QUALIFICATIONS
TO VOTE ON SCHOOL
BONDS CLARIFIED
Next Monday, April 30, is the
date of the school bond election to
determine the will of the voters in
floating an additional $200,000 bond
to construct a wing on the new
school at 12th and Glacier Way, to
contain a cafeteria, nurse’s room, of
fice, vault for storage of school rec
ords and rifle range. This wing was
in the original plans of the new
school but was eliminated due to
lack of funds.
Territorial law requires that in
voting for a bond election the voter’s
name must be on the last assess
ment roll. If a voter is in doubt
as to whether or not his name is on
the roll, he should check with the
city clerk — if he pays his taxes
in the city — or with Robert Drux
man at his office, if taxes are paid
outside the city of Juneau. In either
case, it was pointed out, whether
the voter’s name is on the assess
ment roll of the city or that of the
Independent School District, he can
vote at the city polling place at the
Alaska Electric Light and Power
Co. However, if taxes are paid only
in the city, then the voter must
vote in the city.
In the Territory there is no com
mon property law, therefore, in
the case of a husband and wife, the
wife's name must appear on the
tax roll, as joint owner of property
in order to be eligible to vote. Or
the wife can pay a tax on a radio
fur coat or some other article ol
personal property to get her name
on the assessment roll and become
eligible.
It is expected the increase in the
tobacco tax, passed by the last Leg
islature, will provide sufficient in
come for retiring the bonds making
any additional tax assessment tc
property owners unnecessary. Last
year income from the tobacco ta*
was around $£>.000. Income this year
will be about $41,000 and next year’s
when the effect of the newly added
tax will be felt, the income should
be in the neighborhood of $60,000
it was said. This amount, school au
thorities pointed out. will be more
than ample to retire the bonds
However, it was estimated, discount
ing the tobacco tax, the additional
$200,000 bond issue would not in
crease property tax rates more than
'one-half mill in any event.
! School authorities feel that it
would be cheaper to build the cafe
teria addition while school construc
tion is underway rather than add it
at a later date.
EVEREfTPAUP
DIES, SEATTLE
SEATTLE. April 27 —'■» •— Alas
kans, former Alaskan^, can. :erymen
and other Alaska industry repre
sentatives today mourned the pass
ing of George Everett Pa up.
Hundreds of friends and former
business associates attended the
Rose Croix funeral services Wed
nesday.
Paup, who died Sunday in a hos
pital, was one of the pioneers in
developing the floating and driver
type fish trap in Alaska. Ifirst
went north from Seattle as a young
man during the gold rush in ’98
He planned to make his fortune
and return to Seattle in a year, or
so, but he remained in Alaska un
til 1942.
He retired from active business
in 1948.
He turned from mining to the
salmon canning industry.
Among industry officials who at
tended the funeral of Mr. Paup was
Nick Bez, San Juan Fishing and
Packing Co. Bez said of Mr. Paup:
"He contributed much to the de
velopment of Alaska. He was one
of the real pioneers in the Alaska
salmon canning Industry."
SPOONING IN DARK
GIVEN CITY’S O. K
CROYDON, England —l/FI—Mem
bers were of two minds when the
Croydon Council debated whether
to put more light on side streets.
Mrs. Ethel Cook said, “If we
don't Improve our street lighting,
we are going to have an Influx of
young lovers from other adjoining
areas which are well lit."
But A. L. Boddington said, “Some
of us in our younger days liked
shady spots.” The council voted
against more lights.
Legion of the Moose
MEETS TONIGHT
at 7:00 o’clock
For Supper in
the Moose Hall
NOTICE
TO RESIDENTS OF DOUGLAS
The Juneau & Douglas Telephone Co. has begun to
make the cut-over to the new dial system in Douglas.
Subscribers who will be away from home any day
this week please make arrangements with the Douglas
operator for the installers to have access to their
houses to change telephones.
Instructions
Please limit your calls to 5 minutes and do not
make unnecessary calls until the cut-over is completed,
as this will slow up the installation of the new tele
phones.
To make a call, remove handset and listen for dial
tone, a continuous buzz. If busy tone (interrupted
buzz) or conversation is heard, hang up and try again
later.
To dial, place your finger in the hole over the first
digit of ‘the number, pull dial to right until the stdp
is reached, remove finger and allow dial to retpm by
itself. Repeat this operation with the remaining
digits in the number. Do not force the dial to return
to normal, allow it to rotate back under its own
power. If the called line is busy, busy tone will be
heard. Hang up and try again later.
When making more than one call hang up the hand
set between calls to release the equipment.
To call a subscriber on the same party line, use the
directory number. If the first three digits in his
number are the same as the first three in your num
ber he is on the same line. Dial his number as above,
hang up until his telephone has had time to ring, then
remove your handset to carry on the conversation.
To reach Juneau operator, dial “0”. Juneau sub
scribers calling Douglas, please use prefix Douglas
and then give proper number. ,
Juneau - Douglas
Telephone Company
New numbers assigned to subscribers will be ad
vertised daily in The Daily- Alaska Empire.
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Forty-first in a Series
The Alaska statehood bill passed
by the House of Representatives
last year started out with this lan
guage :
"Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled. That all that part
i of the United States now embraced
within the Territory of Alaska, in
| eluding a distace of one marine
! league from the line of coast, shall
become the State of Alaska as
hereinafter provided, but not be
yond the international boundary
of the United States.”
In this year’s Alaska statehood
bill—S. 50—the opening language
has been changed to the following:
"Be it enacted, etc.. That the in
habitants of all that part of the
United States now constituting the
Territory of Alaska, as at present
described, may become the State of
Alaska, as hereinafter provided.”
Of particular interest is the fact
that the old bill would have given
to the State of Alaska “a distance
if one marine league from the line
if coast.”
A marine league is three nautical
niles, or 18,240.81 feet.
The present bill, on the other
rand, ignores the matter of tide
lands and coastal waters. There is
no mention of them in the portion
quoted above, and there is no men
,ion of them elsewhere in the bill.
The leading paragraph of the
new bill says “that portion of the
Jnited States now constituting the
Territory of Alaska, as at present
described” may become a state.
What description does this refer
o? The description In the treaty
if purchase, concluded with Russia
n 1867? In the treaty the boundary
jetween Alaska and Canada is de
scribed and set. The boundary be
tween Russia and Alaska in Bering
3ea is also set. But it makes no
nention whatever of the remainder
>f the Alaska seacoast.
Alaskans who live along the
oast are well aware that the Ter
itory does not have control over
he tidelands or the coastal waters.
If you Want to build a dock or
ither structure on the tidelands,
<ou have to get a permit from the
>Var Department. And all you get
s a use permit. You cannot get
citle to the tidelands your dock oc
cupies.
Here again I believe the state
lood bill should spell out, in clear
;nd simple language, exactly
vhat Jurisdiction Alaska would
lave as a state.
Alaskans, and particularly those
\laskans who make their liveli
lood from fishing, are interested in
laving the new state get control
if tidelands and the coastal area,
n fact, I am not sure but that
his is the fisherman’s main inter
est in getting statehood.
As this column previously pointed
iut, the present statehood bill does
lot specifically grant control of
he fisheries to the State of Alaska.
Only by getting control of the tide
ands and coastal waters could the
State of Alaska be assured of con
erolling its fisheries.
The Senate Committee recently
'oted 7-6 to report the statehood
>111 without further hearings. Per
laps the House Committee will be
more liberal in giving Alaskans an
opportunity to be heard on just
what they want their statehood bill
:o contain.
INCIDENTALS
The man least likely to win a
- - ■ ■ ' I
popularity contest in Alaska this
■week is Rep. F. Jensen of Iowa. He
criticied the exterior finish on the
Governor’s Mansion and recoin-'
mended that the capital be moved
from Juneau to Fairbanks. And on
top of that, he is finding fault
with the trucking firms that com
pete with the government-owned
Alaska Railroad.
Rep. Jensen may not know it,
but Alaskans are not likely to for
get that it was the truckers, not
the railroad, that brought down
freight charges to the Interior.
A woman who was probably Al
aska's oldest resident died at Ju
neau recently. She was “Aunt Sal
ly” Fox and was believed to have
been about 115 years old.
If the vital statistics are correct,
she was born at Taku Harbor, a
few miles south of Juneau, about
1836.
That was a long, long time ago.
It was the year the first steamboat
came to this coast and a year be
fore Taku Harbor and the rest of
the mainland of what is now
Southeast Alaska went under the
British flag.
In 1836 Nicholas I was Czar of
Russia and Ivan Antonovich Kup
reanof was governor of Alaska. An
drew Jackson was President of the
United States and there were 24
states in the Union. Arkansas was
admitted that same year to make
the 25th. Abe Lincoln, in 1836, was
a clerk and surveyer in Coles Coun.
I ty, Illinois, and had served a term
' in the state legislature.
And Alaska? There wasn’t any
such place, officially, in 1836.
There was Just Russian America
where Alaska now is.
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BULLETIN GIVES
10 REGULATIONS
ON WAGECONTROL
The Wage Stabilization Admin
istrator has just issued a bulletin
covering the most significant in
terpretations of Wage Stabilization
Regulations issued since March 1,
1951. The bulletin is designed for
general information only and the
statements contained in it may be
used as general guides drawn from
specific cases. Employers and un
ions should be warned that state
ments in this bulletin do not con
stitute legal rulings applicable to
all cases, Leonard E. Evans, Ter
ritorial Representative of the U. S.
Department of Labor, anounced to
day.
Copies of the interpretative bul
letin, Wage Stabilization Regula
tions, and forms are available in
his office at 201 Federal Building
Juneau, Alaska. They will be for
warded on request.
10 Regulations
To date the Wage Stabilization
Board has promulgated ten regu
lations. The following is a list of
the regulations by number and
subject matter:
1. Frozen wages as of January
25, 1951.
2. Authorized increases deter
mined and communicated to em
ployees before January 25, 1951,
provided that the increases applied
to work performed before Febru
ary 9, 1951.
3. Authorized increases necessary
to comply with federal, state, and
territorial laws.
4. Authorized increases to state,
rounty, municipal, and territorial
employees.
5. Merit and length of service in
creases and rate ranges.
6. Authorized increases up to 10
per cent above wage paid January
15. 1950, without Board approval.
7. Authorized increases without
Board approval to employees of
charitable, religious, and education
al institutions.
8. Cost-of-living escalator clauses
in collective bargaining agreements.
9. New plants.
10. Tandem wage increases.
GWR 5, 6, 10 Important
Alter the first flurry of activity
from January 25, 1951 to late in
February, the requests for wage
increases in Alaska seem to fall
pretty generally within the scope
cf General Wage Regulations Nos.
5, 6. and 10. GWR No. 5 on ad
justments to individual employees
concerns merit and length of ser
vice increases, promotions and
transfers, nOw or changed job du
ties, the hiring of new employees,
variations in earnings because cf
the normal operation of previous
ly existing incentive rates, piece
rates, shift differentials, commis
sions, overtime, and penalty wage
rates and similar- pay practices.
Catch-l’p Formula
No. 6 was the catch-up formula
which authorized general increases
in wages and salaries up to 10 per
cent above the wage scale actually
paid on January 15, 1950. Unions
and employers should be reminded
that although wage stabilization
went into effect January 25, 1951,
any increases given between Jan
uary 15, 1950 and January 25, 1951
must be considered in computing
the allowable 10 per cent. Increases
given in accordance with the terms
in Nos. 5 and 6 do not require
prior approval of the Wage Sta
bilization Board; ^jowever, increas
es given under the terms of No. 6
must be reported on Form WS-6a
within ten days of the effective
date of the raise.
No. 10 on tandem wage adjust-!
ments requires Board approval be
fore such adjustments may be put
into effect. This general regulation
is designed to permit employers
who have a long-established prac
tice of following the same wage
scale as that set by other employ
ers or negotiated between manage
ment and labor in an industry to
continue < this practice.
Proof Must Me shown
Proof of this tandem relation
ship may be submitted to the Ex
ecutive Director of the Wage Sta
bilization Board. Increases given
under this regulation may not be
put into effect until notification
has been received from the Exec
utive Director that the proof is
adequate.
The above information concerns
requests for increases but occas
ionally questions arise concerning
the legality of present wage scales.
Briefly, the rules are these: (1) Any
wage scale paid on or before Jan
uary 23, 1951, may be continued;
<21 No regulation of the Wage
Stabilization Board requires an em
ployee to receive less than he was
paid between May 24 and June 24,
1950 for the' same work.
Questions, requests for forms
and copies of the regulations
should be addressed to Leonard E.
Evans.Territorial Representative, U.
S. Department of Labor, P. O. Box
1030, Juneau.
WANTS PUBLICITY
IN JUVENILE CRIME
SWANSEA, Wales—UP)—Swansea’s
:hief police officer recommended
a new approach to juvenile delin
quency : let newspapers print the
names of children in court' cases.
“It is a well known fact,” chief j
constable D. V. Turner said in his
annual report, “that offenders,
whether adolescents or adults, are
usually more perturbed about pub
licity in the press than about the
penalties inflicted in court."
Present laws ban the publication
of names and addresses of children
dealt with by juvenile panels.
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Happenings
ki Haines
(Special Correspondence)
HAINES, Alaska, April 21 — The
Princeton-Hall arrived from the
trip to Prestytery Friday at 1 a.m.
The trip according to the passen
gers was a pretty rough affair but
all survived. As they were leaving
Klawock one of the other boats
went aground on a reef. The
Princeton-Hall returned and tried
to pull the boat but had to give up.
The SPS and another boat from
iiake did the rescue work. The
boat was from Kakc and the pas
sengers had been taken off and
put on land In the rain and wind.
However, the delegates arrived
home without any further excite
ment.
1 Reports from Presbyterial and
Presbytery were given by delegates
to the sessions Sunday morning in
church. Many interesting thin,
were told to the Congregation
One of the most interesting, was
the building of a new cottage on
the Mission Grounds for older
children. The cottage is to contain
a room which Is to be a Memorial
to women who have died. This
Memorial is to be given by differ
ent Missionary Societies over the
United States.
The Volunteer Fire Fighters
spent Sunday fixing up the Fire
Truck and testing the hose and
new tank. The new tank holds 300
gallons and has been attached to
the truck. *
The Choral Choir from SJS of
Sitka was in Haines Friday. The
P.-T.A. and the Missionary Society
were the hosts and hostesses. The
Caroline Williard Society enter
tained with a dinner for the group
in the church. After the concert,
the P.-T.A. held a reception for
the choir.
Dr. J. O. Rude spent a busy
weekend in Haines. Besides holding
a clinic he had a conference with
the Health Council. He will make
a trip to Haines once a month and
try and make the trip when Miss
Riley, the Public Health Nurse is
in Haines.
The funeral of George Kesko
who died in Juneau on April 6, was
held in the Presbyterian church
Friday afternoon ai 2 p.m. Pall
bearers were Dick Akerman, Alten
Nelson, Ted Gregg, and Hans He
bert. The choir sang "Safe in the
Arms of Jesus." Andrew Wanna
maker, Lay worker of Kluckwan,
and Robert Williams, student sup
ply minister of the church were
in charge of the service. Kasko
had been Elder in the church here
for 10 years having been reelected
at the last Congregational meet
ing in January. He was bom in
the vicinity of Haines and was a
graduate of Sheldon jAkson School
at Sitka when the school was
known as the Sitka Training
School.
Spring has come to Haines. There
is painting and cleaning of yards
and the flowers have begun to give
a little hope. Spring not only
brought the birds and flowers but
also brought the good news that
our Community water project and
sewer were not only a hoped for
possibility but to be a reality. The
Mayor is carrying around the mes
sage that she received Saturday
that $269,000 has been approved
for Haines. She is afraid that no
one would believe her—we had
been going on hope and rumor for
so long.
Jerry Strong has taken over the
job of being City Policeman.
The regular meeting of the P.
T.A. will be held April 26 in the
school. Plans for the school picnic
and other matters of business will
be taken up. All members anrl'
friends are requested to reserve
that evening and take part in the
discussions.
HUGE SUM
VOTES FOB
ARMAMENT
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WASHINGTON, April 27 —(.?)—■
The House has passed a $6$$,468,-'
2CU5.C00 defense appropriation bill.:
The money is to be used largely to |
buy weapons of war.
I supplements an .estimated $42,- ;
CCO.COO.OOO previously appropriated:
for National Defense for this fiscal j
rear, ending next June 30.
Passage was by voice vote. it j
came quickly after Rep. Mahon i
D-Tcx), chairman of a military
appropriations subcommittee, told
the House:
"The United States is not now!
; spared to wage an all-out war
against a major power. . . . but no
other nation is prepared for an
all-out shooting war against an-1
jihcr major power.”
WAREHOUSEMEN
REFUSE EMPLOYER
WAGE RAISE OFFER
May 1 is the strike deadline seti
by the Ketchikan Marine Ware
housemen’s Union, Local No. Cl of
the ILWU, unless a settlement is
reached with employers by that'
sime, the local informed ILWU In
ernational Representative Verne
t '.bright here today.
The union voted down an employ
ers’ offer of £2.12' i an hour at a
meeting held there last night, he
said. Asked if a strike action in
Ketchikan would affect other South
ei.: t Alaska ports, Albright stated |
that each local was ‘‘self-determin
ing.”
Further information received just.
before presstime was that the locals j
it Petersburg, Sitka and Pelican .
had joined the Ketchikan group in I
turning down the offer. As far as!
sen be learned the Juneau local1
irs not voted on the proposition. 1
KOM-SKEDS BLAME :
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LACK 6? TRAFFIC
NEW YORK, April 27 — iffl —
A spokesman for non-scheduled air
lines said yesterday they have yet
to receive ‘‘the large share" of mili
tary transport travel promised them
by the Defense Department.
He put the blame on the bis.
scheduled airlines. He said th< y
have men at the Pentagon working
"to undercut the basic policy laid
down by the Department of De
fense.”
The statements were made by
Amos E. Heacock, president of the
Air-Coach Transport Association,
in testifying before the Senate
Small Business Commutes.
The committee is looking into the
operations of the non-skeds, and
particularly a Civil Aeronautics
Board order restricting their, flight
on certificated routes of regular
carriers. The non-scheduled line:
have complained the order is a
"death edict."
Heacock said that despite assur
ances' from the Defense Department,
"no official military travel of per
sonnel in plane-load lots has been
transported by domestic non-sched
uled carriers on domestic routes.”
OPTICAL MAN HERE
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mullins of
reatle are registered at the Bar
nof Hotel. Mullins is with the
merican Optical Co.
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During the period he s old 6,100 new
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DIAL PHONES INSTALLED
The Juneau-Douglas Telephone
Co. are actually installing the long
anticipated modern dial telephones
in Douglas, with the telephone
crew under the direction of James
Yeung, Stromberg Carlson repre
sentative, installing phones in the
St. Ann’s Ave. area yesterday.
Roy Noland, of the local tele
phone Co., asks residents to stay
off the lines as much as possible
during the next few days during
phene installation and use mod
erately and leave residences open
or give key to crevfmea so phones
can lr> installed. He stated phone
numbers will be published in the
I.\ Alaska Empire, each day
that changes are made.
The new set-up is the most
modern Stromberg Carlson Dial
Exchange. It is the third dial
system in Alaska, with others at
Kodiak ahd Anchorage. At present
there will be the same three line
connection to Juneau, but three
mure lines are to be added after
the installation is completed.
CITY STREET SIGNS
Ah:.- all the s year.-, the city cf
Douglas ha blossomed out with
street signs so residents know
whe: e they r.u living-. ar-d visitors
can (ell where to find them.
The new ri ... , iusmilcd on Sec
ond and Third streets this week
are 1 - ell w back-ground, with
silver metalic numbering. Fourth
and i -'..h . reft will Ue completed
i:i ;’:e u . fulur: : iated A. J.
Balog, City Clerk, who is doing the
installation.
MRS. RICHARDS SOUTH
Mrs. L. W. Richards was a pass
enger this week ior the stales via
FA A. She will visit a month with
jflauves ami friends in Belling
ham, Washington.
EVENING CHURCH SERVICE
Mies Claudia Kelsey, Parish
Worker for the Douglas Commun
ity Methodist Church announces a
change in the time of worship
services for Sunday, April 23.
Instead of the 11 o’clock service,
following Sunday School, the
cliuich will have a vesper service
at 6:30 p.m. with the Rev. Fred
McGinnis bringing the message.
The Sunday School program ,
hour is not changed and will be as
usual at 13 a.m.
All of the community are invited
to attend this service.
LIONS CHARTER NIGHT
The Douglas Lions Club and the
Juneau Lions Club and guests will
join in a big event tomorrow eve
ning for the presentation of a
Charter to the Douglas Group.
The event is scheduled for 7
o'clock in the Dougins School Gym
I nasium with a Smorgasbord “ala
Mikes Place” the menu for the
evenings banquet.
District Governor elect A1 Law
rence,of Mt. Edgecumbe, and Mrs.
Lawrence have signified their in
dention of being present, and Mr.
awrer.ee will present the Charter
o Douglas Lions President, Edwin
j. Johnson.
Mikes Place, who will cater for
.he banquet, has accepted reser
ations for 150. Those who have
mt yet made their reservations or
io not have tickets, should con
.act Thomas Cashen, who is Char
er Night Chairman, or Carl Rush
r in Juneau.
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