SENATE PROTESTS
PRESENT QUARTERS
FOR LEGISLATURE
Taking a bit of time out from its
home stretch bill-passing, the Sen
ate asked the Juneau postmaster
and Federal officials yesterday for
a list of improvements in the legis
lature’s quarters.
The joint memorial by Sen. Gun
nard Engebreth, which was sent to
the House, asks more room, more
light, better acoustics, more storage
space, less cold air from open win
dows, more cold drinking water,
smaller desks for legislators, a pub
lic cloakroom and loudspeaker sys
tems for the reading clerks in both
Houses.
The memorial is addressed to an
assistant postmaster general; to the
Postmaster, Juneau, and to the
delegate in Congress from Alaska.
In a nutshell, these are some of
the highlights of the measure, lead
ing up to the “prayer:”
“The present chambers are inade
quate in size and acoustics to con
veniently or comfortably accommo
date the number of persons required
to occupy the same during legislative
sessions, and are poorly lighted and
ventilated:
“There is so little space for com
mittees and legislative employes
that, even if Federal officials w'ere
ashamed about it there wouldn’t be
a corner left for them to hide their
faces in;
“A drinking fountain is asked:
“Nine rooms are asked for the
use of legislative committees and
for cloakroom use during the ses
sion, and all but the storage room
would be available for other uses
between sessions.”
As a special recommendation for
the chambers, the memorial sug
gested :
"In both chambers, refurnish
with smaller desks. In the House,
reduce the size of the speaker’s
platform and remove the present
curved railing on the public gal
lery. Finish ceilings in both cham
bers with acoustic material. Im
prove overhead lighting in the
House chambers, and provide in
both chambers ventilation deflectors
on all windows ....
“And your Memorialist will ever
pray.”
ENTERTAINER OPENS
FRIDAY AT COUNTRY
CLUB RUMPUS ROOM
Opening Friday nignt in the
Rumpus Room of the Country Club
is Joe Small, pianist-vocalist, fresh
from a series of engagements in
the States, according to Tom
George, owner of the club.
Many entertainers spend an en
tire lifetime and still not boast the
list of impressive long staying
engagements in the record Small
has. His “Bach to Boogie" enter
tainment has scored successfully in
such class bars as Lou’s Bar, Phila
delphia; Commodore Buddy Club,
Atlantic City; Riptide Club, Wild
wood, New Jersey; Brown Derby
Club, Honolulu, and Mercur's Musi
cal Bar, Pittsburgh.
Small is primarily an entertainer
who gears his vocals, novelties and
piano numbers to the particular
audience before him. His novelty
tunes have been a hit wherever he
has played. The distinctive piano
stylings of Small make for good
entertainment and good listening.
Combined with this is the rare
quality among single entertainers—
ability to give a large variety in
his presentation and still make each
number intimate and appealing.
Joe Small arrives Friday after
noon from Seattle.
FROM TACOMA
A. W. Reynolds of Tacoma is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM BELLINGHAM
Barney Welsh of Bellingham
Wash., is staying at the Baranoi
Hotel.
KENTUCKY STRAIGHT
BOURBON WHISKEY
OLD STYLE SOUR MASH
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ALASKA HAS
EYE AILMENT
SAYS NURSE
WASHINGTON, March 15 — (M
A new attack upon a serious am
widespread eye ailment in Ala.sk
appears to be making headway.
The Territory’s director of Publi
Health Nursing. Dorothy Whitnej
Juneau, told a reporter here toda
(he Alaska Health Department i
using the drug cortisone in ey
drops.
She said medical officials hav
not determined whether the ail
ment is the result of an allergy re
action to tuberculosis, or of re
peated low-grade infection.
The victim develops ahcornea
opacity which eventually results it
blindness. The disease has Ions
been rampant in the more isolator
villages of Alaska.
Miss Whitney said cortisone
therapy appears to have been ef
fective as a preventive in hundred.
of instances of its use thus far. ?ul
the treatment is not a ;ure, she
added.
Traveling teams of Health De
partment nurses are inoculating
Alaska villagers with BCG vaccine
as a preventive against tubercu
losis. This program has been undei
way for two years.
Miss Whitney said it is too soor
to determine the effectiveness ol
the vaccine, bacillus calmette
guerin. It was developed by twe
French physicians.
The vaccine has not general!}
been accepted by U. S. medicine
It is being used by the Bureau ol
Indian Affairs in the inoculation ol
newborn Indians.
SPIES MAY GO
TO MEXICO TO
ESCAPE U S.
NEW YORK, March 15
The Russian Embassy in Mexic(
City is pictured in the Atom Sp:
Trial as being ready to aid spie
fleeing the United States to avoit
arrest.
David Greenglass, 29, a confesse;
spy who was employed on the Aton
bomb project at Los Alamos, N. M
said his brother-in-law, Julius Ros
enberg, gave him elaborate instruc
tions for contacting the Russia]
Ambassador in Mexico.
Roseenberg, 33 an electrical en
gineer, is on trial with his wife
Ethel, 35 and radar expert Mortci
Sobell, 33, on charges of conspir
r
ing to spy for Russia in wartime.
The charge carries a possible death
penalty.
Greenglass returned to the wit
ness stand today after relating
yesterday that less than a month
after the first atom bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima he gave Ro
1 senberg plans for a later-model
1 bomb.
1 He said Rosenberg tried several
times to get him to flee the United
States after learning of the arrest
of Dr. Klaus Fuchs in England on
1 espionage charges.
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: | Defense Housing
Bill Kicked Back
j
into Committee
WASHINGTON, March 15 — <J>—
The house today rebuffed the ad
i ministration's defense housing bill—
refusing to take it up for floor
consideration. The roll call vote
was 219 to 170.
The effect of the action, while
not killing the bill, is to send it
back to the house banking commit
tee.
West Germans
Donating Blood
To U. N. Forces
(By Associated Press)
Just a fet* short years ago, U. S.
troops were battling the Germans
in Europe. Today, General Mac
Arthur has acknowledged receipt of
a shipment of whole blood donated
! by West Germans for treatment of
U. N. soldiers wounded in Korea.
MacArthur said the donation is
a symbol of the universal sacrifice
which free people must make from
■ time to time in order to protect j
their own freedom and to restore |
the freedom of other peoples who
have been made victims of aggres
sion.
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Here's New One
On income Tax
—
(B.v Associated Press)
A few of Hollywood's upper
1 bracket wage earners haven’t given
taxes a thought—and they don’t j
l have to.
We refer to such $50,000 a year
1 film stars as Lassie. The dog’s ■
i trainer only wishes Lassie could
, claim exemptions for children. Rud ;
• Weatherway says Lassie has sired j
■ about 200 pups. Said the trainer— 1
i who must file a tax return: "Just
think how much that would knock
■ off my tax bill if Lassie could
claim credit for his offspring.”
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LOCAL M-271
j FRIDAY NIGHT. MARCH 16
al 7:30 o'Clock
AT THE C. 1.0. HALL
This is a very important meeting and
ALL members must attend.
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ART, (RAFT EXHIBIT
OPENING TOMORROW
Dolls dressed in otter, mittens oi
beaver fur, black fur parkas witl
white trim and removable hoods
These are among the treasures t(
be exhibited by the Holy Cross Mis
sion children at the Alaskan Art
and Crafts Exhibition which open:
at the Elk's Auditorium tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
All week boxes and crates of art
and craft exhibits have been arriv
ing by ship and plane. Tonight anti
tomorrow morning people will bi
on hand at the Elk's Auditorium
room to receive local exhibits ol
which great variety has been prom
ised.
Word has been received from Mrs.
Ken Wade of Fairbanks that she
will be on hand to demonstrate the
art of textile painting. She is a
w’ell-known expert and her exquisib
floral paintings are known through
out Alaska.
All lovers of art and handicraft
are urged to attend at least one
session of this show. It is free to
all. Doors open at 2 p. m. tomor
row. On Saturday the show will
be on from 2 to 5 and from 7 to
10 p. m. On Sunday the final
showing will be from 2 to 5, after
which exhibitors are requested to
remove their exhibits promptly.
—EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY—
HEW PROBE
IS WANTED
BYSENATOR
WASHINGTON, March 15 —
Senator Fulbright (D-Ark) has
Hi ested that a commission oi
distinguished citizens be set up tc
investigate “moral standards in
government” and look into the con
duct of Congress itself.
It is too demanding a task, he
said, for the Senate banking sub
committee whose efforts have al
ready touched off a Federal Grand
jury investigation aimed at uncov
ering any law violations in the
making of big government loans.
Any action by the Grand jury,
which convened yesterday, appear
ed to be weeks away.
The subcommittee, of which Ful
bright is chairman, has accused an
influence ring with exerting pres
sure on the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation (RFC), the multi-bil
lion dollar government lending
agency. The subcommittee has
aid the ring reaches into the White
House.
Fulbright moved to bring the
I ubcommittee’s inquiries to an eariy
! end because, he said, it has served
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Its purpose—to investigate me kiu.
But he said it has turned up find
ings which might merit creation
of a group somewhat similar to the
Hoover commission to conduct "a
general investigation of moral stan
dards in government." “I am quite
willing to propose it,” he told re
porters.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Roberts of
Ketchikan are registered at the
Baranof Hotel.
NORVIN LEWIS HERE
Norvin J- Lewis of San Francisco
is at the Baranof Hotel.
U. S. MAY ORDER
HISS BEHIND BARS
IN ANOTHER WEEK
(By Associated Press)
Jailing of convicted perpiref Al
ger Hiss may be sought by the gov
ernment in about a week. The
Supreme Court refused Monday to
review Hiss’ conviction. But sev
eral legal channels still are open
; However, United States attorney
| Irving Saypol has indicated the
government may act to put him in
prison without waiting until Hiss
has exhausted all possible legal
steps. Hiss now is free under $10.
000 bond.
FROM ANCHORAGE
R. K. Young of Anchorage is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
COLORADO VISITOR
QJenn L. Davis of Loveland, Colo.,
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Butcher of
Fairbanks arrived here from An
chorage yesterday on PNA and are
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
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