The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 25, 1951, Page 1

* ish SOALIDE Lk ARY INGTON D C THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,921 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, 8 "TEMBER 25, 1951 Rogers Will Head Field (ommitfee WASHINGTON, Sept. 25— ® — Secretary of the Interior Chapman today appointed George W. Rogers, 34, Juneau, chairman of the Inter- ior Departments’ Alaska Field com- mittee, The field committee is the co- ordinating body for departments of interior agencies operating in the territory. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Rogers was an economist on Gov- ernor Grugning’s staff. He first came to Alaska in 1944 as a price economist with the Office of Price Administration. He was awarded a Littauer Fellowship .for advance study at Harvard University and received his doctor's degree from Harvard in 1949. Following his graduation, he returned to Alaska as financial economist for the Al- aska Public Works. His wife and two children, Geoffrey and Shelly reside in Juneau. He will return to Juneau this week to take over his new duties. Mr. Rogers succeeds Kenneth J. Kadow who resigned as chairman of the field committee last spring. Since Mrs. Kadow's resignation, Clarence Rhodes, Alaska director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, has | been acting chairman. | Ground Survey : | fs Planned for ! Taku Highway i That a ground survey of the| Taku highway would be made next | summer if funds are available was R By KAY J. EINNEDY Commercial airlines in Southeast Alaska now carry nearly three times its current population in the course of a year—or about the entire pop- ulation of the Territory in 1940. ‘This is a long flight from the early and mid 1930’s when the Pan- handle people starte “taking to the air” with airtrail-breaking pilots | who foresaw the future of commer- | cial air travel in this region. Conservative estimates show that approximately . 75,000 = persons_ wiil | have flown with the two major air- | lines this year. That is about 2,500 | more than the 1940 census for all of Alaska. The present head count of the First Division is 27,572, Both Southeast Alaska major air- lines, Alaska Coastal Airlines of | Juneau, and Ellis Air Lines of Ket- chikan, report a 20 percent increase in passenger traffic over a year ag Everyhody Flies It scems that everybody flies. Air- craft here have become the aerial street cars for travelers and com- muters, Reasons given by airline officials for the recent jump in traffic, in addition to the natural trend toward | flying are: 1) all cannery personnel are now transported by air; 2) in- creased governmental travel such as for sur and movement of Alaska Native Service people; 3) construction work in the are: 4) tourist travel; 5) and a reflec- tion of prosperity. Many local and visiting sports- men and fishermen fly to hunting and fishing camps. Various groups get together for aerial sightseeing trips, such as flights over the Ju- neau Icecap. Traffic from Juneau to Taku Lodge is estimated to have surveys agreed upon by Canadian and Am-i prican offjcials, who. attended & meeting last Thursday in Van- couver, B. C., to discuss the pro- | posed international highway Lhatv would join Juneau to Atlin and the Alaska Highway. Attending the meeting were pro- vincial and federal Canadian of- ficials and territorial and federal American officers as well as re-| presentatives of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting c«:mpanv and the Juneau Chamber of Com- | merce. Chairman of the meeting was the Honorable E. C. Carson,| Minister of Public Works for Brit- Columbia. | Support From Mines | Herbert Rowland, president of the | Juneay. Chamber of Commerce, said that one of the major arguments in support of the road was pre- sented by an official of the Com- solidated Mining and Smelting company who stated that the road would save his company a total of $8 a ton handling charges over{ the present method of stockpiling ore during the winter months and shipping it by river barges during the summer. The Honorable R. C. MacDonald Minister of Mines for British Col- umbia, stated that he would sup- port the road program if the im- mediate economic benefit to the Tulsequah and Atlin mining dis- tricts will justify the expenditure of funds. Mr. MacDonald stated that he would request funds from the federal department of mines for the proposed ground survey. Officials Present American officials present at the meeting included: Joseph Flakne, director of the Alaska division, de- partment of Territories and Insu- lar Possessions, Department of In- terior; A. F. Ghiglione, Commis- sioner of Roads for Alaska; Frank Metcalf, Territorial Highway En- gineer, and George Sundborg, di- rector of the Alaska Development Board. Riepresenting the Juneau Chamber of Commerce were Mr. Rowland and Jerry McKinley, chairman of the road committee. The Washington Merry - Go-Round (Copyright, 1951‘ by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—The month of September and early October when the harvest is in is the time the chanceries and general staffs of Europe watch closest for signs of war. If Europe can get by this period of dry, mild weather before winter bogs down an attacking army, they figure there will be no danger of war at least until June. Top U. S. officials, likewise, have made all-important surveys of the war poulbfllty and it is possible kL (continued on Page 4 (Gaining doubled over the last summer sea- son. Then there - SOTRER 40 emergency flights yearly. Over $750,000 Payroll On the financial side of the ledger | the two major airlines put over! three-quarters of a million dollars into circulation each year through payrolls alone. Alaska Coastal has 79 employees | on its payroll that runs around 1$400,000 annually. Ellis Air Lines Strength LONDON, Sept. 25—(P—A medical bulletin from Buckingham Palace this morning said King Feorge “con- tinues to gain strength” after a restful night. It was the fifth and most en- couraging report from the king's doctors since they performed a major operation on one of his lungs Sunday morning. The bulletin was signed by four| doctors who spent the night at the palace and the surgeon who per- formed the operation. As soon as they agreed on the bulletin, the doctors telephoned the good news to members of the royal family staying outside the palace. Princess Elizabeth, heiress pre- sumptive to the throne and her husband, the Duke of Edinburg, received it at Clarence House, their { London residence. The news also went to Marlbor- ough House, home of Queen Mother Mary. With her were the Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of the king, and Princess Mary, the prin- cess royal, his sister. The Duke of Windsor, the man who gave up the throne to George, was reached at the home of a friend where he is staying while in Lon- don. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport: Maximum, 56; Minimum, 31. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair with some high cloudiness tonight and ‘Wednesday. Lowest tempera- ture tonight about 37 in Juneau and near freezing in outlying areas. Highest Wednesday about 56. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Airport None; since July 1 — 8.45 inche ! nership of two corporal SE Alaska Airlines Put Out Over $750,000 Payroll; Carries Three Times SE Populafion — puts out $357,000 in wages to employees each year. High Safety Records Both airlines have received Na- tional Safety Awards from the Na- tional Safety Council. All precau- tions are taken to maintain a high order of performance of aircraft and pilots. ACA shop facilities for many years have been certified by CAA as an approved repair station and a li- censed CAA inspector is on the pay- roll. The shops are equipped for complete overhaul facilities for en- gines, radio, instruments and all types of repair. ACA Shows Steady Growth Alaska Coastal Airlines is a part- Alaska Air Transport, Inc., was organized in 1935 by Sheldon Simmons and was financially backed by Thomas A. Morgan, Dr. W. W. Council, Dan Moller and Tom McCall Capt. James Davis backed and financed A. B, (Alex) Holden in Ma- rine Airways which was organized in 1936. Simmons and Holden are co-managers of the ACA. From two single-engine seaplanes at the inception of the cooperative venture, the company now has 13 aireraft ranging from a 24-passenger Catalina type PBY to two Aeroncas for training and one-passenger charter trips. Other aircraft include five 8- passenger Grumman amphibians, two 5-passenger Lockheed seaplanes, mn | one Ballanca for five passengers, one 3-passenger Seabee amphibian and one Curtis Kingbird. The King- bird carries seven persons and is used on the contract Tulsequah run for the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada. Alaska _ Coastal’s recently ex- panded ‘cnd cteasmlngd massenger terminal at times resembles a mini- ature “Grand Central Station.” The peak travel months of this year have been July, August and September which show an increase of 30 percent over the same months in 1950, ACA officials reveal. The first week in September of this year was something of a re- cord when 1500 passengers were transported. On Sept. 8—the high day—283 persons flew with the air- line. To hark back to 1940, about 1.500 persons were carried during the entire year, but by 1946 ten times that number were carried and in 1946 ACA counted over 20,000 pas- sengers. During the past 12-month period Alaska Coastal has moved 38,500 ton miles of mail, 51,000 ton miles ex- press and freight in addition to 30,000 passengers. ACA Has 11 Agents The Juneau airline is represented in most of the outlying towns by the following agents: Kyra Garnes, Angoon; Jack Templin, Hoonah; Joe Sadlier, Pelican; Ira Powell, Haines; Christine Lamoreau, Skagway; Har- old Hargraves, Funter Bay; Dermott O'Toole, Tenakee; Robert Martin, Kake; O. E. Swanson, Elfin Cove; Eldor Lee, Petersburg; and Orville Paxton, Sitka. Ellis Air Lines represents ACA in Ketchikan and ACA does the same for Ellis here. Ellis Air Lines Growing R. E. (Bob) Ellis of Ellis Air Lines operating out of Ketchikan serves that city, Wrangell, Peters- burg, Hydaburg, Klawock, Craig, Annette and Juneau. He, too, reports about a 20 per- cent increase in passenger traffic over last year with July up 44 per- cent. Ellis operates the shortest and busiest aerial route in Alaska — 21 miles between Ketchikan and An- nette—where he handles Pan Amer- ican Airways connections between the two points. He says that nearly 19,000 persons were carried on that route last year. “While most of the passengers are PAA connections, a substantial porticn can be classed as commuter. Approximately 300 persons live at Annette, largely CAA, PAA, Stan- dard Oil and Coast Guard person- nel,” he pointed out. Ellis Air Lines carried 34,000 pas- sengers in 1950 and it is expected that the figure will run close to 40,000 this year. Ellis reports a great increase in airmail. It has tripled since 1948. However not as much cargo is carried by air since much of it is transported by small boat. Six Grumman amphibians and three Aeronca sedans are operated by Ellis and he says this is the first year that he has had sufficient aircraft to handle the business of- fered. Improvements in seaplane facil- ities are constantly being made at various points in Southeast Alaska. These aid materially in the hand- ling of passengers and cargo, ' Uninfication with (10 Resolution Before AFL Meet SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25—(P— The American Federation of Labor convention — without a dissenting vote — today called for unification with the CIO. But the resolution — as in past AFL stands — called for ‘“organic unity” within the AFL. And there was slight possibility it ‘would be accepted by the leader of the na- tion’s second largest labor group. There was no voiced objection when the resolution, read by AFL Vice President Matthew Woll, was put to a vote among the 700 dele- gates but Frank R. Tureo, of the Seattle News Vendors Union, earlier United Mine Workers by name. Lewis, who quit the AFL execu- tive board and started his 600,000~ member union out of the AFL in a as-honast as anyone.” and think he did you wrong,” Turco said, the United Mine Workers be- longs in any possible single labor organization. Control of Meat Is Underway WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — P — The government today threw all available price control personne! into a nation-wide pre-dawn check of some 500 slaughter houses in a drive to stamp out illegal practices in the handling of beef. Price ®nforcoment Director Ed- wavde, Dy Maitan “mid Haughtering operations in more than 50 cities were being checked. He expected hundreds of packers would come under inspection before nightfall. Price Stabilizer Michael V. De Salle ordered all regional and dis- trict price stabilization offices to help special enforcement agents in the coast-to-coast crackdown. OPS agents were ordered to in- spect records of slaughterers, their cattle weights, scales and invoices. The agency said the aim is to determine whether they are pur- chasing livestock in compliance with the control law, and whether anyone is selling beef at illegal prices. Sealskin Prices Drop 12 Per Cent ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25—M—Prices on sealskins, most of them from Alaska, fell 12 percent from last April’s prices in the semi-annual government auction at the Fouke Fur Company yesterday. The average price for an esti- mated 30,000 skins was $89.76 a skin. Most of the drop was in the higher priced types. A reduced de- mand for those types was caused by high prices for necessities and high taxes, a spokesman said. Bidding in the auction was ac- tive. About 80 percent of the skins were sold for the U.S. government. The rest came from the Union of South Africa and some private shippers. Bonneville Power Seeks Rainmaker inPower Shorfage PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 25— istration turned today to rainmak- ing to help out in the Pacific North- west’s power shortage. It announced a contract for cloud the Columbia system. The Columbia, falling steadily. had a flow into the reservoir at Grand Coulee dam today of about| 58,000 cubic feet per second. That is 1900 cubic feet per second less than yesterday—the average daily rate of fall recently has been 1000 to 2000. Today’s general hope but little else. As Elmer Fisher, weather bureau river fore- caster at Portland put it, a lot of water is needed to equal the daily drop-off. However, today's weather evaporation, and generally help to restore stream flow. AT THE BARANOF Ray J. Lee, of Seattle, is swppm” at the Baranof Hotel. Flve Are Mlssmg, Anchorage Air Search Launched for Residents Now Ten Days Overdue, Moose Hunt ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 25 —{®—An extensive air search was launched today for five Anchorage resideats 10 days overdue on a moose hunting trip by dory into the MAlexander Creek area. took the floor to ask that it be amended to include John L. Lewis’ similar convention here four years afo, was extolled by Turco as “just “Even if you disagree with Lewis, A—The Bonneville Power Admin-| seeding in the upper reaches of | rains brought | is the sort of thing needed to check Numerous private planes joined in the search. The missing are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burdett, Mr. and Mrs., Ed- son Anderson and Rex Hall. Thé party left Sept. 10 in their 22-foot dory, powered by two out- board motors, They planned to re- turn Sept. 15, Thé Alefander Creek area is about| 40 boat miles from Anchor- age. Although the creek area is considered safe, Cook Inlet waters leading to it have tides which are often treacherous for small craft. Burdett and Anderson are part owners of the City Cab Company here and Hall is a driver, Save Money by Paying Taxes Up Before October 1 Taxpayers, outside of ths City of Juneau, were reminded today that this is the last week in which they can pay their taxes and earn a two percent discount. After Oct- ober 1, unpaid taxes are subject to g penalty of one percent per monti until paid. However, property owners may pay half of their taxes before Oct- 1 and the other half before %, 1952 and “avoid penalty. No discount will such payments. Juneau Independent Schml Dis- trict taxes should be paid to Rob- ert N. Druxman District Tax Col- lector, at 123 Front Street or mailed to P. O. Box 3051. be allowed on; MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Tax Boosting Condemned by Senator George WASHINGTON, Sept. 25— @ — Senator George (D-Ga) accused the administration today of demanding “more, more and more taxes” while remaining as “silent as the grave” when it should speak up for econ- omy in government. In a Senate speech, the chair- man of the tax-writing Senate fi- nance committe also denounced a move by Senator O'Mahoney (D- Wyo) to boost excess profits taxes under the $5,500,000,000 tax increase bill riow before the Senate. George charged the administra- tion with .relying too heavily on taxes to curb inflation. George took the floor after O'- Mahoney launched a fight to re- capture some $730,000,0600 of excess profits tax revenue knocked out of the tax bill by George's committee. Trealy Is Off PARIS, Sept. 25—(M—The United States, Britain and France will pub- lish a joint declaration tomorrow saying Italy “is no longer subject” to her peace treaty arms limitations. Russia was the fourth major power involved in imposing the treaty terms on Italy. Diplomatic informants in Paris said the three western powers would say in the decleration “changing circumstances” since the Italian treaty was written have made it no longer necessary to compel Italy to abide by certain treaty clauses. These clauses mainly are those that restricted Italy to an army of and 26,000 men, and a Navy of no more than 132 ships of all kinds. U. 8. TO CONTINUE AID | WASHINGTON, Sept. 25— (A — President Truman today assured Italian Prime Minister De Gasperi Auk Bay Public Utilities District taxes may be paid in the same manner or mailed to the PUD through the Auk Bay Post Office. They may also be paid in person evenings at the Druxman Auk Bay office on the Glacier Highway. Need Applicaiions For Controlled Building Mefals October 1 is the deadline for fil- '| ing applications for “controlled ma- terials” (steel, aluminum, and cop- per), C. A. (Pat) Carroll, Territorial director of the Federal Housing Ad- ministration, announced today. “Builders and sponsors of multi- family residential structures who need these materials for the first quarter of 1952 must file a National that the United States will “con- tinue to assist Italy and the other allies in. JAncreasing their cap- acity for defense.” A joint communique released af- ter a 50-minute White House con- ference said that Mr., Truman, agreed with De Gasperi “that the defense 'of Europe {s vital to the preservation of the free world.” The communique added: “The President and the Prime Minister agreed on the importance of continuing the joint effort of the free nations united in the North Atlantic Treaty organization to the preservation of world peace.” In a speech after his White House visit, De Gasperi urged the western powers to use his country’s idle factories and man- common defense, Speaking to the National Press Production Authority Form (CMP- 4C),” Carroll stated. A multi-unit family structure is one that contains more than four family units. Copies of the form are availablc at the field offices of the Depart- ment of Commerce. Builders of private multi-family housing (whether conventionally financed or FHA-insured or VA-guaranteed) will file in the local offices of FHA. Builders of public multi-family | housing (federal, state or local) will file in the field offices q the Public Housing Administration. Carroll said that builders of one through four family residences op- erate under a system of self-autho- rization which permits the use of specified quantities of wsteel and | copper without filing for authoriza- | tion. A builder requiring more than the maximum amounts of steel and | copper permitted under the self- | authorization system must file a | CMP-4C application with the Di- rector, Defense Liaison Staff, Hous- ing and Home Finance Agency, | washington 25, D.C. Such authori- zation will be granted on an ex- | tremely limited basis and only in | the event of undue and exceptional hardship, Carroll pointed out. DETACHED SERVICE FOR |NATIONAL GUARD MEN Cpl. James A. MeGilvray of Company A, 208 Infantry Battalion, Alaska Nationalw Guard, stationed at Ketchikan, is taking on the job training as a company clerk with the senior instructor’s detach- ment of the guard, He will be here for two weeks. FROM KETCHIKAN | Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Snodderly o( Ketchikan is at the Gastineau Ho- tel. club, the Premier acknowledged that Italy is so poor in raw mater- ials that “its existence for years, when viewed from a statistical viewpoint, has seemed an impos- hibility. “Italy has, however, a rich re- source in the ability and willing- ress of its industrious people to work,” he said. He said Italian factories could 2e used for defense production “in such a way that costs are less for you and at the same time the standard of living of our people S, mot lowered.” Stock Quotations NEW YORK, Sept. 256—M—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau | mine stock today is 2%, American Can 118, American Tel. sraft 60, General Electric 61%, Gen- 2ral Motors 51%, Goodyear 47%, Kennecott 84%, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 57%, Standard Oil of California 52, Twentieth Century Fox 21'%, U. S. Steel 42%, Pound $2.79%, Canadian Exchange 94.81%. Sales today were 1,740,000 shares. Aveérages today were as follows: industrials 272.24, rails 86.05, utili- ties 4531, TIDE TABLES Low tide 4:84 am. 238 ft. High tide 11:34 a.m., 13.0 ft. Low tide B5:15 p.m., 538 ft. High tide 11:13 p.m., 138 ft. |o © 0 0000 0 0 0 250,000, an air - force of 350 planes | power to turn out goods for the | and Tel. | 1587%, Anaconda 48%, Douglas Air-| PRICE TEN CENTS Reds Quit Truce Talk; Stalk Out Insistence of Directed Discussion Causes Break ~New Offer Made TOKYQ, Sept. %5— (M —Com- munist officers angrily stalked out of a meeting today at Kaesong but Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway asked them to return tomorrow for an- other try at reviving the stalled Korean truce talks. The Reds walked out when al- lied liaison officers insisted on dis- cussing conditions under which the truce talks could be resumed. The allies earlier told the Reds that Kaesong was not a satisfactory site. The Communists wanted to get the truce talks, going ‘right away. But they demanded that the first session be given over to plans for processing a string of charges that the allies had vio- lated the neutrality of Kaesong. Eight and one-half hours after the Reds stalked out of the Tues- day morning meting, an allied of- iicer left the advance camp at Munsan with a message for the Reds. He made the extraordinary night flight to Panmunjom, near Kaesong, by helicopter, The message, signed by the sen- ior allled liaison officer, Col. An- dew J. Kinney, under instructions from Ridgway, said: “Despite your unilatéral ac- tion in recessing the meeting to- day and your abrupt departure therefrom, I am prepared-to meet you tomorrow. . .at 10 am. to discuss conditions mutually sat- isfactory for resumption o( the armistice talks.” Th: 'talks have been ntaued a3 days. The word “conditions” left the situation just where it was when the Reds walked out of Tuesday’s meeting. Eisenhower To Be Candidate, President - If NEW YORK, Sept. 25—(M—Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower will run for President only if ‘he thinks such a move is necessary to preserve the Big Jet Battle Fought Five Red Mig-15s Shot Down, Five Damaged in 35-Minute Fight ¥ U. 8. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD- QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 25—(f— American F-88 Sabres today won the longest jet battle in history. They shot down five Commumist MIG-168 and damaged five in a 35-minute fight in MIG Alley over northwest Korea. \ The U. S, Fifth Alr Forcs sald all the American planes réturned safely. The fight roared from 35,000 feet to ground level. It produced Lhe biggest one-day bag of Rus- sidn-type MIG-18s since . ll when U. 8. pilots shot down probably destroyed two more and damaged: 14, The fight was not only the longest but alse one of the jet battles of the war. It in- volved 117 planes—37 Sabres against 80 MIGs. The Sabres were led by Ameri- ca’s top ace, Col. Francis ‘8. Gi i, Ofl City, Pa. He was ed with damaging one Red X The Air Force and Navy pn- nounced in Washington they have destroyed or damaged 1426 loco- motives In Korea since the war started 15 months, @mgo. . .7, nom destroyed or road cars and ,fl hicles. A UN unit battled to the mount- ain top, northwest of Y through intense martar and small arms fire, It kicked' ah- estimated two north .Korean . battaligns. off the peak in nearly M hours of tierce fighting. e There was & 4 tive lull Tuesday around “heartbr ridge” twice lost to col Reds n .14 days.of _bitter fighting. High Peak Lost Grenade-tossing Reds drove U, S. troops off the highest peak in the ridge Monday for the second time In 10 days, Weary American soldiers holed up on the steep slopes and répulsed three small Red probing attacks North Atlantic Treaty organization, a Republican Governor said today. Gov. Walter J. Kohler, of Wis- consin, returning by plane from a three-week European tour, said he had a “frank talk” of 45 minutes with Eisenhower. “Only if NATO were jeopardized and he felt he alone could save it would he declare himself a Presi- dential candidate,” Kohler said. Last Ship Sails For Nome Before Winter Season SEATTLE, Sept. 25—(®—The last ship scheduled to go to Nome and other ports on the western edge {oi Alaska this season will leave Seattle tomorrow. | The Square Knot was assigned by the Alaska Steamship Co. tc make the final trip before winter She will call at Unalaska, Naknek, St. Michael, Unalakleet, Nome and Teller. . No more ships will visit those ports until' next May. or June. Only three other commercial ves- |sels this season have gone to the |Bering Sea and the Arctic. LENOIR CHECKING | SUBMARINE CABLE On’its semi-annual maintenance | trip to Alaska, the MS Lenoir, ACS cable barge docked in Juneau Sat- '|urday and sailed for Skagway. The Lenoir, commanded by Captain J. |H. Connely, will check the sub- marine cable stations at Haines, | Skagway, Eldred Rock, and Sentin- el Island before returning to its home port at Seattle. The 157-foot ship carries a crew of 24, includ- ing civilian and military personnel. TEACHER ARRIVES Mary Robinson of the University of Alaska extension service, from Petersburg, arrived heiy yester- day to teach a course in upholstery class. She is stopping at the Hotel Juneau. | VISITOR FROM CORDOVA Mrs. N. A. Jorgensen of Cordova 'is stopping at the Baranof Hotel, before dawn Tuesday. They re- ported that by Tuesday afternoon there had- been no further contact with the Communists. Battleship In Action To the east, the 16-inch rifles of the battleship New pounded Reds in the hills north of ‘he punchtowl, a one-time Com- munist assembly point. The one and one-quarter ton shells arched miles w air. Dozens hit the heaft of Communist dueluu on the north. astern front, the navy said. Ob- servers called the un- excel- ent. Alaska Mapping Program Underway WASHINGTON, £rpt. 25-4P— The Geological Burvey says & pro- iram for mapping Alaska is un- derway. The agency said it plm to map ‘he entire territory on a seale of 1-t0-2560,000, and to map selected weas of strategic and economic importance on a larger scale of '~t0-63,360. The agency said the navy and ur force are making air photos of the territory and have com- dleted about one-third of the area. Princess Loulse salls from Van- couver Sept. 29, arriving at Juneau Oct. 1. Alaska scheduled to arrive south- bound Monday at 6 p.m. Denali sails from Seattle Sept. 28, arriving ‘at Juneau Oct. 1. y FROM KODIAK . James Corbett of Kndhkhrqfi— tered atthe Qastineau Hotel.