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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-22
CRITICS HIT POLITICS IN
 TERR. GUARD
Letfer from TAG Field Of. fiCer Is Storm Gen.
 fer in Senate
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issue of the Alaska Weekly" Be- ing a resident Alaskan I read with interest the various items on the Budget for Alaska for 1945. mo- ticed that the largest appropriation will go to Schools, second largest to the Department of Public Welfare, third largest to Roads. Being a cit izen interested in the development of Alaska, I could well agree with the Budget Board for listing these three items with the largest appro- priations.
 Let's look at a few more of the appropriations: Health and Sanita- tion, sl04,520 Aeronautics and Com munications Commission, Sl8,958; Bounty on Wolves and Coyotes, ST5 5000; Alaska Territorial Guard, S1c0,000.
 T happened to be one of the commanding officers of the Alaska Territorial Guard in a village in the Second Division and I also served in the same capacity in another vil- lage. recall that it was May 1943 that Governor Gruening and Major M. R. Marston came to my village and organized the ATG At that time the Japs were still infesting our Aleutian Islands and the time was ripe for such an organization. I also recall that on the same day the Governor advised that I apply for voting rights for the village I was then in. About an hour after the company was organized, Major Mar ston ordered me to submit map showing all the marked dogteam trails and shelter cabins in that area. This last order was a bit of a surprise since would have expect cd the same request from the Alaska Road Commission
 Tn December. 1943, the ATG sent my company 50 guns and a large quantity of 30 caliber ammunition This ammunition was to be used ir case of an emergency and also 10, target practice. At that time the wolves were killing the reindeer or our range by the score. I asked the AIG if We could use that target ammunition for predatory extern. ination since our native store wa, running short of high-power ammu. niticn- The answer was contrary to regulations"
 Shortly after the arrival of tn, rifles and ammunition I was ordered to measure the soldiers of my com pany for shoepacs, parkas, shirt and blouses. I obeyed this order bu told Major Marston that I though this was a waste of good publi funds. The natives did not neet parkas, and shoepacs were imprac
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an Affairs to succeed John Col

dian Affairs to succeed John Col Her.
 MT Brophy, a resident of New Mexico, has been with the Depart- ment of the Interior for number of years, his last assignment with the Puerto Rican section of the Divis- ion of Territories and Island Possess sions.
 This appointment" MT. Bartlett stated, should he welcomed by the residents of Alaska as MT Brophy is vitally interested in the welfare of the Indians throughout the United States and the natives of Alaska. and has done a great deal of study ing and has lad wide experience in this field
 For some time MT. Brophy was Special United States Attorney for the Pueblo Indians in the Depart ment of Jusice.
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onslaught against Stettin, "the key to northern Germany"
 In Hungary they reformed in at tempts along the 50-mile front to Latter through the Danube gate to Austria.
 The Germans said that in East Prussia Soviet storm units fought into Heiligenbeil, last Baltic coastal fortress. The town is southwest of Koenigsberg.
 M6scow dispatches said they are driving within six miles of Danzig, around which they are drawn in a 25-mile siege arc. They are within two and half miles of wedging Oanzig and Gydnia apart.
 On the Berlin front correspond ents said Marshal Zhukov was moving endorsements up to the Oder River fin unbroken streams. , The warm weather forced the Rus sians to doff their great coats and cotton padded jackets and tank men in their undershirts rode on the decks of their machines.
 Describing Stettin as the city whose fall would open the way for a sweep across the North German plain past Berlin and perhaps as far as the Elbe River, German war reporter said the Russian as sault was extraordinary even con- sidering the scale of previous de rloyments of strength elsewhere or the Eastern Front
 On the Hungarian front tht Germans said the Russians wer' attacking all the way between Lax. Balaton and the Danube.
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BARTLETT E
 AGAINST THAT
 FINN pR0p0SAL
Delegate Announces Army Makes New Regulations
 on Alaska FurIoughs
Bu MARY LEE COUNCIL Secretary to E. L. Bartlett,
 Delegdte to Congress


 WASHINGTON, March 8.-(Spe- cial Correspondence = Representa- i've Case, Republican of South Da- iota, has introduced a measure to permit the immigration of certain Innish persons into Alaska on a lon-quota basis. The bill is quoted )eloW
 Be # enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ct America in Con- greSS assembled, That the Attor- ney General is authorized and dir eCted to admit to the Territory cf Alaska as nonQuOtd inlnigrdntS ter permanent residence in such Territory, Finnish persons or per- sens ot Finnish descent 1oho have been honcratly discharged from Seruice in CT 1Cith the land or mo- Ual fcrceS of any of the United Nations, and their ,oives, unnlar- ried children under t,Denty-one years cf age CT parents. Such persons shall be permitted to re- move to ether places under tue jurisdiction of the United States aeitholt the application ot the qucta iaacs, only after residing in the Territory ot Alaska tor ten years.
 MT. Bartlett, in commenting on this legislation, stated, T am one hundred per cent opposed to this legislation. It is basically wrong in that it differentiates be- tween Alaska and other parts of the United States. The reasoning un- ierlying this proposal is unsound. It has no more merit than would a to allow a selective group rom Europe to go to South Dakota and remain there for certain per- od. I shall do everything within my power to prevent passage of this pill
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tical for winter use in the Arctic. No acknowled edgement of that letter was ever received.
 This last summer a few tens of this equipment arrived at my village, plus few items I didn't expect. namely, 60 bayonets and 60 hel- mets. A dozen bayonets would have been sufficient for training pur- poses and those tin hats" were just a waste of good boat space and cer- tainly fragrant waste of public funds.
 Now I notice that $10o,0oo0O of the taxpayers money is to be ap- propriated for the ATG = for what? AS taxpayer believe I have a right to an answer to that question - for what? Is it for equipment? :? Is it for administrative expenses? Is it for constructive postwar pro- jects? Is it for more tin hats?
 Just how active is the ATG right now? In the 4th of July celebra- tion at Kotzebue last summer, spon- sored by the ATG, two senior off, cers and two soldiers were all of a company of 60 men that were rep- resented in the parade. In other villages interest is running very high this year. It is their first year of active training. I don't expect this interest year from now Since the Japs were chased off Kiska the in- terest has Jagged. Of course, Major Marston is doing his level best to keep up the interest, but why shouldn't he? The ATG is his job.
 Last summer the teachers along the Arctic Coast north of Kivalina to Barrow were very disappointed lot of people. Instead of getting much needed fresh goods on the beat Ada" that made the first trip, they saw case after case of unneed- cd uniforms, bayonets and helmets.
 Tt doesn't take a great deal of thought and observation to see one angle of the ATG, and that is the political angle. Why was Governor Gruening recommending the estab- lishment of voting precincts at the same time he was organizing ATG units? Why was Major Marston getting post offices established when he was inspecting ATG companies? :? It is clearly evident that the ATG was rapidly becoming a political football.
 We all see our taxes increase every year. am not complaining l am glad to do my part as tax payer to help support the govern ment and th. Territory. You know and know that if an invasion should occur on our coast, that it would be the air force, the regular army and the navy that would re- pei that invasion-not the ATG."
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RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL

Twenty-one Alaska sites are in cluded in the rivers and harbors act recently signed by the President which authorizes the improvement of waterways of twelve localities in the Territory and preliminary sur veys and examinations of nine other localities in Alaska.
 The law provides that the money for the improvement of rivers, har- bors and other waterways cannot be appropriated until six months af- ter the end of the war, and con- struction of the authorized works cannot be undertaken until that date. Following are the Alaska pro- jects which are included for inn provement after the war: Metlakatla Harbor, Craig Harbor, Meyers Chuck Haroor, Wrangell Harbor, Wrangell Narrows, Sitka Harbor, Skagway Harbor, Petersburg Harbor, Port Alexander, Gastineau Channel, FL fin Cove and Seldovia Harbor.-
 Funds for the immediate prelim- mary surveys and examinations of the projects included in this act are contained in the War Department Civil Functions Appropriations Bill, which has passed the House. The Bureau of the Budget, however, has authority to give priority in the se- quence of surveys and examinations to be made, taking into consideration the labor and other problems of each locality At the time Army engineers are sent to certain town, public hearings are called, at which time all interested persons can appear as witnesses and submit opinions and plans The nine sites in Alaska in- cluded in that part of the law calling for preliminary survey and examina- tions are: Sitka Harbor, Cordova Harbor, Kodiak Harbor, Neva Strait and Olga Strait, Upper Kvichak River, Skagway Harbor, Valdez Har- Dor, Cook Inlet and Anchorage liar bor
 Delegate Bartlett states that he hopes interested parties in the local- ities included for preliminary sur veys and examinations will formu- late their data for presentation in preparations for the time when the Army engineers hold public hear ings.
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NEW CLERK. ALASKAN

Harry F Hanson, the new clerk of the House Committee on Indian Af- fairs, informed Delegate Bartlett at a recent meeting of that committee that he was born in Douglas, where he lived until he was six years old.
 His father and mother, MT and Mrs. Fred Hanson, were married in Douglas, and his mother taught school there for several years. The family moved to Port Angeles where they have since lived. MT Hanson's father is now auditor of the county in which Port Angeles is located Harry came to the Capital the first of the year
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ONE TRUE BILL
 RETURNED BY
 GRAND JURORS

The Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Perry Paul Pit tenger, charged with stealing gov- eminent property
 In District Court Richard Gene Parks, charged with pilfering cargo in interstate commerce, who was arraigned yesterday, entered a plea of guilty to the charge. He will be sentenced at a later date.
 The Grand Jury is continuing it's deliberations today, with many witnesses waiting in the hallway to be called
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-22
RED CROSS
 LUNCHEON
 ON FRIDAY
Solicitors 10 Report ai Noon Gathering on Cam
 paign Drive

All solicitors in the present Red Cross drive are asked to make their reports at monday luncheon in the gold room of the Baranof to- morrow
 It is hoped that the report will show Juneau has gone over the top. These who have not contributed are asked to make their donations before noon tomorrow.
 The last report showed that the drive had resulted in S10,546 being raised toward the quota of $13,O65.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, lo45

jensen, Thomas Everson, Ben Bailey
 The following passengers left for Sitka: It. R. c. Thompson, TlSgt. V. R. Healon, Pfc. W. B. Rowland. Mrs. A. Hope, Mrs. J. H. McGrath Mrs. D R Schiebel.
 R. D. Carrigan, Mel Race. Mrs r. w. Garfield, Dan Garfield. Jo Garfield, Vim. Garfield, Fred Rry- ant, Raymon Antiquoa.
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. . . . . . . . . WEATHER REPORT
 . . .

(U. s. Weather Buredu) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending at 7:30 O'Clock
 This Morning.:
 .
 In Juneau-Maximum, 40; minimum, 35. Precipitation, .96 of an inch.
 At Airport Maximum, 38; minimum, 34. Precipitation, .54 of an inch. . . . . TOMORROW'S FORECAST
 
 Light intermittent rain or snow tonight and Friday, with decreasing cloudiness Friday afternoon and night. Temperatures: Lowest to- night, 36'; highest Friday, 409.
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pERSHING TANKS NOW BEING USED,
 WESTERN FRONT

LONDON, March 22-The Ger man radio declares American forces on the Western Front are now using a new General Perslling tank equipped with guns, a counterpart of the German King Tiger tank.
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ALASKA BURROUGHS


 Delegate Bartlett has been inform ed by the War Department that resi- dents of Alaska serving in the Army may. now travel to southeast Alaska on furlough without obtaining spe- cial permission from the War De- partment in Washington.
 It has been a regulation of the War Department that special per- mission had to be obtained for such travel as Alaska is considered out side the continental United State. This regulation has now been amended so that residents of Alaska now in the Army may go to Alaska on furlough as far north as Yakutat.
 Delegate Bartlett, although he be- lieves furlough travel by resident servicemen to all parts of Alaska should be permitted without license by the War Department, stated that he is pleased this much progress has Eeen made as the amended regula- ton will eliminate loss of furlough travel time to the servicemen in waiting for the War Departments approval, so far as southeast Alaska is concerned.
 BROPHY CONFIRMED The Senate has approved the Presidents appointment of William ! A. Brophy as Commissioner of h.
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 OF ALLIES
 HITS NAz|S

ROME, March 22-Allied artil- lery strongly hammered German strongpoints opposite the entire Fifth Army sector yesterday but infantry activity along the Italian battle line was limited to patrols No positions changed hands, the Allied Command said.
 The Flying Fortress has 3,l41 anti friction bearings.
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VISITORS

Dr. Osric Armstrong, who has practiced medicine in Valdez, Sew ard and Palmer. visited Delegate Bartlett this week. Dr. Armstrong is now located in Delhi, Louisiana, and in the fall will begin research work for the Louisiana University. Dr. Armstrong was called to Wash ington because of the illness of his sister
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-22
HAS BABY GIRL

Mrs. Robert Schoppert gave birth to a baby girl at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon yesterday in St. Ann's Hospital. The weight was I pounds, 9 ounces.
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Delegate Bartlett
 Introduces Bill 10
 Aid Munitipaliiie,

WASHINGTON, March 22 = AL aska Delegate E. L. Bartlett has introduced bill to authorize AL eskan municipalities and public utility districts to issue revenue bonds for public work purposes.
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 Ernest N. Patty of Fairbanks and Seattle paid Delegate Bartlett a visit during his trip to Washington this week Mir Patty dean of the Uni Versity of Alaska for many years, is a well-known mining man of Alaska.
 Nick Beg, who operates canneries in Alaska, is in Washington for a stay of about a week.
 Robert Taylor, who was born in Douglas and lived in the Gastineau Channel area for seventeen years, came to see Delegate Bartlett this wesk. MT. Taylor has been living in Washington since the last war
 Mrs. Robert Simpson of Juneau is in Washington to see her daughter Anabel, before Anabel leaves on an overseas assignment for the Red Cross. Mrs. Simpson plans also to visit her son, It. Robert Simpson. Naval doctor, who is now stationed at Portsmouth, Virginia.
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IS
 UNDER HEAVY ATTACK NOW
Unbroken Streams of Re- inducements Move Up
 on Oder Berlin Front

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LEAVES HOSPITAL

Clifford Sunderland has been dis charged from St. Ann's Hospital after receiving medical attention.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Cab Galloway Freed
After Ballroom Fight
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 29.-Cab CAL
loway, colored band leader, yester-
day was declared innocent of charges
of intoxication and resisting arrest
by Police Judge Earle Frost in the
outcome of what police said was an
argument over his entering a Kan
sas City ballroom last Saturday.
The case was dismissed.
Galloway testified that he and a
friend, Felix H. Payne, jr., of Kansas
City, purchased tickets to the ball
room after they had been invited to
attend by Lionel Hampton, another
colored band leader. Hamptons or
chestra was playing for the dance.
Galloway said the two were
stopped by special officer employed
at the ballroom and told that the
hall did not admit Negroes. Payne
said he was pushed by the officer
and when he recovered he saw the
officer beating Galloway with a re-
volver.
William Todd, the ballroom officer,
testified Payne struck at him, and
Galloway pushed him to the floor.
Judge Frost declared the prosecu-
ton did not provide sufficient evi-
dence to prove the two men were
intoxicated or that they had re-
sisted arrest. He said the men had
created a disturbance, but this was
due to a misunderstanding.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Bishop Oman Urges
Adequate World Union
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill, Dec. o.
Bishop G. Bromley Oman, presi-
dept of the Federal Council of
Churches, says that the moral de-
mand to abolish war and establish
peace calls for world organization
adequate to the demand"
brotherhood cannot be estab-
lished by competitive struggle" the
New York bishop told a national
Methodist Student Conference last
night. More than 1900 delegates,
representing Methodist students
from the Nations colleges and uni
versities, are at the five-day confer
ence on the University of Illinois
campus.
Bishop Oman asserted that the
sovereign national state has be-
come as much of an anachronism as
sovereign family became long
ago.
The social organizations of past
centuries are inadequate to the
moral demands made by contempo-
rary man." he added. The values
that lie in the Nation must be pre-
served and treasured, just as the
family, as the most significant social
unit, must be protected and en-
riched. But the Nation as a unity
ing force has reached maturity. We
need a unifying concept that Is
larger and includes all men in the
| world community
Evening star., 1945-12-29
De Sibour Marries
Nevada Rodeo Rider

Henri Louis Jacques de Sibour,
IS, of Chevy Chase, Md, son of
the late Vicomte Henri de Sibour,
widely known architect, was married
in a civil ceremony yesterday at
Reno. New, to Louise Oou) Reiners,
27. Nevadas best known rodeo rider
and performer, according to dis
patches from Reno.
Mr.. de Sibour was granted a
divorce from Mrs. Mary Bickers
de Sibour of Chevy Chase. Md, at
Reno last Saturday. The new Mrs.
de Sibour was divorced last October
from Charles Zimmerman, a Mer-
chant Marine officer.
The ceremony was performed by
District Judge William Mcknight of
Reno, after the couple had obtained
a marriage license at Carson City.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Lois Thomas Reiners, former wife
of Thomas H. Reiners, well-known
Connecticut distiller, and is said
to be direct descendant of John
Alden Of Puritan days fame, and
a niece of Frederick Reiners, for
mer president of the Hunter whisky
firm. She is the granddaughter of
Edward S. Thomas of Hartford
Conn, retired Federal judge. The
Di Sibour family is said to be de-
scended from French royalty.
The couple will make their home
near Reno on a ranch conducted
by the new Mrs. de Sibour.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Jap Officers Trial
Delayed Till Data
lis Radioed From u. ).
BY the Associated Press.

YOKOHAMA, Dec. 29.-The war
crimes trial of Prison Camp Com
mander 1t. Kel Yuri adjourned to-
day until next Wednesday. The
defense asked the delay, contend
ing it could not open its case until
afhdavits of two Americans wit
Messing the alleged bayonet death
of an Army private were radioed
from the United States.
Yuri is charged with RESPONSE
bility for that death and one other.
The trial commission earlier re-
buked the prosecution for offering
only unsworn QUESTIONABLE answers
from the two officers, instead of
providing full, sworn statements.
The witnesses are 1t. John Henry
Allen, ST. Paul, MINI, and 1t. Owen
w. Romaine, of Fort Thomas, KY,
who as prisoners saw the death of
Pvt. Noah c. Heard, Salinas, Calf.
The prosecution concluded its
case, based chiefly on statements of
former prisoners, with the request
that the Allen and Romaine afhda-
Wits be admitted as evidence when
received.
In an adjoining courtroom, the
trial of 1t. Chotaro Furushima,
commander of another camp, also
on charges of responsibility for
beating and killing prisoners, ad-
journed until Monday. Furushima,
a former school teacher, listened
intently to the defense interpreter
today and made notes as prosecu-
ton affldavits were read.
Sergt. James T. Fite, Montgom-
cry, Ala, described in statement
what he called the "favorite tor
ture" of the japanese.
He said Japanese put gluelike
substance on the arm, then jammed
short piece of punk into the sub
stance. The punk was lighted and
burned down to the substance which
it ignited, thus causing painful
burns. This treatment was applied
on the neck, ears and other parts
Of the body, Fite said.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Ban on Spare Tire Stays,
But Moforist May Buy One

Manufacturers of new automo-
biles trucks and tractors will con-
tinue to be prohibited from pro-
viding spare tires and tubes after
January /, despite the end of tire
rationing on that date.
The Civilian Production Adminis-
tration announced this yesterday in
reporting that a new CPA order on
tires will replace the OPA's tire ra-
tioning order.
There is nothing to prevent mo-
torist from buying a fifth tire, &C
cording to w. James Sears, head of
CPA's rubber division, but he urges
motorists who do not need a spare
Immediately to wait awhile.
Tires will not be in plentiful sup
ply for several months, but there
will be enough tires to allow all We
hicles to remain in operation if
owners do not hoard or hog tires -
Mr.. Sears said.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Bomb laden Vessel
Reports Danger Past
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The Lib
erty ship Henry D. Thoreau reports
that the danger of 5000 tons of
bombs breaking loose in her hold
has been averted, and unless we
hit unusually bad weather we will
be all right"
please cancel our distress mes
sage" the Thoreau radioed the
Eastern Sea Frontier last night,
many hours after the original mes
sage which said the bomb cargo was
breaking loose and eff they give way
entirely nothing can save U.S."
The 7,176-ton Thoreau, operated
by the Luckenbach Steamship Co.,
is on its way from Naples, Italy,
bound for Cape May, N. J. It was
about 420 miles southwest of the
Azores when the distress message
came.
A Navy spokesman said the bombs
possibly were some of those unused
by American air forces in Italy and
being returned to an ammunition
depot in the United States. He said
fuses probably were removed from
the bombs and they were very un-
likely" to explode unless subjected
to great shock.
There were no troops aboard the
Thoreau.
Evening star., 1945-12-29
Lack Of Funds Strands
500 Union Strike Petitions

By the Associated Press.
Some 600 union petitions for strike
votes were left stranded today with
the National Labor Relations Board
lacking funds to conduct the bal
loting.
A decision to discontinue this
function Immediately was made
known by the board last night soon
after President Truman signed a
deficiency appropriation bill which
provided no funds for the purpose
An NLRB official said the board
was the only agency empowered to
supervise strike votes. 1t spent about
81 100000 doing so since July, 1943