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M. S. Garland
Tied Up, Seattle
-Labor Trouble
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SEATTLE, Aug. 30, — (^>>— The
540-ton motorship Garland, which
was to have inaugurated the new
Seattle-Alaska freight shipping
service of Berger Transportation
Company was idle in a Seattle
shipyyard today as a result of a
breakdown of negotiations bet
ween the company and Seattle
^maritime unions.
The company recently announc
ed it would operate between Se
attle and Cook Inlet Ports.
Union officials charged the com
pany with “rejecting union pro
posals” and “refusing to negotiate.”
The company countered that it
“cannot operate under conditions
required by five separate unions,
some of which are making un
reasonable demands.”
§ Ed Coester, Seattle agent for the
Sailors Union of the Pacific <AFL>,
said the company “fired the Mates
for refusing to join a company
cooperative and turned down sea
men’s wage proposals.”
Joseph Harris, business agent
for the Marine Cooks and Stew
ards Union (CIO> declared the
company “seeks to cut union wages
with a cooperative plan” and ad- ]
ded that both Seattle and Alaska
CIO Longshoremen will support i
the tieup.
Other unions represented in re
cent negotiations were the Mas
ters, Mates and Pilots (AFL>, Mar
ine Engineers Beneficial Associa
tion (CIO) and the Marine Fire
men, Oilers, Watertenders and
Wipers (IND>.
Washington Sen.
Ppoposes Road
Through Canada
WASHINGTON, Aug, 30, —(JP)~
Senator Magnuson <D-Wash.) said
today that he is requesting the
State Department to ask Canada
by direct note to approve con
struction of a road to connect the
Northwest with the Alaska High
way.
The road would run from the
vicinity of Prince George, B. C
to the Alaska Highway built by
the Army Engineers.
“If Canada will agre? on con
struction of this link the prelim
inary work and surveys could be
made next spring and the work
started on the road,” Magnuson
said. “I believe that Canada will
be found to be favorable to the
project now.”
GREECE’S ‘BIG FIVE —The “Big Five” of the Greek cabinet, also known as the "In
ner Cabinet,” gather in Athens. Left to right are John Sofianopoulos, minister of foreign affairs;
Emmanuel Tsoudcros, minister of economic co-ordination; Prime Minister Themlstocles Sophonlis,
(seated) leader of the Liberal party: George Kafandaris, deputy prime minister.without portfolio:
and Alexander Mylonas, minister of finance. w
Hendrickson And
Wife Are Safe On
Yukon River Bar
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 30, —(/?;—
After as many as 16 planes had
fruitlessly searched thousands of
square miles of the Yukon wild
erness for the missing couple, a
native canoeist discovered H. C.
Hendrickson and his wife safe
on a Yukon river sand bar yes
terday. The couple had been
missing six days since taking off
in their small plane from their
gold mine at Eagle.
Ex-Bostonian Charles Clement,
trading post operator at Stevens
village, reported Hendrickson told
the canoeist: “I need gas and oil,
and I can take off.”
Search For
Relatives Of
Drowned Man
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 30 —(£>>—Au
thorities here were trying yester
day to locate relatives of Verne
Boggie, 37, a war veteran who
fell from a log boom and drowned
in the muddy Ohena river. They
said Boogie, who was stationed in
Alaska during the war and re
turned after his discharge from
the army, is believed to have been
a resident of Virginia or Minne
sota.
Paul Tiulana In
States For New Leg
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 30 —(/P>—
Paul Tiulcna, 25-year-old Eskimo
veteran, is getting a new leg more
suitable for trekking Arctic trails
in search of walrus, seal and polar
bear.
Tiulana, who lives on King Is
land in the Bering Straits, lost
his left leg while in the army,
loading a transport at Nome.
Though he managed to kill five
seal last winter just the same, the
new legs—this will be his third—
keep getting broken on those rough
ice packs.
“One advantage, though,” Tiu
lana said, “When it gets 35 deg
rees below, I’ve only got one cold
foot.”
At the Veterans Hospital here—
where he came by walrus-skin
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ARE KILLJOYS
SHARP’S PARK, Calif., Aug. 30
—(£>)—The Volunteer Fire Dep
artment has warned that unau
thorized drivers of the town’s fire
truck will be prosecuted.
Board secretary O. F. Toneila
said it seemed everybody in
Sharp’s Park wants to drive the
fire truck—especially those who
don’t know how.
Only last week an unauthorized
driver took half the firehouse
to a fire—on the truck’s bumper.
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PanAni Announces
Lower Fares
From Seattle
SEATTLE, Aug. 30, —(TPi—New,
lower airplane fares to Anchorage,
Alaska, were announced today by
J. D. Fessio, Alaska Region Traf
fic Manager for Pan American
World Airways. One way will
cost passengers $126 and round
trip $226. The trip formerly cost
$155 one way and $279 round trip.
Fessio also announced that 35
additional round trips a month
to and from Seattle would be ad
ded beginning September 15. Pan
American flights to Anchorage
connect with Pacific Northern at
Juneau.
Anchorage Times
Had Accident To
Printing Press
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 30, -(/Pi
Mother Nature overruled the
“Power of the Press” here last
night and the Anchorage Times
is temporarily a two-page paper.
A piston stud in the newspa
per’s printing press was snapped
last night simultaneous with a
sharp earth tremor felt throughout
the region at 6:01 p.m.
The newspaper will be printed
on a small press in two pages
without advertising until the dam
age is repaired.
No other damage was reported
in the area.
Mr. George Coplen, Expediter
for the Federal Housing Admin
istration. arrived in Nome Wed
nesday night to confer with local
people on housing needs of the
community.
A special committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, consist
ing of Edward M. Seidenverg, A.
Polet, John Fults, Chris Roust,
Carrie McLain and Col. J. Bodle,
met with Mr. Coplen at the office
of the City Clerk and presented
facts and figures on the particu
larly urgent needs and the factors
involved in the local situation
differing from other parts of Al
aska. Mr. Coplen states that his
survey through the Territory is
; not only to measure housing needs
I but the realization of these needs
through 1947, and he is trying to
get accurate information in order
to coordinate plans with labor
resources at hand. The program
is primarily for returning veter
ans and his conferences with bus
iness leaders is to determine what
should be built in 1947.
Mr. Coplen feels that apartment
houses would solve the housing
problem more so than individual
dwellings at this time.
He leaves for Fairbanks tonight
and will stop at other Alaska cit
ies before returning to his head
quarters in Seattle.
Mr. T. O. Hoaglund has been
appointed to be the Alaska rep
resentative for the department.
NILE TEMPLE TAKES
LARGE CLASS HERE
A group of Shriners of Nile
Temple Seattle, Washington, ar
rived Wednesday night on the PAA
to iniate a large class of Masons
into this branch of masonry known
as the “playground of masonry.”
The initiates were Earl Coul
thard, Herschel Edwards, Major
R. C. Holland, Will M. Gillis, Rob
ert Cudd, Herb Jenks, Fred Hyde,
Joe Wallace, C. F. Yenney, Rob
ert E. Long, Stanley Morgan, Will
iam Brown and J. I. Anderson.
Those in charge of the ceremon
ial were W. McDonald, Chief Po
tentate; Joe Cook, Chief Rabban;
George Rogge, Assistant Rabban;
Kendall Howe, High Priest and
Prophet; and R. L. Van Lussow,
Director of the 2nd division.
O. S. Weaver, Potentate Rep
resentative. planned a program
which included dinner last even
ing at the Nevada, ceremonial at
the Temple, and a buffet supper
at the North Pole Bakery.
The party left at noon today for
Anchorage, and stated they had
a very enjoyable time and appre
j icated the hospitality accorded
them.