The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1946, Page 1

N HE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE UBRAKY we CONGRESS SERIAL RELORD MAR 2 7 1946 (71 ¢ et~ EMPIRE == —— " VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,184 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1946 _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RUSSIA, BRITAIN IN CLASH ON GREECE on February 25. The motion carried, five yeas to Lea's nay. | A.L.ATTACK (PRICETAG ON pecially ‘in an old plant, is far less than the former rate base. In line with this, the Federal Power Com- MUSTERING OUT | | ALL SERVICE LIGHT CO. IS MILLION- HALF Mayor Denounces A. E. L &P. Co. Policies—Rate Hearing Is Set Juneau's Common Councilmen were nigh jolted out of their seats ONBRADLEY 15 RESENTED Gen. Fisenhower Says He/ Will Back VA Adminis- | frafor fo Limit WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. — The American Legion's demand for the (Following is the full text of the mission and the many State public statement read before Juneaw's City utility commissions have reduced the | Council last evening by Mayor Er-|rate base of utilities in America by | nest Parsons demouncing the poli- nearly a billion dollars, and are not | cies of the Alaska Electric Light and |through yet. | Power Co. This statement is print-| “For many years in Juneau you [cd by The Empire at face value, as{have keard the statement: Why | this newspaper believes the charges buy the electric company, since they | made cre sufficiently serious to de- have to buy most of their electricity |serve full public airing and sub- from the Alaska Juneau Gold Min-' |jected to substantiation or refuta- ing Co., and if the A-J Company |tion on the facts as they may ap-\would refuse to sell electricity for | pear.. Mayor Parsons expressed, in!the people of Juneau, then the! | open meeting, his willingness to as-jowners of the electric utility, wheth- sume all responsibility for the aile-|er the present owners or under City gations made. It is for the citizens|ownership, would have to put in a |of Juneau to decide the bearing and |million dollar system, diesel ot hydro| weight of the Mayor's statement.— plant. H | Editor’s Note) i A-J Will Sell To City ouster of Gen. Omar N. Bradley as Veterans Administrator ran into sharp opposition today from other; veterans organizations, and Gen.| Dwight D. Eisenhower pledged him | support “anywhere, anytime.” Eisephower told reporters he was not familiar with the Legion’s de-| mand for an investigation of Brad- | ley, but he considered the General one of the greatest living Americans. “If General Bradley needs any| support,” he declared, “here is one last night — as were members of “The REAL FACTS are these: the Council audience — when asking The' Mayor’s Statement prices for local utility properues! Mayor Ernest Parsons last evening were read off. |delivered this prepared declaration Price tags, as written by the own- |before the Common Council of the are: City of Juneau: “It is with considerable regret that $1,500,000 é xrnall;e";he roll;;wir‘ng‘yst,atement, but eel the people of Juneau are en- Juneau Water Co. $213.000 ltitled to the truth concerning an Nelson Water Co. $ 15000 |jintolerable situation in regard to All were “cash prices,” except that their public utilities. . Juneau Water Company, owner R.| “The City Council has tried ever ers, Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. The lght company’s hydro plant ‘pruduces about half the electricity |used in Juneau, the balance being tought from the A<J Company. The IMPORTANT FACT is that the Alaska Juneau has, as is customary, a 50-year permit from the Depart- xmcnt of the Interior and Agrtculture‘ to use Salmon and Annex Creeks| | water powers, which permit VERY | PLAINLY STATES THAT IT IS GIVEN FOR PUBLIC USE AS PAY FOR COAST GUARD BOOSTED KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 2—| Coast Guard headquarters here said | today it had been advised from!} Washington that mustering out pay- | ments ranging from $100 to $300, were Available for several hundred | | former temporary members of the organization. The order, dated Jan. 21, said any | temporary reserves on active duty | with military pay during any period 2.—The war °f the war was entitled to a benefit t payment. A large number of Alaskans are believed eligible. WIVES MAY | JOIN MATES War Depar_tm—em Makes New Ruling with Cer- fain Qualifications WASHINGTON, Feb. Department hastened today to pul all service wives on the same foot- ing when it comes to joining their| hushands in the occupation armies. | SRR % R Wives of privates, corporals, and sergeants were given equal rights, with. thoss of commissioned officers, | master and first sergeants, technical | pETIT jURY sergeants and staff sergeants, who‘ already had been offered free trans- portation overseas. In sll cases the husband must re- quest that his family be permitted to join him, and approval will be available F. Lewis, in wiring his “take it or since it was elected to obtain support him. leave it” offer, stipulated that he price from the owner of the elec- Bradley said he would welcome the | would accept four-percent bonds. tric and water utilities and with| Congressional investigation which |The Nelson Water Company sales the exception of the Nelson Water the Legion asked, and claimed def- offer was for its entire property, Company, who submitted their price who will fly anywhere, anytime to | inite prograss had been made in his |but with a September 1, 1946, dead- within a reasonable time, we have| | “The Council, following the man- | date of the people at the last elec-! People Be Shocked “I realize that much of what I/ have to say will be news to the peo- i ple of Juneau, will deeply shock: 1 |WELL AS MINING USE; idon, Juneau USO Director, “is to|tosh, Mrs. Irwin Metcalf, Mrs. W. ONMONDAY | | | “short six months of stewardship.” |line. been’put off with one excuse or an- | Members of Congress appearcd, The amount asked for the electric other until now. With air facilities, | chary about intervening in the con- |utility does not include two cars, it does not take 10 months for a troversy at this time. A few said stocks of maintenance supplies or company to settle on a price H they thought something was wrorg merchandise. The supplies were of-| Tael JVer i dtebnaty et el with VA’s functioning, but others)fered at their unit costs in addition. prjce submitted by the Alaska' countered that Bradley should be|The light company 2ls0 asked con- Eiscric Light and Power Company given a chance to show what he ‘sidcmtion for present employees. 11& tantastic and unreasonable ana is, oKL Mayor In Fighting Mooq I3 line with thelr policy of not sub-| SEATTLE, Feb. 2. — M. Wesley |ly was worked into a fighting mood poi exorbitant profits i Goss, Commanding General of the by the valuations put upon the AE U. S. War Veterans, said today he;L, & P, and Juneau Water Company had sent a wire to Gen. Omar Brad- | properties, as he launched into an 3 ley saying his organtition- would |excoriating statement and asked the 100, desires to buy the utllities if ! “demand a fair deal for you.” {Couneil to decree February 25, at €Y can tfe purchased at a (anl Releasing his telegram for pub-|7:30 c'clock p. m., for a hearing to 1’;“9"" ”"}h“‘ than reduce rates; for, lication, Goss advised the Veterans|re-set light company rates. No ac- the simple reason that the City can, Administrator he resented “unjust'tion was asked on the water firm, :’;‘13“‘9 InUGR Shoes. peofis by buying | attack on you by American Legion. |as its franchise is soon to expire e utilities than by regulating the, «I affirm that the Veterans' Ad- and its rates are considered reason- | ministration, designed and geared to ! able. ! care for disabled, is overloaded with | The Mayor also announced that provisions of G. 1. Bill,” the message | the appraisal report of Kansas City said. “We declare confidence in |engineers Black and Veatch has the < H your executive ability and integrity.” Ibeen asked but not yet received. )_-le‘th::-r :sgfiww:;l hge:;aq;h:tregog‘:.:cefil TR Ao (R {stated that he would call & speclal| jy_ o "o oioabie elaotric utility MISS WATERS HERE | meeting of the Council when the y Miss Helen Waters, District worker | Black and Veatch report does arrive, Situation. Plagrots 0 g 'Deputment o(ls" as to get down to immediate ac-! “I wish to state that the infor-| 1 !mation back of my statements has Public Welfare, has returned to the | 100 { Juneau office after a month's special | In reply to milder comments of been carefully checked by account- duty in the Fairbanks office. She|some of the Councilmen, notably W legal and engineering talent and has taken up her regular duties in Jobn Young, that the utility tags will be thoroughly aired in detail in the main office at this city. |had been written purposely high for the rate hearings to be held in the ————e | bargaining, Mayor Parsons declared 1°r future. We feel very confi- MISS ZOLLMAN RETURNS | his recognition of that fact, but 9ent that the reduced rates to be| Ernestine Zollman, Supervisor of jedded: “They won't get down ® to et will stand the test of any suit{ Pleld Service for the Territorial rpck bottom until we show themim“ may be brought. Department of Public Welfare, re- [that we mean business.” He fur- “Reports to the City, starting with turned by plane Thursddy after an|ther alleged that he knows the list|the first one in 1935, I feel have not extended visit to her home in South |of equipment set forth by the light been true or correct and are so far Dakota where she was called by the company is “padded” and is confi- from complying with the law cov-} death of her father. Gont that the Black and Veatch ap-|ering these reports as to make them ! (Continued on Page Eight) praisal will show a “big difference.” worse than useless, as they have The Washington| [ ) Steamer Alaska arri Iport from the South this morning lat 5 oclock with 74 passengers for | this city. Tentdtive sailing hour was !set for 9 o'clock tonight. Arriving from Seattle were: Mr. : | | give National Headquarters and the | A, Miller, Thomas Osborne. i local staff members a special| Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Peterson,! chance to say ‘Thank you' to all Mr., and Mrs. Ernest Rude, Jack} the townspeople whose year-around | smith, Mary Stanworth, Marie} generosity alone has made possible | stragier, Harold Swanson, Paul J.1 teh accomplishments, of this club!yrick, Mrs. R. H. Williams, Frank and all the other USO clubs. Here M. Williams, Leonard Zalser, Juan in Juneau we owe especially much B, Beltran, and H. E. Gath. | to our volunteers. So we hope that| From Ketchikan—C. W. Atkins, everyone who has been active OHIann L. Coughlin, L. V. Cleaves, contingent on housing‘i there is no sion to worry about the A-J Company's cutting off the.band must also agree to stay nverw seas at least a year. | Juneau who have used it for about H mil H ars. Furthermore, as has been |change of plan yesterday, said at Se"mg Of Cnmlnal Tnal press, the A-J Company has advised | free transportation within the United | us that they will sell electricity to!States of dependents of the enlist- 1' ‘ il Next Wee tric mml_y. iadded a means is being sought to! ‘We wish to repeat, our main ob-|get around this proviso. The law| with the petit jury panel ordered fair price, and operate them. pendents on army ships free of gt 2 g'clock Monday afternoon, legal “The Black and Veatch appraisal:charge except for meals. The BVEY'}ughts will be ready to plunge into by bond_ houses before they will bid | ——e commencing Tuesday morning. I on a utility bond issue ! | After originally announcing that| e e o I k H the criminal trial calendar would be gy s will be given a ere | , Presiding Jud from time to time. & as R s o - X ,action until Monday morning at 10 TGRSR YT i c'clock when he ordered defendants s p e ( i a I USO | Eight criminal prosecutions are now ived in Juneau : Strong possibility that some of yes- terday’s not guilty pleas will be {come up. Also, two secret grand . jury indictments are outstanding, y James P, Davis, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. roll call on Monday afternoon, ven- 2 DeRoux, M/Sgt. Clarence Filley,|iremen on the petit jury panel will ! local USO on Monday night. \Mrs. A. L. Flesher, Emil Gnlflo,‘mummg when 12 of their number | The occasion is the celebration of | Mrs. Paul D. Goodrich, Paul Har- | %l be chosen to heay the firat case the Fifth Anniversary of the found- | vey, Edward Jurgeleit. ¥ 1ng of USO as a national organiza- | ] « | Following trial of criminal actions, ( i Albert G. Keeney, Mrs. A Gy petsy jurors will also be called | parts of the world where its clubs unger, Robert R. Knadel, Vera are located the birthday is to be|lonnergan, Mr. and Mrs. Prank |¥HiCh I trial has:been requested. “The main purpose of these an- Kenzie, Jerry Marshall, Mr. and nual parties,” declared Zach Gor- Mrs. H. E. Maxson, Lonnie McIn- Sl AL D 50 food and medical care. The hus-| electric supply from the people of The Department, announcing the tated months ago by me in thelpreseat the law does not permit! Order Pos'poned Un_ the City if the City buys the elec-;ed grades below staff sergeant. It, still is to buy the utilities at a jdoes permit transporting these de-!to report in the District Court here is very necessary, as it is required age meal charge is about 25 cents.|the business of trying criminal cases “Much more information, con- 3 . {J. W. Kehoe toda; stponed that “ERNEST PARSONS, Mayor.” | 4 e 1 Early Today and their attorneys to be present. ilabelled for trial, though there is p a r'y Is o n ,altered to guilty before the cases . i _‘Lhe accused persons not yet appre- Nl h"and Mrs. Nels Stensland, Leon R_I;hended, arics Hho 4 &l | Bagley, D. Brinas, Eugene Buckner, | After gathering here to answer | There will be open house at the |Mrs, Tda M. Filley, A. L. Flesher, D¢ back in court again Tuesday i on the docket. tion. In all the many different, - {Kenney and infant, Joeeph. Xlf ‘upon to hear some civil causes for o o o e observed. {Long, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Mac-| 4 | TERRITORIAL, LEGISLATIV Many Candidaies Seekin: Nomination, Various Offices, in April Territorial and legislative filing: for the primaries on April 30 clos- ed at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the deadline, and locally therc were two surprise filings, Curtic | G. Shattuck for Senator and A. B, { (Cot) Hayes for the House, both on the Democratic ticket. Walter B. Sharpe, incumbent, al- so filed before the deadline, for Territorial Labor Commissioner. In the Territorial primary there are three candidates for Delegate to Congress, three for Territorial Treasurer and four for Labor Com- missioner. FOR DELEGATE Filings for delegate are as fol- lows: E. L. (Bob) Democrat. Almer’ J. Peterson, of Anchorage, Republican. George B. Grigsby, of Anchorage, Republican. FOR TREASURER Oscar G. Olson, incumbent, Dem- ocrat. Cash Cole, Republican. Leoriard H. Soholt, Ketchkian and Seward, Republican. LABOR COMMISSIONER Walter B. Sharpe, incumbent, Democrat. Henry Benson, Anchorage, Re- publican. Bartlett, incumbent, K. C. Johnson, Anchorage, Dem- |, ocrat. Ross E. Kimball, Jonesville, In- dependent. & FOR SENATE Curtis G. Shattuck, Juneau, Democrat. Dr. L. P. Dawes, Juheau, Repub- lican. Frank Peratrovich, Democrat. J. A. Talbot, Ketchikan, Repub- lican. Andy Gundersen, Democrat. FOR HOUSE (Democrats) A. B. Hayes, Juneau. G. E. Almquist, Juneau. Ervin H. Hill, Juneau. Chris Hennings, Juneau. A. B. Cain, duneau. Robert E. Coughlin, Juneau. Ragnar Hansen, Ketchik: Harry F. Newell, Jr., Ketchikan. Joe Krause, Ketchikan. ¥ James Nolan, Wrangell. Andrew Hope, Sitka. John W. Smith, Metlakatla. Republicans willlam L. Paul, Juneau. Edmund J. Krause, Juneau, Anita Garnick, Juneau. Mrs. Thelma Engstrom, Juneau. Steve Vukovich, Juneau. E. E. Robertson, Juneau. Harry Race, Ketchikan. Klawock, Ketchikan, LASTFILINGS, |OPENFIGHT IS STARTED BY SOVIETS >resence of Brifish Forces in Little Nation Taken Up Pj__UNO By JACK SMITH LONDON, Feb, 2.—United Nations lelegates envisioned a new era of rankness in international diplcmacy today after Soviet Russia and Great Britain clashed openly on the Greek dispute before the World Security Zouncil. The fight is on presence tof British forces in Greece. Most of the statesmen sald an amicable soluticn of the dispute it- self was probable and that its most significant aspect was the way it was handled with cards-on-the- table debate replacing the tradi- tional secret diplomacy. Although there was no immediate indication as to what course the de- |bate would take when the Council | meets Monday, some delegates ex- pressed the helief that the case could be settled satisfactorily, without either party losing face, by sending a union commission to Greece to investigate. Trygve Lie, former Foreign Min- ister of Norway, took office today as the first Secretary General of the United Nations. He was seated at the right of President Paul-Henri Spaak as the assembly buckled down to issues it must dispose of to make lnexv, Saturday's adjournment dead- {line. Averting & floor fight on a con- meetings for weeks, the assembly voted 41 to 0 to put on its agenda a Boviet-sponsored demand of the World Federation of Trades Unions {for assoclation with the United | Nations. Charfer for VW _Eoming An enthusiastic turnout of the Juneau Post of Veterans of For- 'eign Wars was held Friday evening .in the CIO hall in which a com- munication was read from VFW |Alaska Department Commander E. |Willlame who stated that charter ' request for the local post had been |submitted to the National Com- mander, and plans for an early in- stallation of officers were under- way. A full program of activity in promulgating the welfare of vet- erans and supporting constructive civic enterprises is planned upon uctivation of this Post. Guest speaker Peter Wood led a challenging discussion on the fu- ture of Alaska and the possibilities 1or the veteran. He stated that vet- i | 1 misled the City government. I feell Merry - Go- Round - Assire, FUILY Gl sure no city under the American “I want to make sure,” the Mayor flag has been so arrogantly treat- | vowed, “that the people get full oq for such a long time as we have, value out of what has been done this regarding our electric utility. term.” If a reasonable purchase! Not ‘Had Cooperation price is not obtained, “we will get| «we have not had real coopera- By DRFW PEARSON WASHINGTON — It was just a little over a year ago that the late Franklin Roosevelt waged a campaign to defeat Representative Ham Fish, rip-snorting isolationist Congressman from FDR's district along the Hudson. Roosevelt had tried to defeat Fish time after time. 8o had Gov- ernor Tom Dewey, plus various other important figures in New York State, both Republicans and Democrats. They felt that Fish’s tie-ups with certain German-Am- ericans, and the renting of his home in New York to the Nazi consulate, was too much. So re- sponsible leaders of both parties went after him., Finally, in the November 1944 elections, FDR's achieved its goal. Ham Fish was defeated for re-election. But, believe it or not, the other ‘dny, Mrs. Truman, whose husband ran on the same ticket with FDR, invited ex-Congressman Ham Fish to the White House for tea. i Nobody knows why she did this, | and the White House won't ex- four Clubs behalf will be with us |Virginia Douglas, F. H. Griffin, M. | Harry McCain, Ketchikan. erans seeking opportunities in Al- a reasonable rate,” he concluded. tion from the light company, w‘i;‘énfiz,‘::s ;‘:’k n:’“i:l’"on b‘:m several times they have refused rec- | rprise denunciation orgs for Black and Veatch and Mr. {of the AEL. & P. Co. and to his geyart, and we have had to threat- {proposal to call a rate hearing In-fen Court action in order to see rec- {mediately; Councilman Harry Leaiords we are entitled by law to in- lon the ground that the Council spect. Furthermore, several letters members should hl;’e had advance written months ago by your Mayor, | opportunity to confer with special requesting certain information, have ggn::ial'::\eg;;\re;; :V:}l::l'l ;;‘;N:O :‘xmt even been accorded the courtesy | pany before being Aot il v on[;:v :r: answer, nor the information a rate hearing. Note—Mayor Parsons revealed i e | L. R. Rideout. | From Petersburg—R. D. Mickel, | | Mabel L. Morgan, D. Niere, Sams as| " ' Monday night. |J. Hass, H. Hand, E. J. Linscheid, {* The open house will begin at R Miller, C. J. Peterson, Ruth 9:15 o'clock. Refreshments will be | rThomas, and R. Williams. served and there will be special, pProm Wrangell—L. M. Campbell, | entertainment. !Ted Childers, R. Chase, Mrs. R, | Chase, Steve Chase, Louie Chase, | {Susort, Izala L. Wilson, and Bill| : | Wilson. Midweek reports of exceptional‘ skiing on Douglas Island's slopes | — | *1000 square miles on the sun’s sur- long campaign | Councilman Ed Nielsen objected | following his statement, that one of | !the items of information requested and so far not submitted by the ‘A. E. L. and P. Co. is that firm’s in- |come tax for the year 1944.) | “I feel very sure we can show that |the light company has taken out of the City many hundreds of thou- isands of dollars of profits, in excess of profits which would be earned at a fair and reasonable rate, supported by misleading reports to the City | declaring there is no way of know- |ing if, or how much the price set on til the appraisal report is received. “1 don't like to start fighting with anybody before I sit down to start negotiating with them,” he remark- ed. Asked to compare the one and one- |half million dollar price with the ¥ pany, Engineer Stuart put the firm's taxes at around $8,000 and its as- sessed valuation at about $400,000. ;m the Mayor’s lashing statement;| still hold good according to lanesL!(oksIAl A'Rll"ts ; reports and a large program of ac- | LONDON, 'Feb. 2—Short wave! radio channels were jammed today by hissing noises caused by a group of sun spots which scientists es-. timated covered an area of 3,500,000,~ face. Big enough to be seen by the! naked eye and 70 times the size of | the earth, the“spots will pass from view due to the sun’s rotation about February 11, according to calcula- tions made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Although intensely bright, the' spots appeared as shadows on the Dr. Dwight Cramer, Ketchikan. Frank D. Price, Sitka. Independent W. M. McCall, Ketchikan. There are two Senate candidates to be nominated by each party and eight candidates for the House for each party. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska, from Seattle, in port. aska should provide themselves with the information available at ! government agencies here, and cau= tioned against “expecting to find gold under every rock.” It was that the Territory is due for a tremendous expansion |within the next few years and im- mediate preparations are necessary ‘w cope with the influx of settlers, | Job-seekers, tourists, and business 'men. Adequate housing, transporta- tion, and highway facilities were Scheduled to sail at 9 tonight for g oieoq g Hive heeds it AL Sitka, Woman’s Bay and Port wil- aoka 18 to pl::'““‘ L the electric utility is out of line un-| |assessed valuation of the light com-| | tivities is slated for tomorrow, in- | 0“ FHGHIS IODAY icluding time trials in preparation | AL {for the racing season ahead. | On trips between Juneau and Yesterday's Second Meadow g0- |gther coastal points, Alaska Coastal jers report no crust, trail in excel- | Airlines yesterday flew the follow- lent condition and about six inchesL ing passengers: of new light powder snow over a; prom Sitka—Prosper Ganty, MIs.| solid base topping the open areas./c. R. Clements, Elizabeth Johnson,| Following usual morning instruc- | c. Reynolds, T. D. Williams, Charles Council, and are still doing so. cdon sessions for beginners and, Clements; from Hoonah—Henry Profits Laws Clear {more advanced learners, and the |willlams, Vernon Togar, A. O. Pet- “The laws regarding the nllowablef“s“” noontime ‘“eats” the after- erson, L. Houston; from Tenakee— profits by public utilities are clear|noon will see practice courses laid |Mrs. W. E. Burfield, Will Davis. ! |and well known to -utility operators{©ut for timed trial runs for those | To Hoonah—Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Is- 1 i | 1 | ‘Hondals {1ains, then returning to Juneau, eyt Priday et x.bym e business meeting followed an Tongass due probably tonight OF y rarma) “get acquainted” session early tomorrow. {with refreshments was announced Denali scheduled to sail from Se- by Commander Ellsworth, Afl | attle today, due Tuesday. members and veterans are urged to sun's surface. e, Councilman Young was dubious and attorneys, namely, that since about there being enough time for 1898 they are entitled to make a fair the Council to prepare itself for a return of interest on the replace- with racing bees in their ski caps. \Later in the afterncon Sunday,| Ski Master Dean Williams will| | North Sea scheduled to sall from | " " 04 ot the CIO Hall on H : Beattle Pebruary S. 'Gastineau Ave. at 7:30 p.n. onv'(' | Princess Norah scheduled to sall - from Vancouver February 5. " | Baranof scheduled to sail Iromr oy | Seattle February 7. U S T Ga I YOKOHAMA, Feb. 2—Capt. Hi-| yukon, from the west, south-| ™" =" ea’ s s roji Honda was convicted tonight by pound, scheduled to arrive Pebru- | teris; to Funter Bay—R. R. Miller. |a military commisglon of failing to | On today’s trips were the follow- | prevent subordinates at a prlsoner‘ ing: to Ketchikan—W. C. Trew, A.|of war camp from committing atro- | ary 5. ——————— MISS DYKEMAN LEAVES Used by British In Bo_njbayklols rate hearing before the date asked. ment cost of their plant, less depre-{asnin lead a trek up the Crooks G. Alter, Clyce Gidbertson; to Pet- |cities against Allled prisoners. Miss Betty Jo Dykeman left by | plain. Mrs. Helm, social secretary | to Mrs. Truman, admits that Fish Re-Set Rates, If . . . Councilman Don Skuse declared |ciation, hence this can be readily|Trail, an outing that proved popu-|ersburg—Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Petti- calculated by those who know util-|lar last week. | grew; to Todd—M. F. Stockwell; to' He was given the lightest sen-! tence pronounced at any war crimes plane yesterday, returning to her| BOMBAY, Feb. 2—The Nation- was present, but flatly refuses to give the reason why. However, Ham Fish’s friends in | New York state are rubbing their hands in glee. They figure that| himself definitely in favor of re- ity operations. However, since a! i | Sitka—Mrs, Katie Daniels, Mrs. trial in Japan—20 years at hard home in Seattle after spending the 'galist weekly magazine, Blitz, said setting rates, but only in case nego-‘UY S. Supreme Court decision in} DECREE SIGNED | william Thomas, Janet 1. Dore and |labor. Of four Japanese previously past several months in Juneau at today that tear gas grenades used tiations for purchase fall through. 1944, it is well recognized in utility In U. S. District Court here this Caude Aiken. | convicted of brutalities at prison the home of Mrs. T. J. Jacobsen. by the police during recent Bombay However, expressing that no hnrmjcirc]es that this decision changes the | morning, Judge J. W. Kehoe slgnedf ———————— | camps, two were sentenced to death' Miss Dykeman, who was Very riots, bore the labels, “Tear Gas A fly that resembles a honey bee and two to life imprisonment. popular with the younger set dur-'Grenade Made in US.A." for “Civil this is the first step in staging Pish's carefully planned comeback e (Continued on Page Four) iwould be done in voting now for a utility situation in. that they are| rate hearing, if it can be called off NOW only entitled to a fair return | if not needed, he put the motion, to on their ORIGINAL COST, less de- ! lgo over the light company’s rates preciation, which generally, and es- a decree in g previously heard action, | granting an absolute divorce to Elsie | Lampkey, of Yakutat, from Gaby sponsible for the myth that dead Tampkey., oxen are transformed into bees and that lays eggs in carrion is re-| Honda was not charged with dir- ‘ectly causing any deaths, or any the major offenses. ing her stay here; was employed at Juneau - Douglas Telephone Company office. Protection London". Police officials were not avail- akle for comment.