The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT SHIP 15 DEDICATED FOR DUAL PURPOSES T0 ALASKA NATIVES' Vessel and Crew to Come North This Month- Medical Mission SEATTLE, July 15 cal missionary along with needs of Al wheneve Seattl dedicated, its crew of 18, to the natives, wherever are found, will on its initial ska Ju and leave voyage T w nan 24 carries the the service ry killed ago on An- > enroute to his signment. It has a half in construc- with persons time a:=d hank and pursues 1 by a crash missior in a two years tirst heen a year and tion and outfitting, of all faiths donating money to the se itinevary is the all on the Stabbert ar in First port cf of Captain C Craig and Klawock east Alaska. Tha only real itine it will be a case of medical, spiritual and needs seem greatest. Dr. Clenny, physician and surgeon. his wife, a teacher, and others fitted to their chosen tasks, form the crew. ernment agencies and other groups in seeking and ministering to the needs of natives. < The project is known as Marine Medical Mission. The Willis Sh s the 136-foot converteq YM- tted with eight hospital and surgery fact, is the from then on gotng where educational L. B. Mc- 1% Committee on T heard testi- inger Paul of The House American Activit mony today that Negro Robeson was a men Communist party for many years The charge was made by another Negro, Manning Johnson, of York City, who at one time belong- ed to the Communist pu\' medi- | approved, South- | They will cooperate with gov-| ! Schwamm, | the Petersburg Air Service, was in- the | New ! mons 'FIVE TELEVISION STATIONS MAY BE LOCATED, ALASKA - WASHINGTON July 15. —(®-- Some 1,700 more television stations may be built in the future in near- ly 1,200 cities and towns not pre- viously allocated broadcast chan- nels. If new proposals of the Federal | Communications Commission are Alaska would have five | cities and towns allocated broadcast channels The Communications Commis- sion's proposed regulations to add 42 new television channels to the sting 12 would permit the ex- pansion. | The Commission’s proposals are | subject to public hearing August 29, with formal action planned if pos- sible by the end of the year. The following list shows alloca- | tions to Alaska under the pro- pesed change in the v higt frequencies (there are 12 channe now in use) VHF Chan. No Anchorage g, 1, 11, 18} Fairbanks 4, 17,9 11, 13 Juneau 3, 8 10 Ketchikan 2,49 Seward 4, 9| Alaska has no ulira high frequen- cy uprlicnlmm ALASKA PROGRAM IS PLANNED BY AE-CC AT MEETING ANCHORAGE, July 15.#—Tony widely known Alaskan and former owner of 2, bush pilot, alled as director of the Alaska| Aeronautical and Communication Commission at the end of its two- day session here. | Among those attending the Ter- meeting were Gov.| Ernest Gruening, Jack Carr, An-| chorage; Bill Lavary, Fairbanks; Neil Foster, Nome; Sheldon Sim-| Juneau; William Hixson, Ju-| ritory-wide jand that neau, and Frank Metcalf, Ten:- torial Highway Engineer, Ofticials of the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the US. Air Force were also in attendance. The ention voted to (‘slfl\)-‘ nw, an in Anchorage to ordinate Territorial flying affairs (\nd set up a commission to pro- mote flying in the Territory. | Among primary projects adopted | were the expansion of ai-fields x" Fort Yukon, Kotzebue, Palmer and | Skagway. Activities of be closely allied Armed Forces oor office the commission wiil | with those of the Schwamm © said Schwamm has flown in- Southeast Alaska atout 12 years'and served| in the Navy Air Corps as a Lieu- | tenant Commander | FISHING PROSPECTS GOOD AT KETCHIKAN SAYS FWS DIRECTOR THE DAILY ALASKA FMPIR INJURIES CANCEL LEEGE IS NAMED ARC CHAIRMAN, ANNUAL MEETING CALIFORNIA TEAM Henry Leege was elected chair- man of the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross this noon at an annual meeting held at the Barancf Hotel. Leege replaces Rob- ert Boochever. Other officers named were Dr William Blanton, vice Edith Barras of Douglas, sec- re and Kenneth Axelson, treas- urer. More than 450 persons were giv- en American Red Cross service by the local chapter during the past year, Mrs. Dan Livie, executive sec- retary, reported to the member- ship. Three of families burned out | their homes by fire were given a helping hand by the Red Cross. Layettes for the Public Health ser- | vice boats were completed, as well | Clarence J. Rhode, Alaska di- or of the U.S. Fish and Wild- ife Service, took off late yester- ay afternoon for Anchorage and| ristol Bay, planning to meet Dr. L. A. Walford, chief of the Division of Fishery Biology, Naknck He also will see George Kele: district supervisor of fisheries, ana line up the Bristol Bay season with him. Other stops on his wezk's trip will be at Kodiak and on Prince | William Sound. Rhode spent Tuesday and Wed- nt.\’d v looking over the Ketchikan | | prospects. | “While it is too early to say mr-l' sure,” he commented yesterday,| “the outlook for the fishing sea- son in the Ketchikan area seems quite favorable, “Some fishing is and well-informed a good S Rhode reports that new floats have been built, hangars revamped, there new facilities oats airplanes. going on now, persons expect for both The boyhood hcme of General| | Dwight D. Eisenhower at Abilene, as a na- 1947. Kansas, was dedicated tional shrine on June 22, as 16 pairs of drapes for the Sew ard Sanatorium. Inclvded in cas | given ARC service weie 144 Army Navy and Coast Glardsmen, 270 veterans and 57 civilians. Reporting on the Red Cross fund drive, Dr. D. D. Marquardt, who drive co-chairman with George Parks, announced that a total of $5812 had been contributed for | most $4,000 has been retained by the local chapter for work he while $1,900 has been forwarded to the area cffice, Dr. Marquarm told the membership. Henry Ieoge; Mrs. Arthur v ported on tne work of their sz Aid and Gray Ladies | committees. Mrs. Livie read a re- port on publicity turned in by Gus Gissberg, publicity chairman. Candidates for the ARC board of | directors who were elected by a unanimous vote include: Miss Anne | Lello, Robert Boochever, the Rev. | Walter Sokoieff, Roy Peratrovich, Mrs. Betty Casperson, Leslie Avrit, Mrs. Arthur Walker, Robert Aste, Dr. D. D. Marquardt, Douglas Cray and George Parks. Associate board members from | |the california team turned back chairman, | ' | ARC work. Out of that amount al- | | UNEAU, ALASKA ALL-STAR GAMES, The Sunaay, Monday &and Tues- day baseball games between the California Mohawk and Juneau All-Stars are definitely off with| Dawson Creek, Alberta, due tn) injuries to kéy players, Time was also drawing short fay the team for the sghedule called for their return to California by August 2. Hope was expressed in a letter to Joe Werner that games could be| played next year with Aluskn‘ cams. At that time, the letter con= | inued, the time element would not enter so strongly. | During this season’s tour, | Mohawks won 29 games, lost t\m‘ and had one tied because of rain. | The three man committee hand- Juneau City Baseball| not made any an-j concerning Sunday’s| ling the League has nouncement | 7ame. SQUARE DANCE CLUB TO HONOR WILL IlEEl)Y; Will Reedy, who has been away for three months, will receive an | enthusiastic welcome tomorrow eve- | ning from members of the Square | Dance Club. 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