The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1949, Page 1

(A THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDA VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,088 ~ SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition PRICE TEN CENT$ JANUARY 8, _ MEMBER A NO WARTIME OPA PLAN TWO TAX BILLS INTRODUCED IN LOWER CHAMBER Income, General Property Tax Measures Brought in by Ways, Means Not waiting for the Senate to settle its difficulties and elect a President, the House of Represen- tatives yesterday afternoon tackledi the job of getting basic tax legis- | 4 lation under way by receiving two tax measures from the Ways and Means Committee. The two bills, a net income tax bill and a general property tax bill, were introduced by Rep. Stanley McCutcheon of Anchorage, tem- porary chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. At his request they were referred back to the Ways and Means Committee by Speaker James Nolan for further checking and for the purpose of . drawing up some amendments. The measures differ only in some details from the two bills introduc- ed in the Senate two years ago by | Senators Norman R. Walker and Victor C. Rivers. The income tax bill, which bears | the first number on this year's Jinx and Her calendar of House bills, provides in general for a tax amounting to| 10 per cent of the sum paid by an individual, firm or corporation to the Federal Government. There is a | withholding provision so that the | tax will be deducted from the, wages or salaries of employees and ; paid to the Territorial Tax Com-| missioner by the employer. l Exemption For Kesidents The small wage-earner and oth- ers in low income groups who re- | side in Alaska the entire year will not, however, be under this | bill. Each individual resident -will| be allowed a credit of $45 or the: amount of his tax, whichever is the | lesser, against the tax levied upon him. H This means that residents of the! Territory who pay a Federal income | tax of $450 a year or less will not | be subject to the Territorial tax.; Rules and regulations are to be set | up by the Tax Commissioner to| adjust the withholding tax on such: individuals to reflect this credit.! Individuals who do not reside in the Territory throughout the tax- able year will not receive this cre- . dit. Persons who are employed in the Territory all or part of the| year but maintain a residence in the States will be subject to the| full tax of 10 per cent of Federal| income tax payments. Tax Retroactive | The income tax set up by this bill would be retroactive, in the ‘event it is passed, and the tax| year would start on January l’i 1849, Persons who are not subject to!} withholding of the Federal tax under the Internal Revenue Code will be required to file annual re- turns with the Tax Commissioner and to pay the tax at the sameinot expect as severe a storm as the | dates the Federal tax is due. This applies also to firms, corporations, banks and all other business estab- lishments in the Territory, and to outside firms which do all or a part of their business in Alaska. Firms doing a part of their bus- iness in Alaska and part of it else- | where will be taxed on the income derived from the portion of’ thel business that was done in the Ter-‘ ritory. ! Steamship lines, airplane com-l panies and trucking companies serving the Territory will be tsxed! upon the basis of the length of “ time their ships, planes, or trucks‘ ' are actually operated within the Territory. Employers Collect 'mday snowplows smashed through| Jinx Falkenberg gets some help fri and comedian Bob Hope as she ri chute from a C-354 Skymaster at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport Christ- mas Day. The trio flew to Berlin Berlin troops. (P Wirephoto. (OLD WAVE RETURNING, MANY AREAS New Snow, Lower Tem- peratures Threaten fo Halt Snow Plowing (By The Associated Pr The western and mounta:n plains states, slowly recovering from ;\I three-day severe blizzard, a fresh onslaught of snow, and sub-zero weather today. A new storm roared out tral Canada into Montana;, V ing and North Dakota and h ! for sections in Colorado, Nebras-| ka and South Dakota. This is the same general area which was par alyzed earlier this week by the winter season’s worst weathe: ‘Twenty persons lost their lives; in the blizzard and thousands were | 255) of cen- m- | eaded | marooned in autos and trains which | were stalled ty the huge snow drifis over the plains. However, the Fed- eral Weather Bureau said they di blizzard earlier this week. HALT SNOW PLOWS The new snow and cold was pected to halt the snow plow oper: ations in some of the areas. Early| huge drifts in the vicinity of Rapid | City, S. D., and rescued 71 motor- ists who had been stranded for five days in Wickesville, S. D, a ham- let of 13 population. The 71 hadj lived in two houses and two filling | stations, the town’s only buildings.| Highway crews also worked to reach| other motorists believed snowbound in the same general area. Federal forecasters, in predicting blizzard conditions, cautioned high-| way travellers to seek shelter. Below | zero temperatures were forecast for| aced for| ppgerieth and \\’uul‘ ! . |break,” Senator Butrovich said. | Lifile Helpers NOW SOUGHT BY CHINESE Asked by Nationalists to Stop Present War NANKING, Jan. 8.—»—A usually reliable source said today the Chi- nese government had asked the Uni- ted States, French and British gov- ernments to attempt to media,e the civil war. Ambassadors for the three powers here were asked to relay the request ;:o their governments, this source said. The three ambassadors were call- ~iled to the Foreign Office by Foreign ! | Minist iNone of the three nor Foreign Of- .| fice officials would comment on the . | subject. Reliable sources, however, said i| they were asked to present to their governments a request that “The | { Big Three” attempt to mediate and Communists. \ It was apparent, from the actions |of various officials that the ques- . ' tion either or mediation or an appeal ' | MEDIATIONIS | "Three Powers Reporfed. Wu Te-chin late today. | SSOCIATED PRESS ATION i | [ ! EFFECT OF BLOCK | o obtain & negotiated peace with the | sector of Berlin was one of city's busiest yards to the United Nations was under i | consideration. 1 Failure to include the Soviet mem- iber of the Big Four” in the sum- ‘mons raised considerable specula- "Iinn here. It was understood that :the Russian Ambassador has been shying away from any possible par- i ticipation in jdiscussion of negotiations appar- ‘ently on orders from. Moscow. ¢ This latest development coincided with reports from Tientsin that a om songwriter Irving Berlin (left) 1 des a bag of airlift coal down the to entertain airlift personnel and 'JONES AND RIVERS. "DEADLOCK INRACE = it o il TO HEAD SENATE ohcsimm.commumss ot o nese Cil | —— i There was a shift in the Republi- | can vote in the Territorial Senate his morn'ng but it failed on two, allots to end the deadlock which | has stalemated orzanization of (l‘l‘i upper body of the Legislature for, three days. | vote on two ballots this| morning was eight for Senator Vic- | tor C. Rivers of Anchore for| ident of the Senate and Ei'!h" for Senator Charles D. Jones of; Nome for the same office. Senator IS INTRODUCED BY BARTLETT i rom wnaeirets Measure Would Regulate Plio hrez:ik ?n the dea,ddk);k is yet in‘ cakhing 0' Sa|m0n Sight an it a are or a mo- e ing. for Personal Use ment this morning that the Scnate' WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—(®—Del-| might be unable to adjourn tecause f it. Republican members voted inl‘ i egate Bartlett of Alaska says there! has been widespread wanton de- of the adjournment metion struction of salmon in Alaska un-{ by Senator Munz and werej ned by Senator Rivers, the only der the guise of catching them for| personal use. He has introduced a ocrat to favor adjournment. bill to stop the practice. | The Semate will reconvene at 10 ‘clock Monday morning to resume he fray. | The Republicans, at least, are go- | His measure would permit the In-. ing to stand firm, according to Sen- | terior Department to issue regula-| itor John Butrovich of Fairbanks,|tions covering taking saimon for ‘We are solidly united and will not {Personal use. Under the Jaw now a pers catch as many salmon as | f | | shi‘ted their vote i to Jones on the nir : t 1 n may The House was not in session to- 1eeds | day. for his own use. Governor Gruening’s message will| Bartlett said the privilege lms‘ not be delivered until the Senate|been widely atused. F' 1men un-|{ is organized, it was reported this|der the guise of catching the fish morning. The message was sched- {for their own use, toss them on the uled for delivery at 11 o'clock Mon- |banks to spoil, he contended, and day forenoon. continue fishing. e 0. . NOLDE ELECTED WOMEN MEMBERS SECRETARY, -JUNEAU| OF LEG!SLATURE {has been BRANCH, TROLLERS either mediation or || | heavy Red attack on that besiezed B NEW FISH BILL 2 148 8 ADE — The empty ¥ ’\é This close-up of Princess Elizabeth and her son, Prince Charles of Edinburgh, was made when the baby was one month old, in Buck- inghame Palace, L COAST GUARD BUILDING FUND OVER $100,000 Over a hundred thousand dollars subscribed to the Com- munity Building Corporation’s pro- posed Coast Ciuard headquarters building and committee members are enthusiastic about the headway that has been made Only these subscriptions that have been backed by down pay- ments on the investment have been included in the $100,000 pius total, cording to Keith des, speaking ior the committee. ighter solicitation of the town will begin Monday and committee members have asked those who can put money into the project to figure out now how much they can in- vest before a solicitor approaches them. This will save time. And time is of utmost importance in this community project. The goal is $300,000. Investments of as many thous- ands as can be made indivi- 5 i w"-l BE HONORED!duBls and corporations are hoped Each employer making payment most of the storm belt. { of wages is required to withhold| The Federal Weather Bureau said the tax and to remit it to the Tax [the snowfall was not expected to| Commissioner, who is empowered [be as heavy as the rccent falls, to draw up rules and regulanons‘which in parts of Nebraska measur- | for the administration of the pro-|ed as much as 40 inches. However, posed law. heavy, drifting snow was predicted | Penalties for a violation Of the |for Nebraska. proposed Act include additional] Strong winds blew across the | payments at the rate of five per plains and swirled the snow onto cent for each 30 days the tax is[new]y cleared highways and rail- unpaid, not exceeding 25 per cent iroad tracks. Train service in thel of the total amount; interest on|area was nearly back to normal; amounts due the Territory, and a |but all bighways were not yet open fine of not more than $1,000, a jatl [for travel. sentence of not longer than six| Temperatures dropped sharply as month, or both.. In addition a;lhe mass of cold air moved across business firm licensed by the Terri- |the border im_o Montana and North tory may have its business lwense;DBkflfl- Outside the storm area,; suspended. mild weather prevailed and unsea- The bill provides that momyslsonnhle temperatures were reported collected under the proposed Act ‘D nearly every section of the coun- The four women members of the At a meeting of the Juneau Legislature will be honored, Branch of the United Trollers last evening, O. G. Nolde was elected | “Legislature Now” will be the sub- secretary and B. H. Manery was!ject of Herb Hilscher’s talk at Mon- chosen as a member of the Execu-{day's meeting of the Business and tive Board. Andy Barlow was nomi- | Professional Women's Club. nated by Local 100 as a candidate|{ Departing from their usual cus- for the position of Executive Sec-|tom of a dinner meeting, members retary-Treasurer. with their guests, will gather at Representing the Juneau Branch!noon Monday at the Baranof Ho- at the CIO Convention, which opens ftel for a luncheon session. here on Monday will be B. H. Man-| Honor guests will be Anita Gar- ery, O. G. Nolde and Andy Barlow. nick of the Senate, and Mrs. Doris A committee was appointed to|Barnes, Mrs. Amelia Gundersen and meet with the City Council members | Mrs. Essie Dale of Athe House of on harbor improvements, including | Representatives. the extension of * Small Boat Har- ~Prgner =it tor. On the committee are Ralph DAY NURSERY OPENS MONDAY Mortenson, Red Williams, Roger Bailey, Lynn Geiger and Orrin Ad-| dleman. 1 oclock Monday afternoon, Plans were discussed for an or-|AWVS announced today. The at will be covered into the general tr¥- The new cold, however, was ex- . pected to spread over most of the priniiinte e, (Continued on Page Eight) north central states bty tomorrow, ganizationl campaign which will be Nursery has been closed for the iaunched i. the spring. week. and| ifer to cut down the total as quick- ly as possible. However, the $100 investment is desired, too, if that is the limit of one’s ability to partici- pate in the Coard Guard bulic project. It is hoped to ma! definitely a commuity — .- 1 project STORIS OFFICER BACK FROM HOLIDAY LEAVE IX. A. I. Robers, executive offi- jcer aboard CGC Steris, returned {here yesterday via Pan American, Annette Island and Ellis Air Lines, following a holiday season leave in the Stafes. -e ENROUTE KOTZEBUE | The AWVS Day Nursery will open | Enroute from Wrangell to Kotze- who is ] for a bue is Dr. Y. N. Hensles staying at the Baranof Hof few days before leaving Westward, den. ®- Wirepheto. PAA PLANE LANDS ‘AT JUNEAU AIRPORT: TWC MORE EXPECTED First Pan American clipper to land at the Juneau Airport with- in more than a week winged its way-over the channel at 11 o'clock (his ferenoon with 34 passengers aboard, direct from Seattle. At noon today Pan American officials said two more planes were scheduled to arrvive this afternoon ircm Seattle to bring in a big back- log of northbound passengers hold- ing on the Wust Coast. Icy runway conditions at Juneau Airport kept air traffic at a near tandstill for eight days, but the colid snap and excessive sanding have put the runways in excellent condition today, according to con- trol, tower® operators at the field, L ¥ FOUR NEW EARTH SHOCKS, RENO AREA RENO, Nev, Jan. 8—M=- Four earthquakes, two of them with “like a rumbling explosion” reported in Verdi, nine miles of Reno last night. At least « re wes: were no in either city. Tie Reno vicinity was shaken by long series of earth shocks be- ginning Dec. 27 and more than a week. reports of damage a TO AF OF L CONVENTION the Territorial AP i L Convention, Henry Benson, ritorial Commissioner of Labor, leave tcmorrow for Sitka. He will return to Juneau on Tuesday. Benson will also address the CIO Convention in Junezu next week. To speak at rail yard at Halensee Station in the western before the Russians blockaded the zone. HIGH COSTS, HOWEVERTO BEPROBED Democra?s-iv!ake An- | nouncement fo Industry- To Preserve Prosperity Democrats seeking an answer to high prices assured business today there will be not be “another wartime OPA.” At the same time one party lead- ier called for an iuvestigation of | “middlemen” to see if they are keeping the cost of living high. These developments came as Presi- ident Truman'’s Capital Hill lieuten- "nms confidently oiled the legisla- tive machinery for a quick drive to JEW FLIERS SHOOT DOWN write into law major. parts of his {economic program aimed at 60,000~ '000 jobs and continued production ' peaks. Chairman Maybank (D.-S.C.) of ! the Senate Banking Committee pro- sosed a far-flung inquiry into mid- dle-man operations — to find out what causes the wide spread be- tween what a producer receives and what a consumer pays. RAF PLANES Senator O'Mahoney (D.-Wyo.), |slated to head the Senate-House felt sharply in Reno, but, continuing | Charge Made by Brifish- Craft Were Flying Over Egyptian Soil By The Asscciated Pross Britain accused Israel today of shooting down five RAF planes in “unprovoked attacks” by Jewlsh fifers day “oyer” E4yptian” fott near the Palestine border. The Jews said they shot down planes around Rafa and that ppeared to be British and the gyptian. An Israeli military spokesman rted the planes, were eon armed reconnaissance and that some in fact carricd wing bombs. Britain is allied to Egypt and Trans-Jordan in mutual assistance pacts, She announced the dispatch of British trops to Agaba, the Trans- Jordan Red Sea port close to the scene of recent Palestine fighting. Britain alerted her aircraft to “re- gard as hostile any Jewish aircraf discovered in the future over Egypt. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin| stuck close to his desk, underscor- ing the gravitv with which Britain regarded the growing tension with the pint-size state. All Palestine fronts appeared quiet under a new U. N. cease fire. Rah- man Abdel Azzam Pasha, Secretary ; General of the Arab League of | Egypt, Trans-Jordan and five other Arab states, declared fighting would | be renewed in Palestine. | The British said four Spitfires | and o Tempest were shot down on the Egyntian side of the border. An Tsraeli spokesman said the planes were downed just inside Palestine. e ‘51 ABOARD ACA " FRIDAY FLIGHTS; IS LEAVE 6N were on in- | Fifty-one passengers com!ng and outgoing ska Coast- al flights here yesterday, with 25 leaving and 26 iving, Passengers were as follows From Tulsequah Dodd, H. pickell, J. F. Eden, H, D.l Ander:zon, F. Ferentz, C. MacKin- non, J. H. Mclsaac, D. H. Germaine, Paul Nickhoff From Wrangell lee. | From Ketchikan: G. Schmidt, J.} Bowen, R. Nebs, Henry Roden, Lor- en Demmers, James Demmers, Har-; ry Eperling From. Petersburg: Joe Lucas. From Annette: Den and E. Tag- gart. | * From Baldwin From Tenakee From Pelican From Angoon: Bill Hixson. To Sitka: Mr. and Mrs. J. Ger- ardy, Pear] Gibscn, W. Erickson, Gus |Strauch, C. Luts, %. Fretzel, G. Trv-| ine, G Da Virginia Booch- over, Willam Laughlin, William/ King, Elli Johnson, Wilfred John- | M. Alvine, G. D. Baldwin, Seims H. Maze, F. Dr. Y. N. Hens- | i sitka: D. W. Thomas, L. John Murphy. i | W. Bear. ! K. Wells, D. Rod Darnell, ennett | ) Tulseq B Oswald, A Mr. and Mr Ed!as { Bconomic Committeg, called the program “constructive and positive” and designed to “preserve the pros- perity of the whole country in the best American traditions.” Nobody is proposing “another war- time OPA,” he said. —_— e MANY MOTIONS ~BEFORE - COURT - MOVES SOUTH In District Court today, argument continued on one of the nine mo- tions called up on yesterday's mb- tien calendar. That was in the case of involuntary bankruptey of Thom- as H. Hutchings, which had been argued most of yesterday. Willlam L. Paul, Jr, represents the peti- tioners; Mrs. Mildred Hermann, ‘Thomas Hutchings; M. E. Monagle, the B. M. Behrends Bank, and How- iard Statler, K. G. Merritt. The motion for a certificate and. the motion for leave to withdraw a demurrer, in the case of the Ju- neau, Spruce Corporation vs. the Tnternational Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, were put over until return of the court from Ketchikan, * In the case of Port Chilkoot vs. Carl Heinm'ller et al, the motion to add a party defendant—the Port Chilkoot Terminal Company—was allowed. Judge George W. Folta will go Monday to Ketchikan, where court is called for Wednesday. J. W. Leiv~ ers, clerk of court, and Mrs. Peggy Mclvor, chief deputy, will go Tues- day. Equipped with 2 mobile office, P, J. Gilmore, Jr, district attorney, will go Monday with members of hi staff—Stanley Baskin, ass'stant “T, A and Mrs. Rose McMullen, ad- ministrative cler! Marshal William T. Mahoney, who has been trying to return from Outside, is believed to be aboard the Baranof which sailed from Se- attle yesterday. He probably will stop at Ketchikan. Distriet Court here will reconvene March 1 for the grand jury, the trial jury being set for March 8. - JOINT INSTALLATIO OF MASONS, OES 10 BE A joint installation of the officers of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147, F. & AM., and the Order of Eastern Star, for the year 1949, will be held in the Scottish, Rite Temple Monday, Jan- | i i | | i 1 “uary 10, at 8 o'clock p.m. The public is cordially invitéd to 5. 5. ALASKA IS 10 SAIL JAN. 15 FROM SEATILE S.8. Alaska will sail from Se- e January 15 with ports of call Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez and Sew- ard. On her return she will put in at Valdsz, Cordova, Juneau and Ketchikan.