HERE’S HOPINQ
YOUR NEW YEAR
HOLDS REAL JOY AS
, EACH NEW
■v HOUR UNFOLDS.
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'am!Jeew
The bells ring out the
joyous New Year and their
nelody carries the refrain
old, but ever new-success
and happiness to yon.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Thanks for Your Business
Pacific Explorer Is
White Elephant On
U. S. Hands
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the profits, whichever proved the
greater to Nick Bez of Seattle.
Bez operated the Pacific Ex
plorer and its four auxiliary fish- 1
ing craft off Costa Rica from Jan- j
uary to July 1947, and returned to
Astoria, Ore., with 2,250 tons of i
frozen tuna.
Rival Pacific Coast tuna can- 1
ners protested to Washington ;
against “competition through gov- |
ernment subsidy.” j
From March to July, 1948, the
Explorer operated in western 1
Alaskan waters. It processed al
most 400,000 king crabs and more
than 1,600,000 pounds of bottom
fish. Since then it has been in;
dock at Astoria, Ore.
A. W. Anderson, chief of com
mercial fisheries for the fish and
wildlife service, told a reporter
that as a result of the maritime
commission’s action he had asked
industry for an opinion on disposi
tion of the ship.
The National Canners Associa
tion and the National Fisheries In
stitute said they are studying An
derson’s request.
“At those bids, it looks like the
government is taking an awful
shellacking,” commented Charles
Carry', an official of the canners
association.
Anderson said the Pacific Ex
plorer failed to defray the cost of
, the Alaskan crab operation, par
• tially because of the difficulty and
expense of an initial operation.
The Costa Rican trip, however,
demonstrated the feasibility of
factory vessels, he said.
1950
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' the bright aDd cheerful
dawn ol a Net Year is
yours lor the takiuq
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Watchmaker
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MAY THERE ALWAYS
BE A SONG IN YOUR
HEART AS YOU MBIT
EACH SUCCEEDING DAY
OF THE NEW YEAR.
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-Seasons
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Cheer
to all in 1950
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the year be
good to
you.
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PIONEER
WATER DELIVERY