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Youths Appear
On Fire Charges
HARRISON, N.Y., — {&) —Two
grade school boys have been or
dered to appear in Westchester
County children’s court today on
charges they tried to burn down
the building where they go to
school.
Detectives quoted the boys, aged
9, and 11, with saying they start
ed the fire, which Sunday night
caused $4,000 damage, because
“we wanted to be sure we would
n’t have a school to go back to
in the fall.”
MR. AND MRS. O.S. WEAVER
RETURN FROM THE STATES
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Weaver, of
the Northern Light and Power Co.,
returned home after an absence
of several months, during which
Mr. Weaver underwent a serious
operation from which he is re
cupeating. They are being wel- [
corned by their many friends.
FATHER TOM RETURNS TO
HIS PARRISH AT TELLER
Father Tom Cunningham, who
made a special trip to Nome for
the burial of little Teddy Reed
last week, returned to Teller yes
terday.
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ON THE BALLOT in the Oct. 12th election there will be a referendum on “the practice of fishing by means of traps should
be continued or ... should be abolished.” To abolish traps, we believe, would amount to confiscation and would permanently
injure the Territory of Alaska.
ALASKA NEEDS MONEY
TO GROW
How will other investors feel about
putting new money into the develop
ment of Alaska, if you vote to confiscate
traps? All Alaska will benefit by keeping
traps. Your vote against confiscation will
tell investors that their money is safe in
Alaska, that you want them to put more
money into Alaska and that you want
Alaska to grow and prosper. The salmon
industry needs traps to prosper. If
Alaska’s largest industry prospers, all
Alaska will prosper.
VOTE TO
CONTINUE TRAPS!
Here's why YOU Should
VOTE to CONTINUE
TRAPS:
1. Traps mean jobs—not just for 45 days but for
six to nine months for approximately 4,000
people, mostly Alaskans.
2. Traps are the best means of conserving
Alaska’s salmon.
3. Traps pay taxes. Without them the Territory
would have to levy additional taxes on all
other Alaska businesses and individuals.
4. Traps, together with mobile gear, allow can
neries to operate efficiently. Without traps,
at least 25 large canneries would close down
because they would be stripped of their de
pendable supply of salmon—thousands of men
would lose their jobs.
5. Traps are vital to Alaska’s economy. Confiscate
them and you undermine the Territory’s sta
bility. An unstable region cannot develop a
diversified economy.
6. Traps so stabilize the entire salmon industry
that they make it possible for packers to pay
fishermen maximum prices. Confiscate traps
and you cut down these earnings. Nobody
gains—everyone loses.
7. Traps are vital in maintaining U. S. world
leadership in the canned salmon industry. Con
fiscate them and you so weaken America’s posi
tion that it will be possible for Russia, utilizing
U.S. built floating canneries, to seize this prize
in world trade. The Japanese demonstrated,
in 1937, by their operations in Bristol Bay,
that such floating canneries constitute a real
threat.
8. Traps represent large investments in venture
capital. Confiscate them and you discourage
other industries from investing in Alaska’s
future.
9. Traps provide healthy competition. Confiscate
them and you establish a gear monopoly in the
catching of salmon.
10. Traps, seines and gill nets-—ALL THREE
TYPES OF GEAR ARE ESSENTIAL to
maintain Alaska’s canned salmon pack. Vary
ing conditions in the Alaska fishing grounds
make it economically feasible to fish certain
areas to full advantage only by means of traps.
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COMMITTEE OF ALASKA TRAP OPERATORS
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Flying Freighters
Ferry Foodstuffs
From Frankfurt
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no hardship.
“I’d rather fly food than bombs,”
said Lt. Lucian Rainy of Mar
garet, Ala. He bombed Berlin
and Frankfurt from flying fort
resses in the war.
“This is just a snap compared
to the wartime bombing run over
Germany,” said Lt. Victor E. Fine
up, St. Louis. Fineup was shot
down over Paris on Sept. 3, 1943
and spent 20 months in German
prison camps.
None of the fliers reported in
terference by Russian planes.
The 43 C-54 transports came
: a long way to join the Berlin
shuttle. The 54th Troop Carrier
| squadron came from Anchorage,
Alaska. During the war it supplied
American troops in the Aleutian
Islands.
The 19th squadron came from
Hawaii, the 20th squadron from
l Panama and the 48th from Austin
Texas.
The flyers from Alaska say it
| is a lot easier flying in Germany.
Back in Alaska, we used to fly
j 2,600 miles round trip, with 200
foot ceilings and a half mile visi
bility,” said Lt. James C. Powell,
Fort Worth, Texas. The round trip
to Berlin is 520 miles.
Lt. Merrill Rohrbough, Omaha,
: Neb., flew 43 bombing missions
lover the Philippines before going
! to Alaska. He said it is a relief to
; fly over flat land instead of the
j mountains and water.
| Lt. Col. James N. Sammons of
j Louisa, Ky., commander of the
; 54th, flew B-17s in the war over
1 Europe and Africa. He smiled
at the way his flyers are taking
their assignments, and said:
‘‘Actually we’re working hell
out of these boys but they sure
picked the right outfit for the
job. We’ve got the best instrument
flying group in the Air Force.”
Pan American
i
Has Cool Room
Cor Alaska Cargo
SEATTLE, — (/P) —Pan Ameri
can Airways has completed a
new “cool room” at its Boeing
Field hangar where perishable
foods for Alaska can be delivered
at any time of the day and kept
fresh until departure time.
Pan American’s June figures
show an increase of 527 per cent
increase in air cargo compared
with a year ago. E. H. Herold,
| cargo traffic superintendent, said
In addition to fresh produce, dairy
products and fresh meat, Alaskans
are shipping more and more heavy
non-perishable items such as
household furniture, live animals,
machinery parts and hardware.
SEWARD, — (/P) —The body
of Richard Karolkiewicz, 23, mis
s.ng since Sunday, was found sub
merged in 15 feet of water under
a gangplank at the waterfront yes
terday.
Police investigators said Karol
kiewicz apparently slipped into
the water while returning to his
craft, the Barge 505. The Seward
man is survived by his father and
a brother, Alfred, in Philadelphia.