The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1941, Page 2

5 MILLION BUDGET IS SUBMITTED legislature—@ceives Re- port of Territorial Budget Board (Conunuea 1rom rage One) priaticn; shelter cabins, eliminate $5,000 appropriation; roads, from $800,000 to $600,000. Cnmmx.\\mnfl fl! Mines, eliminate $2,400 for draf man and $750 for special filing cases; Assay Office, eliminate $500 travel expense; rescue and relief of lost persorss, from $15,000 to $12,500; eliminate 10,000 bounty on eagles; Fisheries Experimental Commission, from $20,000 to $13.000;eliminate $25,- 000 for cleaning salmon streams (trout bounty); Aeronautics and Communications Commission, practic Examiners, from $500 to $35C. Million Deficit Seen Estimated revenues for the com- mg biennium are set at $3,846,600 which falls more than a million dol- | lars short of the estimated expendi- tures of $4,921,383.20. Item by item the appropriations in which increases are recommended by the Budget Board for 1941-43 (show- ing the 1939-41 total and the new sum asked) are as follows: enter- tainment at Governor’s House, from $2,000 to $4,000; premium on Surety company bond of Assistant to Ter- ritorial Treasurer and on bonds of Tax Collection Clerks, from $400 to| $500; carrying into effect automobile license law, from $2500 to $3,000; treasurer printing, postage, etc., from | $6,000 to $7,500; Territorial Banking | Board expenses, new item of $2,500; schools within incorporated ' towns and districts, from $730,000 to $750. 000; tuition to towns, $32,000 to $35,- 000; vocational education, new item of $30,000; salary of Deputy Commis- soner of Education, from $5400 to $7,200; missioner of Education, from $3,000 to $5000; Textbook Commissioner, new item of $300; University of Alas- ka experimental work cooperative with Federal Acts, from $10,000 to $30,000; University extension work cooperative with Pederal Acts, from $17,000 to $24,000; University admin- | istration and maintenance, from $160,400 to $199,050. University Building A total of $386,500 requested by Lhe‘ University for new building including | a School of Mines Building, a Mén’s Dormitory, Eielson Building, infirm- ary, rifle ranges and equipment, was neither recommended nor disapprov- | ed by the Board of Budget, which explains that the matter is one ror the Legislature. Commissioner of Mines, salary of clerk, from $4,860 to $5400; travel and field expenses, $10,000 to $12,500; temporary field assistants, new item of $5,000; salary of stenographer clerk, new item of $4,200; contingent expenses, from $3,600 to $5,000 (in- cluding for first time maintenance of branch offices at Anchorage and Fairbanks); Assay Office contingent expenses, 2200 to $2,300; equip- ment and supplies, $4,300 to $4,700. Wickersham Purchase? Alaska Museum acquisition of rare books, curios, etc., from $200 to $5,000; salary of Commissioner of Health, $3,600 to $4,776; salary of secretary, $3,600 to $4,200; clerical assistants, | new item of $7,800; contingent quar- antine expenses, $8,000 to $15,000; travel expenses of Commissioner and assistants, $1,000 to $2,000; office ex- pense, $300 to $2,000; rent, $3,600 to $6,600 (including for first time a branch laboratory at Anchorage); light, power and telephone, $600 to $2,000; care of crippled chiidren, $20,000 to $30,000; veneral disease control in cooperation with Armed Forces and U. S. Public Service, new item of $10,000. Pioneers’ Home general mainte- nance, $156,900 to $176,200; salary of superintendent, $7,200 to $8,400; God- dard maintenance, $20,000 to $32,600; bounty on hair seals, $60,000 to $80,000; weights and measures, $500 to $2,500; Unemployment Compensa- tion Commission service account, $20,000 to $25,000; Alaska Planning Council, $20,000 to $25,000. Territorial Boards Board of Optometry, $300 to $340; Board of Pharmacy, $500 to $600; Bcard of Medical Examiners, new item of $1,000 for emergency fund; Board of Accountancy, $200 to $250; Board of Cosmetology, $700 fo $800; Department of Public Welfare, $59,- 565.57 to $69.977.20 (of which $23.- 337.20 is Territory's share); old age assistance, $500,000 to $660,000; moth- | Health ers' allowances, $66,000 to $70,000; | Board of Dental Examiners, new item of $800 An amended estimate of the De- partment of Public Welfare increas- ing the total to $87,005 (but cutting the Territory's share to $20,205) and increasing mothers’ allowances an additional $2,000 was received by the Board too late to be included in the| general total Members of the Territorial Board of Budget are Gov. Ernest Gruening, | ‘Treasurer Oscar G. Olson and Audi- tor Frank A. Boyle. — NOMICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing| sir route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co, traveling expenses of Com- | in the INTRODUCED—H.B. 1, appropriating $600,000 for roads. INTRODUCED—H.B. 2, by vey Smith, ment Compensation Law. INTRODUCED—H.J.R. 1, by Har- vey | TODAY by Lyng, Har- amending Unemploy- Smith, asking transfer of An- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 1941 ALL- ALASKA. | ABOR MEETS CONVENTION Proposes fo Establish De- | partment of Labor and | Minesin Territory chorage land from Federal to - Teftitorial ownership The 3rd Annual All Alaska Labor e I Convention met teday in the Union |Hall to elect off and appoint ‘H cmmittees for the coming four day Meeting under the ‘auspices of the Seven Years, | ‘Willie Horton, Hommh native, who | Excursion Inlet last summer, plead- | ed guilty to a charge of manslaught- |er in District Court this afternoon and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Horton was first charged with first degree murder, but the charge was changed to manslaughter to which the prisoned pleaded’ guilty. The native was accused of the murder of Willie Mills during an nargument and fight. Affer* the shooting, Horton turned the rifle on himself and hds beén in the Gévernment Hospital recovering !rgmlhe self-inflicted mmd. Baranof Now JuneauBound SEATTLE, Jan. 28. Steamer 1 o'clock this morning with 191 pas sengers aboard, including 39 steer- age. | Passengers aboard the Baranof for Juneau include Mrs. Charles Bur- dick, Uriel Anderson, Mrs. Frank K. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Me- herin, A. J. Ficken, J. W. Roberts, Mrs. C. G. Cragg, Miss Ida Brownjohn, Mrs. Brown- ‘!John. Ralph Beistline, Mrs. Olstead, Stanley Grummett, and son. Unemploymenl Tax Must Be Paid Now Only three more days remain for ‘pn,vment without penalty of unem- ‘p]oymcnt compensation contribu- | tions according to Executive Direc- tor Walter P. Sharpe, who says: “Employers who wish to gain credit against the Employers Ex- cise Tax, as levied under Title nine of the Federal Social Secur- ity Act for 1940 Territorial unem- ployment compensation contribu- tions, must submit their payments (have them postmarked) on or be- fore January 31, 1941’ ,‘are liable under the Federal Em- ployers’ Excise Tax are permitted to take credit against such tax for | the amount of Territorial unem- ployment contributions paid. The maximum amount of credit allow- able is 90 percent of the Federal tax. This credit is allowed only if the contributions, based on wages paable during the preceding year, are submitted (postmarked) on or before Janu 31 > Recephon for Legislators fo Be Public Affair Honoring Senators and Repre- sentatives at the 15th Territorial Legislature, and wives of the Leg- islators, Gov. and Mrs. Ernest Gruening will entertain | evening with a public reception at the Governor's House. Residents of Gastineau Channel | o'clock and midnight. Dr. Rudefigmlly - Arives Last Night | Arriving here on the North Coast from Petersburg, Mrs. J. O. Rude, now associated with Dr. L. P. Dawes of this city. Mrs. Rude was accompanied by her three sons, Donald, Andrew and Jimmy. The family is residing {at the former Karnes residence on Seventh at Main Street, recently| purchased by Dr. Rude. — >, EGR('MMETTS DUE IN | JUNEAU ON BARANOF | Manslaughler from | $70,000 to $15.000; Board of Chiro-|gas jnyolved in a shooting fray at | Baranof sailed for Alaska ports at | Della | wife | Sharpe stated that employers who | tomorrow | are extended a cordial invitation to call between 9 and 12 o'clock. There will be dancing between 10| steamer | J. O. Rude joins her husband, Dr.| Maritime Federation of Labor, the | Convention is meeting “to consoli- | date and coordinate the labor move- | ment in Alaska and to promote bet- ter relations and to protect the liv- | ing standard of workers,” according {10 A. E. Harding of the Maritime | Pederation of the Pacific. Prepose Changes The Convention proposes changes |in the Alaska Unemployment Com- pensation Laws, the Werkmen's Compensation Act and will try to establish a Department of Labor and Mines in the Territory. At today’s meeting John Olafson, representative of the Alaska Fish- ermen's Union of Ketchikdn, was elected Chairman of the Convention. with Conrad Espe ‘of the Seattle UCAPAWA as Vice-Chairman. Rag- nar A.‘Hansen, of fhe Maritime Ped- eration of the Pacific in Kétchikan was elected Secretary. Delegated From Juneau Delegates at the Convention are: from Juneau—Chris Hennings, Joe Satko and Abel Anderson of the Sawmill Workers No. 2685; E. E. Stannard, John Covich and W. Ras- mussen of the Mine, Mill and the Smelter Werkers; R. V. Erickson and Henry Benson of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen; Joh Pentilla and Walter Otis, of the International Fishermen’s Union No. 126; Harcld C. Aase of the Juneau | Déep Sea Fishermen’s Union; Ervin | Hill of the Transport Workers; F. Benedict and Frank Chinella of |the Retail Clerks; Joseph M. Guy {and James O'Connor of the Local { Industrial Union and George Ford of the Juneau Industrial Union | Council. Seattle Delegates | From Seattle—A. E. Harding of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific, Conrad Espe of the UCAPAWA, George Lane of the International Fishermen and Allied Workers; Fred Scheel of the Alaska Fishermen's Union, and Jack Price of the In- ternational Longshoremen’s Union. From Ketchikan—Fred Omar of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen, John Olafson of the Alaska Fishermen, Pete Figueroa of the Southern Alaska Cannery Work- jers and R. A. Hansen of the Mari- | time Federation of the Pacific. From Sitka—Belmondo Shumbata |of the Allied Trades, Z. T. Scovil, A. G. Dexter of the International Fish- ermen and Trollers and Bob Tickner {of the AF of L Warehousemen’s Un- | ion. ( C. W. Hall of Cordova is rérpesent- ing the Copper River, Prince Wil- liam Sound Fishermen’s Union, and Nelson Nordin of Anchorage is re- presenting the Alaska Fishermen's Union of that district. POLICE DRAG CHANNEL FOR MISSING GIRL Search Made Underneath Juneau Docks for Clue fo Disappearance Search for the bddy of suicide note writer Reita Amos continued late yesterday and today as City police- men dragged an area from the Alas- |ka Steamship Dock to the rock dump, diligently hunting for some {trace of the despondent girl who |wrote a farewell note one week ago |and then disappeared. | cCity Patrolmen Emmett Botelho |and E. H. Manery made a complete | search yesterday underneath all Ju- neau decks at a minus tide, but fail- ed to find any clue of the missing girl. Police Chief Dan Ralston again today asked halibut fishermen and |Channel boatmen to watch for any klrm-v that might lead to a clearing |up of the case. POLYGAMIST In Federal Court before Judge | George F. Alexander this afternoon Barbara Enestvedt pleaded guilty to a charge of polygamy, a previous charge of perjury having been dis- | missed. | She will be sentenced by Judge Alexander February 1. Possible sen- tence on a charge of polygamy is| Stan Grummett, Juneau insur-|from one to seven years. jance man, accompanied by Mrs.| —_——— Grummett and son Michael, sailed| AYRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing ADMITS GUILT| SUM OF $61,500 IN DEFICIENCIES WILL BE ASKED Vital SfafisiE Seals and, Relief Costs Could Not Be Avoided Dcfitciencies tot.mng $61,500 in the Speration cf the Territorial govern- ment during the last biennium are disclesed in' the repert of the Board sf Budget, submitted to the Le¢ lature teday. | Though the Legislature two years ago warned Territorial offices not to incur deficiencies in the future, the 1639-41 deficiencies arose out- side ‘the jurisdiction of the offices neurring them and were unavoid- | able in carrying out provisions of various laws, the Board explains. The deficiency appropriations asked,' covering obligaticns of Territory up to next March 31, are are follows: Registrar of Vital Statistics, $1,500. | Territerial Treasurer, bounties on hair seals, $20,000. _Public Welfare, gener al relief, | Ask Tertilr Bmldmg Sfle - AtAnchorage Smith Memorial Reques's Transfer of Federal Lot There A measure seeking reservation of A site at Anchorage for the' con- struction of a Territorial Building was introduced in the House of M. | Representatives here this afternoon by Rep. Harvey J Smith of An- chorage. Smith’s memorial, first intro- duced this session, asks the Fed- eral Government to transfer own- ership of an uhused Department of Justice site at Anchorage to the Territory. “The Territory has at the pres-| ent time and with a promise of having more in the future, many agencies of the Territorial govern- ment and the Federal and Terri- torial governments combined cated ‘at Anchorage,” one of the preambles explains. Smith also introduced a bill this afternoon to amend the Unemploy- ment Compensation Act extending its provisions to all employers of one instead of eight) lo- 20) dmen:m, weeks of the year, (opslead Buys Out H. Bates Announcement was made today that Roald C. Copstead, for the past year assciated with Harcld Bates in the 20th Century Meat Company, has purchased Mr. Bates’ interest in the local establishment, taking ef-| fect February 5. Mr. Bates, well known business as- sociate here since the opening of the 20th Century announced today he will begin the practice of law:in Juneau. He passed the Alaska bar examinations a few months ago. The 20th Century Meat Market will operate in the future under the came popular policy it has in the past. . s NYA AIM IS T0 TRAIN SKILLED - WORKERS HERE Diesel, Trafioflr, Airplane Mechanic Experfs May Develop in North Eventual evolvement of a plan for training young Alaskans in skills such as diesel operation, tractor driving and airplane servicing is the aim of the National Youth Adminis- tration work program which is just being launched in the Territory, Secretary of ‘Alaska E. L. (Bob) Bartlett said today in a talk before the Juneau Rotary Club. Territorial officials hope, Bart- lett said, to make a showing with the present $52,000 program so that in future years a substantial amount will be available for a more ambi- tious training program. Bartlett suggested that the NYA work would tie in nicely with any vocational education program set up {in the Territory. H. L. Faulkner said that a Ketchikan proposal for Jun- from Seattle on the steamer Bar-| air route trom Sesttle to Nome, om|might also be made part of the|[two months adv, | anof after a month in the States. )sale at J. B. Burford & Co. - adv, Fsame program, the | persons who| worked in each of five (instead of| 'Woman sBody Found Today, (Channel Beach Native Apparently Slipped | from lcy Float-Drown- ed During Night Lying on the beach near the Stan- dard Oil Dock on Willoughby Ave- nue, the body of Mrs. Agnes Price, this morning by Henry Kucken. Apparently a victim of drowning, | the woman was fully clothed .and had not been in the water over 18 | hours. Tt is thought that she had | slipped from an icy float during the | night. On her left hand were two rings, ,one a diamond. She was last seen ‘ve:tenday afternoon shortly before |6 oclock. The deceased was the | wife of Ted Price, fotmer A. J. min- | er. A coroner’s inquest had not been held late boday ‘PlEADS GUILTY T0 CHARGES | OF ASSAULT Charlie Johnson pleaded guilty to two charges of assault and battery before Judge George F. Alexander in Federal District Court late yes- terday and was sentenced to 60 days’ imprisonment. Previously | Johnson had pleaded not guilty to ‘the charges. | Also on the docket of the Federal | Court session was the plea of Cor- nelius Hoogendorn, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of violation of the game laws. Date of trial was not set. | The court ordered the issuance of | an importer’s license and a general wholesale license to the Anchorage Cold Storage Company of Anchor- |age, and received a petition for bankruptey from Clifford O'Shea. Today the court continued in the case of Pat Hussey vs. Pete Hammer |and ordered the attorneys for the plaintiff and the defendant to pre- pare briefs to present to the court. | ROTARY CLUB There was a possibility that the case may be equitable and not entitled {to jury trial. Dr. (ountll WI“ Give Radio Talk - On Birthday Ball Dr. 6:45 o'clock on the Birthday Ball, Smith, district chairman of the President Birthday Ball. Much enthusiasm and interest is being shown in the affair set for | Saturday evening with bridge in | the Baranof Hotel and dancing in the Elks Ballroom, Charles Carter and Charles Beale, co-chairmen of the solicitation committee, report a generous re- sponse to the worthy cause. o gy s AIRMAIL FROM STATES DUE ON ELECTRA TODAY Airmail addressed to the States left by PAA Electra this afternoon for Whitehorse, where the Douglas DC-3 is waiting to fly south, Post- master Wile announced. Airmail from the south is also being flown to Juneau today by El- ectra from Whitehorse. Two Electras, Juneau-bound from Fairbanks, arrived in Whitehorse this afternoon and one arrived at Juneau with the following passeng- ers: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bird, W. S. Burton, Miss Jean Mozee, John H. Gaffney and K. J. Rucker. The second électra, held in White- horse by weather, has the following pasengers: Clarence Wollan, Mrs. T. B. Burnham, C. R. Kock, Mrs. Wil- liam Bloom and sons, Bart and Stan, and D. L. Hamilton, e —— NEW YORK, Jan. 28. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 90 Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 85, Commonwealth and Southern 11/16, Curtiss Wright 87, General Motors 44'%, Internation- al Harvester 51, Kennecott 33%, New York Central 14; Northern Pa- cific 6%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES Jones averages: rails 2948, utilities 20.24. - — MEHERINS ENROUTE Joe Meherin, motoring in States, native, was found at 10:15 o'clock | W. W. Council will give a‘ ;radio talk over KINY tonight at| it was announced by Dr. Courtney | United States Steel 60%, The following are today's Dow, industrials 128.60, ON NORTHBOUND BOAT tel. well known Juneau | broker, and Mrs. Meherin are re-| turning here on the steamer Bar-| ior College work along these lines|anof. They have spent the p::t e LEGISLATURE STALLS FOR | GOV.'S TALK Little Achon Today as To-| - morrow’s Address | ‘ Is Awaifed Looking forward to tomorrow af-| ternoon at 2 o'clock when Gev. Ernest Gruening will deliver his message to the 15th Territorial Leg- islature, members of the House and Senate marked time today. * Both houses met, but without important developments. Two bills and a resolution were introduced in the House. Represen- tatives completed organization, ap-| proved a mileage table and re-! ceived two communications from residents of the Matanuska Valley, one supporting the proposed Health Department bill and the other ask- |ing a veterinarian for the rail- | belt. The Senate adjourned until 11 | o'clock tomorrow morning and the | House until 1:30 tomorrow after- | noon. | Message Awaited | The Governor's message will be delivered in person to a joint ses- sion of the House and Senate in | the House Chambers at 2 o'clock. :‘[he gallery is certain to be packed | to capacity. The message will be Icarr!ed by remote control broadcast from radio. station KINY. | In a brief and routine morning | session, the House today adopted the committee lineup for the ses- sion, appointed Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne, Frank Whaley and Stuart L. Stangroom to notify the Gover- nor the House was organized and ready for business and a similar committee consisting of Charles Herbert, Willlam Egan and Almer Peterson to notify the Senate. The Senate session was even briefer, adjourning until 11 o'clock tomorrow after adopting 1939 rules as the rules of this session and| instructing the Rules Committee to meet with a delegation from the)| House to arrange the joint session| |at which the Governor will deliver ;hxs message tomorrow. LOOMING FOR | PETERSBURG |Borleske Goes South After Visiting Three New Alaska Clubs A new Rotary Cilub for Peters- | burg, in addition to those recently | established at Fairbanks, Sitka and Anchorage, is now in prospect, ac- cording to District Governnor R. Vincent (Nig) Borleske, who passed through on the southbound Bar- anof this week. Borleske installed charters for the Sitka and Fairbanks Clubs and organized that at Anchorage. A charter member of the Anchorage Club attended the Juneau meeting today. He is Rep. Almer J. Peter- son, attorney. C. E. Swanson of Petersburg, who was present at today's luncheon meeting here, said he was ‘about; sold on having a Club at Peters- burg.” John Bavard was another visi- tor at today's meeting. Next week older sons and daugh- ters of Rotarians will be guests at the luncheon, The Club today tabled indefinite- ly the child welfare bill which it has had before it several months for endorsement. A meeting of the cast for the Rotary Minstrel Show will be held at Percy’s Cafe Sunday at 2 o'r clock, Chairman Rod Darnell an- nounced. - - Nome'Stenographer South for Vacation, Miss Jean Mozee, daughter of Ben Mozee, Second Division Mar- shal and stenographer-bookkeeper in the Miners and Merchants Bank in Nome, is arriving in Juneau on the Electra which left Fairbanks this forenoon. Miss Mozee will spend several weeks visiting friends and rela- tives in the States. BEISTLINE DUE ON STEAMER BARANOF Ralph Beistline is on the steamer Baranof enroute here after spend- ing the past two months visiting relatives in Philadelphia. This is his first trip to the States for 33 | years. | A e e B MRS. PHILLIPS RETURNS Mrs. Betty Phillips, who has been lon a vacation in the States, re- | turned yesterday on the Princess | Norah. She is at the Baranof Ho- — e — OVERBY TO SITKA 1Twenty-0neT_lwusand Ton Ty S 260 e SRl ML 3y £ THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF CON MERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Jan. 28: Occasional light showers tonightand Wednesday; not much change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 37 degrees, hign- est temperature Wednesday 43 degrees; gentle to moderate south- easterly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Occasional showers north portion, with snow or rain extreme north portion and occasional light rain south portion tonight and Wednesday; little change in temperature; gentle to moderateé southeasterly winds, but moderate to fresh in sounds and straits, becoming gen‘le to moderate northerly in Lynn Canal Wednesday afternoon, Forecast of winos awi¢ the coast of the Gulf of Alaskat Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Occasional light rain; fresh, be- coming fresh to strong southeastxrly winds; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Occasional light rain: moder- ate to fresh easterly to southeaster.y winds; Resurrection Bay to K¢ diak: Local light rain or snow; mojderate easterly to southeasterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.30 42 86 ENE 17 Rain 4:30 a.m. today ... 29.52 40 84 SE 12 Rain Noon today . 29.66 41 86 E 16 Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Barrow =27 -33 -27 T Snow Fairbanks .-10 -15 -11 10 Cloudy Nome -6 -16 i S 0 Clear Dawson =21 | -24 =21 15 Cloudy Anchorage 13 10 1¥ 94 Pt. Cldy Bethel ....=13 =21 =21 [ Pt. Cldy St. Pau 5 3 -2 0 01 Cloudy Dutch Harbor .. 25 17 18 22 Snow Wosnesenski 25 | 12 19 T Snow Kodiak . 82 | 28 30 21 Snow Corfova 37 34 317 1.88 Rain Juneau ... 45 i 38 0 122 Sitka e 4T 33 40 1.02 Ketchikan ... 49 | 40 42 1.04 Prince Rupert .. 49 42 44 111 Prince George .. 44 39 44 04 Seattle S 49 Portland ... 55 40 45 0 San Francisco .. 64 42 46 0 WEATHER SYNOPSIS Rain was falling this morninz at some points over Soutii: Alaska and along the coast to the Kenai Peninsula, and snow was falling from Kodiak Island to the Aleutian Islands and at Barrow. Partly cloudy skies prevailed generally elsewhere over Alaska. Rain or snow had fallen during thé previous 24 hours from Southeast Al- aska to the Aleutian Islands, and at some points over the Alaska Range and over the extreme north coast. The greatest amount of precipitation was 1.88 inches, which was recorded at Cordgva, Tem- peratures had fallen over the Kuskokwim Valley, and from the Al- aska Peninsula to the Aleutian Islands, but were slightly warmer in the Interior and along the north and west coast. Barrow reported minus 27 degrees and Bethel minus 21 degrees this morning, Aver- cast, with local light rain, low to moderately low ceilings and fair to good visibilities prevailed this morning over the Juncau-Ket- chikan airway. The Tuesday morning weather chart indicated a low pre area of 967 millibars 28.56 inches) was located at 57 degrees and 155 degrees west, and a second low center of 963 millibar: 44 inches) was centered at 48 degrees north, 163 degrees west, and relatively low pressure prevailed over the interior of Alaska, A hizh pressure area above 1030 millibars (30.42 inches) was centered Lo the east of Washington state, ani a second high center of 1044 millibars (30.24 inches) was centerad at 27 degrees north and 132 de- grees west. Jumeau, Jan, 29. — Sunrise 9:11 a.m, sunset 5:12 p.m. LINER NOT |}fiecce e Par Legislafors TORPEDOED |30 83265 BY GERMANS re north (23 John McCormick, Allen Shattuck and Crytsal Snow Jenne will get 30 cents apiece. Rep. Jim Davis, who |lives out the Glacier Highway at anle 3 will get 90 cents. The six members of the Second Division delegation will get $832.65 apiece. It was the mileage table for mem- bers of the 15th Territorial Legisla- Empress of Australia Ll Safe in Pofl J?{n‘e. approved this afternoon in the | At the rate of 15 cents per mile (By AssoclA'l'ED PRESS) in each direction, Legislators will Reports over a faltering radio early [cnllect, total of $5,333.25. this morning said the 21,000-ton; The Second Division men, all British Liner Empress of Australia | residents of Nome, are credited with had been torpedoed and shelled by (1,895 inbound miles and overland a submarine 200 miles off the coast|and 3,656 outbound miles by steamer of West Africa. via Seattle. This report was followed 10 hDUl‘S: Tondon it the dectaration” ¢ LEGION ARRANGING JIGGS DINNER HERE FOR LEGISLATORS liner is “safe in port.” London Naval circles said that se- curity reasons barred disclosure of the port sheltering the liner. Legislators will be guests of honor at a Jiggs Dinner to be held next month by Alford John Bradford Post of the American Legion, the The Empress of Australia ferried | King George and Queen Elizabeth Post decided at last night’s meet- ing. across the Atlantic in 1939 on their Anthony E. Karnes and Dave visit to Canada and the United States. Davenport were appointed to ar- range the affair. used as a troopship, presumably feeding men and supplies to Britain's African armies. It is reported the liner has been ——— e, — Clarence J. Lincke, 66, Seward newspaperman and miner, has en- Fors Summer Home S(ene Of Ga'henng ered the Pioneers’ Home, according to word from Sitka. Lincke came to The Luther League met sundnyy night at the summer home of Mr. | Ala.ska m___.“.__wm and Mrs. J. Fors on Lena Beach. Seventeen' members were present. “Living Epistles” was the topic for the evening and the discussion was led by Luise Neilsen. A business meeting was held during which time | those present discussed plans for | their program in February. Tickets for the affair are to be placed on sale soon. Following the meeting a dinner| was served and the remainder of ihe | evening was spent in group singing. i ENTERS HOME Subscribe for The Fmpire. CLOTHES that are CLEANED OFTEN—Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to Triangle vmnl enjoy the holi- day season more in ‘Way! Phone 507 Arrangements for the outing were | (rc fei :éd m{hec't:ly in charge of Dorothy Fors, Betty | Cleaned tl Reed and Gene Aiken. ! ‘Triangle | —————— WHALEYS MOVE TO EVERGREEN APTS. | Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Whnleyi and son Brownie, have moved from | ka on the North Coast. He will be there for a week on business for the Internal Revenue Department. Wes Overby is a passenger to Sit- | the Baranof Hotel to an lp-rhnent“ in the Evergreen. Mr. Whaley is a Representative to the Territorial Legislature from Nome. } i