GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE'S STAFF
WORKS FOR WAR AND PEACE
The strength of radio reception \
from foreign lands can tell sci
entists working at the Geophysic
al Institute at the University of
Alaska a great deal about the
weather in the country from
which the broadcast originates.
That’s why the Institute is ex
pected to play a very important
part in wars of the future. Weath
er data gathered there can be of
help in planning bombing runs
and in anticipating possible bomb
flights over American soil.
Daring the past war, the Fair
banks laboratory conducted im
portant and very secret studies in
the fields of the stratosphere,
ilonosphere, the magnetic fields of
the Arctic, and the aurora bore
^alis. Nov/, housed in a new build
ing and with plans for increasing
the staff and experimental equip
ment, the Geophysics Institute is
•expected to venture even further
into the study of these unknown
forces.
And the scientists also continue
to study the forces of weather, in
•order to be of help to the nation
in the event of war. They reports
that already they have discovered
the means of beaming U. S. prop
aganda broadcasts to an enemy
country, without having enemy
observers discover weather facts
about the area in the United
States from which the broadcast
originates.
Geophysicists also are studying
direction and strength of flow of
both ocean and wind currents.
They know it is possible for en
emy countries to use wind cur
rents to carry radioactive dust.
The scientists are experimenting
with methods of producing artifi
cial storms or rains, in order to
break up a wind-launching atomic
cloud.
/All in all, in either war or
peace, the Geophysics Institute
at College is expected to become
increasingly important to world
commerce and world communi
cations in the next 50 years.
SHOP AT
TEELAND'S
They have milk and cheese
And butter, and peas.
And powder for fleas.
And a very nice
"May I help you, please?"
You can buy jam or jell.
Or a tinkling bell,
t Or eggs in the shell.
And you'll always hear
"Hope you've been well!"
There are caps from pelts
And salve for welts.
And there're leather belts.
And a courteous
"Is there anything else?"
I've found corn in a can
And socks for a man.
As well as a new pie pan
And a smiling
"Nice to see you again."
You'll find a clothes rack.
Or some flour in a sack.
Or maybe a kid's gimcrack.
And in parting, a
"Please come back."
TEELAND'S
SHOPPING
CENTER
Wosilla
JUNEAU ORGANIZES
AIR RAID WARDENS,
Juneau is taking its civilian de
dense seriously in these war
threatening days. The capitol
city’s civilian defense committee
already has organized air raid
wardens and fire patrols, and
now is turning its attention to
the establishment of first aid sta
tions.
The committee at first had con
sidered the advisability of stock
piling food, but has decided that
such action is not necessary yet.
The fate of Kodiak’s commu
nity center, which has been slip
ping into the red for the past
two years, will be decided at a
public meeting to be held on Sept.
2. The center’s board of directors
already has reported that the cen
ter will show a $1,000 deficit by
Sept. 1.
Experience is useless if you
can’t sell it for more than cost.
For Sale
SOURDOUGH BAR
Palmer
$14,000 Cash
7-Year Lease $175 Month Rent
* See Russ Felzien, Prop
Congratulations
to the Fair Board
for Their All-Out Effort to Make a Success
of This
Tenth Annual
MATANUSKA VALLEY FAIR
And a Hearty Welcome to Our Visitors!
We Know You'll Find the 1950 Valley Fair
The Biggest and the Best We've Ever Had
See the Exhibits and Displays, Watch the
Horse Races and Donkey Baseball, and then
go tell your friends about our wonderful
Fair this year.
Ketchikan Spruce Mills
Alaska Owned and Operated
Palmer, Alaska
KING SALMON ARE
GLOBE-TROTTERS
OF ARCTIC WATERS
Alaska’s king salmon are rap
idly becoming known as the cos
mopolitanites of the finny fugi
tives from a tin can. The kings
really get around, and in a re
markably short span of time, too.
Only last week, a king tagged
at Hoktaheen, near Cape Spencer,
Alaska, was hooked near Cape
Look, Ore. The fish had been
tagged at Hoktaheen on May 27
of this year.
However the Hoktaheen king
salmon wasn’t breaking any salm
on travel records. He swam only
1,037 miles since last May 27.
Earlier, a king tagged off Hokta
heen had been caught at St.
Helens, Ore., a distance of 1,100
miles. To date, that king holds
the salmon’s distance swim rec
ord.
Many people hurry to catch up
where one hurries to get ahead.
Too many people stew about
things they can’t change or influ
ence.
Registration and voting are the
lifeblood of democracy.
Seward Pool Committee
Picks First Lake Site
The city of Seward, shocked
and saddened by the recent death
of a Seward youth, who drowned
while swimming in a nearby lake
was making definite strides to
ward a municipal pool this week.
A committee, named to plan for
the pool, has selected First Lake
as the site.
P
The lake wijl be drained,
cleaned, and filled where neces
sary to eliminate holes. A bafti
house will be constructed as well
as a dam for flushing and filling
the pool.
The committee’s plan includes
a paid caretaker and life guard
on duty at the pool during the
summer swimming season.
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to the
Fair Management
for the
Successful Presentation
of the
Tenth Annual
Matanuska Valley Fair
and a hearty welcome to all
our Fair visitors.
Drop in and see us while you
are in {Palmer for the Fair!
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Across from Koslosky's
Open 9 A.M. to 11 P.M. Daily