The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 12, 1941, Page 2

SIXTAXBILLS INTRODUCED, LEGISLATURE General Préperty, Income, Cigarette, Sales and Other Levies Six tax bills, running the gamut from a general property tax to a gross sales tax, were among more than 30 measures introduced in the Territorial Legislature today. the last day for introduction of bills A measure almost identical with the income tax bill killed last urday in the Senate was intr in the House by the Ways Means Committee. It taxes per net income from two to five per cent and corporation net income a flat four per cent. The general property tax, also in- troduced in the House by the Wa and Means Committee, provides for a one per cent tax on the actual value of real and personal property Cigarette Tax Ways and Means: also introduced an excise tax on cigarettes which would amount to three cents per package of 20. In the Senate, Senator Norman R Walker introduced two tax bills by title. One is for a gross sales tax and the other for a retail sales tax. One other revenue measure intro- duced today was a bill by Rep. Har- vey J. Smith to raise the tax on floating fish traps from $200 to $300. The Senate passed two measures of minor importance and adjourned until 11 _o'clock tomorrow morning House Meets Tonight ‘The House. keeping the gates open for introduction of more bills ahead of the 45th ~day deadline. reces- sed late this afternoon until 7 o'clock tonight. ‘The bill for construction of five Terrritorial buildings to be used as armaries appeared briefly on the House floor today but was continued in second reading because, as Rep. Harvey Smith announced, “we haven’t found the necessary revenue yet.” Also reappearing briefly was the bill to legalize the Health Depart- ment. When Reps. Almer J. Peter- son and Howard Lyng both submit- ted substitute bills today and when Allen Shattuck produced a dozen amendments, the whole matter was & Wield A)éresr on Slot Machig a —’ ‘ Mary Critchfield and Mrs. W. L. Browning - . Shades of Carrie Nation, the militant temperance crusader! Mary Critchfield, left, and her mother, Mrs. W. L. Browning, of Fort Madi- son, Ta., are wielding the ax today in their campaign against gam- bling places and slot machines in Fort Madison and vicinity. County Attorney Robert Johnson has- given the women his blessing, with ~the proviso that they wreak their havoc on property only. © SPAIN, GERMANY MARGARET HARRATS | Margaret - Harrais, ‘U. 'S. Com- | missioner :at Valdez, and- member of the Territorial Board of Educa- tion, returned to the Westward on CLOSELY BOUND, DE([ARB mn the steamer Yukon. She has been |attendmg a meeting of the:Terri~ | torial' School Board here for the | MADRID, March 12. — Foreign |past three weeks. Minister Suner said today no one ——————————— should doubt the unshakable iirm-l ness of Spain’s friendship for Ger- | many. Suner spoke at the opening of the | Spanish-German Press Exposition | and he further declared the two | | countries were struggling for a single | A Minneapolis pawnbroker has a customer who calls on him con- stantly seeking to borrow monay on his cemetery lot. ——————— The General Magazine and His- !cause, a new Europe. | torical Journal, issued by Benja- ————-———— min Franklin, first appeared 200 | years. ago. BANFIELD TO SITKA | — e ——— Norman Banfield, Juneau attor- | ney, sailed on a business trip to Sit- | GOODY SALE RETURNS TO SEWARD | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1941 INTRODUCED—H. J, M. 25, hy Harvey - Smith, asking .the Coast Guard to station vessels. in Bristol Bay for the fishing season. INTRODUCED—H. J. M. 24, by Jenne, asking that a.marine hos- pital be built in Alaska. INTRODUCED—H. C. R. 1, by Gordon, for appointment of a Com- mittee from the Legislature to in- vestigate the Alaska Railroad. INTRODUCED—H. B, 103, by Lander, to prohibit the appoint- ment to any Territorial Board or Commission of a person who has acted as counsel or agent within the previous four years. INTRODUCED—H. B. 104, Lan- der, to replace the name of At- torney General of the United States with the Director or Assistant Di- rector of the Administrative Office of the United States: Courts, in certain statutes. 4 INTRODUCED—H. B. 105, by Lander, to repeal the criminal syn- dicalism laws. INTRODUCED—H. B. 106, by Stangroom and Peterson, to pre- vent pernicious political activities in. the Territory. 3 INTRODUCED—H. B. 107, by Lyng, to provide for the establish- ment of rural schools. INTRODUCED—H. B. Lander and Gordon, 108, by to increase | maxtmum: old ® age ‘assistance - from $43. to $60 ;per month. INTRODUCED—H. = B.. 109, by port hazards: i INTRODUCED—H. B. 110, by Jenne, to appropriate $6,000 to as- sist Skagway in constructing a | school addition. INTRODUCED—H, B. 111, by Jenne, requiring employers to fur- nish transportation from point of hiring to place of employment and return, in seasonal work. INTRODUCED—H, B. 112, by Harvey Smith, to raise the tax on $300, and to require that. licenses shall be issued only for locations approved by the District Engineer of the U. 8. War Department as to navigation. INTRODUCED—H. B. 113, by McCormick, to appropriate $5,000 for a seaplane landing float at Wrangell. INTRODUCED—H. B. 114, by Peterson and Egan, to appropriate $25,000 to build and operate a cus- tom milling or sampling plant at { % Wasilla. ‘Whaley, for the elimination of air-| IN THE SENATE INTRODUCED—S.J.M. 9, by Col- fey, asking .Congress to pass legis- lation -extending. social security to Territorial and municipal employees. INTRODUCED—S.B. 63, by Roden, to authrize a short cut in the ad- ministration of estates of Indians where boats are involved. fey, to restrict cemmercial fishing licenses to citizens, removing eli- gibilty of persons who have declared their intention to becoming. citizens. INTRODUCED—S.B. 65, by Walk~ er, for a gross sales tax (introduced by title only). INTRODUCED—S.B. 66, by Walk- er, for a retail sales tax( introduced by title only). INTRODUCED — S. B. 67, by Brownell, to reimburse the Seward General Hospital $697.50 for hospi- talization of indigents. INTRODUCED—S.B. 68, by Nor- dale by request, to require employed women to pay the Territorial school | tax, raising the age to which the tax is payable from 50 to 60 years and | increasing the tax from $5 to $7.50 per year. | INTRODUCED—S.B. 69, by Sul- livan, respecting giving notice of petitions for-letters of administra- tion. INTRODUCED—S B. 70, by Walk- er, to appropriate $3,500 to survey lan airport near Wrangell. . | INTRODUCED—S.B. 71, by Sul- livan, providing for the filing of | liens. | INTRODUCED—S.B: 72, by Rod- | en, to increase the maximum old age | {assistance allowance from $45 to $60 | per month. INTRODUCED—S.B. 73, by Rod- en, to appropriate $15,000 to assist | Petersburg in constructing a hos- pital. { INTRODUCED—S.B. 74, by Rod- len by request, to appropriate $30 to | reimburse G." E. Dickson of Ketchi- | kan for rent of an indigent family. | INTRODUCED. — S. B. 175, by compensation to those working in jeach of 16 different weeks and to | employees of employers with four or more employees. INTRODUCED—S.B. 76, by Coch- ran, to alter the method of payment of excise taxes on liquor. INTRODUCED — S. B. 77, by Brownell, to appropriate $16,000 rori 'the employment of an additional | Territorial veterinarian. | PASSED — SB. 28, by Coffey, authorizing the Treasurer to pay certain irregular bounty claims . INTRODUCED—SB. 64, by Cof-{ FIREMEN HAVE TOUGH BATTLE WITHHORNETS Visitors from Pefersburg fo, Meet Fighting Fire- menl)llighl Lanky, nardened and-Jnature, Pet- | ersburg’s Hacks Hornets are ready today for their first hoop battle in a Juneau series that will decide the championship of two Southeast Al- aska towns. | Arriving here yesterday too late to be notified of the cancellation of | the Southeast Alaska Bfl,sk(‘ll;uili Tournament, the nine Petersbuig cagers decided to stay anyway, and said that they wanted “a crack at| the Juneau High School five.” | Tonight, however, the Hornets, fast playing champs cf Petersbuig. | are scheduled to meet Juneau top-| flight hoop squad,, the fighting Fire- | men, in a battle that will begin at | 8 c'clock in the Juneau gym. Twelve zames the Firemen have played and | not one has been a loss for them. | A preliminary, game of high school | second teams will . start at .7:15 o'clock. [ BESOPE BOARD CLARFIES RULE AFFECTWG TEACHER HIRING | | Local Directors Ajr‘é Final Judges of Qualifica- tions of Employees With the publication of ‘the min- floating fish traps from $200 to|Brownell, to extend unemployment |utes of the meetings of the Terri-! torial Board of Education held .in} Juneau February 24 to March 6 in- clusive, the Board included a clari-‘i fication and amendment to Article' XI adopted at the Anchorage meet- | ing in May, 1940, wherein school} authorities were required to apply | to. the University of Alaska when| teaching vacancies occurred. | The ruling caused widespread dis- | sension at the time, objections| being based on three points: the| uncertainty as to who would deter-| mine whether or not a teacher is| THE WEATHER - (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) ARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU S. DE u. Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, with possibly very li or smow showers Thursday; littl: change in temperature temperature tonight about 32 deg-ees, highest temperature day .42 degrees; gentle. variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly. cloudy tonight and Thuis- day, but with possibly light rain o snow showers in mnorth Thursday; little change in temperiture; gentle to moderate variable winds, mostly southerly in Lynn Canal. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate westerly to southwest- erly winds; partly cloudy; Cape.Snencer to Cape Hinehinbrook: Mod- po erate to fresh southwesterly winds; loeal rain or snow; e Hinc inbrook to Resurrection Bay: Mode ate to fresh southwesterly wi snow; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: Moderate northwesterly to west- erly winds; local snow showers. LOCAL DA 5 Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 pm. yesterday 20.90 45 M w 4 Rn.hr previou 4:30 am. today 30.18 34 89 Calm 0 Pt. Cidy Noon today 30.23 38 81 S 5 Overcast RADIO REPORTS ) TODAY Max. tempt. Towest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. 24 hours Weatuer Barrow ~19 | =30 -30 0 Clear Fairbanks 7 | -1 0 06 Snow Nome 1 | -14 -11 0 Clear Dawson 13 | 1 1 02 Overcast Anchorage 35 29 29 02 Snow Bethel 30 | =16 -15 0 Clear St. Paul 12 | L 6 0 Dutch Harbor .. 27 23 23 01 v ‘Wosnesenski 27 | 20 21 T Drilt, Snow Kanatak 14 | 0 0 Clear Kodiak . . 29 | 23 01 Cloudy Cordova 39 | 32 1.10 Snow Juneau Ly 4 08 Cloudy Sitka 51 | 37 37 Cloudy Ketchikan 41 | 41 T Drizzle Prinfe George .. 59 22 [ Seattle 3 39 0 Portland 67 43 0 San Francisco .. 71 49 52 0 Cloy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Cold, continental air continued over most of Alas except from Cordova southeastwarl to Southeast Alask: was falling at some stations from Yakutat to Cook Inlet and nc ward over the Alaska Range to th® Tanana Valley. Mos skies prevailed elsewhere over Alaska, except partly cloudy over Southeast Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Rain or snow had fallen during the previous 24 hours at most stations along the coast from Southeast Alaska to the Aleu.ian Islands, and at some points over the Alaska Range and the upper Kuskokwim Valley, and the Tan- ana and middle Yukon valleys, Tle greatest amount of precipitation was 1.10 inches which was recordcd at Cordova. No material chan in temperature had oeccurred anyw.ere in Alaska except slightly cold- er over the north portion where Birrow reported minus 30 which was the coldest temperature recorded in Alaska this morning. Broken clouds to overcast, with moderately low ceilings and fair to good visibilities, were veportei this morning over the Juneau- Ketchikan airways. The Wednesday morning weath area of 995 millibars (29.38 inches) was located at 44 degrees north and 166 degrees west, and a second lov center of 1000 milli inches) was located at 32 degrees north and 126 degrees w third low center of 1005 millibars (29.68 inches) was located at 60 de- grees north and 150 degrees west. A high pressure area of 1030 this morning and degr ' chart indicated a iow pressure a second high center above 1034 millibars (30.53 inct re-referred to cation - mittee. e S ka yesterday evening on the North | At Hollmann’s Pharmacy by Pio- INTRODUCED—H. B. 115, by PASSED—HB. 3, by Rogge, pro- | qualified; the inconvenient delay Nest: & s, y 3 s A Committee of the Whole hear- | Sea. neers' Aux. No. 6, Saturday, March |Shattuck, to appropriate $2,00 ‘o viding for payment for bank exam- |of. the 10 days stipulation while| located to the northwest of Barrow. and a third high center was ing on the general appropriation bill Sl S {15, starting at 10 am adv. | assist Haines in completing as(-ngo]‘lmtmns. | awaiting a reply from. the Univer-| cated to the southeast of _suun'lgist of S‘oulheasF'fxlalsk;n . has been set for 1 o'clock tomorrow Most of the Argentine pampas S b |and gymnasium. R sity Appointment Bureau and the, ~ Juneau, March 13—Sunrise 7:22 am. sunset 6:55 p.m. INTRODUCED—H. B. 116, by threat of withholding refunds on * T 2 ! WS S afternoon in the House. A 4 !is entirely devoid of trees. Don’t Forget to Order Your Copy of Celebrating Alaska's Discovery and the Fish Industry Gift-Wrapped and Mailed for 25¢ C And Many More Articles Too Numerous fo Mention Telephone 374 Today THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE off the press Order Your Empire Classifieds Pay! sfidN opy Today! Population Liberally Illustrated Special Sitka Section History Salmon Industry Mountaineering Shattuck, to appropriate $144.20 to | reimburse Mrs. Bessie Arketa for |caring for an indigent child, INTRODUCED—H. B. 117, by Shattuck, to allow $60 per month to'any woman possessing qualifi- cations for old age assistance and +INTRODUCED—H. B. 120, by Ways and Means, for a personal and, cerporation net income tax. ~PASSED—S. B. 13, by Walker for ment. of *Labor. raising the. inheritance tax exemp- tion, -« ) 4 i to ~provide local option elections upon petition of 35 percent of vot- ers, with-a majority vote -to pre- PASSED—H.. B. 83, by Peterson, to provide Public Utility Districts may be dissolved in the same man- ner :as. munigipal. corporations, - PASSED—H. . B. 74, by Harvey 8mith, for, establishment of: an as- say ‘office at Anchorage. «: . PASSED—H. 'B. 46, by Shattuek, to exempt insurance from the bid law ;and to give a 10 percent dif- ferential; under the bid law to Al- PASSED—H, B. 73, by Peterson, DELIVERED TODAY A post card two and a half month'’s old.arrived in Juneau today bringing New Year's greetings from Ankara, Turkey.. : s i The card, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Kay of the Gastineau Ho- tel, is from Niels J. Hornum, oil well driller who was in Alaska for sev- eral months on drilling projects and who was a guest at the Gastin- eay Hotel. % Hornum 'mailed his card on Jw: L) LABOR DEPT. BILL PASSES Differences | | Both houses of the 15th Territorial | |creating a Territorial Department |the House late yesterday afternoon !was amended so drastically. that a | lewrrence. | ! The House passed the labor bill by | a vote of 12 to 4, with only Rey Leo Rogge and Frank Whaley oppos- {ing. Importantly, the House amended | the bill by a 9 to 7 vote so that it will apply to mining, which was excepted in the Senate bill. The House also voted 11 to 5 to] provide that the first Commissioner of Labor will be appointed by the Governor instead of chosen by the Legislature. The appropriation in the bill was restored to $30,000. The Senate hadj cut it to $20,000. The Senate will, act tomorrow. to where he audited books for the In- dian Affairs, } Pohland- was -as. far.morth as Shismaret and spent some time in Nome where he stated it was 10 degrees below zero when’he left the Bering Sea city Monday. After a short period in the Juneau office, Pohland will leave for. his home in California after an absence | of ‘over four months. e e——— GEYER TO SITKA Bob Geyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. salaries of teachers employed in violation of the ruling. Further protests were expressed that. such: ruling would work a hardship upon graduates of Alas- kan schools receiving their teach-| er training in outside institutions. President of the Board H. Faulkner stated that the ruling had been, misunderstood and that| although letters had been sent to creation of 'a Territorial Depart- Legislature have now passed a bill|a) poards some points still were not clear. The board had no in- PASSED—S. B. 14, by ()ochmn,lc'f Labor, but the version passed by tention, he said, of exerting coer-| cion, Matters were explained to the satisfaction of all concerned PASSED—S. B, 30, by Cochran, [Uither fight is expected ‘on con-|ang it was decided to clarify the ruling. i The local school board, as before, {is to be the final judge in deter- ,opyned from Gambier Bay on. the |mining the qualifications (_)f ""!momxship Dart last night after |applicant for a vacancy. With all| s i Vhore 1o arrange. for the other things being equal, Alaskan teachers, whether graduates of the University of Alaska, teachers in other Alaskan schools, or bona fide residents of the Territory, who have received their education outside the Territory while maintaining their residence within the Territory, should be given preference over Outside teachers of similar qualifi-| cations. University Reference the Territory naturally is a clear- ® Industries less. than- cost; vote 6-10. : : . 2 ing house for teacher appointment. LS PASSED+H. B. 81, hy Lander, Many local boards feared that they Scenery Saatie Ui dacaee: of: mintll yrop- FROM INTERIOR TRIP .5 5 vequired to hire Univer- ® Sport Activities erty to deduct the tax from roy-| A e * ;| sity graduates »whether or not Lhcy_ alties due the lessor, John Pohland, Office of Indian|met the specific requirements of 54 D . ® Vacation Lands N Affairs auditor, returned to Juneau | the V“““:Yl-t B paneel s ’ 1 ) i T e yesterday, via PAA after spending| It was felt by the board and by A ' L l ® Government Statistics HEW vfl"s CARD Y e ut e Tt tiong | those attending the hearing that| inexperienced graduates of the Uni- | versity of Alaska would be in most| cases better trained and better] fitted for teaching positions in Alaska than inexperienced teachers) from the States. | As the ruling stands now, with an amendment to clarify it, local] boards having a vacancy must apr| ply to the University of Alaska fof| their list of available candidates. In cases where there is no difference in qualifications, Alaskan d{eachers; are to be hired whether from the University, other Territorial Schools, or qualified residents. The only oc- |are invisible to the naked eye, uary 1 from Ankara where he is em- ; A. M. Geyer of Juneau, returned to ployed by an oil drilling company. his work on the air base at Sitka, et - B on the steamer North Sea. He spent the past few days visiting here. - e for The Emplre. The planets Neptune and Pluto| e Subscribe casion when a penalty of withhold- ing refunds would be made when an Outside teacher of decidedly in- ferior qualifications would be hired in preference to available qualified N ‘ :mmnmnmnnmnnnmmnnnmlmmmnmmnflnnnnnmmmmw candidates from the Territory. In the matter of qualifications, the local board has the power o determining qualifications and the yuling simply insures the Alaskan candidates of an opportunity to present their qualifications. Catholic Women Plan Food Sale, Social Meeting mann’s Pharmacy and will be in charge of Mesdames J. Harring ton, George Simpkins and J. McAlister. The social meeting March 25, will be arranged Mesdames H. C. Redman, H. VanderLeest and W. Franks. . Announcement was made that the Thursday sewing group would 3 . meet this week at 1:30 o'clock with withe food, Gray said; and had re-|yr.o George Sundborg, at her resi- fused to come into town for medical| Gence in the Fosbee Apartments. treatment. The U. 8. Commissioner | o, nonday, a meeting of the sfudy group will be held at the Dixon Streef, home of Mrs. A, M. Geyer. Before closing last night's mee’- ing, members enjoyed hearing Mrs H..C. Redman tell of her recent visit to Salt Lake City and to }‘ Try a c’lasslr;,edv ad in The Emplre ' California. R PHONE 374 " ] ¢ 5 & w0 being - disabled. Members of the Juneau School| e 3 43 [ 1 | -\INTRODUCED—H. B. 118, by Board who appeared before the . Lot M_P(‘tlng lol‘_a regular h”lm"‘,\ - Ways and Means, for an excise tax [l ® kg Territorial Board to protest the (oMMls louER session last night at the Parish : on cigarettes of 1'¢ mills per cig- |ruling stated that several other| i Hall, the Catholic Daughters of I e i & i 3 o arette (3 cents per package). o T 4 | Southeast Alaska schools, who Were , ; gy 4 : r‘\!:wl'l?flAm?lde_ pl?sr forh%} food [ INTRODUCED—H. B. 119, by tativac !unable to send represengatives, were'’ Ri'u SFROM sale on April 5, and for their next THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 1941 waye o eamn tor x oo o’ Representatives Amend o 1oi"s wircement with the reguia- Social - gathering, scheduled o1 X cent: tax on real and personal B H tion, : Mareh' 25¢ property. . ¢ | cover Mmmg'ManY Ruling Misunderstood | «§ GAMBIER BAY The food sale will be at Holl- Oscar Larsen, 70-year-old Gam- bier Bay fox farmer, died, not of starvation as formerly believed, it was revealed today by U. S. Com- | missioner Febix Gray, but because of a stomach ailment that would| not. permit: the assimilation of food.| The aged man was well supplied cn by R. { burial of Larsen and to.take care {of ‘his estate. | e requiring. Notaries Public to im-|consider concurrence in House| Much -of the misinterpretation 4 B A press. \their .seals to: documents.. |amendments. | was caused py the reference to the C E R Alaska’s - KILED—H. B. 71, by Shattuck i P University of Alaska, which as the! E by request, for an unfair trade act only teacher training institution of e Lot A = " toAL—Wo0D LUMBER'—— GROCERIES AN BN - "SHORTY" WHITFIELD