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visit to the battlefront said: “I
think the Eighth Army is capable
of taking care of itself."
Posit'i.n “Very Grave”
A high Pentagon official in
Washington said the Allied position
is “very grave.” The official was not
identified by name.
Gen. Omr.r Bradley issued a
statement which suggested that
while at least one evacuation move
in northeast Korea is imminent, the
troops there might be shifted to
help hold further south on the
peninsula.
Canadian's Viewpoint
Canada’s Minister for External
Affairs, tester B. Iearson, said in
a broadcast to Canadians that the
military situation in Korea should
be stabilized, a cease-fire declared,
and negotiations started on Korea
and other subjects with Communist
China’s participation.
Little information came out of
the closed door talks between Presi
dent Truman and Prime Minister
Attlee. Informants said considera
tion was given'to branding Com-,
munist China an aggressor. There
has been some talk among Ameri- !
can officials that political and eco- :
nomic sanctions might be imposed
on China.
GASTINEAU CHANNEL
MOTHERS’ CONFERENCE
SCHEDULED TOMORROW
All Gastineau Channel mothers
arc reminded of the weekly Chik*
Health and Well Baby Conference
held Thursday afternoon at the
Juneau Public Health Center. Con
fa ence hours are from 1:00 p.m. to
3:30 p.m. at the Juneau Public
Health Center, 318 Main S’t.
NURSES MEET TONIGHT
Registered nurses of the Gas
ttneau Channel area will gather to
night at 8 o'clock for an organiza
j tional meeting in the Red Cross
room in the Shattuck Building. Dr.
John Stewart will give a talk on
! ‘ Care of Atomic Casualties.” The
purpose is to prepare for assistance
i m event of a war emergency or
local disaster.
DOROTHY THIBODEAU HOME
FOR VISIT OVER HOLIDAYS
Miss Dorothy Thibodeau is being
welcomed home by her many
friends in Juneau on her first
visit here in two years. Miss Thib
odeau arrived on the Princess
Louise to spend the Christmas holi
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Thibodeau and other
members of her family.
Since her graduation from Maryl
hurst College in Portland, a little
more than a year ago Miss Thib
odeau has been a staff member of
the Portland Girl Scout Office. Shi
will return to her post there after
a months’ visit in Juneau.
BACK FROM VACATION
Miss Wilma Carleton was a Ju
neau passenger on the Princess
Louise from the south. Miss Carle
ton, beautician on the staff of Lu
cille’s Beauty Salon has been on
a month’s vacation and visited with
relatives in Longview, Wash.
VISITORS FOR JOE GREErf
Joe Green, who is in St. Ann's
Hospital recovering from a slight
stroke a couple of weeks ago, is do
ing nicely and may have visitors
hospital authorities said today.
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Proposed Mining Law Changes
Revealed in Secret Document
Proposed changes in the Uni
ted States mining laws that would
impose galling restrictions on an
already overburdened industry and
I as sought in a confidential docu
I ment of the Department of the In
; terior and disclosed for the first
time by the Los Angeles Times are
as follows:
1—As to locations made subse
quent to the effective date of the
proposed act, the distinction be
tween placer and lode claims is
abondoned. The size of a single
claim is limited to 40 acres, rectan
gular in shape with the longer di
mension not more than twice the
width. A patent based upon a val
uable discovery will include any
vein, lode or placer deposits with
in the boundary of the patented
claim, but it will not include the
extralateral rights which heretofore
have belonged to a lode patentee.
The purchase price will be $2.50.
Where a claim embraces less than
five acres, if the land is mineral,
the Secretary may issue a patent
without proof of discovery sub
ject to such regulations as he may
issue.
2— Claims located on surveyed
land shall conform as nearly as
practicable according to the sur
vey. On unsurveyed land claims
shall be located in east-west, north
south lines, connected by course
and distance to the nearest survey
corner if within two miles; if no
such corner is available the claim
is to be connected to two perman
ent prominent natural objects or
monuments.
Surface itights
3— Any patent issued for a lo
cation made after the date of the
proposed act will convey title to
the minerals within the claim
boundary together with the right
to cut timber needed in mining
operations pursuant to rules to be
issued by the Secretary. Such
patent, unlike mineral patents
heretofore issued, will reserve
to the United Stattes the surface
£*nd surface resources, with a
right in the mineral patent hold
er to make only such use of the
surface as is necessary for min
ing operations.
4— The proposed legislation mak
es provision for a new type of min
ing location to be known as a
“geological mining claim.” A geo
logical mining claim may be located
prior to discovery. It may be not
more than 640 acres in size or
of the mining location and preclud
es the claimant and any other per
son acting in his interest from
relocating the claim for a period of
three years after the abandonment.
Failure to file with the bureau the
location notices described above
also constitutes abandonment with
the same consequence. This would
be a completely new provision in
the mining laws applicable to pub
| lie lands.
Advertisements Required
8— Advertisements of applica
. tions for patent are to be made
! cnee a week for four consecutive
weeks. In the case of a contest,
I personal noth>9i*of at least 10 days
must be given to the opposing
party or, if he cannot be found, by
publication once a week for four
consecutive weeks in a newspaper
in the county where the claim is
located. This is a modification of
an existing requirement.
9— With respect to mining on
lands which have been disposed
of by the United States with a
mineral reservation, a prospec
tor would be required to file with
the Secretary a bond for security
for damages to the surface of the
land and to crops and improve
ments thereon. The holder of a
patent for the minerals underlying
such lands may likewise be required
to compensate the owner of the
surface for damages. This, also, is
a modification of existing laws.
Under Arctic Water
Route Could Carry
Troops to Hit Russ
BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 6—(A*)—Sir
Hubert Wilkins says submarines
traveling under the Arctic Ocean
can carry American troops within
striking distance of Russian indus
trial centers.
The Arctic explorer, in a film-il
lustrated talk before the Central
Park Methodist Church Men's Club
last night, said:
"The potential of using the Arctic
as an underwater route to Russia is
great. By any other approach foot
soldiers would have to go overlairl
about 30 miles in Arctic condi
tions.”
There are about 225 breeds of
purebred dogs.
ALASKA YOUTH
REPORT BEING
GIVEN IN D. C.
Need for Belter Housing,
Recreational Programs
and Institutions
The final report of the Alaska
Commission on Children and Youth
which is being presented now
j to the midcentury White House j
Conference on Children and Youth I
| outlines the Alaska situation from
! many angles. It was prepared by j
| George F. Crisman, executive secre- •
tary, with the aid of 125 commit- I
tee members throughout the Ter-!
ritory. i
Pertinent facts are given regard- j
ing the vastness of the Alaska area, I
sparseness of population, the sea
scnal industries, transportation, and |
' the agencies working in the inter- j
| ests of children. While the popu-!
: lation of Alaska has increased 75 j
percent in the past ten years, the
population of youth under 21 years
[ has increased 150 percent—from
115.CC0 to 38,000, the report states,
I There are 23,000 children in the
schools.
The survey was largely based on
1 questionnaires sent to 197 com
munities with about one-half be
ing completed and returned. It
was revealed that the larger cent
ers such as Anchorage, Fairbanks,
Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak aird
Sitka have taxed themselves, but
with the exception of Anchorage
none has levied a tax for a youth
program as such. A year ago An
chorage levied a one-mill tax on
all property for a supervised recre
ational program with a long range
program which was started in
1948 for a civic center, indoor swim
ming pool, playgrounds and other
facilities.
The report says, “The survey has
pointed out a lack of recreational
facilities. Alaska has an abundance
of naturl recreational facilities,
but these are not available to I
children and youth in everyday j
life. Fifty-eight percent of the j
comunities surveyed said that they j
had no playgrounds or that they j
were of very limited extent.’’
On the plus side of the youth,
ledger in Alaska is the absence!
of juvenile delinquency in the j
~
two miles in lengtn, ana tne qptai -
acreage of all contiguous geologi
cal mining claims of one claim
ant may not exceed 2560 acres. The
requirements with respect to jnonu
menting and recording the claim
are the same as those for ordinary
mining claims. In addition, the geo
logical mining claimant will file
with the bureau a statement of
the geological or geophysical pros- :
pecting to be undertaken. A geolog-,i
ical mining claim may be held for
IMPORTANT MEETING
LOCAL 1203—Hod Carriers and Laborers
All Members and Former Members
Wednesday, Dec, 6—7 P. M., A. F. L. Hall
smaller communities; the growth of
Scout programs, 4-H clubs; the
three health agencies, The Alaska
Department of Health, the Alaska
Native Service, and the U. S. Public
Health Service which reaches a
portion of the population; the or
thopedic hospital at Mt. Edgecumbe,
a joint operation of the Health De
partment and the ANS'; the Alaska
Crippled Children's Association; Al
aska Tuberculosis Association; Ca
tholic and Protestant missions, fra
ternal, business, social and labor
organizations that have children's
projects.
The minus side of the report
shows a need for recreational lead
ers, establishment of kindergartens,
Territorial correctional institutions,
and better housing; the high rate
of tuberculosis, 75 percent, among
the Natives; limited libraries; high
consumption of alcoholic beverages;
seasonal employment: and lack of
boarding homes, day nurseries and
lecreational programs.
In attendance at the conference
Dec. 3 through 7 from Juneau are:
The Rev. R. Rolland Armstrong
chairman; Mrs. E. L. Bartlett, wife
of' Delegate Bartlett; Henry A.
Benson. Commissioner of Labor;
Dr. James C. Ryan, Alaska Com
missioner of Education; and Hugh
J. Wude, area director, Alaska
Native Service. Mrs. Robert B. At
wood, member of the Territorial
3oard of Public Welfare, Anchorage,
md Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, home
demonstration leader, agriculture
and home economics, from the
University of Alaska, Fairbanks,
are also in Washington attending
the sessions.
Americans bought about a billion
pounds of prepared dog food in
1949.
Much postponed 40 et 8 annual
meeting will be held Thursday at
3:00 p.m. in Legion Dugout. Lunch
will be served and all are invited.
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two years ana n a aiscovery is
[ made and an ordinary mining claim
is located on the basis of such dis
I covery, the geological mining claim
| may be extended for an additional
■ year.
Must File Statement
5— The holders of all ordinary
mining locations, whether ini
tiated before or after the date
of the proposed act, are required
to file with the bureau a state
ment describing the location of
the claim and such other facts
' as the Secretary may prescribe,
j No such statement is now re
uired.
Assessment Increased 600
6— The value of annual assess
ment work is increased from the
present S100 to $300 per year, and
if an application for patent has not
been filed within five years after
the date of location, or the pass
age of the act, whichever is later,
the value of the annual assess
ment work is increased thereafter
to $G00 per year.
7— The claimant is required to
file with the bureau an annual
statement yef assesmont work
performed, and lailure to file this
statement or to perfoim the assess
ment work constitutes abandonment
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