The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 17, 1941, Page 5

Wash. Stalers | ' Champions of close man-to-man defense that the Juneau lads threw around them. It was a push-over for the Bears; the Hornets were not even playing coms parative ball and the J-Hi walked [ away with the honors. | Second Game | In the second game of the night, | the Elks rapidly took the lead from | | the Institute, but found that they were not allowed to keep it. At the | (oa Sl (agers | end of the first period the score | stood 11 to 12 with the Elks barely oy e s e 1o, LOUGaIS Take Two Straight Basketball Games from Stanford Indians THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1941. Bill Cutting ~ Inheritance Tax Veloed ' Governor Kicks Cochran | Measure Downstairs ‘ . with Reasons JUNEAU HIGH VICTORS OVER PETERSBURG 5 Wrangell Institufe Defeats Elks Cagers in Close GIVES BATTING LESSON Ross of Wrangell, pushed the score ahead for the Institute and when | the half-time gun sounded, the score | Seesaw Confest SCORES SATURDAY NIGHT Juneau High 50; Petersburg Hornets 44 Wrangell Institute 38; Elks 30 Young Jack McDaniel gave Tom- my Thompson’s phenomenal high | point run of 27 points in one game | close competition Saturday night in was a 19 to 19 tie. Until the final drive made by Wrangell the game could have been anyone’s with the boys making long shots good in a rough, tough battle with the Elks. Steadily in the last quarter the Institute five took the | game for themselves as they ended | with a final score to 38 to 30. Saturday’s box scores: Juneau High PULLMAN, Wash., March 17. | Washington State College Cougars conducted a basketball jam session last Saturday night with the Stan-| ford Indians playing a reluctant second fiddle and when the party ! | ended, the Staters were victors by |a score of 44 to 40 and champions of the Pacific Coast Basketball Conference for 1941, The triumph % (Continued from Page One) | ing law | “The paragraph headed ‘Sec. 2' in- | creases the exemption allowed in the | case of the surviving spouse, child- | ven, adepted or acknowledged child- | |ren cr their lineal issue. Under the | 1" does not alter the exist- the Juneau gym as the Juneau High ! . Crimson Bears whipped the spirit-| by PO FT o |followed the Staters 46 to 43 win {SSietir AN GRORRERY fOCL AL cloax less Petersburg Hornets 44 to 50, | B:::rdy o lin the opening game of the cham- | value of $10,000 is exempt as to cach with MeDaniel adding up a total} saibibis 30 5o | plonship series which was to be a ;nl’ the designated persons. Under | : : erty of the of 23 points in_the victory for the | S 0 2 :three-gnme series, best two out of . | | Burcliecd 8.8, Noe Ly BERRERS - Bears. The Petersburg loss was the | ;‘:ICI“ 2 (l) 4 |three o r,d alear value of $25,000 is exempt in the first in four games played here by | Marill‘n A b NI - i & 5 |case of each of the designated per- Jisi | rons e Vg x | Nielson 2 0.7 4 | DOUBLE DESCEN T—Four legs with a single thought of b maaeT) e In the secon(_i game of the double- % SRR G l S l A ]' U R E grace and speed carry two ski experts down a cornice in Sunshine | he paraeraph designated ‘Sec. header the visiting Wrangell In- | Totals 22 6 50 | Valley near Banif in Alberta, Canada. As far as eye can see, SNOW§ 3’ increases the amount of the ex-!| stitute boys took the Elks over the Prtefibnr( Hornets of | w. the Canadian Rockies appear, | emption upon transfers to lineal hurdles to the tune of 38 to 30 in a | k WASHINGTON 1 — - ancestors of the decedent from $3,000 X % Player FG FT TP | ) o outplaying the lodgemen to cop the N r;n 8 117 ¢' increases the amount of the ex- win. | Hgmdnm S O =i i cmpticn from $1,000 to $2,500 in the | A tar crowe of Saturasy ngnt| Fedemon Lo 022 Appronriates Huge Sum S o & dessendent Of &' Reots hoop fans the J-Fi check the auto- | b b TR B SOk, or sister of the decedent, or to @ matic, robot-like play of the Hornets b ey e R ST D R fof Next B|efln|um—36 | it daughter-in-law or son-in-law of the z right down to the last minute with ! . | decendent. & & . Les Nygren rolling high for the ] e S ‘ “The paragraph designated ‘Sec. The hardest working man at the training camp of the Sacramento Totals 19 6 4 | 2 ) at F “alif,, i ther Hornets, totalling up eight field | Wrangell Institute | NG 5, increases the exemption from $250| team of the Pacific Coast League at Fullerton, Calif., is none of goals and one foul shot. The Peters-: Player FG PT TP | OLYMPIA, Wash., March 17. — /10 $1,000 in the case of transfers to| than Pepper Martin, former “Wild Horse of the Osage” with the St burpbayS e Do fighs insher wod |, iR 8 0 16 |The most expensive Legislature in|’ o i 0% [ persons more remotely related to the| Louis Cardinals, who is the club’s new manager. Here he's on the practically threw the game for the LAPRY i i . . I . decedent and to strangers, includ- b i m pinted instructions in the art of batting to Lynn 5 i Anniskete 3 [ 6 the history of Washington State, $ g 8 job giving some pe Bears in comparison With the PaY | Jeckaon $.0 6 the bistowy o Wit S First of 22 atMcChord Field | Five Persons Killed, 114 ing corporations, ; Xing (left). riday ni n ey barely eked | 1 . 4 . . . P S we compare the exemptions ex-| —_— - smrarmnd o Wells 3.0 6 Saturday forenoon after running . - out their second win from the Fire- Leaske 0 1 1 nearly 38 hours overtime. Q‘ W|” Siafl Fllght Eas' In]ured o Sabo'age isting and proposed in the Territory ¢ from tax. It is also worth taining: the amount of the. tax ki Williams 80 e The Legislature appropriated H | with those of the neighboring State |€Xempt from {ax. i s fodsral ‘ob der this bill no interest would Little Bear hoop-handler Bavard, Didricks P $350,000,000 for ‘the next Blennium w“h own crew | IS Blamed of Washington, we note that in that|nothing that underthe. federal es-i uUnfar. ‘wus 4 had Ithough oni King f | i Bl A pELALD 0 is i tate tax there would be $85,000 sub- |accrue until the amount of tax ha opgh Iy AR faun peinta oy Paul T (6052 The Legislature raised the sales - e Sldte the GsipiN OrRe ot B ject to taxation in this case—where |been ascertained, without regard to ;l;eh.luml*m': dhvte, shaciven poreBtialisy | A o o AP tax from two to three percent,and| McCHORD FIELD, Wash., March ~ BADEN, Pa, March 17.—Penn- I.O“.d. foF 18 Qlal S SLT(I‘B‘ No. N proposes to xmp:_m' no tax | how long that act was delayed. pe‘:: :"etv ulngu?, fi:;t ball. ‘The | Totals 18 2 38 |jumped the Social Security costs, 17.—United States Army Air Corps |sylvania Railroad officials blam e rather than for each ““_“‘“d““l bens- RRICEY. “The interest rate under S.B. 14 SIAbIRIIYE 190 Jor e PRy Sew Elks {including - the old age pensions, officers said the first of 22 bombers | saboteurs for derailing a crowded |ficlary, s is true under both the ex-| T/ ehri ; lis 6 percent. Prevailing Alaska rates minutes of the first fr but it o e ; i der th sed Alas-| “A comparison with other states i 6 percent. 2 S e i g Player FG FT TP |from $43000000 in the past two for Great Britain will leave here | passenger train, three of whose cars 1Stng and under the proposse Bam| ~oo S0P Rg Jo o i ™ on bank loans are 8 percent. The in= e aney. 88 82 et 0 1 1 |years to $65,000000 for the next late this afternoon for Dayton, Ohio, | plunged into the freezing waters of & 1aw. Thus, under the State of [O/Ch "ARE TRERRECC. Yol Lol terest rate fixed under the Teri- rapidly ran past thelr opponents o . pirery: i ¥ 180 0° 7674 | biennium with a British crew, and U. S. Army | the Ohio River, kjlling five and in. | Washington inheritance tax law the veal that even the present AWSKd | o0 1 eritance Tax should be take the lead and keep it for the Russell 5 TS et | officers as passengers, on the first | juring 114. | husband, wife, parents, grandpar-|statute is quite liberal in ermng”‘j T eioueh- fo ke’ it AR rest of the fray. _,owhnson":' T g leg of the journey to England. E. W. Smith, Vice-President of the Nts, children and other lineal is-|an exemption of $10.000 each in ”"hieuus e the taxpayer to delay Th Xiianabusa Tecpible Druliner o LA A 3 ExToRIIomSTS | 'The planes are all Boeings, four- | Pennsylvania Railroad, said inves- Su¢ Of the deceased constitute a case b b b cmm‘;\paymenL SB. 14 would teni to 15 ompson went in for the Hornets | ley . 0 0 0 | motored, long-range bombers. tigation reveals “all spikes had been | ngle class. A single exemption of |ren, adopted children, nfknowlcdgn | ehoournge sudhdelay. AltogsmAe & after the half-time period, but wasi HDooickey ; 5 5 5 | | The planes have been parked at |removed from one rail and the wreck |$10,000 in the aggregate is nllowedichild, and the lineal issue of suclns. 14 In its every aspect.and :m]d(down to seven points, just 20 D | SE“I 'lo pklso“- | McChord Field for more than two | was very defintely caused by sabo- |for the whole class. The difference |children. During the biennium Jan- posed modification’ of existing ml:' ess than he made the night before. 5 | iy | i |between the taxes imposed - in the uary 1, 1939—December 31, 1940 the ** x Totals 14 2 30 | months, since flown here from the | tage. existing Alaska statute (which S.B.|total inheritance taxes collocted in works to the disadvantage of the The Bears were checking the vis- | itors down hard and the Hornets found it hard to break through the | {CHANEGA NATIVES APPLY FOR LOANTO .- START LOCAL STORE According to P. J. Fitzsimmons, Credit Agent, Extension Division of the Office of Indian Affairs, who returned yesterday on the Yukon from a trip to the Westward, na- tives of Chanega have made an ap- plication for a loan to start .a co- factory at Seattle. - THEY CONFESSED California Judge Sends Jynior Officers Night { Bowling Pin-seffersfo | ; : | Federal Instifufion, - | Held, Rainbow Girls T | A regular meeting of the Order | SACRAMENTO, Cai, March 17./or Rainbow Girls was held Sat- ! —Federal Judge Michael Roche has' yrday night at the Scottish Rite sentenced Kennstl l.'ennon, aged’mpm, Miss Elizabeth Tucker, 20, Owen McHenry 33, and Ber- worthy Adviser, presided and fol- nal Carter, 20, to ~“‘Y9”5 each in jowing routine business, junior of- |# Federal Prison afier they Conu-|ficers exemplified initiatory . work, The Cleveland-Pittsburgh train, carrying 112 passengers and crew of 12, was roaring along at 60 miles an hour in a blinding snow storm when 22 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. .t ———ee INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY T0 it met disaster at this small town, | | 'No. 14 would further lighten) and|the Territory was but $24,281 (with |the Washington statue may be ill-|an added $2,100 in interest, making |ustrated as follows: |a total of $26,382). Under S.B. No. “A decedent leaves a wife, a father, |14 the revenue would be negligible. |and three children surviving and di- | In its present financial condition the vides his $50,000 estate equally among | Territory can scarcely afford to ab- | them—eech - receiving. $10,000. Ur- rogate already. established sources |der the Washington statute the to-|Of revenue. tal exempticn is $10,000 for the groun! “Section 2 of Enrolled S. B. No. jand tax must be pald on $40,000. 14 amends the law relative to inter- Under the existing Alaska law alljest on inheritance tax. Under the iof the property transferred would | exisiing law interest at the rate of bhe exempt. |6 percent is payable on the amount “For the purpose of comparison, of the tax from the date of death | the following table shows the exemp- | until the tax«s paid, if the tax i tions allowed for various benefic- paid within one ) * from the date o Territory of Alaska. A modifica- tion of the existing inheritance tax could be made which without in- creasing the rates eould take adven- tage of the provision for the credit on the Federal Income Tax and per- mit more money from estates of de- cedents to go to the Territortal Tren- sury instead of the Federal Trea- iry. But apparently no considera- tion has been given to the Territory’s interests. | “S.B. 14 is a piece of legislation of a type against which the people of | Alaska should be far more vigilant {than they have been in the past; it % | fessed sending a £350,000 extortion i A operative store in the village. 13 4 with Miss Bettye Kemmer as Jun= 58 P iy ietter to the Southern Pacific sndflm. Worthy Adviser. iaries under the existing Alaska |death. If not paid within one year : m'(“‘.,, (”M.L o take ShAY. (HOFY As there are no other stores in y | | of the wealth earned in Alaska and the _ vicinity, the cooperative will a'so Lryi_ng w» w:eck one of thel After the lodge work refresh- | Statute, Enrolled 8. B. No. 14, ana | from the date of death the rate is ve the Territory less and less sell general merchandise and sup- company's trains. ments were servied, with Miss Betty | the Washington inheritance tax. 7 percent from the date of death ‘The bill is therefore vetoed SEE th N plies that previously had to be The three men are bowling pin| Rice and her committee in charge e Transferee Alaska S.B.14 Wash. |except where the amount cannot be NS . e ew shipped In, | seticrs, of arrangements. Aid Program and Defense‘Wlfe. |ascertained within cne year. In the ey They were arrested February 13 Al husband $1,000 $25,000 $10,000 latter case the rate is 6 |n-|w-n.‘lAIE 'I'Ax F".ERS jafier an unsuccessful attempt to 1 Father from the date of death until the F'VE - SPEED Try a classlitec ad in The Empire wreck a main lire tru’n. Try a classified ad in The Empira con'rads Requ"e 60% | mother, amount is ascerlained and 7 percent | ' ' : T0 BE PENALIZED 2 BRI - ) - — I d H I | grand- | from that time until paid | CALRODUNIT| . RAF Fiteman Races Flames to Bomb Rack Mnereased Felp lowoni . sow. b0 o) naer 5o 1 scion 2 : ol e s More ve- no interest ld acert in-, Persons who failed to get in = ~ VEARSIMOTON, March 11De- |mote Uin- neritance tax until such time as the heir imcome tax returns by March . fense Production Chief William eal ances- amount had been ascertained. From|15 face a penalty of five percent I.{nudxen disclosed Mny that the |tor 3,000 5,000 None |the time of ascertainment until ac-|0f their tax from the first to the in the 1941 seven, billion dollar British aid pro- | Linael is- | tually paid interest would accrue at | thirtieth day of delinquency, ac- n the gram plus the defense contracts yet | sue 10,000 25000 10,000 the rate of 6 percent. | cording to Wes Overby, Deputy Col- GENERAL to be awarded, will require a 60|Adopted | “It may be that there is some jus- | lector of Internal Revenue, pe_rclent increase in American indus- | child 10,000 25000 None | tification for eliminating the interest| In addition, they will be charged ELECTRIC trlln{nut!vlty. Brother, or | charge during the first year (or fif- six percent on the unpaid tax. An . clau“;)dls:nec},o rSk::ZYszflllemn fi: sister 1,000 2500 1,000 teen months) after death, as in the additional five percent penalty is s cretary of - | Descendant normal course of administration of |levied for each succeeding 30 days !;?rric:"e]:kl‘r; rnnd other nz!nvemmizt‘or brother decedents’ estates the tax cannot until 25 percent is reached. essed a conference to- or sister 1000 2500 None |be ascertained until all claims are| e —— : R A N G E s g:ev‘ s:.‘cl::: nto cboensliez t;owdto in- (Son-in-law, |in and the amount to be distributed| The Dally Alasxa Empire has the umber of trained Work- | daughter- i to each beneficiary is known. How- | iargest paid circulation of any Al- What MAZDA means to ers vial to the metal trade industry. | in-law 1,000 2500 None |ever, the provisions of section 2 are|aska newspaper, SRR ! Uncle, aunt {not desirable, because no definite! Subscribe for The Em| LIGHT, CALROD means Aum Hoop FR‘ cousins 250 1,000 None time limit is set. Thus, a premium to COOKERY, CALROD More remote | would be placed upon delay in ascer-' Empire Classifieds Pay! is the name given to FOR JUNEAU TONIGHT c:.civee e e e - , £ rangers to | A D GENERAL ELECTRIC'S the blood 100 1000 None | uchess Greets a ueen HI-SPEED sealed in met- Closely following the finally closed | Corpora- . Junea basketball season is a game |tions 100 1,000 None : 57 al cookery coil. The only range unit with a hermetic glass seal! Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. This ubu@mnked figure, one of the Roy}l Air Force’s own firemen, has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. His duty is to put out fires on downed planes, both German and British, before the flames reach the bomb racks and blow plane and fireman out of existence, tonight in the Juneau gym between the Juneau Firemen and the Hoonah five. The fray will start at 7:30 p.m. 7 e S dent has an_estate of $125,000 which HERE FROM. HOONAH he divides equally among his sui-' Fred Mattson, Hoonah store-|yiving wife, father and three child- keeper, . is registered at the Gas- tineau Hotel today, after arriving ‘rom his island home. He will be in Juneau for several days. cmolre Olassitiecs 8y : | demostrate the effect of Enrolled S. “Another illustration is needed to B. No. 14. Assume that the descen- ren—each receiving $25000. Under the Washingion statue, inheritance tax is payable on $115,000. Under the | ¥ existing Alaska statute the tax is imposed upon $75,000. Under S. B. No. 14 the entire $125,000 estate is wholly BRINGING UP FATHER Gl 7y s 1 Y | HERE GRACIOUIS-WHAT IS : By GEORGE Mc OH-IT'S FATHER SHAVIN' i | KITCHEEN SINK~ . 1941, Kiog Featuses Svadicate. lns.. World riches soserad The Duchess of Windsor (right) welcomes Alice Marble, queen of American tennis, while the Duke greets Mrs. Jack Harris to Nassau, where the former British monarch rules as governor of the Bahamas. Mrs. Harris is wife of the promoter who took a group of net stars to, Nassau £or & benefit match for the Red Cross. Rear is Captain Vyvyan - Drury, the Duke's aide, R 2 i