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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — e ) VOL. LXVI., NO. 10,213 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS S PRICE TEN CENTS —— Arguments in Meeks' Trial Being Made Atforneys for Defense and: (PAULEY TESTIFIES HIS OWN DEFENSE; Democratic party if Ickes “lay off” the tidelands oil suit. This was in direct contradiction to the testimony of Ickes, former Prosecution Have "leif 'flfliflgs ISecretsry of Interior, that Pauley had told him in 1944 that $300,000 e Harrison Meeks sat alone could be raised from oil men it a d 'government suit to obtain title to as not press- Georg today in a crowded courtroom and Bf heard opposing counsel argue for tidelands oil areas w his life or death, liberty or freedom ©d- as his trial in the murder last De- | Pauley made his statement to cember of Clarence Campbeil the Senate Naval committe€, which wound to an end. 1is considering his nomination as i 15 Undersecretary of the Navy, and oW T SPPRIIRG Sty [linked it with a vigorous defense marshaling testimony given in the ' ¢"p;c yocord. He asserted his de- Bt ctwoweeks of - trigl and at- o mingtion is “stronger than ever” tempting to interpret it before the ', oqrry on the fight for confirma- jury. When they have finished the tion. court will instruct the jury. In their | .go. five weeks I have taken the hands alone rests the fate Of ' most vicious punching & man can George Harrison Meeks. ireceive,” the former Opening argument by the Prose-;national committee treasurer declar- cution stressed the strong web of o.q «por five weeks these hearings are | CONTRADICTS ICKES WASHINGTON, March 8—Edwin W. Pauley declared flatly today that at no time had he ever suggested to Harold L. Ickes that California oil men would contribute to the would ONE MEMORIAL, § BILLS INTRODUCED | "IN HOUSE TODAY Eager beaver chresemalives} rushed one memorial and six bills through first reading in the final 30 minutes of the morning session in the Territorial House today. | House Joint Memorial 1 calls for| appropriations to cover 75 percent ‘of the costs of providing additional | schools; sewage, water and gar- |bage disposal systems; recreational! land other necessary facilities| (throughout the Territory, the pro-| {jects to be administered by the Federal Works Agency. The mem- | . intro- i committee. The following bills were duced: H.B. 18, by Pollard and Anderson; | to increase wolf and coyote boun- ties, appropriate $60,000 and declare an emergency; to the committee on IF‘Isheri(‘s. Fish and Wildlife. HB. 19, by Warren and Hen- nings; to create and provide judi- cial proceedings for the removal of Democrauc!cermin public officers by impeach- was introduced !ment and declaring an emergency; i Ito Judiciary. The act does not per- Confroversial Veis Measure BeforeSenale Loan-Bonus Bill Calls for Gross Sales Tax fo Cre- ate Revolving Fund ‘What has been softly heralded as the pivotal bill of this special ses= sion was laid before the Senate yes- orial was referred to the Judiciary terday afternoon by its Committee! |on Education, Public Health and | would go along with the UNO. Morals — now doubling in Veterans Affairs. Dubbing itself the “Alaska World War IT Veterans Act,” the measure, Senate Bill No. 9, offers honorably discharged vets a choice of loans or cash bonus from a $3,000,000 revolving fund to be derived from a gross sales and service tax. ‘This bill, proposing a sales tax, as a committee measure hardly before echoes of Gov. Ernest Gruening's message to \TRUMAN ASSERTS | UNO WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO FAIL WASHINGTON, March 8.—Presi ldem Truman emphatically ed his support of the United Na- tions organization today ‘and left to the indefinite future any expres- | sion of views on Winston Church- ill's proposal for virtual Anglo- American military alliance. In a typically fast-moving news eonference, replying to frequent questions, Mr. Truman: Asserted the United Nations or- ganization would not be allowed to collapse. Expressed confidence ! Russia Said that Churchill, former Bri- tish Prime Minister, was indulging i the right of free speech when he proposed joint use of British and American military bases and extension of the U.S.-Canadian de- fense agreement to the other Bri- tish commonwealths. Replied—when asked what might happen if Russia declines to com- ply with the U. S. request for im- mediate witHdrawal of Soviet troops from Iran—that the situation will circumstances which connect Meeks paye peen a public forum for any- tain to members of the Territorial the legislators had died out — mei B hsndled when it/ comes up. to the crime. The government dealt ,ne who wanted to slug me. that Meeks had appeared to be| «you have heard it all and now completely out of funds shortly be-'yoyre hearing Ed Pauley,” he said. {Senate nor the House of Represen- | tatives. 35, B of 20, by the committee message in which the Governor de- cried a sales tax as a means of raising revenue in support of vet- fore Campbell’s death and that im- “No man quits under fire — 10|pyplic Health and Morals, to amend €rans or health legislation. mediately following the Seatter nonest man withdraws when he Tract tragedy Meeks appeared t0 knows he's right.” have plenty of money. | —_—————— Reviews Testimony i Reviewing testimony given at the MAN(HURIA "0 start of the trial the prosecutor peinted out that money found in! Correspondents, Held In- communcado for Days, Meeks' possession was of the same | " denomination as that known to; have been carried by Campbell be- fore his murder. He reviewed the | scene of the crime to show that! Campbell had been brutally slain| (Continued on Page Six) laws governing the Health Depart- iment by adding a savings clause, !defining offenses and prescribing |penalties and declaring an emer- {gency; to Judiciary. { H.B. 21, by Johnson, to amend the 1945 Session Laws of Alaska by | transfering from certain officers to ithe Department of Taxation, the au- Ithority to collect certain taxes; to Judiciary. i HB. 22, by Johnson, to provide {for direct election of National Com- mitteemen, Committeewomen, Dele- gates and Alaternates to National Conventions; to Judiciary. S. B. 9 creates a five-member “Alaska World War II Veterans Board” to set policies to be execut- ed through a full-time “Veterans Loan Commission,” who shall be paid not more than $8,000 per year. Three classes < .cans are provid- ed: 1—Personal or educational loans on promissory notes, secured to the extent of security available, up to 2—Home or farm loans up t $10,000, secured by 80 percent mort- gages. 3—Business loans up to $20,000, The Washington: Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON—Wnhite House re- ports that President Truman plans to fire his old friend Jimmy Byrnesl as Secretary of State and replace him with Gen. Gearge Marshall have sent shivers of apprehension up and down the spinal columns of Latin American diplomats. They recall that it was General Marshall who during the early days of the war wrote the most high- handed directives regarding Latin American sovereignty since Frank Released, File Story (Returning safely to China from |an inspection of Russian-held 1Manchuria — during which he was {held incommunicado in Chang- ‘ch\m—Assocla'.ed Press Correspon- dent Spencer Davis today filed the following delayed dispatch.) | 1 BY SPENCER DiV | 'CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, March | 5.—(Delayed) —This is Russia’s ‘hackyard at the moment. | “We don't want those with gold ‘in their pocket to come in and !handicap our friendship with Chi- na,” the Soviet commandant of iManchuria was quoted as proclaim- ing. { The commandant, Marshal Rodion [ | ] H.B. 23, by Peterson (by request), secured in same manner as home to regulate and control through li- joans. } {censing the practice of Non Allo-| A vet maye be eligible for more| i pathic healing as- defined; to Pro- than one type of loan at one time, ,vide for the establishment of a Non provided all loans to him do not Allopathic Practitioneers Board of gggregate more than $20,000. Upon Examiners, its organization, POW- repayment of a loan, a borrower| ers and duties; to provide penalties js eligible for a new one. { for the violation of this Act; and| {to repeal acts and parts of acts in {conflict herewith to the extent of {ihe conflict, and declaring an emer- known as the “World War II Veter- gency; to Public Health and Mor- ans Tax,” on gross sales and remun- | als. leraticn for services. Proceeds of the tax are to be |devoted to the purposes of the bill| 'and it is provided that the levy| ‘Ishall terminate at the end of the| | quarter in which the revolving fund: lis built up to $3,000,000. Tax im-| posed is one percent on gross re itail sales and upon remuneration |for personal services, excepting sal-| Special Levy A special levy is proposed, to be! S Krug ftequesled 10 Put Wesiern Men I jon that. Strike Situation Appointed a three-man fact-find- ing board to inquire into the dis- pute threatening a railroad strike. Such action usually pbstpenes a strike, now set to start Monday, for 30 to 60 days. Said he would not intervene in the General Motors strike, and fadded that he felt a settlement ‘should be reached on the basis of a ,19’2 cents an hour wage increase i proposed by a fact-finding board. | ®aid that the 18% cent an hour 'pny increase for basic steel work- ers did not necessarily set a pat- tern for the entire industry. ‘Replied, when asked whether he still was backing Edwin W. Pauley for Under Secretary of the Navy, that he had made four statements (Each time he had said he was behind Pauley). Krug To Be Boss Made it clear that J. A. Krug | would take over all the duties for- mally exercised by Harold Ickes | when he becomes Secretary of the Interior, March 15. Said he had no knowledge of any i plan of Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan to quit as Democratic National Chairman. Stated that the combined Anglo- American chiefs of staff would con- tinue to function until the declar- ation of the end of the war emer- gency. tiation of the call for the present special legislative session. Question- renew- anationwide B. Kellog sent the Marines to Ni-Malinovsky, was “t00 busy” to see in HisPEparImenl jing of Dr. Albrecht was mainly re- PAF Announces Season's Plans 'For Canneries | American Fisheries plans to oper- ate eight canneries and to conduct joint operations in five others in Alaska this year, President Archie W. Shiels said today. First contingent in the seasonal movement of cannery crews north and westward began Monday with |departure of the tenders Minneha- ha, Glenwdod and Katmai for King Cove with supplies and piledriver |erews. In addition to the King Cove op- (eration, the PAF will can salmon |at Kaasan and Petersburg in South- east Alaska; at Alitak on Kodiak Island, at Squaw Harbor in the Shumagin Islands, at Nushagak and Naknek in Bristol Bay and at Port Moller, not operated last year, on the Behring Sea side of the Aleut- ian Peninsula. The company wil operate at Excursion Inlet jointly \with the Astoria-Puget Sound Can- ning Go. at Snug Harbor Packing Co., at Port Bailey with the Kodiak Fiching Co., at Shignik with the Alaska Packers Association and at Pillar Bay with the Pillar Bay Packing Co. All were operated on the same status last year. A normal pack is expected this! season following a subnormal pack in 1945. e AR E 'HOUSE MEMBERS SET BRISK PACE TODAY'S SESSION, The Territorial House hit a brisk pace in its fifth day with introduc- | tion of six bills, cne memorial, re- perts from four standing commit- tees and brief discussions of House Joint Resolution 1 and the phrasing | o, Violalors Paid in of the House Journal. The Labor committee mended that H.B. 1, the Hennings- Krause Unemployment Compensa- | tion bill, “do pass” as amended. Municipal Affairs tagged “do | pass” on both H.B. 6, municipal ' elections bill, and H.B. 17, govern-| ing the zoning and planning com- missions and municipal garbage disposal systems. | Elections recommended “that H.B. | 4, the blanket ballot bill, “do not pass;” and on H.B. 9, three com- mittee members had no recom- mendations, but Huntley recom- mended that the measure “do not pass.” Unanimous approval was given the list of clerical workers and the name of the Rev. Willis R. Booth i | CHURCHILL MAKES PLEA FOR BRITISH, AMERICAN UNITY RICHMOND, Va, March 8 —Win- ston Churchill again called upon the people of his homeland and of the 1 United States today to stand to- (gether “in defense of those causes we hold dear.” itry which rebelled against England’s rule, the war-time British Prime Minister told a joint session of the | Virginia legislature that “above all, ‘among the English-speaking peoples, |there must be the union of hearts based upon convictions and common ideals.” “That,” he asserted, "is what I offer. That is what I want.” Not once in his prepared address did he mention either Russia or Communism. Nor did he refer dir- ectly to his appeal in Fulton, Mo, only three days ago, for creation of a strong Anglo-American mili- tary alliance. Yet, indirectly, this was the theme of his address to Virginia's lawmakers. “In these last years of my life,” Churcii; d, “there is a message of which I conceive myself to be a bearer. “It fs," he said, “That we stand together. “We showa stand togeiher in malice to none, in greed for noth- i |ing, but in defense of those causes which we hold dear not only for our own benefit, but because we Le- ieve they mean the honor and the happiness of long generations of men.” Then he declared—even as he told Congress in Britain's darkest hour during the wartime disasters of '41 —that: “We ought to walk together in majesty and peace.” - Alaska Game Law Here in the birthplace of a coun-| US. SENDS PROTESTING NOTES T0 RUSSIA IRANISSUEIS BROUGHTUP DIRECT WAY 'Soviets Bluntly Told U. §. Cannot Remain Indif- ferent in Situation WASHINGTON, March 8—Offi- {cial Washington today anxiously |awaited Russia’s reply to this coun- try’s demand that Soviet troops |leave Iran immediately. i Some officials believe that reply |{may go far toward determining whether American-Russian rela- tions improve or continue to grow worse. There is no indication when it would arrive from Moscow. Mikolai V. Novikov, charge d’ |affairs of the Russian embassy, made his first diplomatic call in months on Secretary of State Byrnes yesterday. Officials said later, however, that he did not dis- cuss either of the two United States notes sent to Moscow Tuesday. | It was believed likely that the | State Department would make pub- |lic the second of those notes some- time today. It concerns reported Soviet withdrawals of industrial equipment from Manchuria and | proposals for Soviet- Chinese op- |eration of Manchurian industries. Declaring that the United States | “cannot remain indifferent” to Rus- | sia’s decision to keep troops in Iran, the note released 'last night said {the Soviet action was contrary to: The Roosevelt - Stalin - Churchill declaration in Tehran Dec. 1, 1943, iln which the three governments pledge “maintenance of the inde- | pendence;; - sovereignty* and terri- | torial integrity of Tran.” |eral government. { The British-Russian-Iranian |treaty of January 29, 1942, which | pledged withdrawal of all foreign !trcops from Iran by six months af- s“,ooo I-aS| Year |'ter the end of the war—March 2, P T Principles of the United Nations. WASHINGTON, March 8-Li-| The note expressed the ‘“earnest cense fees, fines and forfeitures col-| hope” that Russia would “do its lected under the Alaska Game law|part, by withdrawing immediately during the last fiscal year totaled all Soviet forces from the terri- $64,190. | tory of Iran, to promote the inter- The Fish and Wildlife Service, national confidence which is so which administers the law, announ- necessary for peaceful progress ced the total today and said the among the peoples of all nations.” money collected was divided equal-! It requested that it be “promptly ly by the Territory and the Fed-|advised” of the Soviet decision, The Service valued the Wildlife| s i e o dou| BARSRENS o ' OUT T0 WESTWARD mately $2,500,000 worth: of furs and| $1,000000 of game animals and birds each year. The Service em- | as House CHaplain which was sub- caragua. Ignoring the fact that Brazil and Ecuador both were anxious to co- operate in the war and became our allies, Marshall demanded that cer- tain bases be seized by the United States immediately. The fact that these were sovereign nations and had something to say about their own territory apparent-‘ ly made no difference to the Gen- |the one British and eight American i correspondents—interned for reach- I'ing Changchun uninvited — who sought to confirm such statements. He made his declaration at a re- !cent banquet, reliable sources said, !and added that if any hand of in- Iterference were thrust between Rus- sia and China, “the Red Army will cut it off.” The Red Army currently con- aries, wages or gross incomes to in- WASHINGTON, March 8.—West- |dividuals of $100 or less. Tax upon jern Congressmen have called upflfl!gross wholesale sales is one-hall iJ. A. Krug, new Secretary of In- of one percent. Monetary and crim- iterior. to select assistants personal-|inal penalties for non-payment are {ly familiar with western problems. |imposed, with prior lien for col- “It is evident,” said a letter sign- lection. ed by 19 western House members| As an alternatjve to a loan, a and Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska),|veteran may elect to receive a cash; “that certain broad policies, as'bonus totaling $15 for each month]| well as the administrative details served in the armed forces. A vet-' mitted by the Committee on Per- manent Help. { A roll call vote on the emergency | clause in HJ.R. 1, hit a snag when | |iterative. Dr. Cramer outlined the |T. B. problem in his city and the means Ketchikan has used to com- bat it. The hearing was continued till this morning, when, with no furth- ' er witnesses wishing to be heard the | Committee of the Whole died. §B. islative salaries he sat down im-| ploys” 19 agents to guard wildlife in Alaska. Seizures during the year includ- ed 1 caribou, 13 quarters of moose,, Hanford, who arrived yesterday, 22 deer, 10 bears, skins of ten sea n " yyoore Miss T. Kni n rose to ask what the question was, Obters, 164 beavers, 10 martens, 21 g qr s 3 gt Rty 2 5 . Stevens, Mrs. W. P. Green, Mary Informed that HJ.R. 1, covers leg- mink,-12 foxes and miscellaneous Lund, Buster ‘H. other furs. Steamer Baranof is scheduled to sail this afternoon for the Westward with the following outgoing passen- (gers from Juneau: For Seward: Perry Vernon, Mrs. Bowles, J. A. Garrétt, Mrs. J. A. Garrett, J. S. eral. Only the restraining hand or"""”5 Changchun, as it does Man- Sumner Welles, then Under Secre- |chul-la'e; other major cities; and iChina is represented only by a mili- e trouble. B O e, e war. also, | 1Ay mission and civilian_officials held _! Most Changchun shops are board- cigharal Marshall wha hospan. 'ed up. Civilians leave the streets T fl:dfo;n:::mflnx “v:l:l":c :‘l:;;e‘ln:- by 4 p. m. for fear of being ac- dering the State Department to costed by soldiers. This applies to keep permanent time military | O 350 to 400 Chinese officials I in Brazil and E dor. The Isem here by the Chungking govern- 2 iment to take over control of Man- directive gave the State Depart-| churian affairs. Their work has been e e o siire. fhage (2 8" stendstill for two months of of dealing with mining on public domain, grazing and other public land matters are best understood by westerners who have had long fam- iliarity with, and a close personal {interest in such matters. “We therefore urge that in se- lecting your assistants you ;ivei careful consideration to the ap-; pointment of those who through| personal experience have been | identified with our peculiarly west- ern problems.” el 'eran would not be qualified for! both loan and bonus. Benefits of ) the bill gre extended to survivors| |of a deceased Alaska veteran. Finally, the measure appropriates: iszso,ooo to open the Veterans' re- ‘volvlng fund and for administrative expenses, to pe repaid into the Gen- eral Fund from the proceeds of the tax. The Department of Taxation is ch: tax. The bill contains the usual emergency cause to make it ef- fective immediately upon passage arged with collection of thej No. 8 is now in the hands of the Senate’s Finance Committee, The Senate ran through its regu- lar order of business with dispatch this morning, then recessed until 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. The Senate Taxation Committee |has reported out, with do pass recommendations, the two legal I measures increasing homestead ex- |emptions, Senate Bills 6 and 7. Both are now in the hands of |“Rules” for calendar assignment. The Senate met this afternoon Ennd almost immediately adjourned mediately with a brisk “yes” and! the emergency clause passed unan- ::fc"*d and prison sentences of 370 ¢ “gpenarg imously. Fines totaling $4,190 were col- Jeffrey, Mrs. J, 8. Jeffrey, Mrs. J. W. T. Hughes, S. E. Avh Tndaed. |Nelson, Al Holmes, H. LeBaugh, Ja- Earlier, Rep. A, B. Cain objected | S e to the “useless” words “and there- | cob Lane, Frank Hansen, Julius |Chan, Raymond Lee. upon the following proceedings were had” at the botfom of the first paragraph on the first page of the House Journal for the first day. He said these “strictly re- dundant” words had taken up the printer’s valuable time for the last nine years and asked that they be| stricken from this and all succeed- ing journals. Cain also suggested that the journal list representatives BALLES AND WIFE FOUND GUILTY ON MORALS CHARGE MORRISTOWN, Pa., March 8— |{The headmaster of a private co- jeducational military school and his |37-year-old wife, accused of inde- From Cordova: J. Perrson, A. L. Vaughn, Glenn Williams, Clayton Hursh, Patrick O'Rielly, Oscar Wil- son; for Valdez. Ben D. Stewart Mrs. B. D. Stewart and June Allen 'ARMY RECRUTING OFFICE HERE HAS - 3 MORE RECRUITS alphabetically within their respec- |cemcies by a score of their teen- more. bases—regardless of the wishes of |and approval. The bill was referred the Latin American countries whose soil was involved. This brusque attitude regarding peacetime bases is one reason for the serious cooling off of pan-Am- erican good will. Various Latin Am- erican countries were glad to give us bases during the war as an emergency measure, but they do not want American troops per- manently on their soil. Note—The proposed appointment of General Marshall as Secretary of State appears to be part of the growing trend toward militarizing the U. S. diplomatic servife. Tru- man has now appointed Gen. Bedell Smith as Ambassador to Russia, Adm. Alan Kirk as Ambassador to Belgium, Assistant Secretary of State, Gen. Gen. John Hilldring as| Provincial administrators have ;been unable to carry out their du- {ties pending agreement between |Russia and China on the degree of 1economic collaboration between the! |two nations in this once rich land of industry and agriculture. H Correspondents on the return m} | Changehun spent the night at the | imunicipal hospital which is under Chinese administration. We took | the train today for Mukden and South Manchuria due to heavy snow fall and to avoid further misunder- | | standing. | Behind us was the usual elabor- iate display of Russian flags and ! {banners along Stalin Prospect | (Changchun’s main boulevard) with | !a single American flag, flying up- side down. It typified Soviet- American relations in Changchun i 1 H INTERNAL REVENUE TO BE OPEN ON SATURDAY John A. Nyman, Deputy Collector in charge of the Internal Revenue 'to the Taxation Committee. Other Bills { One other new measure, SB. 8, Office in Juneau announces the of-|2150 by the Education Committee fice will be open all day Saturday, |Was introduced at yesterday after- from 8 am. to 5 pm.,, for the ben_1noons session, and 8. B. No. 10, by | L of dupome thX D, |this morning’s brief meeting of the FROM FAIRBANKS i The following Fairbanks residents have registered at Hotel Baranof: L. Wilken, C. E. Gordon, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Alrich. - SEATTLE VISITORS for checks or other negotiable in- struments to be cashed in liquor es- tablishments. the Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 8 is the anticipated imeasure asking an additional ap- Among Hotel Baranof guests Xe-{y.,priqiion of §250,000 to the Terri- | gistering from Seattle were Ro-| berta Whalen, Virginia Gussman, Baxter Felch and George N. Merrill. et FROM PETERSBUR torial Department of Health for jcontrol of Tuberculosis. |mittee of the Whole Senate yes- |terday heard Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, Senator N. R. Walker, came in at| S.B. 10 would make it unlawful: It was referred tol The Com- |until 11 o’clock tomorrow morning. | tive districts. } SIO(K WOTATIOHS i Walsh was permitted to withdraw and Peterson was declared on the NEW YORK, March 8—Closing Ryles Committee after difficulties quotation of Alaska Juneau mine! .o,ceq by preliminary, inaccurate stock today is 9%, Alleghany Cor-|committee lists had been resolved. poration 7, American Can 95, ANa-| pifteen-minute afternoon ses- conda 46, Curtiss-Wright 10, New &ion jn the Territorial House heard York Central 28, Northern Pacificiiynree Jotters and a report from 30, International Harvester 90%, yhe Judiciary Committee. United Corporation 5%, U. 5. Steel| The Central Labor Council invit- 82%, Pound $4.03':. |ed the House Labor Committee to Sales today were 970,000 shares. |diseuss labor legislation in AFL Dow, Jones averages today We' ha)l tonight in a note read by as follows: industrials 19370, rails'chjef Clerk Tom Stewart. 6263, utilities 40.12. The Representatives also heard - (messages from the Alaska Veter- VFW MEETS TONIGHT lans’ Association, which went on —_— |record as opposed to a sales tax, The Veterans of Foreign Wars at and from the Cordova Woman's their regular meeting tonight will Club urging that a home similar hold initiation of more new mem- to the Sitka home for aged men I | age girl and boy pupils, have been found guilty of 15 morals charges. George W. Balles, Jr., 33, found- er of the Warminister Academy at |nearby Three Runs, was convicted by a jury of ten women and two ‘men on 10 counts, including charg- es of statutory rape, disrupting pub- lic morals, contributing to the de- linquency of minors and adultery. His wife, Laura, a reglstered nurse and mother of a five-year-old girl, was convicted on five counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors, aiding and abetting statutery rape, corrupting public morals and assault. Both had denied the charges on the witness stand, calling the child- ren who accused them “liars.” Balles, specifically accused by two | Three new applications for en- trance in the Regular Army have Leen granted by the U. S. Army Re~ cruiting Office in this city. Tommy Joseph Jimmie of Juneau left this week for Seattle where he will be inducted into the Regular Army, Alaska Department. He has signed up for 18 months’ service. Kenneth Kreg Hillmon, a former warrant officer with the Army, has re-enlisted as a Master Sergeant fo ra three-year period. Hillman has been attached to the Sitka area for a number of months. He will enter the Alaskan Department for assignment to the Alaska Communi- cation System. Nathan Skinner of Juneau leaves tomorrow for three-year service in girls — one 11, the other 14 — of the European theatre. He enlisted |Health Commission, and Dr. Dwight Frank Hines as Ambassador to:at the moment, especially since the; Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Pettigrew of cyamer, Ketchikan Health Board Panama, with General Marshall al- 'newsmen, so coolly received, were' bers in a closed meeting starting be provided for aged women, i raping them, faces a maximum jail in the Engineer Corps of the Army. | * e e ready serving as Ambassador to China. ATOMIE DICTATORS It’s hard to believe, but Army ithe only Americans in the Red-| {ruled city.. ————- | MARRIAGE LICENSE Petersburg are Hotel Baranof guests. ey Member, testify in support of the bill. Dr. Albrecht read a 30-page statement which summarized argu- OFFICERS HERE ments he has put before various at 8 o'clock. | Thke Judiciary Committee recom- At 9 o'clock the meeting will be mended that H. B. 5, which would opened to all prospective members extend re-employment ‘benefits of and veterans who are interested,|the Selective Service Act of 1940 to term of 46 years and a fine of $19500. His wife is liable to 21 years and a $10,000 fine. - e MARRIED Louis C. Lane and Viola D. Johns i | A marriage license has been is-| Comdr, O. D. Weed and L. ! sued to Margaret Post and Robert Comdr. J. Newbauer of Ketchikan Fisher, both of Juneau. are at the Baranof. and thefe will be a general discus-|Alaska, do pass. | The House adjourned until 11 a’ m. tomorrow. ANCHORAGE MAN HERE {both of Petersburg, were married Warren Cuddy of Anchorage is- here yesterday by U. S Commis- at Hotel Baranof. sicner Felix Gray. groups throughout the Territory during the past five months in|sion of the veterans’ bills and oth- support of the Health Board's ini- | ers, now before the legislature. prass hats are blocking the re- e A At . (Continued on Page Four)