Small Nations May
Participate In
German Peace
LONDON, OP)—A certain area
of agreement between Soviet and
American diplomats on the issue
of small power participation in
framing the German peace treaty
was indicated today.
Robert Murphy of the United
States, asked a reporter at the
four-power deputy foreign minis
ter’s conference how much he be
lieved lesser powers should take
part in writing the peace, said he
wanted “constant consultation by
the smaller nations” with all the
deputies’ committees.
This suggested that Murphy did
not favor full participation by ail
belligerents at all stages such as
the smaller nations, led by Brit
ain’s dominions, have demanded.
Soviet Deputy Feodor T. Gou
sev, who had opposed the demand
from the start, said he wanted the
committees to “take the testimony”
of smaller nations.
Diplomatic circles speculated
that Britain and France, too, might
tacitly approve the Russian stand.
The development came as the
state department in Washington,
in consultation with the American
delegation here, drafted a formal
proposal on treaty-making proced
ure.
Disagreement persisted over the
right of one Austrian delegate tc
present his views before the depu
ties’ Austrian section, ^put another
—Foreign Minister Karl Gruber—
appeared before that section again
today.
British sources said Gruber,
questioned by Gousev about “Aus
tria’s responsibility” for fighting
alongside Germany, replied: Aus
tria was forcibly annexed and it
was Austrian citizens not an Aus
trian government who took part in
the war and most of these were
forced to do so. Most Austrians
were opposed to Hitler, Gruber
added, and more than 70,000 were
sent to concentration camps.
The Moscow radio stepped up
its propaganda against western
proposals for reorganization of
Germany into a federation of
small states.
LIFTING THE LID
AT JUNEAU
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enues in planning expenditures
for the next biennium.”
He said the unemployment fund
was more than nine million dol
lars, which was adequate for the
worst period of unemployment and
suggested a change in the law to
cut down payments by employers
under the act, by what he said
should be a million dollars a year.
Among business paying no taxes
to the Territory the Governor
pointed out the steamship and air
plane companies, banks, theaters,
oil and logging companies. The
salmon industry is the largest tax
payer and that industry with li
quor, motor fuel, oil, mining, au
tomobile licenses yield 87.55 per
cent of the tax revenues.
The Governor said 6700 Alaska
vets are eligible under the veter
ans loan act and recommended
doubling the rate of income into
the fund and continuing it until
ten million, instead of three and
a quarter million has been reached.
He said the Territorial Guard
can now be dispensed with and
the rifles and equipment are not
worth the cost of returning to
army posts.
Earlier in the day Senator Ed
ward Coffey <D. 3rd Div.) intro
duced a bill to immediately abol
j ish the Guard and immediately re
convert all unexpended funds to
the treasury.
NEW NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED
AT SELDOVIA
The latest newspaper enterprise
in Alaska is the Forntiersman be
ing published at Seldovia by Viola
Daniels. Her six page mimeo
praphed paper is published twice
a week and carries both display
and classified advertising. It was
gleaned from her issue of January
22 that the new Alaska Native
School being established at Sitka
will be known as the Mt. Edge
combe School and students will be
sent from both Eklutna and Wran
gel. as both schools are over
crowded.
By 1941, Liberia was producing
four times the amount of rubber
it produced in 1936.
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Magnuson Gives 2
Alternatives For
Alaska Shipping
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Steamship company, the North
land Transportation company and
the Alaska Transportation com
pany.
The plan also authorizes the
maritime commission to adjust
tariffs on Alaskan commerce.
Yesterday Delegate Bartlett <D.
Alaska> sharply attacked this pro
vision, saying he advised the Ter
ritory to fight any rate increase.
Bartlett said that the increase
sought would amount to 58 per
cent above 1940 rates.
Counsel for two of the compan
ies, Bartlett continued, warned
Alaskans that if they fought the
increase, shipping service would
ue discontinued to the Territory at
once.
Rep. Jackson <D.-Wash.) chair
man of the merchant marine sub
committee, said his understanding
i was that the steamship companies
■ had not asked a 58 per cent freight
increase.
He said that in 1942 the Mari
time Commission had authorized a
sur-charge of 16 per cent and that
the Alaska Transportation com
pany now said it would need an
additional 23 per cent increase and
the Alaska Steamship company
had said it would need an increase
of 35 per cent.
Counsel for the steamship com
panies declined to comment on
Bartlett’s statement or the rate sit
uation.
“Alaska is paying all of the
freight charge it can stand at the
present time,” Magnuson said.
“There should be no freight rate
i increase to the Territory. It simply
cannot stand any more. The pres
i ent rates are too high.
“If the present emergency legis
lation proposed by the Jackson
subcommittee does not meet the
requirements the only alternative
I see is government operation of
the service to Alaska.”
The war shipping administra
tion and the maritime commission
have operated the Alaskan Steam
ship service since 1942 with the
owners as agents.
Congress ordered the line re
turned to the operators on Febru-,
1 ary 28. j
The private owners said service
would be discontinued unless a,
j rate increase was allowed.
CHUCKLES
Grandpa—Been shopping to
day?
Grandma—Yes, I had an awful
time, but I finally got a barom
eter.
Grandpa—What on earth do
you want of that?
Grandma—It will tell me when
it’s going to rain.
Grandpa — Such extravagance!
What do you suppose you’ve got
your rheumatism for?
Two farmers, jealous of each
other’s early rising, became boast
ful. One allowed as how he got up
before 3 a.m. His rival, hoping to
! catch him in a fib, rose at two a.m.
(the next morning and went to call
on his bragging neighbor.
| When the later’s wife answered
j the door and was asked where her
husband was she replied: “Dunno
—•but he was around early this
morning.”
Mary had a little lamb;
His hair was white as heck;
And everywhere that Mary went
The poor sap signed the check.
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Seek To Open Vet
Homesteading
In Alaska
b.-P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, </P)_Rep. Pe
den (D.-Okla.) has introduced leg
islation which would open up 240,
000 square miles of southern Alas
ka for homesteading by American
war veterans.
Himself a war veteran and a
member of the House public lands
committee, Peden told a reporter
his bill was similar to one recent
ly introduced by Rep. Lemke <R.
N.D.) and that the two would work
together in seeking to expedite ac
tion.
The legislation has two pur
poses, Peden said:
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1. To provide an opportunity for
veterans by giving them “a place
to have a homestead sufficiently
large to provide for a family of
seven in accordance with U. S.
standards of living.”
2. To settle Alaska, “which in
my opinion is the first line of our
defense,” and to bring about de
velopment of resource” which the
United States now has and which
are undeveloped.”
Peden’s measure provides that
a veteran by living on the land for
three years, can get title. If he has
served two years in the army, he
is given credit for two year’s oc
cupancy, would have to live on the
land only six months. Disabled
veterans also can acquire land by
six months’ occupancy.
Veterans could homestead not
less than 320 nor more than 640
acres of agricultural land and not
less than 640 nor more than 1,920
acres of grazing or timber land.
Four railways meet at the Bel
gian port of Antwerp.
Flashes of Life
LONG DISTANCE
PATCHOGUE, N. Y. (/P>—Pal y
Andrisani, Veterans Administra
tion employee in Northport, N. Y.,
and the girl he met while a serv
iceman, Miss Gwen Rose of Col
chester, England, are continuing
their courtship with a pair of ama
teur radio operators assisting.
His cousin, Michael Maletta,
made radio contact from here with
Denis Heightman of Clacton-on
the Sea, England, not far from
Miss Rose’s home.
“He’s trying to fix it,” Maletta
says, “so she can come over here
and they can get married ”
GOES SHOPPING
MAKES A SALE
FARGO, N. D. f/P)—A student
at North Dakota State College
found that his G. I. allowance was
not quite enough, so he went “win
dow shopping” for a part-time
job.
Last week after looking in the
windows of Fargo department
stores,, he introduced himself to the
manager of one concern, and said:
“Your store has the poorest
looking windows in town.”
Now the student has a job—in
structing the store personnel in
window decorating.
OPERATION FRIGTD
ENDICOTT, N. Y. (A3)—Skating
enthusiast Joseph Sosensko, 39,
thinks he proved skating keeps a
man in top form by bicycling 35
miles on icy roads in two hours
and 45 minutes.
But skiier William Gerdey, also
39, whom Sosenko outlasted in the
test the two arranged to decide
which sport was the better condi
tioner, still stands by skiing.
Gerdey blames his bicycle’s con
dition for his failure.
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HYDE’S ORCHESTRA
Bridge Every Tuesday Night
All Bridge Players Invited
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Wiring Material
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