U.S. At War: Back to Dogs

Dog teams in Alaska have gone with the wind of a slip stream. Nearly everything nowadays travels by airmail and groceries, milk, medicine, machinery. But last week travel in Alaska threatened to slow down to a Malemute's pace again. The Civil Aeronautics Administration ordered every airline in the Territory to place every field under 24-hour guard in case of sabotage or invasion.

Airmen said the order would cost them another $50,000 for each field-and operating expenses were stratosphere-high already. If no relief comes, sourdough pilots figured they might as well tie down their planes,...

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