The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1947, Page 1

i o v 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” [ D" VOL. LXIV., NO. 10,581 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS " TRUMAN T STAND PAT, LABOR BILL Belief Expr;;d New Law dations Made By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON, May 16—®— Republican Senators Taft (Ohio) and Ives (NY) said today Presi- dent Truman's stand pat position on his own labor law recommenda- tions still leaves the door open for White House approval of the Sen- ate union curb bill. Mr. Truman told his news con- ference yesterday that he is stick- ing with the four points he out- lined to Congress in his state of the union message last January. whether he thinks there should be lator legislation beyond the pro- visions of the anti-portal pay bil he approved earlier this week. Taft, chairman of the Senate’s GOP policy and labor committees, told a reporter “there is nothing inconsistent in the Senate bill with the things the President recom- mended.” He added: “Of course, he didn't x'ecommend‘ as much. But the things in the bill move in the same direction as he recommended.” Ives, also a member of the labor committee, commented “I do not interpret the Presi- dent's statement as meanng veto of the Senate bill. His posi- tion and the provisions of the Senate bill are by no means irre- concilable.” The Senate measure CO fewer curbs on unions and strikes s than the bill passed by the House. | The two versions now are before a conference committee striving to iron out differences. Discussions will be resumed Monday. Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach, without mentioning either kil by name, lashed out at several pro- visions in a speech last night, in- cluding at least one common both versions—a section outlaw- ing the closed shop. - NEW YORK, May 16. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 88, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss-Wright 41, International Harvester 79% Kennecott 42'%, New York Centra 12%, Northern Pacific 14%, U. steel 6414, Pound $4.02s. Sales today were 1,430,000 shares. Merrill-Lynch averages today are as follows: industrials 164.92, rails 4219, utilities 32.93. D GIRL FOR LARSENS A girl baby weighing 5 pounds and 11 ounces has been born at Anchorage to Mr. and Mrs. Holger S. Larsen. They are former Ju- neau residents. He is with the Fish and Wildlife Service. s.| At every Alaska Ship Rafe Hearing Is Set For September 8 WASHINGTON, May 16—® {The Maritime Committee today "set Sept. 8 for hearings in Seattle |on shipping rates to Alaska. | The hearings were ordered |the Commission May 13 when {approved a contract with shipping companies for return of the Alas- by Meels w"h Re(ommen‘ {lfau service to private operation.| ALASKAN DEPT. OF " LABORMAY AIDIN COOK INET STRIK The was the | SEATTLE, May 16 |Alaskan Department of abor lasked today to intercede in |Cook Inlet Salmon Cannery dis- |pute, Leo Hall, representative of | Seafarers’ International Ugion, an- ‘nounccd here. | He said request for a collective This was in Teply to a QUeSHON |p.ypqining election for Cook In-| llet fishermen, twice denied by the |National Labor Relations Board, was made to the Alaska Labor | Board. | The request was filed jointly by the AFL-United Fishermen of Lower Cook Inlet and by CIO- i Alaska Fishermen's Union in An- jchorage. The AFL fishermen have been on strike in Cook Inlet, demanding recognition as bargaining agent for | their members. - 'Hawaiian Statehood ' Will Cause Fight, Is Farringlo_n's Belief WASHINGTON, May Delegate Farrington (R-Hawail) itoday predicted “a. fight” on Ha- waiian statehood in the House. | The recommendation of !statehood bill by the House Rules committee on a strictly party vote !indicates, Farrington said, “that jcertain influential to not supporting the program of the|new administration in this matter.” He said he is sure of support from both Democratic and Repub- !lican members of the House Pub- {lic Lands committee. Farrington expressed his that members of Congress thinking about theadmission Hawaii as a state largely as imatter of general policy, rather Ithan on Hawaii's merits alone. step, he said, question is asked: “How {Alaska and Puerto Rico.” Farrington said he has not been advised when the bill will be call- ed up for debate, but probably Inot before Friday of next week. R MAJ. GOSS TRANSFERRED Major and Mrs, Geoffrey Goss |left on the steamer Princess Louise {enroute to Seattle. Maj. Goss, who | has been Military Aide to the Gov- {ernor, has been transferred to an | other station. belief are of a the about | - it DIRECTOR OF PALESTINE PROBLEM, AID PROGRAM BIG ISSUE Greek-TurkisT Assistance Soviet Russia’s Proposal T0 BE NAMED Bill to Get Truman's | for Dual State Remains Signature Tomorrow | Real Puzzler | WASHINGTON, May 16.—(®— CARPENTER | The White House said today thai| President Truman may announce a | directing head for the Greek-Turk- ish aid program when he signs the By FRANCIS W. $400,000,000 niilitary and econol las the puzzler of the United Na- assistance measure, probably to- morrow. Land question. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Delegates trom nations sca around the globe noted with satis- faction that Russia had tipped her hand even a little bit on the Pales- Ross told reporters he is not cer- tain the administrator will be nam- ed at the signing ceremony. ‘It depends on whether the Pres- Russia that such a ident has lined up the man he|does propose wants,” Ross explained. dual, Demociatic state work? The appointment is one of two, Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet De- major ones the President must puty Foreign Minister, in his sur- make for foreign programs. prise talk did not clear up that The other s a head for the gen- ! point. But he did say that if the eral foreign relief program on' animosities Letween Jew and Arab which Congress is nearing final were such thut this state could not i action live, then Russia felt it would be Mr. Truman is reported to hawe ' necesary to consider dividing Pal- |Richard F. Allen, a Red Cross estine into two states, one Jewish vice chairman, under consideration and one Arab. for that job. | These are points which the 11- ->->>o nation commission of inquiry, fin- up yesterday by the A just before it adjourned, must consider. Arrangements were made for the commission to meet at Lake Success May 26. After it is organized, the commission is expect- ed to fly to Palestine and begin its task. Although Russia, in the opinion of Arab delegates, leaned toward the Jews in the statement to the ally set sembly BIG NAVY (UT ~ ISINDICATED | i By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, May 16.—P— {1948 budget which may necessitate tnat Gromyko left a way out. ireducing the planned strength of He reviewed known plans for ! the Navy and Marine Corps by 40,- | pajestine: 1. A single Arab-Jewish mended by the House Appropria-! tions Commiitee today. | The comumittee eppropriations requested bY | rights of the Arab population. President Truman, but it said it! | believes the lesser amount Will be tion most deserving attention and |adequate “without sacrificing any! !of the efficiency of the fleet” or re: ducing “essential Naval activities. | - 'WALLACE TO SPEAK . INSEATILE, MAY 123 i | SEATTLE, May 16.--{P—Henry, Palestine. 'A. Wallace will speak at a public| — S |that “the Soviet Union will state proposals are prepared and consid- | ered, and especially when decisions “meenng in the Field Artillery Ar- " {mory Friday night, May 23, the l o I |Wallace Sponsoring Committee ew'sl pera ors said today. 'e o | The committee was identified n H ( ‘ {the ~announcement as “a broad a n e’en(e igroup of prominent Northwest cit- & izens who have ferméd a special# WASHINGTON, May 16—R— | committee.” ¥ |John" L. Lewis and operators who | PR SN | produce three-fourths of the na- | tion’s soft coal began contract | negotiations today that may de- i E IBY BRlN S IN |termine whether there will be a Inationwide mine strike this sum- | TREASURER’S OFFICE MOVES | | The ,offices of Territorial Trea-| | surer Oscar Olson have been moved | {one door down the hall in the | | Pederal Building to use the space The Washington BIG HALIBUT CATCH Olaf Wesby, skipper of the hali- boat Queen, sold 50,000| { mer. Six-man committees represent- ing Lewis’ United Mine Workers and the operators conferred for two hours, then recessed until next that Garsson was paying off the| NEW YORK, May 16.—(®—Soviet | accepting $55,000 in bribes Russia’s cagily worded declaration Henry and Murray Gars for a dual, Democratic ArabeJewish |Deaded a wartsme munitions com- fers |state in Palestine stood out today bine tions Special Assembly on the Holy \man of the House Militaray Com- ttered | that he was interested in a manga-l|lice as: tine problem. But they asked: How | | 16— |An 11 percent cut in the Navy's| Assembly, it was noted by observers | i i the 000 officers and men was recom- |state 2, Partition into two individ- ual states, 3. Creation of an Arab ing approximately 1000 fishermen ! | state without regard for the Jewish and shoreside workers, the Seattle- | > | 2 chopped $377- population, and 4. Creation of a'Alaska herring industry is facing Democrats are'519.200 from the $3513,000300 in!jewish state without regard to the'a complete tie-up as a He pointed to No. 1 as the solu- |men’s union, CIO, for increases in| o No. 2 as an alternative solution. |fishermen and the operators have] ! But, he left himself free to take m |any position after hearing the com- |series | mission’s report next fall by saying from an agreement. i | |its position on the various plans in |cents per man greater detail when the concrete Pared to 17 cen are to be taken on the future of |Crease i | MORE WORKERS T0 BE FLOWN T0 ALASKA METALWORKERS | ARQUT 2 inwash, oregon | ABOUT 2,000 on sTRike 1oAY, MEN TO FLY Thousands Quit Over Dif-! FROM SOUTH ference of Two, One- ! Half Cents an Hour 'Believed fo Be One of Na- Time Movements | ence between union demands and | employers’ offers sent an estimat- A . Mm: J&SWEEFSE:‘SE 2KILLED, 2 warrRavoRia, WOUNDED, | ! war fraud trial today that mu- nition-maker Murray Garsson act- ually was returning money he had| borrowed from May in paying off! $5,000 in notes at a New York! bank i The government had charged Shooting Oc_cas in Wash- ington, D. C., Over Bar Admittance Case former Kentucky i notes for May, congressman, who is charged with| WASHINGTON, May 16.—(®— ed 10,000 to 12,000 Washington and = g, mupr, from A patrolman and a law association|Oregon metal trade workers out|, ? E.'. BEY DL O n, who|official were killed and three oth- on strike today. e, Tatons. o poce L s of laborers by wounded today in a gunfight| The strike, scheduled to start at: ¢ started at the municipai court midnight, opened officially short- < May, who was wartime chair- house by a disgruntled bar appli- ly after 1 a. m. this moring asDefore the end of this month be- ant. ,union officials, employers and U.g.; 'Ween Seattle and Alaska. The dead were identified by po-!Concillation Office arbiters follow-| A" AMMY of approximately 2,000 i { led through with last minute ef-jconsiruction workers will be flown nese mining enterprise in Green-| Hubert Estes, a patrolman. forts to halt the walkout. inorth for work under the $51,000,- brier county, W. Va. just* before| Ray Devendorf, 65-year-old' Ten unions, approximately (000 contract of Birch-Lytle-John- the war. He sald he lost money|clerk for the District of Columbia shops and from 5000 to 6,000 men S On Alaskan alr bases. on it Bar Assoclation’s committee on ad-|in Seattle are involved in the dis-| D L. Cheney, general manager May testified that Murray Gars- missions and grievances. Ipute, although Machinists Union Of the contracting syndicate, said son came to him and wanted to] The wounded reported by police: business agent I. A.' Sandvigen ‘o 3000 would join approximately puy him out. He said that to] Attorney George W. Dalzell, of said 70 local shops, including the 2000 Who already are on the job. “gocommodate Murray Garsson”|Ghevy Chase, Md, 69, executive Continental Can Company have' nelr arrival will signal the full he borrowed $10,000 in his own gecretary of the grievance com- met union demands. steam ahead” phase of construc- name and loaned it to Garsson to mittee . { No further negotiations have |!o%: buy the mining interest, with an Cecil Claig, a guard on duty at been arranged. ; The firm’s contract covers ma- agreement that Garsson would re-|one of the doors of the court house! Denzil Hailey of Washington Jor construction at Fort Richard- pay the notes May had given building about five blocks from Metal Trades, Inc. said only two S0 Ladd Field, and at Mie 36, May acknowledged that he sign- the capitol major differences—“21% cents an 20 [iles southeast of Fairbanks ed the $10,000 notes. He produced| An unidentified negro, whom po- hour and six paid holidays”—re- OO the Alaska Highway, and & less- an agreement dated April 2, 1941, lice described as the unsuccessful mained when negotiations broke & Job at Nome. The Army this week announced construction of an alr—if not the largest—will begin mittee, told the federal court jury| B showing that Murray ~Garsson gpplicant for admission to law off. agreed to repay the loan practice. | PSRy - L A ,$8,125,000 heavy-bomber base at May told the jury that the $5000, The first shots were fired in aho f6" 1ok Hie Woategie. air. boues mand. payment Murray Garsson made on Devendort's office on the third The contract calls for permanent TrainmeninThree - the note represented Garsson's floor of the building which houses ayment of his own debt. municipal courts. ’ ‘construction o ha"-nka;. e With this testimoney the trial Ppersons in the building at the| “o"hwes' Sms 2 i flrds AW T . water and electrical systems. was adjourned until Monday, when time said the negro went to the May will again be on the witness office and demanded return of the' stand fee he had paid when he sought | admission to the bar. A A | An argument ensued. Devendorf Herring Fishermen ' Cheney said laborers to go north are being recruited through- out the United States, with the Army-Navy Labor Board approving a wage scale corresponding gen- erally to rates paid in the Puget May Organize Now CENTRALIA, May 16—(®—Or- ganization of a tri-state Brother- - was shot in the face. Then, the assailant turned to i another part of the office toward hood of Railroad Trainmen, cov- Sound area for the B-L-J pro- Maklng Dema“dsimflmx. Who Twae —Ahot in /the T8 Washington, Idaho and Ore- jects, where the workers will live e houldes and oG 7 gon, was discussed yesterday at the in contsruction camps with meals opening session of the two-day and lodging for $1.50 a day. | oamall 4 S0 16.—®—Involv- convention of the Washington or- WHITE PASS RAIL :10“0;6—;’;0 : LY ROA ORGANIZED HERE; i wwe i figggggflyflkf BLACKWELL, PRESIDENT , ¢ v v o . pany believes it is more economi- A . cal to fly them than to pay their EFeas | SKAGWAY, Alaska, May 16— President of the Juneau Chapter _ A of meetings, but are Iar;w>mr& e )o'(:lock of the Reserve Officers Assoclation ?n‘llg;fl :;fltermennrouw by sea and e demanding 30| Thursday afternoon partially des- 4t 1ts organizational meeting here "'t same time, o $14000,000 ber bartel as com- troved 5-A bridge on the White fot FEN e 23 Teservists also .. struction job for the Navy is te bar barrel per|Pass Railroad. The bridge is elected as officers: Howard H. s pe | ‘in spots and train Fischer, Vice-President; Charles T. underway in the Aleutians by the man last year. The shoreside badly burned ~and Smith, Secretary; and Daniel W. Drake-Puget Sound company.y and workers are demanding an in- service will be temporarily disrupt- Mahm‘\ey. Treasl‘lrer. 5 oriiee, ey rids _’addnlonal appropriations for in- 4 il w hro! as from 35 to 40 percent. Six- ed but the ma o B0 %5 "The Association voted to hold stallations are expected by the ty boats are involved in the dis-{usual. Navy. The :nnauf:zd Na > ro- e The fire was discovered by Carl regular monthly meetings at a 3 vy P! UL . time and place to be designated bl g b e Jects for permanent facilities and elson, I A n i 4 ey LR S R later. It also decided, after or- ‘mstnllnnons are at Adak and Attu. i ——ee - — WACHUSETT COMING to pick up his wife, who had ganizational plans have been com- U. 8. Coast Guard Wachusett left [spent the day there. pleted, to affiliate with the Alaska' Seattle at 1 v'clock Wednesday, and, The bridge is about 100 feet Department of the ROA and ‘0‘0"E MA“ DEAD, The firm's contract covers a two year period. Laborers are hired under a year's contract and flown by the firm to and from Alaska ‘if they fulfill a 12-month, stay- SEATTLE, May result of “ demands of the herring fisher-! wages. Committees presenting chfli ade some progress during a long - is due in Juneau sometime Sunday long, five miles from Skagway. inaugurate a program of eansion‘ or Monday, according to word re- e, ol e L courses under the auspices of the 1 I" HOSN'AL ceived from her skipper, Comdr. E.| . National ROA. [ V. Carlson. ip']’A MEET'"G { President Blackwell declared for The cutter is scheduled to remain | the benefit of those not attending,, l" KHIFE FIGHI in Juneau for only a iew days, and | IUESD AY “lGH' :)22:‘ :?‘:?;r:::grv:l o:gzerflgf\an‘;; el Btneauie do. sl e branch of the U, & Armed Forces., SEATTLE, May 16—P—A room- Cruise. The last meeting of the Juneau T hEs {ing ‘house knife fight ended last S P-TA Io} this season which was ANCHOBAGE BREAD UP ‘mgh! Witiiong man dead, another larl aleduiad:. for. Monday Bakerles al Anchorage announce;under police guard in the hospital KNIGHTS TO SEWARD i s G o % that effective May 19, bread prices '&Waiting questioning, and the pro- The Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Knight |Dight, has been postponed o 8 0%y oymp from 20 to 23 cents Prietor booked on an open charge are moving from Anchorage to!:hc“’“g T\;}e}sdat}; mghtd béc:‘fwr, Of ber small loaf ahd 30 to 35 cents|at Police headquarters. Sewilhik s’ is Superintentent . of |he -Dorathy Urawford Censert. 4| per large loaf. Cost of flour is glven! Ohief Deputy Coroner C. L. Har- Merry-_G_o-Round | formerly occupied by the Territorial {Guard. Entrance to the Treasurer’'s "but |pou | Juneau nds of halibut today at the Tuesday, refusing t6 comment on Cold Storage to Alaska their talks. the Alaska Methodist Missions and | - | former pastor of the Juneau Meth- |/ | There are several interesting an important features to this meet- The Rev. Herbert Hilierman | By DREW PEARSON : —_— | Oifice is now made through Room WASHINGTON — The only real '320. secret item of Government expen- | ———————— ! diture in this American democracy CAA EMPLOYEES HERE is the President’s special emergency | Employees of the Civil Aeronau-| fund. This is a fund given every tics Authority 'in Alaska, moving | President — whether Republican or from place to place, are registered‘ Demccrat—and which he can use as guests -of the Baranof Hotel. for anything he wants. He doesn't | They include Emmitt R. Boone,| 11 Con- | Parker W. Negus, Robert L. Mead, a record Explorer, under Magnus Hansen, Plus the southern “captive” pit. with 45,000 pounds on one trip. | first trip of the |Coast Fisheries. | The conference was arranged ye: terday after Lewis abandoned his! of halibut landed in Juneau by stand for industry-wide bargaining| This is the largest single catch| Previous by the locally owhned boat. landing was set Queen is completing her! current season, | The and agreed to meet with operators of northern and western mines, OREGON TELEPHONE v ’ have to account for it or te gress what he use it for espionage in a country, for making a giit to foreign potentate or for buying an mals for the zoo. Last year, President Truman was does with it. He can|William A. Clayton, foreign | Holmquist, Larry C. Gourlie, Phil- Robert W. a(ip H. Stern, James L. Hurst, W. A. i- {Hanson, P. W. Holzgraf and O. E. ‘\Rye from Anchorage and Ralph E.} | !Nelson from Gustavus. having been out since April i [two days before the opening of the | iseasnn May 1. Besides Westby,! !there are four men in the crew.. STRIKE IS ENDED 1 | | | Also selling’ at the Cold Stor-| PORTLAND, Ore, May 16—The northwest helicopters owned by the | ideas. Iing. odisg churcrh,r |will continue the theme of Char-| i |acter Building in the Community by presenting a short talk on the |movies and their influence on our, B 3 HElI(opIERS |youth, There will be election uf‘ l“ "oRIHwBT officers for next year. H | The participation of the P-TA in |the Fourth of July celebration wili !be discussed; the float and choice| iris said a man identified as Samp- ison B. Wade, a civilian barber tat Fort Lawton, had died of knife lwounds through the Ilungs and as the reason for the raise. >oe DEVIGHNES LEAVE Dr. and Mrs. Harry C. DeVighne sailed south on the steamer Prm-,‘hr‘;:“' 5 cess Louise. ending a brief but| LPe injured roomer, suffering . .y from superficial stab wounds, was most enjoyable visit in Juneau with s 3 Joy 1Prank James Jones. He was plac- old friends. They were the house-| guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pul- !ed under guard at the hosplml un- len during their stay here. jtil_he could be questioned. g R L : Mrs. Mary Jane Leavy, proprie- itor, was booked on an open charge. |of’ candidate for Queen. All par- {ents, teachers and friends are uvg- SEATTLE, May 16.—®— Three ed to be present for votes ard Henry Hogue, publicity Emmett Britton and Paul Smith | of the Standard Oil Company’s! publicity department, have been ! gathering material in Alaska for a' STEAMER MOVEMENTS age today was Bud Field's boat Oregon telephone strike ended at|Central Aircraft, Inc, of Yakima, chairman for Lassie, with18,000 pounds. His 10ad § a m. today after the United have been grounded as the result|will be in attendance to tell the Fourth of July, of of * This was an emergency COngress — e voted a secret Kitty of $2,500,000 SHEPPERD RITES TO BE ' and this column is now able to give an itemized breakdown of how he! spent the cash. Incidentally, though the fiscal year is within seven weeks of being up, Mr. Truman still has half a million dollars unspent. At the last accounting he had spent only $2,006,500. i f The breakdown of the tonfiden- | ciate, and Ernest Ehler will sing tial kitty shows that the largest | two numbers. Interment will be in part went to handle the coal mines Evergreen Cemetery. Pailbearers for Mrs. Shepperd will be Paul Talkington, Roy Mc- Ginnis, Charles Viland, John Homme, Jerry Green and William "McCurry. ! ternoon at 2 o'clock in the Chapel! |of the Charies W. Carter Mortu-! ary. could not appropriate for in ad- vance, and instead of asking for a (Continued on Page Four) \went to Sebastian-Stuart. & ‘Waldamar HELD ON &ATURDAY”)ounds on the R. D, Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy i pystinen had 13,000 pounds on his | Shepperd will be held tomorrow af-| jylig D. 5 P weekly. this afternoon. Rev. Willis R. Booth will offi-|y: | % i 13 cents. | Telephone and Telegraph Company H. S.| in 7,000 and Ike/ brought The R. D. and Julia| Halibut sold today at 15 and| ——————— NASH MOTORS MEN I A. R. Boscow of San F‘rancisco] and M. S. Audersen of Seattle, re- presentatives of the Nash Motor’ Company, arrived in Juneau this mittee appointed lmommg and are registered at the,dmenng legislation passed by the terday for Anchorage via PNA (ar' Baranof Hotel. Telephone Employees of Oregon voted overwhelmingly to accept a; pay increase averaging $3 to $4, ‘The union said that with almost D. cargoes had not been sold early!a) pallots counted from yesterday's |vote the total was 2120 to 126 in| !A similar plane, operated by the | favor of accepting the Pacific offer. —— e — WASHINGTON — A $350,000,000 foreign relief program was agreed on today by a Senate-house com- to compromise two branches of congress. lof an accident in Providence, R. I,.!plans and enlist the assistance Herman Pulin, President, said to-|the P-TA. day. | Inviting He said the request for the tem- served at portary grounding was made by ing. the manufacturer, Bell Aircraft| Corp.,, pending an mve_suganon.{ refreshments wili be the close of the meet- PAA OFFICE WORKER Miss Mary Gunn, from the Pan local company, crashed into Lake}American Airways. office in White- Union May 7, with the loss of two|horse, Y. T, arrived in Juneau to- llives. One of the grounded planes|day to take the place of Mrs. Ber- is in Seattle, and two in Yakima.|rie Hulk in the local PAA ticket ———————— |office at the Baranof Hotel. HELLENTHAL GOES WEST | She is registered at the Baranof, Judge Simon Hellenthal left yes-iund is expected to remain here for a few weeks until Mrs. Hulk, who a brief visit, jhas been ill, returns to her job. y Aleutian scheduled to sail from writeup to appear in the A”‘"’“"Seallle Saturday at 10 a. m. call- issue of the Standard Oil Bulle!m.,mg at Ketchikan, Juneau, Yaku- They left Juueau last night return- o' Goqova Valdez and Seward. ing to San Francisco, | Sailor’s Splice scheduled to sail T {from Seattle May 20. VFW MEETS TONIGHT ! Alaska scheduled to sail from Taku Post, of the Veterans of {geattle May 23, calling at Ketch- Foreign Wars, will hold a regular jkan wWrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in the 'sjtka, Cordova, Valdez and Sew- VFW club rooms. W. W. Tuttle, of ard. the Veterans Administration, will Princess Louise scheduled to sail explain loan procedures of the GIifrom Vancouver May 24. Bill of Rights and an election will| ———-e - be held to choose a successor for | FAIRBANKS P-TA HEAD Charles T. Smith, who resigned as Mrs. Ted Loftus has been elect- Post Judge Advocate to accept the ed President of the Fairbanks P-TA position of Alaska Department succeeding Larry Reed. Ross Knick- Judge Advocate. erbocker is new Vice-President.