The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 27, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-- JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1945 HEALTHDEPT. Tornado Flaftens Homes BILLS TANGLE, SENATE TODAY Committee Members Com- plain of “Peculiar Situation” measures for th Two cC establishmer No. 23, by Andr m\ ‘Whaley, Edwa vl(l I) Coffey and Leo W. Rogge An editorial in the Monday is of The Empire stimulated an out- burst from Senator Walker and inti- mations of “political skullduggery from Senator Nerland. The three members of the Senate Education, Public Health and Morals Commit- tee who sponsored the measure first introduced, No. 23, have been ))Kl(u' in “a very pecul ue These homes were flattened by a tornado which swept the Montgemery, sons and injurying many. the Terrtiory would be put in al position to obtain large assisting contributions; that the qualifica- | tions for the Commissioner and ad- | Ketchikan Senator proc ministrative details of No. 31 would | Statements by the two Senators ip, mgre likely to attract such Fed- | established that at a committee ' .\ onubutions 3 CHURCHILL REPORTSON YALTA MEET meeting, the Territorial Commis- ' Apcwering Senator Whaley, Col. sioner of Health, Dr. C. C. Carter, 'p,uq yeplied that he was sure men had declared No. 23 to be the bill he ' i qualifications required by | wanted. As a result of Dr C“”“‘: 5 ' No. 31 would be available. | statement, the bill was sponsored by V the three Senators, the fourth mem- Enabling Legislation | . Bill No. 31, the witness | ber of the committee, Senator Whaley, mot stringing along with cmphisized, is only enabling legis- <P”me Minister ASkS for them. 1lation X only appropriation it | caries is $6,600 for expenses and per j Vote Of Conflden(e from Commons Senator Whaley later put his name to the other Health Depart- diem of the five boar¢ members ment measure, No. 31, which was | their annual meeting. Operating ex- | offered, not as a committee bill, ' penses for the propos udhm alth DnI-J y four members of the Fin partment would be met by the bud e gtn::nfc\:,'m get request already asked for the {1‘3:53N‘V§“‘;m C*'Bl{glt;tll i We have been charged with present Territorial Health set-up. Achand et Ehe it ;) Lr'\‘ “scheming” to put over an “ersatz” |No. 23, on the other hand, asks a el e l‘m_ e Scol‘h Kby bill, one not in the best interests of appropriation of $150,000. ;1 ”?v R (i.ff e S Alaskans, Senator Walker said. .We ceding the embroglio over the Plh;h ‘fx'unti(.‘yr iy sn\: s only went along with Dr. Carter's | Health Department bills, one non- ‘-x"‘ it fitbive He l’n\(’ it recommendation of No. 23, because controversial measure was cleared 2 01‘ sy :\ ooa we had confidence in him, Senator off the Senate’s slate this forenoon. fo r“lin‘r' Nerland confirmed. \ZIS()):' 0. D Clouhlr.;]n's Selnuu- Bll‘l i" The 8 d;m:n.m;vd g One Bill Supported 0. was pushed through second g n . o Later, Dr. Carter dispatched a reading with only one minor amend- “‘” C‘);fm‘:;‘:‘:fl“(‘h“ C'l"“;e‘]h;lf‘;fl‘:(" memoradum to the legislators, criti~ t, not effecting the contents of antarall o, Giallenging TDir> cizing No. 23, and supporting the the bill. The rules were suspended ti 17" ke whio ' Pertieilea the other bill, No. 31. We have been and the final vote showed 15 wlm\! h dfl(‘hl[)ps i . B put in the position, by implication, In favor of the passage, Senator | T < s of trying to “foist” an undesirable | Walker opposed. The adoption of | bill on the people of Alaska, Senator | the emerg y clause carried un-| Walker continued animous! Now we are put in the position of As de: having to withdraw our bill ir purpo: of this later, more acceptable, i the Fe Goverdiment ure. This is a situation that does | non-valuable pieces of property Churchil not “ring true.” We acted in good |the town of Nome. The properti = ‘l;\ Ay faith on the statements of the are now being used by the U. ¢ L’]*-“"‘ i .\[ i Health Commissioner and now are | Army Signal Corps for a permanent |y ol i pooon, il ;{1 charged with “scheming,” Sengtor |radic-to: installation. The prop- YRt akeing W am N; Ibli.\h!l\n‘ G “;“ ‘Walker declared. | erfies were acquired by the Terri-| iirist 8vil Qoeke” by 1BHEE'6E arms, Senate B'lll No. 31 had come up He -ertied” the" prbposed. | Polish mcffgg:dh;;ad;:egna;:;é:; 'a‘l‘“;((,:‘ boundary “the fairést division that v le een two countries.” Lt. Col. George Hays, Executive Of- | ‘u:if:“l‘ 'm(:x: 1;:;::{1“215- ficer for the U. S. Public Health Service, was called before the Sen- ate to outline the differences be- | tween the two conflicting bills. Weak Bill To Crush Germany promised tic, effective to render offensive action by impossible for gen- nd called on Ger- ribed by the P f No. 29 is to rations to come” for certain | imany to surrender. id the United S important rd Peninsula Railroad. The bill | transfers them to the Army for pay- | ment of one dollar—condemnation | gary ° proceedings would otherwise have to| \ be undertaken, Senator Cochran and independence stated. d, he said. 1is decision een joined in by both Brita d the United States.” On Japanese War one point Churchill delivered will be n | tai age was read by President | iting members of thel, He pointed out weaknesses in No. |Senate to a USO road show this | 23: The setting up of a board of |afterhoon, after which the Senate | eleven members, including four Fed- | ! \r{ until 1:30 o'clock D : o which indicated that the eral officials with the possibility of | The Senate Labor and Commerce ion of Russian participation in control of the department being lift- | Committee reported out one bill ll\|:~\‘ the war on Japan may have, at ed out of the hands of the Terri- | morning, putting its O. K. on Sen-ljoa¢t had been raised at the Yalta tory; 'that the Commissioner of |ate Bill No. 2 enator Coffey.| conference. He « said the San Health would serve as chairman of | The measure is a Territorial G. I. cisch World+Secuirily” Conference the board to which he would be Rights bill lc,pmmg April 25, “would bring rto- responsible; that the Commissioner 8 NGB T D all those réprasentative :Jronuolg :Oet ;fl:c;‘!:\t;‘:ar:y the Gov- Fxs 20 haxs Nations who had declared ) y 4 war upon Germany and Japan by Additional opinions and rnus] Charles Chuck, sentenced to 30|nzarchy 1, 1945 and those Wl‘:n m,’d brought. out by questioning of the|days in the city jail by the City Medical Officer were: That No. 31| istrate on a drunk and disor-{ence Deelaration.” has endorsement of its basic prin- ]aml\ charge. The sentence was s Among diplomatic observers the ciples by the various Health Coun- pended on condition Chuck leave|question was raised whether Chur- cils of the Territory, that it has town chill meant Russia might! declare | been approved by representatives of war on Japan on March™,“the day| !he two Federal agencies from which after tomorrow, or whether he was P s merely referring to admission Hell‘opier 'o 'he RGSCUG tickets to San Francisco for several 2 of the smaller powers. Churchill said Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Deputy Prime Minister Clement Atlee will repre- {sent the British at San Francisco. | I (e L FROM BELLINGHAM YT BUY WAR BONDS James W. Chpp registering from Bellingham, Washington, is a guest at Hotel Juneau. = ficial U. § On the Chicago River, the United States Coast Guard use of its helicopters in «.ca resc feature of th bond show at Chi 1. plane “dived” into the water, and a « Guard helicopter dl'n“\ ” overhead, dropping a hydraulic re device. The, plane’s pilot climbs into the seat, is hoisted to the he copter’s cabin, and flown to the shore. The Coast Guard helicopters, s in the expeflrnen'al stage, were viewed by thousands, ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The main part of Montgomery was missed by the storm. that Poland’s sovereign-|% signed the United Nations’. !‘ont rst |to start and asked for their sup-| in Alabama , area, killing at least 25 per- (AP Wirpehoto) Ala. 1 Senafors Want Gold Price Upped Would Increase Price of Metal to Fifty-six Dol- | lars an Ounce \‘\ASHINCTO'\' Feb. 27.—Legis- lation to increase the price of gold introduced after the Federal Reserve proposed to reduce the gold ration to 25 percent. legislation is sponsored by Senators McFarland and Scrugham. The latter issued a statement. saying “this is the answer to the new tempt on the part of the Federal e Board to reduce the gold reserve ratio to 25 percent.: :If the ce of gold is advanced to $56 an ounce it will permit the same ex- pansion of Federal Reserve notes as decreasing the reserve ration io 25 percent and to my mind, in a much more healthy fashion.” y . WRITER SPEAKS T0 ROTARIANS AT NOON TODAY Main speaker at (he regular weekly meeting of the Rotary Club at noon today in the Baranof | Hotel Gold Room was Herbert| Hilsher, free-lance writer on Al-| 1 subjects. He told the mem- that some of the publicity given Alaska was incorrect and | misleading. | Ernie Parsons reported to the members on the meeting of the| Juneau Health Council, held last | night. He urged fellow Rotarians to back the health bill now. before | the Legislature. The Club, he ex-| plained, cannot as a body eutel] politics, 'but the individual mem- | bers can. | The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman | reminded Rotarians that the Red, Cross War Furnd Drive is about| port. 1 A large gathering of members auended the meeting. | — e — | | | |LEGION AUXILIARY | EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET TONIGHT | | There will be a meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Execu- tive Committee tohight at 8 oclock lat the Legion Dugout. Mrs. W. J. |Manthey, President, requests that all Executive Committee members !attend. | BUY WAR sovns BIGDRIVE IN 'RUHR VALLEY ~ BEING MADE Flght Goes from Germans | as Great Rout Now Seems Apparent By WES GALLAGHER (AP War Correspondent) ERKELENZ, Germany, Feb. 27— For the first time in this war in/ the west, thousands of German | civilian refugees crowded the high- | ways as the United States Ninth Army wheeled sharply north, driv- ing straight for the vital Ruhr| Valley, breaking clear through nll: Nazi defenses in the greatest rout| of the Wehrmacht since their| flight across France. | | | { i ‘xtand the fundamentals of plant \L.mw!h and its relationship to our | weather conditions. | The final lecture will be given at | the Grade School Auditorium on Wednesday night at 8 o’'clock, and the puth s invited to attend. e HOUSE GIVES BONUS BILLS GREEN LIGHT | Purchaser of McNutt Prop- erfy to Start Poulfry Farm on Highway There were more drums and more flags today as the House put |the “do pass” on two returning |soldiers measures, one to give Al- |askan vets a cash bonus and the The fight appeared to be com- pletely gone from German soldiers guarding the approaches to the| Ruhr. They gave including officers who freely of Germany's defeat Veteran American officers talkes ope said fighting morale peared to be completely gone. Carrying handbags, and hobbling along in lots of several hunmudi German civilians trudged . into, thi: shell and bomb- vug(hed city’ ln? the opposite direction” from ‘vast| ap- other to have Congress give a land bonus. Representative S. J. McCutcheon’s up in bunches, |House Bill No. 6 would appropri-| te $1,500,000 to give Alaskan vets ‘5100 cash plus $20 for each month who of service. 'have fought the Germans 'mm\s’ McCutcheon’s companion measure, House Memorial 5, asks Congress to give Alaskan vets 160 acres of With Representative Frank Per- atrovich in the Speakers chair as ¢hairman of the Committee of the Whole, columns * of * American: groops and selves in 30 minutes of personalities armor spreading north "toward, h entrance to the Ruhr Valley. ‘GARDEN SCHOOL COURSE AT END ‘ AFTER TOMORRO nd personal. reminiscences before {voting “do pass. | 'OLDTIMER CHARLES BEVINS DIES TODAY Charles” Bevins, old-timer of this secu(m of Alaska and former store- keepex at Hoonah, died in St.| b i With the compieton of tomorrow ! Ann’s Hospital this afternoon after from $35 to $56 an ounce has been night's talk the preplanting Garden a long illness. The remains are at School conducted by Ted Carter will the Charles W. Carter be brought to a close. 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