GASOLINE
TAX WILL
BE UPPED
WASHINGTON. May 16 — 1*1 —
The House Ways and Means com
mittee voted today to raise the Fed
eral gasoline tax from l'i cents to
2 cents a gallon.
The move, counted on to bring in
an additional $210,000,000 revenue
reversed the committee’s decision
yesterday against boosting the tax.
The tax-drafting group also voted
to raise the annual levy on bowling
alleys and pool tables from $20 a
unit to $25, for a $1,000,000 revenue
increase.
But the tax-writers voted to cut
the tax rate on domestic telegrams
from 25 per cent to 20 per cent,
for an estimated $8,000,000 decrease.
The committee rejected a pro
posed penny-a-bottle levy on soft
drinks, and a 20 per cent manu
facturers’ tax on candy and chewing
gum.
NEWS ITEMS
FROM Sim
(Special Correspondence)
SITKA. Alaska May 13,—Mother's
Day — Armed Forces Day — and
SHS Baccalaureate Day, all falling
on the same date, have given Sit
kans a busy day.
Armed Forces Day was celebrated
early in Sitka so that the two
school bands, Mt. Edgecumbe and
Sitka Schools, could participate.
Here to reviiw the National Guard
were Lieut. Col. William Dean and
Maj. D. M. Cameron., Also partici
pating were the V. F. W., the Am
erican Legion, the Sea Scouts, Boy
Scouts and Cub Scouts.
Speaker of the day was Mayor
Danny Doyle and MC was Charles
Whittimore. Joining Col. Dean and
Maj. Cameron in the reviewing
stand were the Mayor and members
of the City Council.
The parade formed at Tbtem
Square and marched to the Ball
Park where the review was held
and tbe speech delivered. A gobd
crowd attended the doings and was
impressed with the precision and
smartness of our National Guard
unit.
Baccalaureate services were held
at St. Peters-by-the-Sea immedi
ately after the National Guard
parade. Participating in the services
were the Sitka High School chor
us. the Rev. Henry Chapman, the
Rev. Elwood Hunter and Pastor
Robert Rowland.
Commencement will be observed
at Sitka School gym, Wednesday
evening of this coming week.
Several important business mat
ters were taken care of by the
City Council at their regular meet
ing Tuesday evening.
In response to a letter from
Tony Schwamm, concerning the
proposed new airport, Council au
thorized a letter to be written him
wfith the assurance that the site
chosen was approved and that if
legal opinion was needed as to title,
use, etc., the attorney general be
consulted.
A report on the City—SPU ne
gotiations showed that an agree
ment had been reached on in
creased tax payment* and that
Attorney Robertson had been asked
to draw up a new Ordinance in
corporating the new terms.
A report from the committee
appointed to survey city crew pay
rolls, recommended a five day,
forty hour week at $2.30 hourly for
laborers and $2.80 for mechanics;
overtime to be paid for by extra
time off. Pinal agreement was on
$2.25 and $2.75 hourly on a five
day, forty hour week with sick
leave and vacation time as at pres
ent, retroactive to first pay day in
May.
Council voted to request the
School Board to submit their bud
get two weeks prior to entering
future contracts. I
Purchase of the Johnson-Schaef
fer lots, to be used for the, new
airport facilities, for $625 was rat-1
ified
The Coliseum Theatre request'
for permission to install a neon j
sign was approved—but their re
quest for permission to install
posts to brace the marquee was de
nied. ,
Revisions to the present ordin
ance governing the sale of fire-1
works was discussed, the present j
Ordinance having failed to prevent
the use of firecrackers in city lim
its A new Ordinance will be drawn
up which will prevent the trans
portation of fireworks through the
city.
City Clerk Calvin informed Coun
cil that Attorney Monagle was in
vestigating the legality of placing
length of Councilmen's terms of
office on the ballot for the fall
election.
A letter from the bonding house
asked for detailed information on
the equipment to be bought and
the streets to be ipiproved by mon
ies received from the proposed new
bond issue. Cost of equipment will
be: firetruck, $16,250 plus approx
mately $1000 freight; industrial
truck with attachments, $7,000;
dump truck, $5,000; new chassis
for the police car, $1,700. City Clerk
Calvin reported that Felix Toner
was expected in town and his help
in figuring per-foot cost for the
street work would be sought.
Bills totaling $1,073.23 were ap
proved and Council adjourned at
il :30 p.m.
Announcements have been re
ceived from Mr. and Mrs. A1 Lobo,
on the birth or their first son,
second child, Michael John, April
21 in Booneville, Indiana. Mrs. Lobo
was formerly public health nurse
in Sitka.
A first son, second child, was
born Tuesday morning to Mr. and
Mrs. Elliott Johnson, at SJ-Com
munity Hospital. The baby was
.tamed Elliott Phillip. Mr. Johnson
is employed by Columbia Lumber
Company.
A first child, Shirley Mae, weigh
ng seven pounds fourteen ounces,
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ole Taug,
Jr., at SJ-Community Hospital
Thursday evening. Mr. Taug is em
oloyed by ANS on the Island.
Miss Verna Huge, former popular
oublic health nurse here, has an
nounced her engagement to Eric
3raf, German language professor
it the university in Cleveland, Ohio.
Marriage date — June 9.
Mrs. Vera Forrester was married
to Mel Race last Saturday evening ■
it the A1 Hartson home in the
Coliseum Apartments. Mrs. Sam
Toruni and John McRoberts at- i
tended the couple during the cere- i
mony which was performed by the
Rev. Murlin Day.
A wedding reception followed the,
ceremony and the party then at-1
tended tjie dance at the Moose.
Clut). The couple have taken an j
apartment at the Coliseum Apart- j
ments. Mr. Race left Tuesday for j
Seattle to bring the cannery ten-;
der Shamrock north. He will skip- j
per the Shamrock during the can- i
nery season.
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority new of
iicers officiated for their first
meeting Tuesday. Appointive offi
cers and committees were announ
ced. Included were Mrs. William
Hollywood, historian; Mrs. Pete
Crews, parliamentarian; Mrs. Jack
Gotysch^lk, sergeant-at-arms. Soc
ial chairman, Louise Davis, with
Mrs. Ben Forbes, Mrs. Clyde May-1
cock, Mrs. Jack Schaeffer and
Mary McClure; Ways and Means
chairman,' Mrs. William Wyres, j
with Mrs. Jay Coon and Miss Ava
Blake; Program, Mrs. H. H. Smith
and Arlene Dolenc; Sunshine, Mrs.
George Rohrer and Jo Ann Bran
don; Membership, Dorothy Krentz,
Mrs. Pete Crews, Mrs. William
Hollywood, Mrs. Ben Forbes and
Mrs. Prank Crosby; Welfare, Mrs.
George Beacom and Dorothy Kull;
Publicity, Pauline Ballinger and
Mrs. Frank Crosby.
Dr Fred Foard, Medical Direc
tor ir’ charge for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, from Washington,
D. C., and Dr. Theodore Hynson,
Alaska Medical Director for ANS,
from Juneau, were special guests
at the Mt. Edgecumbe Hospitals
open house Saturday afternoon.
About three hundred visitors, main
ly from Sitka, visited the Medical
Center during the day— and par
ticularly gratifying was the response
at the blood bank lab.
The Hospital staff was pleased
and surprised at the number of
flowers which were sent over by
Sitka merchants and business men.
After being taken on a tour of
the hospitals and clinics, the visit
ors were served refreshments.
The blood typing program at the
Sitka Public Schools was comple
ted this week and cards will be is
sued this next week. The children
seemed to enjoy the experience and
the younger ones are proudly dis
playing the minute slits in their
fingers from which the blood was
drawn.
Billy Jean Morris left by plane
this week for Long Beach, Calif
ornia, on receiving word that her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cook,
have both been hospitalized there
for illness. Mrs. Morris’s place as
secretary to Supt. of Schools, T.
J. Cole, has been filled by Mrs.
Elmer Johnson.
Mrs. Langille Morrison with her
young son and twin daughters left
this week to join her husband, who
has just been discharged from the
Veterans Hospital in Walla Walla,
and the family will go to Berkeley,
California where Mr. Morrison's
parents live. Mrs. Morrison, with
her three children, has been stay
ing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Rands.
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Mitr'ovich
left last weekend to visit her son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Johnston, in Detroit, Mich
igan. Mrs. Mitrovich’s women’s
apparel shop, Vi’s, will be managed
by her son, George Beacome, dur
ing her brief vacation.
Mrs. Dave Ramsay, Mrs. Hugh
Nelson and Mrs. Ken Cravens left
on the Baranof Saturday for a
brief vacation trip in Juneau, plan
ning to return on the Denali, Tues
day.
The Sitka Public School shop
work display in the Alaska Hotel
is causing quite a Butter. Fantastic
I
prices have been offered the boys
for their furniture—but so far no
young man has been willing to sell
his years work at any price. The
work is outstanding not only in
! design but, particularly, In the
quality of the finish. Shop director,
i Earl Robertson is being over
whelmed with praise from all sides.
ASSESSMENT WORK
IS NECESSARY ON
ALL MINE CLAIMS
Owners of mining claims were
warned today by Leo H. Saarela,
Commissioner of Mines, that as
sessment work will be necessary
this year.
Saarela said Delegate Bartlett
had advised him that although it j
is difficult to predict the action of j
Congress, and impossible to make I
a flat statement that Congress will
not pass a moratorium on assess
ment work, it looks doubtful that'
such legislation will be enacted.
After introducing two bills which
would exempt assessment work,
and exploring the possibilities of
successfully sponsoring a bill where
by a person could be exempted
from doing assessment work on his
claim if it were being held prim
arily for its gold content, Bartlett
advised that the prospects for en
actment of any kind of a morator
ium on assessment work anywhere
in the United States including Al
aska, or Alaska separately, are
very, very slight.
The reasons for the opposition
against the two bills, according to
Delegate Bartlett, are: first, a very
sizeable segment of the mining in
dustrv itself is opposed to any fur
ther moratorium; and, second, there
is a strong leeling that develop
ment of minerals necessary for na
tional defense purposes might lag
under a policy which would not re
quire the performance of assess
ment work.
During the war years the efforts
of Bartlett were successful in ob
taining moratoriums, and it was
necessary merely to file an “In
tention to hold" in place of annual
assessment work. Due to the delay
in Congress making up its mind
last year, the only legislation which
would be passed was a bill extend
ing the usual July 1 deadline for
the completion of assessment work
to October 1, 1950, although the
$100 per year assessment work was
necessary for the assessment year
1949-1950.
“This is a difficult situation,” j
said Commissioner Saarela, "as
many claim holders are in no po- i
siton to do their assessment work i
in view of high costs and the im
possibility of getting labor to do
assessment work.
However, if Congress does not
change its mind, assessment work
will be necessary, and claim hold
ers should be ready to do the work
in order to protect their interests.”
ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL TEA
Friday, May 18th at 2:30 p.m.
MOTHER'S DAY TEA
BY BETA SIGMA PHI
The Beta Sigma Phi held their
Mother’s Day tea at the home of
Phyllis Langdon, Sunday afternoon,
May 13. Jean Marsh, Jeanne Ren
shaw, Mrs. John Clements, Dr.
Dorothy Novatney, Rhoda Mae
Swickey, and Freeda Bechtold pour
ed between the hours of 2 and 4
for members and their guests.
The table was cheerfully decorated
with spring flowers.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital
Tuesday were Annie Kitka, Bette
Sturrock. John Pentilla; discharged
were John Lyles, Mrs. Thomas
George, Jr. and baby girl; Mrs.
Uvald Moody, Jacob Pratt, William
Mauger.
Admitted to the Government
Hospital Tuesday was Calvin Fred,
Angoon; discharged was Lawrence
Sheakley, Juneau.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Florence Asselin of Anchorage is
a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
MRS. HUBBARD HERE
Mrs. Percy Hubbard of Fairbanks
is stopping, at the Baranof Hotel.
Mrs. John L. Bullock of Kotze
bue is stopping over at the Baran
of Hotel enroute from Seattle to
her home.
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