The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 28, 1941, Page 2

2 Schoorl Progra:fii In Observance 0f Seward Da In observance of Seward Day (Sunday) a special program was held at 1 o'clock this afternoon in | | the Juneau High School gymnasium with high school students and pupils | of the upper grades attending y Seven Thousand Are Injur- ed as Result of RAF Bombmg Bremen The Brit J. C. Ryan, Commissioner of Edu- cation, was guest speaker for afternoon. The program was opened with a flag salute, led by Student {Body President Ingram Varnell, and | with singing of “The Star Spangled service de-|Banner.” Patriotic numbers were recent | played by the school band and Royal | lections were sung by the A Cape choir. Similar programs were |in the Grade School by vidual classes and the two schools were dismissed at 2 o'clock. Classes NDON, Mar 414 28 Ministry's news night tha made er t the by the 1,000 person 7,000 in 1ids on Brer o Force aleo held and another is the great seaport of northwest Germany on the Weser Ri | will be resumed on Monday as usual, Exactly how the casualty figures, according to Supt. A. B. Phillips -~ were cbtained is not closed - ;lodeslar Out For Seattle One of PAA's I,Utkhl‘l‘d Lodestars | winged out of ing bound for Seattle loaded with | mail and express but no passengers. Indian Education Supervisor Here To Visif Schools Supervisor of In- with headquaters Homer Howard, lian Education, m,, the Omrrl;)f('lm?\:‘n? /:im_nrs}m Two passeng Mrs. Marjorie | O, storaay after. | Maloney and J. S. Robbirs, were AL A B I passengers to Juneau from Pair- | noon after inspecting Southeast Al- m“kg oh vhv Douglas DC—:! which the | the indi- | Juneau this mmn-‘ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, SEWARD IS WINNERIN R. R. FIGHT Subcommittee Cuts Fund | for Terminus Change Senate Appropriations Subcommit- tee today eliminated from the fifth supplemental National Defense Ap- propriation bill the sum of $5,300,000 to pay for the changing of the term- Seward to Passage Bay and sub- I stituted $1,500,000 for repait of the present line. The Army and Alaska Railroad officials urged the change of the terminus as a National Defense ne ity, saying the present road offered easy opportunity for sabo- tage. Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond and Seward residents flppcnr—g ed before the committee, testified | the present line could be repairéd | | for $1,500,000 and also made easfer \ to defend. SITKA HAS SERIOUS HOUSING PROBLEM WASHINGTON March 28— TI‘F inus of the Alaska Railroad from | {accountant in the Auditor BIG BILL IS ENACTED IN LASTHOURS Senale Appropriations, No Planning Council-Veto Strikes Off $10,000 Eagle Bounty (Continued from Pagv One) | the Senate and opposed by the House, was stricken in conference. Also missitig 1§ the customary $1,440 additional salary for the Sec- | retary to the Governor and the customary $25.000 appropriation fo1 cleaning of salmon streams (Dolly Varden trout bounties). Inscrted in the bill is an $8.000 appropriation for the new office of | Assistant Attorney General The office ant is given the new title of Accou and Deputy Auditor and hi alary is raised from $2700 to $3.600 per | year. The salary of the Deputy Com- missioner of Bducation is also raised from $3,000 to $3,600. University Trimmed The conference comnitiee cut University 'of Alaska’atiminist apptopridtion from the $212.9 lowed by the Senate $174,400 favored by the House. Appropriations for telephone lines the 50 al- ol c""h""" mannger of "“"and indistrial and agricultural fuir: of zvmu--ffmn ‘for Alaska. ”‘”m there Inte yesterday with pas- ‘Vc"‘”d“" afternoon by plane !rom’buck into the final bill Schools® visitéd" included ‘etchi- | *8er from Seatle. . |Sitka on a short business trip. Haia donferenté calmilttee cut the Xan, Metlatkatla, Hydaburg, Kla-| One Electra left Juneau for Falr-| Clithero, who 15 staying'at thelp, lo jione o “plblic' Weltare a wock, Wrangell, Kake, Angoon, Sit- aniid Urs SOVHHE SO Scanth | Bavanot (Hdlel AR BERE ministration appropriation to $61,- Peterson, Francis Riendeau, Rench and P. J Fitzsimmons, Body oI Missing ~ Native Is Found in v Wrangell Narrows to word received by ka and Hoonah Mr. Howard and Dr. Dale will Jeave shortly for a trip to the West- ward where they will inspect Indian Affairs schools at Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Eklutna and Cook Inlet points after which they will return to Juneau April 14 for a conference to outline r(l\mnimml programs - FARRELLS RETURN | According FROM S"KA 'I‘Rlp the Forest Service here, the body |of Andrew S. Johnson, missing from his home in Petersburg since Feb- V. R. Farrell, Arts and Crafts|ruary 12, was recovered in Wran- Supervisor of the Office of Indian|gell Narrows last Tuesday. Affairs, returned to Juneau on the| Johnson was a per diem enrollee North Sea after making the round trip to Sitka where he conferred with Raymond Wolfe, principal of | of the CCC who lived at home. He disappeared sometime during the night of February 12 and no clue the Indian Affairs School. Mrs.|to his whereabouts had been re- Farrell accompanied him on the ceived until the recovery of the trip. body. Information received did not - - - indicate whether or not the death/ PINOCHLE PARTY Sponsored by Sons of Norway, Sat March 29, at 8 pm of the series. had been accidental. Johnson was born in Haines, July This is the last 2, 1906. His mother, Jeannette Phil- adv. lips, resides at Petersburg. VOTE THE PEOPLE'S TIC STRAIGHT! FOR MAYOR: HARRY I. LUCAS Resident of Juneau for twenty-nine years. rends Bank, as Asst. Cashier. Bank Examiner fc tory of Alaska. years. in 1938 and has been Mayor for past three yea Teo s fine at Sitka, but that “housing| | facilities are acute, ] He said that some new arrivais |are leaving town because of the impossibility of finding a place to and also said that it is not unusual for men to sleep in tem- | porary shelters and partially con- structed buxldmg: (OCHRAN LEAVES ON §.5. NORTH SEA O. D. Cochran, Senator from the | Second Division, was excused from the last few minutes of the legis- lative session to take passage' on the North Sea for a vacation and business trip to Seattle. Senator Cochran will return-to his Nome headquarters as soon as his busi- ness in the States is completed. ———————— Among the odd occupations dis- covered by census takers during 1940 were fishworm rancher, whis- | tle-tester, ham-sniffer, "and egg- breaker. Formerly associated with Beh- or nine years for the Terri- Founder and operator of the Juneau Motors, Inc. for nine Large stockholder and operator of Assembly Apartments. City Clerk rs. Tax Payer. 'COUNCILMAN FOR ONE-YEAR TERM: N. FLOYD FAGERSON Alaskan pioneer by birth. Resided in Juneau for past ten years. Owner and operator of Concrete Products Mfg. Co., an old established firm in Ju- neau. Tax Payer. COUNCILMEN FOR TWO-YEAR TERM: HENRY MESSERSCHMIDT Co-owner of San Francisco Bakery, old establish and reared in Juneau. Served on City Council fo J.A. (CURLY) MARTIN Resident of Juneau for twenty-five years. 1915. Has been employed by the Alaska Juneau fitter for many years. Member of several Jayer. ELROY E. NINNIS Resident of Douglas and Juneau since birth. neau Motors Co. for past ten years. Served on City Council for past two years. Tax fraternal ed firm in Juneau. Born r nine years. Tax Payer. Worker in Perseverance Mine in 1 Gold Mining Co. as pipe- organizations. ‘Tax Owner and manager of Ju- Graduated from Juneau Payer. Schools. ® We pledge ourselves to Reduce Taxes This Year. ® We advocate the purchase of the Juneau Water System. DO NOT FORGET TO REGISTER FOR THIS ELECT ——e ION ON APRIL 1, 1941, ; | |85, as the Senate had recommend- ed. The House favored the appro- priauon of $80,405. The House favored the appro- priation of $80,405. Included in the Pioneers' Home | appropriation is a $15,000 item for general maintenance incident to the hospitalization of outpatients. This { will be paid back into the Treasury from fees charged these Sitka pa- tients. Also inserted is a $4500 item for transportation of pioneers. The customa $5,000 cmergency appropriation put back in the bill in conference. item by Item Totals of the 1941-43 appropria- tion act (with 1939-41 totals in par- entheses if there has been a change. | are as follows: Office of the ($23,540). Governor Office of the Attorney General—| $30,800 ($21,800). Office of the Auditor—54.650 ($53,004.81). Office of the Treasurer—s$64,100 ($61,559.25). Banking Board—$2,500. Office of Commissioner cation—$48,100 ($40,020.62). Support of Schools — $1512927 of Edu- [ ($1,469,532.99). University of Alaska — $230,400 ($222,400)". Office of Highway Engineer 1$14,000 ($16,000). Roads—$600,000 ($800,000). Telephone Lines—$8,000. Commissioner of Mines — $62,200 ($53,210). Assay Office—$33,000 ($25,086.50). Alaska Historical Library and Mu- seum—$11,600 ($11,300). Health and Sanitation — $62,500 ($45,344.61). Old' Age Assistance — ($500,000). Relief of Destitution — $240,000 <330000m Board of Children’s Guardians- $50,000. Mothers' Allowances — $72,000 ($66,000) . Exenses of Board of Public Wel- faré—New item of $6,600. Department of Public Welfare — $61,085 ($59,56547). * Picneers’ Home-—-$241,400 408.72). Enforcement of liquor mgulauom —$65,000. Rescue and relief of lost persons —$12,500 ($15,000). Aid to Public Libraries—$5,000. Livestock .inspection—$750. Industrial and Agricultural $660,000 ($193,- Fairs SR KNITTING TIME FOR itAu_Aa Wallage (left), only daughter of the vice J bhck to thej 'Over Million Soldiers Mob- $23,100 | | | | | |turn to Ellis Island at a later date adjourned RUSH ORDERS on 1941. LEGISLATURE vy ADJOURNS AT 'WRITER IS HELD - FOR ENTERING U. S. ILLEGALL Author of ‘Out of fhe nghl Faces Deportation Charges, N.Y. NEW YORK, March 28 Armory RerfifBilI Passed | in Final Hours-All- » De- partment of Justice tod: that N h . Sulius Hermar Krebs, who wrote the ight Session best seller, “Out of the Night,” e under the name of Jan Valtin, has| The Sergeants-at-Arms stopped been arrested here and is facing de- | (o clocks. i r n proc s, o s s Speaker ‘of the House H. H. Mc- arrested by immigra- | o Cutcheon was presented with aj s and was held on Ell Island until released, when he furn- ished bond for $5,000. Immigration authorities said there | was an understanding that he re- gold watch. Senate President Henry Roden s given a portable typewriter. The 15th Territorial Legislature sine ‘die at 6:10 o'clock | morning on the motion of the youngest member, who in 1941 is ‘26-year-old Rep.| William Egan of Valdez. In its last big .night, the Legis-| lature passed a $56,860 bill fm‘ renting of armories for the Na- tional Guard, sent some 30 meas-| ures up to the Governor for , nature, saw a dependent children’s ’ hill die in conference ‘and passed! a tecord-smashing general appro- priation bill. Krebs is accused of | this S. illegally. -~ SERBS SENT T0 STATIONS for ‘a hearing. entering the U Small Armory Bilt | The armory rental bill. passed| yesterday<“by fhe ' House, went through the Senate in' léss than) an ‘hour after it was ‘received by a'vote of six to two. Vote on fin-! ilized Quickly fo Re- al age Was seven to one, with| : ¥ | Sendator Leroy Sullivan of Nome| S’St AnY A‘"ad‘s against. Even his Second Division! | colieague, Senator O. D. Cochran, (Continuea from Page One) |voted for the measure after hear- | | | | | | ! | rez {All Germans, Except Diplo- ing Major Jesse E. Graham r-,xpl:lin, enthusiustic | the purposes of the fund and list- ‘Lioym | €ning to'the pleas of Senators Ed-| | ward © Coffey, Norman R. w‘nkex‘ bed @nd Don Carlos Brownell. | The bill' ' was drawn up, Walkar grad where wildly crowds shouted in the streets, with Germany, down with Tta The Yugoslav Army is de: dy to fight if attacked rman Panzer divisions are ow said, 50'that the Alaska National| massing along the Yugoslav-Bul-|Guard “would not be demobilized.”| garian frontier. Final matters were disposed of man anger reflected by the in both houses between frequent which inform- and extended recesses to allow con-! Nazi ' ference committees' to function. Serving on the free conference committee which finally reconciled differences ‘between House and, Senate .over the general appropria-| tion bill were Senators Leroy Sul- livan, Hjalmar Nordale and O. D, Cochran and Reps. W. Leonard| Smith, Harvey Smith and Allen Shattuck. When Cochran departed after midnight to catch the south- bound steamer North Sea, his| place on the committee was faken by Senator Edward Coffey. Tax Committee ‘ Almost the last action of the Legislature was to name the mem- bers of a Special Legislative. Tax Committee created by a bill passed during the session. The Senate will| i radio broadeast d the German public of anti- demonstrations in Yugoslavia. - 10 REMOVE NAZI COLONY INBELGRADE mats, Those on Urgent H ‘be represented on this committee/ BUSlneSS, EVatuafEd 'y s:mmr:, ‘Walker, LaBoyteaux, Cochran and Coffey, and the House BELGRADE, March 28. — All | by Reps. Davis, Lyng, Harvey Smith members of the German colony | and Rogge. At 7:30 o'clock last night, before packed gallery, the special ses- sion of House and Senate recon-! vened after recess to consider Iul- ther appointments of the Governor in Belgrade, with the exception of the diplomats and those on urgent business, will be removed Monday. Those removed will be placed a aboard Danube River steamers to the Unemployment Compensa- and taken' “out,” acdording to tion Commission. During the after- reliable information learned to- noon the joint session had reject- night. ed the appointment of Michael J.| VIR AR i T AT Haas to the position. No further BURDICK TO KETCHIKAN |appointments were sent down by Charles Burdick, CCC Adminis-| Goy, Ernest Gruening, so the ses- trator for the Territory, sailed on'gjon adjourned, the North Sea for Ketchikan where >-o— he will direct work for the Forest . Service. Burdick will be away for R p' f B about 10 days. | e(e lon 0 e $8,000. Emcr Prim y apropriation—$5,000. | A]] Auk Bay and Glacier Highw, election—$15,000. | residents are extended an invitatum Bounty on wolves and coyotes— (o attend a social to be given by $165,000, | the Glacier Highway = Recreation Bounty on hair seals — $80,000 crub, March 29, at 7:30 o'clock. The (860,000). affair will'be given at the PAA Weights and measures — $2.500 reception hall at the bay. ($500). — Unemployment Compensation, BRINGS PRISONER Commission—$25,000 ($20,000). | Escorting an insane prisoner to Aeronautics and Communications Morningside, Ore, B. B. Mozee, U. Commission—$15,000 ($70,000). |S. Marshal at Nome, arrived in The various appropriations for|Juneau last night on a PAA Elec- Territprial Boards remained virtu- | tra. Atcompanying the Marshal is ally unchanged. a matron for the prisoner. thnhlwmfln ts with Roommate Julie 6:10 TODAY customary | DEAD SOLDIER Held at Auk Bay - ‘[last - night,! ‘announcement’:'was ‘| »een Referee in Bankruptcy for-thie THE WEA THER (By the U. S. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF CO nlher Bureau) RCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Mar. Occasional light showers tonightand Saturday, but becoming cloudy Saturday afternoon; not much change in temperature; temperature tonight about 38 degrees, highest Saturday 45 degrees; gentle variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Local showers tonight and Satur- day, becoming partly cloudy Saturday afternoon; not much change in temperature; gentle to moderatily southerly to. southwesterly winds but moderate to fresh southéerly in Lynn Canal tonight, Forecast of winos aivie soe Gult o Alacka. Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate southwesterly winds; partly eloudy; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: Moderate south- erly to southwesterly winds; partl; cloudy; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Moderate' southwesterly winds, becoming north- easterly Saturday; partly cloudy; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: Moder- l | ate variable winds; partly cloudy. ' LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 0 p.m. yesterday 29.84 43 9 SE 12 Mod. Rain | 4:30 am. today 29.79 40 84 SE 10 Lt. Rain 3 Noon today 29.84 41 83 SE 13 Cloudy s RADIO REPORTS . . | TODAY { Max. tempt. Towest' 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m Station last 24 hours | ¢ temp. temp. ! 24 Hours Weather Barrow e -19 L 349 0 Clear Fairbanks 37 L 14 1 [ Pt. Cldys Nome 24 20 21 22 Cloudy Dawson 35 26 30 Pt. Cldy Anchorage 45 33 3¢ 05 Cloudy Bethel 39 23 24 15 Snowi St.. Paul . 35 20 34 0L Rain Atka 40 | 30 33+ [ Cloudy Dutch Harbor . 42 i 32 32 08 Stiow ‘Wosnesenski 42 33 4 0 Clear Kanatak 42 | 36 36 19 Snow Cordova 46 34 35! 118 Clea Junean 1% | 40 62 Cloudy Sitka 55 | 38 38 Clouds Ketchikan 47 98 4 41 Cloudy Pritice Rupert .. 52 38 4r 0 Rain Prince George .. 65 28 30 0 Cleal fl Seattle 3 | 46 46 0 Clear Portland L 43 50 0 Cloudy | San Francisco 66 51 54 0 Rain WEATHER SYNOPSIS The 'low pressure center which was loeatéd in Bristol Bay had caused a southerly flow Offifibist relatively” warm maritime air over the southérn portion of- Alaska, and rain ‘or snow had fallen durine the previous 24 hours from' Southeast Alaska to the Aleutian Islands and from''the Alaska Range ‘to th: Seward Peninsula and the Bering Sea. . The greatest amount of precipitation was 1.18 inches which was retorded at Cordova. Rain was falling this morning over Alaska,’ and' snow' showers at some points from the Alaska Range tc ' the ‘Aleutian Islands and over the lower Kuskokwim Valley and the | Seward Peninsula, Clear or' partly cloudy skies prevailed from th Tanana Valley to Barrow. The lowest temperature was minus 19 de. grees, which was recorded’ at ‘Barrow this morning. Overcast skies anc light rain ‘with moderate low ceilngs, and fair to good visibilitos, prevailed over the Juneau-Ketchikun airway this morning. The Friday morning ‘weather chart indicated a low pressure cen- ter of 996 millibars (29.41'inches) was centered at 61 degrees norii and 168 degrees west, and a line o’ shifting winds extended from thi center eastward and thence southward over Southeast Alaska into low- er latitudes, ‘and it -was expected taat it would pass to the east of Alaska during the next 25 hours. A second low center of 992 milli- bars (29.92 inches) was located at 3; degrees north’ and 129 degrees west. ‘A high pressure center abo e 1026 millibars- (30.30) inches was located to the north of Barrow and a second high center of 1031 millibars (30.44 inches) was " locat :d at 31 degrees north and 161 de- grees west. Juneau, March 29—Sunrlse 6: 3; am.,, sunset 7:31 pm. 50 CIVILIANS DIE FOR EACH | BY GOVERNOR INaus Kill 50 Townspeople' 'Amendment to UCC Law, for Every English Does Nof Keep Hard- Military Death castle, Claim LONDON, March 28.—About- 50, (Continued from Page One) |civilians have been killed for each | imilitary fatality/as a resultiof Ger- ! man air raids on Great Britain since I'the war’s ‘Start, it was 'disclosed to-| day in:an-official statement. | ‘The. number of civilian-'dead is| placed at 28,859;' and’'“the mumber | of seriously: wounded at 40,166 The | I 5 ) | bent shall continue to hold of- fice and shall continue to per- form the duties thereof until his suecessor shall have been appointed and his appoihtment confirmed by the Legislature as in this section provided, and no recess ‘or interim 'appointment shall be ‘made in such cass.” “The Governor ‘submitted the name of Michael J. Haas of An- chorage to the ‘Legislature yes- terday. The appointment failed of ‘confirmation by a vote of 17 to 7 i= ioint session. ¢ Cauble’s appointment was des- ignated -as ‘effective today and until February-1, 1847, ‘Fhe Governor described Cauble as “an outstanding man, kindly, sympathetic, of broad-gauge and niaxle |that! Gompawy A:vand the %"‘.." W AR Bens o | Headquarters and:iMedicalidetach- | ments will parade with the' high 3 DIVOIKE SUITS 2 jexact total "6f* muw.ry casualties is| § V’Ot glvsn . | Guard met for their reslfltr drill} sdhool: band - for' thé’celebration of | {Army- Day, Apripiq. <UL e No-! gefinite'; plans:!were! an-| flun IN (ounl | nounced at ‘that time, but Capt.| William«*Walt h€r," commanding| pree suits Ior divorce were filec | Company A, said that notification | 06 'the:Guaid ' units wilbieome as soou 4s ‘pldns ‘#re 'made; :ir e in the Federal Court within the past few days. Thy were Creighton!® (Deiner vs.”Rosalie LaVanway Dein- ¢ ‘| 7y Wilhelmina Swendsen vs Jame. Swendsen and Ruth Allee vs. Royal: 1 ik B e Allee i) ‘ i i' “Support Your Chunber n!~ . , W" Commeree” : pn' i et e WAKE UP youm B. LeFevre from the active prac- ticé of law, and his fendering of his resignation as ‘Referee in Bank- -uptey, Judge George F. Alexander has been named as his successor, Harold H. ‘Bates. ‘The latter' as- sumed office-as referee March 26. | ‘iJudge LeFevre is retiring from the wctive practice of law after a good- y number of years, and he ‘has R BH.E-*- twc linu of W inf lmve % dletum- the worlg Ty ¥ nnd ‘effective Carter’ le‘fifi et these two' pints o weflnnln. (ndy u. ake you feel “up and Amazing in making bile flow freely. A-k for Carter’s Little Liver Pills by name. Stulibornly refuse anything else. Price : 254, @ !WM Distriét 'Gourt almost ¢ontiruously ince 1918. 'His first appointment vas magde by Judge Rabert W. Jen- ings on July 24, 1918, 5 1 q Southeast i REV. (AUBLE 1S APPOINTED, ! |