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the village of Kenai, appeared to
be some 15 miles from the settle
ment when he made a survey
flight yesterday.
He said there was a concentra
tion of wildlife at the outskirts of
the blaze, which was raging un
checked on all fronts but one—
that along Mustery Creek to the
east.
It had crisscrossed the southern
end of the Kenai River but as yet
had not jumped the upper river.
A swamp within the burned area
has served as a refuge for much
wildlife.
The army is carrying on a bat
tle against the flames much as a
field campaign, with some 40 men
and officers in the fight. Reports I
from Anchorage last night said
plans were being made to requisi-J
tion barges, equip them with
pumps and take them up the Kas
ilof river to head off the advanc
ing fire.
Ralston said the possible loss of!
suitable grazing ground was the
greatest threat to the moose popu
lation. About one third of the
moose reserve on the peninsula
was gone, he said, and it takes
about three years for the small
shrubbery, upon which the moose
thrive, to grow again.
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TERMINAL KNOT
SAILS FOR NOME
Word has been received by the
local Alaska Steamship Co. office
that the Terminal Knot sailed yes
terday for Nome. Other stops to
be made on the trip are Teller,
Wales, Shishmaref. Deering, Ke
walik and Kotzebue. 1
Germany Should .
Have Higher * ■
Living Standards
BERLIN, (>P) — The United
States government, in its first affi-1
cial statement of policy governing!
Germany since the yrar ended, de
clared today that German people
should be assisted in attaining a
higher standard of living and eco
nomic self-sufficiency.
The policy statement was con
tained in a directive giving new,
instructions to the U. S. military1
commander, Gen. Lucius D. Clay.'
It superceded the directive issued!
by the joint chiefs of staff on'
April 26, 1945, about two weeks i
before Germany surrendered.
The directive brought up to date!
the objectives of the U. S. govern-1
ment and the basic policies to be j
followed in the American admin
istration of its occupation areas in
Germany.
Particular stress was placed on |
the economic aspect of rehabilita- 1
ting Germany and achieving the j
nation’s economic and political!
unity.
The directive said the U. S. gov-'
ernment sought to secure a pro
duction and foreign trade program
for Germany as a whole, which
would be directed toward an in
creasing standard of living in Ger
many and the attainment at the
earliest possible date of a self
sustaining German economy.
The directive said highest prior- j
ity should be given to increased!
production of coal, food and ex
port goods.
MRS. AXEL EDMAN,
BACK FROM STATES
Mrs. Axel Edman, who has been
in the States for several weeks re
turned home yesterday.
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Alaska To Be
Investigated By
Three Committees
(By Charles D. Watkins)
<(yP) Special Washington Service) ;
WASHINGTON, (>P) — Three!
Congressional committees plan to
visit Alaska in the next two
months.
One of them, the House public
lands sub-committee on Territor
ies, plans hearings in the Terri
tory on pending statehood legisla
tion and another, the House inter
state and foreign commerce com
mittee, may hold hearings on
pending airport legislation.
Four members of the Senate
public lands committee, accom
panied by members of their fam
ilies, will leave Seattle August 27 j
and visit many places in the Ter-j
ritory before leaving Juneau for1
the States September 16.
The Senate committee announc
ed that Senator Butler (R.-Neb.)
would head the party, which
will include Senators Watkins <R.
Utah), Ecton (R.-Mont.) and Mc
Farland (D.-Ariz.).
The schedule calls for a stop at
Vancouver, B. C.; a two-day cruise
of the islands of Southeast Alaska
from Ketchikan; visits to Sitka,
Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau,
Skagway, Anchorage, Matanuska
Valley, Curry, Mt. McKinley Na
tional Park, Fairbanks and return
to Juneau. From Skagway a trip
will be made to Whitehorse, Can
ada, and Senator Butler said side
trips would be made to Point Bar
row, Nome and Seward.
Chairman Crawford (R.-Mich.)
of the sub-committee on territor
ies said his group will leave Seat
tle about September 1, but it has
not been determined which com
mittee members would go. He said
the hearings on the statehood bill
probably would be held at several
places.
benator Butler, also noting that
the Senate public lands group has
a statehood bill pending before it,
said his group’s trip was being
made “in the hope that we can
bring information to the full com
mittee for use during the next ses
sion.”
“At the present time we have
before the committee the Alaskan;
statehood bill and there will be
other bills which have to do with!
much needed Alaskan industry,” j
Butler said. “If Alaska hopes to
grow, industry must be developed
and it will be the duty of our com- j
mittee and Congress to help with
this development.” ^
Aides to the House interstate j
and foreign commerce committee
said that about 2t> persons were
expected to be in its party, though
the list of members going has not
been completed. They said hear
ings might be held on pending
bills to establish an airport at
Fairbanks and to put an interna-!
tional airport somewhere in Alas
ka.
Modern Menus
For Igloos—Ouch!
WASHINGTON, (0) — “Store
food” is raising havoc with the1
teeth of Eskimos in Alaska. Dr. j
Oscar Mikkelson says “observa-i
tions in Alaska prove that the diet,
of very primitive Eskimos, al
most completely cut off froiti
white communities, was infinitely J
more conducive to keeping good
teeth than the diets of Eskimos1
who have adopted ‘store food’.” j
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Native platinum is never chem
ically pure: five other metals are
generally associated with it.
62nd Troop Carrier
Group To Start
Operations Soon
TACOMA, </P) — Strategically
close to Alaska and equipped to,
meet “Pacific Northwest weather i
conditions,” the 62nd troop carrier
group will commence operations
at McChord field next week at
about the same time the air base
command is changed.
Col. Julius A. Kolb, 46 year old;
veteran of European and African
aerial campaigns, will succeed to
the position now held by Col. A.
C. Strickland who has been pro
moted to command of Barkesdale
Field, La.
Colonel Kolb’s appointment was
announced by Colonel Strickland
at a luncheon meeting here. He
formerly was base executive offi
cer at Langley Field, Va., and will
act as deputy commander at Me-:
Chord field until Strickland de
parts next week.
The 1,700 men presently at Mc
Chord will be augmented by 1,300
in the 62nd, Colonel Kolb said,
and with them they will bring 54
of the giant C-82 Fairchild packet
planes. These planes, which load
from the tail, are large enough to
drive a truck or other heavy
i equipment into and carry large
numbers of men in addition.
The colonel spoke largely “off
the record’ on the 62nd’s activities
and plans but admitted its estab
lishment here permitted close liai
son with Alaskan points.
He said the packets are equip
ped with latest instrument and
other devices which will permit
Coal And Prices
Both Increase
PITTSBURGH, (A*)—Soft coal
production increased yesterday—
and so did soft coal prices.
Walter R*. Thurmond, secretary
of the southern coal producers’ as
sociation, said consumers “will be
required to pay about $800,000,000
additional during the next 12
months.”
Thurmond said the recent $1.20
a-day wage increase granted to
John L. Lewis’ AFL-united mine
workers “will cost the operators
more than $1.25 a ton ... so coal
will sell at the mines from $1.25
to $1.50 higher at once.”
However, Lewis said in an edi
torial in the UMW Journal that
increased cost to consumers of
coal and other products would be
“infinitestimal.” The Journal es
timated the new contract would
add only 65 to 67 cents to the cost
of producing a ton of soft coal.
Anthracite prices were also ex
pected to rise—about 70 cents a
ton — because of the Lewis-won
wage hikes.
PAUL STOCKARD BRINGS
FAMILY ON THIS TRIP
Paul Stockard, manufacturer’s
representative of several lines,
who has been calling annually in
Nome brought his wife and son
with him on this trip, from their
home in Fairbanks.
their easy operation in the smoke
and fog laden air of the Pacific
Northwest.
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