T'JJO-IIJEEKS-OLLI FIRE BURPS IP KEIIftl'S FORESTS
INLET ELECTION
CANCEL LEO AT
UNION REQUEST'
Henry 2.. Benson,.,
territorial commis
sioner of labor who
was in Seldovia over
the past week endan
nounced that'the. pro
posed Cook Inlet el
ection to settle the
jurisdictional. dis
pute between -,vF of L
and CIO unions had
been cancelled at the
request of union
heads from. 'both
groups,* Voting had
been scheduiad-.to',be
gin in Seldovia on
Saturday and Sunday
of last week;
Mr. Benson, whose
department had plan
ned to hold the el
ection after the Na
tional Labor Rela
tions Board had adop
ted a hands-off pol
icy, said that the
L.F of L request for
cancellation stated
there was "no need"
for an election in
the Inlet at - this
time. CIO heads felt
results would be "in
conclusive" and there
fore an election
would be needless.
Mr. Benson also
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FLAMES ADVANCING ON THREE FRONTS
N EAR SKI LAK; ESTIMATED 40 SQUARE
MILES OF MOOSE RESERVE CHARRE.O ~
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iJ*ter more than two weeks-of burning, the
forest fire eating Into the moose reserve
and big game area of the Kenai peninsula on
three fronts, yesterday was steadily advanc
ing on a line which stretched from Hidden
L'ake at one extremity to an - estimated four
miles beyond the western end of Skilpk: Lake
at the other.
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Men Needed
For Da mClean-Up
Next Mo NC AY
Monday, June 23,
has been' selected as
"the* date for the an
nual clean-up at Sel
cfovials dam-, it was
announced today by
Jack English, chair
man of the Public Ut
ility ^Uoard.
,; Mrl English is
seeking eight assist-,
ants for the work.
Men who help" at the
dam next Monday will
be paid for • their
work, Mr. English
said, .,11 men will
ing to help are -asked
to meet the ' city
hall at 9 oTclock
r.ovf- Knrvlnv mnrr'ini?.
ii IKK3 «iJU. Vi OiiC
• fireline the .flames
were moving toward
Kenai river,, while at
the -upper end, the
fire-.was eating to
ward hilly country in
the Kenai /Lake .re
gion. . i. third line
of flames could be
sighted several fniles
• above the blaze mar
ching4 toward the Ke
nai river..
Reportedly -started
at the site of an Al
aska Road Commission
camp near- Cooper^s
Landing more than two
weeks ago, the fire
is now moving ahead
unchecked. Already
it has seared . /and
blackened an estima
ted 40 square miles
of .the Kenai penin
sula. . , .
i*. breeze, over the
burning forest, yes
terday carried smoke
awav from the 'fire.