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Fire Prevention Week
Fires—90 percent of which could have been pre
vented—last year destroyed 11,000 lives and $870,984,
000 in property in the United States, Fire Chief Carl
Webb reported Saturday as he announced the beginning
of Fire Prevention Week, October 9 through 15.
Statistics of the National Board of Fire Underwrit
ers show an estimated 845,116 fires in U.S. communities
of 2,500 and over in 1954. This is eight percent less than
the 1953 total of 918,304 fires and 15 percent below
1952’s 983,733. The statistics also show, however, that
residential fires, which constitute 72 percent of all
building fires and 34 percent of fires of all types, de
creased only four percent in the same two years. This
is the weakest spot in the picture, and also the most
crucial from the standpoint of home and family.
For this reason, Chief Webb urges each citizen of
this community to observe Fire Prevention Week by
thoroughly checking his home for fire hazards and
correcting any unsafe conditions he may find there.
Copper, Gold, Tungsten
And Silver Reported
Found On Kodiak Island
'KODIAK, UPi — Unofficial re
ports circulated here today that
copper, gold, tungsten and silver
ore have been found near Kodiak
in sufficient quantity and of a
grade to warrant development.
Geologists of the Bear Creek
Mining Co., subsidiary of the
Kennecott Copper Co., have been
working in the area the past two
weeks and although no official
would make a statement a reliable
source said the firm was “very
much interested.”
The Territorial Department of
Mines has also looked over the
property and said a larger com- j
pany than the local owners, the
Kodiak Exploration Co., should
investigate it.
The Bear Creek Mining Co. has
a two-year option to buy some
of the claims. George Cornelius,
retired former Navy chief here
and now a civilian worker, heads
the local firm.
FBI Arrests Former
ACS Employe On
Embezzlement Charges
SEATTLE, (jP>—A former Alas
ka Communications System em
ploye with 25 years of Army ser
vice is under arrest in Seattle on
charges he embezzled $1,022.51
while-s assistant treasurer of the
System’s federal credit union at
Anchorage.
Howard R. Inks the defendant,
now an employe at Boeing Air
plane Co., was retired from the
Army in May after he had made
full restitution of the sum alleg
edly embezzled together with in
terest. He is 55, married and has
three children.
The charge was filed Tuesday
in the office of the United States
Commissioner at Anchorage and
the arrest was made in Seattle
Friday by agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
Inks was arraigned in Com
missioner’s Court here and re
leased on $1,000 bond.
McKay Urges
Elimination of
Alaska Fish Traps
By H. Joynes MacFarlan
WASHINGTON, (#)—Secretary
of the Interior McKay Saturday
urged passage by Congress of leg
islation to provide for gradual
elimination of fish traps in Alas
kan waters.
Such legislation has been pro
posed in every Congress since
1932 but has never before been
endorsed by a secretary of the in
terior. McKay announced he had
informed the House Merchant Ma
rine Committee the department
recommended favorable action
along the general lines of a House
bill introduced by Delegate Bart
lett.
McKay said the shift in the in
dustry from trap fishing to fishing
with less expensive types of gear
may be expected to strengthen the
competitive position of individual
fishermen or small-scale operators.
Economic arguments in favor of
abolishing the traps are decisive,
McKay said. “Traps are a form of
fishing equipment which requires i
capital outlays beyond the capaci
ty of most individual fishermen
. . .” he said. “Salmon are also
caught in Alaska with gill nets,
purse and beach seines, troll lines,
and other types of gear. These are
commonly owned by individual
fishermen conducting small-scale
operations.”
Washington and Oregon abol
ished fish traps years ago, he said,
and added: “■It is an anomalous
situation that fish traps still exist
in Alaska.
The salmon fishing industry has
for many years been by far the
most important single industry
based upon the use of Alaskan re
sources. During the fishing season
of 1954, about 20,500 people were
employed in the industry, and the
value of the catch as prepared for
market was about $68,200,000.
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Eastern Air Defense
Command Jet Pilots
Win Rocketry Match
YUMA, Ariz., UP)—A jet pilot
team from Newcastle, Del., repre
senting the Eastern Air Defense
Command, holds the champion
ship today in the Air Force’s
worldwide rocketry shootoff.
The eastern pilots proved their
ability with “Mighty Mouse”
rockets by coming from behind
and beating Air Training Com
mand, Perrin AFB, Tex., with a
total score of 11,600.
ATC held a 200-point lead after
the fourth day of firing Thursday.
Their second - place finish was
10,600.
Other final scores: Northeast
Air Command from Greenland,
Laborador and Newfoundland,
9,000; Far East Air Force, 7,800;
Central Air Defense Command,
Hamilton AFB, Calif., 6,600; U.S.
Air Force, Europe, 5,000, and Al
askan Air Command, 4,800.
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Oklahoma Governor Leery
Of Riding White Horse
Down Broadway In NYC
OKLAHOMA, CITY, UD — The
Governor of Oklahoma isn’t very
happy over a press agent’s idea
to have him ride a white horse1
along Broadway in New York
City next Tuesday.
Gov. Raymond Gary is to ap
pear in a parade in conjunction
with the world premier of the
film, “Oklahoma!” “I’ll talk to
them about riding a horse when
I get there,” the governor said
Friday. “I sure want to see the
horse first.” .
Ceremony to Mark
Turning Over of
Pipeline to Army
The Haines to Fairbanks multi
purpose pipeline—the $40,000,000
ALCANGO—designed and built
under supervision of the Alaska
District, Corps of Engineers, is
being turned over to the U.S.
Army, Alaska, this Wednesday in
formal ceremonies at Haines. The
ALCANGO was built to supply
far north interior military bases
with vital jet, aviation and motor
fuels.
From the port of Haines in
southeast Alaska the pipeline
stretches 626 miles northwest to
Fairbanks in the central interior,
with 280 miles crossing Canada’s
British Columbia and Yukon Ter
ritory.
Building the pipeline has been a
triumph over time, weather and
rugged country—climbing moun
tain passes, fighting snow, gla
ciers, permafrost and tundra, and
spanning creeks, swamps, rivers
and lakes.
Terminal docks, pumping sta
tions and a huge tank farm were*
built at Hain^f, with other stations
along the line. To control fuel
flow, all pipeline stations are
linked by telephone, teletype and
radio by the Signal Corps. After
grueling tests, first oil started to
flow in August il955 to Ladd and
Eielson air bases at the northern
terminus.
Today, construction of the pipe
line is complete. Through the AL
CANGO flow the fuels to our
northern military bases.
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