The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 21, 1933, Page 8

MORTON IS ON WAY EAST FOR NEW POSITION Prominent Alaskan Goes to Washington as Counsel iOl' llltel'nfll R(‘\'enue prominent An- and former Ju- ved here Wed- on the Seaplane he boarded fromw Excursion In- m, which western at Morton is enroute to Wash- D. C assume his duties legal staff of the Bureau of In nal Revenue to which he was recently appoint- ed, and instructed to report fo duty October 1. For more than twenty years Mr Morton has been a resident of Al- aska, and has taken an active part in Democratic politics, serving now | as a member of the Territorial Democratic Committee Mr. Morton will leave Juneau on the Northwestcrn for Seattle, from where he will fly to the Cap-| itol Mrs. Morton, McDonald, of Juneau, and their two child will join Mr. Morton | in Washington very shortly. -—e PIONEER IN MINING BACK INNORTHLAND J. C. Miurray Returns to Dredging Properties— Price of Gold Does It | | Although practically retired for | several years, J. C. Murray, pion-| Mr. ington as a member of th to the former Ione eer Alaskan mining man, is en- route, on the Yukon, to his gold dredging operations on Cache Creek, near Anchorage, as a result of the increased price of gold, ac- cording to a statement made by| him last night. Mr. Murray's son is now oper- ating the Cache Creek property,| but with the increased price, Mr. Murray intends to extend the op- erations and will spend aboutl six weeks on the ground preparing for aupmeénted development and| production. “I am confident that the pres- ent price of gold will send mu;‘hl‘ capital for mining development in-| to Alaska,” said Mr. Murray. -, DUMP TRUCK OWNERS SIGN AT ROAD COMMISSION FOR WORK ON WILLOUGHBY AVE, Owners of dump trucks, who de-| sire to haul rock on the Willoughby | Avenue fill job should call on Saturday morning, September 23, at the office of the Alaska Road Commission and sign up for work,| according to an announcement made | today by Mayor I. Goldstein. | OSSR DANCE TONIGHT A.N. B. Hall Music by the Hoonah Serenaders | least possible delay. Mrs. Nellie Berry Is Paroled; To Be Effective Oct. 4 . Nellie Berry, former at Haines, who plead guilty last Spring to misappropriation of Federal funds and was sentenced to a year in prison, which was later changed to the Fed- eral jail here, has been grant- a parole by the United States Pardon Board, ac- cording to official advices received by United States Marshal White. The parole will become effective on October 4, Marshal White said. Mrs. Berry was sentenced on Ap- ril 4. She was released from jail on May 6, when her baby was born, and return- ed on M % Local anizations, wel- fare workers and individuals became interested inthe case last Spring and worked hard to obtain a parole or par- don. TAYLOR FINDS | 600D PROGRESS MADE BY A.R.C. Some 40 P;gj;cls on Pub-| lic Works Program i Launched Men are employed on some 40 ojects financed by puviic works funds allotted to the Al- a Road Commission, it was dis- | today by Ike P. Taylor,| Chicf Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, who returned home| yesterday from a four-weeks in-| spection trip that covered most of | the work, and the regular program | of the Commission in addition. | The latest figures available show | that the Commission now has in| excess of 1000 men at work on| more than 700 of| both programs, whom are on public works pro-| jects. “We are seeking to put| on as many men as possible and | to spread employment so that it| will best relieve the situation,” Mr.‘ Taylor said. The projects 1 de major and local roads, new airpiane landing field construction, improvements to | and enlargements of existing fields | and other work. The crews are| making excellent progress. The projects inspected by Mr.! Taylor include: Valdez landing| field and dyke; Gulkana-Nabesna road; Olnes-Livengood road; Inde- pendence Creek road, tribuiary to| Steese Highway; Circle Hot Springs | Landing Field; McKinley Park Highway; Anchorage - Eklutna| Highway; the Willow Creek road | system; three 11 farm roads in| the Wasilla district | In addition to these, he went over the maintenance work done on all existing roads and trails in the interior. He conferred with various district superintendents about the program and found t)\(‘,s" had made excelient progress in putting men to work with the D MRS. DOOLIN RETURNS TO JUNEAU FROM TRIP SOUTH Mrs. Flossie Doolin, clerk in the office of United States Marshal,| returned home yesterday after a! | 30-day vacation which was spent largely visiting friends and rela- tives in Everett, Wash. She was | accompanied south by her son, John, who is now enrolled in| Gonzaga College at Spokane, Wash. ———.e MRS. LESHER UNDERWENT TONSILECTOMY AT ST. ANN'S Mrs. R. B. Lesher, wife of Capt. Lesher, of the Salvation Army here, underwent a tonislectomy at St. Ann’s Hospital this morning. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY COMBINATION radio phonograpa set. Inquire Empire C 3186. FOR RENT—Sublet furnished apt. at Triangle Apts. Call Chas. Bur- dick or Harry Sperling. HUGE SHIPM Fresh Fruits and Vegetables ARRIVED ON “YUKON” TODAY GEORGE BROTHERS TELEPHONES 92—95 TWO TRUCKS—FIVE DELIVERIES DAILY 10 am., 11 am.,, 2 p.m,. 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. ENT OF Open Evenings PHILIPPINE ISLANDS i PELEW (X = Al : A report from London that Japan for “future use,” followed by the war in the Pacific is ine jstration is bent on pursuing the Nations mandate, Japan holds all by Japan drives a strategic wedge between Uncle Sam’s two main Pacific possessions—the Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands. The map also shows the relation of the Jap controlled islands to Australia. COLLECTVE BARGAINING BROVGHT UP Counter-Charges Are Made Against Federation of Labor WASHINGTON,, Sept. 21—The American Federation of Labor is charged by an industrial leader Robert Lund, President of the Na- tional Asscciation of Manufactur- ers, with efforts to secure control| of labor which is already having the effect of destroying the NRA| program. This charge is made in reply to President Green, of the American Federation of Labor, as- sailing some employers for forming company unions. Johnson Silent Administrator Johnson, busy studying retail price control pro- posals, was silent on this latest labor developments but President Roosevelt rejected definitely any code interpretation of the recovery laws on the collective bargaining provision. .- — Daiiy Tmpwe Want Ads Pay JIA PANESE CAROLINE vitable, focuses attention on the Far East. The recent announcement by Admiral William H. Standley, U. S. Chief of Naval Operations, that America would continue to maintain her scout- | ing fleet in the Pacific, evoked 2 statement from the Japanese Naval Department that the Roosevelt Admin- “Hoover Policy” (meaning distrust of Nippon). Meaus 1 Target Cigarette Machine 2 packages Target Cigarette Tobacco 1 Target Cigarette Case HARRY RACE, Druggist “The Squibb Store of Alaska” - HAWAIIAN @S- U S “@ ©JOHNSTON 5. FlJi () EMPEROR HIROHITO is secretly building warships and hiding them away in concealed bases | declaration in Sidney, Australia, by former Premier W. M. Hughes, that | ile, by League of the islands in mid-Pacific, as shown in map. Possession of thesc islands .\ ‘.......'...... AT THE HOTELS . ® ® 0 0 0 0 00 p 0 0o FISHERMEN ON COLUMBIA END THEIR STRIKE Union Men Accept Offer of; Packers, Return to Boats and Fish I !- . Gastineau Carl J. Lomen, Nome; F. C. Aus- | tin, Seat Harry F. Morton, An- chorage; M. Dunlop, Ketchi- kan; Frank Parrish, Seattle; R,ob-‘ ert Wakelin, Seatile; Rasmus Enge, | | Mrs. R. Enge; John F. Chamberlin, | Ketehikan; John N.Sampson, Port- land, Ore.; Albert Nelson, Seattle; s. Agnzs Dobs, Seattle; A. Ivcr-l | | Mrs. son, Ketchikan; H. Hazelwood, Glympia; F. A. Naramore, Seattle; {A. L. Chindahl, Spokane; R. H.| t : i nt, U. 8, Geological Buryey;| ASTORIA, Ore, Sepl. 21—The, - o Juneau: Charles | Week-old strikz on the Coiumbia | | Thomas. Nick Cayafas, Seattle; | River of gillnetters collapsed when | | Harry R. Race, Ketchikan “'| The union fishermen accepted the g Zomda 5 offer of the packers for four cents i | for bright Chinook steslheads, M Charles Hawthorne, San . » ¥, | Francisco: Mr. and Mrs. B. Topoff cents for silversides and two | Seattls: W. M. Woods, Windham '| cents for discolored Chinooks. | ek P N The union fishermen went out | | Jack Harlin, Tulsequah; ,.mmns;i"“l”“‘”' boats today to make| | Young, Cr Art Winter, Kodiak; | ¢3'ches. | D NG | R. Pekovich, Funter. | | TR e |FREIGHTER DEPERE | Newspapers to Merge | DUE FRIDAY NIGHT ST. PAUL, Mimn, Scpt. 21— | A proposed merger of the St. Paul| Daily News with “ie St. Paul dis-| pjaska Steamship Company, is due pitch is being worked ouf, 4C-|on the channel tomorrow night. cording to announcements in both | mpe freighter has explosives, coall The freighter Depere, of the, papers, | and general merchandise ‘and will T | dock at Dupont, Thane, Douglas | RENDONO BrAcuH, Cal—After and Juneau. serving a section of this town for| = —— A IRl 10 years, the water company has| Mrs, Gordon Barrett and her received from the State Railroad| infant son left St. Ann's Hospital Commission its permit to operate.| last evening for their home. ALL FOR 5¢C |is credit inflation. es by { in | her son are doing nicely, according RECOGNITION 'OF RUSSIA IS INDIGATED Now Reported President Roose- velt Wishes to Dispose of Issue at Once INFLATION WILL [ Business ONLY HELP QUT | Upturing CREDIT SYSTEM [ Stater Wall Street Authorities Ex- Oscar Anderson Says Great press Opinion on Con- | Interest Now Shown templated Move i in Alaska Mining Oscar Anaerson, president of the Evans-Jones Coal Company, oper- ating in the Matanuska coal fields, spent several hours in Juneau vis- iting old friends, while the Yukon was in port. Mr. Anderson is enroute home after a several months' visit “in the States, during which time he The Wall Street banking authori- | attended the Fair at Chicago. ties further said that if two or| Business is definitely on ‘the up- three billion dollars in new cur-| {4l according to Mr. Anderson, rency are distributed it will, with-| & distinct feeling of optimism is in a few weeks, find its way back | Prévalent throughout the country, to the banks and will soon be and 2 decidedly increased interest retired from circulation for when|iP Alaska gold mining, which he this cash gets bank to the.banks:’ feels sure will result in wide- in the form of deposits, these ml§ptead development work this com- turn will be drawn against with; !N SPring. checks and “we will be right back| SRR T to the old system.” | ! Smother in Cave-in NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Basing opinion on the fact that only 10 per cent of the country's business is done with cash while the great bulk is handled by check, Wall Street banking ‘authorities said that the only thing inflation is expected | to work out in the United States NEW YORK, Sept. 21—It is reliably indicated the United States will recognize the Soviet Union be- fore Congress convenes in January. Although such recognition is an administrative act, President Roose- velt is represented by a consultant on foreign affairs as wishing to dispose of this matter at this time |when he is assured freedom of action without an outery from a possible anti-Soviet bloc in Con- gress. Recognition involves negotiations | for debts Russia owes the United | States. R e | R. H. RADELET LEAVES TO i ENTER U. OF WASHINGTON | R. H. Radelet, graduate of the PORT JEFFERSON, Long Is-|Juneau High School in the class éland. Sept. 21.—Otto Schwartz, 50,| of 1930, will leave for the south and his son Engbald, 15, were| on the steamer Northwestern to- LUMBER SCHOOLS, sutfocated when a cistern which | night. Mr. Radelet, who for the {4 they had dug, caved in, burying | last several years has been em-~ AL %4 - ODB0K" Bl rorsdsd ‘uht‘,‘\ them. ployed by th: B. M. Behrends Co,, motorship Boxer, supply ship of| Inc. will enter the University of the Bureau of Education, arrived| | Washington this fall in port and docked at the Juncau| ee—e—e. TE 5 Lumber Company wharf to load| We Have Another Shipment MOTORSHIP BOXER HERE TODAY; LOADS ——— Daily Empire Want Ads Pay. 100,000 feet of lumber to be used| in the construction of school hous- at various localities. Loading of the lumber was ex- pected to be completed some- . time fomortaw. WhET (B moborsnin | PEACHES in heavy syrup, large cans ....18¢c ‘ will leave Juneau for points on 3 e Bering Strait to discharge its car- | PLUMS in heavy go. All possible speed will be made | the motorship after it leaves! Juneau, in order to reach its des-| tinations ahead of the ice. - 1 GEORGE ROBBINS LEFT FOR TULSEQUAH TODAY syrup, large cans GARNICK’S-Phone174 | I SRR T \ George Robbins, who came to Juneau from Tulsequah yesierday the Bellanca plane piloted by E. Wassen, left for th2 return trip up river on Capt. William Strong’s river boat, Redwing. — .- — MR. AND MRS. REX HERMANN PARENTS OF BABY BOY Are You Prepared ? Before the snow begins to fly is the time to put on lboseA storm windows and the new roof you've been figuring on. Don’t let winter catch you unprepared. Reduce your coal bill substantially and make your home more comfortable by putting on storm sash and making a few repairs at this time. Call on us for prices. SHINGLES—LUMBER-—LATH—MILLWORK MOULDING AND CEMENT Columbia Lumber Co. TELEPHONE 587 ADMIRAL WAY A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs| Rex Hermann at St. Ann’s hospital at 5:15 o'clock. The baby weighed three and one-half pounds. Both Mrs. Hermann and to hospital authorities. o FALL COATS EVERY WOMAN’S AND MISSES’ COAT IN THE HOUSE WILL BE SOLD IMMEDIATELY AT : | HALF PRICE They are plainly marked. You come in and take them away ‘ at just one half of the figure shown on the garment. REMEMBER: | KONNERUP’S “Juneau’s Pioneer Cash Department Store’” They will not last long at this sacrifice price! . - LY ~ g