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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
ALASKA COASTAL FLIES SEVENTY
 PEOPLE THURSDAY

On Thursdays flights, A la a Coastal Airlines carried 25 outgo- ing passengers and AS incoming pas sengers. Fifteen passengers were brought in from the Consolidated Mining property at Tulsequah.
 From Tulsequah to Juneau: Rene Bourget, stanley Veals, Murray F1ack, Robert Redonwood, Florence St. Laurent, Georgia St. Laurent Gordon McCauley, K. Jacques, Cliff ton Loves, L. Vlakovich, Joe Vlak- ovich, James Leso, John Harry, K Olafson, Victor St. Dennis.
 From Sitka: MT. and Mrs. Boyer Bill Bever, c. Thurston, John Reese. Emo Miller, V. J. Lewis, AL fred Sacka. Mary Millbury, Mir. and Mrs. J. P. Mantoon.
 From Wrangell: Lew Williams Louise Willard, Douglas Gross, R D. Miles.
 From Petersburg: Mildred Hem- nes, Betty Reeves, Doyle Cesney.
 From Tenakee: Pete James.
 From Hoonah: Gus George, MT and Mrs. P. Gilmore, R. w. De- Witt, MT. and Mrs. Jacob Pratt.
 From Pelican: G son Young Darlene and Jimmy Woodring.
 From Haines: Felix Hakkinen.
 From Skagway: Mrs. R. Boyd.
 From Angoon: David Willard.
 From Juneau to Sitka: Matthew Garcia, Horace Marks, Glen Thorn. ton, John Osborne, M. s. Leath Doris Wallace, Tom Harris, D. A Andrus, c. P. Irwin, M. P. O'Mal, ley, Floyd Bays, Gerald Jorgenson
 To Angoon: Albert Frank, Bessie John, Ella John, Myra John.
 To Haines: Ruth Sharon, MT and Mrs. Forrest Bates.
 To Petersburg: Joan Law, Bil Keeley, Mickey Brown, Irving Nor. |gan, Don Beadle.
 To Hoonah, Hilda Schoonover.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
FAIRBANKS BAND
 BEING ORGANIZED

FAIRBANKS toothless grand pa, who is "too old" to play an in strument has solicited Fairbanks business firms for the past two weeks for funds to furnish Fair banks with a real good, serious music band"
 The oldster with the love for good music" is Adolph Pop Weh- ner, who played in Fairbanks bands years and years ago."
 Pop held the first practice ses- sicn of his band last week. Well really get down to business after the first of the year." he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
NEXT YEAR
 LOOKS GOOD
 IS REPORT I
By HARRY T. MONTGOMERY Associated Press General Business

NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.--IR-The average American is told that 1889 will be another good year, and the forecast seems sound.
 The American consumer and that describes most of us-may find 194o more comfortable than the record boom year of 1948 closing to- night.
 The business man is likely to have a few more worries in the new year, but the men and women who have been struggling with the high cost of living probably will find it easier to make their budgets work. Underlying all this is the prospect that l949 will see the return of the buyer market in most lines The man with the dollar will decide in a leisurely way where he will spend it, after shopping around for a price tag he likes.
 [ The new year is likely to bring the end of all shortages of con- sumers goods. including most auto mobiles. Low-cost housing. either | to tuy or rent, probably will remain in the hard-to-get class. f Incomes are likely lo remain rel atively high as prices dip. Mer- chants will have to work harder to [ get their share of the shoppers money. Normal times, with a pros- porous flavor, seem finally to be at hand.
 This is the meaning of the statis- l tics which the economists gather :, for us at the year-end. These fig ures show that 1948 was record year by nearly every index of eco homie activity. The value of the goods we produced, the money we earned, the money we spent-all
 were greater than ever before.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
S0L0N5 PRESSED
 FOR TAxLAWS BY
 FAIRBANKS JR. C

FAIRBANKS-The Tai b a nks Junior Chamber of Commerce will play host to the members of the territorial leg is ture from the Fourth Division December 90 in a special meeting setting forth their adopted recommendations for need led legislation" in the coming regu- lar session.
 The Junior Chamber has stressed Ia three point program for CD pre- natal and pre-marital health ex- aminations; @ increased funds for the University of Alaska. and (3) Ia territorial tax law covering in- come, property, and the refunding of proportion of the gas tax collections to municipa lities in which they were collected. The Jay Gees called for firm op- position to a sales tax to plug the gaping vacuum in the territorial coffers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
PEACE PLAN
 SUGGESTED
 BY CHIANG
Laid Down However, Forebodes
 Commie Acceptance

HAWKING, Dec. 31.7R- Gen. eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek de- clared tonight his government was ready to discuss ending the wal with the Chinese Communists-bu set up conditions which appeared lo rule out any possibility of such "a settlement.
 In written New Years state ment to the Chinese people, the Chinese President declared:
 ''If negotiated peace is not det- rimental to national independence and sovereignty, but will contribute to the welfare of the people, anc if the constitution is not violated constitutionalism is preserved, g democratic form of government is maintained. entity of the armed forces safeguarded and if the peo- ple's free mode of living and min imum living standards are protect ed, then I shall he satisfied It seemed to observers in thi' munist-threatened nationa capital that these requirement. outlawed the slightest possibility O a settlement if Chiang insisted the. be followed
 If the Communists are not sin cerely desirous of peace and vii insist on continuing the armed re bellion," Chiang continued. the gov ernment shall have no alternative but will fight them to finish"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
piIotfrom Alaska Makes Historic Flight on Berlin
 Air|ift; To Come Home Now

BERLIN, Dec. 31.-LR-An Ameri- can plane from a British loading hase landed at French Airfield in Berlin today, completing the l00,- 000th flight of the airlift. The lift over the Soviet blockade began June 26.
 As the pilot, First Lieut.. Robert w. Mcclure of Clifton Foyge, Vir- ginia, turned over a ten-ton load of coal to German police guards, he said:
 Now I can go back to Alaska" {"
 It was McGuire's 16lst IS or ti e with food and fuel for Berlin since his squadron, the 29th Troop Car rier, joined the airlift last July.
 Tomorrow Mcclure is scheduled to leave for the United States on TO- tation, enroute to reunion with his family at Fort Richardson, AL aska.
 He was accompanied on his last airlift mission by his squadron com mander, Capt. Gene M. Patton ot Harlingen, Texas, who acted as CO., pilot, and his crew chief, Staff Ser geant Richard Hosmer, of New Hav- en, Conn. Both also are eligible to return to Alaskan duty in a day or two.
 Tegel Field artists proudly paint ed 100000 Vittles" on the nose of McGuire's craft. Otherwise there was no ceremony.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
RIVERS OUT
 ON RAMPAGE
 N. E. STATES
Scores of Families Evaeu- ated in Various Sections
 Rain Is Fall Heavy
(By The Associated Press,

Rain-swcllen rivers went on rampage today Friday, in the northeastern sections of the United States.
 Scores of families in river valleys were evacuated, and train and high way traffic cut as normally placid rivers burst their banks and spread over a wide area of New England, New York and New Jersey.
 One death was reported in Massa- chusetts.
 Some 800 persons were evacuated from their homes in New Jersey. Three communities-Ma Manville, South Bound Brook, and Bradley Gardens in Bridgewater-- were completely cut off by flood waters. Two major dams were threatened.
 National guardsmen and rescue units moved out 50 families in Gen. ter Berlin in upstate New York, 20 families in North Adams, Mass, and others in Bennington, Vt, and in Pennington, Conn.
 North Adams families were nov ed from their homes by motor ve- h!cles.
 The Hudson river leaped over its banks and flooded sections of AL bany and Troy in upstate New 1 York.
 Thus far the rain storm has brought 3.i0 inches of rain to North ern New Jersey, and 446 inches had fallen on Albany, 592 inches l in 24 hours LID to 8 3a.m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
CHAMP LIAR H
 CANADIAN; TELLS
 ONE THAT'S GOOD

BURLINGTON, Wis, Dec. 31.- lRl-A narrative of big blow in Alberta. Canada, today was desig- hated the gustiest of all windy eff forts in the annual contest of the Burlington Liars Club, Inc.
 L. w. Tupper, of Patricia, AL berta, is the champion liar of the world for 1948 by reason of his tale of 2,0O0 post holes and a northwestern.
 Up here in Alberta we really have come wind storms" Tupper related. Last summer rancher had just finished digging 2,000 post holes, when along came a northwestern and blew every last one of these post holes out of the ground and out of the country. The rancher finally located them 125 miles away, but they were a total loss. After bouncing 125 miles cross-country, over cactus, they were so full of holes that they wouldn't hold dirt any more"
 Tupper's tall one, which left Pa tricia by dog-sled, took the cham pionship out of the United States for the first time since the club began competition in 1929.
 Last years liar supreme was John Hopley, of San Antonio, Tex, who related how Charley Skorpea knocked the eight ball out from under fly in an Oklahoma pool room so fast that the fly fell on the table and broke it's back.
 From the years batch of tall tales, club officers awarded hon. orable mentions to several, includ- ing John Hughes, Johnson City III.
 Hughes: During the recent war a Marine stationed on an island in the Pacific really could take heat. Others were dropping in the tropical glare, but this fellow con tinued to take duty day after day When he finally gave up, they showed him in the firebox of 8 dead locomotive and his body gave off enough heat to run the loco motive, hauling 10-car train 100 miles before they ran out o1 steam"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
sOUTHBOUND TOMORROW

Jack Moves, son of Col and Mrs. John R. Moves, will be returning to college in the East. and his mother heading for visit in Seattle, when they board PAA plane to- morrow
 On this vacation, Jack saw AL aska for the first time since ,,he was two years old-and had a won- derful time of it.
 He is student at Hamilton College, in Clinton, N Y.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
CEASE FIRE AT MIDNIGHT ORDER
 IN DUTCH BA1TLF


 BATAVIA, Dec. 31.-LR-The New Year will start peacefully in Java if Dutch orders are carried out. Netherland authorities have ordered their troops to cease fire at mid- night tonight-8 am. Pacific Stan dard Time today.
 While the order may halt the so- called Dutch police action in Java, the campaign against the Indone- sian Republic is expected to con- tinue two or three more days on neighboring Sumatra. Since De- cember 19, the Dutch have seized every important economic area and major city in Indonesia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
The W ashington Merry Go Round
Rv DREW PEARSON tCopyright 1s4s. by The Bell Syndicate
 Incl

WASHINGTON The worlds greatest deliberative body will have some of the livest new Senators in years when it convenes Monday But the chances are its President Pro Tem will be a reactionary who has as much in common with the Truman Administration as the Ma tional Association of Manufactur- CTS.
 That's what the Democratic sec ret caucus today is about-the race between cantankerous Senator Mo- Kellar of Tennessee and elegant Willard Tydings of Maryland, both ardent has-beens, to be President Pro Tenn of the Senate.
 Both have campaigned covertly but energetically for the job. When Mcclellan. who formerly held the post, heard Tydings was in the running, he sent letter to other Senators saying he would esteem their action very much" if they elected him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
BARAN0F AND DENALI SCHEDULED 10 SAIL
 EARLY IN JANUARY

With the end of Seattle's port tie up, the Alaska Steamship Company announces the following sailings:
 The Baranof is scheduled to sai from Seattle January 2, arriving ir
 Juneau about January 10. She will call at Ketchikan, Juneau and Sew ard.
 The Denali is due to sail January Is from Seattle, with calls at Ket-
 chikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Ju- neau. Skagway, Haines, Sitka, Yak iutat, Kodiak and Seldovia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
PRESIDENT, LEADERS IN
 CONFERENCE
Strategic Huddle Regard ing Policy Program Be
 Presented Congress

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.--lR--- President Truman called a strategy huddle with top lieutenants today ito chart the course of the New Deal program he plans to lay before the '8lst Congress Wednesday.
 Foreign policy. which dominated Mir. Truman's news conference yes- terday, was expected to weigh heav- fly in his discussions with four congressional leaders.
 Invited to the White House talks were President Elect Barkley who will preside over the new Sen- late, Rep. Rayburn (Tex) slated to be House speaker. Senator Lucas 1ll) due to become Senate major ], ity leader. and Lucas House coun- terpart, Rep. Mccormack tMass.). BARKLEY BACK FROM EUROPE Barkley has just returned from a trip to Europe. and MT. Truman was likely to want a first-hand re- port on his observations there. 1 But domestic matters appeared to be up for review as we'll.
 Barkley arrived at National Air port yesterday in an Air Force plane with Ambassador to Moscow Wal ter Bedell Smith and Secretary for 1 Air w. Stuart Symington.
 SMITH RESIGNS
 Smith told reporters he hopes MT. Truman will accept his resig- nation as envoy to Russia.
 1 Smith. asked whether he agreed with MT. Trumans Kansas City statement this week that some Sov- jet leaders would Ike to be more friendly with the United States, re- piled:
 T can't say. because my ac- quaintance with the Politburo is livery limited" The Politburo. head- led by Marshal Stalin, is the Com !munist agency which runs Russia | TRUMAN STILL MUM At his news conference Mir. Tru- man declined to clarify his state- ment except to say that it was not connected with his campaign re- marx last June that "Old Joe" Stal- in was likeable fellow who wanted to live up to his agreements hut was a prisoner of the Politburo. ] There were reports, said news man. that Barkley had gene to Eu- rope with credentials from the Pres
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.-tR-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2M, American Can 81Ss, Anaconda 35as, Curtiss- Wright T, International Harvest CT 26ai, Kennecott 55h, New York Central 12%. Northern Pacific 16% U. s. Steel 69M, Pound $403A. Sales today were l,550.000 shares Averages today are as follows intmstrials l7730, rails 52.86, util- ities 35.2l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
(By The Associated Press)

What new tax recommendations will Governor Gruening make to the Alaska session when it convenes next Thursday in special session? His message to the last legislature may provide a clue.
 The Governor has remained sll- ent on what his proposals will be. He said in Washington, D. O., that their disclosure will have to await his message to legislators.
 That maJor taxation proposals will be made is considered a cer- tainty, since the session was call cd to cope with the Territory's fi- nancial emergency. The special ses- sion call cited the inability of the treasury to pay $750,000 in claims, while more claims are accumulat- ing.
 Governor Gruening's message to the 1947 legislature may be a weathervane of what's in the wind. He showed in that message the lines of taxation he considers feas- ible for the Territory. In the ab- sence of indications to the con- trary, there is a strong possibility they will form the basis for his recommendation to the special session.
 Money To Be Easy? He said at that time, in discuss ing where is the money coming from?" that the Legislature will ] have no difficulty in answering that question if it desires to find the answer"
 His first suggestions were for taxes on the construction indus try, which was involved in build l ing the major Alaska defense bases and possibly a withholding tax of around 2 per cent on the wages of thousands of construction work CTS.
 In that regard, he noted that opportunity appears to be knock ing twice" through the big post war contracts.
 Citations Made
 He named a long list of busi- nesses which he said paid no direct taxes to the Territory and which offered source of new revenue.
 He headed the list with steam ship companies, air transportation companies, lighterage companies and banks.
 He cited persons living outside oi incorporated cities as escaping To- cal taxes and suggested that they might be a new revenue source. Ht also mentioned the thousands ol seasonal workers
 Main sources of revenue, under existing tax laws, cited for 1949- 50 by the Board of Budget are Excise taxes on liquor, $1,800,000 salmon canneries pack tax $500, GOO; salmon canneries net income tax $150,000; fish trap license $300,000; motor fuel oil tax $1,000. GOO; mines and mining, $500, 900; school tax $370,O00; automobil, license plates $280,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
5HIp0WNER5, AFL SAILORS EXPECT
 WAGE AGREEMENT

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.-tR-- An amicable settlement of a wage dispute between shipowners and AFL sailors appeared likely today.
 Separate meetings will be held for memberships of the Sailors Un- ion of the Pacific and the Pacific American Shipowners Association to ratify an agreement reached between their negotiating commit tees.
 Officials of both sides predicted acceptance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31


 bills being drafted by the Attorney Generals office for introduction at the forthcoming extraordinary ses- sion, Attorney General Ralph Riv- CTS made the following statement: Basic tax measures which mem bers of the Legislature have re- quested us to draft are a general income tax, property tax and re- vision of business license taxes.
 The income tax would apply to corporations as well as individuals. It is designed to involve a mini mum of inconvenience to taxpay- CTS by providing for levy in rela- ton to income taxes paid to the Federal government. The tGx would be 10 per cent of the amount which the taxpayer pays under the h. i ternal Revenue Code. Withholding provisions on wage earners are in cluded, which would apply to all employers except the Federal gov ernment. Persons working directly for the Federal government would have to make return and pay an- nually the same as self-employed I individuals. Quarterly estimates are not called for with respect to busi- nesses or self-employed individuals Allocations clauses would make out side firms operating in Alaska lia- ! hle to the Territory for tax based on that portion of their net profits [ attributable to their Alaska opera tions.
 | PROPERTY TAX
 The property tax is an ad valor- em levy on all property, real and personal. in the Territory. The rate stated is ? per cent of the value of such property. Assessment and col lection within incorporated cities and school districts is left to the To- cal authorities to be carried out under local property tax procedure. One-half of the money derived from property within towns and school districts is to be remitted to said towns and districts for school pur- poses. The remainder would go into the general fund of the Territory. With respect to property outside of incorporated towns, the assessment would be made by divisional boards who would make up all tax rolls within each division. The Depart ment of Taxation would then col- lect the tax shown on such rolls.
 BUSINESS LICENSE TAX
 The business license tax bill is designed to establish a uniform system of business licensing. S25 would be payable in advance each year covering the first S20,000 of lbusiness dorie and the balance pay ale at the end of each year would be based on volume of business done at the rate of one-nalf of l per cent thereof. Since many busi- inesses are licensed each year under "a Federal Act with license fees pay table to the Clerks of the District Court, the uniform business license system now proposed would not go into effect until Congress repeals said license tax imposed by Con- : gress. Until such effective date, pres : ent territorial license requirements would remain in effect.
 Other bills will probably be in- troduced for increase in fisher mems licenses and pack tax. Other : miscellaneous leNies, including a tobacco tax, will no doubt be con sidered, but the details are mol available at this time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess North, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive Sunday after noon or evening.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle January '.
 Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle January 8.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
PRINCESS N0RAH DUE
 SUNDAY, NOT JAN. 1

Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Norah is due to arrive from Van- couyer Sunday afternoon or eve ming.
 This will be the first time in years the Norah has failed to be in the port of Juneau either north or south bound, on New Years Day In the past, the Norah's whistle has joined the usual din welcoming the New Year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
Statehood Bill
 For Hawaii Dies

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3l.--(R-- Legislation to grant statehood to Hawaii died automatically today with the expected final adjourn ment of the 80th Congress.
 But it will be reintroduced for an- other try when the new Congress convenes Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
Scores Flee from Floods in Northeast c. S
(ELEBRANTS
 LINE UP FOR TIME TONIGHT

NEW YORK, Dec. 31-lR-Peo- pie everywhere across the nation are getting set for a big celebra- tion tonight when they bid good tye to l948 and hail the New Year.
 It's the same performance as most New Year Eyes. But a survey shows the merry-makers will greet the New Year at considerably more expense than in previous years. A man escorting a partner to a night club to ring in the New Year car expect to pay about $50 for the evenings fun in many parts of the nation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
LONDON CELEBRATES

LONDON, Dec. 31.-lR-Little rev. elry is planned for the New Years celebration in troubled Europe. But in London, the British will enjoy their first chance since 1889 of reverting to an old custom.
 Eros, god of love, has been re- placed on his pedestal overlooking Piccadilly Circus, the Broadway of London. Thousands of people who passed recent New Years Eyes un- der German bombing attacks, will once again swarm around the sta- tue to welcome a New Year that may bring happier days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
NEWLYWEDs HERE

Ward O. Williams of the Forest Service arrived yesterday from Portland, Ore. where he was mar ried December 21 He and his bride plan to be in Juneau until Tuesday when they will fly to Seward. where Williams is station cd as forester.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
WEATHER REPORT

IO. D, WEH 1Irs1e DO1VEHO This data is for 24-hour per- iod ending 6:3c am. PSF. In Juneau Maximum, 33; minimum, 27.
 At Airport Maximum, 31; minimum, -19.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31

It is estimated that all the diamonds in the world are worth about 15 billion dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
F o R E c A s T

. (Juneau and Vicinity Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with occasional light snow flurries. Slight , ly colder Saturday with low est temperature near 24 , and highest temperature , near 28.
 . F K E CLIP TAT ON
 . CPast "A hours ending 7:3o m today In Juneau - .04 inches; , since Dec. l, 6.76 inches. . since July l, 75.36 inches. At the Airport = Trace; , since Dec. l, 2.94 inches; since July 1, 48.81 inches. . . . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-31
AT THE BARANOF

Gerald Oaksmith of Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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