The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 9, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —_— = = VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,549 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS “ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Administration Bd. Freezes Appropriations LEWIS IN |Alaska Test Maneuvers COURTON Proves New Equipment IHURSDAY » | WAR CRISIS ! IS FORESEEN Necessary, Frigid Areas‘ BY WALLACE HIGH PRICES National Magazine Says TAKENUPBY Krug(anSpeed Day When U.S. CABINET Alagk_a Gels Pulp Industry Construction Present Year Declared Out i 1= ! \\’ASHIN(}'ION. April 9 (A—Own- WASHINGTON, April 9. 4"'* Y R H H | April 9—(P—A sug-| ers of the seied son_cont mines | AL ASKA (OASTM e Vi sbastmbe i viosy rOIME Vice-President Not Economic Is Situation Dis- 5 GOVT. PROMISING |« it iy o tiorior Road Fund Loses All But accused John L. Lewis today of en- | Al.ukn test maneuvers have prov-, I ' | d R d 'th P 'd ' ( iKrug can speed the day when a| gineering a “deliberate and pre- | led the Army must develop a lot 0 Include Russia |_n i cussed wi resigent | [newsprint or pulp and paper min| Earmarked Gas Tax meditated” new strike by his United | AIR['NES FlIES 53 ‘uf new equipment if "it expects to S k' 'I' G d l.. t IO GIVE AlD ON ml] be built in Alaska by dispos-| ke Mine Workers in defiance of Fed- | {be an efficient fighting force in peaking lour 000 Lisiener of aboriginal native Indian| Money_NoBuddmg eral courts | 0 N 'I'u ESD A In“d climates | e AL | freti { ALASKA SH'ppING «Iulu\ to ownership “of Alaska’s| The . Justice “Depactraent kept | Summarizing findings of Task! LONDON, April 9.—(P—Henry A.{ WASHINGTON, April 9.—(M—| [best pulpwood timber” is made edi-| T sochit. 1ta DAL ViAW Délidiog an-| ‘F;uws -<“w:1ulwaw und‘ "Flllgld" \Tflnlmcc sm(ll today he feared the|President Truman explored the |terially in unlvi April issue u]f Pulp ‘:h:;o:erlrllurml Me;\"}l :]f] A:;:;:';' 5 _ 7 % g -| Alaska Coastal Airlines reported Which will return soon from bases Truman policy of lending money|economic problems of rising prices pand Paper Industry, national mag-|istra g & ;‘;‘\,‘,‘ng’fiifif‘fifid‘;i ‘,:;‘Zli,l;:::fld;fngm, yesterday to Sit Tena-|on Adak and at Fairbanks, the|for what Wallace called “the poli- during an hour and 40-minute cab- | MSO PTODOSES ASkmg Can |azine published in Seattle |priations made by the Legisiature him and the UMW with fines to- | Kkee, Hoonah, Hoed Be Poison | Department said the equipment in- | tical purpose of stopping Russian|inet session today, but the whito‘ ada fO Make Dawson The editorial says [for the 1947-49 biennium, 9XC=P" taling $3,510,000 for violating % no- | CO Warm Springs, H;“ngg_":ludes. expansion” would establish during i House announced afterward, “no “Secretary of Interior Krug andthose specifically -cxemptcd by law P i Decinber {Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketch-| A light, portable shelter sturdy|the next thvee month a patterniaction was taken or is planneq.”| Creek Port of Ent jother government officials speak-| The freeze order, which = was £ ” ikan. 'enough to stand heavy rain, fine which might lead to war Charlgs Ross, Presidential secre- ree orioren ry |ing before newspaper publishers made public today, was directed by Lewis advised his union locals! Sitka passengers were Etlella, snow and hurricane winds. The former Vicp President of the |tary gave this report to ne jand other eager audiences, have \the Board at its meeting April 1 by telegram during the day that|Joan and Bob Preston, Ora Phil-| A motor oil which won't freeze'United States fixed no date for|after ti Al midweek THE ASSOUIALED PRESS) recently been painting enticing | Principal effect of the order will he approves “resumption of pro-|lips, Mrs. Maggie Harris, Elmer at temperatures lower than 30 be-ia war crisis in his hypothesis, butiof the cabinet and Mr. Truman's| BY CHARLES P. WATKINS |pictures for a pulp and paper in-'be to halt all new construction, duction at each mine as fast as it |Johnson, C. J.Felte and Mrs. V. F.|low zero, {he told more than 200 British and top economic advisers. WASHINGTON, April 9-+®—|qustry in Alaska. Certainly, all|including schools, University build- is certified by Federal Mine In- Black; to Poison Cove, Ed Engle- Clothing which is warm without foreign mewsmen in a news con-| Added to the lineup around the SIX representatives of the Fair-|they say atout Alaska's timber and |ings, hospitals, roads, airflelds, spectors as being in conformity |Son, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace West- being too bulky to permit free-ference that he felt a sense of ur-|cabinet table were Edwin G./banks, Alaska, Chamker of Com- power resources and the suitability|floats or small boat barbors. The ¥iwith the Federal Mine Safety |fall and Twyla Westfall dom of movement. gency in “watching these two great Nourse, chairman of the Presi-|Merce have won assurances thatiof native Indians for jobs of re- order is to remain in effect for Code.” | To Hood Bay, Mr. and Mrs. W. A tundra and mountain-crossing giants, Ame and Russia, get-'dent's economic advisory council; Sovernment officials will do their!sponsibility in a pulp and paper|at least one year, and for the bien- ity . !Forrester, Denny and Marjory | vehicle which can carry personnel ting ready for a death struggle.” [Mariner 5. Eccles, Chairman of /Pest to —arrange uninterrupted|mill are 100 percent true. Some nium if necessary. The owners claim that Lewis'| g 0 00’ "o akee, T. C. White-,and supplies and is sturdy enough! Asked what specific action heithe Federal Reserve system, and Steamship service for Alaska |day there will be a paper industry, Attorney General Ralph J. Rivers, word to the miners to stay out ofl 40", \warm Springs, Sadie Fen- to need little maintenance. recommended, Wallace said [James E. Webb, Budget Director. Stanley Tatom, the delegation’s|in Alaska of real importance—it Secretary of the Board, released pits asserted to be unsafe is in-‘ 0" oot go o Renshaw: to' A self-heating oan ‘for 'rations “We should make clear that| The participants referred all | spokesman, said John R. S(ee]mun.!,\ as true as the rising sun. |the report of the April 1 meet- tended to break up a back-to-Work | poioighurg Harold Foss; to| A different kind of tank from American power is being used toiquestions to Ross. He said there @seistant to the President, told| “But that day can be speeded ing at which the Board of Ad- movement among the 400000 AFL | poionivan G. Dater, S. Hovey, M those used in temperate zones. .increase the productivity of the was a “general discussion” of the the group that government offi-'if Secretary Krug will take some Ministration surveyed appropria- United Mine Workers. This move- |,y mps R. €. C an, Mr. and The current Armored Cavalry common man in peace all over the|prige and economic situation and Cials will propose to Canada thatiaction himself to dispose of ab-|tions made by the Legislature and ment brought soft coal production g gack Brounty Journal quotes Col. Paul V. Kane, world, instead of being used to di-|that President Truman “did a lpt' Dawson Creek be made a port of original native Indian claims to the up to forty percent of normal yes-\ pyom Ppetersburg to Wrangell.|who commanded “Frigid” as say- vide the world into warring camps. 1‘01' listening.” entry to permit shipments by rail!ownership of the best pulpwood terday. Lewis himself has directed ! gl Gribble; from Wrangell to!ing flatly that tanks are “thorough-| For his own role, Wallace said ¥ S from the United States and from|timber in Alaska, claims which| # his miners to resume production ‘"fK? chikan, Bob Novatney; from'ly impractical in the Arctic.” Le felt he could not help the there by trucks to Fairbanks. Ta-|were fostered by his predecessor, each pit as soon as it is certified) getchikan to Juneau, Melvin' Critics of such armor say tanks cause of peace by a trip to Rus- J Au lOSES Sis |tom said Steelman added that gov-|Mr. Ickes, and which are still a| safe by Federal Inspectors. BUt,|Schmits, Oliver Jetty and Dr. L.!quickly bog down in the soft Aleut- sia now because “I would be uns mnmuu officlals will do all they|menace to anyone who would dare' charges Executive Secretary |galzar; tfom Petersburg to Ju-iian tundra, the rough Alaska ter- der suspicion from both sides.” alleviate shipping problems.;to invest $25,000,000 or more in a, John Battle of the National|neau, Pauline Nygaard iyain immobilizes them, the lubri-! Wallace arrived yesterday for aj efF(E AFIER 35 | Ostf" L. Chapman, Undersec-'mjjl in Alaskn i3 | Coal Association, to use Battle's] From Tenakee to Sitka: T. C. cants freeze, and 60 degrees be- two-week speaking tour of Britain,| & Iretary of “the Interior, urged the > | words—"*he (Lewis) is in reality! Whiteside; from Sitka to Juneau,'low zero seems to Le the breaking|Scandinavia end France. i delegation to work for cuordinauon telling his miners not to return |u‘;W. A. Butler, A. L. Zumwalt, Mrs. point for their crews. '} YEAR IN THIS ("Y ot steatidny R ENDS. TuRd LB 'ElEPHONE STRIKE work until the Federal Inspectors|A. Opdyke, Laura M. Davis, Rob-| The Journal account said Kane, 2 5 I in Alaska, and said that the De- have had time to revisit all thelert L. Whelan, Mrs. Marie Ever- estimated a man loses his efficien- . FiE T o Rt Wil GOt ot 1o pr“‘| ls NO'I' AFFE(""G mines and recertify them—a mat- son, Mrs. Iris' Pefty, Corinne Op-jcy at the rate of 2 percent for | 1nspection nfllcr‘ tn Jul‘lnu (‘lowd vide constant steamship service., ter of weeks or months.” dyke, D. Woodward, James Ren-|every degree under zero. One of- Foal VR T ke (SRR, VeI (REORID, ohiglegian] shaw, Frank Johanson, and A._J.|ficer spent six hours in a tank at {08y st s jof the House Public Lands Com-i SYSIEMI“ Amu tcords (ransferred. to Ketchikan. The pjptes, urged the delegation to! L o Lewis goes back before "“‘dgt\Nmmx from Raines to Juneau, E' fub-zero temperatures and report- Alan Goldsborough tomortow 1o L Griffin, Elmer C. Daalman, Mr. ask for the return-of all but S$710- (and Mrs, Fred Weber 000 of the fines assessed in con- | nection with the 17-day soft (.()dl strike last fall. The United States ' Supreme Court has upheld Golds- borough's finding that Lewis and ! the union committed contempt by ! ignoring a Fedcra] DhLucL Court ALASKA FROM WEST IN PORT FOR SOUTH return | Alaska Sl(‘amshxp i teamer Alaska arriv of $2,800,000 to the union if it com- | o aska arrived in plied after losing its appeal. Lewis’ | 'lxum the Westward at 4 sterday after i saile own $10,000 fine was left intact, SR & n e et silied PG The Washingto Merry - Go-Round barked in Juneau: from Seward, By DREW PluARbON (ed | that Maj his efficien: at the end nr periord as nil Myron Johnson, tank test officer of *“Frigid,” and Capt. George J. Skeets, commanding !Company B of the 66th Tank Bat- talion disagreed with Col. Kane. They said the present tank can be modified to surmount difficulties. The War Department that “Williwaw” will sz April 16 from Adak for Seattle, Was “Frigid" will return in two groups., The first will leave Fairbanks on April 18 for San Francisco. The second will embark May 10 for Seattle. - Company Juneau o'clock at disclose: session ment with All cross-coun tinue + hours, The 1. J. Cunz, Bert D. Ensley, Yvonne {Lorraine, Leonard S tadt and Stanley Zuern; from Valdez, Joe { McKenzie Boarding the Alaska for Peters- burg were Mrs. D: Okegawa, {Phyllis Nuska and William Warn- | ier; for Wrangell, Charles Mil- WASHINGTON—The main out-'ler and Mrs. Anna Ottesen; for line of the new Labor Bill has KElrhlkdn R. R. Hawkins, Mrs. now been fixed by the Senate |Jim Church, Janette and Jim | Labor Committee after several, Church, Jr., Peggy Harris, James weeks of backstage battling. e | shanks, Mrs. Marshall Crutcher, battle took place in a secret strat-!E Drebelbis, Mr. and Mrs. V. R. egy meeting by Republican mem- Mijlligan, Cket Bearden and Gene bers at which Senator Bob Taft!Bearden. amazed tome of his colleaguc~‘ Seattle passengers were Mr. and in Sitka, and held while Oregon's forthright Wayne Mrs. D. J. Morgan, Jr, Daniel J. vention in Juneau in 1913. Three Telegraph Morse amazed others. AMorEm II1, H. L. Beal, Rev. H. E. of the original organizers are still| But if tl Main discussion at the fiLClL‘hEe\CY Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Sher- alive and active in the organiza- T. subsidi; meeting centered on the posluon man, R. O. Waechter, Mr. and tion. They are Peter Simpson and company the long American Campany AN ANNUAL BANQUET T0 BE HELD IN SITKA 50 The annual tanquet and ball of the Alaska Native Brotherhood this afterr (will be held April 18 at Sitkatract whic Camp No. 1, and redecorated for remodeled The ter the event. | affect spes The ANB was organized in 1912 of 20,000 President Truman might take onimrs. Charles E. Scott, Melinda Ralph ¥oung, Sr. of Sitka, and accept it as a model for contracts ‘are . in port. different provisions of the Labor!Scott, John C. Gever, Mrs. A, W.;James Johnson of Klawock. with their employees, there app°ar-‘fhlk and Bob Atwood, editor of Neil was turned over to Coast "l i o Lo Bill, a catchall measure which in-. Opdyke, Corinne Opdyke, Mrs. L. : o Sy E, ed every reason to suppose thc.U"’ Anchorage Times. QGuard ‘oftloers 'on the Wachusett . 410y o arrive Priday after- Cludes a variety of regulations,| . Marie Everson, J. W. Mor-| GOVT. PROPERTY STOLEN | (hree-day-old strike would be over.! Additional Federal aid in con- for disciplinary action and will not oo 0= 0o, om : ! among them a ban on the closed ., W. R. Berg, A J. Adams,; Law enforcement officials are in-| s 2 Nructlon of the international air- be punished by civil authoriti ¢ Square Sirnel.gvh'om Seattle due shop. !Dmd A, Compton, a and M. Weiss.| vestigating reports of a_robbery MAYFIELD APPOINTMENT port here also will be sought. ! | ket ! Chairman Taft hitherto has in- which took place over the weekend HIGHWAY PATROLMAN w i i ie H P & e dicated that he is for a mild Labor E“GERS (OME 10n the Glacier Highway and which | IN FAIRBANKS AREA Mlfle A”essmem HOSPIIA[ NOIES \SeAa]L:l]:“mvld;\ ;hetz:h::‘ awa:ax!l‘ e:(‘,;l: bill, aimed chiefly at curbing juris- 11 pASS 'is said to involve several thousand | | St. Ann's hosprai admitted ves- o0 Ty 0 vl T Gordova, ;dollars worth of U. S. Govemment\ ‘property and equipment. *Details of | last week (dictional strikes and secondary boycotts, and requiring Labor un- ions to reveal their finances. And at the recent meeting, Taft re- marked that Truman was certain to veto a tougher bill, especially one outlawing the closed shop. BY PAA; 12 FLY OU carried in| | —————— | position a: on | and out of Juneau yesterday DIVORCE IS SOUGHT Patrolman. regular passenger schedules: Ralph A. Treffers filed suit yes- was made Seattle to Juneau—John Hupen,w‘lerday in U. S. District Court here 'fice of t i the following persons In view of the _LE}EP}?“"@ ”:‘iSi§ Herbert Olson, Everett Wrede, L. H.|for a divorce from Grace Gertrude | Commissioner which said that May- TO JURY BY TOMORROW and John L. Lfl“:“n m;‘;:‘e‘“i {Lumas, Dora Harms, Mrs. Nels|Treffers. The suit charged incom- |field will be assigned as a 'xe(.ond"”“]‘"s law ““i“”em:"“ for ’?“' °“Sl°:;" HA st. Anns were| The trial of Delbert F. Brown for Fniiant:dn e C9d'c« (,?S'me cotn | RredvlE, | patibility and asked that custody |patrclman to the Fairbanks med,!”]“"‘ “fes“‘:f“fk e min! “i[Mrs o"’; C]“”;‘ o Mrs. Robert Assault with intent to kill, wound Taft and.% ;fl:’g"?:mu the com-| Miss Rolande Ballantyne, Henty of their two children be given to He will leave for his new duties g, f’t s “'S o ORI s de:f;" boy, and Mrs,|OF maim is expected to go to the RS e i f gm DIl WaS| Sully, Mrs. Alma Sully, A. S.|the plaintiff. The Treffers were Saturday. nov e dhe N, bt Maad cy ARGE Ay hoy, ®{jury in U. 8. District Court some- ' needed to head off furthes Knight, Mrs. A. S. Knight. | married at Cordova, May 10, 1932, — e [y ”e le‘f"\la,“o“ 'l‘q_"“"‘*l ‘l‘: i :‘:jc "mpb:“H S \mitted | time tomorrow. The Government ™ ) s, - | spita ad X 3 H S[('}fis:g;;x\atvlfi g g Iedd’VJm\eau to Geattle—Charles Steelt‘.'A property settlement, satisfactory | MISS BALLANTYNE HERE ‘l‘:.:‘e;n:“hm:;;"fiwL_:;n:ha?l ‘t)ile.PeterveTg:ixx; fro::p I{‘vxumh and‘“m not finish its presentation un- i irts ware, "Taft, doe :Ball ¢ AR Sdesle falames. O. Qooper.|to. botlh Parciesiatl BAGHONGGE) £ o with the Interior Department a discharged Bd Murphy of Juncautll late tbis atternoon = 'the de- Minnesota, and William Jenner of Ray Walter, Cha!'le‘s Fort, Peter court. | AMXS'S Rollande baaantyne who ar-“m“ce Bf their desive to hold thel e |fense is expected to conclude its ARneS BBL ¥ ition Wood, J. P. Williams, Isadore ——t- e rived here yesterday, began work' . | E BACK ,argumenh tomorrow morning. Indiana. They took the POSION g qee e s S ; A k| claims. | ANCHORAGE COUPLE ieok Truman ‘vetol if{'hes wante oldstein. : | POLICE COURT FINES today in the offices of the U. S. Bt s Ay ! Brown is accused of shooting Rob- i ‘: Juneau to Fairbanks—Glen Leach,; John Jackson, Joseph_ and Char- | Forest Service. Miss Ballantyne, a . ““""”) 26 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. ired Weber of An-.ert Zuboff at Hood Bay last Feb- Oi\le‘a question was—could & two- | Wm. Carter, George Frank, Sey-|ley Ha)_'es. recglved fines of t25:nlece of Miss Bess O'Neil of the| R chorage, flew back to Juneau yes- ruary. thir({x mze’ be mustered to over- mour Faurot. ?ach thns»n}mmmg from City Mag-;Uv S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is | Mr. and Mis. Sandy Stevens cele- terday from Haines with Alaska - -oe —- . & - |istrate William A. Holzheimer. All|from Ogden, Utah, and a former "Inated their 26th wedding mmwfl_lCoustal Airlines and registered at| CATHOLIC BAZAAR COM. ride the veto? It was decided that DIV : CASE VI this was unlikely, barring a crip- ORCE CASE VENUED The divorce case of Pearl John- NEAR IN KEY PHONE UNIT : WASHINGTON, Arctic Negotiators in the nationwide tele-|the phone strike e 9 carly * in the vast Bell system. indications were for however. last-minute government dlspute Government typists went to work ! it has been announc-|wide telephone strike before it is D. ed. The Sitka ANB Hall has been' much older. its first con- of the American Ernest L. Mayfleld who resigned Pan American airways reported the robbery are being kept secret. ‘Pohce Department, has accepted a| were charged with being drunk and | member of the WAVES. ,cm(‘e was originally umbm;emmvm as many members of Con-| (here about 35 years go under the gress as possible to visit Alaska; The telephone strike now in ef-| Juwdwtwn of the Steamboat In- and predicted that after seeing fect all over the United States :ction Service of the U. S. De‘yAlm)n they would favor Alaskan:has not curtailed the activities partment of Commerce. During|gtatehood. of the Alaska Communication jthe war, the office was transferred| I would like to see Alaska made System to any appreciable ln the Coast Guard for the dura-g ciate” Welch added. | tent This was revealed today Ition. Last year, Congress made the The Fairbanks delegation plan- by Col. T. J. Tully, Commanding department a permanent part of neq to fly to Great Falls, Mont.Officer of the Alaska Communi- Coast Guard. \late today. The group plans toications System at Seattle. Mon-| nded an eight-hour, Lt. Comdr. Gordon E. Howell, stay in Great Falls for six hours day, the first day of the strike,! mday vmh ugxeeflMx\lme Inspection orrim of Lhe tomorrow. 4 that Lhe \hnuld be directed to the Marme‘SAII.ORS ARREST PUTS ABRUPT END T0 BRIEF JOYRIDE 050, vk the acs e try shutdown would con-‘Inspection Office, U. S. Coast at least another 24’Gll'xx'd Ketchikan ! —— - Seaman First Class John Neil, of afternoon however, that they ex- {the USCG Cutter Wachusett, was pected to be able to clear incom- larrested last night by Territorial 'ing calls from Alaska to various ' Anchorage Trio fo Go 'owas'"nglon’ !Patrolman Emmett Botelho, after points in the US effective this Rt b chas everal blocks 'date. Statehood Mission v "sevecws S “Whie “Chi 0 aweka va acs raao _____ allegedly driving a stolen taxicab. 'circuits from telephone booths in' i ta e in-the delivery offices of the ACS in! ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 9— Neil, who was reported to be in-} UA threemember committee witl toxicated, is said to have taken a|the Seattle Federal Office Bulld- {appear before the House Public Royal Blue cab in front of the Oc- ing were not affected by the (ke o trike. Some slight delays are > g Lands committee in Washington, cidental Bar on South Franklin and | § ]:,;Jt:\finqifr;ni?fe :3‘:;‘: D. C., April 16 to press the Terri- attempted to drive it out on the oc‘currlng in delivery of telegrams long distance employees|to'y's case for Alaskan statehood.|Glacier Highway. He was immedi- Walal motomally. s ave o PHIREES 16 Telephone and: The committee was coripleted ately pursued by Botelho, and two Addresses in the states Compand {vesterday with appointment of Royal Blue drivers, who forced him 5. TR he unions and A. T. and{Hugh Dougherty, insurance man, 'O the curb of the Eureka Apts. STEAMER MOVEMEN“ arfes, including the 19- !0 represent the Anchorage Cham- g" Willoughby ~ Ave brnm;tcd Bell system, agreed to, ber of Commerce. Also to attend damage to the cab was placed at e e Y gre Las Bettinger, Mayor of Ko- between $10 and $15. Northern Voyager, irom Seattle, April 9. ibetween Alaska and the U. S, of (about 60 percent due to the fact |that the Telephone Company was junnblu to provide service over i ilong distance circuits obstacle in aided negotmlions {01’ distance lines Telephone and Telegraph‘ involved the cost of ar-| wages and other issues| noon cn a proposed con-| h might end the nation- |terday Mrs. Josephine Boyd and| {Mrs. Duncan J. Sinclair for medi- cal attention, and Mrs. John Kling-! |beil for surgery. {Valdez and Seward. ‘Tongass scheduled to sail Seattle April 11. ‘May Be Suspended |Until July 1, 1949 as Chief of the Juneau from s a Territorial Highway The announcement e | Mrs. William Smith was ad-l. o .attle April 18 i AR i WASHINGTON, _April 9-—f—'mitted to maternity, and at 12:40] i Podiie A ), he Territorial The House approved legislation to- today gave birth to a baby gul: CASE MAY GO Highwa day suspending until July 1, 1948, weighing seven pounds and three |sary today, with their five children | the Baranof Hotel. MEETS THURSDAY NIGHT rikes. However, . | disorderly. | T and - e - | Frl.::g pc‘:s‘.:;’lfmtoyf acildn'l seem to’Ston v. James Johnston was granted e { U.S. RUBBER MEN IN ‘l,], ,,ml:ere; ,,“‘;‘,:3;;?“3:3{,,;:?“""3 Lt. Gomdr. D, E. rowe, Coast| ‘At 8 oclock Thursday evening| bother the Taft-Ball-Jenner trio.|# change {’f venue yesterday by| Harold Gronroos, Veterans Em-) I.J. Cunz representative of the ot T TR T | Guard officer from Ketchikan, flew | April 10, there will be a meeting of | All three’ argued that if & ]abor'Jlfdgf Harry E. Pratt in U. 8. ‘ploymenl Representative for the U./U. S. Rubber Company from Seat- MRS. HAYES LEAVING ito Juneau yesterday on business:the Executive Board of the Catho- bill couldn't be passed over the District Court here. The court!S. Department of Labor in Alaska,|tle, arrived in Juneau from sew- | with the plane of the USCG Air|lic Church Bazaar Committee in | will leave here tomorrow in order ard on th then Truman ‘Signed an order to permit transfer to attend a national conference of with Pan eld accountable:0f the case to Ketchikan. ——— President’s head, himself would be h | Veterans Employment Representa- |Seattle, was H. A. Shank of Los|Hayes at Anchorage. Parish Hall to discuss plans for the lB&znm which will be held on Oc- tober 3 and 4. Also in attendance e Alaska. Also arriving, Americap Airways from week.to join her Mis. A, B. Hnye\ will leave this|Detachment at Annette Island. husband, “Cot”| Lt. Comdr. Howe is staying at Lt B P for blocking “effective labor legis-: Hayes is lheithe Gastineau Hotel lation.” | The Netherlands Ea.xt In‘dles ex-itives at New Orleans, La. He ex-!Angeles, another representative of Regional Manager of Northwest | Kropf, C. A. Weitzel and ARM 2-c|will be members of the Publicity ! - jtend over a distance of more than pects to be absent from the Terr -‘!lw same company. Both are reg- Airlines with his headquarters at B. Finnegan, the flight crew, are|and Post Office Committees which (Continued on Page Four) 3,000 miles. | tory for approximately three weeks.’ istered at the Baranof, Hotel. Anchorage. |registered at the Baranof. | were recently appointed. ! | ex-| (saw a reduction of telephone calls, to points! Sailor’s Splice scheduled to sail' compared them with anticipated revenues, as verified by the Tax Commissioner. The board found “an estimated gap between income and authorized outgo of about three and three-quarter million . dollar: “Accordingly,” minutes of the Board meet state, “it was decided |by unanimous consent to invoke |the authority of the Board of Ad- | ministration as set forth in Chap- iter 27, Session Laws of Alaska, 11937, and freeze all appropria- |tions except those specifically ex- empted in said Chapter and ex- lcept as to _contracts already let, sald order to be effective immed- iately and to remain in effect un- til further ordered.” ! Specific exemptions from the |frecze order, under the 1937 sta- tute are appropriations made by the Legislature for: | 1. Maintenance and operation of public schools. 2. Putlic asylums or public homes. ! 3. Allowances for aged persons. 4. Rellef and rescue of lost | persons. {8 Support or relief of indigents or of dependent children. 6. Payment of .salaries of Terri- torial officials and employees. 7. Payment of necessary admin- jstrative expenses of territorial |offices. 8. Payment of bounties. | All other appropriations made by !the Legislature for the current \biennium, except as to contracts aheady let, are frozen by the Board and are not to be utilized while the | Board’s order remains in effect. "'No new construction contracts ‘of any kind can be allowed with territorial money while the freeze | holds—the airfield and road fund iis subject to the freeze only to the |extent of $400,000 especially appro- priated on loan basis and is not affected in relation to receipts from the motor fuel tax, which the Leg- islature earmarked for that fund. e e | * o 0 ~» e W LATHLR REPORT Temperatures fos 24-Hour Period Ending T:ou o0'Clock This Morning. | In Juneau—Maximum, 44, minimum, 34. At Airport—Maximum, 45; minimum, 32. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau aad Vieinity) Occasional light snow flur- ries and colder tonight. Fair and slightly warmer Thurs- day PREUIPITATION (Past 24 hours enditg 7:30 a m. today) In Juneau -- .20 inches; since April 1, .72 inches; since July 1, 79.20 inches. At Airport — .08 inches; since April 1, 29 inches; since July 1, 5037 inches. * o o s e = o PRBINEST O e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 9, (#—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5, American Can |92%, Anaconda 39',, Curtiss-Wright @000 0000000000 n 0000000000 % | 5%, International Hnrvester 82, Kennecott 45%. U. S. Steel 0%, Pound $4.02 Sales mduy were 850,000 shares. t Merrill-Lynch averages today are as follows: Industrials 173.40, Rails 47.12, Utilities 35.08.