The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1938, Page 2

All-Star Line-Up of WINTER SHOES Featuring the DOUBLE-DECKER with two-thickness crepe sole — brown grain up- pers — a Freeman Shoe, and only:. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12, 1938 | ALASKA CENSUS| COUNT TO START EARLY IN 193 Secretary Roper Outlines; General Plan for Enum- erating Alaskans (Conunuea 1rom: Page One) possessions of the United States. With the possible exception of the PFirst Census taken in 1790, the Sixteenth Decennial Census will be the most important ever taken since it will reveal the changes and shifts in the nation’s social and economic life which have occurred in the ten cventful years since the Census of | s’.o“ 1930. “The census will cover popula- a rugged tion, oecupations, unemployment, winter agriculture, irrigation, drainage, G weight manufactures, mines and quarries, | shoe. and business, Certain additional The Old World rushes along from crisis to crisis. Diplomats hasten from one conference to another. Munition plants hum at top speed and armies grow greater. What is happening now? What will happen next? On every news front in uneasy Europe, American-trained corres- pondents are alert every minute around the clock to report the swift march of events for this newspaper with vivid accuracy and speed. They are the staff reporters for The Associated Press and they have been in the midst of international trouble many times before. vital-statistics activities which are dependent. for their value upon enu- ! merated population statistics are | planned in order to present new and more comprehensive data for |use in improving national health. | | “October 1, 1939, has been zenm-’ tively set as the official date for| | faking the Alaskan part of the Six-| teenth Decennial Census although | certain sections of the Territosy will be covered in the summer of thiat year, where local conditions wartant such action. The October | date was selected because i'llm:\ti:‘t conditions are most favorable for| census taking at that time, as the! tundras or swamps, which are im- passable in summer, are frozen over but the rigorous Arctic winter has not yet set in. Also, the transient population is at a minimum, since! cannery workers and tourists who flock to Alaska in summer have re- turned to the States and Alaskans who have “gone out” during the va- cation period have come back 1o their homes. “Governor John W. Troy of Al- aska has agreed to assume responsi- — bility for the completion of the canvass. A resident of Alaska will be appointed to supervise the actual taking of the cens Between 130 e ren s o nc and 150 enumerators will be em- . N ny » ployed. Many of these enumerators will be members of the various Fed- “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” eral services operating in Alaska, such as the Coast Guard, the Bu- reau of Fisher and the Office =—=—=- = |of Indian Affairs. Airplanes, water | WALKER TO REPRESENT W. Troy in extending official greet- ‘cnnveraanl with Alaska labor prob- Craft, and dog teams will be used ings to the Alaska Labor Unity lems and represented the Governor DY the enumerators to cover their GOVERNOR AT UN‘TY:Conl‘vrcnrv now in session m Ket- during the deliberations in Sealtle Toutes. LABOR CONFERENC chikan, the Governor announced last spring “Present plans call for an enu- today. Senator Walker will appear meration of the population and the CREPE-SOLE SHOES in regular weights, black and brown rugged leath- $6.50 and $5.95 including the sensational “TRAMP.” The semi-sports idea and casual informality reflect the type of footwear that style-con- scious men will be wearing this season. A great favorite at sport events will be the handsomely designed double crepe-sole shoe, Made from American leather carefully treated, finished and polished—it is ideal for street or sport wear. Get your size today. PeWitt Mackénzie, who only recently cov- ered the historic conference between Prime Minister Chamberlain and Chancellor Hitler on the momentous Czechoslovakian situation. was with The Allies in the World War. Louis P. Lochner, constantly at Hitler’s side to obtain minute-by-minute developments in Berlin, is the reporter who scored the great e kit tor Norman R.|before the gathering on Friday | agricultural activities of Alaska,; = o ” w;fi::m:f]} ,Sccl:?fe’:" Gov John | night. The Senator is particularly. LORENE SCHMITZ with the possible addition of other . beat on the Nazi “blood purge” of 1934. i g N D L R it % | subjects. The population schedule . RICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU TWO YEARS QLD V!l be somewhat shorter than that He has covered German affairs for the past U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICU - : {used in the States. The agriculture 1 T | schedule, likewlse, will be compara- 4 years. friends of Lorene tively simple, but a few of the ques- wish her| tions—for example, those applying ‘“nmn_v l‘:;\]m_v returns” yesterday, at, to fur farms and reindeer herds— e residence of her parents, Mr., may be ampli as Forecast tor Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Oct. 12: | ang Mrs. Fred Schmltz‘.1 in celebra- | '.hv,y corrzlgglfllg:\; :J?x':\?“rs: wt’)(xt Clearing tonight, Thursday partly cloudy; moderate southeast winds, yion of her second birthday. | RheanIE & tike 4n-the Stated 'l‘h(; becoming easterly. e 4 X Pastel colors served as fl(,(-om.‘(‘ensus will report the activities of Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: For northern portion,| wi/il eoors ferved of Gecome i RG b ska Colony at Palmer, clearing tonight, Thursday, partly cloudy; moderate southeast winds favors were presented each of the| Alaska, which was established in becoming easterly. For the southern portion, showers tonight, Thurs- rollo\;'mg guests present; Beve'rly“935- Interested individuals and day, clearing; moderate southeast winds becvm{ng easterly Th“’"Sd“y‘Erickson, Sunich Jorgens(‘m. Clau-. agencies will be consulted in the except moderate to fresh southeast winds becoming easterly Thursday‘dia Erskine, Geraldine Curran, Alice | Preparation of the Alaska as well as except moderate to fresh southeast winds over Dikon Entrance nnd‘Dubuque 'Joan Rhodes A’lberta other oensus “schedules.” Clarence Strait, becoming fresh easterly. Tucker, Arthur McKinnon Jr. Bob-. — e Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh 2 southeast winds along the coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Spen—‘b M kit _a_n,d vP‘rredf:lEAScir?li% ,ALASKANA' !,’y,li{?fli ,Dr?k,e ] oo cer, becoming easterly; fresh east and northeast winds from Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) John Lloyd, with the French ministers to re- port the Paris angle of the Sudeten contro- versy, helped to cover the Spanish war. | Weather ‘ S . Bargpiol Temp, Husidit Wnd Velgoiy Richard Massock; at Mussolini’s side to cover 3:30 p.m. yest'y 29.33 46 87 SE 9 tt. Rain » Adilaide Kerr 3:30 am. today . 2030 42 88 s 6 t. Rain . » : ) 5 5 Ry A ot % ¢ Soene T Italian developments, was stationed in Russia. RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowest 4am. 4a.m. Precip. 4a.m. Station last24hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather % Atka 8 36 36 6 21 Clear Anchorage 52 30 & e 0 Barrow 26 18 18 10 0 Clear Nome 38 2 32 4 0 Cloudy Bethel 40 32 32 14 0 Cloudy Melvin K. Whiteleather, at Eger to report on Fairbanks 44 30 32 4 0 Cloudy 3 & Dawson 40 36 36 1 06 Cloudy Czechoslovakian mobilization, saw many years St. Paul a0 3 38 18 05 Pt.Cldy ; : i ; Dutch Harbor 44 38 40 16 2 Clear of service with the League of Nations at Kodiak 46 | 42 42 12 T Clear Cordova 48 36 40 4 06 Cloudy Geneva. Junean 16 41 42 6 52 Lt. Rain Bitka 16 0 pu — ki Ketchikan 50 40 40 4 126 Cloudy Prince Rupert 50 42 42 6 .38 Cloudy Edmonton 56 30 32 6 32 Clear Seattle 60 52 52 12 03 Cloudy Portiard 62 56 56 10 13 Cloudy San Francisco 56 56 4 J Clear ‘ i " SR New York 91‘; 56 66 8 0 Clear Alvin J. Stcmkopf. who directed the activities Washington % 54 56 4 0 Clear of a corps of AP reporters at Prague, ¢overed Hitler when the Chancellor marched into WEATHER CONDITIGNS AT 8 AM. TODAY Seattle (airport), raining, temperature 52; Blaine, raining, 52; Vic- . toria, raining, 50; Alert Bay, cloudy; Bull Harbor, raining, 47; Triple Island, Showers; Langara Island, showers, 46; Prince Rupert, ramlng.‘ 48; Craig, cloudy, 43; Wrangell, cloudy, 43; Petersburg cloudy, 43;%, Sitka, cloudy, 41; Cape Spencer, cloudy, 43; Hoonah, cloudy; Hawk Inlet, raining, 42; Tenakee, cloudy, 46; Juneau, sprinkling, 42; Skag- way, cloudy, 40; Haines, cloudy; St. Elias, cloudy, 44: Cordova, partly cloudy. 37; Chitina, cloudy, 26; McCarthy, clear, 16; Seward, partly cloudy, 38; Anch=ce, cloudy; Fairbanks, snow flurries, 30; Hot Springs, cloudy, 28, Tanana, cloudy, 30; Ruby, cloudy, 32; Nulato, clou- dy, 30; Kaltag, cloudy, 32; McGrath, snowing, 32; Flat, snowing, 32; Crooked Creek, cloudy, 34; Stuyahok, cloudy, 32; Platinum, cloudy; Bethel, cloudy, 34; Golovin, partly cloudy, 24; Solomon, clear, 26; Nome, * ‘loudy, 30. i Jumieall, Oct. 13.—Sunrise, 6:30 a.m.; sunset, 5:02 p.m. WEATHER SYNOPSIS Thé barometric pressure was low over Alaska except over the Aleu- tian Tslands this morning with a central pressure of 29.10 inches over the Guif of Alaska and the barome'er rising generally over the Terri- except over Boutheast Alaska. Barometric pressure was also low _southcentral Canada. The weather was generally fair over north- ‘and interior Alaska during the 125t 24 hours while light to moderate i 2 ioccurred over the res: of the Territory, southern and| 'l g or Wouban:an ‘Amerioan dssigmer makes this d of ~entral Canada and the Pacific Norihwest. Temperatures were some- " 9 - warmer ovér the Seward Pensula and along the upper Yukon] black, -uhm-hlt'fl H’: ""”:.:" 'h“:'mln::':t:"' - .'::“ Yaiana rivéers this morning anl cooler over most other portions of| 1t8 cross-striped front band {rimly fastencd ek buitoms, its entire design bespeaks efficiency. The belt is black leather, Vienna to annex Austria. These are but a few of the dozenis of Associated Press correspondents who are | stationed abroad o ‘réport 'the #ervous course of European history. Like all [ Associated Press reporters, they were there yesterday, they are there today, and they will be there tomorrow. THE EMPIRE A o