The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1941, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1941 ALASKA FLIER I§ " THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) H U. S. DEPARTMENT OF CON MERCE, WEATHER BUREAU NEWS | PR ) FBI Doubles "poyeras Acfivities: Defense Work Forecast for Juneaun and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Feb. G: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; slighty colder with lowest tem- perature tonight about 29 degrees and highest Thursday 36 degrees; gentle variable winds, becomjng gentle to moderate easterly Friday Forecast for Southeast Al : Increasing cloudiness tonight a occasional light snow or rain Friday in south portion, and partiy cloudy tonight and Friday in nor.h portion; slighty colder; gentle to moderate southeasterly, becominj easterly winds except moderate to fresh northerly, becoming fresht) strong in Lynn Canal. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Partly cloudy; gentle to moder- ate southeasterly winds, becoming moderate tp’fresh easterly Friday; DR. RYAN STRESSES OBJECTIVE OF SCHOOL James C.. Ryan, new Terri- 1 Dr. eral Bureau of Investigation in De- matters educational by confining cember, 1940, as compared with De- KILLED IN CRA BIG BOMBER DIVES INTO NEV. MOUNT Capt. Richard S. Freeman, of ladd Field, Fair- banks, Among Dead BULLETI — Loveletk, Nev. Feb, 6.—All ght men in the Army bember were killed when the big plane crashed into the mountain, The plane was commanded by Capt. Richard S. Freeman, of Ladd d, Fairbanks, Alaska. A CCC party has found the wreckage sirewn along the ilope. LOVELOCK, Neva Feb. 6.— A big Army plane crashed into ihe side of the ragged Tops Meuntain near here this after- neon and Army officials feared it i a feur-motered experimental bember carrying two officers and a crew of six. A Szcramente-Denver Railroad seet worker saw the plane n strike the mountain side with a tremendeus crash and clouds of black smoke quickly billowed to the sky. The section werker ran {o a “Unknorn” Wins Film Role SENATE STALLS NON-RESIDENT GOV. MEMORIAL | cember, 1939, it was announced today : E | torial Commissioner of Education, | National Defense activities have| poaking at a meeting of the Doug- more than doubled the work of tht‘[hs Parent-Teacher Association last Identification Division of the Fed-{njon expressed his interest in |charge of the Juneau office of the |by T. E. Naughten, acting agent in| | his remarks principally to schools land their purpose, as follows: “With a quarter of the entire| Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbroo:: Partly cloudy; moderate casterly to northeasterly winds; Cape Hincinbrook to Resurrection Bay : Partly cloudy; moderate easterly w nds; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: | population of the United States FBL Partly cloudy; moderate easterly to southeasterly. winds. Taken Back to Committee- Transportation, Defici- ency Bills Pass A House memorial asking Con- | well as Civil Service prints. gress to forbid the appointment of Alaska was pulled back into at the request of Senator up on the Senate calendar, | animous “do pass” resolution. The | purpose of its being re-committed ' was not explained. " | | Rules were suspended in the Sen-| | ate this morning to pass two a;)—‘ propriation bills, one allowing $1,000 for transportation of indigents fo the Pioneers' Home and the other| the deficiency bill appropriating $1.500 for the Registrar of Vital| Statistics, $20,000 for hair seal beunties and $60,000 for general | relief Senator Edward Coffey of An- chorage handed in three measures today, a bill to appropriate $80,000 | for transportation of pupils, a res- olution asking Congress to. extend al ! out by the Committee with an un- - LIOUOR TAX INTRODUCED Excise le?]on Spiri!s: Would Be Tripled by the attendance prize. Letter from! Dr. Joseph Rude, physician of| Juneau, newly arrived from Pet- ersburg, showed a couple of reels of motion pictures taken at and' around his, former home town.! Scenes in Thomas Bay and up the Stikine River were included. Ernst Oberg contributed to the program; with piano solo, “Norma verture,”! Relatively cool Pacific air h; and cooler temperatures prevail and upper Yukon Valleys. Barr at a few points in the Bering S to Kodiak, and light falls of sn ing over the Juneau-Ketchikan ai The Thursday morning wea 978 millibars (28.88 inches) was and again gave Mr, Oberg’s room a4 committee of the mothers of Ketchikan primary schools asked morning and Fairbanks two degrees. previous 24 hours at scattered points over most of Alaska. by Belant. est amount of precipitation was Roll call of members present‘ o started off the business session| locally very low ceilings and poor 165 degrees west, and a second low center — | vaverage. of 13545 Tingerprints| . SreRg th uie TERER S S [ recm\;d Tov. anarahs . ity imcanon‘ thaF is more than in all LOCAL DATA 'D(N;mb(,r 1640, ok snmtrantad owiitr| 0. ToAC DT HHie SWOTKL BN el n e Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 6,300 in December, 1939, World e War People have_ surned 439 p.n. yesterday 29.66 43 83 8 3 Overcast [ The largest increase was recorded | "' and more to education with| 4:3) am. today: .. 20. 37 93 w 2 Overcast in the volume of Civil Service prints| ® Plind faith and there are BOW| Noon today L2973 36 91 W 4 Overcast retathed. in he ddentification: Divis- |00 shildien. sttending ., schonls 1 ion where 23,025 were retained in't_han evcf'. Approximately 30 m"‘; RADIO REPORTS December, 1940, as compared w"h‘uon B In the.elemen_tary gra'des.‘ TODAY 14512 in December, 1939. }six million are in the mtermEfnary Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m A record mumber of 11130 con-|and one million attend higher Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weather tributors submitted 333,030 finger- | SCHOOLS. BN -~ 8 -2 -9 01 Cloudy print cards during December, 1940, | The question then, —what Iis| Fairbanks - 85 2 2 0 Pt.Cldy These included criminal prints, Fed- | Péing achieved, naturally becomes| Nome - 29 24 26 01 Pt. Cldy leral alien registration prints, per- | the all-important one.” Dawson - 35 -8 -8 0 Clear [sanal identification prints, War, | The speaker emphasized hisopin-| Anchorage - » 2 02 Cloudy | Nevy and Marine Corps prints, as|ion that schools were established | ‘Bethel 33 22 24 0 Cloudy for one purpose only, to ‘educate| St. Paul 35 18 e 01 Snow During each working day in De- | children. All other things, he said,| Dutch Harbor .. 36 31 31 .05 Pt.Cld any non-resident as Governor of |cember there were approximately 24 buildings, systems, teachers, are| Wosnesenski ... 42 38 38 .08 Cloudy the | fugitives identified in the |i,,“p,.~;seco:\dary; yet some scheols fall] Kanatak 39 32 35 T Snow Senate Judiciary Committee today |print files through the medium of | Short in results, He offered all! Kodiak 41 34 34 01 Clear O. D.|wanted notices maintained for the| help of his office possible at any| Cordova 40 | 32 - 33 92 Snow Cochran of Nome when it came benefit of law inforcement agencies, | time. Jureau v 4 36 31 01 Cloudy On January 1, 1941, the Identifi-| Dr. Ryan complimented the town| Sitka .. 45 30 41 [ Cloudy The memorial, already passed by 'cation Division contained 15,023,719 0n the improvement which he not-| Ketchikan 44 33 35 04 Clear the House, yesterday was reported ' fingerprint cards of all descriptions. | ed in the school over that of 1935, Prince Rupert .. 42 37 39 37 Cloudy -oo | when last he visited here. He ulso‘ Prince George .. 48 | 24 25 0 Clear brought greetings from the Fair-! Seattle 66 | 85 59 ] Cloudy banks Parent-Teacher Association| Portland 56 49 51 g Rain of which he was the President. San Francisco .. 64 | 50 b4 41 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS a; penetrated the interior of Alaska e 1 in the Interior over the Tanana ov reported minus 9 degrees this Snow was falling this morning ea, and from the Alaska Peninsula ow or rain were reported during the The gre .92 which was recorded at Cordov Variable cloudiness mostly scattered with local patches of fog, arcd visibilities prevailed this rway. mc ther chart indicated a low center of nd located at 57 degrees north of about 980 milliba hospitalization to fishermen and (2894 inches) was located at 45 degrees north and 131 degrees west Smith, Peferson ‘ A bill to raise the Territoria tax on spirituous liguors endorsement of a measure for leg-| | islative action establishing the pub- from | lic school age limit of six years memorial asking construction of a road from Palmer to Copper ter. A high pressure area above 1016 millibars (30.00 inches) was lo ed to the northeast of Alaska, and a high crest extended southwar telephene and notified the au- Cen- c thorities. |,,:,I,” ;“l“‘::‘;(;,u. ‘u;d(l-:p::' I:u: The Senate will meet again at i1 |50 cents a gallon to $1.50 was in- old in September for children to over S_outhea.s'. Alaska. A second high center of 1024 millibars e ‘élock tomorrow mOrning. troduced in the House today hy begin school. This was favorably ~(30.24 inches) was located at 2?9 degrees morth [md 175 degrees east Army Reg'ster as commanding B AR e IP.o;xsv Hurvoy Smith and Almer J. voted upon and ordered referred Juntiau, Feb, 7.—Sunrise 8:51 a.m., sunset 5:35 p.m. officer at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, | | | Peterson of Anchorage. The in-|to the Territorial Board of Edu- e 4 Jane Russell | erease would apply to all liquors of | cation. spected and found satisfactory. Tne Alaska. ! Beautiful Jane Russell, an “‘unknown,” has never appeared on the screen but will play a featured role in a new picture being produced 'TWO GAMES TOMORROW IN JUNEAU HIGH GY| CiviL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS Resignation of Mrs. H. L. Coch- need of two chemical fire extin- ane as Vice-President of the or- guishers in the gymnasium and ganization and likewise withdrawal gne in the boiler room was advised. | more than 19 percent alcoholic con- tent. i The same bill would extend the t. Freeman recently flew seuth frem Fairbanks to Mc- by Howard Hughes in Hollywood. M Ru 1, 19, and a Van Nuys, Cherd Field, then to Sacramento, Cal,, high school graduate, received that lucky break after Hughes |liquor tax laws to retailers, in ad-| from the Executive Board was re-|Keys to the school and boiler-room| .poniorrow night in the Jine in the flying fortress, the 4- had conducted a lon;l: search for a girl to play the part. Jane has The United Stales Civil Service dition to the brewers, distillers, bot- | ceived but vote failed to approve are to be kept on the fire truck Bl v S0 Ao0D ‘b‘a e motored Boeing B-17B. en & photographer’s model. She was born in Bemidji, Minn., and Commission has announced exam-| tlers and wholesalers now covered.|acceptance, A. Shudshift, chairman’ to simplify entrance to the build-| <.y cquled to be ke, hHis Finab hia- i b i was brought to California when still an infant. inations for the positions listed be-| Other new legislation in the House|of inscription’ on the old school ing in case of necessity. | ginning at 7:30 bro g | bell matter reported he would have A similar visit to the Govern-| e cellared National Guard five | the job completed by next meeting. ment School was made with 1ess| wi) play the equally low standing Chairman of a ways and means| satisfactory results and matters of | DeMolays in the first game, and the fied. All salaries are subject to a the Municipal Corporation Act to|committee Mrs. Calvin Pool offered|g suitable alarm system and better | High School will play the Elks in 31% percent retirement deduction provide for initiative and referen-|suggesticns for a competitive gun|emergency equipment for the| the second game of the night’s play. Marketing specialist (transpo: dum, would appropriate $10,000 for|shcot or a food sale as prospective|puilding are to be brought to the | & B £ tion), $3,800 a year, Agricultural @ school building at Council and|means for raising- money. Afterdattention of the Office of Indian Marketing Service, Department of $25.000 for an addition to the school | quite a little discussion the com-| Affairs, | Agriculture, Experience in the building at Wasilla, -and would ap-|mittee was continued with aid Oii — .- —— | freight traffic department of a Propriate $1,300 to pay a claim by|Arthur Ladd as an added 'mem- ! 3 BIRIHDAY wm&;mn carrier is gcquncd, Closing ' the Northern Commercial Company‘bel‘, | ON SICK LIST ‘a given year from accidental in- | date is April 2, 1041. with reference to the equipping of Committee working on the pro-l Mrs, A. J. Balog was reportedjjury | | INTRODUCED—H. B. 17, by Har- Agricultural program analyst, the Griffin Memorial Hospital at|gram for dedication of the gym-lthls_mormng confinea to her home | vey Smtih and McCutcheon, appro- various grades, with salaries rang- Kodiak. nasium suggested plans for serv- by illness yvlch the flu, 'Reported House Bill ing a buffet lunch following the better now'after severe illness at low. Applications will be accepted today would require applicants for at the Commission’s Washington Alask dical practitioner license: office wntil the closing dates speci- | to be U. 8. citizens, would amend Loses Wife to L : oses Wite to Lav BEHRENDS BANK HAS e A life insurance company’s | search shows that chances are 1,396 | to one against a person’s dying in HOUSE TIN THE CLOTHES that are CLEANED No. 9, by Harvey Financial Instifution Fifty Kenneth Steadman ‘Tragedy is graven on the face of Kenneth Steadman, 28, insurance firm supersisor, as he hears in Pittsburgh the story of the slaying of Robert Emery, the man for whom his wife deserted him. Em- ery was poisoned and strangled to death in Boston. Mrs. Steadman is charged with killing Emery, father of two children and husband of s friend of hers E X P E R T—Questions concern- jng British women’s share in munitions production are re- ferred to Miss Verena Holmes, & mew technical adviser to Enge land’s ministry of labor, briating. 25,000 for an addition to ing from $2,600 to $5,600 a year, i Lo t the school building at Wasilla, in- Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Smith, to tax “juke boxes,” was con- | program. | her home is Mrs. M. A. Weiss. PETEN-—=Weak Longor Years Old Today— cluding a gymnasium, Department” of Agriculture. Certamn tinued in second reading for cla For the next regular meeting e e ATRARA Send YOUR GARMENTS to INTRODUCED—H. B. 18, by Har- college study plus experience in fication. House Bill No. 10, requir-|of the P.-T.A. in March, Miss GOOD TURNOUT NOTED Highlights With business being conducted as | usual there was little to indicate today that the B. M. Behrends Bank was observing the fiftieth anniver- sary of its founding, that behind the quiet dignity of its functions and | locked in its ledgers is written the! tory and growth of a mightv ter- The simple facts of business as recorded in the early years of its operation reveal the nance of the gold r the stories of the gamblers, the dance hall girls and the early miners who took their savings to deposit with B. M. Behr- ends. Traces of builders once famous but now almost forgotten can be recalled in the record of their in vestments and promotions. The bank. the first the Territor establishe 18€1. At that time B. M. Behr who had been manager of the Sitka Trading Company, opened his me cantile business on the present of the band at Seward and Third The banking busine: as carri in in along with the mercantile business jas w al at t time. Miners from Cassiar brought in their gold dust for deposit with B M. Behrends in whom they had the greatest of confidence. The banking separated from the store andatt separated fro mthe store th end of the first year tr were 30,000. Mr. Behrends brought to Juneau the first safe with a com- binaticn. Because of numerous fire people took not only their money but their valuables and personal papers for safe keeping In 1892, Mr. Behrends built the new store on the site of the pres- ent B. M, Behrends Co. store. There the banking department had a sep- arate department. The present site was repurcha i For many ) it was the only bank in the Territory and did all the business for the * Territory through its correspondents Outsid During the Klondike rush the resources had mounted to $300,000; The bank operated as a private | Corporatons vey Smith, to amend the Municipai Act to provide for in- itiative and referndum. agricultural program planning, ex-|ing employers to have funds on tension, restarch, or administration l‘,:?fld» before hiring workmen, was must be shown. Closing date 1s|Withdrawn by its author, Rep. Wil- Esther Boyd, Mrs. Sadie Csshen; and Mrs, Mike Pusich wére named to arrange the program. Girls”of the P.E. Club served refreshments| receive FOR FIRST 'AID: WORK | A class of 30 men was on hand at the City Hall last evening to! instruction in first aid| . Smith, amending the Unemployment | salaries ranging from $2.600 to $5,- INTRODUCED—H. B. 19, by Stan- groom, to appropriate $10.000 for a school building at Council. INTRODUCED, H. B. 20, by Har- vey h and Peterson, to increase the excise tax on spirituous liquors. INTRODUC H. B. 21, by date is March 19, 1941. Rogge, to reauire applicants for| Junior supervisor, tabulating medical practitioner licenses to be equipment operators, $1,800 a yea U. 8. citizens Jjunior - supervisor, alphabetic card- INTRODUCED punch operators, $1620 a year. to appropriate $1.300 to pay a claim Supervisory experience in one of of the Northrn Commercial” Com- | these fields must be shown. Clos- pany for a diesel plant furnished for ing date is March 19, 1941. April 2, 1941. Accountant and auditor, various | grades, with salaries ranging from $2,600 to $3800 a year. Experience| in responsible accounting and au-! diting positions is required. Closin;;‘ H. B. 22, by Egan, the Griffin Memorial Hospital at| Public health nurse, $2,000a year; Kodiak | graduate nurse, general staff duty, PASSED—H. J. M. 5. by Fgan,| $1800 a year; Indian Figld Service, asking for a Federal Building for | including Alaska, Department of Valdez. the Interior. Applications will be PASSED—-H. B. 4 by Peterson, | accepted until further notice, licensing insurance agents. Chemical engineer (any special- PASSED -— H. B. 2, by Harvey|iged branch), various grades, with Compensation Act 1600 a year. Completion of college PASSED—H. J. M. 4, by Gordon, study in engineering plus appropri- asking Congress to amend fl_\:- Or- | ate experience is required, Appli- genic Act to allow Alaska divorces | cations will be rated as received after one year's residence. instead | uniil further notice, but qualified of two. T < | persons are urged to apply at once. WITHDRAWN-—H. B. 10, by Egan, pcmu in(ormftmn %pplgr P A | Compensation Law and Frank Gor- {lilam Egan of Valdez. Egan’s memorial asking construc- tion of a Federal Building at Val-| dez, was passed under suspension of the rules. This afternoon the House passed Rep. Almer Peterson’s bill licensing insurance agents, Harvey Smith's| bill broadening the Un('mploymem‘ don’s memorial asking Congress to amend the organic act to allow Alaska divorces after one year's residence instead of two, Gordon’s collection agency bill went. through second reading. | “Do pass” committee recommen- dations were returned today on Harvey Smith’s bill providing for delayed birth certificates, Peterson’s for the creation of grazing dis- tricts and Peterson’s memorial ask- |ing a survey for an Alaska trunk highway system. The Transporta- tion Committee recommended send- ing the memorial to John M. Car- mody, Federal Works Administra- | tor, rather than to Secretary Ickes. ‘The House adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. BEG AT Ll training from Harry Kazee, Safety, fresh, Triangle Vou'll enyoy the holi- day season more in perfectly requiring employers to have funds quirements for these examinations, of pie and coffee at the canclusioni of the meeting. o FIRE DRILL HELD Fire Chief Mike Pusich, in com-| of Juneau, A. E. Goetz and James| Manning, conducted a fire drill in| the public school yesterday aft,er-; noon. The record time of 50 sec- onds was established for completelyi Instructor for the U. S. Bureau| {of Mines. cleanied the o e . Way! Stbscribe ‘for The Empire. pany with Chief V. W. Mulvihill% ‘ thing Happens at Might emptying the building, it is x'eport—K i ed. Hose in the building was in-'4 cleaned clothes, Phone DOUGLAS (OLISEUM | “THURSDAY—FRIDAY Sonja Henie in ‘Every- | DO YOU WANT MOST OF ALL IN A REFRIGERATOR? available before employing or con- | tracting for workers in 1913 t} had reached one mil- lion dollars and today they are over $3,000,000, and application forms, may be ob- tained at 311 Federal Building. .- J. A. HELLENTHALS T0 LEAVE ON BARANOF bank owned by B. M. Behrends un- til 1914 when it s incorporated after the first banking laws were Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Hellenthal established in the Territory., The are leaving on the ranof for a me then was changed to B. M. short business trip to San Fran- ehrer Bank. The directors at' cisco. that time were B. M. Behrends, - o - Guy McNaughton and J. R, Wi]us‘L Nine public health service offi- all deceased. Present directors, di-|cers have been assigned to special successors, are J. F. Mullen,| medical duties in connection witn Cleveland, James Mec-| military camps set up under the n and Ben Mullen, | Selective Service Act. Juneau has been build kelp of the pioneer insti- rect - There are about 16,000,060 Fili- pinos, . and although all are Ma- lays, they show traces at some ith the - e New Owner Adds Notions and Drugs To Lobby Stand A few drugs and. toilet necessi- ties for the convenience of hotel guests, in addition to the usual line of candy and tobacco will be featured at the Baranof Hotel Ci- gar Stand now owned by Russell pany. Hermann purchased the busi- Hermann of the Juneau Drug Com- ness from James O'Neill. Not the least of the attractions is charming Miss Lazzette Shearer who is in charge of the stand from 10 o'clock in the forenoon until 7 Dependable Performance day after day is what makes a refrigerator thrifty and con- venient—and you get it in a G-E! Low Oporating Cost means savings month after month—and you get it in & G-E! Lomg Life means a lasting investment—and you get it in a G-E! Of course you also get the size and the features you want jn & GLnduq;qla!gnpduhfim. There is a new 6.2 Cubic Ft. Model for ONLY $114.95 Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. o'clock in the evening. Chee Her- ¢ | points of other Eastern races, par- Try a classified ad in The Empire \ucuh\rly Chinese. I mann, son of the new owner, will take the evening shift,