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of this hour of peril.”
Lt.-Gen. William E. ,Kepner,
head of the Alaska Command,
pointed out that housing must be
completed before addiitonal troops
could be brought to Alaska. He
said housing at military bases in
the Territory already was over
crowded.
Col. L. E. Seeman, district en
gineer, told of construction delays
last year. He said much of the de
lay was due to the “late availabil
ity of money, but it also was caus
ed by unstable labor conditions.’
A ’bid call for many projects
was delayed for months hoping
wage rates would be set, Seeman
said, an dthis year huge contracts
totaling about $170,000,000 are to
be awarded in the next five
months.
Seeman said the construction
program will tax all the building
facilities of Alaska continually—
ports, railroad, unloading docks,
etc.—an dall “must work at full
capacity.”
He added that if there was any
interruption causing these facili
ties to lie idle even a short time,
the entire program would be re
tarded and “we won’t be able to
catch up.”
J. P. Johnson, manager of the
Alaska Railroad, said the line’s re
habilitation program was only 65
percent complete and added that
“we must undertake river boat
service rehabilitation this sum
mer” because of military installa
American Legion
The regular bi-monthly meeting
of Post No. 19 was called to order
last evening by newly-installed
Post Commander Dan Jones.
The membership drive, now in
full swing, has proven very profit
j able. Thanks to the efforts of
Steve Stephenson, seven new
members were initiated and sev
eral more who could not attend
this meeting will be enrolled at
the next meeting on Feb. 13. A to
tal membership of 75 is now the
goal for this drive.
The Post has been asked by the
City to assist in the annual March,
of Dimes Campaign for 1951. It (
was voted that the members
should help by assisting at the
dance to be held in the school
gymnasium on Tuesday night, Jan.!
30. A record turnout is expected
for this most worthy cause.
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On answer to an alarm sent in
by the sentries of MAFB, the Fire J
Department went to the west side
of Belmont Point Monday where
smoke was seen pouring from a i
small cabin, property of Paul Dry
den, which was rented to Ira
Anangutogut. Ira was not at home
and although -the cabin was filled
with smoke there was little dam- j
age it was reported.
tions depending on them if>r such
service.
Government representatives will
sit separately with contractors and
union groups to study mutual
problems and try to find a way of
avoiding work interruptions.
Then all parties will be assem-1
bled in another meeting to hear
reports, a procedure that may take
several days.
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CLYDE KAMMERER
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Urge Prefabricated
Housing for Alaska
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C()P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, </P)—Rep. Mit
chell (D.-Wash.) urged today that
defense agencies step up their in
vestigation of the use of prefabri
cated housing in Alaska.
He said an air force answer to
his request for a progress report
on the service’s housing program
to relieve the existing shortage in
dicated “apparently little had been
done.”
Mitchell said a 1949 survey
which he conducted indicated
need for 19,616 Alaska housing
units to meet military and civilian
defense employees’ requirements.
He said construction of 3,849
units were approved by Congress
last year. But, he continued, the
Air Force told him that under this
program 112 units of family hous
ing at Eielson Air Force Base were
but 34 per cent complete on Nov.
30, 1950, and a 50-man barrancks,
also at Eielson, was not placed un
der construction until Oct. 24,
1950.
Both, the air force said, are
scheduled for completion Dec. 1,
1951.
Mitchell said the air force letter
indicated a major problem to be
overcome was the short construc
tion season and the scarcity of
skilled workers.
Prefabricated housing, the Con
gressman said, would be the an
swer to both problems if such con
struction proves suitable for the
extreme cold Arctic weather.
“Housing units could be put to
gether in the United States
throughout the winter months and
shipped to Alaska ready fbr as
sembling during the short summer
construction season,” Mitchell ex
plained.
He said tests conducted on en
ameled steel prefabs indicated
they would withstand tempera
tures of 65 degrees below zero.
More extreme -temperatures, he
said, showed up some “bugs.”
Eileen Uttich of the Welfare
Department, left for Kotzebue,
enroute td various villages in the
north or her annual field trip.
Miss Uttich stated that she will
touch in at such remote places as
Shungnak and Kobuk and expects
to be gone several weeks.
$1,922,750 Alloted
Six Alaskan Cities
For Public Works
WASHINGTON, </P)—Secretary
of the Interior Chapman has an
nounced that $1,922,750 has been
alloted. for a public works con
struction program in Alaska for
the current fiscal year.
Chapman said the major share
of this, $1,200,000, will go to con
struction and equipment of a five
story reinforced concrete Territo
rial office building at Juneau..
He said John D. Argetsinger,
district engineer for Alaska, has
been instructed to complete nego
tiations promptly with engineers
for the professional services re
quired for the construction pro
gram.
The other projects for which
funds were alloted:
Furnishing and installing coal
handling facilities at the Fairbanks
electric plant, $221,800.
Construction of water supply
system, including supply dam and
1 supply lines at Petersburg $152,
000.
Improvement of Ketchikan’s
Third Avenue between Tongass
and Washington streets, $198,500.
Improvements to existing water
system at Seldovia, including stor
age dam and supply lines, $85,950.
Hoonah water system, including
replacement of the conversion dam
with a storage reservoir on Shot
ter Creek, construction of a new
conversion dam on Dalton Creek,
and the erection of a 100,000-gal
lon storage tank and supply lines,
$64,500.
The total of the allotments for
the six above projects is $1,922,
750. Under the Alaska Public
Works Act the applicants will re
imburse the Federal G wernment
for one half of the total project
costs.
Rev. and Mrs. Merle Smith
arrived from .their home in Dil
lingham enroute to visit their mis
sions in the Arctic.
When stationed here during the
I war for the Seventh Day Advent
ist Church ,they made many
friends who are enjoying meeting
■them again. Rev. Smith flies his
own plane.
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Wednesday. January 24. 1951
5:00 p.m.—Beulah
5:15—Art Baker
5:30—Club “15”
5:45—Light Up Time
6:00—News
6:15—Requestfully Yours
7:00—My Favorite Husband
7:30—Screen Guild Players
8:00—Father Knows Best
8:30—Greatest Story Ever Told
9:00—Spotlight Band
9:15—National Guard Show
9:30—Big Story
10:00—Name It For A Song
11:00—News
11:15—Words With Music
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Sign Off
Thursday, January 25, 1951
9:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
9:15—Morning Devotions
9:30—Hospital Requests
10:00—Eddie Albert
10:30—Red Foley
11:00—Jack Berch
11:15—Science Magazine of Air
11:30—I & E Special
Noon—Luncheon Turn-Table
1:00—Yesterday’s Best
1:30—AFRS Ranchhouse
2:00—Rook Shelf of the World
2:30—Saludos Amigos
2:45—Jack Smith
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—News
4:15—At Ease
4:30—Curt Massey
4:45—Passing Parade
5:00—Beulah
5:15—This Is Russia
5:30—Club “15”
5:45—Light Up Time
6:00—News
6:15—Reauestfully Yours
7:00—Duffy’s Tavern
7:30—Martin and Lewis
8:00—Show Goes On
8:30—Greatest Story Ever Told
9:00—Vaughn Monroe
9:30—Dragnet
10:00—Name It For A Song
11:00—News
11:15—Words With Music
11:30—One Night Stand
12:00—Sign Off
Friday, January 26, 1351
9:00 aun.—Morning Melodies
9:15—'Morning Devotions
9:30—Hospital Requests
10:00—Eddie Albert
10:30—Red Foley
11:00—Jack Berch
11:15—Just Between Us
11:30—I. & E Special
Noon—Luncheon Turntable
1:00—Yesterday’s Best
1:30—AFRS Ranch-house
2:00—Bookshelf of The World
2:30—Magic Carpet
2:45—Jack Smith
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—News
4:15—At Ease
4:30—‘Curt Massey
4:45—AFRS Sports Reel
5:00 p.m.—Beulah
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by the Dominion Government.
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