The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 10, 1941, Page 2

ice GOV.SIGNS | - 1941 BILLS 5 Deficiency and Pioneers Home Transportation Measures Now Law Chapters 1 and 2 of the Session | Laws of Alaska 1941 went on the statute books today as Gov. Ernest | Gruening signed the first two legis- 1 Jative measures to be presented to | § him i Chapter 1 is the Allen Shattuck | § bill (H. B. 6) appropriating $1,000 to | pay the transportation of mdigsnll persons to the Pioneers’ Home. Chapter 2 is the deficiency bill (Ways and Means Committee Sub- | stitute for H. B. 5) appropriating 41500 for the Registrar of Vital Statistics, $20,000 for hair seal boun- ties and $60,000 for general relief. As both bills carry emergency clauses, they go into effect immed- jately. Both appropriations are to be spent between now and the end of the present biennium on March 31 the vy Losses which possibly bredne widte D POLICE LOOK FOR OWNER OF FUR COAT City Police are investigating to- day in an effort to find the owne: of a black three-quarter lt»muh} woman’s imitation fur coat which was found this morning hanging on a stringer of a corner of the| Douglas Bridge Dan Ralston, police chief, asked that anyone knowing any informa- tion that might return the coat to its ' owner,!' communicate with him PETTER SMITH DIES AT HOME IN VILLAGE ’ GAME COMMISSION T0 MEET WITH | | | FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE: A watc SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE: Guns on thy strengthened coas Trinify Guild's Srilvérr hful navy and natre SATURDAY AFTERNOON Peter Smith, elder in the Memor- | jal Presbyterian Church, passed | away Saturday afternoon at his home in the Native Village follow- ing a long iliness. He was 55 years old and was active in the Alaska Native Brotherhood | Surviving is a brother, Robert Smith of Klawock, who was in Juneau at the time of his brother’s death. Funeral services will be held on | Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock | from the Memorial Presbyterian | Church. The Rev. Walter Soboleff | will deliver the eulogy and interment | will be in Evergreen Cemetery. - .- Women Voters Will Hear H. L. Faulkner A meeting of the Alaska Associa- tion of Women Voters will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock n the penthouse of the Alaska El- ectric Light and Power Company. H. L. Faulkner will be the guest | speaker and during the afternoon | will give those present further m-; formation on the subject of voca- tional education in the Territory. EASTERN STARS MEET TUESDAY An 8 o'clock business meeting and | balloting will be held tomorrow | night at the Scottish Rite Temple by the Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Helen Webster, Worthy Mat- ron, will preside. All members are | urged to be present. | — - | |ate this afterncon in the Game Com- FINANCE GROUPS Intending to discuss coming ap- | ohiine Silver Tea will be held Sat- propriations for bounty on predatory g 4 urday, February 15, at Trinity Hall Gommittess of theVRaussAnd Ban- |1 oy, TIEHCEE Junesnn BN . . | 'Plans are now being completed for the affair under the general super- vision of Mrs. Thomas Gardner. The | tea hours will be from 2 until 6! {o'clock. TRIP | e e e oo o Ray Wards Hosts With Supper Party| trip to California and coast towns. | She plans to visit with relatives while in the States. The Ray Wards were hosts Sun- | day evening with a supper party at their home, followed by three fables of bridge. C. C. Carnegie, owner of the Ju- High honors were won by Mrs. A neau Florists, is returning here on | E. Glover and Calvin Pool and Mrs. | the steamer Yukon. He went south|Helen Cass and Charles Burdick about two weeks ago to attend fun- ) were given low score prizes. eral services of his mother. Vo oy in - Valdez Couple Jumau_ for Visit Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hammerquist arrived on the Alaska and are |guests at the Baranof Hotel. Mr. | Hammerquist is the manager of | the Prince William Sound Water ON YUKON | Power, Light and Telephone Com- pany. mission office | ULA JACKSO? FOR < e Mis TE ON YI‘KO\'{ ARCHIE SHIELS ON STEAMER YUKON| Archie Shiels, President of the Pacific American Fisheries, is en-| reute to Juneau on the steamer Yu- kon. He is coming here on business. - H. C. REDMANS ARE RETURNING Returning from a vacation trip of several weeks, most of which time was spent in Utah, Mr. and Mrs H. C. Redman are enroute here on - the steamer Yukon. Mr. Redman 15| Ritter, well known hief underwrit for the Federal| man who has spent the past few Housing Administration. | years in the Interior, is returning B |north on the steamer Yukon after - SAM RITTER ON NORTHBOUND BO. Sam Juneau Subscripe Jor. T ROCKIN FOR FASHIONING D > Subscribe for The la vacation trip to the States. FIGURES m— mpire. RHYTHMI( routine is fol- lowed by the brown-eyed radio singer Yvette in fashioning her figure. She begins with the “rock- ing” horse for, the gaod of her spine and the bumping it gives her hips. She “waists away’ n of an old gymna ercise, with the books providing extra pull. The leg-over-chair looks easy, but try it. You can cubstitute plain Kicking. The knee-to-chin position is one many women had better try with their backs on the floor. G HORSE Tea WiII_Bt_a Saturday The Trinity Guild’s annual Vul-‘ | Headed by THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB CAN GERMANY GET PAST ALL THIS! uccessful invasion of the British Isles, Germany must bvercome a four-fold defense headed backed by the R. A. F., the dail, and replacements 1 has been estimated at 300,000 for the navy, 375,000 for the air force, 1,000,000 are home guards. tal defenses, and, last, but impoftant, ave no definite figures for ships and planes, but British manpower | and 4,000,000 in the armed force, of | 10, SULLIVAN IS DEFEATED ON LEASE - LEND |Nome Senafirionly Oppo-| nent of LaBovyieaux Memorial Over the objections of Senator Leroy Sullivan of Nome, the Senate today suspended its rules and pass- ed Senator C. H. (Alabam) LaBoy- teaux’s memorial calling upon Con- gress to pass the lease-lend bill to | aid England. | Sullivan, only Republican member of the upper house, argued that Al- askans have no infgrmation about which to base a judgment on the bill, that Congress has heard expert witnesses and should be able to make | its own decision and that a vote | on such a measure by any Alaska } Legislator would be a “blind vote” | because he wouldn’t know just what | | e beaches and Tommies with bayonets. WEAPONS USED AT PRACTICE BY GUARDSMEN | About ten and enlisted men of the Juneau unit of the Al- | aska National Guard made a trip to le range at Mendenhall Gla- moyning with company’s new weapons for target practice and to become familiar with the ordnanc Capt, William C. Wal- ther, the group used light machine “gum. Browning semi-automatic rifles, 45 calibre Colt revolvers and | the newly adopted M-1 (Garand) | rifle. officers SToCK QUOTATIONS || | | | NEW YORK, Feb. 10 Closing quotation of Al a Juneau mine| stock today is 4%, American Can | 86%, Anaconda 24%, Bethlehem | Steel 82!, Commonwealth and| Southern 11/16, Curtiss Wright 8%, | | General Motors 44%, International | Harvester 58%, Kennecott 33, New | York Central 13%, Northern Pa- | cific 6%, United States Steel 62%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JOX AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, }Jones averages: industrial§s 124.13, | rails 2828, utilities 19.89. i D | MRS. DAVID TURNER, SANDRA TO ATTLE | Mrs, David Twrner and daughter lsnnd a, sailed south on the steamer Alaska enroute to their home in Seattle. While here M ‘Turner visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Turner. WAISTING AWAY i Parish he was voting for. | The Senate, however, voted seven- | to-one to pass the memorial, Senator | Sullivan casting the only “nay.” ! ‘Workmen’s Compensation Senate President Roden today in- troduced by request a 50-page bill providing for a Workmen’s Compen- sation Law. The act would cover all lines of occupation except domestic | service, agriculture, dairying or the operation of railroads as common carriers. It would provide for death and injury benefits and for the crea- tion of an Industrial Board to ad- minister the Act. The board would consist of the Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Treasurer and | Highway Engineer, with Commis- sioner of Labor serving ex-officio if | the Legislature should create such | an office. The Senate adjourned until 11| o'clock tomorrow morning. - .- Regionai Welfare Consulfant Goes Soull] on Alaska Miss Aleta Brownlee, Regional Dis | rector of Child Welfare for the Western States and Alaska, left on the Alaska en route to her head-| quarters in San Francisco. Miss Brownlee recently made a trip through the interior with Miss Deborah Pentz, Territorial Super- visor of Child Welfare. - SHELL IS BACK | FROM SITKA TRIP, Returning to Juneau this after- noon after yesterds flight to Sit- ka, Shell Simmons landed in Gas- | tineau Channel in the Lockheed with | Ray Sanders, Mrs. Glenn Irving and | Ralph Omstead. Pilot Alex Holden made a trip to the coast this morning flying Mrs. R. A. Johnson to Chichagof, J. W. Butts to Hirst and Sam Pekovich o Hawk Inlet. Returning, he carried | H. Kazee, J. M. McCoskey and Al | Davidson from Hirst to Juneau. S A R Business Meeting Tuesday for CDA| A meeting of the Catholic Daugh- | ters of America will be held to- morrow night at 8 o'clock at thel Hall. | Regular business will be dis- cussed and all members are asked to attend., Mrs. A. M. Geyer will preside during the evening. —2 e Emnire Classifiecs Payv | Child Welfare Servic GLOVER BACK FROM HOONAH WATER SURVEY Extensive I;fa'e(t Starting in Hoonah-Will Cost Around $5,000 Arthur E. Glover, Regional En- gineer of the U. S. Forest Service, has returned to Juneau on the For- est Service boat Forester after spend- ing one week at Hoonah planning and laying out a new water system for the village. He was assisted by Alfred Cohn of the PRA who will remain in Hoonah for another week to complete the details of the sur- vey. According to Glover, the project is quite extensive for a village the size of Hoonah. It consists roughly of one mile of open ditch leading into a pipe system of 6,000 feet in length, varying from 12 inches max- imum to 6 inches, from which the residents will be serviced and fire protection provided. The system will cost approximate- J ly $5,000 which includes about $1,-| 500 worth of pipe salvaged from canenries. Actual funds of approxi- | mately $3,500 will be used, of which | the residents of Hoonah will con- tribute $2,500 and the Office of | Indian Affairs, $1,000. ‘The Forest Service will contribute all the CCC labor for the project and all supervision required. Fore- man Milo Clause, working out of the | Admiralty Division Office, will be in charge of the CCC crew carrying out the construction. BRI AT KRS oy DR. BAUER ANSWERS | CALL TO PORTLAND Dr. A. H. Bauer, Planning Consult- ant for the Alaska Planning Coun- | cil, left on the steamer Alaska for Portland, where he was called by the National Resources Planning Board for 30 days’ duty. RPN IS FUND WELL OVER TOP| The campaign for funds to fight infantile paralysis is now well over the local goal for $1,000 with several sources still to report, ac- cording to Birthday Ball Chairman Dr. Courtney Smith, who reported $1,048 received to date. - MISS PENTZ SAILS PARALYS Miss Deborah Pentz. Supervisor of | sailed south on the Alaska for routine visits to Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchi- kan. - WES OVERBY LEAVES Wes Overby, Deputy Collector of Internal Reevnue, went out on the Alaska on official business to South- east Alaska towns. He will return to the Juneau office about March 1. D DAVEY SOUTH A. R. Davey, Naknek merchant.! was a southbound passenger on the steamer Alaska, after a short visit in Juneau. After a brief business ! trip in the States, Davey will return | to his Bristol Bay home. e HAROLD SMITHS DUE | | Harold Smith, Assistant Forest Service Administrator, and Mrs. Smith are Juneau bound on the steamer Yukon after an extensive| trip through the States. | o e | MRS. McDANIEL LEAV . Mrs. J. W. McDaniel, who re- cently had her eye removed at St.| Ann’s Hospital as a result of an, accident, went south on the steam-| er Alaska. § FOR THIN THIGHS 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., Feb. 10: Mostly cloudy tinight; occasional light rain Tuesday; not much chance in temperatue, lowest -tonight about 35 degrees, highest Tues- day about 43 degrees; gentle to moderate variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Occasional light rain tonight and Tuesday except mostly cloudy over the nerth portion tenight; not much change in temperature; moderate southeasterly winds except northerly in Lynn Canal and winis increasing to moderate to fresh Tuesday. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alasks: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Light showers; moderate south- erly winds, increasing to fresh Tuesiay; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinch- inbrook: Light showers; moderat: southeasterly winds, becoming fresh to strong Tuesday; Cape Hinzhinbrook' to Kodiak: Rain, fresh southeasterly winds tonight, becoming strong ‘Tuesday. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 43 4 w 4 34 95 S 3 34 89 L 4 RADIO REPORTS ‘Weather Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Time 4:30 p.m. yesterday 79.78 4:30 a.m. today 29.81 Noon ' today 29.82 TODAY Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m temp. temp. 24 hours Weather =15 -15 Pt.Cldy -18 -8 Cloudy 16 15 Pt. Cldy -1 5 Cloudy 20 22 Cloudy -2 Clear Snow Rain Rain Cloudy Max. tempt. last 24 hours < ak 3 Station |28 Bartow Fairbanks Nome Dawson Anchorage Bethel St. Paul Dutch Harbor ‘Wosnesenski Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Prince George Seattle Portland San Francisco Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain | WEATHER SYNOPSIS Light rain was falling this morning over the southern portion of Southeast Alaska and along the coast of Washington and Ore- gon, while heavy rains accompanied by strong winds were reported over the Aleutian Islands. Partly cloudy weather prevailed gener- ally over the remainder of Alaska. The only precipitation which had been reported the previous 24 hours occurred over seme portions of Southeast Alaska, but in light amounts. Temperatures were higher this morning over the Alaska Peninsula and the Bristol Bay region. Cloudy skies with moderate ceilings and visibilities, but wi occasional light showers and light winds were reported along the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this merning. The Monday morning weather chart indicated that a very deep low pressure area which has beea moving northeastward was cen- tered over the Aleutian Islands at 53 degrees north and 170 degrecs west; the lowest pressure at its center was reported at 952 milli- bars 2810 inches. A second low pressure area of 996 millibars (29.41 inches) was centered at 42 degrees north and 136 degrees west Relatively high pressure was situated over northern Alaska and the Yukon ‘Territory. Juneau, Feb, 11 — Sunrise 8: LEGISLATORS T0 LEAVE TONIGHT ON SITKA TRIP (Dozen Reprfinaiives, Six Senafors Going fo See Pioneers’ Home Eighteen members of the Territor- ial Legislature will leave tonight on the North Coast for Sitka to visif the ‘Pioneers’ Home and for a side- Imp to Goddard Hot Springs. Six members of the Senate, 17 members of the House, Senate As- sistant Secretary Lorene Hagen and two wives of Legislators will make the trip, returning here Wednesday The trip to Goddard to leok over the property purchased by the 1938 Tegislature will be made by small{ boat. Senators to make the trip are Norman R. Walker, O. D. Cochran, Leroy Sullivan, Don Carlos Brownell, Hjalmar Nordale and C. H. (Alabam) LaBoyteaux. Representatives signed to go are Leo Rogge, Crystal Snow Jenne, Howard Lyng, Harvey Smith, Stuart Stangroom, William Egan, John Mc- Cormick, Charles F. Herbert, W. Leonard Smith, Almer J. Peterson, Frank Whaley and Jesse Lander. Mrs. Stangroom and ‘Mrs. Whaley will accompany the party. BETTER BALANCE 42 am., sunset 5:44 p.m. SEAL BOUNTIES WILL BE PAID OFF AT ONCE Treasurer Begins Issuing Warrants for $14,781 in Back Claims Hair seal bounty claims which have been piling up in the office »f Territorial Treasurer Oscar G. Jlson since last July due to eox- haustion ‘of the appropriation will be paid jmmediately, the Treasur- er announced today following en- actment of the deficiency bill. Treasurer Olson said warrants would be issued within a few days to pay the $14,781 in outstanding claims and would be mailed to claimants, The deficiency appropriation for seal bounties, to carry until March 31, is $20,000. The bounty is $3 per seal -sealp. DR. CONGDON BRINGS BACK X-RAY PLATES Dr. 'Palmer Congdon, Tubercu- losis ‘Clini¢ian for the Territorial Department of Health, arrived last evening on the Alaska after a trip to Westward cities where he in- vestigated tuberculosis cases. Dr. Congdon brought back over 1,000 X-ray films to be developed. The X-rays were taken of sus- pected cases and of cases pre ously identified to check up on progress or retardment, It will not be known until the films are dc- ! veloped how many of the newiy !suspected cases actually are tuber- cular. ! e Mrs. Robert Hurley - Hostess with Tea | Mrs. Robert Hurley entertained yesterday with an informal tea at her Dixon Street residence. | The affair was to compliment | Mrs. Charles F. Herbert, wife of | Representative Herbert from Fair- | banks, and to bid farewell to Mrs | Thomas Greenhow, who will sail | Tuesday to join | Anchorage. { Guests were asked to call between | 3:30 and 5:30 o'clock. | e e———— JERRY VAUGHN SOUTH her husband at | Jerry Vaughn, clerk at the Ju- | neau Hotel, sailed south on the | steamer Alaska. Vaughn has been | receiving medical treatment at St. | Ann's Hospital for the past sev- iernl days. % | —————— | 1 ‘Try a ciassified aa m The Empire