Pan American Appoints
New Manager of
Alaska Region
L. C. Reynolds, Mangaer of Pan
American’s Pacific-Alaska Divi
sion in San Francisco, today an
nounced t'nc appointment of (’apt.
John W. White, USNR, as mana
ger of the Alaska Region effective
December 15.
Ctpa. White will replace J. V. i
Roscoe who has been assigned to
San Francisco as Assistant Mana
ger of t.ie Pacific-Alaska Division.
Well-known throughout Seattle
and Alaska, Capt. White was one
of six men transferred to Pan
American’s Alaska service when
the airline lirst started operation
there in 1932. Except for his mili
tary leave of absence, White
worked in the Alaska operation as
division accountant during the en
tire time.
In 1942 he entered active duty,
serv ing as a lieutenant command
er in Norfolk, Virginia, on harbor
entrance control duty, and was
transferred to Kodiak and later to
Adak on the staff of the Com
mandant of the l?th Naval Dis
trict.
Born in Winchendon, Massachu
setts, Capt. White is a graduate of
Dartmouth in business ' and ac
counting. Capt. and Mrs. White!
and their daughter and son in law,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Osborne,
live at <>24 34th Avenue North.
Seattle. On terminal leave, he and
Mrs. White are visiting Pan
Amt) can's offices in New York.
Roseoe, an employee of Pan
American for nine years,
graduate of Yale universi’y. lh
previously worked in the airline's,
traffic department in New York
from 1937 to 1941, was transferred
to Washington, D. C., and later
made assistant to the general traf
fic manager in New York. In 15143
he was assigned to Seattle as as
sistant manager.
AT HOME ON
RE-ENLISTMENT FURLOUGH
Pfc. Sam Jackson and Pfc. An
drew' Cook, were in Nome recently
on the way to their homes in
Kotzebue. They are both home on
re-cnlistmcnt furloughs. Pic. Jack
son has been stationed at Teller,
and has re-enlisted for one year.
Pfc. Cook has been stationed at
Fairbanks and has re-enlisted for
three years and has put in a re
quest for European service.
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Land Officr
Crocket W. Metcalf, Haycock,
Alaska, has filed a Notice of In
tention to Cut Timber for Free
Use from Vacant and Unreserved
Land, Serial No. 0981, for house
hold and boiler use from a ten
acre area six miles from Haycock
an Peace River at the mouth of
Pint Creek about three-quarter
mile from Rabbit Hill.
Arctic Circle Exploration, Inc.,
has filed Application to Purchase
Timber. Ser. No. 0982, for saw
timber from an area of 100.000
acres situated 100 miles from Ko
buk, Alaska: Commencing at Ko
buk Alaska, continuing 150 miles
up the Kobuk River and including
tributaries for a distance of five
miles north and south of the river
itself. This application does n<>:
prevent the granting of permis
sion to cut cord wood in the same
area if there are other applica
tions.
A Circular Letter has been re
ceived from the War Department
, Office of the District Engineer,
Seattle: "Information requested as
1 to whether there is any objection
! from the standpoint of navigation
| to the granting of a permit to F.
K. Dent to dredge for gold in the
i Niukluk River from mouth of
: Melsing Creek down river past
the mouth of Bear Creek. "It a
I reply is not received by Dec. 31.
j 1945, it will be assumed that you
have no objection.”
1 There is no homesteading land
in the Nome Land District for
War Veterans or civilians as the
land in this district is not agricul
' tural.
Requirements are so liberal for
obtaining land in this district un
I der Five-Acre Homesites, Five
; Acre Headquarters Sites, up to 30
I acres for Trade and Manufactur
J ing S'tes and 20 acre mining
claims that it isn't necessary to
i give War Veterans any special
^ privileges.
e invite you to
ing your way with
IEN Alaska Airlines
Days: MAIN 46 Evenings: MAIN 36
FOR RESERVATIONS
*
FWA FUNDS
ADVANCED
Federal Works Agency has ap
prove (1 the total advancement of
SI!*.300 to three Alaska cities tor
use in plann ng facilities for pub
lic use.
A sum m the amount o! $5,000
.\ i’! be advanced to Ketchikan foi
bie blueprinting ol* street and eon-:
Crete viaduct, $3,500 to Petersburg
for planning a public building
and $10,200 t<» Anchorage for it>
program of improved water facili-(
tie.-.
CHI CMJ1S
It is less expensive to keen well
than to get well!
Jasper—What t me doe i'< 4
o'clock train leave1.'
Trainman—At 3:00. sir.
Private— I have a pa n n my
abdomen.
Army Medic—Young men, of
fleers have abdomens, sergeant
have stomachs; you have a belly
ache!
CITIZENS REQUEST
SPECIAL SESSION
•H'NEAU- —Most of the towns of
Alaska and a majority cros- sec
bun of the organizations of the
T< idtorv *e - pre. ented in re
que t- forwarded to Governor Er
ne t Gruening a king for a special
(■'- arm of the Territorial Legisla
ture which he ha^ tentativeyl set
to be called for March 4. though
n<> formal call will be made until
after the first of the year t was
wealed today at the Governor’s
()fficc.
Among the organizations were
church groups, labor unions, wo
men’s clubs, fraternal organiza
tions. sell o!s and scores ot ndi
\ dual'. One petition from Ketchi
kan bore 5*> : ignatures and there
were others with 125 signers and
more. With but lew exceptions, all
the requests wa re based on a de
to have * he Territory raise
.additional funds to carry out a
fuller health program, parti nilar
| !y to combat tuberculosis as
e-commendecl by the Hoard of
Health of Alaska.
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