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PAGE EIGHT AIRPORT HANGAR PLANS PRESENIED Plans for a 194 by 200-fooi hangar and a 32 by 200-foot operation building for ther Juneau Airport were presented to the of Commerce at its meet today in a report by Tom Dyer, head ol the organization’s Aviation Com- mittee Dyer said the project will be heartily supported by the Av committee He expressed belief that the con- struction of the proposed gar at the Juneau Airport is a detinite necessity “if Juneau is to continue to develop and expand its air com- merce.” The plans were drawn up by Felix J. Toner at the directicn ot G. “Tony” Schwamm, director ot the Territorial Board of Aviation The project could be financed one-half through a bond issue and one-half through the funds granted by the Federal government through the Public Works Bill for Alaska, Dyer said. Estimated cost of such a project would be $255,300. Public Works Funds Mayor Waino Hendrickson after that meeting that no definite steps can be taken to get Pul ‘Works funds for the project until certain legal matters are settled. A the most outstanding of these, he cited the difficulties in securing a title to airport land as a site for the buildin said THE DAILY ALASKA F)MPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA d Leader [ o T o Union Aides Applau 4 Members of the United Mine Workers union policy committee applaud their leader, John L. Lewis (center) as he walks down the aisle of a UMW head juarters meeting room in Washington to tell them the terms of a new soft .coal contract he negotiated with the cperators. The committe gave unanimous approval of the agreement which gives the miners a 70 cents a day pay increase in addition to other bene- fits. (” Wirephoto. | Nine The airport is on Civil Aeronau- | tics land, and the clear title, which | Lain, would be necessary before the Pub- | the American lic Works funds could be obta‘ned, | chorage. might have to take the form of a' long-term lease, he said. Runway Extension Legal technicalities also stand in | the way of getting Federal Aid to Airport funds for construction ot a | 2500-foot extension to the Juneau | airport, according to Dyer. He said endorsements had been | received from military leaders and commercial airlines’ representatives agreeing that such an extension 1is needed here. In his talk on the Welfare State, Dr, 1. J. Montgomery, head of the Alaska Merit System, called at- tention to the fact that the current Federal Budget calls for expendi- tures of $29 nillion for “past, present and future wars” and only $6.2 bil- Legion from McCARTHY CAUSING Though with Charges of Commies in State Dept. Department Commander of An- - WRANGLE | the call of the chair—meaning the | next sesston will be held when he decides to have one. He told re- poriers he might have one tomort row, but maybe not until Monday. | Tydings put into the record a i(clkgram from Miss Dorothy Ken- | yom, of New York, asking a chance | to reply to McCarthy. McCarthy had charged yesterday that she nad belonged to subversive organi- zations. 'MRS. HERMANN IS Senator Doesnt Come. BACK FROM TOUR ‘ ~ ON CANCER DUTY, rox en day trip whicl lion for services which would bel Bacis Sxom - ter (}‘ H“> 3 1‘1 considered as those given by a wel-| WASHINGTON, March — | included vi to both Wrange fare state Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) and and Ketchikan, Mrs. Mildred R. i Democrats on the Senate Hermann, Commander of the Al- He said he was not describing the defense, Marshall Plan, armament aid, or veterans aid expenditures unnnecessary; but, considering the comparison between expenditures to | tee investigating hi Communists in the ¢ ment wrangled for t over what infor mmit- aska Division of the American Can- cer Society, reports gratifying pro- gress made in both towns in the matter of organizing Cancer Units a part of the organization prc m ay for defense and to pay for|has to back up his charges. ; cal bitne e | as anout Ailitres Mincus, of ‘the Alaska Division of whict present system of government might | At the session’s windup, Me- Shf ik Char’%j ! By more aptly be “Warfare State” than | Carthy had not produced any of | ‘In both towns” she sald, *I “Welfare State.” his information, despite demands|found interest in the program to from Senator McMahon (D-C He called attention to the pro- | vincial attitude shown in every par of the United States which called for “Federal aid here but not there.” “Government today is expensive,” | S ng: be said, “but that is because we ask | McCarthy called the committee for it” | “tool of the State Depa: Government Economy He pointed out that there | plenty of room for further economy | in government. Calling attention to the Hoover Report, he said every public-spirited citizen should study it. The head of the Chamber’s Tour- ist Committee, Charles W. Carter, | M the State Department said that the Chamber of Com- | Tifling” its files—destroying evi merce Tourist Information Booth | dence in loyalty cases. would not be opened this season. y new names. is | ing “irresponsibl Chairman Tydings statements. (D-Md) eign Relations fore the hearings end. M rthy said there are m) | that he show it. Nor had he named In the course of the often-heated | | riment” and | _;‘\ . | McMahon said McCarthy was mak+ | put McCarthy on notice that the For- | subcommittee will expect him to produce his files be- T Tydings recessed the hearings at be intense, and in conferences with civic leaders, and public | of cooperation in the program, tc alg ‘ ‘gwaffle MIX 1§ e i i- | | Instead certain business houses Will | be designated as Tourist Intorma- tion centers. He said it is hoped that this will | increase the interest of local mer- chants in the tourists who come here. Guests at the Chamber meeting included Robert E. Ellis, president of the Ellis Air Lines, Melvin W. Peterson, a member of the Anchor- age City Council, and Perry S. Mc- ELLIS A IR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Ask for it cit ler way -marks mear the same thing. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY JUNEAU COLD STORAGE COMPANY hospitality so easy, so welcome © 1950, The Coca-Cola Company the fullest possible extent. As is the usuel 'plan followed in our or- ganization which will act as. the sponsoring group, and through its help, we assemble a representative cross section of the population, to form the membershiy of the local unit. “In Ketchikan we have asked the Rotary Club to be the sponsoring organization. And in Wrangell the Emblem Club has accepted this responsibility. The work of the Cancer Unit, she pointed out, 3 primarily that of educating the public to recognize the Seven | Danger Signals of Cancer, and to | stress the importance of the fact | that Cancer can be cured when treated ea Mrs. Hermann took . time off from her organizational work, for ‘the Cancer Society to do some | “extra-curricular” work, ed. In Ketchikan, she was present- ied by the Ketchikan Woman’s Club {In a radio broadcast featuring l~ub;ect. “The Leg Status ofl W Imen in Alaska,” one of a series of broadcasts previcusly given in Ju- neau - under the auspices of the Juneau Woman’s Club. In Wrangell she was the guest speaker at the egular monthly meeiine of the Wrangell Women's Civic Club, she stat-: peaking there on the importance { Federation work. She also was 1 guest in Ketchikan at an informal et-together of Soroptimists. SCOUT PLAY ON AIR FRIDAY AFTERNOON Another out play “Friendship” will be broadcast over KINY to- morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock with M Charles Forward, assistant cader of Troop 5, as coach. This roop is sponsored by the Metho- women. Mrs. Elton Engstrom, Scout radio chairman, will an- nounce the program. The scene of the play is Camp Amity, International Friendship amp. A lone boy scout, Mike | Blackwell, will act as bugler. In- luded in the cast are Rosemary Kronquist, narrator; Carla Carter Taffy; Margaret Ann Pyle, Jo; Donna Buckner, Texas; Alice John- i the Norwegian dele- Mantyla, Marguerita, delegate; four voices, ate; Patty Philippines orna Dee MacKinnon, Linda Kast- ier, Dorothy Ann Mize and Dor- Gross. ne PACIFIC NORTHERN BRINGS 9, TAKES 11 persons arrived yesterday via Pacific Northern Airlines, which rried 11 nassengers on the west- bound flight, Mceoawuei, J. r. L0Mall, Cldici. Mede and D. M. Kantola, from Anchorage; Howard Parleen from Cordova, and Robert Field, Kenneth IMemr and Richard Booth from Yakutat. Going to the westward were Mr. and Mrs. J. Whiting, booked for Yakutat; H. R. Forehand to Cordova, and to Anchorage: E. A. Lathrop, Thomas Judson, Dolly Sil- a, Jack lish, Richard Hall, Mrs. R. LaFavour and Sybil Teague, ~ith Michele. Heath, Recalled FromBulgaria, Is Back in U. §. (By Associated Press) United States Minister Donald Hcath, recalled from Bulgaria after the United States broke diplomatic i relations, arrived in New York to- day aboard the liner Queen Eliz- abeth, As the liner entered the harbor, Heath learned of the 15 year sen- | tence given his former employee, | Michael Shipkov, as a United Stat- {es spy. Heath declared Shipkov is inno- icemfand that his conviction by |a Scfia court is part of a frantic | Communist smear campaign against | western nations. Arriving were Bob Ellis, Joséph 73:/?«»1 }WM# Wm’ THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1950 Japanese Fishermen Not Wanted by B. C. Indians; Profest Made VICTORIA, B. C,, March 9—(®— Northern British Columbia Indian tribes are protesting the return of Japanese fishermen to their fish- ing grounds. The northern Skeena Indian tribe has demanded by petition that Lands Minister T. C. Kenney bar Japanese Canadians from what they called their “inherited liveli- SHAFFER’S 49-FPhone-13 | SANITARY MEAT CO. 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