The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, Fii}ij\éy 5, 1947 VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,495 PRICE _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Government May SOLONSFIND One Measure TWOLIVES LOST { | INVALDEZ BLAZE; - SCHOOL COST = Has Passed ' - nas Passe DROP PENICILLIN | | B | | VALDEZ, Alaska, Feb. 5—The Udt 0 OUSES et cccirovedt the Communi- ( |ty Hospital and two adjoining T Jics R — buildings of the missionary-spon- d i . n; . | sored El Nathan Home Sunday | Schooling of Natives Puts Bill fo Provide Funds for | mnisn wok two ives 5 . | Edward Edgerton, elderly Valdez ' Heavy Burden on Ter- Old Age Assistance | iesiaent and « nospital patient. ‘ . . could not be moved out and Jack ritorial System Goes 10 GOVErnor — Grawsora, a sireman aied of a neart S iy attack fighting the flames. The mounting cost of educating: The first bill to pass both houses The three-story hospital was native * children in the Territorial of the Eighteenth Legislature, Sen-|completely destroyed in the 14-de- schools, no part of which is borne ate Bill 6, to appropriate $5,000 gree weather 30 minutes after the by the Federal government, was im-|to pay old age assistance benefits!furnace blew up, firemen said pressed upon the members of the during the remainder of the ('ul‘-‘ The other buildings were burned Alaska Senate this morning by rent biennium, was quickly shoved|and a third one badly damaged questioning of Commissioner of through second and third readings | within an hour and a half. with a Education James C. Ryan. jand on to final passage by the|25-mile wind handicapping Dr. Ryan was called to explain|House yesterday afternoon. The|men. the need for supplemental appro- Vote on final passage was 23 yeas,| Sheldon C. Williamson, Red Cross priations to his department totaling|with one member absent. ‘officer at Fort Richardson, An- $282,000 for the current biennium. Earlier, the House had passed;chorage, flew here yesterday and embodied in Senate Bill 8, which!/H. B. 8, the Fish Trap Referendum | dropped penicillin from the Cordova was in second reading. ‘Dr. Ryan bill, by a vote of 19 to 4, with one| Hogpital when his plane was un- candidly told the Senators that|absent. The vote was somewhat de-|gple to land becfuse of the high funds he is asking for this depart- layed by efforts to get a full at-| gwinqs ment in S. B. 8, in the biennial tendance before roll was called. | T budget and in a measure, S. B. 7,/ Immediately after the House re- AID FOR VALDEZ to raise teacher salaries, will total|convened at 2 p. m., Rep. Maurice, gparTLE Feh. 5—The considerably over four million Johnson moved to have the bill| ;0" G eon post, Jathes O Chumbs, Mollars for the next two years—ex- continued in third reading for a|gg poc"uieed his friends not to ceeding the total anticipated rev-|week, to permit getting more in-|gong yiowers for his funeral, but to enuss of the Territory formation. The motion Was reco8-| yonape the money instead to the Native children number ubuul‘"m’d by Speaker G“!' “‘ho_ had de- El Nathan Home which burned one-fourth of enrollment in the Di>d the same motion as out Ofjyeo gay ot valdes, Alaska, with the Territorial school system and soiorder fiurmg (.hv.- roren.oon :‘u‘“on"loss ot two. 1eR: account for a fourth of school out-|Put lost on a roll calE DW' losto 8.: Chumos, 78, diéd Menday. He was lays. Toward the million dollars or 3_‘;‘" J‘m'f"‘; “'Er‘l‘ “fi'k;d k£ tl:\‘ well known in the northwest for his more the Territory may spend up-,pm e.go i A B ! poetry about the region. on their education during the next 0 Archie _?h‘els 0‘1‘1‘}“’ lpam“" 5 " biennium, the Federal govemmenl‘(A"}fi"mn Fistiesigs Guid al.?o.re- contributes nothing, although every- [auired a motion and roll call, ‘md{ S E N A T E where but in Alaska it comributes;“r”ed-“ to 9. | to the cost of educating Indian Washington Fisheties S ndren: ! Mr. Shiels made a Lrief state-! MEASUBES There are about 2,000 native ment regarding the effect of abol-? pupils in the Alaska school sys- ishing the traps on the salmon in-| tem of a total enrollment of about;dustry on Puget Sound. The Gov- NINTH DAY, FEB. 4 8,000, According to information ernor of Washington in his mes-| (Passed) possessed by the Board of Educa-|5ages to the State Legisiuture in| g p 13 py Education Committee tion, the Alaska Native Service has!1937 and 1930 had called the at-|_pojefining school age of child- recently closed approximately 20 tention of that body to the eITO | yon: 11 yeas, 4 nays; to Engross schools—for lack of teachers—and|that had been made in abolishing| o~ ° 5 no provision is now being made for the traps, Mr. Shiels said. He 511501 S. J. M. 1, by Munz—Directing children that had attended those Pointed out that the canned salmon | ap’oi’ fiohy ‘against any increase schools. Dr. Ryan stressed f'h“" his ?ndustry,'»\mch Mad l'anked_ Lmrd}in water freight rates; 14 yeas, one office is not kept apprised of in the industries of Washington| ., "o apsent: to ‘Engrossment. .changes or contemplated changes in in 1934, when the traps were elim- | (Introduced) the ANS school setup. |inated, has now fallen to tenth 9B 16 by, BebbE-To' instease Cost to the Territory for ecach Place. "levies upon liquors; to Taxation. c!ulgl in school is $200 per year.! Pack reports show that since 1934 S. B. 16, by Walker To change wn_:le in Washington, D. C. lx_xst}_the pacl} of sockeyes on the W“h':the manner of appointment and in- spring, Dr. Ryan arranged with ington side had gone down while the crease the salary of the Tax Com- the Office of Indian Affairs that a pack on the Fraser River has In- | issioner: to . Judictary and Fi- budget request of $200,000 would creased, Mr. Shiels said. In ex-! ance 3 ? be made by_that .agent_') for pi% - p_lanauon of»lh]s. he sa¥d xhaf zh.o S. B. 17, by Walker—To replace ment of tuition for native childr fish pass through American water that Coven & - & O X i the overnor upon the Board of in Alaska schocls—or about one- first but do not school up Lhflo':Adminislrati(m BRIt o electin half the actual cost. That budgetiand traps are the only feasible| i beo s f’)d Mot ‘item, however, was promptly means of catching them | er.of Labor,ito, Judiclary. % - S. B. 18, by Walker—To appro- knccked out by the Bureau of Bud-; Instead of the number of sein-| = ki get. lers increasing in Washington af- | Priate $15,000 for a float in Thom- The Commissioner of Education!ter the traps were eliminated, Mr.. S Basin, Ketchikan; Pinance. Drocimatels 1300 mative chiaren of seine neenses tere nave o~ NORTH SEA ARRIVES ' WITH 46 PASSENGERS of Alaska, mainly in the Kuskok- creased since 1934. wim, Bristol Bay and Seward Pen-, Upon being questioned by the insula areas, for whom no educa- memkters as to whether buyer: tional facilities whatsoever are pro-|prefer trap-caught to seine-caught “ vided. fish, Mr. Shiels said that he had| ) o A Dr. Ryan stated that the sums no knowledge of the preferences oflg::‘); sathfit_l;:‘ s:,dcw?:l:xm. "he is requesting are only what he retail buyers, but that \'\'ho]es;\lers:Se':me She‘ .will SAat 4 coloee considers necessary to . maintain ! prefer trap-caught fish, and that; i e g i Alaska schools at} their present!during the war the U. S, Go"em_!!omorrow morning for Sk‘”"w“y ‘)". a p a special trip to take the patients standard, a standard he is “proud!ment took the trap-caught mhl(rom el B A Rt of.” first, then filled its quota, if nec-(\) newe gan:\fowfli‘m‘m‘ el He gave his opinion that, if essary, with seine fish. s t‘; S teacher salaries are cut—or not in-, House Bills 14 and 15, having to 5 4 , creased—qualified teachers could|do with standards for dairy barns| €24 _bouthbound‘, she is expected not be.obtained. He can get “some!and transferring jurisdiction over| SOmetime sf‘"d“"_ g 3 sort of teacher” at any salary, he Territorial Veterinarians from the| Passengers a‘T“{"’g from Seattle offered; but they would not be the Governor to the Department of|¥ere L. E. Thomas, Mrs. 4. J. Faw- y<k'md of teachets “you want Leaching‘Agricunure, were your children.” Even present teach- second reading with a numker of er salaries are not high enough to|minor amendments. attract good teachers from the, Rep. Gerrit “Heinie" Snider, dur- States and, though the schools are|ing the amending process, convulsed | staffed at present, about 14 percent|House members and the gallery of those now in Alaska schools do'with a code description of the two not meet requirements and are on!standard types of barns recognized temporary certificates only. Manygby the National Code. i other teachers are just filling ini An “A” barn, he said, is onc; .during axi emergency and are anx-|with a concrete floor and in which, jous to leave their school posts. [the cows are kept in stanchions at; . Regarding the bill before thelall times, while a “B" barn “is as| body, Dr. Ryan. advised that the big as this House of Representa- {Jetty, Howard Lund and J. F. Mc- ' Knight; from Ketchikan, Mr. and Mrs, J. 8. Jeffrey, Rudy Hadland, John Herman, Lois Hared, Gail Morrison, Pat Oakes, Al Shaw, A. B. Phillips, Dick Wingerson, Bud Whiteside, Leslie Grove and John Harth. From Wrangell, F. Wagner, Clif- ton Kilkenny and Mrs. B. McCay; irom Petersburg, Mr8. W. A. Ander- son, Mable Irons, Mrs. Anna Ego- ban, Leo Egoban, Halvor Opsal, largest supplemental appropriations!tives and the cows can wander|Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson, Agnes asked, $214,784.88, results from pas- laround in it as freely as they Goodwin, Peter Hanson, Eddie sage of two' acts by the special|please.” Jackson; Austin, Lillian, Phoebe e and Charlie Hammond. SECOND DIVISION DAY ... cien Ceacn, patrick Leach A'l' ( or ( Iouonnow | Melvin Roundtree, Simion Cobiagas, { P. Niere, L. Lopez and L. Gonzales, Juneau Chamber of Commerce will{ More than 600 tons of freight celebrate Second Division Day at its regular Thursday meeting tomorrow | Sea in Juneau. noon, it was announced today by > President Charles W. Carter. The Ladies Aid of te.c Lutheran Guests will be the Senators and! Church will meet tomorrow nighi to|Representatives to the Territorial{at 8 o'clock in the church parlors | Legislature from the Second Divis-|and all members are asked to at- icn, a total of eight men. | tend., —_— e - | X o IR s WNAA MEETS TONIGHT | HARRINGTON, Delaware — A Tonight at 8 o'clock in the Alflcnrgo plane has crashed near Har- session .of 1946; one of them to increase refunds to incorporated| cities by five percent, the other| raising teacher salaries. | Purposely, no appropriations were asked of the special session to meet, those added expenses, he said, but| the legislators were told at the timdy that more money would be aska now. After questioning Dr. Ryan, the Senate recessed until 2 o'clock this afternoon, when it was tangle with S. B. 8. Senate Bill 3, also on the calen- dar for today, was withdrawn by/ author N. R. Walker, without ob- jection. The measure called for a' referendum on abolition. of fish of the similar measure yesterday | autical Association will hold its re- | killed and two others injured ser-| discussion, the motion carried, 11 postponed until further notice due will be Mrs. George B passed by the House. Jeulm‘ monthly meeting. jously. nru»‘ family | pyoneers' Home at Sitka or a sup- Northlancs Transportation Com- in Ju-| from | passed through| Cett, Sharon Lee Fawcett, Oliver will ke unloaded from the North( SIX NEW BILLS TWO MEMORIALS ARE INTRODUCED The introduction of six new bills| and two joint memorials occupied tk2 House of Representatives dur- ing the greater part of its short forenoon session today The two joint memorials, by Representatives Engstrom and Gar- |nick of Juneau, are addressed to [the President, the Secrétaries of In- | ‘lerim‘ and War, the Delegate from | Alaska and the Public Roads Ad- ministration. They seek a road from | Eagle River to Skagway, completion (of a road from Haines to Skagway, jand paving of the highway from |Juneau to Douglas. The military {value and commercial importanc® {of the proposed roads are pointed out in the memorials | A bill introduced by Rep. Newell| 'of Ketchikan, by request, would jappropriate $100,000 to | Territorial highway near | kan. | A Pioneers’ Home Building Com-| |mission would be created by al {measure introduced by Reps Gur-| nick and Almquist. The bill car-| |ries an appropriation of $100,000 to erect either an addition to the i | build ui Ketchi- | plementary structure in that vicin- jity for the accommodation of pio- {neer women and for pioneer | couples. | The proposed Pioneers’ IBulldinv: Commission would have ifive memb: composed of the Ithree trustees of the Pioneers’ Home and two pioneer women elected by| {members of the Pioneer Womens'| Auxiliary. Amend and Repeal Laws | Three of the four bills introduced {this morning by Rep. Maurice Johnson would amend or repeal ex- isting Laws of Alaska. The law irelating to fast driving over a pub-, (lic bridge would be repealed en- furely, and technical amendments would be made in the laws relat ing to embezzlement and the laws relating to domestic corporatios gnation of agents to ac-; ‘cepl service of process. { | The fourth bill introduced by Rep |Johnson would forbid persons con victed of a felony owning or having {in their possession any fireatm! capable of being concealed on the | person. The Committee on Judiciary and Federal Relations this morning re- |ported out three bills—to amend' |the marriage laws, relating to the| jcosts in civil actions, and to vre- fquire bids on service contracts | (with *“do pass” recommendations. 'H. B. 9, to appropriate $75,000 for, searches for lost planes, was mark | led “do not pass” and carried the, jrecommendation that it be referred !to the Ways and Means Committee. The House recessed shortly be- fore ncon until 2 p. m. - 'SOLONS APPROVE SCHOOL AGE ACT i In a shory session yesterday after- ) (noon, the Alaska Senate cleaned ‘up its calendar for the day, passing {one bill and tabling another betore | adjourning until this morning at: 11 o'clock. Passed, by an 11 to 4 vote, was| | Senate Bill 12, which advances by | ;four months the age requirement ‘for school children. Introduced by ! i the Education Committee, its pur- | Home | | pose was explained by Chairman i | Gunnard M. Engebreth as to aid in solving overcrowded conditions {at some schools. The bill was passed by the Sen- ate without amendment. It requires | that a child to enroll in the public | schools, except kindergarten, must each the age of six not later than | the first day of November next fol- ilowing the commencing of the| Eschoul term. Under the present law, {a child is requlrgd to become six | years old by the first day of the | following February. Some opposition to S. B. 12 was ! expressed by Senator O. D. Coch- iran who pointed out that by its! | provisions a child born on the sec- !ond day of November would be ex- icluded from sghool for the entire| | school term, although he would be !six years old for the major part of | that term; also that there are few! ! places in Alaska where there are | kindergartens. | A revised statement of Alaska |Territorial Guard funds, submitted ‘by the Adjutant General of the 'ATG and showing a total unex- pended balance of $4,768.17, against | which there are some outstanding obligations, brought a motion by | ‘aska Airlines Office in the Baranof rington. The pilot of the two en-{Sexmlm' N. R. Walker that Senate | today that the scheduled meeting | ern Light traps and was withdrawn in favor| Hotel the Women's National Aeron- gined ship is believed to have been | Bill 5 be laid on the table. Without |for tomorrow evening has been | Parlors. Hostesses for the afternoon to 4. Voting no were Senators Cof- Continu @00 e0seecCe000000 00O OES US e To Operate Ships fey, Brownell, Rivers and Scott " e 8. B. 5 is the measure designed MAY pAI(H AlASKA‘ ' to bring about immediate dissolu- pera Ions o tion of the ATG by taking aw wn’H (EMENI FOR all that organization’s unspent 1rip 1o searsie Belncreased, EXTENSION £ action in the Senate yesterday was the most heated of the day, though not directly in T 2 connection with any particular leg- o arls a u islation. In dispute was whether the Twemy Passengers Hown 7 | Senate shall continue to operate| f( An(horage_fie]gm under the rule invoked during the | T 1946 special session, whereby the Rules Committec sets the daily | calendar and determines the order | in which bills shall come before| CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. 5—Plac the whole body |ing of a strong cement patch may The question was opened by Sen- | enable the steamship Alaska, dam- Being Discharged New Oil Flofation E quip- Bartlett Claims Necessity ment fo Be Installed- as Solution fo Ship- Personnel Enlarged ping Problems 5 5 ator Engebreth's proposing adoption | 2864 on going aground near here By CHARLES D. WATKINS of the rules of the 1945 session as|Sunday, to proceed to Seattle, E.| Plans for increasing operations of| WASHINGTON, Feb., 5—Pres- J. Kratochvil, Dis the Polaris-Taku mines at Tulse- . 3 : rict Ship Salv: x:«-‘I the permanent rules of the present | 17th Naval District 1 b V' S ict, | |ident Truman’s request to Congress Officer of the quah were made session. Rules Committee Chairman i At a conference inffor extension of provisions of the Walker immediately moved to am- | S2id today. ;-’_‘“wu'“ 12\.*" week Nasis M»lfljlu“’ War Powers Act for another year end that motion to adoption of the | »A(-c»ompnmr-d by five men ‘m\d Frank McF llrx"wm, President W. B.|was held out today by Senator 1945 rules “as amended” (in 194¢), | PriPGING heavy and light diving|Milier and W. F. James, consult-| Magnuson (D-Wash), as ‘ oftering equipment, Kratochvil arrived from | ing engineer and ‘director of oper-!yeljof for Kodiak in a Navy PBY. He is a ations der, brotight @ Tound of expressions | Yeleran of 18 years Navy svr\iux-"l‘:"’:’|1}:"*";; 'l‘.‘;')‘ill"“l(l ,”mf under| Under the present law, the pow- from nearly all members of the|ONd claims the diving record of |the Taku River Mining Com 'er of the Maritime Commission to Senate before a 10 to 5 vote ler: 220 feet in light gear. f-“.\_v“’“‘l:.'fl;\ Jormed to ““‘”“‘w“““vup(‘l'flt(' the Alaska steamship lines the Rules Committee in charge of | Twenty-one of the 90 pas“""‘”'\.‘p.‘n”““" 4y I,‘.ll‘\mu"h‘ ‘" 15 plan-foxpires February 28. Private oper- thegalandar were flown to Anchorage yesterday |1¢d to install new oil flotation mill-ators have said they will not take | but no decision has been made as|IN& cquipment in the spring as s0ON | gyer unless they are given rate in- President Andrew Nerland's ruling that the Walker motion was in or- Alaska's shipping prob- | lems. . oo Hale 9 to the others, the steamship com- | ®5 navigation opens on the Taku|cregses. / pany agent here said. They and thv‘m,;.:;. nd barges ca aie Magnuson contends. that freight | 100 crew members still remained -USS WA DATEES cah operate OM and passenger rates to Alaska al- | aboard ship because of 'the lack of | "'I ”“'l‘ ":”‘ "“]i‘ “’f“r“l“ four ready are too high and that the sketball game: ced last | accommodations ashore: jand @ half ‘months of the year.!Territory cannot stand another in- ni:::kct:::il:n‘.\n:”‘l“:‘;ollg\l:;“d !.m‘ The freighter’ Terminal Knot|2hd It is necessary to get all sup-loraqse o Niagara 63; Assumption (Ont) 44| Which arrived last night ""”-“".‘l.mffi e (‘.)q?"])in\‘l(lm .mlu“‘:; vmh]fl." Extension of the War Powers Act Bh o1 Wishiston 4 taking off cargo. The No, 2 ““““t;: .‘! mogklle: 8 :"’Ftd uring the o give the Maritime Commission College of Pacific 47; Nevada 45.| Was cleared of water by pumps and * g~ Summer season ipermission to operate steamship acific 47; Nevada 45. : + OF N At present, 62 men are working el h Eastern Washington 60: Whit. |1t Was lowered six feet in No. 1] g ines where needed for another ashington H Mt hold underground, reports McPherson, inl goqp Magnuson told a reporter R 5 | Repair work may take three days 1€ Sicehill tunnel from whichbiwiy' give us time to find @ solu- Seattle College 45; Gonzaga 39. pa'r work may take shree AovS|yinge go down 800 feet. Last VAr|yon to Alaska i College of Idaho 55; British Col- |OF more, officials said, with the bay o "0 o P g0 1o o ™ apey, 1100 to Alaska’s shipping problems 2 T down - dor i And o RYALS s A, (Rkon | . i et roves g umbia 47 i?:"":".k done St dhlmg .}""kf:"“‘ from the mine every 24 hours. The. yangion -.-Lml n‘;ppt,:cv”?r::ledefr\ Lewiston (Idaho) Normal 46;-“:Lm“"””‘l‘é“l‘);l """;’: ‘(‘"_ ;“”‘ new milling equipment will inerease . sape Monday, we can then pllem] Boise (Idaho) yester ow, coldest in his-| .. 95 10 sach da | 04 B vag J cr 44‘ ; Ftory. Bere, Servindb ot el Ay BT the output to 325 tons each day. |Alaska's cass with the Maritime anport Center 85; Oregon Edu-j 8 2ot S o *Guard. boat | , Folaris-Taku mine was closed in|Commission cation 54 at an he Coas' uard boat | " 2, ¢ " o) e i | April of 1942, and reopened in April The service would continue to Oregon State Jayvees 54; Pacific | Cedar which arrived today will not o 1946. Crews started working the | g, Territory without interruption 1 Univ. 33 be needed. mine in June of last y but 3 | L ;. ‘. v and meantime S Vancouver 53; Yakima 50 i DPEs e g shortages of labor until recently,|to work on a hof&r:::;eu A st > se I (ONVE" oul and also difficult weather condi- .coner 4 i 1 ongr T o ® o a9 o ,A fl. " S [tions held production down Jast ‘,5\:.‘ \“g :;leill:;“:mf;tfl: WEATHER REPORT © BUSY ON RESOLUTIONS |, McPietson is expecting 20 men | VAT TR AR R “Tencratusts for - 24-Hour e | to ‘arrive ~in Juneau Prifey . bl lyion- 15 mare” oritteRl’ now.” Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock e T jboard the Princess Norah. Plans = auonucon and Dplegnlc.Barlleh This - Morning. e! Delegates to the Alaska Terxi- call for an increase in personnel al' (s ajacka), said they would urge Bt o |torial Federation of Labor conven- Tulsequah from the present 130 to|apnroval of the exténsion snd ap- In Juneau—Maximum, 19; e |tion today were working over - 185 as soon u,\olfisx.mlv |propristion of ‘bhey . neadad for minimum, 7. o/ PORSC. resolutions “and memorials, {government operation of the ship At Airport—Maximum, 22: e and ik van R Rectell Shuy s ony oM lines. The operation is now done minimum, 9. hem \\n}uhl be put to a vote before | twith the companies acting as i & the sessions adjourned for the day {agents for the commission WEATHER FORECAST this afternoon ! “Extension of the War Powers (Juneau and Vicinity) ,Act.” Bartlett also told a rz2porter, | Delegates Leo Hali, representa-| tive of the Seafarer’s Internatio | Cloudy with intermittent | “will rolve the critical situation for snow tonight and Thursday. “": ;"“S:"Sh"m;" ”‘L C‘“f:f Irlet, | [the tims being and we may be 'F(‘lnpemlu!’(‘s 28 to 31 de- AL - SKINCE, DOFSIATY - LYBRSUL- | Q - — able to work out a solution.” grees tonight and 30 to 3¢ e ©f Of the Kodiak United Fishermen FE- DAY, KR 4 After a conference between the (Bills Introduced) H. B. 31, by Rep of Alaska, were behind several res- olutions already pa d degrees tomorrow. Wind vel- ocity tonight 15 to 256 mph ship owners and a House Merchant Gill—To bulld [3p, 140 Gommittee last week, Bart- PRECIPITATION o! These included resolutions re-ja $100,000 school ’E"d”,_"““"“ I8¢ {1t quoted the owners as saying (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) o | 4UESHNG a T2rritorial Department; To Committee on ueation, that if Alaska protested proposed of Fisheries, one in favor of thei H. B. 32, by Rep. Gill--To build » - TN Sniasen 5 59 - inches Fish Trap Referendum vote, and a | another $100,000 school near An. | lcieased rates, demsnding hearings Elne Y 0t nohes; csolution, equeating operation of) chorage. To Committee on Educa.|°"d delaed pubting them fnto ef- sinod Iy 1 1321 tnohes, et R O el ke toh e “duca-tooct, the owners would stop ser- At Airport 59 inches: el "‘LX5"’G AN g s 8 g X |viee to the Territory immediately snce Feb 1 81 inohes; o !for propagation .of red salmon H. B. 33, by Rep. Glll—To build iy o tapine ooeine yoa since July 1, 45.09 inches. .’”DAlso. nrpp.luve(l E‘ m‘v-” 11'0:\\ *;:?‘;f:ul.her $100,000 school near An-| The Alaska leglslature voted yes- W e @ Vg n so far are these resolutions:|chorage. Td Committee on Educa- | ‘rday to intervene in the rate case one favoring Statehood for Alaska; | tion. land demand hearings on the just- |another favoring rev | H. B. 34, by Rep. McCutcheon. ness of the proposed new tariffs. S SR STEAMER MOVEMENTS 27 of the Jones Act; a moximum | To provide tor an erease of the ' This would have the effect of ey our, minimum wage r \0151_11011- licensing tax on fishermen, "“’"“".~u,~pemhm; the rates until after North Sea, from Seattle, in port and a resolution favoring a Terri-|a special fund and establish an of- Maritime Commission hearings. Scheduled to sail at 3 a. m. for torial Wage Collection Law. A pro-|fice for the relief and care of sick | e : iSkagway and Sitka, to return to Posed resolution in favor of Soclal-'and disabled fishermen. To Com- | 5 Bkagnay gl oiixe ‘ized Health was defeated | mitiee i Plahiertes. I'The Washi ngton Denali, from attle, heduled | Main 't\;slncbs at the .du»‘rm‘n.m: H. B. 35, by Rep. Maurice John- to arrive sometime tomorrow. jsession today was revision of theigon—to require the election of | Princess Norah scheduled to ar- ATFL constitution | municipal magistrates in "wm'»?MerrY'GO-BOllnd rive Friday night § e e porated cities of the first clas ‘\ i Aleutian_ scheduled to sail from ® ® ® ® € e e ¢ ¢ & ® ® with more than 1500 population;| By DREW PKARSON Seattle February 7 -es GRANT RITES THURSDAY regquiring a minimum salary; pre- | ribe his duties-and name the of- WASHINGTON—The splurge of TiDE TABLE le ® ficers of the Municipal Court 'rn:““‘"‘ air crashes is causing con- Thursday morning at 10 u‘cluck:' FEBRUARY 6 ® Committee on Municipal Affairs. |Siderable worry to the Secret Ser- a requiem mass will be celebrated | ® High tide 2:40 am, 176 it. ®| H. B. 36, by Rep. Vukovich—To Yice agents responsible for the life at the Catholic Church of the Na-|® Low tide 8:25 am., 13 {l. ®ibuy 13 typewriters and two mimeo- | °f the President. tivity for Rebert Grant, who passed | ® High tide 14:28 pan., 194 ft. ®lgraph machines for the use of the! The Secret Service is afraid the away at St. Ann’s Hospital late last | ® Low tide 20:56 pm., -36 {t. ® | Legislature. To Ways and Means | 98Y may come when the President’s week i® ® ® o o o o o o o o Committee, ‘,\pvcml plane, “The Sacred Cow, Plans have been made to ship ——— : Bills Passed ‘lnuyhulao oincom:;r-r ;:d wt’l:‘l)h:r or the body to Los Angeles, where | 8. B. 6 To appropriate $5,000 to|Mmechanical trouble. ey a now | Grant's family live, for burial. AlBRE(H' "I-KS AI | pay old age ussi.lstlunc]e benefits dur- | Something about the President’s Pallbearers at the service tomor- g the remainder of the biennium, | Propensity for taking off, rain ox MEET, KIWANIS (LUB " row will be Sam Paul, Jr, Milt| H. B. 8—The Fish Trap Refer-|shine, and it keeps them awake at Daniel, Wayne Johnson, Glenn; Dr. C. Earl Albrecht was the!endum bill. | nights thinking about it. When he Abraham, William Sweeney and}guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club - et wants to go someplace, he simply Arnold Brasheir. luncheon-meeting today, discussing | | goes. — - | National Social Hygiene Day. ()'h«-l; “0('( ouo"“o"s | Result is that a quiet campaign MRS. CUOK BREAKS LEG guests were W. H. Plummer and la: is under way inside the Secret | Thomas Crookes of Juneau and vis-| NEW YORK, Feb. 5 Closing | Service to persuade the President Mrs. Norman Cook, employed at|jting member was Doug Starr of | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine !0 abandon air travel generally the offices of the U. S. Veteran’s' anchorage. They want him to take the train Administration in the Goldstein 3 SATE Gy 16 Dy cotercan Oan | e v | Larry Parker, Wallis George and |97. Anaconda 40, Curtiss-Wright s President Roosevelt did on al- Building, fell on the waxed lino-'A R " puncan were named as a | International Harvester 79's. Keni- Most all occasions. FDR enjoyed leum floor in the office on her|committee to have charge of the | pecott 49, New York Central 207,, train travel. It rested him and gave way to lunch today and broke a|awarding of an automobile for the|Northern Pacific 21%, U. S. Steel|him a chance to get caught up leg Library Fund benetit %, Pound $4.02% with his correspondence. Truman g 76 Taken to St. Ann’s Hospital, Mrs. It was announced that because “,! (however, loves the speed of an air- Sales today were 1,180,000 shares. Cuok.wa.s placed un.d the c.are[me dinner to be served at the, Dow, Jones averages tos are -Plane, He can get to Kansas City of Dr. John Clements. He reported ! galmon Creek Country Club in the follows: industrials 18252, rails|in four hours whereas it would take that she had received a serlous|evening, there will be no meeting| 5172, utilities 3697 | him two nights and a day by train fracture of both bones of her lower | Wednesday noon Feb. 12 | R ! The Secret Service has never re- leg. No complications were discov- R | s TING OF [covered from the scare it received ered MARTHA SOCIETY FRIDAY N LEGION IS on Christmas, 1945, When Mr. Tru- Pl ) - ) 2 ™ ns man ew home to enee NO STATEHOOD MEETING | The Martha Society will meet GRLLED. OB TRURGDAY, PAL SAW home 10, DANSEE sh Cole, President of the Ju- Friday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock ‘Thére will be a special meeting o ommercial airlines, However, the neau Statehood club, announced |lor dessert luncheon in the North- of the American Legion at the | pregident i5 a hard man to persu- Presbyteriagn Church | Dugout tomorrow evening. The 4o ard his Secret Service body- building has heat, but no Water:!guaids are not any too optimistic d Rice s0 members will provide something besides coftee to drink to the inelement weather. Mrs. J. W, Leivers, (Continued on Page Four)