•and Israel.
Gen. Charles De Gaulle told
newsmen in Paris he wants the
United States to arm France at
once as the principal defender of
Western Europe under the North
Atlantic alliance.
De Gaulle declared the allied
strategy designates the Rhine as
the first line of defense against at
tack from the east, but said that
line will be manned principally
by Frenchmen.
Headquarters of the U. S. air
force in Europe announced in
Frankfurt today that charges of an
unspecified nature have been pre
ferred against Maj. Gen. Clayton
L. Bissell.
The announcement said the
charges are being investigated to
determine whether they warrant a
court martial. It said the charges
concern “acts allegedly committed
while Bissell was military and air
attache at the United States em
bassy in London from May, 1946.
to July, 1948.”
I Jack Lencer. watchmaker was
scheduled to depart for Anchorage
today due to illness and expects
to be operated on in the veterans
hospital in Anchorage or the
States. He plans to return as soon
as it is physically possible for him
to do so.
Bissell, who arrived in Germany
yesterday, said he had no com
ment to make on the airforce an
nouncement.
The Moscow radio announced
that army Gen. Vassily I. Chuk >v,
wartime hero of Stali lg' ao and
Lubin, has become military gover
nor of the Soviet zone of Ger
many, succeeding Marshal Vussil
ly D. Sokolovsky.
Sokolovsky was promoted to
principal assistant to the new min
ister of Soviet armed forces, mar
shal Alexander M. Vasilevsky.
The announcement of the
changes, like others in the contin
uing shakeup of top level Soviet
officials, gave no explanation.
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Commission Seeks 1
Protection For
Alaska Wildlife
WASHINGTON, (£>)—'The Alas
ka game commission said yester
day its white sheep and barren
ground caribou, found nowhere
else under the U. S. flag, soon may
become extinct.
In its annual report to the in
terior department the commission
also said the giant Alaska moose
also appears to be fighting a losing
battle against hunters and preda
tory animals.
The commission blamed the in
flux of population, the tremendous
improvement in transportation fa
cilities. and the presence of thou
sands of well-armed troops for a
decline in Alaskan wildlife.
It called for a larger wildlife
law-enforcement staff, more wild
life research, an expanded preda
1 tor animal control program, and
increased federal funds for wild
life restoration.
The fish and wildlife service,
meanwhile, in its annual report
declared that “the great red sal
mon runs of Bristol Bay and Ko
diak, Island must be maintained if
Alaska’s fishery production is to
be kept at favorable levels.”
The service said that bears,
feeding at Kodiak Island, may be
an important factor in red salmon
losses.
“The problem is being studied
with a view to instituting control
measures,” it said.
The report said studies at little
Port Walter showed that water
levels and climatologictal condi
tions were the most important fac
tors affecting pink salmon. It
added:
“A large number of pink-sal
mon streams have been surveyed
with a view to making passable
some of the natural barriers, such
as water-falls, that obstruct the
migration of the salmon.
“It has been found that the con
struction of fishways in certain
streams would result in a substan
tial improvement of conditions
favoring increased runs.”
The report estimated that Alas
kan salmon canneries discard
more than 100,000,000 pounds of
waste each year because of condi
tions that prevent its conversion
into meal and oil.
“Research is being carried out
intensively to develop some prac
i ticable and feasible use,” the serv
ice said.
“The recovery of certain chem
icals useful in food, cosmetic and
pharmaceutical industries appears
most promising.
The agency also reported that
“seasonal toxicity” is hampering
use of the butter-clam resources of
Southeastern Alaska.
It said experiments are being
* made to define more clearly the
seasons of toxicity and the areas
where clams are affected, and al
so to find means of destroying the
toxin.
BAPTIST EXECUTIVE SECRE
TARY VISITS HERE
Arriving from Anchorage for a
short visit on Monday were B. C.
Evans, executive secretary for the
Alaska Baptist Church, Rev. Fel
ton Griffin, president and Odell
Lene. They were accompanied by
Rev. W. A. Wyatt, pastor from
Muskogee, Okla., and Capt. Pace
of Fort Richardson.
Although the Baptist Church is
not represented in Nome the
group group enjoyed this histori
cal part of Alaska. They planned
to leave soon for Fairbanks before
returning to Anchorage.
LIBRARY GETS COMPILED
LAWS OF ALASKA
The Kegoayah Koza Public Li
brary is in receipt of one of the
new sets of the Compiled Laws of
the Territory of Alaska recently
issued. \
The new compiled laws are well
bound in a three-volume set, re
placing the former compiled laws
which was in one volume. The
books were sent by Frank A.
Boyle, Auditor for the Territory,
upon request of the library.
Percy Ipalook has received
word that his wife and two of his
children are due to arrive soon
from their home in Wales for a
visit here. They will be guests of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Castel while in
town.
ARCTIC CLUB PUSHING
PLANS FOR ICE RINK
Ted Duffield, of the Arctic Club
has announced today that the
Northern Light and Power Com
pany is donating the power for the
ice rink which is being planned
from the funds raised by the queen
contest now being sponsored by
the Arctic Club, providing how
ever that the rink is within the
city limits.
Ten percent of the gross re
ceipts of the queen contest are be
ing set aside for this purpose. For
merly the club maintained a tennis
court which was destroyed by the
fall storms and it was the opinion
of the members that the ice rink
might benefit more people in the
community than the tennis court
did, particularly the children.
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