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NEWS IN BRIEF
SAN FRANCISCO, </P) — A pay
increase of $7.50 a month was or
dered for 3,000 Pacific Coast ship
engineroom workers by arbitrator
Arthur C. Miller Monday.
Miller sat in the wage contro
versy between the Independent
Marine firemen, oilers, watertend
ers and wipers association and the
Pacific American shipowners as
sociation.
TOKYO, </P) — Questions most
frequently asked occupation work
ers lecturing Japanese on life in
the United States:
Do Americans really bathe ev
ery day?
How do they bathe—in groups
or alone? -
Do Americans really bake bread
• every day?
What is the length of skirts
worn by American women?
TUCSON, Ariz., */P» — Mowi ng
and barking of four dogs has so
disturbed columnist Westbrook
Pegler that he has brought suit
for an injunction to stop the noise.
He also seeks damages from the
* owners of the dogs to the extent
of SI,000.
The suit was filed in Pima
County superior court.
WASHINGTON. '/Pi—'The Sen
ate commerce committee today
unanimously recommended Senate
approval of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney as undersecretary of
commerce.
By a 10 to 1 vote, the committee
also recommended the confirma
tion of Thomas C. Blaisdel, Jr., as
► assistant secretary of commerce.
SEATTLE. f/P)—A retired farm
er. Hugo P. Wrede, died Tuesday
after a lengthy illness. He was TO.
Survivors include two sons Ray
mond and William Wrede of Fair
banks.
NEW YORK, (JP)—Rep. Andrew
L. Somers, 53, Democrat of New
York, died today of a liver ail
ment at St. Alban’s naval hospital.
Queens. He had been a patient at
the hospital for a month.
Somers first was elected to Con
gress in 1925. He was a veteran of
the first world war and was edu
cated at Manhattan college and
New York University.
WASHINGTON. \JP) —The fed
eral works agency today awarded
a $720,332 contract to Lewis Con
struction Co., Seattle for con
struction of a geophysical institute
at the Universty of Alaska. I
Work is to be completed in 420
^ days.
WASHINGTON, (JP)—The civil
aeronautics board yesterday is- j
sued an authorization to Canadian
Pacific Air Lines, Ltd., to fly reg
ularly between Whitehorse, Can
ada, and Fairbanks, via Dawson.
At the same time, the board can- j
celled the permit of Trans-Canada •
Air Lines for the same service, at
its request. Both actions were ap
proved by President Truman.
Canadian Pacific, subsidiary of
Canadian Pacific Railway, has
flown the route for some years in;
lieu of TransCanada, by special i
Internation'l News
At A Glance —
Tuesday, April 5, 1949
i By The Associaoted Press'
The United Nations assembly
opens in New York today amid
speculations as to what Russia in
tends to do about the Atlantic
pact, which she claims is against
her.
Many delegates believe Russia’s
Andrei A. Gromyko may soon in
dicate what his country plans to
do about the alliance, signed in
Washington yesterday by repre
sentatives of 12 wesfern nations.
Whatever the Soviet plans may
be U. S. secretary of state Dean
Acheson and the other signatories
of the pact expect to be on hand.
The 58-nation assembly is sched
uled to meet at Flushing Meadow
Park at noon <PST>.
President Truman is expected to
send the Atlantic treaty to the
Senate before the end of this week
with an appeal for speedy approv
al.
Senator Connally iD.-Tex.* has
called for “high priority” in Sen
ate action on the alliance.
Two other steps, planned in
Washington to implement the pact,
are:
1. Completion of an American
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Alaskans Named
To Three Boards
JUNEAU — The Office of the
Governor announces several ap
pointments:
Jack Carr of Anchorage and
K. Foster of Nome are named to
the Alaska Aeronautics and Com
munications Commission, in line
with its expansion under the re
cently enacted Aeronautics act.
They are appointed for two-year
terms. Present members repre
senting the other two divisions are
Sheldon Simmons of Juneau and
William Lnvery, Fairbanks.
As S.R. 37 was signed after the
19th Legislature adjourned, the
Governor’s appointments to the
Territorial Library Board it cre
ated must be confirmed by the
next Legislature.
They are Miss Ann Coleman of
Juneau and David Adler, Fair
banks, for four-year terms; Mrs.
B. D. Stewart ,Jr., of Valdez and
Mrs. Wilfred Boucher, Nome, two- |
year terms.
Edward Steffen of Ketchikan
was appointed to the Pharmaceu- j
tical Board, to fill the unexpired
term of Harry Race o fthe same
city, who resigned.
arrangement with American and
Canadian authorities.
KLAWOCK, Alaska, f/P)—Per
mission has been given by the city
council and board of education to
hire another school teacher to re
lieve crowded classes. Robert Per
atrovich has joined the staff of
two teachers.
Don C. Foster, general superin
tendent of the Alaska Native Serv
ice, has promised to send an ANS
representative to examine the
school building and make an es
timate of needed repairs.
Mining (Haim
Assessment Work
Due Date July 1, ’50
Holders of mining claims in
Alaska have until July 1, 19f>0, to
complete the annual labor that
will be required for the assessment
year commencing July 1, 1949,
under the provisions of the act of
June 22. 194K, which is the law
that is now in effect in Alaska.
This statement was issued re
cently by B. D. Stewart, Territo
rial commissioner of mines, in re
sponse to requests for clarification
of existing requirements of the
law governing assessment work on
mining claims.
In contrast ot the favored posi
tion of residents of Alaska in this
re pect. it was pointed out by Mr.
Stewart, mining claim owners in
the States will be required to com
plete before July 1, 1949. $100
worth of work on each claim. This
is because the Congress, at its last
session, granted only in Alaska
suspension of the assessment work
requirement during the year end
ing on that date.
In order to take advantage of
the extra exemption that has been
granted him, however, it is neces
sary, Mr. Stewart emphasized,
that the owner of a mining claim
in Alaska file, before noon of July
1, 1949. a notice of desire to hold
his claim. This notice must be
filed in the office of the United
States Commissioner of the re
cording precinct in which the
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Building Flying
Freight Train
LONG BEACH, (/P) — Douglas
Aircraft discloses it is building a
giant, new cargo plane for the Air
Force—a sort af flying freight
train.
The firm demonstrated a wood
en mock-up Monday. The four
motored plane has a wingspread
of 173 feet and is 127 feet long.
Through its big “clam-shell”
nose doors, can be driven practic
ally any heavy piece of equip
ment. It can carry two full-size'
city buses. The heavy equipment
need not be dis-assembled before
loading.
First air tests are slated for next
December. The air force has 30 on
order.
“Voice of America”
To Get Nearly I
Three Millions
(By Jack Rutledge)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Programs
to fight communism aboard and
subversives at home were backed
up with hard cash by the House |
appropriations committee yester
day.
The committee recommended
$2,900,000 more for the state de- '
partment’s “Voice of America’’
and $8,865,141 more for the FBI
than the agencies got this year.
The FBI boost was even more than
the President requested.
These funds were part of an
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50 Die In Illinois
Hospital Fire
EFFINGHAM, 111. I/I*) — More
than 50 persons, including eight
new-born infants, were reported
killed yesterday in a fire that
raced through St. Anthony’s hos
pital.
Hospital officials said the death
toll may reach 58 or 60. The Red
Cross said 60 to 108 patients were
rescued. At least 15 bodies were
removed—most of them charred
almost beyond recognition.
Flames quickly enveloped the
building at midnigh* and destroy
ed it within an hour, trapped pa
tients screamed in agony. Some,
including expectant mothers, leap
ed from flame-framed windows.
“It was horrible” said one eye
witness, “all those poor people in
there'shrieking for help.”
The fire was discovered shortly
before midnight in a laundry
chute. Eye witnesses said the 60
year-old, three-and-one half story
brick structure quickly became a
great mass of flames.
“It burned so fast, it couldn’t be
fought,” said one rescuer.
Many patients leaped from win
dows. Some died in their flaming
rooms as nuns and townspeople
tried to save them.
The infants, still in the;r flame
blackened metal cribs on the sec
ond floor, were the first to be re
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Name Local Air
lines For Mail Pay
*
Rate Boost
FAIRBANKS —Additional mail
pay for Wien Alaska Airlines.
Alaska Airlines and several other
air operators in the Territory is
provided in mail rate orders is
sued this month by the Civil Aero
nautics Board in connection with
its statement of policy with regard
to a mail rate program for Alaska
air carriers.
The orders were issued in the
form of orders to each individual
airline “to show cause why its
present temporary mail rates
should not be increased’* for their
respective periods of operation in
1948. In the case of Alaska Air
lines, the show cause order ap
plied to fiscal mail compensation
for the period from January 1,
1943. through September 3. 1945.
Under the terms of the order.
Alaska Airlines would receive a l
lump payment of $415,089 to bring
the total for the period to $485,
000, which is equivalent to 17.3
cents per revenue plane-mile.
Wien Airlines would receive
$178,000 to bring its 1943 mail pay
to $240,000, and the line would be
required to show cause why its
temporary mail pay should not be
increased to $1.75 per plane-mile
on a designated plane mileage of j
9000 miles per month, effective
January 1, 1949.
An order similar to the Wien or
der would provide Cordova Air
Service with $9000 more for its |
1948 operations and an increase to
$2 per plane-mile effective March
1, 1949 on 840 miles per month.
Steve Anderson
Elected Mayor
•
Yesterday 335 ballots were cast
in the annual Municipal and
School Board election, as com
pared to 443 ballots cast in 1943.
Steve Anderson, manager of the
“Cat” department of the N. C.
Co., who has been active in civic
affairs for several year-; was elec
ted as Mayor.
Albert Anderson, of the Pioneer
Water Co., received the highest
vote for councilman with Lester
Bronson of the Bronson Water Co.,
and Jacob Lencer. watch maker
and jewelry store owner, also
elected.
The official ballot is as follows:
For Mayor—Steve Anderson. 227
Fred Havercamp, 102.
For Councilmen—Albert Ander
son 135, Lester Bronson 135, Axel
Edman 129, Keith Hedreen 118,
Joseph Hunt 92, Jacob I.oncer 135,
Thomas Martin 125.
For City Clerk—Mrs. Carrie Mc
Lain 270.
For City Treasurer—A. A. Daue
230.
For Member of School Board—
Helen Olsen 25:5, John Hudert 243.
For Ratification of Ordinance—
Yes, 171. No, 55.
W itnesses Testify
Against Fisii Traps
WASHINGTON, </P> — Congress
has been asked to legislate this
session against the use of salmon
traps in Alaskan waters.
Conservation witnesses from
Alaska told a House marine and
fisheries sub-committee Saturday
that the salmon industry is being
wiped out by trapping. They asked
that it be returned to net fisher
men.
Delegate Bartlett also appeared
at tine hearing and said that pend
ing legislation would permit grad
ual elimination of fish trapping.
He asked that the measure be con
sidered during the present session
of Congress.
' There is no sound reason for
delaying action on this bill,” Bart
lett said. "The people of Alaska
showed they were not fooling
when they voted last fall to abol
ish salmon traps.”
Bartlett pointed out that there
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Jet Engine Perfect
At 35,000 Feet
SCHENECTADY, N. Y„ (/P)—A
J-47 jet engine functioned “per
fectly” during a high-altitude,
cross- country test flight by a B-29
flying laboratory, the General
Electric Company says.
The jet was suspended from the
bomb bay for a three-hour test
during the seven hour and 40
minute, one-stop flight yesterday
from Spokane, Wash. Most of the
trip was at 35,000 feet.
F. F. Burnham, flight test en
gineer, said the jet was attached
to a lift in the bomb bay and was
lowered below the fuselage for the
test operation.
It “ran perfectly during a three
hour test,” he commented .G-E
manufactures the engines.