Apartment House
Burns In Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, (A*) — Five fam
ilies were made homeless by a
$50,000 apartment house fire Fri
day night.
A frozen fire hose in 50 degree
below zero weather hampered fire
fighters. For 12 hours fire trucks
shuttled a half mile to bring water
to the fire.
Cause of the blaze was undeter
mined. The homeless families
were taken in by neighbors.
Only casualties were frostbitten
The Fire Department answered
a call from the Nome School this
morning which fortunately was a
false alarm.
A radiator had leaked in one of
the main floorlocker rooms, which
was at first believed to be smoke
instead of steam.
It is reported that the evacua
tion of the school was orderly and
quickly under way.
thumbs and eyelids.
A policeman and fireman had
to remove their boots and separate
their toes, which had frozen to
gether.
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CLYDE KAMMERER
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Big Four May Have
Conference
WASHINGTON, The U. S’.,
Britain and France will call on
Russia this week to state its atti
tude toward sitting down with
them to talk over a wide range of
world problems.
The Western Powers’ note, care
fully worded, will be delivered in
Moscow probably tomorrow. It
will be the fourth in a series of
exchanges between Russia and the
West on the idea of holding a Big,
Four meeting.
The curious thing about this ex
change is that none of the govern- ,
ments involved seems to feel that;
a Big Four session! actually would s
result in substantial agreements
and thereby lessen world tension.
On the contrary, some authori
ties here feel that tensions at the
end of any such session might be
worse because of its failures.
Nevertheless, the three Western
governments, and particularly the
British and French, seem to think,
it is necessary to go through the!
motions of meeting and talking
things over for two main pur
poses: First, to prove an interest
Prescribe Cure
For Sore Feet Of
Alaskan Reindeer
CHAMPAIGN, 111., (/P) — Sore
feet on Alaska’s reindeer resulted
from an infectious disease, the
college of veterinary medicine,
University of Illinois, said recent
ly.
A request was received recently
from Bert B. Babaro, veterinarian
of the Arctic Health Research
Center, Anchorage, Alaska, to di
agnose the ailing feet of the do
mestic reindeer herds. The ani
mals reportedly were too footsore
to search out their food.
From his description and two
specimens of the feet he sent
along, the college determined the
disease was infectious podo der
matitis. It could be cured by use
of an antiseptic medicine obtain-!
able in Anchorage, they added.
in leaving no possible avenue to
peace unexplored, and second, to
gain whatever propaganda advan
tage there may be in the course
of the talks.
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20th Legislature
Convenes At
Juneau
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legislature is holding the line at
appropriations made in the past
biennium. However, \ve should
probably try to appropriate more
for revenue-producing depart
ments— the department of taxa
tion and the Territorial attorney
general’s office.”
McCutcheon said moves to re
locate certain government agen
cies, in a stream-lining effort,
probably will be supported by
Third Division Legislators. They
sought to get some of them, and a
new Territorial office building, in
the Anchorage-Palmer sector last
session.
“It seems odd, for example,”
said McCutcheon, “that the Terri
torial department of mines is lo
cated in Juneau when all the min
ing is done in the Second and
Fourth Divisions. Similarly the
departmentof agriculture is in
Fairbanks, while the highest per
centage of farming is carried on
in the Matanuska Valley and the
Kenai Peninsula.”
Sen. Gerrit (Heinie) Snider, a
newly elected Republican, sug
gested in Anchorage:
“Why hasn’t a tax been placed
on contractors working in the Ter
ritory on government projects, as
Governor Greuning suggested to
the Legislature at the start of the
1947 session? Contractors work
ing on government projects oper
ate on a cost plus fixed fee basis,
so it would be a painless tax, with
the contractor passing it on as
part of the cost of operation to
Uncle Sam.”
Senator Engebreth who presided
over the 1949 Senate, lists as the
one-two-three p r o b 1 e ms: The
school situation, reorganization of
the fiscal structure of the Terri
torial government and remodeling
of some bills passed in 1949.
“The Territory is sadly in need
of better and more complete school
facilities,” Enebreth said. “In or
der to achieve them it may be
necessary to bond the Territory.”
Such bonding proposals were
made also in the 1949 Legislature.
Engebreth cited the treasurer’s
and the auditor’s offices as most
in need of revamping.
One thing appears certain, as in
all Alaska Legislatures( there will
be some lively arguing and politi
cal tug-of-warring in the next 60
days.
Uruguay is the smallest Repub
lic in South America.
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