The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 30, 1938, Page 8

| i EXTRA! Truck Drivers Climb 0ff Rigs In Labor Dispute CIOT rans:pnirt Men An- .nounce Tieup Until Pick- ets Are Withdrawn Grocery and transport vehicl driven by CIO drivers of the Juneau Transport Workers union. went idle af- ternocn when the truck in mass meeting in Union Hall and voted to stop all trucking, with few exceptions, 1 agreements are secured from contractors that no trucking be carried on to building projects involved in the current labor 1 that dis- pute is settied and picket lines are withdrawn At 1 o'clock this afternoon the meeting was called and cab drivers grocery truck drivers, oil truck driv- ers, garbage wagon truckers and others told employers trucking was to shut down s to the walkout Exemptic apply only to c ng to and from hos- pitals and schools. Ambulances will still run and garbage will be col-, lected, but store trucks and cabs will not be driven by members of the Transport Workers Union, they announced. Buses will still operate out the Glacier Highway and to Douglas, but no fares will be taken within the city limits Employers were driving a few trucks this afternoon, washing up delivery obligations undertaken be- fore the walkout was called by the union, but ‘union- members said most employers had agreed not to drive their trucks until a settiement is reached e - Treasury fo Wl The front of th sive hillside homes The bl lilster Customs House Blasted, Iralandfl Border the J v. 30. — A bomb blasted the Ulster Customs House Bfl"flw Fund to bits on the border between Northern and Southern Ireland to- = day as police hunted Republican WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Secre- extremists, blamed for five similar tary of Treasury Morgenthau an- explosions on the frontier last nounced this afternoon that the | night Treasurv will borrow seven hun-| Authorities declared the outbreak the reply to the Government tensive drive against the Repub- lican Army, which is agitating un- ions of both parts of the islan dred million dollars to refund about ar $940,000,000 in old securities - - - Today's News Toaay.—Emplre. 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Service for 8! $17.50 Regularly $25 The Gift that lives FOR- EVER! 48 lovely pieces! Service for 8! Choice of several modern designs! Tar- nish-proof Gift Chest FREE! reports that he is being become a candidate for that of Chicago were sever ] post. He is reported as not having | | Stamp collectors and others in- | nals Afghanistan has a well-equipped | Seal Collection Displayed Now, ~ Hayes CurioShop | terested may now see a complete collection of Christmas Seals dating frem 1907 in the window of the Hayes Curio Shop. To those who know the story of the Christmas Seal these collector’s items are sig- nificaat The Seal > esf Seal used In Alaska’s first Sale in 1934 commemorated blishment of the first Sana- torium for the tuberculous which JEWISH was at Saranac Lake, New York. It EMIGRATION bears the design of that tiny red FROM GERMANY cottage which was the forerunner Jan 1933 To July 1938 of a great n»vement to provide beds for those il with tuberculosis throughout the United States. SUGGESTED FOR JEWISH COLONIZATION This is the 32nd Annual Christ- - mas Seal Sale in the States — the Map shews Jewish emigration from fifth in Alaska. The complete col-| _yho figures are estimates by the lection of stamps on display are in- teresting to the collector and their st of good work done to fight( tuberculosis is one of the most| dramatic success stories in the an-|to divorce them. I have said many of public health. | times and I should like to repeat They have helped to reduce tuber- | that the Christmas Seal was not sis to seventh cause of death in|meant to be a money-raising idea alone. My first thought was that the Christmas Seal should be an *ducational medium for informing change that condition | the public of the need for concerted The stamp was first sold in Wil-| action mington, Delaware, red| “Today our year-round activities by Miss Emily Bissell, Chairman of [and educational campaigns make the Red Cross Committee. The Red |ihe public fully cognizant of the Cross only appears on every Christ- | need to buy seals. In 1907, I said mas Seal until 1919 which marks |that a liberal share of credit for a the time when the National Tuber- | successful Seal Sale should rest upon culosis Association definitely took | the shoulders of the press. Today, I over all responsibility for selling|am still of the same opinion.” these stickers and using the money | SEE T = ;:l\‘::;n (}‘ampmgn to eradicate lu»‘CHAMBER WlLL In a recent statement Miss Bis- | ELECT DIRECTORS | TOMORROW NOON sell, who is still living in Wilming- ten, Delaware, L.oThe. ot stamps were out on December 7,| eighteen days before Christmas, but| Final nomination and election of it was a mistake in hustling Ameri-|a Board of Directors for the new ca. It was too late, for America be-|year will be taken up by the Juneau gins to IN'y Christmas Seals in No-|Chamber of Commerce at its lunch- vember. The seed, however, uorm-‘eun meeting tomorrow noon in inated under favorable conditions.|Percy’s Cafe. Seven members are What grew from it in the three|to be named to the Board which in weeks before Christmas last year| _— S S - was like Jack and his Beanstalk a sort of holiday fairy story.” “Today it is not necessary to sell| Seals on a promise along. The prom- ise made by the ‘little messenger of Health' has been replaced with astounding results. Slicing off two- thirds of the tuberculosis mortality rate, the saving of hundreds of thousands of human lives, the erec- | tion of sanatoria, preventoria, the maintenance of nursing service, the ! education of the public, the tuber- culin test and the X-ray are monu- | ments to a promise made good. We now know that the modern weapons | of warfare are available, if we but provide them. “The Christmas Seal gives the | public an opportunity to have a part in continuing and expanding the fight against one of the world's most devastating enemies. The anti-tuberculosis prégram, its needs | and its accomplishments are s closely related to the annual Christ- | mas Seal Sale that it is impossible | places indicated as p b the States. It is first cause of death in the Territory but Christmas Seal dollars will do their part to steadily OF THE— SHOP—— patrons again. Phone 221 EASY TERMS SMALL DOWN PAYMENT MEETING OF WORKERS LOCAL 172 TONIGHT November 30 mentioned as such by various offic| ire, will be sfiixed ;lr’iecid-in. free of charge, if requested. Can J ewé Find Réfuge? 70 OTHER PARTS OF CONTINENTAL Urore Northern Rhodesia est Germany since Hitler took power American Jewish Congress, The ble locations for Jewish colonies have been Is and Jewish leaders. GOLD STRIKE IS REPORTED EDMONTON, Albcria, Nov. 30.— Prospectors are returning to Ed- monton from the northern mineral area with reports of the discovery of a new gold find in the Waray Lake area. Assayers said that the samples of the ore show a very rich gold content. About 200 claims have already been staked. Prospector Victor Stevens estimated that the gold would run as high as $12 to $40 per ton. The vein is highly mineralized and is 21 feet wide. turn will select the Chamber offi~ cers from its membership. Invited guests tomorrow are W. J. Manahan, Traffic Manager oi the Northland Transportation Com- pany; M. J. Heneghan, pioheer Ket- chikan resident and cannery opera- tor, and H. F. Sprague of the First National Bank in Ketchikan. MARGARET LINDSAY PETER PAN BEAUTY has returned from the States and will be glad to accomo- date her many friends and Triangle Building et/ A beautiful sterling silver sift medallion engraved to your Christmas OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL CHRISTMAS W. P. JOHNSON™ """ PHONE 17 JUNEAU TRANSPORT WEDNESDAY Attendance '_Conpulsory SR | i