The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1938, Page 8

8 3950 BALLOTS JH.S. TOTEM - | ARE CASTIN ~ DISTRIBUTED | FIRST DIVISION ~ T0 STUDENT Total Tally with Yakutat in Publication, Off Press To- Gives Democrats 2,377, day, Does Credit to Republicans 1,581 Staff Members With Yakutat returns from the To the Juneau high school bo primary clection received by the and girls who have been working Federal, Clerk's office today, all for months as members of the precincts ‘results are now in and Totem staff, this is the hig day of reveal no change in the previously the.year: announced nominations. The 52 pre. At 11 o'clock this morning the cincts in the First Division cast al1038 Totem, result of their weeks of total of 2377 Democratic ballots hard labor, was delivered to them and 1,581 Republican, or a grand Transportation Theme total of 8,958 vot The forword of the Totem The ' Yakutat vote in the Demo-/gests ghe theme used for the series cratic primary was: ‘Dimond, 21, Ql- of lineoleum cuts throughout the son, 17, Jenne, 1, Roden, 16, Ander- book: “Since transportation plays son, 12, Davis, 13, Hanford, 6, Krause, such an important part in the lives 9, McCormick, 7, Messerschmidt, 5, of all Alaskans, and since the future Peterson, 9, Talbot, 4, and Walker, of the Territory depends upon the 14. In the Republican primary, the development of transportation fa- Yakutat vote was Al White, 58, cilities, we will endeavor to bring Chase, 57, Stabler, 57, Barnes, 48, to vou a summary of the mode: Cole, 2, Foster, 4, Hermann, 2, Price, of travel in Alaska.” Following the 54, Shepard, 49, and Wilson, 5 cover cut which depicts modes of The totals for the 52 precincts for Alaska travel from dog-team to all candidates follow with notation airplane, are division sheets with| of nomination: well-executed hand-made cuts con-| 4 4 tinuing the transportation theme. R Ross Peterson and Gudmund Win- sug-{ Onfi?rzgzc;chz;;{::gfi?f gy l)wr: were contributors to the art For Treasurer—Oscar G. Olson, 1, ¥o'% P | 918 (nominated). mv:l" Memberh For Senator—-Crystal Snow Jenne, Tolem cditors are Edwin Hildre 949, Henry Roden (nominated), 1.- B‘nd Mary Jean McNaughton; asso- 208? ciate editors, Lola LaPaugh Bnnl‘l For Hotise—J. P. Andersoh, (nom. Peter Warner, nnfl Kenneth R. Fer-| inated). 1142; James V. Davis, guson was editorial adviser. | inominatex{), 'DOI: Fred Hanford, Ann Campbell is business mana- ger of the publication, Donald Wil- T Spesih FaeB, TN John Mie cox, associate business manager and Cormick (nominated), 1239; Henry Messerscimidt, 883; George Peter- son, 459; George Talbot, 849; A. I’ Walker (nominated), 1,048 Republican For Delegate—Al White (nomin- ated), 1,174. For = Treasurer—Will H. (nominated), 1,108 . For Senate—Howard D. Stabler (nominated), 940; Cash Oole, 685 aqitors are Edythe Young, Betty Frank - Foster (nominated), 756} wijcox, Ada Mangsol, Jane Blom- Mildred R. Hermann, 639; Frank gro; poris McEachran, Jean Tay-| D. Price (nominated), 964; Royal |- Elaine Housel, Roy DeRaux, Shepard, 479; Jack Wilson (nom- pgajje Rice, Beatrice Primavera. | inated), 797, Assistants on the business statf| (s f e T o are Harley Turner, Keith Petrich, Paul Coke, Ellen SCOTT FORD LEAVES - nickecnnie. Mie Marie Jorgen. | FOR CHICHAGOF TQ |{ir Eieve Hove by oo, el JOIN GEOLOGY PARTY The staff has succeeded -in ¥ attempt to “publish a clear, concise Scott “Pord, nephew of Mr. and review of the school year” and the| Mrs. ‘W, J. Lelvers, left for Chicha- 1938 Totem-—its thirty-second edi- .njght on the motorship Bs- tion—1is one of which they may be tebeth to_join John Reed, Govern- proud. ment geologist who will ‘do geolo- The annual is dedicated this year| gic mapping work in.the Chichagof|to Grover C: Winn, for twenty-three | area, this summer. | years a member of the school board, Ford is assistant to Reed. He has and a graduate of Juneau high been employed in the assay office school in the class of 1004 . of the Alaska Juneau during the -~ winter. Next fall he will.return to :‘:: glr‘fln‘gm:ngmeerlhg studies as FAREWELL PARTY The survey party to wok i GIVEN IN HONOR | OF MISS TAYLOR| viser. Photography was done by the| Snap Shoppe. Jack Glasse is respon- sible for the fine faculty pictures. Engraving is the product of the Western Engraving Company, Seat- tle, The Empire Printing Company printed Totem Members of the staff assisting the Chase | Miss Marjorie Tillotson, business ad- | |and is easily available to thousands, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938. : Fight Launched to Check Mari jumm’s Growing Us Crime and Insanity Are Blamed on Weed Which Is Peddled Inexpensively - By CHARLES CARTWELL |anq smuggled much easier WASHINGTON, May 19.—Alarm- | Other forms of dope. ed by the increasing threat to pub- Sold To School Children lic health and safety involved in the| The current federal spread of the marijuana habit, fed-| against marijuana aims eral authorities are uniting to fight this menace, age. With school Most alarming aspect of the sit-|seeking to “get a kick” out of some. first than crusade above those who sell it to children of school child = bravado, | y| Marijuana is dangerous not only ~ because of its effect on an indi- vidual’s health but also because it causes industrial unrest, sex crimes and overt acts of various kinds. Mexicans Introduced Weed Marijuana was first introduced into the United States during the World War when Mexican laborers importad into the southwest brought it acress the borcer. It has since been a major problem in many of | the states in that section. New Mex- ico authorities recently blamed mar- ijuana for more than half the erim- es committed there. The weed grows in dense clumps in most any soil and under even unfavorable climatic conditions. It reaches a height of about 14 feet and has a flowering top. H. J. Anslinger, commissioner of the U. S. Bureau of Narocotics, is one of the key men in the govern- ment campaign. - Alaska Utility Districts Gan Now Bond Selves Mining Bill Alsd Passes Con- gress Permitting Opera- tions Below High Tide WASHINGTON, May 19. — The Senate has approved and sent to the White House a bill authorizing public utility districts in Alaska to incur bonded indebtedn up to 10 per cent of the aggregate value of real and personal property subject to taxation in the district. The 1935 Territorial Legislature passed a law which authorizes the creation of utility districts in the Territory. With the passage by Congress of the act, these districts will be enabled to bond themselves up to 10 per cent now is permitted only to municipalities. . The Scnate also approved and uation is that marijuana is a cheap thing which they fail to realize the “°nt (o the White House a bill ex- weed, which grows wild and abund- antly under most any conditions, their health and morals by becom ing marijuana addicts. whereas morphine, cocaine and sensational tabloid tales, federal au other drugs are expensive and ditfi- | thorities appreciate’ the gravity o cult to get. Because of its cheapness and av-| ailability, marijuana is being p«-rl-§ dled freely in scores of cities. It is|to realize what ravages were be usually madé up in cigarets, com-!ing worked by this innocent lockin monly called “reefers,” in which the | weed. It was only when the increas tobacco is mixed with the pulverized leaves, stem and blossom of the marijuana weed. These sell as low as 15 cents and ean be manufacture all possible dispatch to correct it analysis of crime traced much of th: L4 summer will be made up of Reed and Ford and two topographers. They will use the Ranger 6 for the sum-' In honor of Miss Donie Taylor,| mer. bride to be of Rolf Hinnen Hanson, | a Bon Voyage shower was given m‘! the home of Mrs. C. B. Holland, on/| Dixon Street last evening. MISS BOURGETT ABOARD ALEUTIAN Jonquils served as a centerpicce for the table, and desert was served Miss Violet Bourgette, teacher at during the latter part of the even- Anchorage, left for Seattle aboard ing. Linen dishtowels were hemmed the steamship Aleutian. /by each person present and were During her visit here, Miss Bour- presented to Miss Taylor, with a gette has been the house guest.of bon voyage card, at the end of the Mrs. W. §. Pullen and Mrs. John affair. Newmarker. -Many parties have| Guests attending the party ln-' heen given in her honor during her | cluded Mrs. Thomas Taylor, Mrs stay here, She plans to spend the Gilbert Prucha, Mrs. Irvin Noble, summer at her home at Three Tree Mrs. George Tulintseff, Mrs. Clar-, Point, near Seattle, returning north ence Rands, Miss Alice Palmer, Miss | again in the fall to resume her Evelyne Palmer, Miss Velma Bloom, duties as teacher at Anchorage. | Miss Donie Taylor and the hostess. —————— Presented by Dorothy Stearns Roff SCHOOL OF DANCING L] 30 YOUNG PEOPLE in Tap — Toe and Ballet [ ] Elks’ Hall g e rm k of JEWELRY NO GIFT gives a graduate more pleasure than a fine watch. It is at once a last- ing keepsake from a mem- orable occasion and yet a practical, useful item for every day. ; IN OUR DISPLAY OF FINE p WATCHES — YOU HAVE ' THE SELECTION OF A: i Hamilton, Gruen, Elgin, A Waltham or waterproof : De Freece . ® THE NUGGET SHOP KELVINATOR SALE CONTINUES Buy your refrigerator NOW and enjoy it ALL Summer. A small down pay- ment puts one in your home. Balance on terms as low as $5.00 per month. danger of, many pupils have ruined Discounting 8old and ot | the situation and are moving with For some time authorities<gailcd violence to such addicts that steps Rice & Ahlers Co.-Phone 34 | United States citizens to explore and mine for precious metals on _ shores and bays and inlets in the ¢ Territory of Alaska. With the pas- sage of this act, operations can be carried on below the line of ordin- ary high tide, a practice not permit. . ted before. This is expected to open up for mining various promising .| prospects along shores in the Terri- tending to - the right ing number of insanity cases due to| LOrY. the drug were discovered, and an Another me ssed by the o Senate and forwarded to the White House provides for graduated taxes on electric light plants in the Ter- ritory, the levy beinz substituted for the present flat $300 annual tax. The new tax range will be from $10 to $500 per year, based on the busi- ness each plant does - - ON TRIP SOUTH Mrs. Wallis S. George is a pas- senger aboard the Aleutian for Seattle where she will visit for a brief period. Mr. George will board the steamer at Ketchikan and con- tinue south with his wife. - D L Save date, May 28, D.F.D. dance. adv. | were taken to curb its use. Only |last October was 1t barred from theNEGUTIATIBNs 2 United States'by federal provision. DANCE RECITAL INVANCOUVER = FRIDAY NIGHT will be seen in a dance recital which is to be held in the Elks hall Sixteen acts will be Teatured ‘vduring the course of the evening, | all costumes having been brought di- | rectly from New York. Bobby Mur- | phy will act as master-of-cere- monies for the affair, and ushers for the evening are: Miss Edithbelle Packers Official Says Fish Being Taken Off West Coast VANCOUVER, B. C., May 10.— George Clark, Canadian Manufac- turer’s Association Secretary of the|Heller, Miss Alberta Porter, Miss Operator’s Committee in the Pac- Christina Neilson, and Miss Kath- ific Salmon Fishing Industry, said| erine Torkelson. The program follows: today that negotiations were pro- 5 Chinese Fan Dance — Barbara ceeding toward a settlement of pric- es to be paid fishermen during the| Reid and Patricia Oakes. coming season. The Zoo—Nurse, Joanne Irwin; Meanwhile the Pacific Coast Fish- | Soloist, Shirley Erwin; Choru:, Joan ermen’s Union and the Salmon| Krane, Rosalie Rei tan, Donna Gaile Purse Seiners' Union said picket Parsons; Tiger, Stephen Noble; lines had been established as a|Bear Billy Vernon; Leopard, Dal protest against the “stalling” of op- | ROff. setting prices. Witches Dance—Giloria Gudbran- The unions said that between 1,000| 500 Barbara Jaegel, Agnes Tubbs, and 1,400 men are affected. Clark|Irene Williams, Bernice Floberg- said that fishing is proceeding at| Sund. Mary Tubbs, Willane Roff. Nitinat, on the West Coast of Van- Fl‘f‘“wa“;’{"l‘ ; Mg’dfizf’rlmab Gross; couver Island, the only area where | YN8 gh—Eleanor Wigmaster the season is open. and Emma Neilson; Golden Rays— Secretary Clark also said the|Diane Hunsbedt; Gallop and Trot— “whole thing is a CIO attempt m‘Pnlrlma Onkes and Barbara Reid get the operators involved in a Spring Poem—8ylvia Anderson; Jurisdiéslonmt - dlapute. 'Way Out West—Joanne Erwin; Indian Motif—Sue Stewart and night on the Aleutian. dispatch of first-covers out of Fair- Much impressed with bis first trip gousing and Modernization pro- Flower Petals—Frances Paul; Goin’ T to Town—Margaret and Barbara . John E. Lamiell Singer; Danse Modern-Quality of Purity—Sylvia Anderson; Jazz Spe- Lamicll came north to supervise Newspapers, Radio to Be initiation of Juncau-Fairbanks- | . . Used in Stressing Bene- banks and later flew to Nome. to Alaska, Lamiell _expresscd the oram committee at Percy's Cafe feeling that the Fairbanks-Juneau vecierday, it was decided to start Rands; Collegiate Gal—Annabelle Returning South g cialty—Frances Paul. ‘Whitehorse airmail. Flying to Fair- fits of New Plan Whiteliorse airmail erators in Forty-four years to a day from the time he entered the Post Of- fice Department, John E. Lamiell, Hagerup; I'm In a Dancing Mood— ] o Sl Postal Director Expresses| Be“er H in Hope for Greater Uus g Director of International Postal Ser- banks with the first load of sched- At a meeting of the Federal Adrienne Glass. e e Program Is to Be vice, passed through Juneau last uled mail on May 3, Lamiell handled Housing Administration Better inauguration the advertising campaign, launch- was a significant link in a “greater jnc the movement, next Monday airmail royte fo come. The Daily Alaska Empire, Alaska alling significant occasions in precs and station KINY will be his 44 years of service, Lamiell 100K | c0q extensively for the period be- forward to his two remaining Years ginning May 23 and ending ap- with the Post Office Department be-| provimately August 31, it was an- fore retirement with a bit of regret.| ,oinced. “My work has been rather a com-| gINY will broadcast the open- bination of a vocation and an avo-|ing program Monday evening at cation,” he said. “In that respect,ig.45 On this program James J. T have been fortunate. I've enjoyed connors, Chairman of the commit- aiding in the Initiating of new iee will introduce John E. Pegues, stamp issues as a job, and at the former head of FHA in the Ter- same time I have enjoyed as much}vmm.y_ who will explain the pro- the collecting of those stamps and|gram and its advantages to resi- other stamps as a hobby.” |dents of the Territory. Lamiell will go direct to Washing- & - ton after reaching Seatt) l BROKERS GO OUT A s O Czestochowa, the Lourdes of Po- ‘lflnd. often attracts 60,000 pilgrims brokers, at one time to its shrine. Sam Baker and N. A. McEachran, left on the Aleutian Petersburg to call on the trade. for | Venereal Diease ' Money May Be on | Slate Next Year {Measure Appropriating $6,- | 000 for Alaska Now Before President | A wire was received by the Pub- |'ic Health Office today, advising them the La Follette-Bulwinkle it carrying funds for the com- batting of venereal disease, had beon passed by Congress and await- ed the President's signature | Under the tentative allocation of funds from this bill, the Territory would receive $6,000 for the next fiscal year to employ in the broad- ening campaign against the rav- ages of syphillis, and other venereal ccmmunicables, according to Dr. W W. Council. According to Territorial Health Officer, Dr. W. W. Council, the bill's appropriations will be in- |creased from year to year and | within four years, Alaska should be getting in the vicinity of $40,000 each year. Last year, with $1,200 to work with, the Public Health Office gave |free drugs for the treatment ., of white indigents and enlarged a system of records to determine th extent of venereal diseases in the Territory. The program for the expenditure of this year's appropriations, should the President sign the measure have not as yet been decided. Interésting facts in the Terri- torial Department of Health record for thé past year, show 285 case: of syphillis and 462 cases of gon- orrhea in Alaska, reported to date | It was also recorded that in a series of Kahn tests of 1500 food handlers, barbers and cosmetolo- gists, six per cent of the group were “positives.” e FACULTY MEMBERS ARE ENTERTAINED A dinner was given last evening at 6 o'clock in the home economics room in the High School in honor of the men faculty members of both the grade and high school. Tt “feast” was prepared by the boy home economics cl and it is said that they “did themselve proud.” Members of the faculty attending the affair were Supt. A. B. Phillif Principal A. 8. Dunham, Mr. Robers | White, Mr. Henry Harmon, Mr. Ken- neth Ferguson, Mr. Dryd-n nd Mr, W. P. Hautal | ————— 'HOLBROOK GOES TO MAYO CLINIC Assistant Regional Forester Well- man Holbrook, who has been con- fined in the Marine Hospital in Sc- attle suffering from an injured arm, | left last night for the Mayo clinic in Rochester for further treatment, according to ‘word received here. ' Save date, May 28, D.F.D. dance. adv. Seagram collected rare blended whiskies of the old days SEAGRAM'S FIVE CROWN BLENDED WHISKEY. 21%4% | SEAGBAM'S SEVEN CROWN BLENDED WHISKEY. Seagram’s Crowns taste better Seagram asked its staff of experts—men long experienced in judging fine whis- kies—to ompare the taste of famous blended whiskies of the old days with 5 and 7 Crown. The whiskies were sérved in plain glasses. No one knew which was which. Every man chose Crowns. “Richer, smoother, finer tasting” was the verdict! Finer taste always wins! Since 1934, E. Seagram in 1857. be sure. Seagram’s WHISKIES « . paid $25 for each bottle . .. to prove conclusively that over 129 million bottles of Crowns have been sold. .. quarts, pints—all sizes. The real reason for the finer taste of Crowns is a blending skill—a craftsman- ship that dates back to the days of Joseph At the bar or wherever you buy—think before you drink...say Seagram’s and Copr. 1938, Seagram-Distillers Corp,, N. Y. (vo . 40% straight whiskey, 7214% neutral spirits distilied from American grains. 9 PROOF. straight whiskies, 60% neutral spirits distilled from American grains. 9 PROOF.