Seek Simpler Land
Laws For Alaska
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Laws and regulations governing
disposal of land in Alaska are be
ing made the subject of a special
study by the Alaska Development
Board, which intends to make
recommendations to Congress and
the Federal adminisfrative agen
cies for improved and simplified
procedures, the Board announced
this week in Juneau.
The board has assigned the re
view to Burke Riley, who will
submit a report on which recom
mendations can be based. Riley,
a member of the Alaska bar, has
been a resident of the Territory
for 10 years. He was formerly di
rector of vocational rehabilitation
for Alaska.
The development board’s an
nouncement said the whole sub
ject of disposal of the public do
main in Alaska would be given
careful study, as would such cur
rently important issues as the
Lemke Bill, reservations and
withdrawals, and the awarding to
Alaska, with statehood, of a share
of the public domain.
FRANK BINGHAMS RETURN
FROM STATES VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bingham,
who returned from a month’s va
cation yesterday state that they
had a wonderful visit with friends
and relatives in Montana. While
out they purchased a D<*ige car
and drove from Seattle to Fair
banks over the Alcan Highway.
Although it was late in the season
and the birch trees had lost their
leaves it was still a beautiful route
and they stated the road was in
perfect condition. Mr. Bingham
had been to a conference in Wash
ington, D. C., after which Mrs.
Bingham joined him in Seattle.
Wallace Says
Eisenhower Would
Be Certain To Win
JERUSALEM. — Henry A.
Wallace said today that if Gen. j
Dwight Eisenhower “ran on either
the Republican or Democratic tic
ket, he would win hands down” in
the '1948 Presidential election.
“Eisenhower would be the Re
publican party’s Presidential can
didate in all probability.” he said,
adding:
“A ticket of Eisenhower and
Harold Stassen would carry all
but the Southern "states over
whelmingly, running against Tru
man. I believe they would even
carry Missouri.”
The former vice president, on a
writing tour of Palestine, spoke to
the Jewish Journalists’ associa
tion and replied to questions.
“If the United Nations doesn’t
accept partition and Britain with
draws from Palestine, what would
you say if the Jews set (ip their
own government and asked for
recognition.” he was asked.
“What else can you do?” Wal
lace rejoined. He commented
“There can be no peace in the
world without peace in Palestine.
... I know you want to live in
peace with the Arabs. There are
also among the Arabs many who
share the same desire.”
V.A. CONTACT REPRESENTA
TIVE DELAYED
Harold E. Kenny, contact rep
resentative for the Veterans Ad
ministration office, who was
scheduled to arrive here on Oc4.
20 was unable to make connec
tions and will arrive today in
stead. He is very anxious to conT
tact all ex-service men who have
any problems connected with
their army service. He will be lo
cated at the Wallace Hotel.
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Men’s All Wool Dress Slacks
Ladies Rayon Hosiery
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Taft Not To Test
Strength In
Wiseonsin Primary
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WASHINGTON, (A*> — Senator
Taft iR.-Ohio) was reported today!
to have decided to pass up the
Wisconsin residential preference
primary.
Thus the first major battle of
the GOP pre-nomination cam- !
paign likely will be fought there
among Gov. Tljomas E. Dewey of
New York, Harold E. Stassen,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur and pos
sibly Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
With Wisconsin law permitting
any candidate's name to be en
tered on the ballot .with or without
his consent, politicians generally
agree that MacArthur’s friends
will battle for a share of the
state’s 27 delegates to the Phila
delphia national convention.
The April G date for the pri
mary may find MacArthur back in
this country from his tour of duty
in Japan. Any homecoming cele
brations at that time are likely to
freshen Wisconsin’s recollections
of the general’s long war record
and his current administration of
occupation forces in the former
enemy country.
MacArthur has been something
I of a favorite in Wisconsin since
1944. That is the year Wendell L.
Willkie withdrew from the Repub
lican Presidential nomination race
after failing to win a single dele
gate in the primary after stump
ing the state.
With his name the only one on
the preferential ballot—as dis
tinguished from the delegate bal
lot—MacArthur got 102,421 votes
than year. Voters wrote In Dew
ey’s name 21,036 times and gave
Stassen 7,928. and Willkie 6,439 by
the same method.
Checks are reported to have
convinced Taft’s followers that
the Ohio Senator could hope to
make a good showing in the Wis
consin primary only if he made
an intensive campaign in the
state.
They say he will have no time
to do that while Congress is in
session, as it will be after January
6. But the fact remains that Taft
supporters still are discussing the
possibility of entering him in the
Nebraska primary, where the Sen
ator also presumably would have
to do some campaigning.
Brazil Severs Dip
lomatic Relations
With Russia
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assumed charge of Brazil’s inter
ests in the Soviet Union.
Well informed diplomatic sourc
es here said the Yugoslav legation
probably would handle Russian
affairs in Brazil.
The note addressed to the Rus
sian government announcing the
break in relations said that Brazil
had acted because of an “extreme-,
ly outrageous and calumnious ar
ticle” against President Dutrq and I
the Brazilian armed forces which j
appeared in he Moscow Literary
Gazette.
The communication declared it
was universally known that the
Soviet press was controlled by the
Russian government and that the
government must be held respon
sible for what appeared in the
press.
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The Russian government, the
note added, had refused to accent
a Brazilian protest against the
Gazette ;r fc:o.
Churchill Gets Ovation
Britain’s wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill, his ever
present cigar in one hand, waves from an open car, as he acknowl
edges plaudits of residents ol Brighton, England. Churchill re
ceived the freedom of Brighton at a ceremony in Brighton Town
Hall. '(.‘Pi Wirephoto'.
King George <>i lens
Parliament: Manv
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Important Issues
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firmed that this cryptic statement
was announcement of a cabinet
decision, reached Monday, to 1 m
it the power of the peers.
“A bill will be laid before you
to bring the gas industry under
public ownership in the comple
tion of the plan for the coordina
tion of the fuel and power indus
tries,” the King said, giving a pre
view of the socialist program for
the coming year.
No mention was made of nation
alization of the iron and steel in
dustry, another socialist objective.
Political observers expressed be
lief that the government might be
holding off on this until it could
restrict the Lords’ authority and
thus make sure the Lords could
not obseruct such a move.
“The first aim of my ministers,”
the King declared, “will be to re
dress the adverse balance of pay
ments, particularly by expanding
exports.”
He said his government would
“continue to participate in the
work of European reconstruction
put in hand in the recent confer
ence in Paris.”
“The present obstacles to coop
eration and understanding be
tween the peoples of the world,”
he said, “have strengthened the
determination of my government
to support the United Nations and
to seek by that means to promote
the mutual trust and tolerance on
which peaceful progress depends.”
“It is my earnest hope,'* he said,
“that the forthcoming conference
of foreign ministers will result in
a measure of agreement leading
toward a d^tnocratic and self-sup
porting Germany which will not
threaten world securi‘y, and to
th •> sot*'/•> *''w settlement of the
:~ n~n i tonal status of Austria.
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Union Steamships
Extends Service
In Alaska
SEATTLE, i/P>—Alaska passen
ger ship service of Union Steam
ships, Ltd., of Vancouver, B. C.,
has been extended to Wrangell
and Petersburg. It was announced
today.
The new service provides the
only Canadian service to Peters
burg and the onv lregular sched
uled weekly service to Wrangell,
company officials said.
The company’s Alaska service
was inaugurated last November
with the SS. Camosun making
weekly voyages between Vancou
ver and Ketchikan. The vessel is
now calling at Ketchikan, Wran
gell and Petersburg, via Prince
Rupert, both north and south
bound.
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TB. SURVEY TEAM LEAVES
FOR ANCHORAGE
The TB. survey team are plan
ning to leave today for Anchorage
stated Dr. Joseph Marshall, hav
ing completed their work at Una
lakleet and Kotzebue.
He stated that 350 people were
x-rayed at Kotzebue and 330 at
Unalakleet.
It had been planned to go to
Bethel from here but due to land
ing conditions there at the present
i time Bethel will be omitted and
, the wilt work out of Anchorage
instead.
with Japan, which will contribute
to the welfare of all the countries
in the Far East, may be concluded
at an early date.”
The new legislative projects
1 outlined in the King’s speech.
1 drafted by Prime Minister Cle
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