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U.S. Air Arms Ready To Oppose
Any Attack Across Arctic Region
Editor's note: The writer of
ihii dispatch is director of for
eign service for the United
Press. He has just returned
from a flying trip to Tokyo.
By WENDEL BURCH
Any one-two aerial punch
thrown across the Arctic region
against Tokyo and Alaska will
be met by battle-tested, field
hardened U.S. air arms confi
dent they can shatter the blows.
Attack from the North against
either area alone likewise would
provoke instant reaction and
counter-action from the other
command. The closest . possible
, liaison and state of alert is main
tained between the Far East Air
Forces in Tokyo and the Alas-
kan Air Command in Anchorage.
Slips Through Possible .
It still is possible for enemy I
units to slip through the north
ern defensive air lanes, of course.
A.chorage is approximately 3,-,
500 air miles from Tokyo via the ;
Aleutians, and no nation effec-1
tively can patrol this fog-bound, j
cloud covered stretch the year ;
around. North of Tokyo and
Alaska lie thousands of miles of
tundra, snow covered wastes,
mountains and ice, filled seas.
An ever tightening defense
rim of radar, weather observa
tion posts and air patrols is clos
ing the possible gaps, however,
with new installations and new
forces constantly being welded
in)o- the setup.
Provides Scientific Data
Navy flights from Alaska to
floating ice bases such as "T-3,"
a scant 100 miles from the North
Pole, are providing fresh exper-1
ience and scientific data daily.
The Air Force also has main
tained routine flights over the
pole for months.
A further indication of U.S.
air dominance in the general
region is the commercial air line
route flown by Northwest Air
lines from Seattle to Anchorage
to Shemya to Tokyo. The Com
munists, of course, have no such
regular service anywhere in this
vast region.
From Japan Lt. Gen. O. P.
Weyland, commanding general
of Far East Air Forces, directs
the actively fighting air compon
ent in the Korean struggle.
Strong Force Built
In Alaska MaJ; Gen. William
D. Old, in command since De
cember, 1950, has built up an
imposing force.
No exact figures as to num
bers of planes in either area can
be released, but Weyland told
this correspondent in an exclu
sive interview that his forces out
numbered those of the North Ko
reans and Chinese, whom he es
timated to have 1,500 to 1,700
planes half of them fighters.
Best authoritative estimates
are that the United States has
adequate and balanced forces in
the area for defense, counter
action .observation bombing and
striking air power. In addition I
to combat craft it has substantial
numbers of transports of all
kinds, helicopters and hospital
planes.
Middle Attack Possible
Theoretically it would be pos
sible for the Russians to slip an
attacking air fleet somewhere
"down the middle" between the
Anchorage and Tokyo hubs, but
such a maneuver seems imprac
ticable. The attackers would face
extremely long over-water
flights, and would have to turn
right or left into well-protected
approaches. It is not generally
believed, either, that the Rus
sians have long-range craft in
sufficient number to spare for
such an all-out effort in this region.
RETURNING to Paris from fare
well European tour. Gen. Dtfight
D. Eisenhower says Massachu
setts Republican primary vic
tory "is a sort of overpowering
thing." (tntcniattonat)
Harney County Earth i
Fissure Under Study
Bend, Ore. (U.R) A huge earth
fissure in Oregon's Harney coun
ty was being studied Tuesday as
the possible result 'of a major
earthslide.
A fissure or crack 12 feet wide
in places and more than a mile
long hus been reported on the
Clarence Miller ranch in remote
Catlow valley. The crack passed
through a well being drilled by
Miller.
Bureau of Land Management
field workers said the crack is
apparently very deep and that
objects thrown into it disappear
into darkness.
The fissure is in the region
southwest of the Steen moun
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spectacular fault block mountains.
Dead line Sunday Classifieds la
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