BABIES SELL FOR $250 EACH
INDICATED, IN NEW RACKET
TORONTO, UR — Canadian and
American authorities Thursday in
vestigated an alleged baby adop
tion racket that police said may
have arranged the smuggling of
hundreds of infants into the Uni
ted States in the past year.
Detectives said forged birth certi
ficates were furnished the would
be parents. Findings so far indi
cate the ring’s price was $250 per
baby, male or female, authorities
said.
ALL 10 MEN RESCUED FROM
NAVY PATROL PLANE CRASH
WASHINGTON, UR—A crippled
Navy patrol plane crash landed in
the mid-Atlantic Friday but all
10 men aboard were picked up by
the Coast Guard cutter Coos Bay.
The Navy said the aircraft had
left Bermuda and was on its way
to the Azores when one engine
failed and the plane crash landed.
Pioneer Newspaperman Dies
JUNEAU, Alaska, UP)—A well
known former Alaska newspaper
man who had the territory of his
birth as part of his name died
early this week in California. He
was Alaska Egan, 47, member of
a pioneer Valdez family.
He worked on most of the Al
aska papers before going to news
papers in the States.
Jets Flatten Red Training Center
SEOUL, UR—Switf U.S. Thun
derjet fighter - bombers Friday
pounded a huge Communist train
ing center on the Manchurian
border and left it in flaming
ruins, the U.S. Fifth Air Force
reported.
ARMORED SHORTS PREVENT
SERIOUS WOUNDS IN KOREA
WESTERN FRONT, Korea, UR
—Two U.S. soldiers wearing the
Army’s new armored shorts were
hit Friday night by shell frag
ments that would have caused
serious wounds if the “diapers”
had not stopped them.
It was the first reported combat
test of the new armored shorts.
BOY SCOUT NEWS
Troop 666 has been divided into
four patrol was eight members in
each. The new patrol is under the
leadership of David Bell with
Corky Kost as assistant patrol
leader. The boys have not dream
ed up .any name as yet, but will
have one by the next meeting.
Two' newly enlisted members are
Jonathan and Taylor Moto, Jr.
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Maurice Kelli
her, Father Tom Cunningham, N.
Jones, Lawrence Avery, Chas.
Stack.
To Kotzebue: Lt. Cohn, Capt.
Richard Staffen, Robert Newlin,
Clarence Allen, Kirk Howarth,
Andy Cleveland, Noah Skin, Gil
bert Kennedy, Sgt. Ray Calvert.
To Fairbanks: C. H. Tickamyer,
Carl Richardson, N. Jones, Law
rence Avery.
Oneida Oswald, secretary to
Judge Earl Cooper has resigned
her position and left for Fair
banks.
The War in Korea
Thursday *
SEOUL, (£)—Allied infantrymen
knifed into Red lines and killed
an estimated 156 Communists in
sporadic pre-dawn clashes along
the bleak 155-mile Korean battle
front Thursday.
The 45,000-ton battleship Mis
souri steamed into battered Won
san Harbor just before dawn
and pounded Communist positions
with shrieking 16-inch shells.
Navy carrier planes made their
customary hackling raids along
the east coast.
B-26 light bombers roared over
North Korea Wednesday night
and blasted Red transport and
frontline positions.
SENATOR REBUKES LODGE
FOR NOT SHAKING HANDS
WITH ANDREI VISHINSKY
WASHINGTON, UB— Sen. Gore
(D-Tenn) says it was “crass and
crude” of United Nations Delegate
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. not to
shake hands with Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky last
Tuesday.
At the opening of the U.N. Gen
eral Assembly meeting, Lodge
was said to have turned down 3
suggestion that he shake hands
with the Soviet representative for
the benefit of photographers.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Cloudy with occasional light
sncfw with decreasing winds to
night and Saturday. East winds
25-35 mph decreasing tonight to
15-20 mph. Saturday.
Lowest temperature expected
tonight 5, highest Saturday 15.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Highest temperature,'
10, lowest -10. Max. wind 32
mph from the east. Sunrise at
7:14 a.m., sunset at 5:13 p.m.
Temperatures a year, ago today:
high 34, low 23. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 35 in 1928,
low -26 in 1926.
Other stations, 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -20 Light snow
Kotzebue -8 Part cloudy
Wales -20 Clotidy
Gambell 2 Light snow
Nome 10 Light snow
Unalakleet 9 Light snow
Bethel 25 Part cloudy
McGrath -10 Cloudy
Anchorage 23 - Cloudy
Fairbanks 2 Light snow
Whitehorse 15 Part cloudy
Edmonton 29 Part cloudy
Juneau 36 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 37 Part cloudy
Seattle 44 Cloudy
San Francisco 53 Clear
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Dining Room
Now Open
Dinners Only
4-12 p.m.
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ALASKA'S YOUTH WRITES
ABOUT SALMON INDUSTRY
Entries in the recent Alaska Salmon Institute Essay Contest show that young Alaskans
have a keen insight into the Territory's most important industry. Student essays in both
the Elementary and High School divisions highlighted the importance of the salmon
industry to Alaska's economic development. Reprinted below, as examples of student
opinions, are excerpts from four of the winning essays in the $1,200 contest.
JOHN JENSEN
DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL
$100 Second Prize
High School Division
Most Valuable Industry
“The most valuable industry
of Alaska is the Alaska salmon
industry! To understand this
broad statement, one must ex
amine the facts carefully.
“From the time that an Alaska salmon closes its
mouth on a hook or is caught in a net, to the time
hat that fish is served on a dinner plate, more people
have enriched themselves from it than one would be
lieve possible.
“Yes, the Alaska salmon industry provides em
ployment for more people and brings more revenue
to the territory than any other. It is indeed our most
valuable industry.’’
JAMES LEVEQUE
FAIRBANKS HIGH SCHOOL
$50 Third Prize
High School Division
Beneficial To Alaska
“The salmon industry has
become the largest in the ter
ritory and one of the most
beneficial to Alaska and to
Alaskans. It has provided jobs
for numerous Alaskan natives and fishermen; it fills
a big percentage of the territorial tax coffers and
has established the University of Washington Fisheries
Research Institute.
“Studies are made by the Research Institute of
the mysterious life cycle of the salmon; research for
better methods of canning and preserving the fish
is constantly carried on; uses for tl e waste products
are created and utilized by the organization.
“The Research Institute, established by the many
canning companies along the coa^t < v i the
waters of Alaska, is dedicated .* the p ese<- of
the great salmon runs and of tae many be^-'ts de
rived by the people of Alaska from the industry , .
HUGH M. SPURR
FT. RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL
$iCQ Second Prize
jmentary School Division
Salmon Brings Prosperity
“It was about ninety years
’.go that the salmon canning
iidustry started near Sacra
mento, California. At first it
was all done by hand. In Alaska
.he indusu.^ ..in 1878 at Klawock, which lies in
southeastern Alaska At present the industries have
more than a hundred canneries which employ some
18,000 people. Today the work is done by machines
which do away with the long, laborious hand methods
of yesterday.
“Each year millions of dollars worth of salmon are
sold which are caught off Alaskan shores. The indus
try here has paid the cost many times over which the
Territory cost our government, and has been one of
the main reasons why Alaska has prospered.*’
**r*<^w CUY BARBER
ANCHORAGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
$50 Third Prize
Elementary School Division
Salmon Industry Important
“The year 1879 marks the
beginning of the Alaska sal
mon industry. The first Alas
kan cannery was built in that
year and was a very crude
affair. Since that time the industry has been grad
ually developed to its present importance as the
great single revenue producer in the Territory. The
commercial value of the salmon fishing industry
greatly exceeds the amount of gold mined in the
Territory or the value of the fur trade which was
exploited by the Russians.”
Mlasha Salmon Institute
SEATTLE • KETCHIKAN • JUNEAU