The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 30, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 1947 LXVIIL, NO. 10,490 TERRIFIC GALE HITS VANCOUVER. B. C. Raise Alaska Is Urged To Fight Ship Rate Ra 'WIND RAGES BARTLETTIS Olson Replies 2TORNADOES BigBiaze | ASKING FOR Show Treasury HITSECTIONS, At TacomaTO CHANGE Vels'TaxisSuggestedby 72M.P.H.AT PRIMARYLAW Governor,MessageToday B.CHARBOR Trap Refefendum, Tfade‘-,« or the fourth and what he said ) BA]‘]‘[E Ngw Is Ba d I y Be nIi SOUTH STATES TACOMA, Jan. 30. — A sudden | | today as they battled a blaze which blizzard hampered fire fighters late _— i destroyed the big Centennial Flour- {Bubbling Weather Cauld- islators them is how. this Waterfront- Da-mage May 1ing Mill and threatened for a time f Territory Is No Longer on Declares Ultimatum o 4 4 | to ignite the cqually big Sperry in all probability the last tme.|yoqui; is to be achieved e, - f . Mill on the watertront here. H |the Governor of Alaska addressed ). Territorial Guards, for which Steamer Operaors Is CflFSh 53565 S'pe:jlal | ron Produces AlIKinds |G Gt aarie| + SCH0OI, Subejet 0f 145t R esbta i Tt e o s . Be Over Million Dollars | | e Milburn, sald, “the loss, which will {session in the House Chamber at 2 pyired, can not be dispensed with, _Shi | [ sibly as high as $2,500,000, was full — {preblems which face the Territory ha¢ the equipment and rifles ars By CHARLESS D. WATKINS i(s:'e’mg,lf"y:stffdn’:‘i":‘:’;::oo‘;‘ h‘r‘;fi;fi, (BY THE 4SSOCIATED PRESS) ‘m;n‘d_-- He said rebuilding m{E A Blanket Primary Elsction law, and suggesting remedies for s0me ot worth T |, VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. % WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Alaska conclusion that, although the Terri-| The bubbling weather cauldron| plant is already under consideration. | heavilly favored by Alasken votersof them \ budget »|M=mbling and ‘shipping to tERIOR PHESIREEC S AR e <k '\d\';~ed ro(iu\' by’ Delpgate|tory may ot actually be broke, m‘produced a stew of snow, slest, rain| The blaze broke out about 7:30!in last fall's General Election, was| \Vn: must .bflln‘n(‘,o the """,‘, nearest Army posts, and they| i‘“‘i ouver ..( ": e e it ! s " ! b 3 e lfl_;und two tornadoes today. {am., today while a strong north initiated today with the nul‘oduc»\(hr: Governor told the Ll‘)’.lfihj..n\* should be left in the (-‘,mm“""m_\»‘ll'tl(-ung a velocity of 72 miles an Bartlett (D-Alaska) to fight a L i have tun £ low that loose-\ "o "yornagy struck the northern|wind was whipping the city. At the |tion of House Bill No. 11 by Rep.|“We have no authority, or Tight, where they are now located,” he|hour—of hurricane force to leave posed rate increase demand by pri- ness Oix h.s bcokkecmpg pl’acuces‘mge of Montgomery, Ala., and Te-| height of the blaze, the wind shift- |RObert Hoopes, Fourth Division legally or morally, to go keyond the |yo1d the legislators. in its wake waterfront damage t:“‘h“:‘r‘il:fl"‘l:a:;:;;g‘igr;han:; B and A 8% ports from the State HighWay|ed nto the southwest, bringing @ |Democrat : D . Donne Reduce Tax Payments DA Ay TRt ST o A two-hour grilling of Olson flc_;Pmml were that ral Persons| heavy snow and freezing tempera- | The bill provides that there shall cur expenditures for the next bien- The employers of- the Tetritory )0 mark. even though it means stopping % a ne r { e 0 i = 5 ove8 . | wera injured. ture. The high wind blew the heavy |F® but one form of ballot used|alum can be saved approximately a mil-| Blizzard conditions prevailed aur » | the service. {cented these points 0 feld | i ‘nrimar elabtiops ! s controversial question,” the g the Adth a he k ) 5 | A telephone operator at the field|gmoke down on the fire so fire-|in the primary elections and that; 1¢ controversial question lion dollars a year by reducing|NE the night, with a heavy fall of Bartlett said in a statement that 1. All Territorlal funds excepl ).,y tne storm just missed the| me Kamuetod aHbEay By it shall contain the names of all|{Governor continued, “the question .o _(l' l\ i Ry l“ snow and winds of gale proportion ’ ivate operators, at a confer- very few special accounts are car- A J | men, hampered already by large|™ SHEH €00 : = 7k b s A bound pe their taxation rates for unemploy-, *H0% A0% WEEE O KE s the prival P! ) 4 k L A _(army post | numbs of waterfront workers mm‘(‘.lll\hdxhl and shall indicate their ocn which there are bound to b ment insurance, the Governor said which reached a peak shortly after ence Tuesday with a House Mer- ried in the General Fund which Is\ " w10 watcning high waves on A il : !party affilistions. The names on|honest differences of opinion be- o8, Kgeird [ 1O 4 3 ittee, Mar- drawn on to meet all obligations. students from a nearby high school, | 4 4 Pay " He said that the unemployment chant Marine Subcomm ) ~2 £ ' § d: g l.Laku Michigan at Evanston, .| ware hard put to it to aim mmr,‘“““ ballot are to be grouped accord-!twoin agenc of the Territory and fund amounted to $9,194775 on| ©n land and sea there was a trail itme GOl e et aside for appropriations sarmark-|23id Cook, 19, of Newark, Il. | noge nosales on the flames |ing to offices and within each of-the Legislature, and between the p, copper 31, 1946, and that in his|0f untold damage. The lives of a an®. Alamenky s lhey o ;l ef( ;n;\&p‘xr&i)cp A\‘!r'r :p- 'nl;n;“ l;,Nurthwestem University student, "y .6 togay, huge piles of golden |fice Riphabetically arranged accord-| judgment this is sufficient to meet|<cOrc of men were endangered, with have a 58 percent increase over od’ for specfic purposes. Insteacllygs washed tnto the Iake and|grain ‘were flaming, where they naq IS o the initial letter of the; the worst kind of perlod of unem- | A tug and a lightship reported mis- o B oroin the perieral fibd a0 thave 15| o, | spilled into the street and over the |185¢ Dame of each candidate, w HSH I.ABORATORY ployment in the Territory ‘sing, and many other vessels driven The Delegate sald the operatoms o @ b hand sufficient monep|. EAUer, & tornado swept throUgh| uirons tracks on the narrow strip|0UF M#8rd to party affiiation. |} While equal or blanket reduc-, @ground by mountainous seas. told Alaskans at the conference Not always on hand sufficle ONEY | orth-central Arkansas and south- ol 5 | 4 butions al .| On land, the storm played havoc 3 ¥ ¥ | of land on which the lls are sit-| & ” tions in contributions to all em play that i1 they intervened and pre- to Pay off should the earmarked | Retamrt KANIDET at Heasttol o ich the mills are sit-! 1In the general election, under this g : H hat i 3 appropriations be claimed in full & Missowr, killing at least six ....4 511 whe s UticE 1a to! et ployers cannot be made under the With transportation and communi vented the rate increase it would appropria 8o a1 I persons, injuring 14, and destroy- "1 G : PR b U O i 10 e Federal Unémployment Act, the cations, and éaused fire and prop- “result in immediate suspension of at one time. General running ex-|; sveral } g i other build-| ill men expressed amazement ed the names of the candidate re- n ) . ? Tesul T — e & ng several hcmes and ne { that tr Q X % v e Governor said, the legislature erty damage in t¢ thousands. cteamship services to the north.” |penses of the Territory are defray- ings | that the Sperry Mill, built flush ceiving the highest and th2 next o \-1 . g s . ps o ha p ko 1BS. i aga p o) P nt Wi s r Vot e: f- | E Alg & o y NS three shipping lines from the ed from th same pocket Beaides the’ tornadoes, . the flp“,umlnst the Centennial plant, was hest number of votes in the pri-! 2 1\1?‘:‘"1(1\ ‘1["“\ (|::L'u‘l]c' ”’.»;,\“y],;‘,:‘»r\ Along the coast, tugs and fieh- st coast to the Terrilory were when meeating them runs the “|held dashes of snow, sleet, freezing) undamaged g |mary clection are to be placed on Whmwm” oty i ”l“n« koats valued at $1,000,000 were re- operated during the war and since Uy balance below the total cf thunder, lighthing and hail,| The Centennial Mill held 400000 the ballot, while if more than one; Miss Charlotte Dunlap, fish tech- SXPerince ¥ X, slor DS, orted | pounding themselves to by the War Shipping Adminisira- SPecific accounts plus high winds and the expecta- bushels of grain. Milbumn said the office is to Le filled, the num-|nologist. and home cconomist for he saig, Wil Deoieit & Teduttion coo . o moorings and on the tion and Maritime Commission but Bonds Are Gone [tion, gt colaer “tamperabires Tacoma plant, built in 1907, one lor of names on the ballot is to be|the Fisherizs Products Laboratory in the rate of contributions fori wow oy nere four Royal Cana- whder law g0 back-to- the 3. Previously there has been Ehe wenthier - buveatt wb~GHios ,‘ot the oldest and laygest operatedtwigy the numier of such positions.jof Ketchikan, was guest speaker ‘I"‘P‘“b'"':‘ ’“h" h'gW:’ bf:'\‘suhlt’(‘l 5Ol ian . Tomvw el tad. cate s TRy IO AT 108 all suct i il g . gy S company recently com- | av ) a o1 1om-| the provisions "of the Ac Gt owners March 1 i o suoh 18l BD" | onid the frelk weather Was the ve-: DY Risicompany."A recently cdin-|. ., 40 o0 vetarendum measure, | oM - 8¢, the Ohamer of . Qommtts (K0 e ratke Faviniles - lor | asraundi A’ tak Kiksisd o' nikoes, S He could be paid off St | ok the ; Ipleted edditicn, costing several ; : i SUTe, ‘merce luncheon in the Gold Room alse 1 y GPbaE: IraraNs The ultimatum concerni the of colder weather moving in o Ana ie iy " . . and harbor installations damaged. ot : ! 4 H. B. 8, was introduced this morn i 1d/th? huge budget submitted this + 3 by time L 4 mild conditions that hundred t sand dollars, burned of the Baranof. Miss Dunlap told & Bae s 529 REMBIY TG, LAY ing by Rep. McCutcheon. A similar | A nagE 0 + experimen. |vear, the Governor suggestsd that R counsel for the Alaska - the affscted sections,! #long with old sections of the pla i iy % g ,Ithe members about tkz experimen- > 2 . 4 : Ao . 2 miflion and a 1de 4 He said deliveries from mills g5/ Pl Was introduced in the Senate ;) work which is. being carried,® Portion of what he said is eight ship Company and the wide p Sonator Walker yesterdav. § |million dollars a year saved by not Northland S Company or. present there Ritzville, Wenatchee, Portland and ‘g AR, ? jout in the Ketchikan laboratory to v e b '“ B3 et B H E Northis oekea and'iamp siich ven the $600,- the “world's newest flour mill,” at| Rep. McCutcheon also introduc-'help in the solution of problems 1“‘"1‘[ g p'll;(:” e s beer U89 that had | 1 away i | Spokane, will fill customer demands ed a bill this mor to empower [affcoting the fishtag industry as FCEH ,’,”:{,,‘;” . d or suffer the:converted to nt The Sperry and Centennial Mills, munications Commission to author-|ducts for commercial use. Experi-| Many Pay No Taxes consequences,” Bartlett said 4. A are .0g- erected against a hillside, formed ize searches for lost planes and to,Ments are now under way for Am B‘n.»nns e ‘\\Illt.h“])‘\_yl little ox sl e BB L el st s a forecaster a “tunnel” as a novelty to motoring appropriate $75000 for the ex-|Provements in canning, freezing,pothing to the Territory In taxes ECOND DAY, JAN. 2y (Continued on Fage Eightj fund up to a level where warrants > same conditior along Tacoma’s marine drive. This pcnsz of such searches jand #eady delivery of Alaskan fish ““,11“. s l”" ’ (m‘./(.‘milr P Bill phteEn s it AL R ALl thunder and li construction also cramped efforts, The officz of Commissioner of fr;;m wn'r‘r to th m;vmn lm(vix - ::;n.dxm,latlm:w thflli‘v:u;mm 5, x”l“ s Introduced penditures can ke covered a R th Swant | e firemer + B poy 8 s oLors Wol Vi the space of two ays ' plane companies, lighterage com- & e o ey tered s Y plays cxperienced in the midwest|of the firemen to reach the heart Assistance to Prospectors would bej®ife ol P AR sl i | (.”mmm& radio. HB. 1, by Gill—To reorganize the are presented—-and, they have a=iang for the other tempermental be-(of the conflagration. created by H. B. 10, by Reps. Mau-; through air facilities, Miss 4 i anics, adminitiakive: traron oF the 8o e as lng on s been met, Olson stressed. Iffp iy of the elements 1 - rice Johnson, Joy, Coble and Meath, | 5aid stations, RewspApers. JOREInR opetksi SULETC " . . all business of the Territory had & g i ticns, automotive and marine re-|itory by creating the office of Ad- Part of the work going on in the ministrator General, who would as- Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — U. S. business moguis enjoy reading news stories leaking out of White House Cabinet sessicns, but don't always relish having reports of their own closed- door meetings in Wall Street appear mn the press. Despite probable denials, how- ever, here is a play-by-play account of & recent New York discussion which Henry Ford II staged with the representatives of Standard Oil of New Jersey, U. S. Steel, and others regarding labor relations. What happened at the meeting was important. It gives interesting in- sight into Mr. Ford's determination to start a price decrease. ~ Although the two-hour conference was supposed to be confined to labor-management problems, an in- teresting argument took place be- tween aggressive John Bugas, Ford Vice-President in charge of labor relations, and U. S. Steel Vice- President John Stephens about the high cost of steel. Bugas pointed out that prices were getting so high, many consumers simply couldn’t afford to buy. He suggest- ed U. S. Steel give the entire econ- | nmy a break by cuttihg, not raising, prices. After all, argued Ford's right- hand man, any change in steel wages or prices would set a trend for the entire nation. It would cer- tainly help the fight against in- flation, would ease labor-manage- ment negotiations. U. S. Steel's Vice-President Ste- phens replied that, while prices and profits were high, he didn’t think they were too high. He said that industry’'s stockholders had gone through some very lean years in the '30’s, passing up dividing which they were now entitled to collect retroactivel Bugas protested t but Stephens was ada- mant. Ford Executive Vice-President Ed Breech swung in behind Buga pointing out that the steel ind; (Cantin wdj:?}’én Four) jing to these prolific spende! stopped on last December 31 there| would not have been enough money | in the treasury to pay out- | |ctanding warrants and stilli meet| demands in full for all specific| appropriations. Howaver, at that| time there was more than a half| million dollars in taxes payable bo;woulD WIELD the Territory. { | Olson replied “That's correcn": when he was askad by Senator' |Gunnard Engebreth if he had used| {earmarked funds for other pur-| e i |poses because he felt that there: Meeting ai il o'clock this morn- | would be money coming in to cover.: ing, the Alaska Senate quickly ran |and that money has come in. |ihrough its order of business then ! After Olson had stumbled through | recessed until 1:45 o'clock this af- ‘a tangle of questions showing that ternoon, when it was to prepare |sufficient money to cover all ear- marked appropriations was not on' gouse to hear the Governor of Al- {hand last December 31, the Treas- gk deliver his message to the urer himself posed a query m‘“[EighXeemh Legislature. |[eaded the Senate’s thinking in| ope new bill was introduced in fi now dispeion, |the Senate this morning: Senate If all specific appropriations: gy 5, by joe Green and Edward |were set aside, and the general 1 goffey carrying an emergency fund then was “out” he asked ;jguee, would immediately convert {what should be cut down ‘on? The; pack to the Territory's general trea- jlegislature appropriates for specific u s from estimated revenues,| "7, 2N pucxpended funds, ARG gm'pmfmm Vinds' cn Bana, hs O | priated to the Alaska National and tad ot Territorial Guard. The measure was & - given double reference; first to the | He added that in the future, ithere would be balances’ drawn ::‘lnanclaeethm Fo. the: JIVGRE |monthly and no account would be! 2 i |allowed to exceed its own funds] Also referred to Judiciary was a on hand. He added, he did not|‘ommunication from Third Division consider that the Territory- was in| District Judge Anthony J. Dimond, the red. recommending : At the end of the questioning, 1—Amendment of acts relating to | Senators emphasized that “no re- selection of criminal trial juries to flection” upon Olson had been in-| end the practice of excluding from tended. Senators O. D. Cochran! service Government employees and jand Norman R. Walker, who were | their families on challenge fol: im- among his most persistent interro- plied bias. "gators‘ joined in declaring that| 2—Extension to Alaska courts ot Olson’s porsonal integrity had nev-| the Federal rules of civil procedure ler keen in question. It was just|Wwhich Judge Dimond described as a question of whether ‘“pressure| “markedly superior” to our own. had been put on your office so that The' Senators also made changes it became necessary for you to|in their staff. Buck Dapcevich was draw upon specific funds for cur-|transierred from engrossing clerk rent expenses,” Walker stated. to sergeant-at-arms,-Dorethy Gunst i Scnator Cochran, however, con-|was named engrossing clerk demned the manner in which re-jand Dorothy Evans enrolling clerk. ports on the state of the treasury| = -~ had been drafted for submission to, An alarm from 1-3 at 3:10 o'clock the Legislatwi2. The treasury wnc}senb the Fire Department to the “broke” as of December 31, 1946, Bethel Tabernacle, 4th and Frank- I$ declared, and the report should lin, where a chimney had caught show that it was broke “as a warn- fire in the apartment on the ground ! floor. No damage. to go into joint session with the Vceational Education H. B. 12, by Rep. Engstrom, ——— ! S E N A T E would appropriate $100,000 to | pand vocational education facilities MEASURES and services in Alaska. The bill provides for the acquisition of a site at or near Ketchikan for a ! ! ational training and trade IN THE SENAYE (January 29) school. | SJR 1, by Jones, directing provi- Establishment of an isolation unit Ision of hospitalization and medical for the care of tuberculous per- | care for Axel Werner. Finance sons in the Arctic regions of - Committee. 'Alaska is sought by Rep. Edward SB 1, by Green, creating office Anderson in H. B. 13. Tha2 bill of Administrator General. Judi- would appropriate $20000 for the ciary | purpose. SB 2, by Murz, providing for bi-| Rep. Snider niroduced H. B. 14 ennial Territorial audits. Judiciary. 0 authorize the Commissionor of SB 3, by Walker, referendum on Agtlculture to establish minimum abolition of fish traps. Fisheries. | SB 4, by Green and Coffey, to Struction of barns and facilities for | repeal act creating Alaska Develop- | livestock with reference to sanita- tion and grading of milk. Another | ment Board. Judiciary. \ R0 P ap vt bill by Rep. Snider would transfer { !jurisdiction over veterinarians and | {livestock inspectors from the gov- ‘SHIP AFIRE AI ernor to the Department of Agri- | culture. | SEA ABA“DO"ED\ Absentea voting througih post- y masters in localitics five miles or ‘,mnre from a U. S. Commissioner’s LONDON, Jan. 30—Two pass-!c{fice is provided in H. B. 16, by engers and some of the 40 crew-|ReP. Frank Johnson. The bill pro- !men of the 7,219-ton British steam- | Vides that an clector may apply ier Samwater were feared lost today'in Person of by letter to the Com- |after a fire caused abandonment missioner for a ballot, which may of the vessel during a trip from|then be sworn to and exccuted be- Australia to Liverpool. |fore a postmaster. The Glen Line Ltd., managers for| The House recessed shortly before |the ship, which is owned by the|Ro0n ioday to reconvene at 1:45 p Ministry of Transport, said surviv- M. in joint n with the Senate ors were picked up by the Swedish |10 Lear the Governor's message. istéamer P. L. Pahlsson, due to! s dock tonight at Lisbon. " | i WEATHER RECORD | i | . STEAMER MOVEMENTS | BROKEN AT SITKA | Northern Voyager from Seattle,| !due to arrive at 9 tonight. | AR Alaska, from Seattle, due herc SITKA, Alaska, Jan. 30.—Break- at 6 o'clock tonight. ling the weather bureau's all-time North Sea, from Seattle, schedul-|cold record, the temperature drop- ed to arrive Tuesday, goes to Skag-|Ped to 5% degrees below zero yes- |way and Sitka and returns to Ju- terday. The previous coldest day {neau southbound. Denali, scheduled to sail from temperatures in Southeast Alaska | Seattle, February 1. € rare. Princess Norah scheduled to sail| The temperature dropped to 8 \from Vancouver February 4 below zero at 8 am., today, a new Aleutian scheduled to sail from low record for this pioheer Alaska Seattle February 7. | coastal town. !standards regarding type and con-|, education Territ and importance and the tech- books, cooking 5 training ilakoratory concerns the !of people all over th Ithe States on the place of fish in the diot, 'nologist stated, and recipe {illustrated sound films ' demonstrations, as well {in the schools, are beir used as a mecans to encourage this inlerest Miss Dunlap also mentioned -the current clam situation flecting many communities dependent upon |this industry for a livelihood, and said the laboratory staff at Ketch- rikan are conducting large-scale ‘tests to determin: the cause and seek a remedy for the ban now in effect. ss Dunlap that turing i with ‘ ana and Matanuska valleys President Norman Banield read a telegram from the Skagway Chamber of Commerce concerning the removal of the ANS tubercular sanatorium from that city and a report of the minutes from the read |Executive Board meeting was by Secretary Robert Webb. les Carter was named programn chairman for the month of Feb- rvary and Dr. W. P. Blanton will head the committee for assisting the Pioneers with their coming “Days of '98." Mrs. Laura Ordway reminded the members to secure their memb ships for the Juneau Concert Asso- |clation since the type of artists to {appear will dépend entirely on the amount of funds raised in Juneau Char- IMrs. Ordway said the Association is striving for a membership of 400 {and the drive is progressing well |up to date. New members introduced by Pres- ident Banfield were Chris Wylle and Mrs, Betty McCormick. Guests jattending today's luncheon were | Miss Helen Cass, Miss Alic> Brande bury, Mrs. H. P. Adams of Ketchi- ikan, Miss Anita Garnick, Frank | Gerich. i - - | Hollywood, southern division pace- ! setter, snapped its losi: streak by beating the Fre Falcons 2. 5 to pair shops, dry cleaners and pross- ers and theatres These examples. he said, could be multiplied. A breakdown of the anticipated |revenue for the next year, he said indicates that the salmon indus is the largest taxpayer, with $514 €00 or 32.90 percent of the total.| I Next is the liquor tax, amounting to half a million dollars, a percen- tage of 32.07, b activities—salmon, liquor, motor f oll, mining and utomo- | bils lice yield 87.75 percent of | the total tax revenuzs, the Gov- ernoy stated. H More Veterans’ Tax Governor commended the tors who last year passed the ns" Loan Act. He indicated, r, that the Act did not go far eaough Some 6700 Alaska veterans will be eligiblz for the benefits under the Act, according to Selective Ser-| 'vice figures, the governor said. On {January 20, he reported, there were rending 353 loan applications to-| taling about two and a half mil- lion doilars, and 664 bonus appli- cations for a Quarter of a million! |doliars—a total of two and three- | quarters millions. ‘If one may judge by the figures (on hand at present,” the Governor continued, “the rate of income in- to the revolving fund should ke at least doubled and the tax continued until such time as the total fund eaches, not three and a quarter millior but perhaps ten million dolla | The Governor reviewed the nzeds lof the Welfare, Education and| |Health Departments, the need for more roads and airports, and sug- gested the desirability of a ret ment provision for Territorial em- ployees. i In opening his message ternoon, the Governor saluted Sen- ator E. B. Collins of Fairbanks and nater Charles D. Jones of Noms,| !who were representatives in the, | first Territorial Legislature in 1913. this af- iwas 5 below on Dec. 18, 1933. Zero|G. Johnson of Kake, and Dr. Leo “It would be a fitting climax to |their long span of service to the Territory, if they who had served (in the first Territorial Legislature leould likewise serve in the first | State Legislature in Alaska,” the {Goverrlor said , provide | tlonal Committeemen and Commit- “ume the powers now given the governor under Territorial Law. Ju- diclary Committee. H.B. 2, by Maurice Johnson—To for direct election of Na- teewomen and Delegates and Al- ternates to National Conventions. Judiciary Committee, H.B. 3, by Maurice Johnson- De- signating certain duties and re- sponsibilities for the conduct of audits to the Board of Administra- tion. Judiciary Committee. H.B. 4, by Maurice Johnson—To regulate insurance rates. Judiclary Committee. H.B. 5, by Maurice Johnson—To amend the Compiled Laws of Al- ka relating to the definition of school age of children, Education Committee H.B. 6, by Engstrom-—To amend the Laws on the subject of mar- vlage ceremonies and the legitima- tion of birth of children by subse- quent marriage of their parents with each other. Judiciary Commit- tee. HB. 7, by Almquist—To amend the present Laws on the subject of old age assistance, increasing the maximum amount of assistance to $75 a month. Ways and Means Committee. Joint Memorials Introduced HJ.M. 1, by McCuicheon—Seeks passage of the Alaska Statehood bill by Congress. Judiciary Com- mittee. HJM. 2, Seeks a Solomon mittee. by Edward Anderson— road from Fort Davis to and Council. Roads Com- - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 30.- Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5%, American Can Anaconda 40%, Curtiss-Wright 57, International /' Harvester 75%, Kennecott 48%:, New York Central 19%, Northern Pacific 20, U. S. Steel 76, Pound $4.027 Sales today were 1,340,000 shares, Dow, Jones averages today as follows: industrials 179.75, 50.60, utilities 36.75. are rails