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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1941 Wages, Hours For Defense Are Discussed Haas Made-SHecial Agent in Alaska - Sworn in on Gldeon Bible | | SEATTLE, Oct. 27—Deputy Ad» ministrator Baird Snyder, of / the Labor Department’s wage and hour division, told the Pacific - Logging Congress Convention here during the weekend that the nation’s skilled workers are putting in 50 and more hours a week in vital defense indus- tries, with time and a half for work over 40 hours. He proposed a policy of wage stabilization as distinet from wage freezing during the emergency. Snyder also swore in Michael J. Haas, of Juneau, Territorial Labor | Commission, as special agent in Al- aska of the wage and hour division. nyder used a Gideon Bible from his hotel room for the ceremony. { B e ( FORNANCE 70 TAKES 20 MORE 10 BARRA(KS Vessel fo Leave Juneau af 1 o'Clock Tomorrow Morning With 20 draftees from Wrangell, Pateorsburg, Angoon and Hoonah,| the Army tender Fornance will leave here for Haines at 7 o'clock | tomorrow morning, Selective Ser- vice Headquarters announced to-| day. 1 The Fornance returned to Ju- [ neau over the weekend after tak- ing Juneau's first quota of draf-! tees to the Chilkoot Barracks port Saturday. The Wrangell and Pet- ersburg quotas arrived here on the Denali last night. From Wrangell selectees are Ver- non Anderson, David Sandman Harry Uakas, Ray Williams. From Petersburg—Roy Abrams, Louis Austin, Fred Buch, Chirs Christensen, Phillip Johnson, My- ron Lyons, John Reid, David| Thomas, Harold Wheaton. SUPREME COURT T0 REVIEW WAGE-HOUR OVERTIME SCALE (ase of Pay Schedule of. Texas Newspaper fo Reach Tribunal | WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—The Su- 'until the flights begin at the fair Boy Baby Kidnaped, Is Found Police Make Quick Round- up and Arrest Abducter ‘vestrma_v as the Juneau Order of here. 5 —WIfe ls AISO He'd | Blks opened its four new alleys to| at Names Assisting Mr, and Mrs. “Holden A | membership play for the first time.| el were Mrs. J. J. Meherin, Mrs. R. H.| FITCHBURG, -Mass.. Oct. 27. —| To six: top motch kegiefs Vent| yromy, oct. 27—The second re- | Willlams and Mrs. R. J. Schoettler. | Two months old Kenneth McLean, |the hotor” of initiating- "hc"d l"“P‘r’llmvw granted by the Germans to- et Jr., kidnaped from a carriage on|&t noon.- No scores ranged VeIV g,y temporarily spared the lives a main street,~ has been found alive and uninjured. A mean identified by OChief of Police Thomas Godley as Badard Wolsiewick, 36, has -been arrested and charged with the abduction. The child was found in the man's| cottage at Lake Whalom Park, on| | the outskirts of the city. The man's wife is held undcr police guard. The baby is ‘in good condition and the distraught mother col- lapsed. Mr. McLean is in only moderate circumstances and no apparent reason is xiven for the abduction. ;PlansShapmg Up for Model Plane Fllghls 'PublicInvited fo See Model Ships Fly on Satur- day Afternoon “See 'em Fly,” will be the watch- word Saturday aftevnoon of this week, when the first model plane jmeet ever to be staged in Juneau (takes the spotlight at the South- east Alaska Fair Building. By mid-week, everything will be in readiness for. the big event, ac- (cording to the Rotary Club, spon- sorlng the event, The 50 or more Juneau boys who have been busy the past two months building their ‘mode! airships for the meet will check their completed ships in. at the Red Shield Read- 1ing Room in the Decker Building g by Thursday evening of this week, {it was: announced. The boys will not see their planes from that time HAYDEN BOWLS | 224 ON 420'S MAPLE BOARDS~ Lavenik and Carnegle Tie| for First Day Second | Honors ‘ More than 150 lines were bowled | | | high, the alleys being new, and un- familiar to the players. The first games went to Frank Metealf, 171, with Bob Henning (163), Dr. A. W. Stewart (156) and C. C. Carnegie (168). Erv Hagerup and Roger Stevenson simultaneously initiated another lane, Hagerup rol- long 183 and Stevenson 158 Ray Haydon bowled a 224 game to take first day high scoring hon- ors. Tied for second place with 211 were Martin Lavenik and Carnegie. Russ Hermann, all set for a strike, will go down in the lodge's bowling alley fame for another reason—he |sent the 'first ball into thé gutter, COLD STORAGE WORKERS BACK ON JOB TODAY Juneau Cold Storage Workers/ Unlon members were back on the| job today after .a 10-day strike against the Juneau Cold storage‘ i Company, Laurel Martinsen, uhion secre-! tary, said a “satisfactory” agree- ment with the company has been | concluded. The union walked out| because a drying room provided for| in. the union-company ~sgreement | had not been completed. Approximately 40 men were af-| fected by the strike. | Wllllams Returns Affer Convention | After six - weeks .in . the Blaces attending lmportant cuntercnces‘ and 'conventions of highiway of- ficlals, M. D. Williams, district engineer of the Public Roads Ad- ministration, returned ‘to Juneau on the Denali yestetday. In’ Washington, D. C., Williams was -present -at’ a ' conference “of district ehgineers of ‘public -roads THE DAILY ALASKA' EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA NALZIS AGAIN SPARE LIVES OF HOSTAGES Second Reprieve lssued for 50 Frenchmen of 50 hostages who - faced execu~ tion by midnight firing squads at Nantes in reprisal for the assas- sination of a German officer, It was understood that the new reprieve also applied to 50 other hostages at Bordeaux who were scheduled for execution after mid- night of October 31 The reprieve was said to be in- tended “to permit the investiga- tion to continue.” FOOD SALE OF AWVS IS GREAT ‘The American Women'’s Voluntary Services' food sale held Saturday was extremely successful it was an- | nounced today by Mrs. W. S. Ramsey and Mrs. Ellis Graham, chairmen of the committee in charge of the sale. ‘When the doors were closed short- ly after 3 o'cock, all food was gone |and the till showed a profit of almost $200 which will be sent to the Juneau men at Chilkoot Barracks to add to their recreational fund. Many con- | tributions of food were made by women in Juneau and several con- The committee will meet ‘tomor- row afternoon with Mrs. Ernest Gruening, general chairman of the AWVS, to complete the records of the sale and make arrangements for sending the money to the Post. 53,000 MINERS IGNORE F.D.R. _ APPEAL STRIKE WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. practicglly 53,000 coal miners in captive mines of the nation re- mained idle in response.to a strlke| | | SUCCESS HERE tributions of money were also made. | United Mine Workers today clnlmed | Many Friends Call On Holdens During Sunday At-Home About seventy frlends called on Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Holden yester- day afternoon between 3 and 5 o'clock to wish them happiness in their new home. The, afternoon house-warming also “honored 'Mr. and Mrs. Alf N. Monsen who were redentiy married FOR REQUESTS TRANSFER OF YOUTH GROUP (CC and NYA fo Be Taken fromU. S. Army: | Control | WASHINGTON, Oct. 27— P!’(’Sl- dent Roosevelt today asked that| plans be drafted to consolidate tlu- Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration and| transfer all C.C.C. Administrative duties from the War Department |headed by Paul V, McNutt. The request was made public as | McNutt disclosed that tne president| had written him'a letter declaring, ! “in view of the current world con- | ditions, I feel that the War Dep;m-‘ ment should be relisved of all ac-| tivities which may in any mannerv {interfere ‘with its main objective— | preparation for defense. e e RefurningH Juneau's soap box derby champ-/ ion will arrive here tomorrcw on the Aleutian. Jerry Chapman, the boy who won the' Juneay race and went back 'to the national derby at Akron, Ohio, is_.returning here after several weeks of- treatment for a leg all-| ment; at . ‘the Seattle Orthopedic | Hospital, Alpska's | first: representative at| |order issued by John L. Lewis, des- | | the ,hmul boy’s .race, Jérry ‘raced througheut- the -nation; From-there, building at 1:30 p. m. Saturday. he went to Detroity whete he <at- in.a-car with Daily Alaska Empire, pite a second appeal by President | Roosevelt that the miners stick to |JUDeRU, embldzoned on its hood; UCLA DEFEATS WASHINGTON OREGON 14-7 Underrated California Grid Team Comes to Life- Two Touchdowns - | Oct LOS ANGELES, Cal., #— | Oregon’s “Rose Bowl' dreams faded last Saturday afterncon as the under rated UCLA defeated the| Giants In green in an upset and! - threw the conference grid race into a new tangle. The Uelans came from behind in the third period and scored two| touchdowns. Meacham, Oregon's great All-|, American candidate, scored a | touchdown after a 35-yard dash. UCLA won 14 to 7. No Score, Harvard, Navy Game CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 27..- | Harvard's amazing lineman fought their hearts out ‘last’ Saturday af- ternoon but were unable to capi- |talize on four hard earned breaks and had to be content with u scoreless draw with the undefeated Navy. ROSE BOWL HOPES . OF OREGON STATE | PULLMAN, Wa.sh.. Oct. 27.~In 60 minutes of .power foptball, up |and down, ' Washington . State kicked the Rose Bowl hopes from under Oregon State last, Baturday | afternoon by a score of 7.to 0., In an- 88-yard drive; ‘without a single- interruption or a single pass, thn'. was all of the ball gime: e ———— UPSET SCORED FOOTBALL . 'DASHEDSATURDAY | the Cougars crossed the'goal ‘and|. LOSES GAME Frankle Albert Shows Team How to Win Right on Field of Huskies SEATTLE, Oct. 27.-Led by dare- devil Frankie Albert, Stanford last | Saturday ‘afternoon defeated the| University of Washington on their own field to emerge all alone as the Pacific Coast Conference lead-| er Y A saw “Albert « enginéer Stanferd two second . period touchdowns. Ernie Steele, Husky halfback, went over for Washington's only touchdown. Stanford won by 13 to 7. . - o RESTULTS . The following are final scores of important football games played | lagt Saturday afternoon: g « Oregon State 0; - Washington State 7. + Stanford 13; University of Wasa- ington 7. Southern California 0; Califor- | nia 14. Oregon: 7; UCLA 14. Willamette 6; Idaho 33 Harvard 0; Navy 0. Boston . College 14; Georgetowr Brown 13; Lafayette 0. Penn State 40; Lehigh 6. Pennsylvania: 55; Maryland 6. Wisconsin 27; Indiana 25. Purdue 7; Iowa 6. Notre Dame 49; Illinois 14. Kansas 13; Iowa State 0. Kentucky 18; West Virginia 6. # Minnesota 7; Michigan 0. Dattmout 7; Yale 0. + Duke 27; Pitt 7. Syracuse. 49; Rutgers 7. JFordham 28; Texas Christian 14 Holy Cross 13;: New York Uni- versity 0. * Cornell 21; Colgate 2. Army 13; Columbia 0. . Wake Forest 13; North: Carolina 0. % Northwesterh 1 ‘Ohfo. State 7. | SATURDAY. NIGHT GAMES sellout crowd of 43000 fans| PAGE FIVE Headquariers Hardeman WATER-PROOFED Hais H. S. Graves The Clothing Man FLY! {Fly lor Pleasure Hunt or fish, near and far, in your own plane or in one which you have rented. Learn the Modern Sport ! Aviation is not expensive. There's more pleasure per dollar in flying. Start Preparing for Your Private License TODAY! It's Easy At Alaska School of Aeronautics, Inc. P, 0. Box 2187 Phone Black 769 JUNEAU Army Puts It Over On & ' | § | * { i i q i 4 The | final scores of The public is urged to turn out and see the actual ilight' competi- tion of these ships, the Rotarians sald today. Admission wiil be free and hot dogs, coffee and soft drinks will be served at the meet. GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ON SALE, WEEK tefided the annual convention of the American Assoclation of State Highway Offielafs. Wwilllams said foday that he had no definite ‘‘program for ‘futute public road-werk: in the Territory to report as a restit of the meetings. At-the Detroit convention, he said, | every state in. the nation. Alaska and ‘two . Canadian provinces were represented by uveral hlghwny en- gineers, their jobs. v K. G. Adams, press official of the U. M W, said Lewis replied this afternoon to Roosevslt's second re- quest that the mines continue oper- ations in the interest of nammnl defense. The principal issue at stake in the captive mines — mines owned and controlléd by steel companies — is the union’s demand for a union preme Court today agreed to review far-reaching litigation to determine' Juneau and ' Douglas residenls the proper method of computing 8ré urged to -take part in the overtime pay under the wage and Girl Scout cookie sale this week,| Filipinos Send Fund fo Islands quotation of Aluh Juneau mine hour act. The wage and hour administra- tion granted review of the circuit court decision holding that the Dallas News was within its rights in computing overtime. The news- paper paid its employes on a basis' agreed upon, which was above the required mlmmum pay. KENNETH WEBSTER T0 SEE SERVICE IN NAVY AIR ARM, Kenneth Webster, Juneau High School graduate of 1936 and now a junior forestry studeut at the » University of Washington, has been called to active service in the U, 8. Navy Aviation Reserve and will report for officer’s training at Sand Point Naval Air Base, Seattle, in January. Webster is the son of Mrs. Helen Webster. According to a letter re- ceived by his mother, Webster al-| ready has. been appointed to in- active service vm.h the Navy| reserve. ——t——— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS —————— Subscribe for The Emplre, |Which is *being carried on in the grocery stores of both towns. The sale of the nationally known cookies, baked with the Girl Scout insignia, is being carried on to ,make the local- organization fin- ancially independent. Sale of the cookies will last the lentire week, this - being National Following are the local Fllipinos Girl Scout Week throughout the nation. Cookies may be purchased at 25 cents per box. A fashion show, which will be staged next Saturday, is also planned as an activity of this week. Models for the show will be chosen by the girls themselves, and styles will be supervised by John Bishop, Yakulat Offenders Are Given Senlems The U. 8. oner’s court in Yakutat t ‘with two cages of law violation- ‘Saturday, -according|, to a wire at the 'U 8. lumhal' office here. ” William Geddes was firied “0 for a violation of the game laws. Bertha Reese, native woman, was fined $50' and sentenced. to 90 days in jail on a charge of drunken and dis- orderly conduct. " Filipinos in Juneau have pledged a total of $245'to be sent to the Philippines to ‘aid thé government in. establishing national defense units and - maintaining civilian emergencies - during the present emergency perlod it wl'a learned stock today is 2%, American Can 82%, Anaconda 257%, Bethlehem Steel 60%, Commonwealth and Southern' %, Curtiss Wright 8%, International Harvester 50, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 52%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, who have pledged ‘money to the fund: J. Perlas, E. A, Belarde, A. u|g- daluyo, Pablo Mamburan, F. Paulo, L. Zarate, L.’ Cabigas, F. A.-Be- larde, C. Barril, B.” B, Campos, P, Romero, A. Ytmol, J.:Ragudos, P. Algoso, F. Cortez, B. Beirly,, A. Oe-slon, G. Advincula, R..Kahapay, P’ulgenclo. G. muancla l'" gencio, José M. Fulgénecio, - V. G. Isturis, George Hine, Frank - Sison, Ben M.ln‘fllo. J:-Afuino, B."Go- mez, Deon Mationg,, V.’ Liboon, b 3 laganas, < M. Sarab ly. ,sumnbe to the Dally ~Algska Empire—the paper Wit it Targest ritorial - bullding: The meéting’ will vaid circulation. L —elpe Empire Olassifieds. Payt o BBINGING UP FATHER STQA'TIGE-JUST BECAUSGE MAGGIE IS NO WHAT’S: THIS | S| N THE PAPEIE'?E |AWVS NURSING CLASS Jones averages: Industrials, 119.43; rails, 28.36; utilities, 17.24. PRICES ' SATURDAY Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock last Saturday was 2 3/4, American Can 2%, Anacon- da 26, Bethlehem Steel 63%, Com- monwealth and Southern %, Cur- tiss Wright 8%, International Har- vester 50%2, Kennecott 33, New York Central 10%, Northern Pa- cific 6%, United States Steel Cor-| poration’ 53%, pound $4.03 3/4. —_——— MEETS WEDNESDAY .NIGHT The Weédnesday rilght meefirig: o1 the Home Nursing clmuwmoeqd by the AWVS will be held’ in. the Jurieau Health Cénter in‘the Ter- open at 7:30 o'clock, ‘and one of arrived, In Akron dresséd in parka | and won much favorable publicity for Juneau and the Territory. Plans were belng made today b Rotary Club members who sponsored the local race to greet young Chapman lon his return to ‘the home town |tomarrow iVlsfiors fo Prowde Stars’ Enterfainment |ern Star will meet' tomorrow night for initiation ' ceremonies in the Scottish Rite Temple. The meet- ing will: be held at 3 o'clock. Entertainment for the evening will.be given by visiting members of other chapters who have beer especially invited to tne mceting. The visitors will work together to provide the entertainme Jane Alexander Is On Aleutian Jane. Alexander, chief clerk in the Public. Welfare Department and ddughter of Judge and Mrs. George Alexander, will arrive here tomorrow on the Aleutian, it was learned today. Miss Alexander, has been south on vacation for several weeks, vis- iting her sister and brother-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Deln Bhermln, in Seattle. . 6. MONAGI-E RETURNS M. E. Monagle to Junegu Members of the Order of FEast-! BY CALIFORNIA LASTSATURDAY BERKELEY, Cal., Oct. 27.—Cali- fornia, three times beaten, ‘sal-| victory over Southern, California last Saturday afternoon to win 14 to 0. Calling. up some old fighting spirit, California scored the touch- downs in-the second and final per-! fods. SUNRISE: TIMES FOR DUCK HUNTERS Tues.,, Oct. 28 Wed, Oct. 29 Thurs,, Oct. 30 Fri, Oct. 31 8at., Nov. 1 Sun., Nov. 2 Mon., Nov. 3 Wed,, Nov. 5 Thurs., Nov. 6 Fri, Nov. 17 Bat, Nov. 8 " 8Sun, Nov. 9 Mon., " Nov. 10 Tuyes.,, Nov, 11 Wed., Nov. 12 Thurs,, Nov. 13 Fri, Nov, 14 . Sat, Nov. 15 .. Sun., Nov. 16 Taes., Nov. 25 turned aboard the Denli after being in the States for several wéeks on pro- fessional busihess, the local -physicians will be pres- ent for instruction. ————————— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS BYGEOBGBMcMANUS Wed,, ‘Nov. 26 Thurs,, Nov. 27 Pri, Nov. 28 Sat.. Nev. 29 .. vaged something with @ an ‘upsét| Duguesne 31; Marquette .M. Loutsiana 8tate 10; Florida 7. Arizona - 20; Arl.som sm,e 1 SUNDAY GAHBS ‘The following are. final scores of games played: Sunday. afternoon: Portland University 13; Gonzaga 9. S8t. Mary's -20; Angeles '13: p: i @it MOTOR REPAIR CLASS HOLDS REGULAR MEET 1 Loyola . of ‘ Los . Members . of the motor repair class sponsored by the - American Women's Voluntary Services will 8 3 gimes played- last' Saturday night: Oufplay Throughout Game fo- Win Before a sellout erowd of 28, persons the Army afternoon paraded 73 yards for touchdown in the first quarter alnd then scored again in an intercept- ed pass in the final pericd. The Army generally outplay meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the A. B. Hall for their regular study of motor work. The class is under the direction of Mrs. Goldstein, unit chairman. Highway Delivery Service Out the Highway Every Day! Daily Delivery of the Daily Alaska Empire Columbia throughout the game down the Lion§ ahd remain am the nation’s unbeaten teams, to 0. Columbia 1 l |West Pointers Genera"y 11 : WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. 2 —‘ last Saturda L Th-Am.vwonbynmuo()# i llelivery PHONE 374-—Juneau _ At the Empire Printing Company H. R “SHORTY" WHITFIELD, Owner

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