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NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6, (VP)—
The Senate nassed and sent to the
House the bill amending the Alas
ka game law. State members of
P the game commission are entitled
ot $10 a day while making investi
gations, with a top limit of seven
thousand dollars placed on a year’s
earnings.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. (VP)—
The House passed and sent to the
Senate a bill authorizing the pay
ment of $4,185 to Mrs. Logan
Grant, Juneau, for injuries suf
fered when her car and an Indian
school bus, operated by a federal
employee collided. It also author
ized the payment of $314 to Lee
Harrison for injuries to his wife
when an army truck skidded on
the road. His wife has since died
of other causes.
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WRANGELL, Mar. 6, (Ah —
Three recent arrivals in the state
of Washington figured in the slay
ing Sunday, which took the life of
Forrest Boles, formerly of Forks,
Wash. Lief Paulson has been ar
rested and held without bond. The
death occurred in the home of
Mrs. Juanita Crawford Mrs. Craw
ford testified at the hearing Tues
day. that the shooting followed
the demand by Paulson that Boles
leave the home.
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SEATTLE, Mar. 6, (A*)—G. A.
Robinson, Kodiak, president of
United Fishermen of Alaska, ar
rived here to prepare to open ne
gotiations for new contracts with
cannery operators. He said “a sub
stantial increase” in wages will be
asked.
No Changes To
Be Made In Fishing
Regulations
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6, (/PI—
No major change will be made
in Alaska’s fishing regulations fo.
1946, the Interior department an
nounced. The department has thus
temporarily abandoned its pro
posal to limit the number of sal
mon trap sites held by any person
or firm, along with the plan to
grant preference to persons living
in Alaska in alocating available
sites.
Acting secretary Chapman an
k nounced that hearings would be
held in Alaska after the close of
the 1946 season, with reference to
1947 regulations. Hearings will be
held in the fall in Kodiak, Seldo
via, Cordova, Juneau, Sitka, Kla
wak, Wrangell, and Ketchikan.
Chapman commented that Alas
ka legislature would soon have
the opportunity to enact “suitable
legislation to deal with this prob
lem.” He added ‘appropriate ef
fect to get action” by the legisla
ture may obviate the necessity for
further changes in the 1947 regu
lations.
CHURCHILL TO VISIT CAMPU S—This is a view of the campus at Westminster
College, Fulton, Mo., where Winston Churchill, foimer British prime minister, will speak March 5.
STRIKES
At A Glance . . .
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j Continuing labor disputes keep
' approximately 800,000 idle. Major
developments:
Railroads—Officials of two big
railroad brotherhoods from sever
al cities report the strike of 300,
000 engineers and trainmen will
start Monday, but national union
presidents withhold immediate
confirmation on denial. Delay of
the walkout by meditation under
j the railway labor act appears pos
I sible.
Communications — The federal
conciliat'on chief reports “some
progress” in efforts to avert the
nationwide strike of some 250,000
telephone workers set for 8:00
a.m. Thursday. The union presi
dent says “only a satisfactory
company offer,” in the wage dis
pute can prevent a walkout.
Automotive—The deadlock con
tinues in the General Motors
strike, but corporation officials
and CIO UAW resume negotia
tions in renewed attempts for a
settlement of the 106-day work
stoppage by 175,000 production
workers. The union says the strike
is a “lockout.”
Coal—The nations bituminous
coal operators agree to meet with
United Mine Workers March 12.
for contract negotiations. The un
ion filed a thirty-day strike no
tice, threatening a walkout of
400,000 UMW workers on April 1,
unless wage demands are met.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR RALPH FITZIMMONS
Funeral services were held in i
Anchorage on March 2, for Ralph J
Fitzimmons, who was lost when
the Yukon was wrecked.- All ef
forts have failed to discover his
body. Mr. Fitzimmons was man
ager of the Standard Oil Co., and
was very active in civic affairs,
particularly the Rotary Club.
Churchill Asks
For Britain-U. S.
Military Alliance
FULTON, Mo., Mar. 6, </P) —
Winston Churchill asked for a vir
tual military alliance between
United States and Britain. Presi
dent Truman, speaking from the
same platform pleaded for “full
support” of the United Nations
charter to save mankind from
“destruction.”
The President spoke after the
wartime Prime Minister of Eng
land bluntly accused Russia of
seeking “indefinite expansion of
its power and doctrines,” as vital
support of the United Nations or
ganization as the best means of
maintaining peace.
Churchill advocated: 1 — The
joint use of all naval air bases,
either in the United States, United
Kingdom, “all over the world.”
2—“Intimate” relationships be
tween Anglo-American military
advisers, and common study of
“potential dangers” of similar
weapons and manuals of instruc
tion. “interchange of officers and
cadets at colleges.” Asserting that
a permanent defense agreement
between United States and Can
ada should be “extended to all of
the British commonwealth with
full reciprocity.”
He declared “thus, whatever
happens, thus only shall we be
able to secure ourselves and able
to work together for high simple
causes that are so dear to us, and
bode no ill to any. Eventually
there may come the principle of
common citizenship, but that we
will be content to leave to the des
tiny whose outstretched arm so
many of us can clearly see.”
Except in the British Common
wealth and the United States, he
said, fearfully “Communist part
ies or fifth columns constitute a
growing challenge to the peril of
Christian civilization.”
Looking At
Asiatic* Situation
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\ Japan said she was through
with war forever. The new consti
tution of the crushed nation an
nounced in Tokyo, that it will re
nounce war for all time, prohibits
the maintenance of armed forces
and reduced the Emperor to a
symbol state and vested sovereign
ty in the people, and substituted
an elective House of Councillors
for the once powerful House of
Peers.
The new constitution listed as
revolutionary the rights of Hiro
hito, who not long ago stepped
down from the “god” station.
Meanwhile the Manchurian sit
uation continued to furrow offi
cial Chinese brows. Vice Minister
of Foreign Affairs Liu Chieh, told
newsmen in Chungking that Rus
sia is blaming unspecified “diffi
culties” for the delay in with
drawing Soviet troops from the
big territory. Liu said China is
pressing Russia for such with
drawal and is keeping United
States informed of negotiations, j
He declined to comment on a
newsman’s question if the pres
ence of Russian forces in South
ern Manchurian port Dairen, anc^
the exclusion of Chinese troops
from that city constituted a viola
tion of the Sino-Russian treaty.
In Hankow China’s unity com
mittee, headed by General Mar- 1
shall, expressed confidence that
the nation’s erring factions “will
immediately terminate” all vio
lence.
President Truman strictly re
frained from any criticism of Rus
sia, saying he met both Churchill
and Stalin at Potsdam for the first
time last suirimer. The President
added “I became very fond of
them. They are men. They are
the leaders of this world today,
when we need leadership.”
Session <>i >ens\\ illi
Several Absentees
JUNEAU. Mar. 4. </P> — The
House of the extra session of the
Territorial Legislature convened
at 11:00 o’clock Monday by Sec
retary Williams announcing the
special business to be Veterans’
Legislation, Public Health, High
way Traffic Regulation, Appro
priations, and other measures ne
cessitated by the war’s end.
Twenty-two representa t i v e s
answered the roll call with Cain,
Hanford and Badger absent. A
temporary organization was per
fected with Jesse Landers speak
er, and Cecilia Theile clerk. Ad
journment was taken until two
o’clock, when a permanent or
ganization will be perfected.
The Senate was called to order*
at 11:30 by O. D. Cochran, tem
porary president. The permanent
organization is Coffey, president;
Jesta Young, secretary. McCutch
eon was seated without discussion
as has been certified by canvass
ing the board. Adjournment was
taken until two p.m. All Senators
present except Brownell and
Lyng.
Landers was named permanent
sneaker of the House, and M. E.
Stewart, Juneau, clerk. Standing
committees were being arranged
Monday night. If the Senate ap
proves the committees will get
ready for action Tuesday.
The Governor will make an ad
dress to a joint session when the
absentees arrive, probably Wed
nesday or Thursday.
JUNEAU. March fi. (/PI—Four
teen bills were introduced in the
House today, and four in the Sen
ate, the latter included a fo’ ty-two
page workmen's compensation act
which has the backing of the Ter
ritorial labor department and na
tional and local labor groups for
setting up schedules of various
kinds.
2—Regular paydays for employ
ees with authority to take assign
ment and bring suit for collec
tion. 3—Amending registration of
lands act and to appropriate ex
penses of the treasurer. Registers
to carry out registration. 4—Em
powers voters to express their
choice at the polls as to the per
son whom they wish to be ap
pointed governor, requiring ten
years’ residence of the candidate.
The first two bills by Senator
Green, the others by Senator
Walker. The important House bills
are to amend the laws governing
the benefit provisions of the un
employment compensation com
mission by Hennings and Kraus#*,
to provide additional regulations
governing compensation for bene
ficiaries of those injured in em
ployment.
By Tuck, to amend the election
laws to provide blanket ballots
for the primaries with the number
of names to appear. By Shattuck,
to provide direct election of may
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