The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 3, 1938, Page 8

UNITED STATES MAY BUILD 300 MERCHANT SHIPS Ten-Year Building Program Asked in Support of Navy Expansion WASHENGTON, Feb. 3. —High Adminjstiation officlals have ingh- cated they are in favor of the con- struction ‘of 500 merchant marine vessels during the next ten years, it was ledrned here today. The building plan for the en- largemenit of the merchant fleet would bé/ carried over a period of ten yedrs at a cost of $1,250,000,000 This far reaching 9lan became known when the Senate Commerce Committee published the testimony of Jaseph P. Kennedy, Chairman of the Maritime Commission. Kennedy insisied the enlarged merchant marine fleet was neces- sary @s an auxiiary to the larger Ravy program already published Azainst His Principles, But ., He's for Cause 'Man W Give Pro- ceds from Car Sale to Un- g’!;npl_oyed If He Gets It Junesu is swinging back to the cpmpaign to raise funds for aiding unemployed in this Zommunity in {ine: skyle, ‘according to reports of Vi members of the Unemploy- o %mmu handling the sale of tiokets. " Hafry G. Watson of the commit- tég said thiy morning that one per- 1 hed taken a ticket from him ’&'. 84ld that the system by which p 4 are belng raised is in con- With his principles but that in ':0f the. worthy cause he was 4 ticket and in the event wid e ‘awarded the sutomo- He weuld turn it back to the tiee to be sold, the proceed- ‘going into the funds. ETURN, WORK ' LONDON, Feb, 3.—Striking em- ployees - of the Great Britannia Steel Works and Foreman-Long Company, have voted to return to work pending negotiations over em- ployment of nonunion workers. PRUSSRS USRI DELEBECQUE IS GOING SOUTH WITH CROSSON TO AR __(_ZP_NFERENCE Louls Delebecque, Pacific Alaska Airways agent in Juneau, will be a passenger south on the Nerthland with Joe Crosson, General Manager of Pacific Alaska Airways. Both men will attend the North- wést Alr Conference at Vancouver February 11 ang 12. Delebecque’s absence, C. e Du v will- have charge of the lo- HELPING HAND CLUB TO MEET TOMORROW Announcement is- made that the meeting of the Helping Hand. Club will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow nt the honmie of Mrs. Wilbur Arketa &t 73} Willoughby Avenue. § Séwing ' for Native children and ion will mark the meeting. - All interested are invited to be- present. LS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, At Congressional Dinner 'ALASKA SHOULD ‘BE PROTECTED :Admiral P:o;Poohs Any | Chance for Enemy to | Capture Hawaui WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Admiral Wwillilam D. Leahy, Chief of Naval | Operations, told a Congressional |Naval Committee today: “There is |no danger of any enemy capturing the Hawaiian Islands as long as | the [fleet. remains intact, but the establishment of a foreign naval base dn Alaska would be very| | troublesome.” ! Admiral Leahy said the Navy had |“no plans” for joining with any |other nations “in possible war The statement was made at the |fourth day of hearings on the pro- posed $800,000,000 naval expar N {program and constituted a flat de- nial of the existence of any such |alliance. ! Leahy made the statement to Ielarity his position on world arma- ments when Chairman Vinson call- jed attention to the demands |the Senate yesterday for elucida- |tion on the Administration’s foreign policy. Senator William E. Borah had |given the impression that there !was a “tacit alliance” between the |United States and Great Britain Senator and Mrs. Arthur Vandenberg, of Michigan, are pictured as they attended the Congressional dinner held in the capital _\ andenb‘e.rs.! was prominently mentioned as a G. O. P. presidential possibility in 1936, and has aiready been mentioned for the same assignment in 1940. Alaska Mary Ann CUTTER HAIDA Aty Recognition {to bulld up their respective navies LADAIS for common benefit. Alaska’s famous trout fly, the' ~This building program.” Alaska Mary Ann, is spreading out Admiral Leahy, “is justified by the and getting national recognition. |need to;provide for naval strength First report of her prominence ©f theé same proportion provided sl comes to Frank Dufresne of the Al- for in the Washington-London Nav- Overhaul Work Delayed by Illness of Seattle OfilCCl’ Ann after your model that will fair- €DCe that his foreign policy was ly make trout leap out of Alaska VEry clear to most people. The Coast Guard cutter Halda gtreamg to take it,” Van Thiel writes. B i Word received by Mrs. Fultord ytacturers in the East and they are explained tiat beginning of over- expected to have them ready for haul work on the Juncau-based cut-ipresentation this spring. aska Game Commission from Ted &1 Treaties under a five-five-three will not return to its Juneau base The fly is to be made in both the 2“ ARE BUUKED ter was delayed by the illness of{ Tne Mary Ann is a purely Al- said Shop In Seattle. Admiral Leahy said Presidfl?t “We are creating an Alaskan Mary Rcosevelt had told a press con to Mrs. N. L. Fulford, wife of Lieu- Other working models have gone ° tenant Fulford, officer on the Haida.|1 weber and other large fly man- 1 C a & Van Thiel of Eddie Bauer's Sport ratio.” until March 1st or later, according wa¢ and dry pattern, LEAHY IMPLIES Two Men Arrive Small Crait Covered with; when Abel Koski and Pete Miller | THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 1938. Champion Huskies Prep for A This layout on Lake Washington in Seattle is buzziig with activily these days with the University of Washingten preparing to defend their National and Pacific Coast tith about {o set out for a trial spin. nother Seasn éE |_ KS' PINSTERS ‘ #® FROM KETCHIKAN CUMINGBIESDAY Men's and Women's Teams to Meet Local Lodge Bowlers Two Elks bowling teame from Ketehikan will invade the Capital City next Tuesday to play a series of inter-lodge games with the local tcpnotchers on the Elks list of aver- ages Euth a men’s and a women's team are scheduled to make the trip. Rog- er Stevenson is captain of an eight- |man Juneau Elks team and Dolly | Kaufmann will head the Juneau | woamen's team, The men's team to meet the First ity pinsters will be composed | Roger Stevenson, Martin Lavenik, | Ed Radde, Jim Barragar, Jr., Frank Metcalf, Bill Pullen, Mike Ugrin ind A. W. Stewart, Chamber Passes Up “Opportunity” Without Regret It probably is a “golden oppor- tunity” but the Juneau Chamber les. The photo shows four shells TROUBLED WORLD FEELS FRICTION IN MANY SPOTS \ | | ] ru f[fl ; Ccntinued from Page One) . | Blomberg did. | It is understood, however, that| "Vun Blomberg did not resign until | |he had been assured the support Ice from Nasty Trip g b of 19 of his generals who stand | Around Retreat Pha g : T |together on the insistance that| | Germany’s traditional Christianity,! Another trolling boat docked in ijong a subject of Nazi neopagan Juneau with an abundance of paint | atiacks, should continue as the na- bscured by several inches of ice, |{jon’s guiding principle. ame in from Funter Bay this Waspaganizm Thresters fternoon aboard a 36-foot trollsr,l General Von Fritch is said to The two men brought a load of have insisted that neopaganism is acked ore in from the Admiralty |distupting army morale. | Capt. George David, Engineer Of-| g, fly, conceived and adapied The motorship Northland is Cove Mining Company, property In Tokyo, anxiety over the pro- ticer of the Seattle Division. WOrk from the old-Kobuk or Polar Bear Scheduled to take the following pas- being operated by W. S. Pekovich. posed United States naval expan- is now progressing on the annual poop by Dufresne who first got the sengers southbound from Juneau at The ore will be shipped to Canada. |sion was expresed by the Japanese overhauling, it is understood. |idea from the Eskimo fishermen of 5:30 o'clock this afternoon. For Se- Asked what sort of a trip they naval office spokesman, who said, et the Arctic, lattie—Mrs. R. W. Niemi, George had rounding Point Retreat in|“This proposal must be regarded i ! LIRS ST A Niemi, H. Donnelly, N. W. Jacobs, their small craft, both men sum- with serious consideration. With DAYS OF 98 PARTY S. E. Stacey, David Fraser, Louis med it up as a “such-and-such.” this plan, America and Great Bri-' KENNETH | Delebecque, Joe Crosson, Alice R. A high running sea and near zero|tain would have undisputedly the) TO BE HELD BY SK‘ JUNGES ARE Hager, E. M. Brown, Mrs, ‘Brown, temperature made the boat almost'greatest navies in the world, but CONGRATULATED ON Mickey Brown, Martin Anderson, BIRT.H OF DAUGHTER zrrs[.{ Mary Sheeper, Hugh Wade, E. ruger. CLUB THIS EVENING| £kifs, snow and sitzmarks will be sclid white with its frigid burden no country menaces them. Perhaps they think it necessary to set up Between 1906 and 1912 the United a sort of police force to guard 13,000 world peace, but as it stands, their - exchanged this evening for a re- For Ketchikan—Charles Gold- States Government helped turn to the days of '98 when mem-| Congralulations have been ar- ein Tom Jones. laborers to emigrate from Spain, policies incite other countries to bers of the Juneau Ski Club will riving by the dozens for Mr. nnd‘ For Petersburg—G. D. McDonald, Portugal, and Russia to Hawaii be- take up the burden of a naval meet at the Dugout for one of their | Mrs. Kenneth Junge upon the birth ym p. Wwilliams. c race.” typically informal parties. |of their six pound, fourteen and one, . A Orrin Kimball, chairman of the half ounce daughter who was St.| event, announces that 70 reserva- Ann's Hospital's most important ar- tions have been made, with all mem- 'rival yesterday. | bers arriving in appropriate cos-; The child has been named Sandra | turaes. The party will begin prompt- ' Lerraine, and is the sister of little ly at 8:30 p.m. Albert Peterson, ac- Beverly Junge. Despite the fact that| cordionist, will play for dancing !it is a policeman’s duty to be dig- e nified, Patrolman Junge has been | CROUCH PROMOTED, evidencing ah appreciable amount | of high spirit since the event, and! SUCCEEDS FORMER 1is well-known now as one generous JUNEAU “MUCKER” ™ ceers | W. £ croudh of the Biolosicr MISS HANSON NAMED | having atiended. the Auska cume ON STAFF OF HOTEL | JUNEAUBEAUTY SHOP Commission sessions here last year | and the year before, has been | promoted to head the Division of Miss Frances Hanson of Seattle, ! Game Management, according to gister of Mrs. O. C. Wigmaster oil x:\torm:wx;‘ to bthe Gflmf Commis- junequ, arrived aboard the Baranof slon.” He has been serving 8s 85- yjj; week to be associated on the sistant. Crouch succeeds Stanley P. Young, ;:‘;:) of the Hotel Juneau Beauty formerly of Juneau, who now be- 2 P comes head of the Division of Pre-| Miss Hanson, who attended the | datory Animal and Rodent Control.|Mary Stone Beauty School in Seat- | Young lived in Juneau many years“‘ev was employed in beauty work | ago and, as he puts it, “earned my in Washington befcre coming norlh.! first dollar mucking in the old Per- Mrs. John Wilson is owner of the severance.” shop. | .o | Rhinoceroses have little intelli- | :ause of a labor shortage there in Far says Mr. But Branch Bobb so many other independent experts, prefers Luckies. .. “ AT AUCTIONS in my warehouse higher the tobacco sells for, the of Commerce passed it up without regret being expressed by a.single member. The “opportunity” comes from Fordyce W. Bisbee of Pasadena, Cal. In a communication to the Chamber he .announces that he proposes to run for Congtess from California, and that his platform will include statehood for Alaska and ‘“development of Alaska gold mining through Federal aid.” In view of this fine platform, Mr. Bisbee pointed out, he considered it would be a nice thing on the part of the Chamber if it would ald his campaign financially. “I will repay the money from my salary when I get elected,” he wrote. The Chamber passed up the re- markable “opportunity.” ROTARY BRINES WIDE PUBLICITY T0 TERRITORY Alaska Float Participated in Sun Carnival at El Pasoon New Year's The wide recognition Juneau re- ceived through the Rotary Club is revealed in a communication just! received by President C. E. Beale of the local club from the Rotary Club | - - of El Paso, Tex. i ” On New Year's Day the El Paso FAmER s ILLNESS club sponsored what it calls a sun; CALLS MR. BLAKE, Carnival. Most of the countries of the world were represented. Prom- | MRS. ORME SOUTH inent among the floats in the par-| ade was one depicting Alaska. It Called south by the sudden ill- was entered by the Coldwell School ness of their father, Mrs. James of that city. Orme and Kelly Blake are sched- A picture of the “Alaska” float uled to leave aboard the North- sent to President Beale shows it to land. They will go to their father's have been an excellent representa-|home in Seaside, Ore. tion for the Territory H e g A N oo - TONSILECTOMY A shell, believed to have been drop-| Mrs. Charles Swan underwent a ped during a Zeppelin r: in Oc- tonsilectomy this morning at the tober, 1917, was found recently in a Juneau Medical and Surgical tree near Dallingten, England. Clinic. | reason I've smoked Luclsies for or 6 years.” Mr. Bobbitt represents the “aris- tocracy” of tobacco experts. He judges the tobacco that the growers 'mville, North Carolina,” Branch Bobbitt, 'the Try the Empire classifieds for TIcK results. GASTINEAU CHANNEL DASHETBALL DANCE ELKS’ SATURDAY—FEBRUARY 5 HAL Dancing at 10:00 o’Clock to Wesley Barrett’s Music “BEBEVOTED TO BASKETBALL SQUAD TO ANCHORAGE TOURNEY ETS $1.00——Tax Included |gence and bad tempe) L WED., NBC, 7 p. m. “’Your Hit Parade” SAT., 85,7 p. m. “’Your News Pa * MON. thru FRI., CBY, 915 0. m. “’Melody Puzzies” MON., NEC, 5:00-5:30 p. m. (AIl Pocific Time) SENDING~CHANNEL] - HAVE YOU HEARD THE CHANT OF THE TOBACCO AUCTIONEER? Uisten to'Your Hollywood Parede” better my profits. So I'm always glad to see Lucky Strike buyers in there bidding. They know what they want and they’ll keep bidding right up until they get it. “Well—in a cigarette —it’s the tobacco that counts. I know to- bacco and I know what tobacco is in what cigarettes. So that’s one grow. He’simpartial, not connected with any cigarette manufacturer. Many other experts agree with Mr. Bobbitt. Sworn records show that, among independent tobacco experts, Luckies have twice as many exclusive smokers as have all the other cigarettes combined. WITH MEN WHO KNOW TOBACCO BEST—IT’S LUCKIES 2 TO 1 Copyright 1988, The Amartes Tobnces Ormmpmey itt, like | -~ m 74 ™ = N = o S 3 = ™ = > - F |