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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-03


 into the Bristol Bay fishing fleet.
 Rep. Marcus Jensen, Douglas Democrat, expressed the telief that putting power in the beats would not be too costly and expressed sup port for the bill.
 The general attitude of the House was pretty well summed up in the comment of Rep. Warren Taylor FaitbankS Democrat:
 Let's lower the sailboat boom or the canners."
 Liquor Bill Troubles
 The Liquor Control Bill, pre- viously described as a Bill in search of a sponsor" had not reached the end of it's unhappy course and was the subject of a special order of business and the cause of an amendment to the House rules yesterday.
 Rep Doris Barnes, a member of the Public Welfare Committee which had been tagged to the bill as sponsor, announced that she had not been party to the ac- tion by the committee and knew nothing of it until she read about it in the newspaper. Rep. William Beltz, chairman of the Public Welfare Committee, it developed, had placed the commit tee name on the Bill without con- sulting the entire committee. Three women and minister who are members of this commit tee were embarrassed by being named as sponsors of the LiGror Bill" Mrs. Barnes said
 Not Consulted Rep. Amelia Gundersen, also a member of the committee, said she thought committee Bill should have the approval of all members of the committee before being in- troduced.
 Rep. Warren Taylor defended Rep. Beltz' action, stating that it has been the practice in the past for committee chairmen to intro duce committee Bills without nec- essarily consulting other commit tee members.
 Rep. Beltz, serving his first term in the Legislature, had acted in good faith, it was made clear, but several members insisted tnat there should be some set rule to cover such transactions.
 To settle the question, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole and decided to adopt rules amendment to provide that committees may introduce bills with approval of a majority of the com mittee members.
 Rep. Beltz called a i-,eeting of the Public Welfare Committee i'm mediately following adjournment yesterday and offered to withdraw the Bill and reintroduce it in his own name.
 Members of the committee de- cided, however, that since the Bill has been introduced and is now in the committees hands for recom- mendation they will not insist up on retroactive application of the new rule
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-03
CROOKS TRAIL SNOW
 FOUR INCHES POWDER

Chuck Mcclellan, night dispatch CT for Pan American Airways, re- ported conditions of the Crooks Trail as fast yesterday afternoon with about four inches of new powder snow
 Bonnie Randall, ski club social cocrdinator, announced that there will be a ski breakfast Sunday morning at 9 a. m at the BaraLCf Hotel in the Gold Room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-03
FIREMEN TO PLAN
 ANNUAL BALL AT
 MEETING TONIGHT

It won't take an alarm to take the Juneau Fire Department to the Fire Hall at o'clock tonight. They will be there for the monthly meet ing and feed.
 Besides regular business, the most important matter will be to make plans for the annual Firemen's Ball February l2 in the ballroom of the Elks.
 Bremen already have their pock- cts stuffed with tickets which sell for $1.00 plus 20 cents tax
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-03
TAX ON SAIL |5 APPROVED
 UNANIMOUSLY

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HOSPITAL NOTES

Admitted to St. Ann's hospital yesterday were Mrs. Anna Johnson and Mrs. William Maier.
 Discharged from St. Ann's wert Mrs. John Ashtaugh and baby boy Larry Higgins, H CT ert Hakala Richard Garrison and Santos Lido
 Admitted to the Government hos pital were William Jackson of Yaku- tat and Mary Shaginoff of Anchor age.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-03
EDITH OBANION HERE
 TO MAKE FUTURE HOME

Edith O'Banion, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William Bentler, ar rived during the past weekend to make her home with her parents. She $ a sophomore in high school and comes from Alameda, Calf. MT. Bentler is skipper of the Coast Guard 83-foot patrol boat, station ed in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-03
IN BUREAU OF MINES

Frank Denton Denny) Merritt of Juneau yesterday joined the clerical staff of the U. s. Bureau of Mines, and another recent addi- tion is Guy Russo, draftsman for the Bureau of which G. D. Jer- main is head
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-03
COUNCIL MEETS FRIDAY

The first regular meeting of the City Council for this month will be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Council Chambers at the City Hall
 Chiefly routine business is sched- uled, according to Mayor Waino Eendrickson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-03

Snow contains so much air that animals hibernate under it and men have been buried in drifts for two full days and lived.
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LausOn Air Cooled OutbOards, new models at MADSEN c and F SUPPLY. 1O8 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
DenfeId Declines
 New Post

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19- tR = Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, busted Chief of Naval Operations, has de- clined the post of commander in chief of Naval forces in the East ern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
 He turned it down in stinging letter to Secretary of the Navy Mat thews which the Navy made public today.
 In the letter, Denfeld recalled Matthews statement, made when Denfeld was removed as Chief of Naval Operations, that Denfeld was not loyal to his superiors and did not have proper respect for author ity.
 Tt could conceivably happen that other nations having read of this public accusation, would not have the necessary respect for, and con- fidence in me, which the comman- der in chief of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Forces should enjoy in his relations with offic- ials of other governments"
 Denfeld added that he is consid- ering whether to retire from the Navy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
SNOW OVER
 NORTHWEST
By Associated Press

The Pacific Northwest weather man blew the frost off his instru- ments this morning and came up with a prediction of more of the same tonight but with the possibil- ity of some relief-in the form of snow-late tomorrow.
 Weather possibly 10 degrees cold CT was predicted for many Wash ington- Oregon chilblain points. It may reach 10 degrees below in North Central Washington valleys.
 The Spokane weather bureau said its low this morning was above.
 Two inches of snow fell over the weekend at Spokane, bringing the total on the ground to six inches.
 Cleared highways were glassy all through Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho.
 Lookout Summit. East of Null Ian in Northern Idaho. was smoth- cred in 30 inch snowfall over the weekend, added to 30 inch stand already on the ground. Sixteen in- ches of snow was reported for Wal lace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
HISS TAKE STAND IN H|5| OWN DEFENSE


 NEW YORK, Dec. 19-tR-Alger Hiss took the stand in his own de- fense today at his second perjury trial
 The lean, 45-year-old defendants appearance was an indication that the trial, involving charges that state secrets were given to the Rus sians before the war, was nearing an end
 His testimony in the first trial, which ended in a jury disagree ment, lasted three days. The pre- sent trial now is in its 21st court day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
DIES IN FIRES, TWO IN ACCIDENT5.
 NEAR SEATTLE E
(By the Associated Press)

Apparently reflecting the cold wave that swept suddenly across the state, fire replaced traffic acci- dents as the main toll-taser in the weekend's list of accidental deaths throughout Washington state.
 Four of the six fatalities recorded were caused by fire. The other two resulted from traffic accidents.
 Two Filipino children-Bronchi and Toni Costello, aged 3 and 5-- died Sunday in the flames that en- yeloped the home of their par ents. MT. and Mrs. Segundo Cos tello, short distance outside Sum- Ter. The parents were at the Com munity House scarcely 100 feet away when the mother saw the fire.
 An overloaded wood stove also was blamed for the death of Henry Pinkerton, A. at Chehalis Satur- day night. His charred body was found sprawled over neatly-stacked Christmas presents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
CONCERT TICKETS SUGGESTED FOR
 CHRISTMAS GIFTS

With most persons still having several names yet to check off Christmas lists, the Juneau Con- cert Association considers it time ly to suggest a membership as an ideal gift.
 Season tickets are on sale at the Juneau Drug Company, Vic Pow CTS Paint Shop and Fred Henning's, and at Val Poor's Drugstore in Douglas.
 The Concert Association guaran- tees at least two concerts, and there will be another one if en- ough memberships are sold to war rant it. The membership tickets now on sale serve as admission tick cts during the season.
 They are priced at $5 for adults $2.50 for students.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
TWO H00NAH MEN FOUND GUILTY IN GAME CASES

Two Hoonah men were prosecut- ed in the U. s. Commissioner s Court here this morning for viola tions of game regulations.
 Howard Gray was found guilty of having trapped for and attempted to catch mink" December 13, three days before legal trapping season opened.
 He was fined $25 and given 30- day suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty.
 Arthur Andrews pleaded guilty to killing, taking and possessing a deer out of season. He was fined $50 and given 30-day suspended jail sentence.
 Clarence Watson, Fish and Wild life Service enforcement agent signed the complaints in both cases
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
:. 1N'DO-o A ATTORNEY
 IN WRONG
Made Charges Against Govt. Witness Which
 Prove 10 Be False

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19-tR- The government charged today that al. attorney for Harry Bridges was wrong last week when he intimated that the government witness had been convictd of liquor law viola ton.
 The witness was Manning John son, a Negro, and professed ex- Communist. His testimony had placed Bridges, head of the CIO longshore union, in high councils of the Communist party.
 Bridges is charged with perjury, accused of swearing falsely in his ,945 naturalization hearing that he was not and never was a Com munist.
 Johnson had testified he once ran a pool hall and restaurant in Alliance, Nebr., and had never been convicted of crime. James McInnis, attorney for Bridges, asked him Isn't 1t true that on the First day of December, 1926, you were found guilty of possession of intoxicating liquor?'
 Federal Judge George B. Harris cut off this questioning and there was a demand that MacInnis get certified copy of any conviction. He said he wolIld
 Today, F. Joseph Donohue, head of the prosecution staff, told re- porters out of court that he had re- ceived records showing that the Johnson convicted in Alliance was not Manning Johnson, the witness, but man 14'years older. who sub sequently was killed by a woman. Donohue declared he would ask Judge Harris to clear up this mat ter of identity, but the court set 1t over day.
 It appeared that Paul Crouch, an admitted Communist member tor IT years, would be on the stand most of the day under cross examination by the defense.
 He testified today. as the defense questioned him, that the highest number of Communist dues-payers in this country was e2.0o0 in 1889.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
REDS BUILD BIG FLEET
 E REPORT
Russia Is Boosting Naval Strength While Britain
 and U. 5. Reducing
By Associated Press

From Britain came a report today that Russia is boosting her Naval strength with rocket-firing battle ships and long range submarines
 Jane's Fighting Ships. the auth oritative Naval publication, said that while the U S. and Britain are scrapping or mothballing many of their warships, the Russians are believed building three ultra-modern 35O00-ton battleships, equipped to fire radio controlled aerial torped- oes and rockets.
 Two other Soviet battleships were said to be in the blueprint stage and possibly in the shipyard stocks. Russia already is known to have two battleships.
 Part of Russia's five-year Naval Plan is also said to envisage fleet of from 750 to 1000 long-range sub- marines by 1851, and many smaller war vessels, such as torpedo boats and mine SWeeperS.
 Jane's said its information of the Red fleet was presented with all due reserve" Moscow does not pub fish details of its defense program.
 Jane's said the U. s. Navy still has 15 hattleships, but that only the z5,O00-ton Missouri-is still in active commission.
 The British Navy, it said, has five battleships. none of them in active commission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
FIRE RAzE5 CHURCH ON ANNETTE ISLAND: MAY BE REBUILT

METLAKATLA, Alaska, Dec. 19- R'-The Duncan Memorial Church, q Southeast Alaska landmark at this Indian community for nearly 60 years, was destroyed by fire shortly before noon yesterday.
 The blaze was believed caused by a defective heating plant.
 The church, named for the late Father William Duncan, was erected curing his lifetime and rebuilt shortly before World War II. It was supported from s14o,ooo trustee fund raised by the vener- able priest through community in oustries.
 Father Duncan led the Tsimshean Indians from Old Metlakatla, British Columbia, to this Annette Island spot, It now is debt-free model Indian town with popula- ton of 700, a modern cannery, sawmill and public buildings.
 The church probably will be re- built with money from the trustee fund, using lumber cut in the saw mill here.
 Annette Island airfield volun- teers helped townspeople fight the flames, but they were beyond con- trol before they were discovered. Coast Guard equipment also was flown in from nearby Ketchikan by Ellis AirlineS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
SECTION OF HOUSE TO
 MOVE OVER 5TREET5 ON
 SLED RUNNERS TONIGHT

A section of house, all that re- mains of the Florine Housel home, long a landmark at Fourth and Franklin Streets, will be moved along Juneau streets tonight to 18th and Harbor Way, Peter Wood, the buildings owner announced to- day.
 The house section will be moved on sled runners down either 18th Street or Willoughby Avenue. Nov ing will begin at ' p.m., Wood an- nounced. It will be lowed by two trucks owned by Peter and Wen dell Schneider.
 The building will become part of a three store, two-apartment build ing, Wood said. Construction will be carried out this winter using material salvaged from the razed section of the house.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
COMES FROM SEATTLE
 READY FOR SKIING

Miss Margaret Haugen, daughter of Captain and Mrs. N. s. Haugen, arrived here from Seattle all set to enjoy some skiing over the Christmas holidays.
 Miss Haugen, freshman at the University of Washington and ski enthusiast, disembarked from the PA plane with skis, ski poles and ski boots all ready to try out the Juneau Douglas ski slide. She will return to Seattle in time to start the second semester at the U. on January 3, where she is majoring in home economies.
 Capt. Haugen is commander of the U. s. Coast Guard here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
H0SpITAl NOTES

Milton G. Fiamengo, Mrs. Will liam Geddes, Mrs. E. A. Kropf Catherine Hooker, Mrs. Shirley O'Reilly and Fred Stewart were admitted to St. Ann's Hospital over the weekend.
 Fourteen persons were dismissed from St. Ann's over the weekend. They were: James Bidwell, Alfreda Horton, Mrs. w. L Porter and baby girl, Alberta Carlson, Invald An derson. Walter Krebs, Mrs. Mike Korhonen and baby girl, and Luther Lee Caldwell.
 Paul Williams of Haines was ad- mitted to the Government Hospital over the weekend and Harold How ard was dismissed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
LARGE RAFT OF L0GS BREAKS LOOSE FROM
 TUG AT CORA POINT

Three-quarter million board feet of timber in a raft broke loose from the tug Adak yesterday morn ing at Cora Point near Cape De- cision.
 Today the tug awaited aid from Coast Guard aircraft in search ing for logs from the raft.
 The raft, owned by the Columbia Lumber Company of Juneau, was enroute from Hood Bay to ocean Falls, B.C., where it was to have been delivered to Pacific Mills.
 The Adak reported to Coast Guard headquarters here by radio that the raft grounded on Cora Point. The tug worked to free it, until icing conditions forced it to seek shelter in Shakan Bay.
 The Adak is owned by Owens Brothers of Hood Bay and was chartered by Columbia Lumber Company, Coast Guard sources said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
pI(kETINC
 CASES UP,
 HIGH COURT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-tR-- The Supreme Court today agreed to consider three-way attack on a Washington state law which curbs union picketing activity.
 Three unions = two of them ordered to pay total of S750 damages-appealed to the tribunal ir an effort to upset the laws ban against picketing when there is no immediate employer employee dis pute.
 The unions claim this violates the free speech guarantees of the Fed eral Constitution.
 In one of the three cases which the court agreed to review for later decision, Bremerton, Wash, local of the Building Service Employees International Union was ordered to pay w. L. Gazzam, owner of the Enetai Inn, $500.
 The State Supreme Court in up- holding the damage award found that none of Gazzam's workers was member of the picketing union and none had expressed a desire to join the union.
 In other actions today before declaring a two-week holiday re- cess, the court:
 Held in effect that automobile clubs are not exempt from Federal Income and Excess Profits Taxes.
 Ruled in effect that the Army was within it's rights in arresting in this country a former civilian employee of a post exchange in Germany for removal there on a charge involving improper use of cigarette coupons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
TWO OVERCOME AS
 GUESTS FLEE FIRE !N FAIRBANKS HOTEL

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 19- R-Weekend occupants of the fire damaged Burns Hotel all were alive ard unharmed today, thanks to g barking dog and an unidentified guest
 The guest reused upstairs sleepers after flames ate into walls of the frame building early Friday and spread swiftly upward to the attic Most of the lodgers fled to safety unaided. Two were overcome by smoke and carried out by firemen who revived them with an in- halator.
 One woman, clad in a housecoat and slippers, climbed out window ir the 20 below zero weather and made her way over an icy tin root to the window of an adjoining apartment house.
 Those with quarters in the hotel basement were awakened by a barking dog as it tugged at the bedclothes of the owners son. They escaped without difficulty.
 The blaze broke out again Satur- day but was quickly extinguished It was believed rekindled from smoldering sawdust in the attic Loss to the hotel was estimated at more than $15,000.
 Some water damage was done to toys and candy for the Central Labor Councils annual Christmas party, but enough were saved to carry on the celebration. They were stored in the rear of the hotel on the first floor.
 Officials of the Fairbanks and Ladd Air Force base fire depart ments said the blaze started from an electrical connection to the ad- jscent Arcade restaurant. Damage was confined to the hotel.
 A 33-year-old man was arrested after the fire and held by police without charge on suspicion of footing Authorities said he wore flreman's clothing and made sev- eral trips in and out of the hotel puilding unnoticed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
ANS OFFICERS RETURN FROM
 SCHOOL MEET

Max Penrod, principal of Mt. Edgecumbe Boarding School, and Martin N. B. Holm, education spe- cialist with the Alaska Native Serv- ice Juneau office, have returned from an official trip to Washing ton State during which they at tended the annual meet of the Northwest Association of High Schools and High Schools of Spo- kane.
 Following the three-day confer ence, they went to Seattle and spent another three days acting as expert examiners in the rating of teacher applications on file with the Indian Service and ANS.
 More than 200 delegates attended the High School meet, representing some $50 accredited secondary schools, junior colleges, colleges and universities throughout the Northwest, Hawaii and Alaska.
 Mt. Edgecumbe, after only two years of operation, won accrediting by the association last year. an un- usual accomplishment. The only senior high school operated by the Service, it is under direction of George Dale, director of education for ANS.
 Two other boarding schools and 92 day schools make up the educa- ton services of the working organization.
 Among the entire $50 schools, Mt. Edgecumbe is perhaps the most un- usual member. Its enrolment Of 625 students is drawn from 112 Alaskan localities, including such far-off communities as Point Bar row, Nome, Wainwright, Kotzebue, St. Paul, St. George, Ataka, and others.
 No other secondary school draws from such a large area. Its voca- tional program gives students on- the-job training experience, enab- ling them to seek work after gradu- ation, and acamedic pursuits pre- pare them for a college career.
 The school is now in it's third year of operation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
RUTH BADER NAMED SWEETHEART" AT. CHRISTMAS BALL

Two photographers flashed their lights at a record rate Saturday evening in the Baranof Gold Room and lounge, where there was a wealth of picture material on which to focus
 Candid camera shots in color and black -and-white will picture excit- ing moments at the Beta Sigma Christmas Ball. With their escorts, the attractive young women in the career sorority made a charming picture, their formal gowns show ing to advantage in a festive Christmas setting.
 Highlight of the evening was the cornnation of Ruth Bader as sweetheart of 49,' last years queen, Marian Jensen, officiating after being introduced by Mayor Walno Hendrickson.
 Two handsome gifts by men friends of the sorority and of its President, Mrs. Bader, made the patty even more gala than planned.
 Tne Beta Sig president had sev- era times expressed wish to own dog. But she was not prepared for the surprise of the evening-when visiting friend, Bert Van Cost dam, whistled and a huge Great DMle came loping in from the lobby. Mrs Bader was given the leash and the registration papers. The other present was of two dozen yellow roses, the gift of Alan Mar cum.
 Like any other woman. Mrs. Bader can well take care of the flowers, but what to do with Karl Fra Kronborg is something else.
 Jran Marsh and Bea Browne were the other sweetheart" candidates.
 With Peter Wood as master of ceremonies, a fine floor show pre- ceded the coronation ceremonies. Dean Evans sang popular numrerS, ending his act with "The Sweet heart of Sigma Chi"
 Ben Favre was a one-man show, playing the piano and singing two novelty songs before series of smart dancing routines with Pat Peterson as his partner. Coast Guardsman Bob Marts rounded out tiA show with brilliant numbers on the rnarimba.
 Jennie Rusher was chairman of the committee which planned and put up the lavish Christmas deco rations, including floor-length drap- cries of cotton batting and red and green tiebacks at the doorways. On this committee also were Jean Marsh, Jacque Fisher and Ruth Rader.
 The Beta Sigma Phi Christmas Ball was a highlight of the holi- day social season, and photog- rapher's field day for J. Malcolm Creamy and Bob Nelson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-19
MEETINGS SLATED FOR AMRA55AD0RS
 IN LATIN AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-tRLThe State Department announced to- day that the 20 United States Am bassadors in Latin America will meet in Havana January 18 and at Rio de Janeiro March l.
 George Kennan, Depart m n t counselor, and Assistant Secretary of State Edward G. Miller, Jr., who is in charge of Latin American affairs, will attend the Rio meet ing. For Kennan, Rio will be one stop on a tour of Latin-America for an on-the-spot check of United States relations.