The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1934, Page 8

4 CANVASSERS OF BETTER HOMES MEET SUCCESS Ploperty Owners Interest- ed in Many Aspects of Campaign At a meeting held by the Chair- men of the Central Committee of the Federal Housing Administra- tion this noon at Bailey's Cafe, was announced by H. I Luc: ecutive Assitsant to the Territorial Director of FHA, that the can- vassers for the city of Juneau met with fine success yesterday, when they began their calls on property owners of the city. Committee Chairmen present’ at| the luncheon, at which many plans for FHA in this city were discussed | ask your cooperation and support | Ipersons had requested relief here. were J. J. Connors, Chairman of the Juneau Better Housing Cam- paign; R. J. Sommers, R. W. Ben- der, Mrs. G. E. Krause, Allen Shat- tuck, Henry Roden and Mr. Lucas. Mr. Lucas also announced that | he had received a radio from Roger‘ Steffen, FHA official in Wash-| ingion, D. C., that the application; of the B. M. Behrends Bank as an | authorized FHA bank was to be| approved. As a national bank, the First National Bank, of Juneau, was automatically approved as an authorized FHA bank. Canvassers appointed to call on property owners to acquaint thém with the many phases of the ctter Homes campaign during the week are Charles Worter, Mrs. Lassic McChesney, Mrs. Dessie Smith, Miss Bessic Anderson, Paul® Brown, and J. F, Banich. A com- plete report is to be made by them on Friday evening as to the results of the calls, Mr. Lucas said. B FOOTBALL FILM Included in the news reel to be shown at the Capitol Theatre this evening will be scenes of the Washington - California football game, it was announced today by Manager Cliff Daigler. —— . SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN NIGHT WOODLAND GARDENS Special * preparations ‘are being made for a special Scandinavian- American - Dance program tonight | and Harry Krane has been added | to the regular Woodland Gardens | Trio to insure the best of music. Special prizes will be awarded at midnight ‘and you must be in the Gardens to win. Miss May Matthi- son is in the Woodland Gardens Coffee Shoppe serving the best and most delicious of foods. SEE US TONIGHT, SURE —adv. P AR e B S B i b 50 UNEMPLOYED 'MENMARGH ON F.-T. BUILDING Gloup Presenls Work De- mands to Governor’s Secretary {Continuea from Page One) ored, and was using, an eight-hour ddy. He said that it was felt that | this system was putting more men to work than any other consid- | ered. The complete petition presented |of the Salvation Army ‘said that by the unemployed follows: “To the Employed Friends of the {400 unemployed in Juneau at the Unemployed: “We, the representatives of the Juneau' Unhemployed Lague hereby of the following propositions: “I. We believe it to be the in- alienable right of every human be- ing to earn his living by working for it. “2. And that this, our right, is now denied us, owing to the cur- rent weekly hours of labor in Alas- ka. “3. We want the six-hour day and the five-day week for all of | Alaska. “4. We are opposed to the forced | labor policies at starvation wages. | of various agencies. “5. We want steady: constructive | work at the prevailing union rates. “6. We are opposed to the .em- ployment of married women who do not need work. “7. We wanl work, but lacking that we demand immediate and adequate Government relief for our destitute members. “8. We also demand that this relief be impartially distributed and | that no needy person be discrimi- nated against for any reason what- soever. “9. We demand that the entire | personnel of crews including fore- men, time-keepers, laborers, etc., on jobs supplied by Government agencies, be selected from our body and that no one be employed who | has visible means of support. “Now, inasmuch as there are sev- eral hufdred persons out of work in Juneau and vicinity at the pres- ent time it is necessary that work or immediate monetary relief be given to our destitute members, therefore we recommend that a | resolution on the needs of these unemployed be forwarded from | your organization to the Governor of Alaska “We also suggest that a commit- | tee be appointed from every or- ganization in Juneau to place our GIFTS of DISTINCTION Diamonds, Solitaires for engagements, dinner rings and a variety of pendants, ear drops and bracelets. Beverage Sets. No home or man's room is com- plete without a shaker and goblets of sterling silver. Coffee Sets. At every meal and at afternoon and evening parties, a silver coffee set be- speaks the good taste 2 /of. the hostess. 41‘ (HAVRBESL o . « . and ma Swedish People Reported Cutting . . ACR! Down Their Liquor L AR & Allows STOCKHOLM, Dec. 5—Officlal 1 figures showing less liquor con- 13,V |sumed in Sweden last year than 15. Oll:;:‘!!l{'l |in the preceding twelve months nducu\r'l \Sa) that the nation’s drinking bill 17. Age shrank by $552,000 to 845250000‘ 18. "lr:'é:‘ofl‘:- ¢ while per capita consumption drop- | 19. Useful v | 20. Male she ped from 135 gallons to 1.17 gal i Antomol’fiz lons. 22. Nobleman 2! Pronoun Destin; !5. Have E'ln‘ |demands before the Goyerpor.” The report was signed. by:Tom| 37 boteer® ‘Lewis. as Secretary of the Juneau| 38 5'5‘ of Unemployed League. % 0! Clrtmouu; When questioned by an Emphe 20. bid 7} “'“ |reporter this afternoon Tollowing . Su::%r the presentation of the unemploy- .41. Tablet ed’s petition, Capt. R. B. Lesher I TP ST & 4 Wild unrea- style i 37. Direct or 43. ‘l'h"or:&')‘u Firearm rintend: | “roughly” there were from 350 to ooliog. fe :g: 38. Condensed 46. Indispensably niol llur. of present time. the 2. Phc. W, necessar: 49. Number 4 A further inquiry at the Gov- AR 6 L A ernor's office indicated that 473 referenco. B, !umponrlnn\o 40. Noah's boat ending However, it was pointed out that of this number, many were either | .“.//“. sick or too old to work. // B. P. R. ROAD PARTY RETURNS FROM TWO MONTHS, WRANGELL After completing a location sur- vey from the énd of the present | highway out of Wrangell at Shoe- | maker Bay to three miles below ;Pats Creek, a distance of approxi- | | mately eight miles, Frank E. | Swartz, resident engineér with the United States Bureau of Public Roads, and his party returned o Juneau on the Yukon. | The survey, on which Mr.Swartz |and his assistants have been og-| cupied since Qectober 1, was domeg | as preliminary to the proposed ex- tension of the highway. Civil serv- ice employees from Juneau WwHo | were in Mr. Swartz's party were | Walter Gerwels, Edward Laurie, Curtis Barber, Gil Bowen and Glenn Neitzert. The latter two con- tinued to Seattle from Wrangell on |leave and the others will be on | Daily Cross-word Puzzle . Greek letter . Biblical city . Revolve . Breathed loudly in sleep . Limb . Broad arl ngs into 1ing proper | Italian t . Devica for stirring th air o DOWN 1. Body of celestial self-lumi- nous gas 2. Eloquent T 42, speaker 3 Withdraw 4. Narrow road 5 Type measures 6 Palm lily 7. Daub /. . Play on words Chums Jewel . Contemptible person Symbol for samarium . At home B o WdEw/a | |leave sometime this month. Bob | | Henning and Andrew Longmire, of | | Juneau were also members of the | | party who returned to Juneau to- | | day. Mrs., Swartz, who accompanied her husband to Wrangell, also re- |turned to Juneau. .- — | WINE MAY BE SOLD IN BULK UNDER AMENDMENT 3 PIONEERS GO ON LAST TRAIL Three pioneers passed away at | At a recent meeting of the Ter- ritorial Liquor Board, an amend- | ment was made to permit the sale by retailers of wine in bulk under | regular licenses, according to F.| | A. Boyle, Auditor and member of the board. vices received from Superintendent | Eiler Hansen. Jacob Ronkainen, of Tenakee, died November 22. Rokainen was born in Finland November 30, 1855. He came to Alaska in 1897 and! the Pioneers’ Home in Sitka during | the latter part of last month, two | on the same day, according to ad- ' lived at Fairbanks before moving to Tenakee. Charles Fouriner of Fairbanks died November 25. Fouriner was born in Canada April 28, 1852. He went to Dawson in 1897 and in | 1904 went to Fairbanks where he | worked as a carpenter. Peter Frisk, of Eagle, also died November 25. He came to Juneau in 1897 and a few years later he ‘worked through the Yukon to Cir- cle where he was engaged in min- ing. ot e Daily Empire wan: aas Pay! ny other This year at. Christmas, more than ever before, your -gift selections need not be confined to giving “just anything.” of our diamonds num setting an engagement every woman will be baquette watch fect as those we e Nothing less than one in a beautiful plati- should be given as gift . . and certainly flattered to receive a as dainty and per- are showing, Men, espécially hard to please, will be easily won with one of our watches design, A charm lish makes a perfect gift . . silver, this would be. still more -con wise in your choice of a of silverware, of which this gravy boat is typical in its simple charm. .. of exceptionally thin | i;xg pieceofbld Eng- candelabra . and if you,' servative and’ gift, you will give sets <Z Nugget Shop ith Gr, s«l-_». Ma ) mlar Men and, Womn S.S. LICENSES ARE 1S SUED BY LOCAL OFFICERS marker Do Much Work in |5-Day Period | Several llcenm were issued by | Captains John M. Clark and John Newmarker, United States Local ' Inspectors, ‘Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection during the period from November 15 to | November 30, as follows: John A. Tollbom, Seattle, Wash- | ington — Master of steam vessels, any ocean, any. gross tons, and First Class Pilot on the waters of Southeast and Southwest Alaska. | Wilfred A. Rice, Juneau, Alaska | —Mate of steam and motor vessels of any gross tons on the waters of lakes, bays and sounds other than the Great Lakes. Louis T. Williams, Juneau, Al- aska—Second Assistant Enginecr of steam vessels, any ocean, any Sross tons. Operators’ Licenses There were also 12 licenses as | pperators of motor vessels issued during the month of November, 12 lifeboat certificates and 9 able sea- | man certificates. | Three candidates for licenses as ‘pflots failed in their examinations.. | Seven candidates for able seaman | certificates and . nine for lifeboat lcertiflwbu also failed. ] There were three reinspections of vessels Held during the 15-day | period and’ two investigations of | accidents pendin —————— ST, PAUL GLUB - CHANGES HANDS ST. PAUL, Minn, Dec. 5—Sale of the St. Paul American Associa- tion Baseball Club to several local business organizations and indi- viduals is announced by R. J. Con- nery, president, and associates, who have operated the club for ten years. Negotiations were completed and actual transfer of the franchise is expected to be made at the annual | meeting of the American Associa- | tion directors in Louisville, According to the new owners, L. 8. McKenna, sports editor of the Dispatch-Pioneer Press, will be- come manager. | Captains Cfi and New-| limifieu Upturn Seeni for America in 1935 NEW YORK, Dec. 5—An up- |turn -in the nation’s business in 11935, was predicted in a recent statement by Standard Statistics Company, of New York. Notinx a. . . .“slight upturn in the October indusmal production,” the statement said, “the basis ap- | parently is being prepared for a |later upturn, probably during the early months of 1935, in which most industries will participate.” The company said there was ificreased activity in consumer lines, that employment was great- er and that wage rates were high-. er. o EXTORTIONIST IS KILLED IN- - OKLAHOMA GITY Demand fofiZ0,000 or Threat of Kidnaping, Cause of Tragedy TULSA, Okla., Dec. 5—Phil Ken- namer, aged 19, son of Federal Judge Franklin E. Kennamer, is quoted by Robert Thomas, his com- panion; as saying he killed John F. Gorrell, Jr., because of an ex- tortion note. Kennamer is, quoted. as saying that Gorrell wrote Homér 8. Wil- cox, Jr., an oil man, a note de- manding $20,000 or threatening to kidnap his daughter Virginia. — e Sweden Sells Gears VASTERAS, Sweden — What is believed to be the largest set of power gears ever constructed has, been put together here for the) South Africa Iron and Steel In-‘ dustrial Corporation. The machin- ery weighed 87 tons. e Herring for Russia MANCHESTER, England—A con- tract for 70,000 barrels of herring to be supplied by British fisher-| ymen to Russia has been \signed here. The herring will be sent from Scottish ports on British ships. .- TO VISIT SON Mrs. M. J. Griffin is a passen- iger for Juneau aboard the Norti- land coming on a visit with her son, W. J. Griffin, member of the staff of the United States Signal Corps, Juneau office. There’s about the fragrance and aroma something LIQUOR TO BE BETTER, PRICES T0 BE CHEAPER Change Predicied After Start of New Year, Says Administrator WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—Better liquor and at lower prices after the start of the New Year is the prediction of Joseph H. Choate, Jr., Director of the Alcohol Con- trol Administration, on the occa- sion of Repeal’s first anniversary. The Administration said gin, now available] seems to be as good as any ever' sold. Quality blends are generally im- provlng after the first of the year, t.he Admlnlstnwr said, larger amounts of straight whiskey and better grades will be released. Meanwhile figures indicated that the consumption of legal liquor is not nearly as large as had been anticipated. Officlals admitted th= bootlegger is still a serious prob- lem of Liquor Law Enforcement. CHILDREN OF ATHLETES T0 BE INSURED Mussolini Offers Prizes with Two Announced Pur- poses in View ROME, Dec. 5. — Mussolini has hit upon a means of stirring up interest simultaneously in two of his major ambitions for Italy—new sports conquests and an increase in the population. It consists of offering life insur- ance policies to the children of athletes who win championships in any of the nation’s outstanding sports. A policy of $833 will be awarded to the “present or eventual son™ of the athlete who during the forth- coming year wins a world title for Italy. Smaller prizes are offered for the children of athletes who win I national championships. B BUIES CREEK, N. C.—Campbell College, which Paul Green, the playwright, attended in his youth, has dedicated an open-air theatrc ln"hu honor. of a Chesterfield that is pleasing ..and different