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News in brief
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NEW YORK, l/R> — Choeulate
bars have already gone up in
price. They may go much higher
in the next few months, because
the price of cocoa beans has jump
ed approximately 180 per cent in
the past two months trade sources
said today.
MOSCOW, (/F*)—At least 25 coal
mines on the island of Sakhalin
which were wrecked by retreating
Jap anese forces near the end of
the war have been fully restored
and are over-fulfilling estimates
by 112 per cent, the Soviet trade
union newspaper Trud reported
today. Sakhalin island lies north
of Japan. Soviet geologists esti
mate the southern Sakhalin coal
fields cover an area of about 10,000
ifeuare miles.
BALTIMORE, (/P)—Warning to
the thief who stole about $30
worth of clothing from a line in a
certain Baltimore yard yesterday:
They belong to the family of po
lice magistrate J. Walter Dewees.
BROOKLINE, Mass. UV)—Three
persons—two brothers in their
twenties and a 43-year-old mother
ofc three— perished early today
during a fire which roared
through a three-story apartment
building and penthouse.
PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. </P>—Six
criminally insane army life term
prisoners forced a window to es
cape from Valley Forge general
r^iospital last night. Police units
hunting the fugitives called on
civilians in radio broadcasts to
.^lp by reporting immediately any
trace of the men. They warned the
six were dangerous and should be
approached with caution.
NO INFLATION
SAN FRANCISCO, (A’) — To
waiter Rudolph Frey the customer
is always tight. He testified before
a U. S. judge in a tax case that a
^ per cent tip seldom came with
a meal check and that his take, in
a good restaurant, averaged a
nickel per customer.
MAILMAN DEAD TIRED
EVANSTON, 111. (/P)—'Two po
lice squads, an ambulance, and in
halator were sent to Mrs. Anna
Ekstrand’s home after she tele
phoned Sgt. Apdar Fellows. “It’s
irj# son, Carl,” she cried. “I’ve
been shaking him and can’t wake
him.”
Carl, 29, stretched out in bed,
appeared lifeless. Police applied
artificial respiration and then a
whiff of oxygen.
Finally Ekstrand, who is a letter
carrier, sat up, eyed the activities
and said sleepily:
“Can’t you let a fellow sleep?
X’m dead tired, Ma, walkin’ and
carrying all that Christmas mail.”
EY CAN'T MISS
ASOTIN, Wash., (iP)—It’s a nat
ural. An application for a marri
age license was filed here by Clif
ford Lovejoy and Doris Mae
Happy.
They're Off to o Grand Holiday, and What Fun?
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A horse, o carriage. ond a furlough, in a beautiful spot in southern France, prompt the happy smile* on
the faces of these two Guordians of Peace who are taking advantage of the opportunities(to see ***'S,gJ .
the world offered to men who choose to serve in the Regular Army. Travel, education, and • career ore just
a few of the advantages offered young men between 18 and 34 years of age, inclusive.
Interior Dept.
Making Geological
Survey Of Alaska
(By Vem Haugland)
WASHINGTON, (/P> — The In
terior Department disclosed today
it is making a thorough geological
search to determine whether Alas
ka may be a source of uranium,
the basic material for atomic en
ergy and the atom bomb.
Also under survey are Alaska’s
potentialities in oil, coal, gold and
radium, and means of coping with
the construction problem of vol
canic activity and permafrost—
the permanently frozen ground
which underlies the Territory.
The department’s geological
survey said in a report to Secre
tary Krug 56 geologists took part
in a summer-long field study
which covered a wide range. Lab
oratory analyses of their finds will
continue throughout the winter.
Underlining the importance at
tached to the survey, the report
said the areas studied and the to
tal number of men employed are
being withheld “for security rea
sons.” It gave no hint whether the
field workers discovered uranium
in worthwhile quantities.
John C. Reed, special assistant
to survey director W. E. Wrather,
told a reporter the main purpose
of the explorations is to pinpoint
undeground resources, particular
ly those expended in huge quanti
ties during the war. The interior
department also hopes to break
the grip of gold on Alaska’s econ
omy by opening up other sources
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Aviation Confab
Lists Problems
ANCHORAGE—Winding up the
first aviation conference in Alas
ka, airmen from widely scattered
parts of the Territory Friday
adopted a string of resolutions
covering air problems and created
the Alaska Air Transport Associa
tion as their permanent organiza
tion.
Marshall C. Hoppin, president
of Alaska Airlines, was elected
president of the new organization
which will press for improved
conditions and services for the
: public and aviators.
The conference listed 11 air
ports throughout the Territory
that warrant immediate improve
ments under the federal aiport ap
propriations. These included An
chorage and Fairbanks for trans
port operations and Class II or
larger airports for Wangell, Peters
burg, Valdez, Dillingham, Seldovia,
Hog River near Betties, Kotzebue,
Sleitmut and Bethel.
At the same time the airmen ex
pressed the belief that it would be
preferable to use federal funds to
build many smaller fields instead
of devoting it to a few large fields.
Other resolutions favored Terri
torial legislation to strengthen
safety regulations, improve navi
gating aids, to construct, maintain
and operate airfields.
One resolution urged the Civil
Aeronautics Board to take appro
priate action in clarifying the rules
for operating. The airmen declared
that at present some operators hold
certificates and others do not and
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Ketchikan Unions
Tie-Up Relief Ship
Unloading
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SEATTLE, (/P)—Drastic restric
tions on cargo bound for Ketchi
kan, Alaska, were crd.red today
by three Seattle shipping com
panies serving Alaska after word
was received from the northern
port that the first vessel to arrive
there after the prolonged mari
time strike was involved in a ’ ir
isdictional dispute between rival
AFL-CIO unions.
The new order places immediate
| restriction on Ketchikan cargo
loadings to only one hatch on ves
sels loading in Seattle. Cargo
amounts also will be limited pend
ing settlement of the dispute, of
ficials said.
The Ketchikan dispute hinges
on who shall man the winches and
hatches, the AFL-sailors union of
the Pacific or the ClO-interna-!
tional longshoremen s and ware
housemen’s union.
Attorney L. O. Gore said in
Ketchikan that the Northland
Transportation company’s North
Sea will unload only one hatch at
a time as a result of the dispute.
“We cannot operate that way,”
he said. “It would mean a four or
five day tieup each time.”
William Semar, president of
Northland, said in Seattle that un
de^tjie steamship companies’ con
tracts with the unions all avail
able sailors union men are to be
given work in the unloading of
ships at Ketchikan and then, if
any iobs are not filled, Ketchikan
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IVonie Chamber
Hears Mitroviteli
Conference Report
The Northwestern Alaska Cham
r of Commerce held its regualr
Tuesday luncheon in the Nevada
Lounge yesterday.
While awaiting the arrival of
president M. S. Mitrovitch, R.
Webb, who is a member of the
city council, gave a resume of the
tax situation of Nome and the ne
cessity of having the entire tax
structure revised in order to give
the city a fair amount of revenue
and the taxpayers the effects of
equalization on properties now
either overtaxed or undertaxed.
A. Polet asked Mr. Webb, “What
has become of the City Manager
plan?” Mr. Webb responded that
the council was still seriously
thinking of the adoption of such
a plan.
President Mitrovitch. who had
arrived on the Alaska Airlines
plane from Anchorage at noon,
put in an appearance at the meet
ing at 12:30 p.m., and reported on
1" .s trip to Anchorage and the
meeting of representatives of the
chambers of commerce of the main
cities of the Territory.
n Ms report, Mitrovitch stated
that the conference opened Satur
day at 10:00 a.m., with Nome,
Ophir, Anchorage, Seward, Kodi
ak, Petersburg, Juneau and Ketch
ikan represented.
Other interested persons present
were Ivan Bloch, consultant to
secretary of the interior Julius A.
Krug, George Sundborg, manager
of the Alaska Development Board,
Col. O. F. Ohlson, former man
ager of the Alaska Railroad, Col.
Johnson the present manager of
the railroad, and C. A. Stough of
the Civil Aeronautics Board.
The report went on: “Tne meet
ing was opened by Ed Davis, pres
ident of the Anchorage chamber
for the purpose of discussing all
of the matters taken up. Commit
tees were appointed to draft reso
lutions.
‘‘Lunchtime came and we were
taken to the officers quarters at
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“Lost” Child
Found; Happy
SAN DIEGO, Calif, i/P)—Three
and on-half-year-old Patricia
Johnson, her dark brown eyes
sparkling with the excitement of
the past 36 hours, was back with
her parents today after disappear
ing from here Monday.
She was found at the union pas
senger terminal in Los Angeles
yesterday in company with a man
who identified himself as Darold
Neal R. Hoff, 23, of San Diego,
former marine corps pilot from
Douglas N. D.
Hoff, who told police he brought
the girl to Los Angeles Monday
night after her father, Ivan John
son, had given him permission to
take her from a San Diego tavern
to visit an amusement 7one, s id
“I must have been terribly druu.lc.’*