The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 24, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO A RO ssStorkettes® e infanticipating, a darling and solution of just orizginal and wonderfully earable slnck suit, designed es- xpectant mothers. color vashable pun rayon g sloeves or ter of loose the legion of active volunteer “:) x:‘h:d s:}::‘: ;;mr: b‘i‘ild v g H‘:’:‘ leats in back workers greater than ever before, "OUnC s et el .| mann, Juneau attorney, and Harry ont drap |t is hoped the seals will nppem‘Pmm' Fairbanks | busiés i houlder full n every Christmas card and ('very1mm ‘:Jse.en appointed to. fill thc’ Chri L laska. ness, T e ]places on: the commission of Dr B M Behrends Co QUALITY SINCE /887 RO r y by Mrs. J. C. Thomas, head of production. Al persons who ave garments finished are urged i ( ANNUALSEAL COMMISSION 'DRIVE OPENS | MEETING IS FORALASKA IN QUESTION Anfi - Tuberculosis Cam- Social Se;u__riTdea‘rg Rep- paign May Puf Alaska | resenfative Is Again Contributors at Top | Headed for Juneau to put Alaska at| There seemed to be some ques- | Determined the top of the list this year in the tion in territorial government cir- | ijon that civilians be appointed by |gay THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Morrison, who spent most of a recént month’s stay here behind closed doors in the cffice of Hugh Watle, director of Sccial Security in Alaska, was reported to have made demands for personnel ‘changes and organizational switches in the Unemployment Compensa- tion office, which it is also reported, neither Dr. Dick nor Bragaw felt they could sanction. Crux of the argument, it was re- ported, centered around a demand that a Merit System Council of | three members be appointed by the Governcr. Present set-up sees heads of unemployment compensa- tion, public welfare and public health departments serving as the| couheil, as a special arrangement in Alaska as against the recommenda- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1941 Mi;re F'ishérlrfién, | More Crab, More ~ Business Says Wood There are plenty of crab in they |sea to make a big business of] Hoonah's crab industry, but there| aren't enough fishermen to bring |to the cannery encugh crab to in-| crease his operation, according to: !0. H. Wood, owner of Hoonah's| | Deep Sea Crab Cannery. Woced is| ‘in Juneau for supplies and to secure| |additional help. He arrived the; |1ast of the week aboard the tender| { Valkyrie and plans to return Thurs- nation wide campaign against tu-|cles today as to just whether or|thete directors fo manage Merit| wood has been operaiing the can-| not newly appointed members of the Territorial Unemployment Compensation Commission will meet tomorrow to resume the an- nual session of that body which ended abruptly several weeks ago when two members of the commis- sion resigned. Tomaerrow's meeting was jan- nounced as scheduled by the office of Gov. Ernest Gruening last week, berculosis, the Alaska Anti-Tuber- culosis Association today opened its | annual Seal Sale in every city in the Territory. | Last year the residents of Al- aska were outdone in per capita generosity by only two other areas | —Hawaii and Delaware. Alaskans ontributed an average of 9.2 cents| iper person by purchasing the gay Christmas seals. This year, with | Juneau residents will rece"E,‘Nob]e Dick, 6f Fairbanks, and morrow, accompanied by instruc- tions for returning the payments to the headquarters here. | Although the National Anti-| Tuberculosis ~ Association supplies| he seals and contributes to the| upport of the Alaska Tuberculosis sociation, only five percent of monies collected in Alaska go! national association. The re- resigned recently. Today, however, Walter Sharpe, territorial director of unemploy- ment compensation, declared he has not, as yet, received any of- ficlal notification from . Gov. Gruening regarding the appoint- ment of Mrs. Hermann and Phil- lips. Sharpe also called attention to % | the fact that annual meetings of /5 percent is turned over| ..o commissions must be ritorial De_pnrqnem o{l cceded by public notice regard- s el antl-) 0 the sessions, and pointed out culosis campaign. Last year| ;.. no meeting of the Unemploy- ok Territory was given $7,200 to| Compensation ~ Commission i h ', leading to| o |#1d in the x-ray survey, leading 10,0 peon officially advertised to P | discovery of many hidden| o ¢ tomorrow, so far as he knpws. cases of tuberculosis. Weather and Court -~ ) Weather conditions and the Fed- eral District Court also have some- Uean Hermle Has Birthday Party her 10th birthday,| crmle, daughter of Mr. and | John Hermle, entertained at a her home on E. Street Sat- ‘ on. A large birthday | ted with chocolate and motrow, it is believed. Unless flying conditions are fa- orable, it is doubtful if Philiips 1l arrive here for the session. He was due to fly here from Fairbanks via Pan American Airways today, but adverse weathér prevented flights. Asked whether R. E. Hardcastle, of Ketchikan, will be on hand for he meeting tomorrow, the Gover- nor's office replied that Hard- pesition on the board wil be “decided by the court.” The ielerence was to a court action iled in Ketchikan early this month with candles was the | | Present for the party were Ann| | "ouise Henning, Roberta Messer- ‘hmidt, Pearl Swanson, Irene Mc- théir seals through the mails 0-|psuart Bragaw, of Anchorage, who| thing to do with the meeting to- system affairs. | Centralizing Of Power | Appointment of the council by the | Governor, himself an appointed of- licial in the territory, was held by or. Dick and Bragaw to be an inread with Territorial rights, it vag reported, and a step toward | centralizing of power in Washing- (ton which they believed should be | vested in Alaska. | Purtner complicated by the al- i leged withholding of federal funds for use in the Territory, because he Federal Soclal Security Board |tock the stand that territorial de 1'mflmfints were not conforminz |with requirements, the situation in the Little Territorial Building here | hag become more and more heated | When, and if, the annual meet- ng is held, territorial officials be- {against federal control of territ ‘:ieuurtmenfis may reach the |ing. point. | MAJOR LEAGUE OPENS SEASON ON ELKS' LANES boil- ers with 583-Holmquist, Stevenson Boo:t Tofals Major 2gue bowleis made their *but yesterday with four of the ix scheduled teams opening fire at rican Legion match, set for the runswick Alleys, was postponed. Erv Hagerup of the Elks No. 2 cam rolled the high tally of the iay, 583. Leonard Holmquist of the anie team came second with 565 nd Roger Stevenson of Elks No. 1 sowled 563. 1 The Douglas team won all three | sames from the Baranof Bowlers, 5 to tum them in immediately for Sinley, Katherine Bavard, Oall|, penalf of Gov. Gruening, in|while the Elks No. 1 rode over the Nk R ohipment. They should have a | Mo'Tison, Joanne Monagle, BeUY)yhich Hardcastle was given 30day:|No. 2 bowlers by taking two of l lip attached telling the size and| civard: Peggy Forward, Jacque-|., gnow cause why he should' not| nrée games. 1 ey . _|line Martin, Diane McCutcheon h 5 s 1 e name of the person who made g be removed from the commission. The scores: 1] 7" nd Jackie Hermle, brother of Jean. % them so that credit can be give s 2 Hardcastle’s membership on the Elks No. 1 | Assisting Mrs, Hermle with the i % h 190 5 | P4 4 ? C \art, M Roberta White. sommission was upheld here re-| “arragar 192 48 t H Ma 1 groups hav party was Mrs. . i : bd f nier lS Urgmg 5 helf dlots 3¢ ¥ cently in an opinion by Territorial | ~enescue 169 178 559 DT i ‘mp_ il " | Attorney General Henry Roden. H:s | ludson 177 151 509 Evervone fo Rush Work |ouans g}OST No B“-I-S piace was contested by Rev. Johv | 'L V. Metcalfe 172 149 504 A i iy l- | “”;. “ L. Cauble, formerly of Juneau but | >ievenson 166 202 565 SWe [10 Call [ : : oS | iow a minister in Longview, Wash il Sl 3 .| Anyone who can sew o CHARLESTON, W. Va, Nov. 22| yny had been appointed to the| Total . 874 872 9372683 . shipment of Red Cross asked to contact either N “{3_5“’5 m‘]"”‘g;h:’“!h l\iv:;: VIr-| ost by Gov. Gruening followin: Elks No. 2 < by, the varipus or= | THomas or John Ne T, chy "z:rl: mv: £ :s" . n;vew :u_ Te-| djournment of the Legislaturc 191 201 191— 583 Juneau and Douglas|Man of the local ¢ nd ob N rowies © Pre-| ijardcastle’s term on the board ex- 200 188 177— 565 tain m arment comple- | vention, fishing and hunting. i % 2 'k from the N PN _ | Conservation commission offi-| “iréd this spring, but legislator: | Duckworth 193 180 167— 540 wnounced to- | - iR R {refused to confirm the only sue-| (. Henning .. 213 147 160— 520 | ceived from Great Britais for more °ials report that in the Little River th c b 147 405 ——— |Red Cross shipments, as much of Section at least 60 posters had been | °25%0F to. the .post submitted. 6o} Overby 107 151— 405 - i Ipritain’s supplies have. been sent|CHENNC:0F CiAweA by, fhe Dskexis: FHE DV e Savemor quring st < e | . Ruswsia. Every chapter in the| Chief Game Protector H. Prén-|Session. Total 944 823 8462013 | init-d States has received a mes- |iss: Farley explains that after des Morrison Coming Back T3 A 4 h pos troving the signs, the animals| Meantime the “man behind the Baranof Hotel ble aid in Red Cross work. and crally ke the tree for a rub- |scenes;,” alleged to have caused th Delebecque .. 127 166 138— 431 hapter asking everyone post.” resignation of Dr. Dick and Bra- |/ Garrett 154 208 132— 494 part in the work. T saw, is aboard the North Coast Lockridge ... 147 "166 136— 449 B R \ { > - Ladino Clover, a perennial le-|/¢turning to Juneau. He is Stew- Teagle 149 108 . <Gl Tle Daily Alaska Empire nas the SUme, s a tall-growing type of irt Morrison, special representa-|.. Schoettler .. 103 160 125— 388 UWLING ALLEYS largest paid circulation of any Al- White clover Which originated in|tive of the Federal Social Security —_—— 1ska newspaper. Italy. Board. Total 680 808 631—2112 BRINGING UP FATHER Hdgerup Leads High Scor-| he Elks Hall. The Brunswick-Am- |¢ * By GEORGE McMANUS SIR VON PLATTER JUST THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: Intermittent showers of rain or snow early tonight, but mostly clear skies and colder; increasing cloudiness early Tuesday morning with occasional light snow beginning by noon Tuesday; lowest temmerature tonight about 28 degrees, highest Tues- day 32 degrees: gentle to moderate variable winds, Southeast Alaska: Fair tonight except local showers north of Admiralty Island; increasing cloudiness early Tuesday morning with rain south of Juneau and rain or snow to the northward Tuesday; colder. tonight and warmer in south portion Tuesday; southerly to southwesterly winds, under 18 miles per hour, but becoming south- easterly 15 to 25 miles per hour T .esday, except becoming northerly 15 to 25 miles per hour in Lynn Canal and Taku Inlet. Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: westerly to southwesterly 15 to 25 miles per hour, becoming southerly to southeasterly Tues.: winds winy 15 to 25 miles per hour by Tuesday . morning, showers; Cape Spen- |nery at Hoonah for ten years as| cer to Cape Hinchinbrook: easterly to northeasterly winds, 15 to 20 an all-year-around busine: For| miles per hour, except westerly 'to southwesterly winds early to- several years Mrs. F. We n has| night, Yakutat to Cape Spencer, partly cloudy with rain or snow been associated with him and has| near Cape Spencer; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: north- an interest in the company. Mrs.| easterly winds, 20 to 25 miles per hour, mostly fair; Resurrection Warren arrived in Juneau aboard the Valkyrie and is now on her way south for the winter. A crew of nine hundred population, most of whom are natives, is in the midst of In- ian tribal cermonials. The native eremonies started about November 1 and will probably continue untfl the first of the New Year, Wood id sibly, Wood said, if a fish would come to Hoonah, the er Indians would centinue trolling— they have made ¢ 1 money g easen But there has been no ish buyer around, so no tr g. There is government work fi natives, howe building a neW sewer r the The CCC is ystem POLICE OF N, V. SIZE UP CROWDS BY OWN SYSTEM | NEW YORK, Nov, 24—The polic jdon’t guess they know almost exactly how many people there are in crowds | Chief Inspector Louis F. Costuma explained how his men get the fig- wres. At Coney Island, they check subway turnstile meters and count cars in parking lots, figuring three persons to a car. In a parade, they know that men marching 12 abreast will pas sa given point at the rate of 5,000 an hour. | As for the parade spectators, the | police know the area of the side- ! walks and curbs block for block. | Then they figure one person to every | three square feet i ! | Douglas Tagles | Smithberg 184 183 179— 546 “MCCOI ‘mick 143 208 180— 531 | Dr. Council 135 203 188— 526 125 186 121— 432, | Kegel 150 170 153— 473i Total 737 950 821—2508 (MNS lof my legs in the rush. Bay to Kodiak: northerly to northwesterly winds, 15 to 25 miles per hour, but becoming easterly to northeasterly winds, 15 to 25 miles per hour late tonight, partly. cloudy with local snow Tuesday., people work at the cannery all et [ LOCAL DATA “We have the equipment to gcli Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weathex out a much larger pack than we 6 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.04 40 88 SE 20 Rain do,” Wood sald. “But we can't g('l" 4:30 am. today 29.26 36 88 SE 12 Cloudy the <(‘me. = b; Noon today 29.41 36 91 S 1 Showers And until he can get more cra to can, Wood can't do illl)‘ll]il\gi RADIO REPORTS about it. His business is in a con-| TODAY stant state of having more orders Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30am than it can fill. Letters from every! Station last 24 hours temp. tempt. 24 hours Weathe tate in the union are on file in| Barrow -6 -10 -8 0 Cloudy the company’s office and Wood| Fairbanks 23 4 4 01 Snow fills his orders when and if hel Nome 16 | 3 4 0 Clear S| can. | Anchorage 26 | 12 14 0 Clear His local orders receive his first| Bethel 24 1 8 8 0 Clear ttention — the fresh hand-picked| st. paul 35 | 29 31 0 Cloudy crab he sends to the Baranof Hotel| pytch Harbor .. 38 34 38 62 Rain and the canned crab for the Al-| ganata 43 P e 05 o aska Meat Company, California gogiax 37 1 2 28 0 Clear cery and P, 8. Ganty in Sitka Caibva 36 2 2 0 Pt. Cldy ez re He If:]‘jc_,c’[“;’“ ;‘[‘5 Juneau ... 42 35 36 95 Cloudy aits brand and handled by the| SIk&. & - i 8, i Eqcvers Straits Salmon Company in| Ketehikan 4 » 3% 348 Wgudy eattle, when Wood has enough on, Frince Rupert .. 47 | 38 4 125 Clear hand &t aend. his’ bidke: Portland 50 38 39 0 Pt. Cldy | Hoonah, with its five or six San Francisco .. 62 = ) 9 i WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm area with the attending warm moist maritime air had moved to the east of Alaska and colder dryer air had penetrated most of Alaska with generally clear or partly cloudy skies reported at most stations this morning. Rain or snow had fallen during the past 24 hours from Yakutat to Ketchikan and snow flurries were reported over the Tanana Valley. The greatest amount of rainfall was 1.61 inches which was recorded at Craig. The highest tempera- ture yesterday afternoon was 47 degrees at Ketchikan and the low- est last night minus 10 degrees at Barrow. Variable cloudiness, with local rain and snow showers, moderately low ceilings and good visi- bilities, except fair in showers, were reported over the Juneau-Ket- chikan airway this morning. The Monday morning weather chart indicated a center of low pressure of 29.05 inches was loca’ed at 53 degrees north and 141 degrees west which was expected to slowly fill. A second low pre: sure center of 20.30 inches was located at 52 degrees north and 162 degrees west and was expected to move about 600 miles eastward during the next 24 hours. A high pressure center was located T Attu and a second high pressure center was located at 35 degrees north and 150 degrees west. Juneau, November 25 — Sunrise 9:07 a.m., sunset 4:22 pm WAR REPORTER | FISH STORY (AE!AL C;TY | —Delegates to a convention here didn’t want to be without proof | when they boasted of their fishing | prcwess upon returning home. One Chicago Daily News Cor- respondent fo Visit Sit- ka, Kodiak, Anchorage of them caught an 11-pound bass. | One by one, 20 others borrowed the (vontinued from Page One) 22 |prize catch to have pictures made | showing them holding it aloft. ‘They just smashed the devil out} I spent a| month in a hammock after that| ind then came home.” In Air Raids Although he saw 85 successive/ hts of air raids in London, Casey | infinitely prefers London to a war- ship when the heavy explosions are falling. German bombers caught up with the Valiant on its return irip from Crete when Casey was aboard. “They didn't hit the Valiant but| with MR. JIGGS - THIS IS ME-TELL ME -IF YOU HAVE THE TIME- DO YOU SMELL ANY THING BURNING 2 DON'T_RUSH -~ | CAN WAIT- SOME THING MUST BE ON FIRE/ WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED- DADDY 2 \EP - SARGWNT CASSIDN COME OUER BN TOOK SNUFEY OUT BN T SCRUEE OF Tl NECK AN T SEST OF IS CACKN BRITCHES BN — - 1 DECLAR',GEN'RIL'Y, TS \S \oRe TURD HELPWY O CHICKEN AN mmm.\gsfi = T SWAR Y T Taw N Q WOLLER LA\G Y THAT FAT-HEAD- SIR VON PLAT TER- JUST CA ND A SucH FAMILIARITY © N JOVE Y T WOULDNT KEEP TWOSE WLL-BILLES AROUND N0 MMBINTES, BUT o \WONDERFULL P JHE PAILRPINES SO QUCK \T'D WMRKE A5 HERD SWih SU® THE NARD BIRD TO ¢ RIGHT= [ MUST | CALL MR JIGGS AGA| . PREMIGES —\OWzIE S Sic 'PHONED AND SAID HE CANT LINDERSTAND WHY TS BURNGAS IS 7. HS ROOM IS ON FIRE-HE IS GOING DOWNTOWN TO CALL. ON THE FIRE CHI S By BILLY DeBECK WEY, MIKE — REWND NE AT 2 i O GT TH 0L WOMAN TO AOVE THEW BRASS BITTONS NER TWO-TUREE (NCHES AFORE HE URS & CASTATFERY they did smash another ship, the Malaya,” he recalled. ‘“Previously T'd been wondering why the ship’s| officers seemed so serious about the danger of bombers. Having seen the London blitzes, I didn't see why such a well armed ship should be| 50 vulnerable—but there's a good | reason. When you're sitting in an/ air raid shelter in London, you| wren’t the prime object of the bombs. If you get hit, it’s only| by accident. But boy—when you're! on a battleship and a bomber is| coming at you, you know you're the guy that bomber is looking for. You're a military objective.” Close Call With Death | Casey had another close call as L passenger in an army transport Jlane which took him to Benghazi. The pilot, a friend of his, had borrowed” the plane and promised » return it in good shape but a vilight landing before Benghazi' iound the plane with its propellor, 1ose deep in the ground, “I. got a bump on my head”! ‘asey recalled, “ and the pilot broke | is arm and a few ribs. Wed heught the battle was all over, ut they were still firing and I /idn’t want any trouble about that orrowed plane, so I just crawled | way on my hands and knees in the ark. They took the pilot to the cspital and I never did find out Insured Safety 0 EARNINGS Alaska Federal xactly what happened to him.” l ————————— The woodcock, named “doodle irds” by early settlers, are be-| oved to migrate northward in he fal. l [ Savings and Loan Assn. of Juneav Phone 3 - eee EFENSE STAMPS s . On Savings Accounis ® Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any time. ©® Start an account with $1 or more. Current 4% Rate BUY