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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS,
VOL. LV No 24 TOME. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953 Per Copy—15^
Pension Increase
And Narcotics Law
Pass The Senate
JUNEAU, (/PI—The Senate yes
terday afternoon passed a bill to
increase old age pensions to a
maximum of $100 monthly from
the present $80 and voted for life
imprisonment for a third convic
tion of selling narcotics. Both
measures now go to the House.
The pension bill also eliminates
all special restrictions for non
citizens, providing they can qual
ify with the same residential re
quirements as citizens.
John Butrovich finance com
mittee chairman, estimated the
new scale would not cost the
territory over $100,000 for each
biennium.
He said tnat tears tnat Atasiea
“might become a haven for old
folks and aliens” because of the
pension law were unfounded. He
said those fears were expressed
when the pension was raised to
$80 but actually 58 pension cases
were shifted to stateside rolls in
the biennium without any coming
to' Alaska.
The narcotics bill provided one
of the liveliest arguments of the
Senate’s first 30 days. As intro
duced by Sen. Snider, it called
for the death penalty on the
fourth conviction of selling nar
cotics.
Percy Ipalook (R - Kotzebue)
failed in an attempt to amend the
measure to provide for life im
prisonment for the fourth offense
after several senators called nar
cotics traffiking worse than mur
der.
Paul Robison (R - Anchorage)
proposed an amendment to
change the sentence to life im
prisonment for the third offense,
arguing that it would prevent any
fourth offense and that hanging
was unjustified for crime in the
modern era.
Senate president Charles Jones
(R-Nome) then left the chair to
make an impassioned plea for the
death penalty for narcotics traf
fikers he described as “miserable,
low creatures below words to de
scribe.”
Price Controls Lifted On
Nearly All Dry Groceries
WASHINGTON, UP) — The gov
ernment today lifted price con
trols from nearly all dry grocer
ies, cigarettes, copper and alumi
num.
Price Stabilizer Joseph Freehill
said controls will be retained only
on coffee and coffee concentrates
in the dry grocery line.
Aside from a very few selected
items, such as rice, controls now
have been taken off practically
all foods.
In the major metals field OPS
is retaining curbs only on prices
k of steel and nickel.
NORTH POLE APPOINTMENT
JUNEAU, UP) —There’s a Civil
Defense Director now at the Al
askan North Pole.
Appointment of C. B. Miller to’
the North Pole position was an
nounced by Col. James C. Crock
ett, head of the Alaska Defense
organization. North Pole is a set
tlement of 350 residents near
, , Fairbanks.
McKay Recommends Heintzleman
For Governor, Waino Hendrickson
Of Juneau For Secretary of Alaska
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Recommendation For
Secretaryship Came As
Surprise to Hendrickson
JUNEAU, (jD — Waino Edwin
Hendrickson, recommended yes
terday for Secretary of Alaska,
has been mayor of Juneau since
1946 after rising from the role of
a laborer to businessman and then
to the city’s executive office.
“It came as a complete surprise
to me,” he said when notified of
Secretary of Interior McKay’s
choice at Washington, D.C.
“I hadn’t applied for the posi
tion but, I’m greatly pleased.”
Now serving his fourth term as
mayor', Hendrickson is a quiet,
unassuming civic leader well
known throughout Alaska. He
was elected to the House of Rep
resentatives in 1950 and re-elected
in 1952 with the bigegst vote of
any First Division candidate.
He was born here June 18,
1896 and attended Juneau schools.
After graduation from high school
in 1916 he was employed by the
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.,
two years later he enlisted in the
army.
After the first World War he
was a Juneau dock worker three
years and later became an em
ploye of the Alaska Laundry Co.,
then a part owner.
He is married and has one
daughter and four grandchildren.
He was Alaska Department Com
mander, American Legion, in 1943
and is an active member of the
Pioneers of Alaska, Rotary, Elks
and Chamber of Commerce.
Manville Wife No. 9 Takes
Overdoes of Sedative As
He Takes On Wife No. 12
GREENWICH, Conn., Ufr—Much
married Tommy Manville today
had his 12th wedding license—to
marry Mrs. Lillian Bishop Alvear,
29-year-old divorcee from Union
City, N.J.
Early today, Mrs. Juanita Pat
ino reported to police she found
her twin sister, Mrs. Anita Fran
ces Roddy-Eden Manville; uncon
scious on the floor of Anita’s fash
ionable New York apartment.
Mrs. Patino said Anita, Man
ville’s Wife No. 9, had taken a
sedative.
The 58-year-old asbestos heir,
who lives in Mamaroneck, N.Y.,
and Mrs. Alvear, mother of two
children, obtained the license here
yesterday after being turned down
earlier at New Rochelle, N.Y.
The reason for the New Roch
elle turndown was suit brought
at Juarez, Mexico, by Anita, wil
lowy blonde dancer and song
writer whom Manville married at
New Rochelle last July 10. Anita
is seeking to invalidate a divorce
she obtained at Reynosa, Mexico,
last August, a month after the
wedding.
Manville has been married 11
times, but two of the marriages
were to former wives.
WASHINGTON, (iP) — President
Eisenhower said today it will be
terrifically difficult to balance the
federal budget for the fiscal year
starting July 1.
WASHINGTON, (ff) — Secretary
of the Interior McKay Tuesday
recommended the appointment of
B. Frank Heintzleman as govern
or of Alaska and Waino Edwin
Hendrickson as secretary of the
territory.
Heintzleman told newsmen that
if his appointment is confirmed
he will work for the industrial de
velopment of Alaska.
“I think Alaska is on the verge
of large industrial development,”
he said. “I think we want to do
everything possible for industrial
development so we can smooth
the way for statehood at the ear
liest possible'date.”
Heintzleman said that if he be
comes governor he will do all he
can to promote the development
of water power for industrial pur
poses. He said he wants to see
aluminum plants in Alaska; also,
the expansion of"" the pulp and
paper industry and of the sawmill
industry, the establishment of in
dustries to use local materials and
the development of an' oil indus
try.
He said everything possible
should be done to smooth the way
for oil exploration and that it is
essential that Indian claims to
large areas be cleared up at once.
Heintzleman, 64, has been as
sociated with forest work in Al
aska for 34 years, including the
last 16 years as regional forester.
Hendrickson is mayor of Juneau
and a member of the House of
Representatives from the First
Division in the present legislative
session.
McKay’s recommendations were
made to President Eisenhower. If
the President nominates the two
men, the job of governor is sub
ject to Senate confirmation, but
the job of secretary is not.
U.S. Jets Sabotaged
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, (fl—
Saboteurs damaged four U. S.
•built jet fighter planes stationed
at Denmark’s biggest military air
field, it was officially announced
Tuesday. It was the second case of
sabotage reported at the field in
the last eight weeks.
The armed forces press office
said that the speedometers of four
F-84 Thunder jets were found
damaged during a routine check
at Karup Airfield—one of Eur
ope’s biggest.
Six soldiers on duty at the field
were held for questioning.
AIR EXPRESS SERVICE TO
ALASKA FROM PORTLAND
PORTLAND, UP)—Direct air ex
press service between Portland
and Alaska started Tuesday with
shipments to Anchorage and Fair
banks.
Mayor Fred L. Peterson of Port
land sent a golden key to the
Oregon city to the mayors of
Anchorage and Fairbanks.
A. B. Glasebrook, general agent
for Railway Express, said most
air express shipments to the 72
Alaska points served by Alaska
Airlines would be routed through
Portland because of favorable rate
differentials.
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Heintzleman and
Hendrickson Are
Hailed by Officials
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, UP) — Alaska legisla
tors and Gov. Gruening hailed
the recommendations of Secretary
of Interior McKay for governor
and Secretary of Alaska Tuesday
as excellent choices.
Commenting on the selection of
Regional Forester B. Frank Heint
zleman for governor and Juneau’s
mayor Waino Hendrickson for
secretary, leaders in the legisla
ture said all Alaskans would now
“close ranks” and work whole
heartedly with them.
Governor Gruening said: “I am
delighted that the administration
has seen fit to name Alaskans
to the offices of governor and sec
retary, thus meeting, I am sure,
the desires of the people of
Alaska.
“Having known both Frank
Heintzleman and Waino Hend
rickson for many years and hav
ing worked with them on many
Alaskan problems, I know them
to be high-minded, conscientious
and public spirited.”
Territorial Republican Chair
man Elton Engstrom said:
“It’s a fine selection. I know
everyone will get fully behind
him now that the appointment has
been made.”
House Speaker George Misco
vich, Flat Republican, comment
ed: “I think Secretary McKay
did the best as he saw fit. Mr.
Heintzleman was the least con
troversial figure. It’s a very good
choice.”
Sen. James Nolan (D-Wrangell):
“Probably no comment is neces
sary from a Democrat, but I think
both are wonderful choices.”
Senate Approves Cutting
Timber In Alaska Forests
By Japanese Interests
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, (jP) — Alaska’s Senate
went on record yesterday in favor
of the proposed cutting of timber
in the territory‘s national forests
for Japan, providing it was done
through an American company.
Senate approval came in a
memorial to Congress which pass
ed without a dissenting vote.
It cited forests as one of Alas
ka’s greatest resources and said
“if the territory’s forests are to
be used for the benefit of Alaska
and the nation, the surplus must
enter world trade in competition
with products from other areas.”
The memorial requests that
timber be made available for sale
on competitive bids to any com
pany or corporation organized
under U.S. laws and utilizing Am
erican labor at American wages.
The Senate also gave unani
mous approval to a memorial by
Howard Lyng, asking suspension
of the requirement for annual
improvement work on unpatented
mining claims; and by Paul Robi
son, (R-Anchorage) and John Gor
such (R - Anchorage) and Percy
Ipalook (R-Kotzebue), admonish
ing against any racial discrimina
tion in awarding territorial jobs.
Senate Bill Entitles
Alaska Natives To
Public Welfare Aid
JUNEAU, (#) — Bills to include
natives of Alaska under the terri
torial public welfare law and to
repeal a non-observed 40-year-old
statute against the sale of liquor
to Indians were among those in
troduced in the legislature Tues
day.
Sens. Howard Lyng (D-Nome)
and Doris Barnes (R - Wrangell)
introduced the native welfare
measure. Natives needing aid now
are under the jurisdiction of the
Alaska Native Service.
Ted Duffield (D - Nome) intro
duced a House bill to repeal the
old statute banning the sale of
liquor to Indians.
The Senate Labor Committee
sponsored a measure to liberalize
the workmen’s compensation law.
It provides that the employer of
one person would come under the
law. Only the employers of three
or more persons are now affected.
The bill would double the bene
fits in most cases. It proposes a
$9,000 payment to a widow for
the death of her husband as com
pared to the present $4,500.
Sen. William Beltz (D - Hay
cock) introduced a fair employ
ment practices act against dis
crimination in employment. A
similar measure has already been
approved by the House.
In connection with the bill for
putting natives under Territorial
Public Welfare, the measure’s
sponsors said “We feel the time
has come for the territory to
come of age and assume its full
responsibilities. One of these is to
include all its citizens under this
law. In our opinion, our new tax
system is sufficient to bring our
native peoples up to their proper
stature of full citizens in their
native land. This is one of the
necesary steps on the way to
statehood.”
“Little Point” In New
Korean Truce Tries
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., GT)—
Chief U.S. delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge, Jr., told the U.N. Political
Committee today there was “little
point” in the new U.N. Korean
truce tries so long as the Kremlin
backed Reds were determined to
continue the war.
Emphasizing that he spoke for
a new Republican administration
in Washington, Lodge charged
that Russia is “actively assisting
the aggressors in Korea on a scale
which makes possible the contin
uance of that aggression and de
termines its scope.”
He then listed ten facts back
ing up this charge which he said
the world must face and chal
lenged the Soviet Union to dis
prove them.
LOST IN TAX BUREAU
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., (A — A
small boy yesterday picked the
wrong place to get lost — the
crowded offices of the Internal
Revenue Bureau.
“Everybody wanted to claim
him,” one agent said. “He was a
well-behaved, four-year-old ex
emption.”
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