The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,101 H TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE OPEN COMMUNITY BUILDING IS FINANCED Juneau’s Community Building is assured, with announcement today ALASKAN BANKERS FORM TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATION HERE Meeting in Juneau today and Tuesday are bankers organizing the Alaska Bankers' Association on a Territorial-wide basis for the first time. There were five bank executives present at the opening by Keith G. Wildes, chairman of the! meeting held on Saturday in the JUNEAU, ALASKA, MOND o SEVEN BILLS ENACTED BY . LEGISLATURE The Nineteenth Legislature, in ex- {traordinary session;, chalked up a butting average of 380 by enacting Tariff Ad Repeal Is (alledFor | (Truman Makes Demand on! AY, JANUARY 24, 1949 NATIONALISTS ARE WITHDRAWING IN THREE CHINA AREAS PrepareFFighi On If Present Peace Overfures Are Turned Down (By The Associated Press) —_ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS COLD WAVE, WASHINGTON, Temperalum_s"Tumble to 20 Below Zero in PRICE TEN CENT? 3 PROFESSORS: U WASHINGTON, REPORTED FIRED M.SO OREGON’Are Accused of Former or Present Communist Party Membership SEATTLE, Jan. 24—(®—In an ac- finance committee, that the full amount of $300,000 has been sub- scribed. The goal was reached after a “fly- ing team” gave a final spurt Sat- urday to the intensive community drive. The Community Building will be just that, in fact as well as in name, for more than 100 investors are represented in the total financ- ing. ‘This is the first step in meet- ing requirements of the U. 8. Coast Guard for establishment of 17th District (Alaska) Juneau. The building is to be ready for ‘occupancy July 1. It is understood that Harold B. Foss, Juneau architect and a mem- ber of the committee, is conferrin with Coast Guard officlals today in Headquarters in; g1 Cordova; City Hall. The association is pat- terned along the lines of the state banking associations. At the opening meeting on Sat- ‘urday afternoon a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws Rasmuson, Anchorage; Marshall Crutcher, Kodiak, and Harvey Brown, Sitka. Presiding officer at the meetings is J. F. Mullen, pres- ident of the B. M. Behrends Bank. Today’s session opened at 1 o'clock j{in the City Hall. Visiting bankers are Harvey Brown, Bank of Sitka; Marshall Crutcher, Bank of Kodiak; Elmer E. Rasmuson, Anchorage; C. E. Craft, Bank of Ed Locken, Bank of Petersburg; Walter Mitchell, vice- ipresident of the National Bank of was chosen, consisting of Elmer E.| Bank of Alaska at! seven of the 18 ‘measures intro- duced during the 17 days. Fourteen of the measures originated in the ]House, including 11 bills and three joint resolutions. The Senate ronly four measures of its own, three none of them, voting down two and allowing two to die in commit- | tee. { The House passed 11 of its own measures, allowed three to die in committee and had three more! shelved by the Senate, one of them | by request of its author. Only one of the bills enacted, the Net Income Tax Bill, was of a bastc nature. A second basic bill, the General Property Tax Bill, was held !I)efore it was finally shoved along to the Senate, latter had | bills and a memorial, and passed|on Congress .today to repeal the {Ly the House until the 15th dayjMittee will Congress—Rent Control - . Thousands of plodding National- Bill Is Infroduced fu troops. snowing no sign tnat —_— any fight was left in them, were WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—(®—ireported withdrawing from the; President Truman renewed his esll | Nanking, Shanghai and Hangchow | areas of China today. They may 1948 Republican-sponsored tariff act|be enroute to Chekiang Province, and revive the old reciprocal trade|Where Chiang Kai-shek is in at law “without hampering restric-|least temporary retirement. tions.” ‘The Nationalist government con- | At the same time, the Senate got|tinued the southward removal of | Lusy on a drive to kill the filibus-|its ministries “in order to fight ter, the weapon Southern Senators|o" if Communist peace terms are' {have relied upon to talk to deathito0 harsh to be acceptable” a Mr. Truman’s civil rights program.|government spokesman said. The) Chairman Hayden (D-Ariz) of|&overnment’s Director of Infor- Ithe Senate Rules Committee pre-|Mation said Chiang is still Presi- dicted that a majority of the com-[dent of China and Vice President One Place SPOKANE, Jan. 24.—(®—Twenty telow zero temperatures struck Cen- tral Washington and Northern Ida- ho today. The weather bureau said the low- est Wash'ngton temversture re- ported early this mcrning was 20 below at Ellensburg. However, low- er readings might be reported later today. Moscow, Idaho, had a low of 21 below. It was 36 below at nearby Princeton, and 38 kelow at Bovill, according to unofficial readings. Other minimums included 10 be- recommend action m‘Ll Tsung-jen is serving as Acting {President only because Chiang is! prevent future filibusters. _ absent irom his seat of govern- | However, even if it passes thel low at Spokane, 8 below at Yaki- ma, zero at Walla Walla and Lew- iston, 11 below at Couer D'Alene, | Inon described by University of Washington President Raymond B Allen as “unique in educational his- Jtory,” the University’s Board of iRegents has fired three professors accused of former or present Com- munist party membership. Three others were placed on two year's probation. Dr. Allen, whose recommenda- tions were borne out by the re- ' decision, gaid he would lay e before the American Asso- ciation of .University Professors. The dismissals are effective Feb- ruary 1. The decision was called a blow ‘c!“l’s" by the three discharged | professors. 5 to academic freedom and civil lib-; Herbert J. Phillips, assistant pro- OFFICERS OF BOTH HOUSES ARE ELECTED {Gunn ardfidehreth and Stanley McCutcheon Will Preside ell_egislature With the groundwork laid by agreements reached during the spe- cial session, organization of the twa jtodies of the Nineteenth Legisla- lture moved smoothly and swiftly |this morning. Lew M. Williams, Secretary of Al- |aska, convened the House a few |minutes after 10 o'clock, then mov- jéd on to convene the Senate. The imembers of both bodies had taken |their caths of office at the open- i'ng of the special session and that 'formality was not repeated today. Rep: Stanley McCutcheon was |elected Speaker pro tem in the ‘House and his election as Perma- nent Speaker quickly followed. John Washington, D. C., on arrange- 7 giving the s (Commeree, Seattle; and Andrew | ment and unable to serve. ;and 9 below at Bonners Ferry, Ida- ment of floor space. With Wildes and Foss on the committee are J. S. MacKinnon, J. A. McLean, George A. Parks, N. C. Banfield and Wallis George. The Community Building recemlyl was incorporated. Finance Chairman Wildes said today: “Members of the committee are extremely happy and proud to re- port to the citizens of Juneau that the community building to house the this important job successfully com- pleted and are proud of the citi- zens of Juneau for the way they have supported this important pro- ject. It is one of the most worth- while projects that the community;the Legion Dugout, and the invita- ' cense and l_mpose a tax on contrac-! The President’s proposal is ex- has had the opportunity to supportition to visiting Legionnaires and 'tors. Died in Senate committee. and put over in many years. “It was felt the committee had a deadline and it was & ‘must’ to put|business of some importance relat- ments. Died in Senate Committee.|backing to get the kind of trade this project over and, therefore, somz of the committee have sub- scribed quite heavily to the invest-{tion, a large attendance is urged. ment. It was impossible for the com- mittee to contact all the business-;ments of the usual attractive variety | men and property owners in Junecau. Without doubt, there will be some who have not had the opportunity to invest and it is still possible for them to obtain small amounts, and join with the hundred-odd investors now in. “Not only at present, but much more so in the future, a citizen of Juneau who is a businessman or property-owner, will be very proud and happy to feel that he contrib- uted his share to the success of the Nerland, director of the First Na- tional Bank of Fairbanks. Local financial executives attend- Coast Guard Headquarters is fl-! nanced. They are happy to have( ing the meeting are: Mr. Mullen and A. B. Phillips of B. M. Beh- rends Bank and Earle Hunter and G. E. Cleveland of the First Na- itional Bank of Juneau. AMERICAN LEGION 10 HOLD MEETING TONIGHT IN HALL The Juneau Post Number 4, Amer- ican Legion, will conduct its regu- |iar meeting of the week tonight in, S.B. 1, by Senator Jones, to li-|negotiations this spring. body only two days in which tol committee, 17 southern senators have | served notice they will fight anyj jmove to limit debate on the senate :floor. That may touch off a filitus~ i consider it. Even the Net Income Tax Bill had islower handling in the House, where it was introduced on the second {day of the session, but was not pass- {ed along to the Senate until the 10th day. It was passed by the Sen- ‘ate on the 16th day of the Session. ter against the anti-filibuster pro- posal. TARIFF ACT ATTACK Mr. Truman'’s new attack on the {GOP Tariff Act, passed by the Re- i publican-controlled 80th Congress |last year, came in a letter to Chair- !man Doughton (D-NC) of the House Ways and Means Committee as the house grcup opened hearings on Most of the measures tnai died or were voted down in the special session are expected to be reintro- iduced in the regular session, which ‘opened at 10 o'clock this morning.|the trade program. | The following are the measures! The Prasident declared that curbs jintroduced during the special ses-[enacted by the Republicans when | ,slon: {they commanded a majority threat-| en the effectiveness of world trade ' SENATE MEASURES { i :pected to run into stout resistancs The Communists, with victory piled upon victory, were in con-, trol of virtually all China north of the Yangtze River. Pelping surrendered Saturday. | The Communist radio, meanwhile, | assailed what it called the “hypo- . critical peace offensive” of the' Nationalists under Li. It urged a coalition “united under the lead- ership of the Communist party” and emulating “our friend and neighbor, the Soviet Union.” China’s former Premier, T. V. Soong, who just announced his re- tirement as governor of Kwantung Province, arrived by plane in Hong Kong and asked for police pro- tection. He is high on the Chinese Communist list of “war criminals.” -, i i ho. . Coastal towns had cold weather fessor of philosophy; Joseph But- | Hedde was named again as Chiet terworth, associate professor in the English Department, and Ralph | Clerk of the House Lut Jack Carlyle of Douglas was appointed Sergeant- teo. It was 14 deprzes in Seattle.:(‘nundlach, associate professor of at-Arms in place of William Auld i OREGUN WEATHER ‘ PORTLAND, Jan, 24—(®— The| warmest place in Oregon today was! six degrees below freezing, and the weatherman declared that Oregon's winter has whack.” One of the longest cold spellsjpflrty members. The Board ruled . on record grew worse today, giv- ing Baker a temperature of 24 de- grees telow zero, Gilchrist 33 be- low zero, and Brookings—the warm- est town—26 above zero. __ psychology. Phillips and Butterworth said they had appealed to the AAUP. The other three are Harold L. Eby, professor of English; Garland Ethel, assistant professor of Eng- lish, and Melville Jacobs, associate “got plumb out olfprorcssur of anthropology. All have' .said they were once Communist ithey must sign afiidavits that they are not party members now. The accusations resulted from a hearing by the legislative Un- ! American Activities xmittee here For the second ‘time this winter, last summer., Al six were called 'Ecnneville Power Administration before the committee. was forced to cut frequency, in or-! Dr. Allen has left Seattle for veterans has been extended by Ches-| S.B. 2, by Senator Engebreth, to ter Zenger, Post Commander. As ing to the program of the organi-! S.B. 3, by Senator Barr, to in- ization is to come up for considera-|crease the motor fuel oil tax to {4 cents per gallon. Killed by vote Following the meeting refresh- Of the Senate. Senate Memorial 1, by Senators will ke served, with Charles Evitts Jones and Munz, asking that Con- and Ned Zenger as the comminee:grem invalidate legislation passed in charge. |by the special session. Killed by ————— |vote of the Senate. 'license and tax business establish-: ALASKA POTTERS WILL MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY | The Alaska Potters will meet| ion Wednesday evening, February | 2 at 8 o'clock in the Town Halll‘ Recreation Center. This will be, the first meeting of the group fol- | lowing its Christmas recess. i(rom GOP lawmakers. But the Pres- ident apparently has sufficient Mecalfs Entertain | At Country Club act he wants. RENT CONTROL BILL An administration bill calling for jextension of rent controls to March 131, 1951, was introduced in both the {house and the senate. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Metcalf ,entertained Sunday evening with a party at the Salmon Creek Country l Senator Maybank, (D-SC) and Club. At the candlelit dinner table ' |Rep. Spence (D-Ky.) offered theiwere Gov. and Mrs. Ernest Gruen- ibills in the senate and house, re-iing, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Riv- {spectively. They are chalrman of ers, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Jermain,’ der to save enough electric power for the late afternoon peak. The frequency was lowered a half a cycle, which means that house- holders’ electric clocks may run a bit slow. The City of Portland, which rare- ly drops much below freezing, re- corded a minimum of 10 degrees. STOCK SUFFERING ‘The worst winter in years is reap=-, ! Washington. He sald he plans to jdiscuss the case with executive officers of the AAUP. o — > .Capl. Peferson, Pilot 0f Alaska Steamships, IPasses A!laly, Seatfle HOUSE MEASURES HB. 1, bty Ways and Medns Com- mittee, to levy a net income tax. Passed by both houses and approv-|years from next March 31, expira- | ed by the Governor. ticn date of the present act, the| H.B. 2, by Ways and Means Com- |new bill would tighten and broaden mittee, to levy a general property|rent restrictions. tax. Passed by the House, died iny — et —— ilhe banking committees of the two' chambers. Besides extending the controls two Secretary Lew Williams, Senator | Victor C. Rivers and two women members of the House of Repre- sentatives, Mrs. Amelia Gunder- sen and Mrs. Doris Barnes. - — ing a grim harvest in the cattle SEATTLE, Jan. 24.—(P— Capt. raising areas of the West today. Up- jonn g, Poterson, 65, who served wards of a million head of cattle 44 4 pilot on ships in these parts ‘and sheep are stranded in huge ,ng Alaska, died Sunday. | snow drifts, facing death from star- Born in the San Juan Islands 1vation. Roads are tlocked, and more'pe jiveq in Seattle for the 40 years, :tmer cold and snow are on the (e 1ast 22 of which he was a pilot {way to create blizzard conditions. g5 Alagkq Steamship Company. He Following a business meeting, | STEAMEK MOVEMENTS Community Building. It will be a{Mrs. Florence Holmquist will give landmark and a big step forward|instructions in the making of fig- for Juneau.” i urines. —ee——— — - S. S VESSEL NORMA SOLD SIo(K ouo“ilo"s Walter Hellan, Deputy U. 3 Marshal, went to Hoonah Friday NEW YORK, Jan, 24—{®—Clos- to- conduct the Government's sale ing quotation .of Alaska Juneau |Of the gas screw vessel Norma. The mine stock today is 3%, American |Craft went to the Icy Straits Sal- Can 89%, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss- |mon Co., mortgagee, for $7,500. Wright 8%, International Harvest- | Fred Eastaugh, representing Rob- er 26%, Kennecott 54, New York |ertson and Monagle, made the pur- | | the Senate. o! HB. 3, hyRep,Jemen.TolevyaI: s R el B ! jtax on raw fish and fishery pro- o tducts. Died in the House. i. H.B. 4, by Rep. Jensen. To in- . crease the license tax on fish traps. (Passed by the House, died in the | Senate. HB. 5, by Rep. Jensen, to in-| crease fishermen’s license fees and create a Board of Fisheries. Died in the House. HB. 6, by Rep. McCutcheon, to WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour per- jod ending 6:3¢ am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 22; minimum, 13. At Airport— Maximum, 22; minimum, 9. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Snow tonight. Lowest tem- LR | 0] o . b o o ol Is Baranof, from Seattle, scheduled | to arrive sometime Tuesday night. to arrive Tuesday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver January 27. Alaska, from Westward, is due to arrive at 6 o'clock tonight and sails south two hours Ilater at 8 o'clock. e HUNSAKERS LEAViNG JUNEAU FOR SOUTH In Nevada alone, which is ngt' the hardest hit of the states, aI stockmen’s association official saysi he expects a 50 per cent loss among ! 135000 cattle. That means about! 115,000 beef animals may be frozen' jor starved to death. The official,' George Swallow, of Ely, expects 50,- | 000 sheep to perish, too, on Nevadai ranges. i Western Utah-is the worst off. {Vast numbers of cattle are being (lost on the eastern edge of the {state’s great basin. And the snow-| spent many of his early years on the Yukon River. land D. Niffen, who has been serv- ,ing as mimeograph operator in the ‘Senate toller room, was named Bill Clerk in the House boiler room. ! ROCKY ROAD AHEAD | In taking over the gavel after having first been named temporary speaker ang then permanent speak- er, Rep. McCutcheon said ,it was a very proud moment,” and added: “From now on there is a rocky 'road ahead. Schools must be buiit; puklic welfare and other tasks loom large ahead.” The' ‘committee for. seiection ot committees in the Housz was com- 'posed of Reps. Rydeer, Conrizht, Dale and Barnes—one from each division. Speaker McCutcheon named Rep- 1esentative Dor's Barnes, Jack Con- right and Frank G. Johnson to no- tify the Governor that the House had organized and was ready to do business and sent Reps. Glen Franklin, Andrew Hope and Amelia Gundersen to the Senate with the same message. % ‘The House Committes on Com- mittees completed committee ap- (pointments this morning just before the body went into another of its frequent executive sessons. LYNG TAKES CHAIR | Secretary of Alaska Lew Williams, jafter convening the Senate, called for nominations for President pro 'tem. | Senator Charles D. Jones, Nome, Reputlican, offered the name of i Sen, ator Howard Lyng, saying: “In Survivors include his mother, Mrs. ¢ . knowledge of the fact that the Edward Ewing, 90, and a sister, Mrs. St emocratic membh & Edward Keehn, both of Bellingham. o coties ™ &;;:;r";‘yg;s i g I ;drawal of his name in the contest for President pro tem in the special AC(IDE"IS IAKE |zession, the Republican members of MANY LIVES SUN. the Senate feel that a like courtesy (By The Associated Press) 1is due fronr us and have consented that I, a fellow member from the Second Division, state that as Re- putlicans we are ready and willing Central 12%, Northern Pacific 17, U. S. Steel 73%, Pound §4.03%. Sales today were 850,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 180.83, rails 53.58, util- ities 35.01. — e e AT THE GASTINEAU George Bojanich of Fairbanks is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—For some time, Government scientists at the Agri- culture Department’s experimental station at Beltsville, Md. have been trying to determine if the same atomic forces that take life can be utilized to give life. Par- ticularly they are testing out ra- dioactive fertilizer to see if it will ichase for the judgment creditor, ] — eees { DR. SMITH RETURNS Dr. Joyce D. Smith, dentist, re- turned Saturday via PAA from Se- attle after a brief business trip. IMrs. Smith, who spent the holi- |eograph machines; days in the south, also returned to {her Juneau home. —— .- — COMING ON BARANOF Expected to arrive tomorrow night aboard the Baranof are three Wrangefl residents—Mrs. Harry Coulter, Mrs. Lew Williams and Fred G. Hanford, a former Repre- sentative. .- — HOUSING MAN HERE E. Glen Wilder, director of the Alaska Housing Authority, arrived in Juneau yesterday and is staying at the Baranof Hotel. His head- quarters are in Anchorage. ., — FROM SEATTLE M. C. Hickey of Seattle is stay- ling at the Baranof Hotel. SITKA RESIDENT * HERE ladopt the 1949 compiled laws as the Code of Alaska. Passed by both houses and signed by the governor. HB. 7, by Printing and Purchas- ing Committee, ' to /b\¥: typewriters land pay a talance due'ofitwo mim- /s by both houses and signed; by ‘the Governor. H.B. 8, by Rep. Beltz, to increase ithe school tax to $10.50. Passed by the House, died in the Senate. l HB. 9, by Rep. Owen, to in- 4 crease the license fee for lobbyists. Passed by the House, withdrawn in the Senate at the request of the author. H.B. 10, by Rep Taylor, to estab- lish uniform business and trade licenses. Died in the House. H.B. 11, by Ways and Means Com- mittee, raising the per diem allow- ance of legislators from $7 to $15 per day. Passed by both houses and signed by the Governor. H.J.R. 1, waiving for employees of the legislature the law prohibiting payment of compensation to aliens. Passed by both houses and signed by the Governor. perature near 20 degree: Clearing with snow flurrie Tuesday. Easterly to north- easterly winds occasional- ly as high as 29 mph. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — .08 inches since Jan. 1, 1431 inches; since July 1, 8827 inches. At Airport — .02 incheg; since Jan. 1, .6.96 inches; lo since July 1, 55.75 inches. o o e r s = e c o0 e HEALTH COUNCIL TONIGHT; OFFICERS WILL BE ELECTED Officers for the coming year will be elected at this evening’s meet- ing of the Gastineau Health Coun- cil, at 8 oclock in the Juneau Health Center. Present and form- er members of the Council, as well as all interested persons, are invit- ed to attend. The BCG vaccination against tuberculosis, soon to be offered to Juneau residents, will be discuss- o jowner of the Purity Bakery, hav-[have been piled ub by the winds. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hunsaker flndllall is continuing today without 4 'sign of letup. children, Diana, Keith and Brian,, i are passengers south on the Alaska ! ‘The sltuauop is also critical in for. Portland, Ore., where they will |Parts of Wyoming and the western make their future home. Iplains area. Snow depths of three Mr. Hunsaker was iormerly part|feet are commoen. But huge drifts: —— e — WILLIAM J. WAGNER OF ing sold his interest last September. For the past three months he has been associated with the Loyd C. Jchnson Bakery Supply in Port- land. He was on a trip to Mis- ABS HERE 0" BUSINESS soula on business and was delayed there so did not arrive in Juneau{ yyjiam J. Wagner, general man- until last Tuesday, coming here vlu.nger of the Alaska Broadcasting | PAA to take his family south. |company and owner of radio sta-| ,The Hunsakers have resided In| ., RINY arrived in Juneau Sat- Juneau for the past several years|yrgay via P.A.A. from Ketchikan, and will miss the friends made.‘He will spend several days here. They sold their home here to Mr., g qying the operation of the local | and Mrs. George A. Stragler of|gation; conferring with John Ash- Douglas. baugh, KINY manager; and renew- L TR e ing" his acquaintance with many BLAKE KINNEAR INJURED | jypeau businessmen and other resi- | Having crossed Chatham Straits through high seas, the Fish and Wildlife Service craft, Grizzly iserious accidents Idents. Much of Wagner's time over | the weekend was spent at the or-| ganizational meeting of the Alaska (POURd from Minneapolis to increase crop yields. ! So far no increase in soil fer-| 9Jack Cor;way. i};ror:fln;:\l b\:sln:hu tility has shown up, but Agticul-lman of s¢k°1< staying a e ture Secretary Charles Brannan hag | Baranof Hotel. e —_—————————— ::‘;x‘::czed k'“s felentias, 1o keen The Indonesian Republic’s con.' Another phase of atomic farm ;flct ::n;e : (hemm::c;‘: :;:&n b; i::m “;‘t l‘!,iox;::swufln;n;zr: ‘:‘:& lasked by the Aslan Conference at | Other orops treated with radioactive |New. Delhi. Security Council de- | —_ !bate on Indonesia is scheduled for (Continued on Page Four) | tomorsow. i ,HJR. 2, appropriating funds for expenses of the special session. Passed by both houses and signed by the governor. HJR. 3, providing for payment of salary to members who were late in arriving at the session. Passed by both houses and signed by the Governor. APPRECIATION EXPRESSED During the closing minutes of led by Dr. Duncan M. Chalmers of the Alaska Department of Health, and a new Disney film on tubercu- shown. ! B g s | losis will be i BASKIN TO KETCHIKAN Stanley Baskin, Assistant U, 8. Attorney, plans to leave on the' ‘Alns at Ketchikan, after spending nears Jy a week here on special business | the Department, for (Continued on Page Three) Bead, still had to fight to make| port today after her engineer was put aboard an Alaska Coastal Air- lines afrplane. | Engineer Blake Kinnear suffer-| ed a bad hand laceration in the | battle with weather and water, xnl which the vessel lost its outboard motor. ship at Hawk Inlet. ‘The Grizzly Bear was returning from a FWS patrol, i Associated Press Members Associa- | tion because as owner of five broadcast and one shon-wnvei transmitter, he is the Territory’s | biggest user of Associated Press news. * Wagner announced today that Governor Gruening’s “State of the There have been a number of in this country and overseas. " In Toledo, Ohio, a navy plane crashed and buwrned just east of the municipal airport last night. {Two crew members were killed, The pilot was critically injured. The craft was a twin-engine plane based at Glenview Naval Air Station, Il- L'nofs. In a plane crash at Andrews Field, Maryland, two me: were killed and five were injured late last night. The plane, a C-45, was based at Bolling Field, in Washington. At the time of the crash, it was mak- ing its third landing attempt on ground-controlled approach. The plane was returning from New York on a flight proficiency test At Marble Rock, Towa, more than a score of persons were injured. three seriously, when a stream- liner and a freight train collided head-on. The Zephyr-Rocket was St. Louis, In Nagoya, Japan and a Japanese were d and an American woman was injured criticlly when an electric train hit their jeep yesterday. States Pifth Air Force reported the accident today. -oo Americans Territory” message will be broad- Alaska Broadcasting Company at 10:45 Tuesday morninz Juneau time, ) same platform in Rome today, and both said ‘that Russia wants and lneeds peace, The United! - The number one Communists of | ka tonight to rejoin the court| He was put aboard the flying cast direct to all stations of the Italy and France spoke from the !to support Senator Lyng for Presi- |dent pro tem and if it is acceptable to the Democratic members to al- low me to present Senator Howard Lyng's name as the unanimous choice of the Senate for President \pro tem.” | ENGEBRETH NAMED Senator Lyng was escorted to the cha'r by Senators Barr, MacKenziz, Jones and Rivers. Mrs. Bonnie Jo 1Grenroos was elected temporary !Secretary of the Senate and the Iname of Senator Gunnard Enge- breth was placed in nomination by 1Senator Anita Garnick and the inominations were closed. ‘The procedure went so swiftly and smoothly that Senator Engebreth jexpressed doubt that he had been (Continued on Page Sto i ———tr— Disastrous Fire At Regina, Sask. | REGINA, Sask, Jan. 24—P— | Forty-four of the city’s 60 buses jand trolleys were reported lost in a fire at a barn yesterday. Supplies and equipment were des- !!rnyed and the office and barn damaged. At an emergency meeting, the City Council made arrangements to rent 16 Saskatchewan goverh- ment buses, some army vehicles and buses from independent companies, !