ALASKA BANKERS
ASSOCIATION FORMED
JUNEAU, (/P) — An Alaska'
Bankers’ association is being or
ganized in a series of meetings
< which ends here tomorrow.
Elmer Rasmusen of Anchorage,
f Marshall Crutcher of Kodiak and
Harvey Brown fo Sitka were
named to a committee to drfyt a
constitution.
J. F. Mussen, president of the
Behrends Bank in Juneau is pres
iding officer.
Others present include C. A.
Craft, of Cordova, Ed Locken of
Petersburg and Walter Mitchell of
SON BORN TO SGT. AND
MRS. PERRY W. PEW
Sgt. and Mrs. Perry VV. Pew are
the parents of a son born Jan. 21st
at the Marks Field hospital, weigh
igh eight pounds 1 Vi ounces, and
who has been named Charles
Bruce.
Sgt. Pew is the popular Scout
master of Troop f)66 who has been
doing such praiseworthy work for
the scouts in our community, in
addition to his duties at Marks
Field.
the National Bank of Commerce,
Seattle.
NELS SWANBERG. SR.. CELE
BRATES 79th BIRTHDAY
Nels Swanberg, Sr., celebrated
his 79lh birthday last Wednesday
and had both his children, Nels
Jr., and daughter, Grace Edman,
with their families for the celebra
tion.
Nels Swanberg, one of Nome’s
oldest residents, who has been in
Alaska since 1896 and was mar
ried here in 1901 is a teller of tall
tales and can talk for hours on
the thrilling adventures of the
early days.
He is a miner, but has taken
timo to serve his community on
P.A.A. SEARCHES FOR
MISSING PLANE
On the Pan American flight
from Fairbanks Sunday a search
was made for a privately owned
Beachcraft Bonanza, a four place
craft which is missing near Ga
lena. The P.A.A. did not sight the
missing plane but located two men
in an improvised shelter and sent
in their location.
he School Board and the Alaska
legislature as well as other civic
capacities.
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available at extra cost.
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and stepped-up glass area.
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tire is an oversize cushion
mounted on a wider-than-usual
rim. And every Dynaflow model
has an extra plus in self-adjust
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Indeed, each detail — wide
swinging doors, gracefully
f Standard equipment on ROADMASTER models, 'his sensational engineering success is optional of extra cosf on all SUPERS.
streamlined taillights, contoured
rear bumper, Hi-Poised engine,
fine rich finish — marks this as
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And the price tag? Matched
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Check it and see. Your Buick
dealer will be happy to oblige
— and talk business whether or
not you have a car to trade.
ROOM — WITH A VIEW! Seats are broad in this
new Buick. And soft, so that there’s extra room
overhead And windshields area full 5614 inches
across, glass area in 4-door Sedans stepped
up 22 X!
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sion which opens Monday.
Gruening, highly pleased over
passage of the income tax bill, was
all set to affix his signature late
yesterday. But a delay in getting
the law into its final form post
poned the signing untli today.
After the Senate had given its
apprval, 13 to 3, the House speed
ily concurred in minor amend
ments to speed the measure to the
Governor’s desk.
The only other proposal to gain
legislative acceptance yesterday
was an appropriation of $42,000
for special sessions expenses and
legislators’ salaries. Senate amend
ments were given a house okeh
after the upper chamber had elim
inated round-trip mileage allow
ances for ihe special session.
Bills which are stalled in the
Senate and appear to have no
change of passage include doub
ling he school tax per person, in
creasing lobbyist registration fees,
upping the raw fish tax and the
catch-all business license tax.
JUNEAU (/Pi—A group of Third
Division Legislators disclosed Sat
urday a plan for a shortcut to
statehood.
They decided at a caucus Fri
day night to in.roduce a bill at the
opening of the regular legislative
session today which would set up
machinery to beat out Hawaii as
the 49th State.
A convention would be provided
to draft an Alaskan State Consti
tution without waiting any longer
for Congress to open the state
hood gate.
The legislators said that records
show 14 States drafted constitu
tions before Congress enacted en
abling acts for them.
Rep. Stanley McCutcheon, Dem
ocrat floor leader who described
1949 as the year fo “golden oppor
tunity” for becoming the 49th
State, said the tentative plan calls
for the holding of a convention
and the election of two Congress
men and two Senators.
In effect it would tell Congress
“Here we are” when it convenes
for its second session next Janu
ary, McCutcheon explained.
The tentative strategy is this:
Ae referendum vote for a con
vention would be held promptly.
It would authorize a constitutional
convention to meet immediately
upon the legislature’s adjourn
ment in March. Legislators would
choose nine others to sit with them
in convention. Four of the nine
would be federal judges, to con
tinue the numerical theme that
would total 49.
The draft of the constitution
then would be submitted to the
voters for ratification at a special
election and a plan would be out
lined for electing Senators and
Congressmen.
McCutcheon said that attorney
general Ralph Rivers will assist
in drafting the bill over the week
end. He added that Governor
Gruening endorsed the idea when
it was presented to him this week.
Others in the caucus were Reps.
Alfred A. Owen, Jr., William A.
Egan, C. <Red> Carlson and C. A.
Pollard, and Senators Walter
Huntley and Steven McCutcheon,
all of the Third Division.
Mrs. Robert Baldwin who has
been in the St. Joseph’s hospital
in Fairbanks for the past week
returned home yesterday on the
Pan American feeling much bet
ter.