Strike-Bound
Hawaii To Get
Food Relief Ship
► HONOLULU. </P) — A plan to
bring a food relief ship to strike
bound Hawaii will be considered
in detail by a CIO dockworkers’
committee. The union already has
given approval “in principle.”
Robert McElrath, spokesman
for the striking international long
shoremen’s and warehousemen’s
^ union, predicted speedy approval
of the plan by the committee.
He said waterfront employer
and union representatives worked
out Monday night tentative de
tails of a plan to bring in food.
The islands’ six ports have been
tied up since May 1.
Earlier both parties had an
nounced willingness to permit
shipment of relief supplies.
|T McElrath said the plan includes
these provisions:
1. Territorial Gov. Ingram M.
Stainback’s food relief committee
will decide what basis foods are
needed.
2. The ILWU will unload the
ship at pre-strike condition^ This
would be at $1.50 an hour and
normal unloading speed. The un
struck to enforce its demand
for $1.72 an hour.
3. The relief ship will be per
mitted to clear Honolulu harbor
for return to the West Coast with
2,000 tons of molasses as ballast.
Everelt Wood, official of th
Lomen Commercial Co., arrived
th^s morning to as-ume his duties
with the company here.
Col. H. Burkhalter ha- ordered
all traffic closed on the Snake
River footbridge to the Sand Spit
as a measure of precaution against
vandalism in that area where
there are several warehouses and
considerable army equip men!
stored.
All traffic to the sand spit rrts‘.
go through the main gate and
across the engineers bridge on the
ror Good Printing Call Main 12*
Folta Ponders Tax
Constitutionality
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JUNEAU, <vP) — Federal judge
George VV. Folta took under ad
visement yesterday a friendly test
case to determine constitutionality
of the recently enacted non-resi
dent fishermen’s tax.
Suit was brought by two non
resident masters of halibut ves
sels—Kristian Martinsen and Ed
ward Wick, both of Seattle—and
by the Polar Fisheries of Ketchi
kan.
It challengers the new Terri
torial law of $50 for non-residents.
A. H. Ziegler of Ketchikan, pre
senting one side of the arguments,
said the tax was discriminatory
as Alaska fishermen were taxed
only 05.
Asst. Atty. Gen. John Dimond,
representing the tax collector,
said the question for the court to
decide was whether the degree of
discrimination is “unreasonable
j and burdensome.”
Both sides asked the court to
decide the act’s constitutionality.
I
Volunteer Firemen
Will Disband
In Anchorage
ANCHORAGE. UP) — In protest
over the city government’s failure
to comply with underwriters’
recommendations for added equip
ment. the Anchorage volunteer
i fire department voted last night
I to disband June 30.
George Neal, fire chief for 10
years, resigned recently for the
same reason. George Burns, now
chief of the Fort Richardson fire
department, is scheduled to take
over the .iob June 15.
The volunteer group said ad
vance notice was given to enable
the city to muster new firemen.
Expressing surprise at the an
nouncement. Don Wilson, city
manager, .said he and Burns will
organize a new fire department.
The housefly vibrates its wings
more than 20,000 times a minute.
“Every Hour Is Coffee Hour
— At —
THE HUT
Bronson Water Delivery
Phone Main 19
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BANK OF ALASKA
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Scotty’s
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presents
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BLACK 160
Fire Does Much
I
Damage to Bridge
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TACOMA, (/P) — A spectacular
fire caused a possible $400,000 or
more damage early today to the
502-foot tower of “the Bridge of
Jinxes.”
Flames, fed by oil, gasoline and
timbers, turned the nearly com
pleted west tower of the ill-fated
Tacoma Narrows suspension
bridge into a gigantic steel-fram
ed torch.
It was the third blow of the ele
ments at the Narrows span. The
original bridge, with a half mile
long center suspension span, col
lapsed in a gale in 1940. Then the
recent earthquake shook a giant
steel “saddle” from atop a tower.
Engineers expressed belief that
a short circuit on the pier at the
tower’s base may hav<* started the
destructive blaze sholtly before
midnight.
The fire may cause several
months’ delay in finishing the
$13,000,000 bridge, engineers said.
News Travels Fast!
HOBART. Okla. (£») — Charlie
Klein is going to learn to control
his enthusiasm when it comes to
promoting civic projects.
In his column for the Hobart
“Democrat-Chief,” he innocently
'remarked that as part of clean-up
week, he might go so far as to
help his landlady with some of
the chores around the house.
When Klein got home, his land
lady had a long list of things for
him to do around the house.
Alcoa May Build
Plant At Skagway
JUNEAU. </P)—Hopes for a big
Aluminum Corporation of Amer
ica reduction plant at Skagway
were on the upgrade today. It is
mentioned here as a possible $300,
000,000 initial investment.
The hopes rose from the an
nouncement that Dr. Warren J.
Mead, head of the geological de
partment of Massachusetts insti
tute of technology, will lead an
expedition to study the general
geology of the area to be pierced
by tunnnels if the project goes
through. The tunnels proposed
would be from Lake Lindeman
through the Chilkoot Pass vicinity
to Lynn Canal.
Alcoa is reported unofficially to
have secured an acreage in the vi
cinity of Skagway for a plant site.
James P. Growden, chief hydro
electric engineer of Alcoa, headed
a party which came to Alaska two
years ago to reconnoiter the site.
MELBOURNE. </f>) — S i d n e v
Charles Dyer, tired of life, dived
from his Me,bourne hotel win
dow, 40 feet ab<ve the street. In
the air he made a snap decision
to live some more. Today he is
still alive.
Dyer told police that when he
felt himself falling through space,
he wanted to keep on living. “I
twisted in air and back-somer
saulted on to a shop veranda next
to the hotel.” he said.
The fall knocked him uncon
scious, but he suffered only
bruises. Dyer, 35, is an artist.
HOME ARTS CLUB HELD
LAST MEETING OF SEASON
The Home Arts Club held their
last meeting until fall Tuesdio
evening at the home of Mrs. R >')
ert Baldwin where a program :<
presented by Mrs. Frank Bing
ham on “The Flag.” The history
of the American flag as well as its
usage and meaning was fully ex
plained as well as a short history
of all flags.
Farewell gifts were presented to
Mrs. Ken Rank, president of the
group and to Mrs. Bernard Smith,
both of whom are leaving soon to
take up permanent residence in
the States. Beautiful engraved
souvenir spoons were the gifts.
Senate Will O.K.
Gray As Army Secy
WASHINGTON. (JP) — Speedy
Senate approval of Gordon Gray
as secretary of the army was fore
cast today by chairman Tydings
<D.-Md.> of the armed services
committee.
President Truman's nomination
of Gray—North Carolina lawyer
published, who has been serving
in the department since Sept. 1947
—apparently came as a surprise
not only to members of Congress
but to the appointee himself.
Tydings said Gray will appear
before the committee tomorrow.
Senator Gurney of South Dakota,
Republican spokesman o: the
group, said he was “glad to see
that someony with experience was
picked for the job.”
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:e, will do its
will not turn
essure group.”
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dinance will remain in etieoLJor
m inucaatu tusi uiai «as
voted upon the state last winter,
one month to - determin^^/.-JinUT dcmaag£U^U'--« people
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: 4 week will soon be }ieI«- get outdoors
°1 this means that i buddings, and houses .
| and give our >-u_^,g a campaign."1 _
■-1 a good “onee-oyer. 1 community .
;. 4 which every member that will
> A should participate-ws^ttbier, more yJ
f 4 make our town a cleaner n ^ ^ Qnd
pA attractive place m ;J
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long
will keep farm pricl^Jfween
60 and 90 per cent of the parity.”
In this connection the farmer's
are cooperating with the plan
to coordinate all of the food
they helped to
high cost of gov
I believe in the end
support the people
whom they ordered to furnish
them that governmental product,
and who did the Job to the best
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to devalue 11
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