The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1941, Page 2

2 TERRITORIAL INCOME TAX NEARS VOTE lowing day This rule also can be usp! by a two-third vote As now engrossed, the income tax bill provides for a graduated tax of from one and one-half to five per cent on individual net income and a flat three per cent tax on cerporat Amount of credit al- Towed fo luals, married men, icpendents, estates and trusts was reduced slightly, which will increase the pro~eds from the tax. 5 T Pack Tax Credit The House amended the bill to House 10 Pass on Measure provide that the Federal salmon ! 1 1 pack tax shall constitute a credit Ionlgh'-sena'e WI” ag the total due under the in- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941. [IN THE | | HOUSE | PASSED—H.B. 94, by Ways and Means, to reduce the exemption from gross gold taxation from $20,000 to $10,000. KILLED—HB. 114, by Peterson and Egan, to appropriate $25,000 to construct a custom milling or sam- pling plant at Wasilla; vote 5-11. PASSED—H.JM. 22, by Lander, SHE STUDIES STRIPPING SIX NIGHTS, NOT SUNDAY IN THE | SENATE INTRODUCED—S. B. 78, by Ro- den to reimburse St. Ann's Hos- pital for servizes to indigents. INTRODUCED—S. J. =4. 11, by Brownell, asking Congress to in- crease the appropriation for the Geological Survey in Alaska to $120,000 per year. THE WEATHER (By the U, S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Mar. 18: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with possibly light showers. Little change in temperature, lowest temperature tonight 36 degrees, highest Wednesday 42 degrees; gentle southeasterly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy with lecal very light rain in north portion, and occasional rain in south portion tonight n and Wednesday; little change in temperature; moderate to fre easterly to ‘southeasterly winds in south portion, and gentle to m: erate variable in north portion except fresh northerly in Lynn Canal. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaskar Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Fresh to strong southeasterly to easterly winds; rain; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: Fresh . come tax Receive It The bill also contains the same | gsking that a survey be made of the PASSED—S, B. 69, by Sullivan, Bt mining ¥ fon as the Federal in-!strategic minerals in Alaska. with respect to giving notice of| easterly to northeasterly winds; partly cloudy; Cape Hinchinbrook to come tax law. PASSED—H.B.. 123, by Peterson, pgt,ltlon for letters of administra-| Resurrection Bay: Moderate to fresh northeasterly winds; fair; Res- Final vote on the Alaska income The House did not touch another {amending the insurance laws. tion. urrection Bay to Kodiak: Moderate to fresh northerly to northwesterly tax bill nearcd in the House of Re- bill on its measure calendar m; PASSED—HB. 84, by Whaley, to ! PASS:ED—S. _13. [»TG. b.v‘ ualioy- winds, but becoming soutiteasterly late Wednesday; partly cloudy. presentatives this afternon as mem- day, the income tax being a special ipay a bounty on wolves and coyotes teaux, to permit filing of instru- bers toiled ahead through the 91- order of business. {shot from ainplanes ments with Clerk of District Court LOCAL DATA page measure. Senate Busy e - " | when there is a vacancy in the Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather At 3:30 cclock this afternoon Re- T Senate meanwhile passed office of Recorder. 4:30 pm. yesterday 29.69 43 80 SSW 5 Overcast prescntatives were on page 88 and dczens of bills last night. TodanyO“ WA“'I'S 'I‘o PASSED—S. B. 8, by Sullivan,| 4:30 am. today .. 2058 37 94 SSW 4 Overcast had suspended the rules to order it accepted by a vote of six to twol | requiring domestic corporations to| Noon today .. 20.56 44 55 SE 5 Overcast the first 84 sections engrossed, a House bill reducing the exemption | § designate agents to accept service. meaning that no further amend- from the gross gold tax from $20.- HND FATHER | | KILLED—S. B. 44, by LaBoy-| RADIO REPORTS ments will be made in those sec- 000 to $10,000. Voting against ac- | teaux, making it a defense against| ¢ ] TODAY tions. cepting were Sullivan and LaBoy- | prosecution for adultery or cohabi- T mm{mt' \ Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30am With the Senate having voted teaux. The bill passed the House | |tation to prove Indian, Aleut or| . '® on 1’;4110““ temp. temp. 24 hours Weathet six to twe late yesterday afternoon late last night by a vote of 11 to | . Eskimo blood in one-half degree e’ bwks -40 -17 -16 0 Clear in faver of a motion by Senator Le- five. Seekil inf S ¢ Fred A 4| or more; vote 2-6. ¥ rbani o 0 0 Clear roy Sullivan that the “House be The House agreed last night to R et;ng b toms (z: g o ¢ _’6‘ { INDEFINITELY POSTPONED — lome .28 26 26 .05 Snow nctfied the Senate would agree to accept Senate Bill 36 any time up 05‘ 81’9" det;’eenm ; :exeliwo : S. B. 43, by LaBoyteaux, making it Dawson . 24 3 1 0 Clear suspend its rules and accept House to midnight today. The bill makes{:;_ em‘e:lt‘ som‘;‘\:filere iyt ’l!“egrrin . a defense against prosecution for An::orage 4 28 28 0 Clear Bill 120 on March 18" a 13-man a number of technical amendments wr" s TroR Cr R:uthler' ., polygamy to prove Indian, Aléut or Bethel 18 23 0 Cloudy blec in the House pushed the in- to the unemployment compensation ¥ ) 3 p e St. Paul | 14 16 0 Clear 4 400 Cooper Street, Jackson, Mich- Eskimo blood in one-quarter or ki come tax bill toward final passage. act, including one to provide thaty 4 h 4 5-3 Atka 31 37 0 Cloudy |igan, was received by the Juneau more degree; vote 5-3. Benate Concession no recess or interim appointment to | = de-{ Dutch Harbor .. 34 30 30 06 Cloudy United States Marshal's office to- PASSED—S. B. 42, by Roden, de | b The special Senate concession is the Commission may be made by the fining as kidnaping the transport- ‘Wosnesenski ... 3¢ | 28 28 0 good only for teday. Yesterday was Governor. a 'i”h 4 ing of a person from one place in Kanatak 46 | 40 40 a2 the Inst day on which a bill origin- Bills by La Boyteaux giving In; | the letter - yas from Delegate W Territoy % mnother sghmit| SOuE 4 3¢ 3 4 ating in one house could be accepted dians and Eskimos special deferse | Anthony J. [:‘"“’"d- ‘o whom: e W will Cordova 47 30 32 01 in the other without & two-thirds against prosecution for polygamy,|YOunse Routhier had written asking 2 ., | Juneau “ 36 3 a1 Cloudy e . 4 | for help to find his father. Dimond PASSED—S, J. M. 9, by Coffey, | vote. LaBoyteaux and Cochran vot- adultery and cohabitation were killed | Sitka ... - 43 | 34 41 .0 Cloudy ed against Sulivan’s motion in the Senate last night, as was a referred the letter to the Marshal's asking Congress to pass the Wag-| weonikan 46 42 a3 64 Cloudy p b 3 B o office here. Fred Routhier left Miles ner and McCormack bills to extend : 4 If rules are suspended by a two- bill by Cochran for a permit system ! Prince Rupert .. 49 44 44 15 Cloudy thirds vote in the House, the income of liquor sale. : Oity, Montana, in 1888 and was °“’1 Sor ‘“s‘l"‘““l“ ‘e‘:;“";;;‘ "‘; Prince George .. 56 | 29 33 01 Rain tax bill can be up for final passage A bill by Nordale raising the »‘hl“’“fig: #5 have:gone to (he M- e ;‘ it Sk and! geattle . 56 a3 " 34 Rain Showrs. some ti\ > late this afterncon or to- school tax to $7.50, bringing work- ;;“ "'ed t"e‘:i‘syf““"'f‘m the pan re- °°PA535‘;:" ey i ‘e"my % 5. m,| Fortiand .. 59 46 45 58 Rain Showr | tarn 0 amily snow-blind. He | D—Substitu r H. J. .| San Francisco .. 60 50 53 0 Clog night. There is still the possibility, hcwever, that some member might move to reconsider his vote on final in raising the upper ment from 50 to 60 yearswas passed women under its provisions and ) brought with him several nuggets limit for PAY-|opin his son described “as large |as peanuts.” passage, in which case the rules pro- 5-3 after a 4 to 4 vote had failed vide the bill is held up until the fol- to strike the section bringing wom- en under the act. | Other major piece of business in the Senate yesterday was passage | of a teachers' retirement fund bill | by Coffey. It sets up a “joint con-| | tributory system of pensions for | veteran and disabled teachers.” Un- |der the bill, four percent of the| salary of teachers will be with-l held for a pension fund, which will CLQTHES that are CLEANED FTEN—Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to Triangle vour appearance Is | Assured Whea You ! ve Then s be paid out starting October 1,| Here! 1942, at the rate of $600 per year PHONE to teachers reaching the age of| 55, who have taught for 25 years| (at least 15 of which have been in| ! Alaska) and who retire, Member-‘ ship in the plan is compulsory on teachers, though the act would not| go into effect until after a major-! ity of teachers agreed to it. Both House and Senate were still in session late this afternoon, with long calendars ahead of them. The son asks for any information | about his father whom he says he | has not seen in many years. His father returned to Alaska after his snow-blindness had disappeared and he has not been heard from. -0 - HELLERICH FOR NOME George Hellerich, former member of the Legislafure. and prominent mining man of Seward Peninsula, is a passenger aboard the Alaska for Seward on his way home HOUSING PROJECTS Four hundred housing projects costing $1,800,000,000 had been un- dertaken by the Federal govern- ment in connection with defense at the end of January. e | There are more companies| < manufacturing foodstuffs in the“ Back in Juneau with a wealth of United States than any oum"““””" s—and not much sleep — product. Miss Valerie Pearce, Don’t Forget to Order Your Copy of THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 1341 Progress Edition Celebrating Alaska’s Discovery and the Fish Industry Gift-Wrapped and Mailed for 25¢ off the press SOON Vo Order Your C opy Today! FEATURING: r Alaska’s Industries Scenery Sport Activities Vacation Lands Government Statistics Population Liberally Ilustrated Special Sitka Section History Salmon Industry Mountaineering And Many More Articles Too Numerous to Mention Telephone 374 Today THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Six nights a week Nancy Lee Dodge, 18-year-old Chicago socialite, appears at a theatre-cafe for lessons in strip-teasing from Gypsy | Rose Lee whom she serves as understudy. On Sunday, it’s different. | Her only professional engagement that day is at a fashionable church \ where she sings in the choir. Nancy wants a musical career but says | the stage wowld do. ""MiSS JUNEAU" IS BACK FROM . CARNIVAL TREK Valerie Pearce Brings| News of Fairbanks Cele- bration, Oyeen Contest lcity's lovely representative to the Fairbanks Tce Carnival this year. returned yesterday afternoon by PAA Electra after a two-day delay stop- | over at Whitehorse. Arriving at the Golden Heaft City by plane on the evening of March | 4, Juneau’s qtieen was, greeted with | a royal reception at the airport and then escorted to the home of Wild- life Agent Sam O. White and Mrs. White, whose guest she remained during Carnival week. Fuil Program For Queens Luncheons, dinners and dances| comprised the greater part of the program, according to “Miss Juneau,” with numerous informal affairs also | on the calendar of social obligations | for the several queens. | Ne Time For Sleep | Learning that Carnival time in| Fairbanks is no time for sleep, thel girls began their round of activ- |ities cn Wednesday, March 5, when they were the guests of the Cham- ver of Commerce at a luncheon. That |evening the queens attended the| |Miss Fairbanks Dance, at which| |time the Golden Heart City's queen was announced. March 6, found the five represen- |tatives as special guests of the Ro- |tary club at a luncheon, and in the afternoon the Carnival Parade through the streets of Fairbanks. Later in the day a reception was| held at Radio Station KFAR studios, with the Women’s Club as spon-! sors. In the early evening a play was attended by the queens and later the Reception Ball, where the girls| were introduced for their first of- ficial appearance. Jr. C. of C. Luncheon A Junior ‘Chamber of Commerce luncheon for visiting queens open- | ed the social calendar for March 7, and in the afternoon a tea at the | Nordale Hotel was attended. That evening the Alaska-Yukon Ball was held, with Pioneers of Alaska as sponsers. | Saturday noon the queens were found awaiting the return of the dog teams from Livengood, before hurrying to @ Junior Women’s €lub luncheon given in their honor. More tea in the afternoon at the Hotel Nordale and then to the High School gymnasium that evening for the queen’s prozram and selection of “Miss Alaska.” Then the big Queens Grand Ball, for the remain- der of the evening’s entertainment | sponsored by the American Legion. Sunday afternoon there were more teas to attend for the visitors, and then to the Tavern where a Ski Dutch Lunch was served and wln-\' ners in the several ski meets were| presented trephies by the queens.| Corenation Ceremony n the evening was the Coronaticn { ceremony at the Ice Throhe, at| which time Nome” (Miss Jafte | Jenes) was crowned “Miss Alaska.” | The celebration was brought to a grand finale with the Carnival Par- the Capital | | | | shoe-maker's Alone From Bcriiit | Herman' Gottschalk | )nly seven years old, Herman iottschalk has arrived in the ted States traveling alone from rlin, where he has been living 1 relatives since his mother L in childbirth. The boy is en sute to Washington to be met by is father, employed in the navy department. -~ ade and a display of fireworks. And back hcme again, Miss Pearce today received welcome greetings from her Juneau friends, while promising herself that Carnival is ail over for another year, and there's still work to be done and sleep to be had Shoe Heels ForWomen Beflag Cut In Fact, Footwear for Brit- ishers Now Undergoing - Drastic Changes LONDON, March 17 — War is cutting the height of English wo- men’s heels. The government timber control wants women to wear lower heels and save wood. The leather control wants them to rule out the trim- mings which waste leather. The wool and silk control wants fewer materials used for evening shoes. {16, by Egan, asking a survey of lands withdrawn from public use and revocation of such withdrawals as are no longer necessary. PASSED—S. B. 51, by Coffey by request, establishing a teachers’ re- | tirement fund. KILLED—S. B. 29, by Cochran, to require permits of those pur- chasing liquor; vote 4-4. PASSED—S. J. M. 11, by Brown- ell, asking that Congress increase the appropriation for the Geologi- cal Survey in Alaska to $120,000 per | year. PASSED—S. J. M. 10, by Cof-| fey, asking that a fur-finishing €s- tablishment be located in Alaska. PASSED—S. B. 59, by Cochran, providing for a graduated fee of from $500 to 85000 (instead of present flat $500) for general wholesale liquor license and from $100 to $5,000 (instead of present flat $100) for wholesale malt bev- erage and wines license, depending upon volume of business. KILLED—S. B, 76, by Cochran, changing the method of payment of liquor excise taxes; vote 3-5. PASSED—S. B. 68, by Nordale by request, to raise the annual school tax from $5 to $7.50 require its payment by working women as weil as men and raise the annual upper age limit for payment of tax from 50 to 60 years. PASSED—S. B. 45, by LaBoy- teaux, to license coin-operated amusement ‘devices at 12% percent of gross receipts, i PASSED—S. B. 57, by Roden, reducing the bond on liquor dis- pensary dealers from $2500 to $500. PASSED—Substitute for S. B. 49, by Brownell, to enable cities to adopt the city manager plan of government. KILLED—S. B, 47, by Brownell, to license public works contrac- tors; vote 4-4. PASSED—S. B. 38, by Roden, to appropriate $340 for the Bethel Beach Home for care for indigent children. PASSED—S. B. 41, by Roden, to repeal a provision that all receipts from the experimental fur farm at Petersburg go to the Territorial Treasury. KILLED—S. B, 58, by Roden, to make Indians and Eskimos eligible to receive mothers’ pensions; vote 3-5. PASSED—S. B. 36, by Cochran by request, making technical amendments in the unemployment compensation act. PASSED—S. B. 60, by Nordale, for Territorial traffic regulations. PASSED—Substitute for 8. J. R. 4, by Brownell, to make an in- vestigation to determine need for an Alasta Women's Home. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED — | H. B. 62, by Davis by request, for creation of a Drugless Physicians Examining Board. become obsolete, the ' trade pre- dicts, and even “moderate” heels shoes instead of the fancy designs will be considered high. — e, — { Cemets travel about the sun in crbits millions of miles from the earth and consist of gas and swarms of particlés loosely held together by gravity. Try = ‘classimiea aa m The Empir- SEDIMENT FREE The ministry of supply wants plain which take up too much of the time. open-work shoes quickly, toeless Sandals and which wear out models, and similar types will not' pbe worn in the future and there will be few designs for evening models, Three-inch hecls soon will NON CORROSIVE yse SHEAFF IT TREATS p WEATHER SYNOPSIS Relatively warm maritime air prevailed over most of Alaska this morning and rain was falling ove: Kodiak Island and the southern portion of Southeast Alaska, and s10w at some points in the Bering Sea to the Seward Peninsula. Mos ly clear skies prevailed generally elsewhere over Alaska, Rain or sn)w had fallen during the previous 24 hours at most points along th: coast from Southeast Alaska to the Aleutian Islands, and from Bristol Bay to the Seward Peninsula. The greatest amount of precipitation during the previous 24 hours was 64 inch which was recorded at Ketchikan. The lowest temperature was minus 16 degrees which was e:perienced at Barrow this morn- ing. A storm area with a center about 500 miles from the coast Southeast Alaska is expected to piss inland sometime Wednesd and will cause rain qver most of Southeast Alaska. Broken clo overcast with local rain, moderate to low ceilings, and good Vv ties prevailed over the Juneau-Kethikan airway this morning. The Tuesday morning weather chart indicated a low pressure cf 983 millibars (29.03 inches) was locited at 52 degrees north and 144 degrees west, and a second low cener of 990 millibars (29.23 inches) was located at 61 degrees north ani 166 degrees west, and the indi- cations were that the third low ceiter of considerable intensity was located to the west of Atka. 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