Hearing Ordered
Oa ASC ifates
Special to MIRROR
(Ed. note: The following
news stojjy was' released by
t! ie ^ .
J uneau ~ Because; of^p r^pro
t est filpd by..Governor '"Ernest
trruenipg, rat4 " 'lniAdaVe&'^'by
tiie Alaska Steamship Com
pany have been suspended by
the Federal Maritime Board
subject to a public hearing to
determine their lawfulness,
according to word received
from Washington.
The increased rates sche
duled to go into effect on
dates varying from May 21 to
June 1 would have affected all
parts of Alaska and such com
modities as ore and concent
rates. Hsheries products and'
livestock. Passenger rates to j
both southeastern and south -1
western Alaska also would |
have gone up.
Announced by the company
as a 20% increase, analysis of
t'lfe' tanff'filMhvitTl^the FiVTR
from 20 to 33^% on groceries
and from 19-tp 24% on general
merchandise.
The board in its order “held
that the rates and fares max
be unjust or unreasonable to
the detriment of the shipping
public and the shipping act: . .
the board is of the opinion that
the effective dates of the
schedules should be suspended
pending a hearing. . .”
No date has been set for the
hearing.
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JiiSy Date
r Expedition
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P.
Hank, II, expedition director
and researcn associate for the
(Jnivfofsitjy Miclft^&h?
amvef?ri Kodiak in'"July" prior
tO going o%f
chain foKffceiti fourth''‘cOn';
secutive .year of scientific
exploration.- , •
■:trtk has written the Cham-'
ier oi Commerce asking about
housing in Kodiak during the
e*v days the party will be
h -re before going out to Un
alaska.
He also asked about obtain
ing sea transportation during
the month of July between
Kodiak and Unalaska. He
asked if small boats could be
rented here for exploration
along the coast of Kodiak Is
land should the party decide
to undertake archaeological
studies here rather than out
the chain.
Mr. and Mrs. Bank were in
Kodiak last fall on their way
back to Michigan after spend
ing the summer in the Aleu
tians doing research work for
the U. of Michigan.
Tourist Travel
Heavy In ‘51
Tourist travel to Alaska this
summer will be greater than
in 1950 according to advance
bookings on Alaska Steamship
Company vessels.
A letter addressed to R. E.
Ellis, president of the Alaska
Visitors Association with
headquarters in Ketchikan,
from the assistant general
passenger agent for the ASC
said that bookings by passen
gers for trips to Alaska was
76% higher on May 17 than
it was the previous year.
“On each Wednesday,
through the winter, we count
the actual reservations we
have made for summer sail
ings.” the passenger agent
wrote Ellis.
The ASC believes the late
trend will continue despite the
international situation. The
letter was written to Ellis
because the company felt that
stories carried in stateside,
and Alaskan papers, might
prove harmful to Alaska’s
tourist industry.
Asks Investigation
Washington (.-P) — Senator
Hugh Butler (R-Nebr), lead
ing opponent to Alaska state
hood, contended this week
that federal agencies have
held up the development of
Alaska. He demanded an in
vestigation.
The Nebraskan asked the
Senate to looK into the federal
policy of “withholding and
reserving from use the
land, forest, mineral and
other resources of the terri
tory.”
A warranty deed from Jor
gen Fredrickson to John W.
Osenga for iot 5 block 7 of the
Leite addition, has been re
corded.
Blood Named
U. 5. Deputy Marshal
Ivan Blood, Special U. S.
Deputy Marshal here for the
past year, has been appointed
a U. S. Deputy Marshal and
assfgWJd to the Anchorage
areal ’r‘;‘
?: Edward S. Dolan,>.;J;iVrtjAn
dhorage resident andrecerray
of Tacoma, Washington, will
arrive here tonight to become
a jail guard, U. S. Deputy
Clarence Dizney announced
yesterday.
Blood will leave for Anchor
age Monday morning to as.
sume his new duties. Mrs.
Blood and children will join
him there as soon as housing
is available.
Dolan is a nephew of U. S.
Commissioner A. M. Vokacek.
Buy in Kodiak
Engineers Make
Harbor Sounding
A survey party from the
U. S, Corps of Engineers in
Anchorage began taking
soundings of the -harbor' and
■ channel this week *"as pre
liminary VjOrk on the small
boat hatbor got underway.
The party arrived nare Mon
day and is headed by Harold
L. Moats. The remainder of
the party is composed of Ken
neth Hoyt, Aurora L. Loss
and Y. Moy Yip.
Moats returned to Anchor
age early this week but the
remainder of the party re
mained here to complete the
work.
Mrs. Bob Hightower was
scheduled to leave via PNA
- for Anchorage this week.
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