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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1949 VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,133 Senators Want Territorial Audit SOVIET MISSION 1S BLOCKADED IN AMERICAN ZONE (By The Associated Press) U. S. Military Police in Frank- furt today blockaded a Russian Re- patriation Mission which has refus- HOUSE VOTE WOULD EASE BANONBARS ied By JIM HUTCHESON The Territorial House voted 18-G yesterday to amend the liquor law to allow lodges and established clucs to occupy or build quarters less than 200 feet from churches or schools. The bill was sponsored for the benefit of the Ketchikan Eaglez«, lodge, which invested $30,000 and prepared to build on a site less than 200 feet in a direct line from a church. ! On the basis of a previous court| to leave o1 Germany. Supplies of water, gas and elec- tricity were cut off and telephones disconnected for the mission. Mili- tary police also were ordered to ban anyone from entering or leav- ing the building. This will cut off the Russians’ food supply. The mission handled the return of Displaced Persons to Russia. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American Military Governor, asked it to leave by March 1 because the number of the American zone CHILD LABOR BILL PASSED BY SENATORS Truman, Bigwigs Meeling CLEVELAND, March 2. — The Clevéland Plain Dezler said today President Truman has been holding | secret night sessions on the na- tion’s economic condition with “in-1 dustrial and financial bigwigs.” In a dispatch from its Was bureau, reporter Fletcher wrote: i A child labor bill, In the form of “The President, it was learned,!a Judiciary Committee substitute has summoned business leaders tofor Senator Garnick's Senate Bill Blair House, his temporary abode,!14, was passed by the upper house and quizzed them closely yvesterday afternoon. The vote was Youngsters Severely Circumscribed By BOB DeARMOND ngton | Kneze!® nomic trends. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ICE BREAKERS IN PENERATION NOW OF FROZEN NORTH| LONG BEACH, Calif,, March 2.— (P—Tce breakers could lead a fleet through Alaskan waters in mild winter weather. So says Cmdr. Jack E. Gibson, Long Beach, skipper of the Navy ice breaker Burton Island, which has returned to home port atter what he called the farthest winter penetration into the frozen north. Cmdr. Gitson said the Burton Island was within 30 miles of Ber- ing Strait and “could have gone on through.” The vessel was the first to visit Nome, in the dead of winter, and Gibson said the arrival was hailed HISTORIC FLIGHT BY AFBOMBER Started 2-YEAR DIVORCE FUNDS LACK LAWREVSONS "o LONGDELAY By JIM HUTCHESON A measure aimed at relaxing the Territory’s two-year residence re- quirement for divorces was intro- duced in the House this morning. If approved by both houses, would go to Congress as a legislatur request for an amendment to the! Organic Act to allow the legislature § jto set the residence requirement. The memorial, " introduced ty Rep.! Warren Taylor of Fairbanks, con- | tends the two-year residence re- quirement is “out of date and only serves to work hardship in many instances.” Another the House Makes FirsTion-Stopper Around World - Aerial Refueling Four Times FORT WORTH, Tex., Mar. 2.—# | —An Airforce B-50 Bomber, the Lucky Lady II, came back home today from history’s first non- stop round-the-world flight, its crew convinced that with the aer- ial refueling technique our bombers measure introduced in ASKED IN HOUSE Finance Chairman Is Sup- ported by Colleagues in Move fo Push Check-up By BOB DeARMOND The unstarted audit of the cooks of the various Territorlal offices, for which the Legislature appropriated $20,000 two years ago, received at~ tention from the Senate this morn- on eco-| t unanimous and the measure now |by residents of “the greatest thin asks that the Highway|ing g ruling it was considered legal, but v ot ke s oo ing. The matter was brought to DP's now agreeing to return to it was blocked by a recent “straight | Ryssia is negligible. line” court ruling. The Russians denounced the or- The so-called “portal to portal”|der as a violation of the Yalta and bill proposed measuring the 200'Potsdam agreements. feet by a pedestrian route, but the House amended it to insist on a| i 1 et oms ot e oag| CONCERT FRIDAY NOON and established clups entirely. The! WILL START WORLD DAY OF PRAYER HERE bill brought nearly two hours o:‘ debate with the Eskimo Missionary ; Rep. Percy Ipalook, leading with a‘ Shimauc pRUSRIIAL Y mudm“'; Juneauites are invited to the or- koond gan concert by Mrs. Wilda Faunce House votes against the liquor|Huysted, on Friday, March 4, between license modification bill were by{12 noon and 1 pm. at the console Reps. Doris M. Barnes, Essie R.%of the organ in the Twentieth Cen- Dale, Andrew Hope, Frank L. John- | tyry Theatre. This copcert is spon- son, Ipalook amnd C. A. Pollard, ‘sored by the United Council of The House passed two memor-1chyrch Women and will be the ials and one resolution unanimous- | first event of the observance ot ly. ‘World Day of Prayer. A memorial by Speaker Stanley! 1 j5 desired to emphasize that McCutcheon asks Congress to e“““]everyone is_ invited to hear such legislation this session for Alaska:part of the concert as opportunity Statehood. |affords, whether it be the full hour THAT VALENTINE CASE or as little as five minutes from Rep. Warren Taylor's anti-editor- | the noontime rush. “the case of the| i No admission charge is made, al- ial resolution in valentine” came out onto the floor | though anyone wishing to ‘:’t“m"' late in the afternoon, after goingjute toward the causes supported by through the full “boler room” pro- :the organization will find an offer- i in the lobby. cedure like any major piece of leg-!ing plate in ¢ islation. It occupied the House for] Mrs. Husted has announced that a quarter of an hour and then was|the compositions to be played, as referred to committee on request ot | tentatively planned, will include Speaker Stan McCutcheon. The |Such numbers as: speaker said he would offer “an! involved amendment to strenzmenigo." from New World Symphony, it.” It goes to Taylor's judxciary]Dvorak; “Voin Celeste,” Batiste; committee, but Taylor was sus-i“Andante,” from Fifth Symphony, picious anyhow and remarked: | Beethoven, and Aria From Passion “1'll consent only if you don't try'Mu.sic, Handel. to d:lute it. I don’t want to have this watered down.” j : 16 ARRIVE HERE ON PAA (LIPPER The resolution denounces the Sixteen passengers arrived here Fairbanks News-Miner and the Ju- neau Daily Empire for an editorial yesterday aboard PAA Clipper from Seattle. Seventeen left for the which described as “a new low” the South. action of 23 House members in send- ing a comic-type valentine, pictur- Passengers from Seattle were Bob and Helen McKay, Helen Little, ing the posterior of a horse, to Ket- chikan Editor Sid Charles, who has Ferrest Frady, Frank Percich, Nan- cy Cameron, David Cameron, Dan been a sharp critic of the House. Rep. Glen Franklin moved to kill the resolution as soon as it hit| ment, arguing: “We are wasting McCulley, James Googe, Virginia time and indulging in something Hutte, Wayne Waldrip, Robert Ni- we shouldn't.” His motion lost on a ece, James Mizee, Irene Singer, An- “PORTAL TO_PORTAL" i To Seattle: Rod Davis, Norman Arguments over the “portal tolopryan, Elroy Ninnis, H. Doerr, portal” measurement between li-ipopert Hadd, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin churches brought the House its|Gajr, Dorothy Farrel, Walter Walsh, strangest debate of the session. L. E. Moore, Arthur Ely, J. E. Griffin, Betty Reeves, Gene Wood, — oo BROWNIE TROOP 8 ELECTS OFFICERS (Continued on Page Three) The Washington the floor, by indefinite postpone- 15-8 vote. drew Carlson and Alma Carlson. quor establishments and schools Of|poel Carol Ann Hoel, Catherine Pat Wood, and infant Deborah. Girl Scout Brownie Troop 8 met “In the last three weeks, there|goes to the House where it is ex-| |have been four after-dark meetingspected to pass without much diffi- at Blair House with men prominent i culty, although some changes may on Wall Street, in automobile manu- | be made in it there. facturing, equipment lines and basic| The business. truae or profession | industry.” {of baby-sitting appears to have been. i e B i, ool | severely circumscribed for young- isters under 16 years of age by the SEA""_E MA" INIprovisxuns of the bill. "H“, IHE jA(KpO]‘"l It provides that minors under 16 ihours of 6 am. and 7 p.m. which |ON RADIO PROGRAM may only be employed between the jwould seem to rule out evening em-’ |plnyment as baby-sitters. E | The bill also stipulates that min. | ! der 16 may not be employ SEATTLE, March 2.—P—George "™ U i Robert Burns wound up with $22,000{ 10" more than a combined total of | in prizes ana a coiz cup of cotfee last night. { He got up from the dinner table nine hours school attendance and employment in any one day, and ito answer the telephone. It was the “Hit the Jackpot” Pprogram’ from ithat their employment outside of | {school hours shall not exceed 23 i New York studios of the Columbia Broadcasting System. since the gold rush.” The Burton Island plowed through 600 miles of ice, threé to four feet thick, to reach the northernmost point, King Island, Gibson said, e added the trip was aided by the mild winter, 19 degrees below zero being the coldest encountered. | The Burton Island’s crew con-! sisted of 173 men, including cns-l civilian scientist. i REGISTER NOW; CITY ELECTION IS SET FOR APRIL 5 Registration books are open 1‘01-1 the April 5 General Municipal Elec- i tion, according to Jack Popejoy, City Clerk. l | 1 i i hours in any one week. He identified the mystery sen- ‘could work or be employed in any “Ave Maria,” Bach-Gounod; “Lar- | *occupation outside school hours ex- cept domestic employment and handiwork in and about private Occupations Limited No minor under 14 years of age tence as “Long-Live the King,” and thereupon was besieged with tele- |phone calls and visits from rela- tives and interyjew: the next;homes, newspaper delivery on fixed | few honrs.x ) 4453 4 Iy routes, or in canneries in warehouse Among the prizes were a trip for: WOrk, casing cans under competent two to Scotland, Ireland and Eng-Supervision. land; a trip to New Orleans; a two. 1he proposed Act would not, how- bedroom home near Palm Beach,| Vel 8PPly to situations in which {Fla., furniture suites, a new DeSota ;& child works under the direct sedan, a $2,000 watch, power MJS‘.supervlslon of a parent in a busi- ete. ness owned and operated by such He expressed himself as won.‘m‘pnrent nor the work of a child on about what income tax he'd have'® boat owned and operated by the to . Intes enue experts:child’s parent. PAY, IREson. B POt Other provisions of the new bill estimated offhand the Burns' would | . have to pay $6,000 on their total make no major changes in the i _ | present law. '.l)g:? Ineame of SEPKDlcly. $21, | Two Senate Joint Memorials, one Still thinking that over, Burns Of them seeking harbor work at went back for his coffee. It was|Halnes, the other urging favorable cold. Mrs. Burns, who had been un- fconsideration by Congress of a bill . ;to extend the Federal Hospital Sur- atle to, do. RUTAIRE WL, walk tho vey and Construction Act to cover i floor and express wonderment, !lr_d| i i Alaska, were likewise passed unani- + 3 u;tthe Kitchenith: g on anomerlmuualy during its afternoon session. ol . i Bus Bill Passes i Rep. Frank Angerman’s bill to re- SEVE" ARR'VE Eo quire two doors in buses used in PNA TUESDAY FLIGHTS common carrier service in Alaska {and to limit the number of pas- | sengers carried by buses, was some- Arriving here on Pacific Northern ‘::::dax::n: cld 4_?' thk:z Sty and Airlines yesterday were Mr. nndl A5 apoioved by the Benate, the Mrs. D. L. Roberts, Dr. Balley, John { ) goulq not limit the number Granger, Edward M. Clark, Sgt. C. Carlson and K. C. Patton. Leaving for the Westward aboard PNA were: N. Russell, Pauline of bus passengers on trips of 15 miles or less from the center of Imurphy‘ Maxine Lieske and Kath- ! erine - Kamalkof. cities but on longer trips would require that the number of stan- BANTAM KING ORTIZ WINS MARIANO BOUT dees be no greater than 25 per cent of the number of seats in the bus. Senator Frank Barr, chairman of HONOLULU, March 2.—(#—Ban- tam King Manuel Ortiz, 118, EI Centro, Calif, lettuce grower, I the Senate’s Transportation Com- mittee, spoke of the dangers involv- ed in overcrowding of buses, but said that conditions in Alaska made some sort of compromise necessary. He offered the amendment to ease the restrictions imposed by the ori- ginal bill. “By failing to vote at last year's| election,” Popejoy said, “almost ; half of Juneau's eligible citizens | are not now qualitied to vote. | %:Those whose reglstrations have been thus cancelled are being no- tified by posteard, and we also are | publishing the customary notice. i “We hope that no one will come | to the pools April 5, expecting to ! vote, only to find he has failed fol re-register.” e books will be open until, neen, Saturday, April 2. H At the March 18 meeting of the | City Council, election judges and | Clerks will be appointed. | line for filing for offices of mayor, city councilman and school board director. | {W. Burr Johnson and Joe Thibo- deau. On the Juneau Independent Mrs. Daniel Livie, clerk, also ex- pires. BUBBLE GUM STUCK | 10 ESKIMOS WHEN ARMY LEFT ARCTIC ; ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2.— (P—It’s boom and bust beyond the Arctic Circle-—the Eskimos are chew- {ing bubble gum. Among the more gifted masticat- ors are the older women. They used . to chew tobacco. Then ordinary chewing gum, Now it's bubble gum { or trouble, chum. Observers say it is not unusual} when one trading post is out of} tubble gum for Eskimos to hitch upi “can go anywhere in the world at any time.” The medium bomber, re-supplied four times by converted B-29 “Fly- ing Gas Stations” during its 23,108- mile trip ca.ne over its home field minute after its takeoff last Sat- urday. The top command of the Airforce came down from Washington to welcome the 14 men. Air Secretary Symington shook their hands, told them “You've done a wonderful job, this is the finest team-work.” Actually, this was the second try at the non-stop world flight. A B-50 took oif last Friday, flew 2veral thousand miles, then had to land because of an engine fire. A second B-50 was ready and left the Fort Worth base the following day. From then trouble. on there was no Norma! Flight j Franklin, —Carswell Air Base—94 hours and 1] Engineer “take steps as soon as| possible for general improveme of the Douglas small boat harbor.” The House memorial was introduced by Reps. Marcus Jensen and Glen The memorial says 124 boats would use the harbor immediately if facilities were adequate, but that the improvements are beyond Douglas’ financial ability. The memorial declared the Ju-’ neau small boat harbor is overtax- ed “and there is immediate need' for additional facilities in Gastinean i Channel.” ! the floor by Senator John Butro- vich, Jr, Chairman of the Finance Committee, who introduced a letter from Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle. The Auditor poiniea t lack ot funds as the reason the audit has 1not been started, reporting that there are still more than $206,000 in un- paid vouchers in his office. He said also that, at the suggestion of the Governor that an Alaskan should be hired for the auditing job, he had contacted a local accountany whose rates for such work would Rep. Willlam Beltz of Nome mov- ed reconsideration on yestérday's passage of the $10 school tax bill and tried, in behalf of Eskimos to whom said schools were denied, to children are not provided with ter- ritorial schools. His when House members expressed fear amendment failed, however,; Capt. James Gauagher, piiot and jany such exemption might also ap- be $50 a day and $35 a day for an assistant. “The reason there has been no iaudit is that the Board of Adminis- l gain exemption for parents whose! tration decided there were no funds for it, although there “have been ifunds for other purposes,” Senator : Butrovich charged. 4 “I'm going to get mad about this Is something fsn’t done and T want- led to bring it before the body before 8] conference, said: “Everything was ite. normal abeut the whole. flight. well.” ‘There was “not a bit of trouble” in the tripky business of contacting the refueling tankers and then bringing ,aboard a gas replenish- ment load. Yes, said the captain, they were all pretty tired, “but we did very well on sleep” during the long flight, pokesman for the crew, in a newsiply to seasonal workers who pay & ,mrge share of the tax. Everything worked out I | I get mad,” he continued. “I think we ought to have an audit and that it should be started gow, otherwise we wilt ‘come: th'ym from now and there still won't te an audit.” | ) " : fi GRAND JURY ISTO I MEEI TOMORROW. { AUDIT MOVE SUPPORTED v | Several senators spoke in support {of action to get the audit startec S(HEDU[E lIGHI!nnd Senator Munz moved to in- ;Struct Benator Butrovich, as Chair- yman of the Finance Committee, to The schedule of cases to be pre- 'take steps to institute the audit. sented to the grand jury is unusual- | Senator Nerland moved to refer The 14 men gave two men for (ly light, according to U. S. Dis- |the matter to the Finance Commit- other at the controls. The crewmen had high places for their belief that technique. Deliver Bomb Anywhere March 30 at 5 p.m. is the dead- ieach position, so they relieved each | trict Attorney P. J. Gilmore, Jr. | Terms of the foHowing council- ithis flight showed the combat cap- |accused to waive grand jury indict- Wl (men will expire: Edward S. Nielsen, [ abilities of the aerial refueling |ment and submit to prosecution un- ‘h Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, chief ofl asked at the news conference if this “means you can use refueling to deliver a bomb anywhere in Russia.” The General replied: “Let's say any place that would re juire an atom bomb.” Then he explained that now “we can put bombers and tankers any- place any time where necessary.” Aside from the demonstration of the in-flight refueling method, the Airforce also found it could keep | tactical control over a plane any- where in the world. If necessary, the B-50 could have been diverted from its course, ordered back or given any other change in orders by headquarters of the Eighth Air- force at any time during the trip. There were hourly routine re- ports to the base throughout the mission. School District Board, the term o(’the Strategic Air Command, was |sented, it will be solely for the | tee and make Senator Munz a mem- “We have been disposing of cases |ber of that committee for the pur- support in|all fall,” said Gilmore, “under the ‘pose of acting on the audit matte.. Both motions were withdrawn hen Senator Butrovich said that e oad merely wished to learn the der an information presented hy’unmnmfi of the members “betore this office.” 1 start pushing the Board of Ad- If the case of Eino Mack is pre- 'ml.nmntlon to get them to start 1the audit, record, according to Gilmore, as, SELF-DEFEATING since the shooting of his father,{ Senator Victor Rivers, who two Andy Mack, last spring, Eino Mack |years ago was one of the principal has been confined in Morningside | Senate opponents of a bill requiring Hospital, an institution for the in- [bids fof professional service con- sane. ltncts, appeared to take an opposite A first degree murder charge has lview of this particular case. been filed against Esteban (Steve) | He sald he thought the action of Cruz, whq has signed a confession {the Auditor in contacting only one to the shooting of Felipe (Felix) jaccountant was “self-defeating,” Caaway the morning of February ' “He should call for proposals from 17, (ditferent accounting firms to see Among other charges are forg-{what they have to offer,” he said. ery, felonious assault, burglary, lar- } “This audit could drag along on a ceny, and contributing to the de-jflat per diem basis for a long time.” linquency of a minor. } The Senate this morning passed The grand jury is called to meet ;two small appropriations bills: H. B. at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. 74 to provide $1,000 for the trans- ————— portation of Ludwig Wolf from the ,® ® o o o o o o o|Pioneers’ Home at Sitka to the Old WEATHER REVORT © {Soldiers’ Home at Washington, D. (U, 8. WEATHER BUREAU ¢ !C., and $150 as a refund to Cari This data is for 24-hour pe- e |Lottsfeldt on a liquor license which riod ending 6:30 am. PST. e |was paid.twice. new Alaska law which permits the ' Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON last night at the Moose Hall. The [knocked out Dado Mariano, 116%, officers elected for the month are: | Hawaii's little Brown Doll, clear back ! Janice Kurcheski, president; Betty [to the flyweights. In Juneau- Maximum, 44; Also passed by the Senate was a minimum, 37, o [memorial asking that Congress waive At Airport— Maximum, 41; the provisions of the Jones Act Comptroller General The major bill of several intro- |™iles to another post where stocks are ample. dogteams and mush as far as wlnuu"G lSMADE Bv ; (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Dar- Lou Cargin, vice president; lene Gross, Secretary; Mercedes Quinto, treasurer; Marjorie Brill- hart, reporter. Brownie rings were given to Di- ana Bost and Peggy Broimci as the Brownie of the month for Janu- ary and February, respectively. Mrs. Ray Taylor gave a talk about Julia Lowe. 3 Mercedes Quinto brought cookies. We played a game and prizes were won by Betty Lou Cargin and Dar- lene Gross. Troop leaders are Mrs. Ray Taylor and Mrs. H. Rowland. —Marjorie Brillhart, Reporter. ————.——— LEGION AUXILIARY ' MEETING TUESDAY ASHINGTON—Only the Presi- dent’s inside zdvisers know it; but he gave a decidedly different twist to the idea they originally put up to him of stumping the country. Some of Mr. Truman’s loyal friends had suggested to him, shortly before the Jackson-Jeffer- con Dinner, that he go on a tour of the nation in order to keep his contacts with the people, not to rap Congreéss. ‘They were frankly afraid that Truman, sitting in the rarified at- mosphere of Washington and sur- rounded by too many yes-men, was losing his perspective. So it was suggested that instead of going to Key West for a vacation, the Pres-| The American Legion Auxiliary ident go on a trip through the held its regular monthly business West perhaps to visit some water- |Meeting at the Dugout last night. power project or the snowboundlhe"d’m Edith Shrenk welcomed areas. {one visitor, Mrs, Anna Kelly. Com- | | | | last night in af, 15 round title fight. . Ortiz, 32, and matched against a man his same age, battered Mari- ano's face into a pulp in 15 torrid rounds. But never once was he able to floor the little Hawaiian Fili- pino, who took only the first and l:mh rounds, luced in the Senate yesterday af- ternoon would create the Depart- ment of Comptroller General, in !which would be combined the pres- ent offices of Treasurer and Audi- tor. The bill was introduced by Senator Steve McCutcheon. The bill provides for the elec- of a Comptroller General in | The decislon was unanimous for :g(‘) and each four years there- iy after, and abolishes the offices of The gate was $49,312 from 10,579 | reqsurer and Auditor as of April e 1, 1951, when the new official would take over. Here are results of two other ring events last night: urer expires on April 1, 1951, The LOS ANGELES—Rudy Garcia, | provides that the Auditor may 125%, Los Angeles, outpointed Pan- be paid for the full four-year term |cho Uribe, 125%, Mexico City, 10. |¢o ‘which he was elected, which ————— * lterm ends on April 1, 1953. SA!.VA'I'IOF ARMY BOAT . The Comptroller General would 18 10 MANE TRIP cceive funds from all sources, in- —_— {cluding tax money, Federally allot- The Willlam boota, malvatior |(eq money and employees' retire- Army missionary boat, will leave nent contributions; disburse funds, Friday for a series of meetings and ‘keep financial records and have And woe to the man who returns without sufficient bubble gum for’ all the neighbors. l It's a common sight, outpost resi- dents say, to see a husky Eskimo racing across the Arctic wilderness behind his dogteam, his sled a mighty balloon of the exploding chicle. | | STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle due late to- | to Skagway and Haines, rctumlng] here then to Sitka and westward. Princess Norah from Vancouver due tomorrow afternoon or evening. | Baranof scheduied to sail from Seattle Saturday. * Alaska from west scheduled south ' some time Monday, maybe. ————————————— TUG CREW TRANSFERRED | 1 SUPREME COURT IN MEETING HALL CASE (By The Associated Press) The United States Supreme Court has ruled that an employer can not keep a union from using the only meeting hall in a company town. The court’s 6 to 3 decision res verses a lower court's finding that The term of the present Treas- | MOITOW afternoon or evening. Goes .the employer can take such a step under a free speech provision of the Taft-Hartley law. In question was a case involving the CIO Textile Workers Union and four /companies in North Bel- mont, North Carolina. The National{e © o o ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ o o Labor Relations Board ordered the companies to allow the union use of a ting hall owned by the firms. The rd asked the Federal Cir- cuit Court in Richmond to enforce Mr, Truman, however, declined |Mittee reports given were by Agnes | inspections in Petersburg, Wran- custody of the Territory's general! At the U. S. Engineer Dock, the [the order, and the Circuit Court held !Kiefer on Rehabilitation, and Mrs. to give up his Key West outing, ” though he had spent two weeks Elsie Sofoulis on Community Ser- there shortly before Christmas. And Vice- Mrs. Sofoulis also gave an st sston St et o (Continued on Page Four) account of the activities of the ' Auxiliary-sponsored Brownie Troop. (8€ll, Ketchikan and Metiakana. | Aboard will be Major and Mrs. Eric Newbould and Capt. Henry Loren- zen.* The party is due back about March 16, 'fund and other funds. Bounty Change Also introduced yesterday was (Continued on Page Six) LT 362 has been put into dry dock for major overhauling, The crew! ©f the LT 362 has been transferred to the LT 157. The crew numbers 16 with Ernest R. Hood as skipper. I | i the directive invalid. ‘The Supreme Court majority up- held the Labor Board's directive but sald it should be amended to be more specific, minimum, 33. with respect to the port of Hyder FORECAST e |the most southeasterly port in Al- (Junean and Vicinity) ® |aska, so that ore from the Riverside Mostly cloudy with an oc- e {Mine there can be transported to casional rain shower tonight e jthe Statés in Canadian vessels. becoming cloudy with rain e ) The wage collection bill was held and southeasterly winds 15- e jover for another day when a mo- 25 miles per hour Thursday. e jtion for suspension of the rules to Lowest temperature tonight e {place it in final passage was de- near 35. Highest tomorrow e ifeated. It is expected to be on the about 45, ® |calendar for third reading tomor- PRECIPITATION ejrow. (Past 24 hours ending 7.30 am. today @ i The Senate adjourned at noon In Juneau — 24 inches; ® 'and will meet again at 10 am. to- STOCK QUOTATIONS since July 1, 92.52 inches, At Airport 21 inches; since March 1, .51 inches; since July 1, 58.81 inches. NEW YORK, March, 2—(P—Clos- ]mu quotation of Alaska Juneau JIMMY K. HANSON ymine stock today is 3%, American DIES AT HOSPITAL Can 90%, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss- i Wright 9%, International Harvest- er 23%, Kennecott 46%, New York Central 11, Northern Pacific 14%, U. 8. Steel T1%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 700,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 173.82, rails 47.85, util- ities 34.61. e Jimmy K. Hanson, 68-y2ar-old Native, died at the Government Hospital late Monday evening. The body was taken to the Charles W. Carter Mortuary where funeral arrangements will be ‘an- nounced later.