The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 17, 1937, Page 8

JUNEAU MILLS Body of Poulsen SEND SHIPMENT I to Be Sent 0 ABOARD TANANA Business Is Picking Up Plant to Operate Into Next Month The body of Chester O. Po Chief Yeoman of the Coast Guard cutter given an impressive Monday and will be | Alaska for Taco dow will escort it to Cemetery for a military This afternoon 2 o'clock vices were held the chap the Charles W. Carter Mor by the Rev. John L. Cauble An American flag draped the ile the rites were adm Hai military shipped o w se Lo where oaded and Tan- Juneau Lumber Mills 250,000 feet of lumber on the freigh Arlir tex it sailed from here i thi: 30,000 advises that mill ha ipped Alaska T iumber and other the and 1 An westward ies to the 0,000 fee Fairbanks of hor- point ¥ A military escort Monday will the body from the Carter Mor to the Alaska quad will give a which taps will Sea Scouts sey will escort the service |Tacoma, where the children, Jean G |Cc.. 17 months vivors include a of Stanwood, Miss Mildred iness is picking expect and al Bu up officials this month mill through October salute, be blown follc by o .. CITY FLOAT IS DRAGGED, BODY OF P. SUM DUM: Peter who has b 20, took today after a crew a motor launch fur- Coast Guard cutter failed to locate the man’s body after approximately 90 min- utes of dragging near the City Float eyt o s e cres| FORMER JUNEAU ging effort was made as & “suppo- | tion,” and that no definite clues 1 turned up to indicate that the F. 1 had actually fallen in at the|.pane City Float at Treadwell, The launch was manned goatilo gecording by Policeman Roy Hoffman, Sig Ol- {pore He was and two men off the Haida,|,e ; P Mullen of Juneau s Chief Machinist Riffenber; and |gout 10 Sheried u I Hasel. U8 & 80V furnishing store here. Mr. H und at 11 o'clock and was g peen jll for some time. He 1 concluded at 12:30 this afternoon. |y MYt P IR T A dragline completely raked the S bottom of the body to Tac will be hel widow anc 11, and reside. Other brother, Wash., V. Pou I’:ml«u\. sister, of Seattle. Poulsen apparently slipped the guard rail of the Haida sh after midnight Wednesday mor fell, and struck his head on heavy log dock. The body was recovere 1 o'clock Wednesday aftternoor ter more than eight hours of d ging Sumdun n e search for lian of mdum, ince August 1l turn of four men on nished by the Haida -> > W. Hebert, former Juneau died September o to word rec a s n way float. <> Foreign sales of farn: equip No railways operate in Liberia,|from the and there is only one main high-|their highest way completed which could be used part of 1931, for bus or truck transportation show the stat peak since government THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 17, 1937 Alaska Monday ulsen, United States ill be rvice n the the wi- 1gton burial ser- el tuary of cas- inis- take tuary On the dock a firing wing the Chief Carpenter Ched- “oma ld in 1 two Gary sur- Alfred and 1lseny i on ortly ning the camel of the Government d at n af- drag- MERCHANT DIES mer- ind for many years employed 10 in ceived brother-in-law and for zents ebert 1ves attle ment United States have reached early isties |r TRA DE BM.ANGE Heads Democrats PUGET SUUND IS NOT CAUSING| NAVY YARD IS MUCH WORRYING GREAT PLANT Favorable Light Thrown on Subject by Dept. of Commm ce Largesl Pacific Coast—Some Pertinenl Facts BREMFRI‘ON Wash. {More than $2,000,000 I during the ,,u. f Pacific Nortk | partment at its Puget Sound Navy Yard here, according to figures re- cently released by Captain B. M Dobson, supply officer of the big plant. This amount, according to the report, was spent for commodi- ties produced or manufactured in the 13th Naval District, which in- {cludes the States of Washington, |Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyo- ming In addition to the products bought in the Northwest, the Yard also had | a payroll for civilian employees | |which averaged $25.000 daily for a | personnel of about 4,000 men The Yard, which is the most com- | largest on the Pacific 17— spent the By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 because the United States had of trade in another one for is no reason for business men to start jumping off bridges. Many economists refuse to call it] an “adver “unfavorable” bal-| ance of trade. Instead they call it an “import surplus” The Depart ment of Commeree insists it should Le simply an ‘“unbalance of ments, since only part of it repr sents a trade in goods. Shipping services, interest and dividends and tourist expenditures enter into it But the fact remains that in 1936, for the first time in decades, | the United States had an import 5 surplus. It amounted to $153,000,- o 000. Even so it exported $34,000,000 8cod times here is the increase in plete and more actual goods than it im- American tourist travel ¢groad. | Coast known as “The Home of ported. The deficit came in such! Then, too, currency devaluations the Pacific Fleet” and during each etk American tourist expendi- @broad have reduced the cost to eighteen month period all of the tur abroad, servi of foreign America of foreign goods. Because battleships and a large proportion ships in carrying American prod- these prices are low, American man-|of the smaller naval vessels under- uce and other “invisibles. Total ufacturers are buying foreign raw /go repairs and overhaul in the plant. exports, goods, services and all were Materials heavily. Ultimately for- Beside the repair work, the Yard $3,483,000,000 eign prices are sure to rise, so0 has built two 10,000-ton cruisers, the {American manufacturers, with sup-| Louisville and Astoria, and many de- piles of cheaper raw ynaterial bought |stroyers, submarines and auxiliary in advance, can undersell foreign'vessels all of which have a high rat- goods later {ing for efficiency in the Navy. It is noteworthy, of | $60,000,000 Yearly e o (e Principa) iherease | The Navy Department distributes s s more than $60,000,000 naterials, such as rubber, part of 5 | which will be later exported as fin-|iroughout the Northwest for sup- {ShETognis, {plies and wages, according to the| 2 Puget Sound Navy Yard League, an ges and other “ivisibles” so far The Department of Commerce in-1, oo tion” of labor, civic, and bus-| this year is not known. The De- Afso 1A She: Srant NN ‘”‘”uu-.xs, organizations connected with partment believs it is far in excess helping break down trade barriers. [,/ *o b LR IR B ent of the amount payable to the Unit- But ”h“‘ something likely to be engaged in a campaign of educa- | ed States, so the “adverse” balance & subject of political wars for years (;on“anq publicity in an effort to of tmde will be fairly imposing, '0 come |bring more work to the Navy Yard, perhaps several hundreds of mil- and incidentally to the entire North- lions | west. This educational campaign is PAF to Pay Regular But |nationwide and is expected to be| verse” balance of trade does not Quarterly Dividend | beneficial to the whole northwestern | mean that the Republic is falling Of 30 Cents a Share area outside of the Navy Yard as England has had an adverse balance S | well as to the Yard itself of trade in merchandise for gener- SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. | The site of the Yard, 14 miles west | ations. It has made up the differ- y5 __ppe pacific American Fish- |0f Seattle across Puget Sound, was ence by supplying shipping service ¢ ies hag notified the San Fran- |chosen in 1891 by Lieut. A. B. Wy- and capita 1t oother countries, while .ic0 Stock Exchange that it |coff of the United States Navy. The the same time enticing tOUrists iy pay g regular quarterly di- | Yard itself, was authorized by Con- Sept were year Just an 1936 1927 in Lalance cts and e or Pitt Tyson Maner - Pitt Tyson Maner of Montgomery, Ala., was unanimously elected head of the Young Democratic Clubs of America when that or- ganization held its national con- vention at Indianapolis, Ind. of e ONE N YEAR here will be larger ance of payments in 1937 Department of Commerce there is already this year a surplus of more than $140,000,000 in imports of actual goods over exports The amount of tourist expendi- tures abroad, shipping service char- unbal- The reports a in support the principal increase -+ he appearance of an “ad- to old E: addition to this investment the gov- ernment carries fleet stores of an estimated $12,000,000 value for use of the Navy. machine and electric shop on the Pacific Coast. This shop cost $1,- 500,000 and is 800 feet long, 250| feet wide and 80 feet high. It has a |mor-piercing shell can be found here | floor area of approximately aups Most Comp’(‘lf‘ on|with a 350-foot revolving crane, one of the largest in the United States. the Yard, where they have an op- portunity to see the largest ships of the Navy. At present the Saratoga, 880-foot airplane carrier is in Yard undergoing her regular over- haul period. The Lexington, ship of the Saratoga, completed her | three-months’ repair period in April. T vis; and Wilson are now under con- struction at this Yard. | Yard are the Radio Station, maintains ships of the Fleet and other Naval bases. The Naval Hospital, |didly-equipped structure for the use| of men in the Navy. The officers’| ‘quarlers on the hill, used by com- manding officers of the Navy Yard and Marine Barracks. sioned Row, or where commission are kept in the event that they might be needed. cludes besides the Navy aviation base at Sand Point, near Seattle; Torpedo Station miles war heads for them to the value of oads, is valued at $65,000,000. In $10,000,000 are stored for the en- tire battle fleet in the Pacific wa- ters; the Naval Ammunition De- pot, 2 miles north, where $12,500,000 | worth of projectiles, powder and | The Yard has the largest Navaljother explosives are stored unu]\ called for by ships of the Fleet. Pr |Jectiles from a small saluting shell\ to a 16-inch, one-ton weight, ar-| Prince Prospero Colanna Is Dead ROME, Sept. 17.—Prince Pros- | pero Colanna, head of a family five|and about 2,000,000 pounds of TNT |which has been prominent in Italy The plant is also equipped|are stored here at all times. for 800 years, is dead. He was the i s Mayor of Rome twenty-four years ago. Mountainside | BTN R T Canada leads the world 1 | in the Lincoln F eature | transportation of freight by air. In Is Unveiled |the last year, commercial trans- port companies operating chiefly RAPID CITY, SD., The rugged features of Abraham _in the mining areas of the north carrfed 22,947,000 pounds of freight Lincoln, which have been carved Consisting largely of machinery, on the mountainside, was unveiled fuc. .1 and supplies. today as part of the nationwide cele- SF s bration of the 150th anniversary of Empire classifieds for the signing of the Constitutior, Many Tourists Visit Thousands of ‘tourists yearly visit the Sept. 17. sister hree destroyers, the Patterson, Jar- Try The results, Points of interest in the Navy! which cummunication with For "HAPPY SNAPPY SERVICE” CALL 39 “ALASKA MEAT for Better Meats” Small—Family Size—Fresh ‘35| | TURKEYS HENS-liteweight _ Ib. 27c a splen- | Decommi “The Boneyard, obsolete ships now out of | The Puget Sound Naval Base in- Yard an the Keyport Pacific Coast at Keyport, 18 north, where torpedoes and Fresh Killed—Fricassee A rare treat at this price CAPONS-unfrozen Ib. 40c Our increasing weekly sales prove the tempting deliciousness of our Garden Fresh Frozen PEAS and BERRIES Pound 30c Wings of love may win them FOR HOME OR BUSINESS g United States can pay only in goods |gress in 1900 and the Navy formally |took possession of the 190-acre site iswtcmber 16, 1901. It has since grown to 285 acres with a total land | vidend of 30 cents a share on October 15 to stockholders on record as of October 1. but Wings of the Morning will hold them. The Purest Shortening known is REFRIGERATION SERVICE and REPAIRS Phone 34 Our Refrigeration Expert, JOHN HOUK, is equipped to give you Quick, Efficient Service at reasonable cost. Rice & Ahlers Company Bert’s SAVING SATISFYIN Cash Grocery —Qur aim buyers money and at the same time serve them with the best. FLOUR sher’'s Homelike—Fine Hard Wheat Comflakes Sc | POTATOES FINEST NETTED GEMS Pineapple : 5 Broken Slice—2 No. 215 tins COFFEE-AIll Brands Mayonnaise c " Red &y\\'hi!e—(!\mrt 49 FOULD’S MACARONI—SPAGHETTI—NOODLES Toilet Tissue 2 5c THREE 1000-Sheet Rolls Quart DRESSI Lux, WHITE KING-Large Package Each 37(: and VEGETABI FRESH """ FOB. YOUB 5 PHONE 105 211 Seward Street 9=-$1.99 Crackers Grahams, Sodas—2 Ibs. Peanut Butter i Pound 30c SALAD i—Quart Toilet Soaps TWO BARS for Camay, iS——EVERYTHING INDAY DINNER FIVE FAST DELIVERIES 10-11 A. M. 2- - Star Spangied Banner” was value of $306,000. The present gov- designated the national anthem ernment investment in buildings, Act of Congress uniil 1931, shops, machinery, docks, piers, and | e MEAT MAKES THE MEAL £ JUNEAU’S LEADING MARKET OFFERS HAMS, llalf or Whole 40c Pound AR—FIXED FLAVOR or ervices And tF can not “The amass a margin to pay the debt if they required to buy from the United States as much as they sell it n s by are A SIGN OF GOOD Of course there are b arguments on both sides of the ques- tion to whether a permanent “favorable” balance of trade is bene- ficial to a nation The Department Commerce supplies information helping throw a favorable light on the pres- ent trade deficit. This country i better off, so is able to buy more , abroad. One is the indications of loads of as of to ¢ ARMOUR’S BACON Sliced—No Waste—Ib, EASTERN SUGAR-CURED LARD 2for45c One-pound cartons CORNED BEEF OUR OWN CURE By Secret Process One Pound _30c CABBAGE FREE WITH PURCHASE 30 MOCK HENS, Fancy Stewers CHICKEN LEGS 4 for 2 Sc is to save Juneau’s food BEEREE BEERNEREG BEUSREEENRERE 33 R 43¢ c EERERINATEENEEENENENERENANEARNNARE) Pound 15¢ Woodbury >almolive, b X Pleasing You Means Our Success” SANITARY MEAT COMPANY z—FAST DELIVERY TBUCKS—Z Phones 13 and 49 ED. SHAFFER, Mar. MEAT MAKES THE MEAL ‘IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIII|II|IIIIIII EEEER IR RN R R R RN RN R IR RN NN NN NN NE R NRANRRNANEAERN SNEBESERENENRRNRRRENERRNENERRNARRNRNIRNANEE) x zn:an AT ITS BEST— Beommaagy 1 5 P. M. keeps the hearthstone warm. one for Drip or Glass Maker. Good Coffee every morning SNOW CAP 2 Ibs.for 3¢ | Our Choice Cut Steaks and Roasts are ACCLAIMED BETTER Alaska Meat Co. PHONE 39 Schilling Coffee One for. 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