The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1945, Page 3

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1945 [ HA 1 | SIXTY -DAY SESSION 1S NOT ENDED Appropriation of $5,631,- 822, Largest Ever Made, Finally Agreed Upon 'Cortmued froin Page Oue) convened at 1:30 p. m., January 22 This would mean appropria- tions bill as well as any others passed and signed after L 30 p. m. teday could be considered invalid. In the House there was 2 deadlock on adjournment but at 3:45 o’clock it was stated Speak- er Lander would probably also announce a recess to 8 o'clock Saturday morning. AT THE END OF its history-making road trail to China, residents of I as the first convoy arrives, while from )‘Op the trucks loa » New Occupant of Fought out all night by free con- ference commdtees, the 1945-47 General Appropriations Bill totals up to $5,631,822, representing an average 12 percent boost in ~1.m for all Territorial office head: L FIRST LEDO ROA led with war supp!.as. THE DAILY ALL.:)KA IAD ARMY ON MOVE | INCHINA CHUNGKING, March 23.~ U‘il\fi 60,000 troops, supported & meclmn» ized units, Japanese units in Central China launched a new drive from positions northwest of Hankow. The parent objective was the izing of the vital wheat crop in Southern Honan and Northern h Provinces, a Chinese Army kesman said He added that the Japanese are apparently hoping to knock out the advance tlefields in that area and remove the Chinese threat to Nibponese comm: ons along the Peiping-Hanko GILLIGAN PUR(HASES HOUSE FROM STUTTE vnl‘ 1 neral ¢on= , announces the sale to H. J. of the Juneau Police of his third house to be| on property acquired from ' Shattuck did D CONVOY Force, Luilt Allen Stutte the was not announce it a price, Morgan Mansxon $5,600, and. & 15 percent boost in salary over the April 1 1943 levels | for all other Territorial employees. Gascline Tax The Senate also passed House Bill 90, levying a one cent a gallon gasoline tax on all’ boats, cars, air airplanes of the Territory. | Liquor Tax Also passed was Senate Bill 24, by Walker, raising liguor tax toj $1.60 a gallon from the old $1 level and also repealing the stamp tax system in favor of collecting the tax from the wholesaler. Pack Tax Killed Killed by the Senate after trad-| ing broadsides with the House for several hours was Senate Bill 53, the pack tax measure to which the House on Wednesday night added $7,000,000 in tax levy on the can- it the hope of having a 2 Clocks Stepped { At 7 o'clock this morning, tax weary, bill weary Legislators of the Seventeenth’ Session of the Terri- torial Legislature were still wander- ing heavy lidded through the legis- lative halls with the General Ap- [ vopriations Bill yet unpassed and the controversial salmon pack tax measure a “ccad pigeon” in the Senate bag of indefinite postpone- ments. nd With a hood over the House clock © and the hands of the Senate clock ;ux 1 stopped to permit the deadlocked ‘gl solons to argue into the 6lst d: e with legality, legislators entered g .. into song fests, poetic fantasy, mid- | night snacks and cloakroom nips to while away the hours while com- mittees of free conference fought cver the issues .in stalemate. Major Storm Major storm of the deadlock cen- tered around the House inflated calmon pack tax measure to which Senate originated measure the House had added a seven million Robert dollar boost in tax levy to use as {rom Nome, is s a bargaining club for higher taxes ML on the salmon industry which had thus far been able to sidestep any new tax increases. | '/ 8 The Senate asked the House to| €0 E. Young, of Gull Cove, is recede from their amendments. The £Uest at the Hotel Juneau House -refused and committees of | _‘,'" 3 g conference went out at 8:30 p. m. E‘H ¥ POLUTION Taylor, Hennings and Gill for the! ROCKFORD, Ill.—As a man and House and Whaley, Rogge and S Wife motored early morn- Green from the Senate. In a brief 1% brownout y acbated whek session of hot debate, the committee | D%V should go ho Sop deadlocked, three to three. [ R iIas R dlice The frgu- Free Committee ment waxed w: heir car ram- A new committee with free con- " into a parked automobile. Both ference powers went out from the brit sed pAniL e g House prepared to “give a little,” They ‘went itg;a_hose but by that time, the Senate, ac- cusing the House of “trying to make the tail wag the dog” stood up on high dudgeon and voted “an end to these monkeyshines” with nothing less than indefinite post- ponement for the contested Senate Bill 53. Senate Stands Pat Shocked House members cried “illégal” and rumors of “special sessions” rang through the halls, but the Senate, ha performed their act shortly before midnight, + still stood pat with énly a few holding out hope the Wpper body would rescind their actiop and work cnew for compromise. Shortly before midnight, ‘he General Appropriations Bill came cover from the Senate to the House . with. a rough one million dollar * slash from House recommendations. Senate and House each ‘sent out | to free conference, trios of their “toughest” bargainers to reach a itlement. For the Senate were len Shattuck, Whaley and Collins. r the House were Hanford, Hunt- 7 and McCutcheon. At 7 o'clock this morning, the xtet was still behind closed doors wrashing out the last few items ! the bill and it seemed possible ‘gislative work might be finished arly this afternoon. — e — 3UNNELL LEAVES FOR FAIRBANKS TODAY The Rev. Dr. Franklin C Ciurch in America, whose House, formerly the famous Avenue and 37th Street, New Yor OPA'S Marshall ve in Ih;m California utomobile, - MUSROC M. Brewer di filled up the tank of hi r Kansa ca defense wor modi - FROM SITKA i in town and Hotel. FROM NOME J registered at the Bar- - - FROM GULL COVE a PiL m. « HUSBANDS L% ites for the purpese of *ir military allotments son, 21, (above) was 1 Federal Ceurt in Los iix menths in jail and ‘0 years probation. (AP Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, President of the University of Alaska, left for Fairbanks today after spending the greater part of the legislative ses- sion in the Capital City to lobby for university appropriations. ry, new president of the United Lutherar dquarte: rpont Morgan town house at Madison City aranof marrying four men in 1 w has three houses under construction and one tenant moving in this week. The houses ha all been suld .prior to be built and all archi-| tectural work has been done by the ' H. B. Foss & Co. ka Fed- eral has handled & FOR OVER BILLION FOR WAR AGENCIES SHINGTON, March 23— Presi- Roosevelt has asked Congress to appropriate one billion, one hun- dred and twenty million dollars for '19 civilian war agencies for the year, beginning July 1. The first request included funds for Selective Service functions to provide an average “call’ of ap- proximately 93,000 draftees a month, The total for the 19 agencies shows a reduction of $46,000.000 under the Cul'lt\nt year is the new Lutheran Church ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE OF GOEBBELS iN NAZ! (API'Al STOCK![OLM, March 23 A Free German Press Agency said an attempt on the life of Goebbels was thwarted when one of the rightly attacks of the RAF Mo- squito bombers on Berlin occurred half an hour later than usual. The Agency said Goebbels usual- ly went to a centrally located air raid shelter at the same time each pight during the raids, but he was not there on this occasion whén a time bomb exploded in the shelter. R WESTFALL HERE Wallace Westfall, from Petersburg, is staying at the Baranof. PETERSBURG BOV IN COMMAND OF VESSEL John who was reported Kkille fail when his ship Lt Enge, tersourg bn; in action’ was sunk who was ater, now r ship, an cific battle rned by friends. command when the e for a leave aid at the time he wanted to make the two Japa- rese flags painted on the bridge an (-wn dozen. The two banners were wo aircraft shot down. Following the loss of his ship last fall, Enge spent 30 days Survivor's leave in his home town, passing thro Juneau enroute home. At e Empire Want-ads bring resulls! has lummuxvl of ST, took Like Sunny Morning in Your Glass! Hold a drink of ScHENLEY Reserve up to the light — watch it wink and sparkle... just like a breeze-swept country morning. Golden and mellow, smooth as sunrizse, ScueNLEY Reserve is the result of real genius in blending. It’s a favorite among finer whiskies, Try it — soon, SCHENLEY Zwue Schorley Infernational Corporation, I, Y. C, Dlended u..ukcy 835 proof, 605 neutral cpirits, | SCHENLE tMPth—-JUNhAU ALASKA RED CROSS JUNFAUMAN DRIVEWILL ASKS PERMIT CONTINUE TOMAKEFILL (No Reports Yet from Qut- ,, lying Towns - Juneau < Area Slightly Over After the SEATTLE, March 23.—Three cations for War Dopartment per- for construction In navigable rs of Alaska have been receiv- ed by the U. 8. Army Engineers here. > Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion applied for approval of plans mv truct the f Copper wad R and Northwosterr Rallw Bar- | otidge cver the Eydk River near anof Hotel Gold Room and: re s Cordeva, converting the rail bridge were recelved It was announced ¢ highwdy use/ It is proposed to in- that the quota for Juneau and ¢icase the horizontal clearance and Douglas had been reached with' t@e navigation cpening from 15 to $13,32051 collected so far. { e existing vertical clear- The drive chairman, the Rev. W maintained Objec- | Robert Webb, reported that no standpoint of naviga- {ports had been yet received from ' presented to the Se- | Fetersburg, ‘Haines or Ska , attl Engineer by April 16. { Which towns are part of the chap- Juneal dairy opera- ‘«m He stressed that the drive was ! tr n of a fill in [far from being concluded. Tt was Juneau, on |pointed out that if ssme of Irwin and |cutlying ‘places such E ctions must {Inlet fall down then the {towns will have to make (\I(VIAI ‘ But few final reports were turncd Y in so evidently ‘all people have not ‘been contacted or have mnot yet contributed. As the drive goes until March 31 everybody still 1 as a chance to contribute it wi | pointed out. Cross solicitors to 1er from Junean® and Douglas finished lunch today in the Red wce will be fons from the el, Hark y between Thir nith Street Obj ceived by April 14 C. Kayler applied for a per- to consiruct an addition to a arf in Wrangell Narrows at sburg, Objections must be re- " §-H BREAKFAST CLUB IS T0 BE the up g mit - - 'KILLISNOO RESIDENTS ' DONATE TO RED (ROSS rs old ar older in 4-H Club | Ry All gitls nine yea 5 The little village of Killisnoo, on ho are interested H.v West Coast of Admiralty Is- wor are invited to be at Mrs. ‘Lmd has sent in $34 as its contri- Glirfford Robard’s home ‘in - the bution to the Red Cross War Fund woshee Apartments Saturday morn- Drive. ing at 10 o'clock sharp to organize This remote settlement, populated the new 4-H Breéakfast Club. mostly by Aleut evacuees, who will Officers . for the term will be foon be returned to their Aleutian'g d and pldns laid for each ‘Island homes, from which they pjeeting this summe: were uprooted in the early summer Mys. Robard will serve a deli- ¢f 1942 when a Japanese invasion cious breakfast to all girls attend- was feared, know well, from first- ing the Sxmudn\ mwnng hand experience, the work of the Red Cross. | Forced to leave many of the personal goods behind they were aided by the Red Cross in many ways, so they have contributed. And though it is a small amount, local Red Cross officials, feel that such sums from people who eannot “mvm it, ‘prove the worth of the R( d Cross. 'ROLF HANSENS ARE | FREE, PHILIPPINES News of the release from a Japa- | nese prison camp in the Philippines ‘ of Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Hansen was seen in Seattle and San Francisco papers by friends of Mrs., Hansen. | Mis. Hansen is well-remembered T here as the former Donie Taylor, CRGANIZED HERE | C. Moriarty, registered from Fair- | Juneau grade schocl teacher for Lz‘nk:,. is a gum at the Bm'uwr ! many years. 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