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EXTRA SESSION
HIGHLIGHTS
JUNEAU, Mar. 26—At the af
ternoon session on reconsideration
▼ of Walker’s university bill, the
Senate killed the measure by a 9
to 7 vote after numerous amend
ments were made. The Senate also
refused the House measure on the
branch university. Boiled down
the branch proposal was killed
dead for the present session. The
Senate also refused to accept the
House measure for a women’s pi
oneer home.
Two nominations previously re
ported confirmed came up in the
Senate. Mrs. Louise Miller, Ketch
ikan member of the Housing Au
thority was turned down by a vote
of 6 to 9. Yeas being Brownell,
Butrovich, Gordon, Gundersen,
McCutcheon and Nerland, with
Lyng absent. Also rejected was
%Iathew Mullaney, tax commis
sioner. Yeas being Brownell, Bu
trovich, Gordon, Gundersen, Mc
Cutcheon, Nerland and Coffey.
Arriving late was Lyng, who was
denied the right to vote. Antonio
Polet, member of Alaska Develop
ment Board, barely squeezed
through with nine, Confirming
Butrovich, Cochran, Gordon, Gun
dersen, Lyng, McCutcheon, Ner
land, Scott and Whaley. All other
nominations were all confirmed
unanimously.
The Senate passed the House
^ bill raising the minimum and
maximum salary scale for teach
ers.
In the House, following an elo
quent plea for education made by
World War II veteran Harry New
ell, Jr., the Ketchikan bill for a
branch university of Alaska in
Southeast Alaska, passed. Those
voting against the measure were
Gill, Hoopes, Johnson, Linck, Por
ter, Shattuck. Walsh questioned
the sales income or fish tax. The
issues were skillfully dodged by
stating fund raising methods
should be decided by the voters
9 through their representatives.
The House earlier passed the
bill directing the welfare depart
ment to survey sites for a home
for pioneer women.
Editor’s branch bill passed was
the house measure for a million
dollar appropriation, not Walker’s
bill.
JUNEAU, Mar. 27—An ade
quate workmen’s compensation
law for Alaska is now on the Ter
ritorial books as the Senate con
curs to House amendments to the
^ Green and Shattuck measure.
The Senate spent Wednesday
afternoon discussing Walk e r ’ s
memorial addressed to President
Truman and Secy. Krug, asking
for the removal of Governor
Gruening, with the upshot that
the Governor has been asked to
appear before the Senate at 11:00
o’clock Thursday forenoon to ans
wer charges made.
The judiciary committee of the
Senate submits its findings that
Steve McCutcheon is not qualified
for the Third Division Senate seat
because he voted in the Fourth Di
SPEEDY SLED — Game Warden A! Cummins loads snowshoes into a sled built by Fred
S**ctn wheel)* Millinocket, Me., before a test run. The propeller-driven sled, which is powered
by an airplane engine, skims over ice at 100 miles per hour.
“Caste” System
Hearings Start
WASHINGTON, — A six
man board, headed by Lt. Gen.
Doolittle decided to hear behind
closed doors the complaints of ex
GIs about the Army's so-called
officer “caste” system. Starting
the investigation ordered by Sec
retary Patterson, Doolittle told re
porters the group felt that wit
nesses would speak more freely in
private than public hearings.
vision Primary election April 19,
1944, also at the general election
held in September of the same
year. The report was turned over
to the rules committee. No further
action was taken.
Launching a last ditch fight to
give Alaskan veterans the chance
for higher education, Representa
tive Petreson introduces the House
bill appropriating $150,000 for the
establishment of a branch of the I
University of Alaska in Southeast
Alaska. Two previous measures on ;
the same subject died in the Leg-:
islature Tuesday.
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JUNEAU. Mar. 28—No report
yet made for a free conference on
the veterans measure, although it
is understood progress is being
made. An amendment made by
Green and Shattuck requires com
pulsory protection for workers by
employer of more than two per
sons. The disability allowances
are the same as under the present
law’.
The Senate passed two House
measures: teachers’ minimum sal
aries, also relating to Territorial
refunds to school districts.
The House passed Senate bills
authorizing the commissioner of
education to travel to Washington
to secure federal contract for tui
tion for natives in Territorial
schools, also to clarify and expand
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Arctic Club
Carnival
Saturday Night
The Arctic Club Carnival is
well under way to be the biggest
event of the winter season, with
excitement for the Queen Contest
running high. Manager of the
Queen Contest, Jane Galvin, once
herself Queen of the Carnival, has
worked very hard and has made
elaborate plans for the ceremony
of the coronation. A beautiful
gem-stucfded crown has been made
for the event by master craftsman i
Ben Hyndman, and will become a
permanent possession of the club.
The crown is on display at the
Nome Motor Co.
The doors open at eight o’clock
and dancing starts at nine o’clock
with the peppy six-piece Nome
Garrison orchestra furnishing the .
rhythm.
The Queen candidates and their
friends will sell queen votes until
eleven thirty, and the coronation j
will take place at twelve o’clock.
The committee has announced
that the check room will be in
charge of the Boy Scouts and the
proceeds of the check room will be
turned over to the boys for their
building fund.
The Queen count now tallies as |
follows:
Pat Collins . 2,200
Kitty Kelly .12,900 j
Lillian Leyba . 3,900
Jane Scott.25,500
Ruth Seiffert .25,700
Remember the date, tomorrow
night, Saturday, March 30, 9:00
p.m.
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MARGARET RAE
VISITING IN NOME
Margaret Rae of the U. S.;
Weather Bureau has been a visi- j
tor in Nome from Kotzebue, for a
few days, visiting with friends.
and having dental work done.
Northern Lights
Play Ihn OC
SEATTLE, March 29, (/P)—The
aurora borealis played havoc with
communications in the Northwest.
The weather bureau said that
messages from which it prepares
the weather maps were badly gar
bled. Alaska communications and
radio telephone circuits to Alas
ka were badly hashed.
Balanced Budget
Well On Way
WASHINGTON. Mar. 29, </P)—
Secretary of Treasury Vinson said
“We are well on the way to a bal
anced budget,” and asked for OPA
controls on national economy be
kept “a little longer.” He told the
House banking committee “Today
we can be more optimistic about
the future than ever before. It
would be pathetic if we muffed
this grand opportunity.”
The committee is considering
legislation to keep OPA going for
another year. Vinson said treasury
receipts were larger than estim
ated, and expenditures smaller
than expected. “The two together
mean we are well on the way to
a balanced budget.” He disputed
contentions of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers that the
removal of all price controls
would stimulate the production of
scarce goods.
WM. CAMERONS TO LEAVE
TONIGHT FOR THE STATES
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cameron are
leaving tonight on' a vacation trip
to the States. They plan to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Givan while
in Seward. Karl Dewey will be in
charge of the U. S. Smelting Co.
warehouse during Mr. Cameron’s
absence.
Army Day To Hr
(H)S(*rve(l April (>
Headquarters Alaskan Depart
ment—With many bitter memories
of World War II still vivid in the
minds of Americans, but with the
pleasant realization that for the
first time in four years the United
States Army is not locked in battle
in some far-flung corner of the
'Jobe, the American soldier vull
again be accoided the plaudits of
the Nation on Army Day, April
6, 1946.
In the Alaskan Department,
where memories of hard fighting
under severe handicaps of terrahi
and weather still linger, to say
nothing of a tremendously diffi
cult defense role during much of
Ihe struggle, plans are rapidly
taking shape for a celebration of
Army Day as extensive as condi
tions will permit. Special radio
programs will be broadcast at all
posts, camps, and stations in the
Territory, from Attu Island on the
tip of the Aleutian Chain to Fair
banks in the heart of the Alaskan
mainland, to Nome in the extreme
North. Highlights of these pro
grams will be a message from
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief
of Staff, and a transcription of
“Command Performance,” prepar
ed by leading entertainers through
out the United States. In some
instances locally produced pro
grams will also be featured.
,
In a recent message to all com
manding generals of the Army,
Chief of Staff Dwight D. Eisea
hower stated: “The object of these
ceremonies should be to recognize
the great accomplishments of the
Army through honoring the vet
erans of World War I and World
War II. Through the cooperation
of veteran’s organizations, all
former members of the Army,
now returned to civilian life,
should be encouraged to wear the
uniform and to participate in par
ades and other ceremonies. Such
j arrangements should be sought as
will permit the participation by as
many members of the cnmmnnitv
as possible in honoring the war
time Army.
“It is my personal opinion that
the greatest single motivating
power for world peace is the or
ganized military potential of the
United States—its resources, its
technological advancement and
its trained manpower.”
Belgorod Towing
Section Of Tanker
SEATTLE, Mar. 29, f/P)—C. J.
Gravesen, of the Moore McCor
mack lines said he has been in
formed by Soviet representatives
that the forward section of the
wrecked Russian tanker Dombass
was being towed to Seattle by her
sister ship USSR Belgorod.
The tanker was wrecked in
Aleutian waters with a loss of fif
teen lives. The after section was
towed to Seattle by the American
tanker Puente Hills, which also
brought the survivors.