The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 11, 1951, Page 8

"“aie THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA GOVERNOR LAUDS | DOUGILA COURT ACTIONIN | NEWS UPHOLDING TAX| rur o simxa Mrs. W. R. Peterson from Sitka on Monday after spend- an interview with Governor|ing the weekend. there with a group neau Chamber of Commerce is will- | revised by Secretary of the Inter- | Ernest Gruening concerning thé ac-{of 20 from Juneau representing ing to change jobs with any other|jor Oscar Chapman to place it | tion of the Circuit Court of Appeals | the Juneau Women of the Moose | board of directors in the city for|more nearly in the same category )in upholding the Territorial Proper-|at an Academy of Friendship Ser- the months of May and June,jas field comn s in the States.|ty Tax, he said: vice BEFFITINIFRTY it their el i "nenso: SITKA T0 OBSERVE | the church. g i ARMED FORCES DAY FROM WHITEEZORSE | Mr. and Mrs. Dick Morris and d four children arrived recently from Whitchorsz to make their home returned | | U ouglas. Mr. Morris, @ brother of Charlie Morris, will fish with ‘m.\ brother, gillnetting in the Taku river area this summer. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1951 PAGE EIGHT | 6 VISITORS GROUPS TO BE HERE DURING SIX-WEEK PERIOD The exe ve board of the Ju- | tackle some of them as a unit. The Department has extraordinary re- sponsibilities in Alaska and our chief objective is to see that our prozrams do not overlap and that they accomplish as much as pos- eible with available manpower Status Revised Sitka plans to hold an Armed Forces Day parade and review one week early on Sunday, May 13. Participating will be the Sitka Na- tional Guard unit, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars,’ and the Mt. Edgecumbe and Sitka! SUNDAY MASS AT 8:30 High School bands. | A N N U A L E L K S 1 Beginning Sunday and until fur-| A brief ceremony will follow the Rhode ' stated the status of the Alaska Field Committee has been In the Ninth Sitka Mrs. Peterson resumed President Herbert S. Rowland in-|“In the future the primary func-| " “word that Circuit| In dicateq today Field Commit- The T a Chamber of (‘um-‘ merce m rs will be the first of several groups to visit Juneau. They are to arrive May 17. On the; evening of M 18 they will enter- tain member ber of Cor a party at the 10f Hotel, which is to be followed by a no-host| dinner. The next day the party will| fly to Fairbanks on Pan American Airways On June 9 will see the arrival of 170 mem of the National Edi- torial Association aboard the S. S.{ Aleutian. The vessel is scheduled to arrive at 7 am. A trip to Men denhall Glacier is planned with a luncheon at the Auk Bay recrea- tion area, weather permitting. / Governor’s reception is planned for 4 pm the =hip is to sail at 7 pm | The Portland Chamber of Com- merce is due here June 18 and a no-host dinner tel is plar i for that eve Two days later, about 40 me kers of the Honclulu Chamber will by Pan American Airway uncau Chamber will be h at a cocktail party followed by no host dinner at the Baranof Ho-| tel. | On June 23 the Juneau Chamber | st the visitors on cl Yacht race. An ted 25 craft are expected to make | the race and a no host dinner is| set for that evening at the Baranof Hotel. estima- | | | at the Baranof )m,i 3¢ Yacht Club in en-|, the Capitol-| ' tion of the Alaska tee will be program -and budget planning among the operating ag- encies of the Department. Changes in policy are recommended to the Secretary whenever members be- lieve it will improve the operations, or more nea f needs. Develop al work in primarily by the Field ind promotion- will be handled ernor and the rather ceretary 1 better | ew of impending | yough 1Mo longer a | mmittee, t current e Gov- | advised | ng pro- itive will of the De and each r n 1 wvernor mutual ohn Reed, Ge- Alaska Director. members in addition to Joe Mo u of | Reclamation; Hugh Alaska | t Service; Col L Road Commissi rain, Bureau of Mine on, Puliic Works ion. Anchorage Johnson, Alaska Railroad; Lowell Puckett, Bureau of Maragement. National Park Service | v rted Collins Rhode are niembe and them to Alaskan | har than | the Territorial Property Tax, versing the decision of Judge Harry Pratt, makes clear beyond argument that the Territory is on financial basis, that it now | erate tax structure, and that after | nowin good order. “The history of the 1 cerning the tax measures passed by the 1949 Legislature is now as fol- lows: “The net inceme tax was upheld n its entirety by the District Court igation con- | 1t Juneau and, on appeal, by the Circuit Court. "he General Property Tax was on appeal to the Circuit graduated tax on fish trap the tax on cess of 15,000 hence con- The upheld although ught fish in e was held regulatory trary to the organic act. “The Territory prevailed in the | District Court in two actions, chal- lenging the non-resident license tay on fishermen. Decision of the Cir- -uit Court is now being awaited on each. Fish Tax Not Challenged ¢ This is an excellent record, show- n7 that the tax measures Wel conceived and well d n, and that | progressive and’ erfl poli- cies have been established for the Land | Territory of Alaska. The long en- during practice of taking it all and | leaving nothing for Alaska has come Court in San Francisco has upheld re- a sound has a comprehensive, while wholly mod- years of obstruction and procrasti- nation, Alaska’s financial house is of several ther notice, Sunday mass at the | Catholic Church in Douglas will be at 8:30 a.m. | many acquaintances years ago. BACCALAUREATE Sunday, May 13; Mothers Day— | ALTAR SOCIETY OFFICERS the Baccalaureate Service for the Newly elected officers of the 1951 graduating class of Douglas Ladies’ Altar Society of the Cath- High School will be held; beginning |olic church of Douglas are Mrs. 1t 2 o'clock, in St. Lukes Episcopal | Grace Russo, President, and Mrs. Church. The Rev. Samuel Mc-|Dorothy Moesch, Secretary-Treas- Phetres will officiate. urer. Parents, relatives and friends are | e e ordially invited to attend. ‘\ FIRE ALARM—DOUGLAS | An alarm about 2 p.m. this after- noon called the Juneau Fire De- partment to Douglas. The fire, however, was a brush fire near the ball park and although “burning briskly, flames seen in Juneau, was soon brought under control. KING SALMON SHOWN ' CAUGHT TEE HARBOR FIREMEN MEET The Douglas Volunteer Fire De- | Jartment met last evening for a cegular meeting. Instead of at the | 1sual Firehall, the meeting was heid on the job at the Douglas Cannery, where members are rebuilding the :annery buildings to earn money tor the new fire truck'fund. Arne Shudshift, Fire Chief, announced that business buildings were being inspected for fire hazards and a complete repbrt would be available it the next meeting. He appointed Milford Marshall, Rex Hermann ‘E’:?mi.l;n cf'::;u::. th;er:lew A‘::;‘;s | exhibit at the Juneau Young Hard- innounced plans were ccmplelc]“'“"e' The largest of the two weighs or the Spring Firemen's dance on . | other tipping May 19. * | pounds. the scale at POTLUCK D.CM. CHURCH | iRANTED Members - of the’ Douglas Com-/| munity Methodist Church enjoyed a | o i Jptiuck supper last evening 10 he | pygiricy Gourt this morning. Kerns assisted Miss Claudia Kelsey,| Henrietta F. Pannedaker wa parish worker, in planning the 8iven a -decree from Roberi G event, and serving was done by | Pannedaker; Jean Pace was grant- Mrs. Richard Shuman, and Mrs. |ed divorce from Richard William DIVORCES Judge George W. Folta in U. S. Two king salmoh caught hy Mrs. W. 8. Neely at Tee Harbor Thurs- | day aiternoon on live bait are on| 12000 pounds. To Coop: R & H, 1 and one half pounds with the | 35 Three ‘divorces were granted by | | parade. Capt. Charles W. Kidd, commanding Company B, 208th In- fantry Battalion, Alaska National Guard, the Sitka unit, is in charge of the ceremonies. THURSDAY FISH LANDINGS ¥ | Halibut prices raised one cent a pound for large Thursday. Total landings were 186,500 pounds going, at 15 cents for mediums, 12 cents for chix and 13 for large. Selling to E. E. Engstrom were: Flamingo, Frank Wright, 15,000, pounds; Ralph II, Robert Hanson, 10,000 pounds; Arctic, Lawrence| | Swanson, 5000 pounds; Sentinel,| | vincent Anderson, 33,000 pounds.i To Alaska Coast Fisheries: Julia | D., Ike Puustinen, 10,000 pounds; | Unity, James Young, 14,000 pounds; | Admiralty, George James; 15,000 pounds; Blue Ribbon, Jim Ruff- corn, 6,500 pounds; Norland, Ed Jacobsen, 21,000 pounds. To E. C. . Johnson: Sisu, Clyde Hill, 10,000 pounds; Mayflower, Gus Swanson, A. Hofstadt, 35,000 pounds. Twenty-six traveled via Pacific! | Northern Airlines Thursday With four arrivals from Anchorage, 14 {1lying to Anchorage and eight go- |ing through to Cordova. | From Anchorage: Don Kantola,! | George Leukhans, Jack Jenkins, W.| }E. Dillon. To Anchorage: C. Lammers, J.| Lemmers, Mrs. R. Bachman, D. Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. C. Grauntt E. F. Hinman, R. F. Linden, L. M. Mother’s Day SERVICE Sunday, May 13 2 P. M. in the ELKS' AUDITORIUM Public Invited S - e -~ - & The Juneau group will just about al Of-|to an end. catch its breath beiore the Seattle Chamber of Commerce arrives on ¥ June 25. e Meantime Joe McLean is trying to tuck in a date for the Juneau goodwill tour on the Alaska High- way to place tourist attracting signs and literature before the travel season gets in full swing. May 30 has been considered as a tentative date for the Alaska High- way expedition, but is dependent upen ‘the availibility of the Motor- ship Chilkoot to transport Juneau cars to Haines. McLean expects to Riches, A. Stanley, W. Kushuk, H. iment of a permanent| Needless to say, all tax measures| Ingebright. | Pace and Virginia Hensey was di- Johnson, W. C. Smith, A. L. White. is expected (g be an-| are subject to revision and improve-| Very much enjoyed by members vorced from Vincent Hansey. con by Secretaly Chap-|ment as experience with their ad- | ——————— L 8 the next meelng is|ministration reveals flaws and sug- Ancherage in mid- gests methods of removi hem. It HAREUA | might be pointed out that the Fed- | eral income tax passed way back |in 1913 was, for over a quarter of SOUARE DAN(I“G lo ia century, found to contain loop-| s whick uired constant re- | BE ON FRIDAYS Now!me\ whieh requir scheduled at ey it 35 3 S it v Save Up to 33 £-3% On vision and correction. | Measures Stand Up It has become a general' practice "in hundreds of homes in Juneau and Douglas to select that gift for Mother at Les Line have a and August will & Parish Hall for meetings of channel square dancers. TWO-DAY SESSION , A different master of ceremonies ponsible for anning the | will be res ENDS WEDNESDAY - = live” music that anyone who can square dance will' be welcome. | New round dances will be in- e d:m(.c! “That Alaska tax measures passed chairman for the Gasf Chan- | by the 1949 Legislature have stood | g nel Square Dance As ation, has | up so well, 5eflects great credit on the .‘ . definite announcement re-|a SHC T the first, third | draftsman, former Attorney Gen ] garding this trip by next week. | and fifth Fridays of June, July | eral, Ralph Rivers, on the member | orrat > ] Lo reserved at the|of the Legislature who supporte 4 N . all | these bills, and finally on the pres- | Geralc ttorney | ent Attorney General, Williams, and the Assista General, John Dimond, who defend ed this tax legislation against high- powered and able counsel. Linehan states that “Finally, let it be repeated that has been secured and | the Territorial tax sy as it now stands is light — which in my judgment it should be — but tha nevertheless it should be ample to take care of our needs, that no nev tax measures need be reasonably anticipated; and that it has been clea demonstrated that the Ter ritory has not only the financia! capacity to operate its public serv- ices but ample potentialities to take care of whatever slight increases in costs statehoogl would require.” atJ hne.au = Young’s arrang or assccia- | . ax f ci | SR8 | “Galva-Bond> v : ; Steel . I S : , ; For a complete Choice ment adjusted to Territorial needs. | dance will be Friday, June 1 and use, and construction,” according Mrs. Patricia Baxter, former pro- plenty of problems in times like $3.98 All 64 inches long— including delicious “Items of discussion at this con- | Will start at 8:30 o'clock | “ % Sl l ... The Perfect ck fo to Clarence Rhode, Fish and Wild- prietor of the I anof Gift Shop these and we find it is easier to Widths: From 24 to 36 inches $5.98 Members of the Alaska Field Committee are returning to their | respective headquarters following | troduced in the joint dance sessions a two-day session in Juneau. The |but the general evening program Committee, made up of officials in | will be maintained—that is, a ratio charge of Interior Department Ag- |of two squares to each round dance encies in Alaska, gets together | Will be scheduled All danc are every three months to exchange.in- | to note that the get-togethers are formation and attempt to keep the | planned for Friday instead of the PATRICIA BAXTE! JOINS BARANOF the switchboard ope: cently been night the Juneau Dougla —li)ll'll{i‘j W What could be nicer for Mom on Moth- er’s Day than a gay, appropriately wrap- ped box of her own favorite candy . . . Come in — select from our wide group of MOTHER’S DAY CANDIES. various programs of the Depart- | customary Saturd The first ference included a resume of the PSS protlems and progress of each Al- x‘iska Agency, the Department’s de- = H ense functions, conservation, land G d t. G.’t mmediaie Jelivery life Service Regional Director, who | and Cizar oined the ra ua Ion I i ; {s YAclum. Chairman of the group. | staff at Hotel as . SIZOS b o IWL"(JI(‘I'HL try to make any ‘earth- 1e has re- ; shaking' decisions. We each have rator with Widths: From 18 to.23 inches All 64 inches long— fsulve them if we get together and 3 A 30-inch; 32-inch; 34-inch; 36-inch; Builer-Mauro Drug Ce. All 64 inches long— < Your Rexall Store $4.98 Widths: From 37 to 43 inches This new “Galva-Bond” steel Venetian Blind is galvanized to prevent rusting, and bonderized to provide a beautiful finish, Adjustable We have just received a shipment of TOTEM' CHOCOLATES -frem Ket- chikan . . . Fresh and delicious for MOTHER’S DAY. tapes, removable slats, made with an all-steel enclosed head, will not only save you money, but will add to the beanty of your ‘home or office. They are sold exclusively in this community by Juneau-Young, and are in stock in the various sizes for your immediate selection. Come in and see them in our beautiful Torm o low'os $1.28 per w-fll Drapery and Curtain Department on the Mezzanine Floor. PLEASE ORDER EARLY Supply Is Limited CAPITOL Typewriter Co. E. E. LUPRO, JR. PHONE 828 Juneau, Alaska y S e e - THE FAMOUS SAMPLER AND OTHER WHITMAN'S . ASSORTMENT " If it’s frome Juneau - Young Hardware (o., Inc. p ol “Alaska’s Finest Hardware and Furniture Store” Box 800 JUNEAU Phone 12 It’s PERFECT