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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-17
SUMMONS
Mo. 5776

No. 5776 Tn the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Division Number One, at Juneau.
 DORA KUICH, Plaintiff, vs. AR THUR A. KUICH. Defendant. The President of the United States of America, to the above named de- fendant, Greeting:
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Terri 5ory of Alaska, First Division at Ju- neau, within thirty days after the last publication of this summons, namely within thirty days after the first day of November 1947, in case this summons is published or within thirty days after the date of it's service upon you, in case this sum- mons is served upon you personally and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff on file in said court and cause.
 Plaintiff in said action demands the dissolution of the bonds Of matrimony now existing between her and defendant.
 And in event you fail to so ap- pear and answer, plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof. and will apply to the court for the relief demanded in her com- plaint as hereinbefore stated.
 Witness the Honorable George w. Folta, judge of said court and the seal thereof affixed on this 3rd day of October, 1947.
 J. H. WALMER, Court Seal Clerk. 1. By J. w. LEVERS,
 Deputy First publication, Oct. 3, 1947. Last publication, Oct. "A, 1947.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-17
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT AND REPORT AND PETITION FOR FINAL AWARD
 AND DISTRIBUTION

AND DlSlRIDO HUN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 17th, 1947, GER TRUDE BOGGAN, administratrix. de bonis non, with the will annexed, of the estate of ARTHUR NICHOL- SON, Deceased, made and lied in the above entitled Court at Juneau, Alaska, her Final Account and Re- port and Petition that the heirs of this estate be determined by Decree of this Court and final. award and distribution decreed, and that on said day this Court entered it's Order directing that hearing be had upon said Final Account and Report and Petition before it on the
 18th day of December, 1947, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. in the forenoon of said day. at the office of said United States Commissioner and Probate Judge, in the Federal-Territorial Building, in Juneau, Territory of
 Alaska, and requiring all persons to then and there appear and make their objections, if any, thereto, ana to the settlement thereof; and, to the final award and distribution of 1 the residue of this estate in accord ance with the provisions of the Last Will and Testament of Deceased, to John V. Holmberg, Axel Nelson, l Norval Nelson. Lawrence Swanson and Mary Daroff, of Juneau, Alaska, and Steve Sapko of Darwin, Cali
 fornia.
 i Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 17th day of October, 1947.
 fSEAIo FELIX CRAY,
 United States Commissioner and
 Ex-Officio Probate Judge for Ju-
 necu Precinct, Alaska.
 First publication, Oct. IT, l947
 Last publication, Nov. T, 1947.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
CONGRESS URGED TO ACT AGAINST
 UNION MONOPOLY
Break Up Big Unions, Is Advice of Industrial
 Spokesmen

WASHINGTON, Feb 18-A rep resentative of one of the nation s largest coal operators and lawyer for several industrial firms has joined in urging Congress to smash union monopoly" by breaking up big unions into little ones.
 Rolla D. Campbell of Huntington, w. Va, hammered particularly at John L. Lewis United Mine Work CTS. He represents the Island Creek Coal Co.,, and the Pond Creek Pocahontas Go.
 George B. Christensen, member of the Chicago law firm of Winston, Strawn and Shaw, which has sev- eral industrial clients, singled out no special unit.
 But in statements prepared for the House Labor committees hear ing on general labor legislation, the two witnesses said it is up to Con- gress to take the same steps against union monopol'es that were used against business monopolies
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
PORTLAND BIDDING FOR
 AIR FREIGHT

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 18.-The citys bid for Alaska trade via air freight goes on regular schedule this week with three flights week to four cities in the Territory.
 Ed Nye, Vice President of Globe Distributors, announced his com pany had signed six-months con- tract with American Airlines to handle the full loads on DC-4 air. craft.
 The first flight will leave here Wednesday. The plane will dis charge cargo at Anchorage, Fair banks, Nome and Kodiak.
 Nye said the new contract would be in addition to freight new being carried north by Alaska Airlines. An Alaska Airline plane left today with a cargo of fresh vegetables for Anchorage, the third such ship ment.
 A Portland Chamber of Com merce group is now in Alaska in specting merchandising methods and shipping facilities for use of Portland mercantile firms in sup plying the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
CONGRESS IS ACTING

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.--Legis- lation designed to provide a steam ship service to Alaska from March l until June 30, l948, is scheduled for House action today and Senate consideration Friday
 Rep. Jackson (D-Wash). an- nounced House leaders had agreed to permit him to call for a vote on resolution authorizing the Mar itime Commission to enter into contracts with private steamship operators to operate the Alaska Service.
 Senator Magnuson (D-Wash {, said Senate leaders had agreed to report similar resolution to that body for action Friday.
 The measure authorizes the Com mission to furnish government ships to the Alaska lines operators at nominal charter hire and for the government to recapture 75 percent of the profits of the operation. The operators would stand all losses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18

 OF SHIPS NOW FELT
Only Four Passenger Ves- seIs for Alaska ServiCe-
 Summer Rush Cominq

SEATTLE. Feb Is. - A serious shortage of Alaska passenger ships, eveit worse than last years, con- fronts the Territory as the peak travel season aoproaches.
 This fact was pointed up by the grounding and possible less of the SS North Sea, near Bella Bella, B. C., last week
 Even if the North Sea proves salvageable and returns to the run before the busy season, the passen- ger ship situation will be acute unless additional tonnage is ob- tained, steamship men said today.
 Right now, there are only four passenger ships left, not counting the North Sea. out of a prewar fleet Of about 12. Some of the old timers, the Northland, Columbia, Cordova and Lakina, have been sold, others the Yukon, Dellwood and Mount McKinley-have been lest.
 The shrunken fleet now compris- es the Baranof, Aleutian, Denali and Alaska, all operated by Alaska Steamship Company.
 Alaska passenger ships were hopelessly swamped last year during the spring, summer and fall months. Hundreds of travellers were forced to wait weeks for passage north. A series of maritime strikes caused most of the delays. but even with out the tieups, there were not enough ships to handle the traffic.
 The big problem. assuming the government continues it's Alaska ship operations. will be to obtain suitable vessels for the tricky AL aska run. The report last year was: There just aren't any of that type available There has been no special construction since then.
 Several converted troopships help ed ease the burden last year by carrying fishermen and cannery workers during the cannery sea- son. and possibly may be called hack into action this season. But such vessels are not practical for regular passenger trade. and they're too big for the inside passage run.
 Alaska ship operations, awaiting decision from Congress on exten- sion of government operations, have made no public announce ment of how many passenger ships are needed to fill the bill.
 But, after the major question of extending the Maritime Commis- sion's control over Alaska shipping has been settled, the next problem will be to get some ships suitable for the peculiarities of the trade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
Alaska Shipping PLan Approved by House
Aboriginal Rights Were Abolished by Treaty Of
 1867, Says Circuit Court

A decision which will have g lar reaching effect upon the ab, .ig,nal rights claims to huge land and water areas in Alaska by Alaska Indians was handed down by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco last week. Copies of the opinion, which states that any aboriginal rights which the Indians may have had were eXtinguished by the Treaty of Cassion of 1867, were received in Juneau yesterday.
 The opinion is contained in a de- cision reversing judgment hand ed down by the U. S. District Court in Juneau in l944, dismissing an action against the U. s. govern ment by numerous Indian claim ants in a condemnation proceed ings involving land and water occu- pied by the Juneau support.
 The Indian claimants asked the court to award them judgment of S80,000 for the tidelands which they claimed they had aboriginal and possessory rights to.
 With this case, which has been remanded to the District Court here, still remains to be settled, the Circuit Courts decision con- cerning the extinguishment Of ab- original claims deals a severe blow to the numerous aboriginal rights claims now pending.
 The Circuit Court decision notes that the claimants base their right of possession to the lands upon the claim that "ever since the year 1867, and from time immemorial prior thereto they have been the aboriginal users and occupants of the lands in question, but gees on to say that under the Treaty of Cession of 1867 with Russia, "an examination of that document con- vinces us that whatever original Indian title the Tlingit Indians may have had under Russian rule was extinguished by the treaty.
 The court points out that. the United States paid an additional s200,000 for the extinguishment of such encumbrances in the purchase, quoting a letter written by Secre- tary Seward to that effect
 The court also quotes the Act of 1884 which set up civil govern ment for Alaska, protecting the property rights of Indians and whites alike in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation at that time, but pro- viding that the terms under which title could be acquired would be reserved for future legislation by Congress. !Sut ID future legisa- ton has beer enacted, the court holds.
 The only sound basis for relief which the Indians have, the opinion states, is not based upon original Indian title, but the true founda- tion of their right is the repeated Congressional recognition of the oc- cupancy or possession by the In- dians who were on the land at the time the Act of 1884 was passed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
CONFERENCE TO
 DISCUSS PLACE
 OF THE CHURCH
Bishop and Lawyer Open Unique Religious Discus
 sion on Economic Life
By MAX HALL

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18.-.A prom inent church layman and an Episco- palian Bishop opened a unique re- ligious conference today by vigor- ously rejecting the argument that churches should keep out of econ omic life.
 At the start of the three-day National conference on the Church and Economic Life
 l. Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati lawyer who is President of the Federal Council of Churches, said in a prepared speech that the Ger man churches obeyed Hitlers advice to mind their own business "Heav- en and all that" while he took care of economics and politics-"but that conclusion we cannot accept"
 2. The Rt. Rev. Angus Dunn, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, said the churches must concern themselves with economic life be- cause they are not caring for dis embodied souls, but souls in bodies of flesh and blood
 Both men said some Christians argue that the church ought not to concern itself with things like labor management relations and other economic questions
 The conference is designed to dis cuss economic tension. decide what responsibility the churches have toward these tensions and to recommend program of action for the Federal Councils 25 denom- nations, claiming 26,000,000 mem- bers, almost all of them Protestants.
 The Federal Council is sponsor ing the conference, but the con- ference in it's final report will speak only for itself.
 Officials expect close to 400 dele gates, one-third of them clergymen, another third from labor unions, business firms and agriculture. and the others professional people, gov ernment officials and educators.
 Taft, who is presiding, said in his speech that the conference could be "of great, perhaps unique, importance in its contribution to religious thinking"
 He also said we shall certainly disagree at many points among ourselves"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
Governor 0k's Bill 10 Refer Trap Question,

The fate of fish traps is now up to the people of Alaska.
 House Bill g. which provides for a referendum on abolition of fish traps in Alaska, to be on the ballot at the next General Election, has been approved by the Governor of Alaska after having already passed by both chamber of the Legislature at the current session.
 Notice that the Governor had signed the fish trap referendum bill was received by the legislators this morning.
 Although any final action on the matter must Ee taken by the Fed eral government, preferably by con- gressional legislation, it is expect ed that the opinion that will be expressed by Alaska voters.in 1948 will outline what course of action is to. be taken.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
SENATOR'S OK STATE
 MEMORIAL
Busy Com miiiees Put Heavy Calendar Before
 Upper Body Tomorrow

By a 10 to 5 vote, the Alaska Senate this morning passed the Statehood Memorial H. J. M. l. winch caills upon Congress to legis- late for admission of Alaska into the family of States of the Union.
 The five votes against passage all came from the Second and Fourth divisions, where majorities against statehood were recorded in the referendum vote at the last Gener- al Election. Voting against were Senators Cochran, Collins. Munz, Rogge and Scott. Second Division Senator D. Jones was not present when the vote was taken.
 The memorial will now again go before the House, for concurrence in Senate amendments incorporated yesterday. Without further amend ment today, the memorial was ad- vanced to third reading and roll call followed only brief discussion.
 Useless and Assumptions
 In the only voiced opposition to passage, Senator O. D. Cochran de- clared the memorial useless and presumptuous. The opinion ex- pressed by the people of Alaska in their referendum vote will, he de- clared, accomplish all that now can be accomplished - the Legislature has no need or right to add to or detract from" that expression by the people.
 Senator Don Carlos Brownell took the other view, that passing the memorial is something the Leg islature should do" His fellow Third Divisioner, Gunnard Enge- breth, said he would agree with Cochran that it is not necessary for the Legislature to act, were the memorial not already before the body. He feared, however, that Sen- ate rejection of the memorial might have an adverse effect.
 Committees Busy
 Fruits of concentration upon committee duties yesterday after noon were apparent in a flood of bills reported out to the Senate this
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
Ship Charter
 To(onlpanies
 HasApprovaI
U. 5. Senate Also Expected 10 Act This Week on
 Interim Measure

WASHINGTON, Feb. l8.--The House passed touay legislati n au- thorizing the Maritime Commission to contract with private steamship companies to furnish service to Alaska
 The measure now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to be taken up Friday.
 Under the legislation. the Com mission would furnish the opera tors government-owned ships at a nominal charter hire. The gov ernment would get 75 percent of the profits of the operation. if any. and the operators would stand all losses.
 The government has been operat- ing an Alaskan steamship service since 194l with the owners of the lines acting as it's agents Last year the government lost more than $4,000000 on the operation.
 Under a law enacted at the last session of Congress, the commission would have been required to turn the ships back to the private op- orators in March The operators said they would not resume service to Alaska unless they received in- creased rates.
 The legislation passed by the House provides the Maritime Com mission shall adjust the rates. The bill provides for private operation of the service from March l of this year to June 30, l948.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
PAF EXECUTIVE AND
 WIFE ARE HONORED HERE

John A. Green, President of Pa cific American Fisheries, and Mrs. Green. who arrived in Juneau on the Princess Norah and are visiting MT. and Mrs. Archie w. Shiels until the Norah is southbound Wednes- day were honor guests at two luncheons at the Baranof hotel today.
 For. Mrs. Green, Mrs. Shiels was hostess to fourteen friends in the Terrace room of the hotel
 Seventeen men, invited to meet MT. Green were guests of MT. Shiels in the Iris room
 MT. Shiels is chairman of the executive committee of the PAF board of directors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
The W ashington Merry -Go- Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON - If, one year ago, anyone haG told Republican leaders that February l947 would find them leaping aboard the Senatorial bandwagon of aged Kenneth McKellar, the tempestuous solon from Tennessee, they would have laughed in derision.
 Nevertheless, that has now hap pened.
 An increasing number of Re- publican Senators, after gleefully watching McKellar carry on his one-man crusade against David Lil- ienthal as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, have now de- cided to make political capital out of a personal feud and have joined him.
 Irony is that only few months ago, many of these same Republi- cans were grousing about Nickel lars sometimes senile Senate lead ership, and using him as an illus tration of why the nation must junk the allegedly decrepit Demo- cratic party.
 In fact, it was only last spring that McKellars mental lapses were such that he had to leave the Sen- ate for the Naval Hospital. The 77-year-old Tennessean had passed out in Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, experienced another lapse in the coffee shop of the Mayflower Hotel, and finally had to be inveigled out of the pre- siding officers chair in the Senate.
 The latter incident was most em- barrassing. As President Pro Tenn of the Senate, McKellar was wield- ing the gavel one afternoon when it became obvious he did not know what he was doing. And when kind ly Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle came to his rescue, McKellar re- marked.
 When does the Senate meet, Les?"
 Biffle explained that the Senate was already in session, but McKel- lar remonstrated, claiming that he -------------------- -------------------------
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
SPECIAL yFW MEETING

Member of the Veterans of For eign Wars have called a special meeting for tomorrow evening to discuss matters pertaining to the welfare of local veterans as well as problems concerning veterans leg islation.
 The meeting will take place in the Jeep Club starting at o'clock and all members are urged to attend. Numerous civic leaders and promi- nent guests have been invited to participate in the discussions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
Small Plane with Two Aboard Now
 Missing, Westward

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 18.- Reports that a small plane enroute from Yakutat to Merrill Field, An chorage, had made a forced landing north of Dutch Island, Prince Will jam Sound. were being investigat- ed today by the Tenth Rescue Squadron, the Public Relations Of- flee, Alaska Air Command. said to- day.
 The plane, Grumman Widgeon left Yakutat Sunday noon with a five-hour fuel supply. Two persons were believed aboard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
5f GUNS RELATE BIRTH OF ROYAL
 DUTCH DAUGHTER

AMSTERDAM, Feb. IS. = The guns near Crown Princess Julianas palace at Soestdijk and in the center of the main Dutch cities thundered out a barrage at ' a. m. today, awakening Hollanders to tell them of the birth of royal baby
 By counting the 5l shots the Dutch knew that their Grown Prin- cess for the fourth time had given birth to a daughter. For son there would have been l0l shots.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
krug Leaves,
 Pacific Trip

LONG BEACH, Calf, Feb. 18.- Interior Secretary J. A. Krug bid goodbye to the United States for a while today and began the first leg of his air journey to Japan.
 Krug will stop off in Honolulu before going on to Tokyo for con- ference with General MacArthur on the administration of Pacific islands formerly controlled by Japan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
KILLED DOE-FINED

Emil c. Taug was arrested and brought in from Tenakee for killing doe deer on December 21. Jack Likens of the Game Commission apprehended Taug who pleaded guilty and was fined S6O in the U. $. Commissioners Court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
Truman 10
 Take Trip

WASHINGTON, Feb 18.-Presi- dent Truman will leave by air on March 8 for 15-day vacation trip to the Caribbean are by plane and ship, which will include stops for official receptions in Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
SATISFIED

TURO, Mass. - Here is defla- tionary note in an inflationary world at last
 Ernest Small, Turo auditor, has rejected a raise offered by town officials. His salary of $40 year was enough, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18

WASHINGTON - Secretary of i State Marshall told Soviet Russia today that Under Secretary Dean Acheson spoke fin line of duty" in describing Russia's foreign policy as aggressive and expanding
 FORT ALBERNI, U. c. Aiore than 70 guests scurried down fire escapes to safety early today as flames gutted the 4-story Somass Hotel. The fire apparently broke out in the furnace room sometime after midnight and spread upward rapidly.
 WASHINGTON-The House Rules Committee voted today to ban amendments to a resolution propos- ing ,000,000.000 cut in Presi- dent Truman's 37.500.000,O00 bud get.
 WASHINGTON-The House to- day cited Gerhard Eisler for con- tempt after hearing him described as the supreme" Communist auth ority in this country and "one of the most dangerous men ever to set foot on American soil
 JERUSALEM--A road mine blast ed a truck carrying members of the British Lincolnshire Regiment on the outskirts of Jerusalem tonight and injured three soldiers, it was officially announced.
 WASHINGTON Hearings on bills to authorize statehood for Hawaii and Alaska have been scheduled before the House Public Lands Committee for March and April 8, respectively.
 WASHINGTON-The Civil Aeron- autics Board has announced auth orization for Vein Alaska Air lines Inc, operating extensive routes in Alaska, to acquire all stock and assets of Ferguson Air ways Inc. which has been cper- ating in the same general area.
 SAN FRANCISCO-A series of meetings is under way here and in Los Angeles in hope of settling wage negotiations between CIO oil workers and seven major oil com panies in the west If no agree ment is reached, some l7,000 to 20,- GOO members of the CIO oil Work CTS International Union have threatened to walk off their jobs tomorrow morning in California. Oregon, Washington Nevada.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
PAF PRESIDENT HERE

Jack Green, President of Pacific American Fisheries, arrived in Ju- neau yesterday for a visit. Mrs. Green is accompanying him on his trip to Alaska
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
FLOCK OF GEESE Is
 SEEN FLYING NORTHWARD

B. D. Stewart is responsible for this hamburger of spring He says that on Sunday he saw a large flock of geese winging northward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-18
VISITING FROM SEATTLE

Earl Henning is among the vis- itors listed from the States He is guest at the Gastineau Hotel