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LABOR CHIEF | NOW OPPOSES TAX ON SALES William ()r:cn Joins 1n Fight with Heads of Other OlLa!'lh\\l()l’\ DEMOCRATIC LEADER | GIVES OUT W QRNWG Federal Er 1;)10\669 May Suffer Cut in Pay if Key Proposal Lost . Roadbunldels and Several | Others on Guest List for Thursday Members of the Alaska Road Commission and its field superin- tendents will be guests of the| Chamber of Commerce at its week- | ly lunchedn meeting Thursday at| Bailey’s Cafe. Several members, recentlly returned from the States, are expected to be present, also. 4 In addition to the local members | of the Alaska Road Commission staff, it will be represented tomor w by Superintendents Frank Nash Fairbanks, M. C. Edmund: Anchorage, T. H. Huddleston, Val- | dez, R, J. Shepard, Chitina, Asst.| Following a full week’s triai in | Superintendent E. F. Bauer, Nome\ the Suffolk, M . Superior Court, | and Equipment Superuhandent‘ Mrs. Catherine C. Beanett, of |John Coats, Fairbanks. ;,‘ Brlgh!for;.’shg«aobrernthawl'xrdad ;hel R. F. Lewis, President of the sum o or the loss of her Y jawbone as the result of a lfoot_h Jun;:nu vt Co_rnpany‘ s uj | extraction. Mrs. Bennett, who is | COnfer with the City Council rela 29 ang the mother of three chil- | tive to the local service, will also dren, charged she was infected |be a guest. Roy Rutherford, | |& with acute osteomyelitis following | President of the Juneau Lumber | alleged negligent dental treatment. just returned from a business Lm in Seattle, G. B. Rice, of Rice | w | & Ahlers Company, who is dis- | itributing his new cards, John W.! WASHINGTON, M liam Green, Presider ican Federation of Labor ed with the heads of fa“"nm o nizations and railway opposition to the sa provision of the ‘The House leaders today fixed to- morrow night for the completion of the debate. Representative Rainey, Dem: leader, warned that cuts ies of Federal workers bly be necessary if the s is not adopted. t E D |SENTENCES ARE - PRONOUNCED BY JUDGE HARDING ![m poses El Terms in|Winners Nodid High Four and Fines Two at | and Grade School Ketchikan Tuesday Competitions | Sentences were imposed yesterday| Awards of prizes in the recent in Ketchikan by Judge Justin W. Drose and poetry contests sponsored | i | Harding on four defendants in as|by the Junior Parent-Teacher Asso- many cases, three involving viola- (ciation for students of the High ions of the dry laws and the fourth School and puplls in the three lestruction of property, according | upper grades of the Elementary to advices received by United States School were announced today by | | Marshal Albert White. |Prof. R. S. Raven, Superintendent | Tom Barnaby, convicted of mali-| Di Public Schools. cious destruction of property, was| 1In the High School, AWARDS MADE 'IN PROSE AND the first onment in the Federal jail at prizes $8 each. Wrangell. | Bert Voge was sentenced to 45 $1 each. lays, John Blaney to six months, | High School Awards E: $500 fine, both in the Ketchi-| High School Awards and Worthy kan jail. Tom Ellis was given a2 Mentions follow: term of four months in the Wran-| prose—First prize, Robert Hen-| gell jail and fined $400. All three | ning, his subject being “Our Great' were convicted of violating the Al-| | Out-Of-Doors”; second, Billy Nik-, | aska Bone Dry Law. ‘hh “An Early Experience”; worthy, \ A | mention, Margaret Robinson, “My | | The Deam herbarium, consisting First Ride in a Train.” of between 5,000 and 6,000 Indiana | Poetry—First, Elizabeth Campbell, | plants, has been acquired by Indi- | “My View,” i‘n university department of bot-‘ning “My Last Request;” jany. | mention, Aune Mack “Called POETRY TESTS In the Elemen- | tary School, the first prizes were: second, Robert Hen-' worthy | Call of the Open.” ¥ Elementary School Awards In the three upper grades and Worthy ‘Mcnuons follow: Prose in Miss Etta Shaw's Room | —First, John Satre, “My Earliest | Remembrance;” worthy mention Brice Howard, Jr, “My Earliest | Recollection.” Other Prose Prizes Prose in Miss Josephine Tupper's | Room—First, Tom Stewart, “Good ‘John Krugness, “My Pét Hobby.” | Prose in Miss Emma Olson's | Room—First, Jarry Stanyar, “Alas- \ka ” worthy mention, Gunnar { Blomgren, “My ‘Pet Hobby,” and Clara Hansen, “The Ghost at the Old White House.” | Poetry in Miss Shaws, Room— First, Ardeth LaPaugh, “Snow.” ! Poetry in Miss Tupper's Room— | tal First, Kathleen Carlson, “The | Flowers.” | Poetry in Miss Olson’s Room— sentenced to eight months impris- | prizes were $5 each, and the second | Home,” and Gordon Ingman, “TheSybil Godfrey, “The North Wina.' ‘Water System;” worthy mention, Judges Of Contesis 4 The judges of the contests were: Prose—Dr. H. C. DeVighne, chair- man, John E. Pegues, Thomas Selby. ® Poetry—H. L. Faulkner, chairman; Dr. L. P. Dawes a.nd William Britt. As many of the prize-winning compositions as possible will be printed in this year's issue of the Totem, the High School publication and all of them are expected to be | read at the next meeting of the | ‘Parent-Teacher Association. - — BUY RUSSIAN VESTMENTS J ISTANBUL—The Soviet govern- {ment has sold for $2,000 a num- ber of richly embroidered priestly robes, slightly frayed, to represen- tatives here of the Bulgarian Or- thodox 'Church. The robes, once worn by Russian clergy, will adorn Bulgarian bishops. « Best Butter Substitute OLEOMARGARINE (Swift’s Gem Nut) Pound—20 cents GARNICK’S—Phone 174 ST. PATRICK’S D DANCE ELKS’ HALL THURSDAY NIGHT Music by the Serenaders REFRESHMENTS FAVORS ApMmiIssioN $1.00 This is an Annual Dance Sponsored by B. P. O. Elks No. 420 Special Ferry for Douglas at 1 A. M. 32583 35947 26858 WWMW Effort to Start Voyage ‘ Get Your FREE Seattle Ticket Leader Dept. Store George Bros. Grocery ) Troy, Editor and Manager of The | Empire, and Robert W. Bender, ||t | Mr. Troy’s san-in-law, who return- | ed with him and will be assoclated | in the publicatio nof The Empire | ™ have been invited to attend tomor- row's meeting. MANY EAGLES REPORTED ILL OLYMPIA, Wash, March 16— |More than 150 members of Eagles lodges of Southwest Washington cities, are ill today as the result |of poison meat eaten at a district | meeting here last night. Bighty ars Asociated Press Photo The campus poptlation at Call fornia was in a quandary when it 111l at Aberdeen and several are had to chose between (top to bot- |tom) Mary Vilsack, Virginia Car- Iyle, Janet Majors and Dorig Hoff- mun !‘or Leap Year queen. J’reported in a serious condition. ¢ ————— | SIURSENS HERE TO VISIT WITH THEIR RELATIVES [ Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sjursen JDHN Bo LSTAD and family, fromer local residents, and more recently of Seattle, ar- rived Tuesday to spend some time AGED a] YEA Rs isiting Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Camp-| Mrs. Sjursen’s parents, and | ;« her xelatwes TAKEN BY DEATH | Minnesota mo t orists consumed {0ld Timer Sudeumbs After 40,304,599 more gallons of gasohm in 1931 than in 1930 to Seattle W | John Bolstad, aged 81, an old-| {time Alaskan, who had lived nfany | years in Juneau, died this fore-, noon in St. Ann’s Hospital of ail- ments incident to advanced age. Mr. Bolstad entered the hospital | (February 28. He felt sumciem.ly ‘\\ell last Saturday to believay he ! could undertake a voyage to §eat- | tle, where he intended to make his | home with his niece, Miss Gudren | Miller. He was taken to a, w-' bound steamship then in port, hntl |on reaching a cabin on the vessel, ‘l‘ collapsed and was returned nn' |a stretcher to the hospital. | Early fhis week, Miss Miller was | | notified by cablegram of her uncle's | condition. She Is believed to be| on her way to this city. | The remains are at the Charles | W. Carter Mortuary. Funeral ar-| ‘rangements will be held in abey- lance pending advices from Ifl.ssl | Miller. | RODSEVELT FAR IN LEAD, NORTH DAKOTAVOTING Returns Indlcatp Two to; One Over Only Oppon- ent, Gov. Murray | FARGO, North Dakota, March 18. |—Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt is leading Gov. William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray by two to one in the Democratic State primary for the delegation to the Chicago National Convention. First returns of yesterday’s pri- mary showed a heavy vote for the Roosevelt slate and as other counts from precincts reported, Roosevelt’s| lead increased until late this after- noon it indicated that it was' at least two to one. Further returns | may show a lead of three to one. The State primary was the first test of strength of the New York Governor in the West. Roosevelt had only one opponent in this| State, Gov. Murray of Oklahoma, who came here and made a cam- paign. | 35250 31283 25627 ————.-— SCIENCE GUARDS MECCA CAIRO—The Egyptian govern- ment is sending a medical mission with this year's contingent of pil- grims to Mecca, holy city of Is- lamism. Only 1700 started from Egypt as compared with 8,000 last <) | vear and 30,000 in 1930. “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” The Sport Coat . . . Really leads a dual life . . . it dashes away in a rumble seat—it goes to town for a day of shopping, but it also has more serious moments when it goes to business where it is always smart—dependable and comfortable. Grand little polo types, tweeds, camelshair, diagonal woolens and bouclets. Smart, new colors. The Suit . . . Suits are destined to enjoy more popularity than in many seasons. ‘Designed to give a slim, fitted silhouette, they will find instant and overwhelming favor for spring, Developed in fine crepey woolens, diagonal and corded effects, tweeds and bouclets. Fur trimmed or tailored. Raglan sleeves—new necklines. The Afternoon Frock . . . In choosing an afternoon frock you may select from dozens of smartly de- signed models. Triple sheers, heavy, softly draped flat crepes, prints, | rough crepes and satins. Lingerie touches, hand-made Irish crochet and fagoting are new style notes. The color roster runs the gamut of new spring shades. The Formal Frock . . . ;, An exciting group of formals that will transform night into day with 1 their sparkling loyeliness—their gay colors. Slender and young, they will f fascinate every dancing daughter as well as her mother. Necklines are < a trifle higher, fabrics are more skillfully manipulated. Bows and sashes give added charm. The Dress Coat Have it furred—have it with a cunning self collar or have it collarless and select a stole or scarf of your own choice! The spring coat is de- cidedly versatile so it’s just a question of which will be mest becoming. Regardless of your choice it’s bound to be smart. Soft woolens, ex- quistely tailored. — Spring Millinery S Hats that will make you forget spring lethargy and inspire you to buy the minute you see them! Beret types with perky feathers — brimmed effects, so flattering to-every one, turned jauntily up at side or back, Manynreflowetm Milan, lisere, ribbon, crepe. Gloves. . . Nowomncmmhomnymuotsmu Smart gauntlet types of washable doeskin, fine imported kidskin in .two and. three-button lengths. Various styles suitable for dress apd sports wear, in shades sponsored for spring, including, the extremely popular Clever New Bdgs i mmlendldqulutylndfllemmmlnddlmt- ful styles of these bags will tempt you to buy sev- eral. Made of patent, calfskin, grained leathers and fabrics. Well made and silk lined. Choice of blue, green, brown and black.