The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 28, 1939, Page 2

SHIELS FINDS TOKYO SALMON REAL PROBLEM Says British Women Now * Boycotting Japanese Canned Fish ! The competition of Japanese sal- mon with American and Britis! fish has resulted in political tur- miGil an British housewife Jap- hie to Ar anese boycott, according Bhicls, President of the Pacific American Fisheries. * Shiels, an avowed Alaskan, al- Phough his business interests keep him Outside most of the year, bne of the most well known au- thorities on Alaska, having delvec degply into Alaskan history anc Buthored two books on the Nort! to Making his annual trip Ju- fean for a few days visit, Shiels Yold an interesting story of new developments in world canned sal- fnon trade arising out of recent heayy purchases of Japanese sal- mon in London by English salmon proRers. + The big deal in question involved several hundred thousand cases of Nipponese fish, and when the news got out, Parliament held sessior over it Socialites asked “did the gov- ¢rnment have any pa in this thing,” and raised considerable fu- for_ until it was intimated that Fnglish cooperative stores (of the Socialist party rank) had absorbed most of the big purchase +; With nothing to do in ol an embargo, British housewives rallied, and accordinz to Shiels are now “waging a strict oh Japanese salmon.” i: Another phase of Japanese sal- mon competition now, Shiels said f{ the practice of the largest Nip- ponese packed in labeling his can: the way boycott *Can” to imply Canadian process- fng, much in the same order an- ethter company one time label their cans “USA" to indicate Amer- ica norigin ‘As for Pacific American Fish operations in Alaska this year, Bris- tol Bay was “a little disappointing Shiels said, but the rest of PAF's pack will be “about normal” he be- Beves. $+PAF is operating three canneries i Bristol Bay, two at Naknek and éhe at Nushagak, the latter plant canning much more than expected this year, but the Naknek Dpl gétting a “very thin” run («Other PAF cannreies are at Port Moller, King Cove, Shumagin and Alitak. siShiels, who is aceompanied by his ife, will remain at the Hotel Ju- peau for four or five days visiting .Hmuau and “getting reacquainted.” .o DEATH SHARED " MAN'S HOLIDAY " IMIAMI, Fla., July 28.-—Alexan- r Mulho, 63-year-old Turk, tray- eled 12,000 miles from Johannes- burg, South Africa, to make a surprise wisit to his brother, May- ¢, whom he had not seen for 36 years. WPolice located the address for Bim. But when he knocked on the dbor only his sister-in and t¥o nephews, none of he ries whom bpd ever seen before, answered. HMayer Mulho died a year ago " - Margery Whittaker | 1 B Enroute to Oregon i :'Miss Margery Whittaker, who i’\'as been visiting in the Gastineau Ohannel district with her sister, Mrs. Earl Wilson, nee Dorothy Whittaker, instructor in the Ju- au High School, sailed south to- flay on the Princess Alice. 1!Miss Whittaker came to Juneau fl)uul two months ago to attend ber sister’s wedding. She has becn uw guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of their home in Douglas, and is !tw enroute to her home in Pen- eton, Ore. '; iyt 1} Empire Want Ads Bring Results. i [ Solution of Yes Daily Crossword Puzzle ACROSS « dog MINERAL TAX CHALLENGED IN Tree with fra- grant wood terday's Puzzle [} Alove Chess pleces . Cudgel Brought into exact posi- NDDIV. COURT PLANT-CUTTING " BOAT IS TO BE tion JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 28 euge | Aftorney General RS iV ity il e o | 1 er” is going to Washington to pul NPTy River and Valdez e PR ) capital heard of the boat's success . Cut of meat Constitutionality of the Terri- in combatting dense growths in 28 h:l:::::ul torial gold tax is being contested |the meandering St. Johns River, l,:'r::irrluln‘l in District Court in the Secong want to see what it da. with - American In- 1| Division on the ground that the|thick formations of water chest- 5. 'lr';:.wé?:ek Iugulamre cannot exact a license nuts 2 ng E | fee. or mining tax from a property The hyacinth ‘“destroyer” was ents -é:fl‘h":rl"e" owner whose right or title has been developed in Florida by Frank B ohy.. bl - Gafea: fer- | |legally acquired from the Federal Wright of Clermont with the help = e Government. of Army engineers. Gin saws on 3 44. Wriggling Attorney General James S. Tru- | the front of the allow - draft 50 fe w0 e 4% Groek letter | |itt returned on the steamer Bar- boat cut through the ely mat- 52 iish in- 47, Half dozen {anof today from arguing on behalf ted plant masses. 8. Bleat | g b piriments' S5 g | of the Territory in this case and| Col. Lewis H. Watkins, U. S. dis- 10. Sew loosely _55. Merry rhythm | in suits at Nome and Valdez. trict engineer, described the Po- | The gold tax is challenged by tomac River navigation menace as | Cc. M. Hawkins, lessee of quartz | from Fairbanks. The Territor | sued for collection of excise and !license taxes for 1937 in the inmounc of $2,10470 and for 1938 {in the amount of $1,529.67. Briefs Ordered Judge Harry E. Pratt will read briefs on the case, Truitt being | given 30 days to prepare one set- Baplist ATLA Ga., July 28—When the umpi lls the last out the night of July 21 workmen will start hauling a pipe organ into place back of second base at the Atlanta Base- all Park Along with the organ they will wheel out a 40 by 80 foot speakers | stand, topped with a green and white | awning. Two grahd pianos will be| put up on the stand and a relay of | powerful loud speakers mounted | above the awning. | Shortly after noon, July 22, the | setting will be complete to open | what has been called the “world’s largest 1939 religious gathering.” | It will be the week-long Sixth/ Baptist World Congress, expected to draw 50,000 delegates representing more than 16,000,000 Baptists in 70| nations. The central sessions will| be held in the ball park because no| other available meeting place is big enough for the throng expected. At one side of the speakers plat- form an 18-by-36-foot first aid sta- tion is to be set up. Two ambulanc- | es, six nurses and at least ope doctor will be on hand. Dr. Louie D. Newton, general chairman of arrangements, ex- plained: “It will be reassuring to the tens | of thousands thronging the stadium to see before them at all times fa- cilities for expert care in the case of heat prostration or illness.” Speakers will face the park grand- stand and a crescent of 10,000 extra seats, down front, making places for 32,000 in all. Many of the representatives will be clad in their national costumes and Indians, Nigerians, Japanese, Chinese and Turks will rub elhows with Scots, Finps, Dutchmen and other Europeans. Ball Park Will Be Scene of World (ongrei: ting forth the Territory's case and Julien A. Hurley, Attorney for Hawkins, being given 20 days to prepare a brief, i Cases in both of the other north- ern Divisions were won by the Ter- | ritory, Truitt reported. That at | Nome was against Kougarok Con- | solidated Mines for mineral taxes and that at Valdez was against the | Alaska Red Salmon Packers, Inc., for pack tax. | Truitt reported bustling mining activity in both the Nome and ! | Fairbanks district and much pro- gress in municipal improvements at the Golden Heart City. ———————— |EVERETT NOWELL GOES 10 SEATILE Everett Nowell left on the steamer Baranof today on a short business trip to the States. He will join his family in Seattle, and will also visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- lis E. Nowell, in Edmons, near Se- ,attle. SILK MERCHANT 'syacy NorMAN FROM INDIA TO |~ SEATTLE-BOUND SEE “onl“lm Stacy W. Norman, Radio. Com- munications inspector for Alaska, left today on #he Baranof for a S. C. Chhoi, dark-eyed old silk merchant from Bombay, India, month’s vacation in the States. He will join his family which is already aboard the Yukon, probably takes at Seattle. the season's record for' the far-' (s AR < 2 Y \' away tourist in Alaska. | property at Dome Creek, 65 miles Chhoi, whose English is worse;Ko“off'Bo(Al(H than a newspaper typewriter, said | he was going to East Cape, Si-| (AS! |S “EARD beria, as a tourist and coming back again the same way through Ju-' Trial continued this afternoon in neau, to Seattle, to San Francisco, the case of Sam Konoff versus Mi- to Bombay. | chael 1. Bocatch for an accounting From, Fairbanks, after going down on a contract for labor. Bocatch is river from Dawson, Chhoi will fly | proprietor of the City Float Beer to Nome and across to East CaRe parior, where Konoff was an em- It's a queer setup and Chhoi can’t { ployee. tell much about it. LRSS, A MOVE 10 Riibase (PR MRS MAOKR mn " m"‘ Mr. 'and Mzrs. Steve Vukovich re- turned on the steamer North Coast : from a belated honeymoon trip Action on a habeas corpus mo-|spent in Sitka. tion by Mrs, Mildred Hermann on | behalf of Richard Trask, charged | with rape, was set over by District | Court Judge George F. Alexander | today until Tuesday. Trask is accused of | raping a | der. He is being held for the Grand | Jury. Assistant U. S. Attorney George W. Folta opposed the mo-| tion today of the prisoner’s attor- | ney Atlanta Baptists have been busy two yvears making plans for the meeting, - ~ | results. - e RETURNS HOME | Mrs. L. J. Palmer returned from | | the Westward this mornipg on the weeks, ! The well known couple have been in the. Historic City for the past week. o TO ANDREAOFSKY Venetia Mason of Mount Vers ! young white girl at Port Alexan-|non, Washington, arrived in Ju- j LUSCIOUS neau on the Yukon today and will sail tomorrow on the Mount Mc- Kinley, bound for Andreaofsky to visit friends. She is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. —pel BURBISS HERE H. M. Burriss, traveling man, arrived on the Yukon this morn- Try The Empire ciassifieds for Baranof after visiting for several | ing and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. ENEMY'S IN SIGHT_Charging at full gallop past the reviewing stand at Indiantown Gap, Pa., these New Jersey national rdsms ht be purs \ns—if the calendar gua en mig] pursuing Indians—i 1939. Military men from vania, and New Jersey, and were Gov. A. didn’t read ut, Pennsyl- Harey Moore of New Jersey, honored guesis at Uie cavaley review. a kind of lily pad which produces hard, round nuts similar to chest- nuts. The “destroyer” has only a five- foot cutting spread but Col. Wat- kins said that 10 new ones now being assembled will cut a path 12 feet wide. e 5 STATISTICS DEPT. — Not INDIANAPOLIS, July 28. that anyone ca , but it mated that there are 3,200.0 in the Indianapolis Speed KOTZEBUE AIRMAN KIN(EQUTHBOUND Maurice King, Chi guscn Airways Kotzehue, w: through on the Baranof today for a vacation and business trip to the States. Pilot of Fer- e — HALL ARRIVE, Car] Hall, Star Brand shoe rep- resentative, is a guest at the C tineau Hotel after coming in on the Yukon from Ketchikan this mornin; 10 BIG, COOL GLASSES ! IR ) i VA L N Y Tomorrow's Lunch Delicacy | | VEAL FRICASSEE with EGG DUMPLINGS . | | at the BARANOF s e B e et When Your Appetite Demands Better . Dinner— | | S THE ROYAL CAFE Is the Place to Eat! IROAST PORK 'LOIN For /DINNER TONIGHT TASTY MEAT DISHES PLEASE THE WHOLE FAMILY ROAST PORK LOIN Place fat side up, pen roasting-pan. (300-3500 F. roast done. This requires 30 to 35 pound. ALASKA MEAT CO. | FINE PRODUCTS THAT HAVE THEIR PEER ONLY IN OUR SERVICE! 39 .= 539 4 Two Phones ! Y TRIED, POTOMAC SAYS/PREACHER PANDORA WRECK Daughter Saves Fur Coat U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU | THE WEATHER (By the U. Weather Bureau) Forecast for' Junegu and Vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., July 8: Rain tonight and Saturday; moderate southerly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Saturday; mod- erate southerly winds, except fresh over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait, Frederick Sound, and Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: | Fresh to strong so! east winds tonight and Saturday from Dixon to Dry Bay and east and southeast winds from Dry Bay Hinchinbrook. IS ROT PUBLICITY, from Sea But Burns Hole in It Later ce to Cape LOCAL DATA | Time parometer Temb. Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather (Continued troui -Age Ore) | 3:30 pm. yesty .. 30.06 52 98 SSE 9 Lt. Rain F — ' 3:30 am. today .. 29.89 52 96 SE 6 Lt. Rain mevie camera, Noon today 2088 54 88 SE 14 Lt. Rain tunately, the RADIO REPORTS Aiarrack | TODAY 5. i 5 Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am. Pachay siknefunt o Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. 24hours Weather Vivienne, “Kellem's , 21541" Ahchorage 61 5 4 12 Clear daughter, who laughs parrow 39 » 33 0 Fog e PR Nome 64 52 02 Cloudy voman would be expected | Bothel po “ o8 i to do when the sinking Pandora| Fairbanks s e 01 Cloudy was abandoped in the small boat.| Dawson Pt i 54 pe Clondy She saved in addition to the blue| g¢ payl 46 46 06 Cloudy serge suit she was wearing, two pytch Harbor .. 54 | 49 21 Rain blankets, and her Persian caracul| Rodiak 57 o : s b { Cordova. ... 56 | 3 38 Cloudy ' her father went uptown| jJuneau . 54 [ 52 21 Rain to confer with a diesel engine rep-| Sjtka 57 | 4 tive here in connection with|, Ketchikan 3 i s s Sy alvage of the Pandora’s engine,| Prince Rupert .. 64 b 0 Cloudy daughter Vivienne went back| Edmonton 88 ! 58 o Gl aboard the boat fretting ut “a| Seattle & ‘ 63 63 0 S big hole ab ze of & grape-| Portland 9 I s a ° ki fruit, that 1ed in the coa San Francisco .. 64 55 55 T Rain at the bonfire on the beact | ‘ Dr. ' Keéllems, ' dedying .pu WEATHER SYNOPSIS stunting ‘enew. sald Ahat ir his pub-| The barometric pressure has fallen this morning throughout the liei R t| Gulf of Alaska and Southeast Alaska, and has risen over the Pa- Goc bi “| cific Coast States and the Bering Sea repion, the lowest reported with 2k pressure being 20.64 inches at Dutch Harbor. 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