The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1939, Page 8

C10 LOCALS ACCEPT NEW PEACEPLAN Mayor Lucas and Attorney Winn Informed of Action Today Meeting with Mayor Harry I. Lu- cas and City Attorney Grover C Winn this afternoon in Union Hall the CIO Allied Trades Carpenters and the CIO International Laborers Union, Juneau locals, advised that their respective unions had agreed to the proposal of George Lane, Mar- itime Federation of the Pac rep- resentative, for a merger of carpen- «ters’ and laborers’ unions in Juneau L. F. Morris and E. O. Fields rep- resented the Allied Trades, local 943, and George Ford and Sandy Wiis0n e nwed the Internation- al Laborers’ Union, local 882 *They informed the mayor and city attorney that their unions had voted to accept the proposal under which the respective CIO charters would be turned in with the reservation that CIO union members would be taken into the AFL unions The proposal suggested that the AF of L Carpenters and Joiners lo- eal No, 2247 agree to accepl uncon- ditionally as members in good stand- ing, all workers who were members of the AF of L Carpenters and Joiners Union local 1944 at the time of thet union’s disbandment With respect to the laborers, it was suggested that the local 1395 of the Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers, AFL, accept all members of the CIO 882 group The two committees which met with Mayor Lucas and City Attorney Grover Winn today with CIO accep- ments as suggested in Lane’s pro- posal said they were empowered by (h union vote to negotiate for settle- ments as suggested in Lan's propc Action of the AFL unions is e pected by Monday night - SXAGWAY AND JUNEAU PLAY BALL TONIGHT Doubleheader fo Be Play- ed Tomorrow al Fire- men’s Park 30 o'clock this afternoon, will play Juneau on the emen's Park ball diamond in the fir<t of a series of two games. The Skagway ball team flew over Juneau at 2:35 o'clock this after- noon in the big White Pass Airways Curtiss-Condor, and are to remain here until Sunday evening. Starting lineups for the game to- night are not known, but Bud Foster, Elks’' third sacker, says a lot of new talent will be given a workout. Tomorrow afternoon, the Skag- way-Juneau game will start at 3 c'clock in the afternoon for the first game of the doubleheader to be capped by a contest between the Moose and Douglas. SMALL ROOF FIRE = | AT JENSEN HOME IN SEATTER TRACT A small roof fire at the Gudmund Jensen heme sent Juneau firemen | to answer the 5-1 call to Seatter Tract at 2:40 o'clock this afternoon Caused by chimney heat, the fire was quickly extinguished. | S e - in the Dome Church, Tallin, Estonia, are enclosed with windows which apparently were | opened or shut according to whether | the sermon was interesting or dull. | Empire Want Ads Bring Results. | Family pews ALASKA FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assn. of Junea TELEPHON IT'S NOT BABY TALK when aduits begin on “Patty- cake,” for that’s the name of a new dance being demonsirated by Mary “Punkin” Parker and Joseph Rines, N. Y. orchestra leader eredited witk having introduced the Lambeth Walk. RICHARDSON 13 HALIBUTERS HIGHWAY T0 SELL, SEATTLE OPEN MONDAY 2 — Halibuters SEATTLE, Jur selling here today are as follows: | SEae 5 From the western banks—Yaku- . tat 40000 pounds, Mitkof 40,000 FU“ Leng'h Valdel fo Falf rounds both selling at 7 cents a i \ pound straight; Resolute 40,000 banks Mready Gpen pounds, 7% and 7% cents. From the local banks — Hoover to Chitina son Highway will be Ethel S 17.000 pounds, all at The Richi J ¢ and 6% cents; Yaquina 16,000 open Monday from Valdez toFair-\ ., 4 manna 10,000 pounds, Arzo banks, Chief Engineer Ike P. Tay- ? ounds, all 7 cents straight; Jor of the Alaska Road Commission 12000 Pounds, all 7 cents straight | 44 : ¢ r " | Pioneer IIT 10,000 pounds, Antler| B s e e o |15.000°" DofIAdEPatt™ T 16,000 e Wentward, . repectioR WP 0 lpounds; ‘all “for 7% &nd 7' cents; il e Highway-Edger. Chancellor 15000 pounds, 7% and | ,. 1 cents ton Cutoff route to Chitina is al- ready open. AR S CONSTRUCTION IS > {SOVIET WARSHIPS ~ GAIN ATTENTION STARTEDONNEW ' “"oF y, 5. customs | courtesies and facilities to four So- Al Dishaw, contarctor, has com-i\'u’t warships which will visit Dutch menced construction on the new | Harbor this month was received residence being built for Carson|by the Collector of Customs today Lawrence on Behrends Avenue, in!from Washington. the Waynor Tract. The Russian minesweepers will The house; of five rooms, has been |touch at Dutch Harbor in the course | designed in the modern: style bylof a lengthy veoyage from Lenin- the H. B. Foss Company, local grad to Vladivostok. architects. — e x. e otz 2 The Book ALASKA, Revised and Try an Empire ad { Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. Your Pleasure Spot! TONIGHT the Gold Room! CABARET DANCE Playtime — in the Gold Room is a new thrill for Juneau pleasure seekers —Dance and be Gay as you Sup in Bright Sur- roundings. Cover Charge Per Couple— $2.00 5 \Baran\o, 118,000 pounds, Freya 18,000 pounds, | BIG LOCKHEED FLIES SOUTH Juneauites saw a millionaire’s private airplane last night when the 14-passenger Lockheed belonging to L. Iversen, Pittsburgh steel magnate who arrived here on the yacht West- ward yesterday. landed at PAA Air- port. The ship, with two pilots and one mechanic, flew up from Vancouver, B. C., via Prince George and White- | horse, and made the trip in 5% hours. * While here, Mr. and M Iversen and J. Roemer, another steel mogul, flew out over Mount Fairweather yesterday eevning on a sightseeing | flight. Thy left this morning for Pittsburgh, planning to stop at Prince George and then at Edmon- ton for the night. Chief pilot for the sister ship to that of world-encircling craft used by Howard Hughes, is A. Litzen- berger, TWA pilot who has been “borrowed” by Iversen at a salary of $10,000 a year—and expenses. But this morning, at the Baranof Hotel, where Litzenberger, his co- pilot, J. S. Somsen. and Mechanic D. K. Trousdell, spent the night remarked on the North’s flying con- ditions. “When I came over that ice cap from Whitehorse,” he smiled rue- fully, “I began to wish I was back in New York. I never realized what these boys who fly up here put up with.” e HEROIC MAN DIES INSAVING OTHERS BALTIMORE, June 3.— Curtis Wilcox, 28, a “trouble shooter” fur the gas and electric company, we working on his pigeon coop when a broken power line fell on a wire fence. Fearing children playing in an adjacent yard might be shocked, ‘Wilcox, wearing bedroom slippers, grabbed the wire in his bare hands. “Aren't you afraid to touch it?” called his wife, Dorothy. Wilcox laughed: “Just bring me my rubber gloves.” ' Inadvertently, he stepped on a t. A shock of 23,000 voits ew him against the fence. He was dead before the children he sought to protect were aware of what had happened. - - The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. MARINE Sheet Metal Work Bou-t“ ]_‘c;nks MacLEAN METAL WORKS SOUTH SEWARD ST. Telephone 703 v FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 800 2 ALL NEW Floor Shows at11:45P. M. ‘ and at 1:15A. M. : DANCING 104ill 2A. M. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1939 NEW GROUP OF SUMMER HOME SITES OPENED Forest Service Announces 21 Tracts Available on Lena Cove Opening of a new group of sum- mer home sites, consisting of 27 tracts in what is to be known as the Lena Cove group, was announced today by Forest Service Administra- | tive Assistant Harry Sperling. The new sites have average beach frontage of 150 feet each, and are located on Lena Cove east of Point Lena along a new road completed last winter by a CCC construction crew. They are reached by turning off the Glacier Highway at the Lena Beach road 18 miles from Juneau. he road continues around Lena Point and Lena Cove, connecting with the Glagier Highway again half a mile farther on. $5 Per Year The new group, surveyed by Charles Forward, Administrative As- istant, is being opened to satisfy a heavy demand for summer home sites. They may be obtained at $5 per year rental, cannot go to patent and are swrrounded by no unreason- THE SALISBURY — Hotpoint’s style and value headliner for 1939. units . . . Thrift Cooker . Warming Compartment . . . Timer-Clock. THE PILGRIM — Smiart new streamiined styling, massive construction an array of labor-saving features io bring new wash-day freedom —insure clean, snow-white clothes. PRISCILLA IMPERIAL Electric ironer— Saves time and work—easy to operate. Built for years of dependable safety . Over- size, Directional-Heat Oven . . . Hi-Speed Select-A-Heat Calrod surface cooking . . Venetia-Lite gnhle restrictions imposed by me“ Forest Service, Sperling said | Fire come—first served will be the policy of the Service with regard to the new sites, applications to be received at the Forest Service offices in the Federal Building here. The Forest Service asks that neat- appearing cabins be built on the sites and expects applicants to begin construction within a month after | leasing as there are enough people | in search of cabin sites to insure building of all 27 this year, without | | having any go over until 1940, Sperl- | |ing said | HOWARD ASHLEY Oldiimerof Skagway Passes Away in Seattle || at Age of 71 SEATTLE, June 3.—Howard Ash-| ley, 77, oldtimer of the northland, mayor of Skagway from 1915 to 1925, died last night after a lingering ill- L n Ashley was for many years Master Mechanic of the White Pass and Yukon Route with his headquarters at Skagway and previous to going to Alaska, railroaded in Minnesota and Montana. The widow, two sons and a daugh- ter survive. Range Oven Ice Trays. DIES IN SOUTH BDELUXE NORMAN — A big 6-foot refrigerator with Hotpoint’s new 6-Way Cold Storage Com- Gy sy partment; the famous Vacuum Sealed Thrift-master; Stainless Steel Speed Freezer, and Pop- the steamer Yukon. During their stay in the south the two made their home at the Mayflower Hotel, spending most of their time in Seattle and Tacoma. A trip to Eastern Washington and the Grand Coulee Dam were also enjoyed. Mrs. Sully, Solery Refurning on Yukon Returning home after a five weeks’ vacation trip to the States, Mrs. | oo Henry Sully and Mrs. Verne Soley sailed this morning for Juneau on | The Book ALASKA, Revised and ! Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. ~ at the Elks’ PUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT Only a Dollar Admission Come in and see the gleaming new Hotpoint Electric Ranges . . . Beauti- ful new Refrigerators...Washers .. . Ironers . .. Dishwashers . . . Electric Water Heaters. Modern styling, new features, new plus values. 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