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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" Lgeoi i. < [ __——— VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,519 ~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS e ——— Labor Issues To APPOINTMENT OF - LIEGLER ASKED IN BLANKET PRIMARY PASSED Addressed to e Governor and asking that he reappoint A. H (Ziegler of Ketchikan to the Terri- | torial Board of Education, House | Memorial No. 4 was introduced yesterday afternoon by Reps. | Rokert Hoopes and Maurice Johnson The memorial calls attention to Ziegler's 14 years of service on ithe Board, and to the resolution adopted by other members of the Board following last week's ses- sion here. o would ke to the best in- terests of the Territory of Alaska in general and to the Board of Education in particu that you reconsider your action and re- appoint Mr. Ziegler as a member of the Board,” the memorial states. Ziegler's term ends on April 1 t Net Mines Tax This Morning The Blanket Primary Election, which carried through to a Tre- sounding referendum mandate at last Octobes’s General Election, became a practical actuality this morning when the Alaska Senate passed House Bill 11, with- out amendment. Only the Gov ernor’s signature is now requirad Amendments were proposed which would have freed a can didate's hands of a number of par- of this year and the Governor has ty ties, but all were defeated. The fent the name of Dr. R. W. Carr first of them, offered by Senator|of Ketchikan to the Legislature Don Carlos Brownell, was ruled for the position on the Board down by the President, even. H. B. 68, which started out to though it mustered a majority|make the Commissioner of Mines of those present. President Ner- an elective office and was amend- land held that amending requires ed so that if passed the office a majority of the full membership would continue to be filled by or 9 votes. That ruling stood up'appointment, was held* over for under attack by Brownell and Sen.|today's session after Rep. Frank Edward D. Coffey. Johnson, author of the bill, re- Senator Joe Green attempted to quested that some interested peo- repeal an old election law by'ple be permitted to appear on its amending the title of the blanket behalf. Johnson, who has been ill primary law, but that move lost|since Sunday, was able to return when it was pointed out that it'to his seat in the House yester- would destroy the present bill. De- day afternoon struction of H. B. 11 was all right! Attorney Gen with or Leo Rogge—he fav- o5 was called to tell House mem- d repealing the whole primary pers the effect of Senate amend- yetem. ments to H. B. 21. This bill, which Jones Has Plans !would require bids on service con- When the measure was advanced tyaets as well as purchases to passage, Senator Charles D.iamounting to more than $250, was Jones forewarned that he will be gmended by the Senate to require back two years from now with a|pjds for professional services and new measure which he thinks will “personal services otherwise au- proserve the integrity.-of. political|thorized.” Unless these were ex- parties. He figures there's t00 ¢lyced from the requirements set much work before the Legislature gorth in the bill, the Attorney to bring out his ideas now. General said, it would be neces- Vote on passage of H. B. 11 Was sary to call for bids for the ser- interrupted by a “Call of the Sen- yjces of school teachers and other ate” for Coffey and Butrovich. The ¢uch employees. Lill finally carried by a 12-4 mar-. Rep Walter Huntley celebrated gin. Voting against it were Sen- hjs pirthday yesterday and a large ators Brownell, Coffey, Dawes and pirthday cake was cut in the House Rogge Chamber for Representatives Also passed by the Senate this House employees. morning S. B. 32, which pro-. Mrs. Huntley, who arrived from vides a net income tax on mining pajmer last week, served the cake. —graduated from 4 to 8 percent— T, as a substitute for the present 3 percent sroes tax on vatuavie min- SOMMERS LOW BIDDER, percent gross tax on valuable min- eral production e menaments were NEW DUCK CREEK ROAD written into the bill yesterday. Today, it went right to the top 4 of the calendar and was passed| Chris Wyller Superintendent of 5 the Public Roads Commission, an- 'nounced that bids on construction followed Of the new Duck Creek road were up its passage by declaring he had Cpened yesterday. Low bidder was voted for the net mines tax with J. Sommers, local contractor, ‘many misgivings” He feared it Who offered a bid of $486012.80, would make the tax on mining a Which was recommended to Wash- “football” for every succeeding in&ton, D. C. immediately for Legislature. | au‘qrdix)g Arnlother Five other bids were made; by Morrison-Knutson. L. J. Dowell, C. S. Lytle and Green «Court, M without detate. The vote was 1 to Brownell. Senator O. D. Cochran bill was put on the (Continued on Page Sir) BBt ” |P. Hunter, and Stock and Grove, - Inc. The washlngton‘ If Sommers' bid is accepted by | Washington, construction is -ex- ipected to begin on the new roal | within the next month. | — Merry- gg -Round By DREW PKARSON MIDWEEK SERVICES AT | HOLY TRINITY TONIGHT WASHINGTON — The current| This' evening at 8 o'clock the ‘vagic tie-up of the nation's econ- Rev. W. Robert Webb will give the; omy because of the freight.cn”thil‘d in a series of addresses on shortage might have been saved if [the Lords Prayer on the topic ihe railroads had taken the advice| Thy Will Be Done On Earth As of Washington experts. It was never published at the'be at the Church of the Holy time, but, two years before the Trinity, Fpiscopal, Fourth and war, J. Leonard Replogle, former|Geld, and is a part of the regular Republican National ~Committee- | Mid-Week Lenten Service schedul- man from Florida and expert on|ed for tonight. The Lenten choir the Baruch Board during the last|Will sing for this service and the war, gave the railroads a blunt pre- ’ public is cordially invited. diction of things to come. \ —'*—‘m~~— Testifying before the Stettinius REGINA® MENDEL HERE Board on National Resources ne-| Regina Mendel, Medical Social cessary for the impending war, Re_!consultant with the Territorial De- plogle warned that the country partnient of Health has arrived to would need 400,000 new freight cars| 8ssume her new duties with the! to handle wartime economy. He|local Health Department. She was told the Board that many of the | formerly connected with the De- cars now in use were old and would | Partment of Health in Seattle. not bear up under the wear and| re g tear of war. He urged a Govern-| BRUNSKILL RETURNS ment ldan to finance 400,000 new| George Brunskill, cars. 4 |of the Alaska Native Service, has This brought loud and vigorous|returned to Juneau from a two protests from the American Rail- month’s wrip through the Upper way Association | Their spokesman, | the late J. J. Pelley, replied that He was on a routine field trip for | the ANS. SRR B the railroads were in good-shape | and needed no new cars. Nolhingi Ry e . was done. Result: Critical steel had| SALESMEN ON ALEUTIAN to be diverted from building | William Warner and Herbert freight cars during the war. And Lawrence, both salesmen and both today with equipment getting older‘f""m Seattle headquarters, arrived - lin Juneau on the Aleutian and are (Continued on Page Four) | registered at the Baranof Hotel. Ralph J. Riv-| and, |1t Is In Heaven.” The address will | special office } Yukon and as far north as Nome. | ILL T0 REPEAL VEIS WHOLESALE TAX IS KILLE HOT EXCHANGESIN - SNOWSTORMS B CONGRESS ABOUT RAISE HAVOC, A { WASHINGTON, March 5.—P— ! The House of Representatives Van Bittner, chairman of the CIO | this morning killed Senator Walk- organizing committee, told House er's bill to exempt Alaskan whole- TRUMAN SEES VOLCANO IN HOT ACTION Go Before Alaskan Voters UL, SOLSPAS INUQUOR LAW CLOSED SHOP REFERENDUM 'Walker Slrala'gem Bounces -One Bill Takes Route |Labor Committee members (Qdayi salers from payment of the half-| e | their minds are closed and they (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) of-one percent veterans tax when! By ERNEST ‘B. VACCARO | o {will “not give labor a fair break”| TOWNs in Pennsylvania and up-ithe goods sold by them are to| MEXICO CITY, March 5—P fo Conference [Measure Is HO"Y Debated | Rep. McCowen, (R-Ohio) asked: |state New York were isolated and|pe ‘sold tail in Alaska and'President Truman saw Mexico's| e ( . N | “You mean our minds are closed, Mmany rural schools were closed|the one ent tax is to be col-|four-year-old volcano, Purirulln.‘ While mainly concerned yester-| Afle[ 0u's|de wn- |and we will not give labor a fair|by @ three-day siege of snowstorms|jected at retail d {from trc air today in a quick trip!day afternoon with the ‘“closed | break?” {that swept the Great Lakes Basin| wy \oio on the bill when it|followed at noon by a fast drive!Shop Referendum,” the Alaska nesses EX(luded | “Thatss right,” Bittner shot bm-k.!?l;‘ld f]l‘!(l’“a’"‘;‘:h":‘(‘;‘m‘:(‘ be moving{eame (o final N the House|to Tettihuacan Pyramids to the|Senate found time for other mea- “Tha shows oW T you | o e No! Atlal C 10 ar - 2 es 5 | sures ' i i " W “There are no labor men on this|fell in some a TN RN o1 (e meits of Ehe" mud. | < BB Bacrea: Gow etk &b 10107 8| passed, 143 mportant = measure| Legiglature yesterday .. afternogn ; AE 5430 felarma which, were' blameai fERoAN C its of the mea- 0T B.)passed. 14-2, was S. B. 70, which voted to put the “burning question” ‘con}zu!lw(‘n Bmlne:l leegnea G e eiaht 1o New: YONCIGH zlxure It was pointed out that col-|m. EST !;m landed here at 12:311is similar in purpose to S. B. 45 of the “closed shop” before the Al- ! “Just a minute,” McCowen ex- ¢! 8 . *'lection of the tax by wholesalers|P. m. EST. i J vas ki ast Wi k¢ iclaimed, “There are men here|Si™n Pennsylvania and three infogues pyramiding so that thie I o Prasident's vplAies Wk p,.(.,-;‘o'"‘;‘m“‘“:; “:;‘:’m(‘;;;:x .“f:;rlnffd‘{ fl:k{\ eil:tcwrnt» in 1948. Only Sen- who have done manual labor. I New Enfgl_uml e Ifinal consumer may pay two per-!ceded by two planes with news |iate DRARTLIGR. Lo heb op:'rnlors"z;m:‘hng.f:(:m' E,‘lverx and Pera- {was a member of two different; The frelghter Novadoc, last heard|eont or more. The present law|papermen and photographers'who violate liquor laws. Its pur-|Senate BAll 1 i rblblimeg 0 | unions.” from three days ago when Shelgo! i id to create a hard-|Which landed five minutes ahead pose is to improve enforcement by ,f’.me» L T M LR T ! The exchange came after Bm,:g\ca;ngud .ll‘ml n‘wh‘- off '-'.W.Ne‘”'smp on Alaskan wholesalers in|of his. ! eaning” thie akk i60 TRIMAG Danviin (-hl issue u: ‘outcllawing th; closed ner had testified opposing any;England coast had ripped away 8lgompotition with outside firms,| The President saw Paricutin initions. It is an Saare| AR VG URENBEAN AN . Ky it esinggiiite. {cargo batch, was a possible vic-! ; 20 3 |tions. It is ATENSR HSS he Bevere| Cessrel SBMMON changes in labor laws. JOBIg Ae vho 1> exempt from the tax. angy eruption, one of the biggest first offense penalty now provided, i McCowen asked him if the tim of the storm. She carried &, "o T o0 TR Hthrills of his visit to Mexico. Thelin revocation of license and for-| Saveral Heiinieh. SR e Wagner Act was “perfect.” Bittner|Crew of about 25 | campaigned on a program of re-|volcano started on a new ram- | feiture of $2,500 bonds, deters ’“r_‘ncuou by stating that they were said nothing is perfect. . Me-| T Fortland, UghtshiD, | pealing the veterans tax entire.|Page today a few hours before the|ies from bringing In guilty ver. | YoUnE, not an: (the (MAH (of, M [Cowen asked him if, therefore,(blown four miles off station by &|Jy" wu¢ against repealing this:Sacred Cow flew at 10500 feetdicts clased shop, but for the fundamen- “this committee of 25 men mightigale and 30-foot seas, was towedipdien G ERTHE I around and over the spouting cone.] tal right of the people to be heard possibly arrive at some improve-|to port late yesterday, her anchor|ject personalities into the debate|FYOm the cabin of the big shipj S. B. 70, by Munz calls for the On the other hand, Senators Enge- ments in the act.” I missing and engine out of of=|hy neinuating that Rep. Newellithe U. S. Chief Executive saw|licensee's business to be closed breth and Peratrovich had both | Bittner said, “Wel), they might,der {iilistetan who 15 in the wholesalg|ionsues of Is¥AtGfiRS down the|down for. s dsday, piaiod ‘es' the| BREEC EIVECRSERCICER 'but I doubt it very much. I| Eight Buffalo skiers, marooned!yuciyoc had benefited by the:Sides of the 2,000 foot mound |penalty for a first violation; 90 but reversed their standards be- |doubt if the 25 men on this com- near Honeoye Falls, N. Y, re-|veterans Loan Act to the extent| The day was clear and warm days for a second, and for a third cause of the unique action of the Imittee who know very little ubom!ceivm food supplies by parachute.|oe 10000 and selfishly wished to! With excellent visibility over the|offense sets a three-barreled pen- Senate to refuse to lend ear to |1abor relations could ‘write a good The Niagara’Falls (N.Y.) Gazette|eygluge others from “such bene. |5cene of devastation made by the alty of forfeiture of bond, can- outside advice. {labor bill.” lused a helicopter for deliveries to g |great spread of lava. cellation of license and abatement' Non-member testimony was ex- Chairman Hartley (R-NJ) |rural subscribers I"%T Rep. McCutcheon can show| Fresident Truman's State n.sn[nf the premises for one year cluded when an 8 to 8 split de- |broke in to demand whether Bitt-{ A day and a half late, a Puliman g o ol aami {to Mexico will end tonight when| 3 2 feated a motion to hear the Com- 3 i % i 3 rom the records that I received a M| Senator O. D. Cochran, who had 3 {ner meant “this committee in par- carrying 154 passengers finally|loan of anywhere near $10,000, I he attends a State dinner tender- . ..o, Hod BN 40, stated missioner of Labor and others who {ticular or any committee of 25" |reached Waterstown, N. Y. last'wil pay him exactly double the ®d by Mexican President Miguel | £ 708 Y :"":‘ i ’,? ¢ were on hand to state their views. | Bittner: “Twenty-five , black-!night hehind three locomotives and [amount of that loan, Newel| said,|Aleman. ~ Tomorrow, the Pres-l 0 0 S0E VEGCE S (8 Lelhi Only irrepressible demandty Sena- smiths would be a poor crowd to'a rotary plow. ISl Mocntohson Was allenced: " [Ient win' fFE0I% Moo, Texaa |y AEei ol left'h Hator Tnws | LOF Joe Green allowed the Attorney {deal with medical and health! The tie-up of transportation inj A |where he is to deliver a 25-minute; o+t PRt O e idine ppa. General to be called for his opin- {problems. Twenty-five doctors upstate New York had cut off! . opgorct oo CERE o iforeign economic poliey address m;f‘::qmily““:‘,"e ypefiififi.'e gi’iho‘;“':‘; fon on legality of the measure, m;:;ug; ';nigfidf(’?] think The ::’:(!k ’t;'::;?:m;mn’:‘“‘:)’; “‘l’:‘""“,‘;:;{l{untle,\”s bill to oreate an Alnska| oo " Uf&’ir?uy' i ;hc has not at all changed his Cloture Asked inference is plain.” | York ‘Cnv ~'np‘plv G llnent\‘;|0d | Soll Conservation Commission, Rep1 views upon the evil of the liquor —Another ' move, practically un- o taruthras HHAL ien WO B e iy (s Wil &y ipwgitre. public ummes‘HHNIE BERGE |traffic. He said he was greatly|heard of in the Alaska Legislature, i ! E X 5 g Yito pay the legal rate of interest \influenced by statements that came in Senator Vietor Rivers' |on meter deposits, and Rep. Mnu-}- ice Johnson's bill to simplify the; know nothing about a propositionQOhio scliools, shouldn’t deal with it. | an inference. ! and Youngstown cut That's not|gas for industrial use by 50 per That's a statement,”; cent. LOSER IN-FIGHT (Judge Anthony Dimond was in'motion to limit debate to five min- Iaccord with what 8. B, 70 seeks tvlutu per member, The “cloture” do. | { Bittner declared. Six Southwestern Pennsylvanis ,flr'?dcfdfe sy kprocf g t“il' it | e rule was overwhelmed. However, ol 2 T S R, Mot and. sevecal, in ety Enginnd 1008 eing ‘Caxbn« ifo en'~hiser | W|TH AFI. U“'o"l Author Munz stated that he when the last echoes of best-round- 5 o o o« o 5 e e & o were isolated i"‘:*‘;fll ‘:::‘{::)(12);(:']:;3’(2;?' e | really beliéve}: the amendments ed senatorial phrases had died . ; \ D, . New w was forecast for much A 2 gan - —_— {provided in his Fkill will help a:away, only Senator Rivers had % Tl‘g}flfi‘}zflg“&"‘lgflfilr '{0, thia ::;;u;“c()nu-m ,.eém‘,‘,'m ‘lln.:‘“‘““ld pm\'fde for appropriations| SEATTLE, March 5—(P—Super- now unworkable law. Senator E. pulged his proposed oratorical ie Period Ending 7:30 uClock e country today (of up to §2500 for each Chamberjjor judgs Roger J. Meakim held [B. Collins carried his opposition boundary. s This Morning, In the West, Utah has had two!Cl Commerce in Alaska for the today a lator dispute existed andito S. B. 45 over to S. B. 70. He; §. B. 77 came before the body 5 4 o A et ta: AW, M. Aine | RO of “the dissemination of|refused to restrain the AFL-|maintained that failure ‘to secure in second reading, a middle bill on i e Jl”"_au‘:mmm“m - But in BbGthem Dtah, @l infornstion pc_rth\enl to the de-isailors Union of the Pacific from, convictions under the present the day’s calendar, after high b i "7 o mond trees are blooming. jvelopment of resources and bus!-;picketing the small Alaska motor-statute jndicates derellction by en-|spebd progress to the floor fiom 5 AR AlURcEt Maximuin. 875 el AN 5 0 et iness opportunities within the Ter- ship Garland, operated as a co-|forcing and prosecuting officers— introduction Saturday. Section One X AL ritory of Alaska. ‘operative venture. not a need for lighter penalties. of the measure was immediately : minimum, 30. :'HRSI SA“_ING OF rSuch appl‘onm“:nslth_uld ke u‘b?tdfi Heinie Berger, long-time Alu.skfllHi‘ and Eenator Joe Green cast)prought under fire by Senators v |for newspaper advertising, print- trader, s crew me! sithe only no votes ¢ D o | WEATHER FORECAST o tng BB 1o ookista “An BRIl o n,‘,::‘ 4 | o Coan B . (Juneau and Vicinity) o BRIG SFREIGHIER \tins, purchase of stamps and Sta-'nership as the Aleutian l~1;|nd.~;‘ Senator N. W. Walker, after qu‘l“'””" bflthat“ prcamhle" as ac.- . . G jtionery and similar expenses, but'Navigation Co, Ltd. They con-)highly successful uses of the r l““); ed'fl sales talk” against \e Cloudy with, rain and e} ‘not for salaries. tended they were thus not required | COPSideration stratagem, was toss- '";‘C‘f“ 4 shop. Fhiat. pection which {® southeasterly winds 15-20 e IS DE[ AYED WEEK Twie. ofher pills were introdused | -Tacq, they were thus not, requlted |03 ‘tor a complete loss in a liks|hed caused mugh imitation and {® mph. tonight and Thursday. @ by Rep. Egan this morning. One has been picketed since Feb. 19, (Maneuver on his . B. 4. ~That concen 1 JORREEERS OF OERpriaec e Slowly rising temperatures. o! i \would approprigte $46410 to payi “There s a labor dispute be-|Measure, designed to allow a labor and which Walker moved to . *! Information received today bylthe expenses of two Highway Pa-!cause the Sailors Union sa |trainee of the Coast Guard's In- | strike as “Just argument, reads as 0 PREUIPITATION eiJack B. Burford, Juncau freight|tiol officers who went to Wash-|:None of our men arc working on|Stitute of Pharmacy to practice fahews @ (Past 24 hours endizy 7:30 a.m. today) @ 'agent for the Briggs Steamship!ington, D. C. to attend the FBI|this ship',” Judge Meakim observ-|that vocation in Alaska without Section 11t is the sense of . e | Company, stated that the new School and drove new automo-'eq. ifirst taking an examination, was the Legislature that the public in- e In Juneau — 32 inches: e ifreight ship Southeastern has been'biles back to Alaska for the use| Under Washington® state’s Nor-|fifst amended to require examina- terest requires consideration of the e since March 1. 42 inches. e delayed and, will not reach Prince'of the Highway Patrol. The sec-'yis-LaGuardia Act, he does not|ton: ~Walker succeeded in get- proposition that no person shall be e since July 1, 67.75 inches. e Rupert until March 24. lond bill would amend the presentinave the lcgal power to enjoin|UnE the amendment rescinded, but denied employment because of mem- le At Airport — 09 inches; e| President Phillip Briggs wrote laws relating to insurance by de-'picketing Riioh chses. ha said: ithe bill was then overwhelmingly | bership in or affiliation with, or e since March 1, 90 inches; e|in a lgtter that due to mechanical|fining the term “Annual Resident” R A el R | voted doul'n. Walker voted with | res snaliot_l or expulsion from a la- !® since July 1, 44.37 inches o land electrical difficulties, he will'as a person who has resided in| jthe “nays”, then gave notice of | bor organization or because of re- . e not be able to get his ship to the Territory for at least one' ‘reconslderfltlon. But the Senate|fusal to join or affiliate with a la- e ® @ o &« o 6 o @ o o Prince Rupert before that date, year. ivoted to reconsider immediately bor organization; nor be excluded ol ol g jone week later than had been oris! — e+ ;and Walker had only Senator from employment by virtue of any ;ginally planned SIO(K ouo"'lo"s ! Briggs Steamship Company | NEW YORK, Mar. 5—Closing|inaugurating a new freight service [quotazion of Alaska Juneau mine lpfl 50"13835‘ tAlas:m- serrvmg Iro’m stock today is 5%. American Can |Prince Rupert instead of cattle. {970, Anaconda 41%, Curtiss-|The first sailing had been plan-| DISCUSSED AT (C Wright 5%, International Harves-|Ded for March 15, with scheduled, - ! ter 817, Kennecott 47%, New York '“tops at Ketchikan, Wrangell,| Announcement is made that at. Central 201, Northern Pacific 20%, Petersbure and Juneau. [the regular meeting of the Juneau | U. S. Steel 75%, Pound $4.02%. Peter Lakie, agent for the Can-|Chamber of Commerce tomorrow Sales today were 990,000 shares agian Railway in Prinpe Ruper!;noon. twelve bills introduced by Dow, Jones averages today are will make the first trip on the| Delegate Bartlett in the present Southeastern with Briggs, the let-!Congress will be discussed. . TWELVE BILLS OF BARTLETT WILL BE as follows: industrials 18117, rails 5101, utilities 36.73. ter stated. Local shippers were in- ———t——— Sl S D ;structed to contact G. H. Stnn-iMRs- F. (. BAKER HERE bridge in Prince Rupert, Briggs' jagent there, for any further in- formation on shipments. | STEAMER MOVEMENTS Sailors Splice in port. Tongass in port from Seattle SCOUTS MESSERSCHMIDT, PHRATROVICH AWARDED CASH FOR DUCAT SALES v [ | FOR 3 MONTHS' VISIT { Mrs. F. C. Baker has urrlved’} ihere from her home in St. Louis |for a visit with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- lert O. Faulkner. She expects to remain about three months. | George Messerschmidt, of Troop | 613, won the first prize, $10 of- | | fered by Jim Orme, to the Scout that sold the most tickets for the Gold Medal Basketball Tourney.| 1:\‘;&&::““""‘1‘ sold $71 worth of | pogstad to sadl out at 10 tonight M ik e s on the) Rontt . ! Denali scheduled to sail from : fices. | | Roy Peratrovich Jr, ~of Troop | geqttle March 6, calling at Eoth . | the Smith-Kaser den‘rt offices. 1613, won the second prize award,least Alaska ports, to Sitka, return TONC:A“a I.\ mel offered by George Schmidt, by sell- 'to Juneau and then westward, in- ing $59.75 worth of tickets. !cluding Kodiak. Alaska Transportation Company‘sl Over $80 was earned by the few: Square Sinnet scheduled to sail| Tongass arrived in Juneau this| Scouts who sold tickets. All money | from Seattle March 7. imorning at 8 o'clock. She is un- | earned through these ticket saleS| Princess Norah scheduled to sail|loading approximately 150 tons of are deposited in the Troop fund,ifrom Vancouver March 7. | general cargo, and will sail about to the boy’s crgdu. and must be| Aleutian scheduled southbound! 10 o'clock this evening for Haines, luseq #for Scouting purposes, pri-|evening of March 10 | skagway, Hoonah and Pelican. i marily to go tiiuinmer Camp. Nm“m-—— | Arriving on the Tongass from 2 orsingen g . e |Seattle were Mr. and Mrs. J. P ME i | A f Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Roust and|pwight L. Cramer came Elmer L. Jones, formerly with|son Thomas, from Nome, arrived!getchikan ‘the Alaska Communications System !in Juneau yesterday by Pan Am- | i {1 Juneau, arrived here from Skag- | erican Airways and are registered | way last night on the Estebeth and !at the Baranof Hotel. Mr. Roust registered at the Baranof Hotel |is a former legislator from the Sec- | Also from Skagway on the mail ond Division and Mrs. Roust is:the Loat, was George W. Hooker, former Belva Williams of Juneau in Irum‘ - >-ro - 1 OREGON WOMAN HERE ! miston, Ore., has arrived in Juneau Baranof Hotel, i Government's plan to leave WASHINGTON-—Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug says that Gen Douglas MacArthur has endorsed proposals for statehood for Hawaii and the creation of civil adminis: trations for other Pacific islands. LONDON-—8ir Statford Cripps--| a member of the 1946 British Cab- inet Mission to India—opened a two-day debate today on the Labor India by June, 1948. WASHINGTON--The Senate was asked today to approve a nine-year limit on a President’s time in of- fice without discussing the late President Roosevelt. WASHINGTON — Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey was retired from the Naval service March 1 because of physical disability was 64 last October, has been on imacuve duty since the first of the year. WASHINGTON--The Commerce Department’s lumber survey com- mittee predicted today there will be enough lumber this year to meet demands for new housing WASHINGTON—The House Pub- lic Lands Subcommittee put its approval on a bill to give Alaskan Mattoon and Mrs. Elaine Ross. Dr.| miners until July of next year be- Senate two years ago and killed |lost, to shut out the lore they will be required to do sessment work on their claims. WASHINGTON-—The State De- Mrs. Vivian Deremo, from Her-|partment will be asked to give!peither s linch” vesterday and is registered at the of the fisheries industry that tariffs ' ground the serious consideration to P not be reduced on imported fish Halsey, who'! iGreen on his side at the finish. |contract entered into by any per- son, firm or corporation denying him employment because of mem- | bership in or non-membership in ! During discussion, H. R. Van- iderLeest, Chairman of the Pharm- racy Board, was called upon. He ’, ‘strongly opposed the bil‘]’? Which| ® labor organization. {he indicated Walker had framed Wording Defended | because the Board had turned Senator O. D. Cochran, co-auth- |down his pharmacist candidate. ©or of S. B: 77, defended that word- Walker made one of his most! N8 as having been extracted from ieloquent pleas for the bill, ex-id bill passed by the Senate of th |tolling the standards of the Coast|State of Oregon. He charged that !Guard Institute of Pharmacy and Stiking it would ‘“emasculate the the advantages its students have bill” Cochran retreated, however, through access to drugs developed from an original position that the during the war and not generally ‘ection would appear on the ballot available until very recently. But|tc be submitted to the voters. all his oratory was fruitless. The motion to strike the offend- During the morning session yes- ing section was supported by only lterday, the ® Senate voted refusal Senators Coffey, Engebreth, Green, ito concur in House amendments| Peratrovich, Rivers and Walker; to Senate Bill 17, almost surely !ailing 6-10. irouting that measure toward a| The bill was then advanced to | conference committee and likely Passage stage without amendment, stalemate. The bill, as passed by €Xcept a minor change in form of the Senate, would have moved the|the proposed ballot which was writ- | Governor off the Board of Admin- ten in by the Labor Committee. listration and put the Commission-| When Senator Frank Peratro- er of Labor on in his stead, with|vich proposed to call a number of the Attorney General taking over | Witnesses, leading off with Com- as ‘Chairman | missioner of Labor Henry Benson, The House amended the Gov- Labor Committee Chairman John ernor back on, and made room Butrovich Jr. objected: “Because for the Commissioner of Labor by they will argue the merits of the scratching the Commissioner of, closed shop while the Senate is {Education; as is provided by a only concerned with whether or House bill now resting in a Sen- not to put out a referendum.” Cof- ate pigeon hole. That was also, fey’s motion to call Benson “and the form of a bill passed by the|others wishing to be heard” then voices of all after a most un- but Senators. Voting with Coffey switch of 11!were: Brownell, Engebreth, Green, | Peratrovich, Rivers, Walker and that| Nerland an| Decision For Congress no Debate on passagt opened with yet House overnight by the usual votes. It considered likely chamber “will give the present bill and for compromise has been suggested is on (Continued on Pngé Six)