year—including establishment of
Anchorage - Seattle, Anchorage -
Minneapolis and U. S.-to-Orient
schedules—the report added,
placed Anchorage directly in the
center of international air com
munication with the Far East and
made it the most important air
center in Alaska.
“It is expected that this may
lead to establishment at Anchor
age of a great new international
air port which would be construc
ted, maintained and operated by
the civil aeronautics administra
tion,” the summary observed.
A bill for an appropriation for
such an airport was introduced in
the 80th Congress, but has not
been acted upon.
Other developments of the year:
Shipping — Congress extended
government subsidies, providing
operators with government-owned
vessels with free hull insurance
and a rental of $1 a year, through
June, 1948, with interior depart
ment approval. Over department
protests, however, the maritime
commission also authorized freight
rate increases of 65 per cent. New
hearings on the rate hike will be
held at Seattle Sept. 8.
Imports—Canada established a
customs port of entry at Dawson
Creek, B. C., southern terminus of
the Alaska Highway, so that goods
from the United States might be
shipped across Canada by rail for
truck trans-shipment within Alas
ka “at rates far more reasonable
than would be possible by all
truck shipments across the Domin
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ion.
Labor—War department signed
an agreement with Alaska labor
union locals insuring preferential
hiring to Alaskan residents on lo
cal projects—“a long way toward
curing many of the malpractices
of hiring in the States, notably in
Seattle.”
Communications—Alaska high
way telephone and telegraph sys
tem thrown open to commercial
use, giving the Territory its first
commercial overland communica
tion with the United States—at an
average reduction in rates of 20
per cent. A commercial rate for
ship-to-shore communications al
so was established.
Air Transport—Canada author
ized Alaska coastal airlines to
make non-scheduled flights from
Juneau into remote areas of Brit
ish Columbia and Yukon.
Mining — Congress authorized
the tungsten mine at Hyder, Alas
ka, to ship its concentrates from
Stewart, B. C., in Canadian ves
sels to the American market
through June, 1948.
Building Materials—The Alaska
Railroad, geological survey, bur
eau of mines and Territorial de
partment of mines started a com
bined study for the establishment
of saw mills, machine shops, brick
manufacturing, concrete block and
ready-mix plants throughout the
railroad belt.
T o u r i st Facilities — Cocktail
lounges, ski-tows, slides and other
improvements installed at Mount
McKinley National Park and at
Curry, Alaska; tennis courts, golf
links, swimming pools contemplat
ed.
I
i Health—Orthopedic hospital es
I tablished on Japonski Island near
| Sitka; tuberculosis sanitarium at
Skagway moved to Bjorka Island
off Sitka; Home-in-theWoods san
itarium at Seward acquired from
the war department.
Lumbering—new mill establish
ed at Wrangell: Juneau Lumber
company capitalized for $1,000,000
as Juneau Spruce Company, has
purchased 128,000,000 board feet—
at $2.75 an acre—from the forest
service at Kosciusko Island and
has started building a new housing
project on Douglas Island, across
the channel from Juneau.
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Marshall Gives
Bristling Speech
At [J. N. Meeting
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Greek border commission—which
Russia vetoed in the security
council; threw the Russian-Amer
ican deadlock on Korea into the
assembly; asked an assembly res
olution solution for Palestine; de
manded that Russia come to terms
on atomic energy control, and
called for vigorous planning for
arms regulation.
Marshall’s address evidently
marked the opening of an Ameri
can diplomatic offensive against
Russia in the United Nations and
stressed the new American policy
that when Russia hamstrings the
security council with veto votes
the general assembly must take
over.
For that purpose he would have
the assembly’s proposed security
committee in constant session, and
would give it a membership of 55
members like the assembly itself.
Then with a plea to the great
nations to use their power and
privilege with restraint. Marshall
warned grimly: "The United Na
tions will never endure if these is
insistence on privilege to the point
of frustration of the collective
will.”
Forrestal Becomes
First Secretary
Of Defense
WASHINGTON. (/P>—James V.
Forrestal today became the na
tion’s first secretary of defense—
civilian boss of the army, navy
and air forces.
The senior member of President
Truman’s cabinet relinquished his
duties as secretary of the navy at
noon and took the oath of his new
office from Fred M. Vinson, chief
justice of the United States, in a
ceremony at the navy department.
The act, making him head of
the country’s armed services, set
in motion a series of important
changes in the defense establish
ment.
High-ranking civilian leaders
attended the ceremony along with
top-ranking military officials, in
cluding Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower, army chief of staff; Fleet
Adm. Chester W. Nirhitz, chief of
naval operations; and Gen. Carl
Spaatz. commanding general of
the air forces.
It had been expected that For
restal would await Mr. Truman’s
return from Rio de Janeiro before
taking the new oath of office.
The navy official told a report
er that it had been decided before
Mr. Truman left that the cere
monies would be held around the
middle of this month. He said all
preliminary arrangements were
completed and it was decided to
go ahead with the change-over,
thus putting provisions of the new
national security act into effect at
the earliest possible time.
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EASTERN STARS HELD
FIRST FALL MEETING
The Eastern Stars held their
first meeting of the fall season last
Monday and followed their busi
ness meeting with a social with
Mrs. Emma Lyle and Mrs. Donald
Lvle as hostesses. Winners of the
prizes were Mrs. Norvin Lewis,
Mrs. A. J. Steinwandle. Mrs. Herk
Edwards and Mrs. Stan Morgan.
Most of the mystery plays of
the Middle Ages were enacted
with masks.
Folio Epidemic
In Europe
LONDON, bP)—An outbreak of
infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis
of record proportions in some lo
calities was indicated in European
statistics on hand here today.
Britain, Germany, Austria, Bel
gium and Sweden seemed hardest
hit. France, Italy, Czechoslovakia,
the Netherlands and Denmark also
reported cases of the disease.
The British outbreak was the
most widespread since record
keeping began in 1912. Cases this
year totaled 4,856 up to Sept. 6,
compared with arj average of 600
cases annually for the last 2>
years. London had had 613 cases
and 32 deaths by that date. In the
peak week, ended Sept. 6, all
Britain reported 662 new cases.
Berlin had 850 ill of poliomye
litis in that city’s worst recorded
upsurge. Hamburg had reported
160 cases and 19 deaths.
Demand Reversal
Of NLRB Opinion
' WASHINGTON </P>—‘The AFL
teamsters union yesterday de
manded that the National Labor
Relations Board reverse a ruling
by its own general counsel on ihe
scope of the controversial non
Communist section of the Taft
H art ley act.
Daniel J. Tobin, pres1 den*, of
: the teamsters, announce 1 that he
has signed the required non-Com
munist affidavit and now con
tends his union is legally eligible
to use services of the board de
spite a contrary opninon ov Rob
ert L. Denham, the board’s gener
al counsel.
Denham has held that AFL
unions cannot qualify until all
members of the general executive
council have furnished aff'davits.
John L. Lewis, a member of the
council, has blocked such a moss
filing.
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