal
Communications Com mission
which said th the FOC, the de
fense department and the radio
industry are cooperating in the
venture.
The announcement said these
groups are “studying the use of
radio in the event of war; in con
nection with this study, experi
ments are being conducted with
new uses for radio.”
The commission indicated that
it had made the disclosure only to
explain why issuance of permits
for some new radio experiments
will not be announced according
to usual custom.
MORE NEW BOOKS AT
THE LIBRARY
The K. K. Library is in receipt
of more new books to help take
care of the winter reading needs
of the public.
Included in this week's ship
ment are “Presidents who have
known me,” Allen; “Piney” by
Ball: “The Disenchanted,” by
Schulberg: “Mingo Dabney,” by
Street: “4 Wagons West,” by Watt:
“Rivers to the West,” by Jenn
ings! “The Adventurer,” by Wal
tari, and for the children who
like “Oz” books, “The Wishing
Horse of Oz.”
meteor would give off such
sounds.
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Statehood Bill
Blocked In Senate
By Opponents
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those who favor civil rights legis
lation.
The same fight, Lucas added,
also* has .blocked a controversial
railway labor bill. This measure
seeks to allow the union shop and
l “checkoff” payment of union dues
in the railway industry. Senator
Jenner (R.-Ind.) wants it to carry
a “fair employment practices”
amendment which the southern
group opposes vigorously.
After four days otf debate, the
issues have become enmeshed in
this parliamentary snarlup:
1. The Senate can’t proceed to
vote on the Alaskan statehood bill
without an impossible-to-get unan
imous agreement to sidetrack the
railway labor bill.
2. It can’t go ahead with the la
bor bill without unanimous ap
proval—almost equally difficult—
to sidetrack a pending motion to
vote on statehood for Alaska.
Action on a similar bill for HaC
waii hinges on the fate of the
Alaskan measure. Both have been
approved by the House.
After three days of treadmill
debate, Democratic leaders Lucas
informed reporters yesterday that
unless a voting agreement can be
i reached by Monday he will with
draw his motion to take up the
measure. And he indicated very
plainly that he foresees no such
agreement.
Senator O’Mahoney (D.-Wyo.),
floor manager for the bill, took a
similar view.
After moves failed to set a vot
ing time either tomorrow or Mon
day, Lucas 'said:
“We’ll let the boys talk tomor- j
row, then set the statehood bill '
aside and take up rent control if'
we still don’t have an agreement
to let the statehood come to a
vote.”
The Alaska bill has never offi
cially been before the Senate for
consideration, although both it and
the Hawaii measure cleared the
House early this year. Since Tues
day, the debate has been based on
Lucas’ motion to bring it up. Even
if the motion prevailed, the bill
itself would be subject to unlim
ited talk.
O’iMahoney appraised the situa
tion in the Senate as “a full scale
•filibuster.”
Senator Hoey demanded in a
speech that backers of the bill
work thei rfight for it “in the in
teersts of national unity.”
In light of developments in Ko
rea, he said, “Unity is a supreme
need. We should not take up this
controversial matter now.”
Hoey said he opposes granting
statehood to any area not contig
uous to the United States and con
tended Alaskans themselves are
far from overwhelmingly in favor
of becoming a state.
Taxes off Alaska communities
already are high and would dou
ble under statehood, he said, as
serting many people in the Terri
tory want to continue Territorial
status on that account.
Senator Saltonstall (R.-Mass.)
announced in the Senate he will
vote against the proposal to take
up the statehood issue ahead of the
pending bill proposing to author
ize union shop agreements and
‘(check-off” payment of union
dues in the railway industry.
He said he would vote against
the motion because “the Senate
should keep the commitment it
made last September” to vote on
the railway bill, and disclaimed
any purpose of delaying the
statehood bills.
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