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

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Third and Franklin Streets PHONE 34 i ad ;.m..;x;@.fi - INSURANCE WINS | Senate Passes s Association| Measure After Adding Rivers Amendment | | After adopting an amendment {urged by local insurance men, the |Senate on Saturday afternoon | passed Senator Henry Roden's Sen- ate Bill No. 54, which licenses in- | surance associations to do business | the Territory. | The association which is expect- ed to enter the Alaska field if the bill becomes law, is Lloyds of Lon- don. A | The amendment, offered by Sena- | tor Victor C. Rivers, provides that | such associations ean write fire and | automobile insurance only,in cases where such:insurance cannot: be ob-~: | tained in admitted companies. Vote Reconsidered After the amendment. was rejmt.« ed early in the afternoon, long de-| bate over another Rivers amend- ment which would close such firms |as Lloyds out of the Territory al- together, resulted in Sepator Roden giving notice of a move to recon- |sider his vote on the earlier amend- ment. After.a recess the rules were. suspended and the original Rivers |amendment . adopted; by a vote of. !bix to two.. By the, same vote the | bill. was passed, with Senators 0. D: Cochran and Joe .Hofman opposing: The 'measure pravides.that: insur. ance association imust pay.a.tax of |two percent on all business done in the Territory, each year and in ad- dition must file an annual. state- ment of business for which the In- surance , Commissionen, will., collect an additional one-half of one per- cent fee. Railroad Retirement With Senator. Riyers holding, out as a minority of one, the Senate passed Roden’s Senate Bill No. 57, which amends the unemployment compensation law to bring it into line with a new..Federal statute transferring duties: of the compen- !sation commission a$ they relate t6 railroad employees to the Railroad Retirement Board. The amendment was requested by the Social Secur- ity Board. Passed . unanimously but sched- uled for further consideration be- cause Senator LeRoy Sullivan gave notice of a move to reconsider his vote was Senator Rivers' Senate Bill No. 95, which added the phrase “as required by the laws of the United States” to the Territorial statute | dealing with labor required ‘on pla- cer mining claims. The require- ment that $100 worth of labor per year be expended on each 20 acres of claims until they are patented would not be changed by the bill. Werkmen's Compensation { Senator Hofman cast the single nay vote as the Senate passed Sen- ator C. H. LaBoyteux’s Senate Bill INo. 96, amending workmen's com- |pensation laws to allow a partially disabled workman to elect whether in the event of further disability ‘he will accept benefits for totai dis- | ability or for the additional partial disability. | House Bill No. 15, by Represen- imnvc Leo Rogge, providing that | properties to which no claim of mvmersmp has been made in seven ears may be escheaoed to the Ter- itory, was the sole_measure Sat- urday afternoon which was not'ad- |vanced under suspension of the |rules to final passage after it | passed second reading. The bill was |ordered engrossed and will come before the Senate for third read- | ng this, pyeek, il gone ¥ | RADIO INTERFERENCE .| MEASURE GETS OKEH GENERAL ELECTRIC ® G-E ACTIVATOR gives Long Life to clothes. e PERMADRIVE MECHANISM gives Long Life fo washer. ® RUBBER-MOUNTED G-E MOTOR is quiet, efficient. ® PORCELAIN-ENAMEL TUB is handsome, easy to clean.' ® ONE-CONTROL WRINGER . . . stops and reverses rolls, applies and releases pressufe, automatically filts drainboard. © PERMANENT LUBRICATION. ® QUIET WASHING OPERATION. ® GUARANTEED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC. Quick-emptying pump af slight exira cost. S?S(m @ $7'0 now“ BUDGET l'.\\';\lENTS Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. JUNEAU m- Hovr of (hm Hondey oo atostif washers—they're General Beforc you buy,seet DOUGLAS 9,30 P.M. 107, NEC Red Notwirk \SKA——— Electrics strong=aturdy ond good-looking...you'll tike then IN HOUSE SATURDAY Up in the Kotzebue. country, over | on the banks of the Chicken, north where the Matanuska colonists grub and harrow, and south where Ket- chikan greets the incomer first, radio will not squawk.. Representative Dowd pushed his afterngon, (no cppualuop) and sent to the Senate a measure which mak- s cperation of mechanical .equip~ ment that creates unre&lpnable sta- tic for radios a ml.sdemegnpr‘ If the noise on your tht plant, or oil burner;:or something; is “reasons ably preventive,” and you don’t vent it, you can be fined $10 to. 5. Next Eime you get fined ‘a midimuth of $25. Representative . Dowd said.. the measure merely provides tor this muhnicipality-granted péwer to un- incorporated towns, where radio op- erators and listeners have no re- course when the neighbor's M | plant blots out the fm?’orlfie prégrhm | ATTENTION Q.ES: . ! Regular meeting Juneau Chapter {No. 7, Tuesday, 8 p.n. Initiation | Program by Past Matrons and Past Patrons. Refreshments: LILLIAN G. WATSON, - Seerétary. M - | adv. ATTENTION MASONS There will be a Stated Communi- cation of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147 Monday evening; work in the F. C degree. By order of the W. M., [ J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. adv, House bill. 98, to victery Saturday I IGeflfi}g geafi,y for R filly - T0 CALM ROOSEVELT HOUSEEEPER +v. By SIGRID ARNE »AP. Feature: Service Writer WASHINGTON=The, little lady wha.is te.decide what the King and Queen of England: will eat when they visib:the White House got her start years ago with whole wheat bread. She is Mrs. Henrietta Nesbit, a | small, quick-moving person with fluffy gray hair, blue eyes, soft voice, and a perfect Smoothing-of-trou- | bled-waters way of laughing - when | things go wrong—Ilike dmnppeamnr(" of the chocolate roll for lunch and | the Presideiit and his guests wan.- ing. She was born in Duluth, but fox years she has been a Hyde Park-er.| She met Mrs. Roosevelt when. they were both working in the League of Women Voters before the Presi- | dent-became Governor of New .York. | She had a knack for making whole 'wheat bread — and“friends | liked it so well and received so many loaves as neighborly gifts that they Began to insist on paying for it.- Mrs. ‘Roosevelt heard about the hread .and ordered some for Hyde Park, From that start Mrs. Nesbit branched ‘out to making cakes and cookies and to cafering. J On To White House Then, when the Roosevelts moved tofiAlbany, Mrs. Nesbit went along run the Governor's mansion From there she came to the White Honse; where she. looks after.meals, repairs, curtains, waiters and maids. She. says the only business training she ever had was on a bookkeeping job ‘4nd #&s manager of & womian's edchange in Springfield, Mass. But her job now is equivalent to Managing a good-sized store. Her desk in her sunny White House of-| fice is covered with charts. She has a secretary, but there is so much business involved running smoothly that Mrs. Nesbit: gets to her desk at 8 and never leayes before 6 a'clock. On reception nights it is midnight before she slips on an evening dress | and joins the guests to see there are no hitches. §he had a_ pretty slate- blue satin for the diplomatic recep- tion. This is how Mrs. Nesbit schedules meals: She makes a big card chart for the week. with-a block of space for each meal. On it she notes how many will be eating and the hour Then she keeps a loose-leaf note- book that ties into the chart. There is a page for each meal with the date, the menu, she must order. Hundred Things To Watch ‘Then it is a matter of seeing that the ten turkeys get there fresh and on time for the Wednesday dinner and that the 12 packages of bread- sticks for the Saturday lunch, the six bunches of celery, the crafes of grapefruit for breakfasts, and the hundred and one other things ar- rive én schediile. So there is 1o time to go rushing dround to the kitchen to ice a cake. She Has a staff for that. She just lopks at the meals before they start upstairs- on theé dumb-waiter. Here is a sample menu. It was served the diplomats this year when | there were 94 to dinner: Calf’s Head Soup and Bread-Sticks Curled Celery Assorted Olives Filet of Fish with Green Sauce Sliced, Cucumbers Roast Turkey with Chestnut Dressing Cranberry Jelly Peas . Buttered Carrots Sweet Potatoes and Apple Slices Grapefruit and Orange Salad Cheese Crescents Salted Almonds and Macaroons Ice Cream and Cookies Coffee M.m Nesbit gets a little weary with people repeating that the President's favorite. dish is scrambled eggs, be- cause he has other favorites, too: lm' ins! ce, braised sweet breads rt wine sauce, roast wild duck, arunhtfl(es with - hollandaise sauce, and sweet yorn in season. She says Mrs. Roosevelt-is indifferent to food bat she is pleased when she gets chicken i roasted on scewers. and the ambunts MRS. H NEWS DOUGLAS HIGH PLAYS HAINES SCHOOL TONIGHT The second clash between Doug- las High School and the Haines school cagers is efuled for this evening at th tatorium. A doubleheader reserves starting at has been al nged Having lost the D.H.S. last hopes to get re ¢ expect to leave |trip home Wednesday - e e RECOVERING am was able to the first time result of an confined to the care of ame with night, Haines tonight. Thej their re morning o MRS. l(ll\h"\\l Mrs. Gler. I be out yesterday for in five week the illness which kept ¥ her home and un her physician - - SENATOR RIVERS IS TO TALK, DOUGLAS P.-TA. We \h\\ sday evening the Douglas acher Association will its March meeting with the Victor C. Rivers of Fair- as speaker on the program numbers arrar include vocal selections by Mrs. Douglas McBride and piano selections by Ernst Oberg Refreshments of hot ginger bread with whipped ¢ m and coffee will be served by the home eco- nomics class, for which a small charge will be made. - - COUNCIL MEETING as City Council will meet t for the regular second se: sion of the month. > - SCHOOL DANCE GIVEN The barn dance given here Sat- urday night under the sponsor- ship of the Douglas High Schoo: was pronounced a success by those who attended and proved quite beneficial as well for the Athletic Bread-! kamz led to her job ' Association treasury, the for which it was given. Carrying out the theme of the affair, cart- wheels and other parts of old wag- ons gave the Natatorium a barn- like appearance. Dancers were dressed in aprons and overal l»\ow prizes being awa vltlerl for best cos-| tumes, Lillian Hendvickson received | a bandana handerchief and le<' bert DeVault x a head cabbage. Music was furnished by Harr} Krane's orchestra of three pieces. | > e purpose receit ELTON JR. IS FOUR | | Elton Engstrom Jr was four ears old yesterday, which was the! ion of a birthday party Im-m,\ siven in his honor by his mother, ! with the following children invit- ed to help him celebrate the event inagreeable fashion: Pauline Bon- ner, Marilyn and Richard Isaacs, Eleanor Havdahl, Dale and Andrea Fleek, Gary Bach, Tommy Cashen, Bobby Johnson, Dean Royal John- on Johnny Jensen Laurreine Carlson, Bobby McCormick, Helen DuPree, Donald Niemi, Aleda Lee Warner, Louis Pusich, Eddie Coch- rane, Claude FErskine, Billy and Beth Fleek, Allan Engstrom. Balloons were favors and refresh- ments were a white birthday cake, trimmed in pink and green, cookies and ice cre Many nice young Elton. — e, — DPOG TOO FRIENDLY REGINA—Mrs. Frank Hulse’s dog was too friendly. He greeted her at the top of a flight of stairs, knocking his 61-year-old mistress down. She fell to the bottom and fractured both legs. — MEMORIAL PA House Joint Memorial 37, urging Congress to take favorable action on Delegate Anthony J. Dimond's measure to give Nome steel pile revetments for protection of its wat- erfront, was passed by the House Saturday afternoon without a dis- senting vote. gifts were received by Mbs, Nesbit says the visit of the King anld Qlieen of England is one 6t those bridges shg I.fi going to cross en she gew‘ fil ifi 558 m pu' 1605 in Gridss Case m uom cuhrt suit involving the - Blectrical “Research Products Corporation and W. D. Gross, Alaska tHeatre man, resident of Jineau, wenb-iito ts third day of heavy de- ! pait today and Court Reporter John Neiwman has takeh to the dictaphone to keep up with the case presenta- tion.. Attornéy R. E. Robertson of Ju- neéau, representing New York law- years who in turn represent the re- search compaiy, is presenting a thorough reconsideration of the two frevious trfals on the case in which Gross won @ judgement here that was_taken to Circuit Court of Ap- "I peals and sent back for retrial. Because of the ponderous presen- tation of evidéence, Court Reporter ‘| Newman ig Teading his morriing not- eh into a dictaphone, to be transcrib- ‘ed immediately after by an addition- al stenographer, Here is a dance frock of shocking-pink mousseline de soi splashed with big white circles. The dress, which has a halter bodice and flounce-bordered skirt, was displayed recently at a fashion show at the Ritz in New York, ‘u. s Dn'mnmr oF AGBICVLTUE!, \WEATHER : BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 27: Mostly cloudy with occasional showers tonight, Tuesday raifi, moder- ate westerly winds, becoming southerly. ik ik Weather forecast for Southeast Alaski: For the north e~ Mostly cloudy with occasional showers tonight, Tuesday rain, rate westerly winds, becoming southerly. For the south. potqm—m cloudy tonight, Tuesday showers, modérate westerly winds’ excapt over Dixon Entrance. Forecast of winds along the Coast of the ll of Aln# Fresh westerly winds from Dixon Entrance to Cape maney tonight and Tuesday; moderaté to fresh westerly winds; becomifig southerly Tues- day along the coast from Cape Qmnianey to Cape Hinchinbrook.. LocAL DATA sarometer Temp. fiufih’dx‘tiy@ilnd Velocity 3008 36 0 §E 7 3017 . 3% o6 8w 3028 . 34 04 s RADIO BEP()BTB ! Lowest 4 ah. 4 fl Precip, cemp. cemp vehefly 2 hrs, 34 -8 2 30 16 -2 30 38 30 34 34 Weather Lt. Rain 3 ELR.&S. Lt. Snow Time 3:30 p.m. yest'y 3:30 a.m. today Noon today .. 6 Max. tempt. last 24 hours 38 36 -8 30 32 28 12 .. 34 2 . 42 38 . 4am. Station ‘eathér Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul g Dutch Harbor ... Kodiak Cordova ... Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton . Seattle Portland San Frarcisco New York ‘Washington 28 6 26 18 22 Cloudy Cloudy Cléudy Cloudy Pt. Cldy - aBwBonnnlwaennass 44 WEATHER SYNOPSIS A trough of low barometric pressure extended this morning from the Bering Strait over western Alaska, the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, with a central pressure of 29.30 ,inches southwest of Una- laska. The barometer was also low over southwestern Canada. Air pressure was high over northern Canada and the rest of Alaska and south from the Gulf of Alaska over the Pacific Ocean to latitude .20 degrees N., with a center of 30.64 inches at latitude 42 degrees N., longitude 140 degrees west. Light to moderate precipitation fell over Alaska generally except over the extreme northern portion and over Kodiak Island, also along the coast from Prince Rupert to Oregon. Temperatures over the Territory showed little change during the last 24 hours, Juneau, Feb. 28.—Sunrise, 7:00 a.m.; sunset, 5:26 p.m. — Hollywood Sighs Afid Sm 8y Robbia Covms HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Feb. 27.—Big-time stuff: On the Warner ranch at Calabasas some 500 extras are on hand to help Paul Muni Juarez defy the raised guns of a firing squad as he marches alone down a block-long street into the low building held by Joseph Calleia as Uradi, usurper of Juarez’s power in Mexico. The set—specially built and including an old mission church— represents the town of Matamoras. Muni as Juarez—and with that make-up he isn’t Muni any longer—arrives at street’s end in a coach driven by Viadimir Sokoloff, steps down, and with most of the 500 supers at his heels, he marches solemnly on JUradi's headquarters. As the Uradi troops line up, level their guns, the crowd falls back but Juarez marches alone, never changing pace. The soldiers ignore their com- mander’s order to fire, lower their weapons as Juarez marches un- flinchingly through . . . Safely behind the camera, grim Muni Juarez relaxes into a grin. “That took courage,” he says. “Imagine my walking so bravely into those guns—knowing they weren't loaded.” It's like turning back the clock to go on the “Rose of Wash- ington Square” set and see Al Jolson singing nonchalantly in the aisles of a burlesque theatre set. The song he sings—or rather moves his lips to as the “playback” sings it for him—is “Pretty Baby.” The first take he plays it with typical Jolson cheer and personality stuff. The second he does with a worried ex- pression, which fits the part better but not Jolson. A little more than ten years ago Jolson was the only movie star in town doing any singing for the mike. His sound stage was ahigh spotinyourday... That's lunchedn time at PERCY'S. That big plate lunch served there daily for only forty cents is just the ticket to send you back to your work with a new zest. It's at——— PERCY’S - S e er e ) a sweatbox, housing more jitters than today’s swing craze has produced. When Jolson sang “Sonny Boy” nobody believed that sound would make much of a dent in the moviés, or that some day Jolson coild sing “Pretty Baby” on a sound shke where' | nobody worried much about sound. And neither Alice Faye Hor | Tyrone Power, then, would have dreamed that today they'd bé co-starred with Jolson. It's “Lucky Night” for Myrna Loy and Robert Tay'lon It's one of those pictures in which hero and heroine, after an \mpromptu meeting, start on a whirl of gambling fun duflhg which they can’t lose. The script says they get married then—which is when the { let-down and the humdrum begin. 3 Today theyre at the bingo table, winning hands down on an elaborate “playhouse” set where in the background a tine new car is about to be raffled off. They're puttxng their bingo winnlngs into a §2 ticket on the car in the next scene, and While the camera is shifting for it Myrna sits down and looks at some stills, Bob_repairs to his set dressing room where pretty soon I bust up his nap with the question: “Does he know he’s going t6 be married when this pxcv.uxe is done?” Bob roars up and says, “Yes,” with a sort of sigh, “and last month, and last week, and day-belorc-yesr.erday I was marrried, e But he won't give further. The picture he did with Barbara Stanwyck was called “This Is My Affair” and I thirik that is How he feel: nbo'ut 1t in four easy words i There is no subs‘t'ituté for Newspaper Advertising AT W | S @ o s