NEWS IN BRIEF
(Continued from Page One)
emergency into opportunity .
The crisis developed Sunday
when a drunk turned on all the
water faucets, broke the light
bulbs and then went to sleep.
* Water flooded the cell floors.
When attendants were unable to
locate a plumber, another prison
er volunteered to repair the clog
ged sewer pump if he could have
time deducted from his sentence.
When that offer was rejected, the
prisoner finally agreed to do the
work if he could be transferred to
the trusties’ uptown jail.
The offer was accepted.
SEATTLE (£*)—James T. Swan
son was asked in divorce court
yesterday “Who was your sweet
heart while you were in Alaska?”
“No one,” he replied.
His wife’s counsel then produc
ed a letter written by Swanson
when he was mining in Alaska
last year. It said in part, “can’t
wait until next time, I’ll tell you
all about my new honey. Is she
streamlined!”
Swanson guffawed.
“That was no woman,” he said.
“That was my new dragline—
$50,000 worth, and was I proud of
her.”
He got the divorce.
Parole Denied
To Rep. Thomas
WASHINGTON, {&)—The U. S.
parole board refused to parole
former Representative J. Parnel
Thomas (R.-N. J.) who is serving
six to 18 months on conviction of
padding his Congressional pay
roll.
As usual the board gave no rea
son when announcing it had re
jected Thomas* parole application.
He is serving his sentence in the
Danbury (Conn.) federal correc
tional institution.
Members noted, however, in re
sponse to inquiries, that in addi- j
tion to his prison term, Thomas
was also fined $10,000 and that no
arrangements for paying this have
been made.
The former Congressmen made
a direct appeal to President Tru
man several weeks ago for a Pres
| idential pardon which would can
cel the remainder of his sentence
and also delete the fine.
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Word has been received from
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pennycook
htat they are now in Juneau
where they plan to visit for a few
days before going on to Sitka.1
Mrs. Pennycook stated that Char-.
lie was feeling much better al
ready.
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Baruch Asks All
Out Mobilization
WASHINGTON, (/?) — Elder
statesman Bernard ^aruch today
called for all-out economic mobil
ization of the United States with
a quick freeze on prices, wages j
and rents.
“Events have left us no choice,”
he said. “We have to mobilize.” ,
Baruch, the government’s mob
ilization advisor in two world
wars, urged quick action in testi-l
mony prepared for the Senate
banking committee.
The Senators are weighing a
bill to give President Truman lim
ited wartime controls in the pres
ent emergency. These would not
include price control of any kind.
Baruch’s recommendations in
cluded—but went far beyond—
the President’s requests. In his
statement, Baruch referred to his
former calls for economic mobil
ization. These led to differences
between his and President Tru
man. Baruch has taken the posi
tion that the President was not
doing enough for preparedness.
“Our aim should be to organize
the nation so that every factory
and farm, every man, every dol
lar, every bit of material can be I
put to use where is will strength-!
en our defenses and fill the most
essential needs first,” Baruch told
the committee.
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Theer are 3,500 Boy Scout
troops sponsored by the American
Legion.
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July 29 Is Deadline
For Filing Claims
Of Occupancy
July 29 is a critical date for set
tlers on public lands who have not
filed a notice of their occupancy
of open public domain with the
proper land office in Alaska, it
was pointed out today by Regional
Administrator Lowell M. Puckett,
Bureau of Land Management. Un
der the provisions of a new law
which became effective April 29,
settlers on land must file their no
tices of claim in the local land of
fices or, under certain conditions,
not obtain rcedit for residence
which they have maintained on
the land.
Homestead settlers who had
filed their claims with the U. S.
Commissioner’s office before April
29 have two years to refile such
notices with the land office, but
settlers under other laws who
have not filed any type of appli
cation for the land were given 90
days, or until July 29. to file such
notices.
All settlers who have filed no
application of any type with the
land offices and have settled on
the land since April 29 are re
minded that they have only 90
days from the date of settlement
to record the notice of such settle
ment with the land offices.
Proper forms may be obtained
from the respective lhnd offices.
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B. L. M. Observes
4th Anniversary
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment, with a heritage of 138 years
of service to the people of the na
tion, observes its fourth anniver
sary as one of the major conserv
ation agencies in the department
o fthe Interior.
Formed July 16, 1946, by con
solidation of two long-established
Interior agencies — the General
Land Office (1812- and the Graz
ing Service (1934)—the Bureau of
Land Management has made not
able progress in its multiple man
agement progrems on some 500
million acres of public lands in
the West, and in Alaska, Secretary
of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman
said.
Simultaneously with the an
nouncement of the birthday of;
BLM, a statistical report of Re- j
gion VII (Alaska) for the fiscal
year which ended June 30, 1950.
was released by Lowell M. Puck-!
ett, regional administrator at An
chorage.
During the fiscal year the Bur
eau’s division of engineering ex
tended rectangular surveys over
47,830 acres of land. Dependent
surveys covered 2220 acres. Other
special surveys included two hun
dred forty-eight small tracts, 441 j
townsite lots, 175 homesites, 15
homesteads for settlement claim
ants, one ared and manufacturing
site, and two headquarters sites.
Nearly 1,000 Alaskan home
steads, 991 to be exact, covering
117,190 acres are being held by
entrymen who, theoretically at
least, will proceed to patent them
within the next few years, the re
gional administrator said. Of the
total, 726 are in the Anchorage
district, which includes the First
and Third Judicial Divisions, and
265 are in the Fairbanks District.
ExCoast Guard
Needed for Reserve
The Commander, 17th C6ast
Guard District, with headquarters
in Juneau, has announced that
former Coast Guard and Coast
Guard Reserve enlisted personnel,
including SPARS, may now enlist
in the Coast Guard Volunteer Re
serve for inactive duty without
physical examination other than
visual examination by recruiting
personnel for obvious physical de
fects. Former Coast Guard and
Coast Guard Reserve enlisted per
sonnel interested in enlisting in
the Coast Guard Volunteer Re
serve for inactive duty should for
ward their request for enlistment
to the Commander, 17th Cqtfist
Guard District, Post Office Box
2991, Juneau, Alaska.
Former Coast Guard and Coast
Guard Reserve enlisted personnel
interested in a a commission and
who are now college graduates
or those who through technical or
p r o f e ssional knowledge have
gained qualifications for a com
mission in the Coast Guard Vol
unteer Reserve on inactive duty
should make application for a
commission to the Commandant,
U. S. Coast Guard, 1300 E Street,
N. W., Washington, D. C. Enlist
ment in the Volunteer Reserve
will be advantageous in being
considered for a commission.
The famous Maestro couldn’t
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beautiful, but stupid girl or a
gosh-awful looking female who
was blessed with a beautiful
voice. Finally—he decided to mar
ry the soprano. The morning af
ter the ceremony, he woke up,
took one look at his bride, and
shreiked, “For Heaven’s sake,
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