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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
Annual Report Of
The President Of The
N,W.A. Chamber Of Commerce
The Secretary and President
have compiled the following re
port to be presented at the meet
ing, reviewing briefly the work
of the past year, and making re
commendations for the year
ahead.
We must all realize that the'
year before us will be a year
of change, due principally to the
fact that we are now at war.
There will probably be less pop
ulation in all of Alaska, but
there will still be conditions that
are challenging to the local busi
ness man. Our whole mode of
life and livlihood may be chang
ed, but that is all the more rea
son for the Chamber of Com
merce to be active and alert.
Further, this is a territorial
year, and many of the recom
mendations herein made have
1he legislative bodies and our
Delegate to Congress in mind.
We trust that in the near fu
ture the Chamber of Commerce
will adopt many of these re
commendations and forward
them to the proper agencies.
Last summer we urged relief
and help fcr King Island natives
who planned to come to Nome
for the months of open naviga
tion.
We opposed the re-apportion
ment of the Alaska Legislature,
and were gratified to note that
the action made was to that ef
fect.
We opposed Congressional bills
relating to the Department of In
terior building a monopoly of
certain industries in Alaska, and
the bills were not enacted.
We asked that mail be deliv
ered to Nome twee a week, and
such a contract was arranged.
The Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce sponsor
ed a Community Picnic which
was enjoyed by those who at
tended.
We entertained General Buck
ner and party on one occasion,
and Governor Gruening and
party at another time with pub
lic dinners.
We appealed to Delegate Di
mond and Congress, urging the
search foi strategic mining mat
erials in this part of Alaska.
We stressed a fair priority rat
ing for mining and other indus
tries of Alaska, and it Was ob
tained.
We asked for proper recrea
tional facilities for the soldiers
of the Nome Garrison, which
were not obtained.
We urged the passage of price
control legislation, and it passed.
Last fall we entertained the
teachers of the Nome schools an
also the officers of the Nome
Garrison.
We recently acted on the mat
ter of the 45% raise in steamship
rates.
Recommendations for Next Year
1 Mining. The mining of new
metals should be encouraged in
every possible way and priorities
on vital defense goods should be i
granted. Some protection should
be made of the vast investments!
an gold mining during such i
years as gold mining on a large j
scale will not be feasible.
2. Small Town Government.
We would like to urge once again
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that small towns be allowed to
j form their own self-government,
and, through the passage of a
S land tax, be allowed to keep a
part of moneys thus raised for
’ the promotion of self-govern
| ment.
3. Transportation. All types of
transportation should be encou
raged in Alaska at this time. The
higher costs of transportation are
going to increase the cost of liv
ing. Higher transportation costs
will mean little or no gold min
ing in Northwestern Alaska. We
would like to recommend that
the government subsidize the
shipping rates. We admit that
freight rates must be high to
cover the cost of the shipping
business. Certain people working
for the government are allowed
extra monies for living in Alas
ka, or the government pays the
freight rates on their goods. The
government might subsidize all
of the public by helping to pay
part of the freight rate.
We would like to emphasize
the need for continuing the pro
gram set up by the Alaska Road
Commission for the four sections
of road in the Second Division:
Bunker Hill to Kougarok, Candle
Cr. Road Extension. Teller to
Nome, and Nome to Council. We
urge the next Legislature to ap
pr< priate for roads not less than
$1,000,000.00
We would like to see continued
‘ aid to air transportation. We be
lieve the CAA should continue
to be extended in all of Alaska.
4. Schools. We urge the contin
uation of the present fine school
pregram, asking again that it be
made possible for high school
children from small towns to at
tend the high schools in larger
communities, possibly by allow
ing a monthly stipend for this
purpose.
5. Armory. Now that there is a
Garrison of soldiers near Nome,
and we do not as yet have the
proper recreational facilities for
them, we urge that the legisla
ture provide for an armord for
the use of the soldiers as well as
the civilians of Nome.
6. Health. We urge again that
• the Territory of Alaska provide
Sanltoria for tubercular patients,
both whites and natives. That
she provide facilities within the
territory for the care of ortho
pedic, psychopathic and special
medical cases, for both whites
and natives. That there be pro
, vision within the territory for
i adequate care of incorrigible,
I vicous or criminal children for
^ both whites and natives.
7. Mail. In addition to the pre
I sent program, we urge that reg
ular mail contracts be provided
, between Anchorage and Nome.
In the summer months we ask
that contracts be made between
Nome and the various Islands
' and between Nome and the coast
: wise villages as far as Platinum
to connect with the present mail
: route to Dutch Harbor and Se
i ward.
8. Territorial Legslature. We
urge continued help to the Terri
I torial Chambe rof Commerce by
) the Legislature, inasmuch as the
I local Chamber of Commerce bod
‘ ies are so small in number that
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PUT WITS TO WOR K—Those nebulous notions about
a new gadget are invited to come out into the open by a Hosier
just issued from the National Inventors Council office, Ifeparl
mcnt of Commerce, in Washington. t'.S. Commissioner of Patents
Conway P. Coe (left) and Brig. Gen. Earl McFarland of the Army
Ordnance want inventive ideas of possible use against the enemy.
Glenn Carrington Named Chairman
Alaska Committee Seattle Chamber
Appointment of Glenn
Carrington.long prominent
in business affairs of Seat
tle and Alaska, as Chair
man of the Alaska Com
mittee of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, has been
announced by D. K. Mac
Donald, new President of
the Chamber ofr 1942. Car
rington is President of the
company bearing his
name.
As Chairman of the Al
aska Committee Carring
ton succeeds Darwin Meis
nest, who has been called
into active duty with the
Navy as a Lieutenant Com
mander.
Carrington’s close busi
ness association with the
Territory dates back to
1915. That year he wrent to
Alaska as a representative
of several Portland firms.
After a short period he
went to work for the
Brown & Hawkins Store
in Seward. In Seward he
distinguished himself in
the athletic wrnrld, pitch
ing and playing third base
for the town baseball team.
The next year he secur
ed several new accounts
and started a brokerage
business of his own, spec
ializing in building mater
ials. In 1923, with tw-o as
sociates, he built the Inger
sol Hotel in Ketchikan. In
1930 he purchased retail
hardware stores in Ketchi
kan and Juneau. Tn 1937 he
opened a branch in Fair
banks and expanded his
lines to include mining ma
chinery and equipment,
which now constitutes an
important part of his busi
ness. He also is a partner
in the Cariboo mine, in the
Kantishna District, near
Mr. McKinley.
He spends several months
each year in Alaska and is
well known throughout the
Territory.
“The Seattle Chamber
feels very fortunate in hav
ing secured Glenn Carring
ton as Chairman of its Al
aska Committee because of
his intense and deep inter
est in Alaska, and his wide
acquaintance thruout the
Territory,” D. W. MacDon
aid. President of the Seat
tle Chamber, said. “His ap
pointment assures contin
uance of this Chamber’s
, close cooperation and sym
pathetic consideration of
Alaska’s problems.”
MacDonald himself has a
close connection with Al
aska .in that his brother,
Ray MacDonald, former
ly was owner of the radio
i station in Anchorage, and
is closely identified with
the business life of that
! community.
tions for the public.
12. Taxation In these times the
Territorial Legslative bodies are
going to need more and more
, money, not less. We suggest that
| the land tax and purchase tax
are means for the fair distribu
! tion of the burden,
they cannot possibly finance the
Territorial Chamber.
9. Liquor. Inasmuch as most
; luxuries and many necessities
i are necessarily curtailed by the
war, we ask that the manufac
| turers and sale of liquor be cur
tailed to a comparible extent. Pos
: sbly the sale of liquor could be
controlled by an individual lie
1 ensing system.
10. Fair. The Legislature
, should provide continued help
for the Four Alaska Fairs held
within the Territory.
11. Improvement of Serpentine
Hot Springs. Because Pilgrim
Hot Springs has been closed, we
suggest that there is all the more
necessity for the promotion of
Serpentine Hot Springs, North of
Taylor. The Kougarokers have
moved one building to the site,
but there is need for the appro
priation of more money for the
development of proper accomoda
Fairbanks Girl
In High Position
Miss Violet C. McNeill, a na
tive of Fairbanks, has attained
one of the highest positions avail
able to women in United Air
Lines, the position of chief stew
ardess at Salt Lake City, UtSh, it
is announced by Clyde D. Doran,
Alaska representative of the air
line.
Miss McNeill, who has flown
more than 600,000 miles since
joining the company in January,
1939, will have supervision of
approximately 25 stewardesses
flying the . Salt Lake-Cheyenne
Denver section of United’s ooast
to-coast route.
She was born in F^irbankte,
and attended St. James Girls
•School and Immaculate Concep
tion Academy in San Francisco,
Calif. She is the fourth chief
stewardess of United Air Lines,
others being Miss Jean Bartholo
mew at Portland, Ore., Miss
Mabel Madsen at Oakland and
Miss Bernice Caldwell at Chicago
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UAL STEWARDESS VIOLET C. McNEILL
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Miss Violet C. McNeill, who was born in Fairbanks,
has just been promoted to the position of chief steward
ess of the Salt-Lake-Cheyenne-Denver section of the
United Air Lines. She joined the Lines as stewardess
in 1939.
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