THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
, ._ UALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,659
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
..-..—■■■■■■. ■<
I I
6
TENTHOUSAND
CANADIANS TO
TRAIN IN U. S.
Unit on Voluntary Basis
Goes to Fort Lewis, then
Korea, If Necessary
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 — OP> —
A special Canadian force of ap
proximately 10,000 troops, recruited
on# a voluntary basis for possible
service in Korea, will begin unit
training late this month at Fort
Lewis, Wash.
Announcing that the Canadians
will train at Fort Lewis, the U. S.
Army said facilities there have been
made available because winter wea
ther in Canada would severely han
dicap unit training exercises.
A Canadian spokesman here said
that the brigade is committed to
service in Korea if needed. He said
that whether the unit goes to Kor
ea after its training in the U. S.
depends on the wishes of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, the United Na
tions commander for Korean oper
ations. An advance party of 350
Canadians is in Korea now.
In its announcement that the
Canadians will train at Fort Lewis,
the U. S. Army said their training
will extend over a period of about
four months.
KIWANIANS RAISE
$670 ON CHRISTMAS
SEAL DRIVE FOR IB
A total of $670 has alreeady been
collected on the Christmas Seal
drive by Kiwanians, Dr. Henry
Harris, chairman, reported at a
regular luncheon meeting of Ki
wanis at the Baranof Hotel this
noon.
“This Is gratifying,” he said,
“and I hope we can raise another
$150 before the end of the week.”
In the absence of newly-elected
President Larry Parker, past Pres
ident Stanley Baskin presided.
John Griffin was program chair
man and introduced Ernest Broder,
tenor, of the Alaska Seventh Day
Adventist Mission, who sang three
numbers that were well received.
He sang “Without a Song,” “Danny
Boy," and “Short’n Bread,” accom
panied by Miss Dolores Mattila, Ju
neau school nurse.
STUMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive from Skagway Friday at 6 a.m.
and sails south one hour later at
7 a.m.
Denali from west is scheduled to
sail south Sunday a.m.
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
Oopyrlybt. IBM. by Bell Synalett*. Inc.I
By DREW PEARSON
WAsHINGTON — Yesterday I
abandoned my alleged crouching
position under the cabinet table
long enough to report on the dis
tressing way some of our west Eu
ropean friends are drifting away
from us. Today I want to report
some brighter phases of the Europ
ean picture; also suggest some ideas
for making them even brighter.
Cracks in the Curtain—While we
have headaches in western Europe
the Kremlin js having Worse in
eastern Europe. . .In Poland, troop
trains between Russia and east
Germany are dynamited almost
weekly. The Poles hate the Russians
more than the Germans—which is
sayms a lot. And the underground
in Poland is more active than ever
before. . .Czechoslovakia is seething
and turbulent. . .Bulgarian troops,
deserting in driblets across the
Turkish border, report intense dis
like cf the Russians. . .Most import
ant of all, every satellite country
is watching Yugoslavia. If Tito
can get by the present winter, des
pite crop failures and near-starva
tion, more satellite countries will
follow his lead.
More bad tax news—Meanwhile,
~ (Continued on Page Four)
FERDINAND VOICES
COMPLAINT AGAINST
TAKU;SOME DAMAGE
Old man Winter spoke in sharp
gusts last night and today. Ferd
inand, the fire whistle, complained
about the bitterness of the wind
when one of the four wires leading
to the main switch box was broken
this morning. The short in Ferdie's
voice was quickly repaired.
The first damage reported was
tw(o plate glass windows blown
out of the Baranof Gift Shop. The
first window was broken shortly
after midnight and the second one
about 2 a.m. Glass from one win
dow was blown a half block and
the- metal frame from the other
ended up across the street. Both
windows were boarded immediately
after breaking.
Several smaller windows around
town were broken by sharp gusts
of wind. Flying debris broke a
fourth floor room window in the
Gastineau Hotel. The iron grill
around a kitchen window of the
Baranof Hotel was torn off by the
force of the wind.
A portion of the tar paper root
ing on the Goldstein building was
torn loose and scattered over the
downtown business district.
Alaska Coastal Airlines flights
were held because of rough water
in the channel making it impossible
for takeoffs and landings. Spray
from the water made for icing
conditions on the planes. The Ellis
Airlines flight from Ketchikan
landed at the airport.
The Coast Guard cutter, CG
83524, had its run to Eldred Rock
light station cancelled out because
of the gale.
The Glacier Highway is in good
condition for traffic. The Taku
wind, flowing strong in the city,
reached in blasts only as far out
on the highway as Norway Point,
Frank A. Metcalf, chief of the high
way patrol, reported this morn
ing.
Wind velocity at the airport at
its peaks was only 15 miles per
hour as reported by the Weather
Bureau. Gusts in town, though,
were estimated at 50 to 60 miies
per hour.
ROOF IS STARTED ON
MENDENHALL APTS.,
COMPLETION FRIDAY
Roofing of the Mendenhall Apart- I
ments building started this morning j
with the completion of the twelfth
story walls. One-third of the roof
will possibly be completed today
with final pouring expected Friday.
Dismantling of the twelfth floor
slip form starts late Friday after
noon and forms for the pouring of
cpncrete on the penthouse will be
started that same afternoon. Two
weeks will be needed to complete
construction of the penthouse, ac
cording to Ken Eskestrand. building
superintendent for the Anderson
Construction Company.
Heating of the building for inside
work will be possible after construc
tion of the penthouse is completed
providing there is no hold up in
the delivery of materials. The gov
ernmental allocation of steel as a
result of the Korean situation is
beginning to affect the delivery
dates of steel used in the construc
tion of the building.
“We are getting all of the steel
needed,” said Eskestrand, "but the
delivery dates are set back some
because of the governmental allo
cations.”
Water will be heated by two
boilers in the basement of the
apartment house with manifold dis
tribution from the penthouse to the
various convectors in the apart
ments for heating. '
Laying of the fire brick lining in j
the incinerator and boiler flues will j
be started with the building of the i
slip form on the penthouse. This i
procedure makes it possible for the ]
completion of the fire brick laying j
at the same time of the penthouse |
completion. The boilers will be put
into immediate use at the comple- j
tion of the penthouse.
All of the windows will be in-1
stalled shortly. Crews of lathers, ]
plasterers and carpenters will be [
working through the winter months, j
Completion date for the apartment i
house is scheduled for mid-June
next year.
The hoisting tower remains up
until the building is finished be- j
cause the installation of the two |
inside elevators will take three i
months. The elevators are expected
next month with installation to
start about the first of the year.
Bridges May
Head New Sen.
Committee
GOP Want Early Start Win
Control 1952 Senate
Plans Made
WASHINGTON, Nov. li> — of) —
Senator Bridges (R-NH) was re
ported in line today to head a new
Republican committee to begin
work on the 1952 senatorial cam
paign as soon as the 82nd Congress
meets.
Despite a net gain of five seats
in last week’s election. Republican
leaders are said to have agreed in
formally they had better get an
early start on what looks like an
uphill battle to win control of the
Senate two years from now.
Unless deaths or resignations
change the party standings before
then, the Republicans will need to
gain only two seats to take over the
Senate-or gain one and elect a
Vice President who could break a
tie vote in their favor. The new
Senate, meeting in January, will
have 49 Democrats and 47 Repub
licans.
Against the small net gain they
need, however, the Republicans will
be risking in the 1952 vote 20 seats
they now hold, while tVie Democrats
will have only 12 at stake.
Of the Democratic seats, five are
in the solid south. And only four
Republicans can be counted as
safely within GOP territory.
If Bridges is chosen to head the
campaign group, he will succeed
Senator Brewster (R-Me). Brew
ster will be up for reelection in 1952
and party rules limit membership
on the campaign group to Repub
licans from states where no Senate
races gre involved.
EXPLOSIONS
ROCK TEXAS
OIL SECTION
PORT ARTHUR, Tex., Nov. 15—
A series of seven explosions
rocked a sprawling oil refinery near
this gulf coast city early today.
Three men were injured, one crit
ically.
The blasts set off fires which
were brought under control about
6 a.m. and extinguished about two
hours later.
The huge refinery and tank farm
belongs to the Gulf Oil Corpora
tion of Houston. A company spokes
man said the explosions and fire be
gan as escaping gas struck a fire
box.
Morgan Swinney, 42, was critic
ally burned. Francis Lawernce, 49,
and R. T. Smith, 58, were seriously
hurt.
The refinery is only 70 miles up
the angling Texas coast line from
the site of the 1947 Texas City dis
aster in which more than 500 per
sons were killed.
The explosions forced Gulf to
close down its huge catalytic crack
ing unit, vital in processing pet
roleum for aviation gasoline. The
firm said the unit may be back in
operation Monday or Tuesday. The
huge refinery can process up to
230,000 barrels of oil dally.
SITKA VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Crosby, of
Sitka are stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Nov. 15—Wt—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
100%, American Tel. & Tel. 151,
Anaconda 36%. Douglas Aircraft
84%, General Electric 50, General
Motors 49%, Goodyear 60, Kenne
cott 70%, Libby, McNeill & Libby
8%, Northern Pacific 27%, Stand
ard Oil of California 78%, Twentieth
Century Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 40%,
Canadian Exchange 96.43%,
Pound $2.80%.
Averages today are as follows:
industrials 229.52, rails 68.6, utilities
40.79.
Sales today were 1,620,000. ^
NEW TAX
PROPOSAL
IS MADE
I
Secretary of Treasury Sny
der Seeks Fund for
Efforts at Defense
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15 — —
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
today proposed a 75 percent excess
profits tax on corporations to raise
the extra $4,000,000,000 that Presi
dent Truman wants to help pay for
the expanding defense effort.
Snyder said he is “confident” the
proposal—a modified and softer ver
sion of the 85.5 percent excess
profits tax of World War II—can
be passed at the short session of
Congress opening Nov. 27.
The Treasury chief appeared be
fore the tax-writing House Ways
and Means Committee to back up
Mr. Truman’s plea yesterday for a
$4,000,000,000-a-year profits levy,
retroactive to July X, as "part of a
sound program of defense taxation.”
The President said profits are soar
ing under the rearmament program.
Tax Details Given
The committee called in Snyder
to give details on Mr. Truman’s re
quest as it began hearings under a
mandate for Congress to try to pro
duce an excess levy bill as quickly
as possible.
Mr. Truman also has asked for
speed, but prospects for action this
year are none too bright. Sentiment
has been building up for other
methods of boosting government
revenue, including further increases
in individual income taxes and ordi
nary corporation taxes.
Snyder proposed that corpora
tions, as in World War II, be given
the alternative of figuring their
taxes through a “base period earn
ings credit” or an "Invested capital
credit.”
Either system would set a level of
earnings on which the regular cor
porate income tax, which ranges up
to 45 percent, would apply and leave
all profits in excess of that sum
subject to the 75 percent “excess”
profits rate.
ARCHITECTS PUNS
OF TERR. BUILDING
APPROVED BY BOARD
Favorable rocomn^endation for
the adoption of the architect's
plans for the Alaska Territorial
Building to be erected in Juneau
was made by the building sub
committee of the Territorial Board
of Administration this morning and
approved at a meeting of the Ad
ministration Board in session to- j
day. The plans, drawn by the Jo- i
neau architects firm. Foss, Malcolm j
and Olsen, had been approved pre- j
viously by the local office of the
Alaska Public Works Agency.
The Board of Administration
members present at the meeting
held in the office of the Governor
were: Chairman Gov. Ernest Gru
ening, Henry Roden, Treasurer; J.
G. Williams, Attorney General;
Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial High
way Engineer; and James C. Ryan,
Director, Territorial Department of
Education.
AT THE GASTINEAU
Gifford M. Close of Ketchikan is
egistered at the Gastineau Hotel.
WEATHER REPORT * !
Temperatures tor 34-Hour Period e
ending 4:|0 o’clock this morning •
In Juneau—Maximum, 25; •
minimum. 18i *
At airport—Maximum, 25; • j
minimum. 17.' •
• I
forecast • I
(Juneau and Vicinity) •
Continued cold and fair •
with gusty northeasterly •
winds tonight and Thursday •
Lowest temperature tonight •
near 14 in Juneau and as low •
as 6 in outlying areeas. •
PRECIPITATION•
(Past 34 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
City of Juneau—None; •
since Nov. 1—3.99 inches; •
since July 1—33.02 inches. •
At Airport—None; •
since Nov. 1—1.96 inches; •
since July 1—23 inches. •
•
.1
14 'Freshmen' Among Those in
Territorial Legislature When
i It Convenes Here on January 22
(By Bob DeArmand)
I »
There will be 14 “freshmen’
among the 40 legislators who con
vene at Juneau on January 22
for the 20th session of the Alaska
Territorial Legislature.
Twelve members of the House
of Representatives and two mem
bers of the Senate will be serving
in their first session at Juneau
This is a smaller proportion ol
green hands than in the last three
regular session. In 1947 and 1945
there were 15 “freshmen" in the
House and in 1945 there were 18
In 1949 the Senate had two “fresh
I men” legislators, the same num
ber as there will be in 1951. In
each 1945 and 1947 there were three
newcomers.
Politically, the Territorial Sen
ate will be divided 8-8, while the
House will be divided 15-10 or 14-9
depending upon the outcome ol
the Fourth Division election. At
this writing Alden Wilbur, Repub
lican, and Thomas A. Jones, Dem
ocrat, are in a tie for the fifth seat
from that division. A flipped coin
may ultimately resolve the tie.
The following are the people who
will sit in what many Alaskans
believe may be the last Alaska
Territorial Legislature.
SENATE
First Division—Dr. R. M. Mac
Kenzie, Democrat, holdover. This
will be his second legislative ses.
sion.
Miss Anita Oarnick, Republican
holdover. Senator Oarnick served
in the House in 1947 and was el
ected to the Senate two years ago.
James Nolan, Democrat, will be
serving his first session in the Sen
ate. He was in the House in 1947
and 1949.
Elton E. Engstrom, Republican, is
a newcomer to the legislative halls.
Second Division: Howard Lyng,
Democrat, holdover, will be, in
length of legislative service, the
veteran member of the 1951 Legis
lature in either House. He came to
the Alaska Legislature first in
1935 as a Representative. He was
back in 1939 and that year was
Speaker of the House. In 1941 he
again served in the House and in
1945 and 1949 in the Senate.
Edward Anderson, Democrat,
holdover, will be serving his second
Senate session. He served two
trems in the House, in 1945 and
1947.
Percy Ipalook, Republican, will
be serving his first session in the
Senate. Two years ago he repre
sented the Second Division In the
House.
William Beltz, Democrat, is also
a newcomer to the Senate and has
one House session behind him.
Third Division—Steve McCutch
eon, Democrat, holdover, first came
to the Senate in the 1946 Extra
ordinary Session when he was el
ected to fill the seat vacated by
the death of his father, the late
H. H. McCutcheon. In 1947 Steve
sat in the House and two years ago
he returned to the Senate.
Walter E. Huntley, Democrat,
holdover, will be serving his se
cond session in the Senate. He pre
viously served in the House in 1945
and 1947 as well as in the 1946
Extraordinary Session.
Gunnard Engebreth, Republican,
re-elected this year for his second
term in the Senate. He served in
1947 and 1949 and was Senate Pre
sident in the latter Session.
Gerrit Snider, Republican, returns
to the Legislature after'an absence
of four years. He was in the House
tn r947. This will be his first ses
sion in the Senate.
Fourth Division—John Butrovich,
Jr. Republican, holdover, will be the
senior member of the 1951 Sen
ate in length of service in that
oody. It will be his fourth Senate
iession.
Frank Barr, Democrat, holdover,
.vas elected two years ago and this
will be his second session.
A. F. Coble, Republican, will
nake his first appearance in the
senate. He served in the House in
1947.
W. L. Lhamon, Republican, will
oe serving his first term in the
Uaska Legislature.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES
First Division—Doris M. Barnes, ]
Republican, re-elected and will be
lervlng her second session in the
House.
Ed Locken, Republican, elected!
or his first term in the House, j
J
Frank G. Johnson. Republican,
re-elected. Served in the House in
1947 and 1949.
Walno Hendrickson, Republican,
elected for his first term.
Andrew Hope, Democrat, re-elect
ed. Has served continuously in the
House since 1945.
J. S. MacKinnon, Republican, an
other newcomer to the Legislature
Vernon Metcalfe, Democrat, like
wise a freshman this year.
Amelia Gundersen, Democrat
serving her second session in the
Legislature in 1951.
Sfecond Division: W. W. Laws
Republican, is the only Second
Division representative who is mak
ing a return trip to Juneau in 1951,
He served in the House in 1947.
James Wells, Frank Degnan and
George Madsen, all Democrats and
all newcomers to the legislative
halls at Juneau.
Third Division: William Egan,
Democrat, re-elected, is the senior
member of the House in length of
service. His first session was in
1941 and he returned in 1943, 1947
and 1949.
Stanley J. McCutcheon, Demo
crat, re-elected. He served in the
House in 1943, 1945 and 1949 and
was Speaker in the latter session.
• Jack Conright, Democrat, re-el
| ected, will be making his second
j appearance In the Third Division
■ House delegation.
I Dr. C. A. Pollard, Democrat, re
elected and will be serving his
fourth term in the House.
C. C. Carlson, Democrat, re-el
ected, will serve his second term.
Wendell Kay and Jack Scaven
ius, Democrats, both newscomers
to the Legislature.
Fourth Division: George Misco
vich, Republican, re-elected and
will be serving his second term.
Glen D. Franklin, Democrat, re
elected and serving his second
term.
George Gasser and Mike Stepo
vich, both Republicans and both
elected for the first time.
Alden Wilbur, Republican, and
Thomas A. Jones, Democrat, are
in a tie for the fifth seat. Neither
has previously served in the Ter
ritorial Legislature.
NAVY PLANE
GOES CRASH;
SIX MEN DIE
PAGE, Okla., Nov. 15—<41—Six
men died in the crash of a Navy
plane on Rich mountain near this
little eastern Oklahoma town last
night.
The bodies—burned as was the
I plane—were found early today by a
crew of forest rangers.
Five lay in the wreckage of the
plane—which bore U.S. Navy mark- ;
ings—and one lay nearby.
At Shreveport, La., the Journal i
reported it was advised by the Vet- I
erans Administration that two of j
the dead were Shreveport men: E.
O. Phillips and William Q. Stroud.
Phillips was chief of the educa
tion training section of the Veterans
Administration at Shreveport and
Stroud was a supervisor in the same
office. Both were on military leave
and had left Shreveport for active
military duty two days ago.
The two-engined Navy SNB, the
same as an Air Force C-45, was en
route from Lincoln, Neb., Naval Air
Station to Barksdale, La., according I
to the Lowry Air Base flight service
at Denver.
ARC ENGINEER AT
VALDEZ COMING HERE
On temporary duty in the local
officee of the Alaska Road Com
mission, Merle Harding, materials
engineer in the Valdez district will
arrive possibly tomorrow on the
Pacific Northern Airways plane.
He was expected on today’s plane
which was cancelled out because of I
weather conditions.
Harding is coming to the Juneau
office to aid in the preparation anfl
plans for the Richardson Highway i
roadwork from Big Timber Lodge ■
to Paxons for the 1951 construction
season, ARC officials said.
FIRE BOMB
RAID TOLD
BY WRITER
Trip to Target Area Made
in Cold Wave-Strikes
Are Reported
(By O. HV. P. KING)
U. S. AIR FORCE BASE IN JAP
AN, Nov. 15—(*—A. fleet of 3C
Superforts today made a devastat.
ing fire ttomb raid on Hoeryong. big
railway city on the Manchuriar
border in northeast Korea.
This correspondent made the
trip to the target area in the
lead bomber.
Except for the cold—it was 2C
degrees below zero over the target
j but 40 degrees warmer inside the
pressurized cabin—it was an un
eventful trip.
The entire formation made its
bomb rim over the city of 450,000
population in 11 minutes.
No antiaircrat fire challenged
the bombers. There were no enemy
fighter planes although a report
had circulated that enemy jets
had been in that area.
The lead plane was piloted by
Capt. Vance W. McCollum of Okla
homa City.
| The bombs went away at about
three miles elevation. As the lead
plane moved away from the wreck
ed Communist city columns of
smoke boiled up through the haze.
Back at the base, MaJ. Oen. Em
mett O’Donnell Jr., Brooklyn, head
of the Far East Air Force Bomber
Command, praised his crews and
declared the Chinese Communists
"Haven’t got us worried.”
"It’s no child's play,” he said.
“We've had one airplane knocked
down and crewmen hit but these
guys (Chinese Communists) haven’t
got us worried.”
TELEPHONE
STRIKE IS
NOTBROKEN
■
Mass Pickets Stage Trouble
in Philadelphia, New
York-Lockoul Charge
(By the Associated Press)
Massed pickets struggled again
with Philadelphia police today as
they tried to block non-striking
telephone operators from reaching
their jobs in a Bell Telephone Com
pany exchange.
After five minutes of pushing and
shoving, police drove a wedge in
the picket line and about 15 workers
slipped into the building. Police sent
for reinforcements after the line
reformed and blocked other non
striking workers outside the build
ing.
The new flareup came as the par
tial coast-to-coast telephone strike
neared the end of its first 'week'
with tension mounting on picket j
lines.
The tension reflected the strike's I
Inconclusive effect on national!
phone service, the unbroken dead- j
lock at the bargaining table, and
the huge Bell System’s growing!
counter-measures against the walk
out.
In addition to the original issues
of pay and contract-duration, the
CIO Communications Workers of
America (CWA) now accuses the
company of a lockout and unfair j
labor practices. It also is contesting I
picketing injunctions in at least 10
states.
The company strongly denied the
lockout charge.
A company spokesman said long
distance service was normal today
in the 14 cities where long lines ex
:hanges are located. Local service
was described as slow in 40 to 45
:ommunlties.
FIRE-FALSE ALARM
There was plenty of smoke com
n« out of the chimnev of Jack
D'Connor's house on Sixth opposite j
It. Ann’s Hospital at 3:15 o’clock i
his afternoon and neighbors agreed
here was a fire and the alarm
1-6 resulted. Jack was just clean
ng out his furnace, that was all. <
HOERYONC IS
FIRE-BOMBED
BY30SUPERS
Commies Open Offensive
on Two Korean Fronfs
-Weather Severe
(By Associated Press)
In the air war on the Korean
front. 30 Superforts fire-bombed
Hoeryong in northeastern Korea.
This city of 450,000 on the Manchur
ian border is an important com
munications and supply front. It
was left a mass of smoke and
flames.
Communists opened an offensive
j on the central and far northeastern
front today driving back South Ko
reans near Tokchon and raiding
South Korean Capital Division lines
i 90 miles from the Soviet border.
I The Tokchon bulge is the biggest
! in the Allied defense line. The Com
munists began their attack in bat
talion strength Tuesday and con
tinued Wednesday mornjng. The of
fensive drove the Republic of Korea
(ROK) Eighth Division back four
miles. It withdrew to the south bank
of the Taedong river.
Away to the northeast, where the
Capital Division was creeping up to
ward the Soviet border over snow
filled and rough terrain, six tank
led North Korean assault battalions
tore five holes in the South Korean
lines. The U.S. 10th Corps said the
South Koreans counterattacked and
rep*trad their linea. The Red* con
tinued to attack fiercely but ground
was lost, an Allied spokesman said.
Cautious Headway
Elsewhere dh the frozen front.
United Nations forces made cautious
and slight headway due to severe
winter conditions. U.S. troops
reached the shores of North Korea’s
two largest reservoirs which produce
power also for Communist China’s
Manchuria.
U.S. Marines, wrapped in their
parkas, took Hagru at the southern
tip of Changjln reservoir without
opposition. The 31st Regiment of
the U.S. Seventh Division, hauling
supplies on sleds, attained the
northeastern shores of Pujon re
servoir.
Wartime Mystery
The great mystery of the northern
campaign was why had Communist
Chinese not put up a fight for these
two reservoirs. Defense of these two
vital dams earlier had been cited as
one possible reason why Chinese
Reds intervened on the side of
North Koreans.
The American troops are encount
ering the most bitter wartime
weather since the Aleutian cam
paign. It presents a major supply
problem in equipping front line
troops with adequate clothing.
FISHERIES BOARD MEET
GETS UNDER WAY HERE;
AIL MEMBERS ON DECK
All members of the Alaska Fisher
ies Board were present for a regular
fall meeting which opened this
morning in the offices of the Alaska
Department of Fisheries. Howard
Wakefield, Karl Brunstad, and Wil
liam Walton arrived yesterday from
Seattle via PAA; J. P. Valentine
came in yesterday from Ketchikan,
and Ira (Rocky) Rothwell, arrived
from Cordova two days ago.
Routine reports by members of
the fisheries staff were heard this
morning and continued through the
afternoon.
Tomorrow an open hearing on
recommendations for 1951 Alaska
fishing regulations will be held in
the ADF office. All interested per
sons are invited to attend.
WEATHER DELAYS
CHRISTMAS SHIP
FOR PRIBILOF ISLS.
The Pribllof Islands Christmas
ship Penguin II of the Fish and
Wildlife Service fleet had been de
ayed in the Wrangell Narrows dis
rict because of weather, but was
>n its way north again today, the
ocal FWS office was advised this
norning. Weather permitting the
;hip will make port in Juneau this
ivenlng.
FROM PELICAN
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Chase of Peli
an are stopping at the Baranof.