Daily Sitka Sentinel from Sitka, Alaska • Page 1

Daily Sitka Sentinel HMM-Owncd Newspaper and The ARROWHEAD PRESS Member of The Associated Frew 1Oca Copy VOLUME xvn Tuesday, January 17, 1956 NUMBER 25 Juneau Cold Storage hit by fire this afternoon; destroyed Only concrete portion of building still standing A fire, which apparently broke out around 1 p.m. this stf ternoon, was reported to hove totally destoyed the Juneau Cold 9toage Company plaint, lo dated on the waterfront in the City. First word ol the fire was received here on the Daiiiy Siibka Sentinel teletype when a message wtas on by an unknown sender jxrdor to 1 p.m. "Is the cold storage on fire? See ote of heavy smoke." The newspaper's teletype then cut into the national radio wire for thirty In the meantime, Alaska Coastal Airlines here were receiving reports of the Sire from their Juneau offlfjce via their storage building remained as the fire appeared to be subsiding. Alaska Coastal reports said the cold storage plant was a total loss and it looked as if the Couiribia Lumber Co.

retail yard building was afire. All of the airlines' planes were mo ved from their hangars, so they could be flown away if flames spread. KINY from their transmitter siite art Jumeau reported at one thirty the fiore was burning out of control, with ffiremen battling to keep the blaze from spreading 'to nearby docks. The Coast Guard cutter Storis and fire boats from the lumber mill and Alasto-Juneau mine were assisting the Juneau fire departments Srian the bay. Also.

Coming home 'SAW FMAINCI'SCO (JP) dpi. Frederick Nielsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nielsen of Sitka, is among 1,523 veterans of the 3rd Marine division arriving here Thursday from the Far Bast on the transport General Phoenix. He is the only Alaskan among Marines arriving on two transports this week.

Richards witl take charges before grand jury U. S. commissioner Framk Richards said this afternoon: "There wiiE be no further comment from me on this matter (charges otf juvenile delin- quenly at Mt. Edigeouimbe school). I am turning all of the facts over to the Grand Jury." In Juneau it was announced Delegates decide who will run executive branch of govt.

Alaska residence dropped as need to hold jobs FAIRBANKS (IP) The Alaska i report: they said firetffiighting eqhip- merrt wfas enroute from Douglas by William Olsen that Mrs. to aid the firemen. looks' Hildegarde Thompson, director 1 JYL from here," KINY said. of the branch of edhcation, Bur Shortly after 2 p.tn. Alaska eau of Indian AJfaars had oate- Coastal said the fire appeared gorically denied that she re- M.

R. Marston ol Anchorage called the "sourdough" a state of mind." "It comes from the days when Alaska was a closed fishing and hunting empire," he said. "Sourdouighs" Ada Wien of constitutional convention wo-! Fairbanks and B. D. Stewart of und up consideration of the Juneau spoke in favor of drop- constitutionlh executive arti-jping the residence requirement cle yesterday after a warm ex-i "Let's draw specialists from change of view on the validity, the states." said Nome-born oif residential requirements for Mrs.

Wien. officials of the a Defending the residence re- The article was advanced to quirement. Victor Rivers of third reading where it is sub- Anchorage told the convention jecrt to amendment only by a "We would have, without re- two-third majority of the 55 sidence requirements, a 'govern delegates who are writing the'merrt of Alaskans, for Alas- constitution. Ikans. and by Ohioans.

Califor- The last hurdle was this nians. or what have you. The ase of the executive committee! department heads coming from the 9 at state outside Alaska would bring in principal their own underlings, also citizens. siders." and resi- But the feeling prevailed em for that qualified specialists should teletype. They desnifeed the control' que'sted'Riohardih off his at least three years not be excluded from service in fire a mass of flames at the dyinc in intensity.

public hearirtg into alleged jwv Leading the opposition Bur-Alaska and the residence re cold tortge plant and for a few In the last report the enile delinquency at Mt. Edge ke Rlle "aines told the con quirement was dropped, minutes, it was feared the Al- office in Juneau, it was oumnbe school which he had set ventior he feared such a re- The executive article, as fin- aaha Steamship Co. 9aid: for this morning. stnctaon would ban from pub- ally approved, stipulates: is left where cold' Mrs. Thompson confirmed storage was.

The Coast Guard she requested Richards to cutter Strafe's bow is right up present a summary of facts, to the beach and spraying budld at his disposal. docks inUghrt ibe next in the path of "the flames. Ketchikan come a report thalt over Alaska Steam- shop teletype a message bad come from the Juneau office the force there were moving out ahead of the flames Dalter, from Seatfle, the company said the report of their men moving out in the face of the fire incorrect. That was the first message, but they were still in the office and not so alarmed, as the roof had been wtatered to forestall any danger from flying etniberh. AHasJfla Steamship Co.

employees reported from their own office next door at 2 p.m. that. the fish house, ice house and shrimp and fish oamnery were a total loss, with "the floors falling in." They said the main concrete eatchcombing on the street side of cold Yesterday Olsen released a by hi storage. 'wind died down and the! helped considerably." No one here could make any estimate of the loss, if the cold storage plaint were totally destroyed, but it was thought the amount involved would be several million dollars. Glenn Carrington sells business SEATTLE (IP) Glenn Oarring ton yesterday announced the sale of Glenn Carrington Co a Seattle Alaska distributing firm, to a group of employes and Alaska business associates.

Terms of the sale were not announced. The firm henceforth will be known as the lie service in Alaska qualified The governor of Alaska shall men with a desired background be at least 30 years old and specific knowledge. ven years an Alaskan. He Since the convention started serve only two four-year terms any requirement for residence in one stretch. His salary wfll in Alaska as a basis for pcblic be set by the legislature and service has brought Mvely de- may not be lowered during his the Sitka Chamber of Commer bate.

In every case, many Al- tenure unless by a general law ce passed Jan. 6, expressing asfca-lborn delegates have favor applying to all salaried officers the belief that "no juvenile pro deleting Alaska residence as of the state, blem exists" in the Mt. Edge-' a qualification. The governor will appoint cumlbe 'school as charged by And esterday's case was no all state officials, except the Richards. i exception.

secretary of state. He will dele i Ri'ley's amendment striking gate the functions of govern- the three-year requirement ment to a maximum of 2C prin i won. 38-16. cipal departments. Heads of the HePb Hilsher of Anchorage depart raen-ts will he sir.ale ex- the delegaates not to ecutives.

unless otherwise pro a around Alaska' 1 vided by law. i by prohibiting outsiders from An attempt by John Coghill service without having lived of Nenana to allow boards or Cold air tumbles temperatures over broad areas today by The Associated Press I A fresh surge of cold air sent temperatures tumbling over broad areas of the south but Florida, hit by a long and damaging cool spell, escaped I the icy air. weather was reported in much of the south except there a specified time. Ridgway "asked to defend article WASHINGTON UP) A house appropriations subcommittee chairman said todav he will in- commissions to appoint their executive heads without approval from the governor, failed, qO-4. i the move.

George Sundborg of Juneau. declared: i "Departments could run wild according to Arthur F. Eriok: near the Gulf coasrt and Florida 4 te en. Matthew Bidway to Juneau can be thankful SQn presWent the new com-1 The cold air which spread south explain what he meant when that Talfcu winds aren't blow- aJ1J a associia te to the GuM coast yesterday he said the defense department ing today otherwise they Oal rinlgton hince 193 o. moved southeast and eastward tried to pressure him to fit his have to move most of Ericfcson sa id that except for and extended over areas in to a "preconceived poli- their waterfront business to thfi retil emen Carrington the Carolinas and Vir tico-military "party line'.

the finest ci'ty on the Paioiific from the business there will be! ginia. Ridgway also sand that while coast SStka. Do you realize that this Sailing today is the first real moisture we have seen this year? I listened to an of tides today. At was listening it was clear what the "lecturer" was talfeirtg a- no changes in personnel. $716,000 will be Alaska school federal money WASHINGTON Alaska would receive a total of bmrt but wihen I tried to ex- i 000 in combined federal-terri- plain it myself I was soon bog tory funds under the school con ged down with a lot of words struction program outlined by President Eisenhower in his budiget message yesterday.

The department of Health, Education amd Welfare said Alaska appreciate the tip on the fire I wowld receive $358,000 in fed- eraJ funds and $358,000 in mat ching territory 'funds. Hawaii would receive $1,796,000, dfrvM ed equally between the federal government amd the territory. that didnt miade sense. We (meaning all the members of The Associated Press) It was the fiirst word to the outside world quickly followed by the Alaska Steam office in Seattle. Thwitos! Orvilte and Jean.

In the south, some of the cold est spot included Jackson, and Charlotte. N. with 29, and Macon. with 32. At the same time, it was 60 at the Miami airport, some lo degrees higher than 24 hours earlier.

The cold weather in Florida this month caused an estimated 50 million dollars damage to tender truck crops. This morning's coldest weath er was in the northern plains with below zero realings algain today in sections of the Dakotas. Freezing weather prevailed in the Great Lakes region and in the northeast. iln northern California, hit by heavy rains for weeks, skies were dear. It was cloudy in Seattle.

he was army chief he felt he was "beirjf called upon to destroy" U. S. fighting strength. Ridgway. now retired, the statements yesterday in the first of a series of articles writ ten for the Saturday Epening Post.

Ridgway said the defense de fense department tried to silence his criticism of its policies and he also questioned the accuracy of a statement made by President Eisenhower. Rep. Sites (D-Fla) chairman of the appropriations subcommittee Handling army funds, said he would "invite" Ridgway to explain the statements "at his earliest convenience." Sen. Mansfield (D-Mont) sag gested earlier that the senate inquire into Ridgway's statements. Marine forecast from Tuesday to Wednesday.

WHOLE GAME WARNING A deepening storm centered 350 miles south of Yakutat mov ing north northeast at 23 roph will begin to decelerate by 4 p. m. and curve northwest becoming nearly stationary and weaken to be centered 100 miles of Yakutat by 6 a. m. Wednesday.

End of warning. Outside waters Sitka to Dix on En-trance east to southeast winds 40 to 70 mph to 25 to 40 mph late this rfter- noon. Snow occasionally mixed with rain. Outside waters Yakutat to Sitka east and southeasterly winds 40 to 70 mph with gusts, becoming 28 to 40 with occasional strong late tonight. Snow occasionally aitxad with.