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- THE ano STA TES... stronq [ is weak in— iNAVY ] U.S. Mechanized Division 1,300,000 tons Total Fighting Tonnage In Commission 650,000 men Army. Navy, Nat. Guard. Trained Reserves 11,000,000 men (21 to 31) L STEEL 81,000,000 tons (annual production capacity) Creater than All Other Nations Combined We produce 70,000 tons (We require 1,000,000 tons) COIL 1,264,256,000 bbls. (1939 production) N Rest of World (app.) 714,084,000 bbls. We produce 0 ( We require 85,300 tons) WEé produce { We require 600,000 Long' Tons) 345,000,000 bu. U. S. Estimated Suvplus for 1941 . i We produce 0 U. 5. Utilizes 54 Per Cent Of % 3nne The World's Harnessed Energy. (We. requice 5.000.000 oz ) THE HEARINGS Now END{D Representatives of Depart- | Figures Revealed Showing | | Increase in Profif Throu New Freight Rafes aum DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 2 WFDNFSDAY OCT I(), 1940. o NEmZERT IS¢ VISITOR HERE CHILD: VIElFARE CONFERENCE NOW UNDERWAY HERE Glenn Neitzert, superintendent in | charge of construction for the Civil | Aeronautics Board at Haines, came | in on the Ranger V last night to | epend a few hours here on business. Neitzert, former Public Roads en- zineer and resident of Juneau, will leave the Haines job for other CAB projects in the Interior in a few| weeks. Crews quarters ment in Juneau for Three-Day Meet The first Territorial conference of Child Welfare Service Workers and ta Department of Public Wel- convened at | meeting with have been building three buildings and a meteoro- While in fare representatives Juneau this morning SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—The revenue | Director Rus G. Maynard and | logical station at Haines. o ¢ Puget Sound to Supervisor of Child Welfare Services [ Juneau this evening, Neitzert is a st Tune 10 Miss Deborah B. Pentz guest at the Gastineau Hotel - e than| Representatives of the department four 1 taking part in ‘the three-day con- had bee wder old fe ‘e Miss Eleanor Oman of ALASKA D‘Y '0 ccording figure orage, George W. Louden, Jr the Mar here to charged amioumt nier of 1 htes vevenue would have A proposed revision of the juvenile | qaughter been $283.5 an increase of 4.1 Aact now pereent books will also be an important sub- aska Wiylie fuel ‘com: a fair an panies would be between 12 and 18 e for itime Comr determine the revenue on the same of cargo $205.118. Transportation the summey’ was §12 | 149, while under the | wotfld ha drease ave heetr $121 of 42 percent. President of a testified he “believed for the com- Hemphill, pany, nua return percent of the value | Transportat *AMERICANA* By RAY PEACOCK AP Feature Service Writer ion at LOD NIGH Under the $2.000,000 er of Juneau-Douglas, and John called since the adoption of the| qopriterial and Cit rbanks, Miss Adelheid nm-n-" BE OBSERVED AS §. Cowglll, Ketchikan representative OFH(E HOLIDAY The first conference of ifs kind The | social security act by the Territory of Alaska occurred on the same date | ces, as well as banks, will be clo: ~(‘H all day i H 4 % Friday, Alaska Day. The date is ncunce a decision until early n on which the child welfare service | .,: of the formal transfer of the | vear program was formally approved by |pucsian colonies to the United Revenues of Alaska Steamship | the United States Children's Bureau | geajes in 1867, Company for the summer were $1.- | three years ago today. Subjects to JESL 123398, If old rates had been be considered at the conference in- clude PYLES RETURN FROM KETCHIKAN Taylor J. Pyle, Associate Den- tal Officer of {he Office of Indian returned to Juneau last ht from Ketchikan on the Yukon with his wife and The Pyles have taken appearing on the statute |an gpartment at the Fosbee. He will go to Sitka on the Estebeth for Company | iect. Problems of health and relief | pyieg trip. { _ | as regards the children and families Apig R i 8 Department of Public Welfare and the relation of ‘the department and NEW \ORI\ O(‘( 16. Closing a Juneau mine its representatives with other Ter- ritorial and Federal agencies affect- American Can Bethlehem | the general program of child ervices throughout Alaska brought but $1,071918 mother’s allowances and The percentage increase in reve- and assistance available to nue for the Alaska Steamship wa ent and delinquent children. | py therefore 4.796 'neral welfare activities to The Northland Transpt ation ' be discussed include old age assist- | Company had a revenue thi ance and relief of destitution Juvenile Act Revision steamer old rates it 063, an in- ed, are expected to be discussed with | guotation of Al various representatives during the |stock today is conference, Through the services of | 95%, Anaconda 23'% of their in- VeAliaent the Department of Public Welfare, | Steel ~80%, Commonwealth and The Alaska Ste hip is valued medical aid and hospitalization are | Sotithern 1 General Motors 49 | i investment at $14,000,000, North made available to needy children International” Harvester 48':," Ken- S g ool Sand' Aladkn and families of Alaska necott 30 7/8, New York Central The importance of sanitarium and | 14'z, Northern Pacific 7, United hospitalization care for persons suf- | Statés Steel '60%, Pound: $4.04 fering from tuberculosis will come up for 1eral discussion with the DoOw, purpose in mind awing the The felk attenfion of the A lature Jones averages JONES AVERAGES ity are today's Dow 131.97 industrials to the dangerous prevalance of the | rails 28.71, utilities 22.19 T disease among the citizens of the - > Territory MRS. IRVING RETURNS Other general programs to be dis- Mrs Wilbur Irving, wvisiting in cused will include WPA, CCC, t various cities on the coast for sever national youth movement, old age w returned to her Juneau ho and survivers insurance and unem- abcard Yuken LL week long George is just an ordinary guy. But come A Lodge Night, George is a Presence resplendent in purple and gold braid and epaulets, even sash and sword. George is one of some 4,750,000 Americans belonging to a score of fraternal, benevolent, semi-milita and religious or semi-religious lodges scattered throughout the country. George likes Lodge Night because he knows that no mat- ter how things seem to be going to pot otherwise, Lodge Night always will be pretty much the same. He likes the pomp and p.n,c.m(xy and believes in the rituals and the creeds, even though he himself may have to cut corners. ployment compensation - ~ C. D. A Junior Troop Makes Plans For Hallowe'en The troops of the Junior Catholic Daughters of America met during the week and made plans for future events Troop 1 held a meeting Monday at Mrs. A. M. Geyer's residence with Kay McAlister, President, presiding. | Plans were made for a hallowe'en party to be given Friday evening at | the gymmnasium of the Catholic school. Committees for the affair include | Teresa Doogan, Pat McAlister for arranging the gymnasium; Teresa McGuire, Sarah Atkinson and Col- leen Helian in charge of entertain- ment; Pat Gullufsen, decorations and Kay McAlister, refreshments. Yesterday members of Troop 2 met at the home of Mrs. Verne Hoke and planned a hallowe'en party for Oc- tober 30. The affair witl be a costume party and will be held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. George Gullufsen | In charge of arrangements are | Rose Mary Doogan, Gloria Gullufsen uly\ Marian McAlister e ) CHAPLIN'S TALKIE | SHOWN, NEW YORK which through its two years in the making has evoked more comment than production, Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator,” had a double pre- mier last night at two Broadway theatres, More celebrities than one could shake an autograph hook at, considerably | the average used as a symbol of peace and quiet. This flock to the Nazi bombing plane which was brought down in an air duel over England, crashing into the peaceful urfl\ t | before it could reach its objective. Brmsh c-puon did not give location flocked to both theatres to s Charliec make his talkie debut in the role. Chaplin made personal appear- at both movie houses. In the Dictator Chaplin retains ous mustache to aid in his 1 of a ruler of a mythical Ja the dictator of a rival na- tien ¥ i - PETE AMUNDSON STRUCK | LAST NIGHT BY AUTO Pete Amundson, 69, is at St. Ann’s Hospital suffering from a leg and | arm fracture and bruises about the head as the résult of being struck by a car about 10:30 o'clock last | pight. The accident oceurred near Tenth Street, According to advices, the patient “Great | is resting wmxmmbly at press time today, Oakie por-| -, ES RETURN ester Teagle, Chef at the ronof, accompanied by Mrs. Tea- gle and daughter Sharon, returned to Juneau from the south aboard the Yukon TO KETCHIKAN Rosellen Monagle, employee in the office of U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray, has gone to Ketchikan week to appear as a witness ceurt case -se Miss Margaret Pearce is return- ne frem a vacation trip to the aboard the stcamer Alaska She ic an employee in the Forest Service Office | - - o R. Carrigan, telephone op t the Baranof Hotel, is returning from a menth’s vacaticn trip tc the States. She is on the steamer Alaska UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE I RIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE DISTRICT LAND OFFICE Anchorage, Alaska. September 23, 1910 Notice is hercby given thal O car Mangsolh, has made applicatio for Ilmm‘\H(' under the act of | May (48 Stat. 809) An- chorage 09866, for the land described as Lot “D” of U. S. . Survey No. 9, of the Auke Bay Group of Homesites, containing 2.85 acres | Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse Forecast for Juncau and vici | Occasicnal rain tonight and Thu? THE WEATHER (By. the U.. S. Weather Bureau) BUREAU 0 pam., Oct. 16: S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHE! ', beginning at u. slightly warmer fonight, low- temperature tonight 44, hig! Thursday 50, moderate south- casterly winds, Forecast for Southeast Alasl Occasional rain tonight and Thursday; slightly warmer in north portion tonight; moderate o fresh southeasterly winds; fresh t) strong southeasterly to southerly cver sounds and straits and in the Lynn Canal. Forecast of as along the coast of the Gulf of Alaskas Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer, occasional rain, fresh to strong southeasterly winds;; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook. jon- al rain, fresh to strong easterly to southeastefly winds; Cape Hin- chinbrook to Resurrection Bay, occasional rain, fresh to.strong north- easterly winds;; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak, occasional showors, be- coming partly cloudy Thursday; f-wesh to strong northerly to north- easterly winds, shifting to moderate to fresh northwesterly Thursday LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 71emp. Humidity Wind Velocity 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.16 483 78 SE 6 4:30 a.m. today 20.93 39.2 3 Sw 2 Noon today 29.98 45.0 SE 12 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY “ax. tempt. Lowest 3:30a.m Precip. 3:30am Statien last 24 hours ' temp temp, 24 hours w“mp, Barrow 26 : T Fairbanke 44 0 Nome 3 b i Dawson 0 Anchorage 0 Bethel 0 St. Paul 04 Wosnesenski ol Kanatak 7 Kodiak 46 1.35 Cordova 50 21 v Junean Rt Clowdy Sitka 05 Cloud Ketchikan 55 50 15 Prince Rupert . 58 46 02 Prince George . 56 0 Seattle 65 49 0 Portland 64 50 0 San Francisco . 74 48 0 WEATHER SYNOPSIs morning weather chart indicated a low pressurc (29.15 inches) at 55 degrees north, 155 degres west, and second center of 1002 millibars (29.59 inches) at 36 de north, 157 degrees west; high pressire area of 1027 millibars (3( inches) over Saskatchewan; light precipitation had fallen at most sta tions fro mthe Aleutians along t! e coast of Alaska to Dixon Ei trance and over northern coastal British Columbia and moderate pre- cipitation over Kodiak Island;; light snow fell at Nome and at Bar- row; light to moderate rain moder itely low ceilings and fair to good visibilities prevailed over most of the Seattle-Juneau airway th morning. 4 3&“!\1 O(Rl)b\:'ll 17 The Wednesday area of 987 millibars Sunrise -7:37 a.m., sunset 5:49 p.n BLA OPENING SHRINE | ™5 " oo f Mrs, M'nnie Hurley, is a pas- {claim in the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, within the per- by the provisions of the Statutes GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. Publication dates, Oct, 2-9-16-23- {30. Nav. 6-13 1940. ady. UNITED S4i.Tud | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (n‘nl'x.\l Land Offic strict Land Office Anchorage, Alaska, August 23, - 1940. Notice is hereby given -that ester Bainesson, has made final of on his homestead, Ancharaze serial 08351, for a tract of lan embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2300 situated on the ecast shore of tineau Channel, about two mi'cs | northwest of Juncau, cn the Gla- cxc* Highway, in latitude 58°19'30” longitude 134°28’ W. and it is now in the files of the U. 8. Lan | Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and :I no pretest is filed in the district |land office, within the period of publication or thirty days after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. | Ct Date first publication, Oct. 9, 191)‘ Date last publication, Dec. 4, 1940, ady, . PHONE 1767 NEXT TO CITY HALL lied of publication or thirty days o B 3 | NEW YORK OCt- 16.—A picture| thereafter, or they- will be barred| .- oo o PR R o R s 3 there- | Alaska for Ju Califor- v aboard the DANCE ADVANCED T0 NOVEMBER 2 :i',:.x. " about Blanck was a visitor here three years ago. - - Dance of the will e held on Nc- ad of November ance Hendrickson ced today The date was adv cf the o that Novemt beginnin of a three-day hol d (Monday is Armistice Day) and many hunters are ex yected to be out of town on the ev of the closing of the deer season .o JOINING RADIO STAIT Mr. and Mrs King here on the Yukon last nigh will join the staff of KINY P HICKEY LEAVES Jim Hickey, former Juneau High School basketball player, sailed on the steamer Yuken enroute to An- chorage where he will be employed. The Daity mplre guaran- tees the largest daily circu'ation of any Alaska newspaper. 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