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Quotas Up
Washington (JP)—New regu
lations for Alaska’s commercial
fisheries for 1944, announced by
Secretary Ickes, provide for
opening of the Egegik district
in the Bristol bay area to com
mercial salmon fishing after be
ing closed 2 years and provides
use of longer and deeper purse
seines in Southeastern salmon
fishing
Seines now may be 300 fa
thoms long and 400 meshes deep
compared to the previous maxi
mums of 200 fathoms long and
350 meshes deep.
Herring quotas have been in
creased substantially to permit
taking about 80 million more
pounds than last year.
Herring quotas are set at 300,
000 barrels in the quota waters
of the Kodiak area during the
open season from July 1 to Oct.]
! 15; is increased to 125,000 bar
rels in tne Prince William sound
area from June 24 to Oct. 15; j
125,000 barrels increased to 200,
000 barrels for Southeastern
from June 15 to Oct. 15.
In addition 2000 barrels may
be taken as food in Southeastern
Alaska each calendar month
from Oct 16 to June 14 of the
next year.
Mrs. Mary Root has accepted
a position at the Local Draft
Board as assistant to Mrs. Shir
ly Ross, clerk.
Charges
Bungling
Washington (^—Represent
ative Miller. Missouri Repub
lican, said he would produce two
sailors to substantiate his story
1 of a U. S. task force being trap
ped by the J.ips in Alaskan |
waters “because of the buna
ling” of the Federal Communi
cations Commissioner. Miller’s
assertion was made on resump
tion of hearing by special House
comfnittee investigating the
FCC
Questioned by Charles Den
ny. chief counsel for the agency,
Miller asserted that Admiral
Shoper, former Pearl Hart or
communications officer had been
“silenced by executive order” or
he could back up the veracity of
the report
Miller declared that “ama
teurs of the FCC" had given a
Naval task force wrong informa
tion about the disposition of a
Jap force off Alaska and the U.
S. group went in a direction pre
sumed safe but was attacked.
“This is a terrible charge We
don’t know anything about it. If
we knew when or where nr how
this was supposed t,o have hap
pened we might run io down. I
can prove affirmatively that it
isn’t so,” Denny declared.
Mr. Harry Pinch left Monday
by plane for Seattle on a busi
ness trip and will visit his fam
ily before returning.
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$60.00 17 Jewel
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