The Nome Nugget
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WHAT ABOUT ARMY A Nil*
NAVY AIR BASKS IN
A1ASKA ?
It has been some time since
concentrated efforts have been made
toward tile establishment of eith-'
er army or navy, or both, air
forces in Alaska. Kverv town in
Alaska has been working toward
this end. In many eases briefs were
prepared and sent to Washington.
D. in an endeavor to convinc"
sons Congressman Mat the armv
or navy should have a base i*t
Alaska ffo.n which to operate. *
With the completion of the now
airplane tield at Nome, only a
matter of a few months away, .t
would be well to consider at this
time plans for the appeal tei Wash
ington. to place either an army or
navy airplane base at Nome. Noma
is a strategic point in world air
travel. It is located on the sea
where steamers may reach it dur
ing the summer months with sup
plies. Nome is also on the hypothet
ical line of a route ol air travel
txdween the United States and the
far east, y
Wiley Post has twice passed thru
Nome ou his famous flights aroun I
the world for records. Other world-i
j famed aviators have stopped at j
'Nome on their way to the Orient j
i or around the world.
In all ways Nome would be an
ideal spotsfor the. establish riient of
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•an air base for the government.
It does not take very long for
planes to fly 2,000 miles. At almost
any time a hostile air squadron
could 'fly into Nome from some
foreign soil, and with our large
field, the largest in Alaska, com
pleted, would have just about ev
erything their own way.
Other cities throughout Alaska
are alive to the possibilities which
might arise in the event of war
with some far pastern nation. Witn
commercial aviation progressing as
it has been for the past several
years, developments have been made
rapidly, one following the other
until Alaska is now equipped with
fast reliable planes, and good su !•
r
stantial fields. This would be just
what a hostile power would go for. '
Coming into Nome from the west
ward, t.weniy-five or thirty, fight
ing and bombing j>lanes could eas
ily dominate the entire country,
flying eastward and subjegatinfr
that city.
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BASES AT NOME AND CANDLE
Many people say "Well, what If
they did take Alaska; what would
they have when’ they did fly ovoe
here?'*
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They would have one of the
richest storehouses In tae world,
for one th'ing. They would have
thousands of miles of coastline with {
beautiful harbors for the basing
of ships of war,; they would have
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a fishing Industry which could sup
ply any nation for years to come
And, above It all, they would Ip*
perhaps only another 2,200 miles
Jr.it n the actual shores of ‘.he
United States proper, only a ma.
ter of another twelve to fifteen
horrs flight by plane.
Alaska today. Is. It must be ad
initted, n - matter how humiliating,
absolutely unprotected. There Icu’l
■>ne piece of amiamerat in the !or
•. Itory which could be used effect -
ively to ward off an enemy, should
be approach cor shores. .
Why does the United States
Government neglect Alaska?
Hawaii, another territory, und
er the1 United States, is amply
fortified with aramaments, beside
the stationing of the army and
navy bases at several points thru
out the Islands. Alaska is a good
deal closer to the United States
than Hawaii is. As a remote out
post or finger to keep enemies
from an immediate attack on the
Shores of the United States, Alus
ka is worth nothing at presen*.
It has no fortifications; it hns noth
Ing which the people or any forc
es could gw to stave off attack.
In other words It Is entirely op
en to anyone who wants to come
In and take it.
The people on the Aleutian Is
lands have Been seeking for sev
eral years to have the lT. S. Navy
patrol and survey the string of
islands belonging to .the United
States, which stretch toward the.
westward. They finally were heard
and for the past two or thre«
years surveys have been made.
People In 'southeastern and south
western Alaska towns have been
asking for the same thing. Too
people of Nome und Fairbanks
have been seeking nlrptane bases
as an additional means of pr »
feet ton. Yet with all our efforts
we have ndt yet received the re
q nl red attention.
In 11* J 9, when Col Carl lien
Ktelson, considered ns the father
of commercial aviation In Alaska,
was lost in Siberia with his mech
anic Karl Borland, an appeal Ivr.s
made to the United States C.ovorn
! ment to scud army planes in
Alaska to help search for him.
The War Department replied to
the appeal for help by saying th -
Army did not bate one piece of
'equipment suitable, nor any pilots
in Its service, who could success
fully fly in the cold weather of
Alaska In winter, A frank admis
sion that the sefvloe was Incora
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