The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1941, Page 2

Tuberculosis Hospitals in Alaska Asked Four Healtmeasures In- troduced Today in Legistature Public health matters monopol the interest of the House of Pepre- sentatives today as three bills and a memorial dealing with various health matters were introduced Rep. Stuart Stangroom of Nome asks in a memorial that the Federal Government provide adequate hos- pital facilities in Alaska to care for both white and native tuberculosis patients. The memorial speaks of Alaska tuberculosis death rate as the highest in the United States and a “national disgrace.” A separate bill by Stangroom would appropriate $3,000 to provide facilities for the Department of Health to diagnose tuberculosis X- ray and tuberculin testing. Rep. James V. Davis of Juneau in- troduced a bill requiring the De- partment of Health to furnish or pay for medical examinations required of food handlers and others. The cost of such examinations are now paid by employers. Nurses Board A bill by Rep. Leo Rogge would set up a Nurses Examining Board to li- cense graduate and registered nurses practicing in Alaska. A resolution introduced today by Rogge would authorize the wDepart- ment of Public Welfare to pay $60 per month to Carl Dunlap, pro: pector who was blinded in an ex plosion in the Chandalar district in 1928. Dunlap is not eligible for relief because he has not resided in the Territory for five of the past eight years, as required by law. Election Boards would be required to send a copy of their vote count and canvass to the Secretary of Al- aska under a bill introduced by Rep. Howard Lyng by request. At present one copy is sent to the Clerk of | Court and one is retained. would be retained bv the board under the proposed arrangement. | $1.50 Tax Retained In second reading today, Rep. Ha [vey Smith's bill to raise the excis | tax on hard liquors from 50 cents to $1.50 per gallon was retained in its |original form. A commiltee recom mendation to make the tax $1 wa voted down, nine to six Three bills received “do pass” rec- ommendation today. One would re- imburse Joseph Picotte of Fairbanks for $50 deposited for a timer cutting permit, another would repeal the law for election of District Road Com- box” bill to tax amustment devices | $15. The Judiciary Committee, on | the last measure, recommended | \doption of the amendment prepared | by George Folta, making both legal | and illegal coin machines subject {0 | the tax The House adjourned yclock Monday morning. until 11| MOREAU, NIELSON 10 RENDEZVOUS FOR SKI RACES Ralph Moreau and Axel Nielson and five pairs of skis sailed for the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous this morning on the steamer Baranof. The two Juneau skiers will represent the Capital City and local Ski Club at the Rendezvous ski races next week Moreau will compete in the slalom, downhill, cross country and jumps. Nielson will try foer honors in every- thing except jumping. ‘Norlitemen Dinner Is w PostporEq, Feb. 25 | Due to a conflict with the Rotary Club Minstrel on Tuesday, the Nor- | litemen dinner planned for FPebruary ‘m. has been postponed until Febru- |ary 25. | Peaturing the program for this evening will be movies of Nome and | vicinity to be shown by Rep. Frank H. Whaley. Subscribe for The Empire. 1 hurried over. It was the Hollywood abandon for color — from the garment workers’ would be interested. It was Louis B. Mayer who {first Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Rebbia Cosns. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Feb. 15.—Charles Friedman, I was told, has one of Hollywood's unique jobs: he's an “idea man.” {hat having ideas might be a special job in pictures — but then this is Hollywood and we have to take it as it comes. Mr. Friedman is tall, lean, somewhat ascetic Mr. Friedman, for his part, about his work. in effect, dresses with New York may have been a Christmas gift. older than his likely indefinite thirties. You would know him, if you follow the theatre, as a name union revue, As he is collecting director’s and author’s royalties from a probable $1.500,000 gross on a $4,000 cost, After “Pins” came “Sing Out His stay at M-G-M was not a happy one. He never saw \ { first time it had occurred to me came out of conference to tell | neatness combined with a although that particular necktie His spectacles make him seem “Pins and Needles.” you understand why Hollywood the News.” sirened him to the movies. | None 8 | tuberculosis missioners and the thigd is the “juke | cylin tests to be administered by | Louis B. (who was il and as he was supposed to work with Louis B. he never worked at all. He went back to New York. His return, to 20th Century-Fox, found him doubtful but still eager — especially to work with Zanuck. His first day at .the studio saw him greeted, established in an office and assured that he would see Zanuck — “it may be four weeks, maybe even eight weeks,” they cautioned. But that very evening he was bidden to a Zanuck conference — beginning at 11 p. m. and lasting until 4 a. m. — and he felt himself actually in the busi- ness. PERCY’S CAFE B ' STOP AT PERCY'S CAFE Breakfast, Dinner or Light Lunches * DELICIOUS FOOD © FOUNTAIN SERVICE ® REFRESHMENTS The angle comes from his experience in musicals and as a veteran director on the “bortsch circuit” — eastern summer acmps. On “The Road to Rio” they were stuck for an opening, es- tablishing scene, having already used, in “Down Argentine Way, panoramic shots of showplaces. Had it been pre-war Paris, they could have hauled out the Eiffel Tower But it wasn't. Friedman’s idea was a sophisticated nightclub interior, afford- ing a background view of the famed Rio harbor at night. again. Then he whipped up a story-advancing musical idea “The Baron Is in Conference.” Not just a song for song’s sake, but a sequence which in music explains what sort of fellow the baron Don (Ameche) really is. Part of the plot. Friedman is around the sets a great deal, thinking up ideas and studying how it’s all done. He expects to be a director himself some day, and he thinks (he says) helll be a good one. He is seriously confident on this score, and he has a right to be: pleasing the 15 of the “bortsch circuit,” an ever-shifting population, is exacting business, He hooked on to “Pins and Needles,” he says, by reason of his “bortsch circuit” training. It pays a good social director enough in the summer to keep him the rest of the year. In the winter he went to New York. The union, looking for a man, wanted patror experience and the willingness to take $40 a week. Friedman had both. So he proceeded to be the Zanuck of that show, worked it over with Harold Rome, a former pianist at one of the ecamps, and went on te glory. % IN THE HOUSE INTRODUCED—H. B. 30, by Da- vis, requiring the Department of Health to furnish or pay for medi- al examinations required by law. INTRODUCED—H. B. 31, by Stangroom, to appropriate $3,000 to provide facilities for diagnosing by X-ray and tuber- the Commissioner of Health. INTRODUCED—H, B. 32, Lyng by request, to require Election Boards to send a copy of their vote count and canvass to the Sec- retary of Alaska INTRODUCED H. B. 33, by ment of tuberculosis in Alaska. INTRODUCED—H. J:. R. 3, by Rogge, to authorize the Welfare Department to pay $60 per month| for Carl Dunlap, blinded in a Chan- dalar explosion in 1928. LARGE CAST TO STAGE MINSTREL SHOW MON., TUES. A ‘“local talen! cast of more than 50 persons will present the Juneau Rota Club’s Minstrel Show on the stage of the Coliseum Theatre next Monday and Tues- day evenings at 8 o'clock. First such show to appear on a Juneau stage in several years, the Rotary Minstrel boa four end men instead of the usual two and has an ensemble of 20, who will be| gen, Mrs. Langdon, Corrinne Jenne, Sylvia Davis and Connie Davis. Lillian Uggen is director. — .- [ HELP AN ALASKAN Telephone 713 or write | The Alaska Territorial | Employment Service for this qualified worker. .I | | | | CLERK - MUSICIAN — Married | man, age 32, Has about four years as grocery clerk and’ manager of | large stores; also is expert musician and orchestra leader. Prefers work | here in Juneau, but will also leave town, ES 257. 1 -ee Try a ciassified aa m The Empire e,fo? F‘vue: Go' BuyaCar Youw’'ll Enjoy Gwning Comfort, dependabil looks . . . you want all of those when you buy a car! And you get them in Connors Motor Co. USED CARS, at REAL BAR- GAIN PRICES. Come in and drive one of these specials. Connors Motor Co. PHONE 411 jJ -Hl WINS THIRD GAME - IN HAINES b s Crimson Bears Keep Lead Throughout Battle-Wir: Three-Game Series | Shaking down the Haines five t their second loss in the Nerthern Di vision Championship; ~the Juneav High Crimson Bears last night wal- loped their opponents 34 to 28 in = M Haines in preparation for leaving Rogge, to provide for licensing|iyss morning for Exagway ater com- graduate and registered nurses. i ‘ % | T | ing out the victors in the three game _INTRODUCED—H. J. M. 10, bY|eries with the Haines Giacier Stangroom, asking the Federal gearg | government to provide adequate ucas and Miller played a good de- | hospital facilities for the treat- encive game, checking down tae| Haines five and forcing them bac into their zone defense, while Mur- phy ran wild with sensational ball |net dance to the tune of 12 peints, | getting high score honors for the | night’s game. Valencia Good Captain Valencia of the Glacier | Bears did not get his share 6f scor- |ing in this last game of the series, |but handled the ball like the veter- an he is, and fed Jacobs te build up 11 points for the home team the Haines new floor, the J-High lads kept the foul shots down and |won their game on pure science of the game with skill and fast handl- ing combined to make the winning combination. However, the battle was such, a battle that was rough, tough, and enough to make the visitors buckle down to playing such as they have never played before, and vet not foul their opponents. Skagway Today on the stage throughout the per-\ mpe juneau five expected to leave|ed members of the Board of Trus- formance. Sixteen specialty num-|gogyagway shortly after noon to-|tees. Five members of the Board bers are on ‘the program day where they will play a series|were re-elected for another term The Rev. John Cauble will Dbe |y the Skagway High five, but it is| Those returned to the Board were Mr. Interlocutor, with Jack Kear-|oynected that the matches will be a|E. M. Brennan of P. E. Harris Sea ney, Kelly Blake, Claude Carnegie|yet for the visitors for the Haines Foods; H.O. Roberts of Uganik Fish- and Dr. W. M. Whitehead as end ! team came out victorious and A. W. Wittig, of Shepard men, |way in a recent series. | Point Packing Company. Those in the ensemble are| poewing are the individual scores| The Northwest Salmon Canners George Schmidt, Lou Hudson, Bill|{or Jast night's game: Association is made up primarily of Spicer, Ray Graff,. Ellis Reynolds, Juneau High canners carrying on individual oper- Jack Burford, Pete’ Clements, Olof| player Pts. |aticns. The organization cooperates Swanson, Bert McDowell, Alex| Rice 6 |closely with the Association of Pa- Dunham, Betty McDowell, Ida Car-|{ Murphy 12 |cific Fisheries in ca ng out poli- negie, Lillian Clements, Betty| McDaniel 6 |cies affecting the entire salmon in- Sharpe, Mary Jean McNaughton,| Miller - 8 |dustry. Elaine Housel, Mary Jeanette Cow-| Lucas 2 ———————— ling, Edna Liston, Mary Vander- = Leest and Merle Janice Schroeder. | Total 34 EXEMPI GOI.D An orchestra directed by Art| Haines High i Uggen will con of Mrs. Harry| Player 73 Pts. Sperling, Mrs. Phyilis Langdon, Ed| Matthews, B. T L FROM IAX, IS Garnick, Cleo Commers, Ted Aus-| alencia 3 terman and LeRoy West. Jacobs 11 NORDALE piAN Specialty performers not in the| Perrin 7. 2 ‘nnsembl(‘ include Vera Dreith, Hank| Sorrels 2 o Blackwell, Mabel Pouquette, Jessie| Matthews, C. 4 H Sccrary. DI w. W Gouncl S| —* |Memorial Asks Congress Metcaite, Ed Shaffer, Lillian Ug-| Total .. 28 - e . Capl. Bangs Passes Away SEATTLE, Feb. 15—Capt. Frank | L. Bangs, 85, former master of the trading ship J. P. Abler of Nome, died yesterday at his home. Masonic funeral services will be held Tues- day. Capt. Bangs was watchman of the Port of Seattle for several *years until his retirement eight years ago. A son, Norval, resides here. ————— Subscribe to the Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the larges. paid circulaticn. | ity, economy, smart handling and shooting. He made the | Unlike their other two games on | | pany. The same bill was introduced | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 1941 | IN THE SENATE INTRODUCED.—S. B. 11, by Rod- en, to appropriate $1,363.51 to pay for installing a steam h plant ’m the Terrilorial Buildi several | | years ago. INTRODUCED.—S. J. R. 3, by iNordaxe. asking Congress to exempt {gold mining from the excess profits “ax, £ e i i L. Freeburn Eleded as President ‘Vice - Presid_e;i, Pyramid | Packing Co. Heads ‘ N. S. C. Assn. Laurence Freeburn, Vice-President of Pyramid Packing Company of | sitka, elected President of the Northwest Salmon Canners Associa- |tion for the current year at a meet- ing held last week in Seattle. Freeburn succeeds C. F. Johnson lof International Packing Company | who retires from the presidency af- ter two years as head of the salmon canners organization. Eric J. Fribri of Snug Harbor | Packing Company was re-elected |Vice President. A. P. Wolf of Hood |Bay Canning Company was elected | Secretary-Treasurer of the associa- | tion | Frank Lloyd of Ketchikan Pack- {ing Company and C. F. Johnson, the i’rrtiring President, are newly elect- for Relief from Excess Profits Levy A resolution asking Congress to exempt gold mining income from the excess profits tax was intro- duced in the Territorial Senate to- day by Senator Hjalmar Nordale of Fairbanks. | The resolution declares gold to| be the ultimate and universal stan- dard of value, terms its continued production vital to the maintenance of public credit and points out! that the price of gold is fixed, so that increased taxes add to the cost of production without the pos- sibility of a higher price being obtained for the commodity. Senator Henry Roden introduced today a bill to appropriate $1,- 363.51 to pay for a steam heating plant which was installed in the Territorial Building here by J. A. Bulger, A. M. Geyer and Duncan Sinclair when the building was oc- cupied by the Uptown Theatre, and rever paid for by the theatre com- two years ago. Senators today read the mnon- resident Governor memorial the second time, without amending it. The measure will come up for final passage Monday, when the Senate | will' meet at 11 o’clock, | plca 1 GO W g ‘CINCUS’—Top sea man RS after Feb. 1 wiil be H. E. Kimmel (above), who succeeds James 0. Richardson as com- miander in chief of the U. S o | P. 0. CLERK SUICIDES ON GLACIER ROAD (Continued Yrom Page One) ported to Deputy U. S..Marshal Walter Hellan. Apparently the 30-year-old sui- cide pinned the note on the dash- board of his car, elimbed into the rear of the auto, spread*a blanket | on the seat and made a pillow with his folded jacket before firing the fatal shot. The doors of the car were not locked. Suicide Note Padget exonerated anyone from blame for his act, but did not give a reason for shooting himself. The suicide note said: “To Whom It May Concern: “No one is to blame for what has happened. “My personal belongings are at 424 Pranklin St., A. J. Martin’s place. ‘The gun belongs to the Post Of- fice where I have been employed.” The note, written on a sheet of white stationery, was definitely iden- tified as being in the dead man's handwriting. The doors of the car were unlocked, and lying beside Pad- get were his pipe, hat and flash- light. The gun was found in Pad- get’s lap. Hellan found the car approximate- 1y 200 yards north of Danner’s Dairy on the Glacier highway, parked at the side of the road facing town. Suicide Verdict A coroner’s jury, convening at 11 c’clock this morning, found that Padget had been killed by a self- inflicted gun-shot wound. ' Thig afternoon, Deputy Hellan re- vealed that H. E. Lindgard and his wife were taken to a theatre lasc‘ night by Padget, who seemed in good spirits. Padget drove the Lindgards home after the showing. This morning, Lindgard, who drives the Glacier Highway bus, saw Padget’s car parked on the high-| way. On his return trip to town he investigated and found the bedy| of the man who had been his host the night before. Apparently the suicide was pre- | meditated, for in the dead man’s| room was a list of his outstanding debts and assets, arranged syste- matically for quick clearing of the estate. { The suicide victim worked at the Post Office until 4 o’clock this morn-| ing, finishing his shift, and it is| thought that he immediately drove out the Highway after taking a re-| volver from the Post Office. | Albert Wile, Pestmaster, said that the Post Office has several Army is- sue revolvers back of the windows, all loaded. Post Office records showed that Padget has been on the Post Office | staff for five years and has only| recently received a promotion. Con- | firmation of his raise in grade was received by the Postmaster yester-| day. He was next in line for pro-| motion to regular clerk rating. i Padget had suffered from poor health for the past few years, and it is thought that his illness might | be the cause of his suicide. Yester- day, Padget seemed normally happy and spoke of receiving a letter from | his mother in the next mail. Today | the letter is waiting for the dead man in the Post Office. Born In Towa He was born in Burlington, Towa, on March 6, 1911, and lived with his parents and family for several years. He came to Alaska about seven years ago and worked in the fisheries in- dustry in Ketchikan for several| years. Coming to Juneau five years ago, Padget was employed by the Post Office and worked there until his death. On November 30, 1938, he| was initiated into the Juneau chap- ter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The deceased is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Padget of Olympia; a brother, Alvin, in Olympia; and a sister, Mrs. A. J. Bockman, in The Dalles, Oregon. Padget and his parents were close friends of Juneau Postmaster Albert Wile. STRIKES DELAY DEFENSE WORK EAST, MIDWEST (By Associated Press) Production of National Defense orders aggregating milions of dollars continue to be held up by labor disputes in industrial centers in the East and Midwest. The strike in the- Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company in Milwau- kee, delaying the work on $45,000,- 000 forth of defense equipment, has kept 9,000 wofkers from their ma- chine for nearly four weeks. Con- tinued efforts to negotiate a settle- ment are underway in Washington. The manaagement of the Vanad- ium Corporation agreed to confer Monday with representatives of 400 {CIO TUnited Mine Workers who struck for wage increases at the Niagara Falls plant. Four hundred other workers were dismissed at the Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, plant. THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF CO¥ MERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicini v, beginning at 430 p.m., Feb. 15: Cloudy, with occasional light rain tonight and Sunday; little change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 35 degrees, high- est Sunday about 40 degrees gentle variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska light rain tonight and Sunday; i variable winds except moderate northerly winds ovér sounds straits. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of A Cixon Entrance to Cape Spence: northwesterly winds; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: Occas al light rain; moderate to fresh : Mostly cloudy with occasional ttle change in temperature; gentle and r: Occasional light rain; modei n- southerly to southeasterly winds; cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Rain showers; moderate to fresh southerly to southeasterly winds; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: Showers; moderate to fresh southerly to southeasterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.23 37 84 SE 9 Lt. Rain 430 a.m. today ... 30.29 37 93 w 2 Lt. Rain Noon today 3031 39 90 5.9 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Towest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Barrow 15 -24 -19 [] Cloudy Fairbanks 29 14 19 0 Cloudy Nome 32 27 31 07 Snow Dawson 11 -6 0 0 Cloudy Anchorage 45 41 43 01 Rain Bethel ... 39 35 31 04 Cloudy St. Paul 34 28 31 .05 Pt. Cldy Dutch Harbor .. 39 33 38 58 Sleet ‘Wosnesenski 42 36 36 25 Cloudy Kodiak 44 40 42 .08 Cordova . 40 35 317 241 Juneau 38 36 37 22 Sitka . . 40 31 35 05 Ketchikan . 44 31 35 5 Rain Prince Rupert .. 43 32 34 0 Pt. Cldy Prince George .. 36 9 10 0 Pt. Cldy Seattle .. 53 36 38 0 Clear Portland . 55 38 40 0 Clear San Francisco .. 53 48 50 a2 Rain WEATHER SYNOPSIS Warm moise air had invaded mdst of ‘southern and western Alas- ka, and was accompanied by warmer temperatures and rain or s now over most of the area this morninz, and rain was ‘falling over Souta- east Alaska and along the coast The greatest amount of precipit: hours was 2.41 inches at Cordova. 19 degrees at Barrow this mornin3. and some fog with low ceilings, prevailed this morning over the J The Saturday morning weath from Southeast Alaska to Cordova ation reported during the last 24 ‘The lowest temperature was minus Overcast skies with light rain and low or moderate loc visibilities uneau-Ketchikan airway. er chart indicated a low center of 964 millibars (28.47 inches) was located at 57 degrees north and 175 degrees west; a second low center of 1006 millibars (29.71 inches) was located at 36 degrees north, 124 d tively low over Alaska. A high ci inches) was located over Southeas millibars (3027 inches) degrees west. Juneau, Feb. "DOUGLAS NEWS DEDICATION PLANS OCCASION OF MEETING Final meeting of committee in charge of arrangements for dedica- tion of the new gymnasium sched- uled for next Wednesday. evening, is to be held this evening, according to Arne Shudshift, chairman. In- cluded on the committee with Shud- shift who represents the School Board as its president, are represen- tatives of the city council, P.-T. A., Chamber of Commerce and school faculty. Gov. Ernest Gruening is to head the list of speakers on the program which is to be held in the Gym starting at 8 o'clock. The matter of refreshmerits to be served visitors as part of the program is an issue for the committee to dispose of tonight. ————e——— VALENTINE PARTIES HELD St. Valentine's Day was the occa- sion of parties at the school yester- day afternoon, each of the lower grade room pupils trading valentines and in the evening the 7th and 8th grades were entertained at the Glen Rice home. Two girls and twelve was located at 31 degrees 16—Sunrise 8:30 a.m., sunset 5:56 p.m. Sunrise 8:27 a.m., sunset 5:58 p.m. earees west, and pre re was re enter of about 1028 millibars (30 t Alaska, and a second high of 1025 north and 151 Feb. 17— boys were guests of Mr and Mrs Rice. i 1 | ALTAR SOCIETY PARTY Mrs. Jerry Cashen was hostess to | the members of the Douglas Ladics Altar Society which met at her home for a regular business meeting last night. The meeting concluded with a valentine lunch. Mrs. Henry Strager will entertain the Society at next meeting, March 20. o - BASKETBALL MONDAY Basketball will again be on tap ‘in the school Gym next Monday | when he Douglas Graders and Pa- | rochial school of Juneau are to play in the afternoon. In the evening | there will be another doubleheader | between Channel League teams. 'Miss Mill Enfertains . Before Tolo Dance Miss Betty Mill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Minard Mill, was hostess with a dinner last evening at the family residence on Seventh Street, nrior to the tolo dance at the Ju- ueau High School. Her guests were Miss Jane Eng- lish, Miss Susy Winn, Harry Watkins, Chee Hermann and Horace Adams, Jr. T DOUGLAS COLISEUM SATURDAY—SUNDAY 'In Liffle Old New York’ Coming—“GRAPES OF WRATH" e E3 = ERtR CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices —Clean. 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