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EX TRA SESSION
HIGHLIGHTS
JUNEAU, Mar. 29 — Walker’s
memorial on asking the removal of
the Governor passes the Senate 9
to (5. Brownell, Gordon, Guilder
sen, Lyng, McCutcheon and Ner
land voting no. Butrovich not vot
ing.
Just one charge was the Gov
ernor unable to fully answer at
the Senate hearing. Whaley re
counted an episode, which he de
scribed as an attempt during the
1941 session to “blackmail” him
into voting for the armories bill
by a threat of a veto of the bounty
measure he had authored. Whaley
i said the proposition was first put
to him by a man close to the Gov
ernor. In answer to a question by
Gruening, Whaley identified the
man as Bartlett, then secretary of
Alaska. Gruening did not directly
deny the episode related by
Whaley occurred, but does not be
lieve it was tinged with blackmail
^ coloration.
Gruening admitted it might have
occurred, adding that he feels it
not to have been reprehensible,
but rather would have been justi
fied, as the nation was then under
the threat of war and in dire need
of raising defenses, while the
* bounty bill was far from import
ant.
Gruening also added that the
letter he had then written Whaley
after the latter had threatened to
air the matter in joint session is in
his files. Whaley had stated he
had turned his copy over to an
m FBI agent who made inquiries of
several legislators following that
session.
Whaley said he had recounted
the episode as truly as he could
recall, though the bill concerned
^ ' <s not important, it was the prin
ce involved.
• Through an error in filing, a
dispatch earlier in the week quot
ed Nerland as saying “let the
twelve thousand dollar a year man
’do the statehood research. He
hasn’t much else to do.’’ This is an
error. Joe Green made the state
ment*.
House passes University of j
t Alaska extension bill. House also
approved all of Governor’s ap- '
pointees in the morning session.
Those voting againstl-e branch
university were Hoope.tlvJwhnson,
k, Porter, Walsh, Shattuck.
i’he House passed the Senate1
bill for vocational rehabilitation!
of disabled vets. Two memorials: .
one for the repair of Snake River '
^ harbor, and the other for a three- i
year survey of fisheries intheBer-j
ing Sea, and tabled the bill to tax j
fisheries to build up the veterans ‘
I
revolving fund, also regulating
Lewis Playing
For ‘Higher Stakes*
an Mine Strike
WASHINGTON, April I, </P)—
The National Coal Association
said there was no prospect for an
agreement in time to “avert the
strike” of 400,000 United Mine
Workers. They charged that John
Lewis was making “every effort
to prevent an agreement soon.”
The Coal Association’s executive
secretary, John Battle, said Lewis
was only going through the mo
tions of collective bargaining. “It
is clear now that Lewis is playing
for higher stakes." He referred to
the UMW chief’s demands for the
creation of a health and welfare
fund for the miners
Anchorage Mayor,
Councilmen Are
iNow On Salaries
ANCHORAGE—The city coun
cil has voted itself and the mayor
a salary for the first time in the
city’s history, when an emergency
ordinance was passed.
The salaries okayed will be $100
per month for mayor, and $50 a
month for councilmen.
Oil is being sought in Ethiopia
by an American company.
the practice of law.
The Senate indefinitely post
poned the House bill levying taxes
upon gross incomes. It passed th?
student housing appropriating fif
ty thousand, also the memorial
abolishing Katmai monument; also
the memorial for a Bering Sea
survey and Snake Harbor repair.
Neither house had a business
session on Seward Day.
The Senate in a night session
passed the House bill for a wolves
bounty at $30, and coyotes of $25.
Passed the Senate bill to sell the
health boat Hygiene and use the
fund toward purchasing a large
craft. Also the fund for the pur
chase of equipment for the Alaska
Aeronautics and Communication
Commission with appropriation
for only $20,000.
In the afternoon it passed the
House joint memorial asking for
the prohibition of ottor beam
trolling in Alaskan coastal waters,
amended to include shrimp trawl
ers.
The Alaska pioneers at a meet
ing Friday night proposed that
past presidents Charles Carter and
Henry Roden be appointed to the
new Pioneers Home board by the
Governor, as both houses have
passed the bill.
Rutli Seiffert Wins
Title ^Miss Nome'*
Saturday night at the Arctic
Club Carnival, Miss Ruth Seiffert
was declared winner in the con
test for the title "Miss Nome,”
The carnival itself was a gala
affair with games, concessions and
dancing to the music of the Base
orchestra. Doors opened at 8:00
p.m., particularly for the children,
who crowded in to play the games,
| eat “hot dogs,” and drink pink
lemonade. The games consisted
mainly of "The Nigger Babies,”
; "Bingo,” and a fishpond for chil
dren from eight to eighty years ot
age.
“Miss Nome” is the daughter of
! Mr. and Mrs. Binks Seiffert of
Nome. She is a beautiful, blue
eyed, light brunette, with a won
drous peaches and cream com
plexion, eighteen years old, and
weighs one hundred and twenty
pounds. When told she had won
the title, Ruth stated, “I am proud
to be ‘Miss Nome,’ and wish to
thank Diesel Oil Sales, who made
it possible.”
The tally of votes at the last
count was Ruth Seiffert, 68,700;
Jane Scott 64,400; Kitty Kelly,
47,500; Pat Collins, 6,900; and Lil
lian Leyba, 4,500. All of the girls
in the contest were remarkable in
beauty and sportsmanship, and
are to be highly commended.
Nome is proud of them.
The coronation ceremony, un
der the direction of Jane Galvin,
who was “Miss Nome 1941,” was
made in a beautiful setting of
polar bear rugs, loaned by the
U. S. Mercantile Store. The queen
and her attendants were dressed
in formals of contrasting colors.
Ruth Seiffert was dressed in pas
tel blue, Jane Scott in pink, Kitty
Kelly and black and aqua, Pat
[ Collins in white satin and net, Lil
lian Leyba in black and white.
Gifts for the attendants were but
terfly pins encrusted with nug
gets. The queen received a double
frog set in nuggets and four mer
chandise orders of $20 each to
be spent for apparel at the Bon
Marche, U. S. Mercantile, North
ern Commercial, and Polet’s Store.
The door prize of an electric
iron was won by Jerome Triggs.
The winner of the $250 .radio prize
to be purchased at any radio deal
er, was not in the house at the
time of the drawing. Sunday how
ever it was found out that Guy
Boyd held the lucky number 90.
The queen and her attendants
will be the guests of the Wien Air
lines for a ride to some other city
on the peninsula.
Slave trading was declared il
legal in 1807.
Karth (Quakes,
Tidal Waves
Reported
NEW YORK, April 1, </P)—'Two
“very sharp” quakes, probably
centering in Alaska, were record
ed on the Fordham university seis
mograph. The first tremor was at
7:38 and the second at 7:46, at a
distance of about 3900 miles to the
northwest of New York.
SEATTLE, April 1, OF) — The
Thirteenth District Coast Guard
officers reported receipt of a mes
sage from the Coast Guard sta
tion on Unimak, reporting a tidal
wave hit there at 5:30 a.m. <PST).
The report didn’t indicate whether
any damage was done.
A dispatch from Honolulu said
a ten foot tidal wave flooded
homes and washed out beach
roads on Oahu, principal Hawa
iian island. Numerous reports of
property damage.
Howard Commbs, professor of
geology at the University of Wash
ington, said a quake of major pro
portions was reported, and was
believed centered somewhere in
the vicinity of the Aleutians. He
estimated the shock as sixteen
hundred miles from Seattle.
KETCHIKAN, April 1. (/P)
Commodore Normen Leslie, dis
trict Coast Guard officer reported
a tidal wave, preceded by a quake
destroyed the strategic Scotch Cap
lighthouse station with the loss of
all its personnel. It is understood
here that only five men were sta
tioned there at the time. The news
of the disaster came from a near
by station which was badly dam
gaed, but escaped casualties. Les
lie said the Scotch Cap lighthouse
was at least 100 feet above the
water.
March, 1946
Coldest on Record
The month of March, in the
Nome area, was the coldest March
on record, according to the U. S.
Weather Bureau here. The aver
age temperature being —13.4 de
grees. The second coldest month
of March was in 1927 with —12.8
degrees.
WASHINGTON, April 1, (/P)—
The Navy teamed up with the
Army in asking Congress to ex
tend the draft act beyond May 15.
Vice Adm. Louis Denfield, Navy
personnel chief told the Senate
military the navy was getting
plenty of volunteers, but said they
were joining to avoid being in
ducted into the army.
.NEWS IN mil EE
SEOUL, Apr. 1, I/P)—An official
American source said Russian au
thorities had refused the request
of aiu American plane to land at
HeijoT Russian occupation capital
in northern Korea, with a message
for Lt. Gen. Chistiakov, Soviet
commander.
The informant didn’t report the
nature t>f the message. It presum
ably concerned the current ses
sions of the joint U.S.-Soviet com
mission on Korea. The message
was from Lt. Gen. Hodge, Ameri
can occupation commander in
southern Korea.
TOKYO, Apr. 1. (/P)—An Amer
ican soldier commandeered Prime
Minister Shidehara’s private auto,
ousted the Jap driver, ran down
and killed a Jap street vendor.
The provost mashal said the sol
dier was arrested by the military
police. His name was withheld.
—
PORTLAND, April 1, (/P)—Rus
sian Consul General Vavilov, said
he would post bail lor Lt. Nicolai
Redin, 29, naval officer hel l in
i Portland on a charge of espionage.
Redin is accused of seeking in
formation for the benefit of a for
eign power. He is held on a
$25,000 bond. Redin is accused of
having induced an unidentified
person to obtain plans and docu
ments on the U.S.S. Yellowstone,
a new type of destroyer tender.
In Seattle chief assistant dis
trict attorney Pomeroy said the
espionage case may be presented
to the federal grand jury on April
ninth.
YOKOHAMA, April 1, (/Pi —
; The provost marshal’s office le
i lated the amazing story of a Ma
rine private who fast talked a Jap
| bank president out of 587,000 yen
i <$89,000» from a closed bank and
I went holidaying with a Nip girl.
Capt. Otis Carter, chief crimin
al investigation said Pfc. Ead
Brown, of Clarksburg, West Va.,
admitted the hoax after he was
trapped by twenty military police
in a resort hotel. Carter said
Brown forged a purported author
ization to inspect the bank’s books,
seized all the banks assets, closed
it and disappeared.
TEHRAN, April 1, (/P)—A U. S.
Embassy spokesman said reports
from Tabriz indicated ihe Russian
army is making “ostentatious”
preparations to evacuate the city,
capital of the semi-autonomous
Iranian province of Azerbaijan.
The spokesman said no actual
movement of troops or materials
were reported in Tabriz, but that
"equipment and vehicles being
concentrated, apparently in prep
aration for evacuation.”