Alaska Invaded
By Air Troops
In War Drill
Alaska will be invaded by hun
dreds of paratroopers Monday in
the military exercise “Firestep”.
And civil defense heads in Pal
mer warned “it might happen
here”.
. Fairbanks will have the privi
lege of observing Monday one of
the most spectacular operations in
modern warfare. Lt. Gen. W. E.
Kepner, commander-in-chief of
the Alaskan Command, has in
vited the public to witness an
actual paratroop drop, to be made
in conjunction with military ex
ercise “Firestep”.
Starting at 10 a.m., will be the
paradrop of men from C-119 air
craft of the 316th and 433rd Troop
Carrier groups.
The paratroopers constitute the
1st Battalion Combat Team of the
505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, from Fort Bragg, N. C.,
under command of Lt. Col. Ralph
D. Burns. Planes of the 433d
Troop Carrier Group are from
Donaldson Air Force Base, Green
ville, S. C., those of the 316th are
from Sewart Air Force Base.
Smyrna, Tennessee.
The paratroopers carry rations
and ammunition. At the same
time that hundreds of men make
their jump, light equipment will
be dropped. Five minutes later,
heavy equipment will be para
chuted from other aircraft.
Fairbanks residents will see the
sky filled with parachutes of
many colors, each color signify
ing the type of drop being made.
The fighting men are assigned
one color, the medical supply
^parachutes are white with a red
cross, and each company is as
signed its own color for supply
drops.
The paradrop will mark the
Valley
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WAR SERVICE
MANPOWER PLAN
ALLOTTED
A plan for equitable distribu
tion of manpower among Army,
Navy, Marine Corps and AirForce
in a way that will assure each
gets its fair share of new men,
on the basis of mental and phys
ical qualifications, is announced
by the Secretary of Defense,
George Marshall.
The plan will apply to men en
tering through enlistment or sel
ective service. In announcing the
new program, Gen. Marshall
stated it was “a further step in
the progress of the unification of
the Armed Forces.”
Minimum physical standards for
acceptance will be identical for
all services.
Out of every 100 men who take
the Armed Forces qualifications
test and qualify for military ser
vice, 8 normally fall in Group I,
the highest mental group; 32 in
Group II, 39 in Group III and 21
in Group IV. Each service will
take in men in accordance with
these proportions, whether thru
voluntary enlistment oT induc
tion. Should service fail, in any
2-month period, to obtain by vol
untary enlistment the specified
quotas, shortages would be filled
in a subsequent month from
among selective service regis
trants.
shifting of action in Alaska’s ex
ercise “Firestep” to the area north
of the Alaska Range. The “ag
gressor” forces have been de
feated in the more southerly por
tions of the territory.
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Mass Meeting
Called For
Farmers’ Market
Definite strides toward form
ing a Farmers’ Market Associa
tion were made today when a
date was set for a mass meeting
of all who may have produce or
other wares to sell.
Place is the Grange Hall in
Palmer. Date: Wednesday, April
25, at 8 p.m.
“Everyone interested in join
ing a Farmers’ Market Associa
tion, and selling farm retail prod
| ucts in the market booths, is in
j vited. Sites and building plans
will be discussed,” Miss Florence
O. Eby, who launched the idea
for this community, declared.
Miss Eby has made a study of
farmers’ markets and is con
vinced such a plan would be prac
tical in the Matanuska Valley,
providing an outlet for produce
raisers and a ready market which
would attract buyers from An
chorage and other towns.
Sites Under Consideration
Several buildings and lots are
being studied for the best location
for the proposed market. Lumber
for part of the required construc
tion for booths has been donated
but much more is needed. Three
different lots have been offered.
Miss Eby has presented the
Farmers’ Market plan before var
ious clubs and organizations and
for the most part has won strong
support.
“It’s an idea that has worked
in other localities and should
work here if enough of us sup
port it,” Miss Eby said.
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citizens, in getting the city spic
and-span for Colony Day.
Quarantine Problems
I. M. C. Anderson of the An
chorage Chamber, area supervi
sor of the Farmers Home Admin
istration, U. S. Dept, of Agricul
ture, told of some of the problems
which the quarantine division
faces in trying to insure that in
coming trees, shrubs and vegeta
bles are free of disease and pests.
Biggest problem is stuff flown
in from the Orient which might
harbor insects or disease germ.
Lack of adequate funds and the
difficulty of obtaining expert per
sonnel, best the department in its
preventive work, he said.
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