Anchorage
^ Preparing For
War Emergency
ANCHORAGE, <JP)—Sirens and
whistles here and at nearby El
mendorf Air Force Base Saturday
heralded new military and civil
ian defense preparedness pro
grams getting under way.
A new air whistle to supple
u ment the military siren was tested
at 10 a.m., base commander Brig.
Gen. Donald R. Hutchinson said.
The Alaska Railroad tested its
siren at noon in the terminal
yards.
The sounds warned everybody
in the greater Anchorage area of
what an emergency alert will
* sound like, just in case.
The machinery for preparing
for defense action in cast of actual
attack was recently mapped under
the direction of Mayor A. J Lous
sac, with guidance from Governor
Gruening.
“Anchorage will be expected to
carry out self-assistance in any
emergency,” General Hutshinson
said Saturday. “A year ago I
urged the city to take advantage
of the President's advisory com
mittee on civilian defense and
adopt a plan which could be
changed to meet arising situations.
^ “Communities should be pre
pared to control fires and care for
damage in cast of attack, attempt
to minimize casualties with plans
for shelter and evacuation and
• prevent sabotage or domestic dis
turbances.
“They should not lose sight of
the national guard, which is a
part of the military establish
ment and which concerns liaison
| with adjacent bases.”
In a letter to Alaskan mayors
earlier last week, Col. J. D. Alex
ander, civilian defense chief for
Alaska, warned:
“Communities in Alaska may be
subjected to enemy attack from
the air without warning,” but he
said there was no cause for undue
excitement or interference with
everyday life.
Hutchinson Saturday empha
sized national guard duties con
cerning domestic disturban c e s
and material aid to be rendered to
communities. He pointed out that
air power and troop support will
probably concentrate first on pro
tecting defense bases and the en
tire Territory from enemy action.
Secondly he said they would con
centrate on communities adjacent
to bases.
“Naturally, the military would
not sit back in event of an attack
concentrated on a civilian town.”
Hutchinson suggested all com
munities provide themselves with
“mobile public address systems,
sirens, air raid wardens, plant
guards and such emergency me
chanisms as should be establish
ed to follow instructions provided
by the military during any alert.”
He cited the need of an official
organization in emergencies as a
direct connection of the military
to civilians in matters of civilian
needs and added that Red Cross
case for the needy works best if
civilian defense plans are ade
quate. s
His comments tied in with those
of an Alaska Command public
service officer who said the rftili
tary’s first duty would be to evac
uate and shelter military depend
ents and civilian employees and to
put bases on a wartime status pre
pared to defend points of attack
and repel attackers.
He said the defense of Alaska
under Lt. Gen. William E. Kepner
is based on a policy of overall de
fense of the Territory as vital to
the Continental U. S., rather than
strict defense of individual bases
and communities as such.
The comments Saturday clari
fied a statement of Mayor Lous
sac to the City Council Wednesday
saying the “Anchorage will have
to stand on its own feet.”
Ida AUeth, correspondent and
feature writer for several news
papers, including the Christian
Science Monitor, who comes from
Lake Preston, South Dakota, is
visiting in Nome for a few days
and enjoyed a trip over the Arc
tic Circle with Wien Airlines.
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NEWARK, N. J. (A*)—Eastern
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in response to an appeal from the
department of defense.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, pres
ident and general manager, said
the planes were placed at the im
mediate disposal of the govern
ment, together with their crews
and ground facilities.
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.J. W. Larson, Seattle. A. M. Sny
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Sealed bids for repair work on
the Nome Public School Building
will be accepted by the Clerk of
the 'School Board until July 21,
1950. Specifications can be called
for at the City Clerk's Office.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
By Helen B. Olsen, Clerk.
Pub. July 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 1950.
NOTICE
Sealed bids for the installation of
fluorescent fixtures in the school
rooms of the Nome Public School
will be accepted by the Clerk of
the School Board until July 21,
1950. Specifications can be called
for at the City Clerk's Office.
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
By Helen B. Olsen, Clerk.
Pub.,July 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 1950.
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in 1941.
He was a member of the Alas
ka-Yukon Pioneers.
OMAHA, (JP)—Nebraskans, who
seldom get done mopping up in
the wake of weather violence,
weer at it again today.
Two tornadoes ripped across
sections of rural Nebraska late
Saturday. On their heels came
drenching rains and hail.
The rain, of which there was
nearly five inches in places, del
uged the east central Nebraska
area near ork where just a week
before 13 inches of rain brought
death-dealing floods.
CHICAGO (/P)—A report issued
by the Western Tax Council, to
day said the federal government
collects on the average of $7.46 in
taxes from taxpayers in each
state for every dollar returned by
the government to that state.
The report said Washington and
Alaska each paid $5.28 in taxes
for every dollar returned by the
government.
PETERSBURG, •(£>) — The sal
mon canning season got under
way here Saturday with 1,500 half
pound cases of sockeyes packed.
The fish ranged from five to
seven pounds. They were caught
in the Yakutat and Stikine river
districts.
Following a record halibut sea
son, many fishermen are convert
ing their boats to purse seining
to supply the three local canner
ies which can pack 8,000 cases
daily when in full operation.
LONG BEACH, Wash. (JP) — A
Bridges Demands
New Perjury Trial
SAN FRANCISCO, iff)—Harry
Bridges has demanded a new per
jury trial on the basis of an affi
davit filed in London June 6 by
a one-time bitter waterfront rival,
telling of a plot to frame the labor
leader.
Bridges, president of the CIO
International Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s union, is free on
bail pending an appeal of his con
viction of lying when he told a
1945 naturalization he had never
been a communist.
Attorneys for Bridges filed in
federal court Friday the affidavit
of John M. Stewart, known in Pa
cific Coast maritime circles as
John E. Ferguson. He is a one
time official of the Marine Fire
men’s union.
Stewart’s affidavit said hjs op
position to Bridges in 1936 and
1937 was financed by enemies of
the longshore leader in govern
ment, industry and labor.
A little soft-soap can make a
man slip.
three-way collision at the 19th an
nual northwest motorcycle tour
killed two cyclists and injured a
third yesterday.
The two were Calvin Lee Cow
art, 19, Vancouver, Wash., and
Richard Leo Arndt, 23, Portland.
Hospitalized at Vancouver with
fractures of his hands and wrists
was Ivan Dewey, 21, of Battle
Ground, Wash.
Station patrolmen said the
three were among some 1,200 cy
clists and passengers patricipating
in the annual event.
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