The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1945, Page 2

- PAGE TW THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA tion an enlarged Organic Act au- thorizing the principal functions of statehood as preparatory te such fore the House Expenditures Cor mittee to plead for the administra- tion’s full employment bill. Searchligths WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, Morning, or Nepghid e Noon, (Continued jrom Page Cne) Capable Cotton and Rayon - HOUSE FROCKS styled by Chateau and and the They e Barbette, 're perfect for | ! i i of for informal ool, for business, wear around your home. They’re washable, color fast . . . They’re the nicest pin money frocks you'll “Mrs. Van Sleeve is strictly upper crust, as you will observe from the lovely bread she always makes with (Centennial Silk-Sifted Flour!” find'. . BETTER for ol baking! Vitamin-enriched, Centennial Silk-Sifted Flour makes your pet recipes better . .. becouse it's milled from finest quality Western wheat silk-sifted for superfine texture, Ask your g:ocer for Centonnial Silk-Sifted Fiour, It's dependable. - ! HERE le, energy will hegin here about No- C. D. Guion has arrived in town PRINTS vember 11 between President Tru- | from Ancherage. He is a guest at man, Prime Minister Attlee of Brit- |the Baranof Hotel. ain and Canada’s Mackenzie King. | - | FROM ANCHORAGE STBIPES EAST ST. LOUIS, IlL.—Two thou-‘ R. B Blfown, who l}a: arrived ultimate status, it should not re- duce Alaska’s taxation powers by ~SAN FRANCISCO—Lt. Gen. Al- cluttering up the country with bert Wedemeyer has left here by,lro p u n(!u a'e federally leased tracts. plane for Shanghai. He is Com- | 4 “I could enlarge upon the subject | mander of U. S. forces in China.!| | at greater length, but the point is g e a well recognized by yourself and all RIO DE JANEIRO—Ousted Presi- | Nav Goodb e other Alaskans. I have extended dent Getulio Vargas, in a fareweil | my remarks thus far to support message to Brazilians, says he nolds | you in the opposition to S. 1461, ho hate or personal animosities and | | which I, as attorney for the people that his actions in the past 15 years| {of Alaska, would recommend and | Will in time speak for him. ! | | 'ur‘.g;i“cere]y yours, ° SAN FRANCISCO — A score of men off the anchored-out Charleston | “RALPH J. RIVERS, | beached and damaged small craft and Panamint muss boat to land. “Attorney General for Alaska | 210ng the northern California coast | ARG GV the end of or- i g 4 | shows the force of the heavy fall jganized entertainment in town fo. gale that swept the Pacific. [the Navy. Two events were held, |and both continued the succession | PARIS—A government commission |¢f successful affairs that has mark- to study atomic energy “so that|cd Fleet Week here. ~ While offi- France may hold her place in atomic | C€rs swarmed to the Governor's —_— research” was set up by ordinance |Hous2 for open house and dancing WASHINGTON — Interior Secre- | today. there, enlisted men were the guests | tary Ickes was directed by President | the Sons and Daughters of Nor- | Truman today to “wind up” the| TOKYO—A black market opera- L‘“‘“ A. B. Hall, where a five- | attairs of the office of Fishery Co- | tion said to involve at least $500,000 Piece Scandinavian orchestra tossed | ordination established by executive | worth of stolen Army rations and [UP “0ld country” tunes to twirling | order July 21, 1942. | clothing has been smashed with the | ccuples. ~ Later in the evening | — {arrest of four American soldiers, |Schottisches and polkas gave way to | NEWELL, Calif.—Return to Japan | two Italian middlemen and three |the dances of modern America. The of voluntary and involuntary Japa- | Japanese distributors. USO was also crowded as \f:sual. p | nese repatriates will begin at an | 3 | With regret, ngeau bids “so long ! early date, possibly by November 15, RIO DE JANEIRO—All Brazil was | (¢ b¢" sailor visitors, whose enthus- officials of the Immigration Service | calm today as a new government, appreciation, and conduct | announced today. | headed by a civilian jurist and sup- ?hluughout their s.'f‘y here have won ported by the country’s armed forces, | -*' the il hearty “welcome back — ELIZABETH, N. J.—James H. R.|began its first day in office fol- 2PVHmMe Cromwell today was granted a lim- | lowing a bloodless coup which ended - “ ” i % ited New Jersey divorce from to-|the 15-year reign of President Get- MN"M“M“M’.M"‘MW bacco heiress Doris Duke Cromwell ulio Vargas. who holds an absolute Nevada di- corce from him. oy ANDRE SAINTE MARIE ; Wk States today recogrized the revolu- i & guest at the Gastineau. 7 tionary government of Venezuela | T s after consultations with other Am- KETCHIKAN VISITOR T o “ I G H T s, T 0 N I G H T erican governments. O. A. Thatcher, Ketchikan resi- . dent, is registered at the Baranof. WASHINGTON Three-Power | SRR e discussions over the future of atomic | C. D. GUION HERE ANNUAL RQEL CALL and LADIES® NIGHT The business session, including Roll Call, will be short, then the Club Rooms and Ballroom will be thrown open to Elks sand AFL aluminum workers have (rom Anchorage, is registered at walked off the job at the Aluminum | the Baranof. CHECKS Ore Company - o ALGOT PETERS HERE ATHENS—Former Greck Premier | Algot Peters, Portland, Ore., resi- Venizelcs has begun conversations | dent, has arrived in town and is DOTS Rivers Labels . NewLandBill with representatives of several pol-|stopping at the Hotel Juneau. itical groups with the view of form- | . iy H id- H 3 H H . oot el it BRI G o e with paid-up membership and their ladies. There will be B SIZES: is deputy leader of the Liberal Party.| Clarence K. Hellonen, Anchorage, 3 i ¢ ; 5 : recent Juneau arrival, is registered dancing and a general good time. Q 9 —17 WASHINGTON—The United Na-im thie: Ciaatineat, Hatel: tions Relief and Rehabilitation Ad- B B s . . 10 —20 ministration has been voted a new| KODIAK VISITOR Visiting Elks are invited fo answer Rell Call . . . then ) B fund of $155,000,000 by the House: ,r.. R H. Burgess, Kodiak, has g Sy g i Appropyisfions Ouhimittee. & “um‘lar;-r:rz;i here and is registered at eniuy Ladles nght! 161 21/, ber of restrictions on the way thell)‘e Gastineau Hotel 2 % % % money shall be spent was written| . %3 ] into the legislation by the commit i HERE FROM SEATTLE e | Mrs. Charlotte Hoadley and MMWMW .. | daughter, here from Seattle, are T T S T TR S T TR e 7 Tos e s ’ PARIS—The Credentials Commit- | 9208160 “E i 1 5 C 0000006000000504¢55000000000000090F0P 00000000 EIIIG0P0000600000000000000000 tee of the International Labor Or_?guests at- i uslmta\l.‘ ganization conference voted un-| % i TR n 'S antmously today to exclude the labor| ON BARANOK Sk P representatives of Argentina’s dele-| MUAree b b zg gation | Diego, Calif., arrived yesterday to . d : begin work as a secretary in the QAALITY Ss/nce /“7 & OTTAWA—About 16 million dol- | business offices of the Baranof k: lars worth of American-built port | Hotel facilities at Prince Rupert, B. C.,| 2 et o TN BACK AT HEADQUARTERS provides that: “‘As used in this aci, the team (public lands) shall mean any lands owned or controlled by the United States, except lands em- braced within national forests, naticnal parks or monuments, Indian reservations, or other federal reservations.’ More Equivocation locations for carrying on the sub- division and leasing business. It will be noted that although each lease would be limited to an area not exceeding 160 acres, the secretary would be allowed to invoke any purpose in the premises, and would have to hold available for lease- holds of a similar nature, areas adjacent to that of his first lessee are being turned over to Canada.| A spokesman for the External Af-| fairs Department described the| Prince Rupert facilities as thz larg»‘ est items covered by a Canadian-| and-United States agreement of a| year ago. |‘ OAKLAND, Calif. Presld?nt{\ Emeritus of the Carnegie lnsmu-l tion of Washington, D. C., died| today. He was 76-year-old Doctor | John Campbell Merriam, a special- W. Leonard Smith, Territorial Highway Engineer, has returned to his headquarters here this week after a field trip to the Anchorage and Valdez areas. e TO MAKE HOME HERE Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thederan of Ketchikan have arrived in Juneau to make their home. He will work at the Junecau Lumber Mill. The couple is staying at the Gastineau Gastineau Hotel - Kegular Service from Seatile and Tacoma FREIGHT . . . . REFRIGERATION ALASKA TRANSPORATION CO. J. F. (Jim) CHURCH, Agent PASSENGERS Phone 879 Deceit, Snare in each section to protéct the poor fellow from a change of character - — — of the neighborhood. It might be| WASHINGTON — Secretary of| OKLAHOMA CITY — Burglars ““This act shall not affect any argued that thesecretary could only commerce Henry Wallace told Con-| who decided to cart away a safe valid existing right, nor shall it segregate land from the public do- | gressmen today that the American |they couldn't open still are out of apply to any land belpw ordinary main in chunks of 160 acres at a people will not stand for another|luck. The safe fell out of the truck. high-water mark. This act sl time in dealing with ascertained | d-pression. Wallace appeared be- It contained an estimated $3,000. not be deemed to modify or re- ' lessees, but the bill does not state| “Additional equivocation is found ist in the study of pre-historic man_lhctel. in that part of the bill which says: Continued from Page One) | ol put under the leasing system. But the bill does not say so. In reality it would allow the secretary to SUN EAMPS FOR HEALTH ng, however, until all of the more abitable areas would have been ctaked out by the secretary as his soring any such law as S. 1461, Clutter Territory “If the department should sanc- lease ‘any of the public lands of | peal any statute providing for hat limitation clearly enough to| P I i L R v T R SRR R - the United States in the Territory | appropriation, leasing, or other|Prevent the exercise of such im- U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU | “olhi w‘ll P d Blcn vrrAm n ' A)IaS}‘ 4 lnt‘ludmgh ‘uh}; part of disposition of the public lands or}plied powers as would be reason- | JUNEAU, ALASKA | ng l ro uce ich is now or hereafter con- their resources in Alaska.’ ably necessary to make effective WEATHER BULLETIN . w [ 3 ined within a shore space reser-| wpp " such act|dhe salient program expressly au- . ! Efll ll sh in l E sur [ tion” Such meaning is fortified w(;ulge,,0:a:l{}l:;fea,,;h?;m;_uzsm,m i iorized. So e assured that whole| PATA FOR 24 HOURS it o denian, Ry MERIDIAN. TIME as. cien Y asasaoribal Y xpo eloa fse last section of the bill Which right would protect entries already lccalities would be segregated for | i i | Lowest 4:30a.m. v SR ; 4 — made. How about future entries onleasing in aggregates far in ex- t 24 hrs* | tem| temp. Preci| 4:30 ¢ > b {land over which the secretary may | cess of 160 acres, and that by re-| Station saBlRE g R 4 i S“".Kr“ft U'trav.olet . & Tt nchorage .. 42 29 29 0 Pt. Cloudy have ‘exercised his long sought | Cruiting a few dislocated persons Bethel 30 | 17 19 02 Cloud; * leasing power? Why say that this|from the states ‘as initial lessees, | (o b . £ ik L ‘ act shall not modify or repeal any every desirable area in Alaska | ot oMt 5 (13 A e i “mp statutes providing for the ‘appro-|Would soon be segregated for leas-|p, o CYIRE B 12 [) Clear 1 |priation’ of lands in Alaska? The ing for one purpose or Another.| g ....yc 26 20 23 11 Snow & 4 Homestead Law speaks of ‘entry’|Thereafter title-minded enter- |y, ;ne N (e Gl lamp that will give you the same or ‘settlement’ not ‘appropriation.’ Prisers would refuse to invest any |y ... 37 144 58 35 58 Snow & gty ) The mining laws speak of ‘loca-|and title-minded settlers could wail | yuneqy Airport .. doc SBE sk T 8 Snow benefits in just a few minutes an tions' not ‘appropriations.’ Let us|Without avail as the sympathy of | gotohikan ; 38 | |30 35 01 Pt. Cloudy ' 11 i say, however, for the sake of thelan oversized bureaucracy would | g tzebue o 271 |41 11 02 Clear hOur S exposure to 1he sun Wlu glve. 3 argument, that the homestead and |then resemble the tenderness of an | neGrath 26 | § 88 S . cantE . mining location laws would not be octopus administering a fond em-|Nome 2 | |13 16 ¢ Cloudy EAT It Wlll bmld up Wlihln you a reSle- Y legally modified or repealed. Then |brace. Northway 17 1 5 g Cloudy i 28 7 what do you have? You start out Fact Overlooked Petersburg . s | !w i soow - ance to frequent head and chest ills with a large area of open PUblic| a5 to developing Alaska: Portland . 16 L4 45 a3 Fog L < :ilomasl(n Upon trha;] p’ubln- domain | 3uthors of the hfil ,gmy ::k‘i o:,l:: Prince George 33 8 29 ,ls Slim“l; that will make these gloomY winter he Secretary of the Interior ‘may|j,oreq the f Prince Rupert 29 39 0 Cloudy " lease or grant revocable permits.’ already (-nacL:stn‘lha:td :;::L:at);(: San Francisco 66 | 54 58 27 Rain days as en]Oyahle to YUu as SunnY He is not required to start 1easing|jay gesigned to put back in circu- | Seattle ... 55 42 43 .58 Smoky i })uhh(' land. Let us assume for thelj.vion patented tracts which have |SIK8 - % | 26 36 .zg s gmv; $ southern daYS. un of it that he is unaggressive e ‘Whitehorse 42 15 28 loudy P and does not invoke such DOWET.|Joss ‘Seen e somid douemy [Yakutat @ Glolse e g Clear Purchase One of These Under such a state of suspended ', . *—(4:30 a. m. yesterday to 4:30 a. m. today) e b s o with the idea that it is better to H l hM k sat 4 nimation the public domain Would gt e sant ratanty MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN ealt aker remain open for entry and location Reports from Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today If that conception is too fantastic,’ “If the department wants to de- WIND Height of Waves . let us assume that, as a matter of velop Alaska, it should make the Station Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) . policy and to minimize opposition, picture attractive by expediting is- | cape Spencer Rain 37 WNW 26 4 feet the secretary will assert his leasing suance of patents and selling to|Eldred Rock Pt. Cloudy 38 s 12 3 feet power over only small areas at a prospective industry and settlers|Five Finger Light Cloudy 39 sw 17 2 feet time. In that manner the sting the opportunity for eventual titles | Point Retreat Cloudy -9 sSwW 20 1 foot land laws and mining law: ould instead of leases. MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA: Cross Sound, Icy not be modified or repealed. There “If the department believes in|Strait and Sitka to Yakutat—westerly to southwesterly winds 15 to 20 pOWER (OMPANY would still be an open although statehood, as it says, it should not |miles per hour veering to southeasterly 20 miles per hour Thursday. Lynn liminishing public domain to which complicate transfers of the public | Canal—southerly winds 20 miles per hour becoming northerly 20 miles & hey would apply. It would not be demain to the new state by spon-|per hour Thursday. Protected waters Southeast Alaska south Lynn Cana Ph()ne 616 and Dixon Entrance to Sitka—variable winds southwesterly to north- westerly less than 15 miles per hour becoming southeasterly 15 miles pei hour Thursday. Rain showers or snow flurries entire area.