The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 22, 1940, Page 8

COLONIZATION OF TERRITORY IS DISCUSSED Land Office Man Heard in Washington by Large Audience Joel D. Wolfsohn of the Gen- eral Land Office, Department of the Interior, recently addressed a Washington audience on “The Prob- lem of Alaskan Development and the Eventual Possibilities of Col- tion,” according to The hington Post of February 8 The Post account continues as follows There was a large attendance of members and guests at the meeting. in the Jewish Cammunity C Mr. Wolfsohn confined his dis- cussion to the report of the De- partment of the Interior, issued last August, on the opportunitics offered by Alaska. With possi- bilities of substantial industrial de- velopment, there will also be op- portunities for a fine agricultural economy, he said, which wouid support large numbers of set- tlers, “He pointed out that the miner- al resources, timber for paper tas a method of developing the re- gion, the formation of a public {corporation with private funds to questions as to Wolfsohn said Americans could go freely, but whether people from abroad would be permitted to settle there would depend on Congress.” | D LADIES’ NIGHT AT ELKS LODGE THIS EVENING Another Juneau-Kefchikan Bowling Match Slated at 7:30 oClock Tonight will + be Ladies' Night at the Elks Lodge, as visiting bowl- ers from Ketchikan meet the lo- cal lodge team in another match at 7:30 o'clock. Following the bowl- ing a social evening will be en- joyed The second match in the series is scheduled for 3 o'clock this af- “In answer colonization, Mr ternoon. Juneau holds a 182-pin advantage by virtue of its win in the first match Tomorrow evening the fourth match will " be rolled at 8:30 legislation by | manufacturing, fur processing and o'clock. the use of reindeer hide in the Last might the visitors from Ket-| manufacture of gloves and other Chikan were guests at the Lodge| " THE 'WAR EFFORT T0 CANADIAN VOTE Prime Minister Accepts . Conservative Challenge on Preparedness | OTTAWA, Cal, Feb. 22. — Prime | Minister Mackenzie King says that the will accept the challenge of conservative leader Manion to make the - Government's war effort the issue in the Féderal election cam- paign. Mackenzie King demanded to know what Dr. Manion meant by charging that Canada has been un- prepared for war. He said that if the Conservative leader meant that the Dominion had been unprepared to defend itself the charge is un- true. The Prime Minister said that the fsz-curny of Canada in its own de- fenses had been established before the war and that as a result the Deminion had been able to make valuable contribution to the Alifed cause. LAW GETS LAW "IN INDICTMENT FOR GAMBLING | and special powers enabling it m" BE ISSUE FOR l facilitate colonization. g ’ DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1940. Shorfage | - Of Dodors InGermany Approximam One-third of Land's Physicians AGAIN HITS TURKEY AREA Four Villag;; Are Report- ed fo Have Been Lev- | eled by Shocks ‘ Are Drafted ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. 22 | BERLIN, Feb. 22.—Germany has Four villages in the Kalsari region | drafted approximately one-third of are reported to have been levelled |its doctors for military service. in a series of continuing earth| This has put a heavy load on shocks. physicians still practicing at home. Meagre advices recpived late to-| To relieve them, retired dooctors day state that at ledst 70.lives have|and women doctors who have left been lost and perhaps several hun-|the profession after marrying are dred injured. being called back to duty. The earth shocks are also being Authorities have equipped a felt in the Ankara and Andana sec-| pumber of auxillary hospitals tions but neither city has made since the beginning of the war to any definite report. |take care of the civil population The Government has organized|ghould other hospitals be unable a rellef expedition and it has left {, handle all the patients. This for the Kaisari section. |shep was taken because many P 0 | regular hospitals and sanatoriums DAUGHTERHERE WLIE | 1ES such articles, would require work- with specialized skills. The repert, he said, suggested 7 -” I;'I FOOD SPECIALS! THRIFT CO-OP Hormel Sugar-Cured MIDGET BACON Per pound 23c LARGE FIRM HEAD LETTUCE, each RITZ CRACKERS 1 pound box, each ZEBBS SPLIT PEA SOUP PREPARATION Four 100z, pkgs. for meeting, B GRAYS HARBOR AID ASKED OF JUSTICE DEPT, Congressmen Want Inves- tigation of Civil Rights Charges WAHINGTON, Feb. 22—Seven members of Congress from Wash- ington State have urged the Justice Department to investigate allega- tions that civil liberties of citizens in Grays Harbor County have been invaded. A letter to Attorney General Jack- D - | against Wayne County’s own prose- cutor, Duncan McCrea, and eighteen |search for all nineteen today, char-| ILast of a series of three talks | acterized as “missing.” |on national defense, sponsored by guson’s one man Grand Jury ac-|given this evening at 7:30 o'clock cused McCrea, Fred Frahm, former!over station KINY by Capt. Mi- | licemen, with conspiring to operate | during National Defense Week were !a million dollars a year baseball|Lieut. Warren Eveland and Capt. climaxed six — | months of investigation of gambling ‘and alleged police graft. | ‘ o | WATCHMAN COVERED Detroit Astir as High Bound { ormors. v, v, = NATIONAL DEFENSE Long rumored as aiming at “high |the Juneau Chapter of the Re- ‘pouce superintendent, and four po-|chael J. Lynch. Previous speakers | poot. | William Walthers. | | WOODRING SAYS BY WAGE-HOUR LAW | Judge Cracks Down Gambling conspiracy TALK IS TONIGHT ‘other men set in motion a police} e places,” Circuit Judge Homer Fer-|serve Officers Association, will be | | The indictments S e Watchmen are n‘sr much engaged BRUCK'S son was signed by all the State's| = © ORANGE JUICE for members in Congress except Senator Pint cans 3 43c Homer T. Bone, who is out of the - i oLk, | FRESH The letter said it is not the pur-| STANDARD doz. for pose of Congressmen to pass Jud&-l “o IHIRD IERM EGGS z 63c ment “upon contentions of various persons of groups involved.” - MEN'S HEAVY @ for WORK SOCKS 3 ssc The former Kansas Governor said | cieties of the church were also read .o thay the party'’s Kansas dele-| in the production of goods for in- terstate commerce as those operat- Fon RoosEvElI:lng the production machinery, a | Federal Judge in North Carolina e LT % i has ruled in a contempt proceed- mouERS' DA"(E ing in the first instance whese the question was raised in court of payihg a watchman the minimum wage and overtime rates prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (Pederal’ Wage and Hour Law). The Act providés minimum wage rates and at least one and one- half times the regular rate for overtime for those “engaged in (in- | terstate) commerce, or in the pro- duction of goods for (interstate| commerce,” The Act states in its ,employee shall be deemed to have been engaged in the production of | goods if such employee was em- ployed in any process or oc- _cupauon necessary to the produc- tion thereof.” e | Empire classirieds pay . 2 s . | CabinetMinister Convinced 4 ’ , HELD LAST NiGHT President Won t Seek LIPTON'S i Uncolored l/z Ib. pkg. A general raeeting of the Holy JAP TEA Z 72c new Parish Hall and residence. | Demoerats last night that Presi- Wellman Holbrook, E. M. Polley gent Roosevelt probably will not ASSORTRD.SQVF; 4 for cil of the Church. velt would not try for re-election. Large fl"v 2 Several reports from various s0- ' woodring said that he would SPECIAL PRICES ON GALLON Bod ' Mi H CANS OF VEGETABLES || ' 0 “mg Marine Is Found : HONOLULU; Feb. 22.—The body | AGROUND,(REW | found today in Pearl Harbor. Hen- PHONE 767 || erson had been missing for several| | Reelection Trinity Cathedral Parish was held| FRESNO DAINTIES and Harry Lea were selected as a)cooy o third term. w FLAKES |during the session. Refreshments'o.vion"t0 ‘tne National Convention i ‘ i days. We Deliver M last evening and plans were par- TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 22.—War SEEDLESS 3 15 oz. pkgs. zsc e ——————— | committee to take up the matter, CARNATION 256 | were served later in the evening. |pe pledged to him, however. H.| Henderson of New Orleans NQRFOLK, Va. Feb. 22—Seven- )NKEY FACE @ pr. for sosse e g gae | PARISH MEETING tiality made for the bullding of “’sccremry Woodring told Kansas RAISINS e with the Bishop and National Coun- o was convinced that Mr. Roose- Large package, each | APl TTRAWLER RUNS cCo-0opP | teen members of (the crew of the o G TT7777 |trawler Albatross have been res- |cued by the Coast Guard. FISHERMAN'S DANCE | .7 oot o aground and was breaking up, ac- | cording to radio messages received by C d he te: d Sponsored by lu;d \:?:jt ig;‘t‘;imfi;dfix‘;flz;e:f‘ | —————e UNITED TROLLERS OF ALASKA : LOCAL NO. 26 iBaer, Galen'o AT UNION HALL THURSDAY—FEBRUARY 22 Are _19 Fight NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Promoter | Mike Jacobs announces ‘that for- | mer heavyweight champion Max Gentlemen, $1.00—Ladies Free Refreshments | Baer and Tony Galento have been | matched to meet* in Jersey City ilate in May. EERSEBIE e e ot S ARIS | ' Jacobs said that the winner will | face title holder Joe Louis some- | time in July. Mrs. Sterling Has Moved Many Aftend § From Api E. 1o Apt. A. ' Dance Last Evening at the ‘ Last evening's Shrine Dance was GRA“D APARTmTS probably one of the most colorful yet this season. as dancers crowded . . the Scottish Rite Ball to com- in order to be of Better Service to i the Y o her customers. Dressmaking and Alierations TELEPHONE 553 (and himself a Mason. Excellent music was provided by | Klondy Dufresne and her orchestra |and refreshments were served dur- ing an intermission period. | A number of nidividual parties as afterwards, . . { were given before the dance as wen‘ | T ENTIRTTIR, Your Beauty Guard your beauty dur- ing the season of parties. Now you can do it most economically BECAUSE THE ROYAL BEAUTY SALON is offering excel- lent beauty service every day. Phone 723 The ROYAL Beauty Salon ETHEL POWELL Hair Stylist ANN EARLY SMITH Owner [ Xl | definition of “produced” that “an e Mrs. Grenold Collins and her daughter wh oarrived here on the —_— Game Commission boat Brown Bear, are in Juneéau spending a few days with friends enroute to their home, in Anchorage. Mrs. Collins and her daughter are to join Mr. Collins, well known flying game warden, in the West- 1 ward | NOME, Alaska. Feb. 22.—People here are laughing about a letter to the local Chamber of Com- merce from the Milk Industry Foundation of New York. The foundation inquired about the truth of reports that milkmen here do not worry about spilling milk because it is delivered in frozen form, either as milk or cream and in pint or quart sizes. Also, clippings reaching the foundation said, white cords are frozen into the blocks of milk to facilitate handling on deliveries. The milk was supposed to come from reindeer. e e—— HE ENLISTED | PARIS, Peb. 22—A slight, fair- haired youth walked into the offices of the American brijace here and said he wanted to sign up. The commander asked him the usual questions, then in- quired as to his name. “Joseph Staline,” replied the lad, “and in our family we're very particular about the ‘e’ 1S THIS EVENING A fishermeén’s dance, sponsored by the United Trollers of Alaska, = :‘xl\‘ Hb:ll h;)ldm;h:as c:g::sgn EtLo kg:n “RONG WIND GWES America out of the war. ‘ Dancing begins at 9 o'clock, with music to be furnished by Albert) Peterson's orchestra D e - Empire Want Ads Bring Results. How YouCanFry . . . . . CHICKEN WITH FRENCH FRIED and SPAGHETTI . > $1.00 :Og DOUGLAS IN Dancing — Cocktail Bar OPEN ALL NIGHT Phone: Douglas 68 Wed Again 'ASYLUM FOR INSANE OF “ NORTHASKED \ SchwellenbaKBill Would Build $2,500,000 Bel- | lingham Hospital | WASHINGTON, Feo. 22.—Senator | Lewis B. Schwellenbach today in- !troduced Senate Bill 3415 authoriz- ing the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate a hos- pital at Bellingham for insane from Alaska. The measure authorizes an ap- Minister, 89, to s propriation of not more than $2,500,000. | e ROOF FIRE B A small roof fire at the home The Rev. Hokan Lundgren, 89-year-old retired Lutheran minister, is 0f Charles Johnson in the Indian shown with his fiancee, Mrs. Tilda Ogen, 69, of Puyallup, Wash., just | Village called out the Juneau De- after they filed notice of intention o wed at Pasadena, Cal. Lund- |bartment at 2:30 oclock this af- gren’s first wife died after they had been married 63 vears. ternoan, . Damage was slight. : ——————— Today’s News Today—Empire. | trailing a snow plume from Mt. Ju-'—— it a3 |neau and making walking through JUNEAU A WHIPPING “rive’ S contimuca 15% under & & a cloudless blue sky. Canadian Discount Fresh northeast winds whipped R o B. M. Behrends Bank. 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