The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 14, 1945, Page 2

STARBRIGHT L] ov j0Y ce CALIFORNIA Pariy play shoe with star-sprinkled strap. Of suiting fabric in black and colors . . . §650 'If it doesn't say "‘joyce”’ it isn't a joyce. SABOT - joyce CALIFORNIA Red, Green suiting. Turf tan lea $6.90 R M Behiends Co QUALITY SINCE /887 the second district of Washington has been chosen chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs. This chair was left vacant though the recent death of Representative James F. O'Connor ' of Montanas Thirty-two year old:Jackson is from Everett and is vitally intcrested in the weiZare of Alarka. North Carolifa introduce an Alaska statehcod bill? That was a ques- tion which naturally occurred im- mediately to Delegate Bartlett when he heard that Mr. Ervin, who is serving his first term in the House from the tenth Congressional dis- rict of North Carolina, intended o offer such a bill. The Delegate .rranged at once for a meeting with Congressman Ervin to find out what his interest in Alaska was. Mr. Ervin, affable and intelligent, who practised law for nineteen vears before coming tu Tongress, rel- ted that his interest in Alaska had 1 aroused even before Pearli Har- His studies convinced him that ot only should a highway be built botween continental United States act of June 19, 1935, to embrace nd the Territory but it should be claims of the Indians against the © terded to - Bering Strait and o & thence through Siberia to China as United States for lands or other tri- e wmnnity property taken ans of transporting supplies to ] g 5 ' China in theit struggle = against lAl"l‘)an li‘fir:‘n El.";ffitio:;m‘}?:;si:l“& Japan. After Pearl Harbor his in- o Court of Claims within terest was intensified, and he en- s following the passage gaged in extensive ccrr_e:pondence in 1935. On June 5, 1942, vith former Delegate Dimond and a bill introduced by Mr. Dimond, ex- °ther Washington officials. tending the time for suit to be s he learned more about the nrg KEW BILLS AIMED 5w ATALA | | EFORE CONGRESS B RY COUNCIL Captain end Mrs. Worren Eveland formerly with thc Tferritorial Dr partment of Health in Juneau, cal ¢ len Delegate Bartlett this weel t Eyelond bas been on leave in 1rlcttosville, Virginia, and is now «waiting reassignment in the Army. lett, Delegate Ty 20, d i the 4 ives a bl to 5, 1048, the peried in nd Haida Indians t ka may bring suit t of Claims. Such suit was authc 1 by the jurisdictional Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Zapel, for- merly of Fairban sited with the Delerate. Mrs. Zapel was Cather- ire Priss, daughter of the late "Mr. hanks. The Zapels are: now resid- nz at Seap Lake, where they operate a hotel and sani- tarium. e RED CROSS MEETING IS °nd Mrs. Bernard Friss of Fair- ‘Weshington, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA GAMEGROUP 'WANTS AID; WOLF PLANS Agent Sarber Takes 200 Wolves with New Method of Killing What began as a quiet disCussion of sea lion problems between the Alaska Game Commission and the Legislature ended up today in a wholesale. condemnation of Secre- tary of the Interior Harold Ickes | national park “wolf farms.” slators from the fish and game ;ommittees of both houses met this morning with the mnow convened Alaska Game Commission with veteran game commissioner Earl Oh- | mer of Petersburg acting as chair- man. | During the meeinz the Commis- cion announced, in the words of Chairman Ohmer, “a sure-fire new system of wolf control” that has been in an experimental stage for two years. | 'Experiments with the new system of wolf killing, employing a special | type of poison in a manner that is| said to take wolves and coyotes only, wer2 conducted in the main by Wildlife Agent Hosea Sarber of| Patersburg. Sarber decleared he had taken over 200 wolves in the past two yedrs with the new method. idemorials Gel Approval " From Senate Ask Probe of Land With- drawals and Divorce | Period Reduction ( Picking up House Joint Memorial No. 3 frcm where they left it for noon recess yesterday, the Terri- torial Senate, in afternoon session jockeyed around questions of rules and points of procedure, kicked the measure back to the House at one time, then finally passed it by a 13 to 2 vote. Senators N.. K. Walker and Leo W. Rogge dissented to the passage of the Memorial, which asks Con- gress to reduce the period o resi- dence requimed before filing ior di- vorce in the Territory, frem two to one year. One other memorial, Senate Joint Memerial No. 1, skipped along under suspended rules to gather in a favorable vote on final passage. The measure, authored by Senator Grenold Collins, carried unani- mously Amended to provide reference di- rect to the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Congress, the Collins Memorial asks Con- gressional investigaticn of the land withdrawal policies of the Secretary $20,00 SAsked | © Announcing itself ready to carry the prozram out in other divisions| of the Territory, “now that we know ! how to handle it,”" the' Commission | asked the Legislature to apptopriate 20 600 to make extension of the plan possible. ‘Representative Ed Anderson, Mayor of Neme, keyno'ed the dis- cussion when the inevitable Mt. McKinley park argument arose..It has been the policy of the National Park Service not to permit killing of wolves and coyotes within their boundries. “We are being asked to raise the bounty on wolf,” Anderson said,’ “and still, while we might be able to cure the wolf problem in one part of the country, what can we do when the wolves keep breeding unmolssbed iy places like 'Mount McKinley “Plk?” |8 “This Guy Ickes” ® | %econd’ Divisionets sufforing wolf {ravages to their reindeer herds were ip&rticularly desirous of determining way to force “this guy Ickes” and his Naticnal Park Service” into line. Tt was brought out that the Algska Game Commussion as, well las the Legislature has repeatedly |urged predatory controls be extend- 6ed to such areas at Mount McXKin- ley Park, but “we can't get any- l\vhcre." ¥ ©n the sea lion question, legisla- togs, who' have passed memorials in bt houses asking Congress for rey lig recited again their various rea- fons for asking sea lion herds be diminished and were informed the Fish and Wildlife Service has al- ready taken steps in the matter. It was announced by W. E, Crouch, head of the game division of the , Fish and Wildlife service, that plans fcr an investigation have been al- filed for an additional three years, ritory, Mr. Ervin became in- SET FOR NEXT TUESDAY ready gotten under way. { became public law. Subsequoni- (Teasingly convinced that it should ly, petitions were submitted to the "€ the 49th State, and in his cam- Court of Claims. On October 2, Paign he made statehood for Afas- 1944, an opinion was rendered by ¥a one of the issues of his plat- the Court and the petitions were dis- | fcrm—certainly the only non-Alas- missed on the ground that the peti-'kan who tock such an interest in tions had not complied with one sec- te subject. tion of the jurisdictional act. { If passed, Mr. Bartlett’s bili will| ays ke will work actively for the extend for three years beyond June|possage of this measure. : Douglas. 5, 1945, the time within which new | At the short meeting held last petition or petitions may' be filed| In a meeting of the full Commit-; night, under direction of the drive in the Court of Claims by the|‘es on Merchant Marine and Pisher-| chairman, the Rev. W. Robert Webb, Tlingit and Haida Indians. In alies a few days ago, Delegate Bartlett a talk on what the Red Cross Home pub statement issued at Juneaujwas appointed to three important'service did, was given by R. E. Rob- Lefore leaving Alaska, the Delegate|subcommittees: Pisheries, Mnrmmofm,o“, local attorney. 3 stated he believed Court action was!Labor, and Coast Guard and Coast . —— the proper method in the determin- Gecdetic Survey. i WILLS RITES TODAY : tion of Indian claims. ! Last rites for Joseph E. Wills, | New Statehood Bill Alaska Airlines will purchase two 76, who died at St. Ann's Hospital | Representative Joe W. Ervin ul;Dc-s's to take care of increased February 6, will be held wmorrow‘ orth Carolina, on January 29, sub-|traffic over their routes in Alaska afternoon at 2 o'clock from the | iz-|and to supplement their present Charles W. Carter Mortuary Cha.pel.\ @ | equipment. \ SR Because not enough potential soli- ' citers turned out, possibly because of inclement weather or conflicting eppointments, it was decided to ipastpone; until next ‘Tuesday night |at 8 o'clock in the City Hall, the The North Caralina Congressman, crganization meeting for the March '[Red Cross drive in Juneau and 7 the adm | The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman will 'give the eulogy and interment will | a Cengressman from |at'the Baranof Hotel. Charles Lovin Investigators Coming ! Crouch said a group of investiga- tors will probably arrive in the Territory about the first of May. Legislators took advantage of the opportunity to air other troubles be- fore the Game Commission, urged Peninfuls and' connect with' - the | control of indescriminate moose kill- ing-by airplane hunters in the An- chorage area, asked an earlier op- ening of the duck season in the scuthern end of Southeast Alaska, and got back to ‘Wolves again with a discussion of bounty payment., | 20 & 3 NOTICE! Peggy Whitmoreé and Grace| Skaret will not bé responsible for | any bills contracted by Bus Depot/ Lunch after Feb, 12, 1945. 4 ———————— FROM SITKA Leslie Grove, Sitka, is a guest of Sitka Baranof. is also staying at the NG Congressman Henry M. Jackson of be, in Evergreen Cemetery. S HALSEY’S FORAY LEFT ‘EM BURNI € CHINA SEA of the Interior; in' regard to Al- aska. € That Funeral Bill Housé Bill No. 13, carried over in second reading from the morn- ing session, was the subject of questioning directed at . Russell Maynard, director of the Territorial Board .of Public Welfare. The bill is a special appropriation measure to reimburse the Tye Funeral Home in PFairbanks $90 for expenses in- curred for the burial of Petro Yabovancian, who was killed by Federal law agents while resisting arrest. Maynard declared that the Terri- torial Auditor had refused to allow payment of the claim by the Wel- fare Department on the ground that the claim was properly against the Pederal Government, being the business of the U. S. Commissioner at Fairbanks. The Federal| Goviainr ment has already refusetl to pay the bill ‘Because Mo iifdhdsti! was held, as required by statute. ' Senator O. D. Cochran summed up the situation when he asked: “It seems to me as broad as it is long,” why should the Territory pay this bill out of the General Fund when the Auditor has already "declared it should not be a debt against the Welfare Fund? House Bill No. 18 was the only other measure on the Senate cal- endar for yesterday afternoon. It passed second reading without amendment. Memorials Received Two additional memorials were received. Senate Joint Memorial No. 5, by Senator Frank Whaley, prays the President and Congress for relief against predators preying on the reindeer herds of Alaska Es- kimos. It was referred to the Com- mittee on Fisheries, Game and Agriculture. Senate Joint Memorial Ne. 6, by Senator Edward D. Coffey, peti- tions the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Intericr for the construction of a bridge across Turnagain Arm to de- velop the road system of the Kenai main Jine of the Alaska Railroad. It was referred to the ittee on Transportation, Highways and Navigation. e 5 At ‘the suggestion of Senator Cochran, a letter was addressed SC WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1945 out that most other States now already required no longer than one year's residence. -If a wife is being abused by her husband, we should not require her to wait two |years to get a divorce, he said. Senator Frank Gordon supported the measure as being “liberal” and “progressive.” The only cther matter to come before the Senate yesterday after- noon was the report of the Grand Jury for the Special January, 1944, from the Senate to the Territorial Attorney-General, asking an inter- pretation of the Legislature’s au- thority to impose additional duties lon Federal officers. | “Geeing—Hawing” | The “geeing and hawing” that went on over House Joint Mem- orial No. 3, was first centered around an error in transmitting the measure from the House. The bill as received was ruled by President Coffey to be “Not a true bill,” as Federal District Court term, at it did nct show what the original memorial had been amended before Juneau. The report had been di- |rected to the attention of the next ipassage by the House. o | | President Coffey ordered the me- Legislature. It was read to the Senate and referred to the Com- ‘morlul sent back to the lower !chamber, from where it was shortly mittee on Education, Public Health and Morals. again received, this time in proper Theé Senate adjourned until 1:30 form, being noted “as amended.”| The President referred it again gojeck this afternoon, to permit members of ‘the Fisheries, Game to the Judiciary Committee and declared a recess during which the anq Agriculture Cormmittee to meet with tane Alaska Game Commission committee repeated the preparation of its “do pass” report. lin the morning. Following recess, thc memoriall BRIl U A0 was again brought up for second reading under suspended rules., DIVORCE FILED Then Senator Walker stepped into the picture with a motion for in- definite postponement. The Rules Committee had delivered an inter- pretation that such a motion, al- wwugn of the privileged category, was not in order until the measure |had been read and was under con- sideration. The chair, perforce, sus- tained the committee, and Senator Walker appealed from the ruling of the chair. By an 11 to 4 vote, the President’s ruling was upheld and the bill was read. Citing Incompatibility as ground for the action, a complaint asking divorce has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the U. 8. District Court here, by Millicent Olson against Jack Olson. The defendant’s last known address was in Seattle. ‘The couple has no minor children. - DELICIOUS SWEETS The Perfect Valentine in hand- some heart-shaped boxes, Just re- ceived at Percy’s Cafe. TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAM GIVEN ‘Moving Pictures Shown- Instructive Talks by Docors A tuberculosis program featuring two moving pictures, “The Captain of the Men of Death” and “K.O, T. B,” was given at the Presby- terian Memorial Church on Monday evening to an audience of more than 100, including members of the church and workers in the Indian Service offices. Dr. E. W. Norris, Medical Di- yector, Alaska Indian Service, and Dr. Rudclph Haas, Tuberculosis ; Clinician, gave interesting and in- | structive talks on tuberculosis. Don !©. Foster, General Superintendent | Alaska Indian Service, introduced !the speakers. e LEONARD SMITHIN TOWN FROM NOME K. Leonard Smith, Territorial Highway Engineer-elect, has ar- |rived frecm Nomie. He takes office April 1, succeeding Wiillam A. Hesse. Smith was accompanied by his son. | Divorce Argument Senator Walker then proposed an amendment designed to defeat the purpose of the memorial. His amendment would have made 23 months the period required before filing for divorce in Alaska. It was defeated following short discussion, | in which Senator Joe Green pointed out the folly of bothering Congress with a request for such an in- significant change in ‘the law as cutting one month from the two- year period now required. Moved along again under sus- pended rules to the final passage stage, the memorial was attacked by Senator Walker on the ground that it was “Not a bill for true Alaskans,” that its sole possible benefits would be for undesirable persons who might be attracted to an Alaska divorce “Mecca.” Senator Howard Lyng made answer to the effect that one year is considered sufficient to obtain and other rights of residence within the Territory and that there ap- peared no good reason for dis- crimination as regards diverce matters. No Divorce Senator Cochran argued the slight likelihood of a “Divorce Mecca” resulting in Alaska when Nevada provides' for divorce; aftgr six weeks' residence, and P{:l::tqd 4 “Mecea’ “Your hair is golden, like Silk-Sifted F swing is to C B10SSON CAK Mother’s bi lour!” KE AND WAFFLE FLOUR . 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