The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1951, Page 2

PAGE TWO IN THE SENATE { Bills Introduced | S. B. 24, by Engstrom, making the | Highway Engineer the Inspector nl‘ Weights and Measures for the Ter-| ritory. S. B. 25, by Committee on Edu- } cation, amending the law pert}in-| ing to place of meeting of the| Board of Education | S. B, 26, by Lhamon, amending | the law relating to the distribution | of real and personal property aud | its escheat if intestate shall | leave no lineal descendants, hus- | band, widow or kindred | S. B. 21, by Barr, relating tof) aeronautics; pertaining to zoning | of airports; providing rvgnlafluns.( prescribing penaltie: | S. B. 28, by Engstrom and Snider, | to provide for the payment of de- ficiencies and other sundy claims against the Territory; appropriat- ing $233,52016, including $216,802 | for bounties, S. B. 29, by Huntley and Snider, directing the Treasurer to surrend- er without consideration, bonds ag- gregating $500 issued by the Valley Hospital Association of Palmer. S. B. 30, by Lhamon, setting the maximum salary of the Commis- | sioner of Education at $12,000 S. B. 31, by Lhamon, appropriat- ing $9,469.36 to reimburse the Alu.\'; | ance benefit does not exceed $2,500. — |ka World War II Veterans' Revolv- { |ing Fund for the cost of audits of the accounts of the Veterans’ Af- fairs Commission. | S.B. 32, by Engsirom and Coble, | amending the law so as to include persons to membership without medical examination in non-profit mutual beneficial insurance socie- ties incorporated under the laws of Alaska, where the maximum insur- S. B. 33, by McCutcheon, pro- viding for punishment, upon con- viction, for selling mortgaged per- onal property to a third party for 1 valuable consideration without in- forming him of the tence gn¢ ffect of such mortgage S. B. 34, by Garnick and Hint y, amending the law relating. & by al- ssuance of ma lowing the issuance of V] female under 16 years of age upon recommendation by a licensed phy- sician. 8. B. 35, by Lhamon, {o permit the sale of liqguor on Elegtdon Day in municipalities where no ¢'c being held, S. B. 36, by Huntley, re].A,‘ng to public and Territorial lands, estab- lishing a Division of Public Lands within the Department of Taxa- tion, creating the office of Land| Commissioner, prescribing powers and duties of the Land Commis- sioner, transfering certain statufory duties to the Land Commissionc: providing for reaetivation of the land registration program. S. B. 37, by MacKenzie, to amend ghion i PUS————————— } NOW More than Ever (" LAUSON SALES and SBBV]CE BRING YOUR MOTOR IN NOW for that Spring Tune-Up or Repair Madsen Cycle & or Your C( Emu!flotnfiumm it right to the to help loosen egm and v, uwm D et cn:omyps the law pertaining to the Motor Fuel Oil Tax by providing penal- ties for failure to file returns an remit the tax. S. B. 38, by the Committee on Education, relating to the method of determining the per cent of res fund paid to school distfets and manner of making advanced and final refunds. S. B. 39, by Beltz, establishing a “Vital Statistics Fund” and pro- viding that all fees received by the Registrar of Vital Statistics shall be covered into the fund and ex- pended by the Reigstrar. S. B. 40, by Beltz, to require moneys received under the Federal Mineral Leasing Act to be covered into the Public School Current Fund. S. B. 41, to create a Territorial Defense Council and a Department of Civil Defense thereunder, grant- ing certain emergency powers, pro- viding penalties and appropriating $1,100,000. HRE nm sovs OFF, PAPER htvz‘u SHORT The regular monthly meeting of the ,Juneau Fire Department was held last night at the Fire Club and the members expressed their appre- ciation for the excellent cooperation received during the annual February drive which culminated in the Fire- man’s Ball, February 10. attendance at ealls by the two com- panies. Records: proved that there was. no. appreciable difference re- gardless of -coutrary opinions of several membens. - With a. few, dissenters, it was agreed to curtail entertainment at monthly meetings in view of a con- templated family get-to-gether in the distant future. The usual payoff for attendance at fires was for the first time in history made with paper doHars due to a shortage in Juneau of the reg- ular silver medium. The meeting closed with Driver Eorenson’s - usual excellent - lunch Fishing Supply 3 x which featured a feed of large local shrimp in the shell. —EMPIRE WANT AL:S PAY— P ROBABLY YOU'VE never thought of YOU KNOW I Discussion; arose . regarding the] THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ' ADDIE McKINNON ON ALASKANS ON VISIT ADE S . T0 WASHINGTON.D.C. ~ “gyuping ExcaN The last issue of Bartlett’s News- Letter says Marvin 8. Pickard,| Tyenty years ago on March 2, attorney for The Alaska Railroad, nprs was a recent Washington visitor | pointed as operator at the tele- while on vacation in the East. Mr.| phone exchange in the new Federal Pickard, now living at Anchorage,|and Territorial building shortly visited his former home in Missis- | after it had been opened for oc- ke cupancy, and today she is still on | the Joo. Keeping abreast of tne continued expansion of her duties, she has through the years handled the tele- | phone contacts - for offices which she has watcheq grow from one or two rooms to cover a large part of one floor, with always the same smooth efficiency. She knows every worker in the building and the office designation for each, whether he has been there several years or k. addition to her regular duties, 'Ted C. Matthews, mining exect- tive of Fairbanks, was in Washing- ton this feek to confer with Navy| Depargment officials, in connection | with Naval Petroleum. Reserve No. 4. Erick Bostrom, longshoreman of | Seward, where he has lived for four years, called at Delegate Bart- leté's office this week. Mr. Bos- trom is on a motor trip through the States and. will return to Alaska | over the highway after visiting his . Mrs, McKinnon has mother at his former home in doubled as “Information.” Michigan. | Morris Rafn of Tacoma, is ir ‘AI_ASKA (OASTAI. HAS Washington for a few days on bus- | iness. Mr. Rafn, who is interested | in a cannery at Ugashik, came to Washington after attending a canners’ convention in Chicago. Alaska Coastal Airlines carried a total of 46 passengers on flights Charles H. Stowell, formed Chief | Thursday with four on interport, of Police at Anchorage and now | departing and 21 arriving. special investigator for The Alas-| peparting for Sitka: Willard ka Railroad, was In Washington jones, John Graft, Bishop Zlobin, this week. F. A. Benson, F. Williams, L. G. | Roberts, Carol Westfall, John Bow- Russel T. Conlon of Fairbanks|en, W. Alexander; for Fish Bay: and Louis C. Berman of Seattle| pijll Ferris; for Angoon: Bob Syre. were .in Washington this week in| For Skagway: Dr. Bledsoe; for connection. with, their:duties With Ketchikan: C. R.. Barnhill, John the International Union of Oper- | christopher, Charles Buchert, F. ating Engineers. Mr. Oonlon is the Toner, J. Connors; for Petersburg: union’s Alaska representative and |1 J. Montgomery, I. Johnson; for Mr. Berman is the morney for the|Hoonah: John Bowen; for Gust- union. |avus: Pearl B. Haynes. | Arriving from Hoonah: Albert NO PARKING | Jackson, Esther Moses, Lorraine No parking signs:are now up on|Howard; from Pelican: Ms. M. W. | Second and Third Streets between soule; from Petersburg: A. L. Zum.‘ Main and Franklin Streets and | walt; from Haines: Leonard King, | tickets are being given out for|Mr, and Mrs. Ira Powell, I. J. parking _violations. According to| Cunz, Mrs, Chester Loop, Bonita action of the City Council it was!poop, C. W. Kessener. decided to remove the parking me-| From Sitka: Mike Gavril, Paula | ters and have those areas for Taylor, Frank Ward, L. Widmark, | loading and unloading only. The|Mr, and Mrs. Gahan, Harold Aga,| same is true of Second Street frcm\nay Renshaw; from Angoon: Bob| Franklin to Gold Streets. Syre. e —— AND 'Olll lllIIDl All lll.lll‘ll PRl ment has helped produce bumper crops to build a new $10,000 mortgage-free yourself as a make-r of history. and prosperous years. Everywhere in home for every family in San Francisco But you are. And here is how you, as America, man’s lirge to get into busi- —-and Sacramento—and Salt Lake a citizen of the United States, are ness for himself has becortie a bright City—and Denver—and Kansas City— creating the g history. Remember back in 1941 when the Defense Bonds you were buying sud- denly had to become War Bonds? How you and your neighbors pitched in to buy them in ever-increasing numbers, to back our fighting men and to help achieve the victory of World War I1? After V-J Day, became Savings Bonds, you continued to buy them because you had learned how regular sa: rity and contentment for yourself and those you love. The face of the land has undergone some dramatic since V-J Day. reatest success in all oLy when those bonds ving could build secu- reality. So has the ambition of loving parents to send théif ‘children through college. Time and time again, Savings Bonds have made those dreams and many others come true. You KNOW they’ve come true, be- cause it’s happened to you or to some of your own friends. And this is only the beginning of the story. Even after accomplishing so much, millions of American families still enjoy the financial security of owning more than fifty billion dollars— fifty thousand million doUars in - of changes in those years Now the landscape is dotted with new homes that Savings Bonds built. Thousands upon thou- sands of new automobiles travel the highways—Savings Bonds cars, bought with the product of individual thrift, On the farms, J Bond-purchased equlp- The U. S. Government does not pay for this LS for their Savings Bonds. More thatl at the peak war-time Bond holdings! How much money is that? It's enough and St. Louis—and Indianapolis—and Cincinnati—and Pittsburgh—and New York City—and the whole state , 'of Texas! And every week, everywhere in Amer- ica, iew millions of dollars are added to the total—as erisp new Savings Bonds are typed up with your name on them. Kind of a king-size success story, isn’t it? Your success story because you and the millions of your neighbors are living it right now. Your own faith in America-—your own desire for the warmth of family security and ins dependence—have made the story of United States Savings Bonds the thrift miracle of all time. Ef your security, and your mnhy’c €00, save now - through regular Mfle g . S. Savinyc Bonda putriotic griiting Council d-ttfdn:. The Treasury W M Addie V. McKinnon was ap- | B. C. GETS ALUMINUM ALCANPLANT VICTORIA, B. C., March 2 —(P— An agreement between the Pro- vince and the Aluminum Company of Canada for construction of a gi- gantic $550,000,000 aluminum plant was submmed to the British Colum bia Degislnture yesterday. There is little doubt it will be ratified, lead- ers said. Under the agreement, ALCAN will pay an annual fee of some $225,- 000 a year for hydro-electric power. Construction must start before June 1, 1953. The all-Canadian project, with a reduction plant capable of produc- ing 300,000 tons of aluminum ingots a year, will be built near Kitimat, 400 miles north of here. Water pow- er would come from the Nechake River area, east of Kitimat. DISCUSSED BY TOASTMASTERS the one- “The Future of Man” challenging topic treated minute speakers at Thur eve- ning’s regular Toastmas meet- ing held at the Baranof Hotel. The subject was propounded by Herh Rowland as topic master. William Manthey was toastmaster for the evening and introduced the speakers, Bill Ellis spoke on “Proper Use of Hands” from a speaker's angle, while Wes Overby chose- a palm-reading subject “Your Destiny In Your Hands.” Linn Forrest told of “The Art of the Totem Pole” in the ten-minute talk of the eve- [ning. Two speakers discussed the Legislature in impromptu talks. Jerry McKinley outlined “What Are The Worst Points of Our Lv.-lslu- ture,” and Waino Hendric | “Why Your Bill That Passed tle House Didn't Pass the Senate.” General critic was Bud Elkins | He was assisted by Waino Hen- drickson, Jack Burford, Commander Ed Chester, J. E. O’'Brien, and Fred | Dunn, Gene Viulle was grammarian. NIGHT LANDINGS Night landings W made in connection with a mercy flight by a U. S. Coast Guard plane from |~ Kodiak to Cold Bay last night, i was learned at CG headquarters here this morning. The night flight was made to pick up seven-monthw old John T. Borenin who was re- | ported to be suffering from severe diarrhea. da; HAINES VISITOR Charles Hesner of Haines is re- gistered Gastineau Hotel. i ) ) | 747-3t Ask for... |\ Genuine Kentucky SOUR MASH for TRUE BOURBON HOUSEHOLDS ‘plea for more a....._........_....m.-_ Twenty-fifth of a Series Expenditures by the Territorial | Government during 1949 and 1950 amounted to $25471,32491, an in- | crease of $9,371,689.81 over the pre- vicus biennium, according to the report of Auditor Neil Moore, just issued. | Forty-nine percer.t cf this total, or $i2,392,174.29, went for public welfare, an increase in this item of 53,027,471.98 over the previous bi- annium. Education tock 33 percent of to- tal expenditures, or $8,316,083.83, which was an increase of $3,792,- | 172.07 over the 1947-48 biennium. Expenditures under the heading | »f development of the Territory amounted to $2,783,54442, which was 11 percent of total expendi- tures. This was an increase of $1,501,882.80 over the previous bi- 2nnium. Industrial development took two percent of expenditures or 3(5'13.-1 416.81, an increase of $321,492.25 | over 1947-48. And general administration of | ‘he Territorial government required | five percent of total expenditures during 1949-50 and amounted to $1,307,523.54, which was $733,670.71 | more than was spent for that pur- | pose in 1947-1948. | In the Auditor’s report is a break- down of expenditures from April 1, 1949, to December 31, 1950, and | this shows that $3,927,601.38 was spent for personal dervices, $1,069- | 25291 for office expense and $407,- 119.64 for travel. Advertising and public notices | took $2,413.79 and vehicle expeme‘ amounted to $124,420.88. Miscella- | neous items, which includes boun- | s, loans and bonuses, retunds,‘ hospitalization, professional fees and other program costs took $12.- | 844,251.49, while $481,921 was spent for equipment and $3,116,058.08 was spent on structures and public | works. The number of Territorial em- ployees increased from 581 in 1947- 43 to 742 at the end of December, 1950, the Territorial Auditor re- | ports. | Several departments made con-| siderable increases in personnel during the past couple of years. Highway Patrol employees num- bered 15 two years ago and 30 two [ W | from liquor licenses | $21,500; Seward, $20,350; FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1951 A NORTHERN NOTEBOOK By BOB DE ARMCND ) The Department of elfare increased its staff from 26 to 31 and the Department of Health | increased the number on its pay- roll from 129 to 152. Employment months ago. Security employees went from 72 up to 81; Territorial Teachers went | up from 124 to 148 and the staff at the University of Alaska jumped from 75 to 98. The Department of Taxation increased its personnel from 17 to 53. During the same time the Audi- tor’s office dropped one employee, the Treasurer’s office dropped four and the Territorial Veterans’ Af- fairs staff decreased by one. New departments added 15 to the payrolls, six in the National Guard and nine in the Department of Fisheries. The Territory paid $3,830,838.23 to municipalities during the years 1949 and 1950, the report of the Auditor reveals. The biggest part of this was in cash refunds to schools, which amounted to $3,362,- 512.29. There was also $39,055 for tuition and $3,265.82 in interest to schools for borrowed funds. Refunds of liquor licenses totaled $414,816.62 Other items paid to municipalities were refunds on coin operated machines, business license taxes and punchboard taxes. Anchorage was away out in front in receipts from the Territory with a total of $966,388.09. Next in line | were Fairbanks, $457,409.70; Ket- chikan, $355,134.02; Juneau, $354,- | 117.13; Sitka, $21659852; Seward, | s167.63062; Kodiak, $140619.13; | Palmer, $130676.13; Petersburg, | $126,749.72; Nome, $122,528.57; | Wrangell, $112,918,08, and Cordova, $105,403.66. Anchorage was ajc far in front in liquor license refunds, with | $133,891.64 for tlie biennium. Fair- banks received $48,950 from liquor licenses; Juneau, $41,900 and Ket- chikan, $37,600. Other towns and their receipts were: Nome, Kodiak, $16,233.33; Cordova, $16,150; Sitka, $14,300; Nenana, $7,200; Wrangell, $7,000; Seldovia, $6,616. Petehsburg, $6,900; Skagway, $6,- 300; Valdez, $4,874.99; Haines, $4,- 975; Craig, $4,800; Douglas, $4,400; Port Alexander, $3,500; Pelican, $3,200; Unalaska, $2975, and Eagle, $1,200. HEARINGS ON (OMP. BILL ‘Continued from Page One) tracts are on lump sum bids that did not contemplate such an in- crease in insurance rates. R. E. Robertson, representing the Association of Casualty Insurance Companies, went over the bill sec- tion by section to point out featurcy he considered too severe or unfair Swan accused Moore of “a sel- fish approach to the problem of compensation,” and joined Hill in a liberal long-term benefits for Alaskan workers. Evans cited the Federal Employes’s Compensation Act as the most lib- eral now in existence in the United States and said “the way to reduce the insurance rates is to reduce ac- cidents, not to cut the benefits.” New Bills The House received its 100th bill of the session this morning — by the Committee on Public Health, to appropriate $40,000 for the Board of Health to use in providing fi- nancial assistance to communities in improving their hospital or health center facilities —and the commit- tee received a bouquet of daffodils from the permanent help in recog- nition of this milestone. A new bill by Reps. Kay and FLAVOR BONDED STI'I'ZEI.-WELI.ER DISTILLERY Louisville, | KENTUCKY STIAIGM BOURBON WHISKEY commercinl fishing lice: Stepovich would dedicate for high- way purposes B tract four rods wide along each section line. Another bill by Kay nad Stepo- vich amends the law relating to prosecutions in proceedings for con- tempt. The House recessed until 2 p.m. but was not entirely certain it would meet this afternoon. The Committee on Institutions, schedul- 3d to leave this morning for Sitka, was delayed by weather but it was believed planes might fly this after- noon. It had been agreed that no bus- iness would be transacted by the House during the absence of the committee. Fishermen’s Bill Passed Rep C. C. Carlson’s bill to pro- vide for the care of sick and dis- \bled fishermen, a hardy perennial in the Alaska Legislature, gained House approval yesterday afternoon on a 17-7 vote. Aimed particularly at caring for fishermen on undocumented boats, ihe bill provides for the care of fishermen whose injury or illness is attributable to their fishing ac- tivities, and the provisions would be extended to all persons who buy nses. The bill had been held over to allow Carlson to investigate the possibilities of an amendment to limit the provisions to “real” com- mercial fishermen, excluding the sports and weekend fishermen who may buy commercial fishing li- censes. Investigation disclosed, Carlson said, that this would be almost im- possible and might result in tying the bill into knots. The bill creates a board of seven members, including four fishermen, to administer a special fund into which would go 30 per cent of rev- enues from commercial fishermen’s licenses. Pay Bill Killed On its second round in the House, H. B. 66, providing that wages would accrue until paid, was killed on a 12-12 vote. The House had passed the bill the previous day and it was held over for another vote when Rep. Wilbur gave notice of intention to reconsider. The remainder of the afternoon session was devoted to the Com- mittee of the Whole hearing on H. B. 61, described above. U. 5. WILL HAVE BUT SIX DIVISIONS IN EUROPE BY MID-1952 WASHINGTON, March 2—@P— The Defense Department was re- ported today to have told Congress it expects to have only six American divisions in Europe by July 1, 1952, unless war breaks out. This information bore out state- ments by Secretary of Defense Mar- shall that there are no present plans to increase U. S. commitments to the North Atlantic defense force being formed by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Senators told newsmen the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Serv- ices Committees were told, in an- swers to a series of questions put by Senator Knowland (R-Calif.), that present plans call for sending two additional U. S. divisions to Europe this year. Marshall said four more divisions would be furnished in all to join under Eisenhower’s command the two now in Germany on occupation duty. The committees called Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, before them in closed ses- sion (10 a. m. EST) today, Some senators said they wanted to check on reports that the military may ask for $100,000,000,000 for the year starting July 1, 1952. One Senate report was that the Army alone might ask for $50,000,000000 Senator Byrd (D-Va.) told & porter he had heard falk of $100,000,000,000 figure. Iie added he fears that any such budget would splinter the country'’s economy.