The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE D/\ILY ALASKA EMPIRE- JUNEAU ALASKA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1945 STATEHOOD VOTEBILL UNCHANGED Ballot Chanbe Amendment Fails to Carry in Sen- ate Yesterday [he Referendum tat Bill hood for No. 22 hurdled second 1 form thered they them amend- k nator Allen the form of y were greeted by an the amendment, Srenold Collins third choice for the ¥ favor Statehood for still an assembled to the amend- the original downed by a T yeas, | ment; amendment was 9 nays count. One measure was committee yesterday House Joint Memorial No. 1 was en a “do pass mittee. It provides for calling for bids for Legislative printing and \\I])])lll" reported out of afternoon giv- —-o—— CHURCHILL SAYS AFFAIRS ABROAD ARE SMOOTHER % However, House of Com-“‘ mons Must Wait Week | for Full Report | — | LONDON, Feb. 20— British Prime Minister Winston Churchill today informed the House of Commons that “affairs abroad were rather smoother,” in his first public re- ference to the Big Three meeting a Yalta to the House. It.was learned, however that House must wait until Februar for a full report the Crimea conference. FROM PRINEVILLE George H. Cr from Prineville, anof. the on a guest B FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SHOP DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS . YVONNE'S HOURS EACH MONDAY ARE FROM 11 A. M. TO 9 P. M. S AAEeeee e e * HOUSE APPKUVES by the Printing Com- & 1 Ter RED CROSS MEETING IS ONTONIGHT Tonight will mark the organiza- tion of the community for one of |m its major projects of 1945, when the | Pc town mass meeting of the Red Cross | is held. The place is the Council | B Chamber of the City Hall; the time | Ho is 8 o’clock sharp. |Gi The meeting has been called by B. Hayes, and everyone ged to attend who can possibly do so. The Rev. W. Robert Webb is the chairman of the drive for Jungau and Douglas. He states that | the meeting will be devoted entirely organization, following a brief explanation of the scope of the needs of the Red Cross “Keep the Red Crc is the slogan of the 1945 drive as was the case last year. “The Am- de that slogan a 1944, said i they surely will do it |g;j ex | th firs the mployees on record. !chi to [ an sor rey THREE MEASURES in Kayhis, 'S f DURING MORNING 5t v:"cce” o | ship. It is expected that the Douglas The Houge o1 ntatives this ssed one House bill, one 11 and a House memo preview of Terri- 8y | wi and found time to gi [ble opinion on y raises for torial employee Passed to the Senate were House Bill No. 55, requiring Territorial and municipal employ to swear cath of citizenship, a measure by lor of Kodiak, and House Joint| ,\5 morial No. 10, by Vukovich, urg- | ; Congress to set up a regional of- fice for Veterans Administratich in| measure passed or Walker’s No. 15 which pro- for the inclusion of certain *w drugs under the narcotics laws. Also given approval w Griffin Memorial priation bill had been pa appropriation is a $7,000 deficiency.| There was conf this morning er the Ways and Means Commit- report on House Bill' No, 59| asks a 25 per cent boost in orial sa The committee | report recommended & “do not pass but on the fioor tc members of the committee explained they did not want the 25 per cent, but had compromisec A on 20 per cent. 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FEBRUARY | employees m tion of some BIG GAME The Chairman |geqson 1s on tonight in the Doyglas the the accommodate the lar ;,‘ pected. 1ship sts pressing yWOUlDFlY 900 FORTS T0 TOKYO; = BLASTING (0ST $134' AT REICH vs Pennsylvania Cenfral Air- lines Asks CAB Per- mission for Route holdjr man- | e diffi- | current be found eir jobs ill ly and that ; municipal works mig | under tiie Iaw during | r shortages. | It was brought ous, howev b t papers would be suffi { main purpose of the law i The measure ed without difficulty. troduced today were House Bill No, llard, asking per diem expense: r members of the Territorial ard of Dental Examiners, and ouse Bill No. 64 by Peterson and 1l asking a deficiency appropria- $13,000 in_the school ldren tuition fund s, 1 SIGSRERGY S two new | ha; { -ial Offensive Against . Germany Is Made e | LONDON, Feb. 20.—The vast rail- WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—Peni- yoaq yards and locomotive repair sylvania Central Airlines today pro- ghops at Nuernberg, 90 miles south posed 2 $134 36-hour flight t0 Toky0 of Munich, were blasted’by 900 Fly- to the Civil Aeronautics Board i Fortresses in the eighth straight | It is seeking approval as an inter- qay of the aerial offensive against national carrier. PCA also Dro- tne Reich posed flights to Hongkong, Shang- The bombers were escorted in their‘ hai, Calcutta and other Far Eastern jong haul across the dangerous Nazi | points. The airline pl: to project fighter belt by about 700 Mustangs flights to these cities by way of apd Thunderbolts which flew in re- | Edmonton, Canada; Nome, Alaska; Jays from British and French bases. | andiNLERgvo, S It is the Eighth Air Forces' fourth | T Y successive strike at vital railheads | in an effort to snarl German tran: STOCK OUO'I'AHONS portation headed for the front lines. Counting today’s operations, Allies 20 — Closing have hit Germany with more than | Juneau Mine American Can 200 heavy bombers evel since last Tuesday, a week D 93%, Anaconda 33, Beech Aircraft R e 12%, Bethlehem Steel 72%, Curtiss- DR. CARLSON IN TOWN Wright 6%, International Harvester 81, Kennecott 39's, North American Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Ketchi- | Aviation 10%,, New York' Gentral 243, Northern Pacific 22, U. 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