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VOL. L. No. 83. NOME, ALASKA^ MONDAY, JULY 12, 1948. PER COPY 15^
Forest Service
Calls For Bids On
Pulp Timber
By Vern Haugland
(AP Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, — (JP) — The
Forest Service has called for bids
on eight billion board feet of
pulp timber near Ketchikan, Al
aska.
% It is the agency’s second attempt
to establish a pulp paper Indus
try in the territory.
The same timber was offered for
sale last year, as was a like area
to the north near Thomas Bay
and Petersberg, Alaska.
Prospective bidders said they
had insufficient time to prepare
the initial offering last October,
i This time the Forest Service
expects to get results. The Ket
chikan unit was readvertised for
sale “at the request of interested
parties,” the agency said.
The prospectus has been revised
slightly.
The proposed 50-year contract
Will expire in the year 2002, in
stead of June 30, 2000, as. spe
cified last year.
And a provision has been writ
ten in giving assurance—but no
guarantee—that additional timber
will be available on reasonable
terms after the 50 years are up.
Prospective bidders must sub
mit their qualifications, as evid
ence of financial ability to tackle
the job, on or befbre July 19.
Oral bids will be received—
and sealed bids will be opened—
from qualified bidders here Aug.
2, (2:00 p.m. EST)
Within a ^ear after the high
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Employers Charge
Longshoremen
With sowdowns
SEATTLE, — (/P) —Purported
“slowdowns” by CIO longshore
men in the loading of Alaska ships
were protested yesterday by the j
Waterfront Employers of Wash-;
* ington in a dispatch to Alaska’s
Gov. Ernest Gruening.
Merle G. Ringenberg, WEW’s
president, told the governor that
between June 24 and July 3, the
longshoremen “conducted 13 sep
arate outstanding slowdowns on
10 ships in the Alaskan trade.”
He said they ranged from 19 to
93 per cent, and averaged 41 per
cent.
Ringenberg made public copies
of detailed accounts of the alleged
slowdowns. He said they would
be mailed to Gruening and also
to the U.S. Attorney General’s
office.
Employer charges of slowdowns
have been denied repeatedly by
the longshoremen, who are under
an 80-day federal court injunc
tion against any strike.
Union leaders here were not
immediately available for com
ment.
Jews Will Accept
10-Day Truce
Battle Continues
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UNDATED INTERNATIONAL— i
I
(By the Associated Press)
An Israel announcement that;
she would accept a new 10-day;
cease fire proposal came Saturday i
as fighting between Jews and Ar- !
abs in Palestine continued to gain (
momentum after expiration of the
four-week truce.
The Israeli government noti
fied the United Nations she would
issue cease fire orders if the Arabs
accept the new truce proposal.
At Cairo, Egypt, a spokesman for
the Israeli government said Jew
ish troops had killed 300 Egyptians
and captured 200 in a battle near
Isdud, 25 miles sou‘h of Tel
Aviv. The Jews claimed capture
of important Lydda airport, 15
miles southeast of Tel Aviv, in
a strong sweep against Iraqi for
ces. Syrian reports said 500 Jews
had been killed in fighting in the
Jacob’s bridge area below lake
; Hula on the eastern frontier.
Tel Aviv was bombed again by
: two unidentified Spitfire planes.
However, a Jewish communique
said there were no casualties.
A dispatch from the Arab-held
old city of Jerusalem said Arab
! irregulars with Arab Legion mor
; tar and artillery support advanced
■ 50 yards deeper into the new city.
A sniper fired through the car of
U.S. Cousul General John J. Mac
Donald, but the consul was not
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ARMY OFFICIALS
MAKING TOUR !
ALASKA BASES
FAIRBANKS, — iff) —The Ar- j
my’s Deputy Chief of Staff said
today the draft act will make
army ground forces available for
“static defense” of Alaska for the
first time since the Japanese were
driven from the Aleutians.
The officer, Gen. J. Lawton Col- '
lins, made this comment as he
concluded a tour of Territorial
military installations with inspec
tion of Air Force bases near here.
The four-star general was ac
companied here by Gordon Gray,
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BRITISH SEND
MORE TROOPS
TO BERLIN AREA
LONDON, — (/P) —An authori
tative source said today Britain
has sent considerable numbers of
new troops to Western Germany
because of the tension in Block
aded Berlin.
The informant said “many” of
the reinforcements will be flown
into Berlin itself.
The disclosure came as Gen.
Sir Brian Robertson, British mili
tary governor in Germany, con
ferred here with Chief of Staff
of the ministry of defense, Gen.
Sir Percy Hollis, and other service
chiefs.
AIR FORCE
AIMS JET PLANES
AT BERLIN
BANGOR, Me. — </P) —Pointed
for troubled Germany in the Air
Force’s jet-propelled trans-Atlantic
flight, a group of F-80 Shooting
Stars roared into the air base to
day from Selfridge field, Mich.
First of the fifteen pioneering
jets came in at 11:05 a.m. others
quickly followed. The first plane
to take off from Selfridge left
there at 9:08 a.m.
From Selfridge field, 16 spe
cially groomed planes were sched
uled to make the trip but one failed
to start up. Destination of the
pioneer flight, which will test the
long-range jet operations, is Eur
ope’s diplomatic hot spot, the Am
erican zone of Germany.
The operation unfurls a new era
of lightning-fast communication
that will halve the time between
America and Europe.
Taking every precaution, the
Strategic Air Command called on
multi-engine planes to accompany
the jets.
ALASKAN DIES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, — <VP) — Funeral
services for John Dickenson Lit
tlepage, 53, retired Alaskan min
ing engineer, were to be held here
today. He died Thursday.
He had been associated with
Alaska mines since 1914 and be
fore retiring in 1946 was mana
ger of the Chicagof mines on
Chicagof Island. He was a member
of the Elks in Juneau.
AND THE OCCUPANTS CAME OUT ALIVE
Billy Hughes, 16, crawles from a car in which he and a friend were sit
ting at Montgomery, Ala., when a huge tree was blown across it in a
thunderstorm. Both occupants were unharmed. (AP Wirephoto)
Protest Maritime
Commission Action
Alaska Shipping
ANCHORAGE, — </P) —The An
chorage Times said Saturday that
both Gov. Ernest Gruening and
Delegate Bartlett have protested
vigorously against Maritime Com
mission delays in completing new
contracts with Alaska shipping*
operators.
The Times quoted Gruening as
saying in a telephone conversation
that demands by Commissioner
Grenville Mellen would “virtually
nullify the Act of Congress” ex
tending an interim shipping agree
ment through next February.
The article said the Governor
listed Mellen’s demands as:
1. Operators must pay charter
time for use of ships owned by
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ACS PROVIDES
RADIO SERVICE
TO EXPEDITION
SEATTLE, —ACS—The Alaska
Communication System station at
Yakutat is providing communi
cations for the Arctic Institute ex
pedition, headed by Sir Hubert
Wilkins, now operating on Sew
ard Glacier in the Mt. St. Elias
range. Seward Glacier, which is
approximately fifty miles north
of Yakutat, originates high on the
slopes of mountains that tower
well over fourteen thousand feet
in the air. This wras announced
by Col. T. J. Tully, commanding
officer of the ACS. The expedi
tion is scheduled to remain on the
glacier for about six weeks dur
ing which time the ACS will be
its only means of communication
with the rest of the world. Last
year the ACS provided the same
service during the operation
“whitetower” ascent of Mount Mc
Kinley, highest peak on the North
American continent. Tech. Sgt.
Edward F. Rodenberg is in charge
of the ACS station at Jakutat.
Pres. Truman
Is Cinch Nominee
At Convention
By Jack Bell
PHILADELPHIA, — (A3) —The
collapsing anti-Truman movement
back-fired against James Roose
velt, one of its leaders, Satur
day while Democratic convention
delegates talked mostly about the
vice presidential possibilities.
The convention began today
with President Truman as much
a cinch for the presidential nomin
ation as anything can be a cinch
in politics.
Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois
was reported Saturday to have
the inside track to second place
on the ticket. Later on, talk de
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