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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA \ I | us the past three years, so food is a'tion of the drama connected with[Standayd . Oil Dock—in a capsized big event. them—especially is that true of the'skiff. That was on March 15, at Donle Hanson | The Jeps issued no clothingsdur- rescue of the troller-type gasboat|s o'clock in the afternoon ing the 3 yea They did not even Emma B. under hazardous condi-; A rescue ve immediately set | give us soap. The company manag- tions in Lynn Canal. Even the offi- out, but on arriving at the scene led to get a little money to us and cial version, however, discloses a!found that the three natives hanging the Japs provided a little market” conflict with the elements that is in/cento the skiff had aiready been lift- | !The last coconut I bought, I paid accord with the truest Coa Guard!ed from the icy waters and taken {12 pescs ($6). In peace time they (radition. The story concerning the abcard by the trunk-cabin fishing FRIDAY MARCH 30, 1945 WINDUP AS TO WHERE DEAD BILLS WOUNDUP Writes from Emma B, as unfolded by the report vessel 31D483, Horace Ibach, Master, Final accounting of measures that failed to receive passage by the 17th Territorial Legislature disclosed the fcllowing list of bills, resolutions and memorials that never got past ac- tion by the House of Representa- tives, where they originated. Sub. for H. B. 1, by Shattuck, In- dustrial Compensation Law—Indef- initely postponed by the House. Sub. for H. B. by Shattuck, blanket primary law—Indefinitely postponed by the House. H. B. 5, by Johnson amending laws relating censes—withdrawn. H. B. 8, by Johnson, for direct clection of National Committeemen —Indefinitely postponed by Houce. H. B. 15, by Hanford, to rebuild the Wrangell sea wall—Died in House committee. H. B. 19, by Vukovich, to increase Old Age Pensions—withdrawn in fa- vor of another House Bill. H. B. 20, by Peterson, to reappor- tion the Third Judicial Division in- 10 two voting districts—Indefinitely postponed by the House. H. B. 29, by Peterson, to create the office of Tax Commissioner—Indef- initely postponed by the House, H. B. 58, by Johnson, McCut(’hpon‘ Peterson, Taylor and Vukovich, re-define the duties of the Attorney General—Indefinitely postponed by tne House. and Taylor, to liguor li- H. B. 77, by Cross, to require com- | mercial airplane pilots to hold in- strument ratings—Defeated in the House. H. B. 78, by Linck, to require Di- visional pre-approval for confirma- tion of appointments—Indefinitely postponed by the House. H. B. 79, by Walsh, providing for drafting of deeds by non-attorneys in remote areas—Withdrawn. H. B. 85, by Huntiey, McCutcheon, and Taylor, to create an Industrial Accident Commission—Laid on the table in the House. H. B. 86, by Hanford, levying a tax of 50 cents pa2r ton on freight shipments in and out of Alaska— Withdrawn. H. B. 87, by Hanford, laws relating to eminent Withdrawn. H. B. 92, by Linck, requiring Fed- eral and Territorial officials to ob- tain lobbying licenses—Indefinitely postponed by the House. H. B. 93, by Vukovich and Peter- son, to create an office of Collector of Revenue—Died in House Com- mittee. H. B. 97, by Linck, Motor Vehicle Code—Withdrawn. H. B. 98, by Taylor, survey for tension of the University of. Alaska —Defeated in the House. H. B. 101, by Walsh, liquor permit law—Eenate refused to accept. amending domain— H. B. 102, by Peterson, Porter, Dia-! mond, McCutcheon, Taylor, Ander- son, Hoopes and Johnson, amending Prospectors’ Aid Act—Senate refused to accept. H. B. 103, by Cross, on prohibition—Senate accept, House Joint Resolution 4, by Vu- kovich, to move a building designed for school. use in Skagway—Senate refused to accept. H. J. R. 5, by Taylor, for negotia- tions to obtain ‘Department of In- terior Indian Education and relief funds for use of Territorial Board of Education and Department of Public Welfare—Withdrawn. H. J. R. 7, hy Hennings, request- ing War Labor Board to hold hear- ings in all parts of Alaska—Senate refused to accept. H. J. R. 8, by Cross, directing the re-establishment of a Territorial school at Kotzebue—Senate refused to accept. House Joint Memorial 9, by Vuko- referendum refused to the / to authorizing a a Southeast Alaska ex- eon and Taylor, asking cex'ufim\(m-\ of local Alaska airlines—Senate re- fused to accept. H. J. M. 23, by Porter and Walsh, against creation of a White Moun- tain reservation in the Second Di- vision—Withdrawn in favor of Sen- ate Joint Memorial 22, Hous2 Memorial No. 4, by Peter son, asking the Governor and Te torial Treasurer that a report be mads to the House of Representa- tives of revenues and taxes received and outstanding—Indefinitely post- poned by the Hous: House Memorial 7, by Hanford, re- questing Congress to extend a—Withdrawn Those measures which the Senate refused to accept were passed by the House and transmitted after the fiftieth day. They were unabl2 m secure the two-thirds vote in the Senate required before they could I,e received.) TAYLOR BROTHERS MEET FIRST TIME IN | FOURTEEN YEARS : Churchman and Legislator, After Visit, Part Again Representative Warren A. Taylor, who left Juneau las* night for Ko- diak, said goodbye to his brother, Brigadier Chester O Taylor, head of the Salvation Army in\vthe Ter- ritory, and hopes to meet him again in the near future—not wait- 14 years befo'e their paths again cross. Both brothers came when Michael Henry. Alaska “railroad builder’ structing the famed Copper River end Northwestern Railroad. One brother stayed in the Territory and the other went back to the States cetermined to take up the work of the Lord. Warren worked his way up to locomotive engineer on the Copper River and stdied law in Lis spare time. In 1917 he joined tre Army and fought in the fields of France. Meanwhile, Cheste worked during the wer in the Nav yard and did confidential work for the government. He was then starting his work with the Salva- tion Army Fourteen year: stationed at a Sa in Portland, Oregon, him upon one of his infrequent visits to the Outside. That was the last time they met until the con- vening of the Seventeenth Terri- torial Legislature, of which Warren was a member. Ever then the re- ing to Alaska the great was con- ago. when he was vation Army post Warren looked union was delayed for a month| !while the Brigadier made a trip through Southeast Alaska. When they met here in the Capital City to have an occasional meal together the two brothers had | 1any years of experience to talk over. And they were disappointed at not being able to see more of ecach other. Both were and are busy men, each in his chosen calling. Representative Taylor will wind up his business affairs in Kodiak and will then move to TFairbanks. The brothers have a better chance of seeing more of each other now as they are both in tfie Territory, one in the Capital City and the other to be in the Golden Heart. — ee— BUY WAR BONDS debt| ! limitations of incorporated cities of vich, asking war service credits for| Warl.d War II yeterans who wish to| file homesteads—Senate refused to| accépt. | H. J. M. 12, by Hennings, for a, unicameral -legislature for Alaska-— Creomulsion relieves promptly be- Senate refused to accept. cause it goes right to the seat of the H. J. M. 14, by Hennings, asking | trouble to hellp loosen and expel Congress for economic and market-| germ laden phlegm, and aid nature 1 raw, tender, in- ing alds for Alaska fisheries—Sen-| iS00S 804 heal TOw, i ate.sebied: 1o RoMEDE | flnmed bronchial mucous mem How i0 Relleve Bronchitis lare $.011%, and everything was priced the same way Mail From Home first mail from home came March, 1943. Rolf and I were sep- rated 7 months. He was then sent from Santo Tomas to Los Nabos and I joined him there December 10, 194: We had been living together cince “that time in a little 8 by foot house. No families were pel mitted to live together. There was cockpit of the craft was filled by one a shortage of medicine and hospital of the high comber Water gether. After all this I weighed 125 care, but people kept remarkably arcund the engine—stopping it and pounds, the time, and then I clean. We waghed all our clothes in 1g into the {kept off the and bitter to- a 5-gallon buckst, but kept clear of small craft ward the skin infections, bugs or lice. mercy of the gale. Report of the “It is so wond “To go back to a home of your derelict craft foundering in Lynn cwn people again. One week ago to- cwn will be like a plantation after Canal off Funter Bay was received y, our dramatic e took place, the little space of these last three by the Coast Guard here at 5 p. m t wonderful thing that ever hap- years, Immediately a rescue unit was dis- ed. Right cn the dot of 7 a. m. ‘We have been advised to go home batchd parachute troops fell from the sky. tut the more meat that goes under —Wicn the Coast Guard came upon Big tanks drove over the walls and Rolf's belt, the more he feels he the stricken vessel, the sea was Filipino Guerrillas came down from should do a bit out her | the mountains. The attack was At the time the Philippines were ibnt-l_ We heard bullets whiz by and invaded Rolf, Mrs. Hanson's hus- Itren over 2000 people wers moved band, was a mining engineer for ]f]un‘ the camp. The camp was large company. |cleared and burned to the ground by Mrs. Hanson said letters could be | Americans in two hours time right gddressed to her husband’s parents’ >m the enemy territory. They trans- gddress, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hanson, rrad us across the big lake south 2809 N. Puget Sound, Tacoma (T) ila by a b tank. The tank Wweshington, which migh¢ indicate fired on twice enroute and you the Hansans would return to the d have seen our servicemen United States later. wdle their gun One American, > e —— ipinos and a few wounded in- made up the loss on our IYNN (ANAI- Foundered Ve?sel and Five Aboard Saved from Fury of Gale Two recent rescue ventures by Coast Guard unifs stationed here were made known today by the Of- Philippines A letter direct frem Donie Hanson, fcllowing her release from the Jap- prison camp in the Philip- has been received in Juneau by Miss Dalma Hanson. The let- ter w written on March 2, and says in part: “Just a little message to say the Hanscns survived and are ill to- Under dir son e small vessel left its home port, Juneau, at 7:15 a. m., March 20, Leund for Excursion Inlet with var- i2d cargo and iour passengers: Ruth Mattson, Sam Bouy, Mr, and Mrs e Armstrong. eeting heavy swells driven by a -mile Southeast gale, the “Our 1es pi gett ing t last scales, entirely at the rful to be with your rese launching of boats. One man was observed clinging to the mast of the Emma B., waving with his free arm. The Emma B.s skiff was filled by the se yard Two men aboard the for umn-mw Emma B. were bailing at full speed, but just barely able to hold their own with the waves con- stantly spilling into the craft. After maneuvering, a four-inch towline was finally put aboard the derelict vessel and she was taken in tow. The seas were too heavy to permit heading for Funter Bay so a course was set back toward Auk Bay. Before that haven was reached, how- ever, the towline was snapped and 1S |wa har |4 F | ternees side. | The Japs here were taken by sur- |pr but a good sized standing Jap |Army was only 5 hours from the Los Banes Camp. t Edible Weeds “We lly had tough going since last September. Tho Japs issued us 8 ounees of riee daily, no seasoning, no fats, no sugar, nothing. We had a small garden and everybody ate greens, roots and edible weeds to hold on. Beri beri was rampant, 80 por cent in the camp had it. We didn’t. Rolf said I must have found the right weeds and grass to ward it —but announced it is meat and pie from now on. “We managed to koep on our feet. was sick thres days and Rolf four s, a wonderful record. ‘We are so pleased to have bread and butter, meat and dairy products. We had no bread since April, 1942, and three pounds of butter between |IIlIIIIlIIIlIIIIIlIIHIIIIIllIIIHIIII|IlllIIIlIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIII'||IIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!HIII!III1m|IIHIMI“H||I|II|I|IIH‘- ... THEITEMSLISTED ARE ONLY A FEW OF OUR WIDE SELECTION OF QUALITY CANNED __ VEGETABLES Don’t Forget We Givea Substantial Discount on CASE LOT SALES S and W Cream Style Corn Amocat Cream Siyle Corn Niblets Whole Kernel Corn Green Giant Cream Style Corn anew one aboard. Cnce in calmer waters, Pcterson and those with him were able to get the Emma B. bailed out and the engine once again running, enabling the Coast Guard vessel to turn the rescued craft loose just be- fore coming at Auk Bay. cencerning cargo loss and such—but there, as far as it is concerned, the story ends. Another rescue mission successfully completed. Less dramatic by far, were the cir- cumstances surrounding a report e of the Captain of the Port, Ju- that came to the attention of the neau ,Coast Guard about a week earliei—- Cut and dried official reports on & report declaring three persons were the two episcdes reveal only a por- adrift in Juneau Harbor off the I Sand W Small Wllole Beans S and W Julienne Beans S and W Fancy Cut Beans | branes. Tell your druggist to sell you H. J. M. 15, by McCutcheon, T&y-l 3 bottle of Creomulsion with the un- lor and Johnson, ~asking Congre,ss lerstanding you must like the way it for power to establish a Terrxtorml‘ &W allays the couzh or you are Courts system—Senate have your money back. accept. refused to'CREo ULSION Sub. for H. J. M. 18, by McCutch- | for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis 5 <A T S SRR W o R SRR S R Thete’s only one better buy in Bonds...WAR BONDS! Del Monte Whole Beans Kale Horizontal Pork and Beans 5 3 W Tiny Whele Beets stion of Harry Peter-| open | rose | gasoline lines, leav- | found to be tco rough to permit the| and drifting loose some 300 |enroute from Dundas Bay to Ju- neau The Ibach vessel, however, had in turn become stricken, its pro- pellor founled by a line—so there was still work for the Coast Guard to do. ! The three rescued from the skiff, Joe Scott, Cecelia Scott and William |Jones, were immediately put ashore and treated at the Government Dock while the skiff and the 31D483 were towed to the Small Boat Harbor. .o FOR EASTER Hams .all popular b ands; ‘Turkeys, Leg O" Lamb. Place orders early. Phone 49 or 13 tary Meat Co. WCARA NOME (LD CREAM For dry skin, cleanse with this light cream tha® also lubricates and tmooths. It removes dust and make- ECONOMY up. and aids 5176 (] in keeping s the skin (48 fresh and REG. velvety. SIZ3 Sl ASK FOR IT A1 . Butler, Mauro Drug Co. Your Rexall Store mall your Sani- . 21-passenger Clippers e Expertly-trained stewardesses Hot meals served aloft Daily schedules between Alaska, Canada, and Soattle Experience gained throug 12 years of Alaskan fiying LPAN AMERICAN HORLD AIRWALS Phone 106 sarne 135 So. Franklin St. further efforts were required to put Master to the Forestry Float, The report includes many details | Attractive as they are well- Choice made with drop side. \ of several designs, Sturdy High Chair They're equally nice in maple or enamel finishes. Made with easy teo c’ean tray and foot Folding Victory Prams Good looking L sturdy—well- made.” Easy to handle. You’ll find a number of models. homas Hdwe. Co. PHONE—— 00 Reliance Juilenne Beels Amocat Tiny Green Limas Trappey's Whole Yellow Yams Reliance Fancy Spinach Reliance Fancy Pumpkin Stokely's Solid Pack Tomatoes S and W Mammoth All-Green Asparagus Reliance Fancy Cut Beans Baxier’s Cul Wax Beans Green Giant Peas 8 and W 2-Sieve Peas S and W 3-Sieve Peas Amocat 4-Sieve Peas S and W Whole Kernel Corn PHONE « Juneau Dehv;nux—le A. M. and e Douglas Delivery—10 A. M. Roat Orders Delivered Anytime! i IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIImlIIIlflIIIIIMImlllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIITIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIHHH!HHH“IWWM HIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||IllllllllIIIIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIHHHIIIIlII|.II||||IIIIIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIHIHIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIII 24 umlmmmmmmmmmummm|mmmum|ummnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnummmmmmmummmn{mmmlmnm EMNIHIHIIIIMIIIIIMIMIIIMIIIilllllllllflllllfllllllmlllllllllllfllfl TAXPAYERS’ TICKET ° JAMES LARSEN ED SHAFFER ED NIELSEN - - - For Mayor - For Councilmen Our Program and Platform Will Be Announced Later pnim e

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