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JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951
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II. S. Outlines
North Pacific
Fishing Plan
TOKYO, Nov. 9—(#1—American
delegates presented Canadian and
Japanese representatives with a
proposed treaty regulating North
Pacific fishing and announced to
day they were not here to horse
trade.
The American plan calls for a
two-point program to conserve
fishing resources of the North Pa
cific. Its details were disclosed to
day by William C. Herrington, head
of the American delegation.
Under the American plan the
three powers would:
1. Create a commission to con
sider conservation problems and
mediate any not covered by pre
sent agreements.
2. For conservation purposes,
waive their rights to exploit a high
seas fishery resource. (This would
apply only under certain speci
fied circumstances.)
The signatories would not give
up their rights to fish their own
territorial or adjacent waters al- j
ready being exploited, or other re
sources being worked “on a substan
tial scale.”
It would specifically reserve tlie
rights of Americans and Cana
dians to fish “the waters of the
Pacific coasts of the United States
and Canada from and including
the waters of the Gulf of Alaska
southward.”
Herrington said the plan would
not place heavy restrictive mea
sures on any one nation.
He said 85 percent of Japanese
fishermen operate “within sight of
their own coast,” except for their
tuna fishing fleets. He said most
Canadian and U.S. fishermen op
erate within 100 miles of their
coasts.
The Japanese press has expressed
concern that restrictive measures
would affect Japan more than the
other nations becSUse JapSti de
pends more heavily on its fishing
industry.
The American plan is the first
to be submitted to the three power
conference.
Chilkaf Dies
SEATTLE, Nov. 9—ttfl—Chilkat is
dead. He was old, though his years
were short. He died in his sleep at
a hotel here Wednesday.
He was born in Haines, Alaska,
in 1938, and since then had pussy
footed the length and breadth of
the land. He was a specialist at
slipping unobtrusely into the finest
hotels, and when he left he gave
never a thought to the rent.
Jo and Nina Crumrine, Alaska
artists, adopted him before he had
his first teeth. Where they went,
he went. His playgrounds ranged
from the vacant lot beside the Nor
dale hotel in Fairbanks to New
York’s Central Park.
It was a fine life—a fine nine
lives, you might say — and now
Alaska’s most traveled cat lies in a
pet cemetery.
FROM TACOMA
Wesley R. Ross of Tacoma ar
rived yesterday on PAA and is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
TheWashington
Merry-Go-Round
<CoDy:!ght, 1951. by Bell Brndlcate. Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
J^ASHINGTON — Next to his
grandchildren, what General Eisen
hower enjoyed in Washington was
playing bridge with Chief Justice
Fred Vinson, ex-White House jester
George Allen and Sid Richardson,
the Texas oilman.
Early in the game when Allen
was winning, he remarked to Eisen
hower, who is supposed to be one
of the best bridge players in the
country:
“I’m going to take an hour off ev
ery day to give you lessons.”
Later Eisenhower started winning.
“I think I had better arrange
for you to come over to Paris and
play cards,” he remarked solemnly
to Allen.
The luncheon Eisenhower had
with President Truman was high
lighted by the general's view both
on peace and the difficulties of the
job in Europe.
Eisenhower told Truman that he
had no intention of leaving his
post in Paris until his job was done.
Then emphasizing his agreement
with Truman that peace is the
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Shattuck Family in Honolulu
The t'ui I is Shu ttuek family of Juneau arriving in Honolulu on Pun
American World Airways. They expert to return here about De
cember 3. I.eft to right: AHen, 10; Sally, 4: Shattuck; Mrs. Slialtuek;
and Roger, 7. Mrs. Shattuck was at one time secretary to Capt.
Harold Gray, PAA vice-president in charge of the Pacific Alaska
Division. (Pan-Am Photo)
Statehood
When Ready,
Says Aspinall
Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall
(D-Colo) said last night in an in
terview with an Empire reporter
that he felt much at home in Alas
ka.
Aspinall was invited to join the
Congressional subcommittee in its
hearings on Native claims in Al
aska. He is a member of the House
Territorial and Insular Affairs com
mittee, as well as Reclamation, Min
es and Public Lands.
“Alaska is not ready for state
uouu, uiAi- xu«. itxK. c mtu ooat'i'
senator declared, “until a bill makes
it possible for the delivery of nec
essary lands and other resources
for its operation as a state in order
that Alaska can accept its respon
sibility as the 49th or 50th state.
“It has been refreshing to spend
a week among Eskimos, Aleuts, In
dians and Whites where there is no
apparent discrimination,” Aspinall
said.
"Alaskans have much of the same
earnestness of purpose and vitality
of approach of the pioneer Color
adoans. Alaska has a right to be
integrated into the United States
when it is ready,” he said.
Aspinall was impressed with his
first hand look at the Territory
and declared he regarded it most
necessary to the defense of the
United States.
The Colorado Congressman who
distinguished himself in the Color
ado State Senate as fair-minded,
has evidently maintained the same
attitude as a Congressman.
Murray Reelected
For 12th Time as
President of CIO
NEW YORK, Nov. 9—^1—Philip
Murray, 65-year-old former coal
miner, was re-elected today to his
12th year as President of the CIO
alter a confetti-throwing demons
tration by shouting convention dele
gates. .
Murray’s name was put into nom
ination by Jacob Potofsky, head of
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
who called Murray “not only a un
ion leader but a leader of mankind.”
Grand Larceny
Charge Faces
Mrs. G. I. Tucker
SEATTLE, Nov. 9—W—Mrs. Gert
rude Tucker Meehan, 31, daughter
of a former U. S. Marshal at Sitka,
Alaska, was bound over to Superior
Court on a grand larceny charge
yesterday by Justice of the Peace
William Hoar.
Filed July 16, it accuses Mrs.
Meehan of drawing about $328 in
state aid to dependent children
funds to which she was not entitled,
having failed to notify welfare auth
orities of her marriage to a Coast
Guardsman, which resulted in her
receiving an $85-a-month govern
ment allotment.
The court was told Mrs. Meehan
has made full restitution. The Sup
erior Court will now dispose of the
case.
VISITOR FROM FAIRBANKS
Glenn C. Boone, with the CAA at
Fairbanks, is stopping at the Hotel
Juneau.
Congressmen Sit
In on Chamber
Commerce Meeting
While the Juneau Chamber of
Commerce entertained visiting Con
gressmen at its regular meeting,
postponed from Thursday noon un
til evening, it conducted its regular
order of business.
The Chamber met for a dinner
meeting at the Baranof Hotel with
members of a House of Represen
tatives subcommittee here on a
native land claims hearing, wives
of members and guests. Approxi
mately 100 were in attendance.
In the regular order of business
Jerry McKinley, chairman of the
road committee, gave an optimistic
report on the prospects for the pro
-prtnid TTo thQf
Canadians were willing to construct
a road from the Tulsequah mining
camp to tidewater. He pointed out
that this still left missing links be
fore Juneau could be connected
with Atlin and the Alaska Highway.
R. W. Cowling made a progress
report on the small boat harbors
for Douglas and Juneau and said
that the Forest Service would make
winter studies to furnish additional
data on winds.
Harold Foss gave a brief sum
mary of his attendance at a meet
ing of the northwest committee of
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce
which he attended in Quebec City
Que. He said that the Canadians
were vitally interested in the de
velopment of their country and
the U.l S. would do well to follow
their example. Foss indicated that
surface and air transportation prob
lems were considered.
Visitors Introduced
Following the regular business the
visiting Congressmen were intro
duced by Delegate E. L. ((Bob!
Bartlett. Each spoke briefly.
Wayne N. Aspinall (D-Colo.)
spoke for statehood and declared
that Alaska reminded him of the
pioneer spirit of freedom in his
home state of Colorado.
Norris Poulson (R-Calif) hinted
that Alaska could take a leaf from
the California notebook in the use
of “super, colossal, g.gantic” in <!•:
eribing the Terri twy.
Alaska’s Potentialities
Wesley A. D'Ewart (R-Mont)
frankly admitted that the commit
tee made the trip now instead of
next year because the Congressmen
would have to be home “mending
their fences.” He stressed the po
tentialities of Alaska in mining, oil,
fish and timber in future develop
ment. Said he, “Alaska has oppor
tunities beyond anything I have
ever imagined.
Frank T. Bow (R-Ohio) announc
ed himself an advocate of Alaska
statehood and humorously mention
ed that “Ohio did have Indians”—
The Cleveland Indians.” He plugged
his home state as “the cradle and
mother of presidents” and added.
“We're expecting again.”
Gov. Ernest Gruening spoke brief
ly explaining “democracy in action”
as expressed by the subcommittee
taking the current hearings and
explained that it was helpful for
Congressmen “to know our prob
lems.”
Chester D. McMullen (D-Fla)
chairman of the House Indian Af
fairs Committee, acknowledged the
importance of the settlement of
Native land claims and declared
that the development of Alaska had
only been scratched on the surface.
Preston Peden, attorney for the
group, Mrs. W. Clark of Anchor
age, recorder of the hearings, and
Hugh J. Wade, area director for the
Alaska Native Service, were intro
duced as well as MaJ. Steve Done
gan and Capt. A. Grady, pilots of
Four Sentenced to
Prison for Larceny
From Fish Traps
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 9—W
—Four men have been sentenced
to prison terms after conviction of
larceny of salmon from fish traps—
the first such case in Ketchikan in
many years.
The four men and their sentences
were Paul Kath, 27 months; Thor
Albrightson, 21 months; William
Horn. 19’" months, and Ernest Gar
ner, 18 months.
Kath was hired by Pacific-Ameri
can Fisheries as a trap patrolman
at Kah-Shakes Cove, south of Ket
chikan. It was from these traps the
fish were taken by Kath and the
others. Albrightson is owner of
the fishing boat Lumen, used in the
thefts, and Horn and Garner were
crewmen on the boat.
Earlier, three watchmen on the
traps, Paul Schreiber, Charles Pet
erson and Ernest Kohler, received
suspended sentences of 18 months
each on the same charges. The
suspensions were recommended by
the government attorneys because
the men turned prosecution wit
nesses. *
Senators Name
Czech Diplomat
Top Commie Spy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9—(if)—A
Czech diplomat assigned to duty
here has been described by Senate
Internal Security investigators as
a top Communist spy.
He was named by Senators Mc
Carran (D-Nev) and O'Conor <D
ND) last night as Col. Oto Biheler,
military and air attache to the
Czechoslovakian embassy. The Sen
ators said he Is now in Czecho
slovakia.
McCarran, chairman of the Sen
ate Internal Security committee,
said "it is known to our intelligence
agents hit B;h< ei. ioi two yews,
has been gathering information on
this country’s research into bacter
iological warfare and atomic wea
pons and other advanced methods
of defense.”
In a separate statement, O'Conor
described the Czech as “a key fig
ure in the Communist espionage ap
! paratus in the United States.”
Small Nations
Beg Security al
UN Assembly
I PARIS, Nov. 9—!#l—Small na
tions pleaded for greater collective
security against the possibility of
another Korea today in speeches be
fore the United Nations Assembly.
Their pleas followed discouraging
new tough talk by the United States
and Russia.
As they spoke, U.S. Ambassador
Philip C. Jessup, in a special news
conference, challenged the Soviet
Union to start disarmament talks
in the U.N. now — not to wait until
some time before June 1. 1952, as
the Russians proposed yesterday.
Jessup also accused the Russians of
trying to by-pass the U.N. in ask
ing a world-wide arms conference.
Russia’s proposal was in answer to
a U.S. plan — also put before the
U.N. General Assembly yesterday—
a census of armaments and progres
sive reduction of both conventional
and atomic weapons. Jessup said
the U.S. and her British and French
Allies would push for quick U.N. ac
tion on their proposal.
In the General Assembly meeting
today F. W. Doidge of New Zealand
urged increased measures of collec
tive security to give the free world
strength to repel any futurp aggres
sions such as occurred in Korea.
Ship Movements
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle today.
Princess Louise scheduled to rail
Saturday night from Vancouver on
last trip of season.
Baranof from west scheduled to
arrive southbound sometime Sun
day.
the U. S. Air Force plane which
has taken the party throughout
Alaska.
Col. Lars Larson, Adjutant of the
Alaska National Guard, was intro
duced as a new member. Visitors
were William Montan, Oklahoma
City contractor, and Coastguards
man Ross Durant, Jr.
Many Objections Voiced
As House Subcommittee Hears
Witnesses on Land Claims
The many-sided question of the^
settlement of aboriginal land claims
in Alaska gained several additional
facets when it was aired before a
House of Representatives subcom
mittee in the senate chambers of
the Federal building in Juneau yes
terday afternoon.
The subcommittee saw many ob
stacles hurled into the path of a
bill sponsored by E. L. "Bob” Bart
lett, Alaska delegate, as it headed
toward consideration by Congress.
The bill outlines a plan of settling
land claims of long standing by'
Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos of
Alaska.
All witnesses who appeared before
the group agreed that the question
of settlement of claims was a vital
one, but there was no full agreement
with the bill as it now stands. How
ever, most witnesses expressed
thoughts that the bill could be
amended and made workable.
Members of the subcommittee
who conducted similar hearings in
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kotzebue,
Nome and Kodiak thus far and who
were in Juneau yesterday are: Rep.
Norris Poulson (R-Calif); Rep.
Wayne N. Aspinall (D-Colo); Rep.
Chester D. McMullen (D-Fla); Rep.
Wesley A. D’Etfart (RcMont); Rep.
Frank T. Bow <R-Ohio); Delegate
E. L. Bartlett, Alaska; and Preston
I Peden, counsel for the group.
Claim 382,000 Acres
William L. Paul, Sr., who said he
had been a member of the executive
committee of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood for more than 20 years,
; but said he was appearing before
| the group as a representative of the
1 Tee-hit-ton tribe near Wrangell lit
I the most spectacular fireworks when
! he said his tribe could prove claims
to some 382,000 acres of land near
Wrangell worth $8,000,000. The land
described by Paul extends from the
inrth end of Prince of Wales island
town to the Kasan peninsula and
includes a large - area on Revilla
' gigido island.
Paul was insistent in questioning
why the United States government
was careful to deal fairly in most
transactions, but always wanted to
take property away from the In
dians. He said that as far as the
talk about there being no aboriginal
rights because of the Russian agree
ment with the United States, he
i could prove that the Russians de
feated only part of a small tribe
when they took Sitka, and had
never occupied or possessed one
j acre in the area he now claims for
1 his tribe.
Workable Amendments
R. E. Robertson, appearing cn
behalf of the Juneau chamber of
commerce, said some parts of Bart
lett’s bill were good but needed
! workable amendments. He said it
should be decided whether the
claims have merit or not, and em
phasized that they needed to be
settled. But he also stated that
there had been a court case which
the chamber of commerce thought
had ended the question of any ab
original rights in Alaska.
He cited the case of Miller versus
the United States in the Appellate
Court in San Francisco where the
judgment was rendered that no ab
original land claims could be al
lowed in Alaska because the Rus
sian-American treaty of 1867 said
the land in the Territory was sold
to the United States without en
cumbrances.
He voiced the opinion that land
claims should be heard before a
court and not before a commission
as Bartlett's bill provides. He
pointed out the importance of the
manner of disposition of tidelands
in Southeast Alaska.
Tideland Control
"He who controls' the tidelands
can block any development of the
uplands,” Robertson said. "If there
Is to be development of mines and
pulp mills, there must be access to
the tidelands.”
He said he was afraid that Bart
lett’s bill might convey tidelands
to tribal groups and deny access
to industry. He also pointed out
the importance of tidelands fishing
and was emphatic in pleading that
tidelands should not be deeded ■ to
any group or individual.
He and others questioned the re
habilitation section of the bill which
provides that 20 percent of a re
volving fund of $40 million dollars
be used for help in getting Natives
started on new claims, in new busi
nesses and for educational pur
poses. Most of the witnesses and
some of the congressmen seemed to
feel that this should be made sep
arate from the land claims part of
the bill.
Answering a question by Repre
sentative D’Ewart, Robertson agreed
that the land claims must be settled
- to promote the development of
| Alaska.
ANB Views
William L. Paul, Jr., read a
lengthy statement to the committee
which, he said, generally expressed
the views of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood. He appeared as sec
retary of the Brotherhood Instead
of in his position as attorney for
the natives.
He said the possessory rights of
Indians of Southeast Alaska are
perfectly good. But he pointed out
the difficulty in obtaining “paper
tile” to the land.
He said so much of the land had
clouded titles because of the in
ability to get paper titles from the
United States, that the Alaska Na
tive Brotherhood might agree to a
reservation plan in order to have
full legal ownership of their lands.
When later questioned by Repre
sentative McMullen, acting chair
man of the subcommittee, about
his sincerity concerning the estab
lishment of reservations, Paul re
iterated his stand: *
Reservation Plan
"Many of us feel that a reserva
tion plan would be acceptable be
cause that much of a title would'
be better than no title at all. Some
thing must be done or we'll have
nothing left but swamps and desert
land.”
Representative Poulson said he
thought any reservation plan would
be pure racial discrimination and
segregation. Paul later said that
he could agree to the principle of
Bartlett’s bill but indicated that a
reservation plan would be more ac
ceptable than the bill as it now
stands.
Representative D’Ewart questioned
Paul about part of his statement in
which he said that “The United
States as well as Russia (at least
to 1917) has always subscribed to
private international law.”
D’Ewart also questioned the
statement that Indian possessory
rights are perfectly good title, sub
ject only to a condemnation pro
cedure.
Against Reservation
Norman C. Banfield, Juneau at-1
torney, appearing, he said, in un-,
official capacity for the American,
Legion, Department of Alaska, |
pointed out that it was necessary,
to make a settlement of land claims j
but not necessary to give title for i
possessory rights for wide areas In
dians have merely wandered over.
He asserted that it was undemo- i
cratic and was an act of segregation i
to establish reservations. He asked
thnt those now established be dis
solved. He also asked lor the ab- j
olition of Native schools because, he
said, this too is a practice of segre
gation that is harmful.
‘‘This is not the American way.
and it is not the Alaskan way,”
Banfield said.
William Paul, Sr., asked the sub-1
committee why his tribe could not
deal directly with companies who
were interested in bringing industry
to Alaska.
"As l»ng as we maintain our
claims, there is no such things as
public lands in the area which we
claim," Paul said. “We are capable
of dealing with companies who wish
to use our lands. But why can't
the United States act in a transfer
of lands as a trustee for us and let
development go ahead.”
He maintained that Chief Jus
tice John Marshall had once given
an opinion that Indian possession
of land must be considered in the
light of the mode of living and that
lands used for hunting and fishing
could to an extent be claimed.
Paul said his tribe would rather
own their land and have an in
come than outright money, and
stated that it was his opinion that
the Bartlett bill would not be ade
quate in settling the claims.
He broke up the hearing as he
said, “We would rather congress
would give us the money and let us
waste it ourselves!”
The grtiup moves on to Sitka for
a hearing today, and to Ketchikan
to begin a hearing Saturday.
WEATHER REPORT
(U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU
At Airport: Maximum, 41;
Minimum, 37.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday. Low tonight near
freezing. High .Saturday
around 42 degrees.
PRECIPITATION
(Put 34 hour* ending 7:30 am. tod a
At Airport — 0.16 inches;
from July 1—16.52 inches.
Governor Makes
Fishermen's Board
Appointments
The names of the four appointive
members of the newly created Board
for Care of Sick and Disabled Fish
ermen was announced by Oov. Er
nest Grtiening today.
The four members arc: L. Adolph
Mathisen. Petersburg, appointed for
a four-year term: Walter Pihlman,
Ketchikan, for a two-year term;
Eliodor S, Risoff, Anchorage, for a
three-year term: and Gunnar Berg
gren, of Naknek, for a one-year
term.
The board was created by the
last Territorial legislature and also
calls for three non-appointlve mem
bers to serve on the board. These
are: The Commissioner of Labor to
act as chairman and administrative
officer; the Commissioner of Health;
and the Commissioner of Taxation.
The Board has been functioning
to a small extent, and it is expected
that activities will Increase now
that the appointive members have
been added. Appointive members
still must be approved by the next
legislature.
The act which created the Board
provides that appointive members
must be selected from licensed com
mercial fishermen who have en
gaged in fishing in the Territory for
five years immediately preceding
their appointment.
Mathisen was born in Norway,
coming to Petersburg in 1916. He
has been a commercial fisherman
in most of the northwest and Alas
kan coastal waters. Pihlman has
14 years of fishing in Alaska, 11 Of
these around Ketchikan as a hali
but fisherman and a purse seiner.
Risoff has been a Cook Inlet fish
erman since 1935. Berggren has
fished the Bristol Bay waters for
years.
The act to care for sick and dis
abled fishermen calls for a fish
ermen's fund. This fund will be
derived from 30 percent of money
collected for commercial fishing li
censes and from appropriated
money.
Commercial fishermen not covered
under the Alaska Workmen's Com
pensation Act are eligible for bene
fits under the act. The fishermen’s
fund will be used mainly for medi
cal and hospital expenses, emer
gency treatment, and in some cases
transportation costs of disabled
fishermen may be paid.
Advise Navy
To Continue
Oil Search
DENVER, Nov. 9—if)—A commit
tee of industry advisors to the Navy
concluded today that exploration
for oil in Naval Reserve No. 4 in
Alaska should continue.
Capt. R. H. Meade, chief of Naval
petroleum reserves, announced the
decision at the end of a four-day
meeting: here. He was chairman of
the committee of advisors to the
Secretary of the Navy. Capt. Meade
is headquartered in Denver.
Capt. Meade announced that the
committee will recommend to the
■secretary that he ask congress for
funds to carry on exploration in the
37.000-square-mile Alaskan reserve
through 1952 and 1953. The re
serve is above the Arctic Circle.
He said the committee confirmed
the discovery of a new Alaskan oil
field at Umiat on the Colville river
and heard from "responsible
sources” that reserves there are
from 30 million to 100 million bar
rels, based on present limits of the
unit.
The discovery and its confirma
tion covered a long period earlier in
the year and the find was an
nounced in June, Capt. Meade said.
Navy exploration for oil in Alaska
has been going on since 1944. The
advisory committee last met in
June.
Capt. Meade said he was announc
ing for the first time that the com
mittee has been advised of wide
spread occurrences of natural gas
n the Alaskan naval reserve.
Sleek Quotations
NEW YORK. Nov. #—tffl—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3V4, American Can
107V4, American Tel. and Tel. 157V4,
Anaconda 50 %. Douglas Aircraft 58,
General Electric 56Vi. General Mo
tors 59%, Goodyear 43'i, Kennecott
85, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%,
Northern Pacific 54 V4, Standard Oil
of California 49’4, Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 21 Vi, U.S. Steel 40V4, Pound
$2.80'■, Canadian Exchange 95.68*4.
Sales today were 1,470,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
industrials 259.89, rails 79.72, util
ities 46.35.
Construction
Controls May
Get Tougher
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9—UTt—'The
National Production Authority re
ported today that it had denied 63
percent of the construction appli
cations for this quarter and may
be still tougher in the first quar
ter of the next year.
IVice control <|'niefs were re
vamping regulations affecting 100,
000 manufacturers, and said gen
erally higher price ceilings may be
expected on many consumer goods
as a result.
And a halt was ordered in the
government stockpiling of tin so
that all available supplies can go
to industry to speed defense pro
duction.
'The NPA report on building per
mits was based on applications re
presenting more than $1,000,000,000
worth of commercial and other con
struction, most of which must be
deferred until materials are avail
able.
The agency said it was unable to
permit the start of any project
not connected with defense directly
or indirectly, except a small number
of hardship cases in which build
ings had been destroyed by fire,
flood or other dlataster.
Democratic Divisional
Convention Will Be
In Sitka December 12
WRANOELL. Alaska, Nov. S —
(Special to The Empire) —James
Nolan, Divisional Democratic chair*
man, today announced calling of
a divisional convention for Sitka
December 12.
Official call to respective precinct
committee chairmen will go out
first of next week designating numi
ber of delegates, etc., to the con
v»nM«p.
Precinct caucuses must be held at
least two weeks prior to the con
vention date.
Anchorage Woman
Faces Charge, Bad
Check Passing
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9—UH—
A Jury of seven men and five
women was selected yesterday to
try Mrs. Anthony Cutting, An
chorage, Alaska, real estate agent,
on a charge of cashing a 1100 bad
check at a San Francisco hotel.
Deputy District Attorney Cecil
Poole told the court of Superior
Judge Twain Mlchelson he would
attempt to prove that the 41-year
old woman cashed three checks
made out on an account she had
already closed at the Bank of Al
aska, Anchorage.
Mrs. Cutting, who pleaded Inno
cent, is tree on (1,000 bail.
Two Hundred Dead
Walruses Ashore
St. Lawrence Isle
NOME, Alaska, Nov. 9—un—'The
mystery of how more than 200
dead walruses happened to float
ashore on the northeastern beach
es of St. Lawrence Island In the
Bering Sea prompted lengthy but
inconclusive speculation along the
Nome waterfront Main Street to
day. .
Reports from St. Lawrence Island,
west here, told of the dead walruses
drifting in on the prevailing cur
rents from Siberia recently, Nome's
newspaper, the Nugget, reported.
Island natives were reported bus
ily removing the ivory tusks from
the dead walruses at the village of
Nukuliak.
BOB HENNING’S FISHPACKER
LOSES PROPELLER
Bob Henning's flshpacker Hals
wai, reported having lost its pro
peller four miles south of Ketchi
kan last night, according to infor
mation received here at U. 8. Coast
Guard headquarters. The 50-footer
was dispatched to the disabled ves
sel and towed it into Ketchikan at
1 a.m. today.
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TIDE TABLES
NOVEMBER 10
Low tide 5:17 a.m.. 2.3 ft.
High tide 11:38 a.m.. 17.4 ft.
Low tide 6:00 p.m., 0.6 ft.