The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1934, Page 2

e ficers of several of the railroad ORI NP TR DA 3T I SR P THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1934. R i Bros. Brand. il Ty e HY BTTR TS ERTE B! s iR TR S AR EMg ALASKABUDGET 70 BE BOOSTED BY MORE FUNDS lar Pudget Reduced ightly, But Emergency | Allowances Are Made (Continued mom rage One) A[‘w in the established meaning of {that term and accordingly should | not be subject to salary reductions. Mr. McCarl subsequently ruled that ‘““Any contract or employmant ‘by an agency of the federal gov-| ernment is subject to any chauxei | fore, subject to the percentages de- ‘ducLluns required by the economy acts.” ‘\ With that ruling before him, Mr. Dimond has concluded that if op- erating employees of the railroad 8. Legzislative expenses, Territory | are to classified with other federal . | employees they ought to be entitled to all the rignts of the latter group. He hgs, with that object in view, taken up with Secretary es the matter of proper classi- cation and in a letter addressed m during 1934, there tjon for that fiscal iflllhIIlIll'IlIllIllIIHIHIIIIIIIHIIIllmllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIlmlllllllmIIIIIIIIIIII|I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllfl Men'’s Shirts It will be many seasons before you'll see shirts like 'these selling ‘again at such a price!' "They are ‘the famous'Neustatder N B ‘Brand and the Green Hood Both these firms are out of business and we purchased these 100% Virgin ‘Wool Shirts “for a song” and are passing the saving on to you! o st . Men’s Saocks 25¢ Made with the Best Yarns—Part Wool Gréen—Brown—Gray Juneau’s Leading Department Store !Wllll'lll It!llIIll'l'IIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJllfl"llIIIIINIII|IIIlllllllllllllflIIIIIIIIIIIIII"IIIIIIIIII|HlllIIllIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllIII OLD TIMERS OF - ELK LODGE ARE % T ment and Dance Here Three floors of entertainment | were furnished by the Eiks last night for their ol1 timers r:union. And those three tloors were ;L,nquc: were on the program for the evening and the whole affair |lasted from 9 o'clock following he lodge meeting, to 1 | when the dance music ended. More than 80 couples were i at- hall when three long tables ded. Old time dances—waltz o steps, three steps and were featured during the eve: n the ball room. bz b [ Dance specialty numbers were | Sean Keith, pupils of Mrs. Doro- thy Stearns Roff. The card tables on the first f! PATR 9. M:dical relief for natives. 1935 $263,555. 1934 appropri- ation—8§281,800. 10. G ical Survey. 1935 es- fimate—$29,150. 1934 appropriation to the Secretary says in part: “Does it mnot logically 10ii0w, since these transportation employ- —$30.000. ees of the Alaska Railroad are em- 11. For carrying out extension | ployees of the United States with- work under Hatch and Smith-Lev-|in the ordinary meaning of that er acts. 1935 estimate—$11,250. 1934 | term (and that seems to be th2 appropriation—§15,000. | meaning adopted by the Comp- 12. Protection of seal and sal-|troller General in construing the mon fisherics of Alaska. 1935 esti-| Economy Act of 1933), they are mate—$245,603. 1934 appropriation|entitled to the benefits heretofore ~$340,000. | conferred by law upon employees : 13. Public schools, Alaska fund. of the United States with respect 1935 estimate—8$50,000. 1934 appro- to sick leave, annual leava with priation—$50,000. pay. and retirement insurance? All 14, Expenses, public survey work.|of these special benefits for Unit- 1935 estimate—$11,000. 1934 flm)m"ed States employees have hereto- priation—$20.000. 15—Relef of indigent, fund. 1935 estimate—8$15,000. 1934 ka Railroad. appropriation—$32,400. “In view of the latz decision of 16. Reinde:r investigations, etc. the Comptroller General with re- 1935 estimate—$30,520. 1934 aPPIO- | gard to the employees in question, priation—$32,400. | T respectfully request that prop:r ll'l. Repairs and maintenance {and adequate steps be taken so foads, tramways, ferries, bridges|{na¢ the transportation employees and trails. 1935 estimate—8452000. i, the service of the Alaska Rail- 1934 appropriation—8§469300. ! road may at least in the future re- 18. Salaries of Goven 1 ceive sick leave, annual leave with Secretary of Alaska. 1935 °stimale|;ay and retirement insurance in —$14,040. 1934 appropriation—S$14- tne same manner and at the same, 140. 3 rates as other employees of the 19, Star 1??;0 m:la;}“se;:p 1193’ United States.” | tion—$135,000. | { 20. Suppression of traffic in m-v‘ Scveral wires and letters ha\"" toxicating liquor among natives | come to Delegate Dimond asking Item does not appear in 1935 him to protest to the Federal Ra-/ get. 1934 appropriation—$§11370. dio Commission against possible »1- d imination of news broadcasts by _Some time ago, at the request o! Pacific coast radio stations. and national of-| In a conference with Commis- ioner Lafount of the Radio Com- Segretary of the m.‘mmon Mr. Dimond learned that Tekes asked Comptrolier Gen- the federal agency has no jurisdic- al MoOarl for & ruling npon the tion at all with respect to this ‘advanced by the Dele-|situation. It is a private matter be- “ the brotherhood officers|tWeen mewspapers, news-gathering ting employess of the Al- road were performing| - Recently there have been indi-| and, indeed, necessarily follow that | be sent out on the air. The Alaska complaints, without exception, came from communities without newspapers which depend altogether on radio for “spot” news. Nearly half a million dollars— or condition which the Congress| §467770 to be exact—has been may see fit to make applicable| asked of the Public Works Admin- The employees of the Al-|isiration by the Office of Indian a Railroad are rendering serv-| Affairs for the construction of hos- e in or under a branch of the|pitals in Alaska. Delegate Dimofd | federal government and are, Lhnc-‘is lending all possible support to the proposed allotment, viewing the program as one highly essential for the better health of the native races of the Territory. If it is approvea hospitals would be built at Ketchikan, Seward Bethel, Kanakanak, Kotzebue ana White Mountain, the costs of the institutions at the respictive cities being $111,200, $104,800, $174,620 $57.750, $58,600 and $20,800. Mr. Dimond has been working ir conjunction with State Department land Russian officials to promote trade relations between Alaskan: and residents of Sibaria. Beforc severance of diplomatic relations | between the U. S. and Russian governments there was consider- able commerce carried between the northwestern coast of Alaska and Siberia. The Delegate has been in communication recently with Peter A. Bogdanov chairman of the hoard of directors of th: Amtorg Trading Corporation in New York. Mr, Bogdanov has assured the Delegate he will take up the matter with Mr. Troyanovsky, the Russian am- . bassador, upon the latter's arrival {fore been denied transportation em- | Alaska | ployees in the service of the A!as-r and radio stations. | in this country. Alaskans in the capitol during the last week included: Oscar An- derson, Anchorage business man and coal mine owner; R. T. McOul- loch, who drove across the eonti- nent after arrival at Seaftie fromx Juneau; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lomen; his daughter, Mrs. Harold Sogn; A. W. Brindle, president of the Ward Cove Packing Company at chikan. Mrs, Sogn came here | New York, where Mr. Sogn is | tending Columbia University. were introduced in the day of the session, and the follow~ ing day Mr. Dimond and Delegate McCandless of Hawaili introduced | Jointly the bill drawn by the form- er to provide representation lw| the twe territories in the Vnmdi States Scnate. Yesterday Mr. Di-i mond offered a bill the which is to permit. new water system. Bartley Howard of Anchorage and Delegate Dimond on_ the opeaing mm&h $2.52 mon| sueupwwmmmu.i -uu ww NM diff: i Annapolis during " ferences will town from the, “* % whm:anzmumy;flmyhmm‘ ‘will continue to his sister, Miss Josephine Miller, and James McCauley spent the "‘. cation with an’aunt. The temporary deposit guarantec written into the banking act last spring does mnot apply to Alaska, |S== the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor- | == poration has ruled. This is directly 5 contrary to the epinion ex-|= pressed by a ranking attorney olvE the Federal Reserve Board at Lheig time the bill was under consider- ation but of course the FDIC has full authorlly now and the only| manner in which the Territory can be included is by amending the bill. — e — NO GARBAGE DUMPING otz Householderfl who wave been dumping refuse into Evergreen Bowl will please discontinue the practice. This is in violation of the City ordinance, besides impairng the beauty of Juneaw’s new playground and park. C. J. DAVIS, Chief of Police. — e RAINBOW GIRLS Will hold their meeting Satur- day evening at 7:30. Initiation, fult atm is desired. a: —adv. o o\ «\\ ‘\ Sk 2.66 | ed. Dancing, card playing, bowling, | |hand ball, music, specialties and a s HBNUR GUESTS ¢ More than 80 Couples At-! 1, George Nowe and Prof. van Regional Forester Will ccientists from Soviet! Confer on Furlher Re- | | tend 4-Hour Entertain- ‘B-’“ o'clock | | e given by Bernetta Rieck and Betly Mr. and Mrs. L. Vick, fomerly of |the Rev. | tor of the Museum. [ were illott: with poker players. 'F According to those who were in attmdance the entertainment was | |a huge success. - e SCIENTISTS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA SPEND DAY HERE bridge, pan aht nzoff, shipwrecked while | from Siberia to| their Nome three months ago, are south- | |en way bound on the steamer Alaska on| their way to Southern California. For the last three months, Dr. | Nolde and Proi. Barenzoff have in g = lJcen in Nome, where they studied | Wi es | confer with the Agrlcul‘ural Sec- retary and various heads of bureaus | arized them: customs and ideas. ic believers in of Buth are en s exemplified | democra United States During the day they paid an un-! official call on Governor John W.| W and were escorted to the e e— cy PETERSBURG GIRL WEDS Miss Solveiz Vick, daughter of, 2V in the'all departmental activity in territory. As LORY LEAVES 'FOR CAPITAL TO - MEET OFFIGIALS lief Work'in Alaska Charles H. Flory, Commissioner Alaska for the Department of culture, will leave Juneau to- on the steamship Alaska for ngton D. C., wher: that department, with regard to the regional forester, whil> in hington, Mr. Flory will also ss in detail the prospective T ndance and . filled the banquet|nruseym and places of interest by activitiés of the forest service for A. P. Kashevaroff, Cura-|Alaska during the coming year, and | especially plans involving emsrgen- conservation work and other | forest service relief measures, .| In Washington he will be met M. L. Merritt, who is on detail there and will be available to as- | Petersburg, was recently married | sist Mr. Flory. in Tacoma to Mr. Richard Johan- sen of the Sound city. ) ———.—— Daily Empire Wart Ads Pay! fllIIIIIIIIIIIlIlIllIllIIIllllllllIlIIIlIi|N!IIIIIIIHIIIIIIll!IIIIHIIIIIIIIIIiEIIHIIIIIIIllIIIIII!Illl!lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllmIIIHH!IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE ED Salesman. Is Read by the People Who Buy ’Byrd’ s Expedition Reaches Old Camp In Little America LITTLE AMERICA, Jan. 18. —Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition has arrived, after a blizzard in which the. flagship was forced to travel at reduced speed. The members of the expedition will today determine the state of the old eamp, left four years ago. ———..——— MRS. STANTON SPENDS DAY VISITING . IN .JUNEAU Mrs. J. B. Stanton, of Seward, 1s spending the' day visiting Juneau he will | friends while the steamer Alaska is. in port. Mrs. Stanton, whose husband is with the Seward Trad- ing Company, is on. her way to Sedttle for a vacation trip. ————r AT THE ALASKAN HOTEL F. A. Brouellette; Haines; ©. A. Brouellette, Haines; Charles Peter- son, Skagway; J. J. Kennedy, Haines; W. Couture, Skagway; H. Setzer, Juneau. B DRILL SCOV-ARRIVES A new, drili scow for, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Company arrived, in Petersburg last week to be used in dredging operations for — Sometlging -_ Whether they buy YOUR product or SOMEBODY ELSE’S depends upon YOUR choice of a PRIN deepening and straightening Wran- gell Narrows. i nmunmmmmmmmmmmmummmmmm|ml|||mnnmmuummuumuumlmummummmmmmmmmmmlmnmummmmmmmmflmumnmmmlnmmlmmmmminlnul|tm|lmmmmummmmmmn