Time Reporter
Regards Alaska
'Point 4 Area'
Jerry Hannifin, representative ol
Time and Life Inc., Uld of his im
pressions of Alaska and Susy
Winn gave a report on a meeting
of Associated Boards of Trade of
Central British Columbia and af-1
liliated Chambers of Commerce of
Alaska.
These were given at a regular
Chamber of Commerce meeting
at the Baranof Hotel this noon.
Other matters discussed were the
proposed Taku road and a congres
sional hearing regarding reclassi
fication of Southeast Alaska waters
for the purposes of Coast Guard
regulations.
Hannifin expressed enthusiasms
for what he had seen of Alaska
and declared “I think Alaska is
the best Point Pour area in which
the United States can invest a
dollar." Hannifin is on a get ac
quainted tour of the Territory.
Pulp Development
He stressed the pulp develop
ment possibilities of the Panhandle.
“I arrived a bit late here," he
said, "because I missed the gold
rush and the Estebeth.”
Miss Winn was given a vote of
thanks for her attendance and
coverage of the Prince Rupert
meeting. The second half of her
"eport will appear in the Empire
soon.
Jerry McKinley, chairman of
road committee, told of a local
meeting of Chamber members and
government offiicals regarding the
Taku road. He appeared pessimis
ticat’what’ mignt not be acconr
plished at a meeting which is to
be held Sept. 20 in Vancouver with
Canadian officials.
About Taku Road
President Herbert S. Rowland
who attended the same road meet
ing said that he felt there w*as a
willingness among all concerned to
cooperate toward accomplishing
the project.
Discussion of the “reclassification
of waters’’-issue brought out that
the Chamber wanted a congres
sional hearing—notr a Coast Guard
hearing on.the matter. It was re-1
ported that Delegate E. L. Bartlett!
said that such a hearing could be ]
ararnged when a request was re-.
ceived. Gov. Ernest Gruening said
that he was leaving for Washing
ton tomorrow and that he would
press the issue.
Tom Dyer of the Standard Oil
Co. was congratulated up on his
company’s extension of gasoline
credit cards to include the Alaska
Highway.
Peter Wood, who always rises
when “suggestions for the benefit
of the community” are called lor,
did not fail today. Said he, “Miss
Winn has reported on the opera
tion Kitimat in British Columbia.
I think we need an operation
’kitty-cat’ in Juneau. The rats are
taking over the town. Douglas has
a rat-extermination program un
derway now and we should have
one too.”
Direct Government
Home Loans to Vets
Are Approved Again
Conditions under which World
War II veterans may finance home
ownership with the aid of GI loans
have been eased considerably by
provisions in the new Defense Hous
ing Act, approved recently by the
President, according to Ernest E.
Lincoln, manager of the Veterans
Administration for Alaska.
The new law:
1.—Reduces substantially the min
imum down payment required on
homes priced up to $12,000.
2— Makes eligible for additional
home loan guarantees many vet
erans who previously used all or
part of their guaranty entitlement
for home, farm and business loans.
3— Revives the direct government
loan program for veterans in areas
where 4 percent mortgage financ
ing is unavailable from private
sources. This last provision of the
law is of particular importance to
veterans living in rural and less
populated areas, the VA said.
The direct loan program, orig
inally authorized by the Housing
Act- of 1950 to continue only until
June 20, 1951, is extended to June
30, 1953.
No adidtional funds are made
available beyond the 150 million dol
lars originally provided for the pro
gram, but the new law, by removing
the limit on the total of direct
loans which might be made, makes
possible the reuse of the authorized
funds as a revolving fund.
Thus, payments made to apply
against direct loans and proceeds
from the sale of direct loan mort
gages to private investors will go
into the fund and become available
for new loans.
Currently, about 39 million dollars
remains available for the making
of direct loans, the balance of the
150 million dollars originally pro
vided. Direct loans have been ap
proved for some 17,000 approved
applicants.
The amount remaining will fin
ance six to seven thousand addition
al loans, the VA said.
No Business Will
Be Handled al
Council Tonighl
No city business will be taken
up at a regularly scheduled city
council meeting tonight, Mayor
Waino Hendrickson said today.
In order to fulfill the letter of the
law, the council will meet and ad
journ w'ithout doing any business.
Then it will convene as an equaliza
tion board to handle an anticipated
large number of tax adjustments.
All other matters scheduled for
this evening will hold over until
next week, Hendrickson said.
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The stairs weren’t too step to keep Winston Churchill from a parly In Venitte, but he needed some as
sistance from attendants to make the climb. The s nappily-attired wartime premier of Britain, who had
just disembarked from his gondola, was one of the "name” guests at the lavish affair in thte palace
of Countess Natalia Volpi, second lush party in the canal city within a few days. Women at rear is
unidentified. (/Pi Wirephoto.
Hope Blasted for
Boom Year In
Salmon Pack
SEATTLE, Sept. 13-l/PI—Hopes
for a boom year pink salmon packs
in Alaska and Puget Sound appear ,
to have gone glimmering.
The salmon brokerage firm of
McGovern and McGovern predicts
the Puget Sound pink pack will
fall below 2,000,000 cases. That is
above the 1,088,577 of last year
but far below the 3,231,341 of 1949.
Because of the two-year pink
run cycle, this year’s pack hopes
, had been based on the 1949 pat
tern.
The U. S. Pish and Wildlife re
port on the Alaska pack for all
species is 3,327,282 cases. This com
pares with 3,235,828 for the full
1950 year.
Observers report the Alaska
I chum pack slightly above average.
WATCH FOR BALLOONS
Watch for the Balloons Friday |
j at 11:45 p.m. Catholic Bazaar.
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National Kids'
Day Will Be
Observed Here
The Juneau Kiwanis club will ob
serve National Kid'' Day Sept. 22
by giving a free show for the chil
dren of the Gastincau Channel
area, Ken Morgan, chairman of the
committee, said today.
“Kids' Day*is not only to enter
tain children," Morgan said, "but
is a means of iocusing the attention
of the nation on youth. Our theme
is ‘child by child we build our na
tion.’
"A tag day will be conducted on
Thursday and Friday of next week
to raise money for our underpriv
ileged children’s fund,” he said.
“This money remains in the com
munity and goer; to provide cloth
ing for children who need it.”
Last year Kiwanis completely out
fitted edit boys and girls in this
area.
NOTICE
Be pr sent at the Catholic Ba
zaar for the Mystery award Friday
at 11:4a p.m. 911-2t
Affidavit May_
Clear Man in
Old Murder Case
SALEM, ORE., Sept. 13—(A1)—
Theodore Jordan has been in pris
on here for 18 years. And now the
parole board has an affidavit
which says he had nothing to do
with the murder for which he is
serving life.
The board is studying the affi
davit. It is not yet ready to com
ment on it.
It came from Mrs. Alice Gilbert
Borden of Chicago and says her
husband. Sears Gilbert, now dead,
told her he killed F. T. Sullivan at
Klamath Falls in 1932. That is
the crime for which Jordan twice
was sentenced to hang and for
which he now is serving life.
Mrs. Borden’s affidavit, made
, nearly a score of years after Sul
livan, a Southern Pacific 'steward,
was beaten to death as he slept
; in his berth in the rail yards at
Klamath Falls, says Jordan had
; no part in the killing of which he
. was convicted.
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U. N. Boosts Soviet
Dues 41 Per Cent;
Cuts U. S. Fee
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Sept.
13—6R—Moscow will have to pay
thousands of dollars more for the
privilege of making speeches in
the U. N, next year, if the U. N.
committee on contributions has its
way.
The committee in a report made
public here yesterday slapped an
increase of approximately 41 per
cent on the Soviet union dues for
the next year and cut the United
States assessment by about 5 per
cent.
If the assembly meeting in Paris
Nov. 6 approved the new scale of
contributions—and it usually does
—the Russians will pay 9.85 per
cent of the total cost of the U. N.
instead of 6.93 per cent and the
Americans will be cut from 38.92
per cent to 36.90.
The reduction for the United
States was approved over the bit
ter protests of A. A. Soldatov, So
viet member of the committee, who
said that the U. S. really ought
to pay 50 per cent of the entire
bill, its economy was in such good
shape.
Fairbanks Soldier
Returns on Rotation
From Japan Duty
_SAN -FRANCISCO, Sept. .12.—.P—
The transport General William Wei
gel was due here today from Japan
with 4,371 army personnel.
Most are rotation combat soldiers,
coming home for rest and reassign
ment.
They include:
M/Sgt. Charles B. Hales, Box
1752, Fairbanks, Alaska.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
Increased Miiiage
Requested by
School District
The Juneau Independent School
District’s request for an increase
in tax levy will come up at a reg
ular City Council meeting next
Thursday at 8 p.m. in the city
clerk’s office at the city dock.
The request was laid over from
the meeting last week.
The school board asked that it
be permitted to levy up to an ad
ditional one-half mill in order to
balance its budget. The current
levy Is eight mills.
A letter from the board wplains,
"since preparation of the school
budget last May, increased costs
on bids and action of thft School
District Board of Equalization have
caused changes in amounts need
ed.”
The letter listed increased cost
on installation of a home econ
omics room in the new addition to
the high school, $5,023.81; bid in
crease on grade school bulkhead,
$7,730; and tax abatements, $9,
122.95, .totalling $21,876.76.
Available from funds is $12,700,
leaving a balance needed of $9,
176.76.
EMBLEM CLEB
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Chester Bowles
Nominated as
India Ambassador
WASHINGTON, Sept, 13 — UR —
President Truman has nominated
Chester Bowles, former Governor of
Connecticut and World War II price t>
boss, as Ambassador to India.
Loy W. Henderson, the present'
envoy'to India, was nominated to be
Ambassador to Iran, succeeding
Henry F. Grady. Grady’s resigna
tion was accepted “with the greatest
reluctance.”
This Shuffling of diplomats would
have taken place several months
ago had it not been for the Iranian
oil cr:-is and Grady’s work in try- *
ing to bring about an agreement
between that country and Britain.
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