The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1940, Page 8

[ 4 IGO P Sena TWO FILE FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN 4TH DIVISION Victor Rivers Talked of as Road Engineer Candi- date This Year Fred Sorri, former Juneau boy and manager of the Gastineau Ho-| many years, has filed for| Democratic nomination as Repre- sentative from the Fourth Divis- n Sorri, who was Sergeant-at- in the 1939 Senate and who| ed as Secretary at the Terri- al Democratic Convention here, a construction mechanic with heac arters in Fairbanks. Another who has filed as a Demo- crat for Fourth Division Repre- sentative is Hugh M. Henton of Chatanika, former instructor at the University of Alaska. Rivers Is Hopeful Territorial Senator Victor C. Riv- | ers is expected to file for Terri- torial Road Engineer and Superin- tendent of Public Works. Only filer | so far for his Senate seat is for- mer Marshal Stevens. In the Third Division, Rep. Ed- ward Coffey has filed for the four-| vear Senate term and Don Carlos) Brownell, longtime Mayor of Sew-| ard for the two-year Senate po-| sition vacated by the death of his fellow townsman, the late Joe Hof- mann Probable new candidates for the House are Walter Huntley of Pal- mer and Clyde Spears of Dilling- ham TERM OF COURT OPENS TUESDAY A term of District Court begins here Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'- clock, Clerk Robert Coughlin an- nounced today. The Grand Jury has been called for January 30 and Petit Jurors for February 13. e W N Today’s Specials! o ' [ ] NORTH COVE' - @ for OYSTERS ... . 3 35c Onsterdle Biyie SILVER BAR. | . @ for gy’ TOMATO PURKE 3 uc * N2l tatts ¥ [ Dinette Combination x(';::uus z i 350 ifi‘s:”&f;ff: ]G sevew saien 8 1€ BANTAM 33.‘:'2:" 2 25¢ EGGS — Standard g doz. Grado A ... z Bsc 3" 35¢ 32 Heinz ASSORTED SOUPS Large No. 1 cams..., L] Franco-American SPAGHETTI COMFORT TOILET 4 for TISSUE ... 4 zsc . LARGE FIRM HEAD LETTUCE 10¢ CAMPFIRE S 22 {7 THRIFT cCo-0P We Deliver = PHONE 767 Repuhfléu\ leaders of the senate, Vandenberg of Michigan, Warren mont and Robert A. Taft of Ohio Charles McNary, Arthur Senators Charles' McNary of Oregon, Arthur H., tors Scan President’s Budget Message H. Vandenberg, Warren Austin and Robert A. Taft left to right, dent’s budget message with critical eyes in a sen- ate chamber. The president’s budget included Austin of Ver- recommendations for reduced expenditures and in- scan the presi- ® -THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 1940 112 LIVES SNUFFED IN COLD WAVE sovs Ve s g o Winter Settles Frigidly Over Eastern Part of Nation | (By Associated Press) DEWEY DECLARES ADMINISTRATION | MADE BIG FAULT Own Business Like Porcupine NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—District Attorney Thomas Dewey, address- ing the Women’s National Repub- lican Club said both- parties and their leaders are determined that | Winter's sharpest cold wave, blam- the United States should stay out ed for at least 112 deaths, has set- Of war. tled frigidly over the East with sub- freezing temperatures extending into |central Florida last night. Greenville, Maine, is the coldest point in the United States with 20 degrees below zero registered, un- officially reported. i It is 10 degrees below zero in Satan’s Kingdom, Connecticut, and {only 16 above at Pensacola. Florida, 5\\-im two degrees above at Florence, | Alabama. | _The Middle West is warming up ;'('odn_v with zero registered in most places | gt (OPERATIONS, TEXAS ' OIL FIELDS, STOPPED | BY COLD WEATHER GLADWATER, Texas, Jan. 20.— Operations in the East Texas Oil TERRITORY NOW OFFERED SCHOOL | AT MATANUSKA Colony Would Turn Over | Fine Schoolhouse for Alaska Operation | The $150,000 -Matanuska school- house built by the Alaska Rural , Rehabilitation Corporation has been offered to the Territory, for $1, ac- cording to ‘Harry DeLand of Pal- mer,’ who was a delegate to the Terrritorial Demoeratle Convention het§. 'The dolotiy hopes the Ter- ritory: ‘will take over “the -school and operate it. | v DeLand "said he was sent here by populat subscription in sppre- ciationy of the Legislature’s voting funds for- transportation of pupils in -the valley. ¥ Best. Crop Matghuskas best crop, he said, has proved to' be children’ More thant 200 have been porh since the colony was established, and next year theé first crop of Alaska-born colpny children will be atténding the school. DeLand said - that-now the col- ony is on its own, the settlers are determined to succeed by their own efforts. Crying needs of the dis- triet, he said, are construction of the Palmer - Richardson Highway cutoff to open up a wider market, and flood control for the town of Matanuska, which Is threatened with inundation. e SENATOR BORAH OF IDAHO DIES IN WASHINGTON (Continued from Page One) He was known as a friend of labor - and initiated several Sen- ate investigations of working con- ditions in ‘the coal and steel in- dustries. Also he was an advocate of economy and largely on that -ground opposed the soldier bonus system. He was a foe of high tar- iffs and fought Canadian reciproc- ity. One of the first to sense the breaking down of party lines, he | nevértheless, would have no part | in ‘third -party = movements. Tw? pattids, :hie ‘beld, ;was the ideal ar: 5 MY HOW ABOUT WHAT'S INSIDE? Fire never destroys a up what's inside of it. tects the building. To house without burning Fire insurance pro- protect your household possessions against loss or damage by fire, you need Residence Contents Insurance. It costs surprisingly little. ® SHATTUCK AGENCY TELEPHONE 249 Office—New York Life £ | League of rangement for the American sys- tem of government. Senator Borah took no part in the campaign against Franklin D. Roosevelt. Unlike some other Republican Independents, who carried iheir bolt from Hoover to the point of public support of Roosevelt’s cam- paign and of advocacy of his 1933 emergency recovery program, Bor- ‘ah went his uniquely independent \way_ ' Opposes “NRA” FDR WILL SEE SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. day that to the Fair in July or August - - Old Hatteras He voted for. several of Roose- velt's -emergency measures, but | strongly opposed. others on eco- 'nomic and constitutional grounds. He also disliked’ the way in which Congress deleégated - broad —powers to_the chief executive. | . He was pafticularly bitter against ‘the national industrial, recovery act which suspended . anti-trust laws to "perimit competitors in" an indus- tiy to agree on wages, and hours ! of .laber in. the. interest of in- .creased employment. and . a. Cconse- quent. -higher buying - power that would . ralse prices. Borah :classed _this. ad' “an . advanee step toward 1 the. ultra-concentration of wealth and the first. step .to- end all anti- trust- laws’ . Satisfied to b Senater After he become Senator; Borah never sought 'dny other office. In 1896 he was an unsuccessful can- | didate . for -the House of Represen- tatives as a free silver Republican | Bryanite; Then in 1903 he ran for | thé Senatorship, receiving 22 of the necessary 26 .Idaho legislative votes for that office. It was re- lated that he refused a “trade” at that time which might have given him the needed margin. Four | years later he won the post and i the ‘legislature re-elected him in ! Januaty, 1913. He won popular majorities in the ‘November elec- tions of 1018, 1924, 1930, and 1936. He virtually declined the vice- presidential nomination with Coo- lidge in 193¢ and turned down earlier an opportunity to become | Republican Leader of the Senate under Harding. Lawyer by Profession Senator Borah was a lawyer by profession, He was born at Fair- field, Ill, on June 29, 1865, went through Southern Illinois Academy and studied law at the University jof Kansas. He was admitted to (the bar in 1899, began practice at Lyons, Kans, moved to Boise, Ida- ho, in 1801 and won broad plaudits as an advocate a few years later when he was special prosecutor in the celebrated trial of Haywood, Pettibone and Moyer. They were ' (officials of ' the Western Federa- tion of Miners, accused of having caused the Assassination :of Prank . Steuenberg, former Governor: of ‘When'he went to the Serate he . already hdd” a reputation ‘as an otafof, but it was_years later be- fore, the' country was o' see . the Null Scope; of 'his ‘forensic , powers. Durigg the hlsmlc tlght over, the , He attracted | wide attention by the clarity of his arguments and the force of his delivery. ¥ Shuns Society Affairs In the National Capital,” he took little part in the social life, pre- ferring to spend his leisure hours with a book or on solitary horse- back rides in Rock Creek Park. He was a total abstainer from al- coholic drinks, tobaccos coffee and tea. At 30 he married Miss Mamie McConnell, daughter of a former Governor of Idaho. Mrs. Borah was I!requem.w in the society head- \lines, entertaining foreign digni- (taries who never missed seeing her husband on visits to Washington. The Senator was greatly moved by and grateful for the efforts of the public health service in 1932 in rushing’ serum to ‘save tlie Iife of Mrs, Borah Who became ill with reot fever in q\glu :m.l * e lighthouse 1870. Now a few yards of the base. bonnet of white pique. "FRISCO FAIR, visit the Exposition next summer. Creel, arriving from Washington, said the President will come West wns‘ buflt one mile from high water in|Alaska 24 years, fisherman and trap- the tides come within |per, died recently in Fairbanks as Pinaores and poke bonnets gre phaying to | Pield were disrupted today when the | coldest weather in the history of the {world’s largest oil producing area moved in. The temperature regist- ered well below zero compared with the normal readings of 30 to 40 | above. | The bitter cold snapped power G‘ifxlge ‘C"’Pl‘ ;ngdmstatgs LCoEm- \lines which carried current to 500 missioner for the Golden Gate EX- | ¢ o ejectrically-pumped oil wells. position, assured San Francisco to-!my ielq's millions of dollars worth President Rooosevelt will | ‘uf equipment was tied up by the ‘(l'lgld weather. Water in cooling towers used during the usual balmy | weather is frozen solid | - - TRAPPER WENZEL DIES Stephen Wenzel, 48, resident of Jthe result of pneumonia. by Adelaide Kerr MODES +#4he MOMENT applause down south. At Miami Beach, Senorita Gwin Mata (left) wears a floral striped cotton pinafore over a white pique play suit and caps her ocurls with a big straw hat. Miss Frances Webb (right) tops hef blue and white striped ballerina beach frock with a sun- Dewey rapped the Administration for recognizing Russia, as a con- spicuous departure from the for- eign policy laid down by George Washington and suggested the na- tion study the porcupine “as our immediate guide, declaring: “He goes along, traveling a straight path and minding his own business. He never picks a fight, but can take care of himself if somebody else starts one.” NAZI PLANE IS SHOT DOWN ON WESTERN FRONT German Communique Re- porfs Number of “En- emy"’ SoldiersTaken A BERBW/~Jan. 20.—The official communique of the German High Command claimed today that Ger- man ‘tfoops dnsthe region between the Moselle and Paltenate forest had captured a number of “enemy" soldiers as the result of an engage- ment with a French patrol which had penetrated behind the German lines. The communique also reported aerial flying by British and French planes over front On the flights the Allied planes were declared to have flawn over nentral Dutch territory. The offieial report admitted the loss of:. one Nazi plane today. the German trench‘ JAPANESE GIVE AID T0 CANADA Various Orienfal Organi- | zations Subscribe fo . War Loan OTTAWA, Jan. 20.—The Canad-| ian government announces that sev- eral Japanese organizetions in Can- ada are subscribing = generously to Canada’s war effort. Government spokesmen said a | Vancouver, B. C. Gardners' Asso- ciation has donated $300 to the first war loan and several other Japan- ese organizations on the west coast are also reported to have subscribed to the war loan. S e Kelly Keeps | On Atfacking | - (10 _gridgeS' {A. L. Commander Says { Australian Cares Lit- fle for Labor BOSTON, Jan. -20. — National Commander Kelly of the American Legion said here that it is still his opinion ' that Harry Bridges cared little for the welfare of the labor- ing man. Kelly arrived in Boston for a two | day official visit. ' His train was two | hours late because of a severe snow storm. Speaking of Bridges, Kelly de-| clared: “It is time that something! |is done to prevent such men as | Bridges, who have enjoyed the bene- | fits this country affords for some 40 years, from stirring up labor as he has done. We should have laws | to eliminate such parasites from the democratic pleture.” Trinity Juniors Hold Card Party| | Another. of ' the Trinity Junior Guild’s public:card parties was held | {last eveninig in Trinity Parish Hall.| |In charge of arrangements were Mrs. Helen Cass,’ Mrs. Vera Har-| | mon and Mrs. Katherine \ Gregory. { Honors for bridge went|to Mrs. | L. P. Dawes and' Howard Thompsoh, | first; Mrs. O. W. Reid and ' Charles | Sey, second. In pinochle honors | | were given L. Patrick. | e RETURNING HERE ‘ Mrs. N. A. McEachran is return- | ing to Juneau on the steamer Mount | McKinley which sailed from Seattle | | today. She has been in the States| {for the past several weeks. Interned in Canadai . Katherine Haidinger, 8 German, is shown in custody of authorities in Canada. She was arrested for enter- ing Canada illegally from the United States. She tried to escape when police placed her aboard a train for Kingston, and will be interned for the duration of the war classed as an enemy alien, WED AT FAIRBAN Miss Agnes Alice Erickson and ‘Theodore Marlin Webster, mining man, were married recently at Fairbanks. 15% Canadian Discount B. M. Benrends Bank. aav. first National Bank. YOUR BAVINGS ARE INSURED, ARE INSTANTLY AVAILABLE AND EARN GREAT- - ER RETURNS WITH THE ALASKA FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assz, of Juneau TELEPHONE 3 G. E. SUN LAMPS BASK IN THE RAYS OF A PORTABLE SUN PHYSICAL THERAPY THIS 1S-THE TIME OF THE YEAR YOU NEED SUMMER SUNSHINE To help build up rundown systems. To help rout colds and sniffles. To give ydungsters the ultra violet rays they need if bones are to grow strong and straight. THE G.E. SUNLAMPS ARE ACCEPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER COMPANY PHONE 616