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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
CARRY BABY FROM
 BURNING CLINIC IN
 DASHBOARD BOX

TITUSVILLE. Pa. Jan. 22-A newborn baby, among seven pa tients rescued when fire destroyed an osteopathic clinic near here to- day, was placed in a cardboard box and carried to safety in near-zero temperatures and a biting wind
 Other patients were taken out in their beds-the handiest way of keeping them warm. Insurance men said the fiye-story Bashline-Shrum Clinic was valued at about s80,000 It was formerly the Fieldmore Ho- tel, well known as a resort in this northwestern Pennsylvania area be- cause of it's mineral springs.
 Firemen drained a well dry in futile effort to halt the flames
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
keithikan 10 Gel Federal Works Aid
 For Improvement,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-The Federal Works Administration has approved advances totaling $500 to finance preparation of plans for fsWer system improvements at Ketchikan, Alaska.
 Two projects are involyed-a new sanitary diversion sewer, including mains and laterals. estimated cost $ll1 GOO, Federal advance $2,000, and new sanitary and storm water sewer system including mains and laterals to replace obsolete facilities estimated cost sl60,500. Federal ad- vance $3,500
 The Federal funds for planning are to be repaid. without interest when construction is begun.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
 INQUIRY IS
 TO BE MADE
Subversiye Influences 10 Be Investigated on
 Wide Scale

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. - The House Committee on Un-American Activities, meeting for the first time under Republican manage ment. voted today to investigate Communist or subversive influences in Hollywood, labor unions. national defense, and the educational sys- tenn.
 Chairman J Parnell Thomas (R- NJl told reporters.
 'I intend to make it the most active year i'll the committees his tory"
 Where the investigations will start is still under discussion.
 Thomas said in statement that the inquiries will be both inten- sive and fair" and that exposure" will be the committees chief wea- pon.
 Let the chips fall where they may he said Tt doesn't make any difference to me whether they fall on the Columbians on the Ku Klux Elan, or the Communists.
 This is the program Thomas said the committee approved:
 1.--To expose and ferret out Communists and their activities in the Federal government.
 2.--To spotlight Communist dom- ination of some vital labor unions. !, 3.rTo begin counter education al program against subversive pro- raganda, using official reports at regular intervals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
kIDNApED GIRL, 17,|5
 HOME SAFE
Breaks Her Bonds al Sde- ramento MofeI, Calls
 Relatives on Phone
By RICHARD CUSHING

LODI, Calif., Jan. 22.-Kidnapeo Alice Dean Devine, popular and pretty 17-year- Lodi high school student, was back home and un- harmed today after the most har- rowing 26 hours of her life. Po- lice authorities hunted over the entire West Coast for man who tried to collect $10000 in ransom and gave up in fright
 The 165-pound girl athlete broke out of her bonds in highway mo- tel near Sacramento yesterday af- ternoon while the kidnaper was away and telephoned her location to relatives in Sacramento.
 State Police broadcast an all points alarm for the arrest of a man they said had used the names of Everett Wescott Stiles of Port land, Ore, and William tBilD Giles identifying himself as an agent for an eastern publishing house.
 Alice Dean was held under police guard until last night when she and her father were stationed across the street from a Sacramen- to lar in a futile effort to capture her abductor. The kidnaper was expected but failed to appear at the bar to collect the ransom.
 The father, John Edward Devine wealthy Lodi grape grower and vice president of the American Fruit Growers Association. had been toit in a note the night before to be al the bar at 8 p. m. last night witl $l0,O00 in s20 and Sl0 bills if he wished to see his daughter again
 After waiting nearly an hour be- yond the ransom deadline, police and FBI agents decided the kid naper had been frightened away by newspaper stories and the girl and her father were returned home in State Highway Patrol auto- mobile.
 The girl was whisked into the back door of the Devine home just as her mother, Mrs. Margaret De- vine, told a group of newspaper men she had heard nothing of her daughters whereabouts.
 Just then, Alice Deans brother Dalton, cried: "Oh, mom, oh nom she's here!"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
PORTAL pAYMENT5 MAY BE CHARGED
 up TO YEARS TAX

WASHINGTON, Jan 12.-The Treasury ruled today that em- ployers who have to pay back wage claims under portal o-portal suits may charge the payments off against taxes for the year involved.
 Since corporate takes were consid- erably higher through 1945 be- cause the excess profits tax was then in effect, the ruling means much higher refunds than would be the case if the deductions were taken from current tax rates.
 The excess profits tax imposed a net levy of 85i2 percent on cor porate earnings above the 1936-1939 average.
 The regular income tax for cor porations through 1945 was 40 percent. Effective with l946 earn ings, corporations pay regular rate of 38 percent and no excess profits tax
 The Treasury ruling was an- nounced by Secretary Snyder as a Senate judiciary subcommittee con- tinued hearings on legislation to avoid or limit back pay portal suits.
 Undersecretary of Commerce William Chapman Foster testified that portal pay suits may force many firms out of business even if the full amount claimed is not allowed
 War Department officials said that Army cost-plus contracts might entail loss up to $500, ,000,- 900 if back pay claims prove suc- ceSsful.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
The w ashinq ion
 Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WESTINGHOUSE of the na- tions biggest black -marketeers and on-the-make war contractors are now getting away with income-tax evasion, thanks to snarled-up sit uation inside the Justice Depart ment.
 Around 300 criminal income-tax cases are now awaiting prosecution with little chance of rapid action Behind them is another 1900 in- come tax fraud cases in the Trea- sury, soon ready for transmittal tc the bottlenecked Justice Depart ment. Meanwhile, the black-mar- keteers and certain war contractors have been getting away with mur- der.
 Here is the insides story of what happened.
 During the last year of the war Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau asked Congress for extra funds to probe income-tax evasion He learned of tremendous amounts of cash being used by black-mar- keteers to cover up their tracks so asked Congress for extra agents to ferret out the fraud.
 Morgenthau get the money, hired the agents, and set more than g thousand of them to work. Secre- tary of the Treasury Fred vinson who succeeded him. pushed this probe equally hard. And it began te strike pay dirt. Millions of dollar: fraudulently concealed from the Government, while American boys were dying for their country, was unearthed.
 Now that these cases have beer prepared by the Treasury, however and gone over to the Justice De- partment, they have struck a bottleneck.
 Unlike Morgenthau, Attorney General Tom Clark has not asked Congress for extra money to handle the flood of cases. Instead, his tax division is begged down with over work, and only three men are de- finitely in charge of these particu- lar criminal tax cases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
?. J. BRIGGS WILL
 TELL eC MIppING
 PLANS TOMORROW

Phillip J. Briggs of the Briggs Steamship Company is scheduled to address members of the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow. Briggs will reveal plans of his concern for the Territory in relation to shipping op- portunities.
 The Chamber will also discuss the resolution on the conservation of salmon fisheries in Alaska. The resolution was drawn up as re- suit of a study initiated by re- quest of the United State Trollers of Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5h. American Can 94i Anaconda 37ss. Curtiss- Wright a, International Harvester 72l2, Kennecott 45es, New York Central l9 Northern Pacific l8ai, U: s. Steel 71is, Pound $403
 Sales today were 660,000 shares. Dow Jones averages today are as follows industrials l7377. rails 48.51. utilities 3632
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
CONTINUATION OF EXCISE FAXES IS SUPPORTED BY COM.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The House Rules committee today sup ported continuation of wartime ex- else taxes after getting testimony that the tax load soon will be frightened in other respects.
 Upon recommendation of the Ways and Means committee, the Rules group voted for House ac- ton next week on bill to con tinue war excises on liquor cos metics, jewelry furs and some oth- CT items.
 Without the legislation the war taxes will drop to pre-war levels next July l under President Tru- mans declaration ending hostili .ies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
Spruce Cutting in
 Alaska During AS
 Reported by Dept.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.- Lumber mills in Washington, Ore gon, California and Nevada pro- duced l0,522, ,344,000 board feet of lumber in 1945, the regional office of the Department of Commerce reported today Oregon ranked first in production, Washington second and California third
 The 1945 production in Alaska from 35 mills, was 59056,000 board feet, mostly spruce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
pHYSI(AL IDENTIFICATION

PORTLAND, ore. = Joseph H. McCusker bit the leg of man at tempting to hold him up.
 Today police held David A. Craw- ford, 2l, on charge of assault and robbery. asserting Crawfords leg had the unmistakeable marks of teeth when they stopped him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
Newswrifers at Fairbanks, All Furred Up, Greeted by
 Blonde in Summer Attire
By CLARKE BEACH

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 21.-
 (Delayed)-It was 49 degrees below zero this afternoon when we land- ed here to watch tn Army's task force Frigid wrestle with the prob
 lems of Arctic warfare.
 The fourteen newswriters. radio correspondents and photographers pulled their Army-issued parkas around their ears and mushed as fast as their big white snow boots would carry them to the side of the runway where an ice glazed
 bus was waiting.
 Smiling warmly among the greet
 CTS was a disconcerting sight blonde young woman in nylon stockings, light dressy overcoat and no hat. She was Mrs. Jeane Cherovich, who works at Ladd
 Field, the Army Air Forces base where we landed.
 "A lot of the women dress like that here" said an officer. T think they're crazy And I suppose they think we are
 He and all the other men were
 bundled up like us
 After we had been billeted and fed, in warm frame buildings where ice is half an inch thick inside the windowpanes, some of the staff of ficers explained the purpose Of op- erations Frigid.
 The tests oi weapons and equip ment we are conducting here will
 prove a challenge to American
 industry said Maj. Milton Price,
 of Oakland, Calf, who is the op- erations, plans and training officer. He was explaining that much of
 the standard Army equipment is
 being observed when in use in Arc
 tic weather.
 "1he equipment is beginning to
 fail us. Much of it cannot be used
 in the Arctic. But if industry can supply the kind Of equipment we
 need, we can supply the kind of men who can use it. The men here
 are not failing
 Major Price said that every ma- Jor industry is sending observers here to see what they can do to de- i velop the kind of material needed 1 in this climate Several are here now. Among those who have just
 left was Sir Hubert Wilkins, Arctic explorer, a consultant to the War Departments Quartermaster Gen. eral. He is advising on clothing.
 Our party was delayed last night ct Edmonton, Canada, on account of a cold spell here The tempera- ture at Fairbanks was at 58 below earlier today-and it has been as low as 67 this winter.
 The field was closed yesterday because of ice fog-an impenetrable vapor which forms when the tenl- perature is very low and the mois-
 ture is little high. Flyers don't worry about their planes icing here in flight, they say if the tempera- ture is more than 10 degrees below zero it is too cold to ice And snow storms don't bother them Just ice fog. which forms a stationary mass
 over the field in the utterly still ; frigid air.
 Our plane, C-54 which we boarded in Washington, was warm and comfortable. We had hot meals
 as we flew over the frozen muskeg and mountains The Army Air
 Forces and their guests live well in the wild blue yonder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM

TWIN FALLS, Idaho.-Twin Falls County's new sheriff, Broda R Rayborn, closed dozens of beer halls and card rooms in campaign tc clean up the city.
 Now the bar tenders and card dealers have filed claims for un- employment compensation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22
BACK TO PELICAN

Hennie Johnson, who has been at the Gastineau Hotel while on a visit to Juneau from Pelican, re- turned home today
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22

Donald J. mouse, rom Wrangell arrived in Juneau aboard the Aleu- tian and is registered at the Bar anof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-22

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The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
Panama Refuses TOCrant U. s. Air Bases

(Continued from Page One) signed Dec. 9 because of opposi- ton to the pact.
 Alfaro's successor, Floren o Arosemena, quit yesterday, few hours before the assembly voted, because of his party's opposition to the agreement.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
British Deport $50 Illegal Jews

HAIFA, Palestine, tP) - T h e British transport Ocean Vigor, sailed for Cyprus late yesterday with about $50 visaless Jewish immigrants from an intercepted refugee ship. Sick passengers and their relatives, 26 in all, remained in Palestine.
 Passengers said the immigrant vessel, tWo-masted schooner, had been at sea 13 days. She was intercepted Monday while trying to run the Palestine blockade and was escorted to the port of Haita by two British destroyerS.
 Troops of the sixth airborne di- vision transferred the immigrants to the British vessel, for shipment to Cyprus detention camps.
 At the same time 303 Jewish refugee children arrived here from interment in Cyprus to enter the Promised Land" under a Spe- cial chillren's quota authorized by the British.
 The children were taken to a camp near Haifa for processing. They are to be cared for by the Jewish agency.
 Jews aboard the refugee ship said they came mostly from Ro- mania and Hungary. Among them were about 150 children, includ- ing two babies born during the voyage.
 An American correspondent identified as Meyer Levin was taken off and detained, along with two other men and a woman po- lice said the latter were French motion picture workers.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
French Assembly Passes Drastic
 ".Austerity" Bill
(BY Carl Hartman)

PARIS, R)-The national as- sembly sent to the upper legisla- tive chamber today a drastic new "austerity" measure designed to help pay for two billion dollar reconstruction program by drain ing off funds of Frenchmen who make more than S3,78O a year.
 The Deputies passed the bill last night, 300 to 268, with the far left the Communists - joining the far right-the followers of Gen. Charles De Gaulle-in opposition to the government measure, which was. entitled an exceptional levy in the struggle against inflation." |"
 The upper chamber, the Coun- cil of the Republic, was expected to begin debate on the bill within 48 hours. The lower chamber was scheduled to go to work on the French budget for 1948, calling for expenditures of 856,00O, ,O0O, ,O0O francs t$7,193, ,OOO, ,OOO.
 The tax measure req u i r S Frenchmen to buy 100000, ,O00 francs $1,O92,OOO ,OOO)worth of government bonds or pay that amount in taxes. The taxation will be on sliding scale levy on those with an income of above 5O,OOO francs ($3,78O a year.
 Funds raised will be used to help. pay for a 23O,OOO, ,OOO, ,OOO franc $1,93O, ,OOO,OOO reconstruc- tion program. The remainder of the budget, under finance minis ter Rene Mayors plans, will come from aid furnished by the United States.
 One major purpose of the mea- sure was to drain off excess pur- chasing power.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
Pope BrOadcasts Christmas Message

VATICAN CITY (R)-Pope Plus XII, in his annual Christmas mes sage, declared today that policy of insincerity" among nations was blocking the path to peace and called for a league of honest men" to safeguard the world against war.
 The Pontiff specifically blamed "a growing tendency toward in- sincerity" for collapse of the re- cent foreign ministers conference in London, which he said had left the world further than ever from the true peace"
 He sharply condemned those na- tions which, he said, had adopted "the lie and the garbled word" as accepted weapons of offensive" in an effort to twin at any cost the battle of class interest"
 The Pontiff named no names in placing the blame for the present state of world affairs, but his 4,4O0-word address conta n d many passages which western lis teners, at least, interpreted as con- demnation of Communism and of the postwar policies of the Soviet Union.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
1t WAS A Beautiful
 Christmas Tree!

BROOKLYN, N. Y. P)-If Clar- ence Horn, Jr., wakes up this Christmas and finds an iron rail ing around his Christmas tree, you can't blame his father.
 Last year, Clarance, Jr., at the age of 3, didn't want to go to sleep on Christmas Eve, preferring tO stay awake to see Santa Claus.
 This created a serious handicap for Clarence Horn, ST., faced With a seasonal decorating job.
 But the Sand Man finally pre- vailed over Santa Claus and Pop was able to get that job done.
 It seemed to Horn that he had just got to sleep when he was awakened at 3 am, by Clarence, Jr., dragging into the bedroom a big Christmas tree leaving wake of baubles.
 Look, Daddy! What Santy Claus brung mel" cried the de lighted youngster.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
Simon Benson Safe In Port

HONOLULU (PD-The freighter Simon Benson, battered and torn by heavy north Pacific seas, steamed into the safety of Honolu- lu harbor last night.
 The Benson, enroute to the Or tent sent out an sos Dec. Is, say ing the heavy seas had split its plates and that water was pouring in on its cargo of rice. The rice swelled and threatened to rip the ships sides.
 "We dumped part of the rice" said one crewman, land then the weather calmed and we were able to make it without too much trouble"
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24

building with snow .. they know that an injured man has a greater chance to use a saw than an axe. After their first night spent in snow shelters, the students will realize that this type of shelter is far superior to most other types of emergency shelters in the Arc tic it is practically rain-proof wind-proof, and very warm com pared to sleeping on the open SUI face.
 A situation typical of the Ar Forces, which will continue to ex- ist in the future, was demonstrate ' in a recent class. A group of pilo 8 were enrolled, owho, four days pr or to their ''crash" at the Arct'c 1ndoctrination School, had beep basking peacefully in the war; sun in the southern United States. It is understandably human th9t their comments such as What's the sense of freezing us to death before we get to know the coun- try" and "Why do we have to dig holes in these snowbanks in order to live" were forthcoming. This, however, is situation peculiar to air force crews all over the globe. They must be accustomed to rapid change and adapt themselves readily. It is certain that the grad uates will never again utter such complaints for they will know just what may happen when the emer- gency arrives.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
'Errol Flynn Gets
 "Fat" Contract

HOLLYWOOD, (P - Mov ie- land was a-buzz yesterday over Errol Hymns new l5-year con- tract with Warner Brothers.
 It wasn't the l5-years-in itself a lifetime in quick-changing Hol- lywood. It was the flat $250,000 annally which reliable sources said the actor will receive for just one picture each year and the pie ture not to consume more than l4 weeks of each year.
 The rest of the reported terms were equally staggering to film land insiders: Flynn will be free to do any other work he wishes the remaining 38 weeks each year; the studio will take out a Lloyds of London insurance policy cov- ering him during production; and the contract is uncancellable and carries no options.
 For IS years, it figures up to $3,750,000 gross income.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
Truman Celebrates First Christmas I'm White House
(By Ernest B. Vaccaro)

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman celebrating Christmas in the White House for the first time, had a merry greeting today for all who came his way.
 He invited all White House en- ployees-from maids to aides into his oval office for a personal handshake and an exchange of the traditional Merry Christmas"
 Later, at 5:16 pm. EST he ar ranged to greet the entire nation by radio after clicking on the lights decorating a huge living Christ mas tree on the south lawn of the executive mansion grounds.
 Upwards of l5,000 persons were expected to witness the ceremony at first hand, and television cam eras were to broadcast the scene for the first time.
 The Presidents sister, Miss Mary Jane Truman of Grandview, Mo-, and Mrs. Truman's family are spending the holidays in the White House.
 After breakfast Christmas day, the Trumans and the Wallaces will gather around the family tree on the second floor to open their pres ents. Later a turkey dinner, with all the customary trimmings, will be served.
 Mrs. Truman's mother, Mrs. Da- vid Wallace; her brothers, George and Frank, and their families from Independence, Mo-, and brother Fred, of Denver, all VIII participate in the observance.
 Mrs. Truman, Margaret, and the Wallaces plan to attend midnight services tonight at nearby Epis. copalian church. MT. Truman, Baptist, likely will remain in the White House since his churcr is not planning similar service.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
Henry A. Wallace To Broadcast

NEW YORK, (P) - Henry A. Wallace, former vice president, twill state his own position on the 1948 election" in a coast-to-coast broadcast over the Mutual net work Monday night, Mutual an- nounced today.
 Wallace will speak from Mu- tual's Chicago studio from 4.30 to 4:45 pm. Mome 'time).
 The Progressive Citizens of America has urged Wallace to run for the Presidency as an inde- pendent candidate, move which has drawn commendation and op- position from various liberal and labor groups.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
Boy Wins Fight With Spinal Tuberculosis

PHILADELPHIA, (P) Jimmy Carrick-the 10-year-old victim Of spinal tuberculosis who was adopt ed by the navy Seabees as their mascot four years ago-is due 10 arrive home today, Victor is his valiant battle to walk.
 Jimmy's mother, Mrs. Louis Carrick, was waiting yesterday as her son walked through the gate of Philadelphia's Shriners hospital ! into her arms.
 Behind that short walk was 8 story of a youngsters courage and determination a determinatiOi that won for him the admiration of Seabees at posts all over the world.
 Jimmy, who was stricken witk the disease at the age of two, left the hospital yesterday wearing , sailor suit sent him by the SeabecS commander, Admiral J. J. Ewinr. He was carrying a seabag brought by his mother. :.
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24

Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24
IN. C. STORE CLOSED
 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

In appreciation of the fine CO., operation of our employees during the Christmas rush we are giving them . two.daY holiday. Wen b. open as usual Saturday morning.
 N. C. STORE
The Nome nugget., 1947-12-24

Many authorities believe tho. scurvy has killed more soldie. than ever died in battle.