The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1941, Page 8

TONIGHT Juneau High HENNINGS AND ELKS DeMOLAY JUNEAU HIGH SCHOOL GYM 7:30 P. M. EMPLOYEES Dimond Is OF HOUSE Kept Busy SELECTED AsDelegale Lawrence Kerr Will Keep Has Introduced Many Bills Track of Goings-on of | —More Coming Up-On | Representatives Nine Committees Employees of the House of Rep-| WASHINGTON, Jan. 28-—Alaska ntatives of the 15th Territorial Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has are selected yesterday started out on what promises to be 1 follows: a busy session in Congress for him.| Clerk Kerr of He has introduced 32 bills and savs | (he has more and hopes to have| it Clerk—Elena Arola of | them before committees before long wrangell Delegate Dimond is not only kept I Clerk—Marie 5. Wil-| busy keeping track of his bills liams of Juneau and expediting passage through | Engrossing Clerk Catherine| committees but he has a (u'nu‘n—i Ghe of Juneau | dous amount of committee work mt - at - Arms — August J. ahead of him. He is a member of rigga of Anchorage nine House committ Naval Af- Walchman—Heien J. Bernhofer| fairs, Military Affairs, Merchant, of Juncau Marine and Fisheries, Mines and Doorkeeper—Doris Swap of Ju- Mining, Indian Affairs, Public neau Lands, Rivers and bors, Public Messenger—dJohn R. Langseth of Roads and also Territories, Juneau 5 > Chaplain — The Rev. John A -e LEGISLATURE 15 §600,000 ROADS, Alaska Influenza Situation Better Reports on contagious diseases| Howard lyng Infroduces throughout the Territery for thel SR week ending January 27 showed 322 Appropriation as House cases of influenza compared to 1026 7 at the close of previous week, ac- B|” Number One cording to Dr. Courtney Smith, As- sistant Territorial Director of Health. i3 R Dr. Smith pointed out, however, that House Bill No. 1, the first meas- since only 22 out of over 60 practic- | ure to be introduced in the 15th! ing physicians had reported the fig-| Territorial Legislature, was dropped ures did not represent the total num- | in the hopper this morning by Rep. ber of cases but were an indication Howard Lyng of Nome. | of a decrease. The measure would appropriate Other diseases reported during the | $600.000 for roads, bridges, trails last week included 11 cases of meas- |and landing fields throughout the les. mostly at Anchorage and Wran- Territory. Last session $800,000 was four new cases of tuberculosis, | appropriated, but due to disappoint- 22 cases of German measles, 10 cases ' ing revenues, only $553,269.20 was of pneumcnia, 25 cases of chicken- | spent up to the first of this year pex., mestly at Mountain Village; Under the Lyng bill, the appro- s of syphilis and 13 cases|priation would be apportioned lequally among the four Divisions. three of gonor TAILORED TO YOUR TASTE! BoDIES BELL outward at the window line . . . for roomy comfort. | Five-foot Airfoam cushions . . . extra room for shoulders, elbows, i knees. Lots of headroom. Lower, stronger double-channel frame | reduces overall height, improves comfort, increases handling ease. Come in and try this greatest Chrysler . . . Vacamatic Transmission . . . beauty . . with Fiuid Drive, new more powerful Spitfire engines. A . tailored to your taste! ERS AND PLYMOUTH NOW ON DISPLAY | Cowling-Davlin Co. PHONE 57 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. GERMANY'S NEW LONG DISTANCE BOMBER | S This is the first picture to be released of Germany’s latest four-motored long distance bomber, a Focke- Wulff “Kurier.” German sources say it has been used in hunting enemy merchar:tmen far out on the - LEGISLATURE | "WARNED OF SPACE NEED MEN WHO ARM AMERICA: 2 Territorial Offikes Crowd- ed, Building Unsuited, Board Reports Additional space for Territorial of- s here is needed imperatively, the (1 ature was told today in the biennial report of the Board of Budzet “Unless the Federal Government will immediately construct a new SIDNEY HILLMAN wing to the Federal Building to take : o L e of additional activities of the Educated as a rabbi, Sidney ””"‘l-mlflfl Government and the Ter- man hag been in o fight ever sice yyorn) Government—actiont which he was 20-—now he's having his|,rormation from the National Capi- sreatest test as half the team boss- 41 jhgicates js most unlikely either ing U. S. rearmament. The other|yymediately or for some Years to hall’s Big Bill Knudsen of General! comn if becomes imperative that the Motors, # tritorial Government make suit- Hillman was born in Lithuaniaiabe provisicns for supplying addi- March 23, 1887; emigrated Lo the|tional spac the Budget Board's U. S. in 1907; three years later led report declares. the garment workers in a great, The Board pointed out that ex- Chicago strike; president of the tensive repairs to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers| Building had to be financed during since 1915; one of the most success- | the biennium out of the Emergency ful labor leaders in U. 8. hi Fund. Additional supports had to Hillman's job is keeping labor rela-'be placed under about one-half of tions at peak efficiency, keeping the the building to carry the weight of defense wheels turning. I heavy filing systems required by the He still speaks with a thick|Department of Public Welfare and accent; suffers tortures from sinusi-+ Unemployment Compensation Com- tis; rated a top liberal, a New Deal|mission, | stalwart. Married Bessie Abramo-| The building is not large enough witz. to accommodate the activities at present using the ce, and neither |is it suitable for the work which must be performed there, according to the Board. B L OO M_gladiolas ' trim .the somewhat brief costume of Doto- thy Yungeberg, who'll head:a parade celebrating the harvest af flowers in the gladiola-grow= ing Encinitas, Cal. - Bob Wald from Sitka To Chamber Meefing | Bob Wald, former editor of the| Mrs, Charles Burdick is’enroute Sitka Sentinel, arrived here last|here on the steamer Baranof after night on the Daisy-O and will repre- | spending the past several month: sent the Historic City at the Terri- | visiting in the states. torial Chamber of Commerce meet- | ing to be held in Juneau this weel:.I Try a clas A. J. FICKEN ON weeks’ bus s t-ip to title, A. F. Ficken is on the steamer Bar- anof. Ficken is owner of the Alaska Meat Co., here - irom a -three MRS. CHARLES BURDICK RETURNING FROM STATES 2 and Sea FETIRTR & ified ad in The Empire, there is rice. New York Bids for World Style Leadership - New York ity makes a commanding bid for style leadership of the world with a mammoth “Fashion Futures” show in Manhattan. Here are three of the creations displayed. Left, light blue herringbone wool jacket and plain navy skirt. Stripped fabric edges the plain fabric cape. The hat is a navy straw breton with scarlet ribbons.” Center, heavy green and white slippen shtin, pleated, makes a dirndl skirt bgneuh a white lace blouse, worn with pearls and multi-eolored beads, suggested by Mrs. Thomas Shevlin. Right, a dress of pink repousse lace, with ruched tulle shoulder caps, suggested by Mrs. Harrison Williams. g, Allen Shatuck of Juneau STEAMER BARANOF The cnly crop in the Philippines tine and Morals—Lander, wholly consumed by the people' Stangroom, Peterson, Herbert and his annual report to the Governor 28, 1941. ONE GROUP ® FORMALS B DRESSES B JACKETS RACK ® RAINCOATS ® HOUSE DRESSES Originally Cost Up to $16.95 | Coats Prices Greatly Slashed INCLUDES EVERYTHING BUT SHAGMOOR'S | SHAGMOOR’S 25% OFF Formerly Priced to $24.50 e NO APPROVALS COMMITTEES FOR HOUSE APPOINTED © NO EXCHANGES ~ IPUTTEETHIN GOLD TAX ACT, URGES TRUITT Attorney General Recom- mends Office of Labor Commissioner Put some teeth in the gold tax | Gets Important Ways and Means Pos' {statute. Establish the Office of Labor | Commissioner for the Territory. Re- Committees of the House of ReD- quire applicants for pensions to list resentatives for the session were;gqj) property owned by them. Amend |appointed today as folows: |the women’s minimum wage law to Ways and Means—Shattuck, Mc- provide for the collection of back Cormick, L. Smith, Lyng, Egan, H.| wages. Provide by statute that when | Smith, Gordon and Lander. |ever the Federal law requiring an- Banks, Banking and Corporations nual labor on mining claims is sus- —Gordon, Rogge, Shattuck, Jenne pended, the Alaska law shall also and L. Smith. . {be suspended. Make those intending Judiciary and Federal Relations to be' married file an application | —Peterson, Davis, Lyng, Herbertlseveral days in advance. |and Lander. These and a dozen other recom- i Education, Public Health, Quaran- | mendation; are made by Territorial Jenne, | Attorney General James S. Truitt in | Whaley. |and Legislature. Truitt, who will re- | Elections, Election Laws and|tire from office April 1, says in his Mileage — Stangroom, Mccormick,‘ valedictory: Peterson and Lander. ‘ Nothing Unhnpofl-tn! Engrossment and Enroliment — ‘Leaving the office of Attorney Jenne, Rogge, Stangroom ‘and Pet- General, and, in all probability, de- erson. parting from public service for all Fisheries, Fish, Game and Agri-| time to come, we go forth with a culture — Davis, McCormick, L.|feeling of the fine memories of the Smith, H. Smith, Egan and Gor- | associations we have had t_iuring our don, eight y;ar.; of guhlic serlv:ce in t.hr: i ion— | office. It has been a pleasure an lH:fi&fa&lfig{;&ikl‘mln‘;lxg]:tflxn- an honor to have served the Terri- der and Whaley. | tory in the capacity of Attorney Gen- Originally Cost up to $29. " i 7 Last Four Days January Clearance 75 §5.99 7$9.99 DON'T MISS OUR 25¢ — 30¢ and $1 TABLES Overflowing with Bargains GROUP OF FORMALS $7.99 SKI TOGS and FOUNDATIONS At Low Prices You Can’t Afford to Miss!!? | Jones- Stevens Inc. © NO REFUNDS 223 SEWARD \cral. and during this period of ser 1ice’ we have tried always to keep {clegely ip oun mind that we were eledted By the direct vote of the people of the Territory, and were available to any and all who had an !interest of the Territory to serve. In | all of our werk we have come to the I conclusion that there is nothing un- important, that all things that are public in character arc important We have never kept aloof from the needs and desires of the public, and have endeavored to work for its ulti- mate good.” Another recommendation of Tru- itt's is that the workmen's compensa- tion act, which has been declared un- censtitutional, should be repealed. The Attorney General outlines lit- | igation in which his office has en- | gaged in the past biennium and ap- pend 25 opinions he has delivered | since his last report, opinions run- | ning all the way from one outlining | the Territory's right to collect tax- es to one declaring that a grandson | may legally marry the adopted daughter of his grandfather. Jack Glasse Takes Pictures for Annual Juneau High Sclool students are having their pictures taken today for this year's annual, according i Supt. A. B. Phillips. Photographer is Jack Glasse, son of ‘the Rev. and Mrs. John A. Glasse. Young Glasse graduated from the local High School last produced some remarkable photo- graphic work. Municipal Affairs — McCormick,! - Stangroom, Peterson, Herbert and Rogge. Mining and Manufacturing—Her- bert, Regge, L. Smith, Whulcy.‘ Shattuck and Egan. Printing and Purchasing—Egan,| Jenne, Stangroom and Gordon. | Roads and Highways—L. Smith, Whaley, Herbert, Egan and Davis.| Territorial Institutions — Rogge,| Jenne, Lyng and H. Smith, ‘Transportation, Commerce Navigateon—Whaley, Gordon, Smith and Davis. | Rules—Lyng, Davis and Shattuck. DN | TANANA DUE ON THURSDAY Freighter Tanana of the Alaska Steamship Company is due on the' channel Thursday afternoon, accord-f ing to a radio received here. The| Tanana is from Seattle and is bound SPECIAL and i LOCAL 1 Try n cln&tlfiefl. ad In s The Empire | ( NOTICE!!! MEETING TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION NO. 172 TUESDAY, JAN. 8—8P. M. UNION HALL ALL MEMBERS URGED TO ATTEND! B R RS | year and during his student days