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Increased Power
Nome AFRS Not
For Propaganda
NOME, (/P)—A military spokes
man said Saturday that the Air
I Force has no intention of using a
more powerful radio station to
offset Russian propaganda.
The only reason for increasing
the wattage of the Air Force Sta
tion in Nome is to get informa
tion and entertainment to military
personnel in the most isolated re
gions of Alaska, he said.
“The power is not being in
creased for any international rea
sons whatsoever,” the spokes
man said. “That type of activity
would have to be handled by the
State Department.”
The only American station in the
Arctic-Bering Sea areas, a 50-watt
station at Marks Air Force base
here, is being increased to 1,000
watts. This will provide enter
tainment for troops and for the
natives, who are avid radio fans.
)4 Nome residents listen to the
w American station and - to a Rus
sian station which broadcasts from
across the Bering Straits.
M’Arthur Inquiry
To Hear Only 4
More Witnesses
WASHINGTON, (iF) — The
Senate’s MacArthur inquiry com
mittee voted unanimously today
to hear only four more witnesses
and to close the investigation “at
the earliest possible date.”
Chairman Russell (D-Ga) told a
news conference the inquiry may
end this week or by the middle of
next week at the latest.
The committee decided to call
these additional witnesses:
Patrick J. Hurley, former am
bassador to China.
Maj. Gen. Emmet O’Donnell,
former commander of the U. S.
strategic bombing force in the Far!
East.
Maj. Gen. David C. Barr, for
mer commander of the U. S. 7th
Division in Korea and one-time
chief of a U. S. military mission
to Chain.
Vice Admiral Oscar Badger,
former U. S. naval commander
in the Far East.
In addition to these four wit
nesses, it is possible Gen. Mac
Arthur may testify again. The
committee has invited MacArthur
to take the witness chair again if
he cares to reply to any of the
testimony the committee has heard
since the inquiry started May 3.
Predicts 100,000 Population
For Anchorage 5-7 Years
ANCHORAGE, W)—The Alaska
director of the Federal Housing
Administration predicts Anchor
age will have more than 100,000
population within five to seven
years.
C. C. Staples, the FHA official,
made this forecast at a Cham
ber of Commerce meeting.
He said development of water
sources and distribution systems
is the only element hampering the
tripling of the present popula
tion.
Col. Noyes, Head of ARC,
Ordered To Undisclosed
Far East Assignment
JUNEAU, (/P) — Col. John R.
Noyes, head of the Alaska Road
Commission the past three years,
has been ordered by the Army to
a new undisclosed assignment in
the Far East.
He leaves here June 23 for
Washington, D. C.
During his Alaska assignment
he directed $75,000,000 in road
jobs.
Tension Mounts
In Strike-Bound
Bristol Bay
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ANCHORAGE, (/P) — Tension
was reported mounting today in
the strike-bound Bristol Bay area
as charges of “strike-breaking
tactics” were hurled at the Alaska
Fishermen’s Union and the Alaska
Salmon Industry, Inc.
The accusations were made by
officials of the striking Bering
Sea Fishermen’s Union, whose
1,400 resident members walked
out two weeks ago in support of
demands for union recognition.
Jim Downey of Dillingham,
chairman of the Bering Sea
Union’s negotiating committee,
said feeling had become so bitter
“that residents of Bristol Bay may
drive non-resident AFU members
out of the area altogether if they
continue their strike-breaking op
erations.”
The “strike-breaking” accusa-.
tion came after AFU members
crossed picket lines at Ekuk to
take salmon to a Libby, McNeill
& Libby cannery.
He further charged that the
AFU and the Salmon Industry
used strike-breaking tactics in un
loading cannery supplies from the
freighter Nadina at Naknek.
In Seattle, George Johansen,
AFU secretary - treasurer, said
AFU members were ignoring the
Bering Sea picket lines and would
continue to do so.”
WAVE Officer
Appointed Head
Air Force WAF’s I
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Women
in the Air Force are doing a not
so-slow burn over the appoint
ment of a Wave reserve officer as
director of the WAF.
And there’s an awful fuss in
| the Pentagon powder rooms over
just why the former director, Lt.
Col. Geraldine “Jerry” May, re
signed. Associates told a reporter
Saturday that Col. May’s “resig
nation for personal reasons” was
a surprise not only to them, but
j to her. Colonel May declined to
comment.
The girls are hopping mad. You
hear mumblings about; a “double
cross.” And Jthe selection of Miss
Mary Jo Shelley, a naval reserv
ist, to head the WAF is inter
preted in some quarters as a re
flection on the abilities of the Air
Force’s 425 women officers to
handle an expanding recruiting
program. Coloney Shelly, a for
mer assistant to the president of
Bennington College, was sworn in
last week.
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Assessment Work
Moratorium Faces
Heavy Opposition
WASHINGTON, (tP) — A new
%
drive to give some sort of relief
to mining claim holders who are
required to do $100 worth of
assessment work on their claims
each year is shaping up in Con
gress.
It appeared today however that
such a drive may face heavy
going.
For many years Congress an
nually granted a “moratorium”
suspending the assessment work
requirement. Last year it granted
only a three months’ extension—
from July 1 to Oct. 1—for com
pleting the work.
Rep. Regan (D-Tex), chairman
of the House Interior Affairs min
ing subcommittee, says several
bills have been introduced in this
Congress to grant another assess
ment work moratorium.
He told a reporter, however,
that after conferring with mem
bers of the subcommittee, he had
definitely decided against consid
ering any such legislation.
The Interior Affairs Committee,
when seeking extension of the
three-month time 'bill last year,
“definitely pledged” to Congress
that there would be further mora
toriums, Regan said.
Would Extend Time For
Annual Assessment Work
To Oct. 1 This Year
WASHINGTON, UP) — A bill
to extend to Oct. 1, 1951, the time
during which annual assessment
work on mining claims may be
made was introduced Friday by
Senator McCarran (D-Nev). Under
[ existing law the work must be
completed by June 30.
McCarran said that because of
the increase in mining activity
and other defense projects oc
casioned by the Korean crisis,
there is a shortage of labor to do
the required work.
Hope To End
Maritime Strike
On Pacific Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — Ship
owners and CIO radio operators
hold new peace talks today in
hopes of ending a strike that has
virtually crippled non -.military
shipping on the Pacific Coast.
Federal Conciliator Omar Hos
kins met separately with the two
factions yesterday, then an
nounced a join session today.
There was no indication of a
compromise.
The American Radio Association
is asking a $70 monthly pay in
crease for some 700 members.
That would up their monthly base
wage to $415.
Meanwhile, the radiomen pick
eted waterfront piers here and in
nearby Oakland and Alameda and
two ships were reported picketed
at Tacoma, the American Mail
Line’s India Mail and Pope & Tal
bot’s P & T Leader.
Picket lines were respected by
other maritime unions.
Alaskans Contribute
1,703 Pints of Blood
To Korean Blood Bank
ANCHORAGE, (£>) — Alaskans
contributed 1,703 pints of blood
in the past week’s drive, officials
of the King County Blood Bank
•at Seattle announced prior to their
departure for the States.;
The contributions made at An
chorage, Juneau and Ketchikan,
were well over the 1,500 quota
set for the territory.
Anchorage, which had a quota
of 1,000 pints, furnished 1,231.
Each day’s collection of blood
was flown to the States by the
Military Air Transport Service.
Outnumbered U.S.
Jets Destroy 6 Reds
(By the Associated Press)
Outnumbered American • Sabre
jets destroyed six Russian-type
jets and damaged eight others in
two big air battles over Korea
yesterday and today.
A total of 118 planes were in
volved in the sudden revival of
jet warfare.
Sixteen Red jets made a third
stab at four Sabre jets Monday
afternoon—but kept at a safe dis
tance. They fired twice on the
F-86s, then streaked back across
the Yalu river into the safety of
Manchuria.
All American planes returned
safely, Far East Air Forces said.
Reappearance of the Red jets in
force coincided with indications
the Chinese may be preparing a
new ground offensive.
Red troops suddenly appeared
in territory they had previously
deserted. Replacements steadily
filtered down from the north for
holding troops all along the front.
Labor Disputes Tie
Up Every Major
Port In Nation
NEW YORK, (JP) — The CIO
National Maritime Union claimed
today that about 80 ships that
should be on the high seas were
“sitting still” in port as a result
of labor disputes that tied up
every major waterfront in the
nation.
Sailing of the American Export
liner Elmira Victory for Trieste
was cancelled today, the first ship
, in the Port of New York to be
affected.
Two other American Export
ships, the Exbrook and Exermont,
are scheduled to sail tomorrow,
but line officials said it was doubt
ful whether they would be able
to leave. All three are combined
passenger and cargo ships.
Meantime, federal mediators
charted new efforts to settle the
no-oontract, no-work dispute.
Only Korean war and other
vital defense cargoes were mov
ing.
An official of the CIO National
Maritime Union said that no more
American passenger ships carry
ing tourist trade would sail until
the contract dispute is settled.
JUDGE KEHOE TO ATTEND
CONFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA
Judge Joseph W. Kehoe is
scheduled to leave Wednesday for
the States to attend a week’s con
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ference of judges of the Ninth
Circuit at Santa Barbara, Calif.
This is the first time that Alas
kan judges have been invited to
take part in the conference. Judge
Anthony J. Dimond of Anchorage
is also planning to attend.
PLEASED WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT recently that sched
uled air service has been granted between Portland and major
Alaska centers. President Edgar W. Smith, left, of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and Chairman R. B. Maloney of the Port
land Chamber's Alaska committee are shown discussing plans
for Portland's fourth annual trade-travel tour sponsored by the
Chamber which arrived Juneau yesterday for a 12-day visit in
the Territory. President Smith will lead the group of mort than
20 which will meet with business leaders in Fairbanks, Anchor
age, Seward, Valdez, Palmer, Kodiak, Nome and other points.
Traffic manager of Montgomery and Ward in Portland, Maloney
‘ commented, "The Pacific Northern and Alaska Airlines service,
speeding up transportation and communication between major
commercial centers in Alaska and the Portland trade area, will
mean a big boost in our trade which has shown tremendous
growth in the three years since Coastwise Lines opened sched
uled steamship service to southwest Alaska.