The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1945, Page 3

» TUESDAY AUGUST 28 | 945 DR, BAIN SEES NORMALCY FOR AlASKA MINING Former Mines Bureau Head Tells Alaskans "To Keep Shirts On” Fcllowing a month devoted to an econcmic survey of Alaska mining as HXL so great that they force a, very long-time investment. Also, qnuth | east Alaska terrain is not suited t distribution of electricity over ul\y great area, therefore concentration of users mist be obtained to make hydro-electric development profit- | able. On the question of oil, Dr. | Bain is “not discouraged” by the| failure, so far, to uncover important | oil deposits in Alaska. Dr. Bain is sure that Alaska, in) commen with the rest of the coun-1 try, will have to anticipate a shrink- age in wages, mainly through cutting { out of overtime. Many mines, he} said, can operate more profitably by dropping shifts and cutting output , clared his belief that Alaska gold than by continuing high produc- tion at overtime wages. Whether‘ that can be done at the Alaska Juneau mine, Dr. Bain does know. The AJ, he said, “the great exemplar of large scale, low cost mining.” | Dr. Bain thinks that many “pretty | good small and middle size mines”! are still waiting to be found in Alaska. He sees great pmsxmmnw‘ in the “wholly new prospecting tech-( nique” which has been developed in the Territory—embloying airplanes end power machinery right in the prespecting stage. “The lone pros- pector,” with a pick and shovel has Leen, he said, relegated to the role of “scout,” but is still important. With regard to specific mineral potentials at the present time, Dr. Bain sees a future for the war de- veloped quicksilver and tungsten production in Alaska, also for plat- num. ©n his trip through the Territory, Dr. Bain went to Anchorage, Fair- ‘banks, Nome and out to the Kobuk'! River sreas where asbestos and jade have been uncovered. Jade, he said, is a gem stone with little in- dustrial value. Much of its market depends on the cutting—with de-' sign and style important factors. There is now a “fad” in the country, he said, for colored stones, but develcpment of a secure market is very questionable and mustybe ap- proached with great care. From Ketchikan, Lr. Bati: will go| about back south to San Francisco and Los| | Angeles. He will then spend a! “couple of weeks” on his Nevada consultant to the U. S. Bureau of Mines, Dr. H. Foster Bain, mining cngineer of world-wide repute, left Juneau for Ketchikan Monday, af- wter spending the week end here. Direct from the field, Dr. Bain de- not mining, placer operations in partic- ular, will be back on its feet again as soon as men and equipment are available. “Keep your shirts on,” is his advice to Alaska gold miners. The one big question mark in the gold picture in Alaska, he fzels, is when the Alaska Juneau mine will again be in position to operate. The pre-war margin of the AJ was so narrow, he said, that higher labor costs will have definite influence on the mine’s future. | Dr. Bain stated his belief that, the price of gold aside, nearly all Alaska | diggings which were actually pro- ducing before the war will be able socn again to operate though not in all cases with the same profit. Those | mines that were “living on hopes not actualities” may not reopen. Their owners will likely be satisfied to pocket the receipts from the gov- ernment’s war requisition of their equipment and turn to other fields. The price of gold, Dr. Bain said, is now “‘purely politics” — it is not any longer considered from the cconomic viewpoint, therefor little, can be forecast concerning it. Ex- cept for the Alaska Juneau, Dr. Bain thinks that a year or two—probab-‘; ly next summer—will see Alaska| gold production just where it was before the war. Gold, however, is just one part of the play, he said. mental leading lady. Just as vital to, D. C. to the staging of a successful pro-| He regards his present work for duction are the stage hands and the Bureau of Mines as only cther lesser roles of mining. The terim work,” before returning to his| recognition and development of the “job”, as Mining Advisor to the| more commonplace fields of mining philippines Government. He took are what Alaska most neefls for a cver his Philippine post at the re- secure mining economy. He point- quest of the late Philippine Presi-| ed to local activities based on min- dent Manuel Quezon, following 23 erals, such as brick yards and lime years as Director of the U. S. Bur- “kilns as needed to support gold min- eau of Mines. ing at present—and replace it in the At the outbreak of the Pacific future. war, Dr. Bain was interned in San-| Most Alaskans, he said, are “try- to Tomas, by the Japanese, for, ing to walk too fast.” They are two years. He was liberated as an locking to see new large-scale de- exchange prisoner on the Grip- velopments — such as Kennecott. shelm, arriving back at New York Kennecott, he emphasized, was a after a two-month voyage via Indie. ) “bonanza body”, and as such is not Returning to the National Capital | likely to have a successor. |as consultant to the Bureau of | The road to a seclire mining in- Mines, Dr. Bain made a repcrt onj dustry in the Territory now lies in the Western Steel industry before “plugging at the little things,” de- coming to Alaska, clared Dr. Bain. Development of Not so fortunate as Dr. Bain was other minerals than gold will be “no a former Alaskan empluyed by the quick, easy job, but can be done in Philippine Government a% the be-. time.” At present the United States ginning of the war, George Miller. has’ large stockpiles of most of the Mr. Miller was first a mining in-! “strategic minerals” left over from spector, then operated coal mines the war. The country will need for the Philippine Commonwealth | zine right away, but Alaska produc- Government. With the U. 8. Army | tion costs are high and percentages Engineers. after Pearl Harbor, Mr. are no better than sources closer to Miller was on Bataan and suffered the market. Again, the price of the infamous “Death March.” Dr. silver is a determining factor in Bain learned that Mr. Miller later the production of zinc and lead as died of mistreatment and starvation the three minerals are commonly as a Japanese prisoner. found in companion. In general,| Dr. Bain, who was also, Secretary Alaska is faced with marketing prob-|of the American Institute of Min- ¥lems that are not encouraging, Dr. ing Engineers and head of the Amer-| Bain claimed. In particular is this ican Copper Institute, is not sure true of coal. He said he was sur- Whether he will again be able to visit prised at the low “switchboard costs” | Alaska, though he is very interested | of coal-generated power at Anchor-in the Territory. This is his third age and Fairbanks, but he does not Alaska trip look for any great extension of that | —— market for coal. Cecil John Rhodes, Lhe first and In Southeast Alaska, he feels, oil greatest of the African million- is the great competitor to coal gen- aires, went to South Africa for his eration. Hydro-electric capital costs health. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN DATA FOR 324 fIOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M,, 12TH MERIDIAN TIME Max. temp. | TODAY last | Lowest 4:30a.m. 24 hrs, 24 hrs* | femp. temp. Precip. | | “in- {1¢ Weather at 4:30 a.m. Pt. Cloudy Statfon Anchorage . * Barrow ... Bethel ... Cordova . Dawson ... Edmonton Fairbanks Hainles Juneau % Juneau Airport .. Ketchikan .. Kotzebue McGrath Nome . Northway Petersburg , Portland : Prince George i Prince Rupert .. San Francisco 5 Seattle e | Sitka i | ‘Whitehorse . | 32 34 Yakutat .. 46 48 '—(4.30 am. yesterday to 4 30 am. today) MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reporis trom Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today WIND Height of Waves Dir. and Vel. (Sea Condition) sSW 8 1 foot SW 12 1 foot SsW 20 3 feev Calm Smooth N 1 foot Lincoln Rock .Clear 51 NNW 5 Smooth Point Retreat . Pt. Cloudy 53 SSE 4 . Smooth MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA: Lynn Canal— southerly winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. Along coast—Dixon Entrance to Yakutat, westerly winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. Inside channels— variable winds mostly northwesterly less than 15 miles per hour. Variable cloudiness with locali showers, entire district. 62 43 49 36 27 55 47 55 45 60 43 ki 53 50 42 57 49 46 47 41 46 45 42 | 41 | 59 | 55 | | | 9 o0 15 45 Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy 49 Ram Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Rain Cloudy Drizzle Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy 7 48 43 46 41 44 42 59 t 53 51 53 51 Clear Fog Rain Pt. Cloudy Rain-Showers 55 54 54 0 Weather Temp. ...Clear 50 Pt. Cloudy 56 Pt. Cloudy 52 ...Cloudy 51 ...Pt. Cloudy 55 Station Cape Decision ... Cape Spencer ... Eldred Rock ... Five Finger Light . Guard Island .. 2 {information and {dent parents. It is the temper- ranch before returning to Washing- b |laboration. {trast to the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SOCIAL SECURITY ADDS IMPORTANCE WITH WAR ENDING| Director H. Wade Outlines| Four Programs of At- tack on Destitution With the Nation's Social Security| Act starting its second decads, Hugh! J. Wade, Director of the Sccial Se-| 3 office at Juneau, to-| day emphasized that social security provides programs of attack on desti- The offices from which ssistance rclated to n be ohtain-| | in Alaska. eacn of the programs ed were also listed by Mr. Wade. “At our office in Juneat 1e said, we issue social security account cards, help to straighten out any mistake that may be made in the wage 1ecords of workers es roported to the Board, give full information about old-age and survivors insur- urce and handi= claims ror benefits. The Social Secirity Braid main- tains only one office in Alaska “Thrcugh our Juneau office seven tvpes of moninly insurance bene-| fits are paid. On the retirement side, monthly benefirs are pa‘i to insured werkers who are 65, their wives at 65, and to any unmarried dependent children under 18. “To survivor monthly benefits are paid to widows of insured work- ers when they are 65 whether or not they have children; to widows re- gardless of age, who have unmarried dependent children under 18 in their care; to the dependent children; and, in cases where no wife or child under 18 survives a worker, to aged depen- | ‘Each month, also, there arve lump- sum benefit payments made to sur- vivors of workers who die without leaving relatives who are immed- iately entitled to monthly pflynm.(s.} Payment of a lump-sum does not affect in any way the person’s right to monthly benefits when he or she ecomes entitled to them. “These payments are not automat- ic,” Mr. Wade explained. “A claim must be filed in every instance. Alsco, claims are payable only when the worker has an insured status To learn how such < status is obtained or find out if this insurance fearure lof the Social Security Act applies to you, our office in Juneau,” he added, “will be glad to answer your questions.” All other programs, Mr. Wade ex- plained, are operated by the Terri- torial Government with Federal col- One of these is another insurance progragm. It provides un- employment compensation to work- ers in private industry or comrmerce who work for establishments with |one of more employees. | “This program,” he said, “is run by the Alaska Unemployment Com-i mission. The place to go to get in-; formation about these benefit pay-, more than 1,500 miles between New York or Chicago and Tokyo and Shanghai.” “Inside Route” Explaining their preference for the “Inside Route” for the Orient service, instead of via Seattle, the examiners said that the heavier mid-w population would increase travel between that area and Al- NORTHWEST MAY ENTER ON PACIFICE | do a considerable | amount of business with mail order PAA fo Ge' A fl(ho rage :zgse;‘du‘:m":e:.n the Middle West Termina|_Alaska Air_ mg that it had been testified that linestoGotoSeattle | much delay has been encounteres reason of the fact that | thorized | vice between | extend (Continued from Page One) following recommendations: Recommendations Listed 1—That Pan American’s certifi- cate be amended so as to extend its Central Pacific route (A) from Midway Island via Tokyo, Shang- hai, Hong Kong, and Bangkok, Thai- land, to Calcutta, India (B) from Manila via Singapore, to Batavia, {Java, Such amendments would be limited to a period of seven years. 2—That Pan American be au- to provide nonstop ser- Honolulu and Wake Island. 3—That Pan American's certifi- cate be amended to provide for service between Noumea and Syd- ney, Australia. Alaska Service 4—That a certificate be issued to Alaska Airlines, Inc., author- izing service from Anchorage via Juneau and Ketchikan, Alaska, to Seattle, Wash., subject to the con- dition that the line will not carry local traffic between Juneau and Ketchikan. 5—That Pan American’s three | certificates authorizing service be- tween Seattle and Fairbanks be consolidated into one certificate ' ve-designating Juneau and White- horse as intermediate points and naming Seattle and Fairbanks as' terminal points. Anchorage For PAA 6—That Pan American’s certifi- cate be amehded to inelude An- chorage as an intermediate point between Juneau and Fairbanks subject to the condition that local traffic between Anchorage and Fairbanks shall be carried only on ' ~ | that has been'tution, four of which are now active Lawrence J. Kosters also made the | Seattle | “Fact the public convenience and necessity require the establishment of a route between Alaska and the United States via the Chicago gate- way. While it is clear that such a route is required, the record will not support a finding that more than one service is needed.” In recommending an air route between Anchorage and Seattle, the examiners reported that “Seattle is the historical gateway to Alaska through which all passengers and freight destined for prior to the war.” “It is expected,” the report added, “that for some time in the future most of the traffic to Alaska will continue to move through the Seattle gateway.” | D SEATTLE NEWSWOMAN 1: IS VISITING IN JUNEAU GIVEN CLARENCE | Rosalia LrVeaux. private secre- tary to Edward P. Stone, Managing ,Editor of the Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer, and who, incidentally, newshound on various beats for the same publication, is in Juneau fice here today announced a 23-hour on a vacation, and while here is a guest at the Baranof. She in- tends to get local color for featurp articles on “Impressions of a Chee- ‘chnko.” | Monte Snow, wellknown former | Juneau man, is on the staff of the ‘Posc Intelligencer, and Miss Le- Vaux called on Posmaster Crystal Jenne, sister of Monte, and was extended a welcome to Juneau. HORRORS OF PEACE flights' originating or terminating at Seattle. 7—That Western Air Lines, Inc.'s certificate be amended so as to its present route 52 from Lethbridge, Canada, via Calgary, Canada, to Edmonton. . The examiners also recommended that the remainder of the 15 ap- plications involved in the case be denied. In recommending the North Pa- cific route, the examiners said. “The greatest advantage of a| North Pacific route over the exist- ing Central Pacific route is the saving in mileage between the United States and principal cemersI BEND, Ore.. - The Bend vuy ccuncil is thinking seriously today of reviving its ordinances prohibiting the use of six-shooters, rifles and sling-shots within the city limits. One official blames returning Pac- ific veterans and their Australian souvenirs for the council's newest headache. Only yesterday, Senator Smith reported to local police that a neighbor's son had struck mm \\mh a — boomerang! FA: Canadian oceqn shipping dates to the days of early European fishermen , who frequented the shores of Newfoundland and the Iiments is the United States Er\plov- of Asia, ranging from a few hun-|Maritime Provlnces ment Service office located in your {city. If you are an employer and have questions regarding the pay-‘ ment of the taxes, write directly to! the Unemployment Commission, at' Juneau.”. The two public assistance pro- |grams operated in Alaska are old-| age assistance and ald to dependent | children. Monthly cash payments are made to persons who qualify un- der the programs strictly on a basis of individual need. This is in con-| insurance prngrams where the payments are made as a| matter of right and without regard to individual need. To give information and help on old-age assistance and aid to de- pendent children, the Alaska De- partment of Public Welfare operates a district office in Juneau, Ketchi- kan, Fairbanks and Anchorage. “Information and services at all of these offices are free, and inquiries are welcome,” Mr. Wade said. i ATTENTION H M. S. “Messenger” for charter over Sunday and Labor Day. Leave | Juneau Saturday night. Can ac-| commodate seven. Call Green 715. (10,051-3t) HAIR STYLED by Experts WE SPECIALIZE in Waving Permanents Styling Shaping Baranof Beauty Salon OPEN EVENINGS BY . PHONE 538 dred miles between San Francisco and Shanghai and Hong Kong to' s s P R FAIRBANKS ANCHORAGE MKNEK Diax 1 xopiak 1. <«NEW LOW FARES-- 'JUNEAU to ANCHORAGE JUNEAU to NOME JUNEAU 1o BETHEL . . JUNEAU 1o McGRATH Corresponding Reductions to All Intermédiate Points commented, add- | the | goods have had to go by way of | of record are convincing Alaska passed is a; E"l!lh’c thl ads bring results! BARANOF HOTEL — PHONE 106 PRICES OF USED CARS | TAKEDROP | Follows Announcement that Price of 1945 Cars | Be About Same as ‘42 | i WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — The, high price of used cars finally has| broken—under pressure of the news that new cars soon will roll from| Detroit’s assembly lines. l The drop is not great. It averages | around $25 a car. But it is the, first sag away from ceiling prices | in three years. And dealers say the | decline will continue. | This disclosure came on the heels of OPA’s announcement that 1945 cars will come into the showrooms | at just about the same prices as in 1942, OPA Administrator Chester | Bowles said any general increase over 1942 ceilings was “most un- likely.” However, each manufac- turer is reckoning his own ceiling under a formula laid down by OPA, so some makes m'\y g0 lmlm. 24 HOURS NORE STRAIT FISHING, The Fish and Wildlife Service of- extension of commercial salmon fishing in the north section of Clar- | ence Straits. The extension delays' clesure of the area from tonight un- til 6 o’clock p. m, tomorrow. > A gale is a wind of considerable power, stronger than a breeze, but not severe enough to be called a storm. 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