Krug Just Wants
“Fast Development
Of Alaska”
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iginal rights in the Tongass na
tional forest.
He said his department had
nothing to do with a contract the
Indians made with the Develop
ment Corporation of New York to
sell the firm millions of dollars
worth of timber.
He said the Indians had no right
to sell the timber and that trying
to cut it under the contract would
be subject to prosecution by the
forest service.
Both Krug and Mastin White,
department salicitor, said if the
government took land the Indians
claim the government should give
them just compensation.
Krug said he is certain his de
partment can settle the aboriginal
right question in Alaska.
“We can sit down with these In
dians,” Krug said, “and get these
Claims settled in a year or two.
We could give them either land or
dollars for their claims. If dollars
Congress will have to approve it.
We are only waiting for approval
Of Congress to put the plan into
effect."
White said the Indians do not
have a right to make contracts for
sale of timber in the Tongass na
tional forest where the forest serv
ice is trying to establish paper
mills.
He said Congress had decided
in the Tongass National forest bill
that only the agriculture depart
< ment can sell that timber and the
proceeds must be held in the treas
ury until the claims of the Indians
are decided.
Rev. J. Earl Jackman, of the
Board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian church, who has
charge of Alaskan missions sug
gested the Indian bureau be abol
ished over a period of five or ten
years.
He said the Indians are not
ready for immediate transfer of
the Indian bureau duties to the
Territory.
U.S. Commissioner’s Court
Daniel Syngyke was sentenced
to 60 days in the federal jail by
the U. S. Commissioner, on a
charge of being drunk and disor
derly in a public place.
A case is being tried against
Marco Martinovich on a charge of
contributing to the deliquency of
a minor. The case was not com
pleted at press time.
FISH AND WILDLIFE
HAVE GOOD MEETING
Garnet Martin, who has been in
Juneau attending the fish and
wildlife conference, and in Seat
tle on business returned last Sat
urday with Pan American.
He stated this morning that the
mgeting in Juneau was most in
teresting and revealed many prob
lems confronting the commission
in the presence of Albert Day,
head of the group who came from
Washington. D. C., and Frank Du
fresne from Chicago for the con
ference.
Martin stated that an office in
Nome is slated to be open soon,
for the first time, with an agent
stationed here and an amphibious
plane available to cover the divi
sion.
Appropriations are expected to
be more than tripled with a large
amount going to the extermination
of predatory animals.
Charlie Gillam, who is at pres
ent doing an extermination job at
Kenai, is expected to arrive in
April and with his plane and a
special formula is scheduled to do
some work in this area from the
air on the wolf menace.
Garnet stated that no changes
were made in the present game
laws or to the present dates for
open season.
Another interesting plan being
worked on by the commission is
the uniting of the Fish with the
Wild Life departments as both
have functioned separately here
tofore.
Before leaving for Juneau, Gar
net was requested by many resi
dents to bring up the subject of
the diminishing ptarmigan. When
he had the matter thoroughly in
vestigated it was revealed that
ptarmigan seem to work on an
eleven year cycle which can be
traced back to 1905. Every elev
enth year they practically disap
pear for some reason and then
start to increase. This year inci
dentally happens to be the elev
enth year in the cycle which will
mean few birds in the area.
The Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce officers
headed by the newly elected pres
ident Bud Harper, are off to a
good start with a dinner scheduled
to be held tomorrow evening at
the Pioneer Hall, where a review
will be made of th sason’s activi
ties and civic problems confront
ing the chamber.
More get-together dinners are
planned to follow stated the presi
dent, if the members so desire.
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The 21 men, all reported in
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l Inlet yesterday while in distress
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still kept boats from going along
side and the breeches buoy was
brought into play.
James Walsh left Saturday for
Honolulu to attend a conference of
Pan American employees being
held there next week. He will be
joined by Alvin Polet in Fairbanks
and Joe Godding in Ketchikan.
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NOTICE
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B-29 And Crew
Missing In Pacific
SAN FRANCISCO, — An
airforce superfortress with 14 or
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j <PST>. An intensive search is un
der way.
The big plane was one of 10
flying from Spokane to Honolulu.
The army air-rescue arm at
Hamilton' Field and the coast
guard sent out search planes.
The missing plane last gave it
position at 1:34 a.m. to the civilian
aeronautics administration station
at Sacramento. It was to have re
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Farallon Islands, about 25 miles,
off the Golden Gate. It failed to
check in and nothing has been i
heard since.
All other planes in the flight
have reported regularly.
The planes .attached to the
326th very heavy bombing squad
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The missing ship was the sixth
in line.
The 10 B-29’s left Spokane air
force base last night with some of
the base’s top personnel aboard on
a Far Eastern training mission.
The planes were scheduled to
stop at Honolulu, then continue
across the Pacific to Yakota air
.force base in Japan.
Officers participating in the
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Three Powers
Agree On Control
Of The Ruhr
LONDON, </P) — The United
States, Britain and France have
agreed upon international control
of the Ruhr and close cooperation
to enlist western Germany’s as
sets in the Marshall plan.
In conferences here the western
powers also agreed that western
Germany should have a federal
form a government, providing ade
quate central .authority but pro
tecting the rights of the various
states.
A communique was issued Sat
urday night after the conferences
ended.
No hard agreement was reached
upon merger of the French zone
with the United States-British
zones of occupation, but responsi
ble officials said decisions reached
here will lead to that objective.
The three powers decided Ger
many will be represntd in the in
ternational control of the Ruhr.
No indication was given whether
Russia will be invited to partici
pate.
The Ruhr agreement was in
general terms. The specific recom
mendations were not* disclosed.
They will be submitted first to the
governments concerned.
The three powers adjourned un
til next month their talks on the
role Germany will play in the
economic recovery program.
James Trask, commanding officer
of the 326tht bomb squadron.
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