Seattle May Still
Celebrate “Gold
Rush” Days
SEATTLE, (/P).—A new organi
zation has stepped forward as a
possible sponsor for a proposed
1948 civic fiesta in observance of
the 50th anniversary of the Alaska
gold rush.
Mayor William F. Devin an
nounced that the Washingtonians,
Inc., expressing astonishment that
the golden jubilee proposal might
be dropped, volunteered to take it
over with the support of other
civic groups.
“I shall confer with a commit
tee from the Washingtonians, and
if they definitely want to go
ahead. I shall authorize them to do
so,” the mayor said. ‘‘It seems too
bad to sidetrack the project.”
The mayor reported earlier this
week that the project seemed1
doomed for the sidetrack after the!
chairman of a celebration commit-!
tee reported business leaders felt I
it was impractical to make a drive i
for a required $260,000 promotion
fund.
A strong appeal for the celebra
tion also came from Alaska. The ^
mayor received a letter from edi
tor-publisher William L. Baker of
the Ketchikan Chronicle pointing
out the benefits of such an ob- {
servance. He said Ketchikan busi
nessmen would gladly cooperate
with Seattle in the venture.
Prices Skyrocket;
Canadians Protest
Import Cuts
(By Robert Bunnelle)
OTTAWA, (iP) — Protest from
consumers and producers alike
continued to swamp Canadian of
ficials today in the wake of the
government’s decision to ease an
American dollar shortage by cut
ting imports.
Prices of goods have soared—
rocketing as high as $500 in the
case of some motor cars—as a re
sult of the government’s “auster
ity” program announced last week,
restricting imports ranging from
automobiles and jewelry to fresh
fruits.
The government hopes to save
upwards of $300,000,000 on for
eign exchange and make the na
tional economy more nearly self
contained.
Meanwhile manufacturers, im
porters and consumers sought ap- j
pointments to present their cases1
to government officials as effects1
of the new curbs were felt
throughout the Dominion.
In Vancouver union officials
warned that restrictions on im
ports of fresh fruit and vegetables
from the U. S. might create a “bad
situation” in British Columbia
mines and logging camps this win
ter. '
In Toronto there was a run on
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Burning Ship
JUNEAU, </Pt — Two women,
four men and a small boy who es
caped yesterday from the burning
seiner, the North Pass, and were
rescued by a seaplane, were none
the worse for their experience
Saturday—but were out $6,000
which they were forced to leave
behind.
James Marks, of Hoonah. owner
of the North Pass, reported after
the group was brought here by an
Alaska Coastal Airlines seaplane
that his new ship caught fire from
the backfire of a gasoline genera
tor.
Marks, his wife, son and others
aboard took to life rafts and were
sighted in Chatham Straits, 45
miles from here, by pilot Joe
Walton who was flying a Pan
American world airways plane
from Gustavus to Juneau. The sea
plane took off on its rescue mis
sion after Walton radioed here.
The coast guard cutter Wachu
sett sank the gutted seiner late in
the afternoon to prevent it from j
being a hazard to navigation.
fruits and vegetables.
Along the Canadian border po-.
lice reported seizure of banned
goods from returning Canadian
visitors to the U. S. Canadians are
perimitted to spend up to $150 a
year in the States, but can’t bring
home toys, typewriters, cigarettes,
radios, electric razors or many
other items included in the ban.
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With Novel Plan ‘
—
PHILADELPHIA, pR) —George
Rookstool, 32-year-old North Phil
adelphia butcher, says he plans to
sign up 300 customers, sell them
meat wholesale and charge a blan
ket fee of $1.25 per customer.
Under this plan, Rookstool said
yesterday his customers will get
“free meat one week out of every
month,” adding that the average
butcher markup for profit is 35
per cent which means “my plan
assures at least a saving of 25 per
cent monthly for each customer.”
“If I get 500 patrons,” Rook
stool said, “the weekly fee will be
cut to 75 cents.”
Up to yesterday 185 customers
had signed up for the plan.
Girl Scout News
' •
Wilma Stephenson, Troop Scribe
The Girl Scouts decided against
having a Thanksgiving party in
favor of having a Christmas party.
We are going to plan it next Wed
nesday.
We are going to have a treasure
hunt after Christmas and are post
poning an ice skating party until
spring.
We have five groups working
on merit badges. We are almost
done.
We learned several new gahes
this meeting that we will demon
strate next Wednesday.
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