EDDIE CANTOR RECEIVES
SECOND YEARLY AWARD
HOLLYWOOD (4*) — Comedian
Eddie Cantor has won the United
Jewish Appeal’s distinguished hu
manitarian award for the second
straight year. The award was made
Sunday by producer Samuel Gold
wyn on the program “Dateline Is
rael” over the Columbia broadcast
TOKYO, (/P)—An estimated 100
Japanese today began a fast on the
stone steps of a Buddhist temple in
the hope of persuading the Rus
sians to repatriate some 500,000
Nipponese war prisoners still held.
ing system. The presentation was
for outstanding work toward es
tablishing the Jewish State of Is
rael.
NEW YORK, (/P)—The army is
enrolling CATs. CATs are civilian
actress technicians, and the army
needs them to help entertain and
plan shows for troops in Japan
and the Marianas command.
Auditions for the $4,246-a-year
jobs are being held in Greenwich
Village for singers, dancers act
resses and piano players.
DON’T BE MISLED! FISH TRAPS BRINO
PROSPERITY FOR WHOM?
NOT FOR ALASKANS!
Eight absentee canning companies own 245 out of the 434 licensed fish
traps in Alaska and, directly or indirectly, control the majority of the
remaining traps.
It is a proven fact that wherever fish traps are in operation in Alaska,
the salmon runs have decreased steadily for the past 20 years and have
reached the point where ACTION IS IMPERATIVE to SAVE THE
SALMON from extinction.
Are we, the People of Alaska, going to sit idly by and allow this
absenteeswned industry to destroy our most valuable resource?
IMMEDIATE ACTION IS CALLED FOR
We have reached the bitter point where fishing must be curtailed
to save the salmon runs. The runs have been depleted to the point where
they will not support both Traps and Fishermen. A vote to continue
Traps is a vote to eliminate the Alaska fisherman who is the backbone
of Alaska’s retail, supply, boat repair and machine shop operations.
Because the fish trap depleted the salmon run THE TRAP MUST GO.
The so-called “Committee of Alaska Trap Operators” claim:
^That 4000 people, “mostly Alaskans,” are employed by the traps
from six to nine months each year.
The fact is that a great number of these 4000 are employed in areas
where the fishing is not done by traps. Many of the others are employed
in logging operations, wire factories, lumber mills and other industries
whose work as a result of cannery operations occupies only a SMALL
PART of their time. The specific job at which they work does not depend
solely or even principally on the continuation of fish traps.
HOW MANY ALASKANS DO YOU KNOW WHO ARE EMPLOYED
FROM SIX TO NINE MONTHS A YEAR ON FISH TRAPS? WHERE
ARE THEY? THERE ARE NONEI
■^That traps conserve fish:
' The fact is-FISH TRAPS ARE FISH KILLERS. Anyone who has
watched the brailing of traps knows that fish traps are notorious fish
killers. Thousands of sa’mon fingerlings enter traps, mill around with the
mature salmon and are indiscriminately brailed into the packers and later
dumped. In addition, thousands of small fish are gilled in the trap leads
and suffocated (drowned). The truth is that in all areas where traps now
operate, the salmon are being seriously and dangerously depleted. Traps,
bv fishing one area continuously, can and do kill off the run to certain
streams ...
^That without traps at least 25 of the largest canneries would close
down and that thousands of men would lose their jobs.
The fact is: Many more than 25 canneries will close within a few
short years if traps are not closed. Abandoned canneries by the score are
mute testimony to this fact. As for the “thousands of men who would
lose their jobs,” most of these are imported employees of the canneries
who spend no money in the Territory and who could easily be absorbed
in emery operations or other work elsewhere. Their loss to the Territory
would not have the slightest impact on business economy.
'A'That traps are vital to Alaska's economy and their discontinuance
will undermine the stability of the Territory.
The facts: The Traps contribute nothing to the Territory’s stability
that would not be offset by an increased resident fisherman population.
A diversified economy cannot be built on absentee ownership and a policy
of exploitation . . •
^That Traps provide healthy competition.
The facts: Traps are forcing the commercial fisherman out of business.
Fish traps fish 24 hours a day in all weather. What fishermen can compete
with this? Traps have a “license” to fish a certain area and no one may
fish within a certain distance of this area. It's monopoly, not healthy
competition . . .
Save Alaska’s Resources! Vote to Abolish Fish Traps!
(Reprinted from the Ketchikan Chronicle, Sept. 9, 1948)
THIS AD PAID FOR BY LOCAL ALASKA FISHERMEN
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RAILROADS TO ASK
HIGHER FREIGHT RATES
CHICAGO, (/P) — An eight per
cent increase on most freight rates
will be asked by the nation’s rail
roads. It is their sixth request for
higher rates since the end of the
war.
Approval by the interstate com
merce commission of the new rates
would boost the annual freight bill
several hundred million dollars.
However, no official estimate was
made by carrier spokesmen.
CANADA NOT TO KEEP
HAINES CUT-OFF OPEN
JUNEAU, {IP) — Brig. Allen B.
Connelly of the Canadian army,
commandant of the Alaska high
way, has arrived here to confer
with Col. James Noyes of the
Alaska road commission on mu
tual problems of highway con
struction and maintenance.
Brigadier Connelly said the Do
minion’s present policy to not to
' keep the Haines Cut-off open dur
ing the winter. He said winter
maintenance of the 117-mile link
to the Alaska Highway presented
a greater problem per mile than
the main Alaska Highway, due to
heavy snowfall.
LONDON, (iP)—George Zarubin,
Russian ambassador in London,
left by plane for Paris yesterday.
He said he would go on from Paris
to Moscow “for a holiday.”
Ted Williams Used
For Teaching Kids
BOSTON, OP)—1The batting ex
ploits of Ted Williams, Red Sox
slugging outfielder, known to
practically every baseball fan, are
now being used in Boston schools
to teach children how to read.
Instead of plodding through the
adventures of Little Miss Muffet
and the Spider, Boston second
graders now recite:
“See the hitter!
“See the hitter swing his bat.
“The hitter is Ted Williams.
“He plays on the Boston Red
Sox.
“He is their best hitter.
“He has hit many home runs.”
The story of Williams is prom
inently displayed on the opening
page of the Young American Jun
ior reader, recently adopted by the
school department.
School officials said the young
sters have no trouble spelling out
“Ted” but some were stumbling
on “Williams.” However, all un
derstood the meaning of the pic
ture showing Ted taking a cut at
! the ball.
BERLIN, CP) — The British-li
censed German press service said
today Marshal Vassily D. Sokolov
sky, the Russian commander in
Germany, has been recalled to
I Moscow for consultation. There
i was no official confirmation.
Frances Wells Virginia M. Peppard
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