The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1942, Page 6

DEFENSETO ' BE BIG '42 C.OFC.JOB Dr. Whih;fiad Sounds Keynote of Year's PHONESYSTEM 2t ow o FOR AUK BAY' “ga, Faganks an on all outdoor lights—includ- ing white automobile headlights and unmasked flashlights is an- nounced by Civillan Defense Di- rector Dawson Cooper. The ruling applies to hours be- tween sunset and midnight. The single exception relates to | | Permanent Lines to Be In- stalled as Far as Grocery, of U.S. Forest Service Says |we city sireet lghis, which were Activities P turned on as a safety measure for - Installation of a permanent tele- pedestrians, and also motorists in| Juneau, in the past six and a phone system from the PAA Air- the city who must drive with blue half years, since Dr. W. M. White- port to the Auk Bay Grocery will headlamps. head, newly elected president of begin as soon as poles have been Cocper’s Statement the Chamber of Commerce, arrived erected, Bill Parke, acting super-; COOPer, in his statement here, has been probably th§ fast- visor of the Forest Service Ad-|ing light restrictions, said est growing city its size in the miralty Division, said today “‘Before the total blackout time ° nation, he told chamber members | midnight, no neon or other displuy |today at a meeting in the Baran- The two-line metallic system wi'l . play | g i e e Ju. |signs or outdoor lights of any kind |of Hotel be directly connected with the Ju-i,019 pe gwitched on. | Dr. Whitehead listed the paving | neau switchboard and residenc “There is no ban before midnight |of many streets, erection of a score along the route may be tapped In.|p gever on inside lights shining|or more new buildings, building of Insulators and brackets will sub-|iprougn windows or doorways. No|many new homes, improvement of | port the lines. At present, a0 plackout of windows or doorways!the highway and the building of | emergency ground line for use in|pefore midnight is requested | the Douglas Island bridge as among blackouts runs from the airport to| “Autos driving within the city |the outstanding developments dur- | the store. limits must bear blue headlights.|ing this period. H Peeled spruce logs, already cut ' Pedestrians’ flashlights must also| “The coming year clarify- could have NEW SKI TOW PLAN SET UP FOR WEEKEND Hickory Enthusiasts toRide Up Second Meadow on Three Days Operation of the Juneau Ski Club’s tow in the second meadow three days a week was announced today ! by Dean Williams, President of the group. Williams said many skiers have taken up weekday skiing, owing to excellent conditions on the course adjacent to the Douglas Ski Trail meadow. The tow will be operated this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Free instruction from experienced skiers will be offered on all three days, Williams said, with an extra slalom practice to be held Saturday for junior skiers. Williams also announced tentative plans for semi-monthly races to be known as the Silver, Gold, and Sterling Medal Downhill Runs. Skiers will attempt to make the 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HAAS BLASTS COMPANY FOR RATE RAISES Labor Commissioner Says| Increases to Hamper Territorial Officials Alaskan business and labor can-| not absorb the Alaska Steamship| Company’s 45 per cent increase in| passenger and freight rates, Com-| missioner Michael J, Haas of the| Territorial Department of Labor | declared today | “Hitler, Benito, the Japs, and now 45 per cent freight and passenger| rais Mr. Haas observed suc- cintly. “We will deal with the Japs| and their like, but Alaska Steam don’t hit in the clinches.” | Haas declared the raises, an-| nounced by the steamship company ! yesterday, will affect all Territor- ial offices and hamper good ad- ministration, forcing reductions in travel by Alaskan offfcials, - IErC WYY - HOME GROCERY- Phone 146 PRESERVES Valamont Assorted 2 No. 21ins @7 ¢ FLOUR SWANS DOWN Patented Family 24 Ib. bag $1.29 SARDINES Happy Home Finest Norwegian Brisling in Pure Olive Oil THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942 - AMERICAN MEAT Phone 38 CRACKERS Salted Sodas 2 pounds 37 ¢ IT’S A DEAL 10-LB. SACK FISHER'S PANCAKE FLOUR HALF GALLON SYRUP B-LE-A-N- MEXICAN NAVY CALIFORNA PINK by CCC enrollees from the Fores: | be dimmed by blue masking.” Service spruce logging area near “After midnight,” Cooper Mendenhall Glacier, will be used,|“no buildings or street said, lights of dent [been the most expansive year in|tuns within prescribed time limits |the city’s history,” the new presi-'and will not be competing against declared, “but things have | Other skiers. Parke said, They will be buried five |any sort are permitted. The total|changed and we must change with| Standard ski tow rates for the feet in the ground and stand 20 |blackout must be observed until at|them least 8:30 a. m. at this season.” | Morning Violators | The Civilian Defense director The cost of living in the entire | blackout wardens have country was 7.5 percent higher in |that the city is “lighted up like a October, 1941, than in October, |Christmas tree after 6 a. m. 1940. |early risers who have not |out their windows. | | Most of the offenders, however feet high. ————————— aid reported by blacked Our biggest job right now|Season are as follows: } is to help in every way we can with| Sundays: adult club members, 50 {the defense of the United States|Cents; non-members, §1; week days: and the winning of the war.” |adult club members, 45 cents; non- No Rate Protest Yet members, 65 cents; after 2 p. m., Regarding any possible Cham- 8D day: adult club members, 25 cents; non-members, 40 cents, Jun- ber of Commerce action protesting for akierss. 00 conth at b tiings the 45 per cent rate increase on | |freight and passengers carried by| . |the Al a Steamship Company, Dr.| “It's none of our and labor cannot spend more to |live than what their pay envelopes |hold. Many operators have been wondering about their coming sum- mer's operations. their worries now.” The complete and unchanged text of Mr. Haas' statement follows: “People have been contacting the 1 ;thexr requests are, “Will | per cent freight and passenger rates “Business cannot absorb the raise They can stop; Territorial Department of Labor— the 45| |cooperated immediately upon noti- | Whitehead said: | | fication, Cooper said | business until we know the fulll reasons why the | Violators of the blackout are lia- |details and the ble to the penalty of $100 fine or|raise was made. I don’t want the 30 days in jail or both as desig-|chamber to tell me what I have to {nated in an ordinance passed by the | charge to deliver a baby. Let’s get | city council New Year's Eve. City|all the facts in the case before we | police are enforcing the ordinance. take any action.” - Dr. Whitehead announced that f |applications of persons for the po- . s s Tire Rationing |sition of secretary of the Chamber lof Commerce will be received until | |next Wednesday, at which time the [ Boa'd IS Namedlsoard of Directors will elect a sec- |retary. Juneau's Soldier Fund A ‘guest at the luncheon was Lieut. Evan Hill, former Empire reporter, here from Chilkoot Bar- | acks. Hill was warm in his ex-| ion of apreciation of all Jun-| eau men at Haines for the nearly $1,500 sent by Juneau people for a company fund, Lieut. Hill said the money had | |been needed and was being well used by the men. He explained that a company fund may run from $1,000 to $1,500 and may be used jto increase ration allowances, or |to buy furniture, books, magazines or other needs of the men. With the splendid start given the Jun- |eau company, he said, the fund was immediately put to use and | will be kept built up. | - HOSPITAL NOTES Douglas Campbell, a medi- se at St. Ann’s Hospital for | the last few days, left the hospital |for her home today. | | Three members of the tire ra-| ’!ioning board for Juneau were an- nounced here today. | | Headed by Mayor Harry I, Lu-| Headquarters |cas, the board will also be com- Hardeman posed of City Clerk Robert G. Rice | WA“n.PnoorEn }3::‘”“:?0 C. Cooper, local ac: 1 " 's An announcement will be made by the board in the near future as to regulations governing tire dis- H. S. Graves The Clothing Man | tribution in Juneau. BUY DFFENSE BONDS REOPENED FRIDAY, JANUARY Sth . The BUS DEPOT has REOPENED under NEW MANAGEMENT. Try Our Home Cooked Meals! | Miss Mary Jane Harrington en- | tered St. Ann’s Hospital this morn- ing for a minor operation Mrs, Hubert Savikko and her young daughter, Ellen Lorrail left St. Ann’s Hospital this moru- {ing for their home, | i e | After receiving medical attention lat St. Ann's Hospital for the last| |ten days, Mrs. William Jackson | left for her home today. { l , Adam Record, aged Fish ek | OLL ‘wc.odcuuer, longtime resident ot | HAZEL M l Eon the interior, died recently and was ADAM RECORD PASFES }buned at Fairbanks, the rites held iunder auspices of the Odd Fellows. ——————————— J Empire Classifieds Pay! | | | | | THIS NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC o i KEEPS FOOD BETTER LONGER ! Saves You Money Through The Years! b | Old-fashioned refrigeration is too uncertain, too costly today! Get a new G-E that keeps perishable foods better and longer, cuts waste, saves you money every day. - e ! This is a good time to invest ina Z:dily refrigerator d i that not only safeguards {ood but assurés lasting value as well. Only a limited number of G-E’s available, so see i us NOW. GENERAL @ ELECTRIC : | 20% Down Alaska Eleetric Light RN | and Power Co. A TR ' Juneau Douglas | [effect the labor set up?” The an- |swer of course, ‘“yes”. It will |effect all Territorial offices. | “Travel has always been costly MINERFIRES TWO SHOTS | INTO HEAD Little Chance of Recovery| Given - Two Slugs in Brain Given little or no chance of recov- ery, Valentine Leonoff, Alaska Ju- neau miner, lay at St. Ann’s Hos- | pital this afternoon with two 22 calibre bullets lodged in the central | portion of his brain. | The wounds were believed to have been self-inflicted in a suicide at- tempt by Leonoff at the A. J. hoard- | ing house, shortly after 6 a.m. foday Summoned to the scene of the shoot- ing, Dr. L. P. Dawes found the man still alive, dressed the wound and moved him immediately to the hos- pital, The shots were apparently fired | from a .22 rim-fire revolver found in the room, accoring to Sid Thomp- | son, Deputy U. S. Marshal, who' investigated the shooting. Empty | | | \shells found in the chamber of gun indicated that the first bullet | fired was a .22 short, followed by a ! 22 long. The shell from the short‘i“"‘ hold out long enough and irfil"“p:luliofiou;s la.stmn::;:;;\ :x::gux:.;(j apparently jammed in the cylinder |tires are to be had and gas can!|!C $1106,795, comg 3 and prevented Leonoff from flring" a third shot. Both bullets entered | the miner’s head through the right ' temple. The Marshal’s -office said a note found in the man’s room indicated he had been prompted to take his life by worry over war rimors. | RAF Raiders Smash Plans For Invasion | e Airdrome at Castel Velrano;’ : Aftacked-Parachutists Machine Gunned CAIRO, Jan. 8.—It was revealed today that the RAF in an eight- hour assault on the Castel Vetrano alrdrome on the Italian island of Sicily, smashed four planes. The raiders also disrupted plans for a parachute invasion of Malta whicn, is the base for British planes now largely preventing reinforcement of ! Axis troops to North Africa. Returning fliers report huge fi and also the explosion of ‘the pet- rol dump. The RAF also troops .concentrated vasion. machine-gunned for the in- > STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 8 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2's, American Can 607, Anaconda 27, Bethlechem Steel 63%, Curtiss Wright 8%, Interna- fLabor, like the business man in Alaska and because of that fact,| all too little travel has been done by Territgrioi tlepartments. Alaska | is a lafge Territory to police and| enforcement cannot be done with-| out travel. The Department of | Labor will have to cut its travel| which already has been less than desired. This will apply to all| offices and tend to hamper good administration. i “We would like to believe that| the 45 per cent raise will only in-| crease living 3 per cent, but we| have gone through other raises and | know all too well what takes place. | Business cannot absorb the raise| and labor cannot spend more to live than their pay envelopes hold Many operators have been wonder- ing about the coming summer’s op- erations. They can stop their worries now. “The people of Anchorage and} ail points were told that lower| rates. would be theirs when the ducts were exported from the Ter- Froelich |railroad cut-off was finished. Now,|Titory during the with the increase, perhaps it wil| be wise to up the-toll tax on the} Richardson Highway. Alaskans| want to stay in Alaska, but if liv- ing here becomes prohibitive and | travel costs impossible, well woe is us. Like the isolationist, the! pponents of the International| Highway will now have to fold their tents and silently fade away. If be secured, maybe we will see the old folks at home again, i “True, the Steamship Company is| having added burdens—are we not all? Yet, many winters steamship| travel was maintained when little cther than mail was aboard the boats, and now for months' passage has been all but unobtainable, ‘Mr. 1942, you carry a hefty wallop. Hitler, Benita, the Japs and now 45 per cent freight and assenger raises. We will deal with the Japs and their like, but Alaska Steam don’t hit in the clinches. “It is our hope that matters can adjusted so that Alaska can withstand the dark days ahead. We must buy bonds, pay taxes, keep up cur cities, enforce our laws, we must travel and not become a walled in land. “It has long cost near a fortune to travel from Fairbanks to the States and return. Travel to Am-| ericans is not a luxury—it is a real! need to maintain our way of life.| , wants to do his part. All Americans know | that his dollars are needed and| stands ready tc do his best, but he keeps wondering HOW. (ourI*B’u‘sy“ | With Divorce Twe divorces were granted in federal District Court here today, while a third action was being argued before the court at time of joing to press. 1 The court granted Dr: Rae Lillian Carlsen, local obtometrist, a di-| vorce from Dr. C. Martin Carlson, | of Ketchikan. Jessie Collier was ranted a divorce from Joseph Col- iler. The case before the court this afternoon was the contested action of Annie Johnson versus| tional Harvester 467, Kennecott 85'., New York Central 9%, North- ern Pacific 5%, United States Steel 532, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The followngi are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 111.55; rails, 27.34; utilities, 14.52. e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Charles 8. Johnson. - 1 MISS KENDLER ENDS VACATION IN JUNEAU| Miss Mildred Kendler is return- ing to Portland, Oregon, where she | is attending business college. She! has been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kendler during) the holidays. 1709, as compared with $4,602,652 for 2c¢tin BUTTER The Best Large Grade A 2 pounds 8¢ 2 dozen 99 ORANGES FOR JUICE - 2 dozen 49 There is a complete selection of FRESH and SMOKED MEATS in the MEAT MARKET . . . PLENTY OF EVERYTHING ON HAND! pounds 43¢ EGGS ALASKA EXPORTS Alien Skiers INDECEMBERTOP Skie FIVE MILLIONS increase in Canned Salmon | But Gold Much Low- er than Year Ago Holzheimer Are Defained | Confirmed In Salf Lake uoomoron oo« - e ] Senate has confirmed the nomina- tion of the following District At- SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 8. torneys in Alaska: 2 William A. Holzheimer, renomin- —The FBI has confirmed deten- |tion of three famous skiers as ated, PFirst Division, with his head- Ty quarters at Juneau. < % Noel K. Wennblom, Third Divis- The three are Frederick F. Pfei- |, gy neadquarters at either | Anchorage or Valdez, Ralph J. Rivers, renominated, | Fourth Division, with headquarters at Fairbanks. —————— * » More than five and a half mil- lion dollars worth of Alaska pro-'fer, Hans Hauser and Joseph Seep Pfeifer held the National Sla- 1941, a Customs Service report re- lom championship a year ago and vealed here today. auser is a former European down- | December exports totaled $5,692,-'hill champion. The three skiers lat Sun Valley. S e———— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS last month of | ~ U. S. exported about 44 percent its cotton and 37 percent of its 4 before the current were r(-c(‘n'.ly’ of | tobacco crop war in Europe. the same month a year before. Principal items which showed marked increase was canned sal-! mon. December exports of the Reannouncing To Whom It May Concern THE STAR CAB is solely owned and operated by DON LOZZIE If you are tired of waiting 10, 15 or 20 minutes for taxis, TRY OUR SERVICE. Excellent Equipment 2 De Sotos and 1 Brand New Plymouth Prompt and Courteous Service STAR CAB Now Located Next to Bailey’s Cocktail Bar 0 i N PHONE N |fish in tin totaled $341,800, against $280,002 in December 1940. Gold 049,045 the previous December. Following is a tabulation of the exports: Hish: Fresh and frozen cept shellfish) : Halibut Salmon Other Salmon, canned Cured or preserved (ex- cept shellfish) : Cod Herring Salmen Shelfish: Clams Crabs Shrimp Fish products: Other fish products Furs and fur-skins: * Beaver Fox: Black and silver Blue Red White Fur-seal skins Marten Mink Muskrat, Otter All other Live animals Wood, timber and lumber Ore, matte and regulus: Copper, 124 Gr. Tons Lead, 142 Gr. Tons Trophies, specimens, curios, etc. articles | (ex- $ 236,054 139.330 48,593 | 341,800 139 397 49,602 24 635 22,170 46,159 243474 9.360 142,045 98,508 129,012 2,000.000 9,087 320,326 601,927 24,228 49,684 830 7,100 | 2,254 4,787 * Save Save Save Ten reannouncing ads by Don Lozzie now appearing in The Empire for next three days will be honored by STAR CAB FOR ONE FREE CITY RIDE. STAR CAB * 0 e IEPHON.EEA v 1,288 52,223 1,106,795 4,847 ‘Al Gold Sllve cther Total value of products of Alaska $5,692,709 Value of United States products returned 177,550 Value of foreign merchan- dise $5,869,259 26,000 23,865 1,080 al Oil teal Meal Palladium Paintings 326 Reindeer Hides 952 Includes fur shipped by mail, and from Pribilof Islands during Cal- cndar year 1941. iItems included Articles.” in “All Other Subscribe to the Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the lurcast‘» paid circulation. i