The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXII, NO. 11,108 Liquor Con AFL MAPPING CAMPAIGN ON STATELAWS Drive Starts in Delaware Against Resfrictions Pensions for War Velerans WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—®— The Truman administration today threw its influence against moves in Con- gress for pensions for all veterans.| Veterans Administrator Carl R.: | i ! i BLIZZARD IN TEXAS Not Afl)rovedi ABATING i lDrizzIe Wafig Up Sec- | tions Where Great Crop “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1949 BIG PROJECT . APPROVED AT EKLUTNA Reclamation Bureau’s Rec- ommendation Ckehed Six Dead in Hotel Fire RIPON, Wis, Feb. 1—®— 8ix persons, including a former college and professional football player, were missing and presumed dead in a fire which destroyed the Grand View Hotel here early toay. Police Chief Ira Dunham listed these m'ssing: Lloyd Wasserbach, Madison, Wis,, . MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Undeveloped MEMORIALS Possibilities Are Reported Power; Great WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—®— Power will be the answer to many | problems of Alaska—and Alaska is a virtual storehouse of undeveloped power, the Senate Interior and of Labor Unions MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 1.—®— The AFL today charted a drive to re- peal state laws it considers re- strictive on labor unions and pick- ed small industrial Delaware as a starting point. Joseph Keenan, director of the AFL's political arm—called Labor’s League for Political Education— said Delaware has the worst anti- labor law in the country, even “worse than the Taft-Hartley Act.” “We're going to devote our ef- forts to see what we can do to re- Gray, Jr., told the House Veterans; Loss Reported |Committee that the proposal “could cRotbe conslderid W AO W the! Texas’ most bitter and destruc. iprogram of the President.” i | The committee is studying lagxs-lt!ve blizzard on record gave up Ilation. backed by several veterans|most of its frosty sting today. iorganizations, which would give n.\; drm cls:g;l :flndu:nt;:rulrwx;:m}x{:fi veterans of World Wars One an ‘Twora pension of $60 a month at Grande valley where millions of iage 60 and of $90 at age 65. There!dollars in damage was done to ' Vi \would be additional payments 1n!:"'““ BY‘Z‘:S x?ndzgrzgebable Bflr&em ievent the veteran had any disabil-{ waes rday’s -texl'ee lwen er. ,ity, whether or not the disability ";“;".ltempek:‘fl \“‘CS‘BSO were |was due to service with the Armed jrécorded along the coast. | Forces. Central and_north ‘Texas had an- ! The committee called Gray pri-|jother bitter night. (By The Associated Press) former member of the University of Wisconsin and Chicago Rockets foot- ball squad. Albert Bleich, Madison, Wis. » Charles Wendtland, 80, a perma- nent guest and part-time emplo_yn of the hotel. Miss Alice Callan, 52, grade school principal. Miss Clara Solverson, 62, a book- keeper. Robert Wingler, Towa City, Ia. Wasserback was a tackle on Wis- consin’s varsity squads of 1940, '41! and 42, and was a member of the; Chicago Rockets of the All America by Interior Dept. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—M— The Interior Department said to- day it has approved construction of a $21,580,900 hydroelectric pow- er project near Anchorage, Alaska. Ass'stant Secretary of the Inter- jor William E. Warne said con- struction of the Eklutna Lake pro- ject at the earliest practical time is “highly desirable.” The department approved a Re- clamation Bureau recommendation of the project. Warne described the Bureau's re- | Insular Affairs Committee was told today. APPROVED BY LEGISLATURE By JAMES HUTCHESON The Alaska Senate voted 15 to 1 yesterday afternoon to submit a memorial to Congress asking im- mediate legislation abelshing fish traps in the territory. 3 ‘The memorial was introduced in support of Delegate E. L. Bartlett's Assistant Secretary of the Inter- ior William E. Warne said that en- gineers have surveyed only the major rivers so far, but already have found hydroelectric power sites which would produce more than 50,000,000,000 kilowatt-hours annual- iy. “This represents abcut one fifth of the entire power produced by the United States utilities in 1947,” he added WARNE TESTIFIES Warne testified at the opening ot peal such state laws, particularly Imarfly to get estimates of what the’ in the states where we have hadlp.n would cost. Snow In Panhandle A light snow fell in parts of the Panhandle early today, but tem- peratures were rising. It was 10 !degrees at Amarillo at 12:30 a. m. ! Skies were mostly clear but tem- i peratures were on the chilly side jover virtually all the rest of the country. y The fair weather was welcome lin thie western blizzard area where relief operations were increased as military and civilian forces con- tinued their efforts to aid the snow- bound and hungry humans and | livestock. Cold Belt Extensive Temperatures moderated - over. isome parts of the ffrost-bitten south. The mercury again was far below freezing in Tennessee, northern Mississippi, northern Al- !abama and most of Arkansas. At |Bowling Green, Ky., it was 3 de- grees above zero. ‘: “I earned guy first dollar in the} There was a fresh cold wave in ® Territory, right here in the Feder- [the northern and central plains. jal Building ‘strong-arming’ ele- ® 'vator parts up the elevator shaft.” .‘ With their children, Catherine ® |Ann, 6-year-old first-grader, and ® .James Douglas, 4, they have moved ® !into the old family home—the Sey ® ' Apartments at Fourth and Gold © |Streets. ® | ‘Williams closed his law office ®'in Anchorage to join the staff of | ® {the Attorney General's office to ©® ;assist during the Ilegislative ses- o fskm The term of Ralph J. Rivers, ipresent Attorney General, does not North Dakota and northern Min- {nesota had the coldest weather. l Early morning lows in North Da- ‘kota were 15 to 20 degrees below zero and in Minnesota 10 to 15 below. 1 Financial Aid The U. S. Weather Bureau said southern and central Florida were the only sections of the country ‘with warm weather. Meanwhile, as the fight in the western blizzard area continued, the Senate’s $3,000,000 bill to aid in rellef work was before the i “ 1 . pert as a “step forward under the football conference in 1946. With{,,, qingted federal program for ;Bleich and Wingler he was em':openmgg up access to Alagka’s rich ployed in the construction of a resources.” n Boser GRrifpesen Joein (he i The report was sent to other in- o terested federal agencies and the YGovernor of Alaska for comment before it is submitted to Congress, Proposed Project The project includes a low dam to raise the level of Eklutna Lake and diversion of water from Ek- lutna Creek through a four and — e STREET DEPARTMENT THANKS CITIZENS OF JUNEAU AGAIN | Bert Lybeck, Street Department ioreman, again has enthusiastic praise for the cdoperation of Ju-' neau citizens in removing cars from streéts were snow-clearingone-half mile tunnel to a 30,000 crews are to work. kiiowatt power plant a short dis- “By 10:30 last night,” said Ly-:tance north of - the present 2,000 beck this morning, “cars had been kilowatt Eklutna power plant. removed from Gastineau Avenue,| Reclamation Commissioner Mich- and we were able to get right to ael W. Straus said $20,365.400 of work on schedule at midnls’ht.’the estimated cost would be repaid That's tough up there, with from ' from powver revenues over ‘a 52- six .to 14 inches of ice to get'year period at three per cent in- through.” . iterest. ~ The rest of the cost Lybeck today took delivery on;wbuld represent non-reimbursablé eight tons of rock salt. Already, recreational facilities. the street department has used | Secondary Power nine and one-half tons. There nl-f Straus said the project, in addi- so is some salt content in the sand, |tion to providing power for mili- which comes from the beach sand tary and industrial purposes, would dump at the A-J. ‘produce a large amount of secon- Two crews are on daily during (cary power, some of which could the weather cmergency. ibe used in irrigation. 1 Matanuska Valley farming area, o" HOUS|m NEEDS{Anchornge itself. tomorrow noon on Alaska's housing |8 “Protected type” power plant as e | The report noted expanding ac- | Fort Richardson army base and Fourth Division Rep. Essie Dale! Straus said the air field and needs and proposed legislation. Ki- & military safeguard. | hearings by the committee into the | work and politics of the Interior De- bili in Congress for gradual elimina- tion of the traps over a 10-year pe- 1 tiod. Such action was favored last year in a territor.al referendum. The only dissenting vote was cast by Sen. E. B. Collins, Fairbanks, Re- publican, who said he thought the | Senate should simply go on record in favor of Bartlett’s measure. Col-' ling’ statement brought an immedi- ate response from Sen. Victor C. Rivers,’ Anchorage Democrat, that; “We must fulfill the mandate of the referendum.” ° The Senawe also unan‘mously! passed another memorial to Con-| gress supporting a' second Bartlett hill to provide $15,000,000 for an Al- aska Housing Authority. This me- morial already had House approval. E. Glen Wilder, head of the Al- aska Housing Authority, told the Senators that funds would be largely for loans to individuals if authorized by Congress. ASK WAIVER It was memorial afternoon in tie ‘has felt that if we can develop partment. Other witnesses today were Secretary of Interior Krug |and ‘Undersecretary Oscar L. Chap- | man. “Two related protlems, and may- be more, will be solved through the producing of electric energy in Al- aska,” Warne said. “One is the lack of small, locally developed industries and the other is the lack of venture capital. For example, if you wanted to go into the cement business in Alaska, you would not only have to build the cement mill, but build the power plant, KNOCKS OUT HIGH COST “The federal inter-agency Alas- kan Development Committee, which PRICE TEN CENTS trol Bill Is Introduced In House Alaska Virtual Sforehouse of REGULATION 'PROVIDED BY NEW BOARD Fairbanks _B—r—a—nch of Pio- neers’ Home Esfablish- ed by House Measure By BOB DeARMOND The long-awaited Liquor Control Bill, which had been expected since late Saturday and apparently found come difficulty in securing a spon- sor, was iIntroduced as House Bill 33 this morning as a Public Wel~ fare Committee measure. ‘The bill, which carries an ap- propriation of $150,000, sets up a Liquor Control Board of five mem- bers to approve and {issue licenses Fand set up regulations and enforce them. Four of the members would be ap- pointed by the Governor and would receive salaries not exceeding $5,000 a year. The fifth member would act as director, would te selected by the other four members and would re- celve a salary not exceeding $12,000. The Liquor Control Board would take over the present duties of the District Courts issuing licenses .for the sale of liquor. BASFD G} POPULATION The number oi ::quor iicenses is- sued for any one town or locality would be governed by the population of the locality under the provisions of this bill. A community of 3,000 people or less would be entitled to two bars or dispensaries and two retail stores. was formally organized" last year, hy- dre-electric- power o Alaske,. the edge can be knocked off the high cost of industry. Some industries will be attracted. “Without & new source of energy, (tivities in the area include the REP. DALE T0 SPEAK | Elemendorf Airfield, as well as will speak before the Kiwanis Club!army base raise the possibility of wanians will meet in the Terrace! He suggested the added cost of Legislature as the House passed one a town like Anchorage will have to previously approved by the Senate'ston crowing, Without a lower-cost asking Congressmen to waive provis-|s,uree of energy, the same town will lons of the Passenger Act and Jones naye ny development of business or Act so Canadian vessels could car- basic Industry to support it in the ry passengers and freight to and long run.” from Skagway and Haines. | Development of hydroelectric pow- The memorial, introduced by Sen.'g, potentialities, however, is only one use for Alaska's multiple-pur- R. M. MacKenzie, Ketchikan Demo- crat, citeq "‘nly “token service” by _pose river systems, Warne said. American ships to the tWo towWDS. | pere are an estimated 1,000,000 The House vote was 21 to 1, With vy 300,000 acres of potential farm the lone ballot against teing turned lands within the Territory, of which in by Rep. Alfred A. Owen, Jr., Who .,y 2,000 acres are now being cul- sald he feared it would be “1etHNE tiyapeq, he told the committeee, and An additional bar and retail store where the number’ of licenses pres- ently in force exceeds the permis- sible number under the proposed schedule, no new licenses would be issued until the population increas- ed or some of the licenses swere vol= untarily dropped to the required ratio. Members of the Board, one of them in each of the four Judicial Divisions, would constitute a mo- :ile enforcement agericy as well as a licensing agency. PERMITS REQUIRED Under the provision of the Bill, all persons engaged in the liquor: o ?expire until April 1, when Williams ® will take the cath. Williams was|House Appropriations Committee. ® lelected on the Democratic ticket!President Truman had a new re- o [at the October General Election. |quest from Rep. Granger (D-Utah) traffic in manner, including salesmen even truckers who haul liquor, would be required to have permits, issued by the Board the camel get his nose into the tent p4qeq ‘that with the exception of in competition with American flag giop ang furs, the Territory’s re- ships. |wurces are “scarcely being touch- such an installation,” if required, Ro t the Bi of Hotel. £50M the B g should be non-reimbursable, changes in the political complex-|" po gaiq it would cost nearly $2,- ions of legislatures,” he added. 500000000 its first year and that the The AFL has a dual purpose Ini.qg woulg rise annually thereafter. mind: one, to have what it calls “little Taft-Hartley Laws” cancell- ! ed out, and two, in the process to | develop state and local Wu"“l‘GERAlD w‘llIlMs g | FAMILY ARRIVES The AFL’s executive council late( yesterday called on the administra- tion to broaden its housing plnns.i FROM A“(HORAGE The council okayed the administra- | tion proposal to extend rent con-'I trol for two years and to finance a; For J. Gerald Williams, attor- gram. family’s arrival in Juneau yester- AFL President William Green day was a real homecoming. Nine- | predicted many groups of workers‘teen years ago, Willlams and his will seek fourth round postwar wage (bride, the former Harriet Sey, es- increases. | tablished their first home here. PSP “We have always_thought of Ju- ® ® 8.6 6 00 0 0 8 0 gy “even during our six-year so- WEATHER REPORT © ‘journ iy, Anchorage. (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 a.m. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 35; minimum, 26. minimum, 21. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Decreasing cloudiness with snow flurries and lowest temperature near 26 degrees tonight followed by clearing PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. toda: In Juneau City — None; since July 1, 89.25 inches. At the Airport — None; since July 1, 5625 inches. ® & @ & & & s o C 0 0 0 NEW YORK, Feb. 1—®—Clos-} ing ‘quotation today of American; Can is 89, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International -Harvest- er 25%, Kennecott 51%, New York; Central 12%, Northern Pacific 16%, U. S. Steel 77%, Pound $4.03%. strength for the 1950 Congression- | 1,000,000-unit public housing pro- ney general-elect, and his wife, the ;nelu as home,” said Willlams to- At Airport— Maximum, 31; skies Wednesday. STOCK QUOTATIONS Sales today were 730,000 shares. Before going to Anchorage, Will- iams taught in the Juneau schools, both grade and high, for ten years. His high school classes were in: commercial law and Alaskan his- | tory. In Anchorage, Williams was assistant U. . Attorney, then enter- | ed private practice with the late! Thomas M. Donohoe, which he took over. He and Rivers were students at the same time in the law school | that $5,000,000 be provided but | Congress was in recess until Thurs- day. Orders Given Army The President ordered the Army to put any of its resources needed in the fight against the January snowstorms in the western plains and Rocky Mountain region. The snow disaster headquarters lof the Red Cross was shifted from St. Louis to Omaha. There were | Averages today are as follows:{of the University of Washington !scores of cases of hardship in the industrials 180.39, rails 52.71, util- |{from which both were gmdunoed.lswrm-smcnn area and ities 34.80. ‘The Washington Merry-Go- Round] By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON—Not many peo- ple know it, but President Truman had a hard time persuading Jimmy ‘Webb, then Director of the Budget, | to become Undersecretary of State. Webb, whose job of whittling down the budget is one of the toughest in the Government, had received several lush offers to re- turn to private business. Tom Morgan, head of Sperry Gyroscope, offered him $35,000. Clay Williams, of Reynolds Tobacco made him an equally attractive offer, while a big chemical company in New York also put in a bid. However, the job which appealed to Webb most would have paid him much less. It came from an old friend whom Webb greatly re- spected—Frank Graham, president of the University of North Caro- lina. Dutch East Indies trying to fron | out the Indonesian civil war, he scribbled a note in longhand | | Mrs. Williams comes from a family that grew up on Douglas. She is the daughter of the late Charles Sey, former U. S. Com- missioner in Juneau, and a sister of Alex Sey. She is a graduate of the Juneau High School. —_—————— CAA SERVICE BOAT HERE The CAA service boat, BSP 3144, docked at 1:30 this morning at the Juneau Cold Storage dock with | Gordon M. Meyer as skipper. When weather clears, she will head for Sunset Cove to unload a caterpillar. The boat is from Gustavus and is servicing CAA stations, having been to Cordova and Kodiak since last May. Between regular service trips, construction materials are being hauled to Gustavus. The BSP 3144 expects to be back in Juneau about February 5. The' boat carries a crew of five besides the skipper. - WHO OWNS THE COAT WITH RAGLAN SLEEVES? Some time during the festivities of Jast Saturday night, Sen. How- ard Lyng traded coats—or vice in possession of *a Gold Bran@ model, Alligator topcoat with rag- [lan sleeves, whereas his coat of the nd rescue workers made new efforts to break through the huge snow drifts to reach marooned families. ———————— jSGT. ADAMS BECOMES WARRANT OFFICER, J. G. ! It was a proud moment this | morning for Sgt. 1st. C1. Dale Will- iam Adams, and for the Juneau ACS staff. Sergeant Adams was sworn in by ' Lt. Delbert P. Applegate as warrant officer (junior grade) in the United States Army. Adams is one of two ACS men in Alaska,- to win the promotion and one of the small number in the first group of Regular Army men anywhere to be made warrant officers. . “Adams attgined this,” said Capt. Svend C. Hansen, ACS sector com- mander, “by his high performance of duty, and his high score in the rigid competitive tests and physical “The whole ACS staff is proud.” —_—————— COMMUNITY CENTER NIGHT AT THE TEEN AGE CLUB The Teen Age Club is reminding While Graham was in the | 'érs8: Anyway, Lyng finds himself (all adults that this is their “Com- munity Center Night” at the Teen Age clubhouse. Pool and ping pong and dancing Webb asking him to become Dean |¢3Me brand has set-in sleeves. |to the juke box may be enjoyed, of the North Carolina School of business. i The salary was about half what (Continued on Page Four) If the owner of cate with Lyng at the Juneau Ho- tel, the coat will be returned to|invited, as well as all servicemen, | Williams. its proper clothes closet. the raglan- |starting at 8 o'clock. Square danc- | isleeved coat will kindly communi-|ing will begin at 9:30, All persons over 18 years old are whatever their age. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Alaska from Seattle due to ar- at 9 oclock tonight. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive Wednesday morning at 8 and sails south one hour later at 9. SRR L EVANS RETURNS 'EDUCATION BOARD BIENNIAL SESSION DELAYED ONE DAY Due to the absence of two of its five members, the Territorial Board 'of Education meeting scheduled for today was postponed until tomorrow f morning at 10 o'clock. e lanan Es"_"",;;m:l;f,fi:t T;efif: Mrs, Albert Peterson of Teller bor, has returned from a week (has not arrived, nor has A. H. spent in Ketchikan on matters Ziegler of Ketchikan, who was concerning the Department's Bur- called Outside because of a death eau of Apprentice Training. In the family. John Nyman, who accompanied The other non-Juneau members, him, will return at the end of the MIs. A. H. Nordale of Fairbanks, week, after making routine wage ' President; and Mrs. Margaret Har- and hours inspections in Ketchikan ';‘“fl» Valdez, have been here since and Wrangell. ast week. The fifth member is G A, .Dl"i'hw. M. w:nwh};nd of Jum:aub ey were to have met with Dr. STEVEN%;I;KAET Hn%n::n IDAHO [JAmes C. Ryan, Commissioner of Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens,|Education, to open the customary who left here several weeks ago|l0-day biennial session. e e (24 FROM SEATTLE ON 'PAA MONDAY FLIGHT home. Word to that effect wasj received here by Mr. and Mrs. Burrass Smith. Mrs. Stevens is mith. iy "’""irfiyf.s.— Pan American brought in 24 pas-| INCORPORATION sengers from Seattle and took nine| south yesterday. Passengers includ- The auditor’s oifice has issued a [€d: certificate of incorporation to the From Seattle: Eleanor Reis, Sher- Kenai Peninsula Bus Lines, with|ilynn Reis, Theodore Lucas, Lou principal office for the Territory Lucas, Troy Cleaver, John Buehrle, at 306 Madison Street, Seward. Au- ]M. E. Edmonds, John Adams, Lloyd thorized capital is $50,000. Reid, Pat Grove, Helen Lapona, Incorporators are Halsted H.{Maurice Powers, Ben Miller, Cath- and Helen E. Malcolm and John ryn Miller, H. C. Bradshaw, Ken- C. Eads, all of Seward. neth Loken, Thomas Cameron, Law- ————— son Turcotte, Ray McCann, Lowell TANKER IN PORT Colby, Monte Colby, Dean Williams, The Standard Oil tanker, Alaska |Gertrude Rinehart. sStandard, docked this morning at| To Seattle: Mrs. Joseph Pahkles, 8:30 on a routine delivery trip. The '1-[, Jones, A. H. Walther, K. W. Ax- tanker is discharging a load of elson, Frank Stine, Frank L. Holmes, gasoline from Richland Beach and Kenneth Kadow, Mrs. Flora Wagner, will be heading for Ketchikan to- Mrs. J. W. Allie. | morrow morning between 3 and 4 T S oclock. Her skipper is Capt. J. VISITOR FROM PORTLAND The tanker has & crew Clifford C. Troop of Portland is of about 20 men, 8 guest at the Gastineau Hotel. i ' i WAGE COLLECTIONS The House spent more than 2% ! hours discussing a bill to tighten wage collection statutes. It would require pay days at least monthly| and make the Territory foot the bill for wage suits brocught by the Commissioner of Labor after hear-, ings. | The measure was held over for| final action today after the House | defeated an amendment proposed | by Rep. Glen Franklin, Fairbanks, Demccrat, to make an employe pay | for any such cases he lost in court. A minor bill passed by the Senate after previous House approval pro- vides an additional $1,500 for tne Treasurer’s Office. Other bills introduced include on by Sen. Anita Garnick, Juneau Re- publican, to' give equal pay for women and one by the House Labor Committee to establish a board of plumbers and make licensing man- datory. A RS DOUBLEHEADE IN BASKETBALL IS ON TONIGHT Tonight's first game in the Gasti- neau Channel Basketball League is the Juneau High School against Mike's Night Owls, starting at 7:30. A good fight is in prospect as thel. Bears won their last game and the | Night Owls have lost but two games this season. | The second header for tonight is! the Columbia Lumber against the Moose team. ! ‘The Moose quintet won an unfor- tunate third victory Friday night as! it was a practice game. Both of to- night’s games are league games, - oo —— FROM ANCHORAGE i Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Myers of Anchorage are at the Baranof, ed.” “Much can be done,” he said. “We cannot afford to forget Alaska, ever for a day.” 44 PASSENGERS ALASKA COASTAL FLIGHTS MONDAY Yesterday’s flights for the Alaska Coastal Airlines were both north and southbound with 18 arriving at Juneau and 26 departing. This; morning’s flights were being held ! because of weather. To Tulsequah: E. Blake, L. Neu- field, P. J. Capamchy, B. Meiko- vich, B, Nelson, W. McGaery, D. Lickdell. From Tulsequah: R. V. Allen, W. T.nney, A. A. Mayer, A. Kassram, E. Pernich. To Skagway: E. A. Rogers, J. R. MacMillan, R« Haigh, Ralph Caruso, Charles H. Clark. From Skagway: Christine Law- rence, From Haines: Alvin F. Holder, Margaret Stevens, George Stevens. To Ketchikan: Hap O'Bryan. To Petersburg: A. Elkins, Pete Tabernilla. To Sitka: Ben C. Miller, K. Miller, H. C. Bradshaw, Tom Cameron, W. E. Burns. From Cobal: Betty Josten, Lester Josten. From Hoonah: Charles Luenbull, D. J. Cederstrom. From Pelican: H. C. Jones. To Sitka: Miss Zallmarn, Rey. Bmall, Clara Lindquist, W. Lind- quist, John Bowman, Irma Clark. From sitka: Elsa Johnson, Mrs. J. W. Allie, John Bowman, From Tenakee: John Bowman. ~ - ARRIVES ON PAA Mrs. J. C. Rinehart of Sitka is at the Baranof Hotel. She arrived yesterday on Pan Ameri- can from Seattle. and costing $50 a year. The lengthy bill was referred back to the Welfare Committee for fur- ther study. Members of this com- mittee are: Rep. William Beltz, chairman; Reps. Barnes, Dale, Gun= dersen, Hope, Jensen, Frank L. Johnson and Pollard. Another Bill introduced this morning, H.B. 34, would establish a tranch of the Alaska Pioneers’ Home at Fairbanks, appropriating $125,000 for that purpose. An addi- tional $75,000 would be used to es- tablish facilities for the care of pio- neer women at £itka. The bill was introduced by Reps. Essi¢ R. Dale of Fairbanks, Doris Barnes af Wrangell and Amelia Gundersen of Ketchikan. It provides for the es- tablishment of a Pioneers’ Home Building Commission to administer the $200,000 appropriated. Rep. Abel Anderson introduced H.B. 32 to transfer the Department of Weights and Measures from the Office of the Territorial Treasurer to the Cpmmissioner of Lator. Rep. Frank.G. Johnson introduced H.B. 31 to amend the law regarding absentee voting and provide that postmasters may, in some instances, handle absentee ballots. PUBLIC SERVANT REQUEST A request from the Anchorage School Board that the Territory pay transportation costs of sending the Anchorage Superintendent of Schools and Principal of the High School to Juneau to attend the Board of Education meeting was re- ceived by the House this morning and referred to Education Commit- tee. The trip would be in the na- ture of public service, the tele- gram stated. House Bill 1 was received back in the House this morning with a note from the Senate to request that it be properly engrossed. An effort to shove H.B. 3, the bill to tax raw fish and fishery pro- ducts; from the foot of the calendar to the head, was defeated by a vote iCo;lillxued on Page’ 'l‘w;)‘-