Senate To Debate
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.. WASHINGTON, (/P) —- The de
fense department proposal for
drafting 18-year-olds appears cer
tain tp reach the Senate floor. It
was included in a bill approved
Friday, night by a 7 to. 1 vote of
the Senate preparedness sub-com
mittee..
• Although the measure still must
^clear > the Senate armed services
committee, that step seemed cer
tain since the seven Snators who
voted for it in the sub-committee
form a majority in the 13-man
armed services group.
The sub-committee added sev
eral restrictions and modifications
to the broad plan urged by secre
tary of defense Marshall to build
up the nation’s fighting manpower
and provide a long-term reserve.
Young men of 18 have never
been drafted in peacetime. And
stiff opposition to the plan has de
veloped in both the Senate and
House, because of many protests,
especially from parents and edu
cators.
One provision the group insert
ed in the measure would author
• ize army enlistment during the
next five years of up to 125,000
carefully selected aliens.
Major provision approved by
the Senate group would:
1. Lower the preesnt minimum
draft age from 19 years ta 18 but
require local draft boards first to
call up all available men in their
present manpower pools of 19
through 25 years.
2. Extend present required
service of 21 months to 24 months
exclusive of leave.
3. Establish a universal military
training and sendee program on a
permanent basis to succeed the
present selective service act which
i* due to expire July 9.
Asks Re-Activation
Of Marks Air Field
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of the Nome area could well ex
pose all of the Territory of Alaska
to ultimate enemy attack and in
vasion; and
WHEREAS, maintenance of
Marks Airfield in active status
would also serve to delay possible
enemy attack and invasion of
other portions of the Territory of
Alaska;
NOW THEREFORE, your Me
morialist, the Legislature of the
Territory of Alaska, respectfully
urges that appropriate action be
taken to re-activate Marks Airfield
at Nome, Alaska.
AND YOUR MEMORALIST
WILL EVER PRAY.
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Fine Brotherhood
Of R. R. Trainmen
$25,000 For Strike
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and local officers and 31 lodges
| of the BRT in the contempt hear
ing, said: “As long as a union is
I functioning as a union, it must be
responsible for the mass action of
its members.”
The government has asked
Judge Igoe to fine the rail union
$1,500,000, fine three of its top of
ficers a total of $100,000, and to
consider fines for other officials
of local unions in the Chicago
area.
Judge Igoe said he didn’t be
lieve in imposing “astronomical
fines.” and added: “but ^he union
must realize the great wrong they
have dont.”
Theer was no comment on the
ruling from the Brotherhood or
railroad officials in Chicago or
Washington.
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Palmer Evacuation
‘Complete Success’
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PALMER, (JP) — A “cold wea
ther” practice evacuation at this
Matanuska Valley town Saturday
was rated by the military today
as a “complete success.”
Teh test of winter driving con
diitons was made in clear, 10
above zero weather. The evacua
tion was along the pattern to be
followed in event of enemy attack.
Cars and trucks manned by wo
men drivers from Fot Richardson
and Elmendorf Field in Anchor
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age sped through simulated sup
ply depots for three hours. •
Military observers said the ve
hicles passed at a much faster
rate than in a similar exercise last
summer.
WOMEN SENATORS ABSENT
NEW HAVEN, <ff) — For the
first time in 10 years, there are no
women members in the Connecti
cut State Senate. Another oddity
of the current session is that not
one of the 17 Republican members
of the chamber is a lawyer, al
thcygh there are several of that
profession among the 19 Demo
| crats.
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Everyone interested in the wel
fare of Northwestern Alaska is in
vited to attend, an open .dinner
meeting of the N.W.A. Chamber
of Commerce on Wednesday eve
ning at 7:00 p.m. at the Bering
Sea Club.
Make your reservations at the
Nome Motor Co., Nome Hardware
Store, Polet's or the N. C. Co.
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GOOD PROGRAM PLANNED
FOR C. OF C. DINNER
Wednesday noon is the deadline
set for purchasing your Chamber
of Commerce dinner reservations
tickets which is being held on
Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m.
1 at the Bering Sea Club.
Chairman Galvin states that a
good program .has been planned in
relation to the economic prob
lems of the Division, as Well as
late information direct from some
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of our legislators. He also states
that anyone may bring up sug
gestions which they think should
be presented to the Legislature at
this time by advising the toast
master, A. Saario, ahead of time
so that it can be put into the pro
gram. . .1 •
Chairman Galvin states that
these dinners are always well at
tended and filled to capacity so
those desiring to go should get
their reservations in as soon as
possible.
FUGITIVE FROM COLD—
HE STEALS INTO JAIL
FAIRBANKS, {JP)—iPolice Chief
Dewey Orrell is worried about the
1 attitude some people are taking
I toward the city jail during the
current cold spell.
John Howell, 39, sneaked into
the pokey and went to sleep in an
empty cell.
When discovered Friday morn
ing, Howell explained:
“It was 40 below outside and I
was broke.”
Orrell obligingly filed a vagran
cy charge against Howell, but
! said:
“You have to get out in three!
days.” i
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Nylon May Rival
Fur In Arctic
Military Clothing
DAYTON, O. (/P)—The air force
announced today it soon may
clothe its Arctic fliers with gar
ments of false fur made from ny
lor fiber.
The Air Materiel Command’s
aero medical laboratory at Wright
Paterson Air Force Base said the
substitute fur rivals hard-to-get
wolf and mouton fur in luster,
softness, quality and wearability
—and it costs only about one-fifth
as much.
With an increasing emphasis on
operations in the Arctic, the need
for fur has soared, the air force
said, while the present emergency
has caused some of the main
sources of supply to be cut off,.
* Synthetic wolf, still in the ex
perimental state, is undergoing
functional tests at 65 degrees be
low zero in AMC laboratories.. It
is made of nylon fiber on a back
ing of knit cotton coated with
rubber.
The air force also is experi
menting ; with synthetic mouton
made from a blend of two syn
thetic textile fibers, Dynel and
Vicara. This will be used as col
lar trimming on flight jackets.
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