The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 30, 1939, Page 2

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The rare Tibetan panda for which cat is named is furry and resembles both the bear and raccoon. | LARGE SUM DAI \SKA EMPIR ASKED FOR Would Have Terrifofy Build Pioneer Institu- tion at Anchorage A bill asking for a $225000 ap- propriation to build another Pioneer’s Home at Anchorage; ard a fight over House Joint Mem- orial No. 1, with reference to the Merchant Marine Act, provided fireworks of the day for the lower legislative body: House Bill No. 39, by Represen- Rogge, intfoduced today, would appropriate the sum of $225,000 for a new Pioneer's Home to be built at ‘Anchorage, Alaska. The introduction of the measure follows Saturday's report of the Sitka inspection trip in which it was stressed that conditions at the home there are overcrowded and that more space is needed to take care of a long waiting list of the Territory's pioneers, The fight over House Joint Mem- orial No. 1, introduced by Repre- sentative H. H. McCutcheon, asking Congress to include Alaska in the Jones Act, which expressly ex- cludes Alaska in permission of transshipment of freight from |Canadian ports to the United | States and possessions. | The measure passed with a 13 to 3 vote, First Division Representa- tives Davis, McCormick and Walker voting no. McCuteheon said in support of the memorial that “This is an in- sult we want to wipe out,” while Davis said against the measure, “If we permit Canadian boats to operate to Alaskan ports, we'll damage seriously the business of two steamship companies incorpor- |ated in Alaska, the Alaska Trans- | portation Company and the North- |land . Transportatioy Company.” | Walker, who also voted “no” with | Davis, said, “We in the Fourth Di- vision were deprived of the neces- sities of life during the last steam- ship strike because we couldn't get freight in Canadian bottoms.” Smith of the Third Division, ad- mittedly elected with a labor vote and on the New Deal ticket, said: “I am definitely for the New Deal, and the New Deal is against monop- olies and special privileges. For that reason I vote “yes.” House bill No. 19, much fought by employers in various industries, a bill requiring detailed regular re- | ports on status of employees regard- |ing citizenship, residence, | hours, etcetra, also drew fire on the | House floor today, but with battles | finished over definition of the term | “resident,” and to whom the. reports should be made (amended to read ‘auditor’ instead of ‘Commissioner of Labor’), the bill was ordered en- grossed for third reading and final vote. ‘Two other bills Nos. 40 and 41, in- troduced today By Representative Spencer, have to do with expendi~ ture of Territorial roads appropria- tions, changing the laws regarding | manner of how the monies may be | expended. The existing law provides that | each Division is entitled to one | fourth of the roads appropriations, but where cooperative monies. (Fed- tative | i How Sharecroppers Camp Along Highway View of highway near Siketon, Mo., showing sharecroppers camping out try to abandon sharecropping in favor of the emi- ployment of day laborers. ing homeless contend some landowners ‘had-evieted renters to avoid sharing crop benefit payments. Here is a view of the highway near Siketon, Mo, showing southeast Missouri sharecroppers, mostly Negroes, camping out along the road in protest #maiggt the growing movement in the cotton coun- Leaders of thé Wander- work | [ Weight}; Problems, Mr. Speakér? t ‘the House William B. Bankhead Weighty probiems apparently confront Spe:iker Willlam B, Bank- head of the house of representatives who is shown going over official documents and mail in his office in Washington. " ‘Alaska History Being Taught In High School A new semester begins today .ab the Juneau High School and with it begins a new class, Alaska History. The clas is being taught by Prin- cipal A. S. Dunham, and is not con- fined to history alone, but includes economic and place geography as well. There are no books suitable for high school use and in place of a regular text the students are using eral) are accessible in a division, the Territorial Board of Road Commis- sioners may cut their appropriation allotment and give to less mrummv‘( Divistons. | Under this law, a Division may take all of /its appropriation in any year, but the new amendment would have it possible to take only 50 per, cent in any one year, in order that precaution for emergencies may be taken. The bill has a direct bearing on the possibilities of the even number- ed year session of the Legislature for 30 days in addition to the sixty da ysession of odd numbered years. Also, the secon@ bill of the two, re- peals the law section providing that only certain portions of the road|«alaskana,” by Marie Drake; L. D. monies appropriated may be used | genderson's “Alaska;” and source for aviation factlities, and will make | material from History’s of Alaska it-possible for eny part of a Divi- | written by C. L. Andrews and George sion’s allotment to be put into avia- | Banecroft, tion facilities it may deem necessary House oili No. 24, by Walker, which would give Territorial aid to| commercial radio stationp, ay- |the grades a proached its death this morning material is ¢ “I have long felt a need for such a course in our school,” said Super- intendent A. B. Phillips today. "In athering of Alaskan | red but it is not of |Senators Aair_ess Crowd INT. REVENUE OFFICE TO BE CLOSED MONTH Deputy Collectors Leaving ‘On Annual Income Tax Travels ! Except for one day this week, the Internal Revent® office here will be closed for the entire month of February while Deputy Collectors tour the Territory in assisting Al- askans in filing income tax returns. | Deputy Collector Q. S. Sullivan is leaving tomorrow for the Westward, while Deputy Collector Wesley Ov-! erby is going to Sitka. Overby will return the end of the week and have the office open Sat- urday before leaving for Ketchikan He will return to Juneau February | 28, The office will be open and both collectors will be present from March 1 to March 15, when income tax re- turns are due. MASS MEETING ONNAT. GUARD ATTRACTS 300 at Union Hall Here Sunday Evening More than 300 attended a mass| meeting. at the Union Hall Sunday at which the proposal for establish- ment of an Alaska National Guard was discussed by Senators Victor C. Rivers and C. H. LaBoyteaux. | Senators Rivers, termed the| meeting “highly successful,” with many intelligent opinions having been voiced by members of the aud- ience. Senator LaBoyteaux told the crowd that he favored the estab- lishment of a guard for defense purposes and did not see the vali-| dity of most arguments advanced against it Charles Hardy, Secretary of Workers Alliance, presided. Another meeting will be held next Sunday, with Representative McCormick’s labor board memorial | to be discussed \ OS5 R, the nature. In the high| school we are now' offering to this se no tonly history, but the 1o~ when the Ways and Means Commit- (a satisfactory tee reported it back with the re- ‘ commendation that it be “indefin- | itely postponed.” cation of mountains, rivers, harbors, | This afternoon at three o'clock, |cities and other features | the House was to consider for Third |of the country.” | Reading and judgement on rinnu Mr. Phillips also stated that they | passage, House Joint Memorial No.|are attempting to teach a subject | 14, asking Congress to ledve the Na- | concerned with the government of tional ‘Labor Relations Act in status| Alaska, who occupy's the various quo, and Senate bill No. 11, to ap- | offices, how they are elected or ap- | propriate $5,000 for the expenses of | pcinted, how the laws are made and Donald McDonald as a member of | enforced, what the resources are, the the International Highway Com- |location of fish, mineral, forest and mission for Alaska. | agricultural regions, and something |of the climatic conditions of the | various parts of the Territory. Until suitable material can furnished nothing further in SATURDAY SESSION be | Saturday afternoon, the House eagle hill, asking removal of bounties on. this bird, was postponed indefin- | school, itely, effectively bringing about the | death of the measure, as it may not | & be brought up again this session. | Not entirely in a death dealing mood, the House passed six memor- ials and one Senate bill. They were | as follows: |as a half year course, each student doing satisfactory . work . receiving | House Joint Memorial No. 4, urg- | e e . | |ing Congress to transfer control of | one credit towards graduation at the | close of the semester. from the Department of Commerce DO(TOR AI Kuwo—(K RESIGNS TO RETURN however, Superintendent Phillips said, in the high school stu- ting further development for such a subject in the upper grades. Alaska History will be offered only to the Department of Agriculture; | House Joint Memorial No. 5, urging | Congress and Department of Agri- culture - to .appropriate monies for | wild life study by Alaska Game Com- | mission; House Joint Memorial No. 7, | | urging Department of Agriculture to draft plans for utilization of Alaskan| Dr. Samuel Breslow, stationed at| pulp; House Joint Memorial No. 9, |Klawock for the past year, has re- | ‘urging Federal Government to or- ¢ 1d returned to New York, ganize a system of fire protection in | ncunced today by the Office Alaska for brush, tundra and timber of Indian Affairs | ! areas; House Joint Memorial No. 9,| Dr. Alexander Levine from the | asking Department of Agriculture to, Government Hospital here has gone | give.intermediate road standards for | to Klawock to serve temporarily un- | . Forest Highways in Alaska; House |til return from the States of Dr.! | Jaint .Memorial No. 10, urging De- ‘Lv.sliv White, formerly at Unalaska, partment-of Agriculture to conduct | whi will take over the Klawock dut- a survey in Alaska of possibilities les. Dr. Wite has been doing special of minor wood -using industries. k at the Naval Hospital in San All of these memorials were intro- | Diego. duced by Representative Davis. B 3 sion aws of 1655, reatng o, neor-| CIVIL SUIT 1§ poration of - communities, villages | 'N JURV HA“DS and or settlements, outside the lim- | A civil suit brought by Connors its .of incorporated towns,. in 'the | ‘Territory of Alaska, into Public Util- | ity Districts;” was passed by the | Motor against Al Lundstrom for re- House-without dissent. jcovery of four hundred and some Primary. purpose of the measure | dollars allegedly due on a promissory was to permit Seldovia to gain Fed- note, went to a jury in Federal eral funds“for its hospital, author-|Judge George F. Alexander's court ized under the Legislature here with | this afternoon at 3:30. & $20,000 appropriation, and to take | = Small civil suits are slated to fol- care of districts in similar position. low thsi case beginning tomorrow, /House Bill"No, 7, in open hear- with one suit between Dr. J. W. ing on the question of wholesale Edmunds and the Territorial Board liuor, for which. the Territory would of Optometry, scheduled to draw the be: placed . in. business in Alaska, greatest interest in the courtroom proved a dud when no comment was | this week. forthcoming from the ‘gallety on| .In this case, Dr. Edmunds, sus- what had promised to be a “dyna- | pended from practice in the Terri- mite”, measure. s |tory by the Board of Optometry, +'With no comment on the bill, it will attempt reinstatement, charging kas. sent to the Ways and Means in the complaint that the Legisla- Committee for a thorough study as ture exceeded its rights in delegating to costs and revenues, to come back court powers to the board. for'amendments. | . Judge Alexander excused the reg- | ‘Rumor-has ‘it that the fireworks ular panel until Wednesday morn- on ‘far- reaching House Bill No. 7,|ing not Thursday morning, as was will ‘be ‘held in the Senate, With announced in the court room this Jobbyists - choosing 'to make their morning, and the special panel was battle there. {excused until February 20, | {ond the flight inbound were Mrs. ther this | the plane landed here at 3:15 o'- subject can be taught in the gradolclock this afternoon | ents are old enough to do research | BIRIHDAY BAll | work Cor themselves thus permit- { To "Ew Yo“ STA“?Lween the local and National agen- |start at once. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BU}ifiAu THE WEATHER + (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Foreoust for Junéau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Jan, Fair tonight and Tuesday, moderate to fresh east to north win Weather forecast for Souiheast Alas Fair tonight and Tue: day, moderate to fresh east to n h wind, except fresh to strong over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait, Frederick Sound, Stephens Passage, and east and northeast wind over channels having and east and west direction, and strong north wind over Lynn Canal. b ¥ forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh to strong north and northeast winds tonight and Tuesday from Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer and moderate east to north wind from Icy Point to Cape Hinchinbrook, except fresh over mouth of Copper River. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 3:30 p.m. yest'y 29.76 19 50 N 10 Cloudy 3:30 a.m. today 30.00 18 44 N 18 Cloudy Noon today 30.12 19 42 N 15 Clear RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowast 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Atka 42 30 32 Calm 55 Clear Anchorage 2 | -8 0 4 0 Barrow -10 | -18 -18 6 1] Nome 12 6 12 30 04 Bethel 28 4 18 32 03 Fairbanks -18 [ -36 -32 4 0 Dawson -40 -48 -46 4 0 St.. Paul 36 | 32 4 16 .06 Dutch Harbor 42 36 36 4 23 Kodiak 32 % 26 4 0 Cloudy Cordova 28 | 14 16 4 Clear Juneau 29 | 17 18 18 Cloudy Sitka . 28 { 20 - - - Ketchikan 42 32 32 8 Clear Prince Rupert 42 | 30 38 6 Cloudy ¥ Edmonton 8 | -2 -2 12 Snow Seattle 44 38 38 10 Cloudy* Portland 42 t 38 6 29 Cloudy San Francisco 52 48 8 4 82 Cloudy New . York 40 36 36 14 70 R: Washington 42 38 38 12 1.20 Rain WEATHER SYNOPSIS Two storm areas were charted on this morning’s weather map, one over the Bering Sea region and another in the vicinity of the Queen Charlotte Islands, the lowest reported pressure being 29.50 inches, a short distance west of Cape St. James. High barometric g pressure prevailed from Barrow and Fairbanks eastward the the Hudson Bay region, the crest being 30.60 inches at Mayo. A moder-a ately steep barometric pressure gradient existed this morning between the upper Yukon Valley and Dixon Entrance, attended by fresh to strong east to north winds over portions of Southeast Alaska and Dixon Entrance. Fair weather prevailed over the eastern and south- ern portions of Alaska, the Yukon Territory, and over the Aleutian Islands, while snow and blizzard conditions prevailed over the Kus- kokwim Valley and northward to the Norton Sound. Tt was colder last night over the Tanana Valley and Aleutian Islands and warmer over the Bering Sea coast from Bethel to Nomsg Juneau, Jan. 3 Sunri: 8:09 am.; sunset, 4:19 pm . i 65si 6t A H i B R i B HOLDEN MAKES | TENAKEE TRIP Alex Holden flew to Tenakee today | with William Markle Deputy United | States Marshal his only passenger. | According to reports here Markle | {was to bring Leo Sudona to Juneau | from Tenakee on an open non-crim- | inal charge held by the Marshal’s | office, In addition to Markle and Sudona Harry Douglas, Frank Wright Jr. and Harry Walsh Jr. from Hoonah. > IS SUCCESSFUL, Saturday evening’s Birthday Ball was a success from both a sacial | and a financial standpoint. A crowd of some 400 couples at- tended, and Harry Watson, Chair- man, reported today that. ticket sales had grossed more than - $500. After expenses have been met there will still be:some $400 to divide be- cies to combat infantile paralysis. TRUCKLOAD OF HAY NEON SIGN COLLIDE A truckload of- hay featured in a freak accident at 3:30 o'elock this afternoon. Joe Kendler, driving a Juneau dairies truck loaded. high with! baled cow fodder swept a neon| sign from beneath the marquee at Sabin’s Men’s Store, 250 Front Street and tossed it into the plate | glass display windows. Two sec-| tions of the glass were entirely splintered and one additional sec- tion badly shattered. ! The accident oceurred when Ken- | dler, attempting to park parallel to. the curb;- hit the sign,’ which was suspended from the marquec, j with the piled hay. The damage to the window is es- timated at ~$100. SELDOVIA HOSPITAL BILL SIGNED; ALSO ONE OTHER MEASURE D Two bills were signed today by Gov. Johu W. Tioy and teok their places among the 1939 session laws. The measures are Senate bill No. 5, returning overpaid gold taxes to Grace Lowe of Livengood, and Senate bill No. 9, appropriating $20,000 for construction of a hos- pital at Seldovia. 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