The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-05-18
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE

laboratory and a neat assist Tor tht newly functioning Alaska Develop ment Board. it's first move Tn glF' ing industry in the Territory boost. Here's the story:
 During the last year or two fish lab au etchikan has been develop ing a product which it terms as -cannery Ioat." It's made of edible parts of the salmon such as parts of the head and tail which in or dinary canning process is thrown ouf as waste because the average hacker. under pressure Of gettlhe his pack in a limued time, hasn | heretofore bothered with it. Lyle Anderson and the boys at the lao worked up a good product, put IL m a hall pound can. and there the product rested. Commercially noun ,,as being done about it. Problem ,,as Dresented to the Development Board. That body, recognizing lne war time food needs got busy. This week the board could report pro gress with capital ''P'. Through me Division of Territories confer euces were held in Washington wHh the result that the board was informed the Army has approved caunery loaf for shipment to the raciflc. It will take all 1t can get gn cost plus basis and has asked the War Food Administration to mako purchases. Meanwhile, Lib by's has agreed to put up 4,00O cas- ss and ahe Fish and Wildlife Sery- lee Is pushing the industry in an effort to induce additional produc- tion. ..sa-A
 II looks from here as fl that sl2o.OOo appropriated for the De- ,elopment Board is starting to pay dividends. z-asas.a
 Resembling order which would have haRed AIaska inLerpOrt travel ou Canaulan PaclIic boats after .lay 3l. as reported exclusively, l.rst as usual, h thls peerless fam ny journal last M eek, probably will y,. xalyea for another two months, Or uuuI July 5I, thanks to h e Aiarl,lne Commission, the War ..,nipping Administration, the DiFi- Son ol Territories, Delegate E. L.. bartlett and. on the Alaska scene, to the man DOC" Walker doesn [ like any uore-liOy. Ernest Gruen- ing. II mas to the Governor Alaska protest Was made on the part or southeast Alaska, and it was the Governor who warmed up the wires to Washington, pointing out the hardship such action would cause in Southeast Alaska under the limited war time boat seryIce, particularly to Wrangell, Petersburg and Skag- way. This week came the result in these terms through wire from the Division of Territories:
 Agreement secured 10 recom- mend new order permitting inter port passenger traffic between AL aska ports and freight traffic to Skagway only for period of 60 days until July 31, during which period We will have opportunity to gather information supporting further ex- tension of waiver"
 What the resembling order would have done is put the old Jones law, which prohibits travel between Am erican ports in other than Ameri- can bottoms. back into effect as IL was prior to the war. Due to re- uuisition Of American boats [ pr war service. Jones law was lifted for the war period. Now plan was to clamp it back on without any assurance American boat service would be increased. Fact is there's a Pacific war yet to win and the chances of additional American boat service while it lasts are mighty slim. Shipping Board claims ade- quate American flag service will be made available, but it doesn't say when, and neither do the American lines. who are controlled by the shipping board for the duration. Until that adequate American service is in operation Southeast Alaska has a good case. Certainly duEQu0lc ScIhIGC lS hOl O DOAb W cry 10 days or two weeks in Wran- gell and Petersburg which is all the American lines have been fur nishing during the war.
 
 One of the unfortunate results of what was a gracious gesture by the last Legislature is the misunder- standing of the increase in old age allowances to S6O per month. Some of the more physically able pioneers at the home in Sitka, learning the ante was to be boosted to $6O, de cided they could make it on that figure away from the home, and have been pointing toward that ob, jective. One man even left the home and came to Juneau anticipating his pension check would be forth