terciay afternoon, 20-4, and ap
proved a measure to empower the
Territorial commissioner of labor
to aid in wage collections.
Vote on the wage collections bill
was 23-1, after two days of argu
ments and attempts to amend it.
4 The lone dissenting vote was
cast by Marcus Jensen, Douglas
Democrat, he argued:
‘I question the advisability of
allowing the Territory to spend
S100 or $1,000 to collect $5 for a
worker. As pointed out in discus
sions here, it’s often just a dispute
a. over terms or some other issue.”
Frank Angerman, Fairbanks j
Democrat, replied:
“If industry abides by its wage
payment obligations, the Territory
won’t have to spend anything lot
collections.”
The four voting against the raw
fish tax bill were Doris Barnes,
Amelia Gundersen and James No
lan of the Southeastern Alaska
fishing area, and Glen Franklin
of Fairbanks.
Franklin sponsored the bill with
Jensen, and as a negative voter,
will be eligible for a later confe*
ence committee appointment to
assure a full House, committee of
bill supporters to iron out defer
ences with the Senate, if it pisse?
there. '
A closing attempt to cut the pro
posed halibut tax to one-half per
. cent failed, and it now remains at
^ one per cent. The same applies to
salmon which canneries receive
for other than canning, with the
taxing value to be 50 per cent of
the average wholesale price re
ceived by Seattle brokers for the
canned product during the fall
months.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Orton de
parted for the S‘ates Sunday to be
gone for about three months. They
plan to return with their four
children and make their home
^ here.
NEWS IN BRIEF
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ice-coated tree limbs.
Underground cables went out
only because no current was reach
ing them from the lines above the
ground, the Georgia Power com
pany said.
The company said early reports
that the underground cables had !
failed were wrong.
FAIRBANKS, —In a land
ing “only an Alaska bush pilot
could make,” Richard King of the i
Wien Alaska Airlines wriggled a
Cessna plane past a picket fence
and phone lines to a safe setdown !
on a Fairbanks street yesterday.
Neither he nor his two passen-1
gers were injured.
An awed witness paid thej
quoted tribute to the bushpilot’s j
acrobatic maneuver.
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KETCHIKAN, (A*)—A coroner’s
jury said itoday the bullet wound
of which Garrett S. <Red> Hum
phrey died was self-inflicted.
The 38-year-old purcha sing
agent for Ellis Airlines died Sat
urday.
SITKA, (/P)—Halted briefly by !
a labor dispute, loading of lumber
aboard the freighter Coastal Mon-'
chard was scheduled to resume to-!
day. The CIO international long
shoremen and warehousemen’s i
union and the Conway Dock Co.
differed over the size of loading;
crews.
Work will resume pending a
settlement this week by union
headquarters in San Francisco.
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TOKYO, (^P) — Army secretary
Kenneth Royall sprained his foot
today while reviewing the First
Cavalry division in Japan’s im
perial plaza. t
He was taken to the 49th army
ARCTIC CLUB "REVERSE
PARTY" GREAT SUCCESS
The Arctic Club held a cabaret
dance last Saturday evening and it
is reported that it was a gala af
fair with most everyone entering
into the spirt of the affair. Women
came dressed in men’s apparel and
men wore a wide variety of wo
men’s clothing.
Most outstanding costumes were
those of Ernie Kling and S.even
Glazewski.
Entertainment was furnished by
a male group with Terry Kling as
master of ceremonies and Ernie
Kling as musician.
The chorus included Lt. Sano.
who sang “The Best Things in
Life Are Free;” Ted Duffield with
“I’m A Good Girl But A Thou
sand Miles From Home;” Clem
Boucher with “O Johnny,” and
George Beacom “Life Upon The
Wicked Stage.”
An outstanding couple, accord
ing to reports were Mr. and Mrs.
iKe Jensen.
Musicians for the dance were
Mr. and Mrs. Pe’e Reader, who
played old time music and are ac
claimed as tops with piano and
fiddle.
The club has decided to have a
party the last Saturday of every
month for the rest of the winter
season.
Mrs. T. A. Peterson, one of the
operators of the Teller Commer
cial Co., passed through Nome
yesterday enroute to Juneau to
attend a meeting of the Territori
al Board of Education, of which
she is a member.
general hospital for treatment.
Aides expressed belief the injury
was minor. He gave no indication
of the accident during the review
but later the sprain became to
painful and he was taken to the
hospital.
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NENANA ICE POOL CONTEST
FOR 1949 OPENS
The annual Nenana Ice Pool
contest against gets under way in
its 32nd year.
The Ice Pool which started ;n
1917 among the residents of Ne
nana with a purse of $G00 .has be
come as well known as the Irish
Sweepstakes and become a regu
lar business, holding the interest
of Alaskans all over the world.
The first winner took his $600,
spent it and now resides in the
Pioneer Home at Sitka. The next
four years the people of Nenana
kept the pool to themselves al
though it more than tripled in
size.
Since then it has branched out
injtil every village and townlet in
dulges in this unique game.
The tickets cannot be sent
through the post office, but reach
Nenana by dog team, plane, train
and car.
Every conceivable method of
guessing the answer has been
been tried—science, knowledge of
nature, astrology, numerology,
| etc. Engineers at one time took
daily soundings and ice measure
ments in the vicinity, tempera
ture of streams, etc., and then
bought one thousand tickets, but
j they didn’t win either.
Tickets are available this week
at several places in town and the
manager has announced that the
contest closes April second.
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The Home Arts Club met at the
| home of Mrs. David Mercer last
i Monday evening and enjoyed a
i food demonstration by Mrs. Ly
dia Fohn-Hansen of the Univers
ity of Alaska Extension Service.
She gave a demonstration-of the
use of a pressure cooker in tne
preparation of rice and the mem
bers sampled a tasty dish of rice
and chicken.
GARRISON-IVANOFF
NUPTIALS MONDAY NIGHT
Myrtle Ivanoff, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Ivanoff of St. Mi
chaels, and Sgt. Harold Garrison
of South Charleston, Ohio, were
parried last Monday evening in
the chapel at Marks Air Force
Base in a candlelight service, by
Chaplain A. Darling.
The bride who has been with
the U. S. Weather Bureau for sev
eral years wore a soft green wool
suit with gold accessories and a
beau iful corsage of rosebuds. She
was attended by Blanche O’Con
nor dressed in gray.
Best man for the ceremony Sgf.
Ray Piccard. Soft music during
the wedding was played on tie
electric organ by Sgt. Rex West.
As the bridal party left the
chapel they were generously
showered with rice and their car
was well decorated with tin cans
and old shoes
Following the service the party
and other friends were guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
McNees for the reception where a
beautiful three tiered wedding
cake was served with coffee.
Assisting the hostess were Mrs.
'John Peterson, Milly Patrick and
Pearl Nelson.
Sgt. Garrison is leaving soon
for Great Falls, Mont., on rotation
i and his bride will follow soon.
DIAZ-MITCHELL NUPTIALS
FEBRUARY TENTH AT BASE
The wedding of Betty Mitchell,
; secretary to Col. Burkhalter at
Marks Field and Sgt. Philip Diaz,
has been announced for February
tenth at the Marks Field Chapel.
Miss Mitchell has been employ
i ed for the past three years at the
post and is at present secretary to
Col. H. Burkhalter.
Sgt. Diaz has been stationed
here with the Air Force for the
I 1
past year.
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