EDWARD H. STROECKER. 75.
DIES IN FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, </P)—Edward H.
Stroecker, 75, Alaskan pioneer
who worked up from laborer to
bank president, died here Wed
nesday.
Stroeker, president of the First
National Bank since 1930, came
to Alaska at the turn of the cen
tury. He served as a dog team
musher, trapper, miner, U.S. mail
carrier, bookkeeper and banker
since then. His home has been in
Fairbanks since 1904.
TOO MUCH SNOW
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont.,
(#>)—The Lionhead ski run near j
here was closed for three weeks
at the height of the winter season
—too much snow. When it was
reopened, it took bulldozer crews
three days to clear a road to the
run through two miles of drifts.
86 PROOF . THE OLD HERMITAGE
COMPANY. FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY
Fairbanks Flooded
With Jobseekers
FAIRBANKS, W— Hordes Of
jobseekers, short of cash, Alaskan
experience and work, have inva
ded this still-frozen north country
and glutted its labor market.
Territorial, union and industrial
Officials, alarmed by the rapid
influx of persons tempted here
by stories of high wages, are urg
ing them to turn back. And to
Statesiders who may be planning
to leave but haven’t they join
in a loud:
“Don’t!”
Territorial employment office
officials here said they have re
ceived 150 new applications for
jobs in the past seven days. Many
of the migrants were without
funds and some were sleeping in
trucks. Most of them reported
having heard fantastic tales about
a manpower shortage in Alaska
and expected to go to work im
mediately at high wages. The con
struction season does not open
for 60 days.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by U.S. Dept, of Commerce,
Weather Bureau
Snow and blowing snow with
SE winds 30-40 mph. becoming
westerly and decreasing to 20-30
mph. tonight. Continued cloudy
with occasional light snow Sat
urday with NW winds 15-20 mph.
Lowest temperature expected
tonight 22, high Saturday 28.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today:
Temperatures: highest 30, low
est 10. Maximum wind 46 mph.
from the ESE. Sunrise at 6:24
a.m., sunset at 6:00 p.m.
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 8, lowest 0. Extreme
temperatures ^this date since 1907:
highest 34 in 1937, lowest 28 in
1929.
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Data for other selected stations
as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -14 Part cloudy
Pt. Hope 20 Snow
Kotzebue 18 Blowing snow
Shishmaref 22 Blowing snow
Wales 30 Snow
Gambell * 29 Snow
Nome ' 30 Snow
Unalakleet 31 Part cloudy
Bethel 30 Part cloudy
McGrath 23 Fog
Anchorage 28 Cloudy
Fairbanks 4 Cloudy
Whitehorse 8 Part cloudy
Edmonton 9 Snow showers
Juneau 28 Clear
Ketchikan 38 Part cloudy
Seattle 51 Part cloudy
San Francisco 44 Rain
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Prisoner Exchange Talks
Near Dead End Friday
MUNSAN, Korea, (/P)—Prison
er exchange talks neared a dead
end Friday and U.N. truce nego
tiators suggested turning the
whole problem back to staff of
ficers.
Rear Adm. R. E. Libby didn’t
indicate how he thought staff of
ficers might crack the apparently
hopeless deadlock. Less than three
weeks ago staff officers bogged
down on the issue of voluntary
repatriation and handed the prob
lem back to Libby.
Col. Andrew J. Kinney said the
Communists hit a “dizzy new high
in intransigence* and illogic,”
bringing the negotiations to a
“dismal new low.”
Nonetheless, Kinney said “We
now have a clear circle drawn
around the things that might be
solved.”
* Refusing to compromise.
MARINE CORPS TO STOP
DRAFTING AFTER JUNE 30
WASHINGTON, (JP)—The Mar
ine Corps says it plans to draft no
more men after June 30 because
volunteer enlistments are increas
ing and the corps is nearing its
•authorized strength of 235,320.
The Marine Corps has drafted
73,230 men since last Augustwhen
it turned to Selective Service for
the first time after volunteers
failed to* meet replacement needs.
EASTERN STARS TO HOLD
REGULAR MONTHLY
MEETING MONDAY
Members of the Order of East
ern Star will have their regular
monthly social meeting next Mon
day at the Masonic Temple follow
ing their meeting.
Members planning to bring visi
tors to the social are requested to
notify Worthy Matron Dorothy
Young or the committee composed
of Jane Scott and Ellen Waldheim.
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SCHEDULED BUSH FLIGHTS
TUESDAY, FRIDAY —
Teller, Wales, and Shishmaref
WEDNESDAY — Deering, Candle, and Kotzebue.
MONDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY —
Solomon, Council, White Mt., Golovin, Haycock,
Koyuk, Ungalik (Thurs.), Shaktoolik, Unalakleet.
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DAILY SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
By DC-3 Starliner
Anchorage, McGrath, Unalakleet, and Nome
TUESDAY — Moses Point and Kotzebue.
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