The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 3, 1941, Page 2

|GRADUATED GOLD TAX NO LIMIT FOR DEBATE BRIT. BILL { Senator Clark Blocks Move 'Rate from fiéfilo 10 Per- | cent in New Bill- Penalfies to Cut Talks - No Fili- buster in Evidence WASHINGTON, “March 3 at Bennett Champ Clark this rates was ask: afternoon biocked the proposal of of Representativ Iministration forces to limi- passed unanimously of the Senate debate On (Alabam) LaBoyteaux British Aid bill pen for non-payment of min- ian Walter F. Geo of era Senate Foreign Relations Com- Rep. Almer asked the Senate for un- g bill providing a graduated scale of consent to limit speeches gross mineral taxes, Instead of the bill to_one hour by sh present three percent on all produc- beginr tomorrow and tion over $20,000, the Peterson plan be limited to only one js for an exemption up to $10,000 half an hour on each then taxation as follows: $ 10,000 to 50,000— $ 50,000 to $ 150,000—3 $150,000 to $ 250,000 $250,000 to $ 350,000 $350,000 to $ 500,000 $500,000 to $ 750,000 percen $750,000 to $1,000.000 perceh All gold produced inexcess of $1 1 /000,000 per year would be taxed at 10 percent Teeth in Tax Law | -Sen- of gross gold tax House the Senate nator C. H 's bill setting A new schedule i today in the as the the J. Peterson introduced mittee animous on the Senator Senator speech of amendment In objection to the procedure Senator Clark said he did not be- lieve there was justification to the charges that opponents of the bill were conductng a filibuster. e $ percent $ $ percent percent Stock QuoraTioNs NEW YORK, March 3.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine by the Senate without discussion to- stock today is 4 American Can day. It provides that mine 842, Anacond Bethlehem are payable December 31 e Steel 76 7/8, Commonw a 23%, 1o The LaBoyteaux bill was passed | make \ afternoon another \\ who of THE DAILY ALASK SEARCH ENDS FOR BODY CF AK Lives of Four Men- Only Three Found All hope of recovering the body Nicholas J. Johnson, Angoon native, was abandoned Friday night, February 21, when friend: tives of the missing at the end of day bodies of Archie Bel Johnson, and George Davis Jr., three other members of (I ill-fated party. were recovered Feb- ruary 18. The location of the bodies, ome articles of few hand tools gedy shore of about four miles Point. It is believed that Johnson clung to the swamped and drifted into deep water. party of four men left An- Saturday morning, Februar 15, for a day's outing. They raveling in two 14-foot double nder rowboats. each powered with + nine horsepower outboard moto: ey proceeded to Marble Cove wh two of the men went ashor await the return of the other who went on to Tenakee some purchases. About mid-| Angoon resident | hunting stopped at and learned from the ave up h. The Peter J. indicat d near the Chatham north clearly [ eastern holas ats The goon two to was seal Marble Cove h and that if unpaid by January 31 a pr'n-;V\l'U men on shore that they in- Southern 11-16, Curtiss Wright 8, alty of 10 percent will be added and | tended to return to Angoon “]:Ili General Motors 42', International that if unpaid by March 15 a pen- Harvester 47%, Kennecott 32'%, New alty of 15 percent will apply. The York Central 12' , N 1ern P\(mr unpaid taxes and penalties will also | 5 7-8, United States Steel 56%, draw interest at six percent Pound, $4,03%. On any occasion in which a fraud- ulent return is made, the Territorial Treasurer is authorized to make a return upon his own personal know ledge or such facts as are available to him. DOW JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Jones averages; Industrials rails 27.32, utilities 19.25 PRICE! Dow, 12091, SHELL FLIES SATURDAY Last Satur Alaska mine stock closed at 4': Can 85, Anaconda 24'i, Bethlehem Steel 178':, Commonwealth and Southern 11/16, Curtiss Wright 8 General Motors 42 Kennecott 32'%., New York Central Northern Pacific 6's, United States Steel 58': Pnund $~l 3! SCORES SKATE ON AUK LAKE SUNDA Auk Lake was the mecca Sun- Yesterday Pilot A day for scores of skaters who en- !0 Klawock and Hydaburg with t joyed the fairly smooth ice and members of the office of the In- sunshine. dian Affairs. H turned today h Glacier Lake was closed, a no- Dis original passengers and Mr tice .slaum: “Keep off, ice unsafe.” MrS: A.rn(‘l(i of Petersburg A - Mrs. Goldstein Ends RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES Three Months Visit PANCE HELD SATURDAY The Elks dance floor s crowded Returning to Juxw;m after a three Saturday night for the second annual months' visit in California, Mrs, Hotel and Restaurant Empl Charles Goldstein, wife of the Ju- ball. Music was provided by Lillian neau furrier, arrived this afternoon Uggen and her orchestra. on the Princess Norah. Miss Beatrice Murphy headed the Mrs. Goldstein spent some time committee in charge of arrange- in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Se- ments and proceeds from the affair attle and Vancouver, B. C. were given to sick fund maintained PRSI G by Local No. 871. WHY SUFFER with your feet? P Phone 648. Chiropodist Dr. Steves. MISS SIMPKINS RETURNS (adv.) Miss Nellie Simpkins, who has been south for sometime, returns to Junww aboard [‘\r‘ Fl ncess Norah Juneau American of Gas- t th passengers Shell Simmons roared ocut tineau Channel for morning carrying t and was expec ternoon with four Hirst. Jack, Molyne: sides and Norm C: for Sitka. Jack. passenger from and the pilot was to for three passengers Jun Hir, for Holden fl a Try a dasxmeq aa mn Ths F'mmrv« THANKS FOR HELPING ME SELL MORE CANNED SALMON VALKION f 4/ 0 ik‘” \ KA HAS some 300,000 mighty good friends in the AUmted States. They are the city and village grocers x?n:e};egb‘lles. put Alaska’s Canned Salmon on America’s Making and keeping these valuable friends is - portant part of the Canned Salmon Industry proa;rz:rr:lx Oné thing that wins their support is the Inc. ustry’s nation- wide dvertmmg campaign. Groeers know how this ad- vertising interests housewives in Canned Salmon... helps them s¢ll more Canned Salmon. Then, too, the Industry A ) | from | ing | campfire | abandoned COAST TRIP evening with their two companions.| Sunday morning the men were still absent, and a boat put out| Angoon to investigate. Upon! Marble Cove the search- found evidence of which by this time wa indicating that it had been since the day before.| then reiurned to An- reported the matter ad, CCC foreman, who large hing party the be on both of Chatham Straits. Inquiry Tenakee revealed that the two Davis, had been ted and had left o ip about 3:30 p.m. S::‘—l arrival at party cold, The d Maurst the return tr urday A coat belonging to one of the} missing men was found on the beact Monday. This concentrated the search in that immediat> locality with the result that the three bodies were found the following day, Feb- | ruary 18. This same day the iwo rowboats were found drif near Cosmos Cove. The motors were still | attached and the boats were lashed tegether at the stern. A pi of frayed line attached to the bow of each boat gives rise to the theory that the boats had been traveling by side, lashed m-l gether fore and aft, and that the | parting of the bow line while trav- eling at high speed caused the boats to sheer apart and swamp. As the straits were calm all day, to be the only logical The recovered bodies were hm l(d at Angoon on February 19. The men were all members of the Angoon CCC, but were off duty and not under official supervision at the time they left Angoon. - ROLFE GOES WE ST Walter Rolfe. radio operator Station KINY. left for the westward aboard the Baranof, going to An- chorage to accept a position offered. o Try a clussmeu ad m The Emp at 500N MAN| l S A S K E D Parker Pt. 'Tiria;]edy Takes\ nd rela- | clothing, @ E Straits © of Parker * to| F | tent and experienced” officials whose MPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 3 ’ , | ‘HOUSE SECONDS DOZEN NEW SENATE iDEA ON BUILDINGS "~ pioneeas’ oM ARE ASKFD Recommendations of Spe-| i " cial Commiftee Made Peterson BI" Would Ap-1| in Legislature propriate $1,200,000 | [‘ | Picneers’ Home at Sitka for Afmorles, Etc. lcare of at least 100 persons and abandonment of the Goddard Home e~ were recommended today by the Pio- on | nee: Home Committee of the a/House which visited the institution several weeks ago. A Senate Committee had Rep. Almer J. Peterson sin handed today went seven better four Legislators who introd | bill last Saturday asking $500,000 for five Territorial Buildings to be used | as armories. |identical recommendations last week. In the new bill today, Peterson| Such an addition is estimated by sks $1,200,000 for construction ¢f a|Superintendent Eiler Hansen to cost xmunity recreational cen- | $175,000. which would provide office! The House Committee also w for “Territerial subdivisions,” | that mental cases, if any, be tran rve as auditoriums and be av able to the National Gt mories if the Guard wou heat, light and janitor services The Peterson buildings would be | ed in Anchos ks, Nome, Petersburg, Saw'n d, Sitk: A,‘ Valdez and Wrangell. ast weeks bill by Reps, James V. Stuart Stangroom, Cm:lm be segregated or H_ouseVoIes 'MacDonald ed only $500,000 for build 'l‘ Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchor banks and Nome. : - $5,000 Again Nalli Agem | Measure Bitterly Attacked, touching, final | Bitterly Defended in Is Indicled, ot Sessin Donald MacDonald was voted 85.000 of Territorial funds by the e era ury House of Representatives today to lcarry on his work as a member uf e | the ~International Highway Com- TON. March 3.— Dr,|mission but not until after a fuil- nst Aughage, called @ |dress debate brought out the most ndist by the Dies Com- ! sensational s and counte: mittee, has been indicted by a Fed- | charses of the ol eral grand jury on charges of fail-| MacDonald’s case was ing to register as a paid publu‘ity'by Rep. Frank Cordon, author agent of the German Government.|the bill, and attacked by Rep.Har- He was indicted under the sta.|Vey J. Smith, James V. Davis ari ng all agents :h\wm-;/\”““ Shattuck :ganda of foreign prin-| “There is nothing so reiEtaiay is declared in one of the E ments this afternoon, “as one | Scotchman pleading for the expen- | diture of pubiic ds fo the bene- | fit of another Scotchman,” | e vote was 11 to 5, with Reps.| OF 1940 HSH | Almer J. Peterson and H. H. Mc- | Cutcheon joining the three prin- l ‘\m'-l foes of the measure in the (LOSING ASKED - . Ability Questioned | At one point, Speaker McCutch- Last fall's closing of fishing in the | | eon asked Gordon: Iey Strait and _Cmmmm Strait dis- “I've been told Mr. MacDonald tricts in the midst of an apparently | s not exactly 100 percent efficient 'mendo un u[.«'\’n_xon had rever-| mengally. How about that?” berations in the Legislature today| Gordon replied: ‘I consider that when Rep. Harvey J. Smith "“m':a great reflection not only upon duced a memorial asking Delegate| ;. MacDonald but on the whole (‘}mhx,nv J' Dlmom‘J and Cl‘,;‘)v El.n | Scottish race.” sruening to investigate the closing 3 el i by the Fish and Wildlife Service. “g;"flsfif 4 e:[“ O"G S alssne),gg The memorial asserts the closing | B s g % : ti ag St 5 °|that “the idea Mr. MacDonald is iction was taken ie {o inexperi- 2o 4 ence and lack of good Midzment of unbalanced mcmz_xlly was put for- Agess 3 {ward by a henchman of Captain e e . |Lathrop.” He declared that La- s that direction of Fish and fitrop,wis “unalerably oppased” 16 the International Highway because he is “a great believer in the Al- aska Steamship Company and a wildlife Service activities in Alask: be. placed in the hands of “compe- permanent residences are in the Ter- ritory and that greater authority be given agents in the field. It also asks that fisheries commissions be creat- °d in each rict to counsel and advise the Service Try a cla. :med ad in The Empire. Colonel Ohison, Manager of Alaska Railroad, and he’s never come out to oppose the railroad’s exorbitant rates.” Gordon spoke scathingly of “any- one who would stoop to influence WELL SIR, ALL ALASKA CAN THANK YOU ~AND THOUSANDS 0F OUR AMERICAN GROCER FRIENDS - FOR THE 600D JOB YOU DO IN HELPING US SELL OUR N1 Fo0D ! helps grocers plan special drives throughout the year— such as Lenten, Summer and New Pack sales. With free display and advertising material . . . with ideas for dis- plays, the Industry encourages grocers to feature Canned Salmon in their stores. And every year thousands of grocers compete for prizes in a building displays that sell hun Canned Salmon. This retail help in sellmg our good food is es] pecially important to all the minds of the members of this islature by spreading such ru- “Fifth Column” Again Gordon read letter after letter and petition after petition from Fairlanks organizations support- ing the appropriation, The “fifth column’. sounded again_ in in a letter from an American Le- gion Post saying the highway was being delayed by “the inertia. of politicians acted on by subversive influences” and in a Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce letter de- claring that anyone opposing the appropriation for MacDonald was “good material for a fifth column.” Rep. Harvey .J. Smith said he opposed the appropriation because the Commission had not been set up by the Territory, MacDonald had never submitted a.xeport or an accounting to the Legislature of what he did with $5,000 appro- priated two years ago, the Legis- lature has no way of - knowing whether MacDcnald is the proper man {o serve on the Commission and if the appropriation is sound legislation, it would be worth a good deal more than $5,000. Rep. Allen Shattuck suggested “we would be far better off in our“representation if we passed 2 memorial asking the appointment of Tony Dimond to replace Donald MacDonald.” . Rep, Jesse Lander of Fairbanks said the highway might be “our salvation” some day, just as the Burma Road is now China's sal- yation, The bill now goes to the Senate. e FORTNEYS ARE LEAVING A. P. Fortney, well known resident of Juneau, will leave tocmorrow for the westward, with the expectation of locating in Anchorage. He will ke accompanied by Mrs. Fortney and child, note was big Industry contest by dreds of extru cases of E | Construction ot an addition to the | to take made | 1- | ferred to other imstitutions and that le. J i L] Herbert, and H. H. McCutcheon ask-| | Ma(hlnery . pleaded | of | great. friend and great believer in| the| the Legislature |” | is recorded in the office of the Col- 1941 ORDER FOR GAS MASKS DISCLOSED War Deparl_n_wgm fo Have Limited Quantity, Low Cost Equipment WASHINGTON, March S.wThe} War Department discloses it has; ordered a “limited quantity” of low| cost gas masks for noncombatants. Officials said the masks are de- signed to meet the requirements | of a Military- Commander provid ing protection against gas by non- combatants remaining under mili- ary jurisdiction. Information says the gas masks are believed suitable for noncom- | batants and general civilian use although not designed for rugged use as are the scrvi:e gas masks. No Strike | Proposed WASHINGTON, March 3—Robert Patterson Undersecretary of War, today proposed creation of strike prevention machinery such as was <et up-during the World War to pre- vent interruptions of current arms production. | Reviewing the work of the 12-man | board organized by President Wilson during the World War, Patterson |said he believed a similar system based on conciliation and voluntary compliance by both labor and man- agements could avert many strikes ‘and prevent loss of many man day’s | work. | | Rainbow Girls Will Initiate for Star { Plans were made for an initia-| |tion ceremony to be exemplified |on the evening of March 11, be- ‘foro the Order of Eastern Star, at | Saturday’s meeting of the Rain- bow Girls. Regular business was also discussed and Miss Elizabeth Tucker presided at the session, held in the lodge room of the Scottisn Rite Templ — .- ROODS GO SOUTH J. S. Rood, reindeer superintend-’ |ent for the Territory, is a southbound passenger cn the steamer Yukon af- ter spending several days in Juneau. Rood and his wife recently arrived |from Nome and are bound’ for Se-’ attle and the East. S e RETURN TO KETCHIKAN Mayor Harry G. McCain, of Ket- tchikan, and J. F. VanGilder, also of the First City, left for their hemes aboard the Yukon. e NOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. oSt |NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ‘WHEREAS Lloyd H. Bayers ex-| ecuted a preferred ship’s mortgage on the Motor Vessel “Forester” No. 209-556 Home Port. Juneau, to se- |cure an obligation to Cummins Northwest Diesel Sales, Inc., a cor- poration of Seattle, Washington, in favor of said corporation, which said mortgage was recorded in the | office of the Collector of Customs at Juneau, Alaska in Book 14 Mort- |gages Page 30; and WHEREAS said mortgage Wwas thereafter assigned by said Cum- mins Northwest Diesel Sales, Inc. to LaRue Acceptance Corporation, n corporation, -which -said assignment lector of Customs at Juneau, Alaska in Book 8 Miscellaneous Convey- ances Page 208; ani WHEREAS said Lloyd Bayers as appears from the affidavit of Wil- liam G, Irwin President of said La- Rue,_ Acceptance Corporation is in default according to the terms of said wmortgage: NOW THEREFORE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the .demand of said LaRue Accept- ance Corpoartion made pursuant to | the terms of said mortgage and the provisigns of Section 2887 Compiled Laws of Alaska 1933, I the under- signed Marshal for the First Judi- cial Division of Alaska will on the 13th dav of March at ten o'clock cash at the former Upper City Float, scribed personal property, to wit: Motor Vessel “Forester” of Ju- neau, Alaska, official number 209-556, gross tonnage 47, net tonnage 27, permanent number 217. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 24th day of February, 1941. ‘WM. T. MAHONEY, U. S. Marshal. By WILLIAM J, MARKLE, Deputy Marshal. l in the forenoon of said day expose | for sale to the highest bidder for || Juneau, Alaska, the following de- | THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU u. Forecast for Juncau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., March Increasing cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with occasional 1igh snow possible by Tuesday night; little change in temperature, lowest temperature tonight about 28 degrees, highest Monday 39 degre gentle variable winds, becoming moderate southeasterly Tuesday. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Increasing cloudiness tonight : Tuesday, with possibly occasional light snow in north portion b; Tuesday evening; little change in temperature; gentle variable winds becoming moderate southeasterly Tuesday, except moderate northerly in Lynn Canal, Forecast of winos alone the coast of the Gulf of Alaska; Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Mostly cloudy; moderate sou easterly winds, becoming fresh Tuesday; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinc inbrook; Rain or snow; moderat> to fresh southeasterly wind. coming fresh to strong Tuesday; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrecti Bay: Rain or snow; fresh to strony easterly to southeasterly wir becoming moderate to fresh south:rly to southwesterly Tuesday aft noon. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.79 40 54 w 6 4:30 a.m. today ... 29.88 27 82 Calm 0 Noon today . 29.88 35 n S 3 RADIO REPORTS Weather Clear Clear Pt. Cldy TODAY Lovest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am temp. temp. 24 hours Weather -26 -26 Clear -3 0 Clear: i 14 Snow 11 -10 Clear 31 33 Cloud 4 5 Pt. Cldy 24 30 Cloudy 33 33 32 36 Max. tempt. last 24 hours =14 . 19 . 16 R 35 -2 . 30 40 37 39 ) .. 48 .. 46 48 30 60 | 57 H 58 Station Barrow Fairbanks Nome Dawson Anchorage Bethel St. Paul Dutch Harbor .. Kodiak Corddva Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert .. Prince George Seattle Portland San Francisco Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy .01 01 0 J2 WEATHER SYNOPSIS Generally fair weather continusd over Southeast Alaska, but inc air moving northward and westward from the Gulf of Alaska causing rain or snow in Prince William Sound .region, and in Bering Sea and Seward Peninsula. Partly cloudy or cloudy 3 were reported over the remainder o: southern. and western Alaska while clear skies prevailed over most of northern and east central Al aska. Rain or snow had fallen ducing the past 24 hours at most points along the coast from Yakutit to the Aleutian Islands, and over the Bering Sea and Seward P2ninsula. Temperatures ovel aska were generally about normal o' siightly higher; lowest temp ture reported this morning was minis 26 degrees at Barrow. Cle skies, unlimited ceilings and visibilities prevailed over the Juneau- Ketchikan airway this morning. The Monday morning weather chart indicated a low center ¢ 977 millibars (28.85 inches) was locited at 51 degrees north and 163 degrees we: A second low center of 987 millibars (29.15 inche was located just north of Kodiak Island; a third low center of 100! millibars (29.65 inches) was located at 50 degrees north and 133 de- grees west, and a fourth low center of 992 millibars (29.29 ir ) was located at 36 degrees north and 130 degrees west, and the pressui was low generally over Alaska. A high center of 1028 milliba inches) was located at 29 degrees north, 160 degrees we pressure was relatively high over Canada. Juneau, March 4—Sunrise 7:47 a.m.,, sunset 6:35 p.m. SKIRACES HELD YESTERDAY ON DOUGLAS TRAIL Curtis Shaflfl(—, Jane Vick- ery, Mary Vanderleest Win Honors Sunday Curtis Shattucks won first place| in yesterday's men’s races in com- petition for the Henning trophy and Ralph Moreau placed second, with, Axel Nielson crossing the line as third, In the -women's races, for the Behrends trophy, Jane Vickery won! first place in the downhill, fol- lowed by Mary VanderLeest, sec- ond. In the second race, a com- bined downhill-slalom, Miss Van- derLeest won out to place first, and Miss Vickery, second. ‘There were nearly 30 skiers the upper bowl, where a thin break- ' able crust on the snow made ski- ing fairly ‘good for the more adept, but very poor for the novice. The Daily Alaska Empire has the' ‘argest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. .dlIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIII|IIIIIIlIIlIlulIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIHIIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIlIll- : ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS | Alternate sealed bids will be re- ‘celved at the City Clerk’s Office, Juneau, Alaska, until 4 pm. March 14, 1941, for the construction of a new approach at the northern end of the Juneau Small Boat Harbor, lengthening the present master float, and building a new float 320 feet long. Plans and specifications may be obtained a‘t the City Engineer's Of- fice, upon the deposit of $5.00. The City of Juneau reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond payable to the City of Juleau, in, amount not less than 5% of the amount of the highest alternate bid. ETTA MAE DUCKWORTH, Acting City Clerk, Junenu. 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