Old-Timer Amazed
At Growth In U. S.
SEATTLE (>P)—Ex-mayor M. J.
(Joe Conroy of Anchorage, taking
his first look at ‘the Outside” in a
quarter of a century, has been
finding out there have been some
changes made.
Seattle’s growth he had expect
ed. But what has happened to
some cross-roads communities in
California amazed him, he said.
The same is true of little places
in Arizona, he reported.
He has done reasonably well,
he admitted, in his search for gold
in Alaska. Mines he has developed
have sold profitably; he still has
many claims staked out, and he
still goes prospecting every sum
mer with R. L. Thompson of Se
lah, his mining partner.
‘‘Around Anchorage they go
hunting and fishing by air and
even get their mail deliveries by
CHEVROLET
GIVEN AWAY
AT THE ARCTIC CLUB
CARNIVAL
SAT., APRIL 29. 8:15 P.M.
BOREDOM CATCHES THIEF
LOS ANGELES, (/P) —As offi
cers James Appel and Frenk Dy
jor tell it, they captured this thief
because they were just plain
bored. Cruising along at night in
a patrol car they spotted a lone
pedestrian. They tailed the man.
When he turned into a home, they
questioned him. They found more
than $1,500 in the man’s posses
sion. The bewildered thief admit
ted robbing a cafe but couldn’t
understand how the cops got wise
to him.
air," he commented. “Last year
Anchorage’s airfield rated with
New York’s LaGuardia Field in
volume of traffic, and in one
month surpassed it. When the
new international airport is com
pleted next December, it will be
the busiest in the world, with
planes flying the Great Circle
route to the Orient.”
In Seattle Conroy visited his
partner Thompson’s daughter and
son-in-law, the Kermit Zarleys.
The ex-mayor and his niece, Mrs.
Susie C. Vitt, will return to An
chorage over the Alcan Highway
next week.
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ALASKA RAILROAD SIGNS
NEW LABOR AGREEMENTS
WASHINGTON. (/I1)—Secretary
of the interior Chapman said Sat
urday he has approved five new
labor agreements covering about
one-third of the 2.600 employees
of the government’s Alaska Rail
road.
The agreements, effective im
mediately. involve train dispatch
ers, clerks, communication em
ployees, hostlers and hostler help
| ers.
Similar agreements covering
I engineers, firemen, brakemen and
conductors were put into effect
last year.
No new pay rates weer involv
jed. Existing pay rates were made
I effective last Sept. 1.
“The aim of the interior depart
ment is to accord to employees of
the Alaska Railroad as nearly as
possible the same collective bar
i gaining rights as those held by
railroad employees in private in
dustry,” Chapman said.
Mildred Hermann
Says Alaska Ready
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For Statehood
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I get along with .just a federal gov
I ernment.”
Mrs. Hermann smiled and re
i torted:
‘T understand that is so but we
Republicans don’t agree with it.”
The crowd in the room laughed.
Mrs. Hermann described new
taxes the Territory has levied in
anticipation of Statehood and said
i the total estimated revenue of
$10,020,000 a year was figured to
i exceed expenditures by some
i $750,000 annually.
She said the Legislature appro
| priated $18,404,250 for the current
biennium but of that amount
about $1,500,000 was for non-re
curring items.
The additional expense of State
hood would amount to $2,242,500,
she said. She broke this down as
follows; $1,00,000 for administra
tion of the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice, now handled by the federal
government; $600,000,000 for state
courts; $200,000 for the care of
the insane, now paid by the fed
eral government; $37,500 for the
Legislature, now paid by the fed
eral government; $50,000 for the
Governor and Secretary of State,
and a State building program of
$355,000.
Mrs. Hermann said if Alaskans
find they must pay more taxes
they are “perfectly willing to pull
in our belts and meet the costs.”
Mrs. Hermann told the commit
tee that the “hallucination” that
Indians don't pay taxes” in Alas
ka is a mistake.
“Indians pay taxes in Alaska on
their income just the same as
other citizens,” she testified. “The
Indian is not the white man’s bur
den in Alaska. He is becoming a
fine citizen.”
The witness said all Alaskans
are opposed to setting up reserva
tions for Indians.
The proponents of Statehood
will continue testifying today and
the opponents will testify Thurs
day.
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE j
Question of the Week: "If you
had your choice what would your
platform be for the coming Legis
lature?"
Members present were S.mrio,
Duffield, Galvdn. Beacom. Corn
well, Osborne, Harper. Hunt and
Silverman.
Mr. Galvin reported that in
Seattle they are starting a tourist
campaign to bring a million peo
ple into Northwest Alaska.
Civil Affairs—There will be a
youth meeting this Friday night,'
April 28, sponsored by the Na
tional Government at the City
Hall. We hope there will be a
large attendance.
Mr. Beacom reported a success
ful barn dance, but that many
members of the Chamber were
not present.
Regarding spending city money,
it was mentioned by several mem
I bers that there should be a city
ordinance that anything over S100
' should be spent by contract or .
bid.
Concerning the expense of op
erating the school—it was sug- !
gested a program should be start
ed centering around appropriat-;
DEATH THREATS
BACK RED IDEAS
SINGAPORE, i/P) — The pro
Kuamintang “Chung Shing Jit
pao” has received ten warning
letters, some of them containing
“death warnings,” against pub
lishing anti-communist news, Tan
Kok Chor, a director, said. Then
someone tossed a hand grenade in
the newspaper’s office, but it
failed to explode. Singapore po
lice are still looking for the gre
nade thrower.
As early as 1740, three Marine
regiments were recruited in Amer
ica, assembled in New York under
the command of General Alexan
der Spotswood of Virginia, and
performed valiant service in the
West Indies for the Royal British
Navy.
ing money to carry on education.
Mr. Saario asked Dick Cornwell
to find out what the City and the
development Board are doing—if
they are working together, to see
if we are heading in the right di
rection. Mr. Cornwell said he
would begin checking on this.
Ted Duffield suggesting relo
cating suggestion boxes in ho
tels, library, North Pole Bakery,
etc., as suggestions are coming in
very slowly.
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