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FCC Officials Coming To j
Alaska To Investigate
Radio Conditions Here
JUNEAU — Radio communica
tions problems in Alaska will be
investigated on the ground next
month by a party of Federal Com
munications Commission staff
men who will come to the Terri
tory for a series of conferences
with licensees and to observe op
erations on-the-spot at various
places throughout the Territory.
The officials making up the
FCC party will be George S.
Turner, chief, Field Engineering
and Monitoring Bureau; William
N. Krebs, chief, Marine Division;
and William L. North, chief, Fre
quency Utilization and Require
ments Branch; all from Washing
ton, D.C. George V. Wiltse, Re
gional Manager of Region IV
which comprises the Northwest
U.S. and Alaska, will accompany
the party from his Seattle head
quarters, and Harold D. DeVoe,
engineer in charge at Juneau, will
join the party at Anchorage.
The announced purpose of the
trip is “to discuss the radio oper
ating problems in Alaska, to study
at first-hand the difficult condi
tions under which various licen
sees have to make use of radio
and to determine if there are any
possibilities of improving these
conditions.”
After leaving Washington on
Wednesday, the travelling staff
officials will meet with Alaska
Communications System officials
and industry representatives in
Seattle before flying to Anchor
age in July 11. On arrival at An
chorage meetings will be held
with various government groups,
visits made to out-of-town sta
tions; then July 21 through July
23 public meetings will be held in
Anchorage.
Red Menace On The Freeway
LOS ANGELES, UP)—'The Har
bor Freeway was smeared with
red after a panel truck went out
of control and rolled over three
times.
But it wasn’t blood and the
driver was only slightly hurt.
Max Factor Co. said the load of
lipstick in the truck was worth
$10,000.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
MEETS EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHATTER HO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the third Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
—4*6 Flrat Ave. West, Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 aun. - 1 to 5 p.m.
Phono Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVMa LODGE
No. 14(5
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday sat* month.