Truman Asks
Authority To
Reorganize Govt.
WASHINGTON, f/Pi—President
Truman today asked Congress to
give him permanent authority to
reorganize the government.
In a message to ih1 lcg.sk: ors,
he said he needs the power to shift
goveinment agencies in order to
promote “efficient and economical
conduct of the public’s business.”
The President emphasized: «■
1. Tie reorganization legislation
“should be pennant it rather than
tcrrm ovt y."
2. The act should he “compre
hensive in scope: no agency or
function of the executive branch
should be exempted from its op
eration.”
The Hoover commission recent
ly recommended that the Presi
dent have authority to reorganize
the government, subject to Con
gressional veto, be restored. T e
commission, headed by former
President Hoover, is studying
ways to improve operations of the
government.
Under the President’s recom
mendation. reorganization plans
submitted to Congress would be
come effective in 60 days unless
rejected by both Senate and
House.
Children Reach
Safely As Church
Burns To Ground
NORTH BFND. Ore. vPi — A
T'r«‘h'd ■< chu -ch e up‘od in a
blast and then burned to the
ground yesterday a few minutes
after 30 sabbath school pupils
were led to safety.
One fireman was seriously hurt
and two others and a spectator
were treated at a hospital for in
juries caused by falling bricks
flying glass.
The Rev. Wendell Coe said more
than 100 children would have been
in the building if-.the fire had
broken out a few minutes later.
Those wh • 112d were d reeled
he teachers who noticed smoke
filtering upward from the base
ment.
Fi~e chief James'Boynton said
failure of a furnace fan caused
the plant to overheat and ignite
debris in the basement.
Myrtle Ivanoff of the U. S.
weather bureau marie a f ight to
Fairbanks yesterday. Arriving for
the weather bureau on the same
High was Pearl Nelson.
Power Situation
Still Critical
I ORTLAND (/P)—Pacific north
west electric power facilities today
faced another 24 hour critical op
;rion ne’iod.
A winter-long voluntary dim-out
ppe 1, un il now on a late after
noon peak load time basis, has
i ?o shifted to a full 24 hour pro
•• in.
Housewives were asked to post
pone usual Monday washing
chores until later in the week in
the latest bid to keep the five
state interlocking transmission
y item from falling apart.
If power demand exceeds out
put, the load on the transformer
points would automatically dis
connect the network.
Large industries would have to
be dumped from the lines before
orvice could be restored. Several
thousand prsons already are idled
by plant shu'downs and curtailed
\” >rk schedules in the lumber and
aluminum industries.
Bonneville power administra
tion officials report that continued
cold weather, which has reduced i
stream flow in the Columbia, is
daily shaving more kilowattage i
from the production,
J. F. Jolliffe, chief of BPA op
ations, said the Bonneville dam
output is down to 345,000 kilo
watts. This great installation, one
he major units in the system
of public and private plants hook
ed into the regional pool, has a
normal output of 565,000 kilowatts
a day.
Alaska CIO
1 _ I
Convention Ends
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J JUNEAU, <£>)—'The Alaska CIO
convention has ended with dele
gates requesting the establishment i
of a Territorial fisheries commis- .
sion.
| A resolution asked that the pro
posed group include five mem
bers representing the canning in
dustry and fishermen.
Cordova was selected for the
nt'xt CTO convention.
The convention went on record
favoring Sen. Victor Rivers’ tax
program, including income, prop
erty and business taxes.
Since there are no Alaskans on
the international halibut fisheries
commission, the convention urged
that an Alaska resident be ap
pointed to fill the next vacancy.
i The delegates also requested that
half the new profits of the Pribilof
fur seal industry revert to the
Territorial treasury.
i\cm yhe Have A Complete Line
Of FRESH Airborn
PRO I) t C K
I R l! I 1 S
k c; (; s
ALASKA STATES PRODUCE
Special Session
May Be Void Of
Any Tax Measure
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was no controversy over the code
itself. It is a comprehensive mod
ernization of Alaska statutes. But
some Republicans contend it was
not encompassed in subjectes men
' tioned by the Governor in culling
the special session and therefore
should be delayed to the regular
session.
The judiciary committee, head
ed by Sen. E. B. Collins, Fair
! banks Republican, and composed
! of three Republicans and one
I Democrat, reported the code es
i tablishing legislation out, with a
j three-to-one recommendation “Do
Not Pass.”
Atty. Gen. Ralph Rivers has ex
pressed the opinion there is no
doubt whatever about the Legis
lature’s authority to enact any
i legislation it wishes regardless of
i whether it goes beyond the scope
mentioned in the Governor’s call.
Three Democrat Senators joined
in branding Republican tactics on
the code as “obstructionist.” How
ard Lyng of Nome. Steve McCut
cheon and Victor Rivers of An
chorage applied that label.
Lyng said all bills drawn for
the special session are based on
the new code in legal references
and if it is not adopted, virtually
every bill would have to be re
drafted before passage.
Other major taxa ion bills were
lagging far behind and were pos
itively out of the running for spe
cial-session passage.
They include a comprehensive
two per cent general property tax
bill and the all-inclusive general
license tax measure still reposing
in the House ways and means
committee.
Rep. Warren Taylor, Fairbanks
Democrat, chairman of the com- ,
mittee said he is planning to offer
an amendment cutting the tax to
one per cent. He said he would do
! this to avoid what he considers
'too heavy a tax rate in those cities
j where 20 mills already are levied
— he maximum allowed under the
law without specific legislative
authorization. Even with legisla
authorization, the maximum al
! lowable would be three per cent.
His amendment would block pro
posed increased property taxes in
cities with maximum levies.
Legislators And
Friends Of ANB
Are Entertained
The Gold Room of Juneau’s
Baranof Ho cl was the scene, Jan.
7. of an afternoon dinner tendered
by the Alaske Native Brotherhood
honoring the members of the Ter
ritorial Legislature, and to which
distinguished visitors of Juneau
and local citizens were invited.
Planned by the Brotherhood as
a gesture of good will among its !
members and toward friends of
the organization, the affair was
attended by Legislators and others
representative of Alaska from
Point Ban*'w and Nome to Ketchi
kan.
An informal program, spontane
>u=ly conducted after the dinner
had been sewed, gave those pres
ent he opportunity of hearing va
rious comment of interest.
Guests from Nome were Percy
Ipalook, A. Rydeen and Frank
Johnson. .
Henry Coffin, Imnachuk mining
man departed yesterday for a visit
to the Slates. 1
Mae West Says
‘Show Must Go On’
BALTIMORE, (/P) — Mae West,
the veteran stage and film actress,
put on a "The show must go on”
act Saturday, being rushed to a
hospital and leaving at her own
request in a wheel chair.
Six hours after being admitted
to University hospital which de
scribed her condition as “only
fair,” the star left at her own re
quest, saying "I feel much better.” |
Starring here in her own "Dia
mond Lil” stage production, Miss
West said she was leaving so that
50 other actors and actresses in
the play wouldn’t be put out of
work. Saturday’s matinee per
formance was cancelled.
Shortly after Miss West was
taken to the hospital early Satur
day morning Dr. W. H. Townsend,
Jr., announced she was suffering
“from an acute abdominal ob
struction.” The co-producer of the
show, Herbert J. Freezer, report
ed “Mae is a very sick girl.”
But after awakening -from a
short sleep produced by a sedative,
Miss West asked to be allowed to
return to her hotel.
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A large alligator can outrun a
man for short distances.
Rita Hayworth And
Aly Klian To Weil
CANNES, France, oP. — Rit.
Hayworth and Aly Khan an ant
ed today they will be married ; -
soon as he is divorced frtm hi?
present wife.
The Aly Khan received newspa
permen at hsi chateau near her*
and handed them typewritten
statements from himself ar. J Mis1
Haywor'h.
He said “I am going to .marry
Miss Hayworth as soon as 1 am
f”ee to do so.”
Miss Hayworth declared sne is
“in full agreement” with the state
ment made by the son of the fab
ulously wealthy Aga Khan.
Miss Hayworth has recovered
from an attack of grippe in the
seclusion of Aly’s snow white villi’
here, his secretary, Maria Magli
ano, reported.
Magliano was told of report1
from the U. S. that women s club1
are threatening a boycott o: Rita s
pictures and was asked i sht
would like to tell what she think
of this threat.
“It is useless to try,” M:.a am
answered.
Many a morning after is- ;; used
by a lovely Eve.
Bronson Water Delivery
Phone Main 19
Alaska Airlines
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nesday, Friday, Saturday. Nome. (Moses
Point Flag Stop), Unalakleet, McGrath,
(Farewell Flag Stop), Anchorage. Alaska
Airlines IS STEADILY INCREASING
THEIR SERVICE to the people of Nome
and the surrounding districts. We are
proud of our dependable service, and in
tend to maintain the BETTER SERVICE
to Nome. Low freight rates and even
lower rates on produce shipments will
help everyone—Merchants, Businessmen,
and Housewives.
Mail service four times a week speeds
your correspondence.
Alaska Airlines maintains a Shopping
Service too, for your convenience:
TRAVEL, SHIP, THE DEPENDABLE —
THE STARLINER ROUTE.
One carrier service from Anchorage to
Candle, Deering and Kotzebue.
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