The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 16, 1949, Page 1

"HE DAILY ALASKA VOL. LXXII, NO. 11,145 Quick Action on Alaska’s A FROZEN FISH TAX BILL IS INTRODUCED Substitute fi;asure for Cold Storage Levies | Tax on Halibut By BOB DeARMOND The cold storage section of the raw fish tax bill, which is now on the Senate calendar, was introduced | this morning as a separate bill, a Taxation Committee Substitute for subsection “e” of the original meas- | ure. Under the provisions of the sub-| stitute bill, cold storage plants would } pay an annual license tax amounting | to one percent of the value of raw} halibut, halibut livers and viscera | and bottom fish purchased for pro- | cessing. | The main bLill provides a licenseJ tax of four percent on the value of | salmon received by salmon caner- ies; 2 percent on the value of her- ring, shellfish and other fishery products processed by various means. In the special cold storage tax bill, salmon, shellfish and miscel- laneous fishery products that might be handled ty cold storages are omitted from the tax levy. This was, however, an oversight, Senator Victor C. Rivers, chairman of the Taxation Committee, said this morning. An amendment will be offered from the floor to cor- rect the oversight, he said. PUSHED BACK The raw fish tax bill was in sec- ond place on the Senate calendar this morning but was continued un- til this aftermoon or tomorrow be- cause of the absence of Senator Nerland, who was ill with a cold. Senator Huntley's bill to provide an indemnity fund to compensate for damage or injuries caused through the use of alcohol was tabled by the Senate this morning without objection from the author. “The purpose of this bill was to start a new line of thought on the liquor question,” Senator Huntley announced. “A great many people look only at the revenues brought in by the liquor industry; they fail entirely to take into consideration the enormous costs in injuries, loss of life and damage to property caused by the use of alcohol.” House bills passed this morning Lty the Senate were: H.B. 85, to walve provisions ol the law relating to bounty payments in certain bounty claims. Most of the waivers cover hair seal scalps purchased by J. W. Gilson, Valdez merchant, on the day before a fire destroyed his business establish- ment—and the scalps, Senator John Butrovich explained. H.B. 31, allowing postmasters, in certain instances, to certify the bal- lots of absentee voters. An amend- ment offered by Senator Barr and adopted by the Senate would permit persons unable to attend the polls Lecause of illness to cast absentee ballots when a physician certifies as to the circumstances. H.B. 36, requiring Alaska employ- ers to return workers, in certain in- stances, to the place of recruitment when the employment ceases. HB. 9, the controversial wages and hours bill, was at the head of the calendar for consideration dur- ing this afternoon’s session. A check-up of the 80 Senate Lills introduced during the present ses- sion showed that as of yesterday 10 had been passed by both houses, 11 were killed, two were withdrawn and three were tabled, the Senate still had 18 in its possession and 36 were before the House for considera- tion. New Regulations On Flying Will Be Soon Issued, (AB WASHINGTON, March 16.—(®— The Civil Aeronautics Board ex- pects to issue new and stricter rules for irregular or non-schedul- ed air carriers within two weeks. An official, who asked not to be named, said the board is starting final work on the revised regula- tions after a conference with the Senate Commerce Committee. The board efficial said it is un- likely there will be any important | | | changes, l NLRB HEARING ON ALASKA FISHERMEN CASE IS SCHEDULED SEATTLE, March 16.—®—A Na- tional Labor Relations Board hear- ing on a petition for an election to determine jurisdiction over 3,600 non-resident Alaskan salmon can- nery workers will be held here on Tuesday. Milton Boyd, an attorney, will be the hearing officer. The record of the hearing will be sent to Washington so that the Board itself can make a decision on whether the election should be held. The Alaska Fish Cannery Work- ers of the Pacific, an affiliate of | the International Seafarers’ Union (A. F. of L., filed the petitiofl. The workers are now represented by Lo- cal No. 7, Cannery Workers Union, an affiliate of the Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers, (CIO). A similar petition filed a year ago was dismissed by the Board. It was filed by the Seafood Worker’ Union (independent) which was formed by former officers and members who broke away from the CIO union. - — DEAF MUTES MIXED UP OVER COURTSHIP; DROPS DAMAGE SUIT ATLANTA, March 16.—(#—A deaf mute has dropped her $50,000 dam- age suit against the man she said won her promise to wed after a . erish, wig-wag courtship. ‘- iviss Leile B. Campos dropped her suit against Glenson B, Grizzard, also a deaf mute. Her attorney, James H. Dodgsen, said the eouple reached an agreement between themselves. He did nof know what kind of ‘settlément /was made. Miss Campos charged in her suit that Grizzard wi her with “fev- erish promises and proposals.” Then after she agreed to marry him, Miss Campos continued, he laughed at her and refused to go through with the wedding. ——————— COF C WILL HOLD OPEN FORUM ON 1949 PROJECTS “Here 1s the chance for every person 4in Juneau to have his say on objectives for 1949,” said Herbert S. Rowland, secretary-treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, in giv- ing advance news of tomorrow's luncheon program. At tomorrow's meeting in the Baranof Hotel Gold Room, each of the ten projects will be discussed in their 28 items as listed in the March 12 edition of The Empire. A regular open forum is planned, so that any member may make a suggestion on any project. The major objectives include lo- cal improvements and developments of roads, mining, fishing, forestry, power, transportation, avigtion, housing and the tourist industry. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— The North At- lantic Pact, most important inter- national agreement since President Monroe set forth Monroe Doctrine, will be released to the public later this week. Meanwhile, it can be revealed that the pact embraces all of Europe and the United States, plus the Atlantic Ocean: north of the Tropic of Cancer. In this huge area, no aggressor nation, in the present instance. pre- sumably Russia, can attack any ship, airplane, or Territory of the North Atlantic allies without auto- matically incurring the jont oppo- sition of all the other allies. Further more, should Russia at- tack U. S. forces in the American zone of Berlin, the other signatory nations would be chligated to side with the United States. Actually, the American zone of Berlin is not included in the treaty, but it is in- cluded in the geographical area. Also included in the geographical (Continued on Page Four) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1949 —————————— TTOGOVT. | SAID T0 BE TOTTERING Domestic, Foreign Troubles! Reported Imminent in Yugoslavia (By the Associated Press) Europe eyed Yugoslavia and the Balkans with renewed nervousness today. French Foreign Ministry sources in Paris say the French Government is devoting close attention to re- ports of some impending move by Soviet satellites against Premier- Marshal Tito. Unconfirmed reports trickling out | of Yugoslavia tell of domestic trou- | bles, with Kremlin propaganda | spreading against the Belgrade re- gime. The conservative Trieste paper Ultissimo says Tito soon will! | meet “some western world person-| alities in view of the internal sit- | uation in Yugoesiavia.” | Diplomatic and intelligence sour- es in Istanbul say something may be gbout to pop in Yugoslavia. One | informant said he belleved the over- | throw of Tito's regime is imminent. French Ministry otficials say they had no definite information of any imminent move into the Balkans, | but concern is felt at the prospect of a revival by Russia of an inde- pendent Macedonia idea, which would be likely to encounter stiff oprosition from Yugoslavia. Tito has been under fire from Moscow-line Communists outside his country ever since the Yugo- slav Reds split with the Kremlin and Cominform (Communist In- ternational Information Bureau). ——r-—— TRACTOR DRIVER MEETS DEATH ON STEESE HIGHWAY FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 16. —(M—The Ladd Field search and rescue squadron has recovered the | body of Dick Zehnder. ‘The 38-year-old trucking opera- | tor, whose parents live in Sumner, | Wash., was crushed in the cab of }a tractor when the machine rolled |over an icy shoulder of the treach- ierous, glaciated Steese Highway 52 | miles north of here. | Word of the accident reached here cnly after a’rugged 13-mile | snowshoe trek. to a telephone by Joe Rejes, who also was driving a trac- tor: in the three-tractor caravan. They towed the third. A helicopter was sent from Ladd Field after efforts by trucks, snow jeeps and a smaller tractor to reach the spot were turned back by snow and ice. Rejes reported trouble beset the whole expedition. He said it took one week to get Zehnder's tractor started in the winter cold, and that they had several near accidents on the iced road. Zehnder is survived ty his widow, Bette, and daughter, Robin, three and a half years old, in Fairbanks. It was understood here his widow was queen of the Puyallup Fair about 1940. lefl-im;ifh—edl Books Available at Massachuseffs Bank FRAMINGHAM, Mass., March 16. —(#—The Framingham National Bank is making it easier for their left-handed depositors to spend money. An official of the bank said left- handed check books are now avail- able to its southpaw customers. The books open just the reverse of the standard types. ——to—— | news- | IMPRISONMENT OF "LOVE CHILD' BRINGS CHARGE OF NEGLECT Mother Keeps Gerald Sul- livan, 14, Captive for Twelve Years By FRED BRADY BOSTON, March 16.—(®—Iliness today prevented Mrs. Anna Sullis van, 45, from telling a court the strange story of the son she kept for most of his 14 year lifetime as her “secret sin” prisoner. The neglect charge against the mother was continued to Monday. Her counsel, Attorney Daniel O'= Connell, made the announcement after a private conference with Rox- bury District Judze Franklin W. L. Miles. The distraught mother has tear- fully pleaded for return of the “love child,” she is accused of keeping captive a dozen years in a dungeon=- e room. 5 God is my Judge, I love my boy,” she cried. “I don't want to give him up.” Police said bright-eyed Gerald Sullivan was held in a tarren room, furnished only with a cot, until he escaped into the street in an un- guarded moment Sunday night. Mrs. Sullivan, suffering from what physicians described as a ter- rible emotional upset, denied in an interview that she kept the child locked up in the room. Weeping bitterly and burying her head occasionally in pillows, she sobbed : “I didn't mean to do any harm to the little boy. I wasn't unkind to him. I felt that it was our cross, mine and Gerald's and we had to bear it together. “I loved him inside, but how could I show it? It was such a torturc, such a shame, such a disgrace.” Answering police reports that the boy couldn’t distinguish the things common to every child—even an orange—because he had never seen them before, Mrs. Sullivan said: “Every day he had fruit and the best of food we could afford.” The mother pleaded guilty in dis- trict court to a charge of neglect. She told of the boy’s conception and birth during a separation from her hustand. The child’s. father died several yeasr later. It was then that Mrs. Sullivan determined, investigators repoerted, to hide the boy from the world. — o ® & " 0 0 6 ® & 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 39; minimum, 31. At Airport—Maximum, 40; minimum, 29. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair with some high cloudiness tonight and Thursday. Coldest tonight near freezing. Highest on Thursday near 40 degrees. Gusty northeasterly winds. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau City — None; since March 1, 245 inches; since July 1, 9445 inches. At the Airport — None; since March 1, 1 inch; since July 1, 59.30 inches. Sprini Weather at Fairbanks; Parking Mefers Back Again FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 16. —(p—sSigns of spring in Fairbanks; the parking meters are back at their old stands on downtown streets. When the temperature hit 50 be- jow zero early in the winter, police shook out the chilled nickles and put the meters in warm storage. At 50 below, the machine would still gulp coins, but motorists were un- latle to turn the handles or set SALVATION ‘ARMY BOAT BACK FROM PETERSBURG The Willlam - Booth, Salvation Army boat, tied up at the small boat harbor early last night from Pefersburg. The run was made in 12 hours. Aboard the craft were Major Eric Newbould and Capt. Henry Lorenzen. Capt. Lorenzen stated that business was conducted and evangelistic meeting werc held at Wrangell, Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Klawock and Petersburg. the dials—the mechanism was froz- en solid. e — | NEW DECKING AT FLOAT The new decking on the City Float ramp is nearly completed. The Warner Machine Shop has been furnishing material and labor has been furnished by the city. The gridiron is to be cleaned and lights and whter are to be furnished free to boats tying up at the City Float. BN MBER ASSOCIATED PRESS EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS ACCUSATION SWUNG OUT ATRUSSIA State Depa}mnt Charges: at Least 6 Violations of Promises WASHINGTON, March 16.—(P— The United States today accused Russia of violating at least six sep- | arate promises to return all German | war prisoners in Soviet hands by the end of last year. In a note delivered in Moscow yesterday, the State Departmerit in effect renewed its demand that Rus- sin set free the hundreds of thou- sands of German prisoners still be- lieved in Soviet custody. Russia has claimed that it was never bound by any agreement to repatriate the captured Germans by | December 31, 1948, ! The United States, Britain and France contend that such an agree- | ment was reached by the Big Four foreign ministers in April of 1947. SIX SPECIFIC CHARGES The State Department note, re- leased today, says on that point: “It is difficult to reconcile the position now taken by the Soviet Government with actual events.” The American note cites six spe- cifjc occasions when, it says, the ians made these promises in Berlin. COMMITMENTS The commitmeits, by top-ranking Soviet officers, are listed as having been made -between July 5, 1947, and Jan. 2, 1948, in sessions of allied oc- cupation agencies. State Department officials said the exact number of Germans still held ty the Russians is unknown. According to figures furnished by the Russians in Moscow in April of 1947, 443,165 still were in Russian hands at that time. American officials believe there are at least several hundred thou- sand more still in Soviet camps. The State Department said the French and British sent similar notes to the Soviet Foreign Office at about the same time. Mine Work Stoppage fo End March 28 District Leader UMN Sees No Reason for Con- finuing Shutdown . PITTSBURGH, March 16.—/P—A district leader of the United Mine Workers said today he sees no rea- scn why the coal mine work stop- page won't end as scheduled on March 28, Some cperators have expr;-sséd fear the two-week shutdown order- ed by John L. Lewis for miners east of the Mississippi would con- tinue past the deadline established by the fiery UMW president. Commenting on these fears, John P. Busarello, president of District No. 5, UMW, at Pittburgh, said dryly: “I can only say . . . that this twosweek period of mourning, call- ed by President Lewis as a memor- ial to our union’s killed and in- jured in 1948, will conclude March 28." Meanwhile directors of the An- thracite Operators Association at Wilkesbarre, Pa., sent Lewis a tele- gram saying the two-week work stoppage was serious affecting the health and welfare of the entire anthracite region of eastern Penn- sylvania. The telegran: said: “Homes, hos- ‘pitals, schools and other public in- stitutions are now short of fuel. Furtkermore, present and future anthracite markets are being ser- fously jeopardized.” 1 STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof scheduled to sall from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver March 21. Alaska scheduled southbound ear- ly Monday. tbeard would i fisherman and member of the exe- | (Continued on Page Three) Skating 2 Yvonne Sherman, 18, of New York, won the women’s singles crown in the North American Figure Arddmore, Pa. She is the first U. 1939. (® Wirephoto. SENATE OK'S FISHERIES DEPT. BILL Five-MembeTBoard Cre-; ated with $250,000 Apprgpriaiion By BOB DeARMOND i i The House bill creating a Terri- torial Department of Fisheries, with a five-member Fisheries Board and an appropriation cof $250,000, was passed by the Senate yesterday af- terncon by a 12-4 vote, Senator Col- lins, Dawes, Jones and Munz voting against the bill. The board, under the previsions of an amendment adopted by the Senate, would cor of one fisher- man from each the southern, cen- tral and western parts of Alaska, a member-at-large from the gener- al public, and a fish processor. The select an executive director with a maxiraum salary of $10,000 a year. Rep. Alfred A. Owen, Jr., author of the bill, appeared before the Senate in its support during the afterncon session, following John | Wiese. who had appeared for it iuring the morning. | “A Territorial agency at this time | can only ccmplement and supple- ment the work of the Fish and Wildlife Service, but our salmon re- sources have constantly diminished over the years and it is necessary to do something akout 1it,” Rep. Owen told the Senators. Lack Stream Guards | The FWS has lacked sufficient | stream guards for necessary en- iorcement, Rep. Owen said, and enforcement work cou'd be assisted by the Territorial department. “The Fish and Wildlife' Service is willing to cooperate with a Terri- | torial agency because theiwr own| budget is inadequate,” Rep. Owen | stated. J. Howard Wakefield, representa- tive for the Pacific Herring Pack- ers Association, asked for his op- inion on the bill, expressed some doubt that the Territory is ready for such an Act at this time, but admitted that he considers - the FWS lax in enforcement. “I don’t know whether we can| get the right kind of a board to do the Territory any good,” he said. | Most vehement of the criticism | of the Fish and Wildlife Service | came from William L. Paul, Sr,) | | cutive committee of the Alaska Na- tive Brotherhood. Always Too Late " Reciting history as far back as | criticisms of Mrs. Mildred Hermann. | ppropriation Bill hampion Skating Champienships held in S. woman to win the title since BABY SITTER CLAUSE PUT IN JOB BILL House Passes Child Labor Act 23 to 1 Affer Exemption By JIM HUTCHESON Laby sitters won a victory in the House today. The House passed 23 to 1 the Sen- ate-approved chilq labor bill after writing in an exemption for baby tting. If the governor signs the Lill into law, it pro-ably will be the first time the expression “baby sit- ter” ever appeared in an Alaska statute book. The amendment was added be- cause the bill, as it passed the Sen- ate, would have prohibited a child under 16 years of age working af- ter 7 pm. A group of five girls, carrying a picket's sign/ “lobbied” against the bill recently in the House. The measure sets up strict regula- tions against the employment of children. An amendment to exempt work in planfing or harvesting farm crops, along with baby sitting, failed on a 9-15 vote. The amend- ment was offered by Rep. Marcus Jensen. The lone vote against was by Rep. George Fairbanks Republican. The House also passed unani- mously Senator Steve McCutcheon’s | bill to raise the election day pay of judges and clerks at the polls to $15. | The House had a brief interlude | of “extra-curricular” activity. Chiet | Clerk John Hedde was allowed the privilege of the floor to reply to| the till| Miscovich, She had criticized, in her Monday | night radio broadcast, House Mem- bers and “boiler room” employees, | alleging they were leading too easy a life. | Hedde described the broadcast as| “inexcusable” and suggested Mrs.| Hermann should apologize on a fu- | ture broadcast. Hedde said the “boller room” employees worked un=- til 2 am, and later during the ps- riod of night sessions last week to keep abreast of work in typing and mimeographing bills. He also spoke up for the House memters. He cited that apart from actual sessions of a few hours daily, they have been working early and late on committees, which, he said, 1 never District Engineer HOUSE SETS SPEED MARK ON BIG BILL Record $12,445,163 Ap- propraition Measure Is Passed Quickly By JIM HUTCHESON In the record time of an hour |and a half, the House adopted the | record $12,445,163 general appropria- tions bill yesterday. The vote was 117 to 6. v Its quick passage means the legis- lature possibly may finish its work by the March 24 scheduled adjourn= ment date without the necessity of an extra session. The only major change was the doubling of the taxation depart- ment’s allotment to $440,000. The increase was voted in view of the department’s increased load of col- lecting the new property, income and other levies. The bill usually takes from several days to a week in each house. The bill will have rougher going in the Senate. One Republican tar- get will ba the Development Board appropriation, hacked by the House to $150,000, less than half the re- quested sum, Wrangling Eliminated ‘Wrangling on the floor over con- | tents of the appropriation bill was eliminated by agreement in the Ways and Means Committee, which consists of a majority of House members. The committee has been working several weeks on the bill. Democrats Chester Carlson, Essie R. Dale, Glen D, Franklin and Al- fred A. Owen, Jr, and Republicans George Miscovich and Frank G. Johnson voted against it. At least one, and possibly more, of the Democrat votes against the bill was for the politically strategic pur- pose of being eligible as a “no” voter on the ultimate ' conference committee, to iron out differences with the Senate. Discussicn of the bill disclosed that Miscovich had an amendment prepared to propose cutting the Development Board to 15 cents, but he held it back in the face of House harmony. . Money For U of Alaska The Fairbanks Republican’s trus- trated intent was revealed after Mrs. Dale asked that her “vigor- ous protest” agajnst the slash in University of Alaska budget re- juests be incorporated in the rec- ord. Other members objected. , Franklin rose to declare that he too wanted the University to get more. He said most other mem- vers also had favorite departments they wanted to favor, but that the bill was a good compromise. Owen also declared, “Lots of items were cut against our desires, but I would like to call attention to the fact the University is getting far more than it ever did before.” The University figure is about three times what was appropriated by the last legislature. Rep. Amelia Gundersen rose to protest sharply that if Mrs. Dale was going to get anything in the record about her complaint that she (Mrs. Gundersen) also wanted Yo get in that she protested the cut- ting of public welfare figures. Rep. Frank Angerman rose to suggest with a wry smile that if |it were called to the attention of the press table, the women’s pro- tests probably weuld be ccnveyed to the public o. k. The only proposed amendment to the appropriation bill which was re- jected was to provide $3,000 for special legislativé counsel by the at- torney general. It was proposed by Owen. Prcposals for amendments were tcpped by reminders trom the floor (hat ‘Ways and Means Committee members had agrced not to open the fldod gates by tossing in pro- rosals which the committee had tepected during its deliberations. srofx'@flfius NEW YORK, Mar. 16.—(P—Clos- ing quotation of American Can to- day is 89%, Anaccnda 31%, Curtiss- Wright 9%, International’ Harvester 25, Kennecott 46, New York Central 107, Northern Pacific 14%, U. 8. Steel 73, Pound $4.03%. : Roads Administration, | went to Sitka today, planning to gpend the rest of the waek there on PRA, matters ! Sales today were 670,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: ndustiials 175,83, rails 48.17, util~ Jties 35.04,