The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,093 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIJIF" JUNEAU ALASKA, FRIDA\ j \LARY 14, 1949 Ml MBLR ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEI‘ES Revenue Raising Teo Cold for Shower iu” Mrs. Barbara Lamberson (left) helps Nancy Lewis put on hcr bath- ing robe in San Francisco, after it was decided it was too cold for Nancy to take a public shower bath. feature of a construction industry parade. held dnrmg the parade, tells the r TAX BOOST BY TRUMAN RESENTED Chilly Recephon Given fo leestock Cnrus Crop and! Suggestion of Upping "Middle” Income By FRANCIS M. LE MAY WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—(@— Capitol Hill gave a chilly recep- tion today to, President Truman's implied suggestion that individuals making $6,000 a year and up might pay more federal income taxes. Economy-mind?d lawmakers shouted for less spending—instead of tax increases—to bLalance the Federal budget. Mr. Truman asked Congress last week for $4,000,000,000 in new taxes. He said new levies against corpor- ations should collect most of it, but he suggested that Congress con- sider a tax boost on individuals in the “middle and upper” income brackets. When a reporter pressed for a definition of “middle” income the President told his news confer- ence yesterday the Treasury con- (Continued on Page Five) The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) mSHINGTON At a White House press conference in 1946, newsmen, knowing a new Director of the Budget had just been select- ed, asked President Truman for his name. The President hesitated, fumbled on his desk for a piece of paper, picked it up and read the name: “James E. Webb,” he said: It was obvious from Truman’s hesitation that he had not known ‘Webb before. The bath was to have been a The sign, which Nancy eason. (P erephuln * (OLD BLAST KILLS 123 IN NATION Utility Losses in Mil- lions of Dollars | (By The Assocu(ed Press) Winter’s January punch thus Iar has killed more than 100 pusons cost millions of dollars in dam- age to crops and property and brought much misery and hardship to thousands of persons. It's been a tough 13 days for much of the wun!r)~pdmwlaxl5 the western half. An Associated Press survey show- ed today at least 123 persons died in the nation since Jan. of bad weather conditions. And stockmen, citrus fruit grow- ers and utility companies still are counting up the dollar loss. It wm‘ run into many miilions. Thousands of cattle and sheep were frozen or smothered in a three-day blizzard in the Cattlemen estimated livestock losses as “the worst since the droughts of 1934 and 1936.” Damage to citrus and other agri- culture crops in California is es- timated at more than $43,400,000.! In Arizona, the citrus damage is estimated at $2,000,000. Thousands of telephone and util- ity poles were downed by ice storms. In Texas, Misosuri, Kan- sas, Arkansas ana Oklahoma. .- PAN AM MAN HERE ALASKAN TOUR Here for a three-day meet with | Juneau’s Pan American Airways representatives is C. D. Yaggy, as- sistant division operations manege. from PAA’s San Francisco office. Yaggy is on the last lap of a tour of Alaskan-Yukon PAA o having visited at Fairbanks, Nome, Whitehorse and Ketchikan befor In the two years that have pas.-: ed, however, Budget Director Webb FEMMER FINDS TRUCK After both City Police and Terri- | 1 because ! west. | has so won the confidence of Harry | ODOM LANDS AT OAKLAND ON FLIGHT &8 Winter Weafher Forces Flier fo Turn Back- | Makes Record By PHILIP HIARING | \ | 7 \ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.—®— | Winter weather stopped lanky Bill Odom a continent short on a flight he had announced as a non !stop attempt from Honolulu t | New York. But it didn't rob him | iof a new world record for light| planes. ! The 29-year-old flier, dapper In | the grey plaid “lucky suit" he had word on two record round-the- world flights, landed his 185-horse- | powe: single engine Beechcraft {Bonanza at Oakland Airport at 6:30 p. m. PS.T. last night. He was 22 hours and six min- {utes — and 2375 statute miles —! from his Honolulu takeoff at 8:32 p. m. (PST) Wednesday | Official recognition of his rec- jord must await approval by the National Aeronautics Association. | Odom’s record is for light per- ,sonal aircraft with a motor cylin- | der displacement of 6.5 to 9 liters. | Strong head winds which buffet- ed him at daybreak yesterday | forced Odom to alter his announc- | ed plan to fly to New York via | Seattle on only 20 gallons of gaso- ;“’e' A [t oag ‘planned, he said. | nouses and trees in the Elysian Park section of Lo sented this appearance to startled residents after a record-bre city. (¥ Wirephoto, TIENTSIN for Seattle as be out there,” headed I'd still | SHATTERED American Born Woman| ~ Gives Eye Witness Ac- | count, Commie Attack (The following dispatch from American born Betty Chang, a nurse married to a Chinese business man, is the last di- rect word from Communist- besieged Tientsin, North Chi- a’s first industrial city. She originally came from Eugene, Oregon.) | After he flew over the Golden /Gate bridge, the weather conspir- red against him onee more. The CAA told him of clouds and icing {conditions over Nevada. His little plane had no de-icers. Odom said he “tried to pick a hcle through the clouds over the mountains, but it was no go.” A Ee turned back over Reno, Nev, returning to Oakland. He estimated there were 70 to left when 'he | | | 1 i as- initiation. The talks are under | e newfall descended on the sleeping "Ison of Prince Rupert, | | | Princess North, l‘mm Vanmu\er,: ‘h‘O gallons of gasoline HopED FOR landed. SR | S 'CONGRESS TAKES United States and Britain ( [ o ep et | Reach Understanding H y BETTY CHANG \ RECESS BUT WORK - ..2;.o7 5 .| onTense Problem loss of liie in the stepped-up Com- | KEEPS GOI“G 0 mumsr attack on Tientsin is heavy | (By The Associated Press) 1 t no count is possible now | Jewsh and Egyptian armistice > The thunderous roar of the shell kesmen expressed hopes for commlflees Are Meehng, ing was augmented today by @ peace in Palestine but in Tel Aviv, blast in the former Italian conces- Israeli enthusiasm waned. % | Several Organizing— json scross the Hai River. 1| The Jews once more were blaming . . Isounded like an ammunition dump |the British for dampening the pros- \ Boost in Salaries blew up. |pects of a lasting peace in the Holy | e Smoke billows from the eastern Land by moves in Egypt and Trans- | By The Asmociated Press) |central part of town. The wind is Jordan, both British allies. The U. | blowing south, arousing fears that'N. armistice talks were on Rhodes. Both the Senate and the House'flymes might reach the Asiatic| The British liberal weekly, eco- jare in recess until Monday. How-{petroleum Company's installations nem'st, backed up the Jew jever, a number of committees arelgacross the river. Ly commenting Britain lately seem- meeting today with important busi-| There is no water or electricity [€d to ke inviting her Arab allies ness. The Senate foreign relations!iy the city. These utilities have “to summon armed s to their Committee held a closed session this|ceased to function. side” on the borders of Palestine. morning on the nomination of Dean | windows throughout the city Officials in Washington said the Acheson to be Secretary of State. pave been smashed. Not on: pane | Unted States and Britain seemed Acheson was quizzed yesterday bY|nas peen left unshattered in the ! wve reached a better under- the committee memters. He made| gelgian owned) Leopold Building standing on Palestine. The com- it clear that the President will have| , 10.story structure on Victoria ment followed a special call on Pres- jthe final decisions, but he cast | Road in downtown Tientsin) ident Truman the British am- Ihimself in the role of a strong Sec-| Tne Leopold Building houses the Fassador. Truman said American retary. Today Acheson was to tell|yiieq States Consulate and other Policy is aimed at creating peace members of the committee how he foreign offices 'and stability in the Middle East plans to deal with the world's prob- | ypiteq States Information Ser-|The basic difference is that the lems. His nomination is headed for{ i.o pircctor Yates reported he United States for months has sup- speedy and probably unanimous|g o ve the distance between his {Ported Israel and the British are approval by the committee. house and office over broken glass,|bound by treaty to Arab states Senator Claude Pepper of Florida| yaies was not further identi- !fighting the Jewish state. says he and other Democrats W“""-fied ‘in Am,‘, .dx\]m‘v!w \ Jewish and Egyptian Armistice the Senate Labor Committee to skip | e idelegates quickly adopted an agenda hearings on legislation to repeal tat Rhodes. They will talk of the Taft-Hartley law. However, he . ‘sm-ances about military offensives says that Senator Robert Taft of Beer land national security; implementa- Ohio and the Republican members ay Ip t!cn of United Nations ord: adop- generally oppose the idea. A decis- [tion of an armistice agreement and ion has been put off until next lits | Tuesday. Durln Halrd U. N. auspices. ‘},]_:‘_he ts:mite has okayed a bill! e 1hiking e pay of the President, { Vice-President and Speaker of me' STEAMER MOVEME“IS IHouse, The measure goes to thel TROY, Ala, Jan. 14—P—Cus- House for action Monday, and|tomers may be sipping beer while passage seems almost certain. | af Several committees meet today to, ty parlor here. 'noon or evening. organize. These include the S enatp’ The City Commission yesterday, Freighter Coastal Monarch, Banking Committee and the Sen-!approved a request from the estab-'Seattle, ‘due here Monday. ate ‘Committee on Expenditures in|lishment that it € aliowed a license| Alpska scheduled to sail from from Truman that last week he was ap- pointed to the No. 2 spot in Amer- ican foreign afiair — Undersecre- tary of State. As such, his job' will be to oil the creaking State Department ma- chinery and fire matic doodlers ywho have been pid- ~(Continued on Page Four) some of the diplo- torial Highway patrolmen had the executive departments. The'to sell beer, |Seattle at 11 a.m. tomorrow. searched for 12 hours for his stolen | House Ways and Means Commit-| truck, it finally was Charles (Buzz) tee meets to consider the details Femmer who found it, back of the of the inauguration on January 20. Juneau Dairy. i e The truck, which serves Femmer’s Fighting broke out again in Transfer, had not been damaged. Southern Korea where 30 to 40 reb- Femmer reported the loss early els and four civilian guary yesterday and patrolmen searched rerorted killed in a mountain vil- i“from 9 to 9" laze clash, ly un be special meeting of the City Council junarmed American fli Operators @ from ¥ plained it gets awful-| vVictorig scheduled for patrens sitting | geattle January 15 dryers } Baranof from Westward Dl [muthbnund Sunday. COUNCIL MEETIN N e The Seatter Tract water issue \uu 8. hanged six more taken up and criminals who had killed and con- to sail t -and hair due The U. discussed at a ‘man war Ger- starting at 8 o'clock. ccntrat'on camp inmat next hairdo at a scheduled to arrive Sunday after- | nounced |ern miles from the City Hall, pre- Split Alaska Halibut Season BESIEGED, Recommended by Fishermen Also by Owners of Vessels SEATTLE, Jan. —IM— Halibut fishermen and vessel owners have recommended a split season to ex- tend fishing and conserve stocks. They testified before the Inter- national Fisheries Commisston which ended hearings here late yesterday. ' The commission decided to retain May 1 as the opening date of the halibut season. If the split season recommendation is followed, how- ever, the commission would halt fishing after eight to 15 million pounds of halibut is taken, and! the season would be closed until June 1. This would spread the season and prevent concentration of fish- ' ing in a period of about 30 days as in past year The split season recommendation was among 18 changes proposed to the commission. Decisions reached by the commission will ke forward- " ed to the federal governments of Canada and the United States for approval. No announcements regulations will be mad mission Chairman G of the 1949’ said Com- W. Nicker- B. C., until they have been approved by the two governments. A conference board of fisher- men and vessel owners proposed that the annual quota of halibut catches be raised to “whatever the ounds can stand.” Present quotas in the major ar- eas are: No. 2—Willapa Harbor to Cape Spencer, Alaska, 25,500,000 pounds. No. 3—Cape Spencer to Aleutian Islands, 28,000,000 pounds. -,e —— T0 DIVORCE AT&T, WEC WASHINGTO! Jan. 14—®P— The Justice Department filed suit today to divorce the American Tel- ephone and Telegraph Company and Western Electric Corporation. Western Electric is the manu- | facturing subsidiary of AT. & T. Attorney General Tom Clark an-_ that the action, in the] form of a civil anti-trust complaint, was filed this morning in " Federal District Court at Newark, N.J. It charges A. T. and T. and West- Electric, which is a wholly- owned subsidiary, with “conspiracy to monopolize” the telephone business in the United States. Clark said he is asking that A. T. and T. -e requived to dispose of all its holdings in Western Electric, and that the latter be dissolved and reorganized into threc separate mpeting manufacturing concerns, the ' easures GetPart Approval Snow Blankefs Los Angeles INCOME TAX |MORE BILLS BILL PASSES | PASS HOUSE TERR.HOUSE WITH SPEED Measure I;Gi'ven Unani-iRepreseniaWes Approve i mouse Vote of Approval | Increased Frap License, —RevenuefoBeDerived | Higher School Taxes By JAMES HUTCHESON By BOB DeARMOND An income tax bill, expected to| Two more revenue measures, both swoduce an annual revenue of $2,- of them upping the levy provided 1000,000 was adopted by the T by present laws, zipped through the torinl House late yesterday by a House of Representatives this fore- vote of 24 to 0. nocn in record time under suspen- The bill calls for an income tax sion of the rules. ayment amounting to 10 per cent They are Rep. Marcus Jensen's of the total paid in Federal income bill to increase the license tax on taxes. (fish traps and Rep. William Beltz’ Right after its passage, Rep. War- measure to increase the school tax. en Taylor of Fairbanks introduced This makes three revenue meas- ll\(’ Administration’s business license ures that have whizzed through the tax bill, which proposes a $25 fee|Hous> and veteran legislators to- tor all businesses, professons and!day commented that it is unprece- icervices, plus cne-half of one per dented for such major tax measures {cent of the gross receipts akove $20-, to pass without extensive floor dis- 000 a year. | cussion. H> declined to estimate its poten-' he Jensen Yill, providing for the tial revenue, but another legisla- heaviest levy on fish traps in the tor informed on tax matters said Territory’s history, passed unani- e trought it would produce nearly mously, as did the Net Income Tax L al’ a million dollars a year. bill in yesterday’'s session, It would not take effect until, The bill as originally introduced, jafter the repeal of the pi nt over- provided for a doubling of the li- {lapping license tax legislation. (cense tax on fish traps. Before its 545 EXEMPTION CUT !passage, however, the House adopt- Before passiny the income tax ed amendments to redouble this | measure, the House voted unani-.rate and to provide for a heavy tax mous approval of a Committee on excess catches of salmon in traps. ‘amendment eliminatng a proposed The bill provides the following 1 exemption for year-around res- taxes on traps: tidents of Alaska. Hand driven or stake traps locat- ! Among other bills introduced was ed on tide lands, $30C each instead {one by Rep. Alfred Owen, Kodiak, of the previous $75. Democrat, proposing an increase in Pile driven or floating jthe lobbyist registration fee from $1200 each instead of $300. $10 to $100. . . In_ addition to the above tax, any Passaze of the “ineame lax bill persom, firm or corporation oceu- followed @ 16-8 vote to suspend the Pying and operating more than rules to rush final action. Rep. three traps will pay an additional Frank L. Johnson, Nome, had $600 per trap for the fourth to the souakt to postpone the final vote tenth trap inclusive, an additional until today. $1200 per trap for the 10th to the House Members and the sparsely- 20th, an additional $1600 per trap filled gallery broke into applause for the 21st to the 50th, and an when the tax bill sailed through additional $2000 for all traps ove{ with unanimous approval. 50. Rep. Frank Angerman, Fairbanks BOOST ON EXCESS Democrat, asked permission to with- ~ An even greater increase came held his vote because “I don’t ap- in the tax on the catch of fish by prove certain fections” but the traps. Heretofore the levy has been speaker denied ‘his request $4 per thousand, or 4 mills per fish, $2,000,000 REVENUE cn all fish in excess of 100,000 Official estimates place revenue caught by an indiyidual trap. from the bill at around $2,000000 The bl as amended provides for yearly. the following : levy on the trap Taylor said of his bill the “main catch: purpose is to catch many who've Fiv never paid anythng. It's to correct © of 15,000 and up to 50,000. |tke business tax hodge-podge.” H2 ‘Ten cents on each fish caught in declined to estimate thz potential €xcess of 50,000 and up to 190,000. revenue but another leading legis- Fifteen cents on each fish caught lator on tax matters thought it in excess of 100,000 and up to 150~ would brinz in nearly half a mi- 000. lion dollars a year. ¥ Twenty cents on each fish caught | The law would not tak> effect un- in excess of 150,000 and up to itil affer Congress repeals the pres 00,000. _ent overlapping license tax legis Twenty-five cents on each tion. caught in excess of 200,000. i There was no discussion of the Lill or of its amendments on the ® ® o & o o & ® e floor this morning, the ® amendments were unanimously ® adopted, the rules suspended and ®the measure went sailing through ® fina]l passage without a dissenting ® vote but with one member, Rep ® Keating, absent. e SCHOOL TAX RAISED The bill introduced ty Rep. Wil- i | | | i | traps, cents on each fish caught in fish — e WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is ¢~r 24-hour per- jod ending 6:32 am. PST. In Juneau Maximum, 38; minimum, 32. At Airport Maximum, 36; minimum, 33 FOKECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Mostly cloudy tenight and Saturday with occasional light showers of mixed snow and rain, Temperatures about tha same with the lowest tonight around 32 and the highest tomorrow near 37. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau 47 inches since Jan. 1, 1173 inches; since July 1, 87.79 inches. At Airport 44 inches since Jan .37 inches; since July .54 inches. ol e (liam Beltz to increase the school e tax levy from the present $5 to ® $10.50 bad four negative votes when e the roll was called on final pas- e 'sage, Reps. Ipalook and Rydeen ot e the Second Division, Hope of the e First Division and Speaker Nolan oting against it. The emergency e 'clause, to put the Act into effect o |immediately upon final passage and e 'approval, was passed unanimously. e The bill provides that, 35 percent e ,0f revenues collected are to be al- o |located to the universities of Alas- e 'ka fo be used for the payment of o 'faculty salarles; the other 65 per e cent going to the General School o 'Fund to be used for teachers’ salar- PRECN 1, , 5 ¢ COMMENT ON BILL Speaker of the House James Nolan 'told a reporter after his vote against 'the school tax doubling bill that he iwas not opposed to the tax figure, !but felt the bill is not inclusive o o0 o 0 0 e o o o <> STOCK QUOTATIONS e !enough. NEW YORK, Jan. 14. Closing © The only outspoken opposition to quotation of Alaska Juneau mine conients of the school tax bill came stock today is 3%, American Can jn the House Ways and Means com- 87%, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss*Wright mittee. Rep. Almer Rydeen, Nome 8, International Harvester 26 Kun Demorrat, moved that the proviso inecott 55%, New York Central 12%. g5, 35 percent of the take go to | Northern Pacific 16%, U. 8. Steel the University of Alaska salaries 70, Pound $4.03'% and wages should be stricken. He Sales today were provosed that all the revenue should Averages today go direct into the school fund with- Tndustrials, 178.90 ties, 34.35. | (Continued on Page Two)