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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
HEAVY ADDED
 TAX ON FISH E PROPOSED
Creation of Tax Survey Commission Is Among
 New Senate Bills

A bill for new net tax on fish products-to be effective only through the coming biennium- was introduced in the Alaska Sem ate today by Gunnard M. Enge- breth. It $ the major measure of seven new bills received by the Senate.
 Senator Engebreth's Senate Bill II, would set the following fish levies, in addition to already pre- scribed taxes:
 One cent per pound (48 cents per case) on canned king and red salmon.
 :. One-hali cent per pound t24 cents per case) on all other spec ies of salmon canned.
 On all mild-cured, salted, frozen or otherv1se processed fish-in- cluding red salmon, codfish and halibut-cre- half cent per pound.
 The canned salmon provisions would replace the special 1946 case tax on salmon of 10 cents and four cents per case, respectively, for red and other salmon canned.
 All levies provided by the bill would be in addition to standing taxes which run as high as 20 cents per case on canned red and king salmon, six cents per case on other earned salmon, five cents per hundred pounds on mild-cured red king salmon, two and one-half cents per hundred pounds on mild cured white kings. ten cents per hundred pounds on salt codfish and two and one-half cents per hun dred pounds on other salted and mild curel fish.
 There is no present tax on fro- zen fish products.
 The bill was referred to the Taxation and Fisheries Commit tees.
 Other prominent bills in the new Senate crop are:
 s. B. 75, by Coffey-To create a tax survey commission to study the tax structure of the Territory and report on it to the Legislature. S65,o00 would be appropriated for the purpose. Referred to Taxation and Finance.
 s. B. 70, by Munz-A revised edition of killed Senate Bill 45, to provide additional penalties for violations of bar licensing laws, with forfeiture of bond withheld until third offense. To Judiciary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
Believe Russia Now Has Superior Forte Readyio
 Make Strike from Air
By ELTON C. FAY

WASHINGTON. Feb. 28-lR-- Russia is believed to have an air borne army in being or in train- ing far surpassing that of any other power.
 >Information Altering out of Rus sia indicates, it is learned. that the Soviet Unions strength in troops trained for lightning strikes from the air may number as high as 100000 men.
 This force compares with the single airporne division which the United States possesses. That di- vision--the 82nd at Fcrt Bragg, N. O. has an authorized strength of l3,000 men but presumably is be- low that figure.
 Efforts to bring the 82nd nearer authorized strength have been complicated by the use of trained airborne soldiers as clements of occupation forces in Germany and Japan
 Some stretegists rote that the reported lG0000-man strength of the Russian airborne force may be misleading because of a possible Soviet deficiency ill the important matter of air transportation.
 
 Rllssia's primary aviation interest during the war was in fighter type planes. She virtually ignored heavy bomber aircraft and, either because of policy or production difficulties, did little transport plane building. What her strength in transport is today is uncertain.
 Lendlease reports show that dur ing the war the United States turned over to Russia about TOO transport airplanes among the 25,- 900 delivered.
 How many of these 700 trans ports plus any she may have ob- tained from Britain and built her. self still are operable is unknown However, American experts have estimated that it requires about l,500 transports of existing de- signs to move one division of about l2,000 men with their equipment.
 During World War II, Russia $ standard airborne unit was a bri- gade slightly more than 1000 men used either as parachutists or car ried in transports. While details are not known, it is believed that the Red Army may have organized its postwar airbofne force some what along the lines of the Unit cd States, into divisions probably about the standard 12.000 strength.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
Aerial Armada On Search For Lost Superior
C0lONEl5 INSPECT
 JUNEAU AS ARMY
 RECREATION SITE

Three U. S. Army Colonels, rep reseflting Major. Gen. Howard A.. Craig, Commanding General of the Alaskan Department, were in Ju- neau today inspecting conditions rela<iye to the development of this city as a leave center for soldiers in he Territory.
 Tae officers are Col. Leslie C.. Mulzer. Col S. S. Brownton and Col. F. F. Ketcham. With them are Capt. Carl F. Funk, S-Sgt. Murl Garner and Sgt. Earl J. Me- Allister
 Col Mulzer, spokesman for the three, said today that no definite statement could be made by them until after they report back to Majcr Gen. Craig in Anchorage. However. stated the Colonel, there are very definite drawbacks to go- ing ahead at this time with a large scale program of recreation al development in Juneau.
 Foremost concern of the inspect ing officers is the serious venereal disease situation in Juneau, and the wide open red light district. In Anchorage, said Col. Mulzer, there was only one venereal dis ease case last month among the Army forces station there.
 Mayor Waino Hendrickson, meet ing with the officers, assured them that efforts are now in progress to curb the venereal disease rate in Juneau.
 Second deterrent facing the off cers in their inspection here is the A. B. Hall, to which the Army took over a lease on February with the purpose of renovating it for a barracks and club.
 The officers concluded that cost of remodeling the A. B. Hall would run too high to make it worth while. Investigation was being made this afternoon into the availability of other more suit able buildings.
 Colonels Mulzer, Brownton and KcffAam all agreed that they are very much impressed with the re- creational possibilities of the Ju- neau area. They were quite sur prised by the reasonable food costs in restaurants here, as com pared with prices in Fairbanks and Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
The W ashinqton Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON Republican leaders held two closed-door meet ings on the budget last week which were as different as day and night. One was meeting of Senate Re- publicans which went on record against any sharp budget cuts for the Army and Navy. The other was a meeting of House Republicans which voted overwhelmingly to cut the Army and Navy.
 At the secret session of House COP leacers here was only one dissenting voice, that of absent Congressman Ham Andrews of Buffalo, N. Y, who was i'll, but whose letter against Army Navy cuts was read by Congressman Les Arends of Illinois.
 In the Senate, however, it was different. Senator Styles Bridges, Chairman of he powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and a vigorous budget-cutter, first took the floor to remind his colleagues of their pledge to prune.
 This question of how far to cut the budget is definite challenge to each and every one of you" said Bridges. bluntly.
 Budget cuts are going to hurt, !" he continued. They will mean squawks and protests and resent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
HOUSE VOTES CHANGE FOR
 BD. OF ADM.
Receives Bill 10 Appro- riate Million Dollars
 for School Buildings

The House Ul Representatives af- ter a brief discussicn this morning passed an amended version of s. B. IT by vote of 1916. The bill as it originally went to the House from, the Senate, named the Com- missioner of Labor a member Of the Territorial Board of Adminis- tration in place of the Governor. As amended by the House, the Governor would remain member of the board and the Commissioner of Education would be replaced by the Commissioner of Labor.
 Before the measure came to a vote, Reps. Robert Hoopes and Maurice Johnson, gave brief his- tory of the same bill in the 1945 Legislature. of which both were members
 The bill at that time, they said, passed the Senate first, then was passed by a 22-1 vote in the House. On a reconsideration the following day, however, it failed to pass and the vote was 11-12, a change of II votes overnight. That change was made. Rep. Johnson charged, because the then Commissioner Of Labor was not wanted on the Board of Administration.
 Some or the same people who voted against the bill then are for it now" Johnson said, and this shows that good bills are sometimes defeated on purely personal is sues"
 Resolution Strikes Snag
 s. J. R l, which would direct the Welfare Department to pay $l0 a day to the Nome Hospital for the care of Axel Werner, struck snag when it came up for third reading in the House this morning.
 Rep. Ed Anderson told the House that Werner is without means and that he is very sick. T went to the hospital to see him and I almost cried when I saw his condition" !" Anderson said.
 Rep. Maurice Johnson inquired about the actual facts of the case and said he had heard rumors that Werner owns several mining. claims, reputed to be worth up to S25,000,
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
Flash Blaze
 Hits Dock ai
 Pearl Harbol
Five Hundred Fire Fighters Attack Fldmes-Mdny
 Are Overcome

PEARL HARBOR. Feb. 28.-4P-- The Navy sought to find the cause today of a flash fire which swept a huge Pearl Harbor dock sent 25 firefighters to the hospital and laid a smoke pail over the giant base.
 Damage was expected to run into hundreds of thousand of dol lars. and it might have mounted far higher but for 800 Navy and Marine fire-fighters who confin- ed yesterdays blaze to a quarter mile-long wooden dock.
 At the height of the roaring fire, civilian workers moved more than 5000 tons of supplies to a place of safety when the flames licked close to the adjacent ware house area.
 Oll-Slick Waters
 Fire broke cut without warning in the oil-slick waters between the dock and the supply ship Oberon at 10:45 a. m. and within few minutes had raced the length of the dock to the submarine side of the yard.
 Crews of the Oberon and the nearby destroyer tender Sierra got their ships under way quickly and out into the safe channel as the flames spread along the oily wat CTS, sending black smoke clouds billowing.
 Attack Two Sides
 Four firefightlng tugs and a dozen smaller craft equipped with hose moved in and shot water in- to the mass of flames, while shoreside fire-fighters poured on water and chemicals.
 Twenty-Five of the e-fighters were overcome by smoke and were taken to Naval Hospital, some pro- testing that they could stay and fight the flames. None was be- lieved in serious condition.
 Navy authorities estimated that 100 others were treated for minor burns and many others, overcome temporarily, were revived on the dock and returned to their sta- tions.
 It was approximately four hours after the flames broke out that the flames were brought under con- trol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
DECISION MADE
 IN GROUNDING,
 STEAMER ALASKA

SEATTLE, Feb. 28-R-The 18th Coast Guard District headquarters today announced Capt. Charles P. Walsh, pilot of the steamship AL aska which went aground south of Cordova Feb. 2. had been found negligent in navigating the vessel. His license is suspended for three months, one month effective inn mediately and the others to be part of an eight-month probation ary period.
 Notice of an appeal was given by attorneys for Walsh.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
TRUMAN -C0p COOPERATION WEARS THIN
Outward Harmony May Cover Future Blowup
 on Affairs of Nation

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-IR- Cooperation between President Truman and the Republican-con- trolled Congress appears to be wearing thin on domestic issues today as the legislators near the end of their second months work. MT. Truman and COP leaders have maintained outward har- mony on foreign policies, but there are signs that blowup may not be far off on home affairs.
 Although he called Republicans as well as Democrats to the White House yesterday for a highly sec ret discussion by Secretary of State George c. Marshall on Eu- ropean affairs, not since February has MT. Truman held any meet ing with congressional leaders to talk over the legislative program.
 At that session, only the second of it's kind since the President said he intended to cooperate with congress for the welfare of the nation, the lawmakers said there had been a "desultory but con- geniar' conference on the state of the union. Everything of con- troversial nature was avoided al the first meeting on January l6, those who attended reported.
 
 MT. Truman is leaving Washing ton Sunday for Mexico and later a Caribbean cruise and may be away when congressional commit tees have completed drafting la bor disputes bills. Most legisla- tors think these bills will offer y.tne- first -ioig test on cooperation. Chairman Taft (Ohio) of the Senate Labor committee already mas said he wants to meet with the President when a bill is ready to determine whether MT. Tru- man has any specific objections, If the President and top COP congress members reach any gen. eral agreement, it would be hailed as demonstration that the two branches can work together de- spite their control by opposite par ties.
 Labor Opposition
 The feeling in congress, how ever, is that the possibility of any such agreement is slim because Democratic party leaders gener- ally are regarded as counting the organized labor vote for the 1948 Presidential campaign. Union lead- CTS have opposed virtually all of the major suggestions thus far made for changes in the laws.
 On another important front government spending-neither the President nor congress has offer ed any of the kind of cooperation MT Truman said he was talking about before congress met.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
zIeGLER IS HERE

A. H. Ziegler, of the Territorial Board of Education, arrived in Ju- neau this afternoon to attend the final sessions of the Board. Zieg- Ter came north from Seattle on the Princess Norah ard planed from Ketchikan to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
M0VERS-kEEpER5
,ADEI I,PHIA = The S5.828 loo

PHILADELPHIA - The $5,828 .00 that Policeman Daniel J. Carr found under a crate in an OPA office during an investigation of ra- tion book thefts, still isn't his despite court ruling.
 Maurice Felt claims half the money.
 T moved the crate" says Felt.
 The money was awarded Carr because no one claimed ownership
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb. 28. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 57s, American Can 97h, Anaconda 41A Curtiss- Wright 6, International Harvester 79sl. Kennecott 47H, New York Central 1912. Northern Pacific 209s, U. s. Steel 737s Pound s402A.
 Sales today were 680,000 shares.
 Dow. Jones averages today are as follows. industrials 178 90. rails 5039, utilities 3680.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
Chetkerboard Peril

SEATTLE, Wash Mrs, Glen ma B Rich, filing suit for di- yorce, charged that her husband, Edgar. had a vile and ungoyern- able temper" She said he upset the checkerboard whenever he saw he was going to lose,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
BUTTER PRICES

SEATTLE, Feb With no wholesale sales reported in the past three days, the Seattle butter market leaped two cents a pound today, tht d such advance in the past week.
 Dealers offered producers "A cents for A and A grades; 72 cents for B grade and II cents for c grade butter in bulk.
 Prices to retailers also advanced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
FROM YAKUTAT

Mrs. Errest Payne. of Yakutat, arrived in Juneau yesterday by PA from Seattle. and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
FROM SEATTLE

Oscar Ueland, registered from Se- attle, is a new guest at the Gas tineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
PORTLAND MAN HERE

P- c. Asheris from Portland, Ore. arrived in Juneau yesterday and registered as a guest of the Bar anof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28

Prewar Wurttemberg was called the Detroit of Germany because of its automobile production.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28
TERMINAL KNOT HERE
 FOR CARGO OF LUMBER

M. s. Terminal Knot, of the Alaska Steamship Company, ar rived in Juneau last evening at 8 o'clock and today is loading lumber at the Juneau Lumber Mill dock.
 She is scheduled to take on 129,- 0C0 toard feet for Fairbanks, and 866,000 board feet for three par ties in Anchorage. Loading is ex- pected to take about four days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-28

Nearly score of American towns are named Fl Dorado.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-16
Local Girls Husband Commended;
Reorganized Fleet Sonar School

For his recent reorganization
of the Fleet Sonar School at the
Submarine Base here, Carlton M
; Boyer, son-in-law of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emory Pierce, Alt Eliza
beth street, has been given an
official commentator. Boyer
was sent here by the u. S.
Navy Electronics Laboratory, San
Diego, Calf, when the Sonar
School requested assistance in
getting organized.
He is the husband of the for
mer Helen Pierce.
The young psychologist and
physicist was commended recent
ly in letter from Capt. A. c.. w.
McFadden. commanding officer,
Fleet Sonar School, to Capt. J. E.
Bennett, director of the labora-
tory in San Diego. Capt. McFad-
den paid high tribute to the
outstanding assistance" given
the school by Boyer.
Capt. Bennett presented the
commentator to Boyer on No
vember 80 at San Diego, and
added that his work had set an
example which could we'll be
followed by all MEL personnel.
The action of the San Diego
laboratory in sending Boyer, an
expert in its Training Devices
Research Section. was prompted
by a request from Sonar School
authorities who had visited the
San Diego training center earlier
in the year. While there they
observed the Training Devices
Section in action at time when
the Key West establishment was
virtually imperative, its staff
crippled by rehabilitation.
Under Beyer's direction a COM
plete revamping of the Key
West facilities was carried out
and by mid-September was
again able to accept students.
During Beyer's stay a group of
MEL personnel arrived here
from the San Diego laboratory
to make studies of operating
conditions of certain equipment
in order to devise improved
training methods for their use.
Over 1900 frames of motion
picture film were exposed and
1903 double-sided, l7-inch records
were made. Approximately two
reams of data were gathered by
experts S. H. Sessions, John Orr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-16
Local Officers
Will Pay Visit
To POrlOck Bay

Officers Of the U. S. Naval
Base here will pay a courtesy
call upon the officers of Inns
POrlock Bay. British ship,
which will b. in Key West from
Feb. q to March 3, according to
officials of the base today.
Mayor w. w. Demeritt re-
ceived word that the Porlock
Bay would put into Key West
from Bermuda to pay a courtesy
call. Pier officers will first pay
a call upon the commandant of
the Naval Base, after which the
local officers will return the
visit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-16
submarine Base
Plans Balls For
March OF Dimes

United States Naval Subma-
slne Base is going to 90 about
TOT the March of Dimes CAM
pslgn' 1t was announced today.
rams for a big ball to be held
Jan. so on the tennis court of
me Naval Base, with big-name
entertainers, are under way. Civ
man employees of the Navy Base
anu Naval personnel are cordial
" invited to attend, Lit. Edward
Z. Pakmer, chairman of the Sub
marine Base Committee in charge
VI tne March of Dimes, said to-
day.
Details of the ticket procure
ment and the names of the enter
tainers will be provided later
All proceeds. including a small
admission fee. will 60 to the Ma
tlonal Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
Then the officers mess is
planning a dance and party to
be held late this month in the
mess near Fl. Taylor. All pro-
ceeds and a percentage of the
profits of the mess The night of
the affair will be donated to the
National Foundation.
Navy officers and men have a
feeling of qualification to the
National Foundation for the fine
work being done for the chill
dren in the recent epidemic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-16
FREED. KILLS WIFE. SELF

SANDUSKY, Mich. = Aft
serving 80 days for beating his
wife, Russell Cavanaugh, as, was
freed from Jail, went home, fired
two shotgun charges at his wife,
Dorothy, 90, killing her instant
ly and then shot himself with a
rifle. NeighborS discovered the
tragedy when they went to find
why the Cavanaugh's l3-months-
old son was crying.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-16
Your Horoscope

THURSDAY, JANUARY is,
1947-Today indicates a profound
mind with sensual nature. There
is a thoughtful temperament and
a peaceful disposition, with an
undercurrent of great force. You
can make your own way by gentle
persistence, There is a taste for
travel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-16

Peter Huisveld and Lawrence
LaZelle, who used both German
and American submarines and
ships at the base.
The MEL News, publication of
the San Diego laboratory, carries
a picture in its December 23rd
issue of Boyer being congratulate
ed by Capt. Bennett. Boyer and
his wife stayed at the home of
Mrs. Beyer's parents during his
assignment here. He returned to
duty in California on November
10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-16

Brazil supplies about So per
cent of the worlds coffee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-16

Buenos Aires is the largest city
below the equator.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Is, 900 Tax Bills
Mailed This Week

About $4,000 tax bills have been
mailed by the Treasurer's office.
There still remains nearly 10000
to be mailed. These tax bills cover
both real estate and personal prop
erty and those that remain to be
mailed are in the Bethesda and
Wheaton districts. These will go
cut as the bills are made up.
John B. Diamond, Treasurer, re-
quests that the taxpayers in the
two districts whose bills have not
yet been mailed, would refrain
from contracting his office until it
has a chance to send out all bills.
Interest is charged after October
LIST at the rate of six per cent per
annum, and taxes become delin-
quent January LIST and are at that
time subject to advertising for the
delinquent tax sale on the second
Monday in April.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Barns Burned In Storm
That Broke Heat Wave

Electrical storms yesterday
afternoon and last night broke the
heat wave but left considerable
damage in their wake. Lightning
fired at least four barns in the
Layhill area it was reported in the
afternoon storm which dropped
the 95 degree temperatures about
Is degrees.
Power and telephone wires were
down in so many places that COM
munication was cut off. 1t is
thought that reports of even great
er damage will come from the
storm which struck the county
about ten o'clock last night, when
fires could be seen burning in
several area.
The Washington Post this morn
ing said the barns destroyed at
Layhill included one on a farm
near Norwood, owned by E. Brooke
Lee. Others were on the George
A. Wilson and the Bible farms
near Layhill and the Lewis farm
near Kensington. Six residences
were also said to have been struck,
but as we go to press no further
details were available.