30 Fishermen
Meet to Form
New AFL Union
By Associated Press
Thirty fishermen met at Belling
ham last night in a first step to
ward forming a new AFL affiliated
onion. The action is an offshoot of
a bitter internal feud in the Inde
pendent Alaska Fishermen's Un
ion The new group hopes to lure
100 members from the AKU into the
new organization, to be known as
the Alaska Pacific Fisheries Union.
Business agent E. M. Berg of
the new union said the turnout was
not too big but satisfactory. He add
ed that further organizational meet
ings will be held and a motion was
approved to request an AFL chart
er.
Forrest Kerby, who is with the
Alaska Native Service in Anchorage,
is staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
Buffer Zone
Stalemates
Truce Talk
By ROBERT TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, Oct. 27—(jD—
The United Nations today made
it "perfectly clear” to the Com
munists that their proposed Korean
armistice buffer zone cannot be
considered "any further."
The official UN spokesman said
the allied proposal for a line gen
erally along the present battlefront
was “not a flat take it or leave it
position.” The UN is ready to make
minor refinements or modifications.
The UN allies have "gained by
combat a buffer or cushion that
is necessary for protection” of UN
troops and they will not give up
this hard won ground as the Red
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offer would force them to do, said
Brig. Gen. William I*. Nuckols, of
ficial UN spokesman.
Subcommittees of the main truce
delegations met for three and one
half hours in PanMunjom Saturday
without “any tangible progress.”
Before them were new Communist
and allied cease-fire line proposals.
The allies want to establish the
buffer zone mostly in North Korea
along the present battle line.
The rejected Communist propo
sal called for United Nations with
drawals as much as 15 miles, and
Nuckols said “tend to leave UN
forces in an exposed posifion and
therefore exposed to a certain
threat.”
Nuckols said the UN suggestion
was a “realistic one” and added
‘there is no fat on this proposal
lhat can be trimmed off by compro
mise.”
He said Maj. Henry I. Hodes, a
subcommittee ' delegate, made it
‘perfectly clear” that the UN com
mand cannot consider the Red
proposal for a cease-fire line “any
further.”
The subcommittees will meet
igain tomorrow at 11 a.m. ((9 p.m.
Saturday (PST) in an attempt to
solve differences on the actual line
pf contact between the opposing
irmies.
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Arctic Drive
Of Reindeer
Epic Memory
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — UP1 —
The great Alaskan reindeer drive—a
dramatic five-year trek of 11 men
and 3,000 animals across 1,000 miles
of frozen polar wilderness—is today
an almost forgotten chapter in
Arctic history.
But its perils and hardships are
still fresh in the mind of Dan Crow
ley, the man who led it.
it was just 16 years ago that Crow
ley herded his flock into a small
Eskimo village on the Arctic sea
and turned it over to the Cana
dian government, mission com
pleted.
After a lifetime in the far north,
Crowley has retired to a pleasant
redwood cottage here. He likes to
talk about his epic adventure, but
“I’d never do it over again. I’ve
had enough of gales and ice.”
The drive across the lid of the
world was supposed to last 18
months but actually took five years.
In 1929 Crowley was field man
ager for the Lomen Reindeer Corp.,
which had contracted with King
George V of England to deliver
3.000 reindeer to starving Eskimos
in Canada.
The herd was rounded up north
of Nome. Its destination was Kit
tigazuit, a village east of the delta
of the Mackenzie river in Canada.
On a map the distance is about
1.000 miles. Crowley estimates he
traveled over 2,000. He had to zig
zag. following trails where food was
available and avoiding high moun
tain passes.
Crowley charted a course after
scouting the terrain by plane. Their
path led through a bleak land al
most unknown to white men and
peopled only by roving bands of
Eskimos. It was entirely within
the Arctic circle.
They started on Christmas day,
1929. Ahead of them were famine,
blizzards, temperatures of 70 de
grees below zero, stampedes and
continual stock losses to arctic
wolves.
A few months out, fawning sea
son overtook the herd. When it
was over the herd had increased
from 3,000 to 4,000. Crowley ordered
1,000 driven back to the starting
point — 3,000 “were enough trouble"
he said.
The herders found themselves
' short of deer trained to haul food
sledges.
They had to halt to “break in”
deer from the herd, no mean feat.
An untrained animal, hitched to a
sled, will bolt and head for the
' hills, trying to shake loose the con
traption which it thinks is chasing
: it. When 100 deer were trained,
the trek resumed.
Next obstacle was the Baird
Mountains. There was no way to
I skirt them. They had to be climbed.
Crowley settled on a route through
the Redstone River canyon, but be
cause the ground was boggy they
had to wait for the fall freeze to
firm it up.
Before they left 1,000 deer escaped,
driven to flight by mosquitos.
The area on the other side was
not timbered. The party ran out
of fuel for tents and stoves. They
pushed on through temperatures of
50 degrees below zero.
The deer were hard to drive be
cause they were blinded by clouds
of steam that hovered over the herd.
Vapor from animals’ nostrils froze
and ice spread over their eyes.
Driving over mountains and
tundra, halting during fawning sea
sons, they trekked for three years
before reaching the delta of the
Mackenzie.
The first crossing of an 80-mile
stretch of Arctic ocean ice that
blocked their way was attempted
in January, 1934. The great danger
was from storms. In addition, the
stretch offered the raindeer nothing
to eat. The deer stampeded, racing
for the mainland. The herd had to
be reconditioned for another at
tempt.
It was not until March 1935, more
than a year later, that a successful
| crossing was made. The following
month, five years and four months
after it started, the herd was de
i livered to the Canadian government.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Anchorage residents registered at
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Morton, C. G. Janer, H. A. Wadell,
M. E. Tigner, and Joseph Hutton.
FROM SHRIMP CAPITAL
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Haugin of
Petersburg are staying at the
Baranof Hotel.
FROM LAS VEGAS
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mack of
Las Vegas, Nevada, are registered
at the Baranof Hotel. f
Philias Brunelle is registered at
the Baranof Hotel from Tulsequah,
B.C.
PROCLAMATION
Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson has
issued the following proclamation
which is self explanatory:
WHEREAS: October 28 to Nov
ember 3, has been designated Girl
Scout week to honor the memory
of the founder, Juliette Low, and
to call attention to the year-around
activities of Brownie and Scout
troops; and
WHEREAS: Monday has been set
aside for special observance of
Homemaking; Tuesday, Citizenship;
Wednesday, Health and Safety;
Thursday, International Friend
ship; and Friday, Arts and Crafts;
and
WHEREAS: This is the time tb
emphasize the practical skills taught f*
in Scouting, to reaffirm the Spirit
ual values that are the basis of
scouting, and to show the public
what Girl Scouts are accomplishing;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED, that the week starting
Sunday, October 28, be set aside as
Girl Scout Week.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Dr. Steffens Subject: Sunday a.m.
“Thinking Makes It So”. Sunday •
8 p.m. "Where It All Begins”. Meth
odist Church. 494-tl
KEEP YGUR GUARD UP !
ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES from MEMBERSHIP
in The ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD
☆
Company "C", 208th Infantry Battalion (SEP), The Alaska National Guard,
offers these advantages to qualified men:
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1: Wide choice of position vacancies in both Non-commissioned and Commis
sioned Officer grades. Key positions on weapon teams, rifle squads, pla
toon and company headquarters are available.
2: Individual weapons training for each man with at least three of the follow
ing weapons; Browning automatic rifle, 60 mm. mortar, light machine gun,
2.36 inch rocket launcher, 57 mm. recoilless rifle, M-l semi-automatic rifle,
.30 cal. carbine, .45 Coll.
3: Clerical and special service training in the Company Headquarters.
4: Opportunity to enroll in military correspondence courses which broadens
the scope of training, and leads lo speed in promotion to higher grades.
5: Armory facilities available to Guard Detachments and Units in the follow
ing towns: Juneau and Douglas, Skagway, Angoon, and Hoonah.
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l! is now the patriotic duty of every
physically, fit young man in these
communities lo participate in the
development and training of
a Military Organization
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