The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1949, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,107 Alaska Defenses RAW FiSH TAXBILL HELD UP By JIM HUTCHESON The raw fish tax bill ran onto a temporary detour in the House this morning but the bill for stiffer lob- byist registration fees won quick approval by unanimous vote | The latter bill calls for a basic| registration fee of $100 for non- resident representatives of mon- Alaska firms, but leaves the fee at $10 for resident representatives of Alaska firms. It was introduced by Rep. Alfred Owen, Jr, third di- | vision Democrat. It was passed by | the House previously in the special session. | The sidetracking of the raw fish tax kill came after some members expressed the belief that, combined | with other revenue measures, it| might put too heavy a load on the fishermen and d{ishing industry. Some said they wanted to see what the Senate did about the property tax bill first; others argued for sending it along to the Senate so the Senators would have it before them also in making its later decis- jons on an integrated tax program. Technically, the action the House took was to continue the measure in second reading. The members could pull it out for action tomorrow if they should desire. The vote was 14 to 10. The opening gun was fired by Rep. G. E. Almquist, Juneau Demo- crat. He proposed an amendment to make the tax on halibut and bot- tom fish one-half of one percent instead of one percent. Rep. James Nolan promptly mov- ed that the whole measure be con- tinued until a later date. “For myself,” he said, “I would be against this measure if a prop- erty tax is enacted by the Senate.” Almquist told the House: “We shouldn't weigh down one group too much. Fishermen already face the income tax now and may also have to pay a property tax. They talk about the fish buyers absorbing the tax, but we know it will be taken out of the fishermen.” House Speaker Stanley McCutch- eon left the chair to argue for delay in voting on final passage. He said additional representatives of fish- ing interests want to be heard, and should be. He emphasized that enactment of the bill<into law would be a major change in territorial taxation theory. VERSUS CASE TAX “We have to determine whether it is better than the case tax, which has been the main fishing industry tax in the past,” he declared. “This is of such importance that it should have a hearing before the House as a committee of the whole. ‘We should have the attorney general{w appear and he .should be cross-| examined closely on the effects of the bill. I am convinced it is a good | bill but not convinced it is better than the case tax.” The bill, in addition to the pro-| posed one percent op halitut, calls| for a four percent tax on canned salmon, based on 50 percent of the Seattle wholesale value, and one percent on salmon for other than canning. ; (Continued on Page Six) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) | | | | ASHINGTON— A highly im- portant off-the-record conference between the House Armed Services Committee and the top military advisers of the Pentagon building last week may have set the pattern for a new policy of attempted cooperation with Russia. The United States, the Congress- men were told, hopes to work out a temporary “economic agreement” with Russia. Furthermore, the State Depart- ment sees no immediate prospect of war with Russia. The Con. gressmen were even told that the Russians do not appear to be pre- paring for war. These statements are in amazing contrast to the type of informa- tion which was handed out by €ec- retary of Defense Forrestal’s office just about a year ago. At that time newsmen and Congressmen alike were told in hushed voices + (Continued on Page Four) SENATE MOVES IN HIGH GEAR, 0K'S 4 BILLS By BOB DeARMOND With its machinery clicking along in high gear this morning, the Sen- ate passed four bills, all of a noi- controve: votes. The would enable Eill, which municipalities in Alaska to partici- | pate in the Federal airports pro- gram was the subject of discussion by Mayor Senate. Mayor Hendrickson said that the Bill would probably not help the City of Juneau with its| airport problem, but that it would | not be injurious. “Even if the Federal government were to give us the field, we could not afford to accept it because of high maintenance costs,” the mayor said. Senator Barr, author of the meas- ure, explained that his Bill would merely enable municipalities to take advantage of matching funds of- fered by the Federal government for airport construction. Other measures passed by the Senate this morning were S.B. 5, to authorize banks to operate on a five-day week; S.B. 3 to amend and tighten up the law relating to pro- fessional nursing, and S.B. 7, amend- ing the Anti-discrimination Act. The latter eliminates the provis- lon of the present law that each day upon which a discriminatory sign is displayed in a business es- tablishment shall constitute a separ- ate offense. FISH TRAP MEMORIAL After rolling through the four Senate Bills without a. hitch, the senators struck a snag in HJ.M. No. 1, by Rep. Carlson, which asks the enactment by Congress of “leg- islation immediately abolishing fish traps.” Senator Frank Barr pointed out that this wording could be taken to mean immediate abolishment, and that this was not in line with the 10-year abolishment program ap- proved in the last General Election. He offered an amendment to change the wording and make it more spe- cific. Senator Collins said he assumed the Memorial referred to a Bill re- cently introduced in Congress by Delegate Bartlett and that he would like to see the Bill and learn just what the Memorial endorses. Senator Frank Peratrovich pro- duced a copy of the Bartlett Bill and copies will be made for the senators. Senate Joint Memorial 4, intro- duced this morning by Senator Howard Lyng, is addressed to the President and Congress and seeks a bonus of $15 on each ounce of gold produced in Alaska. The Me- morial points out that the mining industry has been in a precarious situation and that a revitalizing program is in order to help take up the slack after defense work ceases. Senate Bill No. 12, by Senator Anita Garnick, would establish equal pay for women, providing that “no employer shall discriminate in any way in thé payment of wages as be- tween the sexes, or shall employ any female in any occupation in the Territory at salary or wage rates less than the rates paid to male sial nature, by unanimous | Waino Hendrickson of | Juneau, who took the stand in the | JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS (old Wave Hits South; 40 Deaths (By The Associated Press) The weather picked on the south today. Snow, sleet and freezing rain glazed highways, threatened fruit, and disputed communications. A total of 40 deaths were attri- | buted to the weather in the south In Kentucky tour died in dents and five in fires blamed on overheated furnaces. | | Since Friday, 23 Texas doat have been directly or indirectly at tributed to the current coid wave. Temperatures fell to all-time lews in Texas and the crop-rich Rio Grande Valley reported mil- lions of dollars in vegetable and citrus losses. Heavy losses oi lambs and ewes were reported in central Texas. Open to A : DiplomatsAre f' | i i | P " . e ol 'Senator Aiken Raises Ob-{Kussian Leader Has Said | il ‘By The Associated Press) |at Senate hearings today that the!today Prime Minister Stalin’s lat- ing with strikes such as a walkout |pact” with President Truman. \fore the Senate Labor Committee ibefore and Mr. Truman has offered PROPOSED | Skeptical Over | | P - LABOR LAW. Stalin’ | . Jlalin's Pians . pections fo Measure | Similar Things Before | i . . . as Now Framed i But Nothing Doing © WASHINGTON, Jan. :u,-wt—l | Senator Aiken (R-Vt) complained | Diplomats studied with wary eyes | administration’s new labor bill has |est expression of willingness to dis- “hardly any teeth at ali” for deal- 'ou: American-Russian “peace by John L. Lewis’ mine workers. It was not a new idea. The Rus- { Secretary of Labor Tobin was be- !sian leader has said similar things idiscussing the new bill when Aiken /to meet him any time, in Washing- !raised that criticism. ton. The administration measure} Onemain question buzzed through would repeal the Taft-Hartley Law, 'the worlq capitals. Was Stalin's wiping out a section which lets |statement prompted by propaganda ny Major PRESIDENT, STALIN MAY MEET NOW, Russian Pri*n;é-Minister' Says There Is No Ob- tion to Conference By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Jan. 31.—(®— Prime| Minister Stalin’s latest pronounce-| ment has convinced many Russians their leader is going to meet Pres-| ident Truman. Foreign diplonmlhi here are much more caut:ous—even doubtful. The question: “Will Stalin and Truman meet?” is the gambit for| many conversations among the Mus- covites today and the answers fol- low the same pattern: “I belleve, they will.” H ,emergency landing yesterday PRICE TEN CENTS jor Attack GIANT AIRLNER INAVY BASES " i cowson INADEQUATE, ' DELAPIDATED Private PIaE@ashesHugei Admiral Says Alaska De- Craft at 4,000 Feet- Two Persons Dead gan. fenses Vulnerable to Major Attack NEW YORK, Jan. 31— A gi- By RALPH DIGHTON ant airliner, gashed open by a small private plane in a collision 4000 feet in the air, made KODIAK, Jan., 31.—®-- Alaska defenses are incapable of fighting lett any major attack, the com- mander of the Alaska Sea Frontier |declared here, and it is problemati- |cal when and if they will be im- | proved. l Rear Adm. Alfred E. Montgom- ery gave a press conference the following analysis of the Terri- tory's defenses: “Kodiak Is not actually in bad shape. We have permanent build- a safe with its load of 33 passengers uninjured ‘The two men in the private plane were killed, and parts of one body and pieces of their shattered craft showered down on Long Island The engine and front part of the private plane, the body of one of its occupants and part of the cody of the other were imbedded in a Jagged hole in the top of the four- engined Pan American World Air- ways Constellation, The planes crashed over Port i Below zero readings were l'l’l‘m’d-lthe government get 80-day court ed as far south as San Antonio. |injunctions to prevent nationalj Winter stretched its icy blanket |emergency strikes. President Tru- | from the Ohio River to the Gulf ,man used that section against a of Mexico with Arkansas the;coal strike last year. hardest hit. | In place of that section, the The west, however, remained the ' administration measure would sub- major scene of weather trouble.|stitute a 30-day voluntary cooling The army, attacking snow drifts, off procedure. The President wouid sent its bulldozers driving toward ask the workers to stay on the job ! each other from east and west to ' / An American newsman asked Stal-| Washington, N. Y., and Captain in, in writing: ;'(‘wmge Knuth skillfully landed the “Would your excellency be prepar-!battered Constellation at Mutchell ed to confer with President Truman | Field, about ten miles away. at a mutually suitable place to d :»l The collision occurred a few min- cuss the possibility of conclumngiuhs after the airliner, “Monarch ot such a pact of peace?” jthe Skies,” had left La Guardial STALIN'S KEPLY 'Field for London carrying 23 pas-| Stalin’s reply yesterday was: | S€NSers and ten crew members. “I have already stated before that! The dead are Arthur Dutting, 57, ings and facilities. We would need principally some improvements on our airfields and in quarters for personnel. “Adak, some 900 miles west of here in the Aleutian Chain, has only temporary structures, however. {The docks are falling apart and {the Quonset huts are rotting. “Imporvements such as these clear roads as 'quickly as possible to get food and fuel to isolated people. LIONS MAKE PLANS FOR BB TOURNAMENT With the big Lion-sponsored Gold Medal Basketball Tourna- ment a short three weeks hence, Harry Sperling, head of the com- mittee in charge of arrangements, called. on Lions today to work hard in winding up last minute de- tails on the project. Tomorrow will be the deadline for Southeast Alaska teams to register for the tournament, Sper- ling announced. He indicated that all out-of-town teams invited have signified their intentions of being on hand at the tournament February 21-26. Trophies for the tournament are now on display at the local sport- ing goods store, Sperling said. Henry Andresen was appointed to the Lions tournament committee to take the place of Comdr. Ed Chester, who has been detained in the states. At a meeing of the club this noon at the Baranof Hotel, Lion Secretary Bill Matheny read a let- | ter from Comdr. Chester, who is interned at the U. 8. Coast Guard | hospital at New Niondon, Conn. | Upon recommendation of club mem- 1"""" Lion President George Danner appointed a three-man committee to secure a supply of bear’s milk for the invalided fel- low Lion. The Rev. Walter Soboleff report- ed on the progress of the Boys and Girls committee in the or- ganization of a new Boy Scout troop announcing that troop meet- ings have started successfully, The club ag . %0 send the | president and it the or- ganization to convention Fairbanks. thered for a §/xight banquet | employees for work of comparable | cHfaracter or work on comparabte| 0 be held March 11 in honor of operations.” The Senate this morning received an invitation from the Matanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce to hold the Constitution Convention at Palmer. The telegram was filed with the secretary of the Senate since no provision has yet been made for such a convention. ® 6 0 0 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0 * WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU ‘This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 33; minimum, 28. At Airport— Maximum, 32; minimum, 26. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly fair tonight with lowest temperature near 35 degrees. Increasing cloudi- ness Tuesday. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — .06 inches; since Jan. 1, 15:30 inches; since July 1, 89.25 inches. At Airport — .05 inches; since Jan. 1, 7:35 inches; since July 1, 5626 inches. e c e c o0 o0 Lions International President Frank | Birch who is to be in Juneau for two days. The job of collecting contribu- tions for the Alaska Crippled Chil- dren’s fund was turned over to Col. Joe Alexander at the noon meeting. Don Foster, director of Alaska Native Service, gave a short extemporaneous talk on the bene- fits of the crippled children’s ser- vice. New members inducted at the meeting were Gus George and John Satre. Introduced to the member- ship was Merle Strickland of Se- attle. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan, 31.—®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American can 87%, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvest- er 25%, Kennecott 51%, New York Central 12, Northern Pacific 16%, U. 8. Steel 77%, Pound $4.03%. Bales today were 610,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 179.12, rails 5250, util- ities 34.68. i { i or a genuine desire for peace? In Washington, the State Depart- ment said no formal approach for & Truman-Stalin meeting had ceen made by Russia. Many observers wondered if one would be. Stalin's latest pronouncement was made in apswer to four questions submit- ted to him by an American news- man. It is a method he has often for 30 days while an emergency,cpocen to put his ideas before the board studied recommendations for | ) % a settlement. ' ! “In the case of Mr. Lewis, that NEW Mpscuan mia b % b It was a busy weekend for the fwould be hardly any teeth at all Russians. :;;:;es: f;“,rm;fm say false teeth.” | “pogotion was still re-echoing in | Toblnotooko lll'x: PRI o {the West over the Soviet foreign | te hearg ofice plast against the North At- & prepared statement saying. the{pne. Alliance and the specific administration aim is to replace the [Sovtet " pressiire applied on N’or- ‘:‘:fiag’:\:zfr:“co::c':lv: I;w D" way, pressure interpreted in the i N rgnig;. st as designed to push that Scan- ool i '}l?nvlhn country toward the East. ! ! The Communist newspaper Prav- ! jda devoted nearly two columns to- ACS MAKES GOOD day to this reaction. | H SEVEN NATIONS BUSY i ON GAI-A PARTY ' The seéven nation group negotiat- i ing the North Atlantic Security Pact " r7|in Washington took little note, and JUST FOR FUN let it be known it expects soon to i TN invite a haif .dozen more nations, ; “Just for fun” was the incentive md;?;:lg _I!:Io::ay, n:.fecthecome G ;of the big A.C.S. Signal Corps party pa(l;mui]: in V:asf\mgtm; interpret- lsmurday geening {5,401, Unlon ed the R;xssian blast at the alliance Hall, and, according to all enthusi- ! il and Stalin’s statement yesterday as i reporti’; ] Slgnal Cgrps plan'ipm'c of the same pattern of attack (ners more than made good. : " | : on the growing unity of the non- :st:fl;m:n d”g:;;zb:fieg;egjet:'ii.Communlbl western world. Some iJoy dancing, refreshments and a ha;zr::;;ed;;e:enpezc: dcfr,;:::‘:rk {floor show. There were no tobby- ! soxers to swoon, but Stewart Wash- | 0Und themselves unable to agree burn would have inspired it wibhl»on :dfi:?:n?i?;:ite o My crgoning. Li\ Ugsen, Sang: tome po;(onths of neguliauon ended yes- (clever numbers, and Neil Fritchman| fand Marty Borlick rounded out me|::e‘:::'v‘X:th:wzg?:mumfymfigrwz; i:g:;i:fill; digging: Greheineing, 15 in favor of joining the Western: 4 = ..idefense system and Denmark in j Sst. lst class Jerry Marsh Wasy g 0" qpe Russian pressuré on ,plarty chairman, assisted by Sgt. 1st Norwéy became public ot;ly & cl. John Lloyd, Sgt. Ernie Inman, !Sgt. Ennie ':;‘albefl and Pfc Andy Ihcursd before the negotiations col- i Westland. < i s Sm] receiving congratulations oni WHITEHOUSE STATEMENT jthe fine supper they prepared are} o gpynamon gan 31 (p— |Mesdames Claire Shudshift, Svend| Sy oH ot &taA o 3 ille Commers, Jerry! LB e House repeated today BA R A, Lol 0x |that President Truman is willing Marsh, Rose Ellen Lillegraven and fo meet Premiler Stalin in Wash- Daphne Inman. ington. Pfc. Gerald Blair won the first Prnidenthl Press Secretary prize—a dinner for two at the Sal-lo, oo &, Ross told a news con- mon Creek Country Club, and S“‘!urence he had no comment on| [Gordon Mears won two tickets t0lggqliys gssertion that he had “no | the Capitol Theatre. i objection” to meeting Mr, Truman Music for dancing was by Lil|ge" o e mutually acceptable place. Uggen, Bill Matheny and John} He emphasized that there has Gareia, playing as “The MadcaP|peen “no official word from the Russian government” regarding such a meeting. | —————— ‘Three.” {EXPECTANT MOTHERS | INVITED T0 CLASSES Expectant mothers are cordially invited to attend classes at the | | | 'PRINCESS NORAH i ealth Center, 318 Main DO(KS' BR'"GS '6‘ Street, in Mother and Baby Care| The Princess Norah docked at| and Family Health. The first class|9:30 o'clock last night from Van- will be held Wednesday, Feb. 2,|couver with 16 passengers disem- ifrom 1 to 3 pm., and each Wednes-:barking here. She sailed at mid- Iday thereafter for six weeks. Moth-|night and will return southbound ers wishing to attend may telephone | Wednesday morning docking _here | 218 or register at the beginning of |at 8 o'clock and leaving at 9. | the first meeting. Passengers disembarking here were i {Mrs. Susan F. Cauley, Wayne W. I Hosp" Al "o'E)‘ Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moriarty, George Messerschmidt, | b ¢ o Harold Stephenson, Mrs. Margaret ’ Admitted to St. Ann's hospital|gly, Miss Lois H. Sharp, Eric D. yesterday were Mrs. Lea Rhode and|Blake, Peter Capowsky, R. Masis- !Mrs. Ray Clements. check, William E. McGarry, Peter Admitted to St. Ann's Saturday|Neufeld, Duke Ruddell, Paul Skoro- was John R. Brown. tohdeh, James V. Tisi. Discharged from St. Ann's Satur- e L R S day were George Hanna, Ralph| pENTAL OFFICER HERE Swap, Mrs. George Jermain and Ann Furness. Dr. Guy Yates, dental officer Admitted to the Government hos- | from Mt. Edgecumbe, is in Juneau pital yesterday were Mary Dick of|this week and is at the Govern- | Juneau and Charles Ekak. ment hospital. there is no objection to a meeting.” ) One foreign diplomat commented: | “Truman has said he'll be glad to meet Stalin in Washington anytime. ; Now Stalin says there is no objec-| tion to a meeting, but notice, the answer is general. It does not speci- | fy where, or even at a mutually' suitable place.” | The Russian leader also said thej Zoviet Government would be willing | to discuss a joint declaration o peaceful intentions “and grad disarmament. OFFERS FOR MEETING (Stalin has sald previously that| he would be willing to meet with{ Mr, Truman. The President, in turn has offered to meet with Stalin! any time the Soviet leader will come | to Washington. Officlals in Wash-| ington pointed out, however, that, there has been no official approach for such a meeting.) | In answer to a series of questions, i Stalin also said Russia ‘“sees noi orstacles” to lifting the Btrlml Llockade if the Western Powers, meet two conditions. i TWO PROPOSALS MADE H One would be postponement oli the establishment of a western Ger-: man state pending a meeting of the! Big Four Council of foreign min-, isters on the entire German issue. The cther would be lifting of the Al-: lied counter-blockade. (The offer to lift the Berlln; blockade if the Allies first meet inj the Foreign Ministers’ Council also! has been made previously.) Stalin's statements answered ques- tions submitted by Kingsburg Smith, general European director of the International News Service. The statements followed by two days a Soviet 34-page white paper asserting the projected North At- lantic Pact is intended to set up American-British world domination by force. - J. J. MEHERINS ARRIVE HERE ON BUSINESS ’I‘I“P' J. J. Meherin, President of the | Baranof Hotel and Meherin and Martell, brokers, and Mrs. Meher- in arrived in Juneau Sunday by Pan American. be permitted after midnight night. They are at the Baranof Hotel and will be in Juneau for several day in connection with Mr. Me- herin’s business. - - KAY GLEASON RETURNS - FROM PT. BARROW Harry W. Ferguson of Point Bar- row is a guest at the Gastineau. D i OREGON MAN HERE H. Clifford Troop of Portland, Finding it difficult to settle [Ore, is staying at the Gastineau, down after a two-month leave| R spent *mostly in the States, Miss CAA MAN HERE Kay Gleason was back at work this morning, as stenographer in|Gustavus is the Admiralty Division office of |Baranof Hotel. the Forest Service. > Miss Gleason left Juneau Decem- HERE FROM KETCHIKAN ber 13 and returned yesterday. She! Mrs. J. R. MacMillan of Ketch- visited her parents in Oregon City.]umn is a guest at the Baranof spending Christmas there, then Hgtel. saw other relatives and friends in Oregon and Washington. She spent last week in Tacoma, Wash. registered at the - MARRIAGE LICENSE Application for a mar e license ' Wiy has been made in the U. S, Com- KEYPORT, WASH.,, MAN HERE missioner’s office by Phoebe Mur- E. A. Rogers of Keyport, Wash., {phy and Gilbert Leroy Jones. is staying at the Baranof. > B4 BASKETBALL TUESDAY VISITOR FROM FAIRBANKS | Juneau High School Crimson R. W. Ferguson from Fairbanks Bears and Mikes will meet tomor- is a guest at the Baranof. \Yow night in one game of a double- P T b ¥l header in the High School gym, FROM SEATTLE and. Columbia Lumber will meet John W. White of Seattle has the Mocse in the other scheduled registered at the Baranof, league game. J. M. Frydlo with the CAA in| pilot, of Portland, Conn, and bis will have to be made before these passenger, Eugene Kowalczyk, 38, ()f,hmtallatlolu can even take care Middletown, Conn. jof peacetime requirements.” Those aboard the airliner escupedl Any nation controlling Alaska, by a streak of luck when a hole 15{he said, would have a tremendous feet long and five feet wide wnxi’advnntnge in attacking the United gouged out of the top of the mse-‘sm(es, though he wrote off Ko- lage. idiak Island itself as being of little e - {potential value to an enemy. Extensive Drills IRoop Housl“e Nonetheless, military personnel 1at Kodiak go through extensive de- IS GREAT NEED /-=iblesiedi S Tdre "svacusted to remote barracks areas and troops carry their battle AT KODIAK BASE i Although civilians are not re- quired to join in the dril's, most KODIAK, Jan. 31—(® - War Sec-’do_ They do not carry arms, but retary Kenneth C. Royall said h!lperform such functions as driving would recommend strengthening Al-|trucks and ambulances as they acka's defenses, “but the prlmnry‘would in case of attack. problem is to proviée housing fori Commenting on the attitude of troops already scheduled to come!Kodtnk residents to their position, here.” {Mel Crawford, editor of the Kodiak Royall and his party inspected Al-jMirror, sald they are extremely aska defenses on stops enroute tojconscious of their vulnerability Japan. He arrived here by plane;in case of war with Russia, but from Fairbanks. After a 45-minute;they don't really believe anything stop they left for Anchorage. |is going to happen to them. Lt. Gen. N. F. Twining, overall; “I can carry a big story about chief of unitified forces in Aln\ta.IRuulfl fortifying her coastal areas and Lt. Gen. Stanley Scott, com-!facing Alaska,” Crawford said, “and manding general of the army in{nobody pays the slightest atten- Alaska, joined Royall's party for a,tion. But just let me run a story tour of this sector. ’Lhnt the price of fish is going up They were greeted by Rear Adm.}15 cents a pound and my office A. E. Montgomery, commandant of |15 swamped with phone calls.” the Alaska sea frontier force of 40- Could Be Reoccupied odd ships and 18,000 men cunverged’ Despite Alaska’s vulnerability to here for the “Battle of Kodiak Is- |enemy attack, Admiral Montgomery land,” the navy's cold weather cx.lhsserted the Territory, if ‘taken ercise, which begins about the mid-jcould prebably be reoccupied by our dle of February. forees. Royall said he plans to spend al “The enemy would have consid- week in Japan and would consult{erable trouble supplying its men,” with Gen. Douglas MacArthur while (€ said. there. Among other, factors decreasing e By the value of Kodiak and Adak to {an enemy, said Admiral Montgom- CLEAR GASTINEAU AVE.; [3ry. is the inadequacy of its air- MOTORISTS WARNED " f{ields. The mile-long runways, he 5stnted, are too short for big, mod- As the Sueet Department is|ern bombers, and they cannot be scheduled to do grading and bull-}lengthened because of the moun- dozing on Gastineau Avenue in the { lainous terrain. early hours of tomorrow, mctorlsts; Kodiak is the site of the only are requested not to park there, 'major U. 8. naval base in this and warned that traffic will not!area. to- e Alaska from Seattle due some- time tomorrow: ! Baranof in port and scheduled {to sall south at 5:45 o'clock this {afternoon, | Princess Norah scheduled to ar- !rlve Wednesday morning at 8 and isails south one hour later at 9. - |LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS TUESDAY EVENING, DUGOUT i ’ { The American Legion Auxiliary iwill hold its monthly business meet- iing at the Legion Dugout tomor- irow evening at 8 o'clock. Pinal iuluns will be made for the joint Legion and Auxiliary meeting on February 7. There -will be initia- | tion. | | .o TO WHITE MOUNTAIN , Mr. and Mrs. Jack Evans are jat the Hotel Juneau enroute to . White Mountain to teach in an Alaska Native school. Mrs. Evans will be the school nurse, and Mr. Evans the instructor. The couple will leave "tomorrow for Fairbanks and Nome on Pan American Air- ways.