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EXTRA SESSION
HIGHLIGHTS
JUNEAU, Mar. 18—House Res
olution Two by Stanley Mc^utch
^ eon says that: Whereas a Senator
of the Territory has introd”cad a
memorial asking the removal or
Gov. Gruening from office. And
Whereas it appears the Gove rnor
is charged by the Senator with
the crime of unselfishly devoting
his indefatigable spirit to a' is'ing
the people of the Terr tory, And
Whereas it appears the Senator
brought charges with personal el
fish and malicious intent to dis
credit an honorable man in tvi°
eyes of the people, and Whereas
the Governor in fact is as out
standing as the greatest governor
in the history of Alaska,
Be it resolved that the House
of Representatives congratulate
and commend the Governor for
^fcis untiring efforts in behalf of
the people of the Territory.
That this resolution be spread
on the official journal, that a cooy
be dispatched to his excellency the
President of the United States.
JUNEAU, Mar. 19—With Sena
tor Cochran judiciary committee
chairman presiding, evidence was
submitted in the case of Steve
McCutcheon’s right to hold a seat.
The contention being that he at
the time was a resident of the
Fourth Division, not the Third,
% when chosen at the special elec
tion. McCutcheon was not present
at the public hearing, but was de
fended by his brother, Represen
tative Stanley, also Warren Tay
lor, Fairbanks attorney.
The question of the legality of
the proceedings was sustained by
attorneys, who declared the legis
lative body had the right to choose
ist own membership, despite the
earlier ruling by Attorney General
Rivers that no appeal had been
made to the court to enjoin the
certificate of election by canvas
sing the board.
t Challenger Leo Rogge produced
evidence to show that McCutcheon
voted at the primary election, and
also the general election at Fair
banks, in 1944. Taylor set forth
that voting in the Fourth Division
was not prima facie evidence, and
only the exercise of the choice of
voting an absentee Third Division
ballot, or using the option of a
thirty-day abode in Fairbanks.
Cochrane declared the highest
’ evidence of residence was when
he voted in the Fourth Division.
The session ended to await sub
♦ mission of briefs or other evidence.
Among the important measures
introduced in the Senate on the
final day was a memorial by Col
lins asking the Alaska Develop
ment Board to turn over $5,000 to
the Alaska Statehood Association
to acquaint voters with the par
ticulars regarding the referendum
at the October election.
A memorial by Collins asking
that emergency landing strips and
I the placing of wide spots on future
roads. By McCutcheon, the fixing
of medical fees for attendance on
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Ct.OST FLEET — These cargo vessels, tankers and passenger ships are part of the idle fleet
put at anchorage in the James River at Norfolk, Va., by the war shipping administration.
NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, Mar. 20, (/P)—
The White House announced that
President Truman had designated
Milo Moore, director of fisheries
in Washington State, and named
h m a member of the Internation
al Pacific Salmon Fisheries com
mission, effective tomorrow. He
succeeds Charles Jackson, who re
signed after eight years service.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 20,
The Senate passed the harbors ap
propriation bill carrying a million
dollars for Wrangell Narrows.
MOSCOW, Mar. 20, (/P)—Niko
lai Shvernik, 58, leader of the
trades union movement in Russia,
became chairman of the Presidium
Supreme, Soviet post generally
referred to as President of the
Soviet Union. He succeeds Mikhail
Kalinin, known to millions of pea
sants as “the Grand Old Man of
the Soviet Union,” who resigned
because of failing eyesight. Kali
nin is 71, and held the office for
27 year. The Supreme Soviet, be
fore adjourning its first postwar
session last night, also re-elected
Stalin chairman of Russia’s coun
cil of Ministers. The vote was
unanimous.
SEATTLE, Mar. 20, (JP)— For
the first time in nine years, Seattle
is having a flurry of smallpox.
Nine cases have been reported
with one death to date. Six of
the cases have been confined to
the King County hospital.
SEATTLE, Mar. 20, (/P) — Offi
cials of the Sears Roebuck Co.,
have announced that they have
had to remit $26,000,000 to cus
tomers during the month of Janu
ary, for items listed in their cur-!
rent catalog, which they were un-!
able to fill.
—
Tomatoes were not eaten before
the middle of the 19th century be-1
cause they were believed poison
ous.
Will Check
Radioactive Rays
On Bikini
NORFOLK, Va., Mar. 20, (£>)—
Scientists flying from the Carrier
Shangri La in helicopters, will
scout Bikini Atoll after the atom
bomb test to safety-check for
deadly radioactivity. Patrol scien
tists, armed with Geiger counters,
which tell them the presence of
the dangerous rays, will advise
other members of the expedition
when it is safe for them to move
I into the lagoon and land on the
islands.
The Shangri La, outbound from
this port Tuseday with a load of
equipment more fantastic than
any she carried in her wartime
strikes against Japan. Aboard was
a fleet of Drone planes “Ghost
Hellcat,” piloted by remote con
trol, intended to fly through the
atomic bomb cloud and bring back
samples of poisonous material.
Each of the brilliant red Drones
has a “Queen” plane from which
controls are operated after the
catapult launching from the car
rier’s deck, because the drones
may get out of sight of the Shan
gri La will use radar equipment
to track the drones and report
them to the control planes. The
plan is to land the Drones on Roi
island in Kwajalein Atoll, one
hundred eighty miles from Bikini.
The carrier will send up drones
when they are twenty and forty
miles from the target.
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EASTERN STARS HELD
ST. PATRICK PARTY
I
The Order of Eastern Star were
entertained last Monday night
with a festive St. Patrick Day
party .complete with Paddy’s pigs
and shamrock. The committee in
charge of the party were Mrs. A.
Steinwandel and Mrs. Luther
Dunbar. Winners of the card |
games were Mrs. Rosa B. Hagen,
who won a much coveted Baby■
Ben Alarm Clock, Mrs. Luella
Grant, and Mrs. Chester Milligan.'
Tliirty-Tliree Die
In Army Planes
Crashes
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 20, f/P)
The crashes of two big army
planes in northern California
mountains yesterday, apparently
took a death toll of thirty-three
Army and Navy men. whose bod
i ies ground crews labored in diffi
cult terrain to recover.
Twenty-three bodies, some of
them buried in several feet of
snow, were found early today. The
scene of the C-47 crash was in the
Sierra Nevada mountains, a mile
from the ghost town of Hobart
Mills, and seven miles from
Truckee.
A ground squad pushed toward
the wreckage of a B-29, which
crashed with seven crewmen, on
the top of a 3,800-foot peak near
Livermore, thirty miles southeast
of San Francisco. The bomber
came from Hickam Field, Hono
lulu. Its radio operator reported
engine trouble several hours be
fore the plane plummeted to earth
ten feet from the top of the peak.
Witnesses said they saw the
C-47 explode in the air. Capt.
Harold Simer, commanding Reno
army air base, said the wreckage
indicated that a wing, not yet
found, had been blown off before
the crash.
Seek Repeal
Of Gold Act
REDDING, Calif., Mar. 20, yp)
—The Western Mining Councinl
announced it would seek the back
ing of all mining groups in the
west for the establishment of a
free market for gold.
The resolution adopted by the
council advocates the repeal of
the gold act of 1933, restricting
government gold on the market.
The resolution said the average
gold price in eleven foreign coun
tries is now eighty dollars an
ounce, American.
Opening of Fishing
Season Delayed
Until May 1
WASHINGTON, Mar. 20, i^)—
Delegate Bartlett introduced legis
lation to transfer from the Interi
or Department to the Territorial
Legislature, the control of all sal
mon and other fisheries. The bill
would leave the Interior Depart
ment in control over fur seal and
fur otters.
Another bill introduced by
Bartlett would permit public util
ity and school districts within the
Territory to issue bonds.
Delegate Bartlett said the Inte
rior Department’s action in delay
ing the opening of deep sea fish
ing in Alaskan waters from March
15 to May 1, was “shocking.” He
said the department notified the
fishermen on March 14, it had de
cided to delay the opening of the
season until May 1, as a conserva
tion matter.
The action was shocking for the
fishermen, there being no previous
warning that such action was con
templated. No hearings were held.
Some had already started from
Southeastern Alaska to the fishing
ground. Other deep sea fishermen
were ready to start the next day.
There is no justice in such arbi
trary action.”
Kurds Attacking
Iran Garrisons
TEHRAN, Mar. 20, (/P) — The
Iranian general staff officer said
three Iranian garrisons near the
Iraq border were fighting off at
tacking Kurdish tribesmen. Aerial
support had been dispatched to
prevent them being cut off.
A divisional headquarters offi
cer told reporters the garrisons of
Sardasht, and Baneh in Kurdistan,
and Saquiz on the Azerbaijan
Kurdistan border had “been un
der attack for a week, but were
holding out.” He said the tribes
men of both Iraq and Iran were
involved in this action.
His agents reported “strangers
who speak the Turku dialect sim
ilar to that heard in northern
Azerbaijan,” were observed
among the tribesmen. He esti
mated the attackers at three thou
sand.
SOME TAXPAYERS
GET THE HABIT
BALTIMORE, (/P) — Baltimore
county treasurer William J. Foley
classifies all taxpayers into fa)
those who pay, fb) those who
don’t pay, and—believe it or not—
fc) those who pay twice.
He says those in class fc> aren’t
motivated by an unusual feeling
of generosity toward the county
government; they “just want to
be honest men.” They have bor
rowed from building and home
loan organizations — which pay
the taxes in lump sum—and they
file their own returns even though
they don’t receive tax bills.