The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 25, 1941, Page 2

FROM SOUTH ON COLUMBIA er: C yea aboard piumbia Mead, J on, M. C. Smith Jr., A, F. Stranf- nson, John Winther n Winther, Renee Spencer, Baxter, Robert Baxter, ind Leo Rensch ell—Leo McCormick rd, Mrs. William Tam- Je nonc aree and the Rev. J. P. O'Reilly Julia Moi was the only passenger Juneau from Ketchikan . -oe ANCTHER VETO IS - SUSTAINED BY HOUSE VOTE Health Examinafion Bil Meets with Governor's | Disapproval Governor's third veto of the Th es stained in the House presentatives this morning, ver members voting nine against 1 15 sent back ipproval, was S for Rep. James . & I requiring ent of Health bear the xaminations n hout person e the Department ned or 2 LODESTARS LEAVE JUNEAU FOR SEATTLE PAA Lockheed Lodestars landed at the Juneau airport from Prince George this afternoon and immediate took off for with two passengers from Jun Two U ? y to store cquipment, and that in Nome | /18 to Brownell's statement, that a| southbound ships. e the Mocse Hall is being used | ‘1arge might come, said: Three Electras left Juneau for Shig mm‘”‘m e T 'm going to stand in this Senate airbanks shortly after the arrival sent quarters riol. laran ‘,""“,_,IH long as this Senate exists aml of t e northbound steamer Colum- Nena the b S )'Mm used | vield only to the dictates of my,own ! bia. Seventeen passengers flew north "o 0" iona units at present meet | ccnscience and not to any threats in the three planes, They were A.|y." oo ) s of the|of any Senator, or any person or Strandberg, Dr. and Mrs. F. Gii- \rp oo N said. |any bod s - Gli- war Department, Mulvihill said. |any body of persons. lespie, P. Samuelson, S. David, L. Dimond Radicgram Read 1 I am chosen by the electors of Swanson, M. Jizcoff, C. Smith, N.| e bezan his argument for ac- | My Division and sent down here o Gerson, J. Ramstead, Philip Evans, ceptance of the bill by reading > my best judgment in the interest A. Hartford, H. Donnely, Mr. and m from Delegate Antho! of the Territory. We have a Dele- Mrs. W. Murphy, Ken Rank and pimong relative to armories. The | ‘ate in Congress, similarly chosen Andrew Anderson. radiogram from Dimond to Davi | by the electors, to represent the pec- March 18, a 1 at T le of this Territory in Cengress and . ¥ the W s all other mem Lo use his own best judgment and | Esther Rhind Back oooozmiom s o n Rl It s within Representative | Dimend Lauded | From Buy"'g T"p Davis’ right to show or not to show| “We have in Congress today a man X Walker ut the Del- | Who is outstanding. He is a man Esther Rhind, owner of the Vogue Shop in meau, returned on the st ner Columbia from a buyi trip of several weeks in the Stat Mrs. Rhind, who with her mother, recently purchased an apartment building and store space in Anchor- age, bought merchandise for both stores while in San Francisco and Los Angel After topping _over Rhind will leave on the West Saturday in for bound Juneau, Anchor- steamer < L. M. BRADFORD NOW HERE FROM WRANGELL Z. M. Bradford, former well known resident of this city, arrived on the Columbia this afternoon from Wran- gell, bringing the remains of Mrs Bradford who passed on at their Wrangell home last Sunday. During his stay in Juneau, Mr. Bradford will be the house guest of Dr. and Mrs, George F. Freeburger. Funeral services for Mrs Bradford will be announced later. Two sons Curtis and Elliott, will arrive in Juneau from the south aboard the steamer Yukon leaving Seattle to- morrow and scheduled to Saturday. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BOY SCOUTS NOW rrive here ASSIGNED TO ALASKA To further the cause of Scoutin; in Alaska, Andy Frederick has beer assigned to the Territory as E ecutive Director in charge of the Boy Scout movement in Al Frederick, now in June 1 re- side in Alaska. He does not know yet where his headquarters will be located, |go i attle ° A Britis tory. she is equipping armored i This pieture was sent by radio from London. barge heads for the Lofoten Islands off Norway in an invasion of the German-contrelled terri- Troops are standing in the vessel which has protective shields fore and aft. Britain has disclosed n barges carrying 59 men each for use against both Germany and Italy. OF BRITISH DECREASING Blow for Blow Refurned in Battle of Aflantic, Says Admiralty LONDON, Ma nouncement today h he an- British the Admiralty reveals a drop in Great of sea losses for the second week while she returned blow in the Batile of the Britain successive blow for Atlantic. Twenty-three British and Allied vessels, totaling. 71,000 tons, were lost at sea during the week ending | March 16, the Admiralty says, com- pared with total losses of 90,000 tons the previous week. | The Admiralty also reports that during the same period, Great Brit- ain’s own naval and air raiders were sinking almost three tons of Axis ships to every four tons the British or Allies have lost. | BULLETIN—A bill to ap- ARMORIES | prepriate $250,000 for National | ® Guard armories Was SUCCess: fully introduced in the Senate Blll DEAD this afternoon by Senator -Nor- man R. Walker of Ketchikan. The vote to receive the bill was six to two, with Senators O. “ Upper House Refuses to Consider Measure- Funous Debafe D. Cochran and Leroy Sullivan against (Continued from Paze One} ) > . ® . ° ® . s » Ise, aren't going to help pass this any other bill Senator Don Carlos Brownell of ‘eward remarked that “if this Sen- ite continuously refuses to consider ’ills which have bad careful cun- ideration ‘in thc House and have wctually passed the House, it might n time result in a change in the structure of our government.” This brought from Cochran the Alask and then overr i, atter| speervation that the matier of a certs visitations, changing their| . meral legislature had twice nd voting for the bill.” | 1 submitted to the people and » Senator asked that altyice defeated and that it would be A appointed with the | gefeateq again. Walker said tha: ’ o0 subpoena witnesses and | wnell had not mentioned the mploy counsel to investigate the|yorq “unicameral” and that he, G | Walker, was one of those who fought Den't Meet Minimum | hardest against a unicameral sys- 1 of the armory bill | M Major W vihill “The Junior Senator from Nome' eral of the Na- | has been wrong in about half the bein lled to the|Statements he has made,” Walker | id <the Ketehikan | 53id cf Cochran. He de he fair building being used for an| if the Senator would kee s is not 1 i mind and open ears” he we armo ® enou ce for arms and equip- miles rx'mn the drill| a A that in Juneau the fair build- Dictates of Conscience think differently on many mat- ment is three floor; ,L.‘. asked s that it be Deld in the highest esteem in the shown.” Territory, a man we all look. up to,! Then Walker read what he des-|respect and highly regard. But we cribed as a r um written by | Were sent here to Juneau to exercise an ‘‘unr ‘red lobbyist” and put|Our own judgement and Tony Di- in' the hands of I union men |mcnd would not want to deny us| here with instructions that it be|that right, sent to Dimond, The radic 1 de-| “We've elected Tony Dimend be- clared organized labor to be opposed | ¢ause we believe in Tony Dimond | to the armory bill. Walker said the and in Tony's good judgment. It radiogram was not sent but turned | Would come with i1l grace on our | over to him instead. Later he said Part to issue a ukase telling him the union men to whom it was hand- | What he’s got to do in Congress ed were “Mr. Chinella and Mr. Hill “I'm going to continue to abide| No group of c d labor is op- | C¥ the lights which have been given posed to the bill, Walker|me to direct myself by. declared Referring to. members who ap- peared te have changed their minds N the armory question after coming to. Juneau, Cochran said “no o ked me to come up and chang.- my mind. T have a mind of my own. 4 packed gallery heard the arm- | ory debate and the final vote turn- ing dewn. the bills = Has Third Birthday of de- Messages Quoted Then he quoted from Day ze to Dimond that the bill “strengly opy by labor grou; ambers of merce” andg | 1t it must have been w at the unsent telegram Davis would mai ' rsed and by c} deelared th the be ith | uch that Walker, de 1 not refe 1at opponent 1 w depth: kr to a wery would consent to e bill ir but that “it e Territory in position in thes a bill as im- ‘\\“ H tw weuld re receive yesterday at the home of Mr. Mrs. J.. C. Molyneaux, Spring colors, yellow and gres were selected for the table decor and .the guests. were giv: | ter chicks with individual kets containing candy eggs. place { difficult times not to receive bill periant as this Pre: Henry Rod: aid he had received from the D 1l wit) Senate n. of ti ton, Jane Wilder, Ward, Carolyn and Patricia Car- son, Joan Diane Molyneaux, ill, | Morrison and Anne Wallace, -~ Pre wa | from Wash ing to d men at the end of 1940 compared ng|with 215488 at the end of 1939. J o if we don't do seme Party Celebrahod Little Shanagh Elizabeth Wallace celebrated her third birthday party and a- i Those attending were Kay Kea- Norma and Sue Gail | The U. 8. Army had.some 600,000 "'Gin Marriage"” Bill Walks Again In Legislature i Revival of Rep. Harvey ,Smith’s | “gin marriage” bill from the death /it met in a four-to-four tie vote |in the Senate some weeks ago was | effected today when Senator O. D. { Cochran won support for a move to | ask the House to return the bill s0 (that the Senate could “reseind” its | former action. Voting against asking the House to return the bill were Senators | Edward Coffey and C. H. LaBoy- | teaux. The House agreed by unanimous |consent to send the bill back over to the Senate. The bill would re- quire couples to give three days' i notice of intention to wed. An attempt to resurrect the hill which would legalize the Department of Health failed in the Senate today when LaBoyteaux sought to move reconsideration of his vote which was one of four against admitting | the bill to the upper house. Senate President Henry Roden ruled that junanimous consent would have to be granted to allow reconsideration at | this late date, and Cochran objected, so the matter was dropped | .- ( | ;Witkersam Library Vofe Is ""Yes”, 'Home Addition ""No” Voting an z\pproprmLm:v of $20,- 000 to purchase the Alaska library of the late James Wickersham for | the Territorial Museum and de- IOKE S ON H I M—caught feating an appropriation of $175.- | :lllt:nt maneuversl ‘in Louisiana 000 to build an addition lo the Spaas e HUs Tacsoo, Pioneers’ Home, the House acted| 36th division military police at upon dozens of bills yesterday af-| Camp Bowie in Brownweod, . ternoon and today. | Tex. Sgt. Lucian Wimer of San | The Wickersham library is tc| Antonio is with hir be purchased at a price set by ap- | | praisal, but the price is not to 2 B | exceed $20,000. ‘} RUMMAGE SALE The vote on the bill for an ad- at the Methodist Church Parlors, | dition to the Home was eight to Wednesday, March 26th, from 10 to | | IN THE | ! fixing penalties for-non-payment of eight and later Rep. Leo Rogge 3 o'clock. —adv. | moved to reconsider his vote, so, N R 8 £ ST the measure may yet pass. The re-| The U. S. Navy increased its per- consideration vote was to come up sonnel from !n at the end of today's lendar. 1940, 158,814 to 250,000 HOUSE PASSED—S.B. 46, by LaBoyteausx, providing that instruments may be filed with the Clerk of Court when there is a vacancy in the office of Recorder. PASSED—Substitute for S.JR. 4, by Brownell, for an investigation to determine the need for an Alaska Women's Home PASSED—S.B. 23, by LaBoyteaux, the gross gold tax. PASSED-—S.B. 63, by Roden, pro- viding a short cut in administering the estates of natives where fish- ing boats are involved. PASSED — S.B. 69, by Sullivan, relative to giving notice of petition for letter of administration. PASSED—S.B. 57, by Roden, re: ducing the penalty on the bond for liquor dispensaries from $2,500 to $500. PASSED—Substitute, for S.B. 35 and 67, by Brownell, appropriating to pay for transportation and hos- pitalization of indigents. PASSED—S.B. 24, by Roden and Sullivan, to appropriate $20,000 for purchase of the Wickersham Li- brary. KILLED—S.B. 33, by Walker and Cochran, to appropriate $175,000 for construction of an additioon to the Pioneers’ Home at Sika; vote 8-8. INTRODUCED — H.B. 129, by! Rogge, licensing airplanes at $25 per year for commercial and $15 per year for private craft. PASSED—Substitute for S.B. 55, by Brownell, making fathers re- sponsible for the welfare of illegiti- mate children. PASSED—S.B. 40, by Brownell, relating to powers of mayor and council, - e IN THE | SENATE | REFUSED-—-H. B. 66, by Davis, McCutcheon, Strangroom and Hei-/ bert, to appropriate $500,000 for building five armories; vote 5-3. REFUSED—Substitute for S. B. 77, by Brownell, to appropriate $10.-‘ 000 for a Territorial Voterinariz\ni for the rail belt; vote 4-4. KILLED—H. B. 121, by Egan, to| allow municipalities to operate hos- ditals; vote 4-4. PASSED—H. B. 128, by Harvey Smith, to permit filing of birth| certificates for Alaskans for whom no legal certificate has been filed.| PASSED—H. J. M. 24, by Jemm asking that a marine hospital be| built in Alaska. INTRODUCED—S.B. 79, by Walk- er, to appropriate $250,000 for Na- tional Guard armories. Stock QuoraTions NEW YORK, March 25.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 86, Anaconda 23%, Bethlehem Steel 71, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 9, General Motors 43, International Harvester 47, Ken- | Northern Pacific 6%, United States | Steel 57%, Pound $4.03%. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 122.78; | utilities 19.70; rails, 28.37. | L S S o The islands constituting Amer- ican Samoa ‘have & tohl area of '%6 square. miles, | | | { train for transfer to a camp near Fort Stanton, New Mexico, They | boarding the train, ~ GERMAN SAILORS MOVED TO NEW (AMP Some 330 German sailors off the scuttled liner Colum! bus, who had been kept at Angel lshnd Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay for 14 months, were taken to San Francisco by boat and placed aboard a are shown leaving the boat and THE WEATHER U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU 2! Forecast for Juneau and vicinily, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Mar. Mostly cloudy with possible light showers tonight and Wednesda, not much dhange in temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 42 degrees, highest Wednesday 45 degrees; gentle southeasterly winds, Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy with possibly light showers in north portion and partly cloudy in south portion tonight and Wednesday; little change in temperature; moderate mrnblo winds except moderate to fresh in Lynn.Canal Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate to fresh southerly winds; partly cloudy with local showers; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: Moderate to fresh southerly to southeasterly winds; local rain; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds; rain; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds; partly cloudy with local showers. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 20.92 46 9 SE 10 Cloudy 4:30 a.m. today 30.06 43 -87 SE 6 Rain Noon - today 30.21 44 81 SE 12 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS 1 ) TODAY Max. tempt. | Towest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Barrow =13 -23 -23 [] Clear Fairbanks 45 13 16 0 Cleor Nome . 34 2 21 0 Clear Dawson 17 | 13 17 0 Cle: Anchorage 43 35 36 Trace Pt. Cldy Bethel - 29 22 2% 0 Cloudy St. Paul ... 83 29 31 0 Cloudy Atka .3 o 88 36 05 Clear Dutch Harbor .. 39 35 38 08 Wosnesenski 40 35 36 28 Cloudy Kanatak 43 39 39 13 Cloudy Cordoya 4 37 39 242 Rain Juneau 46 41 3 A2 Rain Sitka .49 41 44 a4 Cloudy . Ketchikan 48 | 40 40 96 Cloudy Prince Rupert .. 49 40 42 0 Pt. Cldy Prince George .. 47 39 40 0 Pt.Cldy Seattle 60 | 39 39 [ Clear Portland .. 87 40 § . Clear San Francisco .. 70 | 42 45 0 Clear WEATHER, SYNOPSIS A storm ccntcr was located in Bristol Bay this morning, and was causing a southerly flow of warm air over the southern and central portions of Alaska. Rain was falling this morning along the coast from Juneau to the Kenai Peninsula, and at some points over the Aleutian Islands. Clear or partly cloudy skies prevailed generally elsewhere qQver Alaska. Rain had fallen during the previous 24 hours along the coast from the Aleutian Islands to Southeast Alaska. The greatest amount of precipitation was recorded at Cordova where 242 inches was reported. Temperatures were slightly colder this morning over the northern and western portion of Alaska north of the Kus- kokwim Valley, The lowest temperature was minus 23 degrees, which was experienced at Barrow this morning. Mostly cloudy skies wilh moderately low to moderately high ceilings and good visibilities, ox- cept for fog patches in the Wrangell Narrows and local light drizzle or showers in the north portion prevailed over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this morning. The Tuesday morning weather chart indicated a low pressure center of 992 millibars (29.28 inches) was located at 56 degrees north and 162 degrees west. A high pressure area above 1038 millibars (30.55 inches) was located to the north of Barrow, and a second high pres- sure center of 1023 millibars (30.18 inches) was centered over the southern portion of Southeast Alaska, and a third high pressure cen- ter of 1030 millibars (3041 inches) was located at 33 degrees north and 163 degrees west, A crest of high pressure extended from Wash- ington to a high center of 1028 millibars (30.35 inches) at about 33 degrees north and 133 degrees west. Juneau, March 26—Sunrise 6:4 5 a.m., sunset 7:24 p.m. for prisoners of war and dealing Duth ! with the heavy family mailbag. | Like many other British fam- L | ilies. whose husbands are soldiers, Has Job, Six Days y ‘Palnce suites the king puts at their | disposal. | the Gloucesters closed their big | London house. The Duchess lives |at Barnwell Manor in Northamp- | tonshire, When the duke gets one (of his rare leaves, she comes to LONDON, March 2%.—The pretty| . | Duchess of Gloucester, wife of the| When moving slowly on all four, king’s eldest brother, has a serles | kangaroos use the tails as a “fifth” of jobs which keep her busy six|leg. It supports the body while days a_week. As air commandant the hind legs are being™ moved London to join him for a few days’ holiday in the Buckingham et {necott 33, New York Central 12%, | Of the Women's Auxillary Air Force forward. she frequently appears in the air| force blue uniform and gold edged | cap_and travels constantly to in-| Approximately 112,000 umbrellas spect air women’s activities. She is | are turned in at the lost property also Colonel in Chief of the King's | 0ffice in London annually during Own Scottish Borderers. Besides normal times. this, she. gives a, good deal of time| to hospital tours, tying up parcels Empire Classifieds Pay! (Corn Cob Kitchen Tile LA TR SR Henry Ford (center) holds a plece of kitchen tile made in' his Jab- oratory at Ways, Ga., from tree bark and corn cobs like the one Chem- ist Harry G. Ukkelberg (left) displays. J. F Gregory, superintendent of the motor manufacturer's plantation, looks on. Ford’s chemist aides are experimen; at Ways with nfiln'hm Pproducts into mloreonunflbnwumomun b