The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1949-07-15
THROUGH
THE SENTINEL
PERISCOPE

Anchorage was the rendezvou
this week for the Alaska Aeronau-
tics and Communications Commits
sion, holding its first session since
the appointment last week of Tony
Schwamm of Petersburg as Diree-
tor of the new Department of Avi-
alton. division OF the Commission
In attendance were Gov. Ernest
Gruening, Chairman; Commits
sioners Sheldon Simmons of Jun
eau, Neal Foster of Nome, Jack
Carr OF Anchorage, and William
Lavery of Fairbanks: Supervisor Of
Communications William Hixon of
Juneau, Highway Engineer Frank,
Metcalf, who has been Acting Dir
ectOr, and new Director Sehwamm.
Meeting with the Commission We're
Territorial Senator Frank Barr OF
Fairbanks, author of the act Great
ing the new department, Walter p.
Plett, regional head of the Civil
AerOnautics Administration in Al
aska, and other CAA officials and
Attorney General J. Gerald Will
liams. A general program of avia-
ton development in cooperation
with the Federal government was
being outlined for the Territory.
Seasonal activities on fields and
air facilities for this summer were
fairly we'll programmed by High
way Engineer Metcalf who had
been carrying on for the Commits
sion until a qualified direltor
could be found.
Also in Anchorage was Territor-
ial Treasurer Henry Roden in con
nection with Territorial banking
matters. As he, with the Governor
and Highway Engineer, form the
Territorial Road Board, and also
the new Bus Transportation Com
mission, created by the last Legis-
lature, it was planned to hold a
session with the bus operators in
the Westward area in connection
with establishing rate schedules
and issuing certificates to oper-
ate. New bus law became effective
June %.
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If Congress adjourns in time,
Alaska will have an influx of Of
rieial visitors during the late
summer and early fall. At least
three congressional committees als|
planning trips to the Territory.
It's fairly sure that a sub-commit-
tee of the House Merchant Marine
and Fisheries will be up, probably
headed by Congressman Henry
Jackson of Washington. A commit
tee on statehood and also one on
fish trap studies are expected. Del
egate Bartlett will be up and sew
eral officials from the Interior De-
partment are tentatively set for an
Alaska visit, including Assistant
Secretary William E. Warne, Jas.
P. Davis, Director of the Division
of Territories. Rex Lee, Assistant
Director and Joe Flakne, head of
the Alaska branch of the Division.
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For right down tough initiation
into the vagaries of higher educa-
tion in the great northland. we
herewith hand the leather medal
to DR.. ferris Moore. new President
of the University of Alaska. DR.
Moore arrived in Fairbanks on
June 20. The next day was June 80
and pay day. Dr. Moore's first in
formation from retiring President
DR.. Charles E. Bunnell was that
there wasn't enough money to
meet the payroll Thanks to ben
eVolent member of the Board of
Regents, the June payroll was met
by a loan to the University but
Dr. Moore has the July payroll and
the monthly ones thereafter to
meet He wants the Board of Adj
minisiration to thaw out some
frozen funds. Can you blame the
poor man?
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Arthur Anderson and Company
who have been doing the audit of
Territorial offices, wound up their
work in the Territory this week
and the field men left for Seattle
to compile their full report which
is expected to be forthcoming
shortly. Aside from the previously
reported shortage in the Treasur-
er's office, we understand nobody
has to get across the Canadian line
in a hurry. For a while around the
Capital, anybody who bought a
one-way ticket Outside was looked
upon with more or less suspicion.
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Fred G. Hanford, generalissimo
of the property tax boards in the
Territory, reports assessments ars
getting under way in all Divisions,
except the Third where they have
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