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The Wrangell Sentinel
Wrangell, Alaska
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Alaska struggles to obtain federal funding for civilian defense due to its sparse population and absence of major war production plants, despite a recent state law allowing $250,000 expenditure if matched dollar-for-dollar by the federal government.
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Prying loose federal dollars for civilian defense needs in Alaska is going to be no easy matter. Indications are little is being planned in areas under 100,000 population and concentration of civilian defense effort will be directed to large centers of population, particularly those where the big war production plants are located. The recent legislature, as did those of most of the states, enacted a Civilian Defense law which provides among other things that $250,000 can be expended for civilian defense purposes, if and when it is matched dollar for dollar or better by the Federal government. Due to Alaska's large, sprawling area, sparse population and no war production plants its prospects of sharing in federal money for civilian defense are not particularly bright.
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alaska's prospects of sharing in federal money for civilian defense are not particularly bright.
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Prying loose federal dollars for civilian defense needs in Alaska is going to be no easy matter. Indications are little is being planned in areas under 100,000 population and concentration of civilian defense effort will be directed to large centers of population, particularly those where the big war production plants are located. The recent legislature enacted a Civilian Defense law which provides that $250,000 can be expended for civilian defense purposes, if and when it is matched dollar for dollar or better by the Federal government. Due to Alaska's large, sprawling area, sparse population and no war production plants.