Jap Cement Will Be
Used In Alaska
Construction
ANCHORAGE, (£>)—Col. L. E.
Seeman, district engineer for
Alaska, said Friday night that an
arrangement for use of Japanese
cement in Alaska was not initi
ated by his office.
A dispatch Friday from Belling
ham, Wash., told of American in
dustry complaints about the Jap
anese deal for cement to be used
in Alaska military projects.
Seeman said arrange m e n t s
were made in accordance with di
rect orders from Washington, D.
C. He said they probably were
formulated by occupation officials
in Japan in cooperation with the
secretary of defense.
The order directed the U. S.
army to take “the first amount of
this season’s requirements” from
Japanese sources.
The colonel said a call for bid»
has been issued for subsequent re
quirements, to be opened in May.
He said bids are expected from
United States. Canadian and Jap
anese industries.
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Sign Welfare Plan
For (JO Longshore
KETCHIKAN, (/P) — The CIO
longshoremen’s union announced
Monday the Ketchikan Water
front Employers Assn., had signed
an agreement setting up an Alas
ka welfare plan for union mem
bers here.
Germaine <Jerry> Bulcke, vice
president of the International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
men’s Union, said the plan was
modeled after the Pacific Mari
time Association-ILWU welfare
system.
Bulcke, here from San Francis
co, also reported that with adop
tion of the program all longshore
contracts were extended to June
15, 1951.
He said the welfare fund will
be administered by a four-man
j board, with two members named
by each side. Employers will pay
! 3Vfe cents per man hour of work
to the fund for hospitalization,
medical coverage, life insurance
and other benefits. Employees
will contribute one per cent of
their wages to provide protection
of off-job sickness and injuries.
Applications For
Use Of Public
I
Lands Set Record
Four thousand applications for
use of the public domain were
filed during March which sets a
record for recent years, according
to a Bureau of Land Management
report received by Secretary of
the Interior Oscar L Chapman.
This total is more than 50 per
cent higher than the monthly av
erage over the last year. Of the
total number, 400 of the applica
tions were filed in Alaska.
March not only set a record in
the number of new applications
but in the number of cases on
which final action was taken, the
report shows. A total of 6,800
land cases were marked closed
during the month.
The report reflects a continua
tion of a steady trend in new ap
plications which began last July,
according to Marion Clawson, di
rector of the Bureau of Land
Management. Since July 1, 1949,
about 24,000 new applications
have been received. Increased ac
tivity during March was reported
generally throughout the Bureau’s
l seven regions with particular in
terest shown in oil and gas laeses
and small tract applications.
Nome Rotary Club met Thurs
day with Bill Cameron presiding.
The program was given through
the courtesy of the Pan American
Airways and was a film entitled
P.A.A. to Hawaii, which was en
joyed by all.
Pearse Walsh was a special
guest of the club.
Small tracts are parcels of land,
five acres or less, which has been
classified for use of home, busi
ness, or recreational sites. A total
of 1,809 applications were made
for oil and gas leases, while 1,261
applications were received for
small tracts during the month.
Although oil and gas leases and
small tracts made up the bulk of
the 4,000 applications filed during
the month, the Bureau receives
applications for 23 major types of
land use, including homestead,
desert land entries, mineral loca
tions, grazing leases, and timber
sales.
During the last year the Bureau
has collected more than $37,000,
000 from administration of the
public domain. The States’ share
of this amount was in excess of
$13,000,000. The remainder was
placed in the federal treasury for
; various purposes, including recla
j mation of arid lands and improve
1 ment of the public range.
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Cancer Drive Goal
Set at $14,565,000
"Strike Bock: Oive to Conquer Can
cer" is the challenging slogan of the
1990 Cancer Crutode of the American
Cancer Society. April Is National Can
cer Control Month, authorised by Con
6IVE
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CANCER
AMtRlCAN
CANCCt
SOCICTY
gran and Pr*i
idantigl procla
mation. Coal of
tho fund-railing
drivo it $14,
363,000 for ro
••arch, «duca
tion, and i«rv
fog.
With th* ap
paal for fundi
gao» on inton
live campaign fa spread fact* that
may cava lives, lad year more than
200,000 men, women and children
died of cancer; one-third could and
should have been saved by early
diagnosis and prompt, proper treat
ment.
Today we bring you most important
information; The cancer danger sig
nals, symptoms that may mean the
disease is present, and that should al
ways mean a visit to your physician.
The danger signals arer
1. Any sore that does not heal.
2. A lump or thickening in the
breast or elsewhere.
3. Unusual bleeding or discharge.
4. Any change in a wart or mole.
5. Persistent Indigestion or difficulty
in swallowing.
6. Persistent hoarseness or sough.
7. Any change in normal bowel
habits.
learn these. If one should develop
go at once to a physician. And re
member, also that a complete physical
examination once a year, is one of the
best protections against cancer or any
other disease.
Strike Back: Give to Conquer Cancer.
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
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Ron Brousseau, Secy.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
STANLEY R. MORGAN, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWI8, Secy.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
ARVO SAARIO, President
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Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40