(ien. Kepner
New (lom.-In-(lhief
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WASHINGTON, bP)—Maj. Goo
William Ellsworth Kepner of the
air force was nominated by pres
ident Truman today to be com
mander-in-chief of the Alaska
Command with the rank of Lieu
tenant General.
As Alaskan commander, Ken
The navy submarine service
celebrated its 50th anniversary on
April 11, 1930.
ner will direct all thr^e services
in Alaska—Army, Navy, and Air
-as executive agent for the U.S.
joint chiefs of staff.
Kepner, now chief of the air
units used in the 1946 atomic
bomb tests at Bikini.
He is expected to take com
mand in July, succeeding Lt. Gen.
Nathan F. Twining, who has been
Alaskan commander since Octo
ber, 1947.
Kepner's appointment will place
in the unified Alaskan command
a man who has seen service in
the Marine Corps, the Infantry,
Cavalry and naval airships as
, well as the air force.
ALASKA CAB
(Formerly Glue Pot Cab)
SAME RATES SAME SERVICE
Phone Main 20 - Red 11
N. V. Banks To
Invest In Alaska
Alaska Development Board
JUNEAU— Savings banks of
New York State this week inves
ted S3,080,000 in Alaska’s pro
gress through a mortgage loan to
t h e Eairview housing develop
ment in Fairbanks. This was said
by the Alas_a Development Board
to be the greatest distance from
which substantial capital has
been attracted to the Territory.
Frederick W. Walter, vice pres
ident of the International Securi
ties Corp. of New York City, and
Frederick W. Kerens, mortgage
j broker from Washington, D.C.,
I came to Alaska to close the deal.
The Community Savings Bank
of Rochester, New York, as spon
sor, and the Buffalo Savings Bank
of Buffalo, participating, are ma
king money available on a mort
gage basis to insure constriction
of the 270-unit apartment devel
opment. The mortgage will be
held in trust by the Institutional
Securities Corp.., which repres
IJiroiig . . .
^4 \\'Y oi vour fragile or valuable shipments arc now
literally delivered under lock and I ty by The Alaska ! inc.
I ough new cargo containers, like the one pictured
above, provide maximum security for the most fragile
merchandise. Specially-developed for the Alaska Steam
ship Company following months of experimentation,
nearly two hundred of these waterproofed "strong boxes”
of steel and corrugated iron are now in use.
Their practical design makes cargo handling easier under rhe varied conditions en
countered in Alaskan ports. They help to make Alaska Line freight service faster and
more efficient.
This is another of the many things The Alaska Line is doing to improve its service
to the people of the Territory.
Observing the loading of a new cargo container in the picture above is
II. N. Peterson, Alaska Steamship Company General Traffic Manager.
Literally thousands of Alaskans have learned to know Mr. Peterson per
sonally since he began bis career with the company 34 years ago.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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REINDEER ROUNDUP MOVIES
SEEN AT ROTARY MEETING
The Alaskan version of round
up time on the—reindeer tagging
on the tundra—was the subject of
the Rotary viewing of colored mo
tion pictures last Thursday noon.
The pictures were taken by El
en ts 130 savings banks in New
York State. This corporation holds
$55 million in mortgages through
out the United States. This is its
first financial venture in Alaska.
mo Miller, and showed lots of ac
tion as handlers took the reindeer
by the antlers and threw them in
order to tag and mark their ears.
The reindeers were those of the
Golovin herd.
Rotarian Herk Edwards presen
ted one of Rotary’s most cher
ished emblems to Jerry Modrow
in recognition of Jerry’s recent
joining of the club. Former Ro
tarian Bob Austin of Chicken, Al
aska, wrote enthusiastically of
his new location.
BERING SEA CLUB
DANCING EVERY SATURDAY and SUNDAY
POOL - SHUFFLEBOARD - TEN PIN
PLUMBING and STEAM-FITTING
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