The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 12, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO COMPENSATION COLLECTION 1S MUCH HIGHER| Increase inAPSy‘roIIs Noted in All Business of Terri-‘ tory, Says Sharpe Headquarlers Monies collected under the Alaska employment Compensation Law from January 1 to November 10, 1941, amounted to some $911,000, an increase of $450,000 over the same criod in 1940, Executive Director Walter P. Sharpe announced today. | Although an increase in payrolls fer all types of husiness was noted, ixty percent of the 1941 increase is credited to private construction com- panies operating under Federal de- fense contracts Mr. Sharpe stated. Employers liable under the 3 per- Hardeman WATER-PROOFED Hats Graves [61, FRENCHWAR GENERALIS DEAD, CRASH Signer of Armistice Be- tween France, Germany Dies as Plane Burns VICHY, Nov. lZ——G(‘n Hunlhfl(‘!. War Minister of Vichy, was burned to death in a plane which crashed on a return trip from a tour of North Africa. The crash occurred in the southern part of France, and seven others lost their lives at the same time The General was one of the sign- ers of the 1940 Armistice between < | cent Federal Unemployment tax |" The Clothing Man ] contribute ninety percent to the Al- | Germany and France - 1ska Unemployment Compensation | The plane was found near Levi- - fund, the remaining ten percent is | gan after being seven hours over- —owwoseee- % ccllected by the Federal Govern-|due there. Lavigan is 30 miles ment, which, in turn, pays the ad- | northwest of Montpellier l. ministrative costs of the commission. = — Mr. Sharpe expained that the ten- . YOU PRE ED? the Unemployment Compensation ARE YOU PREPARED? § o oo cvment Service divisions, | INTO RECRE A"o“ NOW, as never before, op- { for the calendar year 1941, would be | jrtunities in AVIATION approximately .077 of the ten per- S:\rliitntmined Siltte cent collected by the Federal Gov- IENI NIGHT "M @ : 3t ernment Men, properly trained, can PUDLT? L | gain higher rating and i pay in armed forces of the pA" AMERI(AN SHIPS P||Of K'"ed ""ee Men |fl« s YA e REMAIN ON GROUND jured-Investigation | mercial Aviz & g ¥ ¥ Pan American planes in - Alaska | ls Stal’fed 3 remained on the ground today,! : Appli ne {or a numbe th the airliners spotted as fol- ALETGH, N c Nov. I2——The) z’ of “t ¢ being ac lows Il cmouldering wreckage of a| . : At Juneau—Douglas and Lode- Douglas bomber that crashed in ! :‘ff’l"f‘i‘:m‘ day for flight §| 0 | orthbound to Fairbanks. the maneuvers camp last night, < At Whitehorse—Two Lodestars, | killing the pilot and injuring three'’ — | northbound to Fairbanks. |men, has been piled in a truck ! At Burwash—Electra, northbound ;nnd carted away pending an offi- - to Fairbanks. cial injuiry. s Fre!‘are TOdaY | At Fairbanks—Electra, south-| The bomber struck a recreation ) bound to Juneau. mess tent and two men in the tent ONG | s CONSULT ( AT D |were hurt. The other injured man! | TO VISIT OLD HOME !was the radio operator of the l | & : AlaSka SCho‘,l o‘ | Mrs. Albert Visca, wife of the plane. | P . I cashier of the First National Bank| The dead pilot is Second Lieu- Y A funau’lCS, nc. at Fairbanks, passed through Ju- tenant H. P. Taylor of Mankato, neau recently on her way to her Mlnn . 0. Box 2187 Phone Black 769 } 14 1,ome in Torrington, Conn., to‘ JUNEAU visit her parents and other rela- J Sk Cl b | uneau Ski Clu Newspaper fo Be Published Soon: Plans for publication of the Ju- neaw Ski Club’'s mimeographed newspaper this week were discussed at a breakfast meeting of the newspaper committee at the home of Elaine Housel yesterday. The newspaper, including items of local interest and correspondence with absent members and other ski clubs in Alaska, probably will) be mailed Saturday. ONCE A YEAR O OVER YOUR INSURANCE POLICIES Assisting in the editing are Os-| A\"\'I ALLY. Iti is quite likely you may discover car Bogynska, Jesta Young,| that some of your insurance policies do not fully Elaine Housel, Mary Jane Me-| protect you. If you need advice you can place Naughton, Edna Almgquist, Dean full confidence in this insurance agency to sell Williams, John Young and Doris you insurance that really protects. Freeburger. KAKE DIVORCE ACTION IS FILED HERE TODAY | A request for divorce from| — | Charles S. Johnson, of Kake, was | | made ‘this morning in an action | |filed in U. S. District Court here| Shattuck Agency INSURANCE — BONDS PHONE 249 Al an“MBlA LUMBEB CUMPA“Y | by Anni¢ Johnson. OF ALASKA | The couple were married in | Petersburg November 12, 1916, and Lumber and Building Materials 'have resided at Kake. Listed as PHONES 587 or 747—JUNEAU coemmunity property was a family SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve home at Kake and a $5,000 fishing |beat. Grounds on which the di- and Modermze Your Home Under Title L. F. H. A. \vorce is sought are cruelty, and itJ |was declared in the action that| divorce proceédings were started e last summer but dismissed when a reconcilliation was arranged. Put a Covic Diesel in Your Boat If You Want { " ; ‘Beware Coughs e ——— . |number of official Hearing 10A. M. Thursday | Army Engineers fo Take Evidence on Salmon Creek Proposals | A Federal hearing on a proposed flood control project for Salmon Creek, on the Mendenhall Flat about three miles from Juneau scheduled to be held this afternoon | |at the City Hall, was postponed until 10 a.m. tomorrow when the George Brothers, through v;l\u‘ farm the creek flows, failed bring their witnesses to the hear- ing. | Conducting the hearing tomorrow will be J, M. Buswell and G. F.| Hartman, civilian employees of the | U. S. Army Engineers, who ar- | rived here on the Aleutian this morning to make a transcript of ! evidence offered in support of the proposed project. Buswell and Hartmah said hearihg will seek evidénce as the amount and extent of dar ' ages caused by previous floods at { Salmon. Creek, thé probable dam- ages' of future floods, and the de- siréd frethod of controlling floods. Plood control work along cteéek bank has already been at- témipted by the George Brothers in the nature of a rock fill along| the stream bank in several places It is understood represéntatives of the |the fisheries division of the Fish and Wildlifée Servite will appear at the hedring, offering testimony égarding the possible effect of any flood control work on the spawning of salmon, thousands of fish running up theé creek tospawn {each faf. e e 'Unmailed Letfers Kept by Marshal Somecne lost some mail yester- day, and now it's in the office of U. S. Marshal Willilam Mahoney. A brown envelope, containing a letters, was found yesterday afternoon by J. P. Dehart, operator of a grocery store at Auk Bay, laying in the back of bis ' delivery truck. Earlier in the day, Dehart had driven several people from Hoonah into the city, after their boat had been moored at the bay. He be-! fieves the unposted letters belonged to them. At any rate, they are now being held for identification at the marshal’s o{[ice TI(KETS NOW ON SALE FOR BENEFIT CONCERT Tickets are now on sale for the benefit concert beihg given by Marye Berne, Merle Janice Schroe- der and Ernest Ehler on November 18. The concert is being spon-| {sored by the American Women’s Voluntary Services for the purpose of raising money for the recrea- tional fund of Juneau men at Chilkoot Barracks, and the services of the singers are donated. The concert will take place in the Northern Light Presbyterian |Chureh, and tickets may be ob- tained either beforehand or at the door. Tickets are on sale at the Bar- anof Hom GOV. GRUENING ON WAY T0 FAIRBANKS Gov. Ernest Gruening will be| away just a little more than a week\ on his trip to Fairbanks to attend| 4 MOERE ROOM IN YOUR BOAT the annual meeting of the Territor- | ® More Milks for Your !-nq ial Board of Public Welfare, it was | ® A Comf Quiet Ride | ) 4L °Mm‘:-‘ g i from common colds announced today. i Engine s“:"""' tarts Tbat H 0“ The Governor sailed this morning b A-i-m%nm Trips an on the Aleutian and is slated to 4 :mll mn?smflm s ty be. | FELU by plane from the Interior| © Low Operating and Maintenance Cests e né‘t’n %o the ¥o¥ g ol next Thiialy. | ° trouble ita. and exj rbanks, Gov. Gruening will| germ laden: mf &e presidé as chairman of the public p Dependability o soothe and lt::‘nl ,fi"wotfld"' in-|welfare board, members of which ® An Engine that Can Be Easily Hand Oranked . Toll your rug‘;?st o sle.‘llle;:u are John H. Walmer, of Juneau;| a bottle of Creomulsion with the un- | Howard Ling, of Nome; Mrs. Clara| . CIIABLES 6. WARNER CO. derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays the, cough or you are have. your money | GREOM for Coughs, Cllesfgob ,Ironchms | BARNEY GOOGLE AND'SNUFFY SMITH T SWOW,GENR\\L — SUCH SERVICE™ T DON'T THINK T EVER \\E BEEN GEED NE SO WPy AN’ RUINGWNG THAT CONTANKERONS BREAKFAST BELL | T NN GOT TWO ARMS QN 20 MMNUTES W ~ THO LAIGS-ALL T LW There isno suhsmuie for newspaper advernsmg' McCutcheon, of Anchorage, and J.| G. Rivers, of Fairbanks. Also ‘on hand will be Russell Maynard, of Juneau, director of the Territorial |Department of Public Welfare. NOW,STOP L ORFING AN GET Down O BUSINESS THE DAILY ALASKA hMPIRI:—JUNEAU ALASKA Flood Control (Yakufal CAA ROOSEVELT ot a tow angs sty | Calls for Conference of [orice "said things are mummine| Mine Men Heads and | PAYROLL THIEF Man Is Here TAKES HAND, | BIG STRIKE visitor: atround - the Weather Bureau and CAA headqua s here oday was H. L. Price, operator-in- harge of the CAA station at Yak- dround the Yakutat base. Besides a weather and communi- Steel Firm Officials = | catlon station at Yakutat, the CAA P | maintains an ‘aviation range sta-, WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—Presi- tion, sending out a flight beam dent Roosevelt is personally inter- signal which ‘intersects the beams:vening again in an attempt tol from the Ralston Island station | av v crippling strike in the| near Jurieau and the Cordova sta-| “captive” coal mines. He h.m1 tien asked the three leaders of the CIO > officials of the major ompanies to confer White The “c: with him House on Friday. ptive” mines are owned | steel companies who de- [ the supply for fuel | steel vital to defense. | invited to attend the coni- with the President and]| diccuss the union ‘shop and Unit- | AT KETCHIKAN SENT T0 (0LO. Minor Who Robised Co-op. - on e ed Mine Workeérs” Union of “cap- . Lt tive” mines, are Philip Murray, Cannery Being Seni o | cio president: Jonn Lewss, oaew | De'en"on Home Presider Thomas Kennedy, UMW Secretary and Treasuter; Frank G Furnell, of the Youngsfowr' Pipe| Jack D! Wiflilams, Ketchikan and Tube Corporation; Benjamin | |minor who robbed a cooperative Fairless, of the United States Steel | cannery in the First City of a Corporation, and Eugene Grace, ‘of $2,600 payroll during the summer Bethlehem -;(“l».| | fishing season, was today sen | tenced to a term at the -Ingl Corrective Institution, Inglewood, Col,, according to information re- ceived by the U. S. Marshal’s of- fice here. k : The court, now sitting in ' ® 0 chikan, also sentenced Alec Yel- J¥ o 14§ tatzie to two years in prison on a statutory charge and decided that IN ADDRESSES Armlsflce Day Spe akers Express Gravity of U.S. World Position a man named Kidd, convicted on a check forgery charge, should spend four years in prison MR VUKCVICH RETURNS AFTER LONG TRIP SOUTH Mrs. Steve Vukovich ret Ler Juneau home aboard the tian after many n ths in States. Mr. Vukovich met his at Ketchikan and came to on the same steamer. irned fo wife Juneau The United A memory STEWART ON ll{ll’ B. D. Stewart, Territerial C: missioner of Mines, left here on | the Aleutian this morning, headed for Anchorage, His trip is in the nature of a regular field trip to mining operations in that neighbor- f “hi their s L‘ they feared would dr addres hood, it was announced at his Jun- into the war ‘now S s of the rest of this iaprsy Under-se BARRAGARS RETURN il Mr. and Mrs. Barragar, Jr, re-| b ocerow VSOn turned to Juneau on the Aleutian .y, om ot f6r8d after visiting in the States for upon us.” several weeks. Mr. Barragar is with the Alaska Electric Light and | gecretary of Power Company. dedicating a big nev e e base at Quonet, Island, HEBERT BACK IN TOWN spoke of the grave responsibilities Lyle S. Hebert, broker making |of this nation in the Far East. He' his headquarters in ‘Juneau, ar- asserted that “our people must un- rived on the Aleutian from Peters- uvx\tuxv(l the grave questicns about burg where he had been calling on {to be nuu(l The hour of de- the trade. | cision is her ‘ - - Chief of Staff George Marshall,| (in a radio broadcast, called upon the country to be on guard. “We must be prepared for sudden widespread attempt at sal BANKER RASMUSON HERE E. A. Rasmuson, President of the chain of Alaska banks, arrived in Juneau aboard the Columbia from a the Westward on his way to Skag- |atage, firected at the entire muni- way tions industry, including ecritfcal e | utilities and transportation facil- BAETLETT - RETURNS ities,” General Marshall warned. From Manila In Manila, Major-General Wain-/ wright, commander of the U. S. Army’s Philippine division, told the American Legion that there is a ‘gdlherm" of troops in the islands, | “ready to combat toAc s of flv)] new E. L. Bartlett, Secretary of Al- aska, returned to the Capitol City | last night on the Aleutian, after several days on official busm("ss‘ |at Ketchikan. -, BOLVD POR PORTLA\D e 7 Manley Hot Springs are re | 5 : ol recen\h passed (h-ouw Juneau for ‘arhmem bxoadca«m:gs ‘i‘nmsl:‘s‘:lfi;‘ | Portland, Ore,, to spend ‘the WInter.| eseribed the administration’s pol-| B i \ cies as war-provoking and rted Recrgammumml meeting of thethat “not one single hostile act| American Legion Auxiliary Juniors | has been taken against the territor-! temortow night at 7:30 in the ial integrity of this country.” H home of Mrs. B. M. Manthey on | > | 12th Street adv.| Sliced tomatoes, spread with ham| - o relish make a refreshing filling NEIGH, NEIGH! for a double decker or open faced | ELK CITY, Okla. (AP)—Mayor sandwiches. Spread the bread slices and Mrs. V. C. Tisdal of Elk City | with soft butter mixed with mayon- like to ride horseback. They also | naise. : hke to stop occasionally at curb‘ gtk service stands for refreshments.| When grinding crackers or toast, { When they do, the horses neigh‘rasten a paper sack over the end for service. |of the grinder and the crumbs will - - i fall into the bag. This saves crumbs The Daily Alaska Empire nas the from getting on the tanle and floor.| largest paid circulation of any Al- | O PR R TR aska newspaper. I BUY DEFENSE RTAMPS | - By BILLY DeBECK :# WS ALL 0N ; 1 OL \NOMAN'S FAWT '\ e 1 CHE DISHED Hith WP A BREKFUS TS MORNMAY TTHET \WIZ & SCANDRL TO T JONBIRDS ~ M LEF- OVERS - DONT THRT Take o RAG OFF'N WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1941 THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: ture tonight and Thursday; grees, winds. Scutheast Alaska: Showersand not much change in tempe: lowest temperature tonight high Thursday about 42 degrees; Showers and not much change in tempe tonight and Thursday except mostly south portion; moderate the sounds and straits Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Thur: From Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: showers; chinbrook; east to northeasterly winds 15 to 25 miles per hour; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection B winds 20 to 35 miles per hour, casional light rain; southerly northeast to easterly winds 15 to 25 with occasional light snow Thursday; north o northwesterly winds 15 to ‘25 miles’ per about 37 d moderate southeas partly cloudy in the ex winds except fresh to ~‘1vn;. n south to southeasterly Cape Spencer to Cape Hin- oc- miles pet hour, ResutTection Bay hour, mostly to Ko cloudy ]ufatmem. occasional light snow, LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.62 39 91 ESE 14 Rain 4:30 a.m. today 29.59 40 92 SE 22 Noon today 2958 41 87 SSE 13 RADIO REPORTS ‘TODAY ; Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30am Station last 24 hours | temp. tempt. 24hours Weathe Barrow -3 | -9 -3 0 Overcast Fairbanks 1 | -5 -5 03 Snow Nome 32 8 16 .06 Cleax Dawson 10 | 9 10 .15 Snow Shwr Anchorage 28 1 23 23 0 Overca Bethel 21 10 13 01 Overcas sf. "Paul 36 27 32 02 Snow Atka 44 36 37 0 Clear Dutdh Harbor. 40 38 38 05 Rain Wosnesenski 39 | 33 33 0 Pt. Cldy Kodidk 35 | 32 33 18 Sno Cordova 38 | 29 30 0 Clear Juncau 42 | 36 40 90 Rain Sitka 44 | 36 42 1 Showers Ketchikan 16 41 45 50 Showers Prince Rupert .. 46 41 43 06 Cloudy Princé George .. 49 | 22 22 02 Clear Seattle 61 | 40 44 03 Over Portiand’ 58 | 46 46 09 shn Francisco . 65 54 55 0 WEATHER SYNOPSIS Al- showers this morning over most of South- over a The low pressure area which has persisted in the Gulf of aska continued to cause east Alaska and along the eoas: of the Gulf, and snow region from Fairbanks to Kodia:. Under the influence high pressure area moving acro:s the Bering Sea, colder and driex ait has penétrated western Alaski, The lowest temperature la night was minus five, recorded a‘ Fairbanks. of precipitation during the past 2t hours was Juneau. 3 The Wednesday morning wea'her chart ~indicated a statior low pressure center'of 20.35 inches was located in the Gulf of Al- aska about, 200 ‘miles east of Kodiak. A second center of 29.35 inch- es was located 600 miles off the coast of Oregon. A large area of high pressure was situated over the Bering Sea. Juneau, Novémber 13 — Sunrise 8:41 am,, sunsel 4:43 pm. HOSPITAL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Fred McElhany are the parents of a baby girl bern st night just before midnight m of a The greatest amoun at 90 inch, recorded day dangling from a free near Green’s Cove, on Admiralty I land It was recovered by Robert there on a deer huntir Hurley, trip. Records taken when the instru- ment first went aloft, on February 24, 1840, showed that it had reached :Zigh}:!m -:“H";;“”S('i; e P %an altitude of 37,000 feet, and had B 5 passed through its coldest air at ounces, and has not yet been uqa94_goot level, where the mercury named. |stood at 68 degrees DUelow zero. Zhin | G S B - Estelle Draper was dismissed BOUND FOR SOUTH from St. Ann’s Hospital following VIR | J. S. Rodenbaugh, pioneer con- Miég ric Bokedrand’ waS dis_:duc!or on the Alaska Railroad, ac- missed ‘today from St. Ann's Hos- compenied, by Mre. RQdmbauu!._ pital after receiving medical at- are_southbound from Fairbanks on % % their way to Seattle for a vacation ko of several months. -——— Mrs. Alec Daroff and baby were dismissed from St. Ann’s Hospitdl today to return to their home. —_—_— - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Jane Kito, young native ¢child from Skagway, was taken from the Columbia and admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital this morning for medical care. ; ! Bob Kanashawa ~was dismissed flom’ St. Ann’s' Hospital yesterday after receiving medical attention. James Donoghue was admitted {to St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday at- | ternoon and underwent surgery this | morning. with - lnsnrell Safety Géorge ' Takasedo Wwas adm}tted as a' medical patient yesterday fo St. Ann's, Hospital. Mrs. Dorothy Fawcett and her baby girl were dismissed from the |Government Hospital yesterday to | return to their home. Phyllis Ridley was dismissed from the Government Hospital Monday evening -after receiving medical Frank Joseph' was discharged Monday night from the Government Hospital following medical atten- tion. Peter Laurence, of Yakutat, en- tered the Government Hospital this morning as a medical patient. e e MRS. CB.OPLEY RETURNS Mrs. Jake Cropley and children arrived home on the Columbia to- | day after visiting at Haines for sev- | eral weeks. EARNINGS On Savings Accounts ' @ Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any _time. ® Start_ an account with $1 or more. Current 4% Rate Alaska Federal Radiosonde Relumed Afler long Absence A new, racord in return of a| radicsonde ‘equipment was set at| the Weather Bureau office here ¢ L | | arly this week, when one of the Savings and Loan little trahsmitting equipment which | . . 2 uz f:'gmsntlhe Federal Building on | m. d Jmav ¢bservation, "ballocns was brought | g Ras ck after almost two years’ ab- | Phone 3 seree. The radicsonde - was found Sun- o at