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The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09
PRIBILOF ISLAND SEAL HARVEST GREATER THAN LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON -tR- The Inter for Department announced this week that the annual sealing oper- ations on the Pribilof Islands net ted 65,63S fur-seal skins. Last years take was 53,S82 skins.
 Assistant Secretary Orne Lewis said the fur-seaI herd has grown from low of about 132,00O in 1917 when the government took over it's management and protec- tion, to about 1,500,OO0 this year.
 During the same period the fed eral government netted some F million dollars more than twice the purchase price of the entire Territory of Alaska from the sale of sealskins," Lewis said.
 Aids Research
 The PribilOf Islands are off AL ia in the heart of the Bering Sea. The Fish and Wildlife Service administers the program.
 Lewis said the Service has been directed to discover the mysteries of sealskin processing through a program of research financed from proceeds of the semi-annual seal skin sales. The purpose in part is to discover more economical pro- cessing methods. Lewis said results of the research will be made avail able to the public.
 At the last sale in April 24,746 sealskins sold for $2,296,757.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09
SEATTLE PLANS
 CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FERRY SLIP

SEATTLE -tR- First steps to- ward construction of a second car ferry slip for Seattle were approv- ed this week by the Seattle Port Commission.
 The commission authorized Gen. eral Manager Howard Burke to proceed toward purchase of a loca- tion for the car ferry slip either a. long the Duwamish River or the north end of Harbor Island
 The port tentatively has schedur- ed $30O,000 in it's 1856 budget to build the slip, but Commissioner E. H. Savage, who pushed through au- thorization of initial action, esti- mated that the entire facility may be constructed for as little as $25O,000.
 Savage expects the terminal to
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09

The processing of the skins is now handled by the Fouke Fur Co.,, of St. Louis, under a new contract re-negotiated last month. The com pany, which has handled the furs for many years, had asked a re- negotiation in July 1853 because of increased production costs and the new contract was made retro active to cover the April sale.
 Under the new contract Fouke Fur company is paid a. flat fee of $15 plus 17.5 per cent of the sell ing price of each sealskin it pro- cesses.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09

a candidate for any elective office, to entitle his name to a place upon
 the official ballot, shall file his de- claration of candidacy with the Municipal Clerk on or before 12 o'clock Noon on the 24th day of SEPTEMBER, 1855. Such declara- tion of candidacy shall be accom- panied by the endorsement of at
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09
NOTICE

On November 8, 1855 the Constitutional Convention will convene to draw up a consti- * tuition which will function < when Alaska becomes a state. l wish to become your delegate * from District No. 2 to this s convention. l have tried to live and E think constructively and ob- < actively and would endeavor * to maintain this attitude at the convention. Also, I will take with me knowledge from * experience in the many types * of fishing as well as in other * industries characteristic of S. * E. Alaska.
 My parents were among the * first pioneers in S. E. Alaska * and I was born and raised here. My family and I have al- x ways looked forward to the time when we in Alaska will become true citizens of our * country and will have more * control over our natural re- sources and industries. I be- heve very strongly that finan- > cially and morally statehood < for Alaska is the only right * answer.
 * will work to formulate a * constitution that will best fill * our needs and protect our * rights. There will be new < ideas, some good and some * poor presented at the conven- * ton. To incorporate the good * new with the established old * should bring forth the most * suitable constitution. I believe * l share the view of the major ity in this matter and will * work toward that end. Your support at the polls Sept. 13, will be very much appre- * ciated.
 *
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09
Page Three

least twenty qualified electors, un- less said person has been nominat- ed at a public caucus held for the purpose of nominating candidates. Above forms may be obtained from the City Hall.
 ROBERT G. NEIMEYER
 Municipal Clerk
 Town of Wrangell, Alaska
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09
ROAD NOW 37 MILES OUT OF CORDOVA

CORDOVA - It is now possible to drive 37 miles out of Cordova on the Copper River Highway though the going is still rough in the far ther stretches.
 That is the word from John Le-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09
Compliments of WRANCELL DRUG

Here is a CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION CANDIDATE YOU can support and know that your representative he will be WORKING to attain the BEST CONSTITUTION POSSIBLE for Alaska
 KNOWS ALASKA AND ITS PEOPLE -
 from Ketchikan to Attu, Kodiak to Kotzebue IA YEARS IN ALASKA - g YEARS IN SOUTHEAST MARRIED AND HAS THREE CHILDREN VETERAN MAJOR, ALASKA NATI0NALGUARD FORMER ALASKA BUSINESSMAN AND UNION OFFICIAL TERRITORY OF ALASKA EMPLOYEE SINCE 1s4s ACTIVE COMMUNITY WORKER AND MEMBER OF
 SEVERAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
 FIRST DIVISION AT LARGE Vote for LAURIS [Larryl PARKER
 September 13, 1855
The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-09-09
NOTICE OF ELECTION

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 4th day of OCTOBER, 1855, there will be held in the Town of Wrangell, Alaska, an election pur- suant to Ordinance Mo-. 154 for the purpose of eleeting the following officers:
 MAYOR One Year Term COUNCILMEN Councilmen
 for 2 year terms
 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
 l (one), year term
 (one), Swear unexpired The polls for said election will be open at S:00 A. M. on the said day and will close at 7:OO P. M. on the same day. The above election will be held in the Library Room of the City Hall in the Town of Wrangell, Alaska.
 All qualified electors of the Town of Wrangell who have been registered as provided by the Or dtnance will be entitled to vote at said election.
 Dated this 27th day of AUGUST, 1855.
 ROBERT NEIMEYER
 Municipal Clerk
 Town of Wrangell, Alaska
 NOMINATION
 OF CANDIDATES Any elector desiring to become
Evening star., 1955-07-31

make their building plans before
surveyors were allowed on the land.
The largest errors in reconnais-
sance on the Rudolph home appar-
emily were caused by a two-foot
overhanging roof, which may have
influenced some house -to-street
measurements.
Detection of the tool shed-sun
deck involved a sharp eye and
shrewd deduction. The "wading
pool" it turns out, is In reality a
goldfish pond.
Quality of the photo from which
Airman Cohen worked. of course.
is considerably better than that in
the reproduction which appears on
this page. Newspaper reproduction
with its photo-engraving screen
is not as high quality as is neces-
sary for good aerial reconnaissance
work.
How Fast?
How long it would take to "cover"
a country like the Soviet Union
would depend on the intensity of
the effort. Of course.
1t takes Is sorties and some 3D.
200 negatives to cover a $4,000
square-mile Army 'front.'. That's
equivalent to 100 miles Of coast
line to a depth of $50 miles.
1t would take roughly $4,000
sorties to cover the Soviet
Union. Assuming the sorties could
be flown in few years it would
still take much longer to make
the mosaics and to conduct the
interpretive examinations neces-
sary to blanket the country. It
would be necessary. also, to check
back periodically for new activity.
Obviously, even with unlimited
access to the Soviet Union, aerial
reconnaissance would have to be
highly selective business. Major
concentrations, Of course, could be
photographed much more quickly.
But this would hardly reduce
the fear that the Soviet Union
might be hiding o dispatch box
full Of fashionable or fashionable
material to win q big war the mo-
ment we relax. As President Eisen-
hover himself cautioned. aerial in
spection would be but q beginning"
Evening star., 1955-07-31
Legislators Say They Require
More Doto on Atomic Enerqy

commissioners do not know all Of
what is going on.
"And the Aces idea OF informing
Congress is to tell the committee,
1--WE have decided on this contract
we hope you approve" My COM
mittee has no chance to consider the
details in advance. We have no
chance to consult with the Foreign
Relations Committee or Armed
Services Committee.
Some move by the Acc may be
contrary to foreign or military
policy. but we can do nothing.
The joint committee can only see
If given move is legal"
Recent Acc Actions
Senator Anderson mentions two
recent examples of Acc action
without prior joint committee
knowledge: The atomic peace"
ship and the Dixon Yates contract.
Not only was the joint committee
not informed, he said. but other
Acc members we're also kept in
the dark.
And for Senator Mansfield's
benefit. Senator Anderson can point
out an example of what the Foreign
Relations Committee did not know,
but should have known.
Recently, he said, Acc decided
to give an atomic reactor to the
Philippines-and at the same time
reactors were being sold to other
Asian countries at half price, to
Switzerland for rs per cent of and
to Great Britain for full price.
Another Asian country, good
friend of the United States, wanted
to know why 1t could not have
free reactor. So a small Inter
national crisis was created by an
ACC action which should have had
the benefit Of prior senatorial ad-
vice.
1--WE are losing the benefit Of
the ideas which could come from
other Committees" Senator An
derson said.
Another example: Recently,
Senator Anderson said, the joint
committee was given some intelli-
gence appraisals which would have
been good for the Armed Services
Committee to know. Senator Henry
M. Jackson, Democrat of WASH
ington, who is on both committees,
knew, as a matter of fact, that
the Armed Services Committee did
not have that information.
But Senator jackson could not
pass 1t on to his armed services
colleagues. He could only pass on
general impressions-that things
are dandy or not so good in q cer-
tain area.
If some information carried
limited" classification, 1t could be
referred promptly and in secret to
the proper committees.
Senator Mansfield has another
suggestion, calling for regular se-
cret brieflng of other committees
by the Joint committee. Senator
Anderson believes this might be a
good idea--at least one worth
studying.
1t is likely that nothing can or
will be done about the atomic in
formation problem before next
year, except little informal study.
But as atomic information be-
comes vital to more and more areas
1t seems logical that there will some
liaison setup.
Evening star., 1955-07-31
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND

A member Of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee stood up in
the Senate recently to criticize the
administrations atomic" foreign
policy. But first he said apologet-
ically that all he knew about
atomic energy was what he read in
the papers.
No surprise was expressed in the
Senate. For with rare exceptions,
Senators who are not members of
the Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy know nothing about atoms
for war or atoms for peace except
what is printed publicly. It may
be that atomic energy is basic
knowledge today in forming for
eign policy, but the Senators who
must give advice and consent in
foreign policy do not have free
access to that knowledge.
The same is true of Senators,
and, Of course. Representatives
who are on the Armed Services
Committees. the Commerce Com
mittees. the Agriculture Commit
tees and so forth.
There is nothing startlingly new
or scandalous about this. Con-
gress planned it that way.
Questions Arise
But the time has now come,
after nine years under the Atomic
Energy Act, when key Senators
are questioning whether the exist
ing system Is good enough.
Some members of these key
committees are wondering whether
they get all the information they
need. The chairman of the Joint
Atomic Energy Committee, Clin-
ton P. Anderson, Democrat of New
Mexico, is sure they do not.
The big question is how to pass
on more atomic information with
out compromising the excellent
security program on the hill.
At present the system is roughly
this: Under the Atomic Energy
Act joint House-Senate Commit
tee on Atomic Energy was set UP.
It's members were to be men Of
highest integrity who could merit
the sometimes blind confidence of
other Congressman.
They were to be the sole congress
sional check on the Atomic Energy
Commission. They were to have ac-
cess to all atomic secrets. The in
formation the committee received
which could be made public was to
be passed on to other Congressman
and to the voters. Classified in
formation, the @" material, was to
remain locked in the vaults of the
committee and the minds Of its
members.
Most Material Published
The unclassified material has
been passed on promptly. The
committee has become one of the
biggest publishers on Capitol Hill.
And most of the material the
committee receives-perhaps 80 per
cent. of it's unclassified.
Some of the %" material also is
passed on to other Congressmen.
The chairman Of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, for instance,
might need some special informa-
ton. He can ask for 1t and usually
receive 1t on q "need-to-know"
basis. Or, as happens in rare in
stances. the Atomic Energy Com
Evening star., 1955-07-31

mittee runs across some informa-
ton another committee needs and
sends 1t to the committee chairman
in q secret letter.
Joint committee members pass
on some information in a cautious,
informal way. Senator William F.
Knowland. Republican of Cali
fornia. for instance. is a member
of the joint committee and of
the Foreign Relations Committee.
He can give assurances to the
Foreign Relations Committee on
some atomic matters and he can
pass on general impressions.
Atomic information also goes to
the Foreign Relations and Armed
Services Committees by way of the
State and Defense Departments,
which get information in their own
areas from the Acc.
Secrets Hard to Keep
Why are not all of the representa-
tives of the Nations voters allowed
access to atomic information? Con-
gressmen don't like to say so, but
it's simply because the lawmakers
can't keep secret. If everybody
knows. somebody tells.
So a small number of Senators
and Representatives were chosen
to watch the Acc on behalf of
Congress The committee men,
bers SO far have done a good job.
The committee enjoys the conf
dence of other congressman: and
it has never leaked an important
secret.
Though there is general salts
faction with the joint committee
system, there is not total satisfac-
ton.
Senator Mike Mansfield, Demo-
crat of Montana, the speechmak-
ing member of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee mentioned above,
is not sure that all he needs to
know about atomic energy is what
he reads in the papers.
ION the Foreign Relations Com
mittee." he said. I'VE must assume
we get all the information we need,
but we don't know"
For instance. he points out, the
Foreign Relations Committee did
not know the full story of the fall
out from hydrogen bomb tests un-
til a year after the tests. But dur
ing that year the fall-out problem
was important in foreign affairs.
Senator Mansfield wonders If
there are other current atomic Sc
crets which affect foreign affairs
and about which the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee knows nothing.
Big Problem
Chairman Anderson Of the Atomic
Energy Committee agrees that
Senator Mansfield and others In
his position have q problem, but,
he adds. they don't know the half
Of 1t.
The problem Is deeper than ap-
pears on the surface, according to
Senator Anderson. Not only do
other committees get less informa-
ton than they need, but the Atomic
Energy Committee itself gets less
than 1t should have from the Acc.
And Acc commissioners get less
than they should from the ACC
chairman. Lewis L. Strauss, ac-
cording to Senator Anderson.
mfr. Strauss tends to assume
full personal, responsibility" Mr..
Anderson said. "and even the other
Evening star., 1955-07-31
Air Force May Know
Your House as Well
As You Do Yourself

ready-to-go negative comes out
there. roughly Is minutes later.
But the man who takes the pic
ture-in this case, the pilot who
aims the cameras in the belly of his
plane-and the man who interprets
what the camera sees are still very
special men.
Capt: Kenneth johnson piloted
the RB-57 twin-jet "Canberra" air.
craft which carried this reporter
the 400 miles from Shaw Air Force
Base to Washington. Ut took only
so minutes. Richmond. it turns
out. is only Is minutes away from
the Nations Capital by leisurely
Canberra fiight.) Capt. johnson
has more flying time in the broad
winged, fast-climbing Canberra
than any other pilot in the Air
Force.
He Is a much-decorated veteran
reconnaissance pilot who few RIB
26s over North Korea, and won the
Distinguished Flying Cross for
bringing his ship home crippled.
only one engine functioning inter-
mittently, after a rough recon"
ride at low attitudes over Red held
territory.
In peacetime. the photo inter-
probation talent in the Air Force
is limited. Most of the men, like
Airman 1/c Freeman Cohen
who did the work on the accom-
panying photograph. are military
specialists whose main experience
is with World War II and Korea
type battle situations.
But in wartime, or in such a
situation as President Eisenhower
envisages. it would be safe to as
sumo that the Air Force could
recruit the country's top experts on
atomic installations, aircraft plants.
geological formations which could
support underground installations
and other targets of military or
strategic value.
To ask men Of such specialized
talents to work for enlisted mems
wages or even field-grade Of
ficers'-is of course, impractical.
So the Air Force 1imps along in
peacetime by training its own in
terpreters. AS in all the services,
a good man is no sooner trained
than he musters out.
The Results
For the lay reader who has not
followed recent advances in pho
togrammetry, as the science is
called. the report (see adjoining
findings) prepared on the c. F. Ru-
dolph residence at 12l Raleigh
street Sc. is sufficiently impressive
to show the possibilities in aerial
reconnaissance. For the experts,
including Airman Cohen. who was
interpreter of the adjoining photo,
the report is almost primitive.
Airman Cohen used two photo
graphs showing the house. They
made up, "stereo pair" For this
work cameras in the aircraft are
set to take overlapping pictures.
Sixty per cent overlap produces
the best--and most economical
results. Using Sd glasses, inter-
prefers like Airman Cohen can
Judge the depth of buildings, stor-
age tanks, valleys and other topo-
graphic features from the 9xl8-
inch contact prints that are quickly
produced.
Some Of the most modern gadgets
now make Photographic surveying
possible through SD, or stereo-pair
processes. Near Shaw Air Force
Base. for instance. terrain for a
housing area was surveyed with
enough accuracy for contractors to
Evening star., 1955-07-31
PRESIDENTS IDEA

Here is the teIt of President
Eisenhoper's remarks on aerial
reconnaissance at the SUM
init" meeting:
I should address myself for
q moment principally to the
delegates from the Soviet
Union. because our two great
countries admittedly possess
new and terrible weapons in
quantities which do give rise in
other parts of the world, or
reciprocally, to the fears and
dangers of surprise attack.
I propose. therefore. that we
take a practical step, that We
begin an arrangement, very
quickly. as between ourselves
Immediately. These steps
would include:
To give to each other a COM
plete blueprint of our military
establishments, from beginning
to end. from one end of our
countries to the other, lay out
the establishments and pro-
vide the blueprints to each
other.
Next, to provide within our
countries facilities for aerial
photography to the other coun-
try-we to provide you the
facilities within our country,
ample facilities for aerial re-
connaissance, where you can
make all the pictures you
choose and take them to your
own country to study. you to
provide exactly the same facili-
ties for us and we to make
these examinations and by this
step convince the world that
we are providing as between
ourselves against the possibility
of great surprise attack, thus
lessening danger and relaxing
tension.
Evening star., 1955-07-31
WHAT AIR PHOTO
DISCLOSES ABOUT
TARGET HOUSE

A home is an unusual target
for photo reconnaissance. The one
singled out in the photo at right
was selected at random from a
standard 9x18-inch negative ex-
posed on a fight over the Washing
ton area. It was taken simply to
show how much information can
be cleaned from aerial photos.
With the aid Of Defense Depart
ment maps, one prominent fea-
ture could definitely have been
identified as an airways beacon
with little or no Interpretation.
But the house itself does not ap-
pear on any map.
The 363d Reconnaissance Tech
nical Squadron. part of the 363d
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at
Shaw Air Force Base, 8. c., pre-
pared the report on the house.
The photo Interpreter was Air
man Hc Freeman Cohen.
Here is comparison Of Air
man Cohen's photo interpretations
with on-the-spot measurements
and checks:
From the plane: Target is a
2-story frame house, possible brick
veneer.
On the ground: Residence of Mr..
and Mrs. c. F. Rudolph, 121 Ra-
leigh street Sc, q 2-story brick
house with wood trim.
From the plane: House is located
500 feet northeast Of intersection
of Overlook avenue and South
Capitol street, and 270 feet north
east Of airways marker beacon.
On the ground: Distance to
Overlook avenue intersection is ap-
proximately correct; distance to
airways marker beacon is 266 feet
by actual tape measurement.
From the plane: Lot size S0xS4x
122x132 feet.
On the ground: Lot size 81x89x
113Ax124 feet.
From the plane: House Is located
As feet from the street on the
northwest, "a feet from street on
the southwest, and "a feet from a
narrow through alley on the south
east.
On the ground: Actual distances
are 46 feet, % feet. and 26 feet 8
inches. respectively.
From the plane: The house is
primarily rectangular in shape,
measuring so feet by 33 feet.
On the ground: House measure
ments, 40 feet by 80 feet 4 inches.
From the plane: A front porch
is attached to the northwest end,
measuring 26 feet by s feet.
On the ground: Porch dimen-
sions "a feet by 8 feet, with 2-foot
roof overhang at end.
From the plane: A small wad-
ing pool, 12x9 feet, In the back
yard.
On the ground: Goldfish pond
is 10 feet 8 inches by Q feet 8
inches.
From the plane: Front entrance
sidewalk Is 40 feet by 6 feet.
On the ground: Walkway meas
ures 80 feet inches by feet s
inches.
From the plane: Rear entrance
sidewalk Is so feet by 21z feet.
On the ground: Walkway meas
ures 81 feet by 2 feet.
From the plane: The driveway
Is 30 feet by IL feet.
On the ground: Driveway meas
ures 81 feet by 10 feet Z inches.
Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press., 1955-12-19
DONATIONS COMING IN
 FOR RESTORATION FUND

AL the last weekly meeting of the St. Michaelis Cathedral res toration fund committee at the home of Mrs. D. A. Hope, mem bers were happy to learn thru ',Iheir secretary, George Hall, of the $75O donation made by the Lions Club of Mt. Edgecunbe.
 This added to the $500 which has been collected from various Russian Orthodox parishes in the states by Bishop Amvrossey on his recemJ trips, plus several smaller donations, bring the to- tai at present to about $2,000.
 With this sum on hand, the committee decided on imned- fate action to show concrete evidence of the concerted drive which is taking place to save this historic structure. First project will be repair of the front porch - now in a state of near collapse and a danger to all users. Larry Brandt of War rick Construction Co. will SUI pervise I,his work, with local union carpenters doing the job as soon as weather permits.
 This reconstruction is estirna ted at $500 and in conjunction with This another $50 or so will be expended on a central swift oh box, so that all wiring may be controlled from single point to lessen the fire hazard present from obsolete wiring, until new wirisg can be install l ed.
 The committees next goal $ the estimated $4500 which new roof will cost. All organi cations and individuals are in- ted to take an adive interest