The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE- ’ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” L e VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,518 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS TaxProgram Pre SENATE WIPES ALSKAPOWER OFF CALENDAR " pecommenpeD GRAND AND PETIT JURORS DRAWN; REPORT MARCH 24 was appointed by Judge John Jury J. Fargher Commissioner BILL TO RAISE NEW SHIP FISH TRAP FEES 1S INTRODUCED | Ownership of fish traps by the {larger companies will become more | | \ TRUMAN PLEDGES G0OD NEIGHBOR POLICY, MEXICO President Speaks in Na- " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS sented To Legislature Today 16 Deaths 'NET INCOMES, AsResultof PROPERTY TAX 0f Weather ACTS OFFERED IN I.ONG MEET Irrigation of Some Areas .. {Uniform Licensing Meas- ure Third of Fund- . Raising Bills Three bills d;;g‘n‘eo w0 establish a modernized tax basis for Alaska |were pitched into the Alaska Sen- to M Also Be Und ki Harry F. Pratt yesterday during expensive if a bill introduced this hona' Pa|a(e at Mexico ; May Also be Un erfaken (the afternoon session of the Dis- | e |morning in the House of Repre- | C Mtend Fesii | PRR p f : | i trict Court. Following Fargher's'| WASHINGTON, March 4.—P— ! seéntatives becomes law. The -bill, (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Pension Boost Laid Aside-! bY Interior Depa"mem | appointment, a grand jury panel|The Maritime Commission notified[by Rep. Steve McCutcheon, would ity, Attends restiva _ March winds harried the cold L - of 30 names was drawn by the Rep. Jackson (D-Wash) today it|leave the basic license fee for pile| :r_\' Y and *'"’“-D{flsucd East anew wdn)1 PTOSpedOfS Aid By VERN HAUGHLAND |new Commissioner and John Wal-|plan:ed to inaugurate the new|dfiven and floating traps at $s0| MEXICO sl MBI I T B WASHINGTON, Mar. 4. (P— mer, Clerk of the Court. Also|privately operated steamship ser-|as at present, but the fourth to P‘?f““‘,“v___“"‘[‘:(‘i“ f‘:‘ e otk S i Heaved OUI | Hawait and Puerto Rico have inri-|drawn was the petit jury of 75. lvice to Alaska April 1 tenth trap owned by one firm "i"'{d NGMER r'm“’ i et il ;:1 Nl my:\"frdy » i gation projects ready to go, and Al-| One divorce was granted yester-| The House late yesterday agreed would be subjected to an “"'d““’“'!:nuexfjlf;’unni ht B e iiniter| Sats and. Shrks i ;;‘ e Urdk Refreshed by the weekend rest,|aska won't be far behind it Federal|day by Judge Pratt in the case!to Senate amendments and gentisl fee of $200 each, instead of $1001 )\ B ono L R o T by codtibtis, Gt e ARG the Alaska Senate Monday faced a | reclamation benefits are extendedof Hazel Dennis vs. Arthur Dennis. to the House legisiation author-feAch as at present, and all traps| - or Lpoliscv SR ARbeitie] Const sy BEiAC AN B e e ‘endar of 28 measures determined |to the territories, an Interior De-|The divorce was given on grounds|izing ¥he commission to inauguratejover ten would pay an additional | EEETI0L B ention. | forms ot zrumpnrmmnc——i-n?x iy clean the slate. Carrying out|partment survey showed today. of cruelty with Albert White re-|(the service by contracting with|[$400 each, instead of $200 each He had a full schedule for the|er. highway and air—were impeded ate this morning by an unususl laudable resolution, the Sen-!| Hawaii probably will start her re- | presenting the plaintiff. The couple Private operators jas at present. lase vt it ‘ot u'by. ine heavy: fallioof o on over battery of Senators Victor C. Riv- T ket through the afternon | lations with Federal reclamation,|was married on January 24, 1939.i Under the legislation the coms| Another fisheries measure, H. B bt Aanitt, “Aqnkl. |the werkent ; lers and Norman R. Walker. The and went into the first evening|if they materialize, with projects Grand Jury ‘mission will charter government 59, naf I)::.\Sed by tfle House this hihepmalmaten A mdependenct-,i T uBSLA bk YOIb Ray main | three strikes were accompanied by seting of the current leglalative to irrigate 12,000/ acres on Molokal] * mhe following namies were drawn ' SHEL. to the owrers at norifas moring. It extends the present MR OUIRCT 0 of @ festivalland all secondary roads were|® Poetic parody voiced from the |and 1500 acres at Waimea on the’ o serve on the SIEna e which | Fates: the owners will stand all|$25 non-resident commercial fish-| : i & oo | Blocken: | 8¢ A Tassborth s s ouie Were|Dleachers by Senator Charles D | big island, Hawaii, Department of- | “ DS 4 D\mr’(' Cmn‘lcs«-s and the government will get|ermen’s license fee to include hali-|©; lm.me dances, i E[n-'lmmf)hii"(‘fl wmiv Biia nci mrJJonts. entitled “What Strange 12101208 shid il SRR ourt {5 per cent of all profits, if any,|but fishermen and other hook;and reception at the U. 8. m-| " i M- ot |on March 24 above ten line . fishermen. Previously|bassy in the afternoon and an eve-|lines at Rochester Syracuse, ‘md:.Bedrellows Politics Makes.” ter 8 o'clock last night, they had accomplished their purpose and all but cne of the measures had at least been looked at. Only S. B. 32 was passed over without a peak. That bill was moved to the top of | the calendar to greet the solons when they returned to their desks at 11 o'clock this morning. It considered far too controversial to Puerto Rico is engaged in pre-| paratory planning for the irrigation | of Lajas Valley in the dry south~‘ ' western part of the island i “Alaska has a few areas which are sedsonally deficient in rainfall,| but we don't know enough yet! about the reclamation possibilities | there,” Willlam E. Warne, Assist-| From Juneau—Mis. H. C. Aase, perom Olaf Brensdal, E. H. De Land, Wil- | _Jackson liam C. Donaldson, Donnell H.(* inaugurated Gould, Emil Henrikson, Susan M.|Crease in rates Kennedy, Victor Power, Mrs. H B. Smith, A. T. Thorndale and Al- bee Wallate From Douglas nett, Mrs. E. L said wken it will mean an in- The private own- but would Delegate Bartlett amount to much 35 percer said they ' more The commission will set the rates before the service starts. i — Madeline Bon- Irwin, Wilma E. ers estimated they would be about ™ fto by _ prohibiting the purchase unless moembers are licensed ,and the service|only trollers had uncer the section of the Act per- taining line fisher- to en. The new bill would put teeth in-| licensing Act| tish | crew the fishermen'’s from any vesst hook and been el included | ning of all It the Mexican, Buffalo, suspended | their operations. jrunning hours late. all or part of Trains were reception at Foreign Office. Speaking in the national palace "% " "5 last night, the President declared; Several Northern Maine commun- that to him non-intervention|ities were isolated and the New meant “that a strong nation dm.;ll-?nglund Telephone and Telegraph not have the right to impose ns!"“mpfll\}' was, i will, by reason of its strength, un]u""s to complete long distance a weaker nation.” lcalls. Most main England were open, however. High using mobile radio roads in New | | Rivers and Walker were the only |members of the Senate’s Taxation Committee willing to put their (names to the three bills, which are: S. B. 8l1—to levy a net income tax equal to 10 percent of the Foderal Income tax paid by all |individuals, corporations, banks, ete The proposed act provides attempt to tackle without a fulljant Commissioner of Reclamation,!gjenson, Mrs. Kathleen McCormick, day before the body. {told a reporter [Alika" . ‘Boor S. B, 82 is the bill introduced by | Needs Hydroclectric Power Prom. Sitkard Senators Coffey and Butrovich pro-: “The Territory has a definite Helen L. Howard posing to substitute a graduated K need for hydroelectric power, how- prom Elfin Cove would also require fish buyers to, «“The whole-hearteq accepiance ;keep written records of all pur-lof this doctrine ty all of us is the | chases, showing the name and;geystone of the inter-American {license number of each fisherman.|gystem,” he continued. “Without | Bills And Memorials |it we could not exist as a com- for withholding by payroll deduc- tions and requires payment of the tax in full by all non-resident workers—with Alaskans of 12 | months residence immediately The plan will operate for 16 months during which Congress will ‘try to work out a solution of the ! Alaska shipping problem. - - | tides lashed the seacoast Some (snowdrifts were house high. | More than 40 inches of snow cov- ered the ground in parts of Mary- 'land. J. Culbert, Mrs. - Mrs. David Maurice net tax on mining for the present | ever. It also has plenty of swift, payig A rew Lill by Rep. gross tax on valuable mineral pro- | relatively short mountain rivers duction which can be harnessed for power.” During the day, one measure! Oscar L. Chapman, Acting Sec- was voted down, two were indefin- | retary of the Interior, submitted to itely postponed, two were referred |the House of Representatives last back to committee, one was tabled, month a draft on a bill to extend two were continued in second'to the territories the provisions of reading and a score passed. { the Reclamation Act, now limited Pension Bill Tabled (to the 17 western states. It was the evening session that. Chapman said that if reclama- produced the biggest break in rou-:tion activities had been undertaken tine when H. B. 7, first on the'earlier, the war-time problem of evening calendar, became the target | transporting foodstuffs to the ter-. of a move to lay on.the tuble,‘l'xtufles might have been much less which is what the Senafors finally { acute. did with it—twice. That measure, Arnold Approves designed to increase the maximum| The proposal also received the! on benefits for Old Age Assistanceapproval of Edwin G. Arnold, Di-| to $75 monthly, as well as to wi-irector of Territories and Island den eligibility for benefits even to;Possessions, who told a reporter: include aliens, had been one of the| “We must do everything we can most hotly contested measures toito help Hawaii free herself from pass: the House. ia two-crop economy, and improve The Senate's Judiciary Commit- | and broaden her economic basis tee sent it to the floor marked|beyond the sugar and pineapple do not pass. Following a geslurelupon which it now depends. at amendment, Senator N. R.' “There has been quite a surge of Walker voiced the move to table.'interest in developing Alaska. But At the time, two Senators—Victor no econcmy can develop without a (7,) Rivers and Edward D. Coffey— sound agricultural base. Alaska has were absent. Roll call on the mo-a long and expensive haul for food, | tion was interrupted by Senator|and anything we can do to stimu- 0. D. Cochran, who demanded alate her food production will be of' “Call of the Senate.” The Ser-|great benefit.” geant at Arms was dispatched for >, —— the missing members, but when it{ became evident that they would not | -be immediately available, Cochran | KIRKPATRICK RITES Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Kirkpatrick, who passed away in! From Angoon—Mrs. Cyril Gecrge From Sheep Creek—Mrs. W Hermansen, Mrs. K. Wingate From Mendenhall Mrs. Elmer Howerter. From Kake—Adam James, Albert H. Kadake. From Petersburg—John strand, Alma Sisson. Petit Jury To report on the same date for the petit jury are the following: From Juneau—Margie D. Beyer, Mrs. G. G. Brown, W. K. Burford, Ruth Coffin, Mrs. Pearl Dore, Lee Elingwood, Jesse L. Geeslin, A. F. Glover, Earmest L. Hayes, Arnot Hendrickson, Inar Jackson, J. C Johnston, Ted Jopes, Joseph A LePierre, Odelia Light, Allan J. Mnrcus, Ross Mill, Florence B. Oakes, Elma Olson, Willis W. Roff, Mae J. Sabin, J. H. Sofoulis, Curtis Shattuck, J. B. Smith, Mary Treat, Glen W. Truebled, Lillian O. Turn- er, Ed Weele, M. Judson Whittier, Dean K. Williams, George Wilson. Frem Douglas Mrs. Beatrice Guerin, F. W. James, Effie Lind- strom, Margaret Allce Pearce, An- tone J. Reiss, Robert G. Schoppert, Janet Sey, Mrs. A. Shudshift, James Willis, Alex Gair. From Kake—Arnold Austin. From Haines—B. H. Narnett, R. Kol- | John Jacobs, Robert E. Lee, Daisy Phillips, Lois I. Short. From Angoon- Thomas Bennett, " AIRPORT TRAFFIC |Johnson would amend the Laws of Alaska relating to agreements| inot in writing to provide that nn?‘ !agreement shall not be void for i faflure to state a consideration. ! Reps. Joy, Coble, Meath Maurice . Johnson . introduced a' memorial calling the attention of) * CONTROL TOWER OPERATING HERE ‘the Postmaster General and others| United States could not be indif-|allow courts to suspend | The Civil Aeronautics Adminis-itg the poor mail service in Al-|ferent “to what gces on beyondiof sentences; passed 16-0. tration officially commissioned the|aska, due to shipwrecks, shipping; new Airport Traffic Control Tow-!strikes and the grounding of! ler at Juneau Airport Saturday, planes because of adverse weath-; |with the opening of the Tower by|er, and asking that the. Alaska tolerated than lawlessness among! R.. J. Petitte,- CAA official from Highway be used to send mail to’ Anchorage, at 8 o'clock in thejall parts of Alaska except the First morning. Division. Hours of operation at the pres- A memorial ent time will be from 8 a. m. un-lservice in the | relating to airplane Territory, and es- til 4 p. m., but a 16-hour a day, pecially to service by unscheduled!the U, S. and Mexico apart, and|ate conflict in pr the near planes, was introduced by Rep.' future. |Wm. Egan. It asks that smalll The Control Tower will main-;operators be permitted to engage tain a continuous listtning watch in charter service in Alaska with| on 3105, 4495 hd 6210 kilocyeles 'the least formality possible; that during the hours of operation, and|small charter operators be re-, in addition will standby on other quired to compete on a fair basis, frequencies by request. The Tower with carriers holding certificates;, will transmit on the standard air- and that regulatory requirement port control frequency of 278 kilo-:for all types of Alaskan air car- cycles. rs and all types of Alaska airl In charge of operations at the services be kept to a minimum | Tower will be Daniel A. Ward, Jr.,, consistent with safe operation. former Navy flier and with.pre-| The House recessed shortly be-) vious experience in CAA towers uti(m‘o noon until 2 p. m ! Boeing Field, Seattle, Great Falls, -— — 1 and Billings, Montana and also An-: chorage. Biad He will be assisted by James A.| schedule is hoped for in T v o o o WEATHER REPORT ] for 24-Hour e munity of good neighbors. It is a binding commitment under the good neighbor policy. It is part of the basic international law recognized by all the American republics. My own country will be spirit of that law.” He warned, however, that the our borders.” Lawlessness among nations, the President said, is no more to be individuals. President Miguel Aleman, Mex- ico’s recently inaugurated chiefl executive, said in his speech of welcome that “no ‘rivalry” holds “no untoward complex thwarts us R SENATE MEASURES DAY, MARCH 3 (Introduced) 8. J. M. 16, by Coffey Urging construction of a road from Nak- nek to Hot Creek Airport, with lo- cal residents to defray a part of the cost; Referred to Transporta- tion. S. J. M. 17, by 36th Coffey—Urging withdrew his “Call.” The completed roll call then showed 8 votes fér tabling, 6 opposed and 2 absent. Call Is Renewed Apparently of the opinion that the motion had failed, Senator (Continued on Page Sit) TheAW;;fii'ngion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PrLARSON WASHINGTON tive Harold Cocley of North Caro- lina takes great pride in his past rfforts to houseclean the old Farm Security Administration of “Reds.” More recently he also played a ma- jor role in combining Farm Secur- ity. and the Agriculture Depart- ment'’s crop loan functions into what now is called the Farmers Home Administration. However, while Congressman Cooley is always ready with press statements about these achieve- ments, he has not been so diligent in telling his constituents about some interesting sleight-of-hand whereby he “streamlined” a relative into a cushy job. When the Farmers Home Admin- istration was established, who should pop up on the payroll as chief of the Property Management Secticn but Cooley’s very own brother in-law, Bruce J. Downey. Most Carolinians would consider $7,100 a year (Downey's salary) sufficient for one family to struggle along on. However, Congressman | Cooley is taking no chances that the wolf will ever camp around the Downey door. Downey’s wife, Mabel Cooley Downey, the Congressman’s sister, also draws down $6,000 a year as Cooley’s chief secretar: In should be noted that she is an (Continued on Page Four) Representa- | y. ! fairness to Mrs. Downey it St. Ann’s Hospital last week, will ,be held tomorrow afternoon at 2| «!o'clock in the chapel of the Charles | ! W. Carter Mortuary. Arrangements and program for! | the service are under the Juneau, :OES. The Rev. Robert Treat will ,give the eulogy, and interment will ibe in the Masonic Plot of Ever- | green Cemetery. Pallbearers will be H. I. Lucas, George Folta, Oscar Elisen, W. B.| ; Oliver. - ALEUTIAN GOES WEST | Aleutian, bound Westward, sailed | lat 8 o'clock last evening, with the! ! following passengers booked !roml Juneau to Valdez, James E. Hill, George A. Madden and Mrs. Mar-‘l garet Harrais: to Seward, Shepard | Lee, Kenneth P. Johnson, Mr. and | Mrs. J. S. Jeffrey, 1. J. Cunz, Fred Kalm, Grace McNichol, Mary Ann! Balmat, Gust Peterson, Oscar J.! Anderson and Mathew M. Adams. ! —————— i “DEFINING THE WA | TOPIC FOR LUTHERANS AT MIDWEEK SERVICES Continuing the series on ‘The Way of The Cross' at the midweck | Lenten service of the Lutheran church tomorrow night the pastor will give a meditation on the topic, ‘Defining the Way.' X | All interested persons are cor- dially invited to attend these ser-| vices which begin at 7:30 pm.| each Wednesday evening in Lent. | . SAILORS SPLICE HERE Nerthland ‘Transportation Com pany’s freighter Sailors Splice ar-: {rived in port at 8 o’clock this| imorning, with approximately 900 ‘tons of general cargo, including| | four cars. | i | { - | She is not expected to finish un-| | loading until sometime tomorrow,! when she will sail for Excursion | iInlet and Sitka. | | Heisel, Al McKenzie and Douglas,‘c al William W. Rusk, Mrs. Mabel Wil- lard, Robert Willard From Sitka—Henry Benson, Hen- y G. Brown, Frank E. Cashel, Thomas Hailey, F. Harry Owen. From Skagway—H. M. Bigoff, Ina Eville, L. E. Johnson, Myrtle Alice Keeler, Mrs. E. H. Richter, Mrs. Alice B. Selmer. From Jamestown L. Buckhart. From Mendenhall — Mrs McGhee, who has previously | worked at Army towers during the; war and served more recently ati Merrill Tower in Anchorage. Also assisting will be Paul I. McConnel who bhas served at the Seattle Airway Traffic Control Center, and Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, and at the Airport Control Tower at Portland. He acquired addi-} tional experience in the field at| 7the instrument approach control Marie ' station at Gustavus. | mpen, Henry A. Jenkins, Mrs.| An airport control tower l\aslo !been urgently needed for someje s.|time in Juneau because of the in-|e !creasing air traffic. The newle From Hoonah—Arthur B. Hudson. | tower will aid all aircraft using ¢ From Petersburg - - Mrs. Emma |the airport and increase safety of| o Lindstrom, Francis R. Mathison, | OPerations. . i S. Hennesey, Bay—William Lee W. Smith From Salmon Crosby. Creek—Lynn SEVErSom, | ;. MEHERINS RETURN et X FROM TRIP TO FLORIDA Home in Juneau, at their Bar- anof Hotel apartment after a busi- !ness and vacation trip of four ! months, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Meherin | arrived here by PAA Monday. Two | months of their trip was spent! resting and acquiring - sun-tan at| Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On their trip the Meherins drove about 12,000 miles and declare themselves glad to be back north again. R. McDowell, L. mes H. Wheeler. From Douglas PRICES UP BUTTER AGAIN IN SEATTLE prices soared one to two cents a pound here again this morning, on! top of yesterday's similar rise, for| an aggregate climb of eight to nine cents a pound the past 10| days. Eggs were steady and firm| after yesterday's one cent advance.| Bids of a cent or more above the listed prices have consistently i failed to uncover new supplies from producers for more than a week. | Jal Mr. and Mrs. Meherin were Dr.| and Mrs. Jack Kristan. B e SMOKE BUT NO FIRE AN | Lots of smoke, but no fire greet- .y, ed the Juneau Fire Department | (Past 24 bours ending 7:30 . m. today) Temperatures Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morni ng. In Juneau—Maximum, 33; minimum, 27. At Airport—Maximum, 32; minimum, 15. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicirity) Cloudy with tonight and Wednesday. slight rair Slowly snow showers rising temperature. Southwest wind 15 to 20 mp.h PREUIPITATION Juneau — .1 1, In since March 0 inches; .10 inches; since July 1 ,6743 inches. At Airport -Trace; March 1, trace; 1, 4428 inches. since since July e e 0 s s 00 0 00 —— STEAMER MOVEMENTS Sailors Splice in port Tongass, from Seattle Hosts at dinner Monday night for to arrive 8 a. m Denali and Mrs. R. H. Williams and Mr. Seattle March 6, |east Alaska ports, to Sitka, return |to Juneau and then westward, in- cluding Kodiak. | square Sinnet scheduled to sail scheduled to om Seattle March 7. Princess Norah scheduled to sail scheduled tomorrow. sail Prices to bulk butter producers;When they answered the 1-7 alarm'fyom Vancouver March 7. today were: AA grade, 77c; A A&t the City Dock at 8:3¢ o'clock.) grade, 77c; B grade 75¢; C grade, ! T3¢ a pound. |the freight and passenger offices | Retailers paid jobbers 8lc fm-luf the Northland Transportation AA grade prints; 80-8lc for Al Company had backfired, filling the gradz, 79 for B grade and 78c for building with smoke. Firemen in- C grade. | vestigated thoroughly but discover-| Current supplies were ample to ed nothing burning. The all-clear meet the slow consumer demand! was sounded 15 minutes after the at resultant retail quotations first alarm, t Aleutian Apparently the furnace between evening of March 10 — eee NEW YORK — The Cotton Ex-{in civil actions in Justice Courts; ! |change is closed until further no- | Passed 16-0. \ as the result of employees! wage negmiflnom[vtde for destroying dogs habitually first| annoying either has animals and birds; el striking when broken down. time been elosed by ‘abe: scheduled This any mac is southbound the exchange irout’es, from calling at South- .‘hnm be lengthened and widened at a cost of $20,000 of Territorial road funds, plus contributions by local § B Ak 17, by Peratrovich— Urging that the Federal govern- ' ment extend Glacier Highway north \from Eagle River to Skagway: to : Transportation. (Passed) | 8. B. 44, by Walker—To increase to two cents per gallon and direct | revenues from the tax into a High- ways, Airfields, Harbors and Other | Water Facilities Fund; Passed 13-3; jemergency clause passed 13-3. 8. B. 2, by Munz—To provide for biennial audit of Territorial offic- es; appropriation $20,000; passed 15-1. 8. B. 31, by Cochran—To estab- ilish a commission charged with (recompilation of Alaska laws; ap- | propriation $20,000; passed 15-1. S. B. 43, by Walker—To reim- o | burse Lt. ‘Comdr. E. P. Chester $428.71 from the Governor's Emer- gency Fund, for expenses in Seattle |and Tacoma in connection with se- curing relief vessels during mari- ' time strike; passed 13-3; emergency clause passed 15-1 8. B. 56, by Cochran-To repeal | obsolete law providing for |lishment and maintenance of car | rier pigeon lofts as aids to navi- | gation; passed 16-0. S. B. 55, by Cochran—To clarify j dividing line between non-profit and other corporations and provide for more than one class of mem- jbers in non-profit organizations; : passed 16-0. | 8. B. 57, by Cochran—To require | deposit covering all jury panel costs 000000000 s ., 000000%00000000 S. B. 62, by Peratrovich—To pro wild or demestic passed 16-0. S. B. 65, by Coffey by request— ;that the landing strip at Dilling- business people; to Transportation.; /tax on motor fuel from one cent| estab- | preceding allowed a tax credit of | $45. | To waive compliance with provi-| apogt of the machinery of the {sons of law for payment of cer-'inochhe tax is adopted, by refer- itain claims for bounty on wolves ence only, from the l"vdernl In- |and coyotes, totalling $1,185; passed ternal Revenue Cods and regula- and fajthful to the letter and to the:l4-2; emergeney elause passed 15-1. tions promulgated thereunder. U S. B. 67, by Cochran—To repair S. Bureau of Revenue interpreta- ommission from criminal code to tion would be applicable to the portions | Alaska Act. Provisions of Act 5. B, 68, by Cochran—To exclude | proyisions of the act would ap- personal property frcm (enancy py to the taxable year commenc- Ry Coummini o dimbliis Jenary, 1 ML ar . 1o, ous- 'ate obsolete matter from provi- wdmg T R H g fractions of taxable years end- ,slons of law relating to regulation ing in 1947. The tax, other than jof mining; passed 16-0. one net income of individuals | |whose sole income in Alaska con- ts of salaries or wages, may be calculated as a flat ten percent of the Federal income tax for the gurre‘spondlng period or at ten ¢ i ! 8. R 173 by Cochran—To elimin- nt laws re- i garding disposal of surplus or aban- rdoned scheol property; passed 16-0. i , 8. B. 14, by Cochran--To pro- that ehanrestriotaRR: o percent on the proportion of Fed- ! vide . it ard eral t; ’ s Territorial banks shall not apply within "’:hede.;fev::wr;mm %ourch {8y ' 58 ol | ployees gboard the vessels would ¢ 8. J. M. 13, by Coffey—Urging ye determined by the number of !appointment of bona fide Alaska | gays spent by the craft within ;’rcsidents to Federal posts of au- Alaska waters. A similar provision !thority in the Territory; passed is made for aircraft operations, ;15-1. motor vehicles. S.J. M. 14, by Scott—Asking that Tax returns would be required of | the Army rehabilitate that portion all persons or firms required to make Federal income returns, oth- of the Seward Peninsula Railroad' destroyed by construction of an er than witholding receipts, and ‘airstrip and other wartime facili-tax would be payable to the Terri- torial Tax Commissiorer at the same time and in the same man- Secretary of Interior Julius Krug's ner as Federal income tax is paid. letter with regard to legislative ac-| Appeal to the courts would be tion concerning fish traps; pass(-djallowed in cases of disagreement 10-6. | with findings of the Tax Commis- H. J. R 2 by Vukovich—To| sSiomer. The Tax Commissioner authorize the Pioneers’ Home ’!‘rus-!wuukl be limited to five percent itees to accept $100 as full payment of collections for administration for medical services rendered to Of the tax aet. Julia Haley, deceased; passed 15-1. H. B. 3, by Vukovich- To au-| 1 qi:m‘;"pm;‘;:’u S thorize purchases of 13 typewriters income tax bill that the Tax and two mimeograph hines | ograph machines 0r| gommigioner has estimated rev- enues from the measure at $1,250,- 7 B 000 per year, or two and one-half lhl:t. SBE-I_VZ;; "Lyon’l':::fl‘ “’:’ wen v million for the biennium. Those B favoring the measure describe ft In amounts 5. gomplete, but short, simple, purchases of materials, as exceedi i 3 ceeding $250 be let on bid; (Pre easy to administer and non-dis- criminatory. Administration and viously passed and action rescind- passed 13-3; emergency clause enforcement, they state, will be ed); passed 13-3. |easier, less costly and more effec- |tive than the usual type of state ties; passed 16-0. H J. M. 18, by Hope—Answering ‘use of the Legislature; appropriat- ing $2,500; passed 15-0. (Defeated) §. B. 10, by Peratrovich—To in-|income tax law. crease maximum allowances for as- Preperty T | sistance to dependent children;| s B. 80—would {evy.la tax equal failed to pass 6-10. to 10 mills, the maximum allowed S. B. 20, by Walker by request— by the Organic Act, on all Alaska to create Library Board and es- | property. \ tablish uniform library system: ap-| Owners would be required to propriating $100,000; indefinitely 'daclare the value of their proper- postponed 12-4. ty to a thrgeésman appraisal and H. B. 10, by M. Johnson, Joy,|equalization bbard in each Judicial 1Coble and Meath—Prospectors Aid Divisioh, whiech would have au- { Bill; indefinitely postponed 9-5, 2 thority to review and adjust val- absent, uations submitted to it. All ap- praisals and equalizations would be made by the divisional boards but mailing of assessment notices, receiving of taxes and receipting for them would be done by offices of the Tax Commissioner Property taxes would be paid annually, with adjustments made as frequently as boards might find |necessary. The tax would be col- on all property, within (Tabled) ! H. B. 7, by Almquist—To increase | maximura benefits for Old Age | Assistance and broaden eligibility; }Iaid on table 10-6. e KODIAK MAN HERE Joseph G. Reilly, from Kodiak, is a new registrant at the Baranof | | Hotel, | lectable |and without municipalities; but all !collections upon property within incorporated towns, school dis- jtricts and public utility districts would be refunded to thém, and would be considered a - e DISMISS ADSERO CHARGE The complaint ‘uguulat Henry | Adsero on alleged charges of as- sault and battery, has been dis-| o {missed by Judge Hany F. Prate in|"*" "% the District Court (Continued on Page Sir)