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THE DAILY VOL. LXXII., NO. 11,081 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT$ 7 - Scores Flee from Floods in Northeast U. Pilot from Alaska Makes Historic Flight on Berlin Airlift; To Come Home Now | | (HAMP I.IAR IS |tase landed at a French Airfield in!are getting CANADIAN; TELLS ONE THAT'S 600D BURLINGTON, Wis, Dec. 31— | P—A narrative of a big blow in Alberta, Canada, today was desig- nated the gustiest of all windy ef- forts in the annual contest of the | Burlington Liars Club, Inc. | L. W. Tupper, of Patricia, Al- berta, is the champion liar of the | world for 1948 by reason of his tale of 2,000 post holes and a northwester. | “Up here in Alberta we really have come wind storms,” Tupper related. “Last summer a rancher had just finished digging 2,000 post holes, when along came a northwester, and blew every last one of these post holes out of the ground and out of the country. The rancher finally located them 125 miles away, but they were a total loss. After bouncing 125 miles cross-country, over cactus, they were so full of holes that they wouldn’t hold dirt any more.” Tupper’s tall one, which left Pa- tricia by dog-sled, took the cham- pionship out of the United States for the first time since the club began competition in 1929. Last year’s liar supreme was John Hopley, of San Antonio, Tex., who related how Charley Skorpea knocked the eight ball out from under a fly in an Oklahoma pool room so fast that the fly fell on the table and broke its back. From the year's batch of tall tales, club officers awarded hon- orable mentions to several, includ- ing John Hughes, Johnson City, L. Hughes: “During the recent war a Marine stationed on an island in the Pacific really could take heat. Others were dropping in the tropical glare, but this fellow con- tinued to take duty day after day. When he finally gave up, they shoved him in the firebox of a dead locomotive and his body gave off enough heat to run the loco- motive, hauling a 10-car train, 100 miles before they ran out of steam.” FAIRBANKS BAND BEING ORGANIZED FAIRBANKS.—A toothless grand- pa, who is “too old” to play an in- strument has solicited Fairbanks business firms for the past two weeks for funds to furnish Fair- banks with a “real good, serious music band.” The oldster with the love for “good music” is Adolph “Pop” Weh- ner, who played in Fairbanks bands “years and years ago.” “Pop” held the first practice ses- sion of his band last week. “We'll| really get down to business after the first of the year,” he said. The Washington| Merry - Go - Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by 'l;h- Bell Byndicate, Inc.. ASHINGTON — The world's| greatest deliberative body will have some of the livest new Senators in years when it convenes Monday. But the chances are its President BERLIN, Dec. 31.—(P—An Ameri- can plane from a British loading Berlin today, completing the 100~ 000th flight of the airlift. The lift ver tue Soviet blockade began une 26. As the pilot, First Lieut. o Ji Robert | | W. McGuire of Clifton Forze, Vir-|New Year ginia, turned over a ten-ton load of coal to German police guards, he said: “Now I can go back to Alaska."l It was McGuire's 161st -sortie| with food and fuel for Berlin since! his squadron, the 29th Troop Car- rier, joined the airlift last July. Tomorrow McGuire is scheduled to leave for the United States on ro-+ tation, enroute to a reunion with his family at Fort Richardson, Al-| aska. : He was accompanied on his last| airlift mission by his squadron com- mander, Capt. Gene M. Patton of Harlingen, Texas, who acted as co-| pilot, and his crew chief, Staff Ser- geant Richard Hosmer, of New Hav-, en, Conn. Both also are eligible to return to Alaskan duty in a day or, twe. ‘Tegel Field artists proudly paint- ed 100,000 Vittles” on the nose| of McGuire's craft. Otherwise there; was no ceremony. e et X CEASE FIRE AT MIDNIGHT ORDER INDUTCH BATTLE BATAVIA, De¢. 31.—(®—The New ' Year will start peacefully in Java ! if Dutch orders are carried ofit. Netherland authorities have ordered their troops to cease fire at mid- ! night tonight—8 a.m. Pacific Stan- | dard Time today. i While the order may halt the so- called Dutch police action in Java,l the campaign against the Indone- | sian Republic is expected to con- | tinue two or three more days on | neighboring Sumatra. Since De- cember 19, the Dutch have seized every important economic area and major city in Indonesia. CHRISTMAS SHIP IS FIVE DAYS LATE IN CRUISE IN ALASKA CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 31.—(®—| The Alaska Steamship Company’s Christmas ship Denali reached the end of its 1948 journey yesterday —five days late. Heavy weather in the Gulf of Alaska, a big cargo and adverse tides held up the vessel in its long voy- age. The Denali arrived here yes- terday morning, her Christmas tree lights still blazing, after other post- Christmas calls at Seldovia, Seward and Valdez. Howard Morgan as| Santa Claus, and Kenneth Cross, as| master of ceremonies, were still ont the job to greet the children and | i i | i i \ | | ! | | | l | pass out gifts. Cross estimated that 10,000 chil- dren have visited the Christmasj ship during the cruise. e o v e 0000 0o WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour per- jod ending 6:3¢ am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 33; minimum, 27. At Airport— minimum, 19. . . ‘ Maximum, 31; . s FORECAST CELEBRANTS [Measures for i their ® announces the following sailings: LINE UP FOR TIMETONIGHT NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—M—Peo-| ple everywhere across the nation set for a big celebra- tion tonight when they bid good- Lye to 1948 and hail the New Year. Taxes, Special Session, Ready Asked for a summary of tax bills being drafted by the Attorney General’s office for introduction at the forthcoming extraordinary ses- sion, Attorney General Ralph Riv- It's the same performance as most [ers made the following statement: New Year Eves. But a survey shows! Basic tax measures which mem- the merry-makers will greet the|bers of the Legislature have Tre- at considerably more|quested us to draft are a general expense than in previous years. A|income tax, property tax and a re- man escorting a partner to a night |vision of business license taxes. club to ring in the New Year can| The income tax would apply to expect to pay about $50 for the|corporations as well as individuals. evening’s fun in many parts of the!It is designed to involve a mini- nation. mum of inconvenience to taxpay- ers by providing for levy in rela- |tion to income taxes paid to the !Federnl government. The tax would elry is planned for the New Year's be 10 per cent of the amount which celebration in troubled Europe. But,the taxpayer pays under the In- in London, the British will enjoy|ternal Revenue Code. Withholding first chance since 1939 of [Provisions on wage earners are in- reverting to an old custom. icludod. which would apply to all Eros, god of love, has been re-!employers except the Federal gov- placed on his pedestal overlooking |ernment. Persons working directly Piccadilly Circus, the Broadway of (for the Federal government would London. Thousands of people whohave to make return and pay an- passed recent New Year's Eves un-|nually the same as self-employed der German bombing attacks, will'individuals. Quarterly estimates are once again swarm around the sta- (Dot called for with respect to busi-| tue to welcome a New Year that|nesses or self-employed individuals., may bring happier days. Allocations clauses would make out- o ST AR side firms operating in Alaska lia- | kle to the Territory for a tax based fon that portion of their net protits | attributable to their Alaska opera= FLIES SEVENTY | i 3 . ;such property. Assessment and col- On Thursday’s flights, Alaska oo, within incorporated ! 3 v i cities oastal Airlines carricd 25 0utgo-{ang senool districts is left to the lo- ' to be carried out under local property tax procedure.. LONDON CELEBRATES LONDON, Dec. 31.—(P—Little rev- PROPERTY TAX The property tax is an ad valur~1 em levy on all property, real and | Ipersonal, in the Territory. The rate: stated is 2 per cent of the value ot | Ci ing passengers and 45 incoming pas- Laat authitities sengers. Fifteen passengers were! trought in from the Consolidated gpe palf of the money derived from ! Mining property at Tulsequah. 1 st o 2 1 property within towns and school From Tulsequah to Juneau: Rene! gigiriots js to be remitted to said Bourget, ‘Stanley Veals, MUrray|,yn; anq districts for school pur- Flack, Robert REdO!IIWOOd. norence‘poses. The remainder would g()l:nfio St. Laurent, Georgia St. Laurent,|yy. oenera] fund of the Territory. Gordon McCauley, K. Jacques, CUI-{ gt "yosnect to’ property outside of ¢ ton Lowes, L. Vliakovich, Joe wak"lncorpornwd towns, the assessment ovich, James Leso, John Harry, K.\ wou1d pe made by givisional boards Olafson, Victor B& Dennls. |who would make up all tax rolls From Sitka: Mr. and Mrs. Boyer, | each division. The Depart-| ' within Bill Bever, O. Thurston, ment of Taxation would then col- ! John Reese, Eumo Miller, V. J. Lewis, Al- {100t the tax shown on such rolls fred Sacka, Mary Millbury, Mr. and | prere O ORNSE TAX Mrs. J. P. Mantoon. | The business lice [2 il i From Wrangell: Lew Williams, | 4 o ey ok e = (designed to establish a uniform | Louise Willard, Douglas Gross, R.|cyctem of business licensing. $25 P, Millgs, {would be payable in advance each' From Petersburg; Mildred Hem-|yeqr covering the first $20,000 of nes, Betty Reeves, Doyle Cesney. ipqinecs dorle and the balance pay- Prom Tengkee; Pete James, atle at the end of each year would | From Hoonah: Gus George, MI.|{pe haseq on volume of business ! and Mrs. P. Gilmore, R. W. De-|qone af the rate of one-half of 1, Witt, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pratt. |per cent thereof. Since many busi-| From Pelican: Gibson Young,inecces are licensed eacl Darlene and Jimmy Woodring. [} 3 . 3 From Haines: Pelix Hakkinen, ;a Federal Act with license fees pay- From Skagway: Mrs. R. Boyd. From Angoon: David Willard. From Juneau to Sitka: Matthew Garcia, Horace Marks, Glen Thorn- ton, John Osborne, M. S. Leath, Doris Wallace, Tom Harris, D. A. Andrus, C. P. Irwin, M. P. O'Mal- ley, Floyd Bays, Gerald Jorgenson. ‘To Angoon: Albert Frank, Bessie John, Ella John, Myra John. To Haines: Ruth Sharron, nd Mrs. Forrest Bates. To. Peterscurg: Joan Law, Bill Keeley, Mickey Brown, Irving Mor- gan, Don Beadle. To Hoonah, Hilda Schoonover. sARANOF AND DENALI SHIPOWNERS, AFL SCHEDULED TO SAIL | SAILORS EXPECT EARLY IN JANUARY! wAGE AGREEMENTE With the end of Seattle’s port tie- i up, the Alaska Steamship Company | | Court, the uniform business license system now proposed would not go; into effect until Congress repeils| gress. Until such effective date, pres-, ent territoria] license requirements; would remain in effect. Other bills will -probably be in- troduced for increase in fisher- men's licenses and pack tax. Other miscellaneous lewies, including a ! tobacco tax, will no doubt be con-| sidered, but the detalls are not availatle at this time. - Mr. a | i SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.—(®-— An amicable settlement of a wage dispute between shipowners and AFL sailors appeared likely today. Separate meetings will be held for memberships of the Sailors Un- The Baranof is scheduled to sail from Seattle January 7, arriving in Juneau about January 10. She will TAXMESSAGE OF GOVERNOR IS AWAITED (By The Associated Press) What new tax recommendations will Governor Gruening make to the Alaska session when it convenes next Thursday in special session? His message to the last legislature may provide a clue. ' The Governor has remained sil- ent on what his proposals will be. He said in Washington, D. C, that their disclosure will have to await his message to legislators. That major taxation proposals will be made is considered a cer- tainty, since the session was call- ed to cope with the Territory's fi- nancial emergency. The special ses- sion call cited the inability of the treasury to pay $750,000 in claims, while more claims are accumulat- ing Governor Gruening’s message to the 1947 legislature may be a weathervane of what's in the wind. He showed in that message the lines of taxation he considers feas- ible for the Territory. In the ab- sence of indications to the con- trary, there is a strong possibility they will form the basis for his recommendations to the special session. Money To Be Easy? He said at that time, in discuss- ing “where is the money coming from?” that “the Legislature will | have no difficulty in answering that Price tag he likes. { question if it desire: answer.” His first suggestions were for taxes on the construction indus- try, which was involved in build- ing the major Alaska defense bases, s to find the ‘nnd possibly a withholding tax of around 2 per cent on the wages of thousands of construction work- ers. In that regard, “opportunity appears to be knock- ing twice” through the big post- war contracts. Citations Made He named a long list of busi- nesses which he said paid no direct taxes to the Territory and which offered a source of new revenue. He headed the list with steam- 'ship companies, air transportation '€arned, the money we companies, and banks, He cited persons living outside of incorporated cities as escaping lo- cal taxes and suggested that they might be a new revenue source. He also mentioned the thousands of seasonal workers. Main sources of revenue, lighterage companies under existing tax laws, cited for 1949- 50 by the Board of Budget are: h year under Excise taxes on liquor, $1,800,000; | salmon canneries pack tax $800,- | lable to the Clerks of the Distriot 000; salmon canneries net income tax $150,000; $300,004 0005 fish trap licenses 0; motor fuel oil tax $1,000,- mines and mining, $300,- said license tax imposed by Con-|000; school tax $370,000; automobile ! license plates $280,000. SOLONS PRESSED FOR TAX LAWS BY FAIRBANKS JR. (C FAIRBANKS.—The Fairbanks Junior Chamber of Commerce will play host to the members of the' territorial legislature from the Fourth Division December 30 in a special meeting setting forth their adopted recommendations for “need- ed legislation” in the coming regu- lar session. The Junior Chamber has stressed a three point program for (1) pre- natal and pre-marital healfh ex- aminations; (2) increased funds for he noted . that Troubled World Will Greet New Year; Champagne in Paris, Beer in Brussels; Italian Ban NEXT YEAR ' LOOKS GOOD | IS REPORT By HARRY T. MONTGOMERY Asscciated Press General Busit Editor | NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—(P—The| average American is told that 1949 iwill be another good year, and the forecast seems sound The American consumer — and that describes most of us-—-may find 11949 more comfortable than the record boom year of 1948 closing to- | night. | The business man is lkely to |have a few more worries in the new | Iyear, but the men and women who |Eve fireworks. Ihave been struggling with the high| The Itallan government has pass- {cost of living probably will find it ed a special decree outlawing one easier to make thelr budgets work. of the country’s oldest traditions— Underlying all this is the p]’ospfin(;“‘.(‘ tossing of chamber pots and ‘that 1949 will see the return of the other crockery out of the window at !buye;' mérket ‘in most lines. The|midnight. Economy and public safe- ‘man with the dollar will decide in|ty were the reasons given for the |a leisurely way where he will spend | ban. ‘it, after shopping around for a| Many capitals reported ibat high prices and low earnings will cut | The new year is likely to bring|the New Year's Eve fanfare. lthe end of all shortages of con-| Belgian housewives will get a spe- sumers gocds, including most auto- | cial treat-—table ofl and suzar will |mobiles. Low-cost housing, either 80 on free sale January 1, making |to tuy or rent, probably will remain Belgium cne of the first countries in the hard-to-get class. in Europe to abandon rationing. Incomes are likely w0 remain rel- atively” high' as prices dip. Mer- chants will have to work harder to (get their share of the shoppers’ money. Normal times, with a pros- perous flavor, seem finally to be at | hand. . This is the meaning of the statis- Itics which the econcmists gather \for us at the year-end. These fiz- ures show that 1948 was a record| NpWARK, O, Dec. 31—@— A year by nearly every index of eco-|gstrated courtship was checked imomic activity. The value of the| .);t:_»day as a possible cause of the (goods we produced, the mg;‘:!y ‘W€ |double slaying of a 45-year-old 5| 81l sehool teacher and a farm hand) _were greater than ever before |by the woman's acquaintance, who ] . i then killed himself. Sheriff A. Roe Francis identified the dead are Jane Williams, a Cleve- {land school teacher home for the i | Miss Williams fell under iwo ‘shotgun blasts as she huddled ter- |rified in the farm house of her spacious country estate, Sherift | Francis reported. Proposa Is I.ald DOW",\ He said Roley dicd trying to pull However, Forebodes i Sueon wa shot as ne surprised Commie Acceptance the westerner entering the 10-reom house by a side entrance last night. Miss Mary Willlams, 50, the dead NANKING, Dec. 31—P— Gen-|Woman's sister, narrowly escaped eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek de- clared tonight his government was| iready to discuss ending the war| death by running from the house and hiding in an orchard, Francis with the Chinese Communists—but | set up conditions’ which appeared said. Informed of the slayings and ber w rule out any possibility of such| 8 settlement. son's death, Mrs. Walter Copeland of Portland, Ore, said McLaughlin threatened a month ago to return to In a written New Year's state-!Ohlo and “kill 'em all off,” if Mary ment to the Chinese people, the | Chinese President declared: “If negotiated peace is not det- | Williams did not marry him. rimental to national independence Mrs after her =on’s birth, said she warn- and sovereignty, but will contribute | to the welfare of the people, and ed Mary Willlams in a letter. Miss Will'ams replied saying she would if the constitution is not violated,| constitutionalism 1is preserved, a be careful, Mrs. Copeland added. PR 1 {democratic form of government is| {maintained, entity of the armed | By EDWIN SHANKE LONDON, Dec. 31.—P—A trou- bled world will in the New Year with the hope that 1949 may bring better days. The East-West cold war and various shooting wars form a backdrop. ebrations will be observed. Little revelry is planned. A factor is the deep set belief that conditoons call| ior soft-pedaling of any riotous Iringing in the New Year In Paris, many will toast the New Year with champagne. In Brussels—according to custom-—they will greet 1949 with beer. Londoners will have their first chance since 1939 of reverting to an old custom. Eros, god of love, has been: replaced on his pedestal overlooking Piccad lly Circus, the Breadway of London. Thousands again will swarm around the statue to see the New Year arrive. ss | tanned the traditional New Year's Three Dead, Love Affair {man; and Ellie Raymond McLaugh- lin, 38, ot Willamette, Ore. A fourth vietim, Jack Hodson, 63, of Ipswich, 8. D., a holiday visitor, was wound- ed seriously. £ I 1 Statehood Bill In Europe, traditional family cel- | In Denmark and Ttaly, police have | holidays; Ernest Roley, 55, the hlre(‘ll Copeland, who re—marrted' the University of Alaska, and (3)\forces safeguarded and if the peo- | a territorial tax law covering n-iple’s free mode of living and min-| come, property, and the refunding jmum living standards are protect- Forllgwall Dies RIVERS OUT ON RAMPAGE N. E. STATES Scores of Fémi:ies Evacu- ated in Various Sections -Rain Is Fall Heavy (By The Associated Press) Rain-swellen rivers went on a rampage today (Friday), in the northeastern sections of the United States. Scores of families in river valleys were evacuated, and train and high- way traffic cut as normally placid rivers burst their banks and spread over a wide area of New England, New York and New Jersey. One death was reported in Massa- chusetts, Some 500 persons were evacuated from their homes in New Jersey. Three communities—Manville, South Bound Brook, and Gradley Gardens in Bridgewater— were completely cut off by flood waters. Two major dams were threatened. National guardsmen and rescue units moved out 50 families in Cen- ter Berlin in upstate New York, 20 families in North Adams, Mass., and others in Bennington, Vt., and in Farmington, Conn. North Adams families were mov- ed from their homes by motor ve= hicles. The Hudson river leaped over its banks and flooded sections of Al- bany and Troy in upstate New York. Thus far the rain storm has brought 3.10 inches of rain to North- ern New Jersey, and 446 inches had fallen on Albany, 592 inches in 24 bours up to 8 a.m. | i PRESIDENT, LEADERS IN CONFERENCE Strategic Huddle Regard- ing Policy Program Be Presented Congress WASHINGTON, Dec. 31— President Truman called a strategy huddle with top lieutenants today to chart the course of the New Deal program he plans to lay before the 81st Congress Wednesday. Foreign policy, which dominated Mr. Truman’s news conference yes- terday, was expected to weigh heav= ily in his discussions with four congressional leaders. Invited to the White House talks jwere Vice-President Elect Barkley, iwho will preside over the new Sen=- ate, Rep. Rayburn (Tex.) slated to .be House speaker, Senator Lucas (I1l.) due to become Senate major- .ity leader, and Lucas’ House coun- terpart, Rep. McCormack (Mass.). BARKLEY BACK FROM EUROPE Barkley has just returned from a trip to Europe, and Mr. Truman was likely to want a first-hand re- !port on his cbservations there. But domestic matters appeared to {Le up for review as well. Barkley arrived at National Air- vort yesterday in an Air Force plane with Ambassador to Moscow Wal- ter Bedell €mith and Secretary for |Air W. Stuart Symington. SMITH RESIGNS Smith told reporters he hopes Mr. Truman will accept his resig- nation as envoy to Russia. Smith, asked whether he agreed with Mr. Truman’s Kansas City 1 ® {call at Ketchikan, Juneau and Sew- ® lard. ‘The Denali is due to sail January 8 from Seattle, with calls at Ket- chikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Ju- neau, Skagway, Haines, Sitka, Yak- of a proportion of the gas tax! i 0 lon of -the Facitié and the Pacits |collections’ to munleips13ties i i o ACML L6 Miifled e American Shipowners Association ;which they were collected. Gomminiét 4Brentanad: 0t tonwill to ratify an agreement ruchedl The Jay Cees called for firm op-|capital that these requirements| between their negotiating commit- position to a sales tax to plug the,gutlawes the slightest possibility of | tees. igeping vacuum in the territorially settlement if Chiang insisted they! utat, Kodiak and Seldovia Officials of hoth sides predicted coffers. 'be followed. | acceptance. “If the Com:nunists are not sin- PR'"(BS HORAH DUE | TS SN cerely desirous of peace and will ——————— ! SOUTHBOUND TOMORROW insist on continuing the arfned re- SUNDAY, NOT JAN. 1 | STOCK QUOTATIONS | s bellion,” Chiang continued, “the gov-| Canadian Pacific steamer Princess | Jack Noyes, son of Col and Mrs.| NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—®—Clos- | ernment shall have no alternative,| John R. Noyes, will be returning to |ing quotation of Alaska Juneau byt will fight them to a finish.” Norah is due to arrive from Van- couver Sunday afternoon or eve- college in the East, and his mother |mine stock today is 27, American | PR il ning. STEAMER MOVEMENTS heading for a visit in Seattle,!Can 81%, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-' This will be the first time in Princess North, from Vancouver, when they board a PAA plane to- |Wright 7, International Harvest- MOorrow. {er 28%, Kennecott 55';, New York! years the Norah has failed to be| On this vacation, Jack saw Al- al 12%, Northern Pacific 16%, 'scheduled to arrive Supday after- o lin the port of Juneau either north|aska for the first time since.he !U. B. Steel 69%, Pound $4.03%. [noon or evening. or south bound, on New Year's Day.' was two years old—and had 2 won- ' Sales today were 1,550,000 shares, | - Baranof scheduled to sail from iln the pesi, the Norah’s whistle has derful time of it. Averages today are as follows: Seattle January 7. is ' joined the usual din welcominz the He is a student at Hamilton inGustrials 177.30, rails 52.86, util- Denali scheduled to sail from Se- New Year. R College, in Clinton, N. Y. | itles 3521, attle January 8. statement this week that some Sov= |let leaders would l'ke to be more friendly with the United States, re= 1 plied: “I can't say, because my ac- quaintance with the Politburo is very limited.” The Politburo, head= ed by Marshal Stalin, is the Com- munist agency which runs Russia. TRUMAN STILL MUM At his news conference Mr. Tru- {man declined to clarify his state- ment except to say that it was not connected with his campaign re- marx last June that “Old Joe” Stal- in was a likeable fellow who wanted to live up to his agreements tut was a prisoner of the Politburo. (Juneau and Vieinity) Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with occasional light snow flurries. Slight- ly colder Saturday with low- est temperature near 24 and highest temperature near 28. Pro Tem will be a reactionary who has as much in common with the Truman Administration as the Na- tional Association of Manufactur- ers. That's what the Democratic sec- ret caucus today is about—the race between cantankerous Senator Mc- Kellar of Tennessee and elegant Millard Tydings of Maryland, both ardent has-beens, to be President Pro Tem of the Senate. Both have campaigned covertly but energetically for the job. When McKellar, who formerly held the post, heard Tydings was in the running, he sent a letter to other Senators saying he “would esteem their action very much” if they elected him. (Continued on Page Four) WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-—(P— Legislation to grant statehood to Eawaii died automatically today with the expected final adjourn- ment of the 80th Congress. But it will be reintroduced for an- other try when the new Congress‘ convenes Monday. e NEWLYWEDS HERE Ward C. Wiliilams of the Forest Service arrived yesterday from Portland, Ore, where he was mar- | ried December 21. He and his bride plan to be in Juneau until) Tuesday, when they will fly to Scward, where Willlams is station- ed as forester. There were reports, said a news= T e 'man, that Barkley had gene to Ju- it is estimated that all the 1 Pres- diamonds in the world are worth rope _s\r_ltl:l./cltrdcsltuln _u: about 15 billion dollars, (Continued on Page Eight) 3 PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — .04 inches; since Dec. 1, 6.76 inches. since July 1, 75.36 inches. At the Airport — Trace; since Dec. 1, 294 inches; since July 1, 48.81 inches. ® e 00000000 e e e AT THE BARANOF Gerald Oaksmith of Seattle lreglstered at the Baranof Hotel, 9000000000000 0000000000000 0 eeceeccccccsccse I