The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME’ VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,209 — T JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SPECIAL LEGISLATURE CONVENES TODAY MISTRIALIN MEEKS' CASEIS TURNED DOWN No Change in Salmon Traps This Season | | | | l Immorality |27 KILLED IN Is Disclosed, PLANE (RASH " German Area ON MOUNTAIN l(amiery Bargaining ! Agency Esfablished; E Juneau Headquarters | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March 4.— | HOUSE IN COFFEY AGAIN PRESIDENT OF BRIEFLY TERR. SENATE SESSION Issue Brou;;hT Into Open ;RescueParTiesTrudge M. E. Monagle Now Asso- Inferior Department An-| ciated with Paul in De- fense, Alleged Slayer BULLETIN—Judge James W. Kehoe denied a movement by the Meeks' defense to declare a ‘mistrial at a two o’clock ses- sion this afternoon of court at which only defense and prose- cution atterneys were present. The influence of J. J. O'Leary, 'main unidentified, said they were! former defense counsel for George Harrison Meeks, still pervaded the courtroom today when newly asso- ciated Defense Counsel M. E. Mon- agle moved for a mistrial on the grounds that O'Leary’s courtroom tactics had “prejudiced the jury against his defendant.” Monagle in his first appearance in the Meeks trial declared to the court that fining O’Leary before the jury had subjected the defense to ridicule and prejudice. 1In a counter ‘argument, District Attor- ney Patrick Gilmore declared that the O’Leary tactiés might well have created sympathy in the jury for the defendant.” Gilmore opposed the motion de- spite “possible prejudice to the Government's case.” Under Advisement The motion was taken under ad- visement by Judge Kehce and court was recessed until tomorrow morn- Before the mistrial motion, the effective day of the new regulations! prosecution substituted en the stand James L. McNamara in place of Alaska next summer on the pro-|compound, a barbed wire enclosed js pelieved to have crashed and ex-{followed suit today—T-Sgt. Henry Union let its 175,000 idle members close nominations failed. Mrs. Dor- | FBI Agent William Dedilius, who had been called Saturday. McNamara identified as true rep- resentations two charts of the City! SEATTLE, Mar. 4—Seattle pack-“t?ke girls into the compound any-;jg 1945 24 were killed in an Amer- Illinois. of Juneau and of the murder 10-'ers said today postponement of jtime except between 10:30 p. m. calé introduced as government ex- hibits. recess until tomorrow morning, when they expect to produce an out-of-town witness whose ar- rival has been delayed. PROCEEDINGS SATURDAY AFTERNOON; MONAGLE IS nouncements Expected- Boats Prepare to Sail ‘WASHINGTON, March 4.—Mem- bers of Congress say they expect jan Interior Department announce- iment today that it has decided to | postpone putting into operation its !plan to limit salmon traps in Alas- (kan waters this year. | The legislators, who asked to re- | | | | informed the Department would not require any decrease in traps oper- ated by the big packing companies this year but would not' grant any increase to present holders of trap sites. They said the Department would award trap sites to “natives }and residents if they were request- ed but did not expect more than six or seven to change hands. At a recent hearing salmon pack- ers insisted the Department make a quick decision on whether the regulations to limit traps to 20 to any firm or individual this year and to ten after three years, would \be enforced during the 1946 season. | ‘They said their boats were wait- ing to leave Puget Sound on March '6 for the fishing grounds and if the regulations were put into im- ‘mediate effect they would have to |close some of their canneries in Alaska. | Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said ihe hoped the postponement of the would cause hearings to be held in posal. NORMAL OPERATIONS trap order should al- this year, the salmon low normal operations |ing announcement labor difficulties may shorten the season. | One salmon packer said the fish- ling boats are due to leave for | Alaska this week and must leave by not later than the middle of next | Through Hail, Snow fo Scene for Bodies BULLETIN — SAN DIEGO, Calif,, Mar. 4.—Bodies of 27 victims of commercial aviation's worst crash—against the sldq. of a mountain 45 of here—were being removed from the wréckage today. The first bodies, gathered tenderly by shocked Sheriff’s deputies and Navy sailors, were those of (wo infants. They were brought to a mortu- ary here. Removal of the other 25 vie- tims, 25 men and 10 women, was delayed by the difficulties of the terrain. Regarding U. S. Forces Headquarters ! FRANKFURT, Germany, March| 4—A U. S. Army chaplain said today that the “prevalence” of im- morality in Europe has been| brought into the open by publicu-‘; tion of a letter asserting that Ger-1 man girls are allowed to “live” wnh{ American officer§ at the U. S.| Forces' headquarters compound | here. /! The letter, written by a British| girl and published in the Army| newspaper, Stars and Stripes, said | in part: | “Why should German girls be | allowed to live in the compound with American officers? I know of! several instances and if necessary i - iwould lead officers to men I con-i{ SAN DIEGO, -Jalif, Mar. 4— sider rotten to the core. Bulldozers cut through forest and “Maybe tuey have not lost any- brush on the steep slopes of Thing {thing in this war or suffered any|Mountain today, clearing a path to |hardship, and that is why_ they effect the recovery of 27 bodies {can forget that the Krauts are part from a wrecked and burned Ameri- of the evil which caused so muchcan Airlines passenger plane. |suffering in this world.” | Indications were that stretcher { Col. L. Curtis Tiernan of Kansas:bearers would not be able to get to {City, chaplain for the European)the bodies, all but six of them !theatre, said the letter revealed the charred, until late in the day. “prevalence of looseness and im-; Westbound from New York to morality, and the general breakdown Los Angeles, the plane yesterday {or army discipline in Europe.” rammed into the siae of the fog- 1 | “glad the scandal has come at last|San Diego, less than an hour be- into the open.” fore its scheduled landing in Los I { iAngeles. It was last reported over |The merger of the Alaska Native | Brotherhood and the AFL-Alaska TemporaryAWbrganizaiion ‘Upper Chamber in Speedy I THREE SEEK miles east ' 1 Salmon Purse Seiners Union into a Only Perfected af First 1<'unm-ry bargaining agency to be |known as the Alaska Marine Work- | ers was completed Saturday am‘rl lan all-night meeting. | The session adopted a constitu- NEWS STAFF;HM which must be ratified by the |various locals. A charter will be | sought from the Seafar: | San Francisco. | Interim officers chosen were: Frank Peratrovich, President; F. Price, Vice-President; William L.| | Paul, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer; Lou- | |ise Collier, Assistant Secretary; |John W. Smith, Mrs. David Peele, members of the Board of Directors. ‘ Headquarters will be maintained TOKYO, March 4—Three more ¢ { members of the editorial staft of I Juneau with a branch office in| Pacific Stars and Stripes applied Sechikan. for transfer today, bringing to sev- 2 ‘en the number asking for new as- signments as a result of the ouster ;of two other members on grounds of questionable integrity and dis-| | eretion. ! The managing editor, T-3 Ken-| neth L. Pettus of Chicago, and a; ‘:fealun-d columnist, T-5 Barnard Rumx} of Waterbury, Conn. were (DY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) transferred 1o Yokohama last Week Tpe Jatest efforts to settle two after General MacArthur approved ,¢ the country’s major labor con- | la report from his Inspector Gen- yoversies failed today. ieral that bol_h soldiers belonged t0° The CIO United Auto Workers ! Ithe Communist party, had “flavor- prepared to intensify their 104-day | ed” their writings with “Commun- ;14 gvike against General Motors g T0 QUITG.L. s Union of | | Transfer Réduest Is Filed After Ouster of Two in Pacific | | AU T M NO SETTLEMENT IN TWO MAJOR STRIKE [SSUES I | cretion and integrity” were ques- wide telephone tieup next Thurs- |answer the roll. Organization - Com- Meeting Today mittees Selected The Territorial House, ('nnvencdl‘ Moving with the smooth preci- shortly after 11 a.m. today with 21 sicn of a- Man O'War, Alaska's \members answering the roll call be- Senate today reached permanent fore a full gallery. |organization 17 minutes after the Secretary of Alaska Lew Williams ' Rev. Willis R. Booth had delivered called the House to order and an- the opening prayer and Secretary nounced the session would concen-'of Alaska Lew M. Williams had trate on veterans' legislation, pub- convened the body. lic health, highway traffic regula- Named to succeed himsell as tion, appropriations and other President of the Senate was Ed- measures necessary to effect a ward D, Coffey, of Anchorage who smooth swing to a peacetime econ- held the Senate gavel during the omy. regular session of the Seventeenth A. B. Cain and Fred Hanford, Alaska Legislature. In turning over First Division, and Harry M. Bad- the chair to Coffey, O. D. Coch- ger, Fourth Division, failed to ran of Nome, President Pro-tem, declared that Coffey had again After the Rev. Willis R. Booth been chosen to lead the delibera~ of the Presbyterian Church offer- tions of the Upper Chamber be- ed the opening prayer and Judge cause of his fine record at the pre- J. W. Kehoe of the First Division vious session; that his selection Federal Court administered the again now expresses the commen- territorial oath, Jesse D. Lander, dation of this Senate. Fourth Division, was unanimously Two Senators were absent at elected temporary speaker. 11:50 o'clock this forenoon when Curtis Shattuck nominated Thom- the gavel in the hands of Secre- as Stewart, “a man I've known all tary Williams fell to convene the my life, raised in Juneau, a ski Senate in extraordinary session: troopers’ veteran with the bronze Don Carlos Brownell of Seward and silver stars"—to be temporary and Howard Lyng of Nome. Fol- chief clerk. lowing roll call, the solons in were As the nomination was being affirmed in the brief Territorial Another chaplain said he was shrouded mountain, 60 miles east of istic thought,” and that their “dis- gorp as the threat of a nation-|Seconded, Stanley J. McCutcheon, Oath' by Judge J. W. Kehoe, iu Third Division, announced that lowing which Sen. Coffey, seconded { ;tionable. day continued unabated. | Taur staff members applied for paw.cro leaders expressed dis-! Stewart was unwilling to take the by Sen. Tolbert Scott, placed Sen. job. McCutchgon nominated Mrs, Cochran 4n nomination for Presi- Officers and civiliaii§ living in the 'g) centro, Calif., at 7:53 a. m. and transfers yesterday and three others gain for o GM proposal that the Roy Peratrovich after a motion to dent Pro-tem. (area of several square miles which ploded a few minutes later. { Iwas formerly a part of the I G. * The crash was the worst in com- iFarben Industrie, are permitted t0 mercia] airlines history. On Jan. jand 8:30 a. m. | On weekends, g eles. irls are permitted| pgj and snowstorms morning. | | SEEK ifoot peak was slow. A sheriff’s |party reached the crash scene, 1,500 ‘xeev. from the summit, yesterday af- iternoon. They found all but the Itail section and a part of the wing had been destroyed by flames. The bodies of 23 adults and two NEW CLUE |L. Moore, Jr., Columbus, Miss.; T-4 jecide by a secret ballot whether Francis D. Canavan, Bronx, N. Y the strike should be prolonged. and T-4 John P. Hancock, Joliet, peiecting the Union's plan for' arbitration of the dispute, GM yes- (ican Airlines plane near Los Ang-!| Sergeant Moore wrote the officer yorqay proposed a poll of the UAW- | ing: 1in charge of the Army newspaper oro yank and file on the corpor- | Union leaders, who ore baming! {He referred to two years “of the g tne 19 1-2 cents boost recom- jmost undemocratic inconsistent .64 by Presidential fact-finders, |treatment to which a man can be declared GM did not “dare” arbi- subjected,” and added that his yr.te and termed the proposal for a itransfer would serve “the best in- poow to.work ballot an “unwar- |terests of the people who are at- .,nieq interference in the affairs {tempting to control Pacific Stars ;¢ o gemocratic union.” lare interested in.” Jesta Young Secretary othy Collins was also nominated., With nominations then closed by Before the nominations could be unanimous consent, Sens. Coffey put to a vote McCutcheon again and Scott escorted Sen. Cochrane rose and moved for recess, explain- to the chair. Jesta Young was nam- ed Temporary Secretary, later to “There are unusual activities go- be confirmed as Permanent Secre- ! hampered |that after ten years in newspaper geions offer of an 18 1-2 cents ing on in the Senate some of us tary. The prosecution then asked a put that the late date of the pend-,t0 stay in the compound over Sun- (he rescye parties and the path-|Work “my professional ethics' for- pouiy’wage increase. e coupled with|day but must leave early Monday clearing crew. Progress up the 6,000~ bid working “in a prostituted press.” | | Sen. Coffey was proposed as per- This brought a brief laugh from manent President by Sen. Norman the floor and gallery and a rebuke R. Walker, seconded by Sen. Frank from Almer J. Peterson, Third Di- Gordon. By unanimous consent, the vision, who said adjournment be- nominations were closed and Cof- fore organization was out of order fey was unanimously elected Presi- .and demanded that the House take dent of the Senate. He was escorted advantage of “the opportunity to'to the chair by Sen. Andrew Ner- ASSOC. DEFENSE COUNSEL yeek to get a normal catch. 'do something for a serviceman.” land and Allen Shattuck; follow- In a dramatic Saturday afternoon development, M. E. Monagle, Ju- The boats may be delayed be- (cause of the difficulty of getting ON SUICIDE OF finram.s were found by the searchers and Stripes — and seem to be suc- |before the hunt was abandoned to|ceeding.” {await the dawn. Bodies of the oth-{ —_———— The prospect of averting a tele-| phone tieup seemed dim after the! McCutcheon said he was as inter- finz which he announced the Sen- ested in “doing something for our ate as organized at 12:07 p.m. neau attorney, was named associate |supplies because of strikes. defense counsel in the trial of| - George Harrison Meeks for the al- | STOCK QUOTATIONS leged murder of Clarence J. Camp- ! NEW YORK, Mar. 4. — Closing bell. quotation of Alaska Juneau mine ‘The appointment was made as the court reconvened after a re- stock today is 9%, American Can 1 ( lHITlER,BRAU { jer two passengers are believed to !ce in the charred wreckage. I T ' VIOLENCE BREAKS HERFORD, Germany,’ Mar. 4.— ou]- ON 'D AY OF British intelligence officers, work- | (Continued on Page Eight) The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON—Two of the bit- terest opponents on the House floor ing on a new clue, have started to! comb Germany for an A. S. body- |94, Anaconda 45%, Curtiss-Wright | i | 9%, ‘International Harvester 87,1 | Jones, Laughlin Steel 44%, Kenne- lcott 52, New 'York Central 28%, | Northern Pacific 29%, United Cor- poration 5%, U. S. Steel 81%, iPaund $4.03%. | Sales today were 965,000 shares. | Dow, Jones averages today were |as follows: industrials 188.46, rails 61.91, utilities 38.98. \CANADA REPLIES \ TORUSSIA ABOUT SPY ACTIVITIE | breakup early today of a negotiat- servicemen” as anyone else. | ing session between the American( The motion to recess, put to a| Telephone and Telegraph Co,, and iyote, won 12 to 8, and the Hous:| representatives of employees Who'ndfiourned until 2 o'clock this af- handle the nation's long .distance | temgon, calls, 1 pre | John J. Morgan, President of the ' Long Lines telephone workers, said1 i AFTERNOON SESSION [ At the session this afternoon, First Clash First clashing of the gears came after the body had resolved itself into a Committee on Committees with Sen, Cochran again in the chair. Sen.,Walker proposed a list of as- signments to Standing Committees his members will go on strike as| scheduled at 6 a. m, Thursday along | Jesse Lander was chosen to the posi- tion he held at the regular session | which was seconded by Sen. Shat- tuck. Sen. Andy QGundersen then ‘gunrd who may have witnessed the {suicide of Adolf Hitler and Eva MOURNING, EGYPT OTTAWA, March 4.—The Can- with 16 other groups affiliated with i d the Independent National Federa-| jadian government in a 3,000-wor of the Legislature, Speaker of the asked unanimous consent to. adop- House. and in the Interstate Commerce; Committee are representatives Clar-‘{ PRICES SATURDAY ence Brown, conservative Republi-| gjoging quotation of Alaska Ju- can of Blanchester, Ohio, and Vito| eay mine stock Saturday was 9%, Marcantonio, American Laborite of | Alleghany Corporation 6%, Ameri- New York City. Off the floor, how- ., can 94, Anaconda 45%, Curtiss- ever, the two respect each other's|yyrignt 9%, International Harvester ability and get along well. 88, Jones, Laughlin Steel 43%, Ken- Sitting in the House lobby the other day they smilingly concluded an agreement which will probably'pomuon 5%, U. S. Steel 81%,!in Berlin last Nov. 1) never be carried out. They were talking about cam-‘ paign expenses, when Brown pro- posed: “Vito, I've got a suggestion. Why don't we both cut our cam- paign expenses to the bone? Here's how to do it: “You go into my district and make three speeches against me. Call me a reactionary Hooverite, an isolationists, an economic royalist— and anything else you can think of. That'll elect me. “Then I'll go into your district and make three speeches. I'll call you a red, a dago, a New Dealer and | an anti-Rankinite. “With the proper literature about | you in my district and the proper literature about me in your dis- trict, both of us are a cinch for re- election when we do that.” Marcantonio agreed that the jdea had merit, and they shook hands on it. NAZIS FLOURISH IN GERMANY A secret report on failure to de- Nazify Germany has been made to (Continued on Page Four) {necott 521, New York Central 28, Northern Pacific 29%, United Cor- Pound $4.03%. Sales Saturday were only 520,- 000 shares. Dow, Jones averages Saturday were as follows: industrials 188.73, rails 6186, utilities 38.80. ‘Man Is Shot Braun. The information was developed | CAIRO, March 4.—Sixteen Egyp- Y 2 .o~ tians were wounded, some seriously, lin a new interrogation of Hitler's in a clash with Egyptian police to- tair force adjutant, Col. NicolaUs.gay i Alexandria in the first vio- /von Below, who escaped from theija e of the nation’s “day of { Reichschancellery Bunker April 29,y o ining» for vietims killed in the jshortly before the fall of Berlin. |gn¢i pritish riots of Feb. 21. Cairo Von Below said he met the body- | emained calm but uneasy. guard May 6 and tHe soldier told| A" penera] strike, calied by the him: “Hitler and Eva Braun com- ngtional Committee of Labor, stu- mitted suicide on the afternoon of gents and political leaders, paralyz- April 30. Hitler shot himself and o4 pysiness. :Eva Braun took poison. Afterwards, e Ministry of Interior quoted the bgflyguflffls burned the WO reports from Alexandria—site of a bodies. 3 major British naval base—as saying (The bodyguard’s version con-'police opened fire during a clash. {torms with a report on the case| ggyptian troops in full hame{ jannounced by British headquarters kit guarded British and foteign‘ shops in Cairo. 1 Emblem Club Holds Initiation; Social The soldier himself escaped from | ! the Bunker May 1, Von Below said. | . | Intelligence officers have obtained {his name and other identification, {Veterans Named (For VAIS in Alaska, Also Four States A brief business session preceded 1the evening's social activities of the Juneau Emblem Club at their Istatement today declared the Rus- tion of Telephone Workers. sian military attache here has been instructed by Moscow to obtain data on atomic bomb material, ra- dar, American electronic shells and the movements of American troops and that some data had been Se- cured from Canadian and British citizens violating official secrets {legislation. Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King made public the report, which in part was a response to a re- |cent Moscow statement that infor- mation obtained in Canada was in- |significant and that King was at- tempting to divert atten British “failures” in the Unites Nations Security Council. - tion from d Around 800,000 continued idle | in labor disputes. —————— NATS WILL MAKE . 5 TRIPS WEEKLY ! By a vote of 2 to 1, Tom Stewart was elected Clerk of the House. A committee on committees was named by Speaker Lander as fcl- lows: McCutcheon, Hope, Anderson and Hoopes. Jack Langseth was chosen Ser- geant-at-Arms, the same pos! {tion of the motion 'but objection was raised by junior Republican Sen. John Butrovich. Sen. Gordon then . took. the floor 'to “seriously object” to not being consulted as to his wishes in the matter of assignment to commit- |tees. Decrying what he called 1N |l handed procedure,” Gordon e Selk: s, Spee). ;oflered an amendment to the mo- TO ALASKAN AREA U. 5. Tanker Breaks — -5 - port sauadion ot tne waval A (I TWO OFF Athu; Transport Service based at Naval (,ew Reu“ed air station, Seattle, will continue tion: That all committee chairmen at the previous session be re-as- signed to those posts. For the sake of argument, he said, Sen. Butro- vich seconded. On voice vote on the Gordon amendment, no “ayes” were heard, to run five trips a week to the Alaskan area, the Navy announced | |today. Four-engine Douglas Sky- masters are used on these flights,|quarters reported today that the| In addition to the five trips to’ American tanker Sacketts Harbor | |broke in two during a heavy storm { Kodiak, Alaska, two of the four- engine planes will continue on to KODIAK, Alaska, March 4—The Navy's Alaska Sea Frontier head- Friday 630 miles a)u‘thwest. of Attu, but that all hands had been but a roll call vote was asked, which showed Sens. Steve Mec- Cutcheon, Butrovich, Nerland and Gordon voting in favor. The mo- tion lost. Coming back to Walker's original motion, Butrovich' moved ‘“a call Evenillg Enjoyed| Fairbanks where they will connect PRESIDENT OFF, Mlssoukl IRlp;wnh four twin-engine plane trips < to the Navy’s petroleum reserve | WASHINGTON, March 4—Presi- projet No, 4 at Point Barrow. VR-5 | 'dmt Truman left for Missouri With 1noineaine the aerial supply llnes} | Winston Churchill today valter toP- ¢4 the fsolated ofl project on the llpmz a busy morning with a new oo of the Arctic. plea for ratification of the Brnish} Three four-gngine plane trips per of the Senate,” which Sen. Shat- tuck questioned as being out of iorder in a Committee of the Whole. The Butrovich motion was ruled out by the chair, without appeal to the ruling. Wanted Atty. Gen. Sen. Gordon then requested that rescued. ELIZABETH HANSON OF DOUGLAS DIES ! A' Wr a ng e“ SEATTLE, March 4—Appoint- iment of George Lafray and John |c. Hazlett as Director and Assistant Director of the Veterans Adminis- {Forrest Boles, of Forks, Wash., was |been announced by D. M. Shute, !alleged shot and killed late Sunday Deputy Administrator. WRANGELL, Alaska, March 4.— itration’s insurance service here has' handle the granting' 1 b i Inight by Lief Paulsen, of Snohom-| They will ish, Wash., in an alleged quarrel |over Juanita Crawford, of Ana- | cortes, Wash., in the woman’s home. Paulsen gave himself up to the police and is being held for a cor- oner’s inquest this afternoon. All three were recent arrivals in |Wrangell, the two men to be em- ployed in the Wrangell mill. of insurance to veterans, conversion Thursday night meeting in the Elks Hall, and then with the necessary business taken care of, initiation of new members followed by an eve- ning of bridge and pinochle was genjoyed. The newest members welcomed into the club include Adelia Mc- loan agreement. | The Chief Executive and the (former Prime Minister of Britain, | who speaks at Fulton’s Westminster College tomorrow afternoon, de- parted by train at 11 a. m. PST. | The President’s limousine picked up Mr. Churchill at the British Embassy and then called at the Donald, Anna Mack, Nell BIggs, o goyce for Mr. Truman. They | week are scheduled out the Aleu- | tian chain from Kodiak to Adak and one a week from Adak to Atfu. | The squadron carries high pri- |ority passengers, cargo and mail to| !vital defense outposts of the coun- | try. ] iEa . e . et AT GOVT. HOSPITAL Mrs. Elizabeth Hanson, who was born in Douglas January 4, 1904, died this morning at the Govern- ment Hospital, where she had been a patient since 1942, The deceased was a daughter of ' DENALI PASSENGER! 'one of Douglas’ real oldtime fam- the Attorney General be called for his opinion as to whether a sena- |tor may be required to serve on a committee to which he has not been consulted as to his appoint- ment. Quoting the old adage about leading a horse to water, Chair- man Cochran ruled the request out and ordered the roll be called on of policies, premiums and records |for the Veterans Administration in| Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon- | tana and Alaska. They are veter-| ans of both world wars. i ATVARO TR R T 1LY g The porcupine advances into a battle backwards. Ethel Humphreys and Elena Notor. ' ABOARD NOON TUESDAY | ilies, her parents being Mr. and Mrs. the Walker motion. The four “ayes” High score prizes in bridge and | pinochle were awarded to Reba Hardin and Eva Nygard, with the ilow prizes being given to John Oberg and Beulah Lee. Refreshments were served by Eva Clark and her committee members. shared a special car on the Balti- | | Bob Menuman who made their on the amendment were the only |more and Ohio train. Reconver- | sion Director John W. Snyder ac- | companied them. B Since 1929, U. 8. population has increased more than 15,000,000. | The Denali is scheduled to ar-| jrive at the A-J Dock at 1 a. m, |will be at the Alaska Steamship iCompany dock at 8 a. m. and pas- sengers may go aboard at noon to- morrow. home in that city until the time of their deaths. The remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary, from which funeral announcements will be made later, “no” heard on the motion, which was adopted, 10 to 4, 2 absent. Following the vote, the Commit- tee on Committees arose and re- (Continued on Page Two)