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ASSOCIATED PRESS
OFFICIAL VISITS NOME
Murlin Spenc/er, chief of the As
sociated Press Bureau comprising
the Territory of Alaska, western
Canada and the State of Washing
ton, with offices in Seattle, ar
rived on the Pan American plane
from Seattle Tuesday on a tour of
the (/P) papers in Alaska.
Mr. Spencer was a war corre
spondent attached to the staff of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur until af
ter the end of World War II when
he was placed in charge of the i/P)
news-gathering of the Pacif i c
Northwest.
Spencer left on the Alaska Air
lines plane today noon for Anchor
age where he will meet with the
Alaska Air Command and news
paper officials.
NEW SITE FOR
JUNIOR'S MARKET
Junior’s Meat Market, at pres
ent located in the U. S Mercantile
Company’s building, is soon to be j
moved to a new site on the south
side of Front Street next to Gor
don’s Shoe Store. Howard Green
is contractor for the new building.
KING ISLANDERS LEAVE
FOR HOME VIA NORTH STAR
The King Island natives are pre
paring to leave today for their tiny
isolated island home about 100
miles northwest of Nome. They
will be transported on the M/S
North Star of the Alaska Native
Service and should arrive at the
island on Thursday (tomorrow*.
The Islanders are closing their
summer camp and buying last
minute necessities for the coming
winter as has been their custom
for past generations.
Three families will remain in
Nome for the winter, partially be
cause of the need for medical care,
and also, they report, the island is
just too crowded for all of them,
some 250 persons in all.
Father Tom Cunningham, the
island pastor, is scheduled to go to
the island at a later date.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dent, who
have been operating their dredge
at Council arrived in town yester
day enroute to the States for the
winter
ON THE BALLOT *
should be continued or ° Ct°!*er 12 election there will be
• • • The conned salmon pacfc f(l. ^ W W ■ » fc*' B
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Don’t let the Puget Sound Myth fool you.
Here are the facts about Puget Sound and salmon traps:
.Sports fishermen voted out traps on Puget Sound in 1934. During the 10-year
period before that, the canned salmon pack was 6,493,382 cases, or an average of
649,000 cases per year. For the 10 years after traps were abolished, the total pack
was 2,581,138 cases—or an average of only 258,000 cases per year! (Figures are
from Pacific Fisherman Annual for 1947).
So, you note that salmon canning on Puget Sound fell off to about 40 per cent
of what it was before traps were abolished! Do you call that good? For sportsmen,
maybe.
The Puget Sound country was a populous area of diversified industry for years
before traps were voted out* It could take such a blow lo salmon canning in stride*
But in Alaska it’s different—salmon canning is the Territory’s largest industry*
Would it be good for you, for fishermen, for cannery workers, for business generally
to cripple this industry?
Look at the record and don’t be fooled by the Puget Sound Myth.
VOTE TO CONTINUE SALMON TRAPS!
COMMITTEE OF ALASKA TRAP OPERATORS
Hurricane Hits
Florida Keys; Much
Damage Done
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in the lower part of the peninsula.
Schools were closed in Miami and
Fort Lauderdale counties.
The hurricane, born in the Car
ibbean almost due south of Grand
Cayman Island, headed east and
then slightly north before i* swer
ved toward land. It crossed the
Isle of Pines, causing heavy dam
age to orange groves, but appar
ently no loss of life.
Then it swirled across western
Cuba, the center apparently pass
, ing some 30 miles to the east of
Havana.
The fishing port of Ba'abana
was isolated. Communicat ions
with the port town of 7,000 were
down and it was difficult to get re
| ports of damage there.
In Havana about 20,000 persons
were reported to have left their
dwellings and sought shelter in
i more substantial quarters.
Crowds milled the streets of
Havana despite 60-mile an hour
winds, and police ordered a 12
hour curfew beginning at 8 o’clock
Monday night. One man died of a
heart seizure as the hurricane
neared the city.
Highest wind velocity in Havana
was 86 miles per hour the national
observatory reported. There was
| some crop damage on the island.
The British freighter Lochmo
! nar , with 73 persons aboard, re
mained aground on Little Cayman
Island, where it was battered by
heavy seas. The tug Curb was
standing by to begin salvage op
i orations when the weather moder
ates. The tug Pandora was en
rou e from San Juan to aid the
stricken 9,000-ton vessel. It was
i due to reach the scene Thursday.
MIAMI, Fla. (/P)—A drenching
hurricane with its 100-mile-an
hour winds still intact, moved
over Lake Okeechobee in south
i central Florida today and aimed
j for the state’s rich citrus belt.
Two persons have died and
many have suffered minor injur
j ies in the big storm which blasted
the Florida Keys with 160 mile
gusts early yesterday and pounced
on Miami last night.
Heavy gales and rain still bat
tered the Keys and Miami today.
Damage to Miami was limited to
uprooted palm trees, broken power
lines, smashed windows and bill
boards. Streets were flooded by
torrential rains. Transportation
was disrupted, schools remained
closed and business suspended
Miami Beach reported some
windows blown in, trees uprooted
or snapped off by the gusty, twist
ing winds, and aluminum shutters
torn off. A wall of a nigrt club,
being rebuilt, was flattened.
Rough water undermined a span
of the MacArthur causeway con
necting Miami and Miami Beach
and the bridge was closed to traf
fic.
Reports of damage trickled in.
Thirty privately owned boats were
sunk, three navy craft damaged
and two coast guard boats driven
| ashore at Key West. Houses were
uproofed and water rose to a depth
of three feet on the east side of the
island.
All docks at Tavernier, midway
down the Keys, were washed out.
The overseas highway from Miami
to Key West was flooded and
closed to traffic.