The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALl THE TIME” e VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,806 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MON DAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ICEFLOOD OHIO RIVER; GORGE FORMS Tied-up Shipping, Valued | at Millions of Dollars, Is Endangered CINCINNATI, Feb. 9—P— The Ohio River rose three and a half feet between 5 and 8:30 a. m. to- day 2s a mass of packed ice broke loose at dam OXV. Lecated at Coney Island just above Cincinnati, the ice moved INTERIOR DEPT. f SELLS PRODUCTS, PUBLIC DOMAIN WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.(#—The Interior Department today went into the business of selling sand, gravel, cactus, yucca, mesquite and other assorted products of the pub- lic domain. | Persons who want to buy in lots of $1,000 or less must pay cash, but in some cases may not even have to enter a bid For materials valued at more than $1,000, sealed bids will be re- quired and a bond ot not less than 10 percent of the contract price must be provided Congress passed general legisla- tion last July authorizing sale of common types of natural re- sources from public lands. slowly down stream, endangering gecretary of the Interior Krug tied-up shipping valued at mil- ;g regulations have been complet- lions of dollars. ed, after six months of prepara- A spokesman for the navigation (icn for the Bureau of Land Man- section of the Ohio River Division, | qoermont to pispose of “materials Coips of Engineers, said: | including but not limited to sand, “I looks like the river 15| stone, gravel, yucca, manzanita, really on the march.” | mesquite, cactus, common clay and The engineers said they had “re- ¢jmper other forest products.” ceived a report” at 9 a. m, that & gy outside the provisions of gerge was beginning to form in public s however, are products the river at Anderson’s Ferry, 3\»(10( land in national forests, na- below the downtown section of Cii- ' tional parks and monuments, or cinnati, any Indian lands or lands set aside The engineers sald they bad|go: the use of Indians attered repor of damage 10! Timper sales in Alaska will be boats and barges, tied up for more maqe ynder Alaskan statutes when- than two weeks because of the ice applicable, Krug said, and The lockmaster at the Coney and down” timber is not Island dam said the flow of ice to disposal there “is the heaviest I've ever, P OF JAPAN the engineers had des-' cribed a shore-to-shore jam ex- | tending from Addyston, O., 15 miles ! TOKYO, Feb. 9.—M—Tired and below Cincinnati, downstream 10 {downcast, Prime Minister Tetsu Ka- Madiscn, ind., as “the key to the; | situation.” WASHINGTON, Feb. y—®—Pre- ice or a ever “dead subject Should that section gorge, they | added, “the river really would be dammed.” inet—the first under Japan's new | Constitution—would resign Tuesday i {a whirlwind.” Rico, the Virgin Islands and Cuba tg report the circumstances. thig. month. Later, after a two-hour confer- The White House announced t0day ' ence, MacArthur said the reason be- the President will fly from Wash-hing the decision was lack “of leg- He is to address the Jefferson- Jack-.should have to be truly representa- son’ dinner here the night before. tive of the people.” He will spend the night of Feb. 20 at the submarine base at Key West, through the natural throes of a na- Fla., and fly the next day to San tion caught in war and defeat but Juan where he is due at 9:30 am., that “decisive progress already has (EST) Feb. 21. ibeen made.” e morning kecuse it has been “riding i MacArthur said Japan was going, tayama said tonight he and his cab- | the greatest battle of the Kashmir i i ] s He made his brief comment as he|he northwest from Jammu, capital sident Truman plans to visit Puerto entered General MacArthur's oxnce:u( the southern Kashmir Province | Business Activity Hits Peak WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—®— A dozen top businessmen believe the peak of business activity has heen reached, if not already passed. But their two-fold prediction to' gbtvernment experts a week before the market break that (A) infla- ticnary dangers are fading and (B) | a price downturn is ahead still draws a don't-be-too-sure reaction from| at least one Federal economist. | The views of the corporation ex- | ecutives were outlined at the first! of a series of six meetings sug- gested by the Government. These are being arranged by Prentiss Coonley and Ernest A. Tupper, pri- vate business consultants Reporting on the first session, Coonley and Tupper said one big farm machinery company forecast a general price drop “after the' middle of the year.” Others in the group represented railroads, insur- banking, merchandising and processing. They predicted ry building will decline from that home building will hold up as costs decline. - 2,000 RAIDERS OF MOSLEMS KILLED, 2,000 WOUNDED | | | ance fcod Greafest Bam»erof Kashmir Campaign Reported JEWISH CHARITY EFFORTS BLESSED BY POPE TODAY VATICAN CITY, Feb. 8—®— Pope Pius XII today invoked holy blessing on Jewish charity efforts. The Pontiff received a delegation of 28 American Jewish leaders in Europe to survey the problem of Jewish displaced persons. The survey is part of the United Jewish appeal, seeks to raise $25,000,000 to aid Jews in Europe and Palestine. The Pope, speaking in English, said: “We gladly invoke the bless- ing of God most high on all chari- table endeavors you may take in his ncme” In an address last which this year MERCURY DOWNWARD Cold Wavet?nters in Mid- west-Cold Rain Chills Gulf Coast States CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Subnormal temperatures gripped all the Eastern half of the United States today as under- ' a gale which cost the lives of five'stock prices nose-dived today just as lseamen in battered shipping along night the the Pacific Northwest blew iKSElff Unexpectedly heavy receipts and out Alaska Commercial Fishing WASHINGTON, Feb, 9. —(P—Flex- |itle fishing seasons in Southeast Alaska, Kodiak, Prince’ Williath |Sound and the Alaska Peninsula }worv announced today by Secre- |tary of the Interifor Krug | His announcement was contained |in a synopsis of Alaska Commercial )Fishery Regulation Revisions for | 1948. LIVESTOCK PRICES IN NOSE DIVE NEW YORK, Feb. | Krug said flexibility of the fish- {ing seasons in the areas mentioned #—Live. | Wil be assured by tho delegation of b | authority to Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice personnel in the field or cur- tail fishing seasons as conditions warrant. 9 1grain was getting on its feet. NORTHWEST SKIDDING Regulation Revisionsfor'48 SHIPPING BATTERED Five Fishen;e_n Lose Lives =160 Men Aboard 8 Vessels Imperiled | (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRE3S) ! A gale that battered shipping off Ithe Pacific Northwest Coast and took the' lives of five seamen over the weekend was weakening fast to- | day FOR ALASKANS Pope described the atom bomb as| T 2 2 : “the most terrible arm that thei "¢ Weather Bureau -}flkl the mind of man has yet devised” and ;")‘f“‘ of 1_“*’ gnlc.had passed B_;‘ld urged scientists to turn flwmic'm““(l l:‘: ":“‘“:lados:wl“mi::;o miles ener to works of peace. o OHES al ThgeyPunmr, in an address before | The Chicago Weather Bureau said A i rissiir e | the worst of the cold wave was cen- Ll::v:onnhcal ERibuillio) ana by |tered in the Midwest where the mer- jeury had skidded to 12 telow zero “What catastropne must human- eqjy today at Rockford, Ill, -6 at ity await from a future conflict, Moline, 111, -10 at Duluth, Minne-|business in the New York meat mar-| if it is shown impossible to halt eota and zero at Des Moines, Towa. or curb the use of always nNew |@hicago had 2 above zero, New York and always more surprising sclen- 12 and Washington 18. tific inventions?" A lizht cold rain chilled the Gulf Scientists irom the United States,|States eastward from Louisiana to Italy, Eire, Austria, Belgium andigouth Carolina, with Birmingham, chers, chain stores and restaurant| Portugal heard the papal address.|Ala., reporting a low of 35, and El operators in the face of the live-| scveral cardinals and diplomatic Paso, Tex., 28 representatives to the Holy See also; In Southern Florida, where Miami were present at the ceremony in'and some other points reported a Consistorial Hall. thigh of 82 yesterday, the tempera- o !ture held in the high 60's during the ;EA(S (orp;e;l Wéds | French Girl; Will | Live in Anchorag WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 —#—Re-! |reaction from last week’'s commodity break sent hogs down to $22.50, the lowest price in more than a year. Cattle slipped as much as $3 a| hundredweight. Lambs were down akout $1 The sharp declines in Chicago ‘reacted in the wholesale meat mar- | ket at New York | Merchants reported very | ket—one said it was the quietest he ever had sesn with not enough busi- iness to test price | Market sources attributed it to the lack of interest on the part of but- !stock declines. 'LIONS ENTERTAIN MANY GUESTS AT REGULAR MEETING The Lions were enteriained at their regular weekly luncheon to- |day by the Juneau Scouts and ac- {companied by Mrs. Wilma Husted, little | Other changes in regulations pro- |vide a minimum weight as well as |a minimum length limitation on {troll-caught king salmon. No salmon jof this species measuriug less than 126 inches in length or weighing less | than six pounds when dressed may Le taken commercially. Minimum limitations have been placed on otter trawls with regard |to mesh size, method of operation t‘and placc of operation with relation jto immature halibut. Otter trawl operators also are required to sub- |mit periodical reports including catein statistics Herring catch quotas have been reduced from 400,000 # 300,000 bar- rels in the Kodiak area and increas- ed from 350,000 to 400,000 barrels in Southeast Alaska. The quota of 150,- 1000 barrels for Prince Willlam Sound remains the same as in 1947. In the Bristol Bay area good red salmon runs are expected this year and only minor regulation changes have been made. In the Alaska Peninsula area sea- sonal ithe fall season will open on August 120 instead of August 26 in the Port rectrictions in effect prior to 1947 have been restored except that Winds up to 75 miles an hour and Imountainous seas thad imperiled !some 160 men aboard eight vessels |in two days, had grounded a freigh- ter, swamped and sank a fishing Iboat and damaged others. Injuries were numerous among fishermen and sailors in the storm jarea, | - The gale, born off the Aleutians in the North Pacific last Thursday, reached its full fury Saturday and early yesterday. Waves have now subsided and the Weather' Bureau said the Bouthwester would blow it- 1self out sometime today. Winds were down to 25-30 miles an hour velocity. Six’ crewmen of the fishing toat Fearless were rescued by the Coast Guard Cutter Balsam early yester- day eight miles off Tillamook Rock, Ore. They had survived a night long battle with seas that swept away the pilot house, flooded the En- gine room and injured one of the { crewmen. Their plight was expres- ;sed by crewman Bill Lodwig, Port- tland, who said “I've never been so close to death.” Four fishing vessels, a small Pu- iget Sound mail boat and the tankers {Tidewater and J. L. Hunna were Lattered by the storm. The freighter !of Jammu. i were led by a Moslem, Brig. Gen. ingfon on the islands tour Feb. 20. jgative support which a Government; 0 8 Fought Friday tilled spirits, estate and miscel- lonecus taxes in the fiscal year ending June 30 were reported to Congress today by the Treasury. The Treasury is required by law to report all refunds of $500 or more to Congress each year. Following are refunds to Alaska residents Alaska Airlines, Anchorage, $10,- 178; Columbia Lumber Co., of Alaska, Juneau, $3,966 and $3,794 income and $986 excess profits; L. 8. Ferris, Ketchikan. $12,142; Ly- man B. Ferris, Ketchikan, $11,062; NEW DELHI, Feb. 9—{®—The Indian Army said today 2,000 Mos- lem raiders were killed Friday in campaign. 1 Another 2,000 were declared to have been wounced in the engage- ment near Naoshera, 50 miles to The predominantly Hindu and Sikh forces of the Indian Army Muhammad Usman. | An official spokesman said 11,-| 000 attackers struck in waves, using heavy automatic weapons. They J. W. Gucker, Juneau, $5409; Alma Nicholson and Oscar Nichol- funds of income excess profits, dis- : SEATTLE, Fen. 9.——Cpl. DA~ qng the Scout song, “Flag Without vid E. Abston, Jr., and his P‘ren‘rh‘A Stain.” Miss Monica Farley of the bride of a day, the former MIss a0y High School is the Scouts Yvonne Renaud, “set up housekeep- | mygjcal fnstructor and deserves cre- ing” yesterday (Sunday) Over a gt for a job well done. Jack Sorri single malted milk at the Seattle,sted by Harry Sperling showed Arniy-Navy T MO A: {slides of the Scouts on the trall of Each with a straw deep in thel.gg i :Moller District, and on September 6 |instead of August 26 in other wat- ers of the area. In order to restore depleted pi almon runs, closed areas have been!,, L1 oc Csnadians drowned when jtheir fishing craft sank 350 miles “north of Victorta, 8. C., Saturday. Tanker créwman Jack O'Brien, 55, ;Portlnnd, was swept overboard from | Colorado grounded in Coos Bay, Ore. 11t was refloated at high tide yester- ink | 985 {S 'extended or established near, the mouths of several important spawn- ing streams. Other changes in the | Alaska Peninsula area reduce the Slbyl T. Ferris, Ketchikan, $11887.} con, Petersburg, $5449 each. Mar-' CHAPELAIDES TO MEET : M | The Chapelaides will hold theirj regular meeting in the Chapel-By- | The-Lake tomorrow night at 8 o'clock - for further discussion of the baked bean dinner to be given February 21 at: the Chapel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ‘ASHINGTON—The Air Forces nhave carefully posted a notice on the instrument panels of military planes, reminding pilots of the President’s order to conserve gaso- line and oil. The President’s edict, however, apparently doesn’t agply to free flights for certain privi- leged individuals, such as ex- heavyweight champ Gene Tunny. An Army C-47, with a three: man crew, recently made a double round trip to New York so that Tunney could deliver a lecture on “gportsmanship” at Bolling Field in Washington. In addition to other expenses, the trip cost the taxpayers about 65 gallons of scarce gasoline. 1t would have been @ simple process for Tunney to have gone to Mitchell Field, Long Island, pearded an Army plane for the free ride to Washington, and then returned to New York on the same plane after his talk. But the Army dcesn’t do things simply. nstead, the C-47 was dispatched all the way irom Washington to 2 small airfield in Westchester Coun- ty, N. Y., where Tunney was pick- ed up and flown to ‘Washington. After regaling the officers and enlisted personnel at Bolling Field on the virtues of sportsmanship, the plane returned the former champ to LaGuarcia (Continued on Page Four) He will not interfere with the re-j signation. i WO BASKETBALL GAMES TOMORROW ! Tomorrow night, February 10, be- |ginning at 7:30 o'clock in the High {School gym there will be two games !played | The first game will te between the i Douglas Huskies of the Douglas jHigh School and the Columbias of ‘the Columbia Lumber Co. i i | { i evening will be between the Juneau (Crimson Bears and the Imperials. ! These games Laye been hard and | fast played as this is the playoft in the round robin for the Gastineau Channel Championship. ORI e AR PRINCESS NORA ) The Princess Norah docked at 1 pm. today with the following pas- sengers from Seattle: William Coffman, Erma L. Doug- {las, Axel Eld, James D. Gilles, Wil- |fred C. Esswein, Rahlen C. Hastings, ther Jockola, William F. Lewis. Betty Louden, Alex Mrycz, John D. MacEachern, James E. McNaugh- {ton, George C. Patterson, Jack Pet- 'erson, Ruby Swan, Joseph A, Williams. ; The Norah sailed for Skagway at 3 p.m. and returns to Juneau south- lbound Wednesday morning at 8 sail- 'ing at 9. 'NO BAND PRACTICE | ON TUESDAY NIGH | be in charge of the High School band playing at game tomorrow night poned. The second game scheduled for thei HERE FROM SOUTH, {Leslie T. Hill, Willlam Jockola, Es-{ 1 i | i i i | | | | | | | the basketball ment committee are Beatrice Al- the usual bigoff and Irene Aase. Pield, N. Y., practice of the Juneau City Band refreshment committee are Einor for Tuesday night has been post- Lavold, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ol- were repulsed in daylight but came back at Nibmuaura Akuk later. The Army said it captured quantities of munitions and was heavily shelling Moslem positions. { Machinegun and mortar fire were | returned. Indian and Kashmir-state forces' have been fizhting Moslem tribes- men in Kashmir since last October. India, in which the state now is included, has accused neighbor- ing Paistan of supporting the| tribesmen. The dispute is before the United Nations Security coun- | cil. In India, two rival Moslem or- | ganizations were under government | ban today in the latest aftermath | to the assassination of Mohandas | K. Gandhi. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BUSY WEEKEND BUT NO BAD FIRES | The Juneau Volunteer Fire De-| partment answered two fire alarms, Saturday evening and one early this morning. None ‘of the fires resulted| in other than negligible damage. | At 8:40 p.m. Saturday, the De-! partment was called to the Glacier, Cab Stand on &. Franklin by a 1-6; alarm when a stove backfired. | At 10:35, the same .ight, mpvi were called to the residence of Har-| old Blanchard, in the rear of 713/ Twelfth Street, on a 4-7 alarm where | a small fire had been started by un-| determined causes. At 12: 15 am., today, the Depart- willard Swan,|ment was called to 499 S. Franklin| where another stove had backfired. SONS OF NORWAY T0 PLAY CARDS THURSDAY The Sons of Norway will spon-| sor a public card party, to be held Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the IOOF Hall. Preceding the | | _ party there will be a business meet- |3 minor. He was arrested here last them brothers. | As Director Alfred Ventur will ing of Svalbard 33 at 7 p.m. Those appointed for the arrange- son. tin A. Pinska, Fairbanks, Antcnia and Mary E. Polet, Nome, $21,031; Sommers Construction Co., Juneau $7,777 (excess profits); Wein Alaska Airlines, Fairbanks, $19,309. Lomen Commercial, Seattle, was listed for refunds of $49,817 (excess profits) and $20,665 (income). Oth- ers included: Pacific American Fisheries, $80,875 (excess profits) e e el WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 a.m. today In Juneau Maximum, 25; minimum, 12. At Airport— Maximum, 24; minimum, 10. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Continued fair tonight and Tuesday with lowest temper- ature near 18 degrees Tues- day morning. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In City of Juneau—Nons since Feb. 1, .10 inches; dnce July 1, 7291 inches At the Airport— None; since Feb. 1, .08 inches; since July 1, 43.26 inches. ACTION IN CASE AGAINST EYLAR BEING HELD UP: William J. Eylar may not be |krought to trial here to face two indictments | jagainst him, it was learned today. Federal Grand Jury Eylar was scheduled to have gone on trial in U. S. District Court this morning to face counts of assault with intent to commit rape and of contributing to the delinquency of year for an alleged incident involving a 14-year-old local white girl According to U. S. District At- he did not reveal what plans are in store for the former GI. $7,116; malt, they laid plans for a more| permanent home they hope to es- tablish 'in the not too distant fu- ture at Anchorage, Alaska. The corporal must leave for the north in a week to serve with the Army's Alaska Communication System. Meanwhile, his wite will she is a secretary in the French Embassy. She has been in Amer- ica eight months Culminating a romance which began four months ago when the corporal was in Washington, D. C., taking a special course at the War Department Communications Cen- ter, the two were married Satur- day afternoon. “I like the Washington state, gaid brunette, brown eyed Mrs. return to Washington, D. C., where | Past President “Little Taku Wind” |Barney Anderson, visiting from | Skagway, presided over today's meet- ing. He kept Tail Twister Chester busy collecting fines from the var-' ious members who insisted on com-, red salmon catch quota from 700,- 1 0C0 to 500,000 in waters between En- {trance Point and Cape Seniavin, and {eliminate an open area for a trap that has not been occupied. menting before addressing the noor{ d:; :;eflgrégku:;?:g '{:et::e;{'::f !luk and general districts has been (floor in the correct manner. |changed from June 1 to June 10, ex- | The following were appointed to| {oommiftess. for His - Gold Meda.l‘um in waters surrounding Rasp- berry Island, Whale Island and Af- Basketball Tournament to be held| ognak, Marmot and Shuyak Islands, in Juneau February 23 to 28, Reserv- | | the Tidewater off Cape Flattery. The {fifth victim was Peter Anderson, ' Astoria, drowned when a dinghy |capsized at the mouth of the Col- umbia. Anderson was one of two sea- men rowing to take a pilot off the freighter Overijsel. His companion i SPRUCE MANAGER ations are in charge of Ed Chester and Bob Hooper will have charge of the entertainment; skating is in charge of “Red” Mayo, Joe Sadlier iwhere the opening date has been! !delayed from June 1 to July 10 to, |rebuild depleted salmon runs, Else- where in the area seasonal limita- will make the plans for the Victory| Dance, “Little Joe” Shofner will have charge of the Cub Tournament and the cheer leader for the tourna- (ment will be Fritz Granere tions in effect prior to 1947 have {been restored. In the Southeast Alaska area a | uniform season for salmon fishing other than trolling, has been estab- | SAYS LUMBER IS NOT 100 COSTLY iArrangements Made fo Abston, her white teeth flashing! It was also announced that there in an attractive smile. “It is will be a banquet for the tournament much better here tham in Wash-|teams on February 23, at the re- ington, D. C." | gular meeting time of the club. On Washington's mountains, the the evening of the tournament all around her home at Grenobie,|Club and other members will have in the south of France. She would & group picture taken in the high like to live in the Pacific North-|school gym. west. | Visitors at today's luncheon were, | the Scouts, Thorlief Snaring, F. D. !Dull, Bill Orme, Bob Secrest, Bob Murray, Jack Goutel, Mrs. Husted, /Jim Church, Secretary of the Ki- | wanis Club; Ben Stewart of Valdez, |John Kelly and Delbert Hanks Jr., D s NAVY REFRUITING BARGE ARRIVES AT | Cub Scouts. | Today's meeting was truly a Lion's ® |den and the roars emitted by the SUBPORTAT6P.M. : | USS Mataco, Navy recruiting Taky wind” and the fact he got his {barge will dock at the Subport % chanet to be the Big Leo once again 6 p.m. today for the purpose of re-| i B ES YV e |cruiting for the regular Navy and;ju“EAu DOUGlAS | also organizing an inactive Naval' Reserve. There are 56 men and 6, officers aboard, to aid those wishing| (HA A to enlist in the Navy or join the| pTER of A( iinactive reserves. i Commander Babb, in charge of the MEHS Tu ESD A v barge, reports they will be in Ju-| neau until 11 o'clock Wednesday —— morning and anyone wishing in-| The annual meeting of the Ju- | formation on enlistment in either neau-Douglas chapter of the Alaska |the regular Navy or reserves all ‘“"Crlppled Children’s Association will formation will be available aboard meet Tuesday evening, February 10, !the Mataco. at 8 o'clock in the Health Center, ! ey i el s SR All members of the ACCA and iy i . | terested persons are asked to at- E'gh' (oal Mlners itend as election of new trustees for 5 . ;the year 1948 will te the main busi- ness and reports of the accomplish- Kllled’ ElpIOSIon;mmt& of the local group since or- | ganization one year ago GREENWOOD, Arkansas, Feb. 9., Organizations or persons having —{M—An investigation opens today membership lists are urged to turn into the cause of an explosion that|them in by Saturday, February 14. killed eight coal miners—three of; e ANB, ANS MEET TONIGHT The blast occurred yesterday in| The Alaska Native Brotherhood \the Sunshine Mine as the day and|and Alaska Native Sisterhood will ‘night crews were preparing to hold their regular meeting tonight On the \torney P. J. Gilmore, Jr., other dis- change. All the dead were day work-/ in the ANB Hall on Willoughby | position will be made in the case but ers. | Avenue. The meeting will be call- The bodies were recovered within ed at 7:30 o'clock and all mem- six hours after the blast. | bers are urged to be on time. bride said, are much like those men participating and the Lions'| {who has just recently joined the' {lished from August 9 to September: [3, except in the Yakutat District | Iwherc regulations are the same as for 1947. The purpose of the uni- iform season in most of the South-) Ship Local Lumber fo East via Rupert least Alaska is to rebuild early pink' Despite claims to the contrary, E. {salmon runs, particularly in the|S: Hawkins, Manager of the Juneau northern districts wehere the seasons| SPruce Corporation, says that lum- formerly opened two to four weeks|Der is not high priced. He promised earlier. 1 today that he can furnish, for $1,000, Secretary Krug said a un"mmienough lumber to construct any av- season will reduce to some extent thel""’ home. 4 intensity of fishing operations that! Hawkins, in answering some com- has resulted in the past from the|Plaints that high priced lumber was conzentration of gear in each district!the cause of soaring construction as the various seasons opened. ' costs, declared that the actual blame G However, the Secretary udded.'“" high priced building can be laid both the opening and closing dates|8t the door of increased labor costs of the uniform season for Southeast!2nd higher prices for other building Alaska are subject to revision as the materials. runs progress. | He sald that his offer, to furnish { - s ( for $1,000 enough lumber for a home, i jdoes not include millwork or casings iwhich are separate items not manu- JUNEAU REPAIRS {lu!ured by Juneau Spruce. + It was also revealed that the loca. DAMAGES oF ]'wo ]lumber company has purchased a new tug and barge for use in its op- erations. The tug is a sister ship to ! DAY WI“D STORM the one now in use and has a 450 !hp. engine. It has been named {the Henry F. Cheney in honor of Local residents and businessmenime Juneau Spruce President. |were busy ioday repairing the dam-! Arrangements have also been age done over the weekend by mls.made. Hawkins announced, to ship . area’s first Taku wind in many years.; juneau Spruce lumber to Eastern The Taku, famous and particular to,y, g, via Prince Rupert instead of the Juneau area, raged for approxi-!geattle. He says that this will help mately 48 hours beginning late Fri-lreduce the final price of lumter for {day and finally subsiding around|gastern buyers. {10 p.m. yesterday. ! - 4 It wreaked considerable havoc to telephone lines, power lines, signs, 1 Istreet lights, home windows and “O(K 0“0“"0"5 plate glass windows. The Alaska { S ectric Light and Power Co., managed| NEW YORK, Feb. 9—{P—Clos- to k2ep up with the damage but the! ing quotation of Alaska Juneau Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co.,! mine stock is 3%, American Can was kept busy all day today repuir-i'lal.. Anaconda 32%, Curtiss-Wright ing broken lines. 4%, International Harvester 84, iy Kennecott 44%, New York Central S. COUNCIL MEETS {13%, Northern Pacific 18%, U. S. ! — | Steel 71%, Pound $4.03%. Girl Scout Council will meet to- Sales today were 600,000 shares. night at 8 o'clock in the Lutherani Averages today are as follows Church for their regular monthly ' industrials 169.82, rails 50.13, util- meeting ities 32.25.