Indict Maragon
For Perjury
WASHINGTON (/P)—John Mar
agon, former bootblack who later
had a pass to the White House,
was indicted yesterday on four
charges of lying to Senate investi
gators.
If convicted by a jury on the
charges, Maragon would be liable
to possible penalties of 40 years
imprisonment—two to ten years
on each count.
The date for a trial will be set
later.
A federal grand jury accused
Maragon of perjury in:
1. Saying his only bank account j
in 1945 and 1946 was in the Union
Trust Company in Washigton.
2. Testifying that from 1945 un
til July. 1949, “he did not negoti
ate any government business and
did not receive any money for ne
gotiating government business or
for any work done by him in con
nection with the government.’’
3. Stating he was not employed
by anyone else when he took the
job with the state department on a
mission to Greece.
4. Saying he borrowed $5,000
from his mother in law in 1949.
The charges are all based on
testimony that Maragon gave last
July 28 to a* Senate committee.
The committee was looking into
activities of men who offered, for
a fee that freuently was five per
cent, to land government con
tracts for business men.
ARCTIC INDOCTRINATION
SCHOOL FOR DEPENDENTS
OPENS AT MARKS BASE
With an attendance of 28, the
Arctic Indoctrination School at
Marks Air Force Base began last
Wednesday its course designed
specifically to familiarize military
dependents and civilian personnel
of Marks with basic Arctic sur
vival proceedures.
The course, consisting of eight
hours of class-room instruction,
including motion pictures and lec
tures, is the result of the interest
in the activities of the school
shown by the wives of military
personnel and the civilian em
ployees at Marks.
The curtailment of official du
ties during the Christmas holidays
enabled the instructors to conduct
the special classes.
Such problems as the proper
clothing, the construction of Arc
tic shelter, signals and their mean
ings, Arctic travel and the danger
involved, and the procurement
and preparation of food are a few
of the subjects that constitute the
course.
Certificates of completion will
be awarded to all graduates.
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Truman’s Message
Optimism—Wants
More Taxes
(Continued from Page One)
both in government spending and
in existing taxes.
Chairma Cannon (D.-Mo.) of the
House appropriations committee
said in advance of Mr. Truman’s
message that the committee will
vote to slash spending wherever
needed to insure a balanced bud
get.
In many respects, the message
was much like the one Mr. Tru
man delivered a year ago on the
same occasion.
Again today, he called for re
peal of the Taft-Hartley labor law,
extension of rent control, a gov
ernment housing program — this
time for middle income families,
civil rights legislation, stronger
anti-trust legislation, social secur
ity expansion, liberalized laws for
admission of Europe’s displaced
persons, aid to education, the high
ly controversial com p u 1 s o r y
health insurance plan, and careful
I deevlopment of natural resources.
Mr. Truman also came out again
for the Brannan plan for farm
subsidies. The brain child of sec
retary of agriculture Brannan. It
was projected during the past year
as a means of providing lower
prices on some foods to consum
ers, while keeping up the farmer’s
1 income writh “production pay
ments.” Attacked by major farm
organizations, it promises to be -a
standout issue in the 1950 Con
gressional campaigns.
Important 1949 items left out
this time included: references to
the need for ^anti-inflation con
trols. a call for universal military
training, and specific mention of a
tax boost figure. A year ago Mr.
Truman asked—but never got—a
$4,000,000,000 tax increase.
Last January he reported the
State of the Union was good. This
time’ he said he was happy to re
port that it continues to be good.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
SECOND DIVISION
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF EMILE LAURIN,
Deceased.
No. 756
Notice of Hearing on Administra
tor's Reports and Accounts and
Determination of the Beneficiaries
of This Estate
Notice is hereby given that G. R.
Jackson, the Administrator here
in, has filed his Final Report and
I Account and that by Court Order
I a Hearing on the Administrators
Reports and Accounts will be held
before the above named Court on
the 15th day of February, 1950. at
the hour of 10:00 O’clock A. M.
Also, at such time and place the
Court will adjudicate the benefici
aries of this estate:
All objections to the Adminis
trotor’s Reports and Accounts and
proof as to the heirs and benefici
aries of this estate will be heard
at such time and place.
DATED this 9th dav of December,
1949.
G. R. JACKSON,
Administrator with Will Annexed
Pub. Dec. 14, 21, 28. ’49, Jan. 4, ’50
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"OKLAHOMA RENEGADES"
Three Mesquisteers
Ike P. Taylor
To Retire From
Road Commission
(Continued from Page One)
available for road construction
stretch to the utmost. He evolved
new methods of construction and
types of structures adapted to
Alaskan conditions. His labors re
sulted in the construction of the
Glenn Highway connecting An
chorage with United States. The
road from Fairbanks toLivengood,
parts of the Tok Cutoff, and the
new Sterling Highway connecting
Seward with Homer. His name
has been identified with the de
velopment of Alaskan roads as
has that of no other man.
Colonel John R. Noyes, commis
sioner of roads for Alaska, re
marked: “My personal association
of over twenty-three years with
Mr. Taylor has made me appreci
ate his sterling qualities of char
acter; and the magnificent system
of roads he has built and admin
istered in Alaska is a fitting mon
ument to his achievements as an
engineer. I do not know how we
will get along without him.”
JUNEAU, (JP)—A. F. Ghiglone’s
appointment as chief engineer of
the Alaska Road Commission was
announced yesterday.
He will succeed Ike P. Taylor,
who is retiring Feb. 1. Ghiglione
has been chief of the construction
division of the commission’s Jun
eau office since mid-1948. He has
POCATELLO, Idaho, (^—Wil
liam W. Shields, manager of the
Bannock Hotel, was seriously
wounded last night when he was
shot during an employees’ oarty
at the hotel.
Employees at the party said the
shooting occurred after Shields
took into another room a man
who had created a disturbance at
the party. The employees related
they heard a single shot and
Shields staggered back into the
banquet hall.
Police later arrested Cook in a
tavern.
Shields was transferred to I*oca
tello from the Mayflower Hotel in
Seattle, when Western Hotels, Inc.,
acquired the Bannock Hotel in
1946.
been with the road commission for
many years, having served at An
chorage before coming to Juneau
in 1948.
He is a graduate of the Univers
ity of Washington and son of the
late Hr. A. J. Ghiglione of Seattle.
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