The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXII., NO. 11,096 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Stunning Upset Made on Ina POWER STILL | SHORT, PAC. NORTHWEST| Charges Af;fiurled by! Industrial Executives Against BPA (By The Associated Press) i There was still a crucial power | shortage in the Pacific Northwest today, but there was no shortage of words about it. Speakers at a conference of utility and industrial executives in Se- SNOWSLIDE ON HIGHWAY STOPS MAIL ANCHORAGE, Alaska, (M—A hea the movement of mail by from Seattle to Fairbanks arrivals six days behind time. Anchorage postal authorities ex- Jan. 18.— truck with | pressed worry over the whereabouts of several of the big 45-foot truck and trailers, which have been haul- mail three days a week since mid-Octoszer. A slide was reported Letween Tok Junction and Slana, on the Anchorage-Fairbanks route. snowslide has blocked | PROPERTY TAX BILL 1S TAKEN UP TODAY BY CCM. OF HOUSE Territorial legislative committees in ccncentrated on tax bills today an atmosphere of calm after terda defeat of a sponsored Memorial challenging’ the special session's lezality. The House Ways and Means Committee is overhauling the Gen- eral Property Tax bill and indi- cations were that the rate of the ed out to the House. Chairman Warren Taylor, Fair- banks Democrat, made the rate cut reduction proposal at this Republican- | 'WRANGELL PROTESTS TAX BILL ‘The Terrilorial Senate this morn- {Ing receivel and ordered spread upon its journal a communication from the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce protesting the passage of any bills that will increase the tax iproperty tax would be cut from two |Lurden of persons who own prop- ito one per cent when it is report- . ert within municipalities in the Territory. ! ‘The only flurry of the short fore- Inoon session came when Senator E. B. Collins, chairman of the Ju-’H e morn- giciary Committee, announced that{ans Affairs The 3,300-mile run usually takes|ing’s meeting and met with a gen- (his committee is holding several| Solka said he was taking the ac- 1 HALEY1S SUSPENDED BYSOLKA Commissioner of Veterans. Affairs Qut-Announce- | ment Is Made | By JIM HUTCHESON | Paul Solka of the Territorial | Veterans Board announced last night the suspension of Norman aley as Commissioner of Veter- CREAT SEAL OF U.S. — Mary Darling holds the . which is used on inaugural stand at Wash- five d: Seattle postal authorities }saia. with most snow trouble en- countered in mountain passes southern Canada and Washington. E. W. Hundley, tratfic manager for Alaska Freight Lines, Inc., the attle placed the blame for the situa- tion on the Bonneville Power Ad- ministration’s sales to the aluminum industry. Kenneth Fisher, an executive of the Fisher Flouring Mills, and L. E. Karrer, executive vice-president’'contracting company, said at Seat-; of the Puget Sound Power and Light |tle, the present slide was the first Company, said the BPA oversold its|to hold up deliveries seriously. He capacity and is dipping deep intolsaid he expected to have five-day the Pacific Northwest power pool to|a week service over the Alaska in | ierally favorable response. {bills in which reference is made totion.on an emergency basis on be- {“Alaska Compiled Law Annotaccdimu of the Board after conferring | Several members agreed with, [Rep. Stanley McCutcheon, An- 1949." Reason for thi Collins said, | with the Attorney General and that i chorage, Democratic floor .lea(ler is that until the Governor signs he had notified Governor Gruen- that the Legislature should get thexfl,""&_" Bill No. 6 adopting the com- |ing of the action |basic property tax program start- |Pilation as the Code of Alaska, the, Last week the Board announc- ed at a level which will not arouse ‘reference has no meaning. ed the acceptance of Haley's resig- too much opposition, then can in- Senator Victor Rivers 1mmed£nu--(n:ulun and named Floyd Guertin crease it in future sessions if nec- |1y took Senator Collins to task,iof Anchorage as his successor. Sol-, essary. charging the usurpation of unright-'ka said, however, the resignation was John Wiese, CIO Fishermens' Un- | ful powers by the Judiciary Com-|not effective until February 1. great seal of the U ington during swearing-in ce remony for new presidents seal has been in use since Woodraw Wilsan's inaueurat Inauguration Festivities The n Already Starting; President meet its commitments. Bonneville power administrator, ; Paul Raver, bounced a hot retort: “Ridiculous.” Dr. Raver said he doubted utility | operators were in a position to] give an “objective opinion on wheth- er too much Columbia River power is going into aluminum payrolls| and production.” | He added that at 2 p.m. yester-| day the BPA delivered 525,000 kilo- Highway as soon as his company ‘could obtain equipment. COOKS, STEWARDS FILE CHARGES OF DISCRIMINATION | i i isuggested that a $5,000 personal meaning ur : | property exemption would rc]leve‘hr said, “and the Eill might just as; (Solka didn’t go to the afternoon | {any fon leader, appealed to the House Mittee for the purpose of blocking| Haley was absent from his office | Ways and Means Committee this legislation. The committee, Rivers|this morning and said at his home + said, should report out its bills be-|that he had no comment to make morning to exempt fishermens vessels from the property tax. Committeemen responded they were unable to give fishermen exemption not received by farmers, truckers and others, but most small fishermen. 4 i watts to the private power compan- | SEATTLE, Jan. 18—(®— Mem-! Wiese argued that fishing boats ies of the northwest over and ‘“’O"e,bers of a former asserted ..ami_:am in the same category as a the power it delivered to the alum- ' commynist” segment of the Marine man’s tools. He said fishermen al- inum companies and to its public cooks and Stewards Union, haveready pay license and production power agencies. This, he said, was fijleq charges of “discrimination”, taxes. 225,000 kilowatts more than the ad- agqinst the Congress of Industrial| Wiese assured the committee ministration’s contractual commit- Organizations group. (that “we are not trying to evade ments to the private power compan-| The National Labor Relations|taxes, but just want to be assured ies. —ee——— Board yesterday said it was investi-|of equity.” He said the proposed ' gating charges by various individuals lower property tax rate as ap- that the C.I.O. union is responsitle|plied to boats would be welcomed | Taylor predicted the Ways and Means Committee may have the property tax bill whipped into shape during the recent maritime strike, | for the House to consider tomorrow. least 50" former Alaska He said the committee stood a good ship steward department employees | chance of completing its overhaul job this afternoon. Taylor's proposed amendments in an attempt to Would maintain the present two-' gain an NLRB. election for bar- Mill maximum property tax in cit- ies which already are taxing to that level. He also proposes—and the com- Senator Collins denied any stall- ing tactics. “The reference has no i1 the code is adopted,” jwell refer to the Sears Roebuck catalog.” Senator John Butrovich, despite the Attorney General's opinion to the contrary, felt that none except revenue measures should be consid- 'ered during the special session. | The Sénate recessed until 2 p.m. and its Taxation and Revenue Committee, headed by Senator Riv- ers, went into session. AFTERNOON SESSION - Is Slated for Busy Sthedule jcause the code adoption measure immediately. that Would be approved before these bills ~ Solka was summoned before alf can be enacted. jclosed executive session of the By MAX HALL WASHINGTON, Jan 18— (P Harry Truman, a man with a pay raise and a new lease, gets out his dinner jacket today and starts cele- brating. His inauguration for a new term as President will take piace at 9 (PST) Thursday {House early yesterday, and the! !House later returned to exeuuuvc-lTuxED session without calling anyone in. ! a.m decked city of nearly 1,000,000 consicarably agitated . about it, wil the prospect of several hun- ! dred thousand visitors adding them- selves to the confusion. Mr. Truman ha ished vevising his inaugural ad- ‘dresa. It is expected to be a for- ’ei;;n policy speech primarily, session.) Governor Gruening said he had! not heen consulted. but had been | advised by Solka of the action. The | Governor emphasized the Veterans' i Beard is whoily, independent, al- though it is appointed by hmx.I FWS PARTY FINDS | . DEER SITUATION | iSupply Almost Exhausted-| | One Shop Has Already Rented 1,500 Qutfits { With Senate Memorial No. 1, l {though it would not be surprising seeking nullification by Congress red} 53 1if he also talks about his “fair iof any laws enacted by the pres- it 2 ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 18— |deal” domestic program as a foun- ent special session, still under dis- |cussion yesterday afternoon, R E.' Robertson, Juneau attorney, was ex- itended the privilege of the Sen- !ate floor for the purpose of dis- ' cussing the measure Attorney Robertson said that he has lived in Alaska for 42 years and practiced law in tie Territory (for 35 years. In answer to a ques- ition by Senator Munz he said that { veel lebrations have dation for foreign policy. The critical feeding situation for|Naugural wesk £ ROy G i . . % icaused a run on rent Tuxedos her Yesterday Congress completed ac- deer seems to be much tetter than ™, " lov o the Washington Posi tion on a bill raising the Presi- 8f;the e of ;thoilagt opint, fog supply is almost ex- | dent's regular salary from $75,000 - '°hows the oording o, Msh and Whallte Bervedy s i [to $100,000 a year, and raising his ice observations last week-end. 170 gho, alone has rented 1500/ tax-free expense allowance from ‘The recent thaw and rain great-{, o yeservations have ceen $40000 to $90,000. ly improved the deer situation,”{p 4o 'hy telephone and telegraph| Tonight Mr. Truman and his commented W. A. Elkins, wildlife management supervisor. Elkins, with Urban ifrom all parts of the country. One|family are drawn into the storm ‘man even radioed from a plane. [of festivities that has begun roar- Martin M. Klein of Martin Man- ing here. They will break bread Liologist, and Robert Meek, PIot, ninos said an Oklahoma oil man!with 2,350 members of the Tru- covered Seymour Canal and Oliver |wno rented a full dress suit insisted [ man-Barkley Club at a formal din- C. Nelson, This flag- | is | just about fin- | al- | mittee concensus seemed to be near ;¢ disagrees R“.“m A}"tirn(;)y ,G::‘_ | agreement—that a personal proper- ¢ral Ralph Rivers regarding the Inl s 'ty exemption of $5,000 be allow- legality of the present special In et Friday on wearing | 9 They saw about 134 deer on the!qown collar: an unorthodox turn- | ner, j ‘That's only the beginning. To- ted instead of the $200 included in {session. | i abandonment today of their search (for three King Island Eskimo hunt- ers who were swept out to sea on an ice floe January 7. ! The search was dropped after To be an attendant at the wed-if,; Ajr Force planes made 14 ding of Miss Etolin Coulter and{fjonts of the area, assisted by John McAden at Wrangell Satur-|ihree natives and bush pilot Tex day night, Miss Marie Ratcliffe'zeigler The flights covered the was a passenger by Ellis Air Trans- 4 port from Juneau today. The Washington Merry - Go 73 Roun 'weamer prevented aerial search for several days after the hunters dis- By DREW PEARSON appeared. (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) - MARIE RATCLIFFE TO COULTER-McADEN WEDDING jrence Island, and to within 20 miles of the Siberian Coast. The Eskimos were hunting when Weather Bureau reports at the time indicated the wind may have 'ASHINGTON—There ‘has been |blown the men to Siberia. ’ a divorce between two of the big | names in Public Housing—Sen. Bob Taft, Ohio Republican, ds.WIh AI A;en Ell:nde:pum:?srl;n:n Der::- a‘ men ong crat. e o0 v o000 0000 4 . o for their not being re-employed on by fishermen. | Seattle-Alaska ships. : V\{E:’l‘wl;[‘snlful‘l&l;glp‘ : I D. L. Rotan, organizer of the fac- ® This data is fr 24-hour per- ® tion that broke away from the C.I.O. e ifod ending 6:3¢ am. PST. e et vat e In Juneau— Maximum, 35; e ° ® minimum, 24. . < " _ have taken the action. o oy Adrport Maximum, 34 2| e group, which later aftiliated e F O'R ECAST . with the A. F. of L. was unsuc- . (Juneau and Vicinity) o aUL ocRQI e Fair and colder tonight and e g 5 : FRaT e Wednesday. Coldest tonight ® gaining rights on A12<kfl;(>.»t"§v ® near 15 degrees. Gusty o e northeasterly winds. . 'PI!ECII’I’I‘ATION.THREEESK'MOS @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® ® In Juneau — .30 inches; e OF KI“G ISlAND ® since Jan. 1, 14.06 inches; ol e since July 1, 8802 inches. e a5 e o1 BELIEVED LOST ® since Jan. 1, 692 inches; e/ ® since July 1, 55.70 inches. L e a2 . | NOME, Jan. 18.—#— Officials of @ o 0o 0o 0 0 o 0 ¢ o o o Marks Air Force Base announced! area from Point Hope to St. Law-[ an easterly wind pushed them toy sea on the ice cake. Unfavorable His own opinion, Robertson said, and the opinion of other attorneys He explained that'would give a |with whom he has conferred on the subject, is that the new mem- | the bill ¢= introduced. | | i fishermen, truckers and (bers of the legislature are not, others. jentitled to their seats until the Taylor said he and other com- {fourth Monday “of this month. immee members also agreed on re- ! ducing the valuation of unimproved |not examined the court decisions | mining claims to $100. The would jcited by the Attorney Gene mean one per cent tax on $100;said that he looked up a number instead of the original bill's pro-'of cases and found them inappli- 1 posal of two per cent on $300 valu- jcable to the present situation and I ation. Ithe language of the Organic Act. i McCutcheon predicted the prop-| In answer to questions by Sen- ierty tax bill could not pass ir its g sizeable, exemption to equipment oIi farmers, 1 (Continued on Page Six) ilic. Levies under the bill would | be on “true” values. lWlllIAM WAR"E { Several members of the com- i mittee suggested a lower starting ipoint for the tax so the ‘“bugs” could be worked out of it during! a trial for a biennium or so. McCutcheon estimated $80,000,000 IN JUNEAU, FEB. worth of cannery properties alone 6 jwould be a rich revenue source,{ William Warne, Assistant Secre- even at one per cent tax (equiv-|tary of the Interior, will attend a ialem to 10 mills). meeting of the Alaska Field Com- Rep, Glen Franklin, Fairbanks|Mittee in Juneau on February 14 |beaches and found only one dead, a| (parently in good condition, as had| 1Too, we cannot te sure it i 10 ATTEND MEET [BANQUET WILL BE | “Harry wears a str'pe in his bow morrow the President appears at faun, which apparently had fallen'tje” he snapped. “I guess I can|a Democratic party luncheon . . from a cliff above a steep bank, and ipe different, too.” ilhen a reception given by the broken its back. i | Governor of Misosuri . . . then a About 20 deer were seen !dinner of the Presidential electors remarkably close range—all u oprRoFEsSoR !, .. then a fantastic concert and | stage show known as the “Inaug- from | ap-; Robertson admitted that he had ibeen the faun. i fural Gala,” to be held in a huge “There, and around Thane, wherc' ADMITTED MEMBER |armory. al, but {we went the previous Sunday,” said { | On Thursday, the blg day. Mr. i | ; ter than we had expected. Of, oath at the Capitol for a four-year course, it can change over night | — !term, after having been President that | gparrim, Jan, 18.—P—Univer- |for 3 years, 9 mohth, and about 8 good between here and the ocean.”y . or washington Professor H, days. Then comes a mammoth The party observed a great manyj; "oy declared in a letter to!parade up Pennsy original form; that it would arouse | AT waterfowl, but could not make'\\. yniversity Daily yesterday that|the White House with volleys of too much opposition frop the pub- ; jcomparisons without figures f01]po pag peen a member of the Com- | War planes shooting across the previous yea; munist party for 13 years. |sky. “There is nothing about com-| Thjity Governors have accepted mitment to. such a program,” the |inyvftations to the inauguration, assistant professor of philosophy ! including the defeated Republican wrote, “that makes a person un“t?vtce-Presidm.nm candidate, GIVE" FoR SIIKA to teach American youth In any | Warren of California field in which he is qualified.” | “States' Righter J. Strom Thur- "‘ wED“E DAY Phillips later personally confirms imond also has accepted, but New | EAM, ed authorship of the letter. | Yoik's Governor Dewey has re- He said the American Communist [plied that he can't make the in- party does not advocate the doc- |auguration. trine of force and violence as a! Organized labor also will take means of social change, and thelpart in the inauguration proceed- The Boys' Club of the Juneau High School will be hosts to the Sit- nia Avenue to' Earl | fDemocrat, urged caution with the{2hd 15. The Ficld Committee wasika High Basketball team at a ban- For several years, their names have beerf linked on the controver- sial Taft-Ellender-Wagner Housing Bill which has never quite sneaked through Congress. Today, however, Ellender is leading a group of{ Democrats and Taft a group of | Waterfronts fo Gef Boost in Wage SEATTLE, Jan. 18. agreement granting waterfront i 4 z : {party’s constitution forbids the!ings. Major labor groups will be P iginally scheduled to meet inlquet tomorrow evening at the Sal-! | b 508 8 f::::;tym‘z:x hl;esause" ol be‘lo{re%;:mayn on February 9 but me:?non Creck Country. Club. mill |Overthrow of the government by represented in the parade. ~At| udgeon” by a later ; | force. {least six hope to have huge floats Legislature that might be so in- clined. He expressed favor. of in- come and business license taxes as the basis for the proposed new tax —iP— An|Pprogram. Rep. Clarence Keating, Anchor- Republicans in separate, though!watchmen a 15-cent hourly raise age Democrat and former Seward similar bills. Here is the inside story of what happened : The government housing agencies hatched a bill which they rushed over to Ellender’s office to be in- treduced in the very early days of the new sessfon. The Senator from | Louisiana promptly phoned Tanl and invited him to join as co- sponsor. first, but Ellender insisted upon in- troducing it that same day. So Taft asked for an explanation of the bill over the phone. (Continued on Page Four) International Longshoremen’s .and Warehousemen’s union. William Gettings, Regional ILWU director, said the contract, covering independent Seattle waterfront |firms, will extend until June 15, the old scale{assure their bearing their share. 1951. He reported was $1.30. - | SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 18—M—lering the proposed property Taft wanted to study the bill Marines who will igvade Kodiak!wnhout serious consideration. Island in Alaska maneuvers start- ed eating more today. Four meals a day instead of three iwas reported yesterday by the CIOjMayor, declared people moving into cax-free zones outside of cities, while still expecting city services, are bringing “a dangerous situa- tion” in school and other revenue fields. He said the general prop- erty tax is the equitable way to Frank Angerman, Fairbanks Democrat, cautioned against low- tax He suggested it would be easier to 'start higher and drop down if the were ordered for the 2,000 men of the Seventh Battalion’s combat team. revenue were not needed than to drop the devy and then have to raise it in the next legislature * The House met at 2 p. m, today. meeting date was changed to ac- iwmmodfllt‘ Mr. Warne. }in charge of arrangements for the, T {in the procession | This is the third meeting of the|dinner. iAlASKA HIGHWAY ‘ T BETS Field Committee, which was organ-| 1f the Sitka ball players arrive| ! 3 {ized in August. Kenneth J. Kadowlearly tomorrow afternoon, it is | SIO(K uuuiA"o"s lis chairman of the Committee and|pianned to hold a welcome assem- GOOD FOR IRAVEI. | ; | lmeml;pn of the Committee are alllpy 4t the High School in mm! A PR Y Alsska Diectors, 0f -uBRTICRE 8 honor. The Crimson Cubs Pep Club | DE(lARE 3 ME 1ing quotation of Alaska Juneau Interior agencies, and Gov. Emest'm the High School will stage a bas- | B & sk today Is 3%, Amerioah jQrueng {ket social and dance on Friday| SEATTLE, Jan. 18—#— John Can 9%, Anaconda 3i'., Curuiss- B Inight immediately following theiMackessy, Anchorage, Alaska, con- | Wright 8%, International Harvest- ! 3 {game. Sheila MacSpadden is head |struction worker, and two compan- er 27, Kennecott 5%, New York 'BABY u"'( ls SE] of the Pep Club. }wn.’ have arrived in Seattle af-!Central 12%, Northern Pacific 16, At press time this afternoon, nolter driving by automobile from An- U. §. Steel 71, Pound $4.03% | FOR TOMORROW A, M. | Parents with bables over six "months or small children who have not been immunized are reminded of the regular monthly immuniza- tion clinic to be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock in the Public Health Center, 318 Main Street. Dr, C. C. Carter, City Health Officer, will be in charge of the clinic, | Graves, President of the Cluz, is |word had bgen received from Sitka chorage via the Alaska Hlxhwuy.i Sales today were 710,000 shares. lon the actual time: of arrival of the {and Mackessy scoffed at any sug-| Averages today are as follows 'team. Arrangements are being made gestion that this was a rather |industrials 18053, rails 5309, util- to house the students in private remarkable dead-of-winter feat. |ities 34.58 homes. | “The Alcan Highway was clear | - ——————— ‘of snow and in fine shape,” Mack- | IN ON PNA At one point the Wood River, essy said “In fact, the only! Mrs. Bessie Quinton and Howard in Idaho is 100 feet wide and four trouble we had came after we hit Quinton of Grants Pass, Ore., came feet deep, while not far away it the states Ito Juneau yesterday aboard PNA runs through -~a gorge where it “It was pretty icy between Great from Anchorage and are staying is 100 feet deep and four feet wide. Falls and Spokane.” at the Baranof Hotel ugural Proposals TICKETS NOT EXEMPT FOR TAX PAYMENT |Senate Pu'smCVri;rp in Plans -House Measure Kill- | ed by %47-44 Vote ASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—P— |The Senate voted 47 w0 44 today against exempting inaugural parade jand ball tick from federal amusement taxes The action was a stunning up- jsct to the administration and killed {a House-approved bill to exempt | them. t | Democratic leaders were heaten in a series of maneuvers in which they hoped to get the action re- | considered while Republicans aimed |to clinch it The result left up in the air the |question of what will be done about thousands of dollars worth of tick- jets already sold without collection |of taxes, © Tickets have been sold to seats |along the rcute of the inaugural parade and to an inaugural ball. The Senate also rejected a pro-. |posal to exempt state and county agricultural fairs from taxes on jadmission tickets. Senator Baldwin (R-Connr made the proposal as an amendment to a resolution to exempting inaug- jural tickets from. the amusement llevy. The resolution already has House approval, In the House, Democratic lead- (er McCormack (Mass), sald he yhopes for a vote next week to raise the nation’s minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. GOP Leader Martin protested that a (bill of such importance should have {fall committee study Tirst. Meanwhile, the administration proposed a stop-gap six months ex- tension of the voluntary-agreements anti-inflation law which the GOP | majority put through the last Con- jgress. The act expires Feb. 28. Chairmain Spence (D-Ky) of the {House Banking Committee sdid the plan is to give Congress time to study President Truman's broader , economic program. In addition to the six-months extender on other economic legislation, he offered a bill to keep export controls in ef- fect until June 30, 1951. D C(OOKING CLASS WITH MALE MEMBERS ONLY | STARTED AT SCHOOL { | Cooking minus all feminine ifrills and fripperies will be taught lat the Juneau High School this | semester with class. enrollment lim- ited to boys only. Miss Regina Ann Hauser will instruct the class. Two other new courses have been added o the curriculum this sem- lester! commercial law, taught by (Miss Emily Dean; and sociology, instructed by Dwight L. Dean. Registration for the new semes- ter will be held at the school to- Imormw. | e > - PAA T RESUME | SUNDAY SCHEDULE 10, FROM SEATILE Resumption of Sunday service be- tween Seattle and Juneau effective February 1, was announced by Pan American World Airways today by ‘Dismct Sales Manager Fred Dunn. This PAA move will give Junecau jeeven-day flight service instead of ltln- present six, and marks a return {to summer flying schedules. | The Pan American’s Sunday (schedule was dropped early in Oc- | tober > — /INSTALLATION OF | OFFICERS OF ELKS | TOMORROW NIGHT Otficers will be installed at the regular meeting of Juneau Lodge No. 420, BPO Elks Wednesday eve- ning Officers elected .to fill vacancies |last week and who will be install. ed are Wallis S. George as Esteem- 'ed Lecturing Knight. Past District Deputy Grand Ex- alted Ruler John H. Walmer will be acting Grand ExaMed Ruler for the installation.