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ANNA ERICKSON DIES I
IN SEATTLE MAR. 14
Mrs. Jean Peacock lias received
word of the death in Seattle last [
Wednesday of Mrs. Anna Ei . k.son,
66, owner of the Orpheum Rooms ;
here. She has been suffering with
a heart ailment. She is survived by
her husband Andrew; a daughter,
Lillian Muir of Salem, Ore., and a |
son, Ralph Anderson, who is in
Virginia.
Mrs. Erickson had been a resi
dent of Juneau and Petersburg foi
many years and belonged to thf
Lutheran church here. Burial wil
be in Seattle Saturday afternoon.
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A NORTHERN NOTEBOOK !
By BOB DE ARMOND S
. Twenty-ninth of a Series
The 20th regular session of the
Territorial Legislature, in which a
record number of bills have been
introduced, looks as though it might
also set a record for the fewest
laws enacted.
At the end of the 52nd day of
the session, and with only seven
working days remaining, both the
louse and Senate,had large stacks
f bills from the other end of
' he hallway to work on. The Senate
iad fairly well cleaned out its own
alls, but the House had a great
I lumber that had not been finally
isposed of, although a good many
;ad been shelved temporarily.
By the 9th day of March, 1949,
here were 33 new laws on the
i ooks, not counting those enacted
I by the special session that preceded
| the main event. This year, on the
i. ame date, there were nine new
! laws.
The number of bills introduced
in both houses this year ran pretty
■ evenly with the number introduced
| in 1949 up until about the 30th day
! of the session. Then came a great
'lood of new measures in both
! houses. By the time the committees
had processed them and shoved
i hem out on the floor, a great many
of them were crowding the 50th day
! deadline.
And, as they approach the final
; deadline, the two houses have sev
i oral matters to attend to in addition
| u i,he consideration of bills,
i The Territorial Institutions Com
i mittee of the House is still talking ,
| ol a quick trip to Sitka to inspect
I the Pioneers’ Home. Both houses
i have invited General William E.
Kepner to address them on civilian
defense. Senator John Butrovich,
member of the auditing committee
of the 1949 Legislature, has sched
uled a report on that audit.
Tiie two houses must meet in
joint session to confirm or reject
some 45 appoints made by Gov- \
ernor Gruening, and they have the ,
additional duty this year of electing j
i an Auditor of Alaska,
i Most of the bills that do not get1
I into the law books this trip, how
ever, will not be dead. Legislative
bills appear to live on forever, no
matter how often they are voted
down, tabled or indefinitely post
poned. Some of the bills before the
House and Senate this session have
been there two or three or half a
j dozeh times in previous sessions.
And most, if not all, of the ones
left behind when the 20th Legisla
ture adjourns sine die will be back
again two years from now, with
new number and perhaps new spon
sors, but otherwise unchanged.
In addition to the $20,128,311.28
requested by the various depart
ments of the Territorial govern
ment in the report of the Board
| of Budget, the Legislature this ses
sion has been asked to appropriate
$1,223,421.19 in special bills intro
duced in the House and $3,569,612.42
in special Senate bills, making a
grand total of $24)021,344.89.
Some of the main appropriations
sought in Senate bills are $1,100,000
for a proposed Civilian Defense De
partment; $500,000 for a southern
branch of the University of Alaska;
$233,520 for seal bounties and other
purposes; $50,000 lor predatory con
trol by the Department of Fisheries;
$17,462 to reimburse Providence
Hospital in Anchorage for the care
of indigents; $16,400 for micro
filming vital statistics records:
$40,COO for a Mineral Resources
Board; $100,000 for construction,
repair and operation of health faci
lities, and $1,500,000 for construc
tion of Territorial office buil^ngs
at Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Over in the House the special re
quests include $150,000 for health
facilities; $220,000 lor the proposed
Department of Finance; $265,000 for
a Territorial office building at
Juneau and sites for others at An
chorage and Fairbanks; $200,000
for a Territorial Farm Loan system;
$10,000 for a bonus for the discovery
of uranium; $100,000 for assistance
to hospitals and community health
facilities; $12,000 for a Veterans'
Service Council; $50,000 for an
Alaska Alcohol Administration;
$50,000 for operation of the Depart
ment of Taxation; $60,000 for the
Alaska Visitors Associations, and so
forth.
Some of these special appropria
tions have already been voted down
and others have been scaled down,
tut a number of them have been
or will be approved.
The general appropriations bill
was whisked through the House
without change. The Senate may
whittle it down, but with the special
appropriations that are approved
the final total is unlikely to be far
from $18,000,000.
Latest estimates of the Depart
ment of Taxation place total tax
revenues for the coming biennium
at $22,043,000, of which $18,031,000
will be available to the General
Fund.
The Tax Foundation, Inc., reports
per capital state tax collections in
1950, including unemployment com
pensation contributions, as ranging
from $42.34 in Kentucky to $96.70
in Louisana, with an average of
$60.65.
Using the Tax Department’s esti
mate of tax revenues, adding $3,00*,
000 for unemployment compensation
contributions during the biennium
and dividing the total by the
civilian population of Alaska as
reported by the Bureau of the
Census, we find that the per capita
tax burden in Alaska comes to
roughly $231 for the biennium or
$115.50 a year, which is $18.80 above
the highest in the 48 states.
VIRGINIA DAVIS
CONCERT POPULAR
WITH AUDIENCE
The genius and skill of Miss
Virginia Davis, soprano, in inter
pretating the human emotions in
song, was brought out in the “por
traits in song’’ presented by the
artist last night at the 20th Cen
j tury Theatre in the final concert
| of the season, sponsored by the
! Juneau-Douglas Concert Association
! of Alaska Music Trails,
i Before she had completed the first
group in a well-balanced program
of the type of songs for which she
is especially gifted, Miss Davis had
captivated her audience by the
charm of her friendliness and her
natural poise.
Skill Displayed
In the difficult songs of the
Elizabethan theatre, Miss Davis dis
played her skill by the ease and
simplicity of her performance.
Miss Davis’ interpretation of the
emotions of the many folk she re
presented was nothing less than
marvelous. In her quick changes
from the dramatic to the light and
amusing characterizations she
showed the true mark of genius.
In spite of all the training she
has known Miss Davis’ voice is en
tirely unspoiled. Her diction is ex
cellent. She is particularly gifted
with covered tones, beautiful to
hear.
Miss Davis’ repertoire ranged from
early Europe folk songs to our own
early American songs.
Her artistry was great in her
singing of the "Kaddish” (Hebrew
Irayer for the Dead), and in the
Louisiana Spiritual, “Go Down
Death.” She presented with drama
and force the powerful song “He’s
Got the Whole World in His Hands.”
The audience showed great ap
preciation of the different moods
* invoked, from the Irish “Johnny, I
Hardly Know Ye!” a version of
“When Johnny Comes Marching
Home,” and the flirtatious “Paris
Belongs to the King’’ to her serious
interpretations.
The artist delighted both adults
j and youths with her charm as she
| drew them to her in her singing of
a group of songs composed by third
grade school children. The songs
were set to music by Miss Davis’
mother, Hilda Davis.
Miss Gwendolyn Williams, who
accompanied Miss Davis as she sang
her “portraits in song” showed her
exceptional genius in subordinating
herself entirely to the singer and
yet giving a perfect support. Miss
Williams was welcomed by old
friends in Juneau. She appeared in
this city in 1947 when she played as
accompanist for Adolph Koldofsky.
violinist.
An appreciative audience brought
three gracious encores which in
cluded “Drink To Me Only With
Thine Eyes,” a request, the "Arkan
sas Traveler" and a Danish Lullaby.
Following the concert a reception
for Miss Davis and Miss Williams
was held in the Baranof Hotel.
Mrs. Betty McCormick,, president
of the concert association in Juneau
was in charge of arrangements for
the concert, and with members
of the association was hostess at
the reception for the artists. Asso
ciation members acted as ushers at
the concert.
Gifts — Luncheon
After the reception for the artists,
Mrs. McCormick and Association
members were hosts to Miss Davis
and Miss Williams at a snack in the
Baranof Coffee Shop. At that time
the guests were each presented with
an ivory bracelet on which the word
"Alaska” was inscribed.
At 12:30 o’clock Sunday, March
18, a no host luncheon will be given
in honor of the two artists in the
Gold Room at the Baranof. Those
wishing to attend are asked to leave
their name at the Baranof desk.
This affair is open to all.
Miss Davis and Miss Williams ex
pected to leave Juneau today for
Sitka to appear in concert there.
They will return to Juneau Sunday
morning in time for the no host
luncheon.
Baking bread is one of the oldest
of human arts, dating back to at
least the Stone Age.
The earliest form of bread was
made from acorns and beech nuts.
For a long time, people in Scot
land kneaded dough for bread with
their feet.
The word bravo formerly was
commonly used in Italy to indicate
a hired assassin.
FUEL TAX !
INCREASE
IS TABLED
(Continued from Page One)
elf was held over on a notice of
reconsideration.
This appropriation will kick the
budget right out the window,” com
mented Rep. Glen Franklin, chair
man of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. !
-It isn’t money thrown away,”
.aid Rep. Metcalfe. “The Territory j
paying tremendous rentals here j
in Juneau and it will be a self- 1
liomda.ing project.”
■ I m ppr»? I'il have to vote for
•his till, rjthough it, gripes me,” •
mid Rep. MeCutcheon. “The Board '
of Admmistration was instructed in
a letter approved by the House in
1949 to put the building north oi
the Gulf of Alaska but they ig
nored the Legislature and called |
for bids here. Some of us have been j
trying to hold the line on expendi
tures. The Republicans held the line
on pensions for the pioneers, but
now they come along with a re
quest that kiefs the bottom right
out of the dike.”
■taisea wciiare ruiius
Rep. Hendrickson contended that
pioneers’ pensions had nothing tc
do with the matter. “We increased
aid to dependent children and gen
eral relief funds a good deed,” he
said. “We couldn’t raise everything.”
“It’s about time a Republican
answered these charges by Mr. Mc
Cutcheon,” said Rep. Johnson.
"What we did in 1949 was to pass a
law giving the Board of Adminis
tration the power to select the site.
The lav/ superseded any letter we
may have authorized. The Board
picked Juneau for the site of the
building. How many Republicans
are there on the Board of Adminis
tration?”
Architect Linn Forrest told the j
House that the office building could
be constructed for the $1,200,000
available by leaving off the fifth
story and not completely finishing
the fourth floor. Building costs, he
said, have increased from $1.40 to
$1.85 a cubic foot since the building
was first planned.”
“If it would cost $1.35 a foot to|
build it here, I shudder to think
what it would cost in Anchorage,”
said Rep. Metcalfe.
“We have a bulk cement plant
up there,” Speaker Egan shot back
at him.
“Every bill introduced here is im
portant to somebody,” commented
Rep. Carlson. "But if we go through
with all these plans, we'll have to
ra'se more money. Two years ago
we came down here with the spirit
of ’98 and dished out taxes for
everybody. We went far enough and
I wouldn’t want to see that spirit
around here again.”
A motion to table the bill was
voted down 8-15 and was followed
by a motion for indefinite postpone
ment. This also failed but set the
stage for the notice of reconsider
ation.
Passed by the House was one or u
own bills appropriating $5,357.70 for
printing a new edition of the Session
Laws of 1949. Rep. McCutcheon as
serted that he thought the Aud'ior
should be called to exlain why these
volumes have been selling at 5^
apiece when the law provides tha.
they shall sell at 15 per cent above
cost, or around $29 apiece, but he
did not press the point.
The following Senate* bills were
approved by the House during the
afternoon session and are now
reading to become law:
S. B. 14, increasing fees for legis
lative witnesses from $4 to $20 r
day.
S. B. 7, amending the law relating
to the bond for municipal treas
urers.
S. B. 16, providing that member
of the Legislature shall not here
after be eligible for appointment
to Territorial boards or commissions
S. B. 25, amending the law to per
mit the Territorial Board of Edu
cation to pick its place of meeting
S. B. 26, providing that estate
when there are no lineal descend
ants shall escheat to the Territorj
rather than to the United States.
S. B. 3, providing terminal leave
pay to go to the estate of formei
Territory Highway Engineer W
Leonard Smith.
S. B. 19, increasing per diem for
Territorial officials and employe
from $10 to $12 per day.
S. B. 31, to reimburse the Alaska
War II Veterans Revolving Fund
for the cost of an audit.
S. B. 29, directing the Territoria
Treasurer to turn over to the Valle>
Hospital Association at Palmer five
of its bonds, valued at $500, re
ceived by the Territory as part oi
an escheated estate.
S. B. 24, making the Tax Com
cissloner rather than the Treasurer
the Inspector of Weights and Meas
ures.
S. B. 32, permitting membership
in mutual beneficial insurance soc
ieties, where the insurance benefits
are not more than $2,500, without
medical examination.
S. B. 33. providing for punish
ment upon conviction for selling
mortgaged personal property with
out informing the buyer of the mort
j gage.
ROSE FOR THE PANDIT — Premier Jawaharlal
Nehru of India sniffs a rose presented to him at Cairo Airport
while enroute to Commonwealth Premiers’ conference in London.
EV NOWELL HERE
ENROUTE FAIRBANKS
FOR SUMMER MONTHS
Everett “Ev” Novell of tne Alaska
Freight Lines arrived in Juneau
from Seattle Thursday and expects
to be here until Tuesday, when h"
will continue to Fairbanks for the
summer. The Freight Lines main
tains Alaska headquarters in Fair
banks.
Nowell said he is here chiefly on
legislative matters, and is particu
larly concerned with thn motor
vehicle license law introduced in
the Senate by Senator W. L. Lha
mon <R), Fairbanks, which would
raise the tax rate on land trans
port vehicles.
It is expected the first unit Of 68
apartments of the four-unit Fair
view Apartment building now under
construction in Fairbanks will be
ready for occupancy by June 1,
Nowell said. He holds a' major in
terest in the building. A second unit
may possibly be opened in August
and the entire structure, to include
212 apartments, should be completed
by October.
Nowell is a former !ong-tim<
Juivtau resident and is .visiting with
I old friends while he is in the city.
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DR. TED OBERMAN
OPTOMETRIST
20th Century Theatre Bldg. Phone: 61
2nd Floor
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Truman Says
! Dsmo House
Always (lean
KEY WEST, Fla., March 16.—IITh—
Pie .ident Truman pinned his hopes
led, y of a favorable verdict from
i tor ,- on whether "we set through
, 1 hi era without a third world war.”
Mr. Truman made it clear that
i’.e had no word to say about mount
in . r. w paper cartoon and editorial
;' ii:!(.ism that has followed in the
Y.'d r h: ; flight to Florida March
2 for a sunshine and work vacation.
Ih President, in a 100 per cent
defense of administration officials
who have been brought into asen
| ate subcommittee inquiry into RFC
loans, contended that his admini
stration's house is always clean
and that history will have to record
he verdict on his administration.
The President spoke out sharply
, iate yesterday at a news conference
on tin. naval submarine base.
Tiiesn under criticism, including
his administrative assistant, Donald
! j. Dawson, are honorable—all of
them are, Mr. Truman said,
i And, defying a suggestion by Sen
I ator Knowlr.nd <R-Calil> that he
return to Washington and clean
house, the President said:
‘My house is always clean. What
are ; cu talking about?”
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