“Antis” And “Pros” j
Both Plan to Fly to .
Senate Hearing j
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supporting groups have discussed |
the chartered flights, neither no-1
peared to be making immed'.itej
moves in that direction.
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ANCHORAGE, OP)—Opponents
of Gov. Ernest Gruening announc
ed today they would send 100
Alaskans to Washington to oppose
his confirmation at a heaving of j
the Senate interior comnvttee.
The announcement followed by;
a day the offer of Buell Nesbett,,
Anchorage attorney, who said 50
Alaskans were ready to fly to
Washington to testify in Greun
ing’s behalf. Before Nesbett’s
move, Gruening opponents hud
proposed to send a 30-member
delegation.
The report of plans td boost the
anti-Gruening delegation to 100
came from John Holzworth, secre
tary of the Alaska Transport com
mittee, which opposes the gover
nor.
Sen. Joseph O’Mahoney, chair
man of the Senate interior com
mittee, was asked to set aside n
day during the week of March 28
for a hearing at which both sides
would have an opportunity to pre
sent arguments.
Holzworth said two planes, a
Army Engineers
To Study Alaskan
Water Power
Potentialities
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panding population for power,
flood control navigation and
other water uses.”
He said the investigations would
not duplicate the actual work
done by the bureau of reclama
tion engineers recently in Alaska.
“Indications are,” he added,
“that the region’s industrial ex
pansion will be relatively rapid in
the next few years with resulting
increased demand for electric
power. At present, including util
' itiea and industrial units of all
kinds, Alaska has only 74,000 kilo
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i “Sourdough Pioneer’s Special”
and a “Businessmen’s Special,”,
would leave Fairbanks the morn
; ing of March 26 and arrive at Jun
eau that evening, after a stop at
Anchorage to1 pick up members of
the party.
Holzworth said he had wired
Governor Gruening that his “gra
cious invitation to opponents of
your nomination” is accepted.
Yesterday Gruening said if he
knew where to send an invitation
he would invite opponents to a
dinner at the Governor’s mansion.
watts of power, which is less
than the output of one-and-a-half
generating units of Bonneville
Dam.”
The survey will be carried out
by the Alaska and Seattle engin
eer districts, under supervision of
the North Pacific division.
Coincident with the survey an
nouncement, the Seattle division
reported that preliminary studies
have shown several promising
dam sites in Alaska. These in
clude:
Rampart Canyon on the Yukon
River, where a 300 to 350-loot
dam 102 miles downstream from
the head of the canyon would cre
ate a reservoir 250 nrvles long and
produce 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 kilo
watts a year.
A series of low dams in lower
Nenana River Canyon, down
stream from McKinley Park.
A system of three to six dams on
the Susitna River, 130 air miles
northeast of Anchorage.
A dam on the Tazimina River |
220 air miles southwest of An- j
chorage. A dam is proposed above (
the River falls, with a powerhouse
below.
A series of dams on the Chaka
chatna River, 80 miles west of An
chorage, below Chakach a m n a
Lake.
Dams on the Tanalian River be
tween Kontrashobuna Lake and
Lake Clark, and on the Newhalen
River below Lake Clark.
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The hall was decorated for the
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dancers enjoyed the newly fin
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A fine entertainment was given
which included the following: Ir
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! Master of ceremonies Cpl. Dan
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During the evening a buffet
supper was served. Rev. Harold
Small, visiting Provincial, was a
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