The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1939, Page 2

NEW CHANGES IN SOCIAL SECURITY ARE SUMMARIZED Copies of Amended Act Received Here from Washington Copies of the amended Social Se- | curity laws, received today, | show the clianges which have beer made by Congress at the regent ses sion in the 1 unemployment liability for such nemployment taxes paid and almost every other as pect of the Socigl Security Act, ‘The changes may involve revamp- ing of employers’, records and in| eral instances will offer oppor- | t tles for refunds. Some of these amendments are retroactive to the beginning of 1939; others apply as of the enactment date; while oth- ers will apply only for calendar| years beginning after December 31 1839, | Briefly summarized the changes | are as follows | The old-age benefit fax remai at one percent to the end of 1942 instead of rising to,1': percent in 194c¢. { Alaska Law Must Change The unemployment, tax will be | paid on the first $3,000 paid to each employee, instead of on total wages | payable. - (This will not apply in Alaska until the Legislature amends the unemployment compen: ation | law) | Record-keeping requirements are| simplified, | | | to the | s | Credit provisjons for taxes paid to States are liberalized Refunds and credits will be grant- od to. diligent employers who were denied, credit because their 1936, 1937 and 1938 state contributions| were not paid prior to the due date for filing the Federal returns for| such years. Extensions up to 90 days are permitted for filing unemployment tax returns. ¢ { The nature and form of the re- ceipt for filing unemployment tax deductions are changed Refunds Te Employers Special refunds will be anted to employees equal to the tax paid on aggregate wages in excess of $3,000 where employees (including officers) work for several employers. (includ- ing parent and subsidiary compan- fes). Certain remuneration formerly held taxable is deemed non-tax- able. New_employer and employee lia- bility is created for employees who have attained age Banks and Federal building load assogiations will be liable. Shipping Companics Included American shipping companies will be liable. New exemption is created for in- curance agents, newsboys, student nurses and internes, foreign govern- ments and their and aliens, Exemption is extended for agricul- | labor, casual labor, domestic | service, family employment and em- | ployment by non-profit organiza- tions. Old-tge and survivor benefits | have been changed and become pay- able beginning January 1, 1940, in- stead of 1942, Old-age " and survivor insurance financing has been changed and 2 | | instrumentalities [ NEW YORK, Aug. 21 Closing quotation "of Alaska . Juneau mine stock today js 7, American Can 95 | in |attack of THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1939 | case D. af were | M HOURS ON spir The, steamer Alaska, southbound |is from Skagway, spent two hous|in on. a mudspit at the Tim Vogel cannery south of Haines last night according to passengers Tiving here today. The Alaska's stern touched bot- tom when it was attempting to pull away from the cannery dock about midnight. It remained against the dock until 2 o'clock this morn- ing when the_tide refloated the yessel. The bow was floating the while vtime al the | incident: .was not at'all alarming, passengers Now ‘on' Distribution (0f Milk, Chicago Area WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. — The the market sy: te hi: te: fre rose nearly & Chicago, the two cents a highest a5 ot pr e ) $4¥ 3 W ha E m Ri Ya es, that a referendum will be con- ducted by the Department withir | the next. few, days on. the question {of the. issuance of a Federal or {for the regulation of milk distribu tion in the Chicago ar | +. The Department said that abou | 151000 producers in Illinois, Indiana Michjesn and Wisconsin, will be eli- | g@hlegiv parli@pte i the referen- dum. FISHTRAP CASE INK Aboui 3 | BERLIN, Aug. 21—The ; TRADING Trial of Company and Two & | nounces that Germany and Russia will conclude a non-aggression pact One of Worst Days in Re-| Wednesday lectron i o B M (em We k EX r' i | day to conclude negotiations, €KS EXPErl- | A special jury has been called by | : ‘enno\mcvmem that the two nations ing at 10 o'clock tq, hear, the | Bave @ncllfded an fmiportant trade NEW YORK, Aug. 21 ocks|the Alaska Pacific Salmon Com- ranged down from fractions to three pany, A. J. Bebean and Antone markets in recent weel At noon | ing with a_trap at Funter Bay. about their lowest and| , The panel for the special jury The volume before noon was 540,-| Dewey Baker, Margaret Carter,| 000 and the total for the day was|Mrs. George Clithero, J, J. Cobnors All departments of DeLeo( Mrs, Herb .Redman), Ar- suffered thur Dennis, Mrs, James Dennis. fears of a worse crisis in Europe | Dyer,, Harold. B. Foss, Lucille Fox, and in the Fy ast Ragnar Kronquist, F. A. J. Gall- but during the morr selling con- | Joseph . Kaher, tinued at a steady pace with big lots| Dollie Krause, Milton Lagergren, Cotton closed off one to five points | kis, Mrs. Clarabelle Messerschmidt, / with October at 8.69 and July at 8.02.{ Mrs. Hector. MeLean. Mus, John four and May five points. Cotton | Reinke. Daniel Ross, in New York was 9.19 cents and In{ C. L. Skuse, Thomas Thompson, Vheat Charles Whittenhall, Mrs, J F. bushel at “’;W)"'h,i"( Stellas ;'Q‘Kg;;‘ Anna Zu- bof . PoesaiiE ‘Coffee reached $211 a ton for the . L3N first time sinee November . RIGHT OF WAY """ RENTAL ORDER Son of Late Multimillion- | aire DieS as Res ” Of | L. Ickes has issued, regulations m-“ tramroad and oil and gas pipe-line | DI[S D E l NE WYORK, Aug. 21—Clenden- | COmpanies. | u D " Y J. Ryan, 56, son of the late| In addition, rental of $5 per acre| o e s & s lands for| KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 21.—| lionaire railway magnate, was found | CUPancy and use of public 10, R Seskinan resiabt ot Batait ) dead in his Fifth Avenue home reservoirs, water plants, well sites,|J. . s 7 g . - | degly @t.3 o'clock this afternoon as luminating _gas ppisoning Hons or othengiegiumgsio oW+l Y i he heart i) 4 b \uidpm.m‘fm-,ui was Dection with . the operation and | thé result’of an attack of the hear The schedule of fees is similar to| place and several gas jets were s c { wide open when the body was dis- | that NOW in effect for the use of Ttk Vi SMALL POWERS S R%8 [] . 'Something | - SUMMOND FOR Watch S Official News Agency DNB an-| 1 i The agency also sa. von Rib- | i, Wy hos geeryioaled The decision closely followed the | istrict Court for Wednesday | enced on Exchange | Ui of the United Stales versus|agreement. points today after one of the worst| Thomsen over alleged illegal fish- LASKA n picking up fractionally. | includes the following: around 900,000 shares Jr., Mrs. L, Delebecque, Gretchen Brokers blamed the selling on| William Donaldson, Margaret L.| There was no panic at any time|was,. Emma, Gray, L. A. Hudson, changing hands Mrs. Dolly Larsson, Christ Marki- December was down one, March Newman, E. E. Ninnis, Mrs. Luciiee New Orleans 889 cents Mrs. H J. Tugner, A. M. Uggen, six weeks. g | 3 e |ICKES | N (I J T Secretary of the Interior Harold a e Ty |ing a rental charge of $5 per mile| INEETEERL) AR 1 for, rights of way over .the pubm-u R K"a GaS POISOHINQ | domain held by telephone, telegraph, | Jn K Thomas Fortune Ryan, multimil- | Per year will be charged for the oc- R . ing sta- | kan for the past 55 years, died sud- early this morning, a victim of il- |#nd the like, and for pumping sta : inside a gas heater in the fire- MPéntenance of oil or gas pipe lines. BE[GIUM ASKS capgrod” by thetet rights of way over the public domain | ¥ ! BRUSSELS, B the heart and appar- | P3PS 3 i into the fire- Affopt Existing Rights ] Under the. regulations, the rental | charges would be made applicable to all existing rights of way and to all rights of way which may here-| after be permitted or granted un-! der pending or future application but in no case shall any such| Ei : 1 |charges be retroactive, 5o as to re- | invited the ministers of six 1 quire payment for use prior to the Powers, to rush to this capitol by issuance of the regulations. | plEplage to join Belgium in a peace Preliminary plans contemplate | Plea to larger nations of the Old that the initial annual rental charge| World. The conference probal shall be paid to Registers of ‘he".\xil take place on Wednesday but District Land Offices at the time |preliminary disc E : of submission of future applications | pected to be he EXpOrfa'lOfl of Arms for use of the public land, .In the| The nations & case of existing rights: of way, the| Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, from U. S charges shall be effective upon the | Norway, Denmark, Finiand, and all| it date fixed in the notice to the per-lhave accepted. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. — The Mittee or grantee to be issued by the | e inj enty Ryan w Two Japanese Under Arrest Are Charge?\_viih Illegal ! | | ] be 31 he SPENDS SEVERAL |5 firs wh Several fo AIRWAYS HEAD IS IN ALASKA ON INSPECTION TRIP Washington Official Gel- Juneau Boysflléad Officers ting First-Hand Know- ledge of Conditions T. B. Bourne the nautics airways Aut flew noon h ey ter an, Accompg H r. Bourne. This is the Washington official's | Martin Alaska e him first-hand trip t designed formation o stem of 1. He expe hen he s findings. Officials of the Civil Aeronautics | Commission in Juneau said today | bo that Mr. Bourne has no ule on his flight, but that he e: pected to leave here . probably there to Anchorage. noon for m The ovide airwa; aids before ace unications 1by akutat, Mr. will chief division, hority into today piloted banying radio engi J. Or to,s involved in the irways Interior and in ti cts to Sii vs to at Jur f1 hir ) a throughout Southeast se be m. between and party last: Friday, Relgi ‘up;there by. bad’ weath engi Ci Wasl 1ean the om of th a fr] cer of Acro hington. shortly NC-5 tehi iend trip which condition iblishment of a in th to t ate t whi Alaskan provided, chanpels of radio b wi Kt arri bu the he Ter ritory until the first of September, | bucket return tion’s capitol to make a report on|Bay he n; set sched- | happened his af- going ch wil viati 11 em- com. and Fairbanks and Whitehorse, | and down to Anchorage, Cordova, Juneau p Bourne's | Department of Agriculture announc- | Kefchikan hikan. ved in wer: ALL AIRLINES ‘ SUMMONED T0 CAA HEARINGS Anchorage « Meeting for| | Operators in Passenger | or Express Work chorage gton are to take Burne held to work at c arings. at Try res The sults. | ey Braised Short Rik of B ———your, Tuesday Lunch in expr ess_for operat Inspector, ex; coming b to. today rom the Ci notified Wash- Terri- part in the hearing of id - a Anch ut a tend conference - e Empire on schedule car- will August for the classifieds for —a H nd Brown Potatoes | | Treasury the arrest of two Japanese residents of Los Angeles for attempted ex- | portation of pistols and ammuni- Department announces | Commissioner of the General Land | “The Book ALASKA, Revised and| [ at the BARANOF Office |Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. 4 e Gt Thereafter, payment would be due | P o B -~ on the first of February,.following | American Power and Light 4%, Ana- | tions (o a Japanese naval attache | the close of each calendar year of conda 23%, Bethlehem Steel 54 Conimonwealth and, Southern 1! Curtiss Wright. 4%, General Motors 42%, International Harvi r 50 Kennecott 32%, New York Cen 12%, States al Northern Pacific 7% Steel 44%, Pound $4.68. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Do Jones averages: Mdastrials 132 rails 23.3 utilities 24.45. - DEDICATION. SERVICES FOR MEMORIAL CHURCH HELD HERE YESTERDAY 90 persons w, Approximately present at the Dedicator for the Memorial. Pres Church on Willoughby which were held last nighy o'clock with the Rey Sitka giving the were vice enue M at of dedicatory ser ial were choir. Following by the rendered the b; dedica- Rev. David r the church allowed to inspeat i the visitors, were, new structure R LEGION TO ELECT DELEGATES TONIGHT Seven delegates and sever nates to the American Leg De partment Convention in Fairbank September 7 to 9, will be elected at tonight’s meeting of Alford Jc Bradford Post. The Post me 8 o'clock at the Dugout e Empire Want Ads Bring Results, J. L. Webster | at Shanghai. | The men have been identified | as Kitano Asano and Kane Hirao. Both Japanese held and charged with illegal exportation of Staseés neutsalitys law, D | (CAPT. HUBER RETURNS FROM PUERTO RIC iUniversiry of Alaska In- | structor Attended Officer Meet R. Huix Alask ! ¥ G | capt back in Uncle Puerto Terri- Reserve ntion ficers Puerto tended Asso- iation cc aska de | | | | i | | J SCREEN STARS WED SUNDAY MONTEREY wo well een C Au ure 21 know Joan F actre 1ine the actres: of the | Falrbauks | being made for the submission of @ trip to formal notice to holders of these, Rico " PASSES AWAY HERE the and ‘| Beck and Violet I, Turnmire, both - ohoi flg o 2 ¥ QEespoy the period. during which the right of way was authorized, ‘ May Revoke Rights Failure to pay. the rental charges | within 60 days from the first of Feb- United | munitiops iry viojation of the United | ¥4Ary would subject the right of way | permit to revocation, ar the ln.mll grant to cancellation by voluntary re | linquishment or forfeiture progeed- ings. | |- After such default has occurred, no structures, buildings or other| equipment may be removed from the ' right of way except upon written | ermission first obtained from the | Seeretary of the Interiqr. 3ob d The regulations provide that, th 1 | schedule of rental charges may be | revised by the Secretary of the In-| terior at any time not less than five years after the approval of the per- | mit or grant. | With detailed administration of | the regulations centered in the Gen- eral Land Office, arrangements are “WE PAY THE FREIGHT No aerial-—No wired connection+No ground—Here is a radio that is truly outstanding with a built-in Beam-a- Scope-—Permanent magnet dynamic Speaker—Airplaine type Dial--Long line Baiteries — Superhetrodyne Smartly styled in weather - proof airplane luggage fabric, with leather carrying handle. SEE IT TODAY AT THE rights of way permits and grants, irt ‘which' subsequenit’ stéps for pro- cedure will be outlined. MRS, PETE PELTON 3 BRI Mrs. Pete Pelton, 84, long time citizen of Alaska, passed away last evening in St. Ann’s Hospital after |a lingering illness which has kept her in the hospital for some time, | | Mrs. Pelton is survived' by ,a granddaughter, Mrs. Roy Murphy. of Juneau, and is believed to have | relatives in Tepakee and Skagway. - A mgrriage license was issued this lafternoon by U. S. Commissioner M. E. Monagle to Harry Frederick ght & Power ~Conipany- { DOUGLAS lm Juneau, . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER Forecast for Juneau and vicin Rain tonight and Tuesday: moder Forecast for Southeast Alaska: erate southerly winds, tion of Lynn Canal, ccast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: ! ate o fresh southerly winds tonight and Tuesday from Dixon | ice to Cape Ommaney and fresh southerly winds from Cape ‘ y 'YOUTHFUL PARR ] ADMITS OTHER HOUSES LGOTED beginning at 3:30 p.m., Aug. 21: ite southerly winds. Rain tonight and Tuesday; mod- except moderate to fresh over northern por- [ to Glacier Highway ! Rohbery Scene ‘ v Ommaney to Cape Hinchinbrook, that they robhed way hemes od sral in! An broken admission into and other Glacier Hi additic to the in Saturday’s E two boys, 12 LOCAL DATA Barometer Temn. Humidity wing Velocity 30.38 60 68 Calm 0 30.30 51 97 ESE 5 5 3017 54 89 ESE 8 Time 3:30 pm. yest'y 3:30 am. today Nc today Weather Cloudy Rain 2 Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY 3:30a.m. Precip, temp. 24 hours 50 39 0 01 36 0 08 06 A7 16 1 Max. tempt. | last 24 hours | 61 40 51 57 64 59 54 58 Lowest temp. 49 35 43 40 46 43 44 50 49 50 51 51 49 41 52 55 58 3:30 a.m. Weathar Rain Fog Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Rain Rain ¢ £ ? t e ar Station | Anchorage Barrow Nome Béthel | Fairbanks | Dawson | Duteh Harbor Kodiak Cordova Lavenik The boys also told officers they! had “called on” a number of othe homes with the inte loot- ing them but found t abitants at home. | A cache of stolen articles, inc ing half a dozen full of found Saturday in house belonging Nordling. In a statement to- offi t s explained how a stolen camers to be smashed to bits aying they “both hammered it.’ They didn’'t say why. Authoriti | have decided do > in rear nunitio: erted Auk to Homer| Sitk Ketchikan ce Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco . 28 0 o0 01 0 0 3 53 50 4 54 55 58 Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear,smoky Clear not what WEATHER SYNOPSIs High barometric pressure pr Alaska southeastward to Washing northwestern Canada low barometric pressure prevailed, the - lowest reported prssure being 20.60 inches at Nome. This general pressure distribution has been attended by fair weather in the vicinity of Ketchikan and Dutch Harbor, elsewhere over Alaska cloudy weather with showers prevailed. the boys. | + oo SHAUBUTERS SFLL, SEATILE Aug tod: iled this morning from Southeast m, ¢ where over Alaska and Strong southerly winds were reported over the Gulf of Alaska, Juncau, August 22—Sunrise, 4:36 a.m.; sunset, 7:20 p.m. Halibuters m the | SEATTLE, | selling here | ern banks Liahona all fre follows pound: Kanaga cents a e 10,000 8 and 49,000 pound; 36,000 pounds, 9% and Superior, 25,000 pound: 000 pounds both at 8% and Coolidge 32,000 pounds cent kutan, 40,000 and 8'% cents; Radio 8% cents straight Four vessels brought in 43000 pounds of sable, selling for 4 cents a pound straight. There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising a pound; 9 and 8 na |8% ana 8! | pounds, 87% 40,000 pound: Protection All the Way! Insurance coverage against loss or damage to your car—cov- erage which protects you “ALL THE WAY" is available under the “Comprehensive” policy—together with the optional inclusion of the Collision hazard. The hazards of Fire and Theft are, of course, included. So also are many other hazards which, though perhaps less obvious, are frequent sources of loss: Windstorm, Explosion, Riot, Flood, Hail, Glass Breakage, Earthquake, Vandalism, and other risks, AT PRINCE RUP At Prince Rupert today 56,000 pounds of halibut weer sold at 10.10 to 10.70 and 7 cents cents a pound. © INs. 0. N, & e TR DR Are You Tired of Ordinary Food? Drop in at the Newly Renovated BRUNSWICK CAFE WHERE YOU'LL FIND Chinese and American Dishes at Their Best! Special Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners Office—New York Life SHATIUCK AGENCY TELEPHONE 249 More fobs for Alaskans =8 / 1% X IT°S A FACT that the Canned Salmun Industry prevides more jobs for Alaskans during the fishing season than any other industry does. It’s also a fact that the packers hang out the “Help Wanted” sign at other times of the year. Each fall and spring, hundreds of men are employed in the maintenance of canueries and other equipment; furnishing construction and box shook materials, wire netting, supplies the Industry needs to operate. That’s why good times for the Salmon Industry mean good tizses thronghout Alaska.