THE
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. XLIX. No. 19. ~NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY,' FEBRUARY 12, 1947 PER COPY—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, (/P)-*-The wea
ther bureau today estimated
week’s freeze damage to citius
fruits and cut crops in Florida m
$50,000,UUO.
LONDON, (VP) —.An American
informant said today the Unitea
States had put aside, temporarily
at least, Robert Murphy’s idea o±
imposing an international “peace
statute” on Germany rather than
a formal peace treaty.
Murphy broaclted the idea in the
conference of deputy foreign min
isters, preparing peace pact for
Germany and Austria. The Amer
ican deputy said his goal was to
save a future democratic govern
ment in Germany from criticism
at home for signing a treaty.
Canada and Australia formally
proposed the same plan.
MCDONOUGH, Ga. </P)—Super
ior Judge Walter Hendrix rule
today that Herman Talmadge is
the legal governor of Georgia.
In a 2,000 word decision Judge
Hendrix said the legislature was
within its constitutional rights
when it elected Talmadge on Jan.
15 to the four-year term of the
late Eugene Talmadge, his father.:
The court sustained demurerSj
of Herman Talmadge and dismiss-1
ed a suit of Lieut. Gov. M. E.1
Thompson .which had asked a de
claratory judgment ousting Tal
madge from the governorship.
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OLYMPIA, (/P) — The Senate
roads and bridges committee en
dorsed today a House-approved
memorial to President Truman
and Congress for completion of a
direct highway route from the west
coast to Alaska via Prince George, i
B. C. It petitions that the United
States join with Canada and Brit-,
ish Columbia to build a link with
the present military highway at
Whitehorse.
HOLLYWOOD, (^-Sidney
Toler, veteran stage and screen
actor best known in recent years
for his characterization of Charlie
Chan, the Chinese detective, died
today at his home. He had been
bed-ridden by intestinal cancer
for seven months. The Missouri
born son of Col. H. G. Toler, fa
mous Kansas breeder of trptters,
ran away from home at 18 to go on
the stage, and a year later had his
own company.
SEATTJLE — Cannonball Clip
per service between the United
States and Manila which will
t”iole present schedules and reduce
travel time approximately 24
hours, has been announced by Pan
American World Airways’ Pacific
A1as^a division.
Pe«inning Feb. 1, flights started
on a three times a week schedule.
Passengers leaving San Francisco
-*> ’'Monday night wil larrive in
Manila Thursday afternoon, after
c*on<? at Honolulu, Wake and
Guam.
qt? a ttt.E. f/P)—Alaska Steam
s''*^ rrvmnanv officials said today
ctaqmgViit) Alaska, damaged
yrv,^ clip grounded near Cordova.
P"h is expected to leave that
for Settle tonight, after tem
porary repairs.
GERMAN HOM E—A German boy holds his baby brother in front of a brick hut which is
VJ his home at Nuernberg. The bricks were collected from the rubble of the bombed city.
Alaska Steamship
Service Legislation
Introduced
(By Charles S. Watkins)
((/P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON (/P)—Rep. Jack
son (D.-Wash.), announced today
ne and Rep. Herter (R.-Mass.),
were introducing legislation to au
thorize the Maritime Commission
to establish steamship service to
Alaska through contracts with pri
vate ship operators.
The commision has been operat
ing service to Alaska, with the
steamship owners acting as its
agents, but its authority expires
February 28.
The operators announced that if
the lines were returned to them
they would not operate them un
less given an increase in rates.
Jackson and Herter, members of
the House merchant marine com
mittee, prepared their legislation
after conferences with the owners
and maritime commission experts.
The same measure, Jackson said,
is to be introduced in the Senate
Friday by Senator Magnuson (D.
Wash.) and majority leader White
of Maine, chairman of the Senate
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Coast Guard Plane
Missing In Oregon
MEDFORD, Ore. (£>)—State po
lice and forest rangers today
sought trace of a missing Coast
Guard plane in the rugged Tiller
area north of here
The plane with six men aboard
reported to the CAA control tower
here at 2:23 p.m. yesterday that it
would land in about 30 minutes.
It was then over Tiller, a small
community 40 miles west of Cra
ter Lake. Nothing further was
heard from it.
Low-hanging clouds shrouded
much of this area today and r
heavy rain throughout the night
continuing into the morning, re
stricted air search.
LIFTING THE LID
AT JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Feb. 11, 1:25 a.m.—
Following an afternoon discussion
the House passed the bill to estab
iisn an isolation unit for the care
of tuberculous persons in the Arc
tic regions of Alaska.
It also passed the bill increasing
teachers’ salaries.
In the Senate, Sen. Butrovitch
<R.-4th. Div.) and Sen. Edward
Coffee <D.-3rd Div.) introduced a
measure providing for a net in
come tax on mines, repealing the
present three per cent gross tax on
gold, platinum and allied miner
als. The tax would be graduated
from $1,000 not over $10,000 ‘four
per cent, to $100,000 at eight perj
cent. It carries an emergency |
clause to become effective this
year.
JUNEAU, Feb. 12, 1:45 .m.—
Sen. N. R. Walker’s <D.-lst Div.),
original bill for a $15,000 float fori
Thomas Basin was killed Then he
introduced another and withdrew
it today. He introduced a memorial
to the same effect.
The Senate spent Tuesday fore
noon discussing the repeal of the
Alaska Development Board. On
second reading, a motion to table
the bill lost by 3 to 13.
Rep. Anita Garnick (R.-lst Div.)
and Rep. M. Johnson (R.-4th. Div.)
introduced a bill to appropriate
$250,000 for a southern branch of
the University of Alaska some
where in Southeastern Alaska.
Reps. L. F. Joy and M. Johnson
<R.-4th Div.) introduce a bill to
appropriate $4,250 for stocking
certain lands and water in the in
terior with game animals and
fishes.
The House kills a bill by Rep.
Gill (R.-3rd Div.) to reapportion
the Third Division into election
districts.
The House passes a joint me
morial urging Congress to pass the
statehood bill.
The House also passes a memo
rial for a road from Fort Davis to
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GOP Accused
Of Endangering
U. S. Security
(By Francis M. LeMay)
WASHINGTON, (^—Republi
cans driving for a six billion doilai
slash in President Truman’s $37,
500,000,000 budget were accused
by two of their own leaders today
of imperiling the nation’s security
and world peace.
Proponents of the economy move
! insisted, however, that this is no.
the case.
Chairman Guerny <R.-S. D.) of
the Senate armed services commit
tee declared the cut voted 8 to 2
by the Senate-House budget sub
committee would lop $1,750,000,
000 of the $11,200,000,000 Mr. Tru
man asked for the army and navy
“I cannot vote for anything that
hamstrings national security,”
Gurney told reporters in announc
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Arabs Attack
Jewish Settlement
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(By Carter L. Davison)
JERUSALEM, (jP)—Unconfirm
ed private reports said tonight that
Arabs had attacked the small Jew
ish settlement of Bnai Geulim, 10
miles east of Nathanya, shortly af
ter dark and that it was feared
there were some casualties. No de
tails were available from police ir
Jerusalem.
The government announced that
the execution of Dov Bela Gruner,
condemned Jewish terrorist, was
being delayed because of legal
complexities which authorities
said might take months “or pos
sibly a year” to untangle.
Spotter planes, meanwh i 1 e ,
scouted over the Eastern Mediter
ranean following unofficial re
ports that a Jewish refugee ship
named “Elue” w:th 600 uncertified
immigrants, had left Algiers for
Palestine Sunday. The British
declined to say whether the planes
were searching for the ship.
Development
Board Bill To Be
Heard Thursday
(By Mildred Hermann)
The Development Board bill is
set for Thursday’s consideration in
the Senate. The retention of the
board received a big boost yester
day in the large volume of letters
and telegrams from Ketchikan and
Juneau from individuals and or
ganizations and urging that the
bill calling for abolition be de
feated.
So far no requests from your Di
vision, Fourth or Third. This
makes it easy to swing legislators
from those areas away from sup
port and enable the First Division
to show a solid front.
Also a strong letter of endorse
ment from former director Henry
'.’lark, who pointed out the import
une ? of having a board’s services
at this time, and urged its contin
uance.
This answers contention of op
ponents being made here that
Clark quit the board because he
saw no need for the kind of work
it was doing.
Believe most Senators unfavor
able to retention of board. Believe
bill providing for its abolition will
pass Senate, but be defeated in
the House. Real fight will likely
come when appropriation for it is
considered.
Statehood memorial passed the
House with Reps. Ost and Ed An
derson the only Nome people vot
ing for it.
Under the leadership of Hoopes
and Maurice Johnson in the House
the child labor bill, sponsored by
the department of labor was badly
mutilated by amendments. The
House passed the bill as amended
yesterday, but it is practically
worthless in its present state.
The teacher salary increase also
passed the House. An identical bill
is in the Senate and believed it
will poss there too. Will add
slightly over $450,000 to school
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Army Says Alaska
Is Testing Ground
FORT KNOX, Ky. (>P) — The
United States is not “pointing” at
Russia or any other nation by
staging army tests in Alaska, Gen.
Jacob L. Devers, commander of
the army ground forces, declared
here.
The general arrived at Fort
Knox yesterday from Alaska,
where he spent eight days inspect
ing Arctic tests. He made a rapid
inspection of the universal mili
tary training experiment unit on
1 his way to Washington.
Devers said World War II gave
the war department plenty of ex
perience in planning desert and
[ hot-weather warfare, ,“but we
learned too little about fighting in
extreme cold.”
| He said the weather in Alaska
tested everything from men and
mach:nes to guided missiles and
wind-proof tents under the worst
! conditions.