The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-07

JUNEAU CHAMBER WILL ENTERTAIN
 NEA ON SATURDAY

of TO members of the National Eu-
 itorial Association which is due here Saturday were made at a reg ular Juneau Chamber of Commerce
 meeting at the Baranof hotei Thursday noon.
 The Aleutian bearing the party is scheduled to arrive here at 2 am. will be met by a chamber committee and welcomed. Volunteers were call
 ed to assist in preparations for
 luncheon set for l2:30 at the Men
 denhall Flacier if weather permits. If not, lunch will be served at the Aux Bay recreation area. Busses md taxis will take the party from the dock at 10:45 am. Red Hollc-.
 ways drivers have offered thefr
 services in helping serve lunch sn
 order to leave chamber members
 more free to entertain the visitors.
 Tn party will return to town at. ? pm.
 Those planning participating are requested to phone Mrs. Preston Sandbo, Red 332, in order that sui ficient food will be on hand.
 Juneau Road, Low Priority
 letter from headquarters of the Alaskan Command was read to thaa chamber in which Brig. Gen. Rich~l ard c. Prather indicated that ai road connection from Juneau to the Alaska Highway was on low order of priority from military stand-
 point at this time. This was in response to a letter written by the chamber to Gen. w F. Kepner.
 CG on Inside Passage"
 A letter from 17th Coast Guard district headquarters here was also read to the chamber regarding tre classification of coastal waters in Southeast Alaska.
 The district commander pofnte out that the inside passage" fsas2
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 been considered as coastwise waters
 for the purpose of vessel operation and inspection.
 "The comrnandant of the CG has considered that these waters must continue to be recognized as lim- tied coastwise waters" the letter said Extreme weather conditions, large tide ranges, unmarked dang , CTS to navigation, icebergs and float ing logs. are some of the hazards to navigation on these waters where every year vessels and lives are lost and co vessels and planes are en- gagged in continuous search and as | sist cases"
 Another communication from the Coast Guard pointed out local re- sponsibility in the protection oi 1 waterfront facilities against ire, accidents and sabotage. Curtis Shattuck recommended that the chamber continue it's ef- forts on reclassification of Alaska | waters lTOIil dll OfCldi ot11ittPoAN@"' | in the interests of development or this area.
 1 Alaska Road Signs Robert Boochever reported that Highway Patrolman Al Lubcke at ] Haines had made arrangements for the transportation of the Alaska Highway road signs for the cham Der and would see about putting them up.
 Blood Bank Call ! Juneau is far behind on it's quota | for blood donors for soldiers in Korea and already Ketchikan had TOO signed up whereas Juneau has less than 200, Mayor Waino Hen drickson reported. He urged active support of this Red Cross project. Call 833 for appointments. R. E. Robertson, director of civil l ian defense for Juneau, gave brief talk before the showing of, an edu- cational picture, Survival Under Atomic Attack"
 Guests were Merriman Holtz, mo- ton picture distributor from Port land and Ed Riley of the Palmer