Kodiak Volcano
Active Again
KODIAK, itfl—Renewed volcan
ic action in two mountains in the
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
was reported Wednesday by Navy
flyers investigating reports that
smoke, dust and ash were reduc
ing visibility in the region.
One of the volcanoes, Mt. Tri
dent, erupted in February, cover
ing adjacent valleys with ash. The
flyers said the other cone which
appears to be more active than
usual is Mt. Magiek. Both craters
are believed to be about a mile
high and are approximately 380
miles southwest of Anchorage.
The Navy flyers said Mt. Tri
dent appeared to have “a swollen
mound in the eruption area near
the top, approximately one-half
mile wide and steaming from sev
eral fissures.”
The mound was ringed by con
centric circles and it appeared
that lava had flowed over from
the crater and down the sfde,
cooling into the rings as it built
up the mound. The center of the
mound was described as glowing
a bright red with a yellowish
green colored substance lying near
its base on the south side.
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Fire Hazard Closes 26,000
Acres Alaska Forest
ANCHORAGE, The Bureau
of Land Management Forest Div
ision Wednesday closed 26,500
acres of forest land along the
Glenn Highway north of Anchor
age to entry or use by the public
because of the extreme fire dan
ger.
The ban will remain in effect
until Sept. 30 or the first soaking
rain, with only area workers or
residents allowed in the acreage.
At the same time, the Alaska
Road Commission announced that
the Sterling Highway on Kenai
Peninsula is open to trucks but
not passenger vehicles that cannot
ford flooded roads.
High temperatures have melted
glaciers and snow faster than
streams can carry off the water,
submerging many roads.
West German Parliament
Refuses Repayment of
Debts to France
BONN, OP—The West German
parliament Tuesday refused to ap
prove repayment of German debts
to France because the French had
“cheated” the Germans through
economic exploitations during the
postwar occupation.
In a bitter burst of anti-French
sentiment, the Bundestag (lower
house) rejected a bill providing
repayment to France of $11,840,
000 under the 18-nation London
Debts Agreement signed last Feb
ruary. The vote was 148 to 135,
with 18 deputies abstaining.
It was the sharpest anti-French
action ever taken by the four
year-old parliament.
It followed by a few hours bit
ter attacks against the French
over the disputed Saar territory.
Numerous speaker accused the
French of tearing away this coal
rich territory from Germany and
virtually annexing it in violation
of international agreements.
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SUMMER SCHEDULE
DAILY DC-3 FLIGHTS
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Fairbanks — Kotzebue — Nome — Fairbanks
leave Fairbanks 8:00 a.m. arrive Kotzebue 10?30 a.m.
leave Kotzebue 11:15 p.m. arrive Nome 12:50 p.m.
leave Nome 6:00 p.m. arrive Fairbanks 9:30 p.m.
Nurses Make Trip Over
International Dateline
The Maynard-McDougall Mem
orial Hospital was well represent
ed on a flight over Internation
al Dateline on July 1. Hazel Han
sen, Eleanor Holm, Mrs. Anna
White, Carol Cooper, Margaret
Iredale and Mr. and Mrs. George
R. Goshaw enjoyed the flight
aboard Pilot O. W. Tosch’s Grum
man Goose out of Nome Field,
over Bering Sea to King Island.
Tosch circled the island twice
so that those aboard could take
pictures of the rocks atops the
island and homes clinging to the
steep cliffs. From King, the plane
headed westward toward Bering
Straits and the Diomede Islands.
First to be seen from miles away
was bleak Fairway Rock, alone
in the tossing waters of Bering
Strajts. To the right, on the north
westernmost land-end of North
America, was Cape Mountain, and
at water’s edge, the Eskimo' vil
lage of Wales. To the left and
westward, beneath low hanging
clouds, was Siberia of red Russia,
once a place to visit and to trade,
but now behind the iron curtain
and closed to friendliness of our
country.
On the Little Diomede side, it
was Wednesday evening — west
ward on Big Diomede, it was
Thursday evening. It is only here
at this in-between-two-continents,
between two oceans, that Wed
nesday joins with Thursday,
where one can safely view so
great a natural wonder. A more
interesting trip cannot be found
if one desires to see the “unusual.”
Turning again toward the main
land and getting closer to Cape
Prince of Wales, several ocean
going vessels could be seen — Tin
City — roads and an airfield — a
landing craft against the beach.
By York Mountains and Lost
River — high above Cape Spen
cer, where vacant buildings still
cling to the sand alongside a
long runway. Cape Wooley, Tissu
and Sinuk River, Sledge Island,
and again back to the starting
point, left three hours earlier.
The nurses were enthusiastic
over the whole trip and especially
of seeing the thousands of birds
on the felands.
Russian Tanks Rushed
To Polish Border to Guard
Against Threatened Unrest
BERLIN, Iff) — Russian tanks
were rushed from East Berlin to
the Polish border to stand guard
against threatening unrest among
the Poles, the U.S. State Depart
ment newspaper Neue Zeitung re
ported Friday.
Western Allied authorities con
firmed that a tank unit which
had been sent into East Berlin to
quell the June 17 workers’ revolt
was withdrawn “in a northeast
erly direction” in the early hours
Thursday. But there was no offi
cial confirmation that the tanks
had gone to Poland.
Neue Zeitung said Polish under
ground fighters reported a 900
yard-wide strip has been cleared
along the Polish-Russian frontier,
and this area is patrolled day and
night by Russian troops with
bloodhounds.
These reports bolstered rumors
which have been leaking into
West Berlin for days that there
is considerable unrest in Poland.
Mystery of Vanished
Plane Crash Survivors
Remains Unsolved
HALIFAX, N.S., W—Did two
Americans survive the crash of
their civilian plane and then per
ish in the Labrador wilds while
trying to walk to civilization, or
are they living with a remote In
dian or Eskimo tribe?
A 10-man RCAF ground party
is attempting to find the answer
in the desolate scrub country 90
miles S.E. of Goose Bay, Lab
rador where a twin-engine Beech
craft crashed Oct. 16 on a flight
from New York to Goose Bay.
The bodies of its two crew
members, Francis McLau’ghlin of
North Hollywood, Calif., and J.
Kurtz of Brooklyn, N.Y., were not
found in the wreckage* reached
Tuesday by a ground party after
a day’s searching for a trail the
men may have taken.
A baggage tag bearing Mc
Laughlin’s name, a piece of can
vas and some filmy wrapping
found a half-mile from the crash
scene indicated the fliers may
have walked away from the crash.
Widespread Search
Follows Disappearance
Of 18-Year-Old Blind Boy
ABERDEEN, Wash., (*>—An 18
year-old blind boy who collected
cascara bark by touch and smell
was the object of a wide search
Thursday after he disappeared in
the woodlands north of Hoquium.
A searching party aided by two
bloodhounds began the search
after Gary Willis failed to' re
turn from collecting bark Wed
nesday.
Blind since a dynamite cap ex
plosion destroyed his sight when
he was seven, young Willis fre
quently went into the woods,
guided by an acute sense of hear
ing and smell.
Whale Meat Plant
To Turn Out Dog Food
HOQUIAM, Wash., (A — T|ie
whale, which went out of Grays
Harbor’s economic life along with
the old whalebone corset, may be
coming back again—but without
any support for otr from the ladies.
It was announced this week that
a whale meat processing plant is
being started here for entry into
the animal food field.
A 100-ton delivery of whale
meat is the first large whale car
go to enter the harbor since the
“Aromatic” Bay city whaling sta
tion closed some 30 years ago.
The whale catches will be from
Canada’s west coast. The meat
brought here will be fat-free loins
for grinding and packaging in
one-pound cartons for quick
freezing. It will be marketed
primarily for dog and cat food.
CLEANUP NOTICE
All business houses are request
ed to clean up sidewalks and
premises for the Fourth of July.
Sieve Andersen, Mayor
NOTICE JUNIOR POLICE
There will be a free show at
the local theater Sunday after
noon for all members of the Junior
Police Patrol, through the cour
tesy of owner Frank Coplin.
NOTICE
Donations by individuals for
the July Fourth Celebration shall
be gratefully received at the City
Clerk's office.
By order of the Fourth of July
Committee.
Carrie M. McLain,
•Chairman
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