The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1937, Page 8

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY OCT. 7, 1937. Sets New SPECIAL DAYS PLANNED FOR SEATTLE SHOW Alaska Cities Each to Have Day at Alaskan Way D(‘('l( ation cities will have special Qays designated at the Alaska-Yu- kon Pioneers Civic Exposition to be held in Seattle November 6 to 14, according to Herbert Malters, who here from Seattle in connection with the exposition Capt. A. J. Goddard the committee in charge the program schedule Malt said: Saturday. Day; Sunday, banks Day; Mo Anchorage Day; chairman of announced as follows, November 6, Cordova y. vember 7, Fair- ay, November 8, Tuesday, Novem- ber 9, Juneau Day; Wednesday, No- vember 10, Seward Day; Thursday, November 11. Petersburg Day; day, November 12, Nome Da urday, November 13, Ketchikan Day; Sunday, November 14, Wrangell Day The various cities will be repre- sented by contestants for the title of “Miss Alaska.” The winner will rule over the Exposition and will be awarded a trip to Hollywood and given a screen test, Malters said - McMath Funeral Jacqueline Cochran Here is Jacqueline Cochran ‘witk the trophy she was awarded at the national air show at Detroit for setting a new world speed rec- ord for women flyers of 200 miles per hour, breaking the former mark of 276 miles per hour es- tablished by Helen Boucher of Francn. DATES FOR ELK EVENTS PLANNED At the xe;,uLu meeting of the Benevolent and Protective Orcer of Will Bfl Held ill 'Elks held last night in Elks Hall, dates for several coming events were AT LODGE MEET REPORTED GOOD IN MIDDLE WESTF Chicago Tichgenls Vis-| iting Alaska Aboard Steamer Yukon Good crops and good prices have brought prosperity to the Middle! West, according to A. B. Anderson, waukee Railroad in Chicago, who is| making the round trip on the Yu-| kon, accompanied by Mrs. Ander- son. “Business conditions are the best in a number of years,” said Mr. Anderson, “due largely to the im- proved agricultural situation. The railroads have been doing a fine business in both freight and passen- ger lines. Incidentally, I have ob- served an increasing interest in Al- aska on the part of the traveling public, and tourist traffic is bound to develop rapidly. “This is our first trip to Alaska (SECOND IN A SERIES) By The AP Feature Service DALLAS, Tex.—The Texas High- \way Department, intent on cutting {down auto accidents, believes in signs—signs that read like this: | “IF YOU DRINK DON'T DRIVE —IF YOU DRIVE DON'T DRINK.” ‘ The department has posted them at intervals on all main highways —and is convinced they have a psychological effect in reducing ac- cidents. “I'v_heard much favorable com- ment on their erection,” says 1. G. |Phares, Chief of the State Highway Patrol. “It pays to advertise in traffic safety campaigns just as in business. We should keep the dan- ger of reckless driving before the people constantly.” Many Texas towns go the depar(-: ment one better and post a list of and we are enjoying it despite the lateness of the season.” A true Chicago booster, Mr. An- derson mentioned the fact that the final financial report of the Cen- tury of Progress Exposition, which ran two years, revealed a net profit of over $200,000 after all bonds and other obllgatlons had been payed.”| CAPT, WEIBUST 'Russ KIDNAPERS Mak CRUPS PRICES |Texas Uses Psychology To Make Its Roads Safer| traffic deaths at their principal street intersections. One such town is Ijaumont, | whose traffic safety record is at- tracting nationwide attention aner( a bad year in 1936. Beaumont keeps its citizens safety conscious with a daily “safety score board” on the city hall lawn. On it are recorded the number of accidents, injuri and deaths of 1937 and the corres- ponding figures for last year. The next article is Seattle Gives Autos Third Degree U. S. MARINES DIES, SEATTLE DEMANDRANSOM AGAIN DODGE Weibust, 73 reured mariner, s i on e INEWLETTER JAPAN SHELLS |COLORED MOVIES SHOWN JUNEAU G.C.LUNCHEON Presentation of some interesting' {color movies taken in Mount Mc- Kinley National Park by Alex Dun- |ham, principal of Juneau High | School, was the entertainment fea- |ture for the Juneau Chamber of Ccmmerce at its luncheon. thiis noon in Percy’'s Cafe. Amateur Photographer Dunham | had some excellent views of game in the park including, caribou, moun- tain sheep, fox and other animals, Ibirds and flowers. H. R. Justice, representative of |the U. S. Department of Labor who | is here in connection with opening | of employment offices in the Ter-; ritory under the new Alaska Unem-/ ployment Compensation Commis- sion, explained his work and its pur- pose, asking employers to contact 'him for any information along that ‘Jme desired. Julmsuns Head | Social Security | List in Alagka | i Account Numbers Issued to‘ 15,276 Employees in | Territory Thus Far formation about individuals ob- aned through enumerating em- ployees in the Alaska office of he Sou\l Security Board is confiden-| v.ml yet there is no regulation they areover 65 years old, :vnd therefore not subject to the tax. |Only persons under the age of 65 are employees within the meaning of Title VIII of the Social Security Act. However, they have applied for numbers inasmuch as they need them in connection with the Alaska Unemployment Compensation Act. Under this act, as well as under Ti- tle IX of the Social Security Act, .nIl persons in covered industry, re- g.u‘d(- of age, are employees, and rhe wages paid them are subject to employer’s tax. Allhmlgh the records of the So- cial Security Board office in Ju- (neau disclose that 15,000 residents |of Alaska have applied for and have been assigned Social Security Ac- count numbers, 15,000 more employees have taxed, but no account has been set up for them, inasmuch as they have |failed to apply for an account num- ber. Any employee in Alaska who de-' sires any information the Social Security Act, and application to them is invited LO it is estimated that been Pleased in his triumph ove: Tammany’s candidate in the New York mayoralty primaries, Jeremiah T, Mahoney enters the final race as a Democrat whose opponent is supported by Republicans, labor and Pro‘unlves. Lilirals Gain Power at Polls TORONTO, Oct. 7.—Premier Hep- burn and his Liberal government, was today assured control of the Ontario Legislature in a near record poll of a half million votes. Voting totals today neared the record set by the anti-CIO execu- tive’s group three years ago when they swept the Conservatives from power, winning twenty-three seats. - > MOYER SON DIES FROM PNEUMONIA Friends are extending condolenc- es today to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moyer whose month old son died at 12:20 today at St. Ann’s Hospital. The child passed away when regarding pneumonia set in, following a ma- its Jor opemuon - — 4 Rev. John A. Glasse Will planned and routine business mat- at his home yesterday Iollowmu al ASSAYERS BUSY D l ks ['_ I |ters were conducted. paralytic stroke, A Masonic funeral ” eliver Lulogy at | A cabaret dance for members will be held Saturday followed by | Service Here !and ladies, will be held at the hall cremation IR lon October 23. On October 27 roll A native of Norway, Capt Wei- Announcement was made today!call is to be held. bust came to the United States 57 of funeral services to be held for| Plans were made for the purchase years ago. He capttained sailing ves- IRl ol o) 9 - il away in Juneau on September 19.iside of Elks' Hall, with provisions cisco and Hawail and had been a POUSC U0 & TSR VO A8 G0 SO E TS SO T The ceremony will be conducted in made that the city should grade and local resident for 30 years. He w ;;‘ "Cl'::xLli)al Ru:s mwmfmy mli):e;‘ b éenlmrefit ey 9'“0‘“ Ifiux;oi!“”' “’,‘,"”._ff';”’ges d°r, lhf :fim R 0h ernere ke :fl,:v'";,";(;;h?k::ml almon can-| . ufacturer, but Earl Connelly, to blast the Chinese out of the il s Bl i v » r e |Department of Justice Investigator, stubbornly defended positions in ternoon, Norman Banfield, Exalted Ruler, His widow, Marie, survives. 3 y - Mrs. Lola Mae Alexander will sing|presided at the meeting RS0 A refused to confirm or deny that Chapei, the north station of the et ey 5 N | gt 4] i Mrs. Ross had recently paved the battle front. ;f‘;d,“;;::f,’.:“‘s_:‘m"":,']‘(;edu:,y ];:::‘ o3 FOUR HALIBUTERS |way for communication with the The shells (fell in steady succes- John A. Glasse will deliver the eu- ELKS BOWLERS WILL | kidnapers by announcing her readi- sion near the sector guarded by the "o /b o to what is found in most Kingsbury and daughter, passed SELL AT SEATTLE ness to cooperate with them for her United States Marines on the north- 9 4 g logy. of the State offices, Smith is not through Juneau on the Yukon for CHURN PINS TON:GHT agains disclosing interesting data contact Hugh J. Wade of the Alas- of a general nature, according to ka Office, Social Security Board, |Hugh J. Wade, Director of the Al-|Juneau, Alaska. aska office, who today released the| S % encing a heavy run of demands from (following statistics: ; WILLIAMS TO SITKA | prospectors and miners, according To date 15,276 employees have re-| To inspect the work now virtu- to word to Territorial Commission- ceived Social Security Account num- ally completed on the Sitka- Halibut er of Mines B. D. Stewart trom Aben bers bearing the Alaska serial num- Point road project, M. D. Williams, | Shallit, who in charge of the ber 574. Ninety-nine percent of District Engineer of the Bureau of , Nome office, and Nils Johannsson these are Alaska residents. <Pubh( Roads, left this morning on,at the Ketchikan office. Prospectors The youngest person applying forthe BP.R. vessel Highway for Sitka.jare bringing scores of samples, they a Social Security Account number e - ,report, and apparently there is con- gives his Age as six years, while the siderable need for the service. oldest person applying gives his age| A. H. Kingsbury, Jr. postmaster 500 as 81 years old. at Haines, accompanied by Mrs. Wealthy Manufachuis’ S‘Flre Opened by Battleship Wife Must Pay Up It « | Idzumo on Positions Is Reported | of Chinese The recemly'opened assay offices at Nome and Ketchikan are experi- KINGSBURYS RETURN MARSHAL RETURNING U. S. Deputy Marshal K. H. Swift is returning to headquarters at Val- Mrs. McMath will take the body |husband’s safe return. ern boundary of the settlement. 4. hievailing family name in Al-|their home after a month's visit of her late husband south on the| FOR OPENING SEASON Yukon next week for cremation in the Elks bowling alleys Seattle. Assurance Territorial Department of Health will again resound to good natured that there is no objection to hold- razzing and the smash of ball ing tiie funeral at this time, since against pins at the winter bowling the casket has been hermetically season gets off to what we might sealed for several weeks. Mr. Mc-/pun as a “rolling” start. Math died at St. Ann's Hospital| In the first flight of battles to- from infantile paralysis night, the Stutz squad wiii try the - .o mettle of the Olds team in the cur- BACK TO SAND POINT tain raiser at 7:30, and then at one hour intervals, the Pontiacs and Paul Gronholdt of Sand Point Nashes, and the Fords and the passed through Juneau last night Chryslers, will go out on the maple on the Yukon home bound after a track. trip south for medical treatment. He is accompanied by his sister, Mis.s‘ OUT FROM FAIRBAN Marie Gronholdt, who will spend the, Mr. and Mrs. William Lane, winter at Sand Point. S8he has been Frank Frates and his sister, all of attending Bellingham Normal Fairbanks, are passengers on the School. southbound Alaska. has been given by the| Tonight - SEATTLE, Oct. 7. — Four hali-| buters from the western banks \Old here today. The Aleutian with 39,000 pounds, sold for 12 and 9 cents a pound; LaPaloma 34,000 pounds, 11% and 9 cents; Tacoma 25,000 pounds 12% and 9 cents; Constitu- tion 45,000 pounds, 124 and 9 cents. From the local banks—Lively 15,- 000 pounds of sable, 5% cents; Irene J. 18,000 pounds sable, Faith 10,000 pounds, both selling for 5% cents. e, bIIELLWOBTHS IN SEATTLE Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Shellworth, who spent the summer in Juneau with their daughter, Mrs. Robert Davlin, and their son-in-law, Mr. Davlin, are now making their home | in Seattle. Mr. Shellworth has pur- chased a grocery store in the Green | Lake district. Butler- Drug Co Announces That Its ORIGINAL ONE-C SAL Will Be Held dauro ENT WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY FRIDAY-SATURDAY October 13-14-15-16 "SAVE WITH SAFETY—— AT YOUR REXALL STORE" ' Soagerett Usually reliable authorities said a note from the kidnapers had been mailed to Mrs. Breckerridge, a friend of the family, care of general de- livery, containing an enclosure in which were directions for payment of the ransom. The amount of the ransom demanded was not discov- lered. | Ross was kidnaped on the night of September 25 while driving in his |auto with his former private secre- itary. \FIRST FRESH WATER | | SHRIMP SHIPMENT | | HAS ITS TROUBLES‘ Death had apparently ovcrluken imost of the fresh water shrimp iwhich arrived here on the North- land for the U. S. Forest Service |to be planted in Auk Lake, accord- ing to Assistant Regional Forester Wellman Holbrook, but they were placed in the lake in the hope that |some of them might rally, he stat-| ed. i | Ten gallon of the shrimp, which |were obtained in the Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington with intention of planting them in lakes ‘in this region as trout food, arrived liced down and there was indica- |tions that they had succumbed to! |the cold temperature Another ship- ment had been set in water on deck \and they had virtually reached the decay stage, Holbrook repo; ‘ Another effort will be made w |get the shrimp up here in betterl ahape Holbrook said. T 'SALVATION ARMY | ISSUES CALL FOR | USED CLOTHING The Salvation Army, through Ad-' jutant George Tanner, today issued an urgent appeal for used cloth-| !ing of men, women or children. All clothing may be left at the Salvation Army Hall on Willoughby Avenue, or will be collected if don-| ors will call 254. ———————— Today's News Today.—Empire, ' |been killed in an The American forces were con- stantly on the alert to avoid a hail of lead. NEXT ARMY BILL MAY GIVE MONEY T0 ALASKA BASE aska. The name “Johnson' heads the list in Alaska. There are 252 persons having the family name of‘ Johnson. Anderson is the next| 'most common name in Alaska ac- cording to Social Security Board records with 141 employees enum- erated to date having that name. The family names of Nelson, Pet-| erson, and Williams outnumber the! Smiths—there being 98 Smiths reg- | istered. Of the 15,276 numbers issued, 69 persons who applied indicated that in the Pacific Northwest. - JOINS TRIANGLE STAFF Wayne Johnson, tailor and press- 'er from Los Angeles, arrived on the Yukon to join the staff of the Tri- angle Cleane}s of which Rod Dar- Inel is mnnager SES I R Mrs. G. E. AuSL.'n wife of the wellknown traveling salesman, ar- rived from Ketchikan on the Yu- kon to join her hushand here. The Austins will resume their residence in Juneau. Delegate Feels Confidence in Coming Appro- priations WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 7. — Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, said today he understood that the Administration was planning to recommend funds for a huge new airbase in Alaska, the $10,000,000 re- quired, to come out of the next Mili- tary Appropriations bill. ‘The proposed base, for which Fairbanks has been tentatively chosen, will be a permanent station for 100 fighting planes. Dimond predicted that eventu- ally a Navy base will be established in the Aleutians. ——,—— ROME IS HIT BY RAIN, WIND ROME, Oct. 7.—Violent wind and rain storms sweeping down from the Appennines during the past few days reached Rome today and drenched the city. l Piremen responded to numerous' telephone calls to drain flooded cel- | lars. Linesmen hastened to find breaks {in wires cut in Rome'’s telephone communication with the rest of Eu- rope. Five persons are reported to have avalanche of stones in the Appennine town of | San Pellergrisco. at reasonable cost. FOR HOME OR BUSINESS REFRIGERATION SERVICE and REPAIRS Phone 34 Our Refrigeration Expert, JOHN HOUK, is equipped to give you Quick, Efficient Service Rice & Ahlers Company NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK; A HINT TO THE WISE— IS USUALLY SUFFICIENT Don’t take unnecessary chances — let us clean your clothes—it is safer —wiser— The little money you save by cleaning your own clothes does not pay you for the risk to your life and home of cleaning with explosives. {sane dez after having accompanied in- prisoners south to Morning- side. He is a passenger aboard the Yukon. 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