The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” S— VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,632 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS e — JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947 i = S Seven Hundred Persons Perish; Ship Sinks jar with the entire aboriginal claims controversy. Tribal Rights Faulkner pointed particularly to references of claimed “possessory” and tribal rights as “private” pro- perty rights. Also, Curry had sign- ed the statement as “Attorney for the Towns of Angoon, Craig, Doug- las, Haines, Hoonah, Juneau, Kake, Klawock, Saxman, Sitka, Wrangell and Yakutat. The Chamber's wire | to Senator Butler refuted Curry's representation of the “Town of Ju- neau” and expressed doubt that lmj ‘,repx'esenls Wrangell and Sitka. IL‘ also stressed that all actual “pri-| { vate” property rights are fully pro-, | tected under the resolution and by i present law. Taking direct action to meet| paylkner declared the aboriginal| what is feit to be a crisis in the! laims matter, coupled with the' development of Alaska, the Juneau|Lemke (Veterans Homestead) BIill,| Chamber of Commerce today voted | now before Congress, is the most to send attorney Norman C. Ban-|important issue that has come be-| field to the National Capital t0 fore the Juneau Chamber “perhaps support actively the resolution now;mmvfl._n before the United States Senate| Issue which would unlock the timber re-| e gcknowledged that the Cham- sources of Southeast Alaska forliper has Leen criticized for not pre pulp and paper use. | viously being more active in sup So that Banfield will be in a Po- | porting the pulp legislation, JUNEAU PUTS UP FIGHT FOR TIMBER BILL Attorney Norman Banfield Goes fo Washington fo Present Facls Now At Head : but sition to speak not for the Juneau!gadqded that the moves of the Inter-' |large airports in Alaska for 2 ALASKA Bush Pilots AIRFIELDS Ruled Outby REQUESTED Order of CAA Pleas Are Made for Con-zAnorney John Hellenthal struction of Fields at An- | Announces Immediate 4 | "BAKER ASKS ALASKANS TO . BE PATIENT Steamship Head Gives Talk at Fairbanks - New R. R. Schedule FAIRBANKS, July 17 —P— Promises came in pairs yesterday to Alaskans, fretful over war-de- chorage, Fairbanks Appeal to Be Taken By CHARLES D. WATKINS | ANCHORAGE, Alaskg July 17— WASHINGTON, July 17. (P— @P—Atty. John Hellenthal said to- Government construction of two|day 18 non-scheduled Alaskan alr use i carriers would appeal a recent Civil|teriorated transportation service, Authority order noti-iwhen two leaders in services vital that unless they hold!to the Territory spoke of improve- of convenience nnd‘ments and better rates temporary authorization| “We don't do business anywhere of planes on international routes Aeronautics was urged upon the House Inter- | {ying them state and Foreign Commerce Com- | certificates mittee yesterday. necessity, Chamber only, but for the entire community, the City Council is to be asked also to endorse Banfield's appearance before the Congress and other Southeast Alaska com- munities will be given opportunity to have him speak likewise for them. The Chamber's vote at the week- ly noon luncheon meeting today endorsed a course of action inau- ior Department have been so con-| | fusing thav it has been difficult to' i know where support should be giv-| | en. Now, however, the matter has| 'come to a head. Action now is es- ! sential. | | Text of the wire sent last night' ‘b_y the Executive Board, to Senator | Butler, reads: I “Reference Indian statement page 8740, Congressional Record, July gurated last evening by the Cham- |19 our opinion no points raised | ber's Executive Board are hased on facts and comments on; In view of what attorney H. L"p:u'agraphs following. ‘ Faulkner called “misstatements” ap-| «1_Circuit Court of Appeals has| pearing in the Congressional Re-:ryleq that Indians possess individ- cord over the signatures of the’ya) rights but no aboriginal tribal' four Southeast Alaska Indian|rights and all individuals and gov- spokesmen who recently testified ' eynment agencies recognize these on the matter before Congress, al-| jndividual rights without question to s0 in view of the short time re-|jands which are acthally used by’ maining in which to secure enact- | these Indians, but no tribal rights ment ol the legislation before Con-'nave been recognized as these In- gress adjourns, one week from Sat-gians were not organized in tribes urday, the Executive Board decid-{pyt into clans within each race or, ed that it is imperative to have'jaree family group. Under SJR 118 on the ground in Washington Nnow these individual rights will receive a man familiar with the background | full protection. Hearings Depart- of the entire aboriginal claiths mat- i ment Interior held was for purpose ter. Banfield who is now in Port- of getermining whether Indians had land, Oregon, was wired by the possessory rights and results inde- Executive Board last evening and |terminate until Secretary Ickes ar- agreed to leave for Washington, D.| pitrarily made determination not C. tomorrow morning. 1in accordance with facts brought Refute Misstatements :Dut in hearings. | The Executive Board also moved | 3 to refute the misstatements contain- | ed in the Indians’ statement in a! “2—No encroachment on private wire dispatched last night to Sen- property involved as all Indian ator Hugh Butler, Chairman of the j property will be serupulously pro- Committee on Public Lands of the | tected. Senate. That committee now has he-l “3—Circuit Court of Appeals has fore it Scnate Joint Resolution 118, .ruled that no aboriginal rights ex- helieved to be practically xdcnucnl:ist and this decision superior to with House Joint Resolution 205,;that cf Mr. Ickes. No Encroaciimen: J Alaskans, Civil Aeronautics of- /or an exempted order from the'else and we value the Alaskan ficials and Interior Dcpa,~1n|g,.L!CAA they could no longer be grant-!business,” said L. W. Baker, Gen- spokesmen and commercial air- ed operators’ licenses. eral Manager of the Alaska lines testified for two bills be-: A total of 45 operators were af-/Steamship Company, who came fore the committee. \fected by the order, Hellenthal here with a view to reopening the One would appropriate $5,000,000 said, but only the 18 had been Alaska Line’s local office, aban- for a large airport at Fairbanks | notified to date doned during the war. and the other $8,000000 for an| o R He asked Alaskans to, “be pat- international airport which wit-, lient a little longer—give the com- ness said would have to be located I pany credit for enough common at Anchorage. ! |sense to take an interest in reduc- Witnesses testified that army! ling rates and improving service.” airports near the two cities had' He called the new rate struc- made useless the existing munic- : El ture set up under the Maritime ipal airports because they are in' Commission an interim operation the pattern of the army llelds.‘ plan and said it was “only an They said that because of this the | experiment If we find it's too government was obligated to con-| high shouldn't we be expected to TOMARSHALL struct the airports, and Alaskan| take the initiative in reducing witnesses said the government| {‘It" p should maintain and operate | S ey | At the same time Col. John P. them. 'GOVEmOTS EX ress Fa”h Jobnson, manager of the Alaska Neither city is financially able p Railroad, said a special survey S r ! H # {toard headed by former Maj. Gen. to construct, operate or maintain | in Se(re‘arys Plans !CTx-l gy y_u".) wm‘tim‘t;‘ L such expensive airports as are: ky 3 # A needed, the Alaskans said. H of he rmy ailway ervice James M. Landis, chairman ox‘! ’0 cer'am Ex'en' { Board, would arrive next week. It {will check on the necessity of a SALT LAKE CITY, July 17— projected $34,000,000 Alaska Rail- —Secretary of State Marshall had road rehabilitation program. John- the Civil Aeronautics Board and: co-chairman of the Air Coordinat-| ing Committee, said in a letter; o to the -committee, it Had been @ vote of “faith and confidence” {son .also announced plans.to in- estimated 75 percent of air travel [from the nation’s governors lodaypaugwrate a new streamliner service to the Orient will pass through!but he lacked any specific approv- | between Anchorage and Fairbanks Alaska. He said the War Depart- al of his plan for thei economic|in mid-August. ment, which has permitted rebuilding of Europe ——————— Turning to a day's play afte jan planes to land at Ladd Field' Tt I / after| near Fairbanks and Elmendorf [ending their business sescions, the Goonwlll pARIY Field near Anchorage, had re- BOVernors generally interpreted al reasons foreign policy resolution which| FROM IA(OMA civil- stricted that privilege for of national security. \they had adopted as a reiteration ' of the Air of their faith in the workability | Three World Circling Hops Planned; Will Cross Alaska | = Y NEW YORK, July 17— Pre- ADMI"ISIRAI'ON parations for three world circling flights, two of them in Cub planes, were - HALF VA FUNDS @ | record, being made today, and the an attempt at a solo speed from Chicago. | S'I‘A'I‘ES REPORI Cne flight, in a single engine | Cub plane, is to be non-stop. Ted Thompson, 35, of Belle The Regional Office of the Vet- Glade, Fla. and Hunter C. Moody, | lerans Administration paid out| 35, Decatur, IlL, plan to take off. i51‘035,53745 during the past fiscal from New York about August 15. Iyear according to its annual re-| Thompson's refueling would be Iport submitted to the Governor’s dccomplished in the air by pick- office. Of this sum, $302384.15 ing up five gallon plastic cans of! went for disability compensation |fuel. 100 gallons at a time, with a payments, $134,245.54 was for sub- Secial device they patented, sim- sistence allowance, $4,800 for three iar to that used by mail pickup automobiles to disabled, veterans, Planes. | and the balance of $594,207.76 was Their 20,762 mile route will be |charged to administrative expen- Via Gander, Newfoundland; Shan-! sy non, Eire, Athenio, the Aleutians,| Administrative expenses were re- and Alaska, and would take about 10 days. H |ported as including salaries, as \well as payments to training in-| In Chicago, ~ Capt. ~ William| | stitutions, ~ participating doctors,|©dom. of the Reynolds Bomtshell, Identists and contract hospitals. |Who laist April piloted the con- | Erest E. Lincoln, Regional verted B-26 around the world with | Manager, reported that the VA|Milton Reynolds, Chicago pen made 27540 contacts with veter-|Manufacturer, as navigator, and ans during the year. He said thay|Tex Sallee as flight engineer, personnel had increased from 25|Prepared for an August 1 solo: to 70 for the VA in the Territory.|flight. Franklin Lamb, President of the | Reynolds Pen Co., said the flight| would be an to cut ln: He pointed out that the expansion| lof contact activities resulted in the rendition of service to many Al- attempt i aska veterans who were ignorant|Dalf Wiley Post’s 1933 record of | lof the benefits due to them. This 187 hours. Lamb announced the! was especially true, he said, in the!f!ight plan routed the plane! case of Native veterans. through Gander, Paris, Cairo, | Few Loans Made Karachi, Calcutti, Shanghai, To-| kyo, Anchorage, Alaska; and back' to Chicago. { The second flight planned from ! New York involved a pair of Cub! planes and the two pilots, ClIf; Evans,” 26, of Washington, D. C, and George W. Truman, 39, of Los Angeles, announced a more lels- urely schedule for their two little planes of from 30 to 40 days. The VA also reported that only 47 home loans and 20 business| loans were made in Alaska under the provisions of the GI loan guarantees. Lincoln said: “The/ Loan Guaranty program has been considerably hampered in the! {Territory due to several factors,! the. most important of which is| ‘the prevailing rate of interest for ‘normal loans on homes and busi-/ !nesses.” He also said that “in’ ‘addition, inflationary prices on homes and businesses in the Ter-/ ritory have further deterred the' program.” Only 7 veterans received the benefits of the on-the-job train-| (ing program. Lincoln said that] Greenland, Iceland, the Isles, Europe, North Africa, Indla,: Burma, China, Japan, the Aleut-, jans, and Alaska. Each plane| would carry sufficient fuel for' about 26 hours flight, they said.| ‘The longest over-water flight fac- They plan to take off next week from New York, passing throu h‘ nrm:n?“’ $100,000 at léast.” VESSEL SUNK BY 2 WAVES INMONSOON Dead Includes Both Pas- sengers, Crewmen- 15 fo 20 Rescued BOMBAY, July 17.—(#—The coas- tal steamship Ramdas sank today in a monsoon storm 11 miles south of Bombay and a Bombay shipping ex- ecutive sald nearly 756 persons per- ished. C. A. Buch, General Manager of the Bombay Steam Navigation Company who assisted in rescue work, said “not more than 15 to 20 persons have been saved.” The dead included both passengers and crewmen. Survivors reported that. “two tre- mendous waves" capsized the Ram- das, Bush said. The vessel, of about 400 tons, was making her regular daily trip to the fishing village of Rewas, 13 miles south of Bombay, when she went under. B 5075 S FIREMAN KILLED, 3 AR INJURED IN OANLAND BLAZE OAKLAND, Calif., —One three others injured early today, in a blaze that swept a Hhalf-block in West Oakland's warehouse arvea before being brought under con- B I Assistant Fire Chief -Manning Basch- said damage would amount Owners = of property ‘consumed by the' flames said the loss would run much higher. Fireman Louis Cetraro, 27, was killed. Spectators said they saw him fall into a Lurning building July 17—» which last week was approved by the House of Representatives. The entire action of the Execu- tive Board was approved today by the full Chamber, after Faulkner had outlined the most recent de- velopments in the matter. The at- ; “4—Pulp ccmpanies interested in ientering Alaskan field have stated ‘that they feel HJR as passed by House would give ample protectjon. ; “5—Circuit Court of Appeals de- cision based on Treaty Cession with Russia and should be fairly conclu-, Y s the inion Co(}:dl:mung ([:)é)mmhtec that the of the bipartisan international | |this program was scriously hamp-|¢d 1s the 1850 mile hop from|When the roof collapsed. His federal government, with least policy. Icred by the ceilings placed on sub-|Japan to the Aleutians. body Wa:‘?_l_’tflwel'ed- possible delay,” Landis said,i But despite a personal plea by | i sistence allowances by Congress' - - - “should provide the separate air- gflal‘fihflil in‘hfl rMUé\d%;\; mSIhO\‘ ad-} poccutives and members of the;last A\;guszto'(" ‘He said: “The cefl‘:l ; orts. at Anchorage and Fairbanks|dress for their backing for “a = k |ings of § or all intents and, 3 “Ew MEMBERS lfvnich are essenn; to the develop- course of action fully C”'lbisl(‘l“{g‘fn‘,c:u m;r::mbzxm;rb“for?:m&c‘:‘purpmes prevented Alaska veter-‘MIlITARY | ment of the United States lmer-‘Wilh our own national interests| xo .p . e g .. 'ans from participating as these) ] Sl _ b ? 1§ AT Clairport this afternoon to greet I, WS { A national avigtion in the northwest and yet equally considerate of the y.vo.’ vo pawcett and his Ta- ceilings were not high enough to ! and to the development of these incalcuable stake which this coun-| o m fog oo “or 15 busi- llow a minimum living wage.” ] two vital centers of our Alaskan U1y has in mel Pl:?her"'r'fl‘li("l_ of | essmien. | Lincoln also mentioned that, | WASHINGTON, July 17— Territory.” : «Bneopeay eivilisaion. it he reso-| e oroup was to be taken on|YaPld and cefficient medical care | Presidant RiBas Bas’ namat St Robert B. Atwood, eduux'- and lution avoided any reference tol .00 Mendennall Glacier | Wa5 provided for the first tm.-m to! lert N, Demham of Maryland to' be publisher of the Anch_omge Times, Europe. A e land Auk Lake, then into Ju“cau'!vewrans_residlng in the Tenn.ury.j OF Y general - counsel of the National Fred W. Axford, President of the: A | A cocktail party, given by the| is care included arrangcmemfi- !Labor Relations Board. Anchorage Chamber of Commer_ce. (Tacoma group for the Juneau ' With _pnvatc hospitals for hed.s‘ | Denham, a republican, was ap- and A. H. Nordale, Mayor of Fair- NEw MEIHODIS’I’ Chammber, 15 %o be held at the|and with private doctors for medi- | B Bk banks, told the committee they, | Baranof Hotel at 5 o'clock this]C8! attention. "bers of the Board, which 'is ex- - - — 'Army, Navy Plans Outlin- ipanded under the new Taft-Hart- torney said the statement of the ! sive as to government protection as four Indians—inserted in the Re-!we must depend on our Courts for cord at the request of SenatSrdetermination of rights under Con- Thomas of Oklahoma and signed stitution. also by N. B. Johnson, Judge of Not Indian Named the Distr.ct Court of Oklahoma | “6—No iair play is involved and and President of the National Con-lany recognition of Indian rights gress of American Indians, and by |not based on Court decisions would James E. Curry, counsel retained!bke giving valuable rights to onei favored government construction, | afternoon. operation and maintenance of the | BISHOP ' AM I R e A Tl 'DEWEY STARTING ON ed in Legislation Pro- | posed to Congress i by the Indians—could easily con- fuse Congressmen not fully famil- group of full citizens at expense of all other citizens as these extensive two fields. They said their ecities . did not have the tax revenue to, FOR AlASKA AREASIRIKE IHREAT meet the expense. i —— - 1 & ! DES MOINES, July 17—®-! 0" RA“.ROADS Methodist Bishop Francis J. Mc-| SAN FKRANCISCO, July 17.—(@— H.Freeman Maffhews xcicis, miicr mnc 0. el sax ancisco suy 11 e Is Nominafed fo THIRD LEG OF TRIP SALT LAKE CITY, July 17.—-P |—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, WASHINGTON, July 17—P— Army and Navy plans to train | 10 his 850,000 teen-age youths annually it Ition of the 570 churches of “_""lhood of Locomotive Engineers at 6 Portland, Ore., area, Bishop Wil-|;y Monday hung today over the lands under consideration have vev- | er been recognizd as Indian owned.! “7—These lands have never con- ' tributed to Indian livelihood ex-; cept for hunting and berry pick-| ing by individuals and these privil-' eges are enjoyed by all citizens which includes Indians. Pulp de-! B - velopment would provide oppor- | WASHINGTON. Republican | tynity for long season work, ten leaders hushed it up, but seldom!months or more per year, for In- has so much oratorical vitriol been | gians along with whites and make poured forth in a session of thelthem much more self-sustaining | GOP Policy Committee #s Was|than any reservation idea possibly | heaped on the head of fellow-Re-| could. Indians here enjoy all rights publican Bill Langer of North Da-|enjoyed by whites and will continue ! kota last week for snafuing the to do so. Pulp sales will provide probe . of the Kansas City vote|only means for Indians to become| scandal. self supporting through own efforts The two Republican Senators|and do much to remove inferiority | from Missouri were especially vit-1of race in economic struggle as| riclic. Bricker of Ohio ranted and!fishing is short seasonal occupa- raved. But all they succeeded in | tion and gradually producing less ! doing was to make the tempestu-!income for them. Estimated 25,000,- ! The W,ashingioni Merry - Go- Round| By DREW PHARSON e bur E. Hammaker, Denver, Pres- pagcific lines of the Southern Paci- M““s'er 'o Sweden f;iem of Bishops of the Western e one of the naticn’s major rail- I urisdiction, announced today. | ways. Bishop McConnell, who prior 0/ “gniess 19 of 74 demands for revi- WASHINGTON, July 17— |his retitement in 1944 was for 16/ jone of working rules are met be- H. Freeman Matthews of Mary-|years resident bishop of the New (oo the deadline, the union said, land was nominated today by President Truman to be minister |hop Bruce R. Baxter. to Sweden. The territory which Bishop Mc- Matthews, a Foreign Service of-{Connell will supervise includes ficer, is now director of European|Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Affairs for the State DepartmentjAlaska. with the rank of career minister. | TR He accompanied President Tru- FA R ANK man to Potsdam for the “Big{ I B MA“ IS Three” meeting there and has long | been a consultant on European HElD I" WASH oN | matters. - —_— e — s A - FORGERY CHARGE STOCK QUOTATIONS PORT ORCHARD, Wash., July 17—»—William F. Boldt has been |picked up by sheriff's officers at Naval over the major portion of the com- |pany’s 16,000 miles of track. Governors Pass { NEW YORK, July 17.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5', American Can SALT LAKE CITY, July 17— iYork area, succeeds the late Bis- is 3500 members will halt traffic| For Statehood for Alaska At Salf Lake Conference ous, cigar-chewing North Dakotan madder than usual. Langer, one of the most inde- pendent voters in the Senate, nev- er hesitates to thumb his nose at the Republican leaders who once, tried to prevent him from taking his Senate seat. Once prosecuted by the Justice Department on a political charge when he was Gov- 1000,000 feet of timber on 1600,000! acres under consideration. Curry’sj lrepresentanon shown Congressional 1 Record, July 10, that he represents Town of Juneau is misleading. He does not represent Town of Juneau and we are fairly certain he does not represent any organization \n‘. Alaska except perhaps some Indian | group. Please insert this telegram in Congressional Record.” 92, Anaconda 37%, Curtiss-Wright %, International Harvester 89, Kennecott 46%, New York: Central 16%, Steel 74, Pound $4.02%. Sales today were 1,110,000 shares. Averages today were s follows: industrials 183.84, rails 4927, util-! ities 35.54. Stocks declined irregularly today Northern Pacific 20, U. S.| the Bangor Magazine 9be held for the U. 8. Marshal at { Fairbanks, Alaska, on a charge of forgery. { Boldt was working as a carpen- (ter at Bangor when the sheriff’s | officers located him and he is be- 'ing held in the county jail here for further instructions from Fair- banks. No details of the forgery charge were available here so the ernor of North Dakota, Langer 1 | : ifor the third consecutive day. A amounts and descripti f the -1 3 v | ption o gonbends that a lot of ?n(lh' pol { The Chamber's vote to hmellnte fally by Chrysler failed to at-lcase ey o ey itics can creep into a vote inves-|panfield appear for Juneau Wwas; to —Following is the text of a resolu-|low-citizens of adopted by urging the governors’ statehood for tion conference Alaska: “The people of Alaska have at the ballot box expressed their de- sire to achieve statehood. Alaska is one of the two incorporated territories of the United States which statehood, following Ameri- can tradition and precedent, is clearly indicated as their destiny. “Alaska has been under the American flag for eighty years and has therefore undergone a period ! Presidential stock obviously boost- COngress approved universal mili-, ed during the National Governors' 'ary training legislation were out- | Conference, leaves tonight on the lined !third leg of his vacation-political Services subcommittee. tour of the west. The leadoff witness for the The New York chief executive Armwed Forces, Lt. Gen. Lawton |will confer with Republican lead- COllins, emphasized that the Army ! ers of Montana, Idaho and Wyo- Would approach the program from ming during a week's sight-seeing, ® 'Strictly military” standpoint. tour of Yellowstone National Park| IHe estimated that every year and nearby scenic meccas. 11,200,000 youths attain the age of LS b 2 <eee— |18, the minimum for training un-l R‘ I '. |der the proposed law which the| to a House Armed: today |committee is considering. Of these, (he said, statistics indicate that 1200000 'would be unsuitable for| | military training and 150,000 would volunteer in the Army or| the Navy. Of the remaining 850,000, he |said, the Army would train 618,000 land the Navy 232,000. Trainees | would be given the option, within {limits, of taking their six-months training course in the Army ground! lor air forces, the Navy or thej | Marine Corps. merely| o rogent plans call for quarterly, ;’lnduccion schedules. 1 ! ————— ROOF “The expressed wish of our fel- Alaska is {for the fulfillment of the moder- |ate understandable, traditional and | legitimate aspiration to achieve full equality and responsibility in; |the family of states and for self-| government according to the estab- lished American pattern. FIRE ' A 1-7 iire alarm brought the Ju-, neau Volunteer Fire Department | lout at 7:40 p.m., yesterday to thel| {Chiet Johnson house at the rear of ! (411 South Franklin. The fire was| |a small roof blaze and was put out | “Therefore, ‘the Governors' Con- ference hereby expresses its sym- | pathy with the recorded desire for {lican, the President said statehood of the people of Alaska, and endorses the passage of | suitable legislation by the Con- immediately with small loss. ——————— RED CROSS WORKER HERE Helen Cass of the American Red | ley Labor Law. They are Abe Murdock, form- er Democratic Senator from Utah and J. Copeland Gray of Buffalo, New York. President Truman, in response a news conference question, said the three men are in sym- pathy with the Taft-Hartley law which Congress enacted over his veto. Denham succeeds Gerhard P. \Van Arkel, who resigned as gen- eral counsel of the NLRB yester- day predicting that unions will “boycott” the board. Mr. Truman named the board members at his weekly news con- ference. He disclosed he was reappoint- ing the three present memters of the board for new terms with Paul Herzog as chairman. The other two members are John Houston and James Reynolds. Gray, like Denham, is a Repub- STEAMER MOVEMENTS Northern Voyager, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive Saturday. Princess Louise, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive Saturday after- noon or evening. Clove Hitch scheduled from Seattle Priday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle 10 a.m, Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled, to sail from Vancouver 9 p.m. Saturday. Alaska scheduled to sail {from Se- attle July 22, to sail Aleutian, from west, scheduled southbound Sunday. —— - + BSP LUNCHEON There will not be a luncheon tract buying attention. General Mo- 3. s tigation. He even states in his Seu"fonnwed by President Simpson | v ks per: ever to be - ! i . B. Crewson, veteran Alaskan he1s°the’ *only yop Charies W, Casier; Waino Hen [ fractionally. Rails were irregular.| travelling man, is a guest at the arrested in an English-speaking (Continued on Page Four) !drickson and Harold B. Foss as a| (Cm;fi;u;rd_nn Page Five) I \ to sway prices, T __ | There was nothing in today's news ' Gastineau Hotel. His home is i1 Seattle, of preparation and tutelage far|Bress to achieve that end.” longer than that of most territor- ies, before they achieved state- hood. | The conference adopted a simil-|Cross is at the Baranof Hotel. She ar resolution urging statehood for| came in via Pacific Northern Air- Hawail, |lines from Anchorage, ) imuflnl of Beta Sigma Phi Soror- ity qn Saturday. The next lunch- eon will be August 9. fireman . was killed and .