The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1947, Page 1

INCOMETAX .Two Companion Measures ’ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Pt [ . VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,531 ]UN[ AU ALASKA, WEDNESDA\ M \R(H 19, 1847 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Knot Ships Are Ba | BILL KILLED | | | Left - One Amendment Adds Unique Credit ' DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE IS BEING SOUGHT BY SENATE Senator Tyid’ings Makes Suggestion-Political Support Given March W, HINGTON, ! The suggestion of Senator (D-Md) that President Tr 19. Ty - dings man call ; EXPORTS CONTROL FLICKER OF LIGHT SEEN WANTED ATMOSCOW ITruman Urges Continua- tion of Authority for Another Year | | ) i Meehng of Mmds on Ger-| ~man Economic Program Thought Possible | Fifth Attack Vidim Found ‘Bleeding, lA‘ 55-Year-0ld Woman Is Assaulted in Park by | Chance Acquaintance Y { | i D MINE UP FOR DEVELOPMENT Good Showing Reported from Activities at Her- bert Graves Island rred From Alaska Routes 'NEW SE GOL AERONAUTICS BILL IS BEFORE SENATE FOR LONG HEARING Amendment fo Make Com- | missioners Appointive | Is Stumbling Block ! . b . \Two Unions Refuse fo Sail Loty ait o its socion. e tore-| Until ""Adequate Heat- ing”" Is Provided VESSELS TIED UP, SEATTLE ’nunn to reading and distussion of | |an immediate world disarmament _— | e | [S. B. 48—the proposed Alaska This legislauve session’s renv-i"""“"""‘“‘ drew both Democratic| WASHINGTON, March 19— MOSCOW, March 19.—(#—S0-; LOS ANGELES, March 19.—(®— Development of a new gold mine, Aeronautics Act, creating a five-| 9 F0% _land Republican support toda President Truman today asked viet Foreign Minister V. M. Mo-iFound hleeding, her skull badly in Southeast Alaska was revealed|member commission to supervise LETRE ? f al of the oflen-pxopr_{st‘d net x‘nl‘ul.m‘ Senator Pepper (D-Fla) said ,‘,“Cm.g\l.w to extend the govern-:lotov and U. S. Secretary of State|gashed, in a clump of bushes in today by James C. Porter, owner |civilian aircraft operations in the SEATTLE, March 19— No tax has gone the way of its fore-{, T 0 O h @ project in|ment's controls over exports for a George C. Marshall agreed today|Elysian Park today, Anna Diresio, jof the Yakutat Trading Post at|Temitory and control air naviga- | more Alaska freighters of the | zunnges; into tehe dikeard. The kT, g e !)p,., Beyond their present expira- |that a_meeting of minds was pos- {35, wits rushed to a hospital today | Yakutat. Porter, together with tion facilities in cooperation with,C-1-AMV-1 class, commonly known Alaskn Senate yesterday after-| o oo (R-Ky) told a|tion date, June 30 Isible in this conference of the'in eritical condition. \four partners, Tom Lambert, N.|Federal aeronautics agencies Ias the “Knot Ships” will be sail- noonPkRIoKe) Uy, th: MEASUNE | oier . Mhartatnly. agreee” wit : Council of Foreign Ministers on} R. Rowley, H. C. McKinnon and| _ _led from Seattle until ‘“adequate BEESL T et WL iy ipat b kotive S il He sald in a message requesting conanys economic program Physicians said after treatment Richard Brunett, are in Juneau| Several amendments to the 26- heating” is provided for the crew L T e ek VT\l'xr;;l;l:g\”)l{‘]LdmL‘h.‘ Senate in ‘,,,‘S"P??“,"”“’” "‘(;" ap uncontrolled | "I TS E BPH I D atement, bBRt. the fifth recent viom of{to purchase machinery for thejPage till were proposed, but noneimess and lving quatters, officials atopied gl by Rehatans 4 VIROL e Sk tHAC L el il I= i :‘“ff\ and goods |, Cove” fhat the Soviet Union|murderous assaults on women in'operation of their new mine which, ¥°"¢ adopted except some changes'of two maritime unions state. Rivers m}d Norman Walker and L it (‘;r ‘“0:1” hel ‘)l“!‘ ! f’"‘(\“l shortages \.oioteq’ the British-American pos-|the city and its suburbs might re-'is located on Herbert Graves I\-““ the title The ships, war-built coastal car- W el dne fincorie B RRREES S Y R | e ‘already substan- i o "ihat the Potsdam decisions! COVer. land across from Chichagof Island.| Marshall Hoppin, President of ricrs, comprise practically the en- tha pasis. were ballyhooed a::‘““ 3 “0. .IAn‘(w].e a va I'tial burden of living l‘ut'q.\ borne on reparations superseded the de-| Unconsci when found by a Dotter, desdribing’. the . property Alaska Alrlines and former Alaska-tire Alaska freighter fleet oper- tounding lout . o fundamental (EBEICIR, F SATR CERT OF the Unit- bv the American people.” o ioma ot the Bis. - Three Yalta|Park caretaker who heard moans, |t it is the old Joe Bowers|Regional head for the Civil Aeto-iated by the three steamship com- | program for the Territory, are still€d “‘“’"‘1- % | About 5uu 1 —mosily ioods— | conference |she emerged from the coma 8t &lgaim. also known as the Radio, Dautics Administration, was heard' panies serving the Territory. hanging fire in the Senate. One; “The U?""d‘ tates must either remqin under export control com-; He further declared v hospital and told doctors that she|piscovery and Lakeside claim. Heldt some length on the bill. John| Involved in the dispute, but tak- of them, the general property tax keep fully prepared in all cate-) pared with some 3,000 at the war- ker declared :hat PRSI he was BASRUMGN DY Bleatd . their o i o Manders, executive vice-President ing independent action, were the _SB. 80—tops the calendar for| gories, including the atomic bomb, |t veak. ne sald. add jeconomic unity of Germany with-frge W5 o e ce g) | she S4id their quartg Probemty 1 10- oo, ific Northe... Airlines, also’ AFL-Sailors' Union of the Pacific today. |or we must have total disarma- b2 B R |out reparations was not acceptable| éhance acquaintance. She said she/cated on the same fault line as is oy ! ors on of the Pacific i otttk T e it Hp KRnts BEmE . Y JOUK {OIWAG IO\ 10y when {to the Soviet government, but that|Met the man at a downtown m.\)—‘lhn old Chichagof mine on Herhert ! commented land the CIO-Marine Cooks and - | P 2 % the United States and other coun- p 28 1t & ket (Grand Central) late y day, ps 1s| ross 1 Hirst-| Hoppin stated that the bill has]Stewards Union ing the 50th Day shuffle, the in-!for all nations of the globe, our- . A 4 iwith reparations it would be ac- Graves Island across from e stax il \\'a‘s moved back for|selves included.” i ries (m‘i remove these mterf«-rmn-e-.~ ceptablc ‘went with {mu to the park but I(‘-\ch“]\.\;,(v[ properties. He report- the approval of the CAA, the CAB, The Alaska Steamship Co. amendments yesterday and half TID to the free flow of commodities in Marshall reminded Molotoy fused his pleas that she accompany led that the mine has passed the|and the State Department. It is| freighter Rose Knot, loaded and a dozen amending attempts wrote w .uld trade. |that there were “grave” difficul- him to his home. development stage and will be uniform legislation which has been | due to sail since Saturday, was the one very reaching change which! ] But the danger of immediate |ties to be faced in the reparations E i operating as §oen as new\\.u_\‘“‘0(11‘"‘” to suit territorial laws.|first ship affected The com- G hive clbwn piscaly. aa) DRop SUPPHES and complete decontrol in the faceproblem. He said he was prepared | | machinery arrives. He pointed out that it provides en- pany’s Terminal Knot is schedul- taxpayer to go scott fres of the of (.‘(;nlm\nn;; domestic and world to “consider” Molotov's d""“"ds‘GOVERNOR OK 0" Porter revealed that a five man {abling legislation l}n Alaska mum; ed to sail tomorrow for canne proposed territorial levy of 10 'I'o plANE DOWN scarcities is too great for this na- for a higher level of industry iny [erew has been on the ground all {cipalities to puxuupa((; in mlp\‘)lt |ports. Most of the ships, however, percent of Federal income tax. tion to undertake at this time.” | Germany to raise her steel produc- winter and additional- crew mem-|construction and . improvement are.in Alaska ports or waters and Incentive Credit Delayed by Congress would “prove |tion. but added that there was| MORE MEASURES bers, for immediate work, are al-|funds under the Federal AIrport will not be affected until their s Senator Don Carlos Brownell NEAR M(GRATH unsettling to business and would an “inherent danger” in develop- | Irendy lined up. 'He said one 60g|Prosram. He also, statfed '}1«} lh‘: return here, proposed and secured adoption of handicap the planning and execu- |ing a production program de-/ : foot tunnel and 50 feet of anotherbill has the support b '_'l}‘ '““"tv William Semar, general manager ,an amendment whereby any| | tion of our food and other export’signed for reparations purposes. Additional measures passeG bY are already in. Other open cuts Membership of the Air Tansport lof - the Northland Transportation e e wpayer| ANCHORAGE, Aluska, March 19, programs,’ Mr. Truman said in| Russia has asked that the steel’the Bighteenth Alaskn Legislaturé, hove also been made. He eaid | Association of Alaska, of which he'Co, said: “There s nothing the e construction or improve- | —P—Atmy planes dropped emer-' sking the Senate and House tolproduction level be raised to 10, Which have been passed upon andfover 3,000 feet of the ore body b . peesiden: i brought | COMPADIes can do. The ships are ment of business, farm or residen-:B€Ncy supplies and rescue instruc-|act “well in advance” of the 'md-‘uoooou or 12,000,000 tons annually. Y8nsmitted by the Governor are:|peen explored and they are ready Questioning of Hoppin brought stiil government owned, and any tial buildings, would be a Crediunuus today to three persons whose year deadline. oo { S B 74 Amending banking laws. [t go. “I believe we have a won cut the sevious plight of the l,,'m alterations must be ordered by against the tax. This amendment ! small plane crashed 30 miles south | The message was sent to ('«lplml —Requiring biennial audit dertul showing,” Porter added. jof A"’"‘"’”“*"i and F“m"“l“k-" "’ ‘"fullhf' Maritime Commission.” the Seward Senator said, was an'Of McGrath after it becarfie lost on | Hill by the White House in Mr. | : tof Tmmmml agencies. ©On the subject of prospecting, in ur)mmenml airline opu.;tmnsmm A union official said the heat~ “incentive” provision to induce|a {light from McGrath to Nome. | Truman’s absence on a vacation in' | S. B. 9—Proviaing for annual|genesal, Porter suggested "Tho}}‘l‘ f’:;‘d”;.'le”p"" ko ‘; v}’:“ ::’s‘lng boilers are “far too small” and “people to “‘put-their money back{-~Brig. Gen. Josepn Atkirison nf.Fw“d"‘ t | and $fck tesve for Territorial em- | government should give more en- \B:‘he" H‘nus;uwnm”nny :lr(‘lllft w1l that ice an inch thick covered into Alaska.” | the Alaska Air Command said pilot « Ve g PR ! ployees. |couragement to prospectors. We [ F A L lided from military Aeal. benie 1 T crow’s -quaxt- ; Senator Walker protested against|mq Stroecker of Fairbanks and the: B " s B. 31—Providing. for recompil- need more and better maps Ofjg 0 "o inless some big step ers on the Rose Knot's last trip the amendment as “unkeard of’;|other two occupants were uninjured | !ation of Alaska laws. | mintng areas and more geologists; | €lm M o O vard pro- no’;m. g then -voted for it |but that the plane was a total| i S B. 44—Increasing motor fuel|in the field. ~Minerals are inig L o Folde S, B. 48, it o he only vessels not hit by the Brownell also endeavored 10| greqp thax |Alaska for the finding but need, \. ng (dllvnl:‘u(: \:vu T] ‘)omm .lhe no samng‘ order are the pas- ‘stiike from the bill the general| gegrch planes dropped ;nstruc-' T B | s B. 53—Increasing license fee a little more help in locating.” ‘z‘“l‘: ::W,:;‘ (% “):;( [hrff required senger. and; ol i RS0 fifithe $45 tax credit for individual Al-|(iong 1o the men to inove to a spot ! ‘Im cetialn professions. Porter has been previously in-|: ’ . 3 Alaska Steamship Company ahd [N » sska residents, but the motion ) Y 4 Aot et v o5 Foy “ he Cassiar|® teps. the Tongass of the Alaska Trans- e A where planes could land. It was; ! 55— Restricting incorpora- terested in mining in t [askad -why “the -bill should. 88> narsation: Coammatt falled, as did one by Senator|.epoed here that a mechanic and | i ;nun of non-profit. groups Distelcs; in 1Be Westward,. ana{2iitsd FRY LB (BT FAOCASET pertaion GOmERGE ml‘;mm Munz to up the credit to o Giyi] Aeronautics Authority in-j ‘_»F‘/ERBAN‘KS. Alaska, March 19., S B. 56—Repealing law providing this is his first gold mining ] ‘pmpwd Shiaton: atUABCRALES) &y J | spector were with Stroecker, on ai P—Explosion of a 4,000-pound' for carrier pigeon lofts as aids to terprise in SE Alaska. He has|py oo cid that as CAA director, In debate on passage, advocates|nion; 1o jnyestigate an earlier| [ VL cligkge to blAstiiEe ARnans navigstin: operated the trading post at Yaku-j, Bp, 4 Tegiaplished CAA head- 10PASSENGERS ARE of the net income tax saw the ... crach along the Kuskokwim | 'ice bridge three miles outside of; s B. 67—Amending criminal law tat for the last four years. Mrs ‘q“mm tEbes Go Mieiter mekeaTiiic » measure as the only possible way|p, .. | ey ‘F"mbanks was called early todaypertaining to suspended sentences; Anna C. Simons has looked after Territory.” He thinks the commis-| Flow“ HERE Bv pAA to close the gap between antici-| g N Bt | (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) iby Col. Paul V. Kane, Task Force!permitting suspension of portions the business during his absence. LGHET L Chetter serve the Ters el bl bl sils St i There apparently won't be any|Frigid commander iof sentences. Porter, an Alaskan for 30 years, 500 P84 TERT SEXG L art- | : gf:::l‘:;fl: ;’1‘; ‘l‘lfe ‘:js‘ ar‘::{:‘:{:;‘ isoft coal strike at the end of this: Flans for the "\P‘Wl":b set fori s B, gg—Amending laws pertain- Said that as soon ‘*d“"‘““:‘::‘:::: ered at ‘Anchorage, where the main' Pan American Alrways reported { ! month. ;today, were dropped at the request|ing to abolition of joint tenan have ‘been complsted In "ICAA and CAB offices are located the following passengers carried in Sion g apainst an “‘wz“‘ tax) Jobn L Lewis has backed cownOf the Chamber of Commerce after| §. B, 18 — Increasing teachers’|he and his associates Will g0 0. 03" wpore™ the headquarters of and out of Juneau on regular flight i moug:‘tn‘:fi!dall"?a:om i3 Up AIR['NES (ARRIES IRetore (1L Bifieine. *OOyry, 4he “iaer aReard Hichand RaBle: ' salarieh Sitka and_then to I‘h('n' m"‘;nk‘vthp Army's Alaskan Department is Seattle to Juncau: Willlam o Df‘ ol chargedt fwd\ln leader of the United Mine l‘)’l’;::r:‘;xloffii““‘d I:xcl‘t’l"g(';c' 032‘ H. B. 67—Giving more latitude g:l"l”;: m"‘c"th'i':::"‘?{}“‘\\;“111; U lset up. S 2 iMauger, Mrs. Bertha Osborne, that there has kteen “a Studied I Workets, Unlon, ' foday - withdrew . . S & to Alaska Housing Authority in N¢&! e . G wer.| Sematcr Victor C. Rivers, sup- Walter Klinkhammer, Frank Ev- o ) 'his notice to the government that Misht transmit the shock to the.ioyisions of housing for veterans, DNOW tied up ay e ohes. \polled by Senator O. D. Cochran, ans. Elizabeth Price, Franklin Plasl:_m mmsl;i“dm *j\}:m;heede’_'_‘“’l‘;:»‘c. o ithe miners’ contract would be end- City With the effect of a heavy: "y B, go—Transferring control NF float S ‘objected to a provision in the bill Hislop, Lawrence Stoll. George > Bill through. He held B ar Gh | Al (Bosk P Anlinge 1-e|mn-f‘g:mf:' lf:;'f:df:;(ll h?:;’“‘l)S“(‘])f"?e:ea;:gqlxmi:u| force of the hlasl‘“rsm; ?;‘ld:v'“ Z{‘””"l‘” = o gelrgalion i fif’g’;]m':f::“.s":m;" Bt e R to “prolific spending” as the best|cd two passenger flights vesterday.' nq he obeved this mor ;", :,;‘:'would be almost undiminished de-{ > .o oAl g Av\*v’])ul.un- ( ur' Rules {Daohd . TsEe . 0 S ot SLedoRss o thpartibhci oot way to- balance the budgel—noltouching at Sits. Anoon. Hoonh | iesge leier to Secretary of thejspite the three mile disance it ;' B oo e 0 o gpest g ok & rnslgpcsom 6 AT s passage o -calles progressive Te: ee agway an aines e | Interior Krug. he frozen silt layer was contin- _,'_- L Y Baylhe {affected if that rovision were Apple Robert Barber, Edward measure” which often prove in op-|following persons were carried: | Tnat letter was just 20 words!UOUS: é’f'.'"r?lfiif’ie:”ofm}fi’fif i struck out. Co- Anitior WM. Bt Bel:’v Barber, Robert Mar- "erallup to be “destructive. From Juneau to Sitka, W. Stu- 1ong It said simply that the no-' The bridge was used by fhe |~ T 7 i hom son s ! Munz stated he intended to propose tin, Beulah Faulk, Robert Bar- President Andrew Nerland put art, Fannie Negaram, Mr. Carter, tice which Lewis had given Krug|Task Force Frigid during its re-| ‘an amendment to up the Aero- den, Mary Ann Barden, E. S. An- 1 Scn‘ator-h‘(;‘halrl‘:s Jkonfl.; f1ln Llle;Dav(l Cm-ner.nnd Max ?em-cd: ‘°§Xast November 15th, is hereby un-, ‘cent maneuvers. ! ® ® ® v o 2w v @ inautics Director's projected salary (‘,cr,;on‘ Ralph Crews. g T i e BOppz‘;lren';.(: gfi:;:,:; e WL e S emply, withdoan, 3 was| g L |® WEATHER REPORT from $7.500 to $10,000 a year. Hop- Juneau to Annette: R. C. Bar- bzedd Ll Sans st 100k Tt has| T o ol VR h kst DedES (oRe COnEIACHRL AT DR E R Temperatures for - 24-Hour a overnoripnyagrced that it might be very ner. susEe piage Sgt. Albert Hall, H. R. Brunskillithat touched off a 17-day coal Perfod Ending Tiov 0'Clock i) difficult to find a desirable man Juneau to Whitehorse: W. Sipp- [ :’efl:ait(}lliosnml?:lyt “Z' i and b Dageiaoh, s istrike last fall. But when he call- This Morning. ifor the job at the lower figure.!rell. Senator Jones had mmmamedl y IOE Rt Pinlu the inlon's eanlia g i In Juneau—Maximum, 46; ® giap, Supreme Court ruled tod tended smendment would make the livan, C. W. Jordan, F. W. Ty- i R. Bolton; from S“"E"’a’ toHaines,. with the government would runi {e minimum, 30. ale, Bup : A | commission self-supporting, by im-voll, E. R. Farrell. sthat the special tax credit provm-}sts Parr; from Skagway to Ju-'only until the end of this month. "o SIR'KES Blll e that M E. Thompson is the €0¢ -‘wmm“ i Sl SURpINTEE, b B BBl D ed for Alaska residents would re-‘ne,‘m Tom Dyer, Mr. Eagelson, R.. So on the face of things, today’s| i 95, 2 ernor of Georgia Igallon tax on aircraft fuel ; ,sult in the bill's being thrown out| g Martin and G. B. Brunskill. ' action eliminates the possibility | In a 5 to 2 decision, the ~Lal(*~‘ s 3 Rdaed o il bv the courts as discriminator; . P y B, a WLATHER FORE(AST higt tribunal rejected claims of ! ome Senators wondered as ’ V.| From Sitka to Juneau, R. E.of an organized stoppage after) ALBANY. N. Y. March 19— (& (Juneau and Vicinity) b 4 whether the commission might be! Letlm; couns‘ thro\:«'m!t out, ""'“yCrews Max Rogers, John Williams' March 31st. ]The Republican-dominated New Olotidy with light rain and Herman Talmadgc an(? I;t*lcl lgsl‘:l‘mcihwd 15 tavor: Mivelopient -of i E‘:l: Bge sz;;:"-m c:r':_ec: “{;’:g[.h W. Stewart, L. A. Hansen, W.| By the withdrawal notice, Lewis| YOk Legislature ended a turbulent southeasterly winds 15-25 ?;r‘:umdge,s e:f;é‘?fl“ffimf,xl ®%" large airport projects near the IN AI_ASKA IS f dl-paek seesluniadey Shietinpprov- g i Y |main cities at the expense of the ® ' in some states faults. Senator Frank - Peratrovich de- clared his intention' to any measure that will revenue.” Estimate Challenged Senator Edward D.'Coffey chal- lenged the Tax Commissioner's es< timate that the bill would bring in two and one-half million dol- lars for the biennium. Co-: aulhor Rivers replied that figure was | reached by calculation of 10 per-| “support | bring in . LEWIS CHIEF {A. Lindman and Josephine Carter; rfrom Tenakee to Juneau, C. Ga ! wood; from Hnouah Clarence Moy. HINTS NEW WILL TRAININ ALASKA FORT LEWIS, March 19. »— cent of Federal income tax paid by | Maj Gen. Paul W. Kendall, Com- returned Alaskans. Coffey also saw 15 assistants 0| nere last night from Alaska with the Second Infantry | the Attorney General “trying to collect the tax.” He pointed out| that the tax could not be withheld! from salaries of Federal employees | There are 65 Federal agencies in the Territory, Coffey said, all with employees that are transferred| here, there and all over the United States. They would have, to be caught up with before the/ tax could be collected. He also claimed that withholding from the| checks of other transient workers| would not work out, as expenenoci has shown that (Continued on Page Four) | 1o} | killed mander of Fort Lewis, a hint that Division will train in the northern territory next fall. “It is not much cooler sion in the fall.” He did not elaborate. - - NANKING—The capital of Yenan Communist defenders and 2,000 captured assault of the city in up there | were —a contention admitted by RIVEIs., o y}ay it is at Fort Lewis. Nationalist Gov- ernment announced today that its! for s had captured the Communist and that 10,000 had been | the he ! iremarked. “Alaska will be an ideal | training area for the Second Divi- 750 thousand dollars. The Supreme! Court decision fined the United| Mine Workers $700,000, but it con- tained the provision that unless he cancelled his contract termination notice within a set time, the union| would have to pay the balance of a $3,500,000 fine. - (CAR PRODUCTION SHOWS INCREASE WASHINGTON, March 19.—#— The Office of Temporary Control reports that 263,998 passenger cars produced in pared with 252,100 in January. Truck production reached a new high of 114909 vehicles in Febru- )aly aga)nst 102,727 in January. i e, — | WASHINGTOA The House For-| eign Affairs Committée has voted a 350-million dollar relief ex- penditure in five European coun- the policy and establishes the con- | be spent, also saved his union two millions, | February com- | tries and China. The bill sets forth | ditions under which the money may ' iing all of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's Legislative program, including a record $670,900,000 budget and a | bill to outlaw strikes by public em- I ployees. to return home, the Democratic minority, organized labor and civil ‘service groups hurled fresh attacks jat the Dewey administration. and the Assembly at 3:08 a.m. Democratic Legislators, in a part- i ing shot at the potential 1948 Re- ! pubhcan Presidential nominee, as-, sanled the Dewey administration for the no strike measure and the | record high budget. | STOCK QUOTATIONS { | J | | of Alaska Juneau mine is 5'4, American Can , Anaconda 37%, Curtiss-Wright | International Harvester 81%; !Kum(colt 45, New York Cenlml | 177, Northern Pacific 19'¢, U. S.' | Steel 722, Pound $4.02%. Sales today were 760,000 share Merrill-Lynch averages today a as follows: industrials 175.79, rails 1 48.84, utilities 35.71, quotation stock today 1 941 Even as the lawmakers prepared | The Senate adjourned at 1 am., NEW YORK, March 19.—Closing | m.p.h, Little change in tem- esee0ececoecoecos000covee v ee0ccece®secses® 0000000 * GASOLINE, FUEL i attempt to carry the dispute Into OIL SQUIRTS UP e SEATTLE, March 19—®—Gaso- AlARMlNG (line prices at Standard 0Oil Com- |pany of California service stations| S increased 8-10 of a cent a gallon, FRANKLIN, Ind--The Franklin | today, and Seattle spokesmen. for | Fire Department sped to a fire at ‘”H” r major oil companies said the rural residence of J. B. Hicks |they expected a similar boost to-;but they got there too late—and ' morrow. | also missed getting to a second fire. standard announced the price! The firemen got lost and before advance yesterday in San Fran- they found the Hicks residence the |cisco, explaining it was due lu faniily and neighbors had extin- er crude. oil prices which also; | guished the blaze are effective today. Diesel fuel| Meanwhile, with the entire de- went up 7-10 of a cent a gallon|partment out, a fire destroyed Ed and fuel oil 20 cents a barrel. ) The Supreme Court thus moved perature. |to end nine weeks of political tur- PRECIPITATION moil in which rival governors oc (Past 24 bours endirg 7:30 a.m. today) ® | oypied the capitol and contended In Juneau — .03 inches; for control of state agencies and since March 1, 7.14 inches; |departments. Talmadge operated ‘ since July 1, 74.47 inches from the executive suite, however, | At Airport — Trace; and a great majority of the de- since March 1, 424 inches; partments recognized him as gov- since July 1. 48.52 inche: ernor. e » o « e » o o o The court’s decision will not be-| o i . oamunaad |come final until disposition of a| motion for re-hearing be filed by the losing side. Both| sides have said there would. be no Hill's dairy barn, expected “’1 small tields for use of smaller op-| erators. Saying that the large op-| erators can best profit by devel~l cpment of feeder lines, Hoppm isaid that smaller fields are “abso-; lutely essential” and he is confi-| !dvnt the commission that might| |be established would so consider | them. With Hoppin ss of inserting ;xm(-ndmt‘m\ began, NOW DISCUSSED OTTAWA, Maull 19 (M—Exter- {nal Affairs Minister Louis St. Lau- { rent said in the Canadian House of Commons that he was unaware of | any negotiations by Canada to obe excused the busi-| tain an Alaskan port. four pages of _He was replying to a question by ith. the A““l_‘(-tol"r Black, member of the Yu- | kon Riding, who asked if Canada ' s | (letmued on Fage L,z[{/ltl {was willing to trade a strip along | e iy | the Haines Highway for an Alas- | kan port, presumably Skagway. STEAMER MOVEMENTS | “Scxcws s e i e it near one another in the thin 2 ¢ }am-tch of Alaska which cuts north- Princess Norah, from Vancouver, i o o ern British Columbia otf from the due Friday. | | Pacific. | Aleutian scheduled to sail from| SL Sl 8ot Seattle March 20. Due in Juneau! . SRR, T (a“mllw was discussed in the House. Defense Minister Brooke Claxton said steps were not now being tak- len to complete or maintain the \nfi mile long highway running !from the Alaska highway through I sections of the Yukon, British Col- to sail| umbia and Alaska to Halnes. In dry summer weather any -March 23, at Cordova, and Seward. | Valdez, Cordova kan. Tongass scheduled Seattle March 20 Sailor's Splice scheduled Going west will Valdez, Port San Juan| Southbound calls at Juneau, Ketchi-| to sail from or- from Seattle March 21 Denali scheduled southbound | dinary vehicle can travel the high- March 25 way, Claxton said from westward about .