The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 5, 1945, Page 8

'PAGE EIGHT HALIBUTERS BATTLE TAX FISH BOATS Skipper Larson Wants fo Take Tax Boosters Elks Oldtimers’ Oldtimers night will be celebrated by the Elks next Wednesday night and this advance notice is given to | {the cheechacos of the local lodge | |to cancel all dates for Wednesday |and attend to see if they can take it, enjoy it, and forget it—but this is only a tip on the special enter- The committee in charge of the Big EVjII Wednesday | strawberries—better known to chee- Home Service Section, renders a| | chacos as baked beans—and similar 8reat variety of gratuitous services fOT Ride on GU" gtnlnmcm to be offered. arrangements for the Oldtimers’ i The Juneau halibut fleet went gession consists of the members through heavy weather this mOrn-|injtiated during the lodge year of | ing in the halls of the House °(|Exalted Ruler A. B. (Cot) Hayes,! Representatives when a discussion |gith the exception of Chairman | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA RED CROSS HAS PLENTY OF WORK, SAYS ROBERTSON \Various Duties Performed by Juneau Chapter Night M. H. Sides, who is an oldtimer in his own right. According to advance information, the lodge meeting will be very| brief to give time for the enter- tainment and feed to follow. Are Revealed | Heading the list of items to be | featured at the “feed” are Alaska The Juneau Chapter, through its groceries that will bring back mem- Not only to members of the armed but also to civilians who Another big feature for Wednes- 2r'¢ directly affected by the war,| day night will not be announced 5a¥$ R. E. Robertson of the Juneau until tomorrow. Red Cross Chapter. et It sends letters from . civilians in| ories of the early days. forces, SENATORS SPLIT ON ~ GAS LEVY {Tax Rate Isflduced fo 3| Cents Gallon-Seaplane Exemption Moves Fail of property taxes for fish boats be~ came a storm of debate over taxes in general. “Let me take you on a trip on the Gulf of Alaska and you'll stop vot- g for &ll these taxes!” roared vet- efan halibuter Olaf Larson. Larson had been aroused by Rep- reseritative 'Taylor’'s question,| “Wouldn't you be willing to pay a| little_ tax, towards the maintenance of our Territorial Government and institutions if we need it?” | “We don’t need it though,” Larson retorted, “Unless it's to make some more bureaus and jobs, Fishermen afe. not against taxation, but if youw're going to tax, tax all the boats.” Tax “Discriminatory” 4 Alaska to members of the military measure to make reimbursement for g,.oas: civilians in many occupied care of destitute children, was re- . untries and prisoners of war. | turned to the Finance Committee for pying January and February, the| clarification of language. 7 Juneau Chapter transmitted or re- | The Senators meet again this af- ceived many of these messages for ternoon at 1:30 o'clock. civilians in Juneau, Douglas, Peters- . |burg and Harbor Island. No charge Spawn Area 'is made for this service. | The Home Service Section also investigates and furnishes to mili- " One bill was passed and another measure was accepted under sus- tary personnel information about their families’ conditions and in- pension of the rules this morning in vestigates matters of this kind when requested to do so by the| commanding officers of the re- spective military personnel. During the past 60 days, the Juneau Chap- | ter has handled at least 30 investi- |eries at Hamburg were pounded down opinion on a single company ! REFINERIES AIRLINE ATHAMBURG' MONOPLY ARE POUNDED ALL OFF Justice Dep;m"eni Issues Planes Seek German L Trains, Road Convays | Statement on Inferna- Then Drop Bombs tional Service LONDON, March 5—The railway network and Chemnitz Oil Refin- WASHINGTON, March 5. — The Justice Department gave a thumbs this morning by 400 U. S. bombers | operation of America’s international from Britain. In the twenty-first air transportation. The department day of the sustained aerial of- said it was also opposed to surface fensive, Eighth Airforce bombers, | carriers such as steamship compan- escorted by 600 Mustangs and les owning or controlling interna- Thunderbolts fanned out, seeking tional airline companies. German trains and road convoys.| A report by Attorney General About 25 RAF heavy bombers! Anthony J. Biddle recommended made a concentrated daylight at-|that this country adopt a policy of tack on the Benzoil plant at Gel- ' controlled ~competition, seek an senkirchen, just behind the Nazi's understanding with other countries Rhine front. | and define and limit the amount of — v~ | Government financial assistance to v I N S o N | S | be given to international airlines. | Biddle's report also recommended !thn\c an international organizaton | | be formed to analyze information on air carrier operations, laws, regula- | | tions, traffic safety rules, and serve | as a medium for solving world air- | line problems. MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1945 | 3 SPAR OFFICERS VISITING JUNEAU ARRIVE_BY PLANE Will Be Guests Tomorrow of Rofary Club at Luncheon The SPARS have arrived in Juneau! Accompanied by Lt. (j. g.) James IMPROVEMENTS ARE DISCUSSED, LIONS LUNCHEON | | Civic improvements was the big topic of discussion at the regular Lions Club luncheon at the Baranof today. The club went on record as | favoring the Douglas rock fill ap- proach to the Douglas dock, and any | other legislation that would improve | the channel area. A committee composed of Lions ) P. Towey, District Personnel Officer A Frank Marshall, Herbert Waugh, with Coast,Guard Headquarters in 'Fred Henning, Val Poor and Oscar Alaska, three SPAR officers arrived in Juneau today by plane. Inspecting all Coast Guard facil- replacing enlisted men in certain tasks like communications, yeoman work and storekeeping, are Lt. Comdr. Helen B. Schleman, Assist- ant Director of the Women's Re- serve, USCG; Lt. Comdr. Teresa Crowley, former head of the SPAR training station at Palm Springs, Florida, and first SPAR officer to be assigned to the Seventeenth Naval District; Lt. L. Dorothy Bevis, SPAR Personnel Officer in the DCGO, Seattle. The women’s reserve, USCG, will be here for the next several days, it was announced by the Captain of the Port’s office. Tomorrow noon they will be guests of the Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon meeting. s ities in Alaska with an eye toward | Elison was appointed to help sponsor ¢ [such projects that will help the ! whole community. s | Some discussion centered on pos- sible airport terminal facilities, and it was agreed that other civic or- ganizations in the community were | already hard at work on this project, and better resulis would be obtained ¥ | by cooperating with them. f Lion Don Foster presented three colorful ties to his fellow Lions who were on a recent quiz program and Lions Frank Marshall, Barney And- erson and Ernie Lincoln agreed fo wear them to the next Lions meet- | ing. dion Ed. Lewis introduced Collén | Sharpe who entertained the club with a solo and a dance; also Joan Rhodes who played an accordian solo, and Lane Roff who sang a I solo. | Lion Milo Clouse introduced Leon= Juneau halibut vessél owners pro- tested that the proposed tax on fish boats under the Property Tax Bill wag “discriminatory,” and placed them in an unfavorable competitive position with boats from Seattle, “Those boats are taking our fish resourtes right along side of us,” Larson declared. “Why should we have t0 pay a tax when they don’t?” Fisherman E. J. Krause, also on the witness stand, got the discussion afield when he declared “Nobody has. proved this tax_necessary.” Representative McCutcheon, who has'a bill on the calendar to provide $1,500,000 for returning service men in the form of bonuses asked Krause if he did not think such a bill war- rinted finding new sources of reve- nue. “Don’t you think they're worth The first really wide-open divis- ional split of this session came into the open in the Territorial Senate this morning, over amendments to the proposed Gasoline Tax act, Sen- ate Bill No. 35. Only one major change in the bill had heen adopted by the time the noon recess rolled around. The Sen- ate concurred in the proposal by | President Edward D. Coffey to lower the rate of tax from five cents to three cents per gallon on motor fuel. Senator N. R. Walker led the fight of First Division Senators to exclude seaplanes from tax lability under the act, maintaining that their air- ports are natural and ‘“cost the Territory. nothing”. The Ketchi- kan Senator made three attempts to | the House qf Representatives. Passed was Representative E. J. | Krause's House Bill No. 27 to create |an Alaska Fisheries Commissioner | for improvement of salmon spawn- | ing areas. This bill provides a $100,- | 000 appropriation to be matched by the canned salmon industry and the Fish and Wildlife Service. | Introduced under suspension of gations, involving many telegrams, | sent without cost to the soldier, the sailor, or to his family. These in- vestigations have often led to the granting of emergency furloughs to the soldier or sailor to permit him to come home to attend to home affairs, Loans Are Made ’ | The "Juneau Chapter frequently the rules by Taylor was a measure makes loans to soldiers and sailors which received, in different form, a Who are on emergency furlough or | negative Senate vote a few days ago, Who have been granted a furlough. |a bill to appropriate $4,000 for the Several loans were made during‘ Board of Regents of the University January and February. Ordinarily, | of Alaska to set up a <tudy of the the borrower pays the loan at the| | possibilities of a umvesity branch rate of $5 or $10 per month. No in Southeast Alaska. interest is charged; but, such loans {prior approvai of the commanding |officer of the soldier or sailor. WASHINGTON, March 5.—Judge Fred Vinson, Economic Stabilization Director, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to be Federal Loan Administrator. Vinson thus succeeds Jesse Jones as head of the loan agencies handling billions of dollars. The White House said the Presi- dent has in mind a successor to Vinson but the appointment will be withheld until the Senate acts on the nomination of Vinson for the lending job. LEND JOB |cannot be made except upon the The Home Service Section also 1t?’] MoCutcheon asked. secure special treatment for water " s;z mean all of them?” Krause | platies —~ all fajled, Then, in des-| peration, he moved to kill the whole q! mensure, asking indefinite postpone- !makes inquiries as to the present address and whereabouts of sailors | and soldiers and also of the mem- bers of their families. Numerous FOREST MONEY #8,” MéCutcheon answered. “No, not all of them,” Krause re- plied. ! Hildre On Stand First, witness on the stand today ng Pete Hildre, 36 years a Juneau talibuter. Hildre, under questioning attorney R. E. Robertson, | keatcl the setup of the Alaska haljbut, fishing industry, declaring _are 27 halibut vessels in Ju- nedu, 24 in Petersburg, and about ‘8& many in Ketehikan with an aver- age of four men to a boat. ' Hildre asserted additional taxes fwauld tend to make fishermen leave {Alaska for Puget Sound where he declaged there is no boat tax on the ishing fleet. \.‘!Taxes can create a lot of hard feelings,” Hildre said. “A lot of ‘are-leaving the old country ause of too much taxation.” | 1./Goldstetn, Juneau fishing sup- desler and owner of three hali- ;34;' was also invited fo the stand. tative McCutcheon asked ‘Wouldn't you be willing | o pay.a’little towards the upkeep of !‘the sTerritory's ~schools and rogds?”’ | ¢ “T would,” Goldstein replied. “If X kiiew that money went to schools and-roads. 1'd" pay -twe percent if 1:kpew. that.” | { +* New Tax Angle | Pisherman Dsn Stanworth gave Prpnerty Tax Bill proponents their only, encouragement of the -sesgion when ‘he advanced the belief that K living .out the road outside of tawn” ‘should pay some taxes. : Bawever, when McCutcheon agked anworth if he was against a tax ..E{p run the various offices of the :e tory, Stanworth replied heat- ¢dly, “How did they pay for these benefits before they got this tax programz” Pringipal argument of the halibut- ¢rs against the tax of one percent praposed in the Property Tax Bill on fish--boats was that OPA ceilings “already give Seattle boats the edge,” afd that additional taxes here would “make'it harder to compete.” |Saturday the House voted an ex- empfidn for fith boats used by heads fgmiliesin eaitiing a living to the sum of $5000; A reconsideration vote was.scheduled Tor today o that endment.. . .'l'fi:ggmne redessed at noon with the fish boat question’still unsettied. Gallery spectators were unanimous, however, that the morning was the liveliest of the session. Chapeladies to Meefl omorrow Mrs. Jenny Peterson will enter- tain the Chapeladies at her home on the Glacier Highway tomorrow, March 6. All members are asked to attend the meeting. e ,——— POLETS GO SOUTH Antonio Polet, one of the leading commercial men of Nome, accom- panied by Mrs.Polet, left for Seattle today on a Pan American Airways plane. He was recently elected Grand President of the Pioneers of Alaska. —il SALESMAN HERE Jack Molyneux, travelling man, is # guest at the. Gastineau Hotel. ment. He was voted down on that also. Aircraft Exemption A try, by Senator Coffey, to have‘ all aircraft exempted from the tax received similar negative treatment. President Coffey turned over his gavel to Senator - Grenold Collins While he took the floor to argue that the claim has always been made that high transportation costs have been the greatest factor in retarding the; development of Alaska. This bill would only add to those costs, he af- firmed. Senator Coffey opposed special treatment for First Division sea- lanes on the grourd that aircraft the Third Division likewise oper- ate on floats for six months of the year and should be entitled to similar oenefits during that period. Benator Frank Gordon was the lone representative of the interior area to espouse the principle of ex- empting aircraft from the bill. His arguments were baséd on the con- tension that passengers would pay the tax in the end; that it would be passed on through increased rates. . Argue For Measure Senators Whaley and Collins, both fircraft operators.and both sponsors of the bill, found themselyes in-the peculiar position of attempting to tax themselves, but argued for/the measure on the ground that if air- craft companies were made to. con- tribute* tq the costs of facilities furnished them, they would be in a hetter position to make demands for improvement of those facilities. Senator Whaley stated, that ac- cording to best estimates, the tax (at the original five cents per gallon rate) would derive $30,000 a year| revenue from seaplanes and about $180000 from all sources. The reyenues, he said, would build up a fund for highway and airport con- struction and improvements. It has| been stated that such a fund would be necessary to enable the Territory to -benefit-from any - extension to Alaska of the Federal Aid Highway Aot., } Senator Walker, after failure of wo attempts to - exclude : seaplanes the act, proposed 4 tax of only ne cent per gallon on their fuel, but had no better success with that move than with his previous ones: The Senators took time off ‘for lunch while still in the middle of sécond reading of the Bill. Still more inter-divisional battling was foreshadowed for the afternoon meeting by an amendment proposed to the title by Senator O. D. Coch- ran, to include all boats under the tax liability. His motion was with- drawn until later, when the provis- ion of the measure excluding water craft is reached. Previous to taking np the Gaso- line Tax bill, the Senate this fore- noon voted to “lay on the table” Senate Bill No. 25, by Senator Cof- fey, the so-called “G. I. Bill of Rights for Alaska.” The measure was tabled because of doubt as to the legality of one of its provisions; also because it was contended that Federal legislation already coversi the subject. The bill may be brought to life again should Anthony E. Karnes, Alaskan Representative for the Veterans Administration, put | i in an appearance before the body are guest G'VEN AlASK sueh inquiries have been made, but of course some good reason must B. Frank Heintzleman, Regional exist for their being made before | Forester, U. 5. Forest Service, ad- the chapter undertakes them. vises that a warrant for $48,32144 These are just a few of the ordi- is being forwarded to the Treasurer nary, every-day things done by the of Alaska to cover the amount due Juneau Chapter on behalf of both the Territory from National Forest members of the military forces and receipts for the fiscal year ended civillans. Necessarily, it is all done June 30, 1944, under provisions of under certain rules of progedure. |the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. But there is scarcely a tewn or 500). This money, representing 25 hamlet within the Juneau dhnpter per cént of gross federal receipts area but in which during the past {from the Tongass and Chugach few weeks one or more of these, INational Forests in Alaska, is to services have been rendered to Ibe used for roads, trails and schools €ither members of the military Iby the Territorial Government in forces or to members of their {the First and Third Judicial Divi- families. Ision. An additional 10 per cent of All of this work is done .y vol- the National Forest receipts, unteers, who receive no pay. In |amounting to $19,328.58, is used by'Juneau, Miss Hazel M. Forde, CWS |the Forest Service for roads and Worker and representative, Terri- |trails within the two forests. jtorial Department of Public Wel- | “The ‘amount received by the fare, and Chief of Police John l’l‘errxwry since 1908 for its 26 per Monagle and his policemen often |cent share of ithe forest receipts help the chapter in this work. In! | totals '$660,764.92. The amount spent Outlying towns, aid has often been by the Forest Service on roads and 8iven in the work by postmasters, trails, representing the 10 per cent school teachers, U. S. Commission- forest receipts since 1908, totals €rs, and town officials. In Peters- $256,250.76. burg, Earl Ohmer aids Mrs. Marion R s i G. Smith, Secretary of the Peters- HERE FROM TODD burg Branch, in carrying out these Albert Anderson is a guest at the functions of Red Cross work. Baranof, having registered from, Incidentally, have you contributed Todd. lto the current Red Cross Campaign Fund, asks Robertson. 25,000 WORKERS MARCH BACK 10 WORK IN DETROIT LISLE ' HEBERT RETURNS DETROIT, Farch 5—Production Lisle Hebert, local broker, returned 'of bomber, plane and tank parts via Pan American Airways today was resumed today in six Chrysler from a business trip to Anchorage|Corporation plants as an eight-day and Faribanks. !strike in the corporation’s Dodge ———————— plant ended. FLETCHER ‘IS BACK The union’s decision to end the Jack Fletcher, Manager of the sirive has called approximately Baranof Hotel, returned by Pan 25000 workers back to their jobs. American plane today ' from'a busi- | ——— e FROM WHITEHORSE Mary L. Berthouz, registered from Whitehorse, is staying at the Bar- anof Hotel. —————————— BLENNERS HERE *Mr. and Mrs. Ben E. Blenner, and 'Caroline Blenner, -of - Seattle, ts at the Baranof. el e Empire wanv ads get quick results. PAN AMERICAN | WITH PASSENGERS A Pan American Airways plane brought the following passengers to | Juneau from Falrbanks today: Wal- | lis George, Lt. James Towey, Lt., Dorothy Bevis, Lt. Comdr. Teresa | Crowley, Comdr. Helen Scheeman, Lisle Hebert. | Seattle to Juneau—Jack Fletcher, Sam Cotton Miss Janice MacSpad- i den, Miss Donna Anne Buttner, James Connor. Juneau to Seattle—Bernard Feero, Arthur Hedges, Ralph Lomen, Den- zil Moen, Mrs. Jeanice Welsh, Frank Lantonen, Jerry McCarthey, Mrs. Belle Simpson, Beverly Botagov, An- tonio Polet, Mrs. Mary F. Polet, George Livingston. Juneau to Fairbanks—Ralph La- Pointe, Beatrice Caley, Anthony Karnes, Casper Ellingen, Robert L. Pierce. Seattle to Juneau — Roberta Hickey. Fairbanks to Juneau—Lt. Frank Killilea. ————— BRANDES HERE Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Brandes, Angoon, are staying at Hotel Ju- neau. Col. | | | | WATERFALL CURBED ON CITY HALL BLDG. | | Something is missing at the City| }Hall today. No. Nobody stole any-! (thing. But, the waterfall that used /to make the south steps virtually "useless in a downpour, is gone. i Some months ago Mayor A. B'l yHayes brought the attention of the| members of the City Council to the| | waterfall. They voted to have a lrsinplpe constructed to charnel the‘ water into the main drain. | Well, because of the war you know |and the resulting shortages, it took longer than it normally does, but over the week end the city crew put the newly-made pipe in place. Now, the only thing that might be | dangerous are the pigeons roosting about the south steps. R BROI(—EN HYDRANT CAUSES STREAM ON STARR HILL Residents on Star Hill last night weren’t dreaming they were living next to a bubling stream. It was the truth, and not just the result of eat- ing a Dagwood sandwich before re- tiring for the night. It happened this way. A hydrant, resting in a wooden box on a wood- en main, broke away. Old age in the wood, say city street department officials today. Result—a miniature river flowing down the hill to the drain box on the corner of East Street and Sixth. However, the river has been dried up now and repairs to the hydrant | were completed today, according to a report from Roy Thomas, street foreman. —————— Empire Want-ags Uring resulis! ard Smith, who will shortly become the new Territorial Highway En- £ gineer, who spoke briefly on pro- posed highway and airfield projects. 7 5 ' ‘ Guests were John Smith, Mayor WALLIS GEORGE RETURNS of \Metlakatla; Herbert Murchisn, Wallis George rewurned today by ex-Mayor of Metlakatla; Joseph H. Pan American plane a‘ter a trip Storms, Pan American Airways em- to the Westward, which included a ployee from Seattle, and Harold A A. R. HILLERY HERE A. R. Hillery, Skagway, is stay- ing at the Gastineau Hotel. stop at Kodiak. Butcher of Anchorage. Make Your Reservations NOW-—Phone 365 A.W.V.S. BENEFIT ¢ CABARET DANCE FLOOR SHOW Servicemen's Orchestra Saturday-March 10 PHONE BLACK 690 FOR TICKETS This Space Donated by GASTINEAU HOTEL Today’s S TEQUILA A PRODUCT OF MEXICO Fifth—OPA $5.20—90 Proof Juneau Liqu PHONE 498 pecial: Now$3.90 or Co. GARDEN - FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES Brussels Sprouts - Broccoli - Cauliflower Fresh Spinach - Yams - Sweet Potatoes Fresh Peas - Parsnips - Hubbard Squash ness trip to the States. Fresh California Dales High in Sugar Content and Energy Food Endive - Lettuce - Rosy Red Tomatoes - Celery Green Peppers - Hot House Rhubarb - Leeks Green Onions - Radishes - Parsley - Artichokes Solid Cabbage Avocados - Pears - Golden Ripe Bananas Texas Pink Grapefruit Tangerines - Grapes And Many Other Good Things fo Eat! Ideal during SNAPPY WEATHER or ANY TIME! Phone 16 or 24 and point out a need for it. Senate Substitute for House Bill No. 31, a special appropriation | SPECIALALL WEEK Hunt’s Home Style PEACHES CASE 27 fins $8.95 Dozen 27 fins $4.59 4 ans §1.55 £ o 2 Ibs. 7 B¢ TS BUY THEM Now ON SE PHONE 704 Juneau Deliveries— 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 PHONE AR er CASH GROCER