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WASHINGTON, March 19.—Pres-| | : man mediation board “to assist ini';:];i:::::(:h{fi; O settling u ety g PASSED—HJM. 17, by Harvey to Assist in Seftling aska last season in the midst of a ident Roosevelt has creatéd an 11-| ' appropriate $144.20 for Mrs. Bes- labor disputes In defense " yyy;pn HEB 110, by Jenne, to | industries, without lmm‘edl‘ately‘iml,”.omm,.e $6,000 for the Skagway | designating a Chairman, * . school; vote 8-8. The President’s order establishes|” pagsED_HB. 90, by Egan, to | what is to be called a National De-|guthorize expenditure of $10,000 out fense Mediation Board. or Third Division road funds for ed: Representing the per River. public —Clar-| PASSED—H.B. 121, by Egan, to ence Dykstra, president of ‘the Uni-| permit municipal corporations to| versity of Wisconsin and Director| operate hospitals. INTRODUCED—H.B. 128, by Har- | | vey Smith, to permit the filing of | birth certificates for perSdns born PASSED—H.B. 116, by Shattuck, | | The following members are I‘St“aperation of a ferry across the Cop-J of the Selective Service; William DRIVE DE SOTO today! It'salot gf car for very little money. Price quoted is for De Luxe Coupe delivered at Detr'on. Fed- eral !nxnincluded.Trnmportuuon,smte, local taxes extra. PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. TABLED—H.B. 102, by Rogge, to| s “ FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC RANGE with Exclusive, New; Faster Hammatt Davis, New York patent! provide for City Planning; vote 15-1. | attorney; and Frank Graham, Pres-| PASSED—H.J.M. 26, by Lander,| ident of the University of North'urglng immediate construction of | | Carolina. | the International Highway. i Representing the employees — PASSED—H.JM. 24, by Jenne, | George Meany of New York, Gen-|asking that a. marine hospital be | eral Secretary of the AFL; George built in Alaska. | Harrison of Ohio, President of the, PASSED—HB, 115, by Shattuck, Brotherhood of Railway and|to appropriate $1,000 for the Haines | Steamship Clerks; Philip Murray |School. FULLY-FITTED 6.1 cu. . FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATOR ONLY $5 DOWN RADIANTUBE COOKING UNITS __ Easy Terms TONLY $ -3 DOWN Some of its 30 features: Easy Terms | © Stainless Porcelain SlidingHydrator 7l »* Some of it features: ~ ® Double-Easy Quickube Ice Trays ® Three Large Storage Drawers HAVE YOU TRIED FLUID DRIVE? 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MARTIAL LAW IS EXTENDED ALONG DARDANELLES ' Turkish Government Con- tinues Vigilance in Balkan Situation ANKARA, March 19.—The Turk- ish National Assembly has unani- | mously approved of the Govern- !of New York, head of the CIO;| and Thomas Kennedy, Secretary of | | the United Mine Workers of Am-| erica i Representing the employers — Walter Teagle of Connecticut, for- mer President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; Roger | Lapham, of California, President| of the American Hawaiian Steam-| ship Company; Eugene Meyer, Pub- | lisher of the Washington Post; jand Cyrus Ching of Pennsylvania, | Vice President of the United States Rubber Corporation. Bl P S A o1 Holbrooks End ’ Three - Month | Visit in South Mrs. Wellman Holbrook has re- Phone 57 PASSED—H.B. 77, by McCormick | ® Cooking Top Lamp | Woman'’s Clubs, was an honored guest | at yesterday's meeting of the Ju- by request, for a new juvenile code. ‘Wrangell Club . Woman Honored from Wrangell and former Presi- dent of the Alaska Federation of neau Weman’s Club, held at the West Seventh Street home of Mrs. Ray G. Day. Mrs. John L. Cauble, chairman of the Department of Applied Education, was in charge of the session. During the afternoon, Mrs. John- son was presented with the Pio-| neer Woman Medal of the Nation- turned to Juneau after a three- incnths visit to the states, and Mr.| Holbrook is enroute here on the| steamer Mcunt McKinley, following | a few days stop-over in Seattle on | business, | Gt south the first part of De- | cember, the Holbrooks spent Christ- | mas with relatives in Minnesotd. ‘Af- | ter the holidays the couple purchas- ed a car in Detroit and drove to Niagara Falls, then to Washington, By Local Group! Mrs. M. O. Josnson, club leader: ® Double-width Dessert Tray i ©® Super-Powered Meter-Miser ! ©® New Low Operating Cost ® Large6.1 cu. ft. Food Compartment : @ Frozen Storage Compartment | s V), W. . PHONE 17 ® Thermizer Well Cooker © Super-Size Twin Unit Oven COME IN AND SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL BARGAINS! P. JOHNSON LODESTARMAY GET THROUGH FROM SEATILE TEST VOTE ON BRITISH AID IS al Federation, in recognition of her long years of outstanding ser-, vice. The presentation was made by Mrs. Mildred Hermann. l‘ Guest speaker for the occasion/ was Mrs. Ernest Gruening, who dss-‘ cussed weaving as a homecraft art and expressed a desire that| women of Alaska might develop the art as a distinctive craft. Mrs. Allen Shattuck described the many types! of looms and explained the me- Weather on the Interior run from lifting this afternoon as the Doug- las DC-3 left Whitehorse in an at- tempt to reach Seattle. PAA offic- ials said that although the Lodestar was still down at Prince George, there was a possibility that the ship could fly to Juneau today. If weath- TAKEN, HOUSE Amendment fo Change Proposal Goes Down to Seattle to Juneau appeared to be| (er will permit the DC-3 through to Seattle, the Lodestar will be able to | come to Juneau. | One Electra is on its way to Ju- {neau from Fairbanks and is sched- | uled to land this afternoon. No p. sengers are aboard the southb plane. e | The Secret Service made 3,107 arrests in 1940. ot 3 P RIS In parts of India a man may marry a tree, cut the tree down and become a widower. - Try a classiitea ad in The Empire Defeat by 162 fo 63 D. C.. where Mr. Holbrook spent a|chanics of the art, displaying sev- month in connection with Forest|cral articles she had woven. Also Service duties. Some time wasispent | incluyded on the program during the in New York visiting Miss Marian| qay wes a piano solo by Mrs. John Ducey, formerly of Juneau, and after Jones, followed by her remarks on WASHINGTON, March 19.—The first test on the Seven Billion Dol- lar: British aid appropriation bill in the House has been defeated. An |amendment by Representative Wii- liam P. Lambertson to make a $383,- NOTICE!! FUR FARM FOR SALE On Price Island, in Gambier Bay, the pr()perty of the estate of Oscar Larson, deceased, consiating of a one- room frame house in good condition, equipped with a that a motor trip to Florida.and| across to Los Angeles was enjoyed in | spite of all the liquid sunshine en-| countered throughout that part of | the country, “ 2 Enroute home the Holbrooks came ment’s recommendation to extend ., the coast, going by way of San the terms of martial law prevailing pyanciseo, through Idaho and into on the European-Turkish frontier gastern Oregon, where relatives were | along the ‘Dardanelles. |visited, Tn Walla Walla, the couple The action is generally interpreted ' spent some time with Mr. Holbrook's as another indication Turkey is con- | yother and sister. tinuing her vigilance in the Balkan | situation despite personal assurances ' from Hitler that Turkey will not beKE'I'(H'K A“ BO“D Death Valley, the hottest andi Blll I“IRODU(ED attacked. ————————— one of the dryest regions in Amer-i ‘WASHINGTON, March 19.—Dele- ica, is 276 feet below sea level, |gate Anthony J. Dimond has in- ——————— |troduced a bill authorizing Ketchi- | In Death Valley it often is 120 kan to issue bonds for $250,000 for| Hamlen, Brookline, Mass. degrees in the shade day atter;new school buildings and new Fire day. ) Department headquarters, p— New York Distributed by National Grocery Co., Seattle, Wash. Gate Bridge. West's 115-Year Tradiiiiin Ends; Ferry Ties Up A 115-year tradition of the old West slide into history recently as the last of the San Francnsco *yh | boats made her final voyage while hundreds marked the incident with a gala “_‘. m the S. S. Cazadero leaves San Francisco on her last trip to Sausalito, Marin Coufity. The Cazadero hias been on the run since 1902, The old mode of transportation will be replaced by buses across the huge Gpiden “Music in the Home.” A luncheon preceded the activi-| ties, with Mesdames Kenneth Car- son, Walter Scott, E. E. Robertson and Ray G. Day, in charge. DAN MOLLER, SITKA MANAGER, (OLUMBIA LUMBER (0., VISITS Dan Moller, Manager of the Co- lumbia Lumber Company, Sitka Branch, flew in from the Historic City yesterday for a conference at the company headguarters. Moller recently was nominated to serve on the board of directors for the new Sitka municipal en- terprise, the Sitka Utilities. ‘Try & classified ad in The Empire JUST RECEIVED at BARANOF BOOK SHOP and Lending Library A new shipment of books for sale or rental, of Am- ica’s Best Seller:— “OUT OF THE by Jan Valtin Also Copies of— “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” Ern- est Hemingway. “Oliver Wiswell,” Kenneth Rob- erts. “Delilah,” Marcus Goodrich. “Winston Churchill,” Rene Kraus. “Kabloona,” Contrande Poncins. “Born in Paradise,” Armine von Tempaki. “The Donkey Inside,” Bemelman. “Do Not Disturb,” Frank Case. “The Glass Blower,” Jan Stru- ther. “Lucid Interval,” Frank Irving Fletcher. —and several new mysteries. To make room for Q‘dn. stock _oost, one hundred wused books, 000,000 reduction in the proposed | $1,343,000,000 expenditure for Ord- | nance and ammunition was voted | down 162 to 63. ———————— range shed, ‘The Lally Alaska Empire guarafle tees the largest dally circulation of nv Alasks newspaper. sonable terms. missioner, Juneau, Alaska. and household equipment, s smokeshouse, a feed a tool and wood shed, ) proved premises for garden, and stocked with 20 female and 3 male blue foxes. The island is held on a permit from the United States Forestry Service, This property must be disposed of without delay, and will sell on rea- See or write to three small row boats, im- elix Gray, U. S. Com- 4 1. You sit more naturally. 2. You write more easily. 3, Your range of vision is greater. excal you wib a “Height ‘of Camfort” y_a[dsix.k Less Fatz’gue! More Comfort! New Low Desk SHAW-WALKER Only 29 inches high? 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