Week’s News Highlights
Commands Changed
San Francisco (JP)— Majoi
General Kenyon A. Joyce ha;
been named Commanding Gem
eral of the vital Ninth Corps
Army area, which includes eigHl
western states and Alaska Hf
will relinquish his command al
Fort I/wvis.
Bremerton (.F)— Rear Ad
miral S. A Tafiinder has taker
over command of the Pugel
Sound Navy Yard, relieving
Rear Admiral- C. S. Freemar
who will concentrate on largei
duties as Commandant of the
district, including Alaska.
Potential Battlefied
Washington (YP)— Delegate
Anthony J. Dim nd told the
Ways and Means committee that
the Alarka ter. i orv is a potent
ial hatt'efield as he urged the
committee to write into the 19-12
tax bill a clause to protect
Alaska from tax penalties in
event of enemy action.
He suggested drafting a pro
vision allowing the Treasury ti
defer filing of income tax returns
and suspend the 6 per cent inter
est and penalty ch-rge in event
of hardships arising from an in
vasion or from aerial attack.
Coast Fishing
Ottawa (*P)—The Canadian
Fisheries department announced
that under regulations issued by
the International Fisheries com
mission approved by Canada
and the U. S. the halibut fishing
season for the Pacific eoist will
open April 16, fifteen days later
than formerly.
A J Whitmite, one of the
Canadian commissioners, said
the 1942 limitation for area three
of the convention waters, which
includes the Gulf of Alaska and
waters south of the Alaska
Peninsula, will be 26,800,000
pounds, or 500,000 more than
the 1911 limit. The limi'ations
of other convention areas re
mains unchanged.
Louis-Simon Tiff
New Yoik (^P)—Joe Louis
successfully defended his world
heavyweight championship for
the 21st time by knocking out
Long Island giant Abe Simon
after 16seconds of the6th round,
but only after firng his Sunday
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shots at the challenger, who
took everything and asked for
more. Abe got up and came
back a split second after the
referee tolled ten
A fight controversy developed
as soon as the fight was over
when Simon and his manager
insisted the big fellow was on
his feet by the ten count and
referee Joseph Conning said he
had not quite made i'
Joe rang the cash register for
Army emergency relief to the
I tune of $50,000. Mon- than IS,
! 000 paid more than SI32.000 to
see the bout
U. S Signal Corps Takes
Additio: al Office Space
The administrative and book
keeping department of the U.
S. Army Signal Corps this week
moved from former quarters
on Signal hill to new offices in
the Bank of Kodiak building
They will occupy the space va
cated this week by the Alaska
Steamship compa-ny which has
transferred its business to newly
completed spaco in the modern,
concrete building across from the
Orpheum theatre. Alaska Steam
shares the new building with the
Wodlinger Drug store.
The new Signal Corps office
will facilitate greatly the work
of the staff as they are now lo
cated in the same building with
the regular business office of the
Alaska Communications system.
Native Art Hits
Record Total
Bolstered by finer craftsman
ship which shouldered Japanese
imitations from the ivory mar
ket and by army demands for
warm Arctic clothing, Alaska na
tives produced a record-bieaking
total of $216,455 worth of goods
which were sold through the
Arts and Crafts Division of the
Bureau of Indian Afiairs Ed
ucational Division, the 1941
report of the division reveals.
Distributed to 115 dealers in
Alaska and the States, the four
th year of the Arts & Crafts
program showed a 120 per cent
increase over 1938, the first year
the program started. Harvey W.
Stirling, division supervisor, no
ted in the report. Of the dealers,
three-foui ths operate in the
Territory. Defense areas showed
particular increases in purchases
during the year. Goods were pro
duced by native workers at 82
stations.
Bank Staff Member
H. E. Strange, formerly of Col
orado, and more recently from
Seattle, was added to the staff
of the Bank of Kodiak this week
upon his arrival here.
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