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EXTRA SESSION
HIGHLIGHTS
Dubbing itself Alaska World
War II Veterans Act, the measure
. known as Senate Bill Nine intro
educed by the committee on educa
tion and public health and morals,
proposed a sales tax as the means
of raising revenue, not to ter "
ate until $3,000,000 have been
built up, permits personal or ed
ucational loans on promissory
notes up to $5,000 home or farm
loans, and up to $10,000,secured
by 80% mortgage, business loans,
up to $20,000, secured in the same
manner, home loans. The alterna
tive to a loan, the veteran may
elect to receive $15 for each month
served in the armed forces. The
measure appropriates $250,000 to
open a revolving fund, also for ad
ministration purposes by a five
member board. The sales tax
would be one half of one percent.
.•Senate Bill Ten would make it
unlawful for checks or other nego
tiable instruments to be cashed in
liquor establishments.
House bill by Warren Hen
nings would provide judiciary
proceedings for removal of public
officers by impeachment, not to
apply to members of the legisla
ture.
By Pollard and Anderson, to in
crease the wolf and coyote bounty
to $40 and $25 respectively, and to
appropriate $60,000.
By Johnson, to provide direct
Selection of national committeemen
and committeewomen, delegates
and alternates to national conven
tions.
By Peterson, to regulate the
control, through licensing, the
practice of non-allopathetic heal
ing.
Just when Shattuck’s blanket
ballot bil Iwas geting favorable
attention in the House, McCutch
eon secured an amendment of put
ting the choice of ballot forms up
to the electorate as a referendum.
The same measure was killed in
the last legislature.
^ New bills introduced were: By
Anderson, to amend Chapter 57 to
increase the payment of election
judges and clerks.
By Peterson, to create an Alas
ka library commission.
By Krause, Hope and Warren,
to create an office to improve and
protect salmon spawning areas.
By Walsh, Pollard and Huntley,
to secure an expression of the vot
ers on the desirability of Terri
torial control of intoxicating li
quors at the next general election.
The House passed Bill Five ex
jj^nding the 1945 selective service
act to cover Alaska and grant re
employment benefits to Teritorial
veterans.
Bill Eighteen to increase wolf
and coyote bounties to $60.
Bill Thirteen creating the office
of commissioner for assistance to
prospectors.
Indefinitely postpones Bill Eight
to reorganize executive depart
ments.
Bill Nine to reapportion the
J|Third Division into election dis
tricts.
The Senate spent Monday after
SCOUT BIRTHDAY CAKE — U. S. Attorney General Tom C. Clark, a former eagle
scout, cuts a birthday cake at a fete in New York marking the 36th anniversary of the founding of
the Boy Scout i? o. c * ent. C'ark was the guest of honor.
Alaska Steamship
Gets New Ships
SEATTLE, Mar. 13, (JP) — The
first of Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s newly assigned cargo ships
for the Alaska run, “Clove Hitch”
was in Seattle Tuesday, arriving
from San Francisco. The 5,000-ton
coastal tyoe carrier is being
groomed for the new service.
Company officials expect it to
be ready for loading March 20.
Ten additional vessels will be op
erated by the company for the
War Shipping Administration, and
are expected to be here shortly.
noon hearing witnesses on the
veterans act, and then took the
afternoon off for committee work.
When the House Tuesday mov
ed to suspend rules to pass the
income tax, co-author Gill pro
tested that the legislature should
not act hastily on an “extremely
important bill.” He declared the
legislature has three ways of rais
ing funds: by a sales tax, bonding
the Territory as suggested by
the Governor, or income tax. “No
matter which we choose, we will
be damned from here to Nome,
but still let’s not be hasty.” The
measure goes to the top of the cal
endar for Wednesday.
House Bill Nineteen, relative
to impeachments, which was in
definitely postponed Monday, but
which Hope asked to be permitted
to reconsider. A pivotal vote
brought it back Tuesday for fur
ther discussion. Shattuck charged
the bill will be used to smear of
ficials, Bukovitch added “just be
fore election,” but Peterson point
ed out that the measure does not
apply to legislators. The bill was
left for further consideration as
the House went into whole com
mittee hearing on the tuberculo
sis measure.
The Senate killed both Bills
(Continued on Page Five)
Senate Would Give
Atomic Control
Military
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, UP)—
Secretary of Commerce Wallace
said the atomic energy control bill
drafted by the special Senate com
; mittee “has potentially delivered
U. S. into the hands of military
fascism.” Wallace comment e d ,
with anger in his voice after the
committee voted to set up a mili
tary liaison committee to work
with the control commission of
five civilians.
Wallace asserted the committee
voted to “place the control of
atomic energy in the hands of the
military. This exceedingly unfor
! tunate development, I hope, when
American people realize the sig
; nificance of it, will rise in their
wrath and let the Senators know
what their action means.”
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Goering Boasts Of
His Nazi Power
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NUERNBERG, March 13, (/P)—
Lecturing his Allied judges as if
they were schoolboys, Goering
testified that Hitler seized power
in 1933, “to make Germany free.”
The leader among the 22 Nazis on
trial for war crimes, boastfully
emphasized his own Importance
in snatching control for the Nazi
party. He asserted the army plot
against Hitler was barely averted
a few hours before the first Hitler
cabinet took oath thirteen years
ago.
Goering charged the military
plot was instigated by Gen. Kurt
von Schleicher, who was slain
the following year in the Ernst
Roehm blood purge, by Gen. Curt
von Hammerstein, former com
mander of the German army, with
the help of the Potsdam garrison.
STRIKES
At A Glance . . .
The nation’s labor disputes keep
approximately 750,000 idle. Major
developments are:
Automotive — An anonymous
General Motors official says the
company and the union have
reached an agreement on the wage
issue, and only a “few other non
economic issues” are remaining to
be solved. Negotiations continue
after an all-night session.
A union spokesman says that
settlement appears imminent.
Coal — Actual negotiations be
tween United Mine Workers and
bituminous coal producers are not
expected to start until next week.
The union will present arguments
today in support of nine general
demands, including higher pay
and a shorter work week, and a
health and welfare fund for 400,
000 soft coal workers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 13, (/P)
CIO longshoremen who voted to
strike if their demands for a 35
cent on hour wage increase was
not met by April first, had before
them an offer of an 18 cent an
hour increase by the Waterfront
Employers Assn.. The raise would
make the pay $1.33 per hour. The
union demands $150. Harry Brid
ges ILWU president declined to
comment.
SEATTLE, Mar. 13, (/P) — The
dispute which tied up the SS
Aleutian at Ketchikan Monday
was settled Tuesday, agent Ed
Coester of the Sailors Union of
the Pacific said. He said the dis
pute concerned working the cargo
by ships’ crews in Alaska ports.
He described the settlement as a
truce to remain in effect about
fifteen days.
The lens of the eye continues to
grow in size throughout life.
NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, (P>—
The Army reported it had raised
in five months a volunteer force
of 600,000, the largest of its kind
in the nation’s history. The force
is the nucleus of the projected
peacetime army of a half million
goal set for July 1.
NUERNBERG, Mar. 13, OP)—
Field Marshal Werner von Bom
berg, minister of war in the first
Hitler cabinet, died of heart fail
ure at the 116th general hospital,
where we was waiting to be sum
moned as a witness in the Nuern
berg trials.
VANCOUVER, B. C., Mar. 13,
(jP)—Nine Vancouver stores are
involved in an alleged hundred
thousand dollar black market in
textiles. Investigations are spread
ing to other British Columbia
points, it is revealed by a Royal
Canadian Mounted Police officer.
It is believed linked with the mil
lion dollar waterfront dockyard
textile theft ring disclosed in Hal
ifax last week.
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 13, (/P)—
Ray Milland has been named the
best actor of 1945, for his por
trayal of a man in his cups in The
Lost Weekend. That picture was
chosen as the best motion picture
of the year. The annual awards of
the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts awarded the “oscar” for the
top feminine award to Joan Craw
ford, who is home in bed with in
fluenza, for her role as Mildred
Pierce.
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WASHINGTON, Mar_ 13, bP)—
Krug will take over all the duties
formerly performed by Ickes,
when Krug becomes Interior Sec
: retary on March 15. Truman made
it clear, at a news conference, that
Krug will serve as petroleum ad
ministrator, and other capacities
which Ickes performed through
out the war.
PARIS, March. 13, (tf3) — The
foreign office said Russia had re
plied favorably to the French pro
posal to take the Spanish ques
tion before the United Nations se
curity council. Diplomatic officials
in Washington said it was virtual
ly certain that United States will
oppose the French plan, contend
ing that the Franco regime, what
ever else it might be, is not a
threat to international peace,
hence not the proper subject for
the security council.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, (/P)_
President Truman made no ex
pression of his views, at a news
conference, on the Churchill pro
posal for a virtual Anglo-Ameri
can military alliance, but he indi
cated he will have something to
say at some future time.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, (;P)_
A recent count of Alaska reindeer
showed about 65,000, in addition
to the thousands of reindeer which
the Interior Department said were
running wild in the Territory and
were difficult to roundup.