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

Alaskan Waters llndeLPmtest Resolution and Letter to Brokers Issued by Mc- Govern, McGovern E. B. McGovern, President of Mc- Govern & McGovern, salmon brok- ers, member of the National Fish- eries Advisory Commission, and Fin- ance Director for the Democratic National Committee for the State of Washington, received the follow- ing telegram from Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, just prior to starting on the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Cruise. I remember with much pleasure visit to Alaska and please con- to Governor Troy and persons om you come in contact n ind- and best wishes.” Tuesley, president of the > Canned Salmon Brokers As- sociation, and associated with the Kelly-Clark company, also asked Mr. McGovern to extend greetings from that organization to all Alaskans. Mr. McGovern is a former president of the organization. Mr. McGovern is keenly aware the necessity of safeguarding any possible invasion of Alaskan fish- ing waters by the Japanese and has sent the following letter to all his brokers, dated May 21 Hereinafter you will find copy of Senate Resolution No. 98, intro- duced by Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington in the first session of the 75th Congress relative to the special rights of the United States in the salmon fisheries in the Alaskan extraterritorial waters: 75th Congress, 1st session, S. Res. 98: In the Senate of the United States, March 24, 1937. Mr. Bone submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Commit- tee on Foreign Relations: Resolution “Resolved, That the Secretary of State is requested to take all nec- essary steps as quickly as possible to safeguard from aggression by Japanese fishermen, and to secure recognition of, the special rights of the United States in the salmon fisheries in Alaskan extraterritorial waters. That the Secretary of State is requested to enter into neégotiations with the Imperial Japanese Govern- ment to this end.” As you have been previously ad- vised, the extraterritorial waters contiguous to the shores of Alaska fust beyond the three mile limit have been surveyed and prospected by Imperial Japanese government 0! PHONE 642 Take for the Territory of Alaska, handling all of Gins, TAILOR MADE SUITS from $55 ALL HAND WORK SHOP FROM OUR NEW PATTERNS BEFORE JULY 4! SAM THE TAILOR Jakeway Distributing Company, Inc, Schenley International Imported Wines and Liquors. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1937. | scientific fishery research —vessels and to some extent the waters have already been exploited by commer- cial Japanese floating canneries. The threat of further invasion and penctration is imminent unless im- mediate action is taken. | Both Senator Homer T. Bone and Senator Lewis B, Schwellenbach ot the State of Washington have taken | a couragéous stand in the matter | —_— | for the preservation of our fisheries, | Divorces, Other Actions and we are appealing to you and| ’ 2 your buyers, as distributers of| Brought Up at Opening of Court Term Here SHIPPING TAX canned salmon, to lend your sup- port in the premises. " We respectfully request that you| z y immediately write to the State De- The tax suits brought against the artment at Washington and also to Alaska Steamship Company and E(,.,r Senators urging that a firm the Northland Transportation Com- stand be taken to preserve the'live- Pany to collect back tonnage tax, lihood of our fishermen and to pre- Scheduled to come before the Fed- serve a great natural resource which eral Court yesterday when it be- is in-danger. Write your Senators to 8&n its June term here, were con- request members of the Senate For- tinued until the fall term. Effort eign Relations Committee to act i now being made in Congress to favorably upon Senate Resolution get repeal of the Federal law which No. 98, as reproduced hereinbefore, requires payment of a dollar a ton PRODUCTION OF ° GOLD IN WORLD 1S INCREASING iPronounced Gain for First 4 Months of 1937 Over Same Period in 1936 | NEW YORK, June 8—Continua- the Zellerbach Paaper Co., who is [ tion of the upward trend in world touring Alaska with the Seattle gold production is evidenced by the Chamber of ‘Commetce group, said|gain during the first four months today in discussing the possibility of |of this year when the world out- pulp manufacture in Alaska, that|put, excluding Russia, was 712,000 he believed pulp mills would eventu- |ounces over the comparable period ally be established in Alaska, How- |last year. ever, Mr. Zellerbach pointed out| This is according to the American that this would not come until news |Bureau of Metal statistics. print prices increased, and the use! The statistics show production in- Tellerbach Sees Opportunity for Pulp in North Mills Will Eventually Be Established Says Head of Famed Paper House Harold Zellerbach, President of| Please send us copies of your cor- tax by steamship companies oper- respondence, |ating in Alaskan waters. Thanking you for your interestin| Two divorces were granted by this matter, which vitally affects Judge Gecrge F. Alexander yester-| every distributer of Alaska canned day: to Theresa Manas from Jim salmon, and with all best wishes, we Manas of Chichagof and to Ida Fos-, remain faithfully yours, McGovern ter from Alfred Mitz Foster of Skag- and McGovern way. >ee | Attorney Howard Stabler of Ju- SHOE HEA.D AMONG (neau was appointed guardian ad TOURISTS ABOARD of the late N. G. Nelson of Juneau; —Grace, May and June. | NORTHLAND SHlP Citizenship papers were granted e {ta Mrs. Fredrikka Lappi Murphy, Among ihe 28 passengers making & native of Finland and the suit of | the roundtrip of Southeast Alaska the Thomas Hardware Company | aboard the steamer North Sea, against Mrs. H. C. Gorham was dis-| which was in port here today, was missed, Arthur A. Curme, of Feltman and| The case of Mannow D. Moyer Curme, nation-wide shoe retailing 2gainst the Mutual Benefit, Health firm. Mr. Curme is accompanied on and Accident Association for dam-; the cruise aboard the North Sea ages as the result of a plane acci- by five members of his family: Mrs. dent in which he was injured now Curme, Miss Marjorie A. Curme, goes to the Circult Court of Ap-| Dorothy Jane Curme, and Mr. and peals following of the filing of the Mrs. Arthur A. Curme, Jr. |necessary actions yesterday. The Others making the round trip court here had held for Moyer.J aboard the same vessel are: Dr. R. whose insurance policy includes the T. Glyer, San Francisco physician, words “participating in aeronauc-l and Mrs. Gyler; and Mr. and Mrs.|ics.” The insurance company held | L. B. Fitch, Mr. Fitch is an official Moyer was participating in aero-| in "the home office, at Seattle, of nautics when he was hurt in a plane the Northland Transportation Com-|accident while Moyer contended he pany, operators of the North Sea. ‘\\vfls merely a passenger. Bootblacks Ask LUMBER EXECUTIVE City to Fix by B JOINS IN PRAISING st el ALASKA’S WEATHER SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, June 8. $ i —Now it's the bootblacks. ! Accompanied by Mrs. Gillespie Determined to get in on the up-,4nd his two young daughters, ‘79*’“‘ ving of prices and wages, this|And Betty, J. C. Gillesple, of Ta- coma, Washington, Credit Manager city's she-shining fraternity, known as the Master Bootblacks' Asso-.[0r the Weyerhaeuser Sales Com- clation, has petitioned the Board Pany. arrived here this forenoon| of ‘Supervisors to fix the price of a|8board the steamer Aleutian, on shine at 15 cents by ordinance. | Which he and his family are mak-} 2 b ,|ing the roundtrip as members of | Today's News Today—Empire. | the Seattle Chamber of Commerce ! Goodwill Tour. “Just as all the rest of us aboard the ship, all I can do is praise your weather, your wonderful coun- try, and the fine treatment we have received from you Alaskans,” was Mr. Gillespie’s statement as he put foot on the dock here. i Mr. Gillespie was met at the plank by Tom Morgan, Manager| of the Juneau branch of the Co-, lumbia Lumber Company. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were host to Mr. Gil- lespie and his family today. £ > Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. | i | | | SAM SHABALDAK The Juneau, Alaska Pleasure in Announcing Their Appointment as Sole Distributors for The Corporation their World-Famous Whiskies, Rums, Brandies, Cordials and !litem for the three minor children ers. of pulp products increased to the creased to 9,741,000 ounces from point where the operation would be|8,759,000 for the same months of profitable. |last year. Under present markets, the ex- e i ) sy pense of installing the plants and the transportation problems are | prohibitive, Mr. Zellerbach said. GREAT BRITAIN Mr. Zellerbach is traveling with| | his Seattle Manager, A. W. Akers, Nfl'l' RET"RNING Jr, Mrs. Zellerbach, and Mrs. Ak-| LONDON, June 8.—Sir John Si- e Border “Stradile” i h Bars Nuw val"sh mon, new Chancellor of the Ex- |chequer, blated the British hopes Girl Scout Camp Plans, Personel Announced Today Further Details Will Be Completed at Meet- ings Thursday Plans were outlined at meetings yesterday and today for the Eagle | River Girl Scout camp program and personnel, with further details to be completed by Thursday under the direction of Miss Alice Palmer, |camp advisor. The camp is to open Saturday, following the closing of |the Boy Scout camp. | Another meeting of prospective campers will be held at’ 10 a.m. Thursday, and final business is to | be completed at a session to be held |3 p.m. Thursday. | Announcement is made that all |campers must be registered Girl | Stouts, since the camp is a regis- |tered Girl Scout camp. Full dues | will be charged to all girls regard- ‘]Pss of the length of time spent lat the camp. Girl Scouts who are | Rainbow Girls, and who are to be |in town for the Rainbow Girl con- | vention, will be able to enter the camp under this arrangement. | At the meeting this morning the | following patrol personnel was ar- ranged: In Patrol 1, Isabel Parson and J. Winther will be tentmates; Beryl Marshall and Francis Paul, Geprge. Rice, Mrs.N: Lester:Troast, I‘M'rs &nr@hee Rands, Mrs. W. W. Council, and Miss Alice Palmer. BARNEY HOON LIFTS VOICE IN PRAISE OF SHRIMPS, CRABS “Everyone is talking about Al- askan weather, but, though I cannot help but agree with the paens of praise, what has taken me is the wonderful treatment and welcome Alaska has extended us on our tour,” declared Barney W. Hoon, of the Advertising Departmeent of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, on step- ping off the steamer Aleutian here this morning. Mr. Hoon is making an Alaskan roundtrip as a member| of the Seattle Chamber of Com- merce Goodwill Tour aboard the steamer. “I thought I had tasted fish in Seattle,” Mr. Hoon said “but we were given a salmon luncheon Wy the Rotarians in Ketchikan that surely beat anything I had ever tasted. Then we stopped last night at Petersburg, where we were given there, the shrimp and crab we were 82 New Laws fed, it is amazing that any of us morning.” # 2 in Washingto Legislation Goes Into Effec Tomorrow — One Big Measure Interesting OLYMPIA, Wash., June 8. — more than 142 mew laws effectivel tomorrow in this state, probabl; more interest centers in the aci creating a State Progress Commis=' sion than any other and the an nouncement of the seven members to compose the commission whichi will spend from $250,000 to $1,000,000¢ in advertising. The commission will: also arrange the state celebration for 1939 and prepare for Wash= ington State’s participation in ‘the ° Golden Gate Exposition and New ‘York World Fair. R BPR OFFICIALS SAIL M. D. Williams, District Engineer ¥ S A2 a dance. After the time we had |for the Bureau of Public Roads, and Leo Jewett, Auditor, are sails ing aboard the Aleutian for Seward are able to move off the ship this on an inspection trip. They will | visit BPR projects in that vicinity. ? | 1 for to the Gold o e e e o e g tentmates. Patrol 2, Betty Mills and BANGOR, Me., June 8—In the need for any new deciaration of Maxine Nostrand, tentmates; Paul- dry days, whatever the sufferings |ine Petrich and Norma Burford,| policy at the present time.” The Chancellor reaffairmed Eng- | tentmates. Patrol 111, Betty Rice| |and Sylvia Davis, tentmates; Laura |J. Clithero and Gordon Clithero, | |tentmates; Margaret Rands and; of the thirsty in other parts of Maine, residents along the north- ’ g h m land’s policy in maintaining a flex- ern and‘eastern border always had,lble prli):e of the pound and regu- overflowing source of refreshment iaiing the value in relation to for- just over the line in Canada. lefgn currencies through the pur_;Doris Gridley, tentmates. Patrol 5, Shirley Davis and Marie In Aroostook County, where for| hases and sales of bullion in Lon-| many miles the St. John River is|qon, | Hanna, tentmates; Esther George the boundary line, the customers | ot !Bnd Betty Nordling, tentmates. Pa- made frequent boat trips to the! | trol 6, Verna Mae Gruber and Doro- Canadian side, where numerous | ‘thy Wilms, tentmates; Astrid Var- “life-saving stations” welcomed nass and Pat Olsen, tentmates. Miss them with plenty of the best | Margaret Clark was also present at | L Sgdag AL Scotch, Irish and Canadian whis- | the meeting and is to be included | kies, ale, beer and porter. | DAKAR, French Senegal, June 8. in the personnel of additional pa- —Amelia Earhart flew here today |trols to be established at the meet- In neighborhoods where the“o St. Louls f i X ‘ boundary was marked on land by |TOm St. Louls for an easier take- ing Thursday. stone monuments a mile apart,|Cff OB the next leg of her ”,"%"‘l Present at the meeting of the enterprising Americans built “line and planned to follow the British|Girl Scout Council yesterday after- PROTECT YOUR EYES AGAINST GLARE | We are grateful for sunny weather. But sometimes our eyes suffer from glare. If this beautiful weather m'akes your eyes uncomfortable, have them fitted | with SOFT-LITE lenses, which will give you safe | protection against glare. . If you are already wearing glasses, your prescrip- ] tion ground in SOFT-LITE lenses will give you maxi- mum comfort without sacrificing clear vision. We are equipped to give scientific eye examinations. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson OPTOMETRIST Phone 331 | cago. houses,” straddling the boundary route to Khartoum. inoon were Mrs. Ernest Parsons, Mrs. | line, equipped with movable bars.| When Maine sheriffs came with | warrants they found the bar on! the Canadian side of the house; | while raiding Canadian officers, | operating under the Scott act, al- ways found the goods had been moved to the American side. g1 Since repeal there has been little occasion for Americans to go to; Canada for a drink. SEALLIPSTO SAY THIS WORD CHICAGO, June 8—Can you pronounce a three-syllable word without opening you mouth? | “Yes” is the answer—if you se- lect the right word, according to Dr. M. M. Mathews, assistant edi- | tor of the Dictionary of the Ameri- can Languages, which is being" prepared at the University of Chi- The word, he said, is: “Umahum.” You can hum it. “One advantage of this word,” he said, “is that it can mean al- most anything, according to the inflection used in pronouncing it.” He cited these meanings: #Yes.” i “Go ahead, I'm listening.” “No." “Not at all.” “Yes, 1 thought so.” | Umahum? JANTZEN | SWIM TRUNKS $2.95 | “O s. GRAVES The Clothing Man QUALITY AT SENSIBLE PRICES wands were ing needs: M MEMBER [ TREAT YOUR CREDIT AS A SACRED TRUST VIDA BUSINESS OR PLEASURE PHONE 623 i 1 | l | . Clean—Speedy—Comfortable MARINE AIRWAYS FLOAT FAIRY godmothers and magic but fantasies of child- hood. But, today, we have at our command a-magic force for supply- odern credit facilities! Millions, today, are buyipg homes on credit—and furniture, automo- biles, electrical appliances;and other Use Your Credit and Build a Good Credit Record—-’ By Paying Promptly, According to Agreement! % modern conveniences that were lux- Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry- Store \\ Iferrigs 7 Good Credit Is Your uries but a generation ago! , i And —paying out of earnings—they have use of their purchases paying for them! All that is required while is a good credit record—a reputation for meeting : obligations according to agreement. ALASKA CREDIT BUREAU First National Bank Building CHARLES WAYNOR Manager PHONE 28