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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,620
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1950
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ATWOOD PREDICTS
STATEHOOD BILL
HAS GOOD CHANCE
SEATTLE, Sept. 30 — UPI —The
chairman of Alaska’s statehood
committee said today the prospect
for Senate passage of the. statehood
bill in December is favorable—with
a big “If.”
It is: “If there is not too much
further stalling.”
Robeft Atwood, Anchorage pub
lisher and committee chairman,
made the comment on a stop-over
on his return trip from Washing
ton.
He said the big threat to the bill
Is that it might run into a jam of
major bills in the closing pre
Christmas rush. If it fails to pass
the Senate this time, it will have to
start all over from scratch in the
next Congress.
"There is strong sentiment in the
Senate for action on the ground that
it has been carried to the five-yard
line,” Atwood said, “and that it
should either be put over the goal or
kicked back to the other end of
the field.” He said even some Sena
tors who do not favor statehood feel
that way.
Feltus Is Discussed
On the controversial issue of the
employment of Randolph Feltus,
Atwood told an interviewer:
“If the committee were doing it
over again, we would do it the same
way.
“The committee felt it would be
remiss in its duty if it didn’t do
what all interests do when they are
seeking something in Washington
get a public relations man working.”
Atwood said the statehood bill
“moved forward very satisfactorily”
during the period Feltus was em
ployed.
The Feltus deal stirred up a con
troversy after it came to public light
with the fact that he once was
employed by the Embassy of Com
munist Poland.
The Alaska publisher said Feltus
had been recommended by good,
sources, including Senator Brewster
of Maine and an official of Pan
American World Airways. Atwood
said Feltus had been employed by
Pan American at the same time he
did trade work for the Polish Em
bassy. He said even those who aired
the Feltus phase of the statehood
case (Republican Senator Schoep
pel of Kansas and his speech
writing assistant, Frank Bow of
Ohio) said they did not question
Feltus’ loyalty.
Atwood said a favorable aspect
of the employment was that Feltus’
fee was much less than he had been
receiving. He said the Senate Com
mittee had no criticism of the Fel
tus employment and that Senator
Murray, Montana Democrat, said it
was in line with normal procedure.
Atwood will fly to Anchorage to
morrow.
I. G. DEPT. CONDUCTS
INSPECTION OE ALASKA
NATIONAL GUARD SOON
Federal inspection of the 10
Alaska National Guard units starts
October 9, it was announced today
by the National Guard adjutant
general’s office in Juneau.
The inspection will be conducted
by the Inspector General’s Depart
ment of the U.S. Army of Alaska.
Starting in Kotzebue on October 9,
the inspection continues to Dilling
ham and later to Anchorage, Fair
banks and southeast Alaska with
the concluding date sometime in
February.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Louise from. Vancouver
scheduled to arrive today.
Alaska from Seattle due Tues
day.
Denali from westward due to ar
rive sometime Monday evening.
SEATTLE VISITOR
Joseph G. Ryan of Seattle is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
John Peterson of Seattle is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
file Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Copyright. UK, by B«U Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
"J^ASHINGTON—Army-Nsvy uni
fication is now working pretty well
in the Pentagon, but behind the
fighting in Korea, the Navy and
Air Force have revived the same
feud that almost split unification
wide open last year.
Explosive notes have been ex
changed between the admirals and
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GRUENING
WON'T GET
IN DEBATE
In his first comments here for
publication since returning from
Washington, D.C., Gov. Ernest
Gruening today replied to several
questions being asked by numerous
Alaskans.
One question concerned the well
publicized challenge of Albert White,
Counsel of the Republican Party, to
the Governor “to debate the cor
ruption, malfeasance and misfeas
ance of the Territorial administra
tion.”
Reporter: “When are you going to
hold the debate?”
Governor: "I’m not going to de
bate anybody. This is the first I’ve
heard of it. The matter has never
been presented to me.
“No communication, official or
unofficial, has been received in my
office. I’ve been traveling a lot, so
the news didn't always catch up
with me.”
Governor Gruening, who had been
summoned to the national capitol to
appear before the Senate Interior
Affairs Committee, returned last
weekend, and left Monday morning
for Anchorage and Fairbanks. He
returned late yesterday afternoon.
Reporter: “Did Randolph Feltus
earn all that money he was paid
by the Statehood Committee?”
Governor: “He helped spread the
good word about statehood to one
organization or another. He worked
hard for it.”
Reporter: “Under the same cir
cumstances, would you hire him
again?”
Governor: “That is a matter for
the Statehood Committee, of which
I am only an ex-officio member.”
(Feltus was hired to lobby for
Statehood for Alaska, and paid
$8,000.)
With John Manders of Anchorage,
Governor Gruening was a principal
speaker on a Town Hall Meeting of
the Air program, George V. Denney,
Jr., moderator. The program on
Alaska defense, sponsored by the
United States Air Force, was re
corded first at Fort Richardson,
then at Ladd Air Force Base for
a second audience.
This nation-wide broadcast is
scheduled for 8 p.m. (PST) Tuesday
over NBC. It will not be carried
locally, according to a representa
tive of station KINY.
Governor Gruening said today,
“The defense situation for Alaska is
improving markedly. My repeated
requests for more defenses are be
ing complied with.
“I feel that Alaska need have no
concern at the present rate of
strengthening our defenses, pro
vided this rate is continued.”
LITTLE INTEREST
IN ELECTION MEET
About 30 persons showed up at
a meeting of the public and the
candidates for the city council last
evening in the grade school audi
torium. The affair was sponsored
by the Juneau League of Women
Voters. Mrs. Les Avrit introduced
candidates who were present. Ans
wers to a questionnaire were read
for those candidates not present.
Candidates who attended the
meeting and spoke were: Art Wal
ther, running on the Peoples Tick
et and currently a city councilman;
Civic Interest candidates: Bert
Caro, Edward S. Nielson, J. A. Thi
bodeau, Pete Warner, Mrs. Pauline
Washington. The two Progressive
and Independent candidates were
not present.
WEATHER RETORT
, Temperatures for 24-Flour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau—Maximum, 58;
minimum, 38.
At Airport—Maximum, 54;
minimum, 30.
FORECAST
(Janet■ and ▼lelattr)
Continued fair with some
high cloudiness tonight and
Sunday. Low near 38 degrees
in town with near freezing
in outlying areas. High Sun
day near 58 degrees.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. todar
City of Juneau — None;
since Sept. 1 — 10.91 inches;
since July 1—21.97 inches.
At Airport — None;
since Sept. 1 — 7.32 inches;
since July 1—19.32 inches.
17 ARRESTS ARE
MADE IN CANADA
NARCOTIC RAIDS
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Sept. 30—(J)
—Three new arrests were made on
Vancouver’s streets yesterday as
R.C.M.P. continued ferreting through
the city underworld in the largest
narcotics roundup of Canadian his
tory.
In the last 48 hours, 17 arrests
have been made, including a 22
year-old woman, to eclipse police
action here 18 months ago when 10
were charged and tried. Six were
convicted.
Bail of $60,000 in all was set for
three men arrested with 11 others
Wednesday. The three are charged
with conspiring to sell narcotics—
the remainder with selling.
INDONESIA GETS
UNITED NATIONS
MEMBERSHIP NOW
NEW YORK, Sept. 30—MV-'The
General Assembly today accepted
the Indonesian Republic as the 60th
member of the United Nations.
The admittance was by acclama
tion.
The young republic, which gained
its independence last December, is
made up of territory formerly in
cluded in the Dutch East Indies.
ALEXANDER RETURNS
AFTER MEETINGS ON
CIVIL DEFENSE, N. G.
Col. Joseph R. Alexander, acting
adjutant general for the Alaska Na
tional Guard, has returned from
Washington, D. C. where several
details for the further improvement
of the Territorial guard were hand
led.
A new type of basic program
stressing the integration of the
scout battalions into the ground
observer network was stressed. In
cluded in this program is surveil
lance in the arctic by the scouts.
New tables of organization for the
Alaska Scout battalions were auth
orized while Col. Alexander was
in Washington.
On his return trip, Col. Alex
ander stopped at the Ogden (Utah)
General Depot and the Seattle
Port of Embarkation in order tc
speed the shipment of supplies for
the Alaska National Guard. The
Ogden depot is the source of sup
plies for Alaska National Guard.
Enroute to Washington, Col. Al
exander attended the Northwestern
International Civil Defense Com
mission meeting September 21 at
Henela, Montana, attended by re
presentatives of seven western stat
es, Alaska and three Canadian
I provinces.
Addressing the meeting, ttuoeri k.
Gallagher of Washington, D. C., in
charge of states liaison[ for the
civil defense director, stated that
the right kind of civil defense
would cut casualties from an at
omic bomb attack in half and help
win a war.
He went over the U. S. "Bible of
Civil Defense" with the repre
sentatives and said further that
the master civil defense plan rests
on the individual citizen—but the
governors are the key men.
Gallagher announced that state
civil defense directors will be called
to Washington, D. C., for a co-or
dinating meeting October 2-3. At
that time, the “vulnerability"
maps—prime enemy target areas in
this ocuntry—will be shown, he
said.
Governor John W. Bonner of
Montana, who had called the meet
ing, listed as objectives of a regional
civil defense plan “pre-attack pre
cautions and post-attack rendition
of aid.
“In order to attain these objects,
our plan must be efficiently co-or
dinated between towns, cities, com
munities, countries, states, the pro
vinces of Canada and Territory of
Alaska."
Attending the civil defense meet
ing were representatives of British
Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Montana, Washington, Oregon, Ida
ho, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Alaska,
the U. S. Army and Red Cross.
FROM SEATTLE
Dorothy Schoenemann of the Pan
American reservations office at
Seattle is making a brief trip to
Juneau. She is stopping at the
Baranof Hotel.
FROM WASHINGTON, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Carter of
Washington, D. C„ are registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
I
MacARTHUR TO DEMAND
SURRENDER OF NORTH
KOREANS IMMEDIATELY
(By Associated Press)
TOKYO, Sept. 30— (At —General
MacArthur will demand the sur
render of Red Korea tomorrow,
authoritative sources said tonight.
With four heavily-armed South
Korean divisions gathering along
the Red border—the 38th parallel
in position to strike northward, the
United Nations commander will lay
down strong terms, perhaps un
conditional surrender.
The surrender demand will be
broadcast starting at noon Sun
day <7 p.m. PST, Saturday). It will
be made in the Korean language,
in MacArthur’s name. And it will
be repeated hourly.
The sources did not disclose the
terms—but presumably they will
be “surrender or else.” The “or
else” could mean unleashing the
South Korean armored columns on
what remains of the broken and
greatly depleted Red army in the
north and complete annihilation of
trapped remnants in the south.
In Pusan, the South Korean As
sembly unanimously urged UN forc
es to smash northward across the
parallel. The Pusan radio broad
cast an announcement that the As
sembly called for “absolutely elmin
ating obstacles to national unifica
tion and independence and the es
tablishment of an absolutely free
and independent government.”
Koreans Want To Cross Line
The 38th parallel was the line
drawn by the United States and
Russia for acceptance of the Jap
anese surrender in Korea after
World War II. It was not intended
to divide North and South Korea,
but Russian occupation forces re
fused to admit a UN commission in
the North to conduct free elections.
While Allied planes and artillery
hammered at the parallel and rail
and highway routes north of it,
the four South Korean divisions ar
rayed on the east coast south of
the Red border itched to start roll
ing again.
AP correspondent William Jorden,
with the South Koreans, reported
that Republican troops “want des
perately to cross.” But he said they
still did not know whether they
would be ordered to do so.
Elements of the South Korean*
Third Division reached the boun
dary at the east coast village of
Ingu. Three other divisions were
moving up and some probably ar
rived at the line Saturday.
On Friday, AP correspondent Lell
Erickson—flying over the boundary’
—watched South Korean artillery
shells hit ridges along the line..
Uijongbu, highway junction and I
rail center 12 miles north of Seoul,'
was flattened like a fiery flapjack
by rocket-tiring U. S. Marine
futhter-bombers. MacArthur's head
quarters said It was the heaviest
strike of the war for the Marine
fliers.
11. S. Marines Near Border
Using “tiny tims"—a 1,000 pound
rocket nearly one foot in diameter
—-the Marine planes left Uijongbu
a flaming nibble. The headquart
ers summary said the town “died”
under the attack.
Uijongbu was infested with Reds
retreating toward the 38th paral
lel, 18 miles farther ‘north.
American Marine armored col
umns, after an artillery barrage,
pushed off from Seoul toward Ui
jongbu. That route leads to Chro
won, across the Red border and
48 miles north of Seoul.
It is in the Chorwon area that
a South Korean army spokesman
estimated 100,000 Communists have
gathered. However, he said most of
them are believed to be poorly
and lightly armed conscripts round
ed up hastily.
The British cruiser Ceylon landed
a party on the island of Tae
chong, within 10 miles of the paral
lel off the west coast. A U. S'. Navy
summary said the raiders found
no Reds. They had fled.
In Seoul, the capital’s more than
1,000,000 residents awoke Saturday
to the din of artillery on the north
east—the barrage preceding the
Marine kickoffs toward parallel 38.
Heavy Damage In Seoul
The city—officially restored as
the Republic's seat of government
by General MacArthur Friday—
strove to clean up Its battle-rubbled
streets and resume normal pursuits.
No public utilities were function
ing—most of the power and water
system were damaged or destroyed.
Water was dipped from wells.
Syngman Rhee, the 75-year-old
Princeton-educated President, ap
peared philosophical about the de
vastation in the 500-year-old city.
“Lives were saved and people
were made free,” he commented.
“We can and we will rebuild.”
Arsonists set Seoul's capital afire
Friday, shortly after MacArthur
and Rhee had left the scene of the
brief and solemn liberation cere
mony. Secrulty officers had remov
ed a bomb from the building before
MacArthur and Rhee arrived there.
In the Seoul vicinity, 300 Reds
were reported killed and 226 cap
tured since the war began June 25.
The Red toll was rising steadily
as the Allied steel traps tightened
from Seoul to the south coast.
United Nations naval ships join
ed in shelling scattered coastal
points. ,
PIONEERS AUXILIARY
FOOD SALE OCT. 13
A food sale will be held October
13 by Auxiliary, Igloo No. 6, Pio
neers of Alaska, it was decided by
the members at the regular meet
ing last night in Odd Fellows Hall.
The committee in charge appointed
by President Irene McKinley is
Anna Bodding, chairman; Edith
Powers and Nada Kardanof.
The program at last night’s meet
ing was devoted to a memorial
service for the .late Josephine C.
Spickett and Carolyn Armstrong, a
discussion of plans for the winter
season and initiation of new mem
bers.
Initiated into the Auxiliary were
Mrs. Mary Hammer and Mrs. Ella
Johnson.
Visitor at the meeting was Mrs
Florence Thornton, member of the
Ketchikan Auxiliary, recently ar
rived here to make her home in
Juneau.
At the meeting of the Pioneers
order, also held last night, a new
member, Pete Hammer was initi
ated.
Following the meetings of the
two orders they met for a social
hour and refreshments were served.
Auxiliary members in charge of
refreshments were. Dora Sweeney,
chairman; Nada Kardanof, Mandy
Cook, Nell Biggs, May Lundsuom
and Jetta Gray.
LOIS SMITH ON LEAVE
Miss Lois Smith, secretary lo
Col. R. Noyes, Alaska Road Com
missioner, is on leave due to ser
ious illness of a close relative
I in Hot Springs, Ark.
In her absence, Miss Lois Nichol
son is taking her place. A Juneau
girl, Miss Nocholson has been on
the ARC staff since returnin: in
i June after attending the Western j
| Washington College of Education in j
I Ellensburg, Wash, j
General Dean Is
Reported Seen
By American Glrs
By Stan Swinton
CHINJU FRONT, Korea, Sept. 30
—Iff)—American prisoners ol war
rescued today said they were told
by a North Korean medical officer
that he had seen and treated Maj.
Oen. William F. Dean, missing
commander of the U. 9. 24th Divi
sion. The time of treatment was
not reported.
General Dean was last seen by
his GI’s Just after the July 20
fighting In the streets of Taejon.
The city fell then to the Reds.
The rescued Americans reported
the Communist Army doctor said
Dean was seen later in a Red pri
soner-of-war camp In the North.
NAME iS GIVEN
NEW F&WS BOAT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — (ff) —
The Fish and Wildlife Service said
today Its new supply tender for the
Prlbiloff Islands of Alaska has been
christened Penguin II.
It replaces the Penguin, which for
20 years sailed the hazardous waters
of the North Pacific and the Bering
Sea hauling supplies and personnel
from Seattle to the fur-sealing sta
tions of the Far North.
The Penguin burned at its moor
ings in Seattle June 3.
The Penguin II will leave Seattle
next month with Christmas mail
and holiday packages for the Pribi
lofs.
'* from field and stream
Warren Page of Field and Stream,
New York City, was an overnight
visitor In Juneau. He stopped at the
Baranof Hotel.
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TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS
ADVISE AGAINST CLOSING
SCHOOLS DUE TO POLIO
Although local health officers
must use their own Judgment, top
officials of the Territorial Health
Department do not recommend clos
ing of schools in the event of a
suspected epidemic of poliomyelitis
(infantile paralysis).
Such is the opinion expressed to
day by Dr. James T. Googe, Ter
ritorial Director of all local health
services, and Dr. Grace Field, who
heads the branch on preventible
disease.
"Children, who are especially sus
ceptible, may be more closely ob
served in school,” Dr. Googe said.
"Informed and trained teaching
personnel can guard against the
disease and assure early diagnosis
of suspected cases.”
No polio cases have been report
ed in this area. The Health Depart
ment has received reports of active
cases in Anchorage, Fairbanks and
Ketchikan.
A telegram received today from
Basil O’Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Informed officials that
two respirators would be shipped
today to Anchorage by military
transport. O’Connor also offered ad
ditional help of personnel, equip
ment and money.
FIVE POLIO USB
ARE ATANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 30—UR—Al
aska Department of Health officials
said Friday there are five cases of
Poliomyelitis here—one In Provi
dence Hospital and four at the Air
Force Hospital.
Previously hesitant to label the
illness as polio, doctors confirm
ed reports after a discussion of
serological tests at a meeting of
the Anchorage Medical Society.
Two iron lungs are being used,
and a third has been requested
from National polio Foundation
headquarters.
Administration Is
j Charged with
Shielding Subversives
WENATCHEE, Wash. Sept. 30—Iff
—A former Secretary of War ac
cused the Truman Administration
[today of "shielding those who at
tempt to betray the United States.”
MaJ. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley hurl
ed the charge as he blamed secret
agreements at Yalta for what he
termed "our diplomatic confusion
and failure in Asia.”
He made the charges in his key
note address to the Washington
State Republican convention.
He took Senatorial Investigating
committees to task also, declaring
they “have shielded the subversives
and prevented the American people
from obtaining the truth.”
(OAST. GEODETIC SHIP
SURVEYOR IN PORT NOW
FROM ALEUTIAN WORK
The U. S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey ship Surveyor docked this
morning from summer’s duty in the
Aleutian Islands observing cur
rents. The ship, captained by Com
mander Glendon E. Boothe, will be
in port for about a week resurvey
ing between the Alaska-Juneau
mine rock dump and Lawson Creek
on Douglas Island before returning
to Seattle.
The survey of ocean currents was
made in Unimak Pass, Akutan Pass
and Unalga Pass with Roberts rad
io buoys.
This is the first large scale over
all current survey of the Aleutian
Island passes and the first full
season by the Surveyor in the
area. Built in 1917 at Manltlwoc,
Wisconsin, the ship was convoying
during the first world war. Prom
1919 to 1947, the Surveyor did work
on the west coast and was under
the Navy during World War II.
Other U .8. Coast and Geodetic
Survey vessels working in Alaska
waters are the Pathfinder, Explor- i
er, Pioneer, Derlckson, Patton and
Lester Jones.
The Surveyor is 186 feet overall
carrying six officers and crew of
46 men. Other officers are Com
mander John C. Mathisson, execu
tive officer, Lt. Comdr. Clarence
R. Reed, Lt. Comdr. Edgar P. Hicks,
Jr., Lt. Comdr. Charles A. Schoene,
and Rolf G. Baginsky, surgeon.
At the conclusion of work in the
local area, the Surveyor sails for
Seattle for overhaul, repairs and
processing records. An air photo
survey of the harbor area will also
be made.
NATION IS ALERTED
TO GREAT DANGER
ASSERTS MARSHALL
(By Associated Press)
Secretary of Defense Marshal says
that the nation's increased respon
sibilities still would be present if
the Korean fighting should end to
morrow. He warned that the United
States is going through a time of
gerat peril. And he said it would be
folly to discount the possibility of
atomic attack. Said Marshall: "The
nation has been alerted and com
mon prudence dictates that we must
remain on the alert for some time
to come.”
Speaking as President of the
American Red Cross, Marshall said
in Cleveland this is an era of
guided missiles, the atomic bomb
and long-range planes and subma
rines. He added: "In the light of
recent experience, it would be folly
for this country to assume that it
will remain forever free from such
dangers.”
$7,500,000 WORK
ONSEWARDROAD
TO BE ADVERTISED
Alaska Road Commissioner Col.
R. Noyes and members of the ARC 1
staff are busy with plans for work
on 58 miles of the Anchorage-Sew
ard road, following appropriation of
$7,500,000 for that purpose. Public
Law 843 recently made the funds
available for reconstructing the
highway to a suitable standard for
heavy trucking.
The section is from Seward to
Mile 58; that is, from Seward to
the intersection with the Tumagaln
road.
Work will start in the spring.
Colonel Noyes said today, under one
of the cooperative arrangements
with the Bureau of Public Roads.
The TPR plans advertisement for
performance on contract by sec
tions. These are tentatively set for
November 1 and 15, February 1 and
March 1.
H. A. Stoddart, BPR Division En
gineer, plans pre-advertisement of
the spring dates so that bidders
may go over the ground before
snowfall.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
HELPS PLAN FOR
EXCHANGESTUDENTS
Having to describe the meeting
of one attorney general with anoth
er, and another (though nine).
The Denver Post unwittingly strad
dled a matter of newspaper style.
A caption writer settled for “at
torney generals," and a copy desk
for “attorneys general.”
There was no straddling the is
sue of the meeting, however. The
group which met last week in the
Colorado city was unanimously in
favor of establishing by compact
an “Interstate Commission on
Higher Education In the West,”
which would remove payment of in
dividual tuition fees by exchange
students In certain fields.
With attorney generals from sev
en western states, or their repre
sentatives, Alaska's Attorney Gen
eral J. Gerald Williams, was wel
comed by Colorado's “A.O.” John
W. Metzger,. ,
Discussions centered on extend
ing the existing model, In the case
of Wyoming and Colorado. These
states already allow co-operative
interchange in medical education
programs.
By the proposed plan, If no ap
propriate facilities were available
in his home state, a student could
study in a neighboring one, his
own state bearing the cost.
A commission of six members
was proposed, each state or terri
tory to share alike in adminis
trative and research expenses. The
commission, which would have a
paid director, would act as a clear
inghouse for placement of students
from participating states and terri- ,
tories.
Williams returned this week after
a 10-day absence to attend the sec
ond meeting of the techinical ad
visory group. He also had attended
the first one in San Francisco last
month.
VEVEL8TAD BACK
After a four years absenoe from
Juneau, S. H. P. Vevelstad has re
turned to look at some old mining
properties. He is stopping at the
Juneau Hotel.
FROM IOWA
Ruby Koester of West Union,
Iowa, is staying at the Baranof
Hotel.
Congressional
Committee on
Juneau Visit
Declaring themselves much Im
pressed by Alaska and lts possibil
ities for development, three mem
bers of a House of Representatives
Appropriations subcommittee ar
rived this morning In Juneau on
board the U. S. Coast Guard Ice
breaker, Northwlnd. They were Rep.
J. Vaughn Gary (D-..Va), Rep. Otto
E. Passman (D-La), and Rep An
tonio M. Fernandez, (D-NM), ac
companying Rear Admiral A. C.
Richmond, Assistant Commandant,
USCG, Washington, D. C., who
Is on an inspection trip of Coast
Guard Installations in Alaska.
The subcommittee which covers
appropriation matters for the Coast
Guard, Treasury, RFC and Export
Import Bank, were primarily In
terested In visiting Coast Guard In
stallations and post offices.
The party has already visited An
chorage, Kodiak, Ketchikan and
Sitka. Today they will see Juneau
and vicinity, be entertained by the
17th District Coast Guard at a 1:30
luncheon at the Country Club. To
night they will be dinner guests
at the home of Gov. and Mrs. Ern
est Gruenlng.
Tomorrow they will leave aboard
a Coast Guard plane bound for
Seattle, San Francisco and Wash
ington, D. C.
Gary, spokesman for the Repre
sentatives, pointed out that Coast
Guard appropriations were consid
ered from the standpoints of de
fense and non-defense activities.
"Appropriations for defense activ
ities will continue to depend upon
the world situation," he said.* “This
year a million dollars has already
been set up for the Coast Guard
Reserve. We are liApresskd with
the tremendous amount of work
and efficiency of the Coast Guard
here in Alaska.”
Passman remarked that he hoped
to return to the "State of Alaska”
and said that he had supported
the statehood bill. He also appre
ciated Alaskan hospitality and the
interest cltlaens took In the devel
opment of the country.
The visitors were met at the dock
by Rear Admiral Joseph Greenspun,
officers of the 17th District of
the Coast Guard, and Gov. Omen
ing. P. O. Eastaugh, secretary of the
Juneau Chamber of Commerce, was
also on hand to greeet them.
Other members of the party in
cluded: Capt. R. K. Ross, Captain
Prank Kenner, Captain I. E. Esk
ridge and Commander G. R. Evans.
Other civilians In the group are
Kenneth Sprankle, executive secre
tary to the House appropriations
committee; Willard L. Johnson,
treasury budget officer; and T.
Jack Gary, accounting advisor to
Commandant USCG.
FHA OFFICIALS
CONFER ON ALASKA
MILITARY HOUSING
While on • recent trip to An
chorage, Clinton C. Staples, Direc
tor of Federal Housing for Al
aska; M. Joseph Cassidy, Zone
Commissioner, FHA, Washington,
D. C., and Joseph Woods, Chief
Underwriter from San Francisco,
conferred with Alaska Commander
Lt. Gen. William E. Kepner on mili
tary housing for the Territory.
The party Inspected future hous
ing sites and projects in Juneau,
Anchorage and Fairbanks and ex
pressed surprise at the progress
during the past year in the face of
difficulties. Meetings were held
with bankers and contractors in
the two Interior cities. Warren
Cuddy and Robert A. Baker of the
First National Bank of Anchorage
entertained the men and they were
guests of the Alaska Railroad from
Anchorage to Fairbanks and at
McKinley Park hotel.
BURFORDS TO ACCOMPANY
BROTHER TO SEATTLE
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burford sure
awaiting the arrival of Mr. Bur
Ford's brother Ben Burford from
the westward today or tomorrow
and will accompany him to Seattle
to attend the funeral service* for
his wife, Margaret, who passed
away in Seattle last Monday.
Ben Burford is chief engineer on
the Fish and Wildlife Service ves
sel Andrew Zussman and was in the
Prlbilofs with his ship when ad
vised of the death of his wife.
FROM FUNTER
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hargrave from
Funter are registered at the Bara
lof Hotel.