Vmkltik Miner
Loses IJ. S. Suit
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — The
Ninth Federal Circuit court of ap
peals declared in an Alaska gold
mining case Wednesday that it
was the traditional policy of the
federal government to regard Ter
ritorial tidelands as “held in trust
for the ultimate benefit of future
States.”
Affirming the Alaskan district
court, the appelate court decided
that Territorial tidelands and the
beds of navigable streams were
never open to exclusive claims.
Frank Dent thus lost out in his
attempt to obtain an injunction
which would have permitted him !
an exclusive right to dredge for
gold in the Niukluk River in the
Nome mining district. He claimed
the right under miners’ rules j
adopted June 2. 1948.
The appellate court’s statement j
about “traditional policy” was
noted with interest by legal ob- j
servers here, in view of the con
Alaska Housing
Assured by House
J
WASHINGTON, (JP)—House ap
proval of the conference report on
the third deficiency appropriation
bill yesterday assured Alaska a
$10,00.000 revolving fund for fi
nancing of housing.
The Alaska housing program
will be carried out under direction
of the Alaska Housing authority,
which was created by the 1949
legislature.
The Alaska housing act was
passed by the Legislature in antic
ipation of federal funds being
made available. They have been
long delayed and were bounced
out of one appropriation bill.
A revolving fund does not con
stitute a grant of funds, but is one
from which funds can be advanced
and then repaid.
tinuing efforts of California and
others coastal states to establish
property rights in rich, oil-yield
ing tidelands.
Tornado Does
Little Damage In
Houston. Texas
HOUSTON, Tex. —A brief
tornado skipped through the east
side of Houston today. First report
said a few houses were damaged.
An -automobile on Telephone
Road was picked up and hurled 15
feet.
Witnesses said the twister moved
across the area in a black cone.
Houston, whose 500,000 popula
tion make it Texas’ largest city,
was hit by a hurricane early Tues
day but suffered little damage.
The automobile, owned by Mrs.
Paul James, a laundry employee,
was turned for an end-over-end
flip and deposited upright on a
street curb about 15 feet from
where it was parked.
Clifford W. Phifer, a cafe own
er, saw the twister moving in
from the south.
He said it lasted only a few sec
onds.
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WALRUS CLUB MET
THURSDAY NIGHT
Walrus Club held their meeting
Thursday evennig at the City Hall
with S/Sgt. Klose collecting
$35.25 on the Milk Fund.
George Beacom was named the
new Secretary-Treasurer, replac
ing A1 Walker who left for the
States.
The Club discussed plans for
their big dance being held in the
Nevada Lounge tomorrow evening.
Good music and a good time was
assured by the committee in
charge.
NOTICE
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The Employment Security Com
mission of Alaska (formerly the
Unemployment Compen s a t i o n
Commission) will meet in Anchor
age, Alaska, in the last week of
October at the Territorial Em
ployment Office located in the
Glover Bldg., at 5th and E Streets.
The meeting will start Tuesday,
October 25, 1949, 10:00 A.M.
Any and all persons having busi
ness before the Commission may
appear and will be given an op
portunity to be heard.
R. E. Sheldon,
Executive Director
Pub. Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 1949
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