The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 3, 1945, Page 2

Kenneth PAGE TWO n, Deputy Com- FLETCHER HANDS i | ROTARYGAVELTO (i e KE"HAHN TODAY apRives; 10 GIVE PERFORMANCE TODAY No. 491, arrived in via Alaska Air- and will present meeting of the # Juneau Rotary Club held in the Bar- anof Hotel this mnoon, out-going o ! Prosident Jack Fletcher handed the * gavel and title to e-President E. L. Keithahn, who is President pro- tem for Herb Hillerman during the latter's vacation At the weekly USO troug Juneau yesterday, lines, from Yakutat the w this afternoon at 4:15 c'clock in the 20th Century Theatre to which every servicemen and civilians, invited elected and installed offi- e cars for the ensuing year are as Members of fcllows: Pre Herb Hillerman; | g ow ave: Kl Vice-Preside ard L. Keith- A ahn; Secret John Young; Assis- | @ tant Secret n r 2 Ihis troupe has at Arms Albutiati Directors: K. G C Jo B Adams, Jack Flet , Hillerman Newly Moods” Alice willard this “Melodic anor Weller, Kloer 1 Vladimir Elin just and returned will leave - - IRWIN TRACT SOLD SALMON PACKERS FACE CRIPPLING LABOR SHORTAGE WMC fo Carll on Residents| fo Make Up Deficit of | Quiside Workers | Territorial Director ion, t A. A. Hedges, “for the War Manpower Commis returned from trip to the Wi ward and the Interior that followes almost immediately his attendance at a State WMC Directors meeting held at Portland, Oregon, today dis-| cussed problems confronting the Alaska Canned Salmon Industry in| curing labor to assist in putting| up this year's pack A shortage of workers to 700 non-resident man the can- he de- | Commis | tified ~|riding having been attacked by an THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA KING SALMON waies gt ARE FLOWN HITNG FOIS I ¢ o Y DA PLATINUM REGION Warning of rabies prevalent among foxes in the Goodnews Bay | district has been received here by ' A giant Alaska king salmon fresh 1 of Ketchikan, was Shers e Pan American the Fish and Wildlife Service from 1 the waters Alaska, S. v Seattle by Marie Harwood te: and presented to Gov. Mon in which she W n yesterday in celebra- first commercial lan vice connec y Ketchikan ditions, and the groundwork that must be laid for postwar reopening of mines, is laid before those who evolve the control policies. Platinum, ioner to a car apparently diseased fox. nited Stat Harwood has forwarded two reports of animals seemingly stricken with the dire malady in that section to Game Management Supervisor Jack O'Connor here. She recounted one i on which a fox first (]Il‘nbl'(l on the running board of her automobile, Com of chikan’s world- industry—salmon packing— fish was a gift from Gov. irucning of Alaska. g in Seattle five hours af- placed aboard a plane at n, the salmon was trans- Olympia and presented to the air link between thesz two cities Ketchikan was Ala: cit B y Pan Amer- jcan Clipper on July 1, and will be nected with Seattle by 16 round weekly. HEAVY THINKING CLYMPIA, Wash,, July Wallgren was doing some thinking about presents today, to send Gov. Alaska. Wallgren yi Gruening, v 3.—~Gov. heavy erday received from Pan American’s a 2J-pound Alaska king salmon. “Cenfidentially,” the Governor told Stewardess Genevieve Codd, “we usa such minnows down here bait, but don’t tell Ernest I.said Wailgren caid today he may spend his vacation on a boat cruise to visit Governor Gruening later this month. FOR WANT OF PLUG added to the other | what White House tos Ernest Gruening of retirement of H Refires WASHINGTON, July Government service. Hopkins, House scene, ‘White nation came preparing for his first cont Mr. would as Mr. a figure on the told President first air express delivery from Alaska Truman he had to relinquish his | post because of ill health. The resig-| Truman was, Three | Big iman had hoped Hopkins | able to accompany him ———————— RECORD HERRING SEASON SEEN IN SOUTHEAST AR 3.—The| ay announced the| arry Hopkins from | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1945 { ibundance surveys of the herring ind salmon runs in Alaska, came kers ' following investigations in Chatham Straits. He plans to con- inue his surveys out to Kodiak and Bristol Bay. He pointed out that the previous seascn closures have had an ex- llent effect on the herring f'sher- ies, testified by the present remark- ably fine condition of the run. 'STRIKERS DEFY ORDERS OF WLB NEW YORK, July 3.—A War La- bor order for striking newspaper deliverymen to return to work went | unheeded at press time today for | early editions of afterncon papers. Pickets tcok their places outside the offices of the Sun, World-Tele- | gram, Journal-American and Post as ‘the strike of 1,700 members of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers | Union. (Independent) went into an- jother day. nerie; confronts the industry, |then when unable that way to get clarec I little outlook for itSiat the occupants, the animal jump- partially met I cq yp on the motor hood of the cd. The non-resl-| ;moying vehicle and tried to break \imon were also sent to Mayor e in addition tyyough the windshield, the occur- | william F. Devin of Seattle, from the WMC| yonce took place last week. yor R. C. Pedersen of Ketchi- turning in| " rpe animals, she reported, dash re Scattle Chamber of ruit suffi-1 041y about, snapping at trees and from the Ketchikan rocks in their frenzy. of Commerce, in honor of has completed remaining portions of 1 ct here, from Mrs, | being Irwin, who is now living time to do any g The property consists ¢ent & needed tely 2 to lecal workers to \\l\un north of Twelfth Street concerted attempt to re - s ient labor to meet the o ; minimum nec lven with maxi- DECATUR, 1ll Pu.llv:‘ Chief H m results from the drive to staff — L Schepper has banned abbreviated tr 1erk with Alaska residents,| oy on’ HUSERt L eRn anticipated that a portion of| packing operations will have to be Jensen valleren by Pan American . ) ks o The WLB had ordered the men to return to work today or show cause temorrow in Washington why tiy strike should nct be terminated. Dominick Alvina, the (aion’s bus- iness representative, said the men | had no intention of going back to making Werk under present arrangements.” Soutk Alaska is having its best Romula ceason o ) record in herring fish 100 feet jes, according to E. H. Dahlgren, the out- h and Wildlife Service Biologist, skirts of Gallup but it burned to who arrived here last night aboard the ground while firemen laid hose |the F&WL vessel Heron, Captain to the nearest fire plug, blocks dis- | Earl J. Conkle. tant. Th2 biclogist, LLUP, N. M. — Mrs. Casias’s home was only from acity reservoir on % f the Club, to wh more ¥ Jack Fletcher first cam The praise given to Flecher in Hler's speech was more than backed % up by the rousing hanc n him the % by the members upon his receipt of lying $the Past - President’s recognition % pin. { Guests at this me " E. Davis, War Lal who s S e Board Repre- SRIRIN . . .. 1 attributed the dearth f -T ent canr workers— | mcstly inos who regul: north for the fishing season—par- to a late asparagus crop in San Juaquin, Valley area of Cali- | share of the Out-| staff Alaska’s can-! the busy season are 10 go with thos ecruited from among -f-) L O U ») E N th f”v l‘.m carlier harvest the aspar-| - agus, he declared i All Wool People of JUNEAU - DOUGLAS Qv Cvota in Hhe 71 Br Loanw /s on Interior trip, Mr. Hedges | ccnsulted in both Anchor and | Fairbanks with those affected by y Y tke ar ced lifting of the sus- Brown, Gra; pension » on gold mines. At Plaids. Fairbanks, he discussed the effects f the order on Alaska mines with ington, equipment dealer ed from the man Stines, Al Anderson, for the Alaska and Territorial H2 and cared before the of Commerce of their views lifting of the ban. | At fr Fairbanks meeting, a draft was made of a cooperative plan to sccure a relaxation of con- trels now existant concerning refer-| s to mines. = The pro- been referred to National! pelicy-making officials of the War Manpower Commission and other stabilization agencie: | Two bans now are in effect in con- nection with which no easing can e locked fer. Numbe: One of! these is that no workers may be hir- ed from outside the Territory. Sec-| cndly, no workers may be diverted | from employment in essential indus-| Itrizs. | With the exception of these two| restrictions, it is possible, Mr.| Hedges stated, that mines may ob-| tain some relief for their manpower | problems when a view of Alaska con- al and a f Were $8.50 NOW $3.95 Secretary ssociation $225,000 in “&”” Bonds and Is $45,000 Short! GABARDINE Assorted Colors $1.95 10 $2.35 OPEN MONDAY EVENINGS gram “it’s the Nicest Store in Town” Baranof Hotel Building o3 | MEETING CHURCH OF CHRIST Sermon Topics for July 3-6 Tuesday—*“By What Authority?” of the Can we make it 2 We'll tell the world we can ! oEs that figure sound big, neighbor? Well, those Super- forts that are plastering Japan are big—and cost plenty. Battleships are big—and cost millions. The job our fighting men are doing is big—and the cost is staggering. ; So, of course, our job is big. 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