The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 27, 1939, Page 2

B i NEVER! a lower price on assured sleeping comfort NOW? Wilson Bros. Faultless Nobelt Men’s _ | ONLY B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. “Tuneau’s Leading Department Store” Pajamas Regular $2.50 Sellers $1.75 LABORRULING SOON BE MADE N, Jan. 27.—Wage| and Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews stated today that he will seek to determine t visability of | exempting high 1 white coll from yrovisions of d Hour Act oo = Turkoy On 1‘ WASHI the “Keep Fit” | Program ANKARA, Jan, 27—American foot ball is the latest western idea to hit modern Turkey. American coaches are to teach the game throughout the country under a vast national “keep fit through sports” prozram launched by General Ismet Inonu, new Presi- dent of the Republic. Inonu, successor to Kemal Ata- turk, is a ‘skilful vider and winter sports expert himself. Stock QUOTATICNS NEW YORK, Jan. 27-—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 9%, American Can 92, | American Light and Power 3, Ana- conda 27%, Be hem Steel 63%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright A 25, General Motors | 44%%, International Harvester 55, | Kennecott 35%, New York Central| 17'%; Northern Pacific 10%, Safeway | Stores 34’4, Southern Pacific 15% United States Steel 55, Bremner bid | %; asked 1%, Pound $467 5-16. | g | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages; JIndustrials 138.90, rails 2856, utilities 23.03. | e Soviets Planning Tunnel Under 1 Bering Seaw somed Russia m ! tun- nel under the Beri apeard- | ing to the infor contained in 4 post seript-of = £ waasten | to House Speaker Howsr4 Ayng from | Denald - MacDo: Alaska ncii- ber of the Int Cominission. McDonald wrote, “It may be of! interest to you to know the Russian | Government recently announced they contemplated the construction | of a tunnel under Bering Sea as an eventuality of the future.’ | The idea falls in line with one| much publicized by McDonald, for a “drive from New York to Paris.” - —— GOING OUTSIDE D. R. McGraw, of Sitka, is leavir there on one of the first steam for the south bu sects 1o return about March 15, [ —,———— SISTER RFTURNING rnational nway | Sister Mary Barbara returned to| Juneau on the Canadian Pacific Princess Norah 1irom a months| visit in Victoria, B. C, at the St.| Ann’s Academy, DESIGN ’FOR ROMANCE Janet Gaynor and Adrian got acquainted when he designed gowns for her as an actress. But only recently, they said in New York, they became interested in each other, and mow they plan to marry. And they agree on Janet's clothe: Approximately - two-thirds of the nation’s meat supply, or 000,000 animals Anpually, s ispected by federal officials. P n water, dirt, or sediment, cause clogging: They burn without waste, Trouble-free, they give added comfortand TELEPHONE 40 - K. G. MERRITT LIQUOR BILL HAS SENATE BADLY SPLIT $ 3 i <saloon.” | Walker Cockfail Measure] " tier the v was put asie ten- Makes Slow Progress in Busy Sesson A cyclone struck the Territorial Senate chambers at 1:30 o'clock { this afternoon, bringing the hereto- fore smoothly-organized roof over that house tumbling down upon its members. Storm center was Senate bill No. 10, Senator Norman R. Walker’s measure to allow sale of hard liquor by the drink, but the cyelone ripped outward from that center in every direction until it touched and elicit- ed the opinion of every member on the liquor question, No noticeable progress having been made at the end of an hour of heated discussion, a motion finally passed to continue the bill in second read- ing so that the Senate could get on to other business. Amendments defeated All proposed amendments to the bill were defeated today, but Sen- ators could see another storm brew- ing for the time the bill comes again During what one member termed a “field day” of oratory on the liquor question, Senators exhibited so many varying view on what should be dene about the prob:em that it ap- peared likely discussion of a liquor bill will not be completed until the; last day of the session Senator Henry Roden, who offered an amendment fo scale license fees from $300 to $i000 according to population of the place where the bar would be located, in contrast to the provision in the original blil calling for a flat $1,500 license, said at one point: | “If it were in my power to des- troy all the liquor there is in the, world today and to make it impos le to produce more liquor I would | do that. But there is no use talking about abstract ideas, We know we cannot be rid of liguor and must pass as good a law as we can to re- gulate the use of liquor.” Scale Of Fees Senator Roden’s amendment, sub- sequently lost when the vote on it was four to four, would have provid- ed a $1000 license for dispensaries in towns of 5,000 or over; $500 in towns of less than 5000 and on towns from 500 to 2,000; and $200 in towns of ‘les than 5,000 and on steamers plying the iniand waters of: Alaska. An original motion by Senator Victor C. Rivers to lay the bill on the table was defeated by a vote of five to three, with Senators Coch- ran and Sullivan supporting the I move. This division with variations, held throughout the discussion and voting on amendments. | Club Feature Defeated | Defeated was an amendment by Senator Rivers to change the bill into one providing for hard liquor licenses only to clubs. ¢ Defeated likewise were moves to | re-refer the. bill to the Judiciary Committee and to return the bill for specific amendment. | A motion by Senator Joe Horman[ | to allow the $300 license for beer and | wine dispensing to stand, while re- | quiring an additional license cost- ing $100 to permit sale of hard liquor by those dispensers who wished to do so, lost for lack of a second. Senator Walker moved to add a section providing for return to dispensers of the portion of present licenses not expended, if they wish to go out of business, but later he withdrew the amendment. Speaking in support of the hill as written, in the belief that sale of liguor by the drink isnore in | the bottle, wag Senator Jaw.l’t’- | terson of Valdez, who left ‘the ve enjoyhent to burnér ownérship. Carefully handled, carefully transported, they are clean when they go into your tank. UNION OIL COMPANY ' | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 1939. clear impression, however, that he was against the liquor traffic alto- gether. J H “Regardless of what the poor man pays for a drink,” Senator Patter- son said, “the less he gets for what he pays the better off he is.” : Cochran Hits Bill Senator Cochran attacked the bill vigorously, saying the consumer was not concerned about its passage, but only .the wendors were concerned in seeing “the reestablishment of the porarily, the Senate proceeded to discussion of Senate bill No. 19, pro- widing for-appointment of a Director Jof the Department of ‘Criminal In- vestigation. Senators Cochran and Rivers attacked the bill in general and one of its- provisions assigning headquarters of ,the proposed Dir- ector to Ketchikan. After a half hour of discussion and voting on proposed amendments, the bill fin- ally passed second reading and was ordered engrossed. Senate bill No. 21 was continued in second reading, and late this afternoon the Senate was still dis- cussing Senate bill No. 20. Pension Bill Argued In the forenoon session Senators had argued bitterly over a bill (S.B. 15) to appropriate $540 for relief of Fred W. Wagner of Manley Hot Springs. Senator Rivers led the attack on the bill, holding that such mat- ters were of personal nature and their proper channel was through ,the Territorial Welfare Department Senator Roden, author of the bill, said that because of a tech- nicality the welfare department had refused relief for Wagner, who was 90 years old, in very poor health and who had lived in the Territory since 1880, “If we have ever been called upon to show a little charity this is the time we are justified in ex- tending it,” Roden declared, ¢ ing that the old Pioneer was ‘“de- crepit, sick and maybe dead by to- day.” Cochran Applauded In a heart-rending plea, which drew applause from several Sena- tors, Senator Cochran id, 1 hope T am never so hard boiled that I can’t consider such -cases as this on their merits and not be bound by fear of setting a prece- dent.,” He was referring to Sen tor Rivers' argument that appro al of the legislation would be a dangerous precedent and would re- sult in the Legislature’s being showered with requests for assis- tance. Finally the bill finished second reading and was ordered en- grossed. Senate bill No. 16, dealing with branding of reindeer, also passed |second reading today. So did Sen- ate bill No. 13, providing for re- duction in the | interest rate on bonds of the City of Wrangcll. Model Airplane Scares the Pigs MUNCIE, I, Jan. 27.—Rusty Baston's model gas airplane flew longer and farther than hethought it could. A farmer found it in his pig pen, a mile away. The plane was un- damaged, but the pigs were jittery for days. | i Wes Burre $1.00 " DANCE TO: BOYAL ALASKANS ADMISSION 'LANDERS HITS BLOW AT TOLL ON RICHARDSON Asks $25,000 for Payment . of Federal Road | Tonnage Tax fun the wolf bounty question, fol- lowing offering of an amendment to the bill by Representative Mar- tin that would place a $30 bounty on wolves and $15 on coyotes, an amendment that failed of passage in a tie vote. | Facts Given Pertinent facts revealed by Du-| fresne on the wolf bounty question were: (1) coyotes caught are three to one in number over wolves caught in Alaska; (2) the coyow.: living nearer centers of popula- tion, is easier to trap, the wolf | harder because living in more re- | of two bills and two memorials | (introduced to the House of Rep- | resentatives this morning, one ha: articular significance and carrie a back-handed slap at the Fede: Government and the Alaska Rail- road. The bill in question is House Bill No. 30, introduced by Representa- tive Lander of Fairbanks, and asks an appropriation of $25,000 for re- imbursement to persons paying tolls to the Federal Government for freight tonnage oved any publicly owned road in Alaska. Representative Lander said in explanation, “We people of Fair- banks are bucking what cannot be termed anything other than Gov- ernment sponsorship of a mo- | nopoly.” “Tolls of freight on the Richard- son Highway from Valdez to Fair- banks, run around nine dollars a ton, but are levied only on freight| !which crosses the Tanana River a short distance from Fairbanks, therefore operating only as a toll| upon Fairbanks area freight “The toll is definitely in favor of | the Government railroad, also | freighting into Fairbanks, and is 1 the strong factor in keeping our commodity prices in Fairbanks at the high scale they now hold. We are prevented, by this toll, from | even trying to get our freight in cheaper.” $25,000 Wanted | Another $25.000 appropriation is lasked in House Bill 31, introduced | !by Representative Walker, asking | the money to aid the City of Craig in the construction and alteration | and addition to a school building House Joint Memorial No. 17,/ by Representative Martin, intro-} duced also today, memorializes Con- | gress to appropriate $2,500.000 for construction of 183 miles of road in, Alaska from the Canadian boundary to the connection with the Interior Alaska road system This appropriation is | immediate initiation of tion work Representative Coffey introduced House Joint Memorial 18 this morning, asking Congress to back d for construc- up Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond’s House Resolution 883, urging appropriate legislation to take care of the Japanese fishing encroachment question. Bounty Price | This afternoon, a hearing on the | wolf and coyote bounty bill, rais-| ing the bounty to $25 and the Ter- ritory taking the skins, set off an afternoon of widely divided opin- icn arguments, prior to considera- | tion in the Committee of the Whole jof the also argument-provoking | measure which would set up the Territory as a wholesaler of liquor to all Alaskan retailers. | Frank Dufresne, Executive Offi-i cer of the Alaska Game Commis- | | sion, took the stand this afternoon: i’s | Treasurer’s office, taking the stand ) | of | Alaska Game Commission crushing mote areas and being more cun- ning; (3) belief granted that $15 bounty not attractive to coyote| trappers; (4) problem difficult because some sections have no coy- otes or no wolves or both and some | sections have wolves with more value than others as fur; (5) coy- ote litters larger than wolf and| increase therefore much greater; | (6) tah trapping with paid| hunters, around 700 _coyotes a onth and no decrease evident, sing 144 hunters, some under| WPA, which would imply Alaska would need 1,000 trappers in size comparison, should paid trapper | ystem be used; (7) present $20 bounty system would be probably | effective if smuggling could be con- | trolled and other abuses. | Proposal | from the Territorial | Joe Green, after Representative Gordon had proposed an amendment to put the straight bounty payment in| he bill at the old $20, told of the {ifficulty in checking the nature the bone now required from | the front left leg of coyotes or wolves offered for bounties, and as to dog bones being practically in- distinguishable from coyote or wolf bones. i Green d it was revealed by an of a smuggling ring, that coyote |and wolf bones were being bought | | for five dollars apiece in Canada | and smuggled to Alaska for the $20 | bounty. At 3 o'clock this af#érnoon, the| discussion was still at a warm stage | and tlie liquor wholesale question | had not reached the floor. — eee— HOOKS MINK | KAMINISTIQUIA, Ont. — Taisto | Pesola, three and one-half year old, is some fisherman. He caught | a mink in the “Kam” river with | 2 baited hook. It was a large one.| R 4 Yk | VAN MAVERNS ARE BACK | A. Van Mavern and Mrs. Van Mavern returned from a business | and pleasure trip to the states, pas sengers aboard the Princess Norah. Get Comforting Relief from RUNNY 'HEAD COLDS DO THIS: Put some Vicks VapoRub up each nostril and sniff well back. NEXT, melt a spoonful of VapoRub ina bowl of boiling water; breathe in the medicated vapors for several minutes. This loosens phlegm and further clears the air-passages, AT BEDTIME, rub VapoRub on throat, chest, and back so its long—continued double action can re- m lieve the misery of v the cold while you = VICKS VaroRus sieep. TRY IT—then youwll know why VapoRub is a standby in § out of 5 homes. Have a GOOD TIME . . . foraWORTHY CAUSE THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Fair tonight and Saturday, colde winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Fair tonight and Satur- day, colder tonight; moderate east to north wind, except fresh over Dixon Entrance, Clarence and Chatham . Straits, Frederick Stephens Passage, Gastineau Channel, Icy Strait and Cross and fresh to strong north wind over Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh northerly wind from Dixon Entrance to Lituya Bay, and moderate east and northeast winds from Lituya Bay to Cape Hinchinbrook, except fresh to strong over mouth of Copper River. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather 3:30 p.m., yest'y ... 29.62 36 87 s 3 Cloudy 3:30 a.m. today 29.59 30 88 N 3 Lt. Snow Noon today ... 29.61 33 65 w 6 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Atka 38 | 32 36 19 23 Cloudy Anchorage 8 -10 6 4 0 Cloudy Barrow -16 | =26 -16 4 0 Cloudy Nome 14 | 0 0 4 0 Clear Bethel 10 | -2 0 6 [ Clear Fairbanks 8 -20 -20 4 0 Clear Dawson -22 | -36 -36 6 0 Clear St.. Paul .32 | 24 28 4 0 Cloudy Dutch Harbor 36 | 26 34 16 03 Cloudy Kodiak 30 | 20 20 4 0 Clear Cordova 26 | 18 12 4 0 Clear Juneaun 39 | ot 30 3 01 Snow Sitka e BER T e T : Ketchikan 38 ‘ 32 34 4 0 Cloudy " Prince Rupert 44 | 32 34 4 0 Clear Edmonton 30 | 4 8 4 0 Cloudy Seattle 50 44 46 14 33 Rain Portland 50 | 46 46 12 .20 Rain San Francisco ... 52 | 48 50 4 04 Cloudy New York 18 | 8 8 12 Trace Clear ‘Washington 28 | 18 20 6 Trace Clear WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning aver the coastal Islands southeastward to Oregon, there regions from the Aleutian being two storm centers, one off the northwest coast of ver Island, the lowest reported pressure being 20.40 inches, second storm area was centered a short distance southwest of Dutch that vicinity being = 29.30 Harbor, the lowest repirted pressure in inches. High barometric pressure prevailed from Fairbanks row eastward to the Mackenzie Valley, at Fort Norman. This general pri and from Langara Island southe; field of observation. It was colder leys. New York at 8 a.m. today. Juneau, Jan. 28—Sunrise, 8:15 a.m.; sunset, 4:12 p.m. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU tonight, moderate east to north the crest being 30.22 inches sure distribution has been at- tended by precipitation over the northern portion of Southeast Alaska ward to California, also over the Aleutians, and by generally fair weather over the remainder of the last night over the Tanana and upper Yukon val- City reported a temperature of 8 debrees above zero Jan. 27: Sound, Sound, Vancou-, and the and Bar- Winter Clearance USED CARS 1937 DELUXE SIX FORDOOR TOURING SEDAN, hot water heater, mileage 8.740 1937 MASTER CHEVROLET COUPE, radio, hot water heater, mileage 7,208 1935 PLYMOUTH FOUR-DOOR TOURING SEDAN, heater, mileage 34,007 1931 CHEVROLET COACH 1932 V8 FORD COUPE “f | % L