Yets, Eyen Blind
And Halt, Willing
1 To Serve Again
(Continued from Page One)
We’re all older, and we know
only too well that war isn’t a pic
nic. That also, by the way, seems
to be the attitude of most of the
kids who are signing up.
“The reason a lot of them don’t
follow the stories of the Korean
fighting too closely is that they
know too much about fighting—
first-hand. They don’t talk about
the news for the same reason a
family watching one of its mem
bers die of cancer doesn’t talk too
much about the victim’s suffering.
“It doesn’t mean a lack of sym
|> pa thy or interest—just a realiza
tion that talk is cheap, and action
is what counts.”
I think this woman’s letter—
she requested that I not use her
name—sums up the way most
Americans, old or young, feel to
day about Korea.
There is a great yearning for,
peace, a great wish that the issue
raised by the North Korean inva
sion had never arisen. But there
is also a full-hearted determina
tion to see that issue through, be
cause what we stand for as a peo
ple is at stake.
* Somehow, I wish Joe Stalin in
the Kremlin could read that Bos
ton woman’s letter—and under
stand tht sentiment behind it. It
might give him something to pon
der—an insight into how the
American democracy operates. 1
2nd Division Fish
Inadequate To
Support Canneries
WASHINGTON, (A>) — Alaska’s
gold-rush country needs most of
its fish and shellfish for its own
use—and has limited resources
for commercial fishery develop
ment—the fish and wildlife serv
ice concluded today.
The agency published a survey
of the Seward Peninsula area,
Kotzebue Sound and several in
land rivers and lakes, conducted
by two of its specialists at Ketchi
kan, Alaska.
The experts, Norman B. Wigu
toff and Clarence J. Carlson, said
that of all the villages in the sur
vey, Unalakleet—population 400
—gave perhaps the most promise
for establishment of a commercial
fishery.
They said the Unalakleet river
has comparatively large runs of
high-quality salmon, primarily
chums, pinks and some silvers,
with king salmon apparently in
creasing after a decline.
They said that some years the
salmon runs are so heavy that it
is impossible to use an outboard
powered umiak or skin boat in
the river.
Also found in the area are gray
ling, herring, whitefish, Dolly
Varden trout, seal and beluga
whale.
“There appears to be a possi
bility for a small salmon cannery
at Unalakleet,” they said.
The team described as over-op_
timistic a 1949 report by Ralph
Browne of the Alaska Develop
ment Board, Juneau, that salmon
runs in the Nome area were suffi
cient to supply a cannery.
The men “strongly stressed”
the view that salmon runs in the
Nome area are insufficient to sup
port a cannery operation.
The report said that:
1. King crab could be exploited
on a limited scale in the Nome
area, not canned but in the form
of cooled and frozen packaged
meat. The crabmeat could be
marketed in towns of northern
and central Alaska.
2. Sheefish and whitefish are
numerous enough in the Kotzebue
area for limited commercial ex
ploitation, but there should be no
attempt to market the fish out
side of Alaska.
3. Chum and pink salmon could
be canned in limited quantity at
Unalakleet, but no attempt! should
be made to ship the product out
side of Alaska. An output of 3,000
to 1,000 cases could find a ready
market in Alaska.
The report stressed the need for
portable water, electric power,
cold storage and dry storage fa
cilities at Nome, Kotzebue and
Unalakleet.
It also urged biological and
technological studies, and further
exploratory fishing in north and
central Alaskan waters.
And it cautioned that “with a
few exceptions, the local fish and
shellfish resources are a very im
portant and primary source of
food for the native residents.”
The report pointed out also that
fish are essential for the natives
Santa Claus Starts
North Via Boat
SEATTLE, {JP) — Santa Claus
started out today, but headed north
aboard the Motorship Coastal
Monarch.
Laden with year-round supplies
and Christmas gifts for commun
ities north of the Arctic Circle, the
Coastal Monarch of the Alaska
Steamship Co., line is the only
Seattle commercial vessel sched
uled to sail the Arctic area this
season.
Lashed to the decks were more
than 40 automobiles, consigned to
Seward where a buying rush for
cars has developed as the result
of the Korean war.
Other ports of call include Un
alaska, Dutch Harbor, Nome, Tel
ler, Wales Shishmaref, Deering,
Kiwalik and Kotzebue.
When anchored off Wales, the
ship will be within 20 miles of
Russian territory.
The ship is captained by Milnor
Parks. The voyage is expected to
take about two months.
as feed for dogs. Without dogs
winter travel in much of the Ter
ritory would not be possible, it
said. It added:
“If, as appears likely, these
fish resources became depleted,
the damage to theessential food
supply would endanger the exist
ence of the natives dependent on
them.”
Two States Battle
For 2nd Largest
PHILADELPHIA, (>P) — Penn
sylvania and California are run
ning *a close battle for the honor
of being the second largest state
in the nation while Philadelphia
still holds a margin over Los An
geles as being the most populous
city, according to incomplete cen
sus returns.
The census bureau announced
over the weekend that Pennsyl
vania had grown by 1950 to a
preliminary population figure of
10,435,965, little more than a ma
temity-year lead over fast grow
ing California. The official fig
ure for California is not yet out
but an Associated Press tabula
tion indicated there are 10,400,000
Californians.
In the battle of cities, Philadel
phia has 2,057,210 residents ac
cording to the latest nose count,
while Los Angeles can boast of
only 1,954,036.
36 AMERICANS FLEE
KOREA; REACH JAPAN
KOBE, Japan, (/P) — Thirty-six
Americans—missionaries and their
families—arrived at nearby Kobe
College Saturday to wait for the
1 Korean war to end.
The Americans fled Korea im
mediately after North Korean
troops entered Seoul. They made
their way by automobile, train
and on foot to the port of Pusan
in southernmost Korea, where
they boarded ships for Japan.
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