The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 22, 1940, Page 2

2 Decision On Compensation Is Reversed Alaska Confission Holds | Benefits Not Due to Cannery Workers Decision : of ‘an Appeal§ Refcree at San Francisco was reversed the Alaska Unemployment Con pensation Commission in its an- nual session which ended here Wednesday, Executive Director Walter P. Sharpe announced to- day. The decision of Referee Henry Roden had held that cannery work- ers who were not employed at Bristol Bay during the 1940 season were entitled to unemployment compensation for the full season The Commission, in reversing the Referee’s decision, found that be= cause an active labor dispute be- tween employers and employees ex- | isted at the opening of the season, claimants under the provisions of the act were mot entitled to bene- fits Amount involved in the case approximately $125,000. | Decision on Appeal | The Commission made its de- cision upon an appeal by the Al- aska Packers Association, Red Sal-! man Canning Company and Alaska | Salmon ' ‘Company -from Roden’s| award of ‘the. disputed sam to! Frank L. Aragon and other appll-' | cants, members of the Alaska Can- nery ‘Workers Union; Local No. 5 San Francisco. 1f the workers wish to carry tie case farther, it will go into Lhe Courts. Referee Roden found a labor dla- pute existed in the industry but declared it was not “active” during | the period for which the workers claimed unemployment compensa- tion, The Commission has now re- versed Roden's decision and al- Jowed benefits in accordance with| the Commission's initial determina- | tion. I Some Money Due | Claimants otherwise eligible are| entitled only to unemployment | compensation beginning eight weeks after April 5 at the Karluk Can-| nery, eight weeks after April 1 at| the Chignik. Cannery and eight| weeks after May 5 at the Bristol| Bay Cannery. After the, eight weéeks dlsqualifying period in each case. there is @ two weeks' waiting period befare benefits. can be paid. Claimants, ¢an, then. receive unem- ployment. compensation, only to the end of the normal season working, period previously determined by the | Commission, which is September 24 at Karluk, September: 10 at Chig- nik ‘and -August 25 at Bristol Bay. { [ Regulations Amended During its. ten-day session here the Commission also amended same of its seasonal regulations in the canned salmon and mining indus-, tries; 1t ‘also recommended far the! Legislature that the Territorial act be ‘amended so that its wordlng‘ will' be in. accordance with Title 9 of the Social Security Act. As| one feature of this proposed change, taxes” would ‘have to be paid by! employers only upon’the first 33.-, 0p0 income of each employee in-| stead of on the full amount. Members of the Commission lerL‘ Juneau yesterday and today. Ro-| bert . Bragaw of Anchorage left| on 'the steamer Mount McKinley today to vacation in California. Chairman R. E. Hardcastle went to his .home:: at- Ketchikan on . the North Coast yesterdsy. Later he plans a vacation trip to visit his dlu‘hwf in mluhl (ANNERY Fire Sweeps Through Bur- nett Establishments~ Loss Is tomplete WRANGELL, A’-I-hh Nov 22— Fire of .an undetermined - origin completely destroyed . the Burpett Inlet, Salmon Company plant and three houses at Burnett 40 miles southwest of here last Wednesday night with an estimated loss of $75,000. The plant is owned:. by A. R. Brueger of Wrangell, now in Seattle. The fire is reported to have| started about 10 o'clock Wednesday pight, sweeping the. main .cannery building, large warehouse, and residences of M. P. Dergaard, store | s s oo mm————— PRESIDENT ASKS ALASKANS' HELP IN REGISTRAT!ON January 22 fo Be Draft Report Day for Ter- ritory’s Men Cooperation oi (hv people of Al- aska in effecting registration Jan- uary 22 of all young men from 21 to 35 for selective military service is asked by President Roosevelt in a proclamation issued at Washing- ton on Wednesday. A part of the proclamation, to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1940. HAIDA BACK i which the Governor's office called | tention today, is as follows “I call upon the Governor of the | Territory of Alaska to provide suit- | able and necessary boards to effect such registration. “I further call ernor of the Territory of Alaska and all officers and agents of the Tefri- tory of Alaska and subdivisions thereof to do and perform all acts and services necessary to accom- registration | |of Bering Sea patrol, took medical | upon the Gov-! plish effective and complete regis- | tration; and T especially call upon all local election officials and other patriotic citizens to offer their serv- | ice as members of the boards of registration “In order that there may be full cooperation in carrying into effeet the purposes of said Act, I urge all employers and government agencies of all kinds—Federal and local—to give those under their charge suf- ficient time off in which to fulfill | the obligations of registration in- cumbent on them under this said Act.” CONGRESS RECESSES T0 MONDAY Fears that 120-ton Roof| Might Cave in Halts ; lawmakingWork WASHINGTON Nov. 22. — Less than half the Senate showed up for work today and the resultant recess deferred action on the controversial Logan-Walter Bill designed to facil- itate court appeals from Govern- ment agencies at least untjl Mon- day. Only 45 Senators showed up and the House and Senate both voted to abandon their usual quarters tem- | porarily because of fears that the 120-ton roof might fall in. An engineer declared the old beams of the room are suffering from “fatigue.” U. 5. T0 HAVE CONSULATE IN VLADIVOSTOK Is An Importani Lookout Post for Russ-Japan Developments MOSCOW, Nov. 22—The Soviet Government has authorized the United States to open a Consulate General office in Vladivostok, Diplomatic quarters here said An- gus Ward, veteran Consul General and First Secretary of the United States Embassy here, has been nam- ied to head the new office with a staff of two men. Diplomatic quarters added that the United States wants the office in Viadivostok because the city over- looks the narrow waters of the sea, | Japan’s outlet to the, Pacific and an important port for Russia’s over- | seas commerce, especially since the war interferred with the northern European and Mediterranean sea routes, also is an important lookout post for Russian and Japanese. de- velopments ->-oo PROSECUTOR GEMMILL HERE FROM KETCHIKAN All criminal cases have been tried and civil cases are expected to be disposed of by the miiddle of De- cember at the Ketchikan term of court, according to Lynn G. Gem- Gemmill after cases. e ADS Ellfilfl&l! il UL mill, Assistant U. S. Attorney; who returned here this week with Mrs. prosecuting three ARD | | Guard cutter | 1sland was suffering threat infec- Frank E. Swartz, R&ident En- gineer for the Public Roads Admin- istration at Seward, arrived with Mrs. Swartz on the steamer Mt. Mc- Kinley today. He will be in the Juneau. office for the time being, before going to the States on leave. e, — Fred Matson and Ken Kashner. . There . m .8 heavy east wind| blowing at the time .and there was chance to. fight the flames. % in seines ahd other n ‘were, lgt in addition to ry buildings and dwell- AFTER LONG STAY AT SEA Weathers Four Storms-Has Busy Night in Dutch Harbor Gale After nearly two months absence | |from Junean during Wwhich she cruised into the shadow of the | Arctic Circle and back. again for| 6,200 miles on_ the log, the. Coast Haida, Cmdr. R. C. | Jewell is back at her moorings at i the Government Wharf. The Haida, during the course aid to many, gave help to two storm tossed vessels, saved two men from drowning. worked on a third who did not revive, and weathered four severe storms heightened by winds of 80 miles an hour or better. In Lashing Gale On Armistice Day in Dutch Har-| bor, the old Alaska Line vessel Northwestern, now a temporary flcating barracks and power house at the navy base, nearly broke away from her moorings as an eighty mile wind lashed the harbor. The Haida crew made the Northwestern safely fast to the dock with a 12- inch hauser, and also secured the Wwildlife Service vessel ~Penguin which ship's crew was unable to even reach the wharf to which they were tied, the wind was s0 severe. On that same night, the cook off the Penguin fell overboard from the Northwestern's plunging gang- plank. <A Halda resucitation crew worked over him for three hours, but were unable to revive him. Rescue Is Made At Nome, two of the Alaska Line freighter Sutherland’s crew were pulled from the icy waters of Ber- ing Sea when they fell overboard, Haida crewmen making the rescue. At Chignik, ship's doctor Dr. L. W. Brown saved three of four ser- fous cases of septic throat and stemmed the epidemic. He also treated a woman in childbirth at Kodiak, and at Nome, when word came. through that the Rev. Cun-: ningham on remote Little Diomede tion, - Dr. Brown.bridged .time and distance by treating him by radie. Only foreign vessel sighted on the long cruise which took the Haida as far out the Aleutians as Atka was the Greek freighter which had put into Dutch Harbor. The only news of Japanese op- erations in the Bering was a false alarm when an Aleutian Islands teacher saw the aforementioned Greek freighter .and reported “a Japanese cruiser.” ALASKA FISHERIES EMPLOYEE KILLED Olaf Martin Cathley, 53, an em- vice, lost his life ten days age when he was blown:off. the pier.at Dutch Harbor in a heavy storm. . Cathley, & cook on St. Paul Is- land, was on his way to Seattle aboard the vessel Penguin, which touched - Juneau. a few days ago. When the vessel called n at Dutch Harhor, Cathley went ashore and was killed. He is survived by the widow, Mrs, Bernice Cathley, at Bremerton. In- terment ‘was_at Dutch Harbor un- der supervision of the officers of the Penguin. ———————— BELLEVIE WGOES SOUTH Joe Belleview' of Nome and Bos- ‘on visited briefly in Juneau while the Mt. McKinley was in port. Belle- view is on his way to his home on the eastern seaboard after-a. sea- {ccunted still rages AT DUTCH HARBOR ployee of the Fish and Wildlife Ser- | BALLOT COUNT FIGHT RAGING IN WASHINGTO SEATTLE, Nov. 22—Mayor Ar- thur B. Langlie, apparently elected Washington's first Republican Gov- ernor since the days of Roland Hartley, broke his silence in the neated gubernatorial election bal- ot count contest with a Thanks- giving statement urgeing “all loyal Washingtonians” to work together n the common interest under him | as Governor. Langlie holds a 5714 vote lead cver Clarence C. Dill, Democrat, but a controversy over whether an | estimated 20,000 paper ballots which th wreat Dill's campaign manager has certified the challenggd votes to Langlie, biding by ' a muling by Attorney General Smith Troy which holds that crossing ~ovér from straight party voting is valid in the gubernatorial election. The 20,- 000 disputed ballots are counted in Langlie's slim lead If they threwn out, Dill will be the win-| ner. The Spokane Chronicle reported| Dill said in Washington he dosn intend to interfere in any action of | his friends in contesting the “cross| over” voting. | Those so voting marked a big | circle indicating they were voting | then placcd an X after aame. — tee — BEAM TRAWLER BRINGS CARGO OF FLOUNDERS For the um time in the histor of the Juneau Cold Storage, landing was made today of rloun-, der and sole by a Ketchikan beam | trawler, the Grant. The Grant, converted to a beam| trawler by Capt. Jack Knutsen, has been fishing for the Northern Two cents a pound was paid for the fish which will find their principal outlet for mink and fox feed, .- BODY OF MISSING PROSPECTCR IS 'FOUND IN HILLS The remains of Phil Hoffman, Pioneers’ Home resident who dis- appeared last August on a prospect- ing trip out of Sitka, were found, November 14 near the Indian River trail, six miles back into the hills. A Coroner’s Jury from Sitka vis- ited the spot and determined Hoff- man died from natural causes. Reporting that Hoffman’s body was buried where it was found, Superintendent Eiler Hanson wrote to Gov. Ernest Gruening “since Phil was one of the noblest of the old time prospectors, if he could have expressed a desire it would probably have been- to be buried where he staked out his last claim e HERE FROM GUSTAVUS son_of mining at Nome, where he openm a dredge with his brother Barney. Mrs, A, F. Parker is in from Gustavus and is a guest at the Gasuneau Hotel. the straight Democratic ticket und‘Gmen\mu.v Langlie’s | sources, has been advised by Russia not to alliance. | | papers made no reference this | noon | nation apparently continued seeking , Mrs. Douglas Gray Epworth League fo | ‘evening at 7:30 at the parlors of ,The time will be spent informally BALLOT BOX ALLEGED NOW Justice Department Urged to Prosecute, Also Re- ported Frauds WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Chair- man Gillette announced this after- noon that the Senate Campaign Committee has recommended to the vaters me_:rkn'l off for the straight pepartment of Justice the prosecu- Democratic ticket and then alsoigjon of “apparent ballot box stui- checked off to Langlie should be|fing" in Harlan, Bell and Pike Counties in Kentucky Gillette also announced that Fed- ened to take the case to the courtsierg) Grand Juries have taken or or before the Peglalamr('v will take action on reports of “elec- Determine Outcome | ticn frauds and voting irregulari- The King County. clectign board | ijeq: jn philadelphia, Chicago and Wilmington > 'WARNING IS GIVEN BULGARIA SOFIA Bu]Lmn Nov. 22.—The according to hu::h‘ join the three power Axis The government-supervised news- after- this little to the advice as { avenues avoiding involvment in the | present war and remain on a | fensive neutrality” “de- | basis. - South on McKinley To Jom Husband| Mrs. Douglas Gray 2 | is a passen- 5 ot h = Fisherles of Ketohikan “‘“C‘h has|gor for Seattle on the Mount Mc been packing considerable sole and .o s 3l 3 Kinley, She will join her husband flounder fillets. When that com-| vl s g P 5 i led ® who went south three weeks ago ::{:y mlmzfli‘nl curtaile KOP' “{to do some work in the Seattle lonis +ieokritly, Capt ey ice of the Fish and Wildlife Ser- turned to Juneau for an outlet for e. Mr. and Mrs, Gray expect to| his trawl catches. return to their home here in about The cold storage floor today Was. tjree weeks. covered with nearly 40,000 pounds pavig Douglas. weeks-old son of both sole and flounder, the o¢ My and Mrs. dy, is the prized | latter nearly two feet long. the gng honored guest at the home of | largest ever seen in this locality. hjs grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.| Felix Gray of Douglas. - .o Meet This Evening Members of the Epworth League will have their usual meeting this the Metropolitan Methodist Church. with games and entertainment. Benefit Bridge to Be Saturday Afternoon| To raise funds for postage to be used to send parcels of warm cloth- ing to Britain, Mrs. John McCor-| mick will be hostess at a benefit tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.! The affair will be a dessert bridge| with six tables in play. Prizes for the winners have been donated by | local merchants. D GLAD TIDINGS BAND MEET Members of the Glad Tidings Band will meet tonight at 7:45 o'- clock at the Bethel Mission. Peggy Houk will be the leader for the meetmg Here 1s the suhacrme to ‘fhe Daly A;sska Em- guarantees. circulatioa, mw-llfloor-m——wep-mwmzmmm ln &hm“m l-‘ullof M the Sl e AR WA o3 m«mdd 'it.k finish of ihlt aerial experts term “the most nmuing fefl ng from W to Corowa, in Australiay ustralian Air Force ln a big !bnl phno of similar type 1,000 feet above Brneklesby. ‘l'ha planes in ‘Pilot and observer of the lower plane bail But Fuller stayed at the controls and bro perfect landing, wn.htluurpm«vnly Turkey Now N STUFFING 1S/ In Hot Spo, Says Report ISTANBUL, TulLN Nov. 22, Fr: Von Papen, German Ambas- sador to Turkey, has arrived heré by plane from Berlin and observ- ers believe he had brought to the Turkish Government a German de- mand for Turkish participation in the Axis “new order” in Europe Observers believe the proposals brought from Berlin might involve the request that Tur ple not to aect if the Bulgarian and Ger- man troops move to attack Greece for relief to Italy. > MYSTERY a | Mount McKinl | l | Miss | | ORDERTO BRITONS TOKYO, Nov 2—The British Consulate today advised Britons residing in Tokyo and Yokohama to consult their Consulates for what was termed important advice Reports immediately circulated| that the British government has advised . British citizens to leave Japanese territory in the face of increasing international tension. The British Consulate informa- tion director here declined to di cuss the order. ng he knew nothing about its purpose. - HOME FOR HOLIDAYS e Kolb, employee of the on the was steamer Mt. McKinley. She will visit ! her family in Boston over the holi- | ays. a through passenger - MRS. SPENCER HERE Mrs. Winston W. Spencer, ('modnl-vu Bay, arrived on the Mt. McKinley from the Westward and is | for a visit with William From- off here Mrs stopping her mother, holtz > BURNETTS ON McKINLEY Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burnett passed through Juneau on the Burnett is on his way to Chicago where he will con- | tinue his work with the CAB. - GRAYBAR MAN Vance Bingham, Graybar E]vr- tric man, came in from the West- ward on the McKinley and is at the Gastineau Hotel. - -ee HART RETURNS In from BSitka yesterday was traveling man Oscar H: He at the Baranof. FROM ANCHORAGE A. G. Bennett is here from An- chorage and stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel. stopp - Subserive for The Empire. S that-are CLEANED —Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to Triangle You'll enjoy the holi- uay season more in fresh, perfectly cleaned clothes, cleaned the Triangle way! Phone 507 Pllot Bnngs Down Two Planes After Crash terlocked with s 'on top ed out, as did Fuller's obuner ht both planes down to thit “fiwh damaged. Land Office at Anchorage, | from | is | i THE WE. ATHER (By the U. . Weather Bureau) . DEPARTMENT )DF (OMMLRCE. WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinily, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Nov. Fair tonight and Saturday: not much change in temperature, lowest temperature tonight about 20, highest Saturday 28; fresh gusty north- easterly winds, Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Fair tonight and Saturday but partly cloudy and colder tonight south portion; fresh to strong gusty northerly surface winds but stronz to gale in sounds and straits and in Lynn Canal. Forecast of winas along the coast of the 22: Gulf of Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer, clear to partly cloudy, moderate m_ fresh northeasterly winds; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook, fair, moderate to frésh northeasterly winds; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay, increasing cloudiness, moderate to fresh easterly to southeasterly winds; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak, increasing cloudiness with local showers, fresh southeasterly winds. LOCAL DATA 3 Time Barometer 1emn Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4:30_p.m., yesterday 30.13 38.1 87 w 5 Lt. Rain 4:30 am. today 30.26 30.6 36 NE 14 Cloudy Noon today 3035 269 32 NE 8 Clear RADIO REPORTS | TODAY ax. tempt. | Lowest 3:30am Precip. 3:30am S8taticn last 2: hours ' temp temp, 24 hours Weather Barrow 19 10 15 0 Fairbanks 20 | -11 -4 a2 Nome 32 | 24 32 26 Dawson | 30 0 Anchorage 24 | 5 0 Bethel 26 | 26 0 Pt. Cldy St. Paul 39 | 317 09 Clear Dutch Harbor 39 36 11 Clear Wosnesenski 39 | - 36 34 Rain Kanatak 38 { 35 0 : Kodiak 34 1 28 0 Cordova 32 26 0 Juneau 11 31 55 Sitka 45 34 48 Ketchikan 43 41 35 air Prince Rupert 41 40 03 Cloudy Prince George . 25 | 19 0 Cloudy Seattle 46 26 0 Foggey Portland 50 30 0 Foggy San Francisco .. 59 47 0 Clear . WEATHER SYNOPSIS Rain was falling this morniny at King Cove and rain or snow over the southern portion of South:ast Alaska. Clear or partly cloudy skies prevailed generally elsewhere over Alaska. Rain or snow had fallen during the previous 24 hour; from the Aleutian Islands and the western portion of the Alaska P ninsula northward to the Seward Peninsula and over Southeast Alask . The greatest amount of precipi- tation was .55 inch which was recor led at Juneau. Colder temperatures j were reported over the eastern portion of Alaska from Petersburg northward, minus 11 degrees havinz been reported at Fairbanks. Clear to overcast skies were reported thi; morning over the Juneau fo Ketchikan airway with light snow o* rain, moderately low ceilings and fair to good visibilities south of Prsburg to. Ketchikan and unre- stricted visibiities, strong to gale northerly winds in sounds and straits north of Petersburg to Juneau The Friday morning weather chart indicated low pressure of 1002 millibars (29.59 inches) was centerei at 47 degrees north and 149 de- grees west and a second low of about the same pressure at 36 degrees north, 146 degrees west and third 1>W center was located to the north- west of St. Lawrence Island. Higa pressure of 1035 millibars (30.56 inches) was centered over northwestern Washington and a second high cell of about 1039 millibars (3).70 inches) was centered over the eastern portion of Alaska and a third high center of 1024 millibars (30.24 inches) was located at 36 deirees north and 167 degrees west Juneau, November 23. — Sunrise $:03 a.m, sunset 4:25 p.m UNCLE SAM WILLTRAIN ~ SKITROOPS Mount Rainier's Snowy Flanks Are Scarred by Tracks of Soldiers SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—Mount Rain- ier's snow-cloaked shoulders ,re- sounded to Army commands today as ski-shod soldiers made a recon- | naissaince of the peak to prepare for training of ski troops patterned | after Finland’s snow warriors. More than a score of ski veterans | of Washington's National Guard | 46th Field Artillery are-on the moun- tain studying the terrain and test- | ing snow conditions. 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