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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09

AS the bill now stands should it become law, cities with tax rates of more than 10 mills would auto matically have their tax rates raised to 20 mills This would be done whether not the common councils of the cities desired raise in the tax rate whether the people of the cities desired such action
 The tax rates of cities have been raised more revenue has been desired, usually because property valuations few and far between and rather than go to the expense of having new valuation made, it is easier to raise the tax rate.
 We note that the Ketchikan Chamber of Con- merce has endorsed the bil and this seems strange to us We are informed that Ketchikans tax rate stands at 20 mills, the limit, but that recent valuation raised the value of Ketchikan property from $80OOO00 to $150O0O00 One resident of Ket- chikan was not disturbed at this apparent doubling of the rate by the valuation because he said the city probably would lower the rate accordingly. Yet if this bill passes, the city would pay the maxi mum rate unless it wiped out it's property tax reduced it to only few mills
 However, far know, the Ketchikan Chamber is the only body endorsing the bill repre- voters of Ketchkan in light of the new valuation of their property would vote the increase that this bill would bring
 far better measure, in our opinion, probably has been passed by the Senate.
 This bill would also provide for a one percent tax outside of cities, but for the purpose of support ing the schools in a school district which also would be set up by the proposed law, should the voters within the proposed district elect to form such a district Thus residents outside of incorporated cities who must send their children to city schools would be paying part of the expenses of maintaining the schools. The bills passage was speeded by the testimony of the Commissioner of Education and members of the Board of Education which has en- dorsed the measure
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
PROPERTY TAX

After adopting amendments which would give the heads of families using their fishing boats farm stock and implements, or other machinery for the purpose of earning living s5,OOO exemption before the one percent is levied the House is ready to consider final action the general property bill It may be that before this is read the bill will have been passed or killed.
 After the adoption of these amendments it seems far-fetched than that the tax collected under the proposed law would pay for the cost of administration.
 And we also believe that because the proposed law would give the Territory the right to go within the boundaries of cities and tax city property that it is not good bill. This matter, it to us, should be left entirely to the people within such incorporated cities, though the Territorial tax collected would be returned by the Territory to the city treasury
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
AWv5 Cabaret. Dance Is Event
 On Saturday, y

What promises to be one of the outstanding events of the season is scheduled for the Elks' Ballroom tomorrow night. Under the aus pices of the A.W.V.S. is to be held a real Hollywood cabaret dance with all the trimmings-beautiful decorations, soft music, lights dimmed and all Juneau enjoying a new dance thrill
 To all this is to be added a floor show, with all the glamor and beauty of the bigtime. Headlined is to be Marilee Barrett, direct from the San Francisco night spots; Sgt. William Weaver. popular tenor of the armed forces; Cpl. Richard Peter, the man of many personali- ties; the inimitable Lillian Uggen and It. Warren Caro-, impressario, and many others.
 Tables may be reserved by phon- ing 365.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
HOROSCOPE E "The stdrs incline
 but do not c0mpeW
SATURDAY, MARCH 10

SATURDAY, MARCH 10
 Mingled good and bad signs are seen for today. There is benefic aspect affecting airborne troops.
 Heart And Home
 Women's organizations are under a sway which stimulates interest ir civic reforms. Spring housekeeping impulses will generate a desire for the purification of city sluns and elimination of underworld renters.
 Business Affairs
 Large numbers of returning SOL diers will desire to settle on farms, it is forecast. They will ask for scien- tific training that assures success.
 National Issues
 Persistent demands for eluci- dation of our foreign policy will af- ford comfort to enemy listening posts. Astrologers give assurance that our stars are promising in con- nection with our diplomacy.
 International Affairs
 According to astrology this is to be an historic month for the United Nations. Strategy of supreme sagac- ity will continue to unfold with great success. Heavy casualties will have sobering effect on the nation and concentration on war needs will be intense. The full meaning of war will be felt by all civilians.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of benefits, many of which are unexpected. Un- common work will engage men and women.
 Children born on this day probab- ly will be talented in the arts but in business matters. They shoud be carefully trained and wisely guided.
 Copyright, 1945)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
SEATING SENATOR'S

The seating problem when the President addresses Congress is al- ways serious matter. There are only 444 permanent seats in the House chamber where the joint sessions are held, and the 96 Sem ators have to squeeze in somehow, making over 500 members of the two Houses on hand for joint session.
 During these joint sessions, this arrangement usually works fairly well. But last Thursday. when Roosevelt addressed Congress, it was not as smooth as usual.
 Bellicose John Rankin, Missis- sippi Democrat, now called the "Titular Leader of the House Re- publicans," strolled into the cham Der to find that Major Albert Bull winkle of North Carolina and two ether members were already settled in the choice seats behind the table in the fourth row. So Rankin strode
 
 to the third row, reserved for Sen- ators, tossed the reserved sign on the floor, and sat down Three separate House employees spoke to him, asking him to move; but Rankin refused.
 House employees also had to try diplomacy few minutes later this time on Representative Lyle Boren of Oklahoma. When the Sen- ators on the Special Committee to conduct the President into the chamber left their seats to receive MT. Roosevelt, Boren parked his considerable bulk in one of their seats on the front row.
 Not as stubborn as Rankin, he finally moved after two requests
 Later several other Representa- tives sat on the front seats, but only after it became apparent the Senate would not fill the three rows
 i Copyright l945, Bel Syndicate Inc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
|5 0pENED0N
 5ABLEFI5H

Of particular interest to fisher men is the opening of the sablefish (black codD season at 12:0l a. m., March Is. Commercial fishing for the sablefish was prohibited beginn- ing December l, 1914, and continu- ing through March Is of this year. This is the first time a closed season has been placed on this fishery, and was due to the find ings of fishery biologists which in dicated that such a closure was necessary for the proper conserva- tion and protection of the sable fish.
 Attention is directed to an error in notice which previously ap- peared giving the opening date as March Is instead of March 16.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
DISCONCERTING

Something very disconcertng and indeed prising happened recently One of the major United States airlines, in line with making plans for the new postwar ships, boiled 27,OO0 persons, asking their opinions desirable improvements in the postwar commercial air transport All interviewed pas sengers.
 A total of 84 percent five out of every six inter- viewed, said they satisfied with things just they are, that they had no preference as to size small planes medum-sized planes giant transports all the same with them. They just didn't care.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED Say, troubles MAC NARY imagination Say He is MAG great amount of manaton) OFTEN NdISPRONOUNCED Pronounce real, in ME- A as in and not BILL.
 OFTEN Confident adjectve) Condant (noun masc Confidane feminine).
 chaste gutess ncorrupt viruous upright unblemihed, undefied unsulied.
 WORD word three times and it is yours Let us
  capable of being dissolved undone broken the like we ndissoluble union."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
MODERN ETIQUETTE 0y ROBERTA LEE

O. a restaurant wouldn't it be for her luncheon? si
 for him to make the offer and the girl should S
 O. number of wedding?
 No; usually only friends invited the wedding
 O. a relative to a announcement?
 By calling sending flowers her. gift to he
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09

S11 1,492 of the taxpayers money which Congressman O'Konski doled out to his wife and four of his newspaper employees during his first two years in Congress. Yet, when OKonski first ran for Con- gress he was elected partly on the charge that his opponent. Barney Ghernann, had placed Mrs. Cher mann on the Congressional pay roll Yet the Congressman had the nerve to call this columnist a liar when on March 1, 1943, the column exposed O'Konski's first act of nepotism.
 Note-O'Konski is the gentleman whom the German radio has quoted so effectively because of O'Konski's attacks on the Yalta Conference and its Polish settlement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
20 YEARS AGO {rGm 4 Mr EMPIRE
MARCH g, 1925

MARCH g. 1925 Club and other musical organizations previous Hall Edward Naghel giving number and Miss Frances Harland gave a piano solo.
 McCoskey and daughter Laura were leaving on the Prr Mary to their in the South. of Seward Peninsula arrived in Juneau 
 Gerry through Juneau with solomon Bascom Eskimo having movie contract in his pocket TOT appearance of the Alaskan forthcoming production
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
CT JOE AT PEACE TABLE

The State of South Carolina has been the first to come out with fortnight 100 per cent demand that members of the armed forces be represented at the peace table. The South. Carolina House of Rep- resentatives adopted a unanimous resolution that goes even further than this columnists proposal to have one representative of the armed forces at the peace table, by proposing three.
 South Carolina, which at one time hod more men per capita in the Army Navy than any other state in the Union has led the Nation in lot of things, proposes that:
 Whereas the American soldiers have fought with unequaled cour- age, valor and bravery, moving al- ways forward from victory to vic- tory, spilling their lifeblood that our c h eris h he d American ideals HugnI not perlSn
 Therefore be it resolved that the 100000 men of the armed forces be represented at the peace con- ference, that there be selected one number from the personnel of the enlisted men of the Army, one from the Navy, and one from the Air Force, to have their part in the deliberation for the peace of the world"
 Hard-working Senator Olin D. Johnston, twice Governor of South Carolina and himself sergeant in the And Division overseas in the last war, placed the resolution be- fore the United States Senate last week
 Note-Several Senators have come out for the idea of a CT Joe at the peace table, including Pepper of Florida, Chandler of Kentucky, and Magnuson of Washington. Senator Magnuson says: We must have a peoples peace and no portion of the population is more entitled to be heard in the drafting of this peace than the men who have made war their lives in order to win the peace"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
EzzkKA@~
NOTICE.

There will be a meeting of the Juneau Rifle & Pistol Club tonight at 8 o'clock at the indoor range in the AB. Hall. Anyone interested in rifle or pistol shooting is invited to attend. Adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
SAVE THE PIECES

Of your broken lenses and send them to Box 468, Ketchikan, Alaska, They will be replaced promptly in our large and equipped labora- tory. Drs.. C, M. and R. L. Carlson, OptometristS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
CAPITOL CHAFF

Senate Veterans did quite a bit of eyebrow arching the other day when a messenger delivered a case of rare Scotch whiskey to Judi ciary Committee Chairman Pat McCarran's office OWI got every major newspaper and wire service on a single conference tele-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
LOOK and LEARN q GORDON

Why do earsw angry? year first President? 3. country the largest volunteer army? juvenile United States? 5. first Kentucky Derby run?
 ANSWERS:
 fight with their teeth do that the cannot easily injured by the ~ sV2 g. Army of India which numbers 1,500O00 men. s 4 Judge Ben Lindsey 1920 May, 1875
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
Washington Merry Go-Round

(Conttnued from Page Oxe)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09

GET RIGHT for the spring and Summer Season. The Mineral Baths at Warm Springs Bay will put you in Tip-Top Shape. Clean, Furnished cabins. Groceries, Liquors and To- baccos.
 O'NEILL & BENTON,
 Baranof, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09

FOOD SALE! By Women of Moose, Sat, March 10, Il a. m, at Piggly Wiggly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09

Weather report High, AZ; low, ss; clear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-09
. TIDES TOMORROW

Low Tide 4:57 a. m.: 5.1ft. High Tide l1:02 a. m: 15.0ft. Low Tide 17:39 p. m: -0.1 it.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22

or garden furniture, too.
1t isn't pleasant TO touch
a grime-coyered arm of a
porch chair; or sip lemon.
ade and MUNICH a sandwich
at a table which feels gritty
to your hands.
The early morning hours
are best for that cooling.
clean scrub you give the
porch once a day; but keep
at the busting and wiping
up so that the late after
noon and evening find the
porch clean and livable.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
Now IFS Victory Chicks

FROM the Office of the
Quartermaster General.
u. s. Army, comes a special
request that as many of us
as possible raise some chick.
ems this year. tIIe must feel
sorry for us because his de-
partment has bought so
many thousands of pounds
of our chicken supply
for the ArmyD Set aside
part of the Victory garden
plot, says Maj. Gen. Carl a.
Hardigg, and raise enough
chicks to meet your family
needs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
SPick-ond-Spon Perch

KEEP a dust cloth handy
~ in the pocket of the
porch swing cover and use
it frequently through the
day on the swing and any
tables and chairs on the
porch. Even a screened
porch needs this regular
attention to prevent light
sum m er clothes being
Soiled, and also to promote
that general air of cleannesS
which should begin with the
porch and continue through
the house and TO any lawn
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22

frequently. A sold uphol-
stored mattress should be
turned end to end one week,
and side to side the next.
Turn an inner ersprin &
mattress in this manner at
two-week intervals. This
nuffs up the filling, keeps
the surface smooth, and
prevents depreSSions from
forming. Bedsprings and
boxsprings should be turned
end to end 1T least twice a
year.
Regular Cleaning
Use a whiskbroom or a
" vacuum cleaner attach
ment to clean the mattress
and boxspring. If you use
a mattress or a spring
cover which can be laun-
dered every month, the
cleaning need not be a
monthly chore. But it should
be done at least twice a
year. Go over the bed
springs thoroughly with a
soft cloth. Rust on the coils
can be reme6ed easily by
one or two coats Of enamel.
Bent coils OF broken con.
nections should be repaired
Immediately to help pre-
vent sagging and any fur
ther breakdown.
It's advisable 10 give
mattress an occasional rest,
if possible, by switching il
with one on a spare bed.
Sleep equipment is on duty
an average of eight out OF
every "a hours, and it can
use a vacation. This extends
its life.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
BY JANE TEN Brock

By JANE TEN Brock
A THOROUGH job of
~ cleaning helps TO pre-
serve and extend the life of
most home furnishings, a
fact worth remembering
these days when many
household articles cannot
be replaced. This is true of
those important hidden fur
nishings, tn G mattress,
springs and all bedding.
Examine the mattresses
for bumps and hoIlows, and
note whether they give
readily under pressure, and
spring back when pressure
is removed. If the bed
spring or boxspring says
and has lost its resiliency,
ii should be replaced now,
because if it is in that con.
ditlon IT cannot give the
firm, level support neces-
sary for correct sleeping
posture and restful sleep.
Shift Them
kAA TIRES SES need
Nt plenty of air il they
are to remain fresh and well
ventilated. They should be
aired not only at house
cleaning time, but also every
day during the year. Simply
open the bedroom windows
wide every morning, re-
move or throw back the
sheets and blankets for a
while before making the
bed. Or put the mattress
out on the porch or in the
yard for a good summing.
Distribute the wear of
mattresses by turning them
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
No Shortage

IF enough families grow
. Victory chickens, the
poultry shortage will be
met. And, he points out,
YOUR local. Stat- ion
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22

lighted 90 help promote this
campaign. You need not
raise many. A few means
just that many good dinners
and suppers, ala q s and
lunch-boX filters.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
Freeze Them

IF you have a freezing
locker any chickens not
needed for immediate use
can be quick-frOZen for win
ter meals. Prepare them for
freezing either when they
are young broilers or later
when they are plumper and
destined for the stewing kct-
tie or roasting pan. Frozen.
they keep months in the
locknr.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
JAP ERASER

"weIl, Speak Up, Man-what Do You wan,?"
Evening star., 1945-08-09
5 Spies, Seeking+Atom Secrets
In u. S., DoubIe-C Crossed Nuzis

The Germans were especially in
terested in protective devices used
in atomic experiments, In the sources
of uranium and whether any ex-
plosions had occurred In the atomic
plants, indicating, the spokesman
said, that the Germans were expert
encing dificulties in their atomic
bomb research.
One of the spies. who worked for
the FBI as q double agent for two
and-a-haif years, transmitted fake
information on our atomic bomb
program to the Germans and In re-
turn received inquiries from Berlin
which proved Of value to the FBI.
The FBI studied 269 ,303 applicant
finger cards for the Manhattan
District Project" and found that
81 ,223 had criminal records worth
investigating by the Army, the
spokesman said.
In addition, the FBI investigated
every person employed by the atomic
bomb development.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Super Forts 10 Garry
rs Tons Of Bombs
Fy the Associated Press.

OKINAWA, Aug. 9.-Okinawa-
based Super Fortresses will be able
to carry 15-ton bomb load on every
strike they make at Japan, 1t. Gen.
James Doolittle disclosed today in
welcoming the B-29s of his 9th Air
Force to their new home here.
The Marianas-based Super Fort
resses have been able to carry top
load of 10 tons, but nearness to the
target and some technical changes
permit the Okinawa B-29s to in
crease their destructive load SO per
cent.
Army Air Force officers said a
15-ton bomb load would set a new
record. The British Lancasters car
ried 11-ton grand slam" bombs.
1t was pointed out that Super
Forts from the Marianas needed
1000 gallons of gasoline, which
weighs about q tons, for the round
trip of 5000 miles to Tokyo. The
round trip between Okinawa and
Tokyo is about 1900 miles, which
would require about eight tons less
Of gasoline.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Purumushiro Volcano
Reported Erupting
(See FLEET, Page
! the Associated Pres

lADAK, Aleutians, Aug. 9.-Long
dormant Chikura Dake volcano on
Paramushiro in Japan's Kurile
Islands was reported by Army and
Navy pilots yesterday to be erupting
10000 feet in the air.
The mile-high peak is 3 miles
from Kakumbatsu airfield on Para
mushiro and within is miles Of two
other air1elds, but the pilots did
not disclose whether lava was roll
ing down on any Of the enemy in
stallations.
There are two other volcanoes on
the island, one Of which IS active.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
President Drops Work
To Meet Mrs. Truman
At Union Stotion

President Truman has plenty
to think about and he Is prob
ably the busiest man in the
world.
Nevertheless, this morning,
when Mrs. Truman arrived in
town from their Missouri home
(she came in on the regularly
scheduled 1920 train from st.
Louis), the man who helped her
of the train. and escorted her
to the car was her husband.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Ey the Associated Press.

The FBI said today that five Ger
man spies sent to the United States
after 1889 to learn of atomic bomb
developments were persuaded to
double-cross the Nazis and work as
counterespionage agents.
Several" Of the spies were inter-
cepted in Europe and South America
en- route to this country and were
made double agents" before they
launched any espionage activities
for the Nazis, an FBI spokesman
said. He would not disclose their
names.
As q result Of American alertness,
the FBI said, no sabotage Of any
kind was committed In an atomic
plant.
The German agents carried speci-
fic instructions from the German
high command to get information
on the atomic bomb experimental
program, the spokesman said.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
President Holds Tall
With Top Advisers
On Atomic Bombs
Gen. Groves, Director
Of Secret Work, and
Scientists Present
Picture on Page A-3.)
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
President Truman called in top
military, diplomatic and scien-
tific advisers today to discuss the
atomic bomb whose terrific de-
structivS effect twice has been
felt by Japan.
Secretary of War Stimson post
poned his regular weekly news con-
ference until tomorrow to attend the
White House meeting. He took with
him Mai. Gen. Leslie Groves, who
supervised the secret work which
harnessed for war purposes the
atoms terrific energy. Gen. Groves
was to have attended MIR. Stimson's
news conference today.
Secretary of State Byrnes, who
sat beside Mr.. Truman when the
President announced Russia's dec
laration of war on Japan yesterday,
came across the street to join the
meeting.
Scientists Also Present
Others present included scientists
who played q leading part in de-
veloping the revolutionary weapon.
They were:
DR.. Vannevar Bush, director of
the Office of Scientific Research and
Development; DR.. James sConant,
president of Harvard University,
and George L. Harrison, one time
president of the New York Federal
Reserve Bank who also contributed
to the vast engineering work In
volved. -
On leaving the White House. the
conferees refused to discuss their
session with the President.
Gen. Groves, acting as spokes-
man, said:
"If had been told to hold a press
conference I would have been glad
to hold one"
Stimson Refuses to Comment.
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
referred questions about the meet
ing to Secretary Stimson, but the
latter had no comment.
The advisers are all members of
the Interim Committee which Mr..
Truman named to study the con-
troll and further use of atomic energy
in war and peace, but Mr.. Stimson,
who is the chairman, said it was
not q meeting Of the committee.
He added that a special call" had
brought the men to the White
House.