CITY COUNCIL
Tae Nome City Council met last
Monday and acted on several im
portant matters. Councilman Steve
Anderson who was appointed to
look into the construction of addi
tional fire escapes for the school
>n the recommendation of the Vol
unteer Fire Department reported
that he had conferred with Supt.
Angell and there did not appear to
he a hazard, however the Council
iskeri Fire Chief Laws to confer
»gam with Mr. Angell and report
at the next meeting.
Garnet Martin called attention
■td the men’s portion of the City
Jail which is in the basement of
•hne fire department, showing a
real'fire hazard exists there. The
City Council took the matter up
tor investigation.
A letter from Carl Lomen was
received in which he accepted the
.responsibility of doing all he could
.rt Washington for the appropria
tion for the breakwater and stated
^hat he would keep the city pos ed
on any action being taken.
The Standard Oil Co., asked for
up easement in order to install an
utidreground pipe from the river
■ to the oil tanks and for permission
ALASKAN BANKERS
ELECT OFFICERS
J.UNEAU, (Ah — The Alaska
Bankers Association was organ
ized here yesterday with J. F.
Mullen, president of R. M. Beh
rens Bank of Juneau, elected pres
ident.
E. E. Rasmuson of the Bank of
Alaska at Anchorage was named
first vice president; Phil Johnson
Fairbanks, second vice president;
Harvey Brown Sitka, secretary
treasurer.
The board of directors includes
the four elected officers, with Ed
Locken, Petersburg and Marshall
Crutcher of Kodiak. The next
meeting was scheduled for An
chorage on the last Tuesday in
January, 1950.
to set up an oil pump with which
‘o pump out the oil barges during
the summer.
Councilman Osborne called at
tention to a Fairbanks ordinance
on amusement devices where a tax
has been placed on punchboards,
I pan games, etc. A discussion was
followed concerning the legality of
the tax and the matter was placed
under investigation for further
i discussion.
i Truman Orders
Columbia Valley
Authority
i
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman has directed government1
agencies *o begin work immediate
ly on legislation for a Columbia
Valley Authority.
The White House announced J
that the President intends to send
a special message to Congress call- j
ing for such an authority as soon j
as the agencies can get a draft of
proposed legislation ready.
Presidential press secretary'
Charles G. Ross said that it may |
take several weeks to get the draft
in shape.
After saying he intends to re
commend to Congress the creation j
of a CVA, the President told the !
officials:
“I l is most important that con
crete legislation proposals for such
an authority in the Columbia
basin be developed on a sound ba
sis, taking into account character
istics and needs of the region, the t
interests of all parts of the execu
tive branch and the lessons of our |
prior experience with the kinds of
operations which will be in
volved.’*
Operation Icicl e
Hits Cold. Fog, j
Rain, High Winds
(3?y Ralph Dighion)
En Route *o Kodiak Island (^P)—
The men of Operation Icicle
learned something of what their
task implies yesterday as this task
force steamed in cold, fcg, rain
and high winds.
The edge of a storm, the center
of which passed north ot us, slap
ped the five-ship amphibious as- j
sualt force around for hours,
throwing several "landlubber” ob- '
servers from their bunks, but 1
causing no serious damage. The
gale reached a velocity of 58 miles
an hour. j
This spearhead of the navy’s
cold weather exercise—"The Bat
tle of Kodiak Island,” or Opera
tion Icicle—will reach Kodiak
some time today. It probably will
miss another series of gales mak- (
ing up in the Nor h Pacific, Lt. (jg>
L. P. Halloran, staff aerologist
who forecast yesterday’s storm
said.
The peration, designed to de
velop fighting techniquest for the
Far North, will include nearly i
half a hundred vessels and 18.000
Oil. DIANA! | iJK MISS THAT'S A HIT
JEEPERS, DIANA, YOU'RE LUCkCy T
HAPPENED ALONG.THESE BUNDLES
ARE MUCH TOO HEAW FOR VOU '
Anytime you need a wand
FOR ANYTHING, DIANA, JUST
CALL ON ME_^
'Tip-HAT's awfully
yy \ L SNEET OF YOU,
1 (9 a 9 ~ . ' x y \_
THERE /S SOMETHING YOU
CAN DO FOR ME...IF IT
ISN’T ASKING TOO MUCH...
/NOTHING’S TOO
BIG FOR ME,
f -DIANA...X‘LL BE
IV ^LAP TO DO IT/
— /•'*•* V -J. >t-» ~
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I CAN'T UNDERSTAND VOHY
SLURP WASN’T IN SCHOOL TODAY
i ~ i v ~ - rr
I'LL BET MV LUNCH MONEY RE
PLAYED HOOKEY AND WENT
SKIING WITH HOMER/- _j
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SA-AY.LET'S
CALL ON H/fA //
V3k\ Q*tu- &lJBS-1
yf ///, GANS/ I DIDN’T HAVE
f TO GO TO SCHOOL'TODAV- !
I got THE MEASLES!!!
SCORCHY SMITH ACE OF THE AIR STRIPS
BEFORE L TRV TO
SURROUND HIM, Z V
WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT JUNGLE
SHARPSHOOTER IS
STILL WHERE WE <
LAST HEARD FROM
_ HIM 11 J
kvep hc<s 1
KEEP UP A
THE NOISE F\
SO JUNGLE JOE >
WILL THINK HE'S
GOT US BRACKETS?.'
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AN OLD NATIVE f
PUNTUOCK/ AND S
-€'5 JUST (RELOADED
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or more men. The army and the
air force will join in the defense
of Kodiak.
WE KNOW '
YOU’LL AGREE
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a pleasure
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