The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA [ PHOTOS SHOW DAMAGEDONE 10 NAGOYAf Seven Important War; Plants and Harbor In- stallations Hit UAM, March 13—Seven import- ant war plants and harbor instal- lations were damaged in yesterday's terrific incendiary bombing of Na- goya, reconnaissance photographs disclosed Fifteen fires were in the industrial city, which pro- duces 40 to 50 per cent of all Japanese aircraft, when the photo- graphs were taken, 12 hours after 300 Superforts fired a five-square- | mile area i The greatest damage was done to the Aichi Aircraft Works' Eitoku plant. Maj. Gen. LeMay, com- mander of the Twenty-First, Bomber Command, said 358,000 square feet of the plant was de- stroyed. This is nearly 14 per cent of the roof area. LeMay said addi- | tional investigation increased to 16 7/10 per cent per square mile | the area in Tokyo devastated by | more than 300 Superforts Saturday. Three Supers were lost in the com- | bined strikes, one over Nagoya and the other two over Tokyo. —————— PUBLIC UTILITIES OWNERSHIP TAKEN UP, MEETING HERE Last night's meeting of the gen-| eral public in the Grade School Audi- torium, which was arranged by the Juneau Women’s Club for the pur- pose of discussing Municipal Own- ership of Public Utilities, was at- tended by approximately 65 of Ju- neau's representative citizens The meeting was opened by Mrs. Ella Smith, President of the J W C., who made a short talk on the purpose of the meeting, and then called on Mrs. R. B. Lesher for a report by the Civies Committee nr the Club. The report stated that petitions had been circulated to have the question as to whether Juneau de- | sires Municipal ownership of Public| utflities put on the ballot in the| coming city election, that there were | about 400 signatures obtained, and | that the petitions will be presented | to the City Council at their next meeting, Priday, March 16. Mrs. Lesher was followed by Rep- resentatives Almer Peterson of An-j chorage, and Fred Hanford of Wrangell, and Senator Norman Walker of Ketchikan, who gave ac- | counts of municipal ownership of public utilities in their respective towns, with varied details of ex-| periences; the trials and tri lbulauons‘ as well as the advantages derived from public ownership, as applied to the cities they represented. Ernest Parsons was called on to give certain figures on what could be done in Juneau through munici- pal ownership. He pointed out the many things Juneau needs to make it one of the finest cities in the Territory, such as new street pav- ing, a new City hall and firehouse, | school improvements, more and bet- ter facilities for the boat harbor, playground, etc, and suggested still burning | | | | I Extensive devastation wrought in Cologne, fourth largest German city, now in American hands, is visible Allen, Associated Press photographer Partly submerg ed in Rhine River are ruins of Hohenzollern, Hang- nd (center) Haup ibahnhef rail station is surrcunded by wreckage. (AP in this photo from an artillery spotter plane, made by William C. with the Wartime Still Picture Pocl. drucke and the Sundbrucke bridges, Wirephoto from Signal Corps rad pholm In!anlrymen of FlrsIArmy Enfer (ologne Infantrymen of the city on the west bank of the Rhine. Wartime Still Picture Pool. (AP Wirephoto via Signal Corps Radio) "~ Yanks(lean OuIJapson (orregldor PR— U. S.'First Army enter a street in Cologne as two German civilians (left), one carry- ing a white flag of surrender, leave the battle area witheut escort March 6 as Yanks captured the German Photo by William C. Allen, Associated Press photographer with the UNICAMERAL ARGUMENTIS LOSING ONE |One Housel—egislature Is Subject of Morning Debate Today The proposal for a one-house leg- islature received a negative vote i after spirited oratory this morning in the House of Representatives. “T left Europe because of that sys- tem,” said Serbian born Represen- | tative Steve Vukovich. “One house, | one man, one whip.” d Speaking for the measure, Repre- sentative Harry Badger, 76, Fair- banks farmer and “Strawberry King,” declared, “There is always | some reactionary who is against changes. They said the country | would go to pot if we went off the | gold standard. A man named Frank- lin Denalo Roosevelt came along, | took all the gold and stuck it in a | hole in the ground. We're the strongest nation on earth.” ! “The present system is one of checks and balances—" said I.epre- sentative Curtis Shattuck. “Under the present system eightl men in the Senate can overrule thirty-two, legislators,” bill author | Representative Chris Hennings de- clared. “That's lot of check and not much balance.” The measure died, 12 to 11 with | one member absent. Voting for the memorial, House Joint Memorial 12, were, Badger, Cross, Hennings, Hope, Huntley, | Krause McCutcheon, Peratrovich, | Pollard, Taylor and Lander. Voting no were Walsh, Hanford, | Peterson, Linck, Vukovich, Johnson, Diamond, Anderson, Porter, Shat- | tuck, Cain, Hoopes. Passed this morning was House | Joint Memorial 4 by Taylor and | | Linck urging Congress to change the 11907 Waskey Act to permit those { who drop mining claims for not doing assessment work to relocate | | their claims provided there is no | intervening location by other par- | ties. Under the present Waskey Act ; application, a man relinquishes all | rights to the claim should he let it drop. A new memorial was introduced under suspension of rules this morn- ing by Representatives Peratrovich land Hennings, urging the Federal Government to build a four-mile canal on the southern end of Prince of Wales Island. The proposed canal would be from | Hetta Inlet to Cholmondeley Sound | and would make it possible for boat traffic between Craig and Klawock and Ketchikan obviating a 100-mile | boat trip around stormy Cape ! Chacon to'the south. & his early life and how and why he |came to Alaska and got his start.| Applause at the close was long and loud. Guests at the luncheon were: The Rev. Roy E. Olson, Representa- !tive Almer J. Peterson, Jack, Gucker, Jr., Representative Warren | | Taylor, Lester O. Gore, Senator |Ed Coffey, Bob Atwood, Roy W. | Johnson, Earl McGinty, L. Durkee, Jim Boyle and Ben E. Miller. | Green's Senate Resolution No. 7. The Officials Do Speaking for | Solons Today, Prelude fo Juvenile Code Changes Centers Sen- ate Discussion Today is “guest speakers” day in the Territorial Senate again. Two Territorial and one Federal officials were called to testify before the body, this morning, and a Committee of the Whole hearing was set for the afternoon at 2 o'clock. Don C. Foster, Alaska head of the Office of Indian Affairs and Ter- ritorial Public Welfare Director Rus- sell Maynard appeared this morning for questioning with regard to a mix-up over court costs in actions under the Alaska Juvenile Code. Senator Andrew Nerland’s Senate Bill No. 66, to repay a small claim for costs to the U. S. Commissioners Office at Fairbanks was the focal point of the discussion. Under the Juvenile Code, de- linquents with one-fourth or more Indian blood are committed into the charge of the Indian Office while all others become Welfare Depanmentl charges. The original expectation was that the Indian Office would pay costs in those cases where the commitment was made to that bu- reau, the Territory being liable for costs in other actions. Mr. Foster declared, however, that the Solicitor General of the Department of In- terior has held the Alaska law un- constitutional because of discrimina- tion, therefor Mr. Foster's office is not authorized to pay the costs of committipe delinauents to it. Mr. Maynard testified that his of- fice also is not authorized to pay the costs in such instances—hence the $57.40 bill from the Fairbanks Com- missioner to the Legislature—first in a possible parade of many until the Juvenile Code can be corrected. On Mr. Foster's statement that the total of such claims outstanding is about $1,800, No. 66 was held over in second reading to see if it can be broadened to cover all such claims in one measure. Next to come before the Senate this morning was Senator Joe| measure, to charge the Territorial | Road Commissioners and Highway Engineer with moving a building for school use at Skagway, to the extent of $5,000 from road funds, was killed | off by a 6 to 10 vote shortly after a | move for indefinite postponement | had lost. 7 to 9. Another Green measure, the huge | Motor Vehicle Code, Senate Bill No. 63, came up for second reading this morning, but, on the sponsor’s mo- tion, was held for a Committee of the Whole hearing this afternoon. Highway Engineer William A. Hesse and Department of the In- terior Solicitor George W. Folta, who drafted the measure between them, are to be called to outline its pro- visions to the Senate. Under discussion when the Senate recessed this noon was Senate Bill No. 65, by Senator Allen Shattuck, a measure to widen the scope of Territorial taxes on insurance pre- ATTENTION! TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1945 miums. Auditor Frank A. Boyle, in his role as Insurance Commissioner, was called before the Senate on the measure this morning. The Senate recessed until 1:30 o’'clock thls afternoon. RED FORCE EXPANDING Berlin Assauli-Siege on Konigsherg (Continued from Page One) A German commuhique told of local breaches by Red Army troops beating toward Stettin from thé north, as the White Russian Army of church spires of Danzig. Part of the civilian population and military garrison of Danzig are be- ing evacuated by sea, Moscow dis- patches said, but Red Army planes | have now blocked the sea escape lanes. A Soviet correspondent said “the end of German divisions trapped on the Danzig Coast is drawing near.” Farther to the east the siege threat- ened on Koenigsberg, the east, Prus- sian capital, from which a large part of the population has apparently escaped. e S WILDES OUT Keith Wildes, Juneau representa- | tive of the New York Life Insur- ance Company, left for Skagway on | the Norah on a brief business trip. | .- POLICE COURT FINES Alice Minano was fined $25 in City Magistrate’s Court today on a charge of drunk and disorderly con- duct. David Kadashan was fined $/} on a charge of drunkenness. ODER FRONT Three Group_sfiisposed for| OPPOSITION OF NIPPONS IS OVERRUN f Doughboys on Mindanao Keep Forging Ahead- Airfield Is Taken By C. YATES McDANIEL (AP War Correspondent) MANILA, March 13—The veteran troops of the Forty-First Divisior overran strong Japanese positions on southwestern Mindanao Sundfiy as they captured the civil center of Zamboanga and the strategic airfield only 200 miles northeast of Borneo. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said ir this communique the Doughboys who invaded the largest island of to the northeast battled within sight |the Philippines Saturday were, 2¢ hours later, “overrunning strong isteel and concrete pillbox artillery pcsmons with only minor losses.’ |MacArthur said the Japs on Zam. boanga had not yet been able t¢ organize their defenses. | The airfield captured Sunday |was near San Oque, about four |miles west of Zamboanga, the gov- }ernmentfll seat of Mindanao. {_Troops of the First Cavalry Division and the Sixth Infantry or Luzon continued their advance or: ithe front east of Manila, as dis| mounted cavalry troops capt {high ground beyond Antipolo. | Doughboys of the Sixth Divisior |repulsed several counter-attacks a: {they smashed into the hills south- least of Montalban. Elements of the |Eleventh Airborne Division are ap- proaching the shores of Lake Tal jon the southwest Luzon front. i o MAYORS WIFE BACK Mrs. A. B. Hayes, wife of Mayoj Hayes, today returned from the States, where she had been fo: several weeks. WE DELIVER Why not take advan e TC DOUGLAS EVERY MORNING tage of our huge and complete stock of FINE GROCERIES ONE CAN OR A CASE! 704 Juneau Deliveries— i0 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Deliv LT ery—10 A. M. I Townsened Club meets thise even- ing in Minees Union Hall at 8 p. m. municipal ownership of public util- ities as a real source of revenue for these. | Ed Krause, well-known Juneau fisherman and representing as he said' “all organized labor in Ju- neau,” made a plea for municipal ownership, on the grounds that the revenue derived would do for Ju- Visitors will be Representa- tives of the Legislature: HARRY BADGER, Fairbanks WALTER HUNTLEY, Palmer EDWARD ANDERSON, Nome neau the many things which need doing, and pledged the support of| organized labor to the Women's Club in their efforts. The Rev. Robert Treat stated he thought it a very good idea to call these meetings for the purpose of | discussing matters of such civic im- | portance, and he thought it cou]d‘ be done in an orderly and busine: like way without arousing animos ity, even though there were diffi- culties to overcome. Several times during the session the phrase ‘“organized resistance” was brought up but when the ques- tion was asked point blank what this was and who was bringing it, there was no plausible explanation. Mrs. Smith reminded the audience at the close of the meeting of the| City Council meeting next Friday, which is the last one to be held be fore City election, and urged that as| many as possible attend the Council | meeting. i e | FUNERAL SERVICES | FORMRS. ANDERSON | ARE HELD THIS P. M. | \ Funeral afternoon services were held this at the Charles W. Carter | Mortuary Chapel, for Mrs. P. A, ‘ Anderson, pioneer resident of Ju-\ neau, who passed away at her home last Friday evening. The Rev. G. Herbert Hollmann, accompanied by Katherine Alexander, was soloist. Pallbearers were Oscar Jensen Fmil Samuelson, Martin Borlick Hillerman | gave the eulogy and Mrs. Evelyn | Mrs. | AT an Irouns ‘e rmed lotth antatis 04 weapons, clean: out sulslde squads of Japanese in‘shell “holes and rapp:d around his stomach according to the Signal Corps caves on Corregidor. Every .lap had grenades Klo: FRANK PERATROVICH, ANDREW HOPE, Sitha wak DYERREPORTSON TERMINAL BLDG. PROJECT TODAY NamedMemberon Rotary Show to Be Given Reparations Com. °' April 5 and 6 Re- R St e ports Committee retary of State ward Stettinius| Tom Dyer, heac of the Rotary jannounced today the appointment Aviation Committee, gave a long- ur Dr. Isador Iubin as U. S. rep- @waited report on the possibility of resent of the three-power re- |constructing a passenger terminal parations commission to be estab- at the Juneau Airport today at the lished in Moscow. Rotary luncheon, held in the Bar- In his first news conference since anof Hotel Gold Room. turn from a 26,000-mile trip| He stated that if Senate Bills 47 ch he sattended the Crimea land 48 are passed by the House, nd the Inter-American then municipelity may build | Meeting in Mexico City, the Secre- |terminal at an "airport. However, tary said creation of the Repara- private capital cannot build it. tions Commission was the first step | This means, he said, that the City implementing the decisions reached must be ready to float a bond issue at Ya! and before they can do this, a - i referendum of the voters would be Empire necessary to grant approval Eric Anderson, and Herb Wolfe. Interment was in the Douglas | Cemetery, beside the grave of her husbar Regnvald mcmmu‘ his in wh | Confe S Want-ads bring results! a| CHE Dyer went on to state inat much work had been done by the Rotary and . Chamber of Commerce Avia-! tion Committees and much still | remained to be done. ; | It was announced that at 530‘ o'clock this evening the play com-| mittee will meet in Jack Pletcher’s | office at the Baranof. Brooks Han- ford, play committeemarf, said the' show would be given on April 57 and 6. The ticket committee was, named as follows: Homer ‘Garvin, chairman; Jack Burford, Claude | Carnegie, Waino Hendrigkson, Bruce Kendall, Scotty Adams. Pub- licity will be handled by Zach Gordon. A letter was read.irom “Bundles for Britain” headquarters in New York City, thanking the Rotarians for their last check of $320, a total of $4,000 having been sent from the Juneau chapter. On April 2, the Rotarians will eat “raw meat” with the Lions,} the regular meeting being cancelled that week. Highlight of the evening was an- other of the life history talks by Bruce Kendall of the Gastinéau Fotel, He told of the vissitudes of 10:15 A. M. 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