The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1950, Page 1

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,620 ATWOOD PREDICTS STATEHOOD BILL HAS 6OOD CHANCE| SEATTLE, Sept. 30 — (® —The ! chairman of Alaska's statehood committee said today the prospect for Senate passage of the. statehood bill in December is favorable—with a big “If.” It is: “If there is not too further stalling.” Robert Atwood, Anchorage pub- lisher and committee chairman, made the comment on a stop-over on his return trip from Washing- ton. He said the big threat to the bill is that it might run into a jam of major bills in the closing pre- Christmas rush. If it fails to pass the Senate this time, it will have to start all over from scratch in the next Congress. “There is strong sentiment in the Senate for action on the ground that it has been carried to the five-yard line,” Atwood said, “and that it should either be put over the goal or kicked back to the other end of the field.” He said even some Sena- tors who do not favor statehood feel that way. Feltus Is Discussed On the controversial issue of the employment of Randolph Feltus, Atwood told an interviewer: “If the committee were doing it over again, we would do it the same way. “The committee felt it would be remiss in its duty if it didn’t do what all interests do when they are seeking something in Washington— much | publicized challenge of Albert White, GRUENING WON'T GET IN DEBATE In his first comments here for publication since returning from Washington, D.C., Gov. Ernest Gruening today replied to several questions being asked by numerous Alaskans. One question concerned the well- Counsel of the Republican Party, to the Governor “to debate the cor- ruption, malfeasance and misfeas- ance of the Territorial administra- tion.” Reporter: “When are you going to hold the debate?” Governor: “I'm not going to de- bate anybody. This is the first I've heard of it. The matter has never been presented to me. “No communication, official or unofficial, has been received in my office. I've been traveling a lot, so the news didn't always catch up with me.” Governor Gruening, who had been summoned to the national capitol to appear before the Senate Interior Affairs Committee, returned last weekend, and left Monday morning for Anchorage and Fairbanks. He returned late yesterday afternoon. Reporter: “Did Randolph Feltus earn all that money he was paid by the Statehood Committee?” Governor: “He helped spread the good word about statehood to one get a public relations man Working.” | organization or another. He worked Atwood said the statehood bill “moved forward very satisfactorily” during the period Feltus was em- ployed. The Feltus deal stirred up a con- troversy after it came to public light with the fact that he once Was employed by the Embassy of Com- hard for it.” Reporter: cumstances, again?” Governor: “That is a matter for the Statehood Committee, of which I am only an ex-officio member.” (Feltus was hired to lobby for “Under the same ecir- would you hire him munist Poland. !Statehood for Alaska, and paid The Alaska publisher said Feltusgegong ) had been recommended..by -€90dl . with john Manders of Anchorage, sources, including Senator Brewster | g vernor Gruening ‘was a principal of Maine and an official of Pan speaker on a Town Hall Meeting of American World Airways. Atwood the Air program, George V. Denney, said Feltus had been employed bY{Jr, moderator. The program on Pan American at the same time he’ Alaska defense, sponsored by the did trade work for the Polish Em-{yynireq States Air Force, was re- bassy. He said even those Who aired}oorqeq first at Fort Richardson, the Feltus phase of the statehood|ipen at Ladd Air Force Base for case (Republican Senator Schoep-|, cecond audience. pel of Kansas and his speech-| mnis pation-wide broadcast is writing assistant, Frank Bow .Of scheduled for 8 p.m. (PST) Tuesday Ohio) said they did not question| ... NBo. It will not be carried Feltus’ loyalty. Atwood said a favorable aspect of the employment was that Feltus’ fee was much less than he had been receiving. He said the Senate Com- mittee had no criticism of the Fel- tus employment and that Senator Murray, Montana Democrat, said it was in line with normal procedure. Atwood will fly to Anchorage to- morrow. l. 6. DEPT. CONDUCTS INSPECTION OF ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD SOON Federal inspection of the Alaska National Guard units starts October 9, it was announced today by the National Guard adjutant general’s office in Juneau. The inspection will be conducted by the Inspector General’s Depart- ment of the US. Army of Alaska. Starting in Kotzebue on October 9, the inspection continues to Dilling- ham and later to Anchorage, Fair- banks and southeast Alaska with the concluding date sometime in February. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouver scheduled to arrive today. Alaska from Seattle due Tues- day. Denali from westward due to ar- rive sometime Monday evening. ARSI T e o SEATTLE VISITOR Joseph G. Ryan of Seattle is stopping at the Baranof Hotel John Peterson of Seattle is re- gistered at the Baranof Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round (Copyright. 1950, by Bell By DREW PEARSON ' msflmc'ron—m-mvy uni- fication is now working pretty well in the Pentagon, but behind the fighting in Korea, the Navy and Air Force have revived the same feud that almost split unification wide open last year, Explosive notes have been ex- changed between the admirals and i il o i 7 (Continued on Page Four) LITTLE INTEREST Syndicate, Inc.) | locally, according to a representa- tive of station KINY. Governor Gruening said today, “The defense situation for Alaska is improving markedly. My repeated requests for more defenses are be- ing complied with. “I feel that Alaska need have no concern at the present rate of strengthening our defenses, pro- vided this rate is continued.” { IN ELECTION MEET About 30 persons showed up at a meeting of the public and the candidates for the city council last evening in the grade school audi- torium. The affair was sponsored by the Juneau League of Women Voters, Mrs. Les Avrit introduced candidates who were present. Ans- 'wers to a questionnaire were read for those candidates not present. Candidates who attended the meeting and spoke were: Art Wal- ther, running on the Peoples Tick- et and currently a city councilman; Civic Interest candidates: Bert Caro, Edward S. Nielson, J. A. Thi- bodeau, Pete Warner, Mrs. Pauline Washington. _The two Progressive and Independent candidates were not present. ® 0 w0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Flour Period ending 6:20 o'clock th)s morning In Juneau—Maximum, 58; minimum, 38. At Airport—Maximum, 54; minimum, 30. eevceeos00 0 FOREGOCAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Continued fair with some high cloudiness tonight and Sunday. Low near 38 degrees in town with near freezing in outlying areas. High Sun- day near 58 degrees. L] re . . j» PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy L] City of Juneau — None; e since Sept. 1 — 1091 inches; e since July 1—21.97 inches. Ia At Airport — None; since Sept. 1 — 7.32 inches; since July 1—19.32 inches. 00 00 00 0 0 0 RS TR L A8 SO L B SR IR B 5 o T as R L B Baa A Do i B st e o b i B P S i R SR B T P B e e 17 ARRESTS ARE MADE IN CANADA NARCOTIC RAIDS ! VANCOUVER, B. C,, Sept. ao—ml —Three new arrests were made on Vancouver’s streets yesterday as R.C.M.P. continued ferreting through the city underworld in the largest narcotics roundup of Canadian his- tory. In the last 48 hours, 17 arrests have been made, including a 22- year-old woman, to eclipse police action here 18 months ago when 10 were charged and tried. Six were convicted. Bail of $60,000 in all was set for three men arrested with 11 others Wednesday. The three are charged with conspiring to sell narcotics— the remainder with selling. INDONESIA_GETS UNITED_ NATIONS MEMBERSHIP NOW NEW YORK, Sept. 30—(®—The General Assembly today accepted the Indonesian Republic as the 60th member of the United Nations. The admittance was by acclama- tion. The young republic, which gained its independence last December, is made up of territory formerly in- cluded in the Dutch East Indies. ALEXANDER RETURNS AFTER MEETINGS ON CIVIL DEFENSE, N. 6. Col. Joseph R. Alexander, acting adjutant general for the Alaska Na- tional Guard, has returned from Washington, D. C. where several details for the further improvement of the Territorial guard were hand- led. A new type of basic program stressing the integration of the scout battalions into the ground observer network was stressed. In- cluded in this program is surveil- lance in the arctic by the scouts. New tables of organization for the Alaska Scout battalions were aath- orized while Col. Alexander was in Washington. On his return trip, Col. Alex- ander stopped at the Ogden (Utah) General Depot and the Seattle Port of Embarkation in order tc speed the shipment of supplies for the Alaska National Guard. The Ogden depot is the source of sup- plies for Alaska National Guard. Enroute to Washington, Col. Al- exander attended the Northwestern International Civil Defense Com- mission meeting September 21 at {Henela, Montana, attended by re- presentatives of seven western stat- es, Alaska and three Canadian provinces. ; Addressing the meeting, Hubert R. Gallagher of Washington, D. C, in charge of states liaison| for the civil defense director, stated that the right kind of civil defense lwould cut casualties from an at- omic bomb attack in half and-help win a war. He went over the U. S. “Bible of Civil Defense” with the repre- sentatives and said further that the master civil defense plan rests on the individual citizen—but the governors are the key men. Gallagher announced that state civil defense directors will be called to Washington, D. C., for a co-or- dinating meeting October 2-3. At that time, the “vulnerability” maps—prime enemy target areas in this ocuntry—will be shown, he said, Governor John W. Bonner of Montana, who had called the meet- ing, listed as objectives of a regional civil defense ‘plan “pre-attack pre- cautions and post-attack rendition of aid. “In order to attain these objects, our plan must be efficiently co-or- dinated between towns, cities, com- munities, countries, states, the pro- vinces of Canada and Territory of Alagka.” Attending the civil defense meet- ing were representatives of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Ida- ho, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Alaska, the U. S. Army and Red Cross. FROM SEATTLE Dorothy Schoenemann of the Pan American Juneau. She is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1950 MacARTHUR TO DEMAND SURRENDER OF NORTH KOREANS IMMEDIATELY was flattened like a flery fln;;juk (By Associated Press) by rocket-firing U, 8. TOKYO, Sept, 30— (M —General | fighter-bombers. MacArthur’s head- ADVISE AGAINST CLOSING SCHOOLS DUE T0 POLIO Although local health officers must use their own judgment, top officials of the Territorial Health Department do not recommend clos- ing of schools in the event of a suspected epidemic of poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis). Such is the opinion expressed to- MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS | NATION IS ALERTED TO GREAT DANGER ASSERTS MARSHALL (By Associated Press) Secretary of Defense Marshal says that the nation's increased respon- sibilities still would be present if ! the Korean fighting should end to- | morrow. He warned that the United MacArthur will demand the sur-|Quarters sald it was the heaviest|g,y nu Dr James T. Googe, Ter- States is going through a time of render of Red Korea tomorrow,|strike of the war for the Marine authoritative sources said tonight. {fliers. ‘With four heavily-armed South U. 8. Marines Near Border Korean divisions gathering along} Using “tiny tims"—a 1,000 pound the Red border—the 38th parallel— |rocket nearly one foot in diameter in position to strike northward, the | —the Marine planes left Uljongbu United Nations commander will lay |a flaming rubble. The headquart- down strong terms, perhaps un-|ers summary said the town “died” conditional surrender. under the attack. The surrender demand will be| Uijongbu was infested with Reds broadcast starting at noon Sun-|retreating toward the 38th paral- day (7 p.m. PST, Saturday). It will|lel, 18 miles farther ‘north. be made in the Korean language,| American Marine armored col- in MacArthur’s name, And it willjumns, after an artillery barrage, be repeated hourly. pushed off from Seoul toward Ui- The sources did not disclose the |jongbu. That route leads to Chro- terms—but presumably théy will|won, across the Red border be “surrender or else.” The “or{48 miles north of Seoul. else” could mean unleashing the| It is in the Chorwon area’ that South Korean armored columns on|a South Korean army spokesman what remains of the broken and |estimated 100,000 Communists have greatly depleted Red army in the |gathered, However, he said most of north and complete annihilation of | them are believed to be poorly trapped remnants in the south. and lightly armed conscripts round- In Pusan, the South Korean As-jed up hastily. sembly unanimously urged UN forc-| The British cruiser Ceylon landed es to smash northward across thef{a party on the island of Tae- parallel, The Pusan radio broad- |chong, within 10 miles of the paral- ast an announcement that the As- |lel off the west coast. A U. 8. Navy sembly called for “absolutely elmin+ | summary said the raiders found ating obstacles to national unificas{no Reds. They had fled. tion and independence and the es- tablishment of an absolutely free and independent government.” In Seoul, the capital’s more than 1,000,000 residents awoke Saturday to the din of artillery on the north- east—the barrage preceding the Koreans Want To Cross Line Marine kickoffs toward parallel 38. The 38th parallel was the line drawn by the United States and Heavy Damage In Seoul Russia for acceptance of the Jap~{ ‘The city—officially restored anese surrender in Korea after'the Republic's seat of government World War II. It was not intended by General MacArthur Friday— to divide North and South Korea, strove to clean up its battle-rubbled but Russian occupation forces re-‘au'e'eh and resume normal pursuits. fused to admit a UN commission in No public utilities were function- the North to conguct free elections. | ing—most of the power and water While Allied planes and artillery | éystem were damaged or destroyed. hammered at the parallel and rafl iter was dipped from wells, and highway routes north of -it,{ Syngman Rhee, the 75-year-old the four South Korean divisions ar- | Princeton-educated President, ap- rayed on the east coast south of ) peared philosophical about the de- the Red border itched to start roll- | vastation in the 500-year-old city. ing again. “Lives were saved and people AP correspondent William Jorden, | were made free,” he commented. with the South Koreans, -reported{“We can and we will rebuild.” that Republican troops “want des-| ‘Arsonists set Seoul's capital afire perately to cross.”” But he said they| Friday, shortly after MacArthur still did not know whether they!and Rhee had left the scene of the would be ordered to do so. brief and solemn liberation cere- Elements of the South Koreandmony. Secruity officers had remov- ritorial Director of all local health services, and Dr. Grace Fleld, who heads the branch on preventible disease. “Children, who are especially sus- ceptible, may be more closely ob- served in school,” Dr. Googe said. “Informed and trained teaching personnel can guard against the disease and assure early diagnosis of suspected cases.” No polio cases have been report- ed in this area. The Health Depart- ment has received reports of active cases in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Ketchikan. A telegram received today from Basll O’Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, informed officials that two respirators would be shipped today to Anchorage by military transport. O'Connor also offered ad- ditional help of personnel, equip- ment and money. FIVE POLIO CASES ARE AT ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Sept. 3Q—P—Al- aska Department of Health officials said Friday there are five cases of Poliomyelitis here—one in Provi- dence Hospital and four at the Afr 35| Porce Hospital, Previously hesitant to label the iliness as polio, doctors confirm- ed reports after a discussion of serological tests at a meeting of the Anchorage Medical 8oclety. ' Two iron lungs are being used, and a third has been requested from Natfonal Polio Foundation headquarters. Administrafion Is Charged with Shielding Subversives WENATCHEE, Wash. Sept. 30— reservations office nt,“ou. fllness of a close Seattle is making a brief trip toin Hot Springs, Ark. Third Division reached the boun- dary at the east coast village of Ingu. Three other divisions were moving up and some probably ar- rived at the line Saturday. On Friday, AP correspondent Leif Erickson—flying over the boundary —watched South Korean artillery shells hit ridges along the line. Uljongbu, highway junction and rail center 12 miles north of Seoul, PIONEERS AUXILIARY FOOD SALE OCT. 13 A food sale will be held October 13 by Auxiliary, Igloo No. 6, Pio- neers of Alaska, it was decided by the members at the regular meet- ;r-lgel&st night in Odd Fellows Hall. committee in charge appointed by President Irene McKinley is Anna Bodding, chairman; Edith Powers and Nada Kardanof, The program at last night's meet- ing was devoted to a memorial service for the .late Josephine C. Spickett and Carolyn Armstrong, a discussion of plans for the winter season and initiation of new mem- bers, Initiated into the Auxiliary were Mrs. Mary Hammer and Mrs. Ella Johnson. Visitor at the meeting was Mrs Florence Thornton, member of the Ketchikan Auxiliary, recently ar- rived here to make her home in Juneau. 5% At the meeting, of the Pioneers order, ‘also - held last night, a new member, Pete Hammer was initi- ated. Following the meetings of two orders they met for a social hour and refreshments were served Auxiliary’ members in charge of refreshments were, Dora Sweency chairman; N&da Kardanof, Ma Cook, Nell Biggs, May Lundst and Jetta Gray. the LOIS SMITH ON LEAVY Miss Lois Smith, secretary °© Col. R. Noyes, Alaska Road Com- missioner, is on leave due to rel | In her absence, Miss Lois Nichol- son is taking her place. A Juncal girl, Miss Nocholson has been o" the ARC staff since returnin: it ed a bomb from the building before | —A former Secretary of War ac- MacArthur and Rhee arrived there. |€Us¢d the Truman Administration In the Seoul vicinity, 300 mdsl:"‘“!" ‘:f b"“eld‘"l gm" who at- were reported killed and 226 cap- | 'CMPt to betray the United States.” tured since the war began June 25, MaJ. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley hurl- The Red toll was rising steadily ed the charge as he blamed secret as the Allled steel traps tightened |28reements at Yalta for what he from Seoul to the south coast. termed “our diplomatic confusion United Nations naval ships join- and failure in Asa." He made the charges in his key- ed in shelli scattered coastal i ooy o3 note address to the Washington ' | State Republican convention, He took Senatorial investigating m'al M h { committees to task also, declaring lthey “have shielded the subversives Repo"d sm x;nd prevented the American people | rom obtaining the truth.” { H ”, {By American 6I's : By Stan Swinton COAST. GEODETIC SHIP CHINJU FRONT, Korea, Sept. 30 —{M—American prisoners of war SURVEYOR I" Po“ "ow rescued today said they were told by a North Korean medical officer mo" Au““‘" wo“ that he had seen and treated Maj. Gen. Willam F. Dean, missing] The U. 8. Coast and Geodetic commander of the U, §. 24th Divi- |Survey ship Surveyor docked this sion, The time of treatment was|morning from summer’s duty in the ‘mt reported. Aleutian Islands observing cur- General Dean was last seen by |rents. The ship, captained by Com- his GI's just after the July 20|mander Glendon E. Boothe, will be fighting in the streets of Taejon.|in port for about a week resurvey- |The city fell then to the Reds. |ing between the Alaska-Juneau The rescued Americans reported | mine rock dump and Lawson Creek the Communist Army doctor said{on Douglas Island before returning Dean was seen later in a Red pri- [to Seattle, soner-of-war camp in the North.| The survey of ocean currents was SNSRI made in Unimak Pass, Akutan Pass and Unalga Pass with Roberts rad- NAME S GIVEN |°:. ‘This is the first large scale over- all current survey of the Aleutian NEW FEWS BOAT [ " 28 season by the Surveyor in the oy area. Built in 1917 at Manitiwoc, WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — (® — | Wisconsin, the ship was convoying The Fish and Wildlife Service said |quring the first world war, From Pribiloff Islands of Alaska has been |on the west coast and was under christened Penguin II. the Navy during World War II. It replaces the Penguin, which for | Other U .8. |Coast and Geodetic 1 |20 years sailed the hazardous waters ; Survey vessels working in Alaska of the North Pacific and the Bering | waters are the Pathfinder, Explor-|a 10-day absence to attend the sec- Sea hauling supplies and personnel |er, Pioneer, Derickson, Patton and | from Seattle to the fur-sealing sta- | Lester Jones, tions of the Far North. The Surveyor is 186 feet overall The Penguin burned at its moor- ! carrying six officers and crew of ings in Seattle June 3. 46 men. Other officers are Com- The Penguin II will leave Seattle | mander John C. Mathisson, execu- next month with Christmas mail | tive officer, Lt. Comdr. Clarence and holiday packages for the Pribi- |R. Reed, Lt, Comdr, Edgar F. Hicks, lofs. Jr., Lt. Comdr. Charles A. Schoene, and Rolf G. Baginsky, surgeon. FROM FIELD AND STREAM | At the conclusion of work in the |local area, the Surveyor sails for Seattle for overhaul, repairs and ‘Warren Page of Field and Stream, Mr. and Mrs, Arch Carter of June after attending the Western | New York City, was an overnight | processing records. An air photo Washington, D. C. are registered | Washington College of Educatior ) Visitor in Juneau. He stopped at the [survey of the harbor area will also at the Baranof Hotel. ‘i Ellensburg, Wash; Baranof Hotel, - be made, today its new supply tender for the [1919 to 1947, the Surveyor did work | gerat peril. And he said it would be folly to discount the possibility of atomic attack. Said Marshall: “The nation has been alerted and com- mon prudence dictates that we must remain on the alert for some time to come.” Speaking as President of the American Red Cross, Marshall said in Cleveland this is an era of guided missiles, the atomic bomb and long-range planes and subma- rines. He added: “In the light of recent experience, it would be folly for this country to assume that it will remain forever free from such dangers.” $1,500,000 WORK ONSEWARD ROAD T0 BE ADVERTISED Alaska Road Commissioner Col. R. Noyes and members of the ARC ! staff are busy with plans for work on 58 miles of the Anchorage-Sew- ard road, following appropriation of $7,500,000 for that purpose. Public Law 843 recently made the funds available for reconstructing the highway to a suitable standard for heavy trucking. The section is from Seward to Mile 58; that is, from Seward to the intersection with the Turnagain road. Work will start in the spring, performance on contract by sec- tions. These are tentatively set for November 1 and 15, February 1 and March 1, H. A. Stoddart, BPR Division En- gineer, plans pre-advertisement of the spring dates so that bidders may go over the ground before snowfall, ATTORNEY GENERAL HELPS PLAN FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS Having to describe the meeting of one attorney general with anoth- er, and another (though nine), The Denver Post unwittingly strad- dled a matter of newspaper style. A caption writer settled for “at- torney generals,” and a copy desk for “attorneys general.” There was no straddling the is- sue of the meeting, however. The group which met last week in the Colorado city was unanimously in favor of establishing by compact an “Interstate Commission on Higher Education in the West,” which would remove payment of in- dividual tuition fees by exchange students in certain fields. With attorney generals from sev- en western states, or their repre- sentatives, Alaska’s Attorney Gen- eral J. Gerald Willlams, was wel- comed by Colorado’s “A.G.” John W. Metzger,. p . Discussions centered on . extend- ing the existing model, in the case of Wyoming and Colorado. These states already allow co-operative interchange in medical education Programs, By the proposed plan, if no ap- propriate facilities were available in his home state, a student could study in a neighboring one, his own state bearing the cost, A commission of six members was proposed, each state or terri- tory to share alike in adminis- trative and research expenses. The commission, which would have a pald director, would act as a clear- inghouse for placement of students from participating states and terri- | tories, Williams returned this week after ond meeting of the techinical ad- visory group. He also had attended the first one in San Francisco last month, VEVELSTAD BACK After a four years absence from Juneau, S. H. P. Vevelstad has re- turned to look at some old mining properties. He is stopping at the Juneau Hotel. FROM I0WA Ruby Koester of West Union, Iowa, is staying at the Baranof Hotel. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE [F=) PRICE TEN CENTS Congressional (ommitfee on Juneau Visit Declaring themselves much im- pressed by Alaska and its possibil- ities for development, three mem- bers of a House of Representatives Appropwiiations subcommittee ar- rived this morning in Juneau on board the U. 8, Coast Guard ice- breaker, Northwind. They were Rep. J. Vaughn Gary (D-.Va), Rep. Otto E. Passman (D-La), and Rep An- tonio M. Fernandez, (D-NM), ac- companying Rear Admiral A. C. Richmond, Assistant Commandant, USCG, Washington, D, C, who is on an inspection trip of Coast Guard installations in Alaska. The subcommittee which covers appropriation matters for the Coast Guard, Treasury, RFC and Export- Import Bank, were primarily in- terested in visiting Coast Guard in- stallations and post offices. and vicinity, be entertained 17th District Coast Guard at k luncheon at the Country Club, night they will be dinner guests at the home of Gov. and Mrs. Ern- est Gruening. Tomorrow they will leave aboard a Coast Guard plane bound for Seattle, San Prancisco and Wash- ington, D. C, Gary, spokesman for the Repre- sentatives, pointed ,out that Ooast Guard appropriations were consid- Passmian rematkea that to return to the “State of Alaska” and said that he had supported the statehood bill. He also appre- clated Alaskan hospitality and the interest citizens took in the devel- opment of the country. The visitors were met at the dock by Rear Admiral Joseph Greenspun, officers of the 17th District of the Coast Guard, and Gov. Gruen- ing. P. O. Eastaugh, secretary of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, was also on hand to greeet them, Other members of the party in- cluded: Capt. R. K. Ross, Captain Frank Kenner, Captain I. E. Esk- ridge and Commander G, R. Evans. Other civilians in the group are Kenneth Sprankle, executive secre- tary to the House appropriations committee; Willard L. Johnson, treasury budget officer; and T. Jack Gary, accounting advisor to Commandant USCG. FHA OFFICIALS CONFER ON ALASKA MILITARY HOUSING While on a recent trip to An- chorage, Clinton C. Staples, Direc- tor of Federal Housing for Al- aska; M. Joseph Cassidy, Zone Commiissioner, FHA, Washington, D. C, and Joseph Woods, Chief Underwriter from San Francisco, conferred with Alaska Commander Lt. Gen. Willjam E. Kepner on mili- tary housing for the Territory. The party inspected future hous- ing sites and projects in Juneau, Anchorage and Fairbanks and ex- pressed surprise at the progress during the past year in the face of difficulties. Meetings were held with bankers and contractors in the two Interior cities. Warren Cuddy and Robert A. Baker of the First National Bank of Anchorage entertained the men and they were guests of the Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Fairbanks and at McKinley Park hotel. BURFORDS TO ACCOMPANY BROTHER TO SEATTLE Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burford are awaiting the arrival of Mr. Bur- ford’s brother Ben Burford from the westward today or tomorrow and will accompany him to Seattle to attend the funeral services for his wife, Margaret, who passed away in Seattle last Monday. Ben Burford is chief engineer the Fish and Wildlife Service ves- sel Andrew Zussman and was in the Pribilofs with his ship when ad- vised of the death of his wife. FROM FUNTER Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hargrave from Funter are registered at the Bara- nof Hotel.