The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” [———— VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,800 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS IMPORTANT TREATY IS | Day, So What? NOW PACT United States and Italy Sign Commercial Docu- ment with Promises WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—@®—The United States and Italy signed today a new Commercial Treaty including a promise by each to allow “free- dom of information.” That clause says Italians in the United States and Americans in It- aly will be free to write, report and send news without censorship. It is the first time there has been fuch a clause in any Anw Treaty with a European Country. The Treaty replaces a pact of friendship, commerce and naviga- tion” made in 1871. But set ¥side during Mussolini's regime, In general, citizens of each countr, are granted equal rights in commer cial and legal activities. The Treaty will become effective when the United States Senate and a special committee of Italy's Cham- ber of Deputies ratifies it. Each country keeps the right to declare it ended. The Treaty was signed in Rome by American Ambassador James C. Dunn and Count Carlo Sforza, It- alian Minister of Foreign Afrairs Each country reserves full rights to control import and export-of tis sionable materials—the source of at- cmic bombs and power. Each also reserves the contrel traffic in “arms right to ammuni- tion and implements of war.” R 0.D. Cochran Dies af Nome * NOME, Alaska, Feb. 2—Atty. O. D. Cochran, 77, a member of both branches of the Alaska Legislature during his long law practice hers | Ground Hog PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., Feb. 2 P—A little animal crawled out of his hole today—and so, as the leg- end goes, ycu can crawl into one for the next six weeks. Brother Groundhog saw his shadow Yes, throughout Pennsylvania, }Hm ittle animal known variously las the whistle-pig, woodchuck, sandhog—and just plain groundhog —emerged from his wintry under- ground hideaway and became en- veloped in his own shadow. The legend is that if the ground- hog sees his shadow it means six more weeks of winter. Spring would have been just around the corner it the animal saw no image himself on the ground It was a unanimous verdict of too. 2.—{M—There be no groundhog watching here today because the civic groundhog has died of old age, and the severe cold has driven | the live ones far underground New Yorkers will have to watch their own shadows or use other means of predicting how long the | winter will last The deceased pet Club was used for determine whether he saw his shadcwn on Feb. 2, thereby fore- casting six more weeks of winter G. Dana Younger, the club’s executive secretary, ys the other groundhogs, owing to the cold weather, have “holed up too deep” of the many years Boys to AUCTION OF MurderGang TAX BILL ALASKAPULP Being Hunted = SLASHING TIMBER SET InNewDelhi STARTED wasoton T, 2 me Others Slated for Assas- Republicans Plan Ram- sination Following ' ming Measure Through— Killing of Gandhi Demos Concede Losing SHINGTON, ~ Feb, 2—®- Republicans were all set Forest Service said today it plans to auction off 1500,000,000 cubic feet! of pulp timber in Tongass National Forest in Alaska on Feb. 18 An official told a reporter the D and F Company of New York has| NEW DELHI, Feb. 2—(P— Prime qualitied as a bidder for the timber.| Minister Jawaharlal Nehru staked | i | I w2 | House { 1 | | e a to 2 was 1 CHICAGO, Feb. 2. (#—The Na- jten's newest cold wave materialized as Jittle more than an oversized {ripple toc compared with the ser- of chillers which preceded it e of Lrought an extreme minimum ! It lof -18 degrees in Eastern North Da- kota, but the Weather Bureau said Ithe zero line went no further south {than lower South Dakota, and Min- |Ill.rfll(l and central Wisconsin a Many Candidates File for INVESTIGATION OF " COMMES 15 STILL ON IN SEATILE SEATTLE, Feb {a State Legislative Un-American Activities Committee were choked off by the State Treasurer's otfice today but the group kept right on | with its probe. | It was told by Mrs. Howard Cos- jtigan, wife of the former leader of the Washington Commonwealth | Federation, that there “is no moral- |ity in the Communist Party. It will stoop to any level. No one talks more democracy and practices more dic- tatorship than the Communist| Party.” Following her husband to the wit- ness stand, Mrs. Costigan said he had been told he would “never be able to get a job again in the North- west." | Costigan, once an unsuccessful | Democratic candidate for Congress, | had said he lost a job only last week | He testified that he had been a non- jcard carrying member of the Com- | munist Party from 1937 to 1940, leav-| }mg it when he realized it was “prim-| ‘arily interested in advancing thel | pre-Russian line.” | The Committee's activities have | been challenged by the Washington |Pension Union. The Treasurer's |oftice announced it would honor no more Committee vouchers until the| 2 (M- Funds of i First Division at Primary on April wide selection of candidates, both Democrats and Republicans, from which to make neminations. Filings closed Sun- day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The complete list of filings, First Division, is as follows TERRITORIAL DELEGATE E. L. Bartlett, Dem at, incumbent R. H. Stock, Republican, of Anchorage. ATTORNEY GENERAL—J. Ger- ald Williams, Democrat; Almer J. Peterson, Republican, both of An chorage. AUDITOR—Frank A. Boyle, Dem- ocrat, incumbent, of Juneau; Harry DeLand, Democrat, of Juneau; Al bert Goetz, Republican, of Douglas. HIGHWAY ENGINEER— Frank Metealf, Democrat, of Juneau; Don- ald MacDonald, Democrat, of Fair- banks; Ira P. Farnsworth, Repub- dean, of Fairbanks . LEGISLATIVE Democrats FOR SENATOR-Judge Willlam A. Holzheimer, Juneau; Norman R. Walker, Ketchikan; kenzie of Ketchikan. FOR REPRESENTATIVE—Peter Wood, Eugene Lockridge, Abel An- derson, Vernon M. Metcalfe, G. E. Almgquist, Ervin H. Hill and Rob ert K. Coughlin, all of Juneau; J. H. Sawyer, Windham; Amelia A. Gunderson, Earl Leding and Al Daniels, of Ketchikan; Andrew Hope, Sitka; James Nolan, Wran- gell; Leonard King, Haines; and Voters of the the Territcrial 27 will have a Dr. R. M. Mac- ! NO CAPITAL ~ Nominafion, April Primray PUNISHMENT FOR MEEKS Accused Slayer Is Found Guilty of Murder-Attor- neys Will Not Appeal | George Harrison Meeks, a 34- year-old former construction work- | er, was found guilty today for the !second time of first degree mur- |der. A local jury of eight men rand four wemen deliberated for seven hours and thirty-five min- utes Saturday, night and srived at their verdict at 12:25 a. m., Sun- day when they went home. The verdict was sealed in an envelope until it read by Clerk of the Court J. W. Lelvers this morning when District Court was reconvened. The jury found Meeks guilty as charged but recom- . mended that capital punishment be omitted from the sentence. Previous Cenviction Meeks was charged with cutting and rcbbing 28-year-old Clarence J. Campbell, of Seattle, another construction worker, whose body was found iIn a Juneau residen- tlal district on Dec. 10, 1945. He was convicted of this crime on March 9, 1946 ior the first time and was sentenced oh April 2, 1946, to a life term in the Federal Peni- tentiary at MeNell Island, Wash. Last fall, the Ninth District U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals to come out Effects of the cold front as it g 0t !moved across the Great Lakes re- i AND IN JUNEAU \gion were moderated by cloudiness Groundhogs came out in the Vi-|ang resistance of a high pressure cinity of Juneau had n0tjareq over Tennessee. The lessened “heled up deep” because of the icolq was expected to stagnate over present mild, so far, winter. There!the Ohio Valley tomorrow. Compara- are some who say the ground hogltively low temperatures will linger did see his shadow and went right {another two days in the Midwest back 10r six weeks more of winter.; In most of the eastern half of the Others d he did not see hisjNation where an estimated 250,000 shadcw and remained out. There !workers have been made idle be- was one groundhog on a stump Ui\'cause of gas and, other fuel short- the Thane Road ' yesterday nearages in industry, the weei-long cold Snow Slide Guich and he was “out” | wave was broken, the Weather Bu- to stay, it s said {reau said. | And out at the weather station,| Somewhat warmer weather was in weather man Brown said: “Bah,|prospect today in both the East and vi- granted his appeal on a legal tech- nicality and remanded the case back to Juneau for re-trial Over sixty witnesses gave testi- mony in this last trial which Marcus F. Jensen, Douglas. Republicans FOR SENATOR—Anita Garnick, Juneau; Steve Vukovich, Juneau; Harry Race, Ketchikan; Mrs. El-| !ton Engstram, Juneau; Harry D,!ccnsumed eleven days. Williams, Ketchikan, Defense Attorneys William L, FOR REPRESENTATIVE—Hel- | Paul, Jr, and M. E. Monagle said mi Aalto Bach, Douglas; William | that they do not contemplate mak- E. Feero, Jr., Skagway; Frank 0.‘1“3 an appeal at the present time. Johnson, Kake; J. P. Montplaiser,' The possibility exists, howevey, that Kasaan; Doris M. Bames, Wran- |Meeks may attempt to appeal the gell; Ed Locken, Petersburg; Frank | decision at a later date. . ‘Stielwon, Ketohikan: J. Simpson |~ No.time. for sentencing has yet MacKinnon, J. J. Fargher, William [ F¢en announced by Judge George A. Winn, William Paul, Sr., all M]W. Folta, who presided at the Juneau. | trial. since 1900 and a former memkter of | the Board of Regents of the Univer- sity of Alaska, died Friday. He was born in Missouri but came West as a youth and studied law in| Cregon. His wife died several year: to your ground hog predictions, | bah!” ( IN CALIFORNIA ight, widely scattered drizzles dampened slightly soma sections of South In eastern temperature was expected states generally, 1to freezing or above as the worst of SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2—®—|th> frigid blast moved out to sea the South was colder eafly today than Although a large drea of the! Hermando De Soto landed in Am-| to climb erica. The tract is near Petersturg. It the survival of his government. to-jtQday to ram thrcugh their $6,500,- put up for sale under a law pas-|for which Mohandas K. Gandhi De its conceded they were sed by the last session of Congress.|was killed { i nting losing battle in efiorts i - o> - | In swift implementation of Neh-;#0 substitute a smaller cut, along ; \sued a communigue abolishing @b corporations. | o ea er private armies and “any organiza-{ But they were determined to go | tion preaching violence or com-|through the motions as the first | : i s | Gandhi's ashes were prepared|game the voting stage. ver a lon s for commital to the Ganges, a river Republicans and Democrats alike, | his Hindu followers consider sac-| however, agree that the bill up for | ! red i . a huge sandalwcod pyre by thejthe one that goes to the White i o era Ing‘ aters of the Jumna River after House his youngest son, by Hindu rite,| Both sides look for the Senate assassinated enroute to prayer, et in an effort to corral the Dem- meeting. His assailant held | gratic votes needed to override incommunicado. y@n almost certain Presidential veto. Gandhi’s death, tried to burn the; HOU P BILL hcuse of a member the mili-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(®— tant Mahasabha _(Greater Hindu The House passed today the GOP- stop trafiic and close shops. They | bjil. ept all but few workers from| 1t cuts everybody’s income taxes their jobs. jand drops 7400,000 low-pay peo- Patel said he, Nehru and Maulana; Bouse vote is just the start. The| ‘ i Bouse 5 Jus b o lagality of the group was settled b; Abul Dalam Azad, the Education il now goes to the Senate Which the courts. o Minister, all had been marked for ' may make a lct of changes. | Committee Chairman Albert Can- ed peace with the Moslems, as did | against % f | | 88 operation until it heard from At- Gandhi. The gang accused of plur-i Whatever Congress finally am'EeS]mrmy General Smith Troy. The lat- ting the deaths was hunted. ‘gu will then go to President Tru-!ter sajd no action would be taken! ” I‘lm- cuts are too big. A veto is|Committee voucher.” | Where Did DeSoto { considered probable for a $6,50 i L P l d! fl ,d 1600,000 cut ! % . anat riorida i Before its final vote, the House| W w iS 1o K Ltagned down a Democrauc-backedlse" Appo"“ed £ individuals by $4,000,000,000 but up | A rporation taxes by sa,zmooo.oouiSho' a' (hm, is prospect of a 25-acre public park,| Th¢ GOP measure, drafted by| A3 if someone can decide just wher | 2 °'¢ House Ways and Means Commit-' LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 2. i tee, calls for |+ -A self-appointed music critic heard Monument to the Spanish explorer.| €I tax exemptions; \‘E:P‘S”P“ Ghirell) dispproved o The Public Lands Committes of the| APPlication generally of the com- it and expressed his opinion with munity property -principle of tax|pistol shots. is the first of several in Alaska tolday on the issue of restoring peace: 060,000 tax slashing bill | rus stand, the Home Ministery is-|With a revived excess profits tax munal hatred.” big election year issue in Congress 1 His body was cremated on Phssapc today is unlikely to be | had lit the fire. Gandhi, 78, was to whittle down the amount of the Crowds in Bcmbay, angered byj i Organization). They attempted to. backed $6,500,000,000 tax-cutting Home Minister Sardar Vallabhai!pie from the tax rolls. But the assassination because they advocat-| The vote was 297 for and 120! well said the group would continue T -man. He can veto it if he thinks until the Treasurer “turns down a | “stibstitute to cut the tax bill “1""“‘ (ri“t Takes TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 2.—P—There Chairman Knutson, R-Minn., of the The park is intended as a National! An increase of $100 in personal in-‘lhe choir of the First Methodist U. 8. House of Representatives has; |" The choir was holding a pre-ser- | { i MRS. GRONROOS RETURNS REPORTS (OLD WEATHER | FROM EASTERN TRIP AND, {RUSSIAN PROTEST IS TURNED DOWN ago. They had no children. - & No 5 lov ec ded a bill to set aside 25/ Payment; { | COlD IATE DEPI ithe North Central States, a leveling|recommended a seb aside 20 night when al [2 . RECORD FILING IN FOURTH DIVISION FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 2.— —The Fourth Division today boast-| ed the largest number of candidates’ for the Legislature it has ever had. When Territorial filings closed Suncay there was a total of 36%can- didates for two Senate and five House seats Five Democrats and four Republi- cans filed for the Senate, the re- mainder for the House. The official filing deadline was originally Saturday at 1 p.m., but Attorney General Ralph Rivers per- mitted additional Sunday filings by! | parched California today, but the off was in prospect there also. {acres at the 1539 landing place as a| National Monument, And reductions in tax rates vice rehearsal last | ranging from 30 percent in the quavering tenor joined them in. a ! weather iorecasters held no hope that appreciable rains would follow.| The latest cold wave moved across, Light showers, perhaps just a:the Canadian line in the Dakotas trace, were forecast for the Sanjand Minnesota last night and had Joaquin Valley, which has had nojbrought a minimum of 15 below to Grand Forks, N. D. At Min- precipitation for 44 days. Parts of Southern California reported a |neapolis the mercury skidded from 14 above last night to -5 at 4 am. drizzle. California’s worst s 70 years threatened losses. Turlock, in the San Joaquin ley, enjoyed momentary relief terday: a drizzle induced by dry and AR ice dropped in cumulus clouds. But| Ny, left here Saturday for Fair- fields were dusty again a short time { yonis"and Anchorage after a three later {day visit in Juneau. A ! Bob Nichols, ABC chief engineer, {was scheduled to leave here today {for Anchorage. He has been here { i { drought in helpn erop KINY OFFICIALS LEAVE /illiam J. Wagner, general man- of the i Val- yes- Alaska Broadcasting of radio station lowest bracket to 10 percent in the |hymn. Investigation disclosed the | higher bracket. uninvited chorister was a blotto| B | profundo, below . an open/ | window. - OKEH FOR ALASKA that ain’t the way it goes.” so chor- But nobody knows just where to put 1t. A Congressional Commission once made a study. It reached no con- clusion, but suggested the site mighti be at Shaw's Point, on the south side of the Manatee River. Othker historians theorize it may have been even as far south as the shores of Charlotte Harbor. | leaning its d |ister Joseph Farrer slammed the window shut. “ 1 The drun k emptied a pistol| WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—P—Leg-{through the window. Nobody was, lislation authorizing the Alaska Leg- hurt but the intruder disappeared slature to enact a code of laws for| before the police arrived - oo | o ne A"emp' by fvtzc Territory was approved today by‘{ > - Meyers fo Dodge it Soni s i o . WOMAN'S CLUB T0 j 4 lorize the Interior Department to set| BE SHow" SLIDES AT I"al Is Fa I ' u re {up tourist accommodations along the _ ;Alusku Highway but took no action. wEDNESDAY MEE“"G | | 1 - Mrs. Bonnie Jo Gronroos returned | Saturday from Fulton, Mo., wheref o she was called by the illness of her; WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(M— grandmother, Mrs. C. R. Gooldy.\fl“" United States rejected outright The latter passed away Snturday!'ndny Russia’s protest against the January 24 after a long and scrlousi visit of American warships to illness. Itallan ports. Mrs. Gronroos reports that she: A State Department note said had the opportunity to visit severall that the Itallan government grant- localities while in the states andied advance permission for each finds Alaska people are more to hersuch visit. It said that the cals liking. She states her trip back toj Were “in strict accord with the Juneau was a cold one. Upon arriv-| comity of nations.” ing in Kansas City, Mo., it was st “It is customary for sovereign below zero, in Denver it was 17 be-|states to grant the privileges of low and a terrific amount of ice! visits to naval vessels and person- and snow. inel of friendly foreign powers,” In the places she visited she says|the gote added. there is much enthusiasm and in-| Russia charged in a note deliy- terest in the statehood of Alaska.iered Wednesday by Ambassador In Missouri the political snuauoniAloxander 8. Panyushkin that the REIIREMENT pAY jtor the past two weeks repairing was at a high peak of interesy and) presence of American warships in arrangement with Divisional Court| a great deal of banter between the| Italian ports violated the new Clerks since February First was the! 2 e e WASHINGTON, Feb. n— | Federal District Judge Alexander ‘GolDEi "oRIH FRO”( | Slides, owned by the Alaska Na-/ legally designated date for the close of filings for the Territorial Prim- aries. But in the Fourth Division no one filed on Sunday. The Primary | The Wa?fiingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON,— General Eis- enhower had lunch with a group brother officers about three weeks before he pulled his hat out of the Presidential ring, at which (Copyright, he told them that he was fed 550 a month and makes $125000 aj® © o ® & o o @ o o o o Gen. Les up and disgusted with politics, es- pecially the Pennsylvania Republi- cans, who “kissed and told” at the famous Curtis Club dinner. That, he said, was why he was soon get- ting out of the political race. This, however, was not quite all of the story. one man had most to do with Tke's withdrawal. He is the man who put Eisenhower in as commander of the greatest military operation in American history George C. Marshall. And behind Marshall to a con- siderable extent was another man —Harry S. Truman. Marshall got an important as: sist from Gen. Omar Bradley plus unexpected assistance from Continued on Page Pour) ~ OFFICERS PROBED - “v'sirer rivorr WEATHER REPORT (U. . WEATHER BUREAU @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 a.m. today ® In Juneau— Maximum, 33; ® minimum, 28 e At Airport— e Minimum, 26. WEATHER FORECAST (Juncau and Vieinity) Mostly cloudy with occa- sional light snow, accasion- ly mixed with rain tonight and Tuesday. PRECIPITATION ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau— .01 inches; i et WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—#—A look-see at the retirement system | that lets some retired officers—draw | disability checks and big salaries at Ithe same time gets underway in | Congress today. i | A House Armed Services Subcom- | mittee called upon Army and Nuvy' | personnel experts for an explana- tion | The Subcommittee already has 'dug up figures indicating that al {third of the higher rank officers who were retired for disability are ‘wcll enough to work at paying jobs.| ® since July 1, 7282 inches. | One former Admiral had reported he|® At Airport— Trace; since e |gets a tax-free disability check for{® July 1. 43.18 inches. . Maximum, 32; |year as an engineer. e eee - ee0ecesetecscss®e o | | | [ different parties was taking place.(peam- treaty with Italy which re- Mrs. Gronroos says she is glad to| quired the withdrawal of all allied be back home and has returned to'armed forces by last December 15. 1 i | the Vice Presidential nomi- in 1944, Bricker has a wide ke ax:d‘“"""““‘l““"" with party members, |and if a recent demonstration for him at the GOP national commit- | tee meeting here means anything, her. position a* the local Red Cross| - - ik |BRICKER LOOMS | ’ IS Gues' Of Honor Senatcr Bricker of Ohio moved At S'ork Shower back into a Republican darkhorse i WA | Reports are that of backers of Senator Taft fail to win the GOP of nonor last ir J i o oopor last evenlng At 2 SOM:man, Bricker will be their second Treffers on Twelfth Street. The Fitz- | gibbons are formerly of Oklahoma | W:” A Dbeautifully decorated cal sandwiches were served and Mrs. > Mrs. Fitzgi rs. Fitzgibbons WASHINGTON, Feb. 2@ role today. 5. Walter Fitzgibbon was guest! p, o ontia) nomination for their of Ralph A"ch:m-v City, Okla. Fitzgibbons was presented with top | “We are holding this hearing,” Chairman Elston (R-Ohio) told re- porters, “to determine whether or Inot there have been any abuses of the Retirement Pay Law. If it de- velops that there have been abuses,| The real fact is that we will attempt to draft legislation| i to correct them.” i e, — STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof, from Seattle due prob- akly early tomorrow afternoon. | Square Sinnet scheduled to sail | from Seattle, Feb. 4. | Clove Hitch, ATC, scheduled to 'sail from Seattle Feb. 6 Princess Norah scheduled to sail !from Vancouver, Feb. 6. | Aleutian scheduled to sail from i Seattle, Peb. T | ANS OFFICIALS TRAVEL Holtzoff refused today to dismiss in- (I.OSED w"H DAN(E {tive Service, of the United Natibns nett E. Meyers with perjury and men’s, club luncheon Wednesday at influencing others to testify falsely neon in the Terrace Room of the ! B |indicted Dec. 16 as the result of The Golden North Frolic was well| Miss Geraldine De Spiegelaere, {testimony he gave before a Senate|attended on its final night and the, FIgh School teacher, will glve a talk. clesing feature was the March of last October and November. | Dimes dance. Much of the success|WEO has not been contacted should Attorneys for Meyers, | call Green 820 if a reservation is ischeduled to go on trial Feb. 16, con-| “Fritz” Granere for their coopera- |tended the law under which he wasliion and generosity in cancelling | A Lefore a Congressional Committee. he made possible for the frolic. FORIY plANES I“ >o ! - . Lt. Gen. Groves Asks |General Federation WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—/—Lt i e [ J . ! b ) lie R. Groves, wartime boss | Urgmg Meat Rafion| ramwron. sermuda, rev. 2 has applied for retirement ef[ecuvr; | Feb. 29. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—P— R. Brust, Assistant General Sub-|ment today, but said it has no infor-| Men’s Clubs urged today that Con- | erintendent of the Alaska Native mation on Grove's future plans. i gress glve the government power day for Seattle where he will con-|tan Project, super secret agency that| “serious shortage.” !fer with officials of the Federal|geveloped the first atom bomb. Mrs. J. L. Blair Buck of Rich- attle office. He will discuss gov- SKAGWAY ROOTERS TO 3,000,000 women in the Federation ernment purchasing plans ior the BE GUESTS AT RINK absent for a week. extend their invitation to the Skag- | ily rising cost of living” | John Peden, ANS Field Represen- | way basketball team and rooters —“Something must be done, and absent for a month. He will con- | Recreation Center Roller Rink on | - (fer with Louis Peters, manager of Friday, February 6, at 2 p. m | AMERICAN LEGION MEETS tive Industries Cooperative Associa-| Wednesday morning aboard the ican Legion, will hold its regular i tion on ANICA funetions connected Estebeth for a three day tourna- meeting tonight the dictments charging Maj. Gen. Be: fdt work, will be shown at the Wo- FOR MARCH OF DIMES The retired Air Force Officer was aranof Hotel. {War Investigation® Subcommittee | Mrs. Ernest Ehlers will sing. Anyone who Isiwas attributed to “Red” Mayo and desired. }mdic‘@d does not apply to perjury three nights of skating, so it could| For Retirement Now Of Women's Clubs of the Army's Atom Bomb Project, (M—Forty planes take off from Ber- The Army made the announce-| The General Federation of Wo- Service, left here via PAA yester-| Groves was head of the Manhat-|to ration meat in case there is a Bureau of Supply at their new Se-: - imond, Va., preeident, szid the Native Service and expects to be| “Red” Mayu and “Fritz” Granere | “the disastrously high and stead- | tative, left with Brust but will be| to be their guests at the Town Hall | done quickly,” she said. ! the recently organized Alaska Na-| The cagers will arrive in Juneau { with ANS | ment with the loeal high school. . Dugout, ) in Leglon also want something done abcutl Juneau Pest No. 4, of the Amer-| {muda today to press the widening| |search for a British transport plane| missing since Friday with 29 persons aboard. Clearing skies spurred searchers who have been hampered by fog and| |clouds in their quest for the mis- sing ship, a tudor IV type craft tknown as the Star Tiger. Sir Arthur Coningham, retired! British Air Marshal and a hero of| !Lhe recent war, was among those| laboard the missing craft D el COURT NEWS POLICE ! Two persons forfeited $35 bail each this mornipg in City Police Court on charges of being drunk land disorderly. They were Char- {ed here over the weekend from many lovely gifts by the following guests: Isabell Norton, Pauline Dar- off, Grace Treffers, Bunny Maker, |Flerence Lockwood, Dora Fitzgib- bons, Marie Oswald, Irene Harris, Gertrude Treffers, Liela Haris, Vera Bayers and Irene Leny. e .- Alaska Development Board, return- a two months vacation in the States. -oe - INTENTION TO WED Louis Johanson and rod, both of Sitka, applied on aturday to U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray for a marriage license ’h-\ Swann and Dolly George. Katherine Mack, secretary of the | Flsie Sher- | |he is popular with organization Republicans who have a loud voice in national conventions. Bricker has stepped aside this year in favor of Taft, just as Taft (8ot out cf his Ohlo colleague's way in 1944. In addition, Bricker has made plans to campaign activ+ |ely for Taft - RUTLEDGE RETURNS Franklin A. Rutledge, U. S. Bur- eau of Mines mining engineer, re- turned here yesterday from a one | week business trip to Seattle -o Robert Rice, contact officer for the Veterans Administration, re- | turned here yesterday fiom a one week business trip to Seattle.