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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-06

to use a vacuum cleaner to pick 1t up.
 ShostIx--sf S-arreSt.--QaXlQ- 4an came in to see Federal Mar cotics Chief George White and or fered to tell the story of large scale narcotics ring which the Fed- eral Government had been trying to track down for months. He was willing to buy more heroin, thls time using marked money and federal officers and sdictaphones planted within earshot
 Federal officers were elateo anu immediately communicated wltn California's State Narcotics Chlef' Walter Creighton who promised cooperation. But the next day Whites federal narcotics deputies in Los Angeles talked to Creighton and found him huffy and uncoop- erative. Mike Riordan, California Assistant Attorney General m charge of law enforcement in San Francisco, Creighton said, dlon want to cooperate with the U. B. Government. Riordan wanted to prosecute Davidian immediately.
 To prosecute Davidian immeo- lately, however, would have spolieo any setup whereby he was to buy narcotics with marked money so U. s. Narcotics Chief White went to Santa Barbara to see State Mar cotics Chief Creighton personally Creighton, he found, was nervous and tempermental. He declined to cooperate with the federal agents unless he got letter from ms Chief. Riordan, in San Francesca
 White immediately phoned Rior- dan. asked for a letter agreeing to postpone DavidianiS prosecution. Davidian, it was explained, was the key witness by which the entire narcotics gang might be caught.
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Howser refused to cooperate Tn delaying prosecution of Davidian.
 "There was no explanation as to why the State Bureau Of Mar cotics was so anxious to sabotage the federal case" Crime Commits sioner Warren Olney said in public statement.
 "The State office did everything it could" Olney continued, ito make Dayidian. unavailable to the Federal grand jury. Instead of giving the usual cooperation" Olney continued, they speeded the trial This is the sort of thing that makes or ganized crime possible"
 Thanks to uncooperative state officials, therefore, Davidian went to an early trial and pleaded guilty. But Judge Warren Stockton of Bakersfield, anxious to cooper ate, postponed sentencing David ian, thus giving the Federal Gov ernment time to indict Sica and IA other members of the narcotics ring.
 As they were picked up, members of the ring told U. s. Agents they knew exactly who was going to be arrested Federal Agents, incidental ly, had let the state agents see their confidential files. It is also interesting that Crime Commission CT Olney announced that a phone call was traced from Sica's office to Robert Franklin in Fresno, one of Howser's campaign managers. "No Jurisdiction" Kills Cooperation That ends chapter l of the story of the California narcotics ring. Chapter began about two weeks ago when the U s. Attorneys of flee in Los Angeles got tip that eastern gangsters were being im- ported to bump off Davidian.
 The FBI was notified. But David ian was a narcotics witness for the Treasury Department. He was not Justice Department witness and, without consulting J. Edgar Hoov- CT, the west coast FBI took no in- | terest.
 ] A few weeks before this the FBI had been asked by the U. s. Attor- ney in Los Angeles to help when another Federal witness, Ralph AL len, was almost beaten to death in Long Beach, Calf. Allen had been witness before Federal grand jury against Attorney General How ser, and shortly thereafter was pistol whipped to within an inch ] of his life. 2
 But when the FBI was asked to help protect Allen as a witness before a Federal grand jury, the FBI replied that he was a witness in an income-tax case. This was under the Treasury Department, not the Justice, so the FBI didn't i cooperate
 1O liObtCb DdflNldil Weto hidden in Arizona by U. $. Narcot- ics agents, but last week he re- turned to Los Angeles for arraign- ment and slipped up to his mothers home in Fresno. There, lying on a couch with a bullet hole in his , head, Davidian was found dead.
 Joe Sica and his Is indicted colleagues were considered the big gest narcotics haul in the history of the United States. This was the first time the Federal Government got real inside information regard ing the sources of heroin now flooding the U.S.A. But with no witness alive to testify against them, the case against the Sica gang has now blown up higher than kite.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-06
LOOK and LEARN Asy c. GORDON

l. What the three divisions 
 How mouth stomach?
 Hamilton the Secretary of Treasury?
 A. Which is the oldest B. Which fish possesses the most bones to the
 ANSWERS: l. Executive, Legislative 2. About six 3. Washington. A. Toledo, Spain, the 5. shad
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-06
Significant Request

Riordan promised letter, but never sent it. Instead he sent a letter asking for a new count against Davidian, which, signl1i- cantly would make it impossible for him to be put on probation' once convicted.
 Riordan is the Assistant of At torney General Fred Howser So also is State Narcotics Chief Walter Creighton. Neither the federal gov ernment nor Governor Warren have any power over them.
 By this time, Federal Agents knew that the head of the mar cotics ring was Joe Sica, the new Italian leader of the Los Angeles underworld and the man who has been nudging Mickey Cohen down from his gangland throne.
 Sica trained in New Jersey With the Willie Moretti gang, whose headouarters are at Palisades, just across the Hudson River from New York. Frankie Costello is one ol Moretti's close friends and the god- father Of his children. Sica has made various trips between Los Angeles and New York, an ob- yious link between eastern and western mobs.
 Despite this background and des- bite the pleas of U. s. Narcotics Agents, the enforcement officers of Californias Attorney General
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-06
C0MMIES TRY TRAFFIC STRIKE
 IN PARIS, FAILS
(BY Associated PreSs)

The Communists sparked a strike on bus and subway lines in Paris. The strike confused but failed to halt the city's normal life. In the National Assembly the government choked off 72-hour- -old Com munist filibuster aimed at killing an anti-sabotage bill which would provide prison sentences of five to 10 years instead of death for sabo- tage of war or defense material
 The Communists have been pro- testing for weeks against the ship ment of arms to France in con- nection with the US. military aid program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-06

Temperatures of 150 to 180 degrees have been taken in the sun along the coast of the Persian Gulf in southern Iran, but these are unoffi- cial records since official records must be taken in sheltered and ventilated locations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-06
20 YEARS AGO frf% FIFE EMPIRE
MARCH 6, 1880

Comemoratng thrtieth wedding John of Among those had
 
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700, HOO!

What do tailors think they doing with us men anyway? Glancing through eastern newspapers on
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-06

Woofter the previous Territorial isare Signal Corps the Magnita Skagway
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Weather af
 Alaska poinis

Weather conditions snd temper atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 430 a.m., 120th Meridian Time. and released by the Weather Bureau
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Weather: High, 35; low, 31; rain.
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City Council held it's last monthly election officials McWiiams, McGhe A. Edwards included appointment of these officials Manning;
 Gertrude Laughn Precinct Fraser, Kronquis Edwards collector
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-06

Lunde elected president officers Edwards Lunde William Cashen Outgoing Peygrove, Vieno Wahto Alice Tassel Harry (atheletic
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
MOST WORTHY GRAND MATRON. 0. E. S., VISITS HERE TWO DAYS

Mrs. Abbie Hanson, Most Worthy Grand Matron of the 0. k S., and her husband, Jacob Hanson, were guests of the Wrangell chapter, Or der of Eastern Star, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson are from Ham mond, IL
 They arrived Monday by plane from Ketchikan and were met by Mrs. Olaf Hansen. worthy matron of Wrangell chapter, Olaf Hansen and several other members.
 Monday evening there was a spe- eial meeting at tn Redmen Hall at which time Mrs. Hanson observed the work and held an informal dis eussion. Several guests were pres ent, among whom were Mrs. Nyman of Albion, Idaho, who is past wor- thy matron of her chapter and who has been member of the order for many years.
 Early Tuesday morning the wis itors and MT. and Mrs. Olaf Han. sen left for Anan in the Hansen boat Merrily. The party saw many fish and a bear That evening the ladies of the local chapter enter
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
OUR FIELD IS ALL OF ALASKA

The Alaska Steamship Company has been under obligation to serve all of Alaska But believe in principle and expe ence has borne that the of any pany unaterab tied the welfare and economy of the Territory of Alaska We believe that only by providing ingrated we'll balanced service all of Alaska aid in the growth and development of the Territory and the long of operations Since the Alaska Steamship Company has investment and facilities committed serving Alaska we vitay concerned in the future of the Territory for survival
 Despite the unlimited opportunity invest in and enter tn
 Alaska rade who else has forward with ships and leash the ne all and with balanced sevice F the past twenty the Alaska Steamship Company alone served the entire Teroryno other operators have establish overall service.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
ERNEST GRUENING,
 Governor of Alaska.
U. OF ALASKA SUMMER
 REGISTRATION INCREASES

COLLEGE, Alaska = Registration for the 1850 summer session of the University of Alaska showed an in crease of S5 per cent over the num- Der of students registered in 1948. There was no summer session in 1949.
 This years enrolment has hit a high of 65 as compared with 95 for 1948, according to William R. Ca- shen, director of this years sum- mer activities.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
United States of America Territory of Alaska
 Office of the Governor
PROCLAMATION

NATURALIZATION WHEREAS, American troops are now engaged in hostilities in Asia, and
 WHEREAS, war or the threat of war is of direct concern to Alaska as it is to every other part of the United States, and
 WHEREAS, AIaska's vulnerable position, geographically and logis- tically, suggests the possibility of it's direct involvement in any major foreseeable war, and
 WHEREAS, Alaskans generally, mindful of such circumstances and alert to such possibilities, and con- scious of their responsibilities as citizens of Q free nation, should, for their mutual protection and we'll being, organize themselves against any threat to their security, health or welfare:
 NOW THEREFORE, I, ERNEST GRUENING, Governor of Alaska, do, pursuant to national policy, and in the discharge of my official re- responsibilities, hereby direct that the Director of Civilian Defense for Alaska, establish and organize Ci- william Defense facilities on a Terri torial-wide basis, and that he coop crate with the various communitie in Alaska in promoting similar pre- paredness and organization within their boundaries. And hereby command to the several communi ties the desirability of preparedness for any eventuality and urge that they avail themselves of whatever facilities may be procurable.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my hand and caused the Seal of the Territory of Alaska to be affixed. Done at Juneau, the Capitol, this 20th day of July in the year of our Lord, 1850.
 ERNEST GRUENING,
 Governor of Alaska.
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am being riting to UT noospaper of UT editoriel in last weaks ishew. in same u are making slye fun Of politikans. eye am begging to dis agree, am saing thet it are gud thingh to bee haveing too politi kans, namely, demoncrats and req publikans For exhample i am hay ing frend who are now attending skool at state penn, and hoo are able pay twoishon onley becuz of geetus made during last elektionz. Man frum politikal mashine are be- ing paiing him too bux for eech time he are marking X on ballot, this veery ezee way to make mani mon eys, and so mistre editer, if are hearing of ani politikans hoo are luking fer man to doc same work this yeear, please be referring them to me.
 respectfully yrs, ' -"DAYLEY NEWS REEDER"
 (stop clowning, Sid. We're busy this week.-Ed.)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28

Ahe Antitrust suit brought against the Alaska Steamship Company charges that we have "eon- sPired" to effect virtual monopoly of the water transportation business in the Alaska trade.
 We have emPhatieaIIy denied each and all of the charges made against us. But mere denial does not prove point. The facts must be drawn from the background of the entire problem.
 Every Alaskan can recognize these vital factors from his own knowledge. They were apparently ignored by the Antitrust investigators.
 We already have discussed the political eIe- ments involved. Here the important physical factors
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
CANASTA PARTY HONORs
 RAY NOLAN ON BIRTHDAY

Eight friends gathered Tuesday Ito honor Ray Nolan at his home on the occasion of hia birthday. The evening was spent playing canasta. after which an orange birthday cake and coffee was served.
 The Nolans have been in Wran- gell six years, coming here from Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
GIRL SCOUTS AT CAMP

Fourteen Girl Scouts who went to a cabin on Duncan Canal two weeks ago returned laqt Saturday
 They were brought to and from the cabin in Kenneth Marvin's cruiser Coaster. Marvin went again last
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
NO EASY WAY"

The hiSiory of Alaska is Uttered with the corp"raie hulks of operators who thought shsao WAS an easy way to serve the trade. It las been cbaIacaArastic that the majorit, has souebd so,ns trick way to "slim the ,f.sAn.' during boom times rather than to sanats1IS measure the re- quirements n~A ~Cnp Aannsalves Ser long term epct a1AAa.
 The AdnimEp requirement. fos any operator has Assn 0A~~ly to sbaAln a ship or fleet of ships by whatever means he could, to file schedule of rates and then to begin service to whatever ports or areas he thought might offer satisfac- tory opportunity.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28

weekend. taking his daughter, who is a Girl Scout, and Sylvia Casey and at Johnson.
 Mrs. Emma Ivy, who helped Mrs. Frank Webb with the girls the first week returned with the group last week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28

tained the guests, members and their families at a dinner at Red men Hall.
 Wednesday afternoon the past worthy matrons of Wrangell gave a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Hanson at the home of Mrs. John Coulter. The visitors left late Wednesday for Petersburg.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28

In view of the easy entrance coupled with the physical obstacles presented in the trade has been surprising that many companies ventued in but proved be unable to sustain themselves review of the history of Alakas shipping shows that during periods of good rapid Alaska has attracted vast number of these operators and that they disap peared when the boom tapered off.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
TO TAKE ORDERS

The Ladies of the Carrie Circle will take special orders for baked goods, they announced this week. They ask that they be given cou- pie of days notice by calling 102.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
GRANDMA LEWIS AT HOME

Grandma Lewis, who has spent the past two months at her sum mer home on the point, is back in town again.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
IvERsONs ARE PARENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Iverson are the parents of a baby boy born Monday at Bishop Rowe Hospital The child has been named Peter Bernard.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28

In the history of Aakas shipping sixty companies have and gone attempts Territory Only Alaska Steamship Company has M Alaska dependable year around service extended period we have been fully prepared o do the iOb
 Despite the Antitrust charges made against greatest obstacle the trade has not been competition This the facts considered
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
A sHoEsTRINe WAS NOT ENOUGH

The Alaska trade has required certificate of Convenience Necessity which is usually requisite of carriers As result the Alaskan service has been inviting avenue to an xeponay large number of operators though has ered an unlimited traffic potential In addition of these qeraors have entered with limited finances and minimum of upment which explains in part the unusual number of casualties the trade.
 While it is in the American tradition "begn shoestring fortunately hoesng has been enough provide depen e around service to all points in Alaska has been ugh to provide passenger ships and refrigeration service and o the varied facilities that Alaska requires for webalanced portation; and has been enough to withstand the ods of diversity when real strength and determination is re- ed to stay in the trade
 ardes of the charges eveled Alaska Steamship Com
 it is clearly evident that the biggest obstacle in Alaska has not been competition instead has been old, hard, realistic facts of the trade:
 It has been inc fact of the way haul
 It has been inc fact of the short and intense
 seasons,
 lt has been the fact of the tremendous distances
 between sParsefy populated eenters,
 And, if has been inc fact of the limited traffic
 volume available.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-07-28
DOES COMPLETE SERVICE MEAN
 "CoNSPIRAcY"?

It is simple matter for the Antitrust attorneys charge the Alaska Steamship Company has conspred to effect v monopoly But is that borne in fact?
 The answer is emphatic NO.
 The fact is that The Alaska Line the only company which chosen the difficult task of serving all Alaska and developed necessary facilities do We have been serving Alaska the speculation that maybe by pinpoinng efforts make easy dollar.
 For than fifty years the Alaska Steamship Company been in the business full e have been in the business scale and have been fully equipped do the job hr thick and thin
 Yet by Antitrust standards it charged that was sor aey 10 monopolixeI
, 1950-06-09
Governor Approves
Public Heulth
Vaccination Program

Upon the recommendation
of the Commissioners of Health
of the Virgin Islands and the
Assistant Commissioners Of
Health, st. Croix, the Cover
nor has approved the proposed
BEG vaccination program to
be conducted by the US. Pub
lie Health Service.
BEG or the Bacillus Of Cal
mette and Guerin working at
the Pasteur Institute at Lille
and Paris. Vaccine was first
employed to combat the wide
spread bovine tuberculosis
which seriously threatened
the cattle industry of France.
Success of the vaccine in the
field resulted in its being con-
sidered for the protection Of
human beings. In 1921 BEG
was administered to infants in
Paris. In 1926 a culture Of BEG
was brought to the United
States by the late William H.
Park, MD, who was associat-
ed with the New York City
Department of Health at that
time.
, 1950-06-09
Research Brunch
Exc. Secretary Of &C.
Visits Dominica

G. K. Robinson, Executive
Secretary agricultural Eco
nomics), Of the Research
Branch Of the Caribbean Com
mission, left Trinidad yester-
day for Dominica. AT the re-
quest of the Administrators of
Dominica and with the approx
al Of the Governor Of the Wind
ward Islands, he went to the
Presidency of Dominica to OBJ
tain firsthand detailed infor-
nation requested by a COM
mercial firm in the United
States which is considering
the possibility Of making a sub
stantial dollar investment in
Dominica for the production of
certain tropical crops. This
visit is in accordance with the
policy Of the Caribbean Com
mission to make technical as
sistance available on request
to territorial governments
through technical officers on
, 1950-06-09
Senator O'Mohoney
Promises 10 Help
With H.R. 5000

Chairman Joseph C. Una
honey Of the Senate Commit
tee on Interior and Insular AT
fairs has written to the Cover
nor as follows:
I have your cable concern
ing restoration of the Virgin
Islands to the public assistance
titles of H.R. 5000 and will do
everything | can to help.
Senator O'Mahoney said he is
very favorably impressed with
the determination Of Governor
de Castro's determination to
bring expenditures for govern
ment in the Virgin Islands in
line with the economy of the
area and to make the people
self-supporting."
, 1950-06-09
Civil Aeronuutics
Bourd investigating
Air Crush

Civil Administration Board
Investigators have completed
a preliminary probe of the
plane crash which took the
lives of q immigrant workers
from Puerto Rico. The Board
will hold public hearings at
at which time they expect to
lind out why the big crafts
two engines failed.
The Air Safety Directors 1t
Miami, Florida, headed the
group of Investigators that
questioned crewmen and the
survivors left by bus for Sagi-
nav, Michigan where they will
work.
Preliminary investigation in
dictated some discrepancies in
the testimonies.
, 1950-06-09
Debute on Social
Security Bill in
Sendte Next Week

Word from Washington, DC
indicates that debate in the
Senate on the Social Security
bill will not come up before
Monday or Tuesday Of next
week.
Governor de Castro now
plans to leave the Virgin IS
lands on Tuesday morning for
the nations capital.
, 1950-06-09
us. Chemical Corps
Comm. Regrets
Leaving Virgin Isles

Major General A.C. McAulif
fe, Chief of the Chemical
Corps, Department of the
has written the Cover
nor as follows:
1T was with sincere regret
that I found it necessary to
transfer all activities from
your beautiful island. ! appre-
ciate very much your sym
pathetic understanding of my
problem in the matter, and /
sincerely hope that a solution
will be found for your own diff
ficulties."
, 1950-06-09
Instructions on
Signals in Case Of
Hurricane Issued

Governor de Castro issued
q proclamation on June /, 1850
establishing procedure in case
OF hurricanes in the Munich
pality of st. Thomas and Saint
John patterned after previous
annual p~roclamations.
a similar proclamation is be-
ing prepared in st. Croix now.
Under this proclamation the
existence of a hurricane in the
general vicinity of the Virgin
Islands and eastern Caribbean
Sea will be indicated by the
hosting Of one red flag with
black center at the Signal Sta
ton, Fort and Bluebeard Cas-
tie tower in St. Thomas, and at
the Battery at Cruz Bay and
at the schoolhouse in Coral
Bay.
When indications are that
the center of the storm will
pass over or close to the Vir-
gin Islands hurricane warming
will be hoisted, which is two
storm flags, red with black
center, one above the other at
the same designated places.
The hosting Of the hurricane
warning will be followed by
a 4-minute siren alarm and
the rapid ringing Of all church
bells for five minutes.
, 1950-06-09
Bureau Of Plunt
Industry Officiols to
Visit st. Croix

Two representatives Of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, us.
Department Of Agriculture,
will visit st. Croix on Monday,
June u, for the purpose Of dis
cussing possibilities Of setting
up experiments in small grain
nursery tests in the Virgin
Islands area.
, 1950-06-09

the staff Of the Central Secre-
tariat.
Mr.. Robinson expects to be
away for about eight days.