The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1938, Page 5

3 MERCURY HITS HIGH ON 21TH, REPORT STATES November in Juneau Warm- er, Wetter Than Normal Says Meteorologist The month of Novembe: in J neau was warmer and wetter tha normal, with the percentage of pos sible sunshine correspondingly be- | low normal, acco monthly meteorclos sued today by the Bureau Office. The average temperature f; month was 376 degrecs. o pared with a norm grees . The mercury highest point on the 27th temperature of 52 degrees w istered. The lowest temper last month was 22 degrees on !he 20th. The highest temperature on record for any November at Ju- neau over a perfod of 43 years was 64 degrees in 1923 and the lowest November temperature over a sim- ilar period was 1 degree below zero in 1883. The total precipitation for the month was 12.04 inches, or 2.4 inches above the normal. The wet- test November on record in Juneau over a period of 46 years was that uf 1936 when 25.87 inches were re- corded and the driest was that of 1910 when 0.98 inch was recorded. ‘The maximum amount of prec tation to occur within a 24-hour | period last month was 2.07 inches | on the 12th and 13th. The t snowfall (unmelted) for the month was 4107 inches, as compared with | a 3l-year average of 7.7. inches.| The maximum depth of snow on| the ground at any time during ¢ month in the vicinity of the Fe cral and Territorial Building was 3.9 inches on the 22d. At the close of the month there was no snow on the ground in the vicinity ot the Weather Bureau Office. One clear day was recorded dur- ing the month, 4 were partly cloudy, and 25 were cloudy. Out of v possible 237.2 hours, the amount | of sunshine received was 32.8 hours,, or 14 percent. f 1 The prevailing wind direction for | the month was from the south with an average hourly veloeity of | 7.1 miles. The maximum velocity during the month for a sustained period of five minutes was 28 miies from the east on the 15th. No “Taku” winds were recorded dur- ing the month. Auroras were observed on the| 8th and 9th. i UTTLEDADD NOW CHAMP Wins Ten Round Bout Also| Recognition as Fly- weight Titleholder | 1 | OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 1. — Little | Dado won a ten-round decision last night, also California’s recognition | as flyweight champion of the world, | in a bout with another Filipino, | veteran small Montana. Montana weighed 109 pounds and Dado tipped the scales at 111 pounds. BOB FELLERS IS FINED $100 DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 1. —| Bob Fellers, youthful pitching star of the Cleveland Indians, has been | fined $100 for reckless driving and his driver’s license also recommend- ed suspended for 90 days. D FARMER GOES T0 BIG CHAIR COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 1.—Fred Mosley, 47, farmer, died in the elec- tric chair at Ohio Penitentiary to- day for the slaying of his wife| g Philla, 44. CALIFORNIA GROCERS TAKE TWO OF THREE FROM PERCY’S TRIO| California Grocers took two| games of three and won in fotal by 69 pins last night from the Percy | trio at the Brunswick alleys. | en’s apartme Emily Schmitz took high single game honors with 213 and Green| of Percy's was high in three-game| total with 530. Alleys are open to public play to- night with no games scheduled. Last night’s scores follow: California Grocery B. Schmitz ... 123 188 178— 489| E. Schmitz ... 115 149 213— 477| M. Seston ... 179 162 187— 528| 417 499 578—1494 Percy’s 211 142 Totals 127— 530 188— 445 191— 450 Green . Reynolds Patterson THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 1, New Middleweight Cfiamp Fred Apostoli, of San Francisco, Cal., jumps for joy as he is declared the world’s middleweight champion. Apostoli defeated young Corbett 3rd in New York City on a technical kayo after 2.01 minutes of the eighth round. 2% had already tment with intent to go and the Amundsen turned their reservations on the Coast, sailing this after- cause their s south over North noon. The Holdens, Mr. and Mrs. and n Sandy, will “just take a good and when the return HOLDENS TAKING VACATION WHILE AMUNDSEN WORKS John Amundsen is now flying for Marine Airways instead of going south; the Amundsens are living vacation in Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hol around the first of the the apartment; the Holdens ha - Amundsens Mr. and M and en (he Amundsen reserv baby, will take their twn at vaca- the North Coast for a tion in the south Seattle, and Amundsen i > down Alex’s duties The 1938 American soybean crop next four weeks, was the largest in histo nd put It all sounds complicated, but it this country back into the world’s means simply that the former Al- export market for this product. aska Air Transport Pilot Amund- - - sen had no plane to fly and was The sale of medicinal and phar- going Outside, but remained over maceutical products in Greece in- to fly in Alex Holdens place for i from $4,000.000 in 1936 to arine Al $5,500,000 in 1937, an all-time high To make ceoe - — the Amunds ni piacer ofatien noticed at The Emoire Gffice. p to holding for the trade com moved into in the Fosbee be- Select Rose Bowl Queen Lo H Judges make selection will be queen of the annual Tournament of Roses New Year's Day. The girls are among 41 00 at Pasadena Junior college seeking the honor. i One of these girls fete at Pasadena, Cal., selected from more than 2,0 1y TUNE IN MR. REX A. HERMANN, Presi- dent of International Union of Mine and Mill Workers, Local 203—will SPEAK in the inter- ests of all ALASKA JUNEAU EMPLOYEES. Tonight at 7 and 10 P. M. (Paid advertisement) b ven up COMMITTEEPLAN MAY RESULT IN LABOR ACCORD Picture Brighter Following Termination of Sudden Tieup Yesterday NG Hhae B Page One) today issued ihe fol- Statement “The walkout was merely an ex- pression of sympathy for those workmen who, after w 2 truction they were affiliated with a CIO un- ion “This temporary walkout was our only way to express our condemna- tion of the action du in furnishir n whose r es them no ri alk the picket line and take work frem our men who have lived in this town for years and most of them paying t Recognize Its “We recognize th | tying up all transpor munity. With deliv es of such ities as food, including milk and oil, many women and chil- dren would be made to suffer for something with which they had no connection. Our walkout yesterday was an expression of sympathy for our fellow townsmen, fellow Ameri- cans and union affiliates who had been summarily fired solely because they happened to belong to the union “We have expressed our in the matter in the ner possible. T to work as and for vailed wk System Is Un-American “We believe that any system that forces any Ame a job, where he is giving , just because he doesn't bel ticular union isn't affil with some special kind of 1 labor organization, is un-Amer We believe, further, that June too small a c hunity to have suffer from such tactics. “We are confident that the real ents of Juneau, those who have ties here, can k together and riousness riousness of ion in the or to re hom: live pr influences’ we will hav difficult And to this e port Workers’ selves. Enderse Committee Plan “The plan evolved by the Special Labor Committee y 7, which iion pledge our- WRIGHT'S HEALTH (Black) 1009, Wool—Now Good Leather HARRY’ Now you can give her a gift she’s wanted for a long time! Cancel Mother’s cooking cares . . . give her a new General Electric Range this Christmas. She'll love it! It will mean more time to call her own every day 2 cool, clean, cheery * shop” all year "round. thrifty gift is easily within reach of your budget.Prices were never lower. @hristmas Speriall G-E “APOLLO” A new, sturdy bolster-base range especially designed and built for Christmas gift giving. It bas many features never before offered at a pop- ular price. Calrod cooking units, one-piece Unitop, no- stain top oven vent, sliding oven shelves, recipe box and index and condiment set. GENERAL @ ELECTRIC RANGES All G-E Ranges are equipped with General Electric CALROD cooking umits — farswe <on lase asimmsss last lomosn SOLD ON EASY PAYMENT PLAN Maska Electric Light & Power Co. JUNEAU——————DOUGLAS ceks of em- @ o the controv THE YOUNG MEN’S SHOP calls for the employment of all common labor through a municipal |- relief committee, without regard for union affiliation, was unanimously endersed by the transport work We accept the plan in principle and urge its immediate adoption. We believe it will solve the problem of ! jurisdiction which now has a mil- © building program tied | ping men hungry while jobs go begging.” The Special Labor Committee is- sued the following statement this afternoon: “The Citizens Committee, ap- pointed at last Sunday’s mass meet- | ing and acting with the authoriza- | tion of the Mayor and the Com-| mon Council to settle the present | labor sery, is still hopeful | pssful mediation controversy. The Committee 1t is investigating several ial ques involved in sy and'is seeking cor- roborative information as to them.”| PR BASKETBALL ON SCHEDULE FOR TOMIGHT Henning’s Five plays Krause and the Elks pl: the Haida tonig the High & ol gymnasium, S of the doubleheader | called for 30 o'clock with! Any prediction as to who will pile | up the most points is out of the| question. Observers believe (h).\.} ve of teams are as perfectly | lanced as one could make them.| Shooting eyes are getting their | range and defenses are tightening | up, but ¢ ps the nicest thing to | it will be that zone the Henning Five power of the bi & ucking the wtacks of the E! and D TEACH YOUTHS REAL MEANING OF DEMOCRACY LAKELAND, Fia., Dec. 1.—Flori- de Southern College proposes a | chair of Democracy to encourage American youth to embr: racy with “even a greater enthu youth of Russia, G support their na- Studen be meanin taught the E: of Democra- cy, Dr. Ludd 3 y, president of the college, explains, and would b2 shown that failures of Democra- cies have been failures of its lead- ers and not of the system itself. UNDERWEAR ONLY $4.75 a suit DRESS SHOES.... $2.95 NEW STOCK—LATEST STYLES .. | 247 South Franklin ' i-Speed | 1 1938. i Fellow Employees of the Alaska Juneau and Citizens of Juneau What is said in the following is said in the interests of Local 203 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelt- er Workers. Bearing in mind the coming election to be held by the National Labor Relations Board for the Alaska Juneau employees, these remarks are directed principall to those employees and secondly to the residents of this community in so much as they have common interests. We propose to illustrate that participation in the affairs of Local 203 by the employees of the Mine is in the best interests of the commun- ity, labor in particular, and hope to do this without recourse to ill-natured attacks on those whose opinions happen to dif- fer from ours. . t was through the efforts of Local 203 that the Labor Board held its recent hearing here, that resulted in the com- ing election. The members of the local are satisfied that this ballot will be to the benefit of all concerned. A secret ballot is the fairest, most American way of settling any matter in dispute. Our members feel that of the two factions to be pres- ent on the ballot, our organization has the better program to carry out the work at hand. : Every reader of the daily papers is aware that organized labor has been divided on a national scale. We do not base our arguments on the merits of the Congress for Industrial Organization as a National organization, nor do we con- demn the A. F. of L. as such. There is much to be said on both sides. However, we contend that the Industrial form of Or- ganization is best suited to the needs of the Alaska Juneau employee. It is the aim of Local 203 to unite all the employees into one body for the purpose of collective bargaining with re- spect to wages, hours, and working conditions. And in pass- ing, it is our desire to see all genuine workers' groups in this community reunited. Juneau is too small to contain comfort- ably, disagreeing CIO and AFL factions. It is certain that is not profitable to anyone. It is well at this point to explain what Local 203 has to of- fer men who see fit to become a part of it. Weekly meetings are held in which each member has an opportunity to express his opinions by voice and vote. Beginning Jan. 1st, 1939, a new executive board takes office; it is composed of seven union officers elected by the membership to conduct the affairs of the local. All of these men are employees of the Alaska Ju- neau company. The Union has been established and stabil- ized to the extent that it has possession of its own hall, which is now over half paid for, and on which it is paying taxes. This hall and the physical properties of the local are cared for by a duly elected board of three trustees. We ask that the men interested in this election join Local 203 and avail them- selves of these facilities to take an active part in conducting their business with their employer. We ask that these men & support us in this election so that we may accomplish the geal for which we have set our course. It has been said about us that we are a group of radicals, communists and agitators aiming to set up strife and discord. This is contrary to the facts of the case. Our present ranks rep- resent a good cross section of the men employed at the mine. Of course, to be perfect, we aspire to name all of the em- ployees within our ranks. This is the fair American way of conducting our organization. It is impossible to refute the un- fair condemnation and criticism that is being put forth against us at this time other than to make this statement of our facilities and setup. On the national basis we have the following points to of- fer for consideration. Affiliates of the Congress for Industrial Organization are unquestionably in control of the bargaining agencies in the mining industry throughout the country. Those men who are more or less transient or those who plan to follow mining work elsewhere, will be particularly inter- ested in this condition. Both the United Mine Workers of Am- erica, which is composed of workers in the coal mining in- dustry, and the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, which is interested in the metal mining industry, and allied work, are old established Unions. The International, with which Local 203 is affiliated, was established in 1916 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. It withdrew from the AFL with the other CIO unions in favor of the indus- trial form of organization and a more ‘'vigorous organization- al campaign throughout the country. It must be pointed out here that the condition of universal transfer. exists within the CIO:; that is to say, that a member transferring from one in- 4 dustrial union to another is required to pay no new initiation - fee, but merely transfers his card and pays dues into the new union which has jurisdiction. Otherwise, Local 203 operates under the same national constitution that was acceptable to the AFL. 1 As a parting thought, let us state that Local 203 is con- cerned primarily and always with the welfare of the em- ployees of the Alaska Juneau Mine and the community in which we live. The officers of the union are pledged to pro- mote the best interests of the members and heed the direc- tions given them by their membership in their business meet- ings. With this in mind we ask the support of our fellow . employees. Juneau Mine and Mill Workers Union LOCAL 203 (Paid Advertisement)