Craig Urges Alaska'
Preparedness
•JUNEAU, </P> — A program of
United States’ preparedness
against attack in the lar north was
urged yesterday by Maj. Gen. j
Howard A. Craig, commanding
general of the Alaska Command,
in a speech before the veterans of
foreign wars.
“Next time we are target num
ber one,’’ the general remarked.
“Next time the blow will come
suddenly and unannounced in the
form of powerful air attacks seek
ing to destroy or paralyze our de
fensive air and ground foces.”
“Some of you will say who is
this aggessor? Who are we going
to fight? I don’t know—but you
know as well as I do that if we
fight we will fight with people.
“Look to the north. There on the
other side of the Polar basin is the
European Asiatic land with three
quarters of the world’s population.
“There is where an attack will
come from if we are ever forced
into another conflict, and invading
aircraft in flying the shortest route
to our industrial areas will fly
President's Fish
Almost Got Away
SANDPONT. Idaho (^—Presi
dent Truman will have a chance
after all to feast on the world’s
record 36-pound Kamloop rain
bow trout.
The giant fish was retrieved
Friday afternoon from the waters
of Lake Pend Oreille, where it
had sunk 14 feet to the bottom af
ter slipping off a gaff while cam
eramen were preparing to photo
graph it.
Preparations were made imme
diately to send it by plane to the
President.
Fire chief C. N. Simon brought
the big rainbow to the surface
with a special grappling hook of
his own manufacture.
The record breaker was caught
by Clinton C. Shepherd, Oppor
tunity, Wash., on the opening day
of the season Thursday.
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Helium gas was first observed
on the sun.
over the Polar basin,” the general
concluded.
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Recommend Long
Range Agricultural
Research In Alaska
•
(By Charles D. Watkins)
«<>P> Special Washington Service'
WASHINGTON. (A*) — A long
range agricultural research pro
gram for Alaska to cost $150,000
its first year and perhaps as much
as $600,000 by its fifth year is rec
ommended by the agriculture de
partment.
In addition to operating costs,
offices, laboratories, greenhouses,
etc., would cost an estimated $500.
000 during the first five years.
i A report on a year’s investiga
tion of Alaskan agricultural prob
lems by a task group of the agri
cultural research administration
was presented the House agricul
ture appropriations subcommittee
this week and also has been sent
the Senate appropriations commit
tee.
The report says:
“The task group recommends
the inauguration of an agriculture
research program in Alaska to be
gin in 1948 at an anticipated cost
of $150,000 for the first year and to
; be developed over a five year pe
riod to a program costing several
times that amount.”
Rep. Horan <R.-Wash.», a mem
ber of the subcommittee said the
report “laid a fine foundation for
experiment station expansion in
Alaska to meet the need of the
Territory for agricultural expan
sion.”
The group recommends that ex
periments be carried on with soil
problems, field and horticultural
crops, climatic data, livestock, and
dairying, fur farming, agricultural
engineering, insect pests, rural liv
ing conditions, and farm manage
ment and marketing problems.
The Ukraine is the second rich
est and second most populous
union republic of the U. S. S. R.
Jet Pilot Wins
Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Ah — Jet
Pilot won the derby; Phalanx was
second; Faultless third; Trust
fourth. The time was 206 4-5 on a
slow track. Jet Pilot led all the
way and just managed to hang
by a nose on the wire to stave off
Phalanx in the closing rush to
win a purse of $92,000. Jet Pilot
paid $12.80.
LOUISVILLE, (Ah—The derby
madness that strikes this town on
the first Saturday in May each
year was somewhat more insane
than ever this year, as some 125,
000 race-mad people attempted to
pick the winner among 14 three
year-old colts.
The main reason for the extra
ordinary confusion attending the
73rd and biggest of all Kentucky
derbies was the fact that there
wasn’t an outstanding favorite
among the 14 horses that were
due to parade to the post at 2:45
Lights Aid
Burglars9 Escape
PHILADELPHIA, l/P>—Harvey
Barton, Jr., was making good
progress in a battle wita two .u
truders early today until neigh
bors, aroused by the noise oi the
street tight, began turn ng on
lights.
The lights—and a break—en
abled the men to e&cape as Bar-on
beat a hasty retreat back into the
house.
Two men who had been in
sistently ringing the bell grabbed
Mrs. Barton as she opened the
door about 1:30 a.m. Barton leap
ed out of bed when his wife
screamed, drove the men into the
street and was knocking them
down as fast as they could get up
until the lights came on.
It was then he noticed the draiv
string of his pajamas had broken.
p.m. (PST.) for the 73rd edition of
Col. Mat Winn’s guessing game.
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