Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 20, I940 2 (M AA, WEATHER CONFERENCE TO ATTORNEY DUKER INTERNATIONAL ident IS SUED BY CLIENT Preside The Daily Alaska Juneaw’s Newspaper gt HIGHWAY MEET ;(ONVENTION 'NEW FIRE TRUCK ! iS REQUESTED BY SITKAN FILES FOR LEGISLATIVE POST D. W, Such, Sitka troller, to- day filed declaration of candidacy with the Clerk of the District Court here for Democratic nomin- > ON McKINLEY Olaf Winther, Juneau fisherman, and John Winther, son of Mr. and | Mrs. John Winther, are returning | here on the steamer Mount McKin- ley after visiting with relatives in They are accompanied the States. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEA THER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Finns remove wounded This radiophoto from the Finnish-Russian front was taken on the Karelian isthmus where Finnish troops have been holding off the Russians with claims of major victories. The picture shows members of the Finnish army ambulance corps taking their wounded [l o % BE HELD HERE INUNUSUALCASE Discusses Now SCHEDULED 3 SIS PN v s e s A s d 5 Cloudy toni and Sunday > variable winds, be = ¢ e erate easterly Sunday; lowes® temperature about 28 T4 Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Cloudy tonight and Sunday. ex- Officials of Two Agencies Laborer Claims Local Law- Handouis Chairman Magnuson Starls |S HARMONY COUNEH THNES ROGUESI UN-| .. ccimsitner tignt rath ower e suthars peirion. Busday: soud. c F H ! fOT O"awa TWO d Ad . f B d erate east and mortheasterly wind, except northerly over Lyn oming from West yer Failed fo File | i =t er Advisement-Bonds = v ’0 T T Ik PI . l Wh1 Problems PI n Of R 0 izafi I i B R f d Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alas I’Meellng case in lime | alks ainly at lie a eorganizaiion Is 0 be Kkefinance Winds along the coast from Dixon Entrance to Sitka will be — - | — Bg ak . | Adonfad-Ranghat at | o vy T erate to fresh east and southeasterly, increasing in the vici f A conference of Civil Aeronautics' Accusing Sam Duker of ree- | HO“SE COerren(e on WASHYN;?VTON- J:}"» 2&‘“@"“-‘ AdOp'ed—BaflqUEf a' Dixon Entrance unday; and from Sitka to Kodiak, modera and Weather Bureau men will be ing to represent him in a sentative arren - agnuson, . fresh east and northeasterly Held ‘iere ext ‘week £, efordinate men's compensation lawsuil against Several Issues Chairman of (he Alaska Dnterna- Baranof Hotel For 4500 ks iacl &t Jast might's il their operations under the new set- the Kennecott Copper Corporation WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—Presi- tional Highway Commiission, has City Council meeting by a delega- » " up inaugurated January 1 when of c ecting a $ fee and then!dent Roosevelt, at a White House left for New York where he will The 1940 Territorial convention tion of Volunteer Firemen 1me Barometer Temvo Humidity wina Velocity Weather Alaska Aeronautics and Commun- fajling to file the suit in time|conference o “Children In a join other members of the com-|of the Democratic party in Alaska Chief V. W. Mulvihill made the| 3:30 p.m. yest'y 30.13 38 10 Clear ications Commission facilities were, to qualify under the st Democracy aid that “mere hand- mission and then continue to Ot-|adjourned at 5 o'clock yester request and J. S. MacKinnon peint-, 3:30 a.m. today 30.25 44 37 : 4 Cloudy taken over by the CAA. limitations, Alex Minzoff, C from the Federal Treasury” tawa for a yonndsessxondan;: (‘;n-(.mmn;mn :muI Dz-h-.wn:;_ had cd out failures of present vqu.mlx. Noon today 30.26 w 1 Cloudy va laborer, today filed suit i not a permanent solution to ference of Canada’s’ ane aska’s elected new officer adopted a to meet some fire problems he - Sl M, OB Dupesintendent g:z{'.--.lf'b(:)m )' l’ ru‘( llect damn needs Iur m‘r- ,:mvll(‘;u\ child commission. :;mnfm'm and resolutions and ap- declaring the present trucks obso- Ol“b_ of Communications in Alaska, is o 0 T 0 atiorney its family, Magnuson said he hopes &°de-|proved a plan of reorganization. lete. The request was referred to _TODAY ; Dl L S hee LSO ‘gl\‘IuquI' \ miner and ds I ree with the members of cision might be reached regarding) When Chairman Lew Williams the Fire Committe | ” M%‘x' mm‘pt. e QPWC.‘D' 3'3‘?“" ers on the steanier Alaska. Edward == 0 T T vom T Jelegation that public assis- the route, also some financialprob-|of Wrangell dropped his gavel to An ordinance b L R L R Ve 4 hionrs - Wesihar B. Chipped, Anchorage Weather ob-| 1\ "e. 00 compensation_which ny kinds is necessary lems confronting the two Commis-|close the convention, the party der 18 from loite poolhalls| Anchorage = 1 3 . o B 1Rl sigoooming tq the meetings) il B o y re sions had achieved a condition of un-|Or card rooms and making proprie- -3 -5 -3 0 C wanted in the original suit, $5,000 sest to you that mere sions " 0 of un i o 5 “ Howard J. Thompson, Meteorologist. 4 A 4 L SRR precedented peace, harmony and tcs responsible for keeping them 42 28 40 [ in charge of the Weather Bureau additional punitive ‘m”.‘ s an ants in aid constitute no per- i ., ha y and S il A < Bethel 40 15 17 0 in Alaska, will attend. $100 for a gold watch which Min- ent solution but that we APPRWE HOS‘AK anliy . A bk it T g Pairbanks 9 2 7 0 T L , o |20ff claims he pawned in ord hould address ourselves to (wo " The reorganization plan stream- g sty gy SR st. Paul 34 31 32 0 to get the $25 which he alleges| policies: first, increase the aver- |lines the ‘systém ‘imrider, Which the 'City Attorney Grover O. Winnwas ‘o 5% 39 35 39 271 he paid Duker to file the suit. | incomes in the poorer com- GAR(IA TI‘ItE GOHJMLV has been operating in Al- cted to draw up an ordir Serkistus 5 pe 5 U ra— g | Minzoff's complaint s Du-| munities and areas, and—second |aska. It clearly defines the func- Providing for ""“““v"""(“" of sh Ockatya 39 FA S ot ¢ m TOP Ker told him he had c for ac-[to insist that every community LOS ANGELES, CAL, Jan, 20.}tions of precinct caucuses, divis- wer and school bonds. et ielly % 3 i s Cloudy +160. in the compensation case and|and area pay taxes in accordance The Californis State AthletlcCom-|ional conventions, the Territorjal GOOWay, Iepresentative of Jaxthel- ) ‘i A K s & CABS—PHONE that he had filed the suit beforc|with its ability to pay mission has approved a world's Central Committee, National Com- Mev &nd Company of Portiand, said | 2/ "0, 2 8 B 0 Cloud [the December 18 1938, deadline.| “I suggest that the Federal middleweight championship bout|mitteeman, National C\mmiee- 1 Delieved & Perds la | Benttle e i 5 4 ikt b Subsequent, inquiry to the District| Treasury has some bottom to it.” between Al Hostak of Seattle and |woman and other officers and di- SSued &t three percent. Bonds| ZoC/ 37 i 33 35 02 Clea 678 {iotirts at Valdez and Juneau dis-| Referring to the Columbia Basin' Ceufino Ceferlo Garcia of Manila.visions of the Darty organization. Wich can be refinanced under this; - VECr cov bl o4 o 5 o closed, however, Minzoff com-|development to be irrigated from |The bout will take place July 4| Delegates were guests last night P2" ‘I’f:“wf:?“’o[“" }\'I{“ g,"“‘[";”“‘"‘i gty BUY GREEN TOP RIDE plains, that the suit was never|the Grand Coulee after 1942, Presi- at San Francisco. lat a Baranof Hotel banquet ar- ;",‘fm,\ “‘m 'm" m"’,m“”“ Nt oHie ATHEK SYNOPSIS COUPON BOOKS: tiled. dent Roosevelt said: “I would like Hostak is recognized as cham- | ranged by Juneau members of the ¢ PRI B o nde The general barometric pressure distribution over , y Duker is a candidate for Dele-|to see the Columbia Basin devot- pion by the National Boxing As- | First Division Democratic C: The total vi\«x western CAanada, and over the northeastern portion 9825 'In Thles for $5.00 gate to Congress on the Republi-|ed to care for 500,000 members of sociation while Garcia is the rec- | mittee 4 e . N O L R v 10 4 5300 in rides for $2.50 |can._ticket. Minzoff's attorney is|the Grapes of Wrath,’ referring ognized titleholder in New York 7 -— Budget For 1910 being low over the leutians and high nd —‘nxrs Mildred '‘Hermanh. to John teinbeck’s novel. and California. s i 1 e MR comtatttae. Wik - vard to the Rocky Mountain State ! ne N Engla“d wIII structed to prepare a budget for tribution has been attended by pr-ecipitation along the coastal re- = = { the coming fiscal year gions from the Aleutians eastward to Cordova a from Langa T IIllllllllllImlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIIIIImllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!Ié ' e ki ae: | P s B Ky sivacd 1o Oxore and e Lo = = " =5 5% y ley would replace nine, fender pil-| the remainder of the field of observation = — Ald FI nland ing at the Lower City Float grid- It was colder last night over the interior of aska = = £ iron Juneau, Jan. 21 8:23 aun.; sunset, 3:56 p.m. Jan. 22 = = ’ Councilmen Harry Lea., Kelly |Suntfse. 8:20 am; sur = = 3 Tl Blake and Elroy Ninnis were in- e = = structed to investigate the use of St V6.4 = = 3 The Northland Transportation ke = = k- i Company informed the Council that TODAY' 2 ARE e e = = e . it has under consileration the A £ £ British Foreign Secrefary provosition for teasing ot 4 Sy e = = ! i PASSENGERS IN ar. book b = = Says Promise Is Not A letter retroting remarks fmdde frisn = = radio 1 KINY's fre-| Two passer arrived in Ju-{' ‘profassor Davidson of the Coa = == guency and programs was read leau on the steamer Taku this gy héim Davidson Glapie = = LEEDS Englang, Jan. 20—Lord FEAE VR forenopn. and three passengers|pegy was first E = Halifax, British Foreign Secretary SERE e E cam k = = told an International radio audience JUNEAU VETERAN Arigals;oth from. £ Iip: obse 1 = = today that England’s promise to help o et Ki f- = = Finland will “not remain an idle D'ES WEDNESDAY ‘“1‘»‘ : ter he foretold the = = r' 5¢, a mere acade rmal- A en curred as he id it wou g = ::x‘um) , a mere academic formal Kl anel o ’\‘w o E llllx.;l[ 1[1amm 1.-‘\vv,lnu\.~.~g the bflénl Noutory, 8. Stesiey, forkr. Ju- = ' d wives t as- = that Hitler would have become Eu- pe, sident and one of the first . Srb i L BERCC @ L = ropes ditator now Ia Engin e o entist n Worid war sevee ECHPSE Dale P & not continued the rearmament pro- fro;m Juneau, passed away Wednes- s ¥ § E Lord Halifax sald Germany hes- pagey O friends heard Aoy Dansion = = = ltated howeve ably for the gteeley, hospital attendant when | = £ reason a bully hesitates for fear ne was th Junean, went overseas in| Way up above the Atctic Circle, |9 = £ someone will hit him in the back.” (e hospital corps Pl here ittt Lo = = e T He was given a mil funeral 'it's quite an event. It's so aus-| = = plAN APPROVED at the Presidio, in San Francisco, picicus. in fact, that Eskimos atj = = yesterday Noorvik are still basing their time| . . I = = e g em on an eclipse which oc-|o. i e of = = FOR FI.OAIS AT in 1809 ; | meat Monday 2 = Cth(h Members legram from Gilbert L.y oo o Mrs Mary Reiten at = BOA'I' HARBOR | Swenson, Noorvik Government| s = . Teacher, to the Office of Indian! yRS. COOK RETURNING = - Fete MrS J. Sm"h airs here today requests “in-l npys Russell Coo b i = E . . mation as to the date of an'yisitine with relatives in Portla £ Engineer fo Call Bids on se of the sun affecting this|ung Salem, Oregon, is returning = Wh f G d d Mrs. Jay Smith and her two chil- Vicinity, an eclipse T enough i here on the steamer Mount Mc- = _— ar 12 fI Iron an dren, who plan tc leave for the total so that the stars shone injwinley which sailed north from Se- | § = Four Floats outh on the steamer Alaska, were the daytime. attle this morning = viven a handkerchief shower last = i - — b evening by members of the Metho- DIVORCE CA & City Engineer Milton Lagergren dist Church in the 1 rooms, A The made the! gyuit for divorce has an filed = last night was authorized by the dinner, served cafeteria style, high-|date of the eclipse important'in District Court by Charlotte = = City Council to call bids on a lighted the occasion. enough to be worth sending tele-| Lane against John D. Lane on E E= whartf, gridiron and floats for the Arrangements for the affair were grams the length of Alaska is one grounds of incompatability f == Juneau small boat harbor. made by Mrs. H. B. Sprague, Mrs. comparatively new to the North e = y == The Engineer is preparing speci- L. Rhodes, Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. Swenson said he had to know to In 1 twenty-seven local gov- = = fications and will call for bids J- B. Smith and Mrs. W. E. O'Dell.| determine the ages of Eskimo old ernments consolidated, extended ; = within a few days. Over forty were present for the ev-|age assistance applicant: They cr adopted civil service provisions E‘ The plan, as approved by Coun- €Ring. | couldn’t get their pensions unless for their employees, according 0 B E cilmen, will give the harbor a ————————— they could find out when the sun the Civi vice Assembly of th = |wharf at the foot of West 11th went black. That was the event United es and Canada & i == |Street, a 200-foot gridiron at the I"jumfs OF ((( from which they dated time o : ! ==|south end of the harbor, a 410-foot The eclipse occurred cn August 7 Try The Empire ciassifieds 10\ = 4 E float along the shore side and MAN "0‘ SER'OUS 1869, it was dis red by Charles cesults. i k . 1 = !three floats at right angles to it, . ™ == measuring 360, 320 and 320 feet,| Jimmie Fu\ Native CCC en- . ~e . E= respectively. rollee injured in a truck accident Rfidlophoto Of Pll]n‘sh N" OulldCd E Later a Government float, & ga; Douglas, was not hurt seriou =i|seaplane float and two more cn:{“y. according to the Government . 3 Z={floats will be constructed. All city Hespital. A report that the worker | =:|floats will be 360 feet long even- suffered crushed hip and pelvis ' U d i3 : = {tually were erroneous. Fox is now up| s Under Your Eyes £ .o 4hl ‘hrotmh hghin. ‘ o5 | FORESTER LEAVING e = MISS BAYLESS TO WED g e g = o“ KET(HKA" Ru" Cards have been sent out at Every day a mighty pageant unfolds . . . an intense drama more enthral- = | Fairbanks by Mr. and Mrs. Otto| ! = Grover Bayless announc - ing than any play that was ever produced. It is life! Its myflor?l ‘its E The Fa}:ts}: semce launch F;r- proaching nl(axnailloz‘:fnL;\ne?x '(l;:u:fi»\ . oo £ » e i ot g ester, which returned yesterday|ter, Miss Elect: ildr s to g thrills, its sorrows daily claim our attertion . . . daily add m\oul| to our E afternion from the Sitks rda, 18|Nal Aifred Mixi’;d‘::‘i Bayless 1o i g individual lives. It is vitall Gripping! Dramatic! THE EMPIRE brings Qs tomoniow with 5 sCoit e | t E of miscellaneous equipment being SALE | % yon this. Through its pages marches life with all its infinite variations of § transferred to the southern divis-| Disposing of old equipment, the | L ¥ ==|ion at Ketchikan. ! command at Chilkoot Barrackshas g tene . . . life makes the news. Read THE EMPIRE with this in mind . . . =| Capt. George Sarvela will be calied for bids to be opened March | o0 . o a passenger on the Forester and| 1 for a used donkey engine, mo- | = keep the gigantic world pdnorama that makes THE EMPIRE uppermost. g will bring back; to, Juneau theltion ploture projection parts and With this perspective you'll enjoy THE EMPIRE more than ever before! ==|launch Ranger IX which has been a quantity of wire, % § overhauled. | - B¥o s A Capt. Bernard Aikens will be in NURSE ARRIVLG | & charge of the Forester, which = Miss Marian Sharlow, Govern- = . will return to Juneau with a ment nurse at Kotzebue, arrived E scowload of heavy eq\upmem. today by plane from Fairbanks. R Al T 2 She is on her way to the States = on leave. £ i _| ation to the Territorial House of Representatives. by Olaf Winther |of Everett, | brother, Sugurd, | l to field dressing stations.