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

a step AHEAD of SPRING! WILSON BROS. has sent us the finest assortment of spring and summer wear that we have ever featured: Sport Slfirts and Sweaters ina variety of styles and colors and prices: Wedglocke Ties — S1.25 Dress Shirts — $2.00 and $2.50 1|, Ketchikan canneries were ordered DA;LY_:~M<XM&E‘.H§0§56A¥§ : UNIONS ARE ONCONTRACTS {Attempts Being-Made fo ReachiAgreements; 1939 Season;i SAN FRANCISGQO,' Cal. March 30, | —The Union officials and officers of the Alaska Packers Assaciagion con- tinued , negotiatiops today,. aiming at a contract for 1939 and the sal- |mon fishing season which is to be- gin in the middle of May. Little progress is reported in. the parleys, however. | The local council of the, Magitime Federation announced that its co- ordinating committee, representing most of the unions involved in the negotiations, is meeting again to- day to discuss the situation. ! The Alaska Packers are being | picketed by unionists, who assert they are protesting against. unwar- ranted delay in completing negotia- tions. NO PICKETS, KETCHIKAN KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March 30. —No pickets. have.yet appeared at the various canneries here..The can- neries have qot been active since last, fall. picketed by order from Washington | District . Council of the Maritime NEGOTIATING Ty % FIRST YEAR in the eagues finds “Doc” Prothro, Phillies: manager, training. the boys at New Braunfels, Tex. Suicides as Police Draw Iceland Cracking, Is Hunch Scientists fo Test Theory that_Little Country Is | |Thea hgre e Srmlmicagn gl | SRligg TN L | luncheon or supper: Split bananas, | stuff them with small link sau-| REYKJAVIK, March 30.—Scien- sages. Bake twenty-five minutes in |tists are going to test a theory that a moderate oven. Iceand is splitting in two. { Pissures or cracks' stretch When buying mats and doilies ‘the 'northeast to the southwest uf} for the dining table remember that |the island, all lying in the same | those of ‘rectanguar shape provide|direction |a wider space for silver and glasses| Near these cracks, which n*m’hk than oval of round ones. Arrange|far down into the earth. is a row /the doilies about a fourth of an of large active volcanoes. In some linch from the edge of the table, districts large areas have sunk sev-| [ eral yards. | Here’s a bacon appetizer trick:| Scientists will make a survey by taking exaet measurements of the |On small crackers spread cheese |mixed with salad dressing, top distance between the mountain with bacon squares and bake or|peaks on either side of the “crack” bril until the bacon is. erisp and|zone, The measurements must be | broil until the bacon is crisp and|repeated in a few years to see if the peaks are farther apart. | Serve hot. If the mountains have shifted, 1t is said, there will be evidence of | the theory that America had been slipping away from Europe for mil- | lions of years, and that the Atlan-| tic had thus been formed between them, HINTSTO ~ HOUSEWIVES One of the best coverings for an ! | ironing beard is*'new unbleached | muslin, washed to remove the starch. Regular ironing board cov- :(‘rs are sold at moderate prices. |Don’t think just .any old covering |will do — efficient coverings. save much time and energy. like baked bananas? | Do you | from | | Give your table linens a light |coating of starch; just a little, re- member. Stains and .spots do not seem to penetrate surfaces with a |little finish so easily. This is es- | pecially suggested to use for mats |and dollies. Hot, mildly seasoned tomato DOG pRovES HE ——e,—— U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicini 30.—Showers and Friday winds. tonight Weather forecast for Southeasst 30 p.m., March and southwest beginning , at 3 moderate south Alaska: Showers tonight and Friday; moderate south and southwest winds except fresh over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Frederick Sound and Chatham Strait and fresh southerly over Lynn Canal. Forecast cf winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh south and southwest winds along the coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook tonight and Friday. LOCAL DATA Time 3:30 p.m. yest'y 3:30 a.m. toddy Noon today .., 44 40 43 30.04 29.68 2991 Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather Lt. Rain Lt. Rain Lt. Rain 87 92 90 s SE 9 9 12 RADIO REPORTS Max. tempt. last 24 hours 30 46 -4 Station Atka Anchorage Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cardova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York Washington 38 -14 -4 40 18 50 Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. temp. temp. velgcity 24 hrs. Weather TODAY 4a.m. 42 -14 -4 42 10 Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cldy Snow Clear Rain Rain Rain Rain Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Rain Rain WEATHER SYNOPSIS A widespread low barometric pressure area covered all Alaska the western Aleutian Islands, central and western Canada ex- cept the extreme southwest portio: and the Gulf of Alaska this morning, with the lowest reported pressure, 29.28 inches, at Fairbanks. Light to moderate precipitation has been general over the Territory except over the Seward Peninsula and along the Alaska. Railroad belt and has also fallen over the coast of British Columbia and lo- cally over northcentral Canad. Temperatures were somewhat warmer over lower Southeast Alaska and allong the Alaska Railroad this morning but coldet over other portions of the Territory. Fedgration of the Pacifie. at Seattle | except w{orce negotiations Wwith the var-| ous . unipns . involved . in.the salmon | Andustry. | | | B. M. BEHRENDS COMPANY, Inc. “Tuneau’s Leading Department Store” In D'ag"e";mcu carried in_ vacuum jars will i, L L IS PAL TO HIS § be most welcome at skating parties . ¢ |or any other . outdoor activities cefll Bames, ChefOkee, IS Don't forget to take some paper | drinking cups along, too. Ru"“ING MAIE Found Dead After Mur- | dGI’ BGMG, cordOIa iunder creamed foods with butter, |mixed - with grated or creamed CORDOVA, Alaska, March 30— |cheese and reheat it before serv- | Authorities searching for Cecil Barn- j ing. | es, Cherokee Indian, to serve a war- |rant on him in connection with the| A little chutney sauce added. to ! Generously spread toast used CLARENDON, Tex., March 30.— A Russian wolf hound, missing from ranch headquarters for a day, recently limped into camp at the Lewis ranch near here. Its front| foot was in a coyote trap, trailing Juneau, March 31.—Sunrise, 5:33 am.; sunset, 6:37 p.m. Defroit and Chicago Firm Proposes to: Promote: Alaska in Stafes Alaska was offered 'a. national | publicity service today by W. P. | Walsh of Walsh atid Cates, Detroit and Chicago public relations firm, Stating that the people of the Teacher’s flavour deserves good soda j¥ | Don’tlet this favoriteSeotchbespoil- inferior water! Enjoy Teacher’s | courage the use of Alasks progucts, to develop a greater tourist trade df ightful, distinetive, ’langy la.tle,; ERS land to conduct a program for de- When you say “Teacher’s-and-soda !velopment. of natural, resources —insist on good soda. through investment of Chicago, New \ / /_ York and Boston capital in the | Territory. Made since 1830 by W, Teacher & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow & sote u's. acents. Schieffelin & Co., NMEW YORK CITY - IMPORTERS SINCE 1754 sion of the Territory, Waish out- of Commerce meeting. He said his firm proposed to en- Wrong: Ideas The, growth of Alaska and use of jously for many years because people |Outside read and think the wrong said. Ketchikan merchants and busi- |ness. men already. have -arranged .to 'use the Walsh and. Cates publicity |organization, he. said, Payment is made by business houses at a l‘monlhly rate. States have am erroneous impres- | lined his, plan at today’s Chamber | {its resources has been retarded seri- | | things about the Territory, Walsh |, ;kilung of William Salo, found Barn- | French dressing makes a delight- 1 |es’ body on a Jonely trail near here.|fully different topping for fruit or | Barnes had apparently shot.him- vegetable salads self with a pistol, found beside his | | body, For unusual flavor blend add a Salo. was killed in a fight.in Cor-|little dry mustard, chopped onions | dova Saturday night. and minced butter to buttered green beans. i [FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SUNDAY FOR MRS. A: J. PALMER | Puneral services' for Mrs. A. J | Palmer,.pioneer Juneau woma w! §table linens, cover the stain with | | passed away Tuesday, will be ‘helti]salt 'as quickly as possible and Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the moisten it with cold water. After Northern Light Presbyterian Church. | thirty minutes, rinse in cold water The Rev. John A. Glasse will de-|and wash out in warm water and liver the eulogy and interment will|mild soapsuds. Do not let the salt be on the Evergreen Cemetery. The remain too long; it might damage remains are at present in the Charles the material. W. Carter Mortuary, 8 To remove chewing gum from | yugs, rub with any dry-cleaning fluid. Rub different ways on the rug and soon the gum will loosen | so that it can be picked off. The | cleaning fluid then removes the| gum stains. To remove red wine stains from | | After laundering blankets, raise the nap by brushing them gently | with a clean stiff whisk broom. | | PACKING FIRM QUALIFIES FOR BUSINESS HERE Naming R.. E. Baumgartner of |Shake the blankets well and they {will look like new, if they have {been laundered carefully. A good way to use up hard soapl scraps is to put them through the" coarse knife in food chopper and upse them as you would soap flakes When released the and, hopping on three cowboy dog’s mate was in another trap too Nervous | gets on 5 feet of chain on a steel drag.| animal whined legs, led a where the | TIME OUT ST. LOUIS, March 30. — When |the New York Celtics and the Philadelphia Sphas played a basket- |ball game here, both teams took {time out in the second half and had a 10-minute conference with | the promoter to determine whether |they would get their guarant Couples ppisonen pieans Advised CASET00 SOFTLY e | wABASH. Ind, March 30—Nine- LONDON, March 30.—If your wife'teen-year-old Morris Price thinks your nerves, give her a he was too subdued when he plead- month’s allowance and go to a hotel |ed his own case during his bur- | for a month. glary trial. He received a two-to- This advice is given to men par- | five-year sentence. i ishioners by the Rev. H. W. Elsey,| Now Price has filed petition for Vicar of Tokyngton Wembley, in|a new trial. his parish magazine. “I didn't talk loud enough for e S some of the jurors to hear,” he 1 a .mile away drag arge to - SAVES MAN $10° | | YOUNGSTOWN, O., March 30— NIGHT IN JAIL SOUTHAMPTON, Eng]and. Mar. e cmm A COMPLETE MARINE ENGINE OTHER AGENCIES: Atlas-Imperial Diesels Palmer Engines Johnson Outboards ang. other engines of ' quality CHAS: G. WARNER (0; Engineers and MacMnhFMuflx{‘ Hardware | —These engines have -proved | themselves in TROLLING and | SEINE boats for: | COMPACTNESS—QUIET ECONOMY—LACK OF VIBRATION-CLEANNESS AND POWER. JUNEAU ALASKA | Another visitor at today'’s Cham- ber luncheon was C. W. Jamieson, ,inember of the Alaska Committee {of the Tacoma Chamber of Com- | imerce. Jamieson is here as an agen21 Tfor Hanson and Rowland, Tacoma |insurance firm. — iKlLLS SNAKES ON THE SIDE | LUBBOCK, Tex.—Steve Payne, of | the United States biological survey, | reported hé killed 185 rattlesnakes recently inKent county. The snake killing was “incidental” to other field Jwork in which he was engaged. for undeniably better coffee . . . . ¢envine S EE E X corFEEMaRER eryday Lkitchen stiyle . . . no metal- lic sections to impair coffee taste..... CHOOSE GREATER COFFEE PLEASURE FOR YOUR PAMILY NOW — FROM THE WIDE SELECTION OF- GENUINE SILEX MAKERS AT . . . THOMAS HARDWARE €0. Seward as ‘Resident Agent, the Far North Packing and Shipping Com- pany, Inc., through filing of papers with Aud- itor Frank A. Boyle to transact business in the Territory of Alaska. Principal office .of the firm, in- corporated under Washington laws, is at Everett, Wash. The fishing ves- sel “Never Mind” and seven purse seines were listed, as part of the company’s’ $152,500 William, D. Suryan is President, F. A. Clanton, Secretary and Joe Sur- yan and John B. Stiles members of the Board of Directors of the Com- pany. More | 'MOSGOW, March 30.—Plans for the third section.of the Moscow. sub- ‘way, to consist of two new lines ag- |gregating about nine miles in length, haye been approved. The new lines re scheduled to be ready, for operas ion within two. years, - —_—————————— COM T0-BALLOT ly AUSTIN, Tex. March 30~Three ert’ were nominated at the. Texas ;American: .Eegion . convention - sergeant-at-arms. The secretary pre- pared tor call the roll and take a vote, a tedious task. “Why don't you match for it,” ‘someone shouted, . So.. Candidates Horace L. Howard, Joe J. Gram- mier and Frank Bell marched. to the platform, flipped coins and How- ard won. — - .~ DANGEROUS IMITATION . BALLARAT, Australia—Enthrall- Fd by. a performer in a store, nine- ear-old William Surridge swallowed a shilljing, a smm and a three- ce carrying in his mo) today was authorized capital smk_”lumbleweed {for general washing purposes. | 30.—8ir Thomas Lipton’s cup chal- A long-handled stiff brush, hung |lenger, Shamrock V, has been pur- near: the bathtub will facilitate |chased by an English women living |cleaning the tub after each using. |in Italy, and will be converted into And it saves a lot of back-bending. [an auxiliary motor yacht, e — — e Filipino That Cussed Populafion \Going Up MANILA, P. 1. March 30.—The population of the Philippine Islands is probably between 17,000,000 and 18,000,000, Ray Hurley, census advis- | er, has reported to commonwealth {Now: Blessed: | | AMARILLO; Tex., March 31. — | Nature knew what she was doing | when she scattered the despised tumbleweed across the western ‘A night in jail was worth $10 to) |Blair Claypool of Mt, Pleasant, | |Mich,, who appeared before Judge Harry C. Hoffman on a charge of | speeding. i | I wa going to fine you $10 and |costs,” said the judge, “but Tl suspend the fine, seeing you spent | the night in jail.” Personal Mention | | TULSA, . Okia., March 30. — | called on Washburn College in 8} Not balloons or bubbles but doves will be the medium of fair Rosit: Royce’s unusual dance which she plans to perform in the Crysta Palace of the New York world' 1air. The doves are not only ali but perform their part of .th dance like veterans, says Rositn | Twenty-eight personal fouls were - About 45,000 blind persons have 12:Year-0d | plains, agricultural experts admit. For decades farmers lamented and profaned the weed as an enemy of agriculture. Now it has become a big weapon in making over the dust bowl. 8. B. Detwiler, department of ag- | riculture scientist, says that the weed is a good soil builder; that in ithe worst months of the “big drought” of 193386 it provided food for starving livestock herds; that it is an rerosion resister in- windswept areas and that it will grow in the thinnest of soil under almost any conditions. nk fact the government experts now are planting tumbleweeds on certain lands where nothing else will livé, as an “anchor” against soil- blowing winds. Peat Fire. Peers Out HUNTINGTON, Ind.—After with- 'standing rain and snow nearly 12 years, an underground fire in a peat deposit. near here finally has ex- hausted its fuel,supply and gone out. ‘The fire gilled grass, bushes and' small ;trees over a patch more than 100 feet Jlong and 30 feet wide. In {winter, snow melted off the place even in . the coldest weather. Per- sons. living nearby say the muck soil. started burning .in. July, 1937, gm belief - live cigar or [z amay have set it on fire, officials. The population of Manila has doubled in the last 20 years, he said, and now stands at about 600,- haskse;ball] HE witht T"“::EO:‘:C?:": | been provided with radio sets and B K e e ex the gams | €IV Installations by, the. British spnals, Washburn enced tie ‘@it Yuwireless for ‘the Blind” fund. 000. 'with four players. At Fourth Round of Labor Peace Parle; Ofticers of the American Federation of Labor confer during fourth meeting with C. L. 0, York, in attempt to settle labor’s differences. Both sides were silent on all propo;nl.s n.‘nde:g:;;ei: er:: sure from Roosevelt. Left to right, Matthew Woll, Photo Engravers’ Union; T. A. Rickert, United Garment Workers; Daniel J, Tobin, Teamsters' Union, and Harry C. Bates, Bricklayers’ Union. - =LY B Y