The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 21, 1949, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA FMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Ireland T —— - 21, 1949 R O B TS GOSN T vy, THURSDAY, APRIL ——— BIDS ENTERED FOR RE-LAYING TRACK, ALASKA RAILROAD ANCHORAGE, April 21.—P— William A. Smith- Co., of Kansas City, Kansas, and Brown and Root, Houston, Texas, entered a joint ‘low bid yesterday for re-laying 101 miles of Alaska railroad track. They offered to do the work for| 1$1,944,655.80. Morrison-Knudsen of Seattle en- | tered the, cnly other bid, $2,381,- INew A'mbassador_ To Russia Comes Home for Orders (By Theé Associated Press) President Truman’s choice as new Ambassador to Russia, Admiral | Alan Kirk, will return to Washing- | ten for a complete briefing before he leaves for Moscow. ARREST BRUTAL SLAYER DETROIT, April 21.—(P—State ! pelice reported today they had ar: rested 19-year-old Theodore Hilles, |of Detroit, in the brutal slaying of ia 6-year-old boy. | Commissioner Dcnald S. Leonard CHAMBER ASKS AID IN HOUSING 200 AHA UNITS A move to petition the Alaska! Housing Authority for the construc- tion of 200 apartment units in Juneau received unanimous ap-| the Juneau' Chamber this noon at the nce D_ay in Independe =7 —grrrre WE KNOW. YOU'LL AGREE e proval frc of Commerce Kirk is in Brussels now where | he is ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg. Although Kirk has only three years experience as @& h at least 40 housing units re- quested for 17th District Coast Guard Headquarters personnel, and more than five times that number said patrol car officers radioed that | 981.96. o ne\f:l‘(‘d to meet present de- |Hilles had admitted the’ crime. The work is scheduled between | diplomat, 1‘1i has betgaaiging N 5 mands, the Chamber went into ac- | | The charred nude body of littie|Caswell and Curry, and between e 'mpflf WS, %‘lfk-lfio‘v.mg. capable v oo B tion this week to take steps to| | George “Peanuts” Counter was|Nenana and Fairbanks. The pres- h‘ it “f“jl-m \ls orders will come ! supply the need. | | found early today on an ash heap|ent light-weight rail will be re-| FoH ashingion. always The Chamber adopted a resolu- in a hotel garage. placed by 115-pound rail. The pro- | —— apleasure vy Ject o calls for respacing and | replacing ties, building sidings and| turnouts and ballasting. | Hil a way near | The child’s body was found af- {ter a six-hour search. | A strip of cloth was twisied laround the boy's neck. His head| | and shoulders were charred, and the | face 1 neck hed. the body lay a broken bot-| d up on a high- Mich. tion recommending to the Mayor | of Juneau and to the City Council that they petition the AHA for the 200-unit construction. | Purpcse of the petition will be to put the city’s needs on record, so that a fair proportion of the 000 federal apgsropriation be marked for this area, the resolu- s, road engineers are studying and said they expected 0| award the contract later. D Forrestal Improving ear tion reads | '{le. Pelice said this might have | Long wearing & The Chamber action follows a |been used by a slasher-kidler. [n Hos i'a' Re 0" mercerized DURENE * [ 4 i meeting earlier in the week o) | Police found the body after hours | p 7 p | 70-gauge ‘Dol‘lled in bond > W about 20 projerty owners and of search for George, who had been| oo o 3 veriaas | =] business men who called a session reported missing by his parents n'AJ 'ormer 2 tefn:t:ny ot .ducrsnse | : for the discussion of the housing 8 pm. yesterday. rlan:’es.x-'on]us‘a. llaf Bethesda Nav- ) e, v | 3 need. | | he Hotel Mtirray Hadl) & “‘a ;)«spn.al;l : ;ep'g.ted 1o be im- | mes.u.emr.omr, | Be () it s o e-! = E % proving. of af has been set . 3 Haipid Ff”’s' S ey, e R o !mudcst establishment in the vien-| o0 his” release. SmeI873 ported cn discussions at the earlier Irish troops march pest the green and white reviewing stand in front of Dublin's General Post Office ity of Wayne University. | Hospital officials told question- Sold at Kentuckv Straight Bourbon Whiskey session, referring to the moral ob- ligation of the city for the con- struction of units for Coast Guard peisonnel, and for construction of housing particularly for the lower celebrating Ireland’s formal change from a British d ominion tc the “sovereign and independent nation.” The 780 years of British rule ended one minute after midnight when the formal independence proclama- tion was read. The ceremony had been postponed until the day after Easter to pay tribuie to the men who gave their lives in the fight for freedem that started with the “Easter Rebellion” in 1916, P Wire- 'NEW HUNTING BiLl | that Forrestal has gained in ght, is “improving, making pleas- ing progress, eats well, sleeps weil and is more relaxed.” NANCE 5-10-25 BOTTLED IN BOND, 100 PROOF. BERNHEIM DISTILLING (0., INC., LOUISVILLE, KY. | | sl sroite photo by radio from London). FOR ALASKA GIVEN Foss said that 2 and 3 bedrocm apartments, or family sized units will be the greatest need, .addmg that private enterprise cannot find such units a proiitable investment. The consensus, icllowing discus- sions by Foss, Jerry McKinley, Mrs IAI.K BY SWEENEY Lucille Johnson of the Alaska Housing Authcrity, President F. O. Eastaugh and Secretary Herbert: The regular monthly meeting of Rowland, appeared to be that pos-ithe Juneau Garden Club was held sibilities of private enterprise Pro- yesday aft n at the home of viding necessary housinging Were |nMrs Albert White with Mrs. Ray | slim in view of high cost of build- | Renshaw as co-host i ing and small chance for a reason- T R pumx-‘ able return on investment. c:mon. s ¢ .on. “Growing Naming of Archie Shiels (o rep- | Flowers in Alaska’ 1t was decided | réesent the Chamber of Commerce |5 pold a plant sale in May. Mrs. at the Northwest Trade Association | Charles Forward was announced by Presidentchairman of the sale committee. | Eastaugh. The association will meet | gorying with her will be Mrs. Ray at Bellingham next week. |G. Day, Mrs. Jack Clark and Mrs. The Roads and Highways com- , W. J. Walker. mittee’s attendtion has been dx—I Mrs. Joe Sadlier was elected as rected to the possibility of con-|yjce president, replacing Mrs. L. E. structing an added mile to the rversen, who is leaving to make Thane highway for the servicing|per home in Montana. of summer homes built Xi that area. | Mps. E. L. Kelly was introduced | Guests included Dermott O'Toole |as a new member. | of Tenakee, Freeman Schultz and | T. P. Hansen, Union Oil Company, | Ketchikan. GARDEN CLUBHAS INTERESTING MEET: Ed Sweeney gave a very interest- | |ing and informative demonstration |en soil testing and analysis. Mis. | Forward’s reminders of the month to clean up lawns and fer- | flower beds. GIVE FREE MUSI(- | Mis. V. F. Williams, program | f§ |chairman, reported four entries in the Club Contest on | cessful Perennial and How I Take| Care of It,” also several encourag- | ing letters. Gardeners are reminded ’that| the next contest, “My Most Suc-| cessful Shrub and How I Take Care | of It,” is open until June 15th. Any | one may participate. “My Most Suc- | ALASKA IN ON IT NEW YORK, Aprii 21—The/ American Federation of Musicians, through its three local unions in Alaska, will spend $1,272.69 in that | territory for free public music dur- ing 1949, it was announced by | James C. Petrillo, president of Lhe‘, Refreshments were served by the | Federation, | hostesses, honoring the birthdays| This is the final gppropriation [0f Mrs. Ray Day and Mrs. E. J. from the union’s Recording and|COWling. LS L Transeription Fund which expires; January 31, 1950, after having pro- vided a $4,500,000 three-year con-| tribution of free music perform- ances in hospitals, parks and for worthy causes throughout the United States and Canada. The fund has been administered by the union at a cost of less than one percent. Although this public service was a casualty of the Taft-Hartley Law, the musicians induced the re- cording industry to continue the program. Last December the Music Performance Trust Fund was estab- lished under an industry-appointed trustee, based on small royalty pay- ments on all records and tran- scriptions. The union’s fund was also raised by small payments that did not result in any increase in the price of records to the public. This year's appropriation by the MILITARY AID T0 PACT SIGNERS T0 COST LARGE SUM WASHINGTO! April 21.—(M— An estimate that bign military aid will cost $1,400000,000 reported- ly was given the Senate Foreign Relaticns Committee today by Sec- | retary, of State Acheson. A committee member, asking not to be quoted by name, said Ache- son gave that ficure as the pros- pective cost of both helping to arm nations in the Nc Atlantic Pact | and continuing other foreign mili- | tary aid, such to Greece and | Turkey. l Federation assures the continuity| mphis Senator quoted Acheson as of the widely-hailed free music Pro- | aving aid for Western Europe jects until the trustee makes|youlq e about 75 per cent of the known his plans. There is no con-|iotaj, nection between the two funds. The Recording and Transcription Fund was created in 1943. All ex- pgnditures have been based on al- lotments to the Federation's more than 700 autonomous locals, ac- cording to membership. Projects are initiated locally and are carried out subject to com- pliance with the regulations of the| union’s International Executive Board. These provide that admis- sion to all performances must be| free and that each penny must be GIA“TS DEFEAT | Acheson talked with the Senators behind closed dc group that a bill to carry out the croposed $1,400,006,000 program is being prepared. Members said he did not bring such a measure with him. The $1,400,00C,000 figure presum- of the arms aid program, S accounted for and subjected to a published audit. He was reported to have told the| ANS Students Are Visifing, Trip South. SEATTLE, April 21—(®—Eskimo, | Indian and Aleut youths from throughout Alaska had their first look at a modern, metropx\man; newspaper plant ‘Wednesday when i was appointed |11 students from Mount Edgecumbe |attor school at Sitka toured the Post-Intelligencer building. The group, vocational —students! at the Alaska Native Service school | at Sitka, came to Seattle aboardl the school motorship, the Mount Edzecumbe. { Later this week they will visit| Edison Vocational School before re-: turning to their Alaskan classes. . In charge of the visiters was| Lloyd Ripley, AN.S. faculty mem-; ber who made the trip to Seattle| with them. They included: | Emil Notti, from Rucy, Athabas- can Indian; Allen Chernoff, Ko- diak, Aleut; Arthur Haakanson, ! Ouzinkie, Aleut; Art Kompkoff,| Valdez, Aleut; George Ramos, Yalg—\ utat, Thlinget; Moses Johnson, Sitka, Thlinget; Marcus Larson, Wrangell, Thlinget; George Wal-| ters, Teller, Eskimo; James Houston, | Hoonah, Thlinget; Ted Borbridge, Juneau, Thlinget, and George Rid-! ley, Ketchikan, Thlinget. | ——— SENATE TACKLES LONG RANGE BILL ON U. 5. HOUSING, (By Associated Press) When the Senate meets at noon today it will try to reach a tinal vote on the' long-range housing; bill. The Senate was slowed yester- day in its consideration of the measure because of debate over an; new | i Taft of Ohio says there is no justi- fication for putting such an amend- | the pa ) cludes 16 companies. HEARING THURSDAY ON ALASKA STEAM INCOME TAX CASE $16. BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, April 21.—P—| President Truman has signed the| bill revising Alaskan residence and| citizenship requirements for hunt- ing, trapping and fishing under zhe‘ Argument and summation on “wl’r:rruor‘al 8105 JRNES: ction suit filed April 8 by thej eska Steamship Company has been 'set for next Thursday after- noon at 1':30 o'c! The hearing was originally scheduled for tomor- 5 U. S. citizens who | has 1 a bona fide resi- | dence in for one year, or ":".ny foreign horn person who has ;‘dularcd his intention cf becoming of the Seattle|® citizen and who also has lived mn | the Territory a year. for Alaska Steam, Ririved | 8 Becralery. fol < [Hiapivr, -Rows cn the Baranof and will be joint| €Y°h 1S given authority to length- counsel, as reqgu in court thisi % the period, of theKigrise [9 a8 morning by H L. Faulkner. | much as three years if he considers FiRe 4 ' Alaskan fur resources threatened Tnv. suit is to L:H‘)Oll) the TEX:by overhunting or trapping or for F:Ln\mxs§xoxxez' of Alaska from.col-| siher reasons. lecting income mxe.? withheld from It is provided further that if any of crews of vessels 0perat-| joreion born resident fails to be ad- ween Seaitle and Alaska. | mitted to citizenship within seven | years, he becomes an alien and in- cligible for resident license. dent is any Ala F law ank L. Mechem firm, B Bogle and Gate: sted be The District Court for the West- ern District of Washington State has enjoined the company from the payment of taxes withheld ungder the Alaska Net Income Tax Act, but the complaint here points gut that this court order, while tinding the company in Seattle, is no pro- tection in Alaska. In accordance | with the tax notice received, if the | first quarter taxes are not paid hy| April 30, the Alaska Tax Commis- | Ig e ; j comfort, expert i ::CI'.Y. a guest of Pan 3 ‘American, world's most ex perienced airline. Ask for detuils and reservations at... ARANOF HOTEL | 3 | servic | BRITISH WASHERS BOOM LONDON—{#— British exports: of electric washing machines last year were more than 100 times what existent before the war, now ment into the housing kill . . . mitte¢ will discuss changes at a closed session. Yes- terday this committee continued its investigation of the trials of German. soldiers accused of mas- sacring captured American . troops at Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. An American officer denied the use of brutality to get confessions. The Senate Finance committee consider amendments to the 1l to repeal the tax on oleo. The Foreign Relations committee will hear the Secretary of State Dean Acheson discuss German agreements and other matters dur- ing a closed session this afternoon. The Senate Commerce committee ShiS QI be the first yagep o8t | will continue to investigate the air- line industry . . . A Labor subcom- mittee will continue hearings on a bill to increase the minimum wage. The House Labor committee already has approved a similar bill The House is in recess April 25. e FROM KETCHIKAN | ? until e DODGER ‘ § BY 4-1 FROM KAKE Bob Martin of Kake is at the BROOKLYN, April 21.—(®—The Baranof Hotel. |New York Giants ated the - e Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-1, today on Pearl-essence, made of scales!home runs by Sid Gordon and from small fish and used to fashion | Mickey Livingston, and the four-hit simulated pearls, is so much in de- |pitching of Clint Harty It was mand that Norway has pearl-il\'i*w York's first victory of the essence fagtorjes near its hernm:w young National League season after W0 losses to the Dodgers fleet bases. tir D. P. Scudder of Ketchikan is | registered at the Gastineau. ——————— | FROM ANCHORAGE N. I. Hawke of the District En- | gineers office, Ketchikan, is a ‘zucst at the Gastincau Hotel. The Senate Armed Service com- | unification’ | Faces brighten at the first sip! Here's richer, more deli coffee, uniformly good because i i it's Thermo-Regulated roasted. TWO KINDS~DRIP OR PERCOLATOR As amended the law says a resi-| R sioner may take action against the | Waxt company property in Alaska. GRHER SPAM 4s . When the case comes on for final WAX PAPBB 2 29(; lo lb. hag g s C | e!ermln;txf,n, the company re- e s P IR PAIRBANKS Half Gallon SUNKIST Barbequed 120z ~ Seven possible reasons for the ' { leTEHORSE P“nEx S 43@ onA“GES $l 79 Ponx or er o ssc invalidity of the act are alleged. B NEAU 3 The case of Petersen vs. Jackson | Ju 4 8.40 Lucky Star continued in District Court today. KETCH'KAN Giant Case 8. Tomorrow will be motion day. SEATTI-E nl“so BN Pkg. 73‘ solid Loss'rnn et 59: The case of Olaf Dale vs. Cath- rine N; t al is scheduled for | jent flights i i ey o e | o ottty LS ooy s guunfPack " Case BN Sumatien Sy anti-segregation amendment, Notl‘ they were 10 years before. Phone 106 all Republicans supported < the; 1n 1938, they were valued at $42,- amendment, and Democratic Senfl-'flflfl. In 1948, they were $4,528,960. Hq” AIIEIIICW/V “auey S 5-“'. tor Francis’ Myers of Pennsylvania| The Ministry of Supply, reporting Worto AIRuwAYS g 3 predicts its defeat. Senator Robert this, said the industry, almost non-| CThe Syptem of Ty Clpen Lumbe“ack Tms in-~ A 00 Forrestal entered Bethesda April| 3rd fer treatment for “nervous ex- | LR naustion.” STORE T L T T NOW THAT SPRING IS HERE and we have more outdoor activities, natural- ly our bodies need more energy-building foods. YOU WILL FIND THESE FOODS HERE in our well-stocked store. Our recently-installed modern, re- frigerated vegetable case assures you of garden-fresh, vitamin-filled vege- tables at all times. VISIT US TODAY! White Star TUNA ESolid Pack - 49 White or Whole Wheat FIG BARS . 2 1bs. 5%¢ Nalley’s Fresh Large 40 oz. pkg. 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