TWO MORE
AIRLINES
TO ALASKA
WASHINGTON. May 25 — i.'P -
The Civil Aeronau.ics Board today
announced authority ior two addi
tional airlines to establish regular
scheduled service between Alaska
and the Pacific Northwest.
The certificates, awarded to Pa
cific Northern Airlines and Alaska
Airlines, both headquartered at
Anchorage, will become effective
in 60 days.
Northwest Airlines and Pan
American Airlines now hold the
only regular operating permits be
tween the northwestern states and
Alaska points.
Pacific Northern will fly between
Anchorage and Portland, Ore., and
Seattle, Wash., making intermed
iate stops at Juneau, Yakutat and
Cordova. Alaska. The Alaska Air
lines operations will be between
Portland and Seattle and Fairbanks,
without intermediate stops. Their
certificates arc good until Dec. 13.
1953. when they will be subject to
renewal.
The announcement disclosed that
the board, after consideration of
various applications for additional
U. S-Alaska service voted last
September to grant a new route t<
Pacific Northern only.
Action by Truman
However, when this decision wcni
to the White House to be initialed
by the President, Mr. Truman afte:
a study of his own, returned it with
the suggestion that both Pacific
Northern and Alaska Airlines be
given new service certificates.
The board said the President
noted the importance 'of Alaska ir
the national defense program. He
said his recommendation reflected
“immediate needs” for additiona
air transport between the Terri tore
and the states.
CAB said that also at White
House suggestion, it will continue ar
overall study of the adequacy ol
air links with Alaska.
Pacific Northern and Alaska Air
lines now operate scheduled serv
ices in Alaska and have provided
occasional service to the Pacific
Coast states on a charter or con
tract basis.
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EAGLES MEET TONIGHT
Members of the Douglas Eagles,
Aerie 117, will meet tonight for
the annual clean-up of the cem
etery In preparation for Memorial
Day. All Eagles are urged to turn
out and lend a hand.
MRS. SNYDER TO INTERIOR J
Mrs. Jesse Snyder is a passenger i
today aboard the Haines-bound |
ferry. She ?vi!l drive her automobile j
over the Alaska highway to Color- j
ado Station where Mr. Snyder, drill
foreman for the Bureau of Mines, j
is located. Miss Ruth Carlson is i
making the trip north with Mrs. >
Snyder, and will soon return here
by plane.
II. BESANCON DIES
Word was received at U. S. Coast
Guard headquarters about 8 o’clock
last night that H. Besancon had
died with a heart attack aboard the
fishing vessel Minnie W. His wife
was with him at the time and the |
I sraft was anchored at Cape Cross,
in Deer harbor. The information |
was relayed to U. S. Commissioner •
Gordon Gray. The body is to be)
brought to Juneau.
MARL BRIGHT HERE ’
Earl Bright of the Fish and
Wildlife Service arrived Thursday
on Pan American Airways from Se
attle and is stopping at the Gas
Mneau Hotel.
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IS JUNEAU BOUND
The Dolores J, a 40-foot vessel
with four men aboard is being es
corted to Juneau by the U. S. Coast
Guard cutter Citrus, headquarters
said today. It is due to arrive
about 9 p.m. The craft hit rocks
at Point Gardner in Frederick
Sound yesterday morning. The Cit
rus, which was doing aids to nav
igatlon work in Chatham Strait,
was dispatched to the scene. With
the aid of two Citrus pumps the
craft was kept afloat.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Tom Appleton of Anchorage came
in yesterday on PNA and is stop
ping: at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
W. L. Larsen of Seattle is at the
Baranof Hotel.
FREE MOVIE MONDAY ,
Pan American World Airways will
present a premier showing of
Wings to Scandinavia in the lobby i
of the Baranof Hotel Monday eve
ning between 7 and 9 o'clock; B. F.
Dunn, district traffic and sales
manager announced today. There
will be no charge. i
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