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in the Territory unless Alaska
Fishermen get an increase over
the price paid last summer.
He said pink salmon, selling at
$16 a case a few months ago, now
had climbed to $24. Reds have
jumped from $25 to $32.
FAIRBANKS, iJP) — John J.
Ryan, former Anchorage newspa
perman, will (become managing
editor of the Fainbank News
Miner Feb. 1, it was announced
announced yesterday by General
C. W. Snedden.
Ryan Succeeds William G.
Strand. Mr. and Mrs. Strand said
they will leave here soon after i
Feb. 1 but revealed no further
plans.
WASHINGTON (JP)—Sen. Mag
nuson iD.-Wash.) said Friday he
has urged that a Japanese request
for fishing rights in the Bering
Sea be “temporarily denied.”
He said he and Dr. W. M. Chap
man, special consultant to the
state department on fisheries mat
ters, are in agreement. Chapman
is to go to Japan soon to study the
fisheries problem.
JUNEAU, (/P) — Gov. Gruening
announced Friday that he had
been informed by price stabilizer
Michael di Salle that an office of
price stabilization will be estab
lished here today.
Gruening has named Fred Han
ford of Wrangell as OPS head in
Alaska.
FAIRBANKS, <£>) — Jack Wal
ters obtained a new job Friday.
He’s in the fire department now.
Walters was a baker for the
North Pole Bakery which burned
down in 50 degrees below zero
weather Monday night.
“Like to see anyone burn me
out of this job,” Walters said.
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FAIRBANKS, (/P> — Herbert
Franklin, 33, charged with second
degree murder in the fatal shoot
ing of his brother, Duane, was
found innocent Saturday.
A federal court jury -of nine
men and three women deliberated
nearly 10 hours before returning
a verdict.
The accused man testified at his
trial that he shot hds brother in
self defense during an argument
here Dec. 2.
He is the son of Mrs. Nettie
Cooper of Hoquiam, Wa^h.
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (/P)—W. R.
Mitchell parked his car at the
airport yesterday and took off in
his light plane for some fun in the
air.
The plane swooped low, struck
the car, then crash-landed nearby.
Five of Mitchell’s friends, sit
ting in his car, were injured, one
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critically. Mitchell escaped with
minor injuries.
SEATTLE, </P) — David Satko,
19, whose family made headlines
by sailing to Alaska in a home
made “Ark” 10 years ago, will
marry Miss Jaetta Mae Gifford,
17, of Seattle soon. \
David, a construction worker,
said his father Paul Satko, now
living in Richmond, Va., plans to
visit Tacoma soon and may settle
on some land he has acquired in
that area.
Two married asters living in
Juneau are the only members of
the Satko family now remaining
in Alaska.
FAIRBANKS, (/P)— A veteran
Alaska prospector, John Silver,
about 75, burned to death yester
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A 6W*I« l>«K*P«P*r last week
relates that |phh fftffr
formerly of Nome, who has been
working at Sappbo Camp netting
chokers, was one of the voluntary
blood donors last yeek. He seem
ed very happy, >the atjwy relate*,
that his blood would be made iptp
plamsa and shipped immediately
to Korea and might save some sol
dier’s life.
i
| day when his irame cabin was
razed in an early morning fire.
Silver wa sa night watchman
for the Northern Commercial Co.
Neighbors said he returned home
about 6:15 a.m. They saw smoke
rising from the -cabin about five
hours later.
Neighbors tried to rouse him
but the cabin door was locked
from the inside.
Harry K. Rots, seaman appren
UOe, U$N, of Ncype, Maste, re
cently completed recruit training
at the Njryal Training Center, €|an
Diego, Calif., and is now available j
for assignment to a Fleet unit or j
to one of the Navy’s schools for
specialised training.
During t^ps period of training, i
he underwent intensive drill in
such subjects as signaling, naviga
tion, basic ordnance and seaman- |
ship. He also was indoctrinated j
into the ways-of the Navy .and
learned the customs of the service.
The Swiss Confederation dates
back to 1291 when a group of
mountaineers and peasants from
three cantons met in a mountain
meadow and formed a league.
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9 New Attorneys
In Alaska
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Alaska now has nine new at
torneys-at-law, one in Sitka, six
|n Anchorage and two in 'Fair
banks, who were admitted <to Ike
practice in the Territory Aids
mpnth. it was announced Aaet
week by Attorney General J. Ger
ald Williams, member of the-Ter
ritorial Board of Law Examiners.
The new attorneys are: Paul
A. Dupler of Sitka; Roger Creme,
William S. Sanders, John R. Con
nelly, Juliana D. Wilson, T. Stan
ton Wilson, and Victor P. Guns,
of Anchorage; William V. Bogg
less and Cornelius P. Coughlan of
Fairbanks.
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