Biggest Ten
Stories Of 1946
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reconverting America from a war
to peacetime footing, made the
biggest headlines of the year, the
editors held, for they voted the na
tionwide rail strike and the dra
matic end of OPA last June two
of the leading stories of 1946.
The lowest-ranking story of the
ten selected by The Auxiliary’s
panel, that concerning radar con
tact with the moon last January,
was removed from the list arbi
trarily when John L. Lewis’ chal
lenge to government authority late
in November assumed such tre
mendous significance that it be
longed obviously among the ten
top stories of the year.
The job of domestic reconver
sions and of ironing our world
problems left over from the war
was intimately concerned with all
^ but one of the finally selected top
stories. The sole exception was the
kidnap-murder of Suzanne Deg
nan last January.
Although no attempt was made
to grade the stories in order of
importance, the resignation of
Henry Wallace folowing his pub
lic argument with the foreign pol
icy of Secretary Byrnes was con
sidered second only to the Repub
lican election in the eyes of panel
members. The rail strike in May
ranked third.
The selection compared fairly
close with that of United Press
editors, who on November 30 an
nounced a list of ten top stories
which included an interview with
Josef Stalin by Hugh Baillie, and
Winston Churchill’s “east-west”
speech at Fulton, Mo., last spring.
The UP list omitted the Paris
Peace conference and the dispute
wiUi Yugoslavia.
There was a clear impression
that many members of The Aux
iliary’s panel found difficulty in
selecting spot news stories, for the
reason that most of the important
stories of 1946 were running af
fairs which continued over several
months. Important examples in
cluded the long and painful pro
cess of price decontrol which be
gan in June and ended in Novem
ber, and the closely interwoven
series of labor disputes.
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He said he would propose other
legislation to prohibit seizure of
fishing equipment for law viola
tions until after the person charg
ed with the violation had been
convicted, to provide that 37
per cent of money received from
sales, bonuses, royalties and rent
als of public lands under the min
eral leasing law shall be allotted
to the Territory for support of
public schools.
He said he would ask that the
federal government pay for ma
terial, equipment and labor in the
survey, improvement, repair and
maintenance of roads, trails, vil
lage streets, landing strips and
dock facilities serving people un
der the supervision of the office of
indian affairs.
He said he would propose that
the governor of the Territory be
granted the right to grant pardons,
reprieves and remit fines for of
fenses against the laws of Alaska
and reprieves for violation against
the federal laws until the Presi
; dent has finally approved sen
tences.
Bartlett said he would ask Con
gress to increase the salaries of
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the Governors of Alaska, Hawaii
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To Investigate
Gruening’s Four
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Rep. Hoff
man (R.-Mich. proposed today
that the new Congress investigate
what he called “a recent lecture
tour” of Gov. Ernest Gruening, of
Alaska.
The investigation Hoffman said
in an interview, might well be
made by the House expenditures
committee, of which he may be
come chairman.
“What I want to know, and
what we should find out,” he said,
“is whether Gruening, in his re
cent visit to the States, was on
government expenses and whether
the money he received for his lec
tures on various subjects went
into his pocket or into the federal
treasury.”
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
from $10,000 to $15,000 a year.
To transfer control of the fish
eries of Alaska to the Territory
from the federal government.
To extend the farm credit law
to Alaska.
To increase compensation of
U. S. Commissioners in the Terri
tory.
To retire federal employees of
Alaska when 55 years old after 30
years of service.
Western Union
Increases Rates
Effective today telegraphic rates
from points beyond Seattle, Wash
ington, will be higher due to a
recent authorization to the West
ern Union Company, it was an
nounced today by Lt. Morgan, Of
ficer In Charge of the local office
of the Alaska Communication Sys
tem.
Rates will be increased a flat
twenty percent over those tolls
which were in effect June 11,1946,
on all fast wire service. Nightletter
and day letter tolls are also being
increased, however these increases
will not be placed in effect until
February 1. Money transfer
charges will be upped on the tenth
of January, 1947.
It is to be noted that the Alaska
Communication System has not
increased the tolls on mesages
handled by the System itself: ie,
those messages which are sent to
other Alaskan towns, or for de
livery in Seattle.
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