Will Nat Seek
Suspension Of
Assessment Work
Delegate Bartlett announced
this week that “unless some un
usual circumstances should arise
which now cannot be foreseen” iie
will not introduce legislation to
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suspend the requirement of per
formance of assessment work on
mining claims in Alaska.
The decision was reached after
Delegate Bartlett learned that the
interior department through Di
rector Marion Clawson of the bur
eau of Land Management had in
dicated probable opposition to
any effort to seek a further mora
torium and upon advice of a com
mittee of the Alaska Miners Asso
ciation that no effort should be
made to obtain a further suspen
sion of assessment work.
For a number of years during
the war and since, the law requir
ing $100 worth of labor or im
provements on each mining claim
was suspended. The last law
sponsored by Delegate Bartlett
waived the requirement until the
period between July 1 of last year
Discuss Alaska
Law Enforcement
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A special conference was held j
this week by the Justice Depart
ment to discuss the problem of
law enforcement in Alaska.
Among those attending the con
ference were S. A. Andretta, ad
ministrative assistant to the at
torney general, who conducted the
I meeting, the four United States
1 Attorneys from Alaska, P. J. Gil
more, Jr., of Juneau; Frank C.
Bingham of Nome, Earl Cooper of I
Anchorage and Everett Hepp of |
Fairbanks; Clive W. Palmer, spe
cial assistant to the attorney gen- j
eral; William E. Warne, assistant
secretary of the interior; and!
John R. Nichols, Commissioner of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Following general discussion, a
decision was made to appoint a
smaller committee to study the
problem and work out specific |
recommendations.
land July 1 of 1950, and became j
law at a time that increasing op
position within Congress and the i
milling industry was apparent.
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Monday. February 27. 1950
5:00 p.m.—News—Short Wave
5:15—Music of the Masters
6:00—Music from America
6:30—Twenty Questions
7:00—Number Please
6:00—Ozzie and Harriet
6:30—To be announced
9:00—Judy Canova
9.30—Sam Spade
10:00—One Night Stand
10:30—G.I. Jive
10:45—Words with Music
11:00 p.m.—Sign Off
Tuesday. February 28, 1950
7:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
7:15—Morning Devotions
7:30—Sunrise Serenade
8:00—Gary Moore
8:30—Not So Quiet, Please
9:00—AFRS Sports Reel
9:15—Melody Roundup
9:30—To be announced
10:00—Jack Berch
10:15—Chiquita
10:30—Platter Previews
11:00—Personal Album
11:15—Remember
11:30—I. & E. Special
Noon—Luncheon Turntable
12:30—Album Music
12:45—At Ease
1:00—Around World In History
1:15—Jack Smith
1:30—Yesterday’s Best
2:00—Matinee Melodies
3:00—Name It For A Song
3:30—Musical Varieties
4:00—Supper Club
4:15—Second Hand Juke Box
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5:00—News—Short Wave
5:15—Music of the Masters
6:00—Jubilee
6:30—You Are There
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8:00—Burns and Allen
8:30—The Air Force Hour
9:00—Bob Hope
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Wednesday, March 1, 1950
7:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
7:15—Morning Devotions
7:30—Sunrise Serenade
8:00—Gary Moore
8:30—Not So Quiet, Please
9:00—Zeke Manners
9:15—Melody Roundup
9:30—To be announced
10:00—Jack Berch
10:15—Chiquita
10:30—Platter Preview
11:00—Personal Album
11:15—Solitary Singer
11:30—I. & E. Special
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12:30—Album Music
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1:00—Around World In History
1:15—Jack Smith
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THIEVES MENACE STORK
OLEAN, N. Y. (/P)—Thieves al
most tripped up the stork here
when they siphoned some gaso
line out of an ambulance.
The vehicle ran dry before
reaching the hospital. However,
the expectant father following the
ambulance in his own car, was
able to push it to the hospital.
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Furs Smuggled To
Europe By Air
Force During War
WASHINGTON, (A>)_The fish
■ and wildlife service has said U. S.
! airforce personnel smuggled furs
from Alaska to Europe during
; World War II.
The agency made the disclo
sure in announcing that the sea
otters of Alaska and the Aleutian
! Islands have done so well, under
; 40 years of government protec
j tion, that they soon may be trans
1 planted to other Alaskan and
i Aleutian areas.
i “This increase was in spite of
j the fact that many soldiers sta
tioned in the Aleutians took a
fancy at “potting’ sea otters,” the
announcement said.
“Some of the men tried to take
home sea otter souvenirs — still
i worth several hundred dollars
j each in some of hte world’s mar
; kets—but fish and wildlife game
; management agents ‘discouraged’
I the practice.
“Finally, the killing of sea ot
ters by soldiers and the smuggling
of pelts to Europe by pilots was
stopped by the army’s co-opera
tion.”
A service spokesman added that
1 the airmen flew the pelts from
Alaska to Colorado, where they
were loaded aboard planes being
ferried to England. He said he did
^not know how extensive the prac
* tice was.
The sea otter population now
is estimated at 8,000, with the
largest number on Amchitka
(about 4,000) with the rest scat
tered in small groups along other
1 islands and coastal areas.
When funds for winter-trap
ping of animals become available,
the agency said, the otters will be
transplanted in small colonies on
ISeek To Halt
Russian Crab
Meat Importation
WASH INGTON, (/P) _ Rep
.Mack (R.-Wash.) told the House
last week that import of canned
Russian crab meat will wreck the
Pacific Coast crab industry unless
they are stopped.
He said in a statement for the
Congressional Record, that 15,000
cases of Russian crab meat, worth
half a million dollars, were
' brought into Seattle last week.
"This crab meat was caught by
Russians in Russian waters, by
Russian workers and was canned
by Russian workers,” Mack said.
"If the importations continue, and
there is every reason to believe
it will continue under our free
trade practices, our Pacific Coast
crab industry will be knocked into
a cocked hat.”
Mack recalled that prior to
Pearl Harbor Japan furnished 85
per cent of the crab meat sold in
this country. Since the war, he
said, the Japanese fishing waters
have been turned over to the Rus
sians.
“American crab fishermen can
not compete with the low wages
and the low standard of living of
Russia,” Mack continued.
Capl. Sian Morgan, command
ing officer of the Nome ACS sta
tion returned yesterday from an
official trip that took him as far
north as Barrow and down to An
chorage. He has been gone about
two weeks.
Adak and other islands which the
animals occupied before hunters
killed them off, and along the
Alaskan coast.
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