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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
SENAT0R50.k. EXTENSION OF VETERANS TAX
Commissioner Haley States Need for Additional
 Money in Fund

A probable six months extension of the Veterans sales tax was voted yesterday afternoon by the Alaska Senate after a lengthy questioning and mild mauling of Veteran Ar fairs Commissioner Norman Haley. Vote on Senate Bill 13, the measure fixing March 31, l949, as definite termination date for the Vets tax was: Twelve yeas, two nays and two absent. Negative votes came from Senators O. D. Cochran and Gunnard Engebreth.
 Commissioner Haley was called to the Senate stand immediately as the afternoon session opened. Bill author N R Walker deScrib- ed the purpose of his measure as to insure that collection of the tax will continue until the next legis- lature will have met and had a chance to act upon it. Under the automatic repealer clause now ln the Vets act, it is anticipated that by the end of September, l948, the allotted three and one-fourth mil lion dollars will have been received into the Veterans Revolving Fund and the tax would become inopera- tive.
 Walker gave his view that the Vets Board should not be left with cut funds coming in during the in termim between when the tax might expire and the following leg islature meets. To support his point, he asked Haley regarding need for funds in addition to the original allocation to the veterans
 Haley replied that the Veterans Board could use any additional revenue up to seven, eight or l0 million dollars. As the program now shapes up, additional revenues will be needed at least to double the original three and one-quarter million dollar fund.
 In answer to senator Victor c. Rivers, Haley said that talks with various legislators who had a part in passing the Veterans Act had indicated to him that the 3,250 ,000 set aside for the program had been considered by them as a start
 Rivers then suggested that it had never been considered that three and one-quarter million would cover the whole program But this brought prompt rebuttal from Sen- ator Cochran, who exploded
 ''Yes sir! Absolutely
 It was then brought out that ap- proximately 1,600 veterans have been. added to the eligible roll since the number to be benefited by the veterans program was first estimated; also that extension of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
ATFL CONVENTION
 ADJ0URNS AFTER
 OFFICER ELECTION

Alaska Territorial Federation of Labor late yesterday afternoon wound up it's convention business and adjourned without continuing into extra sessions.
 Final business on the calendar, after completion of work on the revision of the ATFL constitution and its final approval, was the cleo tion of officers for the coming year.
 H. Felton Griffin, representative of the Anchorage painters and the Central Labor Council, was elected President. New Executive Secretary. who will maintain the organization office full time in Juneau, is Miss Laura Johnson of the Fairbanks culinary workers.
 Elected to the newly created posi- ton of Treasurer, which under the old constitution had been attached to the position of the present Execu- tive Secretary was Mrs. Dorothy V. Plum of Juneau. Mrs. Plum is Pres- dent of the Juneau Central Labor Council and President of the culi- nary workers local.
 Vice-Presidents are Mrs. Lillian Angerman Of Fairbanks. Miss Pearl Gibson of Anchorage, R. T. Harris of Juneau, Charles Skinner of Ko- diak, also as special representative of the Kodiak fishermen; Herb Wetmore of Ketchikan, and D. R. Doyle of Sitka.
 Honorary Vice Presidents are Leo Hall, representing the United Fish ermen of Cook Inlet; and Les
 Cove, representing the Marine Workers of Southeast Alaska.
 Fairbanks Was selected as the To- cation for the 1948 convention.
 Among the highlights of conven- tion business were these: endorse ment of the labor bills now before the Territorial Legislature, and en- dorsement of Henry Benson as Com missioner of Labor, discussion concerning the importance of keep ine politics out of the labor ranks. Other resolutions of particular significance passed by the conven- ton included a resolution and mem- orial strongly opposed to repeal of the Equal Rights Bill passed by the Legislature two years ago, and now up for possible repeal a memorial urging retention of the Alaska De- velopment Board;
 Resolution and memorials urging repeal and revision of Section 27 of the Jones Act, which discriminates against shipping American goods to Alaska in foreign bottoms; a resp lution urging repeal of the portion of the Hatch Act which prohibits participation of Federal employees in politics;
 Resolution and memorials sup porting and urging Statehood for Alaska; the resolution asking that Alaska hold referendum vote on
 the question of fish traps was strongly supported by convention delegates.
 Tonight at ' o'clock delegates will gather in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel with their guests for the convention banquet, at which President Griffin will speak outlin- ing his aims and hopes for the ATFL during the coming year. The banquet will be followed at 10 o'clock by the delegates dance, also in th- Gold Room, with music provided by Juneau musicians.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
5HAvER5 HAZARD

HAYS, Kansas-"I'm not man to complain, but these darned razor blades weren't worth taking home, . Jess Binder told storekeeper George Phillip.
 A day later Binder was back. apologizing there wasn't anything wrong with your razor blades. George. My daughter put her toothpaste where keep my shaving cream and that caused all the trouble.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-While the Navy is handing out prison terms to en- listed men who sell cigarettes on the Shanghai black market, and while the enlisted mems barracks in Shanghai-an abandoned ware house-are almost unfit for human habitation, the high-ranking admir- als continue to get away with mur- der
 An admiral can sell his car on the Shanghai market at an exorbi- tant price-$8, ,200-can ship it to Shanghai at Government expense on an LST boat, can use Govern ment radio communications at pri- ority rates to arrange for the deal- and nothing happens. But if an enlisted man sells carton of cig- arettes in Shanghai-he's out of luck.
 To illustrate, here is the almost unbelievable series of radiograms exchanged between Adm. c. M. Cooke, Jr., Commander of U. s. Naval Forces in the Western Pacific, and his friends regarding the sale of an automobile, presumably his. Admiral Cooke, now at sea, was not available for comment, but the ra- kilograms tell their own story. Here they are:
 From Admiral Cooke to Lt. Commander Cornell. probably at Suite B, Cathay Hotel. Car being transhipped from Okinawa on LIST 1I41 departing October and pro- bably due Shanghai ' October. You are authorized to remain in Shang-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
kuwashima Swings
 For His Atrocities

SHANGH.-I, Feb. 8.-Capt. Joichi Kuwashima, one time chief medical officer of a Japanese prison camp It Mukden, has been hanged at the Shanghai Ward Road jail
 KuWashima was medical officer at the camp in which were confined Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, and It. Gen. Arthur Peraival British com- mander who surrendered to the Japanese at Singapore.
 He was convicted last year of cal lous and brutal treatment of pri- Soners by an American Military Tribunal, and sentenced to death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
PRECIPITATION
Long-Range Worry

GALENA, Idaho, Feb. 8. - Mrs. Pearl Barber, Snowbound here for the last two weeks is worried about filing her income tax before the March Is deadline.
 Otherwise being marooned does not bother her. A radio and tele- phone keep her in contact with the outside world, and she says she has been averaging two phone calls daily from friends in Twin Falls and relatives in California.
 If the road over Galena Summit isn't opened before March 10 she plans to head for Ketchum on snowshoes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08

the tax from October, l948 to the end of March, 1949, is expected to add at least s750,O0o to the Vet erans Fund, putting it above the $4 100000 mark. Present@rate of return from the tax is about one and one-half million dollars per year.
 Senator Cochran then took over the questioning to find out what proportion of eligible veterans has received benefits, how many appli- cations are on, hand and what fu- ture demands upon the funds are expected to be. He received these answers from Haley, complete to January 20, 1947:
 Bonuses paid, 584; pending 664.
 Loans made-direct, l80; through banks, 128;
 Unanswered applications for loans on hand, 353, totalling S2,260, ,o0O asked.
 Total paid out in bonuses, ap- proximately $253,000
 Hailey said he expected to see many of the bonuses paid back in, as they were mainly asked during the maritime strike to meet short term emergencies. Such action would make the recipients eligible for loans. Also, he is looking for lessened demand for bonuses in the future, but greatly spurred demands for loans. Many eligible veterans, he said, have not wanted to go into business or buy homes under prevailing high prices.
 But it was Haley's explanation that even those veterans now with leans still might be eligible for suc- cessive or additional loans that si- fenced Senator Cochran-with a gulp.
 Vote on the bill was then taken without discussion.
 AS on two previous occasions, the Senate adjourned yesterday after noon with s. B. IS, Senator Walk CTS measure for small boat float at Ketchikan, before it. Walker ad- vanced his bill to third reading then requested that it be continued until Senator E. B. Collins could be present to vote. Senator Collins was reported i'll yesterday.
 During the two days, so far, that s. B. IS has been argued off and on, all the traditional pros and cons evoked by any bill consider ed within the class of special legis- lation" have been voiced. The le- gality of the measure has been at tackled and defended. Merits of the proposal have been extolled. The Attorney General has been called for opinion.
 One new twist has developed in discussing s. B. 18-Senator Walk CTS challenge to Senator Cochran that the latter personally elect to test the validity of the measure in Court.
 The Senate was to convene again this forenoon at II o'clock, with s. B. IS still before it and with another controversial measure up for amendment The latter is Walkers s. B. 16, proposing to make the President Of the Senate and Speaker of the House, rather than the Governor, responsible for appointment of the Tax Commis- sioner. It would also raise the Tax Commissioner salary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
MOOSE INITIATE
 s NEW MEMBERS

Juneau Lodge No 700, Loyal Or der ot Moose held special initia- tion last night in the Moose Hall for eight members of the LIT 452- USED. Those initiated were Her bert J. Loekhart, James M. Brum- bough, C. L. Tambke, Robert w. Ginnett, Earl Logsdon, Frank s. Dardin, Frank E. Musarra and Leonard Shadduck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
MANY AUTOS ABOARD SQUARE SINNET ON
 WAY FROM SEATTLE

Frsighter Square Sinnet of the Northland Transportation Company sailed from Seattle Friday noon for Juneau and other Southeast Alaska portsss According to advices there are many autos aboard for local agents and others.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08

It takes many tons of ore to ob- tain an ounce of palladium, one of the rarest of precious metals, which is classified in the platinum family group.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08
WEATHER REPORT

WEATHER REPORT , Temperatures for 24-Hour . Period Ending 7:30 O'Clock
 , This Morning.
 . At Maximum, 46;
 , minimum, 26.
 , At Airport-Maximum, 32;
 , minimum, l6. . WEATHER FORECAST , tJuneau and Vicinity . Fair and warmer tonight , and Sunday.
 . Temperatures above freez- , ing except in valleys shel- . tered from the West.
 9 PRECIPITATION . (Past 24 hours ending 73o an. tcday) . In Juneau - 0 inches; . since Feb. l, 128 inches;
 . since July 1, 73.25 inches. . At Airport -G inches; . since Feb. 1, .82 inches; . since July 1, 45.10 inches.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-08

Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 O'Clock
 This Morning.
Evening star., 1947-06-02
Boy Returns to Claim Bicycle,
Mystery of La Guurdiu Crash

piled up. He said he was headed
for a milk container in which he
wanted to place the snake when he
heard the roar of the planes en-
gines.
"It burst into flames at the en-
gines,", Richard said. TT hit 40
feet away from where I was stand
ing. A man dashed out of the
Academy Of Aeronautics and shout
ed: Look out, the gas tanks will
explode I saw the flames around
my bicycle and I backed up against
the wall of the academy. 7 stayed
there Is minutes and then I left
I still have the snake at home"
Richard said he returned to the
scene on Memorial Day but was
unable to get through the crowd
He told police he then went to the
United Air Lines Office and was told
an investigation was under way and
that the matter of the bicycle would
be taken under consideration.
The disastrous crash claimed its
42d victim yesterday when Mar
garet Leddin, 81, comptometer op-
orator of New York died in Flush
ing Hospital.
Capt. Benton r. Baldwin, pilot
of the plane, left Queens General
Hospital yesterday to complete his
convalescence at the home of an
other pilot, Clayton Stiles, at Roslyn,
N. Y. The five other survivors re-
manned in hospitals.
Evening star., 1947-06-02
Father Of Expelled Girl
AssaiIs School Segregation

A plea for nonsegregated schools
in the District was made by DR..
Ernesto GalarZa, father of the white
girl who was expelled from a COL
ored school recently, on the Amer
leans All" program yesterday over
radio Station WWDC.
DR.. Galarza suggested that
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
and DR.. Garnet c. Wilkinson, as
sistant superintendent, resign to
make way for educators in our
Nations Capital who can think
of a Washington in terms of 1947
instead of 1867" His daughter,
Miss Karla Rosel Galarza, was or
dered by the Board of Education
to leave the Margaret. Murray
Washington Vocational School for
colored pupils and register at the
Burdick Vocational High School.
On the program yesterday, he
said he still intended to take the
case to court as he did not think
the Board of Education had a con-
stitutionai right to maintain seq
regated schools here.
The program Is sponsored by the
Institute on Race Relations, which
is headed by Tomlinson D. Todd.
Evening star., 1947-06-02
By the A,.oeioted Press

NEW YORK, June "A 15-year-
old boy who missed death by seconds
as he left his bicycle in the path
of the United Air Lines DC-4 plane
which crashed at La Guardia Field
last Thursday night, appeared at
the scene yesterday to claim his bat
tered bike and to take pictures of the
wreckage.
Police had been investigating to
determine whether the bicycle found
in the wreckage of the crash which
took AZ lives was discarded bike
or belonged to some one who was
near or at the scene at the time of
the crash.
The boy, Richard Schultz, a junior
high school student, told police he
had been out snake hunting and
had left his bicycle to look for a
container in which to put a 15-inch
garter snake he had caught, when
the plane hurtled over a service road
and crashed into the ditch where it
burst into flames.
Richard said he was only about
40 feet away from where the plane
cracked up and DECLARED it was going
pretty fast and was not in the air
before the accident. He added that
he heard no explosion.
The boy said he had placed his
red-and-white bicycle, which his
mother had given him last year,
near the pond where the plane
Evening star., 1947-06-02
Bodies of Four Found
In Wrecked Army Plane
By he Assoeioted Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June q
The bodies of four Army flyers were
found yesterday in the remains of a
crashed AT-11 which was reported
missing on a routine training flight
from Brooks Field since early Satur-
day.
Henry McPike. a cafe owner, said
two Army ambulances carrying the
four bodies left his establishment
last night for Brooks Field.
Army authorities at Brooks Field
identified the four men aboard the
plane as 1t. J. w. Lebarre, pilot
and Capt. w. Grounds, both OF
Brooks Field; M Sergt. L. H. Boris
and TfSergt. ]. c. Wallace, both oil
Kelly Field.
Evening star., 1947-06-02
Warren Austin 10 Receive
Fafher-of-Year Award
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 2.-Warren r.
Austin, United States representative
to the United Nations, has been
Nchosen father of the year." the
National Fathers Day Committee
announced yesterday.
The award was made because OF
Mr.. Austin's Leadership of the
United States delegation, and fo1
contributing thereby to our chill
dren's future" the announcement
said.
1t added that in the opinion of
the committee, sit is not only our
children's future, but the future of
children everywhere which hinges
on the success of the United Ma
tions. Mr.. Austin's tireless efforts
to make the United Nations a living,
lasting, working world institution.
has earned him the gratitude of
fathers everywhere
Secretary of State Marshall will
present the father of the year medal
to Mr.. Austin at 2:30 pm. tomor-
row in Gen. Marshalls Office.
Mr.. Austin is the father of two
sons, Warren Robinson, jr., and
Edward Lucas.
Evening star., 1947-06-02
|DC-4 Which Crashed
AT PORT Deposit
WAS Army Surplus
BY the Assoeiated Press

PORT DEPOSIT, Nd, June e.
Investigators of the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board tentatively established
today that part of the big airliner
came off shortly before it crashed
Friday night with a loss of SO lives,
CAB spokesman said.
Written statements from 20 eye
witnesses agreed that fragments be-
came detached from the Eastern Air
Lines DC-4 as it went into its final
dive into a densely wooded area
three miles east of here, the spokes-
man said.
The Bureau of Standards will
make metallurgical tests on the tail
fragments and other sections of the
wreckage for the CAB, a spokesman
said. He explained that such
analyses are made when structural
defects are suspected.
Was Army Surplus Plane.
The airliner was a surplus Army
C-54 converted at cost of $100, 900,
and was one of 20 such planes being
flown by Eastern, Capt. John H.
Halliburton, EAL assistant opera
tions chief, reported.
Tail DEBRIS, engines and propeller
blades have been collected at the
investigation headquarters at near
by Bainbridge Naval Training Base
for minute checks.
Meanwhile, the slow process OF
identifying the charred and man.
gled bodies of the planes SO occu-
pants, who died in the Nations
worst commercial aviation disaster,
continued at an improvised morgue
at the Navy base. An airline Off
cial said 30 bodies had been identi-
fed positively. ~,
Struck Nose First.
CAB investigators said they had
basis for belief that the luxury
airliner, Miami from New
ark, N. j., struck the ground nose
first and in partly inverted posi-
ton.
The tail section was found 200
yards to the rear of the ravine
where the main debris and the mo-
tors lay. This fact and the pre-
liminary testimony of eyewitnesses
who will be called at a public
hearing-led the investigators to
theorize the tail section came of
before the plane crashed.
Evening star., 1947-06-02
Russian Seeks Acces!
To Secret u. 5. Files
At Jap War Trial
BY The Associated Press

TOKYO, June "A Russian pros
ecutor demanded today the right
to examine Gen. MacArthur's CLASH
fed military secret) intelligence
files, from which testimony was be-
ing given for the defense in the trial
of Is Japanese war leaders. The
international war crimes tribunal
adjourned early to consider the
question.
1t. Col. Homer C. Blake, chief OF
the order of battle section of ca
General Headquarters, Far East
Command, had almost completed
reading American estimates of Japa-
nese Army strength in Manchuria
and Korea from 1943 to the end OF
the war when Maj Gen. A. N. Vasil-
yev, associate prosecutor for Russia
interrupted.
''Will the documents the witness
now is reading from be produced in
court for examinations" he asked
After a discussion in which De
fense Attorney Ben Bruce Blake.
ney told the tribunal the witness
would not have been called If the
documents had been available te
the defense, Tribunal President Sil
William Webb asked Gen. Vasilyev
do you insist on production of the
documents?"
Eyes. Undoubtedly so," the Rus
sian replied.
Then it's UP to the witness te
state his position" the tribunal
president said. 1T is a matter
which must be settled at once"
Turning to Col. Blake, he asked
Are you prepared to produce
these documents without further
consultation with your superiors?'
II am not at liberty to produce
the documents as they contain clas-
sified military information" Col
Blake said. The tribunal recessed
at this mint
Evening star., 1947-06-02
BY the Associoted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md. June IA
quick thinking Navy pilot was cred
tied with saving four lives yesterday
afternoon when he landed safely
after a freak wind prevented his
take-off here at Lee Airport.
1t. Comdr. Conrad j. yelling
Edgewater, Md, landed his pusher-
type Republic Seabee plane upside
down in a plowed field after sharp
turn at 2o-foot altitude in order
to avoid crashing into power line
Airport Manager j. w. Tyler said.
Comdr. yelling, his wife and baby
daughter and a New York physician
stepped out without a scratch.
Mr.. Tyler said.
Mr.. Tyler was unable to give the
names of the passengers and Comdr
yelling could not be reached for
comment.
The officers plane had become air
borne after taking off crosswind on
the 3,00O-foot runway but "did not
gain altitude" the pilots accident
report said.
THE engine was cut and the air
craft landed .downwind in q clear,
plowed field" ne said.
The plane turned over, one wins
Evening star., 1947-06-02
Driver Killed, ; Injured
When Plane Hits Truck
BY the Associoted Press

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, June q
An incoming Army airplane smashed
into the cab of a moving trailer
truck, struck an automobile and
then dived into an enbankment at
the edge of the Connellsville air.
port yesterday, killing the truck
driver and slightly injuring the
pilot and two other persons.
The tail of the ATS training
plane hit the cab, tearing it from
the chassis and fatally injuring
David Morris, 38, of Tyrone, N. c.,
mechanic and driver for the Dorman
Brothers circus.
The pilot. held in the cockpit by
safety belt, escaped with cuts and
bruises. He is Sergt. William Smiley
OF Uniontown, Pa, who had taken
off from the Greater Pittsburgh air
port, but ran out of gas.
Evening star., 1947-06-02
Returning Crowds
OF Holiday Travellers
I0vertax Facilities

Washington settled down to It's
normal routine today after a Memo
rial Day week end which was fea-
tured by almost perfect weather and
a record transportation flow since
before the war.
Union Station officials said that
home-returning holiday crowds yes
terday afternoon and evening were
the largest since the war. A steady
flow of travellers kept returning in
the early hours of the morning to-
day.
Likewise National Airport officials
said the traffic jam there yesterday
was far greater than expected"
Planes Can't Handle Load.
Despite last weeks plane crashes
incoming and outgoing planes were
packed, officials said. Long lines of
persons waited throughout the day
in hopes of getting reservations
through last-minute cancellations.
Capital and American Airlines
added extra planes between here
and New York, Pittsburgh and Nor
folk.
Railroads reported many standees
among the passengers, SO great was
the crush. Buses also did big busi-
ness, especially those carrying back
passengers from Maryland and Vir-
ginia resorts.
Trains Run Extra Sessions.
The Pennsylvania and Baltimore
and Ohio Railroads operated extra
sections on their trains to meet the
travel demand. Some of the packed
aisles reminded railroad officials of
wartime travel conditions.
The fine holiday weather here
made Washington a perfect play
ground for the thousands of out-of-
town visitors here as well as the
home folks.
Swimming pools and parks were
filed with visitors and the Potomac
was the scene of many sailing par
ties. Highways in nearby Maryland
and Virginia were crowded with
Sunday motorists.