Alaskan Aviation
Gets Special Govt.
Support, Says CAB
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Alaskan
aviation is getting far more than
its share of support from the gcfv
ernment, the Civil Aeronautics
Board said Saturday.
In its annual report to Congress,
the board said the federal govern
ment spent more than 28 million
dollars during the year ending
June 30, 1951, in support of air
transportation in Alaska, and be
tween Alaska and the United
States.
It listed $6,400,000 in payment
to carriers by the Post Office
Department, and $21,700,000 in
expenditures by the Civil Aero
nautics Administration and the
Weather Bureau, including 16
million dollars for establishment
and maintenance of air navigation
facilities.
“Popularwise, expenditures by
the federal government in support
of activities in the area have been
far out of proportion to those
made on behalf of the various
states in the United States,” the
board said.
“It is the board's belief, in the
light of the service it has offered
to Alaska, its continuing studies
to determine the adequacy of such
service, the special nature of its
regulatory policy affecting Alas
ka, its maintenance of a special
office there and the disproportion
ately high expenditures to aid
Alaska air transportation, that Al
askan aviation has been effec
tively supported.”
The report added that the board
has been following closely the
U.S.-Alaska air freight situation.
“Up-to-date reports from the
field indicate that large volumes
of air freight are freely moving
from the west coast to Alaska,
and that there is no cause for con
cern whether the requirements of
the inhabitants of Alaska cannot
be met on a current basis,” it
said.
The board said it is continuing
to study the transportation needs
of the territory and has started
a formal investigation to deter
mine the need for irregular air
carrier services.
It said the study will be com
pleted before Dec. 31, 1953, the
date of expiration of the tempor
ary certificates issued to two Al
aska airlines now providing U.S.
Alaska service along with the two
previously certified carriers, Pan
American and Northwest Airlines.
Former Wash. Official
Convicted on Bribe Count
OLYMPIA, (iP)— Sam Emman
uel, former secretary of the state
land board, was found guilty last
Friday night on one count of
asking a bribe in connection with
state timber deals.
Emmanuel was convicted on the
charge that he asked Charles Ho
vey, Vancouver timber buyer, for
50 cents a thousand board feet
in return for speeding up the pro
cessing of applications for state
timber sought by Hovey’s com
pany.
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PENPALS WANTED
The following letter was received
by the Chamber of Commerce.
Dear Friends;
Can you help me out? I would
like to get some penpals from
your city. I am greatly interested
in Alaska.
My hobby is writing penpal let
ters. But I don’t have any from
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Thank you for whatever you
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as a honey producer.
Sen. Mundt Predicts
Defeat of Truman’s
Tax Reorganization Plan
WASHINGTON, (IP)— Senator
Mundt (R-SD), predicted Saturday
Senate opponents of President
Truman’s plan to reorganize the
tax-collecting service will muster
the necessary 49 votes to kill it.
He said in an interview the
President’s letter sent to the capi
tol Friday in support of the plan
was a “brazen effort to divert
attention from conditions of graft”
in the administration.
Other Senators opposed to the
plan to reshuffle the scandal
plagued Internal Revenue Bureau
were not so certain it could be
defeated. One privately told a re
porter it would be possible to
muster 51 votes against it if all
51 members opposed turned up
when the showdown comes this
week.
Pessimist: A man who sees
things as they are.
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