Alaskan Minerals
* In 1946 Worth !
Eleven Million
<(/P) Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Alaska
produced minerals valued at $11,
108.000 in 1946, the bureau o!
mines says in a preliminary report
This was an increase of 9 pe.
cent from the production of $10,
218.000 the preceding year.
Gold production of the Territory
rose from 68,117 ounces valued at
. $2,384,095 in 1945 to 192,527 ounces
worth $6,738,445, nearly a three
fold increase.
The bureau said the gain in
1946 was due chiefly to the steady
expansion of placer gold opera
tions and to a substantial increase
in coal production which was en
couraged by the west coast ship
ping strike.
Non-metal minerals declined 8G
per cent from 1945.
^ Silver output in the Territory
last year was 29,058 fine ounces
worth $23,479 compared with 9,983
fine ounces worth $7,099 in 1945.
No production of copper, lead
and zinc was reported in 1946, and
also no antimony, chromite, iron,
manganese, molybdenum, tin or
vanadium.
Coal production in 1946 was val
ued at $2,324,000 compared with
$1,905,000 for the year before. It
consisted entrely of bituminous
coal and totaled 370,000 short tons
compared with 300,000 short tons
the year previous. The total value
of non-metals consisting of sand,
gravel, crushed stone, asbestos and
jade compared with $4,573,000 in
1945. The decline followed com
pletion of military facilities.
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• MUNZ AIRWAYS TO CLOSE
DURING LEGISLATURE
During the absence of William
Munz, who has left to attend the
legislature, Munz Airways will
suspend operations. Fred Cham
bers who has been flying for this
company will leave on Monday
for the east with his family to re
sume his flying there with the
American Airlines. He has been
on a leave of absence while in
Nome and will make his home in
Cleveland.
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Moslems To Strike
Protesting Arrest
BOMBAY, (/P) — Tlje Punjab
province government today out
lawed the Moslem National Guard
and arrested eight high Moslem
League leaders in Lahore, 900
miles north of Bombay.
The Bombay league called upon
this province’s 2,500,000 Moslems
to strike tomorrow in protest.
Police swooped suddenly upon
the Lahore headquarters of the
guard and arrested the provincial
Moslem league president and seven
others. Thirty persons who demon
strated after the arrests also were
taken into custody. The official
strike call summoned Moslems to
mass meetings in the evening in
Bombay province. There has been
a ban of the assemblage of more
than five persons at a time here
since the communal rioting which
has cost the lives of more than
1 200 Moslems and Hindus since
Sept. 1.
BOARD OF C. OF C.
PLANS LEGISLATION
The board of directors of the
NWA Chamber of Commerce met
last night to discuss a report of
the chamber’s legislative commit
tee, also a report of the meeting
of the Alaska Development Board
in Juneau recently by A. Polet,
the Second Division representative
to the board.
The various questions and
plans presented were in a great
measure items which had been re
quested in previous legislatures
but which had received little or
no consideration, even from our
own Second Division legislators.
The report of the legislative
committee was accepted and a res
olution passed to print and for
ward the report to the members
of the legislature with an endorse
ment by the chamber.
NO DAMAGE FROM FIRE
AT POWER PLANT
In asnwer to a call from the
Northern Light and Power Co.
plant the fire department was
called out this morning about nine
o’clock. A fire had started under
the floor near the exhaust but was !
quickly extinguished with CO-2. |
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Large Ice Pack May
Cut Antarctic
Expedition Short
Aboard USS. Mt. Olympus, Lit
tle America, <Delayed)—(/P)—The
threat of a sudden, heavy freeze
may force the navy’s Antarctic ex
pedition to return home weeks
earlier than originally planned.
At present, ships in the expedi
tion’s central group are anenored
in the open water of the Bay of
Whales at the edge of the South
Polar ice cap. But to the north is
the menacing Ross ice pack—big
ger than ever this year.
In the event of a sudden freeze,
extending the ice pack into the
bay, the thin hulls of the Mt.
Olympus, and the cargo ships Yan
cey and MerricK mignt be crushed.
Admiral Richard Cruzen, task
force commander, already has ex
pressed concern about such a pos
sibility. He told reporters with the
expedition that he and Admiral
Richard Byrd, expedition leader
aooard the carrier Phillippine Sea
north ot the ice pack, have been
considering an early start home.
Original plans called for a stay
here until early March.
Working against time, Seabees
have thrown up a tent town and
an airport on the ice shelf above
the Bay of Whales and near the
Little America base established
by previous Byrd expeditions.
Fifty tents have been erected
and the airstrip—stretching for a
mile between flag markers, has
been smoothed out in the snow
and ice. A ski-plane with a 53
foot wing-span helped do it.
Six transport planes from the
carrier Philippine Sea, now 6CL
miles north, will use the strip
later.
Martin Victor Buys
Goldstein Fur Store
Transfer of one of Alaska’s long
est established businesses into new
hands was announced in Juneau,
jointly by Charles Goldstein and
Martin Victor, Jr., old and new
owners respectively. Mr. Victor
this week took over full direction
of the Charles Goldstein & Co. re-!
tail fur business here.
Mr. Victor announced that he,
will occupy the store location in ;
the Goldstein building, but the
name of the business has been j
changed to Martin Victor Furs, I
Inc.
Mr. Goldstein stated that he will
continue to have his office in the;
fur store and he will continue to
operate his raw fur business, which
was not included in the sale. Mr.
Goldstein will conduct his raw f.ir
dealings in the same manner as
heretofore, with buyers out in the
field and Juneau as headquarters.
ARCTIC CIRCLE EXPLORA
TION CO. CHANGES NAME
On December 13, the new man
agement of the Arctic Circle Ex
ploration Co., under a new name—
Arctic Enterprises—met in Seat
tle and will operate under a new
board of directors as follows:
Glenn Carrington, president and
treasurer; Norman Stines, vice
president and consulting engineer:
A. F. Erickson, secretary; Ray Mil
ler, director, Gordon Newhousc,
director.
Starting February first George
Hellerich will become general
manager and in complete charge
of operations at Candle.
The annual U. S. production of
Swis cheese totals 20,000 tons.
STREPTOMYCIN NOT
CURE FOR PULMONARY
TUBERCULOSIS
Although streptomycin is the
most promising drug yet used in
the treatment of tuberculosis, Doc
tor Leo J. Gehrig, tuberculosis
control consultant with the Terri
torial Department of Health,
pointed out that it cannot be con
I sidered a cure for pulmonary tu
berculosis.
i Commenting on the fact that
streptomycin, a new drug devel
oped from soil fungus, is now
available commercially, Doctor
Gehrig warned that tuberculosis
patients and their families should
not expect miracles from the drug
and should by no means forsake
proved methods of treatment in
i the hope that streptomycin will
bring a quick, complete cure.
“Our knowledge of the effec
tiveness of streptomycin in treat
ing pulmonary tuberculosis in hu
' man beings is far too limited to
! warrant too much optimism.” he
stated. “More research is needed
before final conclusions on its
value can be reached.
Studies conducted so far indi
cate that streptomycin retards the
progress of the disease in some se
lected cases, however, there is fre
quently a re-occurrence of symp
toms and pathological findings af
! ter the drug is discontinued.
When streptomycin is used, it is
! always in conjunction with bed
rest in a hospital or sanatorium. It
1 is not advocated for patients who
are making normal progress under
proved methods of treatment!
Although the drug is now dis
tributed through hospitals, the
supply is limited and the drug re
mains a very expensive form of
treatment, according to Doctor
Gehrig, who pointed out that
treatment usually lasts over a pe
riod of four to six months. At the
present time there is a very lim
ited supply of the drug available
in the Territory.
SEATTLE, t/P)—The Northwest
Airlines’ Trailblazer, Orient-route
survey plane, was to take off today
for Minneapolis. It arrived here
last evening after a 22,000 mile
flight to the Far East and return,
via the Aleutians.
CIO Dis< musses
Steel Contract
PITTSBURGH, The execu
tive board of the CTO united steel
workers met today to discuss con
tract proposals submitted to the U.
S. Steel Corp.—and Walter Rcu
ther, head of the CIO united auto
workers, joined in the closed ses
sion.
Reuther, whose visit here was
unannounced, flew in from Detroit
and walked into the board meet
ing with only this remark:
“It was a very pleasant trip.”
A few weeks ago he conferred
here with CTO president Philip
Murray and other CTO officials on
the union’s contract policies.
Another conferee at this after
noon’s session was Albert Fitzger
ald, president of the CTO electrical
radio and machine workers, whose
contract negotiations arc impend
ing.
The steelworkers’ execu t i v e
board, comprising Murray and
other top officials of the union,
opened its session a short time af
ter beginning formal contract
talks with the U. S. Steel Corpora
tion. Delegations from manage
ment and union talked two hours
i then recessed until Monday.
The U. S. Steel contract would
cover 175,000 employees of subsid
iary corporations—but normally r.
also sets the pattern for somr
050,000 workers in the industry.
Krug Defends
Indian Affairs
WASHINGTON, </P)—Secretary
of Interior Krug said today the
government should continue its su
pervision of Indian tribes “unti’
they can move into society safely.“
Krug told the Senate civil serv
ice committee that when that time
comes “we have a responsibility
to release the controls and restric
tions of guardianship.”
The committee is holding hear
ings* on possible ways to whittle
down federal employee rolls. Til"
Indian matter came up in connec
tion with a suggestion by chair
man Langer <R.-N.D.» that the In
terior department’s Indian affair
bureau be liquidated.
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