The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 26, 1950, Page 1

T ~~ -— HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,488 Wires Oppose Butler KO's HR 331; Solons Reservations Dive-Bombed WASHINGTON, April 26—Special to the Empire—Many Alaska rési- dents feel that House Resolution 331 is not the bill they want to see passed for the Territory’s ad- mission as a state, United States Senators are learning this week. Since the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the Senate opened hearings last Monday the Senators have been bombarded with telegrams from the Territory. Most of these are from opponents of H R 331 These telegrams are being entered in the officlal “record each day and testify to the fact that the feeling in support of H R 331 is by no means unanimous. Charles D. Jones of Nome, Ter- ritorial Senator, writes “House Bill 331 is statehood in name only. It impresses me as a bill to perpet- uate the control of Alaska by the Interior Department. “The meagerness of any assets given to the contemplated state is appalling. This emphasizes the terrific burden taxation under the state would be on the residents. The vagueness of the wording on the fisheries, game and mineral, as to the control thereof by the new state should make any real Alaskan be strongly opposed to H R 331 . “In fact, it is one of the most shortsighted pieces of legislation ever to come before Congress. No Alaskan who understands its terms would want statehood under restrictions I urge you most strong- ly to vote against H R 331" Joseprh A. Durgin of Ketchikan also voiced his strong opposition with these words: “Our fishing industry in the Ketchikan area is very important to the area and it is one of the biggest and most important in- dustries in Alaska. House Resolu- tion 331 wilt be harmful to.us and we do not want Alaska to become a state under these conditions. The bill leaves our industry on tenderhooks with no definite place to look for control. It complicates our situation here and will make more confusion than ever. In ad- dition, this bill does not give Al- aska any land or means to support itself as a state. We are against H R 331" Trevor Davis of Juneau told the Senators in his telegram that H R 331 would give Alaska the name of statehood with none of the pow- ers or resources it must have to support itself. “This bill,” continued Davis, “does not specify what will be done about the Indian claims against our valuable forests. It does not give us enough land of any sort. Under this bill we would have no other source of state income and would be completely impoverished.” Davis also pointed out that H R 331 does not set up adequate pro- visions for Alaska’s fisheries. Harry J. Hill of Anchorage sald he had discussed the bill with neighbors in his city and that they agreed that most Alaskans do not realize that H R 331 would give | Sitka. the government control of 99 per cent of the Territory, land “all of our forests apd leaves control of our fisheries in doubtful position.” He argued that an overwhelming majority of Alaskans would oppose H R 331 if they knew the contents of the bill. Similar expressions of protest were received from C. S. Glavin- ovick, Larry Galvin, Donald Lyle, Hans Arp, Scott J. er, Fred Covota, W. E. McDonald, w. W Laws, James M. Walsh, Keith He- dreen, and G. R. Jackson all of Nome. PR o A FROM MONTANA C. L. Taylor, of Hobson, Montana, a guest at the Baranof. R U e o 0 00 0 0 00 WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 44; minimum, 33. At Airport—Maximum, 46; minimum, 31. is FORECAST (Junesu and Vicinity) Fair tonight and Thurs- day except for a few showers along the mountains during the afternoon hours. Low temperature. tonight near freezing and high Thursday about 48. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 &.m. today Cit yof Juneau—001 inches; since April 1 — 3.71 inches; since July 1—64.12 inches. At Airport — Trace; since April 1 — 1.68 inches; since July 1—41.71 inches. e 0o 0 0.0 0 00 00 " 9000000000000 000000000000 ! | l In Amendment Asking All About Land Be- ing Enough - Rescind Reservations Since 36 WASHINGTON, April 26—(®— Senator Butler (R-Neb.) is ham- mering away at Alaska statehood witnesses on his contention that pending legislation would not give the proposed new state enough land. For two days Butler has asked each witness appearing before the Senate Interior Committee on the House-passed statehood bill whether he believes four sections in each township was a fair portion to give the proposed state. They generally have replied that this is the same amount that was given other states when they were admitted to the Union. But the witnesses have usually added they would like to see Alaska get more. Butler himself has introduced an amendment to give the proposed state every other section of land in each surveyed township. His proposal would extend the same provision to newly surveyed land in the future, just as the bill says four sections of land surveyed here- after shall belong to the state. Yesterday Butler commented that he is not certain that other states were given only four sections of land in each township when they its|came into the Union He said he was having a study made. Secretary Chapman of the Inter- jor Department, -the first witness for the administration, told Butler that he believed four sections in a township was sufficient for the new state. He said, however, he was ready to agree with Butler's proposal or any other increase in the land to be given Alaska to get the statehood bill approved. Butler then introduced another amendment. To Hit Reservations This would rescind orders of the Interior Department creating reser- vations in Alaska. It would apply to all reservations created since 1936 in Alaska. It specifically would apply to the Akutan, Karluk Wales, Unalakleet and Nenetie res- ervations. The amendment also provides that the departmnet may issue patents to native tribes, villages 1 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1950 HALIBUT QUOTAS UNCHANGED FROM THOSE LAST YEAR SEATTLE, April 26—(®—The In- ternational Fisheries Commission announces that North Pacific hali- but fishing quotas for 1950 will be unchanged from last year’s 56,000~ 000 pounds, The season opens next Monday at 12:01 am. About 100 vessels, comprising most of the Seattle-based halibut fleet, sailed northward last week and will put out from Alaska ports today to be on the banks for the opening bell. Hundreds of other fishing boats will head for the various halibut greas from British Columbia e2id Alaska. Quotas include: Area 3 (Cape Spencer westward to Cape Sarichef on Nnimak Island) 28,000,000 pounds; Area 2 (between Willapa Harbor and Cape Spencer, Alaska) 25,000,000 pounds; Area 1B (be- tween Cape Blanco apa Harbor) closes when Area 2 limit is taken; Area 1A (south of Cape Blanco) cloeses with Area 3; Area 4 (South of Bering Sea and north of Cape Sarichef line) also closes with Area 3 unless a limit of 500,000 pounds is reached first. A number of Seattle boats are preparing to clear from Puget Sound Friday to be in the Area 2, waters off the coast when the sea- son gets under way. Vessels also have been given 96 hours, instead of 48, to make sta- tistical returns. HOUSING IS STILL NEEDED, MUSICIANS AT MAY FESTIVAL Housing for visiting school mus- icians who are coming to Juneau for the Southeast Alaska Music Festival May 6, 7, and 8 is badly needed, it is announced. Places for some 50 students must still be found. Anyone able to as- sist in housing these students should contact the office of the.superin- tendent or Joseph M. Shofner, band director. Schools to be represented in the Festival are Ketchikan with both band and chorus; Sitka with its band; Mt. Edgecumbe with its chorus; Douglas with chorus; Pe- tersburg with vocal ensembles; and Juneau with band and chorus. Over 250 students are expected to be in attendance. Walter C. Welke of the Univer- and individuals for land used orlsny of Washington will be the occupied for townsites, villages, | principal adjudicator at the Fest- smokehouses, gardens, burial grou-|val, nds or missionary stations. If they are situated in National Forests the approval of the Secretray of Agriculture would be necessary. Witnesses questioned by Butler have told him that they oppose reservations because Alaskan In- dians are taking their place in society along with the whites They have added the Indians them- {selves do not want reservations. FROM SITKA Mr and Mrs. G. H. Morgan are at the Baranof, registered from T'he Washingion Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyrighg, 1950, by Bell Byndicate, Inc.) WASHINGTON—Despite the hue and cry about friends of the Chin- sse Communists in the State De- partment, top-secret documents in the files of the joint chiefs of staff will reveal that major decisions on China 'were made, not by State Department advisers but by hard- headed generals. The salty seadog, Admiral Leahy; the sober military planner, General George C. Marshall, and their as- sociates on the joint chiefs pushed the most far-reaching decision made by the United States on the Far East. That decision, argued back and forth in the White House and the Pentagon for weeks, was to admit Russia to a partnership in Asia. Back of this were frightening mil- itary logistics and a lack of faith in the atomic bomb. The somber argument given President Roosevelt by his most trusted military advisers was, “The invasion, of Japan will cost 100, 000 jrican casualties unless & Russian attack across Manchuria pins down every Jap unit on the mainland.” Simultaneously there were skep- tical reports to the joint chiefs ® from General Leslie Groves, Chiet ®lof the Manhattan District, which ® Isaid the United States could not ®icount on the atomic bomb to : achieve major damage. Such lead- (Continued on Page Four) CARS ON HIGHWAY MAY RESUME SPEED; TRUCKS: HELD DOWN With- frost having almost disap- peared from the ground under the Glacier Highway, and much uneve- ness ironed out, speed limits on pas- senger cars were returned to normal today, but trucks must still hold to 30 miles an hour. This announcement was made jointly by the Bureau of Public Roads district engineer and the Alaska Highway Patrol. Pickup trucks may resume nor- mal speeds, the announeement said, same as passenger cars. Load limits for heavier trucks will now be 50 percent of normal load limits, meaning half of the gross normal axle load including weight of the vehicle. These load limits are based on wheelbase, axle spacing, total num- ber of axles and tire side. Informa- tion on these limits is available from the roads engineer in the Valentine Building or the patrol it the federal building. It was predicted that normal speed and load limits for trucks could be resumed within a week or ten days. The highway will meantime con- tinue to be patrolled constantly and all violators arrested, the announce- ment said. DISABLED FISHING BOAT TOWED T0 SITKA The Coast Guard cutter Cahoone, based at Sitka, yesterday went to the aid of the disabled fishing ves- sel Lone Fisherman. The 50-foot vessel, with 27 per- sons aboard, was towed from Brown Point in Hayward Strait to Sitka, according to Coast Guard head- quarters here. The vessel was dis- abled due to engine failure. COUNTRY CLUB OPEN Every day at 4 pm. and Will-| MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 | UNOFFICIAL RETURNS, FIRST DIVISION PRIMARY, TERR TTORIAL OFFICES, SENATOR Senator Delegate Treasurer Commissioner of Labor g £ Bl g|E EIEIE| ] g e e 8 E g E| e B 3 8 L 8| e g a &8 /4 X Bl giicd 8 1=l 8l 8|g gl ek 2 e i Bl albivalc B ; [ s 8 Juneau No. 1 144 423 170| 125 65, 94| 107| 323 341 138 Juneau No. 2 407 152 171| 67 48|| 147| 286 278| 151 Juneau No. 3 ... 520 195 209 76 54|| 180 364| 327| 217 Salmon Creek 56, 23| 14 8 12 12| 42| 38 21 Thane 24| 9| 10 8 oj} 9 22| 12 6 Mendenhall 31| 13 15 U 2 u 2 271 1 Metlakatla 70 0] 37 28 9 8 9 5| T Douglas Bridge 21 5 12 4 1 16 13| 1 8 Lynn Canal .. 87 20| 37| 15 9 83| 58/ 63 271 Ward Cove, Wacker, Clover Pass, Pennock 88| 27 94(| 23] 43| 26| 11j| 49| 54| T4| 45 Ketchikan No. 1 86| 202 57| 127 42| 22 80| 132| 159| 101 Ketchikan No. 2 159| 48 174|| 40| 107 33 23 94| 77| 62| 119 e A — 146 27 155 54| 44| 46/ 17| 73| 66| 94|+ 82 Revilla, Mountain Point 30 4| 17 42 16 12 30 40| 57 4 Douglas ... 35| 153|| 32| 66| 38 19| 33| 124| 108 50 Wrangell .. 5| 228/| 115/ 65 81| 13 38| 132| 281 M Annette . 18 66 8| 22| 33 11 21 31 41 36 Tenakee 6 38| 7| 15] 9 8 31 6 1| 31 Ketchikan No. 3 101| 338|| 64| 206 18| 43| 154 153| 217| 213 |Haines ...... 18| 56 5 27| 13 7 14| 32| 33 32 Mt. Edgecumbe 16| 106 10, 52| 31 14| 30| 28| 62 82 Sitka ... 113 324|| 105| 159 77| 33| 130 161] 216 206 Petersburg 64 201|| 56| 125| 80| 18| 83| 164| 238 97 Scow Bay ... 6 21 4 9 5 2 6| 13| 16 3 Angoon .. 16| 4|| 2l n 3 [ 48| 26 4 T2 P AICE, { oIl e, (P SRt | e ik el g CE Totals ..... 4033|| 1195 1810| 830 482|| 1436| 2377| 2821| 1962 ALASKA pmnm‘nf'" . ied | |CONTRIBUTES $50 10 Maragon Lied, MEMORIAL LiBrarY| Jury Verdict! The Presbytery of Alaska, meet-| WASHINGTON, April ing here for its annual conference,| john Maragon, who used to have| has donated $50 to the Juneau|friends at the White House, was Memorial Libray fund, it was 2n-).onvicted today of lying to Senate nounced today by Dr. James C. investigaters. ! Ryan, commissioner of education| A pederal District Court jury and library board member. : took cne hour and 36 minutes to The Presbytery, representing 17|conyict him of charges that he| churches in Southeast Alaska from|jjeq in testifying last July that: Skagway to Metlaaktla, met here| ; pe had only one bank account, from April 19 to April 24 in thel;, waghington, in 1945-46. The Northern Light Presbyteriad| eyiqence showed he had another Church. The Rev. Willis R. Booth | theny i Texas. was host for the 75 delegates from| o pHe had severed connections througout the area. with Albert Verley and Co, a Chi- Sunday evening it was suggested | ;000 ymporting company., when he that a free-will offering be taken|g . o temporary job with the for the library fund, and respons€lgigte Department overseas in 1945. was such that Dr. Ryan was called But Maragon was cleared on one to received the money. of the main counts of the govern- The generosity of the givers i5i,on¢ hrought against him—that he accentuated by the fact that mOSt} ,erjreq himself in saying he ne- of the delegates were from Other| g iiateq no business with the gov- points in the area, and only OR|o;ment and received no money for occasion would have opportunity to negou-:lons from 1945 to until the visit the structure after it is bullt.| 4510 of 1ast year. But the great community effort put forth by Juneauites to bring it into being was so appealing -that the ll Bu(' R, NEW RULING, PU This contribution brings the need- 1 o S5 AND IN TERRITORY ting closer all the time to that last big corner to turn before the ! drive gets into the easy hundreds.| WASHINGTON, April 26—(P—; A total of $70,000 is needed to|The Interior Department sald to- build the library, this amount to be|day that settlers on public land matghed by federal funds once itjin Alaska may hold land only on is collected. one side of a highway. | B. D, Stewart, acting drive dir-| The department- said the.regula- ector, and incidentally a candidate|tion will result in wider distribu- for a seat in the House of Repre- tion of road frontage. sentatives, scemed more concerned, The limitation does not apply to| today about getting the fund|local roads. down past the $1,000 mark than in the number of votes he has so DA!JGI;I'!I FOR ROBINSONS far garnered. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Robinson of | Juneau. -became the parents of a FROM HAINES daughter last night. The child, born Lena Brown, of Haines, is a guest|at 11:52 pm,, in St. Ann’s mmw.| at the Baranof. weighed eight pounds four ounces. JERSEY GOVERNOR URGES STATEHOOD AS 'SHOT IN ARM' WASHINGTON, April 26—(®— Governor Alfred E. Driscoll of New Jersey urged the Senate Interior Committee today to approve im- lmedlnely legislation granting state- hood to Alaska, “It would be the most effective cffensive our nation can take to demonstrate our ideals,” Driscoll said, “The citizens of Alaska now are deprived of effective representation in Washington and I as a governor and the governor's conference are on record for statehood. “Statehood should be granted quickly as possible. It will give the peaceful people of the world a shot in' the arm.” John C. Willlamson, legislative director of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, asked that Alaska be ad- mitted at once A similar plea was made by Marvin L. Glodberger, National Legislative Director of American Veterans of World War II. Ed V. Davis, Anchorage, Alaska, lawyer, urged approval of the House-passed statehood bill with- out material changes. To make substantial changes, he said, would almost certainly result in the legis- lation failing to pass Congress this year. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 26 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 116%, Anaconda 29%, Curtiss- Wright 9%, International Harves- ter 26%, Kennecott 52%, New Yorx Central 13%, Northern Pacific 16%, U.S. Steel 32%, Pound $2.80%. -Sales today were 1,880,000 shares. Averages today are.as follows: in- dustrials 21172, rails 54.78, utilities 4248. 7 EIB(S(2|c|F |8 | E5|5|5|5|E(E|E|B|E(5(2(2¢8 g 3|121&18 |8 |57 Bl BISIBIEIR|EB|RIR slgle|8|B g B|E e lR E 2§ SIEI8|2(B|E|B|2|E | 1? 5 8 P IEIEIE |5 |2 Blolelal®(a|Bl2I8)8|E(7 |28 ¢ ; B2z 8|8|F|ElB|%8|al8|%|a|B [ B S R R el B B “lglt|sle]|i (8 it } gl teia bl ? IR e ‘ | 8 | I : ™ i | [ - g 14 \ of e o BSal [' X L t & i A": 7 3 H i i | | Juneau No. 1 69| 187| 55| 125| 325| 45| 105| 211| 109| 119| 78| 210 | 364| 208| 130| 44| 64| 50| 211| 149 65 Juneau No. 2 ... 109| 113| 130| 109| 265 50| 137| 155 146| 118| 65| 135| 132| 260| 225/ 150 76 83; 63| 155 78| 94 Juneau No. 8 ... 93| 131] 99| 159| 369| 47| 168| 210| 180| 119 99| 200{ 90| 350 326| 199| 113| 102/ 110| 249| 138] 120 Salmon Creek 70 19) 4| 14| 49 8 10/ 24/ 11 10/ 5/ 28| 7 40| 87 24/ 4 9 8 37 9 13 Thane ... 4 3/ 7| 3| 24 4 4 8 ‘6 7 3 6 5 18 22 13 3 4 4 13 9 8 Mendenhall . 4 7| 7| 1 26 3 o 13 8 6 7 18 9 28 2 7 7 9 6 11| 8§ 3 Metlakatla . 13 65 28) 5{ 6 17 70| 15/ 45/ 18| 8| 5| 22| 8 2| 34| 28/ 23 36| 17| 7 26 Douglas Bridge 4/ 9 100 8 17| 3] 14 7| 3 3 o[ 3 7 8 13 10/ 1 .3 15 6 B 1 Lynn Canal ... 19) 20/ 15 30| 70| 6 19 42| 24| 18 17| 36| 11 68 60| 37 16| 14| 11] 35 24| 22 Ward Cove, Wacker, | I3 | | Clover Pass, Pennock 23 370 13| 19| 24| 8| 39| 33| 43| 21] 49| 85| 23| 31| 25| 32| 12| 55 54/ 10/ 9| 33 Ketchikan No. 1 .. 32| 102 43] 36| 88| 21| 84| 52| 90| 38| 112| 140| 45/ 100] 69| 52| 38| 126 84| 84| 17| 48 Ketchikan No. 2 30 84 30| 25| 46| 14| 104| 59 82| 30| 62| 75| 34| 47| 42| 46| 22 102) 124| 37| 9| 4 Skagway ... 45| 72| 49| 34| 55| 52| 52| 50| 45| 48] 20| 34| 71| 43| 20 86| 21| 40| 47| 65 57| 8 Revilla, Mountain Pt. 14| 24 24 15( 31| 9| 34| 16| 34| 14| 43 48/ 30| 32| 23| 25/ 20. 55| 36| 11| 3| 16 Douglas ... 5 34| 49| 19| 30| 181 13| 36| 89| 31| 46 12| 48| 38| 96 07| 73| 28 27| 16| 7| 52| 32 Wrangell . 48| 92| 45( 50{ 92| 16/ 101] 57| 99| 42| 40| 220| 57| 105| 44| 64| 88 70| 51| 20/ 8 2 Annette 22( 38| 23| 9| 20] 18/ 22 24 16| 25| 13| 18 24/ 11] 9| 40| 11| 26| 29( 1B 7 A | Tenakee ............. 14| 12| 27| 5| 19| 5/ 25/ 10/ 20| 4| 8 2 14| 12| 1| 11| 9 12| 1) 12] 12| ¢ Ketchikan No. 3 . 52/ 173| 70| 34| 99 32 187 96| 189| 70| 131f 130 76| 120 81| 101] 77| 210| 167| 71| 30| 8¢ Haines .......... 16| 27| 8 12| 26| 14| 26| 14| 19| 19} 5/ 18| 15| 17| 10| 24| 17| 12| 5| 15| 20| 21 Mt. Edgecumbe .. 28 51| 45| 5| 40| 18| 105 31 48| 27| 7| 11| 36| 26| 13| 50/ 36| 27| 30| 45/ 18 51 SHKA ...recrnrie 117) 131| 85| 55| 159| 34| 281| 82| 192| 55| 38 122 104| 142) 76| 116 128] 162| 73| 78| 37| 116 Petersburg 48 117\ 45| 43| 89| 19| 98 78| 162 81| 62 286| 64| 118] 56| 77| 46] 81| 49| 32| 46| 57 Scow Bay . 2( 11| 38 1 o 3 11 7 11| 4/ 38/ 19 8 5 .4 o 3 3 3 1 Y 2 {Angoon. . 9 15 14| 1| 8 3/ 67 4 61 12| 2{ 6/ 16 9 11| 13| 68| 48 20/ 7 2/ ¢ i | {7 Y | g Totals ... | 856 1598| 898,835 {2007 462“808"’138'1 1670 903| 883|2029(1009) 201511604'14231 925(1357(1102{1312| 840| 1034 FOURTH DIVISION UPSETS TAYLOR; BEACH WINNING FAIRBANKS, April 26—#—Re- publicans led the field in yester day’s primary election contests for the Fourth Division seats in the Alaska Legislature. In the race that has held top in- terest Rep. Warren Taylor was trailing his two opponents for thc Democratic nominations for twc Territorial Senate seats. Taylor was making a bid to step up to the Sen- ate after having been chairman ot both the Rules and Judiciary com- mittees in the House last session. The vote in the Democratic Sen- ate race, with the large Fairbanks vote tabulated and six outside pre- cincts complete, was: Robert Hoopes, 618; Jess D. Lander, 500. Taylor, 464. The total of the votes of the two Republican candidates, both ot whom were assured of nomination without contest, was slightly higher than the combined vote of the three Democratic candidates. A. F. (Joe' Coble had 896 and W. L. (Dan) Lhaman, 764. They got more vote: both in Fairbanks and in the first outlying precincts, Two Republicans — Mike Stepo- vich and Rep. George Miscovich — also had the highest votes among 17 candidates on the blanket ballot for the House. Stepovich is a young at- torney; Miscovich a member of a mining family. In the no-contest nominations for Delegate to Con- gress, the Democratic incumbent ran better than three to one over the lone Republican. Delegate E. L. Bartlett had polled 1,263 to Repub- lican Almer J. Peterson’s 406. They will oppose each other in the fal! General Elections. In the House contest, Rep. Glenn Franklin had the third highest vote. He was top vote-getter among the Democrats. In the contest for the nomination for Labor Commissioner, Ray Beach of Juneau, Republican, ran ahead of Ross Kimball, Democrat, of Fairbanks in the latter’s home ter- ritory, 624 to 402. Henry Benson Republican incumbent, polled 347. Rep. Alfred Owen, Democrat, had 215. Votes in the House races, to de- cide five nominees for each party .were: Democrat — Franklin 668, Rep. Frank Angerman 553, Rep. Essie Dale 503, Thomas Jones 442, Everett Smith 358, Robert McCombe 308, Duke Kniffen 254, Republicah — Stepovich 885, Mis- covich 732, Alden Wilbur 611, George Gasser 588, L. F. Joy 560, C. J. Woofter 486, Charles West 462, Ir- ving Reed 349, George King 186, Charles Wilson 180. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Flemish Knot from Seattle due Saturday. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Denali scheduled southbound at 2 a.m., Monday. . . . . High tide L o Low tide 16:17 pm., 1.7 ft. o High tide 22:47 p.m., 146 ft. lc.oootooooo IH - IS POLLED PRICE TEN CENTS EAVY VOTE IN JUNEAU Juneau cast a record Territorial Primary vote yesterday, 1570 bal- lots counted in the three city pre- cincts. The clerks and judges worked through the night, the second pre- cinet officials finishing the count at 3 o'clock this morning, the first precinct at 5:45 o'clock and the third precinct at 6 o'clock. The vote cast by precincts is as follows: first precinct, at City Hall, 496; second precinct in Alaska Elec- tric and Power, 475, and third pre- cinct, Juneau Dairies, 599. Although a Delegate to Congress was nominated and also a Terri- torial Treasurer, interest centered In nomination for Commissioner ot Labor, Divisional Senators and Di- visional Representatives. For Commissioner of Labor, Ray Beach was high man with 517, Henry Benson second with 505, Kim- ball and Owen trailing. Elton E. Engstrom, Republican, for the Senate, was high man with 973, James Nolan, Democrat, sec- ond with 946, Frank Peratrovich, Democrat with 506 and trailing, G. E*Almqum. also a Democrat, with Juneau residents, with high votes for Divisional House, include Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson, James Simp- son MacKinnon, M. L. MacSpadden, B. D. Stewart and Vernon M. Met- calfe. Other Juneauites in the race at the polls include Robert E. Coughlin, Earl T. Forsythe, Dick Harris, Mary Joyce, Eugene Lock- ridge, Felix Toner and Peter Wood. Complete tabulations of all can- didates are found in today’s election table, 29 OUT OF 52 FIRST DIVISION IR 3 ‘Twenty nine precincts of the First Division’s 52 were received by the Empire for tabulation shortly be- fore press time and results are in the two tables carried in this issue. Leading the race for Commis- sioner of Labor is Republican Hen- ry Benson. On the Democratic side, Ross E. Kimball leads Alfred Owen, Jr.,, by almost 2 to 1. In the Senatorial contest Demo- - crat James Nolan tops the field with Republican Elton Engstrom close behind. Frank Peratrovich holds a slight lead dver J. E. Alm- quist. Both are Democrats. In the House race, Republicans are polling a higher vote than Democrats. The eight GOP lead- ers so far are: Barnes, Hendrick- son, Locken, MacKinnon, Johnson, MacSpadden, Bartholomew and Pe- terson. Here are the eight highest Dem- ocrats: Hope, ‘Gundersen, Jensen, Coughlin, Metcalfe, Smith, Stew- art and Lockridge. IPALOOK TRAILS IN 2ND DIVISION NOME, Alaska, April 26—Sena- tors Jones and Munz were leading Rep. Percy Ipalook for Republican nominations for two Second Divi- sion Senate seats. Munz and Ipa- look are very close,. however, on basis of Nome's 420 votes cast. Jones led with 209, Munz 127, Ipalook 111. Ipalook 6 expected to show late strength in outlying Es- kimo tallies. On the Democratic side Rep. Wil- liam Beltz got 160, Charles O’Leary 152. Republicans tpped the field for the House seats with Reader 224, Laws 223, Swanberg 208. Highest Nome vote for Democra~ : tic House candidate was for George Madsen, 195. Other votes: Bartlett 246, Peterson 135; Beach 92, Ben- son 77, Kimball 118, Owen 50. MAGAZINE "TRAVEL AGENT,’ DEVOTED 10 ALASKA, ARRIVES The national magazine “Travel Agent,” Alaska, has arrived on the desk of Ralph Browne, assistant manager of the Alaska Development Board. Browne and George Sundborg, board consultant, contributed 10 of the travel magazine's 20 articles on the northland, as well as furnishing ! photographs from which 15 were chosen. Five maps furnished by the board are also included. A color photo on the cover of Mendenhall Glacier, with Auk Lake in the foreground, was taken by Malcomb Greany, wellknown Ju- ‘neau photographer, devoted this month to.