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No Negotiations*
Says P.G.E. Pres.
VICTORIA, B. C\, — <A>) —The
president of the government op
erated Pacific Great Eestern Rail
way said today he knew of no
formal negotiations under way!
between the United States and
Canada for constructing of a rail
road to Alaska.
“If there are negotiations be
tween Ottowa and Washington
for a line north from Prince
George,” said John Hart, company
president and former minister of
British Columbia, “The P.G.E.
would have to come into the pic
ture.”
The two country negotiations
were authorized in Washington;
yesterday under a resolution ap- >
proved by the House Foreign Af
fairs Committee.
Prince George is on the Jasper
Prince Rupert link of the Can
adian National Railways. Feas- j
ible routes north are owned by
the P.G.E. which runs 348 miles
from Squamish to Quesnel, 80-mi.
: south of Prince George.
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sia might be trying to build a pro
pcace record ahead of the fall
meeting of the U.N. general as
t sembly in Paris or trying to re
gain lost prestige.
JERUSALEM—Guns stayed si
lent in Palestine. Premier David
Ben-Gurion of Israel, however,
! expressed doubt that peace would
last during the remaining three
weeks of the armistice or that per
manent peace could come.
CAIRO—A cairo report said
Count Folke Bcrnadotte, the U.N.
mediator will ask for an extension
! of the truce.
I LAKE SUCCESS—U.N. liead
; quarters ordered 50 members of
it^ security force, all American
1 citizens and former members of
the U.S. Armed Forces, to fly
I to the Middle East to help Ber
' dotte enforce the peace.
BERLIN—Germans rushed to
! almost empty stores to spend old
marks before new currency re
forms take effect in the U.S.,
British and Frcmch occupation
| zones. Officials indicated each
German would be allowed to trade
I in 40 marks Monday for new ones
; worth 30 cents.
A. POLET RETURNS FROM
VACATION IN THE STATES
A. Polet returned home this af
ter an absence of three months,
the last part of which was spent
in Alaska, where he visited all
dealers in Eskimo arts arjd crafts.
He stated that he has made a
thorough survey of the industry
and has conferred with the Dept,
of Indian Affairs and various de
cisions have been made concern
ing the industry.
Mr. Polet stated he enjoyed ev
ery day of the three months trip
and spread a message of good will
from Nome to all friends.
Contacts made on the trip, he
says, will be valuable for the
development of Northwestern Al
aska.
In visiting the various dealers
throughout the territory he ob
tained their views and suggestions
and well as conferences with gov
ernment agencies. Considerable
prftgress was made in picking out
the bottlenecks of the industry.
He has enlisted the active co
operation of the large and small
dealers throughout the territory.
In Ketchikan he met with the
Grand President of the Pioneers |
of Alaska, Ed Kerr, and laid the
plans for the coming meeting of
the Grand Igloo in Juneau next
February.
At McGrath he enjoyed a meet- ;
ing with Jack Reed, formerly of
the hardware department of the'
local N.C. store, is happy with
his new job there and wishes to
have the Nome Nugget forwarded
to him at McGrath regularly .He
enjoys reading about his many
friends in Nome, to whom he
wishes to be remembered.
In Unalakleet his old friend,
Frank Ryan, met the plane and
told him of the fair planned for
Unalakleet in September and that
it was hoped a large delegation
would go there from Nome.
ARMY OFFICIALS
TO VISIT ALASKA
WASHINGTON, - f/F) —As
sistant secretary of the Army,
Gordon G'rhy, and Gen .L Lawton
Collins, deputy chief of staff, will
visit Alaska next month, inspe« -
ing various Army po *s itlclud
ing Fort Richardson, tfig Del
Nome, Adak and Whitt er. , .
SEATTLE —(A yor W i 1
liam Devin plans to f’y to A \
chorage, Alaska on Monday to'
participate in i civv hmchc n
there Tuesday in conn.-et‘on w \
the celebration of r'e ,inm
versary of the Alask i go’d ru ;b.
He will return Wednesday.
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