Truman Views
* Volcano From Air
(By Ernest B. Vaccaro)
MEXICO City, (Ah — President
Truman saw Mexico’s four-year
old volcano Pericutin, from the
air today in a quick trip to be fol
lowed at noon by a fast drive to
Tettihuacan pryamids to the sun
and the moon, 28 miles north of
here.
The Sacred Cow left at 1:07 a.m.
EST and landed here at 12:31 p.m.
EST.
^ Tne President’s plane was pre
ceded by two planes with newspa
permen and photographers which
landed five minutes ahead of his.
The President saw Paricutin in
angry eruption, one of the biggest
thrills of his visit to Mexico. The
volcano started on a new rampage
today a few hours before the Sac
red Cow flew at 10,500 feet around
and over the spouting cone. From
the cabin of the big ship the U. S.
^ chief executive saw tongues of
lava course down the sides of the
2000 foot mound.
The day was clear and warm
with excellent visibility over the
scene devastation made by the
great spread of lava.
FLINT, Mich. (Ah—Buick divi
sion of General Motors Corp., re
ported today its February output
totalled 20,599 cars, bringing to
37,030 the number of assemblies
from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28 this year.
Harlow H. Curtice, Buick general
manager, said production still is
limited by a shortage of materials.
"Will Handle Strike
When It Comes’
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of Interior Krug, asked about the
possibility of a new soft coal
strike, told reporters today that he
would handle emergencies as they
arise.
“We handled one strike a'
right,” Krug added.
Krug, who is boss of the govern
ment-seized mines, talked to new?
men upon his return from a tour
of the Pacific. He did not elabor
ate.
The United Mine Workers walk
ed out twice last year. A spring
shutdown ended when the govern
ment took over the pits and Krug
signed a contract with John L
Lewis, UMW chief. Lewis called a
truce until April 1 in an autumn
walkout after he was cited for con
tempt of court.
LONDON, (iT*>— C. P. Mayhew,
undersecretary for foreign affairs,
declined in the House of Commons
today to make clear Britain’s pos
ition on any use of American
money to war against leftist guer
rillas in Greece.
A leftist laborite, W. N. Warbey,
asked Mayhew if he would say
whether Britain was “unalterably
opposed to the use of financial as
sistance for this purpose.”
Mayhew replied: “Discussions
are in progress and the purposes
for which the assistance would be
given are under discussion.”
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AT JUNEAU
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tabl sh a basis for modernized
Alaska tax program, include net
income tax, general property tax,
and uniform trade license fees in
come.
The levy calculated a. ten per
cent of the federal income tax paid
eat* i year by individuals, corpo
rations, banks, etc., provides for
withholding and is applicable to
all business conducted in the Ter
ritory, including salaries ol season
al workers. Individuals with 12
months Alaska residents entitled
to a flat $43 credit.
The measure al<o would repeal
the present one per cent net in
come levy on canneries.
The property tax would be a
maximum ten mill levy on all
property in the Terr tory with
lull refund to cities of taxes col
lected within their bounds. It
would repeal the present gross
gold tax.
The effectiveness of the trade li
cence act would be contingent upon
the repeal of the present federal
licensing provisions.
Two other new Senate bills by
Sen. Gunnard Engebreth <R.-3rd>
would revise the teachers retire
ment program and would establish
a hospital regulating agency, re
quired to make Alaska hospitals
eligible for federal grants.
In after hours debate among
themselves, all outsiders being
barred from the floor, the Senate
passes the measure by Sen. E. B.
Collins <R.-4th> and Sen. O. D.
Cochran (<D.-2nd) for a referen
dum for the next general election
on whether to prohibit the closed
shop in Alaska, by a vote of 13 to
3.
Attorney general Rivers issues
a statement that unless tax mea
sures are passed the only alterna
tixo would be to call for a special
legislature session.
Rivers statement said if the Ter
ritory fulfills obligations revenues
must be raised. Measures are gen
eral in nature, moderate, non-dis
criminaiory and will spread the
tax burden uniformly over all in
proportion to the wealth they con
trol and their ability to pay.
All citizens who desire the Ter
ritory to remain solvent and fulfill
its obligations should favor the
passage of the measures.
_ •
JUNEAU, March 5, (/P) — The
House passed the bill to fix the
assistant attorney general's salary
at $5,000.
Rep. Johnson and Rep. Robert
Hoopes <D.-4th) introduce a me
morial seeking re-appointment of
Ziegler to the Territorial Educa
tion board in view of the fact he
has been a member for the past 14
years.
The Senate defeated the Walker
bill to permit holders of certifi
cates from the school of pharmacy
conducted by the armed forced to
practice in Alaska without exam
ination.
Sen. Gunnard Engebreth <R.
3rd> introduces a bill to clarify the
teachers retirement act, and ex
tends eligibility to include the fac
ulty of the University of Alaska,
also the office of the commissioner
of education.
Sen. Steve McCutcheon <D.-3rd)
introduces a bill leaving the basic
fee for pile driven, also floating
traps at $300, but fourth to tenth
owned by one firm taxed $200 ad
ditional instead of the present $100
for traps over ten taxed $400.
The House passes the measure
to present $25 fishermen’s license
to include halibut and other hook
House Approves
Assessment Bill
Hff*) Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, </P» — A House
public lands sub-committee today
approved a bill that would give
Alaskan miners until July 1, 1948,
before being required to do assess
ment work on their claims.
Law’s requiring $100 worth of
assessment work on each claim an
nually were waived during the
war, but, unless suspended further,
w’ould become effective again
July 1.
A provision extending the mor
atorium to miners in the continen
tal United States was eliminated
from the bill before it was voted
upon by the sub-committee.
line fishemen. It prohibits the pur
chase of fish from any but boat
where all fishermen are licensed.
Rep. Wm. A. Egan <D.-3rd) in
troduces memorial asking that
small charter planes be permitted
to engage in service with the least
formality possible.
A memorial is introduced calling
the attention of the postmaster
general to the poor mail service
due to ship wrecks, strikes and
poor fyling w’eather, and asking
the mail be dispatched over the
Alaska highway to all parts in
Alaska excepting the First Divi
sion.
The Senate passes the bill re
pealing the gross gold tax and sub
stituting a graduated net income
tax on mining. The Senate also
passes House bill for a blanket pri
mary election.
The House kills Senate bill ex
empting sales to retailers by Alas
ka wholesalers from payment of
the one-half per cent veterans tax.
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Nationals Halt The
Communist Drive
CHANGCHUN, (/P) — The gov
ernment commander in Manchuria
asserted today the Communist of
fensive against Changchun was
smashed, with 5,000 enemy dead
on the battlefield and the rest in
full retreat.
The commander, Gen Tu Li
M ng, told newsmen the blow was
so severe that his troops could cap
t u r e Harbin, the Communist
stronghold, within 10 days. He
said, however, he had no orders to
drive on north.
General Tu gave this version of
the operations, during which the
Communists were known to have
pushed to within 12 miles of
Changchun, Manchuria’s capital
and, by Tu’s account, the No. 1
objective:
This was the Communists’
spring offensive, which had been
in the cards for six months.
Gen. Lin Piao, Communist com
mander in Manchuria, had pre
pared 20 divisions, of which about
15 were committed.
Lin told his troops that if they
failed to seize the bastion of
Tehhwe, 52 miles northeast of
Changchun, they must return to
I the north bank of the Sungari
river, dividing line of the warring
forces.
General Lin’s troops crossed the
Sungari and, while part of the
force drove south toward Chang
chun, the main body was thrown
against Tehhwe.
For seven days, during which
the Communists hurled 140,000
troops into the battle of Tehhwe,
bloody fighting raged there a scant
15 miles houth of Sungari.
In his lifetime O. Henry wrote
600 pieces of original fiction.
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