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(Fourth of a series on possible Pacific invasion spots)
, By THOMAS A. BOYNTON. AP Newsfeatures Writer
Aimed at the heart of the Japanese Empire like machinegun bullets
in flight is the 800-mile long line of volcanic Kurile Islpnds. They
stretch from the tip of Russian Kamchatka to wihin 50 miles of Kok
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kaido, second largest of Nippon’s
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home islands.
Only 850 miles of open water
separate Paramushiro, the Kur
iles’ bomb-battered northern an
chor, from Attu, pendant of the
1,000-mile Aleutian chain which
reaches westward from Alaska.
The Aleutians and Kuriles
make up what Vice Adm. Thomas
C. Kinkaid, commander of the U.
S. 7th Fleet, once termed “the
northern—and shortest—road to
Japan.”
In the main, the Kuriles are
rocky, fog-swpet eruptive peaks
that rise from a cold sea. The
Japanese call them Chishima Ret
to—thousand islands — although
only 32 are large enough to be
considered more than rocks.
Shumushu, northernmost of the
Kuri’es chain, is an island of low
hills somewhat swampy valleys
and low tree growth. Bittobu By
ochi on the west coast has an ex
cellent sandy beach backed by
sand hills and a lake.
OPA Establishes
Ceilings on Storage
And Warehousing
Maximum charges for storages,
warehousing and terminal serv
ices are now subject to control un
der Maximum Price Regulation
586—effective June 1st here in
Alaska—as announced by officials
of the Territorial OPA office in
Juneau. Sellers of such services
will be informed of its pricing and
filing requirements through a
trade bulletin in the near future.
Any further particulars can be ob
tained by calling the local OPA
board office.
Previously covered by several
different regulations, this new
move on the part of OPA provides
a consolidation and simplification
of controls over a major field of
industry in Alaska. MPR 586 also
promises to improve understand
ing and compliance by those in
dustries effected, in addition to
providing purchasers of such serv
ices with more tangible means of
establishing the legality of charges
made to them for such services, a
need for which has been obvious
for some time.
Principal services effected are:
storage of goods for future deliv
ery, including dry and cold stor
age; freezing, including “quick
freezing;” wharfage and handling
i
hoist and crane service; stevedor
ing, loading and unloading of
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ships, cars, barges; and such sub
ordinate services as packaging,
crating, weighing, baling; but only
when performed by same estab
lishment providing principal serv
ices of storage and terminal fa
cilities.
Basically this regulation tends
to hold maximum prices to the
March 1942 level with all sellers
required to file a statmeent in
duplicate, showing their maxi
NOMEITES RETURN
FROM VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas R. Jones
who have been in the States for
the winter returned with the
Alaska Airlines yesterday. Mr.
Jones was very active on local ra
dio broadcasts last year while sta
tioned here with the U. S. Army.
Mrs. Jones is the former Matilda
O’Connor, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O’Connor.
mum prices, rates, and pricing
methods, with the nearest OPA
field office after June 1st and not
later than September 1st.
Not covered by this new regula
tion are: fur storage, storage of
household furniture and belong
ings, safety deposit rentals, and
rental of individual lockers—
which services will remain under
jurisdiction of RMPR 165 as re-,
cently explained to the trade.
Seismograph
In Buffalo Reports
Strong Earthquake
BUFFALO, N. Y., June 27—CP)
—An earthquake of “destrucitve”
strength was registered at 6:14
a m., PWT. by the seismograph in
Canisius College.
Dr. Austin McTigue said the
'quake was about twenty-six hun
dred ninety miles from Buffalo,
possibly in the Alaskan area.
C. N. WORKMAN HERE
ON O.P.A. BUSINESS
Mr. C. N. Workman, principal
investigator for the Office of Price
Administration is in Nome on of
ficial business. His offices are in
Juneau. This is his first trip to
Nome, and he is reviewing several
cases before the Price Panel.
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