The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1945, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA : WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1945 provided for and refund to teach- ers leaving the Territory is also THREE MEASURES for burial expenses in the funeral of Petro Yabovancian. House Bill No. 14, by Represen- taken care of in the bill An appropriation of $2,500 provided to initiate the aes. B tative Ed Anderson of Nome, his | first introduction, is a companion bill to the Senate measure urging equal rights to all races and colors throughout the Territory and pro- vides for fine or imprisonment or both for violation, the maximum sentence to be $250 fine and three n months in jail. House Bill No. 15, by Representa- tive Fred Hanford of Wrangell, asks an amendment to the Session Laws permitting appropriation of funds to the ent of 810,000 for a seawall project in Wrangell and road im- provement. o EVANS HERE | william Evans, of Anchorage, is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. is me g Senate Con?inues Smooth, § Fast Pace Set at Opening . Senator Leo W. Rogge started two BUY WAR BONDS PAGE EIGHT FU ’ INTRODUCED IN ND ASKED | | | ATy " HASBILL | PACKERS - ' “yousk session IN SCHOOLS Rogge Comes = - | | B # | i . { @ ] N WAGES GET B“_l_'Anderson Bill Asks Equal . . g ' U wnh Iwo . — | | Rights-Hanford Wants Tea(hers would Get Sum Two paydays a month and a pay-. Roadhouse operators (in the mod—‘ 1 {off of fired help within twenty-four e sensw» will get retief from ait-| Segwall at Wrange! of SI 200 Per Year at H hours is urged in House Bill No. 11/ ficult liquor licensing conditions X! g % | I s o a y {by Almer Peterson. |a measure introduced in the House ... o "ol cent int Age of 55 Years ‘ | A P B mens | Bopheepiative Waise TS Bore oumewes weit, nio g {ure suggests twice a month paydays| Taylor of Kodiak and Maurice John-| 1€ =erk O the House’s basket this oy T |unless there are other employer-|son of Fairbanks pass {morning in' the Representatives The teachers’ retirement fund | | employee arrangements, requires an, Ppresent laws require signatures of Chambers of the Territorial Leg- bill introduced as No. 9 in the; | employer to pay fired help due wages half the it w-o—meyiSh’m”fi" y House hopper yesterday by Repre- | within twenty-four hours of disen-|radius for petitioning a license, but ilHouse s o, 13, by Repreeis, sentative Almer Peterson of An-| gagement of the employee, quitting|with the law establishing one yemut ve Maurice Johnson, would reim- chorage, would provide eligible( {help within 72 hours, unless that|residence as necessary to the resi- | burse the Tye-Phillips Funeral Home teachers in Territorial schools | | such notice or more has been given. |dence status of the signer, boom of Fairbanks to the extent of $90 $1,200 a year retirement pay after | { In event of mon-payment of due|town petition packers get half way| the age of 55. | wages, wages will continue at reg-|through their petitioning and find| To be eligible, a teacher must have taught school for 25 years, at least 15 of which were in Al- aska public - schools; must have paid into the Retirement Fund an amount equal to 25 times $90; and no teacher shall be required to pay a greater sum Eligibility also requires that a teacher must have taught at least the last five years of her teaching service pfior to retirement in the Territory of Alaska. If the measure is adopted, those actively engaged in teaching in the Territory shall be given credit for |/ all sefvices rendered in the public schools of the Territory, It is pro- vided further that such teachers or those who may come into the system at. a later date, may be given credit for service rende: in any state, territory or pos sion of the United States, not to exceed 10 years. Such teachers shall- have the privilege of paying into the Re- tirement Fund for each year of prior service, not to exc¢ed 25, and equal amounts shall be paid by the Territory. To obtain the retirgment, retire- ment in fact is required, while at 65, retirement is mandatory. Further provision is made in the bill that this retirement salary is untaxable by the Territory, and that rights to the fund pass to a certain extent to beneficiaries in case of death of an eligible teacher. Membership in the Retirement Fund would be mandatory for all Tersitorisl school teachers unless the teacher’s 2ge is such that he can- not teach 25 years by the time he has reached the compulsory re- tirement age. Punds will come from six sources: $80 a year from the teacher, special appropriations by the Ter- ritory of $45 a year per teacher, (until a $100,000 reserve is created), contributions by incorporated cities of $2250 per year per teacher in city schools to be deducted by the Commissioner of Education from funds available to the city, contri- hution from the Territorial School Tax Fund of $2250 per year per teacher, ' contribution from . the Rural School Fund of $2250 per year per teacher in rural schools, and contribution from the School Tax Fund to match arrearage pay- ment by teachers for prior serv First payment, if the bill is passed, will begin on or after Oc- tober 1, 1946. Credit for veterans’ service is P g | ese | | bills going through the machinery ;v)ml turns out laws today, in the |brief morning session of the Terri- torial Senate: | enate Bill No. 5—Relating to the | Primary Election Laws of the Terri- {tory, would require incumbent elect- |ive officers to file for re-election on lor before the first day of January| preceding the primaries (or | Imonth before the regular filing | deadline.) The bill also provides| [t 1lh(‘ Clerk of the Court for the Di- vision in which the candidate re- jes; that such filings then be transmitted to the office of the Auditor of Alaska and that "he, Auditor shall then be required to give notice of all filings to Clerks of |the Court in all Divisions. | Senate Bill No. 6—To amend the law relating to the sale of intoxi- cating liquors “in the Territory to |provide persons residing within in- | corporated cities shall not be quali- {fied to cign petitions for the location |of liquor licenses in areas not a part of a city. This bill, Sen. Rogge, its author, stated, will prevent the | centrolling of licenses outside of towns by interested parties within the cities. One bill was today reported out of committee and placed on the reg- ular calendar for sccond reading at tomerrow’s s¢on of the Upper | chamber. Senator Joe Green's com- | mittee on Elections, Election Law per Diem and Mileage, gave its |approval to Senate Bill No. 1, by |Senator Norman R, Walker, chang- 'ing the legal voting age in the Ter- |ritory to 18 years. Semator H. H. | McCtiteheon did not. concur in the 'dction of his fellow committee mem- | bers | gonator Green's committee con- tinued the speedy pace it had set for handling of business before it by | presenting its approval of the reg- | ular mileage table and schedule “Oor | re-imbursing members of the Leg- islature for expenses incurred for |travelling to Juneau for the session and returning to their homes. There was no disseht to this committee | |action. | Senator Andrew Nerland reported {for "his committee action that had Leen ‘taken to determine a means of transportation for the biennial visit of members of the Legislature to the Pioneer's Home at Sitka. The first week end in February appears the likely time to be set for the trip. A question raised by Sen. Green | !taken regarding payment of legis-| lative help. Senator O. D. Cochran, | whose committee on Judiciary nndi Federal Relations has charge of the lution is now in preparation. emphasized the point that basic| Irates of pay for such help are set| by Federal Statute. | President Edward D. Coffey an-| nounced to the Senate that Senator | Don Carlos Brownell is a passenger | aboard the steamer Aleutian. Com-| mittee meetings announced were: Taxation Committee—Immediate: ly following today's session. Rules Committee—This afternoon lat 2 o'clock The Senate and House Commit- one | § hat all candidates may file with 7 ular rate until paid. Action in claim out the first half of their signers must be brought within sixty days. |hes moved out and the next half The Territorial Department of | hasn't established residerce. Labor is defined as the enforcing| The bill asks a petition from a| | agency with authority to take as- majority in the voting precinct in! Senator-elect Glen Taylor (D.-Idaho) sits with his family on steps of the capitol strumming his banjo ai nd singing, “Oh, Give Me*a Home, r the Capitol Doeme—" as he tells the world he is having trouble ding living quarters in Washington. (right), a son, Ared, 9, (top center), and another son, Paul 2. Wirephoto) PATROLS IN ACTION ON- ITALY FRONT Both Sides Probing Each Other’s Defenses no Battlefield ROME, Jan. 24—American Fifth Army patrols increased their ac- tivity as the snow ceased falling on the Italian front. They bumped into strong German defenses, par- ticularly south of Bologna, Allied headquarters announced. The German airforce hit a supply arteries of the Fifth Army again yesterday, near Bologna. Cas- ualties are unreported. Farther east, in the Eighth Army sector, enemy patrols continued active on the Senio River. One raiding party hit twice at Eighth Army outposts on the south bank beaten back each time. Fifth Army patrols thrust within eight and a half miles of Bologna. | They met heavy enemy fire. The matter, reported that a joint reso-|Germans are reported carrying out |dum at the noxt general electi 0 ) E % clection 1se yest He | wholesale demolition in the neigh-|on, the fish trap question, fouee, praiedar, borhcod of Alfensine - ALLIES LAND FORCES, WEST In group are Mrs. Taylor (AP 2P.M. TOMORROW SET FOR MESSAGE BY GOV, GRUENING Gov. Ernest Gruening is to appear in person before a joint session of the House and Senate of the Seven- teenth Territorial Legislature to | read his official message to the | members of that body, it was an- ! nounced today by the Governor's | effice. The joint session will be held in the chamber of the House of Rep- resentatives tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. L P ASKSVOTE FISH TRAP QUESTION The voters of Alaska will be asked | to decide whether or not the fish !brought discussion of action to be of the Verto Canan. They were trap will live or die if a measure introduced by Representative Frank Peratrovich of Klawock is passed. Peratrovich yesterday introduced | House Bill No. 6, asking a referen- | long a | source of bitter are. | | The bill asks voters cast ballots |to determinc whether fish ' traps | should be “prohibited by appropriate | | legislation,” or the “practice of fish- | | ing by means of fish traps should be | | continued.” i WANTFISCAL __ announced today the execution of | sentative signments | which the dispensary is located as |cure for this evil. i ! Petitioners also want protection from “unfair” treatment of their petitions by City Councils and ask | NAZIS SAY opportunity to go to the District| {Ceurt for justice in such cases. | Cther legislators in the Hous(" | read the bill carefully today and feel Ithe bugahboo of prohibition is a gone ! | ghost—the partner signers of the bill 18 AGENTS‘repA'csem both major political par-| ties, Taylor a Democrat and Jorn-! |son a Republican. { iy | | Spies Sent Into Slo- T el o’ WOULD PROVIDE SINGLE BALLOT “Anglo-American” agents, The primary blanket ballot bill in-' rged with being sent to Slovakia trcduced yesterday afternoon in the to carry out sabotage. |House by Representa Transocean said in a Berlin Shattuck, would provide for broadcast that the men were cap- ballot for the early election insteac tured in the rear of the German/cf the old system of two. front. “They were sentenced to This bill, House Bill No says death by a military tribunal and there shall be but one form of bal- exacuted by shooting,” the broadcast 1ot used in the primary election, and said. {that it shall list the names of .’l]l; —ee - candidates and indicate their af- Claim "“Anglo-American” SHATTUCK'S BILL [ LCNDON, Jan. 24—The Germans 18 2 dlphabatically, Shattuck asks, with- Myrtle Cashel was appointed As- |dualified electors to vote for their] Messenger, and Alex Petroff, Door- out regard to party affiliation i sistant Clerk of the House; Phyllis |choice at the primary election for| keeper | ST ——e— (71 l 17 | er { ‘ | Rl A The bill reads: “The intent and Meyers, Engrossing Clerk; Judson |21V candidate for each office, re- | filiationy . | The names shall be grouped ac-| cording to office and shall e listed | New help hired by the House of | PUPos2 of this Act is to provide Representatives yesterday included the use of a blanket vallot in pri- six names. mary elections and to permit all Brown, Enrolling Clerk; Sandy Stev- |gardless of political affiliation and ens, Watchman; Frank Hamilton, without a declaration of political % lrmm on the part of the voter.” i - HEALTH BiLL :mfirs Bill ; H | nHous IS OFFERED | ka i There would be no more tight fac-\ ppa sick benefits bill for tional controls of committeemen| fichermen, introduced yesterd delegations to national party con-|gouce Bl number four by Rep. ventions if Fourth Division Repre- Fred Hanford of Wrangell gl };’:““”C"' Johnson's - bill | an gppropriation of §20,000. e il Gk g | Under the bill, an office for re- 5 IeasuTe; I 'ld““'d < ‘f“e;lier and care of sick and disabled K commi:ti‘;mvsr(:\‘gde wg"commercial fishermen would be set men and alternates just ahead of"f:py:;ih & firesiorenlary, of #4300 the primary election. " Pishe DR 1 o | Fishermen’s licenses' would be Johnsoix is; a 7/iiapk i (REpublicar sed to six dollars annually, non- assertedly unconnected with what is| yeident fishermen, thirty dollars, all known, as the “White™ Republican| poneys to go into the benefit fund. - e ‘i“*mf“;l many years| - pach fishermen would thereby re- | kst pyesteal '?:v:‘:?“b'lcexve ‘medical attention wherever he | 9 e o o °“5-1 :hcgses, payment to come from the | PES JOINS Bl . MRS. HOO] TODAY'S ECHOES ... By Groves “Of course I couldn’t doit all by myself .. . Centennial Farina helps! 0 The swing 13 10 Contannial six.si 7170 FLOUR, PANCAKE AND WAFFLE FL PEACH BLOISOM. CAKE FLOUR. GERVITA WHEAT CEREAL, FARINA, DOG MEAS | 5 z z | ! ) { i FANCY NO. 1 POTATOES 100 Pounds THIS WEEK ONLY! FRESH FROZEN Pound STRAWBERRIES 4% MILK case $4.99 CARNATION BORDEN'S DARIGOLD BUTTER DARIGOLD 21bs. 5109 DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 \Berts ASH GROCERY 214 Pounds $1.19 EGGS SHAMROCK—<Largest, Freshest 2doz.§3.39 PHONE 105 HOUSE CLERK STAFF | 3 $4.99 |. tees named for the purpose were stated to have been unable to meet with Gov. Ernest Gruening to go through the formalities of setting a time for the Joint Session to hear the Governor's message. The Sen- ate then adjourned until tomorrow at 11 o'clock a.m. GERMANPRISONER | " SAYS REICHSTAG 15 MEETING NOW. ST. VITH, Belgium, Jan. 24. — German prisoners, captured here, | said the German Reichstag had been lin session for a week, presumably |to consider the urgency on the Rus- | sian front | The latest news the prisoners had |of the Eastern front was that the Red Army had reached Krakow,! which was captured January 19, MISSING MEN SHOW IN HOUSE CHAMBER The two missing Representatives |in the House showed up yesterday evening from Anchorage, W. E Huntley and C. A. Pollard Grounds for the action is stated The Anchorage legislators have as incompatibility of temperament. | seen stalled by heavy flying weather b LB s 2 Sl Only legislator yet to appear is | Senator Brownell of Seward, expect- Light scorch marks should be ed on the next boat from the West- 'insed in clear, cool water and then put in the sun to bleach. rd. e —— FROM UNALAGS To keep watercress perky, wash , of Unalaska, is and store in a closed sealer in the nof Hotel refrigerator. ' | BURMA COAST _ YEAR CHANGE p— i 3 i Mrs. Robert Hoopes, th Io;’mer! o ‘ { The fiscal year for Teritorial Rae Stevens of Juneau, hds joined | / |':Irice:; will henceforth begin _on, the staff of House Representatives W ” A lJuly 1, if a bill by Peterson and clefks. Her husband is a Repre- | = ”’ | Gill of the House of Representatives sentative from the Fourth Division. | /” a”k | BridQEhefld Mile ‘pa;shl: msasiie, Mol 12, osligdo|| S5 Swithin was ‘e pation s«lintj Desp Formed & | T e e e b o s Wemenber: % : : : when quaniily is ralioned 1ts guallly, > hat counls 7& A = | PlGGLY WiGiLY ASSORTED BABY FOODS Burma's west coast, southeast of HOW Ahoui Devills Food Cake for Dessert Tonite? Fruits and Vegetables POTATO CHIPS |Akyab, the Southeast Asia Com-| mand announced. Use DUFF’S KLEENEX ROLL TOWELS The communique said "normenst: Devil’s Food Mix BANANAS of Myebon Penninsula we made a| We also have Duff's Gingerbread Mix, Come and Jook them over at {Troops AreP_utAshore and of Winchester Y bridgehead a mile in depth south-! west of Kangaw. Strong enemy counter-attacks on Monday Right were beaten off.” | —————— DIVORCE SOUGHT CORNED BEEF ROAST BEEF ASSORTED CANDY BARS PECAN DIVINITY LOAF GUM BRIDGE MIX Too many 1o mention here . . . . "% Webster R. Carter of Sitka, plain- tiff, filed an action for divorce here today with the Clerk of the U. S. District Court ,against Edith Josee- phine Carter. They have no chil- dren. The complaint set forth that the plaintiff has transferred to the defendant the Carter Florist busi- ness in Sitka and the couple’s home and furnishings, in the value of $20,000. | Rain or Shine |! COAT New water resistant new landing and established al Muffin Mix and Waffle Mix coat in many A 704 colors. Juneau Deliveries— 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. Jones-Stevens 2 Deliveries Daily: 10:30 A. M., 2:30P. M. at a guest