The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1940, Page 50

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1940. PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT EDITION | men and women in s 7 of work, ( for total unemployment exceeds tributions collected from liable em- lEMplOYMENT bringing the total registrations to T’lrough T’Lese 1 Orta S ‘“"EMpl Y N ‘hathf’f i"m;tfl;h" stuw or Territory | ployers operating within the Ter- neing O e of the United States. - it I ] well over 10,000 applicants since em i f s = . s e Bl e e U I Thitey, diseioees an-incrense of §ar7. 5 as firs - v T £ ¢ S 55241 during the first year of bene- the Employment Service was first ATae g - N maintained the payment of bene- fit hich wou i organized. Members or the Em- '1‘ A | fits on a current basis. Claimants |fit Payments, which would indicate sloyment Service ff made 1624 & ® % | pAYME"T HIGH receive their checks as promptly as|that there will be a sutficient re- field visits to business houses, min- Bid | mail service allows. serve to take care of any reduction ing camps and other vmm"\l"’{ \I?i | S Comparable with the problem of Ln rate extendegaw employers whose the purpose of studyir mployer | 1cel 1 - | issuing benefit checks is the place- | benefit charge-back and employment JOBS AND MEN TOGETHER ::=.es.cn. o, Alaska Commission Sign- | suins benei checs's e piace- | bnete carge-back an emposmen ployer patron: of the | ed Away $349 923 n suitable employment. This function | ‘employers merit rating” which goes . Since January 1, 1940, wi ’ . i ska Terri- | into effect ir 1942. i | is carried on by the Alaska Terri 2 Lrough | PAyments under the Al torial Employment Service. Unem-| Employers as a whole have co- 3y PERCY LUCHA otal of 4.85¢ d through f : ‘ . . By PER J 3 ) { 1 %,090 fidlgbmens Soe ployment Comper | ployment compensation benefits are | operated with the Commission both Alaska Territerial Employment the office B amy of | Started, 24399 claims for unc } i paid to the unemployed workers only | in reporting and paying contribu- Service vice. While it § TR ISEN ||/ ment compensation benefits have | By WALTER P. SHARPE after a two weeks' waiting period | tions quarterly and furnishing in- During its second year of opera-|these jobs wer O vy | been filed through offices of the | Director, Unemployment Compen- | a5 clapsed. An individual draw- | formation whenever called upon. The the Alaska Territorial Em-|tme in nature, there sU® WA® ™| Alaska Employment Service [ sation. ing benefits must at all times be |Commission realizes that a program P e el o e R ther pri-| - oy | Members of the Alaska Unem-|apie and available for work. | such as this must have the cooper- F ponsible posi- | which were perm anen “‘,I “,‘I-‘ ‘l’rk;- SN L e o ployment Compensation Commission Fund Increases | ation of employers, and to that end sttt L Bt i Gl nment of any description in| |during the year 1039 were as fol-' e Territorial Unemployment | have tried to simplify the forms re- Territor jeo o policas 1“ i 435 Alaska g {lows: R. E. Hardcastle, Chairman, | compensation benefit fund, which | quired for the proper acministration 1 he calendar year 1930; aitered during the year totalect b;05 SHaSSE. R. S. Bragaw, Secretary, and Dr. No- | opvecents the toral amount of con- of the law. SV S ble Dick. Dr. Dick replaced E. L.| 5 Bartlett upon the latter’s resigna-|— tion e 3 s The Commission held its annual ’W FLOVER / “ L + | meeting in Juneau, November 14,’ ‘; A‘; Ju Liston photo g a1 ved ‘ B 5. 2 at which time seasonal regulations, 4 ivery day hundreds go to work in Juneau's Federal | o "o8 S, *O00R0 PROGRE Ss Building. viewed. Experience gained thmuvzh} L e o " T . T "lthe actual payment of benefits | | since Javuary, 1939, disclosed the Z.n f/)C ZO&A Oeniury Maflfl@l’ | necessity of a number of minor re- R P visions to these regulations. of 9ood /lV/fl_q, means #J . Many administrative difficulties . : ) [ lv or Infor'”ulu)” on Alusku w\‘é:lcl: at {:.st &Cen\(‘(:' :m‘xwx;xr:?lll:]u;‘ parfa/(my of the many | able have been overcome. | & e — |Session of the Alaska Legislature palatable meat items of LANDS [nlll(-, or see your local travel agent. | enacted several amendments which / d b i ' " e 3 2 ACCOMMODATIONS aided materially in the simplifica- ere: urneaus f&maas Status of public lands; location | Ea Hotal : 1| B 1h: bunesly phyienb ioe Zot/, . ot WiRiMing / Alaska hotel; or see your local | tion of the bene: 3 ‘T 1 ‘:: qx::d\vr::?):\x; o: n:;?t::']e;s;‘:::“ull‘ S ent., | mula. The Legislature also passed CENTURY /‘MRKE7.’ entry; character of such lands; | .(" ; F.\l, llel)RM.»\TION nmend_@‘ellts which pc;rmll!edl Lh; quirements of laws under which Governor of Alaska, Juneau, Al-|Commission to transfer rallrotl: such lands may be entered, agri- 2sk2. workers' accounts from the Alaska 3 cultural pmslhniities — The U. S = DR Unemployment Compensation Com- Land Office at Anchorage, Fair- GAS"NEAU HOTEL mission to the Railroad Unemploy- bénks -or “Noms, Alg ot ment Insurance Act. Although rail- AR e % 5| road unemployment claims are han- m“;‘t““‘;u“"‘; ‘;;Ollli‘t‘:“}f"l' “‘S’m‘;{;"‘_’\, OFFERS WIDE RA"GE dled through the Alaska Territorial Service Ao RER Sew- Employment Service offices, the ac- ard, Cordova or Petersburg, Alaska A Batlrcad RattrethEBoaba ’ ; SUR"E‘;_S e Having completed a new addition| During the caiendar year 1939 the Burvieys oin e D :!o(r;)am, """ anda steady modernization program | Commission issued unemployment f"””(“ for "I‘"f f”d “_”"_e‘ 'ata !‘:”. which has been under way for the | compensation benefit checks in the taining to approveq survevs. — ¢ 'bast two years, the Gastineau Hotel |amount of $349,923.16. These checks P Public Survey Office, Juneau, Al-|or juneau now furnishes a wide | were received by unemployed Alas- &/ aska. range of accommodations for the ka workers who qualified under the / / / TIMBER traveling public. Rates vary from |law. The greatest portion of benefit / AR ! U. S. Forest Service, Juneau. $150 to $3.50 for a room in the mod- | checks were distributed in districts Alaska. ern deluxe addition. which experienced major employ- f' CCESS # HUNTING A new program of weekly and | ment problems, thereby aiding in the e Big game species in Alaska; where permanent rates is proving popular | stabilization of buying power at the to go and how to equip; laws and with visitors remaining in Juneau | time and place such power was most fo tbe /740 /75”/”@ fZEEZ:' regulations; registered guides—Al- longer than the usual tourist. needed. may you all have a good caloh! aska Game Commission, Juneau Since the first of the year, ac-| The total number of checks issued | Alaska. cording to Manager Wilbur Wester, | by the Commission during 1939 was | WATER POWER the Gastineau has been more than |24,034. The average weekly bene- e 1 U. S. Forest Service, Juneau, pleased with the amount of business fit amount paid to Alaska workers business in Alaske, we | Alaska. R and l_ooksI for 1940 to prove the best | - ~— [T {/ know how to promerly - SHING vear in the past seven | : t r re handle boat shipments ! Commerclal fisheries; laws and ~New sample rooms with fluor- D e T e i regulations; game fishing.—U. S. escent lighting give the Gastineau 2 P 8 o B -0 | Bureau of Fisheries, Juneau, Alaska. the only such facilities in the city OfT';;e"e‘x’g;z;“ea’;’,l:'ifl?;;e‘;"‘i"im e:‘:;t:'f—— | U. s I;U:ZI‘“;:K.:TC(: Juneau Bl Ol 2’0('(‘ i, stainless steel ventilating strips so | POX 409 [ e ’ e % that there is no frosting or steam- | TUNEA ALASH i A JUNEAU HOTEL HAS ing of windows, whatever the weath- NEAY Roald C. Copilead Harold Bates, | Territorial Dc)‘)ar‘m:(‘m of Mines S ik 00 ciaie s T b Sxbisilien | - e Wise. | uncau, Alaska SLEEK NEW FRONT ov Meager Clarence wise. RIS : . | TRAPPING | An extensive remodeling program — o = i Alaska species; regulations.—Al- | quring the past vear, including the aska Game Commission, Juneau, Al- | yse of black structural glass on the B aska S !exterior and glass brick on a new | RECREATION rounded corner, gives the Juneau | U. S. Forest Service, Juneau, Hotel one of the most modern and BIngKa: £ &g dakpe il attractive fronts in the city. | MISSING PERSONS | Moving of the hotel entrance ° U. S. Marshal at Juneau, Nome, | from the corner to the Third Street ’ | Valdez, or Fairbanks, Alaska, side has improved the lobby, which | ARMING also was completely remodeled. 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