I Transportation Off
New Yorkers Walk
NEW YORK, (/I*) — The largest
surface transportation strike ever
to hit New York City left about
3,500.000 New Yorkers without
normal bus and trolley service yes
terday.
Promptly at 9 a.m. CIO drivers
of 4000 buses and hundreds of
trolleys discharged passengers and
headed back to their garages.
The walkout of 8,500 members
of the CIO transport workers un
ion over retroactive wages aver
aging about $300 a man hit the
city and parts of suburb Westches
ter county at the morning rush
CELLULOSE. "CHIEF INDUS
TRY OF S.E. ALASKA"
KETCHIKAN (>P)—Manufacture
of cellulose products will be the
chief Southeastern Alaska indus
try some day, Kenneth Kadow
predicts.
Kadow, an aid to secretary of
interior Krug and chief of staff of
the interior department’s agencies
in the Territory, spoke before a
businessmen's group. He came
north last summer. He was at one
j time associated with a develop
ment project in Liberia, Africa. He
said that he was amazed at Alas
ka’s opportunities and resources.
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hour. The seven companies affect
ed are privately operated. •
Now We Have A Complete Line
Of FRESH Airborn
PRODUCE
FRUITS
EGGS
ALASKA STATES PRODUCE
ALSO RAIN SUITS
Alaska Airlines
NOW
NOME to
EVERETT WASH.
STARLINER
DC-4
Scheduled Daily
FROM ANCHORAGE
#
FREIGHT RATE
NOME to EVERETT
22 Cents per pound
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Ralph Browne
Reports On Second
Division Survey
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field described the stranger as
being “short” and dressed in “fun
ny clothes.” Tuckfield is quoted
as saying—“He was Eskimo, all
right, but not Alaskan Eskimo,
and he had a big telescope and
was looking all around.”
Mr. Browne reports that the vil- !
luge is keeping a sharp lookout for
strangers in the area.
Mr. Browne suggests that the
program now under way to organ
ize the National Guard in the Ter
ritory will aid in guarding the
Arctic coastline.
He further stated that landing
strips should be constructed along ;
the coast as there is not one strip ,
in existence between Kotzebue
and Point Barrow, a distance of
more than 700 miles, and civilian
pilots are hesitant to fly this route
because of the lack of fields. They
now must land on beaches or sand
bars. Construction of landing
strips at Point Hope, Point Lay, j
Wainwright and Point Barrow
i would encourage air travel over
1 this route thus establishing a civil
! ian air patrol of the Arctic coast.
He noted that all the villages are
I looking forward to the day when
they can get a caterpillar tractor
to simplify their work. He told
how the natives travel for miles
with their dog team to pick out a
few sacks of coal at Pt. Lay, and
bring it back to the village and
how with the aid of a single trac- i
tor in a village more coal could
be transported with less labor in
less time and more economically. ,
Tanker Off
Cape Spencer;
Badly Disabled
(Continued from Page One)
the coast guard pointed out, the
Santa Sruz would become a “dead
ship” at the mercy of the storm.
Winds of 35 to 45 miles an hour
are predicted for the area.
The ship is listed by the bureau
of shipping record as belonging to
the U. S. maritime commission out
of San Francisco.
The coast guard said the Seattle
tug Portugbar, which is also in the
area, may be sent to aid the tank
er.
The coast guard said the 503
foot tanker, of 10,463 gross tons,
normally carries a crew of 50. The
ship is listed as operated by Pa
cific Tankers of San Francisco.
The vessel’s Alaska agent is the
Alaska Transportation company.
The coast guard did not know
how many passengers are aboard
or where the Santa Cruz is bound.
Earl Drais, swore out a warrnat
against John Akon, native, for
beating him up after he had re
fused to share a bottle of liquor
with him, it is reported. The fight
is reported to have taken place at
the residence of Mr. Drais on the
Sand Spit.
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THEATER
1 Show, Wed. and Thurs, 7:30 p.m.
"PERFECT MARRIAGE"
David Nivin Loretta Young
Also "Friendly Ghost"
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2 Shows, Friday, 7:15 and 9 p.m.
'RIDERS OF THE RIO GRANDE'
Three Mesquiteers
Also Chap. 6 "Masked Marvel"
Truman Names
Fact-Finding Board
In R.R. Dispute
CHICAGO, (A3)—An emergency
fact-finding board named by Prse
ident Truman to review the wage
and hour dispute between the na
tion’s railroads and 16 non-oper
a ing unions planned to start hear
ings today.
The board is expected to be in
session about a month.
The 16 non-operating unions,
representing such employees as
shopmen, clerks, telegraphers and
others not engaged in the actual
operation of the trains, demanded
a five-day 40-hour week with 48
hours pay, and an additional wage
increase of 25 cents an hour, plus
overtime pay.
The railroads estimate the total
WILL INVESTIGATE THOMAS'
OFFICE PAYROLL
WASHINGTON, (A>) — Rep. J.
Parnell Thomas (R.-N. J.) has a
post-election date with a federal
grand jury here investigating
charges of irregularities in hand
ling of his office payroll.
Thomas, who is seeking re-elec
tion to his seventh consecutive
term, accepted attorney general
Clark’s invitation to testify but
asked for the delay until Nov. 4
“to keep the matter free of poli
tics.” He is chairman of the House
committee on un-American activi
ties.
District attorney George Morris
Fay announced yesterday that
Thomas’ request had been granted.
cost of the demands at about $1,
500,000,000 a year.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Red 153
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
BEN YOUNG
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
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ALASKA
SOUVENIR GIFTS
BUFFET SETS
TABLE CLOTHS
TEA TOWELS
CHIFFON HEAD SQUARES
APRONS
HANDKERCHIEFS
NECKTIES
PENNANTS
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Many New and Original Designs,
from which to choose your
Christmas Gifts.
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