Stassen Asks Dis
cussion With Doug
MILWAUKEE, (/P)—Harold E.
Stassen proposed today a joint dis
cission of American foreign policy
with Gen. MacArthur by means
of a radio hookup.
Republican convention candi
dates pledged to Stassen and Mac
Arthur are entered in the Wiscon
sin delegate election April 6. Stas
sen currently is making a personal
campaign in the state in behalf of
his delegates.
Stassen suggested that arrange
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ments be made for MacArthur to
speak over a direct wire from
Tokyo.
Stassen expressed the opinion
that “General MacArthur’s pro
posed foreign policies would sink
American too deep into Japan,
China, and Asia and would cost
billions of American dollars and
require a large American Asiatic
army at a time when our greatest
danger is from the communist
menace in Europe.”
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TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER
e FRANK A. METCALF, of Juneau, who is see kina the Demo
cratic nomination of Territorial Highway Engineer has been a
resident of the Territory continuously since 1913. He holds a Mas
tor's Degree in Civil Engin
eering and has License No. 1
of the Territory registered
engineers.
Upon coming to Alaska he
worked for the Bradley in
terests until the First World
War when he was commis
sioned in the 20th Engineers.
In the summer of 1919 Mr.
Metcalf went into business
for himself following Gener
al Engineering and making
mineral and non-mineral
patent surveys. He served
four times as City Engineer
cf Juneau. At the outbreak
of World War II he was ap
pointed Director of Civilian
Defense and Secretary of
Local Draft Board. In 1942
Mr. Metcalf joined the en
gineering staff of Siems
Drake and had charge of the
’^edging of Sitka's harbor, j
In 1945 he went to Adak as Chief of Party. In the fall of 1947 he
appointed to fill out the term of the late Leonard Smith as
Territorial Highway Engineer, the office he now seeks. Few men
in the Territory are better equipped by education, experience
and professional ability to handle the work of Territorial High
way Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works.
COMMON COUNCIL
MET MONDAY NIGHT
The Nome Common Council
held a regular meeting Monday
night at which time several com
munications were tead. A letter
from Mrs. Minnie B. Stewart, of
the Women’s Division of the Meth
odist Mission Board, requested in
formation on certain property in
the city which the Rotary Club
of Nome has on option for a hos
pital site. The specific questions
on the property were whether wa
ter and drainage were available.
A committee was appointed and
Paul Mandeville and C. D. Ander
son were asked to confer with the
Rotary Club on the status of the
property in question. The hospital
committee of the City Council re
ported on the progress of recon
struction of the ANS building for
temporary housing for the hosp:
tal.
A proposal to grant permission
to the Lomen .Commercial Co., to
operate their lighterage plant over
the north revetment on license
through the U. S. Engineers de
partment in whom final authority
is vested.
The crowd attending this par
ticular meeting of the City Coun
cil was the largest in many years.
Naval Petroleum
Reserve
WASHINGTON — The explora
tion and development program for
oil in Alaska’s Naval Petroleum,
Reserve No. 4 will be accelerated
and expanded under plans now
contemplated, according to infor
mation given Delegate Bartlett re
cently by Commodore William G.
Greenman, director, office of na
val petroleum and oil shale re
serves of the nevy department.
Justifications have been pre
sented to Congress for the oil pro
gram in northern Alaska to be
carried on until 1953, three year
beyond the present authorized
termination date of 1950, with an
expenditure of between 20 and 25
million dollars. By this fall it is
expected 500 civilian employees
will be working on the project.
Facilities of four ships and an ice
breaker will be available this sum
mer.
Dinty Moore, representative of
the National Grocery Co., and
Green Winkler of Seattle arrived
from his headquarters in Anchor
age on his annual trip Monday and
departed yesterday for Kotzebue.
Fi ve Dead; Many
Hurl In Explosion
CENTRA LIA, 111. </P) — The
known death toll mounted to five
in an explosion which destroyed a
two-story brick building in down
town Centralia.
Two bodies were found loneath
the pile of rubble by firemen after
on all-night search.
Near midnight, about three
hours after the blast, two bodies
had been found in the wreckage
One woman died of injuries.
Thirty persons were injured.
The building housed a tavern
and a small pool hall-tavern or>
the first floor and small apart
ments and sleeping quarters in the
nine rooms on the second floor.
The cause of the explosion hart
not been determined. Damage was
estimated at $40,000.
BATAVIA, Java. (JP)—An earth
shock rocked Batavia during the
noon hour today. It lasted several
seconds and shook even the largest,
buildings. No serious damage was
reported.
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