Digest of Alaska news, Vol. 1, No. 22, June 9, 1943

              DIGEST OF ALASKA N MS
June 9, 1945
Vol. 1 No. 22
(This summary of current developments is compiled for the information of Pan American Airways Alaska Division executives, and is not for republication. Items from available press sources are so indicated. The complete item, .ai each case, is retained in the Division Manager's office and may be examined by those interested.)
Fishing Regulations Safeguard Vessels Against Enemy ---- Government regulations con-
trolling fishing vessels operating in the Gulf of Alaska beyond Cape St. Elias not only serve as a precautionary measure against enemy attack, but also make their operation safer in heavy weather. Vessels fishing in this area must operate in groups of two or more and one of the vessels in each group must be equipped with radio. In this way, reports of strange ships cruising in the gulf, or an attack on fishing vessels, could be forwarded to the proper military authorities. The regulations provide that the vessels fish not more than 20 miles apart. (Alaska "Weekly, June 4, 1943.)
Alaska’s Place In Global Strategy ---- "The new global geography isn’t at all new to
old time Alaskans. For years they have been pointing to Alaska on global maps, trying to show the rest of the world how vital Alaska would one day be in linking the major parts of the world by air.....
"Of course, everyone outside of Alaska wasn’t ignorant of Alaska’s place in global strategy for peace or war. l/Vhen Pan American Airways stepped into Alaskan operations, it had plans in mind for the future. When PAA planned a route from Seattle to Ketchikan to Juneau to Whitehorse to Nome, it didn’t really plan to turn around and come back from there. Giant Boeing Stratoliners were ordered, sleeper planes capable of flying not only from Seattle to Nome but on to other fields - Moscow, perhaps, then on to Berlin and Paris; or southward to Shanghai and Hongkong and Manila." (Editorial, Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, May 26, 1943,)
CAA Men Confer At Anchorage -— Charged with the setting of rates and schedules and the certificates of convenience and necessity, R. P. Monson, member of the Civil Aeronautics Board at Washington, D.C., is in Anchorage to confer with local CAA officials. Monson’s trip is concerned chiefly with setting up of equitable mail rates and tariffs for passenger carriers. (Anchorage Daily Times, May 26, 1943.)
Arctic Aviation Control --- The publisher of the American Aviation Daily told the
'Associated Commerce Members Council that"whether we like it or not, Arctic aviation is controlled by Russia and Britain." (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, May 14, 1943.)
Boom Hits Matanuska Valley — "The Matanuska Valley is having a mild boom this
spring, for the first time in more than 20 years," says C. R, Rasmusson of the Valley Settler. "Land is in domand. New settlers are coming in and all of the formor idle tracts will undoubtedly be in production this year." (Alaska Weekly, May 21, 1943.)