The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
ALASKA COURT OF APPEAL IS
 TO BE SOUGHT
Delegate to Introduce Bill Shortly for Territorial
 Supreme Court
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Nov 26
 What may be termed a poor
 mans court of appeal, is provided
 for in bill prepared by Delegate
 Wickersham and which will be in-
 troduced when Congress convenes.
 The bill would create Supreme
 Court for the Territory of Alaska,
 a Chief Justice to be appointed by
 the President to preside over the
 court, the other members to be the
 four judges of the district court of
 Alaska. But it is provided that no
 district Judge shall sit on the
 hearing in the Supreme Court in
 any cause tried before or decided
 by him. The Court shall meet
 twice a year at Juneau. Appeals
 in all criminal misdemeanor cases,
 and all civil cases when there is
 less than one thousand dollars in
 volved shall be heard in the Sup
 reme Court. Now there is no op
 peal in such cases, and the purpose
 of the new bill is to allow such
 appeals to the Alaska Supreme
 Court so as to provide for an ap-
 peal in such small cases And the
 case shall be heard on the original
 record, which shall not be printed
 but be presented on typewriter
 briefs, and with the smalest
 amount of expense. These provi-
 sions are made in the interest of
 small cases by men who cannot afford to pay the enormous print
 ing bills and other high fees now
 necessary to appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in
 San Francisco.
 : pr. w. c. Marvin, Chief of the : United States Weather Bureau, re gently attended a conference Of : the International Meteorological : Organization in Locarno, Switzer- : land. He states that at this con : ference plans were developed for : intensive study of weather condi- : tions in the North Polar regions during 1882, designed to provide : comprehensive information on air : movements and other meteorolog ical data as a basis for improve ment of weather forecasting. The United States already had provided : extra funds for studies in Alaska, n o,.,1t xriny tn ment of airways, so increased finds probably will not be asked. Can ada is to establish additional sta- : tions in the northern regions. Rus 2 sia, Norway, Sweden, Greenland 3 and other northerly nations are : cooperating.
 : At the instance or the Ketchikan . School Board and the Chamber of : Commerce, Delegate Wickersham : has succeeded in having the Bu- . reau of Indian Affairs give assist ance to the needs of the Natives of Ketchikan. Dr. Ryan has writ Utll UO 0I. T. ECAlOWoy A)A1SSuSA of the Alaska Medical Service at Juneau asking for his recommenda- ion regarding the necessity for a nurse at Ketchikan, and expressing le hope that the Bureau will en- ter into contract with the local hospital at Ketchikan for the care of Native cases Assurance is giv- en that anything the Bureau can do within available funds will be done
 Two well known Army officials who previously served in Alaska are now prominent in the adminis- tration of the District of Columbia government. Major John C. Got : walls was for short time in 1920 : President of the Alaska Road Con- mission and then for three years was Engineer Officer of the Com