Tourist Organization
Formed to Develop
‘Leading Industry’
For development of a potential
Number One industry for Alaska,
tftisiness men from all over the
territory gathered at meetings
held at Juneau and Anchorage
this week for the formation of a
tourist organization. On Monday
business men from Alaska’s west
ern and interior areas met at An
chorage at KENI studios. Last
Saturday business men from
southeastern Alaska gathered at
Juneau for the organizational
meeting there.
At the Juneau meeting George
Sundborg of the Alaska Develop
ment Board was elected tempo
rary chairman. He appointed
Herb Hilscher, Fourth Division
representative of the Alaska De
velopment Board as temporary
secretary for the organizational
meeting.
The minutes from the Juneau
meeting were read Monday at
Anchorage for either approval or
amendment at the latter meeting.
“Alaska Visitors’ Association,”
the Southeastern's group choice,
was also adopted at the Monday
rrj/eeting as the name for the or
ganization.
Ii is not only the aim of the
organization to bring in tour
ists and tourist dollars to Alas
ka but also to attract new set
tlers, Charles West of Arctic
Alaska Service in Fairbanks
commented at Monday's meet
ing. Thoughts and ideas from
business men of all areas in the
territory will be incorporated j
in the tourist organisation, he
explained.
Anchorage men in attendance
were Robert Sharp, city manager,
representing Anchorage; L. A.
Moore, Alaska General Contract
ors; Henry Cuffel, Chamber of
Commeixe: Marshall Lovett, Jr.,
Chamber of Commerce; Russell
Swank, Matanuska Valley Bus
Lines; Tom Maloney, Alaska
Steamship: Ray Peterson. North
ern Consolidated Airlines; Bob
Renkert, Alaska Airlines; George
Sharrock, Pacific Northern Air
lines; A. B. Hayes, Northwest
Airlines; Wilbur Wester and Wil
lard Nagley, Westward Hotel:
Bruce Kendall, Parsons Hotel:
Leroy Hinman and Herb Rhodes,
Alaska Railroad.
From Fairbanks were Phil
Johnson of the Bank of Fairbanks,
representing the Chamber of
Commerce; Paul Greiman of
Alaska Coachwavs; Jack Whaley
of Wien Alaska Airlines; Mr. and
Mrs. Kaye of Kaye’s Curio Shop,
Charles West of Arctic Alaska
Service.
Antonio Polet, representing the
second division of the Alaska De-1
velopment Board, came from j
Nome for the meeting; John Cog- j
hill, businessman, and George |
Sullivan of the U. S. Marshal’s)
office, both of Nenana: R. J. |
Bowers, Chugiak lodge, Kenai,
Lake; Viola Daniels of Palmer.
A. B. Stanfield of the Seattle
office of I and D Travel Service
was also in attendance.
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Scientists Discuss
Alaskan Problems at
Conference This Week
“Permafrost” — p e r m a n entlv
frozen ground which underlies
four-fifths of Alaska, is one of the
subjects of study scheduled for
the Alaskan Science Conference
in Washington, D. C. The con
ference held from November 9
through 11 is being attended by
300 leading scientists and admin
istrators.
In attendance from Palmer is
Don L. Irwin, head of the Agri
cultural Research Administration
and director of Alaska’s experi
ment stations. Mr. Irwin left Pal
mer the first of this week. He
will probably extend his visit
there for almost two weeks, he
said, before his departure.
“Relationships of Permafrost to
Environmental Sanitation” will
be the subject of a talk to be
given by Dr. Amos J. Alter, chief
sanitary engineer of the U. S.
Public Health Service in Juneau.
Dr. Jack C. Haldeman, medical
officer in charge of the U. S. Pub
lic Health Service in Anchorage,
will chair a session on “Health
Problems of Alaska Eskimos.
Aleuts, and Indians.”
Well-Known Entertainers
Go to States for Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burgess,
well-known entertainers of Pal
mer and Valdez, were in town
last week saying their farewells
before setting out on a trip to
the states.
The popular couple, known
I here as Ruth and Bob, are driving
| to Washington over the Alaska
'< Highway. Their son, Ted, is ac
i companying them.
They plan to return to Alaska
| in February with a 35-foot house
! trailer. “We really like the ter
! ritory,” they said, “and plan to
i make our future home here.” Ted
i will remain in Washington where
he will attend Auburn Academy.
UNIVERSITY BUILDING
PROGRAM STARTS IN MAY
Construction on the University
| of Alaska campus has been given
the go-ahead signal and should
get under way about May of next
year, it was announced at College
this week. Building will be in
the following priority: School of
Mines to be built simultaneously
with the utilities distribution
system. No. 2, a 100-man dormi
tory. No. 3. Student Union build
ing; and No. 4, an infirmary.
COST OF ALASKA S. S.
OPERATIONS MOUNT
WITH WAGE BOOST
Wage increases of 6.38 per cent
obtained within the last few
weeks by ship personnel of the
| Pacific Coast reflect a $304,879
| increase cost when applied to
; the Alaska Steamship Company
; 1949 operation, D. E. Skinner,
i company vice-president and gen
i eral manager, said this week.
I “The recent raise obtained by
' the longshoremen adds another
: $203,979 to this figure,” he said.
“Together these increases place a
$508,858 additional burden on the
present rate structure of the com
pany, which produced a loss on
1949 operations.”
Members of the deck, engine
and steward’s departments re
ceived the latest pay boost at the’
conclusion of negotiations be
tween union representatives and
the Pacific Maritime Association,
representing the shipowners.
The total shortside and ship
side labor cost during 1949 for
The Alaska Line was $8,494,139.
The above increases applied to
this figure raise it to $9,002,997.
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