Worst Flood In 70 Years
Hits Eastern Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn., (/P)—Missis
sippi River communities in south
eastern Minnesota are getting
their worst flooding in 70 years.
The river crested at 19 feet* in
St. Paul last night—highest since
the peak of 19.7 feet in 1881—
and the South St. Paul stock
yards were flooded out of opera
tion for the’ first time since their
opening. Several packing plants
also shut down.
Huge ice cakes boosted along
by the rushing current yesterday
tore out a 480-foot section of
wooden trestle and ponton bridges
at Read’s Landing, 75 miles south
of St. Paul. Wrecking of the span
forced rerouting of a Milwaukee
Road branch line serving Minne
sota and Wisconsin.
Night and day shifts of trucks
and buuldozers hauling and plac
ing rock were strengthening dikes
at Winona, industrial center of
more than 25,000 population, 125
miles down the Mississippi.
IRANIAN “ALL MIXED
UP” IN ENGAGEMENT
ANCHORAGE, <JP) — A cousin
of Iran’s queen says some one is
“all mixed up” in starting reports
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of his engagement to a Califor
nia congressman’s daughter.
He is Afrasiab Assad Bakh
tiari, manager of the Mount Mc
Kinley Park Hotel in interior Al
aska.
When asked about reports that
he might be engaged to Suzanne
Allen, Iowa State College student
and daughter of Congressman and
Mrs. John J. Allen Jr., of Cali
fornia, he said:
“There has been talk about an
engagement with Miss Allen, but
there is no engagement.”
He admitted he had sent home
for an engagement ring, but said
if the reports of an actual en
gageent stated in Persia “they are
all mixed up’.*
Bakhtiari came to Alaska under
the guardianship of Col. J. P.
Johnson, manager of the Alaska
Railroad who was in Iran during
World War II.
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Earthquake Recorded
By U of A Seismograph
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—A “reason
ably strong” earthquake was re
corded on the University of Alas
ka seismograph at 3:41 a.m. Sat
urday.
Coast and Geodetic Survey seis
mologists placed the quake center
as about 2,100 miles away in an
undetermined direction. They said
it probably was in an area under
the Pacific Ocean.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
For non-performance of annual
assessment work on the following
placer mining claims on Willow
Creek tributary of Spruce Creek
in the Wade Hampton Recording
District, Territory of Alaska:
Jay Hawke Bench Assn. Claim
No. 1 Below Bench Assn. Claim
No. 2 Below Bench Assn. Claim
No. 3 Below Bench Assn. Claim
No. 4 Below Bench Assn. Claim
No. 5 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 6 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 7 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 8 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 9 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 1 West Bench Assn. Claim
No. 2 West Bench Assn. Claim
On Sept. 4, 1951, I, the under
signed, notified Ronald Johnston
of Williamina, Oregon, by regis
tered mail that I had done the
annual labor on the above claims.
To this date. He has not paid for
his share of the annual labor.
EUGENE TETINEK
Pub. Feb. 14, 21, 28, Mar. 7, 14, 21,
28, Apr. 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2,9,1951
Interior Department
Postpones Consolidating
Program Salmon Industry
AP Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON, (/P) —• The In
terior Department postponed for
a year yesterday its proposed con
solidation program for the Alaska
salmon industry.
The plan calls for the closing of
some salmon packing plants and
the use of other plants to their
fullest capacity, in order to save
critical materials, manpower and
, shipping space.
QUALITY MEAT CO.
MEAT PROVISIONED
“A Few Pounds or A Carload”
P. O. Box 1911, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
G-E Dial-the-fabric Iron - G-E Steam Iron
G-E Automatic Roaster - G-E Hotplate
G-E Washing Machine - G-E Sun Lamp
G-E Electric Clock - G-E Mazda Lamps
Wiring Materials
NORTHERN LIGHT & POWER CO.
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
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NOME ALASKA
age and now district engineer for
the Alaska Public Works at Ju
neau. Wilson said he had no per
sonal knowledge of the cab driv
ers filing rates with the city coun
cil while he was city manager.
Additional rebuttal witnesses
and closing arguments are ex
pected to extend the trial until
next Wednesday or Thursday. It
enters its third week Monday.
lice squadron. Capt. Sauls, called
by the government after the de
fense had rested its case, said he
couldn’t tell the drivers to charge
as he had no such authority.
Defense witnesses had testified
earlier that military authorities
dictated what rates to charge.
Captain Sauls was followed to
the stand by Donald R. Wilson,
former city manager of Anchor
ALASKA CAB
(Formerly Glue Pot Cab)
“See Us For Sightseeing”
Phone Main 20 - Red 41
ACCUSES MILITARY
ANCHORAGE, <^P)—A govern
ment rebuttal witness told a Fed
eral District Court Jury here yes
terday that cab drivers on trial
for violation erf anti-trust laws
had not been told by him what
fares they could charge.
The witness w’as Capt. William
L. Sauls, Jr., of the 39th Air Po
tomorrow.
The defendants are accused by
the government of illegally fixing
prices to eliminate competition.
Concluding witness yesterday
was Lt. Col. James B. Davis, for
mer legal officer of the 57 th
Fighter Wing at nearby Elmen
dorf Air Force base.
Anti-Trust Suit Against
Anchorage Cab Operators
ANCHORAGE, — Attorneys
were to begin closing arguments
today in the government’s anti
trust action against Anchorage
taxi-cab operators.
Final testimony was given yes
terday in the case against nine in
dividual taxi-cab owners, two taxi |
companies and two cab associa
tions. Court officials said the fed
eral court jury probably would
begin its deliberations some time
He said that because supplies
and materials fcfr the 1951 season
already have been procured for
the most part, the savings in
materials and manpower would
be insufficient to justify the cost
of administering and supervising
the program.
Interior Secretary Chapman
said the decision against putting
the program into effect this year
was made on the basis of recom
mendations by Maurice Rattray,
deputy administrator of the De
fense Fisheries Alministration.
Rattray conducted a series of
hearings on the plan at Seattle
.last month.
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BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
NOME BEVERAGE CO., Nome. Alaska
___ O 1951, Tim Coca-Cola Company