The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1937, Page 8

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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY. FORD INSPECTS WAGON WHEELS SUPREME COURT IS TO REVIEW ONE STATE ACT Question Involves Ala- bama's Unemployment Insurance Law WASHINGTON, March 8. — The, Supreme Court has agreed to review] ion involving the consti- tutionality of the Alabama State| mployment Insurance Act sup- menting the Federal Social Se-l ity Law but failed to announce| in the National Labor nd Washington State Minl-l e Law cases. pservers regarded the an: nouncement of the Justices to pass Alabama statute as an ex- 1 for the delay in passing on the petition for reconsiderations| of the four to four decision up-| holding a similar law in New York, State. It is believed the tribunal might hold up action in the New York case until it hears the argu- ments in the Alabama litigation hree judges of Federal Courts| have held the Alabama law uncon- | stitutional ision. ard on the planat Henry Ford, who Is developing the rural community of Ways, Ga, Is own here inspecting one of two wagon wheels held by Lonnie Patter- n, Negro blacksmith on the Ford estate at Ways. Tools and machinery are kept in repair at the smithy. (Associ Press Photo) favors for Jackie’s guests, a birth- —Charles Jenne, Barbara Her- day cake was cut and refreshments, mann; Humor Division— Bernice|just like kiddies delight in, were e — Lovejoy, Helen Westall; Dramatic | served. THls EvENING;Division—Elimbeth Stewart, Archie| Jackie's guests were Roberta Mes- | Gubser. | serschmidt, George Messerschmidt, One student from each division |Freddie Schmits, Lorene !in the Southeast Alaska meet to be|Katherine Bavard, Billy Schmidt test tonight are: Oratorial division will be: chosen to represent Juneau |Arthur McKinnon, Claudia Erskine, HOUSE PASSES Bonus Votes in LARGEST COST Empire Confest BILL I!_l_IIST(lRY Issufl Tuesday Bielnnium Expense Measure Race of Contestants Begins Calls for Total of $3,186,- = to Tighten Up in On 000—Schools Big Item to Mexico Tour (Continued from Page One) with several contéstants- in The =S paily Alaska Empire’s Good Will ing on the measure. Controversy‘cumest.und On To Mexico Tour for thé most, centered: around the polling. ‘well over 100,00 votes in University of Alaska and an appro- Saturday's count; Betty Whitfield priation of $65,000 for transporta- still leading and the first partici- tion .of pupils under'the Commis-|pant to pass the half_million mark, sioner of Education. Effort was the rade begins to tighten up. ‘made to kill' this last item as rec-| Hansen Passes Bodding ommendation had been made by the| Clara “Hanson, by using a large Board of Education that transpor- block of her votes, moved into third tation be discontinued. = However, place while Geraldine Bodding the House had previously voted the seemed content with her total as Board’s bill on the recommendation | tabulated and dropped to fourth so it stayed consistent and left the|position. $65,000 item for. transportation, Ask For Your Votes There was some spirited discussion, Votes in this Good Will Contest over the funds for the Umversuy_‘and On To Mexico Tour are abso- the Fourth Division leading the lutcly free to Empire subscribers. fight to give the school a substan- | They cannot be purchased and are tion appropriation. Although nd-ionly issued to subscribers to The ministration and maintenance was Daily Alaska Empire with paid cut from $209,000 to $175,000 and subscriptions. the scholarship fund was slashed Starting Tomorrow from $6,000 to $4,000, the only item| Starting Tuesday, bonus votes entirely thrown out was summer Wwill be issued to new subscribers, school calling for $15,000. lund girls now active in the contest The bill as it now goes to the should contact with the Contest Senate for final action calls for the|Editor of the Daily Alaska Empire following major appropriations: for further particulars. Major Items - ———— Governor’s office, $25,740; Attorney | General, $19,650; Auditor, uo,sso,!BRH"SH SHIP | !Treasurer, $52400; support of, schools, $1,118,200; Commissioner of | Education, $34,860; University of Al-| aska, $219,000; * Highway Engigeer, | *+$14,000; roads, $400,000; shelter ca- Participants in Three Divi- sions to Appear—Pub- lic Is Invited . Oratory students who will take part in the Southeast Alaska Dec- lamatien contest are to be chosen tonight in the final meet of the Ju- neau High School students which starts at 7:50 o'clock in the Grade School Building. The publie is cor- dially invited to attend. There is held here on March 16. Invitations | Dona Schmits, Marvin Rhodes, Joan A have been issued to Wrangell, Ket- PRhodes and Gerald 8haw. !sm";fimc o:“::,‘,;s lo:: ’3081 chikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Skagway | While the kiddies'. party was in heg)th and sanitation, $34350. and Haines to participate. | progress, Mrs, Schmitz entertained pioneers' Home, $174,100; allowance Everett R. Erickson, instructor in | the mothers at her home. |20t aged residents, $403,000; depend- the English department in the high | Tt lent children:and ‘mothers, $110,000; school, is in charge of the contests.| JWC BROADCAST TONIGHT [relief of destitution and rieedy, $200- —— ., | Another art lecture will be given 000; primary election, $20,000; radio {tonight by Miss Ruth Ooffin over stations, $10,000; wolf and t JACK]E SCHMszy JR, | KINY at 8 o'clock on' the Juneau bounty, $80,000; eagle boumy.ewuoa,tf CELEBRATES BlRTHDAYiwomm‘s Club Program. Her talk 000; -hair seal bounty, $40,000; is entitled “Something About Col- cleaning ‘salmon .streams, $26,000; Four Destroyers Rushing to; Scene—Vessel Rak- l "' ed Fore and Aft | } LONDON, Mar. 8§—Four Ermah[ destroyers are rushing through thei Bay of Biscay to a point where a| | vessel, belleved to be the British: motorship Adda, sent out 808 calls no admission charge. | The string ensemble, under the| Jack Schmitz, Jr., was two years Mary Jeanette Whittler wifl pre- or.” and minor appropriations for var- reporting she has been bombarded ious boards and - sipplemental ex- and is sinking. v»(v QUAKE AWAKENS SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESIDENTS Sharp Shock Occurs This Morning—Articles Are Knocked Off Shelves SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 8. —Residents: of the. San Francisco Bay regién, were awakened by’ ani| earthquake at 2:32 o'clock this morning which knocked articles from shelves. The police said it was the sharp- est shock since tlie 1906 disaster. Dr. Perry Byerly, seismologist of the University of California, said the quake was of moderate inten- sity. IM. MERINO IS " DEADIN SOUTH Former Postmaster at Mt. McKinley Park Passes Away in Everett SEATTLE, March 8— — Requiem mass will be said Wednesday at St. James Cathedral for Maurice Mer- ino, former Mount McKinley Park postmaster who died at Everett last Saturday. Interment will be in the Alaska park. Merino came to the United States in 1900 and went to Alaska shortly after where he prospected in the Fairbanks, Nenana and Nome sec- tions. | |daho I Bucking Reno on Divorces BOISk, igaho, March 8. — This state has lined up to get, some of Reno's divorce business. Goy. B. Worth Clark has signed a bill reducing from three months to six weeks the time of residence requi»2d before starting legal pro- \ceedings for divorce. Matanuska Colonist to Fight Ouster ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 8.— Clyde R. Ellis, attorney for Charles E. Ruddell, dissatisfied Matanuska colonist, now in Washington - pro- testing to alleged mismanagement of the Federal project, has filed an answer to the eviction charges in the District Court here. Ellis said Ruddell will contest the ouster from his tract in the colony. The answer also asked a court order requiring the colony offic- ials to make more jdefinite £k in .connegtion wflh’?he usi'. o Returns Home, Finds i3 COATESVILLE, Pa, March 8— After 18 years, Roland Jackson re- turned home for a visit—to find himself legally dead. His mother, Mrs. Susan Stanley, was overcome when he walked in. She had heard her son was killed in Texas and several years ago, (0 straighten legal matters, had the sourt declare him dead. ELECTRA GETS AWAY WITH 5 FOR INTERIOR After being held at Juneau for nearly a week because of bad flying conditions, the Pacific Alaska Air- ways Electra plane, with five pas- sengers for the Intérior ahoard,’got away from here yesterday at moor, bound for' Fairbanks, with Pilot Jerry Jones, and Co-Pilot Walt Hall at the controls. : . According to information received by Juneau PAA Agent Louis Dele- becque, the Electra should return to Juneau from Fairbanks within the next two or three days. Passengers leaving Juneau for the Interior on the Electra yésterday were: Jack Adams, Brooks Mrs. W. Mishou. i oo for sale at The Empire Office. He Is Legally Dead| Drayton, | Charles F. Peterson, Eli Tanner and) RITTER LOSE INHGH COURT {Review Refused on Senate Impeachment of Flor- ida Judge WASHINGTON, March 8. — Hal- stead L. Ritter has lost in the Su- preme Court his attack on the val- idity of the Senate impeachment mi’croceedlncs which resulted"in his moval as Federal District Judge of the Southern District of Florida. The high court refused .to pass jon the judgment against Ritter by the United States Court of €laims. Entertainers from . United States Not Wanted, Coronation LONDON, March 8. — American |entertalners are to be given a |cold welcome for the coronation of King George. British stars have protested to the Ministry and asked that foreign entertainers be ta- booed. ————— The American Automobile Asso- |clation reports that the 767-mile highway linking Laredo, Texas, with Mexico City is now a full-width, two-lane road, paved with the ex- ception of 68 miles. ;, Today’s News Today—Empire. Schilling g Hungérian Paprika Rich red. Delicate flowr. ELECTRIC HAWING direction of Miss Helen Parrott, hnslold last Saturday and his mother prepared several selections for the gave him a birthday party that was intermission between the readings.|thoroughly enjoyed by the other lit- Those participating in the con- ' tle youngsters invited. There were sent musical selections during program. " N | | Portable Electric ‘Machine “Safety First” s : |“Alaska” by Lesier D. senderson Keep fit now and You'll feel better in your Middle Years Conserve energy. Avoid late hours, rich food, over- strain. . . If you drink, choose the form of whiskey that is best for you. Use it sensibly. reactions of these men over a riod of 41 days. The 5740 records now in our files suggest that you will find the rich-tasting Crowns kind to* | | One version said the ship report- Labor Pickefing IN MINE cuun |of the Bay of Biscay. s 1®' ‘| Encounter and Escape are rushing proposed fifty million dollar elec- are now registered in the Univetsity lof the Territory. and is -being .con- er uy l penses. The SOS was received by LloydsI ed she had been raked fore and aft| {by fire from an “unidentified was-| 10 Be Voted Upon [ship.” By San Francisco { SAN. FRANCISCO, Cal., March 8. DAY OR NITE SERVICE British destroyers Echo, Eclipse, Great Interest Shown Here|full speed to the scene. ,tric power distribution system and mcn 8 mns co' e The Adda is a vessel of 7,800 tons also an ordinance to prohibit labor e 571 —Two Classes Are B} |ana was butt at Greenock in 1922, picketing. Phone 34 Nite ing Held Daily of Alaska Mining, Extension Course which has now been in session in {Juneau for two weeks. The gix |ducted by Howard G. Wilcox. Students tudyi : : i B i AT prng X It is unnecessary for us to advertise that our companies are solvent or that they pay their claims—everyone takes it as a matter of course. Moderate use of Crown Whis- kies by a group of normal men had no marked effect on sleep, appetite, or mental and muscular efficiency next day. —~—#——. .y |and other stations, SE; ‘The ship is about 140 miles out | Voters will ballot tomorrow on a glIll@fllIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIflIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..’.IIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIllll|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIJ_I[IIIIQ One hundred and ten students| = = ,weeks' course is under the auspices s : {The course is given free of charge —~Adirondack Research records for days follow- ing_moderate drinking of Crown Whiskies the :I(or not noticeably affected in the case of Mr. A. A. Phillips. ,and students may register any {time during the term. ¥ ’ Two sections are held daily in th | Williams Biulding, corner of Sec-' ..ond and Franklin Streets. The day|== section meets at 10 o'clock and the evening section at 7:30 o’clock. “M ércy Trek> ‘Saves Life HALIFAX, N.. S, March 8. — A “mercy trek” of 58 miles' through rain-drenched woodland was made by . Murdock Slauenwhite, who walked that distance here to sum- mon a doctor for a stricken lum~- berman. The physician was unable! to return with him, so Slauenwhite; took the medicine and walked back with it alone. The patient recov- EASY PAYMENT PLAN! ON ALL ARTICLES HERE ' . ... AND MANY MORE! ® R.C.A. Victor Radios ® Tubes @ Records @ Apex Washing Machines The Gentle Double Dasher Washer @ Apex Carpet Sweepers TWO SPEED @ Hot Point Electrical Appliances However, since an issue has been made in the matter of Douglas fire loss payments . . . . 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