Army To Stage
Fairbanks Attack
FAIRBANKS, — <>P) — Two
simulated attacks will be staged
by armed forces against Fair
banks within the next five days,
Brig. Gen. Dale V. Gaffney, com
mander of the Air Force Yukon
Composite Wing, announced today.
He said soldiers from the Ladd
Field Air Force Base will move
to the designated defense positions
in the city as part of the maneu
vers in one daytime and one night
time alert.
The general called the exercises
standard training procedure in
tended to familiarize troops with
public defense patterns in event
of an emergency.
WIFE OF PILOT STINTON
ARRIVES ON PAN AMERICAN
Katherine Stinton, wife of Pi
lot Stinton, who is pilot for the
Wien Alaska Airlines, arrived
on the Pan American plane from
Seattle yesterday, to be with her
husband here.
JIM FRYE RETURNS
TO NUGGET STAFF
Jim Frye, who has been in the
States for the past four months,
returned to Nome and the Nug
get staff yesterday, we are
pleased to announce.
Les Bronson, local business
man made a business trip to Fair
banks yesterday with the Wien
Airlines. He will return in a few
days.
Mrs. Richard Webb, office
manager of the Nome office of
the Wien Alaska, Airlines, went
to Fairbanks yesterday on com
pany business.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson
flew into Nome from Fairbanks
with the Wien Alaska Airlines
on Monday for a short visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Anderson
of this city. Ed and Carl are
brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Germain are
visiting throughout Alaska, and
were flown to Nome on Monday
by the Wien Alaska Airlines. Mr.
Germain is with the Bureau of
Mines.
Alaskans Get Top
Priority In Plans
For Development
FAIRBANKS, — (JP) —Perme
nent residents of Alaska were as
sured “top priority in all plans
for development of the Territory”
today by James P. Davis, direc
tor of territories in the Department
of Interior.
Davis’ comment was prompted
by queries on the status of Alas
ka in connection with the re
cently announced interior depart
ment withdrawal of 193,000 acres
in the Kenai Peninsula and at
Dunbar on the Alaska Railroad:
Davis, formerly OPA director
for Alaska, now is touring the
Territory. He said he was in
specting progress of the Alaska
Railroad rehabilitation program,
which he predicted would be a
“major step forward in economic
development of the Territory.”
During the 1949 fiscal year, he
said, approximately $37,000,000
will be available‘for the Alaska
Highway program, including hard
surfacing of portions of trunk high
Navy Vessels
Go To Barrow
SEATTLE, — (yP) —Five Navy
! cargo vessels steamed out of El
liott Bay yesterday bound for the
; arctic. The vessels are loaded with
more than 40,000 tons of military
and government supplies for nor
thern outposts.
Capt. J. U. Lademan, aboard the
flagship USS Union, is in com
mand of the flotilla. Chief ice pilot
of the expedition is commander
John Backland of Seattle, veteran
of many arctic voyages.
Other ships in the group are the
Washburn, Skagit, Titania and
the Leo.
Three other vessels sailed last
week to take part in the opera
tions at Point Barrow. They are
the ice-breaker Burton Island and
two LSTs.
All ships in the mission are part
| of the amphibious force. Pacific
Fleet, under command of rear
I admiral B. J. Rogers of San Diego.
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Mr. and Mrs. Les Stevens made
a trip to Kotzebue on Monday.
Mr. Stevens is a local accountant.
FAIRBANKS. <£>) — Irving H.
Call, former city engineer for
North Adams, Mass., was hired
by the Fairbanks city council as
city manager yesterday at a sal
ary of $9,000 yearly.
Call is now project engineer
for Guy - Spofford - Thorndyke
architectural engineers, who laid
out the Ladd and Eielson air
force bases here.
Call, on Aug. 15, will succeed
Louis D. Kelsey, former city man
ager from Milwaukee, Ore., who
resigned the Fairbanks post last *
April.
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