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The Nome nugget., 1947-03-14
Friday. March l4. ls47
France Knows How To Make A Bombs

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. (R)- Frederic Joliot-Curie, ranking French expert on atomic energy, implied today that France, too, knows how to manufacture atomic bombs.
 In a highly technical article written for the magazine United Nations World, the French scien- list, one-time assistant to Mime Marie Curie, declared that the principle of the atomic bomb is simple"
 Without specifically saying in cold, black type that France has the "knOw-how" to build atomic bombs, Joliot-Curie, nevertheless, gave the impression that France can turn out atomic bombs too. And he added:
 We are thus approaching the third stage: that of practical appli- cation of atomic energy to improve the living standards of mankind
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-14
NOTICE

, The Oddfellows will hold a reg ular meeting Friday night al s:oo o'clock at the- home of Brother Robert Ledgerwood. Business of importance. All members request ed 10 attend.
 SecY. Robert Baldwin.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-14
LIFTING THE LID AT JUNEAU :

JUNEAU, (P) - Twenty eight members of the legislature return cd Thursday noon from Sitka where they inspected the Pioneers Home and visited Alaska Native Service institution on JapanSki iS- land. They were well pleased with the. trip, which however, was stormy both ways.
 Both Houses met at two o'clock in the afternoon. The most inn pOrtant was done by the Senate which passed Senate bill 800 to es- tablish a system of experience rat ing. credits for employers coming under provisions of the unemploy- ment compensation act, putting the waiting period before the filing of claims for unemployment compen- sation benefits from two weeks to one week.
 The House named conference committees to discuss with the Senate four of their bills.
 Somewhere in the House are 59 measures, bills, resolutions and memorials still to be acted upon.
 The Senate has a total of 76 in the same category.
 
 JUNEAU, (P-Senator Norman Walker announces he has submit ted his resignation to Governor Gruening from the Senate effec- tive after consideration of three tax measures he has. introduced with Senator Rivers: the net in- come tax. general property tax, and uniform trade license tax. |.
 The announcement was made in a copy of a letter read to the Sen ate. Walker said the action was not nasty. but "it appears I am at var lance with my colleagues in the Senate on what consider a vital issue. Formerly our differences have been settled in a friendly amicable manner. Also my col leagues from the First Division diff fer from me on legislation which I consider vitaliy affects the First Division. The only member of the House of Representative from my home town appears to believe have not the ability to hold a high office in the Territory. All of this means by usefulness in the legisla-
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-14
YANG OUVER, B. C., LP,

AVG OUVER, B. C., (P) - "Klondike Kate" famous queen Of Yukon gold-rush days, whose leng- thy search for her prospeetor 'hus- band ended with the discovery of his body last fall, was off cially declared widow yesterday Jus tice J. O. Wilson granted the off cial administrator leave 10 swear to the death of John Watson.
 Matson's body was found in his lonely cabin at Watson Creek, T. T., last Oct. 30 by another pros pector Mrs. Matson now resides in Oregon.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-14

Received today via Alaska Air lines. Cucumbers. Bananas. To- matoes. Celery. Lettuce and Onions. POLETS.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-14

junction issued by a lower federal court last fall. It upheld Lewis $10,000 fine and reduced the un- ions fine from $3,5OO,O0O to S7OO.- 900 on condition that the original strike notice, now set for April l., be withdrawn internationally. within five days after issuance of the court mandate.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-14
FOOD SALE SATURDAY

The Rebekah Lodge will hold a food sale on Saturday. March IS. in the N. C. Store. from il:00 am. 10 200 p.m.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-14

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
MAN INJURED IN
 FALL FROM WHARF

Eric Conn, employed at the Ju- neau Lumber Mills, was injured today and taken to St. Ann's Hos pital when he fell from the edge of the dock to the beach and into the water.
 Conn was believed to have been eating his lunch, sitting on the docks edge on some lumber. His weight overbalanced the boards and man and lumber slipped over the side. Conn struck some timb- CTS on the beach and rolled into the water.
 Fellow workers pulled him out immediately, and the Fire Depart ment was called to administer treatment with the pulmotor Conn had gotten water into his lungs and swallowed considerable amounts of it.
 Conn was taken to St. Anns Hospital under the care of Dr William Blanton, who said this afternoon that he is getting along satisfactorily.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
PRESIDENT
 p0STp0NES
 SEA VOYAGE
Development" Call for A(tion-StoCk Market
 Shows Flare

WASHINGTON March 7.-'R- ed his Caribbean trip indefinitely and summoned congressional lead CTS of both parties to White House conference Monday on the international situation
 Charles Ross, Presidential Sec retary, announced the delay in the proposed trip with this statement:
 The Caribbean trip has been in- definitely postponed because of developments"
 While Ross declined to elab- crate, Senator Taft of Ohio. Chairman of the Senate Repukli- can Policy Committee, told a re- porter that he and other con- gressional leaders had been asked to talk at the White House Mon day about the situation presented by prospective British withdrawal of economic aid to Greece and the Greek appeal to this country for financial help.
 The situation confronting the nation today was given further indication in the stock market,
 Shares dropped from $l to $8 and reasons given were because of the foreign situation, new pre- dictions of business recession and doubt over wage and tax pros poets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
pNA BRING5 IN 8;
 FLIES B 10 WE5I

Pacific Northern Airlines com pleted regular flights both direc- tions between Juneau and Anchor age yesterday. On the eastbound flight, with Capt Maury Keat- ing, First Officer Jerry Roberts and Stewardess June Rees, were the following passengers to Juneau: Joe Morris, Joe Morris, Jr., Mrs Dorothy Morris Major G. Goss, William Burke, A. J. Nurmi, Ken Galbraith. Dale Holland
 Westbound from Juneau to An chcrage, with stops at Yakutat and Cordcva, Capt. George McCracken, First Officer Richard Chamberlain and Stewardess Louise Leitner car r.ed the following persons.
 To Yakutat: Harry Bremner.
 To Cordova: A. L. Florence, E. B. LaBounty.
 To Anchorage: Caron Cammar- ata, R. H Stock, Lorene KrauSe Mrs G. E. Krause, Brick Carlson, Wilbur Ketah, Lars ElWen, Don ma Lee Johnson, Donald John son, Barbara Bishop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
MEMORIAL URGES
 AIRMAEL ROUTING
 OF VETS CHECKS

Complaints by various veterans organizations aimed at having checks for veterans benefits sent out by the Veterans Administra- tion under airmail stamps to bene- ficiaries in Alaska is nedorsed in Senate Joint Memorial "A. intro duced today by Senator Edward D. Coffey.
 The memorial relates the long delays that result from use ot lr- regular and often interrupted or dinary mail to isolated Alaska points, and compares the many advantages of routing via Air Mail
 s. J. M. 24 i5 addressed to the President, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Comptroller Gener- al, the Veterans Administration and Delegate E L. Bartlett. It urges reversal of the Comptroll- CT Generals decision requiring use of ordinary mail to send out gov ernment checks and asks that all types of checks for veterans in Alaska be sent to the recipients by airmail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
EPIzO0TI( OF RABIES
 REPORTED IN ARCTIC

Reports of an epizootic of rabies among foxes and dogs along the Arctic Coast in the vicinity of Point Barrow and Wainwright have just been received by the Territorial Department of Health from the Alaska Native Service officials in that area.
 One report states that two per- sons have been bitten by rabid dog at Point Barrow The Diyis- ion of Public Health Laboratories of the Territorial Department of Health have rushed via air ex- press Human Rabies Vaccine for the prophylactic treatment of the individuals bitten. Additional vac cine has been supplied to medi- cal officers at Point Barrow and Wainwright for immediate treat ment in the event other persons are attack before this epizootic among the dogs and foxes can be brought under control
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
Canada Plans Closing of
 Haines Cutoff; Magnuson
 Makes protesi State Dept.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-iA- Reports that Canada plans to close on March 25 the Haines Cutoff on the Alaska Highway, constructed by the United States Army, brought protest by Senator Magnuson (R-Wash) to the State Department today.
 The Cutoff runs from the main highway 119 miles to the Alaska boundary and then 42 miles into the Territory, ending at Haines. The town has become a shipping point for goods going into other sections of the Territory which are routed to the main highway and back into Alaska The Canadian section of the Cutoff passes through British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.
 Magnuson wrote Secretary of State Marshall that he had receiv- ed his information from high Canadian Army officer and said he understood the Interior Department also had been informed of the plan.
 This Cutoff road" Magnusop told the Secretary, lis one of the main traffic arteries into Alaska and is important to the Territory,
 If Canada can maintain the rest of the highway some way surely can be found to maintain the HaineS Cutoff It is more than difficult to understand this con- templated action after the vast ex- pense to which the United States was put in constructing the Alaska highway, almost Sl42 100000"
 Magnuson said he had talked with the Governor of Alaska and the Territorial Executive and other Alaskans are gravely concerned about closing the Cutoff. Many military supplies were sent over the road, Magnuson said. and in case Of an emergency i'll the Territory the War Department would be vii tally affected by the closing.
 The Senator said it seemed in 1 conceivable such action would be taken by the Dominion without consultation with the United States and Alaska"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
NOT ALI WIRES
 AGAINST B v
Sen. Walker Asks Chance 10 Address Labor
 Mass Meeting

Amidst turmoil among labor or gani2ations concerning legislative activity considered by organization as anti-labor, a lone but loud voice on the ether side of the fence was heard this morning in the Alaska Senate,
 Senator O. D Cochran, under privilege, read the following wire signed by an Achoragite and ad- dressed to the Nome Senator.
 Three cheers for Bill Number TT. stick to your guns and don't let handful of racketeers change your bill.
 'Most of the peopie in Alaska including myself. came here to get away from the labor racketeers in the States and we don't want them to get control of us again. am sure that two-thirds of the people in Alaska are against a closed shop and the election will prove it, if they get a chance tc vote on it.
 Its up to you and your fellow lawmakers to give them that chance"
 More on the labor topic was heard from Senator N R. Walker who announced that he has asked opportunity to speak this evening at the labor mass meeting on Sen ate 3ul TT He added that ht h9s not get been assured that op- pcrtuity. but if he does get it. nt will confine himself to the actua record.
 Walker renewed his challenge tc "a commentator to sit down witf him before a microphone and dis cuss legislative matters with hin
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
Truman Calls Big Conference For Monday
NO GOAL STRIKE NOW EXPECTED
 BEFORE JULY 1

WASHINGTON, March 7.-LP- The Supreme Court slapdown of John L. Lewis appeared certain today to preserve peace in the coal fields this spring.
 In all probability, the miners will stick to their jobs at least until July l. when the soft coal operators are due to regain the federally held pits,
 Taking advantage of this re- spite, the government is expected to redouble efforts to get Lewis United Mine Workers and the op- orators into wage negotiations in the hope the midsummer transfer will not bring another shutdown.
 The prime consideration is that the precedent-making coal strike case-even though Lewis and his union stand convicted of con- tempt-is not yet out of the courts.
 It is on thls fact the likelihood rests that the 100000 AFL miners will keep on digging coal for the next tdlee and one-halt months.
 Lewis, genial yet distant, would not reveal his plans at once. His Lawyers could seek rehearing. The Supreme Court seldom grants orc.
 But the tribunals to decis- ion definitely blocks any strike ac- ton until the case completes one more major phase. Federal Judge T. Alan Coldsborough, who hand ed down the original contempt ruling affirmed by the high court, must still hold trial on the cen tral issue:
 Did Lewis have the right to break off his contract with the government last November, thereby precipitating the 17-day strike?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
BIG ISSUE IS up TO
 PRESIDENT '
Must Decide on America $ Role in Other Na-
 lion 5 Affairs

! WASHINGTON, March 7-R-
 President Truman, back at his desk
 for a single day between trips, i today faced the task of spelling out for waiting Congress his , ideas on Americas role in other
 nations affairs.
 The Chief Exeou,.ve flew back to
 Washington last night after a three-day goodwill mission to Mex ico and a stop off at Baylor Uni
 versity to tell this country that
 we have reached a turning point
 in history"
 Tomorrow the Chief Executive leaves for l5-day Caribbean cruise.
 But immediately ahead lies the problem of Greece and the three choices the plight of that country
 leaves for the United States:
 Q Direct intervention with money and materials to safeguard shaky European countries resisting 1 Communistic pressure; @ half way course of supplying relief on the basis of non-interference in !, their internal affairs, or C3 with
 drawal to a policy of strict non intervention.
 Congress was clearly awaiting the
 Administration statement, which ! Secretary of State Marshall said only MT, Truman could make be-
 cause of the "transcendent" prob lem involved
 {; Just when the President would speak out was not clear Some law
 makers said they looked Tor action i before MT. Truman leaves again tomorrow,
 Meantime, tentative battle lines
 were beginning to form on Capitol : Hill
 { Senator Barkley of Kentucky ! minority leader, told reporters after 1 a conference of Democratic Sena- tors yesterday that a majority ap- | pear to favor a loan to Greece if : such action is necessary to prevent | the economic collapse of that coun- [ try.
 | But another influential Demo- cratic Senator, who asked not to be quoted by name, said he and some of his colleagues will insist
 that no money be furnished by this country to pay for arms and war
 materials for the Greek govern ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
NORTH SEA NOW UNSALvAGEABLE;
 HAS BROKEN BACK

SEATTLE, March 7-iRt- Salvors have abandoned all hope of saving the Northland Transportation Companys passenger vessel, the North Sea. fast on reef near Bella Eslla, B. C.. since February IS, William Semar, Northland General Manager, announced to- day.
 He said she has broken her back and is counted total loss.
 She struck on Porter Reef, l2 miles west of Bella Bella in the Inside Passage, enroute here from Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
INDUSTRIAL. PEACE BILL
 INTRODUCED
Compulsory Arbitration Law in New High Total
 of Senate Measures

Senators ignored their calendar Dn this Fortieth Day Of the Elgh- teenth Alaska Legislators as they concentrated upon getting bills un- der the wire for introduction with out a tWo-thirds vote to suspend the rules. After meeting for an hour and a half this morning, they recessed until o'clock this after noon to give themselves time to whip more measures into shape.
 A flood of bills into the Senate this morning brought that cham ber's total to the unprecedented total of lC5-with more still to come. The pile of Senate Jolnt Memorials mounted to "A and even a new resolution came in.
 First reading of Senator N. R. Walkers S. B. 93 caused eyebrows to lift throughout the chamber Described by him as "a measure to insure industrial peace" it would affirm labor's right to collective bargaining, but would require in corporation Of union organizations as a prerequisite to bargaining re- lations.
 Under misdemeanor penalties It would also compel negotiation and arbitration of labor contracts be- fore resort to either shutdown by employer or strike by employees and would hold both employer and labor organizations liable for breach of contract.
 Also vitally affecting employers, is s. B. 105, submitted by the Ju- dietary Committee. It follows up a recommendation by the Governor in his message to the Legislature by providing an adjustment of Un- employment Compensation rates paid by employers by establishing an Experience Rating" system.
 House defeat of Senator Walkers s s. B. 40, which would have ex- empted wholesalers operating with in Alaska from payment of the Veterans Tax, brought a revised version from that prolific author in s. B. 94 It would reduce the tax collectable from wholesalers to one tenth of one percent of gross, in stead of the present one-half of one percent.
 Walker jolned with Senator E. B. Collins in sponsoring $. B. 9l, which would transfer registration of vital statistics from the Auditor of Alaska to the Department of Health. A mild revision of liquor laws is asked by Senator Leo Rogge in s. B. 96, which would require licensees operating within two miles
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
HOUSE KILLS TWO TAX MEASURES,
 GETS 4 NEW ONE

The latest of a multitude of Me Cutcheon- -authored tax bills--one to provide for a Territorial tax on tobacco products-is now in the hands of the House Judiciary Committee, while two other Me Cutcheon tax bills bit the dust via the indefinite postponement route this afternoon. They were bills to provide a 20 percent tax on lotteries. rallies and pools and a 10 percent tax on all admissions except those for religious and charitable purposes.
 The tobacco tax bill would es- tablish a tax of six cents pack age of 20 cigarettes; 2l2 cents an ounce on tobacco and snuff, and one cent to five cents apiece on cigars, depending on the selling price. The tax would be collected by means of stamps ito he af- fixed to the smallest container or package that will be sold"
 Four new bills were received in the House this morning, as well as a new memorial.
 Rep. Wm Egans H. B 106 would establish a bounty of S5 apiece on all eagles Ctird) in Alaska and appropriate sl5,Oo0 for payment of bounties. A bill by Rep. c. Dewey Anderson would make membership on the Territor- ial Board of Education elective in stead of appointive.
 H. B. 108, by Rep Maurice Johnson, would require all admin istrative agencies, board and com missions of the Territorial gov ernment to hold public meetings and hearings when adopting rules, regulations and procedures appli- cable to the general public and provide that any rule or regula- tion not so adopted shall be void.
 Rep. Robert Hoopes and Mau- rice Johnson introduced a bill to require that Territorial offices and departments receiving funds from any other source than through appropriation by the Legislature shall submit detailed statements of all receipts and ex- penditures of those funds to the Board of Budget
 Rep. Ed Anderson introduced a memorial directed to the U. s. Engineers, asking for repair and improvement of the Snake River harbor project at Nome and con- struction of a breakwater to pro- tect the city of Nome.
 A telegram addressed to the House from labor organizations at Sitka, protesting s. B. TT and ex- pressing the opinion that the peo- pie are not well enough informed to vote intelligently on the ques- ton of the closed shop, was read and ordered placed on file.
 The House recessed shortly be- fore noon until ? D. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
JUNEAU LABOR IN MASS MEETING A1
 7:30 Ik CI0 HALL

Organized labor in Juneau will hold a mass meeting this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the CIO Union Hall to protest Senate Bill No. ", which would put the closed shop to a referendum vote.
 A combined effort of the Juneau Industrial Union Council, CIO, and the Juneau Central Labor Council, AFL, the special committee in charge of the meeting has issued a special invitation to all members of the Territorial Legislature.
 Among the speakers at the meet ing will be Irving Hill, lobbyist Tor the Alaska Territorial Federation Of Labor; William Wilson, AFL or ganizer for Alaska; George Ford, President of the Juneau Local, In- ternational Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union; Chris Hen ming. CIO Representative for Alas ka. Other speakers may also be called.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
ALA5KA LANDLORDS MAY GET APPROVAL TO INCREASE RENTS

According to recent information received by the Alaska Area Rent Office from Washington, D. C., specific consideration has been giv- en to the landlord regarding the substantial hardship incurred by the steady increase in property taxes and operational costs of rem tai property. By an amendment to the Rent Regulation for Housing. the basis for relief has been broad ened to make it possible for addi- tional landlords to obtain compen- sating rent adjustments. if they es- tahlish that the earnings of their property had been specifically re- duced by rising taxes or operating costs.
 Under this Section, as amended hardship is determined by compar- ing the operating position of the property in the current year with the operating position in d repre- sentative two year period. Prior to this change, the period had to be any representative consecutive two year period beginning on or after January l, l939.
 To qualify for an adjustment un- der this Section, landlord must present petition to the Area Rent office showing that he has had decrease in net income before interest," and an increase in pro- perty taxes or operating costs be- tween the base period and current year. Il he can establish this. the amount of the adjustment will be the lesser Cf the two. Adjustments, however, as heretofore, will be lim- tied to the rent generally prevail ing in the Defense Rental Area for comparable accommodations on the Maximum Rent Date.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-07
The W ashingto Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-President Tru- man is planning either special message to Congress or a special statement to the nation asking for between S250,000,000 and S350,000,- GOO to be appropriated to him and which he will pass on as a direct loan to Greece.
 He will promise that this is merely stopgap and that no long, range commitments will be made without the consent of Congress Truman will also emphasize that the money will not be paid to Great Britain but to the Greek Govern ment. Diplomats admit privately, of course, that the Greek Govern ment is to the British Government as Charlie Mccarthy is to Edgar Bergen. One does the acting and the other does the talking so Bri- tish policies are likely to prevail
 Inside fact is that President Tru- man is following blueprint work ed out by ex-OPA Administrator Paul Porter in Greece with the cooperation of the British. Ines capable fact also is that this re- presents one of the most important decisions of U. s. foreign policy since Franklin Roosevelt decided to convoy British munitions ships across the Atlantic in l940.
 The real fact is that the British empire is crumbling. It is crumb- ling so fast that not merely Greece, but Palestine and the entire Near East are involved and we have to make a quick decision if we are to save any of the pieces. So far the United States has paid large