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Schedule Changed for Hearings on
Bill to Encourage Tin Production
SEATTLE, Uft—A slight change
in plans for tin hearings in Alaska
by a Senate Interior and Insular
Affairs subcommittee was an-1
nounced yesterday by Alaska’s I
Delegate Bartlett.
The one - man subcommittee
composed of Sen. W. Scott Kerr j
(D-NC) had planned to hold its i
second and final hearing in the
territory at Juneau but has decid- i
ed to switch the site to Fairbanks, i
Nov. 4, Bartlett said. Bartlett will
attend.
Previous plans to hold the
first hearing at Nome OcL 31
have not been changed.
The subcommittee is to hold
hearings in connection with a bill
introduced in both the Senate and
the House to encourage the pro
duction of tin in Alaska by estab
lishing a price somewhat higher
than the regular market price of
90 cents a pound.
The bill provides, Bartlett said,
that $1.35 a pound shall be paid
for tin derived from lode opera
tions and $1.20 a pound for tin de
rived from placer operations. The
market price would be inclusive.
The act would be effective until
10,000 pounds of metallic tin had
been delivered or until 10 years
had passed, whichever comes first.
The government subsidy, Bart
lett said, would compensate tin
producers for higher production
costs in the territory and would,
at the same time, establish a do
mestic tin industry for the United
States, which imports some 185
million pounds of tin a year.
Bartlett said Kerr would be ac
companied to Alaska by Robert
Redwine, a subcommittee staff
member; Ben Rooney, an admin
istrative assistant; and Howard
Browning, of Kerr’s staff.
Magnuson Says
Alaska Problems
Must Be Solved
SEATTLE, UP>—Several “deplor
able” situations in Alaska and Pa
cific Northwest fisheries, shipping
and land and air transport “merit
the immediate attention of Con
gress and other responsible feder
al agencies,” Sen. Warren G. Mag
nuson (D-Wash) said yesterday.
Sen. Magnuson, chairman of the
Senate Interstate and Foreign Af
fairs Committee, has headed a
subcommittee which has been
holding hearings in Alaska and
Seattle. They were concluded here
yesterday.
“The hearings are over, but the
problems uncovered must be
solved,” he commented.
Lake and stream fertilization in
Alaska, coupled with conservation
measures . . . hold promise for
Alaska salmon,” he said.
“But all the studies in the world
by the Fish and Wildlife Service
and other agencies won’t be worth
anything unless the knowledge
gained is put into practice.”
He referred to the discussion of
aquaculture, a method of “fertil
izing” streams with chemicals to
develop more plankton, the food
for small fish.
“Tied into the North Pacific
fisheries situation” he continued,
“is the fate of the king crab, a
thriving but threatened industry
unless the nations concerned can
take concerted acton soon.”
Civil Aeronautics Board han
dling of the Pacific Northern Air
lines case also deserves being
looked into, the senator stated.
Freight for Unalakleet
To Be Discharged Here
The Coastal Rambler returned
from St. Michael and is discharg
ing Unalakleet freight here, as it
has tyeen an early freeze-up and
was not possible to discharge at
that point.
The ship plans to go to Teller as
soon as possible to discharge sup
plies there.
New School Construction
Completely Shut Down
The new school construction,
which has been handicapped all
summer due to unusually wet
weather, has finally been closed
down completely for the winter.
Mr. Jack McLeod, who has been
in charge of the work for the
B-E-C-K Co., accompanied by his
wife and Mr. and Mrs. Shillen
berg were scheduled to leave to
day. Work will start again on the
new school as soon as possible in
the spring.
Wonder Drug in Harpoon
Will Preserve Whale Meat
WASHINGTON, Canadian
scientists are toying with the idea
of attaching one of the antibiotic
wonder drugs to whaling har
poons in an effort to retard bac
terial spoilage of whale meat after
the animals are killed.
Experiments have been con
ducted in which the antibiotic
drug chlortetracycline is intro
duced into freshly killed whales
through the airline Used for in
flating the mammals prior to tow
ing them.
Split Likely in N.Y.
Demo Delegation
NEW YORK, Uft—A split in the
New York delegation to the Dem
ocratic National Convention ap
peared likely today as Sen. Her
bert H. Lehman (D-NY) pledged
his support to Adlai Stevenson for
the presidential nomination.
Supporters of Gov. Averell Har
riman had hoped for a delegation
solidly behind the governor.
Lehmkn, who campaigned for
Stevenson in the 1952 election,
issued a statement last night say
ing he saw no reason to change his
preference in 1956. Stevenson, in
Chicago, said “I am proud to have
this expression of support from so
distinguished an American as my
old friend Herbert‘Lehman.”
Stevenson, earlier yesterday in
New York, had said “I am not'
counting on the New York delega
tion at all.
School Supt. Angell
To Represent Nome at
White House Conference
Governor Heintzleman has ap
pointed 10 Alaska representatives
to participate in the White House
Conference on Education to sum
marize and report on the terri
tory’s educational problems. They
are now meeting in Anchorage
and will go to Washington D.C. on
Nov. 28 and will be among the
1400 other representatives of all
states and territories. ^
William Angell will represent
Nome; Dr. Keller, Lew Hanks,
Don DaFoe, Juneau; John Coghill,
Nenana; William Olson, Juneau;
L. F. Joy, Fairbanks; Keith Lesh,
Anchorage; Dr. James Ryan, Fair
banks, and T. J. Cole, Sitka.
PROCLAMATION
I, Steffen Andersen, Mayor of
the City of Nome, do proclaim
Monday, the 24th day of October,
as UNITED NATIONS DAY, and
request that this day be properly
and fittingly observed by the
citizens through church services
and sermons, radio talks and
school programs.
Steffen Andersen,
Mayor
PAY RAISES GRANTED IN
'NO STRIKE' CONTRACT
SAN FRANCISCO UP)—The AFL
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
reached a “no strike” contract
agreement with the Pacific Mari
ine Assn., American President
Lines and the Pacific Far East
Line yesterday. The agreement in
cludes a $25 monthly pay increase
and boosts ranging from $1.71 to
$2.65 hourly for overtime.
Civil Service Needs
Clerks, Typists
For Alaska Jobs
The Civil Service branch office
said today that there are numer
ous vacancies for stenographers
and typists throughout the Terri
tory of Alaska. Most of the vacan
cies are located in Anchorage,
Fairbanks, Juneau, and Kodiak.
These positions pay from $2,960 to
$3,925 per anum plus the 25 per
cent territorial cost of living al
lowance.
All stenographic and typing po
sitions are filled through employ
ment registers resulting from ex
aminations conducted by Civil
Service boards of examiners. All
interested persons over age seven
teen should file Civil Service
Form 5000AB with one of the
Civil Service boards listed below.
Form 500AB may be obtained at
any First or Second Class Post
Office or at the Civil Service
board of examiners.
Anchorage Joint Board of U.S.
Civil Service Examiners, Alaska
Native Health Service Hospital,
Anchorage, Alaska; Air Force
Board of U.S. Civil Service Exam
iners, Ladd Air Force Base, Fair
banks, Alaska; Interior Joint
Board of U.S. Civil Service Exam
iners, Box 379, Juneau, Alaska;
Sub-board of U.S. Civil Service
Examiners, U.S. Naval Station,
> Kodiak, Alaska.
Russia Demands That U.N. Debate on
Disarmament Before Geneva Meeting
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Scout Leader Here
Ken Ubelohde, Boy Soout exec
utive for the Fairbanks and Nome
area, has been here for the past
two days conferring with leaders
of the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts,
and assisting them with the pro
grams for this winter.
All Alaska High Schools
Represented Among New
Students at Alaska Univ.
FAIRBANKS —Every Alaska
high school is represented among
the 218 freshmen and new stu
dents attending the University of
Alaska this semester.
Dean Neil W. Hosley said today
Fairbanks leads the lists with a
total of 32 of the new students.
Anchorage is second with 16, and
Palmer sent nine. Eight are from
Juneau.
In addition, he said, a total of
23 states are represented among
the newcomers. Students are also
attending from Canada, Hawaii
and Scotland.
Israel’s Premier
Appeals for Funds
To Buy Arms
JERUSALEM, Israel Sector, UP)
—Premier Moshe Sharett made
the drive for funds to buy Israel
arms official today with a broad
cast appeal for contributions by
Israeli citizens in all walks of life.
Sharett urged that all “contrib
tribute to the limit of your abili
ty” because the purchase of heavy
armaments will require “many
millions of Israeli pounds which
have no coverage in this year’s
ordinary budget.”
He referred to “the impending
decisive military advantage of
Egypt—an enemy of the country
planning agression against Israel.”
And he said: “Citizens must re
alize this danger and give money
for arms purchase without delay.”
Egypt, which recently an
nounced it will purchase arms
from Communist Czechoslovakia,
also is conducting a financial cam
paign among its citizens to pay
for them.
Sharett’s appeal followed a
spontaneous movement among the
Israeli people, who have sent al
most a million Israeli pounds
($560,000) to the defense ministry
in the past two days. Haifa port
workers pledged funds to buy two
Mosquito planes.
MISS FAIRBANKS TO ATTEND
PIONEERS CONVENTION
SEATTLE, (AV-Miss Lulu M.
Fairbanks, associate editor of the
Alaska Weekly, left for Ketchikan
yesterday as a delegate to the
three-day convention of the Grand
Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska
starting today.
She is an honorary life member
of the Fairbanks auxiliary of the
Pioneers of Alaska. While in
Ketchikan, she will be the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steffen.
' UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP>—
Russia demanded today a full de
bate on disarmament in the U.N.
Assembly’s Political Committee,
without waiting for disarmament
decisions by the Big Four foreign
ministers.
Arkady A. Sobolev, permanent
Soviet delegate to the U.N., made
the demand in the 12-nation U.N.
disarmament commission.
He accused the commission of
attempting to delay a report on
disarmament debates of its big
nation subcommittee, Further de
lays would be harmful, he said.
“It has been alleged that discus
sion of disarmament here would
interfere with or prevent discus
sion by the Big Four ministers,”
Sobolev said. “But disarmament
was a major topic of all the gen
eral policy statements in the As
sembly. Every member of the
United Nations has the right to
debate this subject.
The Big Four foreign ministers
meet at Geneva Oct. 27.
The Disarmament Commission
subcommittee—composed of the
U.S., Britain, France, Russia and
Canada—recessed sessions here on
Oct. 7. They were deadlocked over
disarmament plans, especially on
U.S. insistence that President Eis
enhower’s “open sky” plan be
adopted as a prelude to disarma
ment.
Under that plan, the United
States and the Soviet Union would
exchange aerial reconaissance and
defense blueprints to prevent sur
prise attack.
Sobolev told the Commission,
composed of the 11 Security Coun
cil members and Canada, that ev
erybody agrees on the necessity of
measures to avert surprise attack.
That, together with closeness of
agreement on the necessity of re
ducing armed forces, and the ne
cessity of continuing inspection,
make it desirable to open the dis
armament debate here, Sobolev
said. He said there was now a
definite possibility of reaching
agreement.
He blamed the U.S. for blocking
progress in the closed subcommit
tee sessions. Henry Cabot Lodge,
chief U.S. delegate, listened in
tently.
First Alaskan to Hold Top
National Post in Legion
Flying to Alaska
SEATTLE, MB—The first Alas
kan to be named to a top national
office in the American Legion,
John H. Van Horn, new national
vice commander, visited in Seattle
yesterday.
Van Horn, a Sitka general con- *
tractor, and Mrs. Van Horn plan
to fly to Alaska today.
Van Horn was Alaska Depart
ment commander in 1951 and is a
combat veteran of World War II.
He was an Air Force fighter group
ground crewman and flew 18 mis
sions as a gunner.
He plans to attend the Veterans
Day celebration at Bremerton*
Wash, on Nov. 11.