The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1951, Page 1

THE - “ALL TLE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVIL, NO. 11,752 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951 161STBILL INTRODUCED YESTERDAY Final Day for Infroduction of Bills Finds House | with Record Tofal 161ST BILL INTRODUCED baz Yesterday was the 45th day of the 20th session of the Legislature and | the last upon which bills could be introduced except by a suspension of the rules, which requires the vote of two-thirds of the members. Up to the time it quit for the day, | the House had received a total of 161 bills during the session, in ad- dition to more than 60 memorials | and resolutions. Two years ago the number of bills received by the end of the 45th day was 119. | The following were among the | bills introduced yesterday: ! The office of Comptroller for the Territory of Alaska would be cre- | ated by a bill introduced by Rep. Barnes. The Comptroller would take over the powers and duties vested in the present governor by past and present Legislatures. The first Comptroller would be elected by the 20th Legislature and, begin- | ning with the election of 1952, the office would be filled by popular vote. Two Referendums Two referendums for the next election are provided by bills tossed into the hopper yesterday. A bill by Reps. Gundersen, Sca- venius, Franklin, Madsen, Carlson ! and McCutcheon, calls for a vote, on the question “Should complete control and opeération of the Terri- torial fisheries be turned over' to the Territory of Alaska by Con- gress?” The other referendum bill, by Speaker Egan, calls for an expres- sion on the matter of a compulsory voting law for the Territory. A bill by Rep. Hendrickson would appropriate $100,000 to acquire sites for Territorial buildings at Anch- orage and Fairbanks and $165,000, in addition to the $660,000 appropri- ated two years ago, for construc tion of a Territorial building at: Juneau. | The motor fuel oil tax would be | raised one cent a gallon by a bill introduced by Rep. Gasser by re- | quest. ! Earmarks Earmarked Fund ! The bill provides an nddmonnfl earmarking of the already earmark- ed fund by requiring that * n‘ amount equivalent to the sum yield- | ed annually By a tax of one‘cent per gallon shall Ye devoted exclusively to the purpose of maintenance, im- | provemeht and winter clearance oh local and farm roads and airpor in Alaska including streets numde‘ of incorporated cities but excluding | airports under the -control of in—‘ corporated cities of the CAA.” A bill to prohibit political activity | {Continued on Page Two) H The Washington Merry - Go- Round By D“W PEARSON | (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc., | (Ed. Note: Drew Pearson is on a| flying tour of Europe and the| middle East, surveying the world | situation.) i Pec, Yugoslavia.—For of one day T have driven along | what is sometim called “The Little Tron Curtain” — the border | where Yugoslavia and Albania | meet, for Yugoslavia enjoys the un- | enviable distinction of being | squeezed between two sections of | the Iron Curtain with Bulgaria ! and Hungary on one side and Al-‘ bania on the other. How tiny, primitive Albania— chiefly a Mohammedan country— | happened to fall for Russian Com- | munism has always been a mystery to me. I lived on the Albanian border for two years after the first | World War, once crossed it on horseback, and its people at that time were rugged individualists who | hated all governments, including | their own, with the passicn of Pennsylvania’s high-tariff Joe Grundy.” Perhaps the explanaton is that Albania is 2 nation of ex-| (Continued on Page Four) the most | States of America; | Murray vs. | Bay cannery in 1946.. They | Nakat Packing ‘swck today is 3%, OPENSMON.; JURY CONVENES MAR. 15 Clerk of the U. S. District Court J. W. Leviers announces that mem- bers of the petit jury of the present term of court will meet at 10 a.m. March 15 in the District Court in this city. Judge George W. Folta and his party now in Anchorage to assist | with the business of the court in session for the Third Division are to return to Juneau tomorrow and Court will open here next Monday, March 12, PORTION OF REEVES BILL UNDER FIRE\ Certain provisions of H. B 141—— the bill to reorganize the mmuaml control structure of the Territorial | government — came under fire this morning in the House of Represent- | atives when the bill came up for| further consideration in second | reading. Asserting that “this gives the AI)-‘ pointive governor of Alaska more | PRESIDENT'S ASSAILANT 1§ FOUND GUILTY WASHINGTON, March 8 —P— The little Puerto Rican Oscar Col- 0 has been doomed to death in the electric chair following convic- tion for murder during an attempt |to assassinate President Truman. It took a Federal Court jury only an hour and 42 minutes yesterday to convict the 37-year-old Collazo on two first-degree murder counts. Each carries a mandatory sentence | of death, although the formal sent- encing was delayed. Collazo’s companion in an at- First case on the trial 1 1l calendar power than he ever had,” Rep. Step- | tempt to storm Blair House last for March to be heard before a jury |is that of H, O. Adams versus [hEl | Ketchikan Wharf Co., set for March 15. Attorney H. D. Stabler repre- sents the plaintiff and R. E. Robert- son is the attorney for the defense. The trial calendar follows: March 15, Lucille S. Glaike vs. Wm. B. Glafke; R. E. Robertson, attorney for plaintiff. March 15, Ida Betty Dick vs. Richard Dick; plainitffs attorney, M. E, Monagle. March 19 at 2 p.m., The First National Bank of Juneau vs. Douglas Plumbing and Heating Co., and the United attorneys for Banfield and plaintiff, Faulkner, ! Boochever and for the defendants, Fred Estaugh and U. S. District Attorney. March 19, Eleanor M. Reece H. Murray; at- torney for plaintiff, M. E. Monage. March 19 at 10 am, George Hooker vs, Paul Sinic; attorney for plaintiff, William L. Paul, Jr. | March 20, Harvey Hildre vs. C. F.{ |Lytle Co. and Green Construction | Co., jury ‘trial; | tiff, Faulkner, Banfield and Booch- | ever; attorney for plain- defendant’s attornéy R. E. Robertson. March 22, Wheat and Scott vs. H. Blyberg; Fred Estaugh attorney for plaintiff and J. A. Mc- Lean, attorney for defendant. No cases are on the calendar for April. Set for May 7 are three Fed- | eral tort claim cases which in { judgment is asked for damages by plant at the Union ; fire to an elec are the et al vs. USA, American Can Co. et al vs. US.A. and the Northern Electric Co. et al vs. U.S.A. Attorney R. E. Robertson represents the plaintiffs in all three cases and the government is repre- sented by U. S. District Attorney P. J. Gilmore, Jr. The trial of H. W. Nagley vs. N. C. Stines is set for 10 am. June 18. William L. Paul, Jr,, is the at- torney for the plaintiff and the de- | fendant is represented by Faulkner, { Banfield and Boochever. July 9 has been set for the date of hearing on motions in the cases of N. E. Bolshanin vs. John Zlobin land N. E. Bolshanin, et al vs. John Zlobin, et al. Bolshanin is repre- sented by Attorney R. E. Robertson and H. D. Stabler is the attorney for Zlobin. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 8 — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine American Can 1107%, American Tel. and Tel. 156%, | Anaconda 41%, General Electric 156%, General Motors 52%, Good- year 77%, Kennecott 73%, Libby, McNeil Pacific 35, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 93, Twentieth Century Fox 23 U. S, Steel 44%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.43%. Sales today were 1,440,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 252.80, rails 85.01, utili- | ties 43.41. WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau — Maximum, 18; minimum, 13. At Airport — Maximum, 19; minimum, 10. FORECAST Continued fair and cold with gusty northeasterly winds tonight and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight about 15 degres. Highest Fri- day about 23. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; Since March 1 — 32 inches; Since July 1 — 5121 inches; At Airport — None; Since March 1 — .41 inches; Since July 1 — 3238 inches. ® © o 0 0 0 0 0 @ ovich moved to strike a portion of | the bill that says: | “In executing the power and du- | Nov. 1 paid with his life on the | spot. Grizelio Torresola, like Collazo, ties prescribed herein the Commis- |a Puerto Rican Nationalist, was sioner (of Finance) shall be subject | shot to death by Leslie Coffelt, a to the executive direction of thv:member of the President’s body~ and Libby 9%, Northern it ‘ which bills may be transmitted be- | @e00e0eececeececcccsocsse Governor. The Governor may in his discretion seek the advice of the Board of Administration but shall | not be bound by it except as pro- f vided by law.” “The thing that is wrong with| out present governmental organiza- tion is that little or no responsibil- IiLy is placed in any one person,” | i Rep. Stepovich said. “What we want | to do is to place responsibility. That is what Mr. Reeves came here for. That is what this bill was supposed to be drawn for, to place responsi- bility in the hands of officials sub- : Jject to our control.” Stepovich contended that the bill as worded “divide the responsibility | s0 that we are no better off than we | were before. It defeats the whole purpose of reorganization and puts | the final responsibility back in the | hands of an appointive governor | who cannot be removed by the 'Bourd of Administration or the peo- |pll.'," Mingled Functions The effect of the Stepovich | amendment, Rep. Kay said, would | be to place administrative functions | in the hands of members of the| {Legislature, where they do not he-g long. | “This section does not mean that | the Governor is going to direct all ot | the details of the work of the De- partment of Finance,” Kay con-| jtinued. “It merely places a boss| over the Commissioner of Finance, | to see that he does his job. The | Board of Administration can still! remove the Commissioner if it so| j desires.” | “We can't expect the Board of | Administration to ride herd on the !mented Rep. Franklin, “especmlly‘ when four of the members will probably be scattered between ses- \sions of the Legislature. I think the section should stand as it is.” i Elective Govenor “While it is unfortunate that | Alaska cannot elect its own gov- ernor, this is no fault of Governor | Gruening’s,” said Rep. McCutcheon. “In 1943 Governor Gruening dic~ Alla tated a memorial which I introduc- ; |ed, asking that Congress provide for the election of the Governor of | Alaska. He still believes that this should be done.” The Stepovich amendment lostl on a 7-17 vote with Barnes, Laws, | Locken, MacKinnon, Miscovich, Stepovich and Wilbur supporting A motion by Rep Gasser to limit idebate on future amendments to this and other bills to two minutes | for each member was voted down 9-15. The House did agree, how- ever, to hold sessions from 9 am. until noon, 2 p.m, until 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. until whatever time they {agree to adjourn during the remain- der of this week and on Monday. Monday will be the 50th day of the session and the last day upon tween the two houses except by a| suspension of the rules. The Rules Committee will meet | each morning during the next four | days to set the House calendar rorl the day and decide which bills shall | be considered first. | Jensen Affair Again ' The subject of recenf joint exe- cutive sessions at which former | Legislator Marcus F. Jensen ap- peared, again flared briefly in the { House this morning with the read- | ing of a letter from Jensen. Jensen took issue with statements attributed to Rep. McCutcheon in a story that recently appeared in| .the Anchorage Times. He said he thought McCutcheon revealed mat- ters that were ‘supposed to have been secret and therefore believed | (comlnued]m Page '_K"ID) I guard, after Torresola fatally | wounded Coffelt. 'MAYOR OF SEWARD IS INDICTED; JAILED; $5,000 BOND IS SET ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 8. —(M—The mayor of Seward was in the Federal jail today, charged with taking money to take a trip—and then not taking the trip. A secret indictment returned by a grand jury February 28 and made: public yesterday specifically charged Mayor Eugene N. Lanier with ob- taining money under false pre- tenses. He was charged with accepting $200 to attend a Coast Guard hear- ing at Juneau January 8, 1951, on the shipment of explosives. The in- dictment said he did not attend the hearing. Lanier had been asked by the Sward City Council on January 15 of this year to resign. He remained in Federal jail—un- able to post $5,000 bond. 'CORONER'S JURY UNABLE FIX BLAME KETCHIKAN DEATH| KETCHIKAN, March 8. — (® — came to his death Monday night from*a “gunshot wound inflicted by a person or persons unknown,” a coroner’s jury verdict held late yesterday. Fladnery was the son of Edward Flannery, Rt. 1, Box 285, Graham (Pierce County), Wash. He was riding with Frank Steven- son, 18, and Harry Allain, 19, in in’s automobile, which ran out of gas near a poultry farm owned 'by Anton Brusich eight miles north of here. Flannery was found shot through | what he wanted to do, but he didn't | the heart after the men returned to the Brusich home after taking gasoline to the car, testimony dis- closed. ALASKA COASTAL HAS 32 ON WED. FLIGHTS Alaska Coastal Airlines carried a total of 32 passengers on flights Wednesday with 10 on interport, 12 arriving and 10 departing. Departing for Sitka: Mr. and Mrs. Silas Milne, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wyman, Ruby Watts, Har- riet Nelson, Irene Zelenak; for Lincoln Rock: Matt Gormley, Frank Yotter; for Haines: Clyde Hawkin. Arriving from Skagway: Bud Phelps; from Ketchikan: D. San- i chez; from Petersburg: Don Irwin; from Sitka: Phillip Samson, Helen | Taug, Mr. Cook, E. G. Peterson, Rev. | Sweeney, W. Carlson, Mrs. D. Wil- bur and child; C. Skipton. | NAT. GUARD PERSONNEL HERE FOR TRAINING Elmer E. Dravage and Donald E. McGraw, unit administrative assist- | ants for companies A and B, 208th | Infantry Battalion (Sep), Alaska National Guard, at Ketchikan and[ Sitka, respectively, are in Juneau.y,arq mines, public welfare, em.‘wfll speak om DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MANY BILLS IN SENATE; 5 APPROVED By JIM HUTCHESON Thirteen bills flooded into the Territorial Senate yesterday, the session’s 45th day. It was the deadline for introduc- tlon of routine bills. The late rush raised the Senate ‘total of bills to 101, compared with 79 on the 45th day in 1949. The introductions shared interest with Senate action in approving five bills, rejecting one and passing three memorials. Most of the bills were of minor nature. The Senate passed, 14 to 1, a Mac- Kenzie bill to enable the Veterans Affairs board to raise the commis- sioner’s salary to $10,000 a year from the present $8,000 maximum. The bill that lost on an 8-8 dead- lock proposed three years’ practice of law in Alaska as qualification for the attorney general. The require- ment now is five. The author of the bill, Sen. Steve McCutcheon, said it was intended to open the way for John Dimond to run for attorney general if he should so choose. McCutcheon said there was a possibility Attorney General Gerald Williams would not seek reelection, in which case his assistant should be able to make the race. Proponents argued that, aside from any personality involved, there were times when there have been a shortage of candidates and if an attorney is a livewire enough to get alected after only three years in the Territory he deserves it. The op- ponents argued that anyone who is to be top legal counsel for the Terri- tory should have more than thTee years’ practice in it. Sen. Howard | Lyng suggested that a better alter- native would be for both parties to pick out old-time attorneys, who have made their stakes and are will- { ing to accept the salary of the of- fice. He said young attorneys of ability. can easily make more in private practice than the present $9,000 salary of the office. The school bond issue controversy involved the Senate yesterday after- noon for the third time this session. came up this time on President Gunnnrd Engebreth’s bill for a ref- erendum ballot at the next election on whether the public wants to have the Territory issue up to $12,507,000 Commissioner of Finance,” com- | Njneteen-year-old William Flannery | in bonds for school buildings. The fight came over a proposal by Sen, Heinie Snider (R-Anchor- age) to include on the proposed ballot three questions: 5 “If the vote for bonding is in the affirmative, do you favor paying the costs by— Increased property tax? Increased income tax? A sales tax? Engebreth immediately opposed the addition of the tax questions as intended to cripple the bill, Snider said “You betchd, t.hn' necessity of raising the money if they were voting about a bond is- sue.” ’ His amendment proposal lost on an 8-8 vote. The measure in final form did not come up for a final vote. A “little Hatch act” was introduc- ed in the Senate by Elton Engstrom of Juneau. A similar ope was sub- mitted in the House also. They would prohibit Territorial govern- |ment personnel from trying to in- flueénce elections. The Senate Fisheries committee introduced a substitute for the House-approved bill to remove the i governor from the Fisheries Experi- mental Commission. It proposed that instead of substituting some one for the governor that the whole thing be put into the hands of the Alaska Fisheries Department. Sen. Anita Garnick of Juneau in- troduced a bill for raising pay of Territorial officials and employes. It proposes top salaries of $12,000 for the attorney general and the commissioners of health, education and taxation. Salaries of $10,000 would be pro- vided for the auditor, treasurer, ' highway engineer, labor ctommis- sioner, directors of the fisheries |thmk the people should overlook the l SENATORS RESDENTS (MANY BILLS [SENATORS VOTE (SENATOR CHAPMAN FOR REPEAL OF MEDICAL EXAMS Repeal of the law requiring yearly medical examinations for barbers, cosmetologists and food and drink handlers was voted by the Terri- torial Senate today. The vote was 11 to 5 in favor of the recommendation of the Board of Health and Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, health commissioner. Dr. Albrecht said the law is im- practicable; there are ample safe- guards against communicable dis- eases in other statutes; the ‘“clean bill of health” cards give a false sense of security to the public be- cause a person could pick up a dis- ease immediately after his blood test and still carry his card the rest of the year. The Senate also: Passed for the second time, be- cause of a previous legal error, the Engebreth bill to exempt Federal excess profits taxes from the com- putation on which the 10 per cent Territorial income tax is figured; Passed 15 to 1 a bill to provide substitute birth certificates ‘for adopted children with intent to make them “as near as possible to those of other children;” Passed 14 to 1 a substitute to Mayor Waino Hendrickson's bill to clarify a city’s right to make is- suance of a city automobile license (windshield sticker variety) depend- ent on payment of city taxes on the car. The adopted child bill stirred up a bit of debate over the problem of children born out of wedlock. Sen, Percy Ipalook (R-Kotzebue) cast the lone vote against it after quoting the scriptures on the trans- gressions of mankind. Ipalook cited the arguments for the bill as one that would eliminate later embarrassment for a child, but declared: “I am afraid this would increase the social problem. There is a law of nature that puts the burden on the mother. I believe in the 10 | commandments.” Sen. Frank Barr replied that the bill's purpose is “to remove the man- made stigma from the child.” Sen, Dan Lhamon suggested that it was a problem that had been with society for thousands of years and he couldn'’t agree that the bill would bring any increase in the delinquen- cy rate. The number of bills in the Senate Tose to 102 today when the rules were suspended to allow Sen. Joe Coble to introduce one, after the 45th day deadline. It would provide $158 reimbursement for the U. 8. Commissioner at Fairbanks. He got the Senate’s consent to drop it in after he suggested he merited the special considersntion for going the first 45 days wichout iniroducing one. BARTLETT WOULD | REPEAL MINE LAW ON SCHOOL AREAS WASHINGTON, March 8—(P— Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) has introduced a bill to repeal a 11- yelu'-old law permitting private compnnles to mine the mineral resources of areas set aside for support of Alaska’s common schools. A 1915 law set aside two sections in every Alaska township for com- mon school support by leasing for agricultural and related purposes. A 1939 amendment to that law opened these lands to mining claims. As a result, Bartlett said in a statement, private operators have staked some of these lands to re- move gravel which “has become important and valuable” as a result of Alaska’s growth. Gravel on school lands s “con- servatively valued at $2,000,000,” he said. i WSCS MEETS FRIDAY The World Service Circle society meets in the sanctuary of the Nor- thern Light Presbyterian Church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Mesdamés K. 8. Clem and W. R. Booth as hostesses. The officers will be installed and Kenneth Clem receiving instructions in their new| pioyment security, veterans affairs|Needs.” jobs preparatory to the adjutant generals inspection in April. They | return Friday to_their stations. The authorized strength of West and to the adjutant general. It ‘lm.s $9,000 for the aeronautics di- rector and the Alaska Development {board manager, $7,500 for numerous | FROM MONTANA | Delores Strombo of Dixon, Mont., has arrived from Seattle via PAA and is stopping at the Baranof| Point’s corps of cadets is 2,496. ] (Continued on Page TWwo0) ‘Houl. “Territorial School | ‘Hmel SENATOR CHAPMAN [NJURED FATALLY IN AUTO ACCIDENT WASHINGTON, March 8.—(P— Senator Virgil Chapman, 55-year old veteran member of Congress from Kentucky, was injured fatally early today in a collision of his automobile and a trailer truck. He was a Democrat. Chapman died abouy seven hours after the accident, which occurred on Connecticut Avenue in the northwest section of the city. * Although Chapman was serving his first term as a senator, he had been a member of the house for 22 years before he moved up to the senate in 1948. He succeeded Vice President Barkley when Bark- ley was elected vice president. In the house he was considered an expert on tobacco and other farm subjects, He carried that in- terest in farming into his senate activities. He was a member of the Senate Armed Service and Public Works Committees. His death cuts the Democratic majority in the senate to one, leav- ing a 48-47 margin. Gov. Lawrence W. Wetherby of Kentucky is a Democrat and thus presumably will designate another Democrat to succeed Chapman until an election is held. The senate arranged to recess for the day shortly after Chapman’s death was announced. CHARGE HURLED BY DIRECTOR DUNHAM IN PROBING OF RFC WASHINGTON, March 8—(®— RFC Director Walter L. Dunham was quoted today as saying a fellow board member urged him to resign and “become the fall guy” in a Senate investigation” of political in- fluence in the RFC. Senator Fulbright (D-Ark.) told reporters Dunham named Director C. Edward Rowe as the man who made the proposal. Fulbright heads a Senate Bank- ing Subcommittee which has been receiving testimony from Dunham behind closed doors. Another subcommittee member, | Senator Capehart (R-Ind.) said | Dunham used the words “become the fall guy” in deseribing the inci- dent. He said Dunham filed docu- ments with the subcommittee to( back his story. Fulbright said Dun- ham made a trip to Florida recently and, before leaving, dictated a lener of resignation but did not file it. Despite Dunham’s denial he was ever influenced, members of thel subcommittee said they felt the whole tenor of his testimony backed up their charges the RFC has been a prey to wielders of influence. They made that charge in a report to the Senate last month. President Truman termed the report asinine. The senators then called the present public hearings with the avowed purpose of show- ing the charges were not asinine. Senators investigating charges of influence on RFC lending asked the Justice Department to search its record of hearings for evidence of perjury, tax evasion or other viola- tions of law. Chairman Fulbright (D-Ark.) an- nounced his Senate Banking Sub- committee had voted unanimously to ask for the inquiry. It has been supplying the Justice Department a daily copy of witnesses’ sworn testi- mony, The decision came after a private private huddle of the senators. Earlier, they had held a short closed door cross-examination of} RFC Director Walter L. Dunham, and had quoted him as saying a fellow board member urged him to resign and “become the fall guy” PETERSBURG GUESTS ‘ Mr. and Mrs. F. I. De Baer of Petersburg are at the Baranof| 1 i in the subcommittee's investiga- tion. Fulbright said Dunham named Director C. Edward Rowe as the man who made the proposal. WELSHS HERE Jean and Warren Welsh of the Icy Straits Packing Co. at Hoonah have arrived from Seattle via PAA and are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. Surprlse Offensive Catches Reds Flatfooted 'DISTRICT COURT UN FORCES MAKE NEW DRIVE, REDS By Associated Press Troops of seven U. 8. divisions and seven Allied Nations drove hard today in their new general assault along a 70-mile front, inflicting a reported 11,000 Chinese Communist and North Korean casualties. The surprise offensive, in which U. 8. 25th Division crossed the Han River with tanks in three places, caught the Reds flatfooted. A fake crossing attempt by South Koreans near Seoul diverted the enemy at- tention while the main bridgeheads were being effected. South Koran troops on the eastern end of the line near Amidong re- covered some of the ground they lost yesterday to some 13,000 coun- terattacking North Koreans. Stunned by the UN offensive, accompanied by roaring artillery barrages and close fighter-bomber support all along the line, the ene- my attempted no counteroffensive during the night. But there were evidences they still were building up for a big spring assault. "DIES IN SEATILE SEATTLE, March 8 —(P—Charles J, Strandberg, 72, well-known Fair- banks, Alaska, building contractor, died yesterday. He came here in December, 1949, after suffering a stroke earlier that year. Strandberg, a native of Sweden, joined the gold rush to'the Klondike in 1900. Five years later he went to Fairbanks, and then in 1909 he headed for the Iditarod country of Southwestern Alaska for a nine-year stay. He engaged in mining until 1918 when he came to Seattle, making his home here until 1932. Then he returned to Fairbanks where he was in the building contracting business until his stroke. Strandberg was past president of Igloo No. 4, Pione;rs of Alaska, and a member of the Elks lodge 1542, both in Fairbanks. Survivers include his widow, Em- ma, Seattle; three sons, Herbert V. and Arthur F., Seattle, and Charles J., Fairbanks; and six grandchil- dren. . Funeral services and hurial will be here tomorrow. AUXIHARY TOGIVE- DINNER FOUNDERS DAY LEGION POST The Auxiliary Unit will be host- ess to the American Legion Post with a pot luck dinner and other entertainment on March 19 at the Dugout, commemorating the found- ing of the Legion, it was decided at a meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Tuesday evening. All Le- glonnaires and their wives, all Aux- iliary members and their husbands, also all visiting Post or Unit mem- bers and all prospective members are urged to attend. President Leona Lincoln presided at the meeting and routine business was conducted and committee re- ports were heard. Mrs. Helen Otke, Americanism chairman, reported that the Ameri- canism essays prepared by the 1 school children were in and judges would be contacted to pass on their merits. Two prizes are given by the Unit and the winning essay is sent to the Department of Alaska to compete for the Department prize. No essays were received from the Juneau schools but Douglas re- sponded heartily. Mrs. Otke also read the talk on Americanism which she gave over KINY last week. The Unit voted donations to the Girl Scouts for their Juliet Lowe tea, to the Alaska Crippled Chil- drens Association and to the Red Cross. FROM NORTH CAROLINA *Torace Holmes of Carv, N. C, who is with the U. S. Public Health Service, is registered at the Hotel Juneau.