THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
"ALL TUB NEWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,739
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1951
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LEGISLATIVE
MATTERS AT
MARCH I (C
There will be no meeting of the
morrow, Washington’s birthday.
Thursday, Washington’s birthday.
The next regular meeting will be
March 1, at which time the Ter
ritorial senators will be guests of
the Chamber.
At that time the legislative com
mittee will present recommenda
tions, including a "Do Pass" tag on
Senator Butler’s bill to provide
for the election of the Governor
of Alaska.
Other recommendations will in
clude:
1. A letter be written to Warren
A. Taylor, chairman of the con
stitution committee of the Alaska
Statehood Committee, saying that
the Chamber would welcome an op
portunity of studying the constitu
tion when drafted and then making
its suggestions upon the draft.
2. No action be taken regarding
statehood bills now in Congress ex
cept to protest the basis for appor
tionment of constitutional delegates
on an erroneous census report.
3. Oppose inclusion of medical
and dental services in the City
sales tax.
4. Additional time be given to
devise recommendations for the re
apportionment of the house of
representatives of the Territorial
legislature.
5. Reconsider action to be taken
on Bartlett bill not requiring as
large bank reserves in bank vaults
as during the dog team days due
to improved transportation.
6. “Do Pass" on Bartlett's pro
posal regarding loans by Secretary
of Agriculture to bona fide fur
fajmerp.
7. “No Action” Bartlett bill re
garding repeal of Alaska Railroads
tax..
8. "No Action" on Bartlett re
garding., appointment of district
judges tqr.jperjqd of good behavior-.
9. Do Pass” on Bartlett bill to
provide transportation on Canadian
vessels from the points of Skagway,
Haines, and Hyder Alaska to other
points in Alaska or the continental
United States.
10. "Do Pass" Bartlett bill to
make workmen's compensation laws
of Alaska applicable to land and
premises of the United States in
such Territory.
11. To change Bartlett bill for a
second judge in the Third Division
to provide for a fifth Alaska judge
to be assigned to the division having
the most judicial business.
12. “No Action” on Bartlett reso
lution authorizing the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the Dept, of
Labor to report periodically on
labor conditions in the Territory.
“Refer to Chamber Fisheries
Committee” action on Bartlett bill
transferring control of fisheries
from Interior Dept, to Territory.
14. “No Action” on Bartlett bill
to exempt cost of living allowance
paid to federal employees from
federal income tax.
Members of the committee were:
G. E. Cleveland, Clayton Polley, F.
O. Eastaugh and Jerry McKinley.
Curtis Shattuck is chairman.
’VAN ICE LODGES
AGAINST DOCKS
FROM DOWN CHANNEL
.Large sheets of pan ice from down
the channel came in on high tide
just before noon today and lodged
against piling of docks beginning
with the Cold Storage and across
to .and including the subport dock.
A landing craft from the Coast.
Guard Scoris worked the ice away
from the Alaska Coastal Airlines
floats so that planes could take off
and put in at the floats. One flight
was delayed coming in, taxi-ing in
the channel until ice had been
cleared from the airline's floats.
LUTHERAN LENTEN
SERVICE TUESDAY
All interested persons are cord
ially invited to the Lenten Service
which will be held in the Lutheran
Church, corner of Main and Third
Streets, at 8 o’clock Thursday
evening.
The general theme foi these ser
vices, ‘That I Might Be Whole,’
will be developed by Pastor Hiller
man under the title, “Who can do
this for me that I might be whole."
Special music for the evening will
be a duet by Mrs. Mary Peter and
Mrs. Winifred Hanna.
PLANS FOR 30-UNIT
JUNEAU APT. HOUSE
BY ELROY NINNIS
Plans are being drawn by Earl
Morrison, Seattle architect, for a
30-unit, reinforced concrete, five
story, elevator-type apartment house
for Juneau, C. C. Staples, director
of Federal Housing Administration,
said today. The project is to be
FHA insured.
Staples returned this week from
Washington, D. C., Seattle, arid
California after over two months
outside on FHA business and for
medical attention.
The new Juneau apartment house
is to be located on the corner of
Second and Gold Streets and is to
be constructed by Elroy Ninnis
of Juneau, Staples revealed.
Another important announcement
by Staples is that the Allied Build
rng Credits Corp. plaits to open an
office in Anchorage within 60
days to launch a building program
in the Territory. In addition to a
large apartment house, the company
plans 150 single family housing
units for Anchorage.
The Lewis Construction Co. of
Seattle has four Anchorage hous
ing projects comprising 792 apart
ment units costing $8,711,300 com
mitted by FHA. Also the Pioneer
apartments at Palmer by Rourke
and Sandvik for 24 units at a cost
of approximately $275,000 has been
committed.
For Ketchikan there are two
housing projects, Wingren Court of j
36 units at the cost of $427,000 to i
be built by the Baldwin Construe- i
tion Co., and the 30-unit rein-1
forced concrete Louise Apartments
by George Brink at the cost of
$260,000.
Still in the contemplated stage is
a 20-unit, reinforced concrete apart
ment building to be located between
the present bank and Elks Club,
by Kaylor and Dahl Fisheries at
Petersburg.
While in Washington, Staples
conferred with FHA commissioners
With reference to the Alaska hous- I
ing program and suggested a 50
per cent increase be allowed in
construction costs for Alaska for
the 1951 season. At present 33 1/3
is allowed. Bills in connection with
the defense program for housing
and community facilities are now
being considered by committees of
the house and senate.
After leaving here last Decem
ber Staples underwent a major
operation in Seattle, recuperated in
California, and visited FHA of
fices in Los Angeles, San Francis
co, Portland and Seattle.
SENATE TAX GROUP
OPPOSES ANY NEW
ALASKA AUTO LEVY
The Alaska senate taxation com
mittee has advised the Juneau
school district board it does not
favor any new territorial tax on
automobiles.
The committee advised the board
in response to a letter from Dr.
Joseph O. Rude, president of the
board.
The board had included a resolu
tion urging exemption of motor
vehicles from property taxes,, while
the territorial tax commissioner be
empowered to collect an excise tax
on all vehicles as a substitute.
It proposed that the excise tax
should be collected at the same
time as the regular license fee; that
90 per cent of the receipts should
go to the municipality, sGhool dist
rict or public utility district in
which the motor vehicle belongs.
The letter in reply from Dr. R. M
MacKenzie, chairman of the senate
taxation committee, and signed by
Sens. Edward Anderson, Walter
Huntley and W. L. Lhamon, said.
“The committee, after due con
sideration, has unanimously deci
ded that in view of the recent
declaration of congress that excisf
taxes on motor vehicles would be
raised from the now existing 7
per cent to 20 per cent, that the ‘
automobile industry is being taxed
by the federal government to the
extreme limit possible, and that
it is inadvisable to add any terri
torial taxes.”
CITY OFFICES WILL
BE CLOSED TOMORROW
Municipal offices will be closed
tomorrow. Thursday, Washington’s
birthday, C. L. Popejoy, city clerk
repeated today.
JENSEN'S
HEARING
AT END
No Evidence Presented at
11-Hour Session to War
rant Action, Is Report
By JIM HUTCHESON
Alaska’s legislature ended its
third afternoon of closed-door
hearings on Territorial affairs last
night with a short statement that
“no evidence has been presented
that warrants action by this body.”
The brief statement was issued
by Senate President Gunnard M.
Engebreth (R-Anchorage) after au
thorization granted by the Joint
session. He added:
"The above action was taken
unanimously by all members that
were present.”
Gruening, Roden In
It came after an afternoon ses
sion of more than four hours at
which Governor Gruening and Ter
ritorial Treasurer Henry Roden ap
peared. Both officials were behind
closed doors with the legislators
more than two hours.
When the governor emerged he
said he could not comment on the
! proceedings of the legislators’ exe
j cutive session.
■ Former Democratic Rep. Marcus
Jensen of Douglas also was in the
' chamber for the third day. His re
quest to report some investigative
findings to the legislature precipi
tated the closed joint sessions.
Blasts Not Revealed ,
There was no disclosure of the |
nature of Jensen's report or what
charges he miy have made, but in
the past he has Wasted at the Terri
torial administration and Rep.
Stanley McOutcheon (D-Anclior- j
age) in particular.
Authoritative sources reported
I that McCutcheon also was on the:
stand during the session.
There were reports, too, of con
troversy over what kind of a state
ment should be issued before the
brief one agreed upon.
Sens. Howard Lyng (D-Nome).
John Butrovich (R-Fairbanks) and
W. L. Lhamon (R-Fairbanks) left
before the statement was agreed
upon, and Sen. Heinie Snider (R
Anchorage) refused to participate in
the proceedings on the contention
they should be public.
The executive session lasted un
til nearly 6:30 p.m. It raised the
three-day total for the closed door
sessions to more than 11 hours.
SPECIAL LUNCHEON
WEDNESDAY NOON
OF WOMAN'S CLUB
The social-program meeting of1
the Juneau Woman's Club this week
will take the form of a luncheon!
in the Gold Room of the Baranof!
Hotel tomorrow at 12 o’clock noon.1
February is Legislative month on
the club program and in the years
when the Territorial Legislature is
in session, the social meeting tra
ditionally compliments women legis
lators and the wives of legislators
who are in Juneau. Mrs. Mildred
R. Hermann is Legislative Chair
man for the Juneau club and the
Alaska Federation of W. C., and
with Mrs. Wm. L. Paul, president of
the Juneau club and treasurer of
the A.F.W.C., in charge of ar
rangements. - n
At the Wednesday luncheon, Gov.
Gruening will be the principal
speaker and a musical program has
been arranged. Members may take
guests and reservations should be
made by calling Mrs. Paul , or Mrs.
Hermann before 10 o’clock Wed
nesday.
Legislative women invited to be
guests of the JWC are Miss Anita
Garnick of the Senate, Mrs. Doris
Barnes and Mrs. Amelia Gunder
sen of the House, Mrs. Frank Barr,
Mrs. C. Chester Carlson, Mrs. Wm.
Egan, Mrs. Elton Engstrom, Mrs.
Glen Franklin, Mrs. Waino Hen-i
drickson, Mrs. Frank Johnson, Mrs.,
Wendell Kay, Mrs. Stanley Me-.
Cutcheon, Mrs. J. S. MacKinnon, |
Mrs. Vern Metcalfe, Mrs. James No
lan, Mrs. J. F. Scavenius and Mrs.
Alden Wilbur.
FROM WHITTIER
Lyman Young of Whittier is at
the Baranof Hotel.
Russia Fears
A-Bomb Raids
Says Le May
By Oliver W. De Wolf
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—1*1—Lt.
Gen. Curtis E. Le May. who com
mands the U. S. fleet of long-range
atom-bomb planes, said today their
threat rather than any ground
forces in Europe probably will deter
Russia from starting a general war
in the next two or three years.
But Le May said he favors the
administration’s plan to send U. S.
Army troops to serve in a combined
European defense force.
Specifically, he opposed at Sen
ate hearings a resolution by Sen
ator Wherry (R-Neb) which would
declare the Senate opposed to send
ing any troops without prior con
gressional approval.
Le May explained he did not think
the hands of the military should b4
tied by Congress.
Under such restriction, he said,
“I would be handicapped very much
in where I could place my wings
and groups after war started.”
Le May, head of the strategic air
command, testified at Senator
Wherry's request at Senate hear
ings on the troops-to-Europe issue.
The hearings are being held by the
Senate Foreign Relations and Arm
ed Services Committees.
Le May called his big bombers
the "only effective weapon” this
country now has for dealing with
Russia in event of war. When Wher
ry asked if they could knock out
Russia by long-range bombardment,
the general replied: "I don’t know.
That’s my job to try and achieve
! that end."
$80,000 FOR A. J.
CRUSHED ROCK;
MAYBE,YET,SOON
WASHINGTON, Feb, 21 —«l—
The House has approved payment
of $80,000 to the Alaska Juneau
Gold Mining Co.
It is to repay the company for
financial sacrifice suffered by it in
furnishing the military with crushed
rock and other services during
World War II. The rock was pro
vided at the written request of
Army Engineers without determina
tion of price. No payments have
been made.
The company said its claim was
prompted by a War Labor Board
decision in March, 1044, granting
employes a 14-cent hourly increase
in base pay retroactive to April 1943.
In pushing its claim, the com
pany said:
“It has not been contended by
the company at any time that any
agency of the government has
promised payment for any of the
material, services or facilities fur
nished . . . but' the claim is based
upon the fact that the company
furnished the crushed rock, services
and facilities mentioned at con
siderable sacrifice to itself and on
a certain basis of operating cost
which was changed by the War La
bor Board after the materials were
furnished.
approve third time
News was received from Wash
ington this morning that the House
had passed H.R. No. 586, which is
a bill to reimburse the Alaska Ju
neau Gold Mining Company for
certain services and material fur
nished during the recent war.
This is the third time this bill
has passed the House in the past
five years, but it has never received (
the approval of the Senate.
Before any relief is obtained un
der the bill it will, of course, have
to pass the Senate also ard be ap
proved by the President
NO CHILDREN’S HOUR
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
With the Public Library closed to
morrow in observance of Washing
ton’s Birthday, there will be no
children’s hour, it is announced by
Mrs. Edna Loman, librarian.
MRS. KAY VISITS JUNEAU
Mrs. Wendell P. Kay, wife of the
Representative to the House of the
Alaska Legislature from the Third
Division, arrived in Juneau over
the weekend after visiting in the
states, from her home in Anchor
age, to spend some time in Juneau
while the Legislature is in session.
SENATE FOR
LEAVING OUT
EXCESS TAX
The senate voted today to omit
federal excess profits taxes from
consideration in the computing of
territorial income taxes.
The vote on Sen. Ounnard Enge
breth’s bill was 11 to 5.
The Alaska tax is 10 per cent
of what a person or firm pays in
federal income tax. The bill ap
proved today specifies that the
federal tax on which the territorial
tax is based will be only the normal
tax and the surtax. It speciflcallly
excludes the excise profits taxes
which were enacted last month by
congress.
The bill now goes to the house.
Pour new bills were introduced
in the senate today before it voted
to recess this afternoon to allow
committe hearings. It adjourned
over Washington’s birthday holiday
tomorrow.
One bill proposes allowing the
board of education to set the educa
tion commissioner’s salary up to
$12,000 a year. The present figure
is $8,000. Sen. W. L. (Dan) Lhamon
(R-Fairbanks i introduced the bill.
Education
Some board of education members
have expressed the opinion a higher
Salary would be required to attract
an experienced school administrator
to take over the job of running
the territory's far-flung and “grown
like topsy” school system. Dr. James
C Ryan’s resignation is effective
at the end of the present school
year. .
A deficiency bill dropped in the
senate reflected the high rate of
hair seal bounty payments. The bill
proposes $233,520 for funds which
ran short during tpe present bien
nium aac $198,202 of it is for the
seal bounties. That is in addition
to the $100,000 appropriate by the
1949 legislature.
^ens. Elton Engstrom and Heinie
Snider introduced the bill.
Lhamon also introduced a bill to
reimburse the veterans affairs office
for the $9,469 it expended from its
revolving fund for an audit prior
io the legislative session.
Sens. Snider and Walter Huntley
ntrodcced a bill to require the ter
ritorial treasurer to surrender $500
n bonds of the Valley Hospital at
Palmer. They came into the Trea
sury from an escheated estate.
Lobby Bill
The senate also passed, 12 to 4,
in amendment to the lobbyist re
paration law. It previously was ap
oroved by the house. It calls for
registration of persons who are
it the session while in their regular
iobs for associations, corporations
ar others.
The senate passed the excess pro
its exemption tax bill after Tax
Commissioner M, P- Mullaney test -
fled that he did not think it was
idvisable to try to apply the terri
torial tax against them. He said
ae had been advised that such an
ittempt might lead to extensive llti
’ He said the attorney general had
expressed an opinion that the
Alaska tax could not be assessed
against excess profits tax payments
under the present law, although
Mullaney has not received a written
opinion on it yet.
Excess Profits Tax
In arguing for his bill, Engebreth
said it was primarily for clarifying
the legislature’s intent. He described
the excess profits tax as a war
tax" intended by the federal gov
ernment to siphon off excessive
wartime earnings. He said it was
questionable whether the territory
should try to be a partner in the
^Continued on Page Two)
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3Vi, American Can
105Vi, American Tel. and Tel. 154%,
Anaconda 43%. Douglas Aircraft
105%, General Electric 54%, General
Motors 49%, Goodyear 13%, Kenne
cott 76%, Libby, McNeil and Libby
10, Northern Pacific 36%, Standard
Oil of California 96%, Twentieth
Century Fox 22%, U. S. Steel 44%,
Pound 2.80, Canadian Exchange
95.62.
Sales today were 1,670,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 252.25, rails 86.69, utili
ties 42.99.
"EGG AND I"
WRITER IS
EXONERATED
Did Not Libel Ten Persons
Who Sued for Alleged
$500,000 Damages
SEATTLE. Feb. 21 —UPV— Ten
persons who contended they were
libeled In the humorous novel “The
Egg and I" have lost their suit to
recover $500,000 in damages.
A Superior Court Jury, which was
out more than 24 hours, decided
unanimously in favor of the defend
ants, Betty MacDonald, who wrote
the best seller, her husband, Don
ald and her publisher P. Lippincott.
The jury of nine men and three
women took only one ballot. The
many hours before they reached a
verdict was spent in listening to
"The Egg and I" being read aloud.
This was a literal interpretation
of Superior Judge William J. Wil
kins’ instructions to the Jury that
the book be considered in its en
tirety.
The half-million dollar suit was
brought by nine members of the
Albert Bishop family of Northwest
Washington and Raymond H. John
son, Seattle. The Bishops held they
were portrayed as the “Kettle"
family of the novel which had the
rugged Olympic Peninsula wilder
ness as its locale.
AUTHORITIES
PROBE DEATH
OF NICHOLS
KEY WEST, Fla., Feb. 21 ——
State and local authorities began
i an Investigation today into the
) death of Stanley J. Nichols, 53,
former U. S. Marshal at Fairbanks,
Alaska.
A warrant was issued yesterday
for the arrest of a man seen with
him Feb. 11, the day before he was
found unconscious in a motor court.
Nichols died in a hospital Friday
apparently of a cerebral hemor
rhage.
State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester
told a coroner’s jury holding an
inquest that "I am not satisfied
that there was not any criminality
in the case,”
Peace Justice Boy Hamlin Is
sued the warrant for the arrest of
Nichols’ companion, identified vari
ously as Tommy Moffat, Tommy
Hutt and L. A. Mosely. He was
charged with stealing Nichols’ au
tomobile.
Note Left in Room
Hamlin told the jury the man left
i note in the room saying he "knev
Nichols would be too ill to drive’
and that he was taking the car t/
Miami.
Mrs. Stanley Nichols arrive? >,
from Fairbanks Monday and sale
she was not satisfied with circum
stances surrounding her husband’)
death.
She told police that $600 in trav
elers checks, a wrist watch, a new
portable typewriter and a tear gaf
pistol were missing from her hus
band’s effects.
She said he came to Key West
as advance salesman for a Seattle
firm.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank Web
ber said Saturday that he had found
no evidence of foul play. Dr. Ralph
Hertz conducted an autopsy and
said Nichols died of a cerebral
hemorrhage. He said there were no
marks on the body.
Nichols resigned as marshal in
Fairbanks last September Mrs.
Nichols said his body would be
taken to San Francisco, where he
was born, for service and burial
Saturday.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Freighter Square Knot from Seat
tle due to arrive tomorrow morning.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m. Friday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Feb. 28.
Denali from westward scheduled
to arrive Sunday southbound.
Annexation
Bill Passed,
Lower House
New Memorial Urges Ac
tion by Congress on
Indian Claims
By BOB DEARMOND
The Scavenius bill to amend and
ease the law pertaining to annex
ation petitions and elections passed
the House this morning after the
adoption of one amendment.
Where present law provides that
a majority of the property owners
in an area to be annexed must sign
the petition for annexation, the
Scavenius bill requires the signa
tures of only 30 per cent of the
property owners.
And approval of only 55 per cent
of the voters in the area to be an
nexed would be required by the
bill as it passed the House, instead
of two-thirds of the v.oters under
present law.
An effort this morning to increase
the percentage of favorable ballots
required to 61 was defeated this
morning on an 11-13 vote. Rep.
Franklin offered the amendment
and urged its adoption as a pro
tection to owners of property.
Sales Tax Amendment
The House spent some time this
morning on Rep. Hendrickson’s bill
to clarify the present municipal
sales tax enabling act. The bill was
held over until Friday to give mem
bers an opportunity to write a satis
factory amendment regarding ex
emption of sales made for delivery J
outside of the taxing municipality |
Several amendments were adopted
to the bill setting up a Department
of Territorial Police, which was un
der consideration when the House
recessed for lunch, and a number j
of other amendments were in pros
pect.
The House adopted an amend
ment setting the top salary of the
proposed Superintendent of Police
at $10,000 a year. Rep. Kay, one
of the authors of the bill, offered
the amendment and explained that
it is hoped to secure the loan of an
FBI man to set up the new depart
ment and that these men are paid
$10,000 a year or more in Alaska.
f inancing question
When the question of referring
the bill to the Ways and Means
Committee for study arose, Chair
man Qlen Franklin told the House
he saw no need of such study.
“It is obvious to every member
of the Ways and Means Committee
that tfiis new department cannot
be financed from the General
Fund,” Franklin said. “Money for
it must come from the gas tax.”
One new bill and two memorials
made their appearance in the
House this morning.
House Bill No. 65. by Laws and
Kay, amends the law relating to
penalties under the provisions of
.he Uniform Narcotic Drug Act.
The bill would make mandatory a
two-year jail sentence for a first
! conviction, five-year imprisonment
for a second conviction and not'
less than 10 years in prison for a
,hird conviction.
The bill further provides that
except for a first offense the exe
cution of sentence shall not be
suspended and that parole shall not
be granted until the minimum lm
irisonment has been served.
Indian Claims
A joint memorial by Rep. MacKin
non urges Congress "to take prompt
ictlon to investigate, and to settle
equitably to all parties in Interest
and to the general welfare of the
Territory, the question of Indian
or aboriginal title to all iands in
he Territory of Alaska.”
Another memorial by Rep. Mac
Kinnon urges Congress to enact
legislation exempting corporate
;ross income tax all Income derived
from the active conduct of a trade
or business in Alaska that is not
presently being conducted in the
Territory, to induce the investment
of private capital in the Territory.
The House this morning heard a
lengthy protest from the Territor
ial Board of Education on the pro
posal to place Tobacco Tax reve
nues in the General Fund. The
Board of Education letter cited the
use that has been made of these
revenues for construction of schools.
(Continued on Page Twc)
(OMMIES
INFLIGHT,
FAST PACE
Leaving Equipment Dead
in Snow-Chunchon Cap
tured-Planes in Action
By Associated Press
United Nations forces, pushing
a renewed Initiative, lunged north
ward 10 miles today through hasti
ly vacated Red positions and capt
ured the town of Chunchon on the
Central front. ‘
The Chinese and North Korean
Communists were withdrawing so
fast they were leaving their equip
ment and their dead In the snow.
Their massive bid to break the Al
lied defense line between Wonju
and Chechon was broken. Some
40,000 Reds, however, 1 were still
scattered in an arc north of the
Wonju sector which guards the vital
UN supply line from the south to
the perimeter of Red-held Seoul in
the west.
Newly captured Chunchon is 10
miles north of Chechon, which a
few days ago was a Red objective
on the East Central front. The
Allies had met no enemy troops in
the no-man’s-land between Chun
chon and Chechon.
The only setback was on the
Western front around Seoul, where
two Allied patrols crossed Jthe Han
River Tuesday night but were
driven back by Red mortar and au
tomatic weapons fire.
U. S. Fifth Air Force planes were
.out in strength again today, strik
I ing enemy positions near the front
' and ranging far north to hit rail
and highway targets on the east
coast with heavy bombs.
The Battleship Missouri bombard
(ed the Tanchon area in far north
eastern Korea all day yesterday
while other big Naval guns rocked
both coastlines. Some Naval units
were running into strong shore fire
around Wonsan on the Sea of
Japan.
Divorce,
Barbara
Stanwyck
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 —iJV
Barbar Stanwyck today obtained a
divorce from Robert Taylor — a
divorce which, she testified, he re
quested.
Composed and low-voiced, the
movie star, smartly attired in a
cocoa brown wool suit and matching
straw hat, told Superior Judge
Thurmond Clarke:
"Shortly after Mr. Taylor’s return
from Italy in December” — where
he had been making a movie—" he
came to me and asked for a divorce.
"He said he had enjoyed the free
dom during the month he had been
in Italy and he wanted to continue
to be able to come and go as he
pleased without the restrictions of
marriage.”
JUDY FILES FOR DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 —<#)—
Judy Garland filed her long-ex
pected divorce suit today from Vin
cent Minnelli, Hollywood director.
The actress charged cruelty and
asked custody ■ of their four-year
old daughter, Liza.
Miss Garland, 28, and Minnelli,
37, were married in 1945 and sep
arated last Dec. 22.
Kepner Says
America Must
Be Charitable
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 21—
UPl— Lt. Gen. W. E. Kepner, com
manding general of the Alaskan De
fense Command, said last night
America must be charitable with
i its neighbors but still "maintain its
| self respect.” He spoke at Fur Ren
! dezvous ceremonies.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Collins of
Fairbanks are at the Baranof Hotel.