Advisory Group
Formed to Aid
Defense Council
An advisory committee of Al
askan men, whose job it will be to
make recommendations to the
Territory’s Civjl Defense Council,
was announced today by J. W.
ftehoe, secretary of Alaska.
The committee has been formed
at the request of Director of Civil
Defense, Col. Earl Landreth, to
consider financial and other mea
surs which may be invoked in a
seizure of private, municipal and
territorial property in a state of
emergency.
The committee is comprised of:
Henry Roden, J. Gerald Williams
and Earle Hunter, all of Juneau;
Phil Johnson, of Fairbanks; and
Robert Baker and Jack Ferguson,
of Anchorage.
It was pointed out by Kehoe that
if a state of emergency was de
clared on advice of the Civil De
fense Council in case of war or
other disaster, the governor would
be required to seize and condemn
property necessary to carrying out
civil defense plans.
Extraordinary powers of the
governor in such a state of emer
gency are outlined in the session
laws of the 1951 legislature. Un
der the relative act in these laws,
the governor may seize and con
demn for public use transporta
tion systems and luel, food, cloth
ing and other businesses. Com
pensation would be made for
property so condemned.
The advisory committee will
work on a voluntary basis at no
salary, acting only to make a
study of the problems and to
make recommendations concern
ing: 1) The method of controlling
and managing establishments ta
ken over; 2i The mechanics of
making payments for goods and
services; 3) Methods of obtaining
credits and replacing inventories;
4) The methods of financing in
dividuals being evacuated through
Canada and to other states in tne
Union; 5) Methods of making,
payments in stricken areas where j
local banking facilities have been I
destroyed or impaired; 6) Meth
ods to be used if the issuance of
script money is considered; 7)
Legislation that might be required
to carry out the recommendations
of the committee.
The advisory committee is to i
make recommendations to the Civ- 1
il Defense Group whose members
are: Gov. Ernest Gruening; Dr.
C. Earl Albrecht, commissioner oi
health; Kehoe; Col. L. L. John
son, adjutant general; Frank Met
calf, highway engineer; and Tom:
Dyer, local Standard Oil Manager, I
who is a member-at-large.
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44 Carried on
Alaska Coastal
Thursday Trips
Alaska Coastal Airlines carried
a total of 63 passengers on holiday
flights. On Thursday Alaska Coastal
carried 44 passengers with 20 on
interport travel, 13 departing and
11 arriving.
Arriving from Sitka; M. McFay
den, Gladys Hulett, Steve Johnson,
Martha Aabert, P. Bajo; from Fick
Cove: Gene O’Shea, Marvin Colby,
Paul Bramlett; from Ketchikan:
John Borns; from Haines: D. Bald
win; from Fun ter Bay: W. S. Peko
vich.
Departing for Sitka: Alan Nel
son, H. Peterson, Mrs. Peterson; for
Fish Bay: Lennle Lempke; for
Baranof: Mrs. Bahove; for Peters-1
burg: Mrs. Porter; for Ketchikan:
W. H. Barton; for Haines: Steve
Homer; to Skagway: Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hoyt; for Hoonah: Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent, Carl Makinen.
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Anthony Kaiser's Mother
Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Frank Kaiser, mother of
Anthony "Tony" Kaiser, member
of the board of directors of the
Auk Bay public utility district, died
in Chicago Wednesday after a long
illness, according to word received
here today.
Kaiser was in Chicago at the
time of his mother’s death. Until
recently he had a milk route for
the Juneau Dairies and had worked
in the company’s plant at Twelfth
and E streets. Kaiser’s wife and
family are also in Chicago. They
are expected to return to Juneau in
the near future.
Alaska Steamship (o.
Men Visiting Agents
H. N. Peterson, general traffic
manager of Alaska Steamship Co.,
and G. S. Duryea, general freight
and passenger agent, arrived today
on Ellis Airlines from Petersburg.
Peterson and Dyrea are visiting
company agents and shippers in
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg,
Juneau, Anchorage, Valdez. Fair
banks, Kodiak, Homer, Seward,
Cordova and Sitka. They plan to be
in the Territory for a month.
ALASKA COASTAL MAKES
EMERGENCY FLIGHT
Alaska Coastal Airlines made an
emergency flight to Point Retreat
this morning to bring Edgar Finney,
Coast Guard third class engineman
here for medical attention. Fin
ney had a piece oX steel in his left
«ye. _ _
Rescued Woman
Gives 'Thanks'
On Thanksgiving
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov.'23—UP)
—It was "the happiest Thanksgiv
ing of my life" for auburn-haired,
tiny Viola O’Brien, 28.
The woman who spent 14 shiver
ing days beside a shattered airplane
in the snowy Alaska wilds returned
on Thanksgiving eve to tell about
her experience.
Miss O’Brien and Bob Rouse,
small plane pilot, left Fairbanks
for Anchorage on a pleasure
flight Nov. 2. They lost their
way, their plane turned over on
landing, and nine days later Miss
O’Brien stood lonely vigil at the
plane while Rouse hiked through
the snow to eventual aid.
“I wasn’t hurt but battery arid
spilled on my clothes and ate
holes in my slacks,” she said of
the crash.
“When he left he said ‘don’t
have any hopes for 10 days’.” she
continued.
"I had to do something to keep
busy. I kept a, small fire going
and cooked oatmeal constantly* It
was terribly wild country but I
never aaw an animal or heard a
sound other than the crack of the
fire. Snow fell most of the time and
it was awfully cold.”
After 14 days she heard a plane,
which was from the Tenth Rescue
Squadron. She was vague about
that. Later she heard another plane
"and suddenly I saw a tiny plape
right over my head.
"It dropped a note and I remem
ber that it told me to build a big
fire so they could find me after
they landed on a lake three miles
away.
“I was trying to make my fire
bigger when I looked up and saw
Bob. He led me three miles back
to the plane. I don’t remember
being tired of the walk but after I
got to the plane I got sick and col
lapsed.”
Rouse had followed the Stony
River until it hit the Kuskokwim
River. He found a small settlement
Inhabited by two Eskimos. One of
them operated a radio-equipped
weather station. The radio sum
moned aid.
Portland Firm
Highest Bidder on
Pacific Explorer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 — OPI —
A bid of $181,387.87 by the Zidell
Machinery and Supply Co., Port
land, Ore., was the highest of eight
received by the Maritime Adminis
tration for the S.S. Pacific Explorer.
It was more than $20,000 above
the next highest bid.
The Pacific Explorer is a former
freighter converted in 1945 at a
cost of $4,000,000 for operation as a
mother ship for a fleet of fishing
vessels.
Equipped both to can and freeze
its catch, the factory ship now is
tied up at Astoria, Ore. It was
leased to Nick Bez of Seattle by the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion and in 1947 operated success
fully for tuna off Costa Rica. The
following summer it went into west
ern Alaska waters for king crab
and bottom fish.
Bids ranged down to a $90,000
offer by Clyde Bruce Aitchison Jr.,
Tokyo, Japan.
No award has been announced
pending a study of all the bids.
North Pole Travels
To Seattle for
Portion of Winter
SEATTLE, Nov. 23—t¥)—Contrary
to popular belief, the North. Pole is
located in a Seattle hotel room.
Stan Garson is keeping it there.
He wants Seattleites to sign it "for
posterity" before it returns north of
the Arctic Circle.
The "North Pole" of course, is the
red-white-and-blue striped barber
pole Garson plans to drop as near
as possible to the geographical north
pole.
He brought the nine-foot pole
with him when he arrived here from
Fairbanks, Alaska, for a week’s
vacation. Garson said the pole Will
be erected in a department store
where anyone who wants his name
recorded "for posterity" may sign it.
Alaska Airlines will fly the north
pole to the north pole Dec. 10.
NEW RECORD SHOP
HAS BIG OPENING
The Record Shop which opened
here this week, had good crowds
and many floral bouquets from
well-wishers, Ned Kester, proprie
tor, reported. He said that a large
collection of Christmas recordings
would soon be in stock.
The shop is located next to the
Spudnut Shop on Franklin Street
and carries over a hundred different
labels of long playing records in
cluding everything from popular
music to classical.
TROLLERS TO NOMINATE
The United Trollers of Alaska will
meet next Tuesday night at 8
o’clock in the CIO Hall to nominate
officers for the coming year, Andy
Barlow, executive secretary, an
nounced today.
Subversive
Charge
Against U. S,
PARIS, Nov. 23—IB—The Soviet
Union filed a formal complaint with
the United Nations today, charging
that the United States is financing
armed groups on her territory aimed
at the overthrow of Prime Minister
Stalin’s government.
The Soviet Union last night asked
the General Assembly to look into
charges that the U.S. mutual secur
ity act was intended to foster sub
versive acts in Communist countries.
In an explanatory note today,
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Vlshlnsky said U. S. financing
through the mutual security art
"of subversive organizations and
diversionist groups . . . consti
tutes an act of aggression towards
the Soviet Union and the states
of the peoples democracies.”
The note to the U.N. followed a
similar Russian communication to
the U.S. government on Tuesday.
The U.S. State Department dismis
sed the protest as "groundless prop
aganda” and said it came with
"singular ill-grace” from a regime
which has consistently supported
"subversive activity against the U.
S. and other nations of the free
world.”
The latest Russian blast against
the west came as the assembly
marked time on its peace programs,
with some hope—slim, but existing
—that Vishinsky in a scheduled ap
pearance before the U. N. Political
committee tomorrow would answer
the west's disarmament proposals
1 with a speech spelling real peace.
British Minister of State Selwyn
| Lloyd told the committee yester
i day that the Assembly already has
showed signs of a lessening in the
East-West tension.
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Funds Available for
Winter Operation
Richardson Highway
VALDEZ, Alaska, Nov. 23—OB—
The Valdez Chamber of Commerce
reported Wednesday it has been
assured that funds will be avail
able for winter maintenance of
the Richardson highway north
from Valdez.
Chamber officials said the as-,
surance came from the Comman- |
der in Chief of Alaskan defenses, j
They said the money will be from
Elmendorf Air Force base funds
which now are available for trans
fer from defense to the Interior
Department.
The maintenance of the highway
during winter months has been a
matter of concern to Valdez
truckers and shippers and persons
living along the highway route.
Senator Demands
CAB Permit Cheap
Air Coach travel
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—<AP)—
Senator Sparkman (D-Ala) de
manded yesterday that the Civil
Aeronautics Board permit small,
non-scheduled airlines to "offer
low-cost air coach transportation.”
Sparkman is chairman of the
Senate Small Business Committee.
In a letter to CAB chairman Don
ald W. Nyrop he accused the
board of inconsistent actions.
He said the ' board has publicly
announced its support of such low
cost transportation but in a de
cision on Nov. 9, it rejected the
applications of four airlines that
sought to offer transcontinental
air coach service at reduced fares.
“There Is a strong public de
mand for cheap air transportation
on a vastly expanded basis,” he
said.
Hospital Notes
Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital
Wednesday were John Matson,
Douglas Ainsworth; admitted
Thursday was Danny O'Reilly;
dismissed Wednesday was Anita
Porter; dismissed Thursday was
Mrs. Sheldon James. ,
Born to Mrs. Louis G. Hicke at
St. Ann’s Hospital at 3:50 am.
Friday, a girl weighing 8 pounds i
12 ounces.
Admitted to the Government
Hospital Wednesday was Mary
Starr of Angoon; dismissed Wed-i
nesday was Martha Kookesh of j
Angoon.
Born to Mrs. John Williams of
of Yakutat at the Government
Hospital at 10:45 p.m. Wednes
day, a girl weighing 7 pounds 4
ounces. She has been named Joan
Georgine.
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
MEET TONIGHT
A meeting for the purpose of
organizing a Young Republicans
Club here will be held at 8 o’clock
tonight in the I.O.O.F. Hall, it was
announced by Bill Vernon. Nomina
tion of officers will take place and
an election is scheduled for the
second meeting. All young people
interested in better government are
invited to attend, Vernon said.
DOUGLAS
AEWS
Huskies Top Alumni
The Douglas Huskies eked out a
last quarter, 33-25, victory over the
Alumni last Wednesday evening in
a low scoring court game. Neithei
team was really "hot” as the slip
pery floor handicapped players on
both teams. First game “fitters’
were apparent as both teams fumb
led the ball considerably and missed
easy shots.
The Alumni finally caught up
wfth the Huskies at the end of the
third period with consistent play
by Frank Cashen, Lou Bonnett and
Jim Devon.
A final drive by Jensen, Cashen
and McCormick in the last three
minutes netted nine points and put
the game on ice despite the last
minute rally of Bonnett and Harry
! Cashen.
Both teams were weak at the free
throw line, making only 10 of 36
attempts.
McCormick was high man of the
game with 15 points while* Bonnett
hit for eight for the Alumni.
Jensen's work under the back
boards and McCormick’s scoring,
were outstanding performances for
the high school. Frank Cashen
and Bonnett starred for the Alupmi.
Huskies fg ft tp
Cashen, T. 4 0 8
McCormick 6 3 15
Jensen 339
Isaak Oil
Wellington 0 0 0
Riley 0 0 0
Niemi 0 0 0
Johnson 0 0 0
Andrews 0 0 0
IPusich 0 0 0
Stevens 000
Alumni fg ft tp
Cashen, F. 3 0 6
Cashen, H. 10 2
Shudshift 0 0 0
Wahto 0 0 0
Devon 215
Pusich, M. 10 2
Bonnett 3 2 8
Bach, C. .10 2
Bach, G. 0 0 0
Eagles Meeting
Douglas Eagles will meet this eve
ning at 8 p.m., for a regular busi
ness session, nomination and elec
tion of officers. All members are
urged to be present.
Big School Night
Last Wednesday evening the
Douglas school boys and girls phys
ical education classes performed
preceding the scheduled Douglas
High and the Alumni game.
The boys divided their forces into
two teams and demonstrated to the
sizable crowd what type of basket
ball material was coming up in tbe
next years with an exciting play
of ball. The girls class followed
with a tumbling act which is being
taught by Miss Betty Lafiles. Be
tween the half of the major bas
ketball attraction, the school band
and the grade school majorettes
delighted the crowd with their ex
hibition.
To Clean Reservoir
Arne Shudshift, fire chief, an
nounced this morning that all vol
unteer firemen and other men of
the town are asked to turn out on
Sunday to clean the city water res
ervoir. Residents are cautioned to
draw water in their bath tubs and
other containers because the water
supply will be shut off from approx
imately 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. during
that day.
Volunteer firemen and others
wishing to help, are urged to bring
any shovels they may have.
Council Committee Reports
Committee reports by Councilmen
at Monday’s meeting of the City
Council showed an active interest
was being shown in the interests of
the community. Councilman Rex
Hermann reported conditions of the
Fifth Street area, reporting a glacier
condition due to excess water not
properly cared for. Mayor Pusich
appointed a committee to look into
the matter immediately and to cor
rect the condition.
Councilman Ehrendreich reported
on the local health council and
urged the city to support it whole
heartedly.
Councilman Mark Jensen reported
progress on the dock situation and
would have some definite report to
make later. Councilman Shudshift
reported that the city reservoir will
be cleaned by members of the Fire
Department Sunday and that a fire
siren zoning system costing $144.20
had arrived and would soon be in
stalled. Besides zoning the fire
calls, it will sound off each noon,
to check its working condition.
Councilman William Boehl, re
ported he has had reports of gamb
ling in a downtown cocktail bar,
and other disturbances.
Bills for the month totaled
$1,538.36. Objection was entered by
Councilman Boehl on payment of
$400 for rat extermination. The act
ing city clerk Thomas Cashen an
nounced a total of $13,218.16 of city
taxes had already been collected.
Sales Tax
The question of imposing a sales
tax in Douglas was brought up for
discussion by a councilman Monday
evening. Receiving not much fav
orable comment, the idea was
quickly dropped.
Lions Hear Delegate Bartlett
Douglas Lions Club members were
afforded a special treat at their
Monday evening dinner meeting »t
Mikes Place, when Alaska Dele*
Pioneer Passes Away
At Pioneers' Home
Word has been received of the
death of John Henry Sutela at
the Pioneers Home in Sitka on
Nov. 20. He was born in Oulun
Salo, Finland on Oct. 8, 1874 and
had been a resident of Juneau ap
proximately 50 years. Mr. Sutela
was a gill netter for many years
at Taku Inlet. He was a member
of Pioneers Igloo No. 6.
He is survived by a brother,
Gusta Sutela, who lives in Fin
land.
gate to Congress, “Bob” Bartlett
was introduced to the group by
Thomas Cashen, as part of the eve
ning’s program.
In speaking to the group, Dele
gate Bartlett, told of the pleasure
of returning to S. E. Alaska and
finding it in an increased condition
of stability and progress, even
though it is not largely benefited
by the huge army appropriations
being spent in the Territory.
In Juneau he found the largest
building program in its history in
progress. In Ketchikan, activity was
highly increased wth the coming of
the pulp mill with construction to
be started next spring, with a pos
sible future employment of several
hundreds, and the expenditure of
$30,000,000. In Wrangell, a new
sawmill was in prospect; and the
city of Petersburg appeared to be
prosperous and flourishing, despite
poor fishing season.
Delegate Bartlett paid special
tribute to Alaska’s past several years
of progress to such far sighted and
fine thinking men as have been some
of our military commanders such
as Gen. Craig, General Twining and
the present Gen. Wm. E. Kempner.
During the business meeting,
President Ed Johnson announced
that the Tail Twister fines, amount
ing to several dollars each meeting,
would be given to the local health
council for a period of six months.
James Doyle and William Boehl, co
chairmen of the skating rink com
mittee, announced some progress,
and promised results in the near
future.
Harold Krueger, program chair
man, assisted by Elwin Dell, showed
a U.S. Forest Service film entitled
“Tongass National Forest” showing
many local scenes, and other S.E.
Alaska areas. /
Virgil Stone, head of aviation and
education for the C.A.A. was a guest
at the meeting.
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Exchange of Lots
Clarence Fowler, St. Ann’s avenue
resident and property holder, has
requested and received word from
the City Fathers, that it approved
an exchange of lots near the Fowler
residence. The exchange was pre
cipitated by the laying of streets
and water line by the city in that
area during the past year.
DOUGLAS NOTICE
The Douglas water supply will
be shut off Sunday from 10 a.ni.
to 4 p.m. to clean reservoir. 072-2t
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H. E. GREEN, Agent
Fisheries Board to
Open Meeting Monday
Members of the Alaska Fisher
ies Board are expected to start
arriving here over the weekend to
attend a week-long fall meeting,
C. L. Anderson, director of the
Alaska Department of Fisheries,
said today.
Sessions begin next Monday
morning in the' Alaska Depart
ment of Fisheries offices in the
Seward Building. While all ses
sions are open to the public, An
derson said, interested persons
and fishermen are especially in
vited to attend the Wednesday
meetings when recommendations
for proposed 1952 commercial reg
ulations will be discussed.
3 American Girls
Attempting io
Reach Iron Curtain
BERLIN, Nov. 23—lAt—Three
girls took it on themselves today
to try to enlighten the Russians
about the United States.
The Longview, Wash., school
girls sent their formula to the
U. S. radio station RIAS in Ber
lin with a note saying:
“We have taken pictures of
parts of our town. We would ap
! preciate • it if you would send
them in balloons to the U.S.S.R.
across the Iron Curtain.”
The signers were Julie Davis,
Sharon Stuart and Jeanie Cox of
22nd Ave.).
Four scenes of urban and rural
life, industry, education and the
, outdoors bore the inscriptions:
1 "Free Recreation," “Schooling
For Everyone,” “The Right to
: Live in the City or the Country”
I and “The Freedom to Work."
RIAS officials said they would
do their best to carry out the as
! signment.
GIRLS ARE THRILLED
LONGVIEW. Wash., Nov. 23—
' tf)—Three Longview junior high
j school girls, each 12 years old,
, were “breathless , excited and
thrilled to pieces” today.
! They learned through an As
! sociated Press story from Berlin
; that the products of their little
[ box camera had arrived there and
stood a good chance of filtering
behind the Iron Curtain. The U.
S. radio station RIAS there said
it would try to comply with their
request.
The girls are Julie Davies, Sha
ron Stuart and Jeannie Cox.
"We got mad," declared Julie,
“at the Russian propaganda that
things were so terrible in this
country.
“So we decided to aim the
truth—with pictures—right at the
Russian kids.”
The girls got their little box
1 camera and took pictures of foot
ball games, churches and schools.
They clipped other pictures from
national magazines. On the back
i of the pictures they penned the
four freedoms.
On Oct. 16 they sent a letter to '
1 the Voice of America.
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