The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 23, 1941, Page 2

ALASKA JUNEAU IS 10 PAY OVERTIME ON COURT QRDERS Judgment Signed Agains} Gold Mining Company by Federal Judge SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 23. NORTH SEA SAILS, SITKA Tweniy-1ve pPassengers sailed on the steamer North Sea, Capt. Leon- ard Williams, pugser C. D. Little- hales, at 4 o'clock yesterday, bound from Juneau for Sitka and Excursion | Inlet. . Passengers from Juneau for Sitka —Father Maruca, B. A. Torson, Hen- | ry Norman, Darlene Mitchell, Mrs. L. Mitchell, W. A. Rice, S. C. Lynch, Henry Hegdahl, Mrs. Hegdahl, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Anderson, J L. Cava- | neau Gold Mining Company at Ju- |neau, Alaska, involving payment of | around $60,000 for overtime to 1,000 ;::g::orrs Mr. n?,; lirsuflx,ar:‘sv Das,’“enu)lovees. has been signed by Ped- ies, Keith Wildes, Harold Foss, Fred eral Judge St. Sure. i ? Wendt. A, Burke; Wallnee:Ghosee, K, | F: B. Bradley, President of the Lundry and AFchie Lawrence, Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- Por Excursion Inlet—Kaare Nel- |Pany agreed to entry of the sl son and H. M. Cropley. ment after the Wage and Hour Di- The vessel is scheduled to return visicn, Department of Labor, pro- %o Jineau southbound tomarrow | tested against the Compapys 1% night time. | Wesley Ashley, Western Regional Subscribe to ‘tne Dally M;Dhector of the Wage and Hour Di- Empire—the paper with the larges, vision, said the complaint grew out pa’d eirculation. of the Alaska Juneau system in B i JUNEAU ROTARY | —Judgment against the Alaska Ju—\ ure to pay time and one-half over- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 e & lar” wages for certain| pine o e o cnen | Many Attend Sfar termed “overtime” for: other hours, |although the arrangement was ap-| Dinner a' Temple . Here Last Night proved in the contract with the CIO Dinner by ¢andlelight was enjoyed Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter ‘Workers Division. last evening in the Scottish Rite It was construed .that both such 'rates paid were straight time, ) Ashley commented: “Until recent- | {ly, such arrangements whereby cer- tain hours of a normal working day | were arbitrarily termed cvertime | hours, wages paid for such hours ! were called overtime payments, and | this system has been used by various mining companies in most of the | western states.” Violations in the overtime pay- | ment, according to the decree, go back to October, 1939. { | —————— five members of the Order of East ern Star and their escorts. Tables Were beautifully decorated with yellow candles, offset by orchid cellophane and matching disks bear- ing the Star emblem. At the main table, a ship of “Victory” as a cen- terpiece cohtained corsages for Past Weorthy Matrons and red carnation boutonnieres for Past Worthy Pat- | STUCK ON ROOF BELTON, Tex.—A Negro woman | found on top of her home extiu- | guishing a roof blaze had this to |say to the hook and ladder crew: | “White folks, T just don’t know how I got up here, but I sure can't, get down.” Matron, presided during the dinner hour. A short business meeting followed in the lodge room during which time a program was given by Past Matrons of the Order. —_——— 5 b SAILS TO SITXA The Dally Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulaticn of any Al- for Sitka on the North Sea on a aska newspaper. short business trip. 000000000 000006000600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000006600000000000000¢ | | Temple by one hundred and twenty- | rons. Mrs. Helen Webster, Worthy | Insurance man Keith Wildes sailed | DEPORTATION CASE PENDING FOR 10 YEARS Former Head of Washing- fon State Communist Party, Held, Seattle WASHINGTON, Aril 23—Immi- | gration officials here said today that Isaac Mordecai Reaport, alias Mor- | ris Rapport, is being held in Seattle for deportation to RusSia in a case m;gien; ;:t ;\]‘:'En;‘v‘]‘s’;:;;;::’:h 4| increasing the authorized enlisted his name was spelled Rapaport anrl‘mvenfl}h s bl ”on.l 10 i o e LR S Moo sl 2 » increase it further to Zt)‘:;fi"f:g"g:;ys"m‘“” of the 00000 whenever sufficient emer- Rapaport gained his freedom nnl"wmy v (bond in 1930 after being ordered de- ported. The bond was cancelled when the Government was unable to get the Russian government to accept him. LARGER NAVY LOOMING AS BILL IS SIGNED Strength ofE_S. Sea Pow-| er May Be Increased | 100,000, Emergency | WASHINGTON, April 23—Pre dent Roosevelt today signed a bill President o ‘12 Halibuters - Sell at Seattle — - Try a classifiea ad ir: The Empl SEATTLE, April 23.—Halibut rivals, catches and sales today |as follows: From the western banks: McKin- | ley 40,000 pounds, 9% and 9% cents ia pound: Akutan 40,000 pounds,! 4 [Alten 40,000 pounds, both selling at 9% and 9'% cents; Venture 37- N . 1000,9% and 9 cents; Harmony 40-| ara- TO BE HELD HERE IN JUNE [ Local Derby Award & Every winner of a local Derhy will receive this mmg trophy, pre- wau.n pyle, general man- o-sponsor All- newspapers country. Engraved with the winner’s own name, the award is a handsome souvenir of e local Derby victory. FREE TRIP to Akron, Ohio, te com l Local Winner's Prize ‘Lm” the prizes to be given K’n the tacal Soap Box Derby medal, presented by Division, yace i both Class A recefve these medals, of the 1941 race. Fan awarded local winner. Dozens of other prizes. ANY BOY AGEDSTO L5 IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE JUNEAU SOAP BOX DERBY Lets Make This the Biggest Event Ever Held TURN OUT FOR MEETING . at . HIGH SCHOOL 7P.M.—APRIL 24 Thursday Night presiied from solid The he are provided by Chevrelat Mot Division y i co-sponsor of the local race with this paper. First, second, and third pete in National Finals will be 1000 pounds, 9% and 9 cents; | gon 40,000 pounds, 9 3/4 and 9% cents. | From'the local banks—Merit 10.- | 1000 pounds, Tilligum 14,000 pounds, | | Thelma Second 17,000 pounds, all i selling for 9': and 9 cents; Sum- | mitt 7000 pourids 9'¢ and 9 cents; I'Trégo 6,000 pounds, 9% and | cents, Roosevelt 13,000 pounds, 9% land 9% cents. RUPERT PRICES | At Prince Rupert ‘today poungls of halibut were sold at 9.40, to 9.80 and 7 cents. ~DOUGLAS FLY | T0 FAIRBANKS | Douglas Fliweggoulh, fo Se- ‘ | "aftle Tomorrow - Two | Planes Northbound | Twenty-eight passengers flew ou:‘ | of Juneau this morning as a PAA Electra and the weather bound| Douglas DC-3 roared from the Ju- neau airport bound for the Inter-| | ior. H Passengers to Fairbanks were: J.| J. Kennan, Mrs. Irene Keenan, Leonard Smith, Mrs, Charles Crea- ! mer, Lester Jones, Dick Taylor,| | Mrs, Maxirie Albright, Mr. and Mrs. |J. E. Lucas, Mrs. Betty Brown,| | Larry Galvin, Barry Crosby. Gor-| |don Matthews, Hughie Pearson,| !Harvey Yager, Mr. and Mrs. Tony | | Lindstrom and infant, Milde Isaac- son, Harold Isaacson, Fred Olson, Hans Tilleson, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. i Linck, Cliff Price, Henry Wurh- {man, G. E. ‘Bassett, Mrs. Dana Hawkins and Anne Hawkins. The Douglas is scheduled to make a round trip to Fairbanks to- day and fly south to Seattle to- morrow. Two PAA Lodestars are due (o arrive from Seattle tomorrow. Bas [EQgw W WENDT TO SITK. | ' Fred Wendt, painter and store| Lo owner, left for Sitka on the North| Sea on a brief business trip. - About five' quarts of milk are required to make one pound of American cheese. e ——— 1 From $48,000 to $21 | is this me Chevrolet Motor and Class B will | off Winthrop Leach, Mass, gave William McChesney Martin, 34- year-old head of the New York Stock Exchange, is seen signing his induction papers into the army. Martin thus is giving up & $48,000-a-year job to receive %21 & month as a selectes. THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU 23: Forecast for Juneau and vicinily, beginning at 4:30 p.m., April 2 Partly cloudy tonight; occasional light rain by Thursday afternoon; not much change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 39 degrees, highest Thursday 52; gentle southeasterly winds. Foracast for Southeas! Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight; al light rain Thursday; not much change in temperatur moderate variable winds, becoming southeasterly Thursday. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate southeasterly winds, be- coming moderate to fresh Thursd partly cloudy tonight; occasional rain Wednesday; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook; moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, becoming fresh to strong Thursday; local rain tonight; occasional rain Thursday; Cape Hi%cl inbrook to Res- urrection Bay: Moderate to fresh easterly to souti asterly winds, be- coming fresh to strong Thursd: occasional rain; Resurrection Bay to' Kodiak: Fresh to strong southeasterly winds, but shifting to mod- erate to fresh southwesterly Thursday; occasional rain. occasion- gentle to . LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 46 8 SE 18 41 85 Calm 4.1 69 S Weathel Rain Cloudy Cloudy Time 4:30 p.n. yesterday 30.13 4:30 a.m. today 30.28 Noon today 30.34 RADIO REPORTS TODAY 4:30 a.m. Precip. 4:30am temp. 24 hours Weathet -10 Clear 23 Snow 24 Pt. Cldy 35 Pt. Cldy Cloudy Clear Clear Pt. Cldy Cloudy Rain Rain Rain Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Pt. Cldy Pt. Cld Fogay Lowest temp. -10 Max. tempt. last 24 hours 17 Station Barrow Fairbanks Nome Dawson Anchorage Bethel St. Paul Atka Dutch Harbor Wosnesenski Kanatak Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Prince George Seattle Portland | San Francisco 5 38 55 23 33 | 50 WEATHER SYNOPSIS Relatively cool, moist, mnr;liu‘w air had invaded the south and central portions of Alaska, “ahd rain’ot ‘snow had fallen durin the previous 24 hours along the edast of Southeast Alaska (o the Aleutian Islands and over the Alas:a Range, and the Yukon, Tanana and Kuskokwim Valleys. Fresh, r:latively warm *maritime air was indicated this morning over the A'aska Peninsula in connection with a southeasterly flow of air from a low center located about 200 miles south of Wosnesenski, and rain wis falling this morning over thal area, The greatest amount of pricipitation during the previous 24 hours was 1.09 inch which was located at Cordova. Temperaturcs were slightly lower this morning from the lower Tanana Valley to the Seward Peninsula, and the Arctice Ocean. The lowest ter ture was minus ten degrees, which was recorded at Barrow. Sc tered clouds to overcast, with moderately low ceiling and good vis bilities prevailed over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this morning The Wednesday morning weathsr chart indicated that a center of low pressure of 29.32 inches was located at 54 degrees north and 159 degrees west. The frontal vortion of this storm extended east- ward to 53 degrees north and 150 degrees west, and thence soutn- ward into a new low center of 29.53 inches, located at 39 degrees north and 158 degrees west. The new low center was expected ° deepen and move rapidly northeastward into the Gulf of Alaska b Thursday morning. A high pressu'e area of 30.33 inches was loca at 43 degrees north and 134 degree’ west, and a high crest extended northward into the southeastern pdrtion of Alaska. Juneau, April 24—Sunrise 5:24 am. sunset 8:30 p.m. ;3 1 UNITED STATES Scares New England DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska ] March 27, 1941 Notice is hereby given that Wil- liam McKenzie has made ap- plication for a homesite under the act of May 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 809) Anchorage Serial No. 09931, for a | tract of land described as Lot C of Tract A of the Tee Harbor Group of | Homesites situated near Juneau, Al- | aska, Plat of U. S. Survey No. 2388, | containing 4.74 acres, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the district land office within the period of ‘publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. First publication, April 23, 1941. Last publication, June 18, 1941. New Englandery a seare; Army of- | | ——— T S R ficials dispatched 'soldiérs ‘to the ) ene while Coast Guardsmen | SANITARY PLUMBING and HEATING COMPANY scene dragged the 200-pound ball ashore, W. J. NIEMI, Owner “Let your plumbing worry be where it was found to be & dud prac- our worry.” PHONE 788 floating min bobbing 50 yards tice ‘mine which had broken loose fram its moorings in Boston Harbor. Enipire ' Classifieds Pay! (R "OHONE 374 GLACIER HIGHWAY DELIVERY DAILY TRIPS COAL ——WOOD LUMBER —— GROCERIES PHONE 374 "SHORTY" WHITFIELD