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Department of the Interior, for HAWLEY STERLING TO 0005 e equipment to be purchased is ‘m-u(vu-d to connect the Richardson the Palmer Highway Glenn Hawley Sterling, Assistant Chicf | Highway and Engineer for the Alaska Road Com- which was recently named s his to be | Highway > on Febr 9| Mr equipment the | about two weeks in the - Office DEFENSE le we S for opened ing will in bids are mission present when ARC Sterling will be away for ry for Consoli- for the at BUY BONDS 5% 5 RRRRRX The remains of mora were taken from the Charles w. sent Mrs Government 23. Petersburg. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASK “TERSBURG Mrs. Helen Za- Carter Mortuary today and to Petersburg for interment Zamora passed away at the| Hospital on January| former resident of SOUGHT FOR She was a -> > BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Scheel, Fishermen's Union Leader, Optimistic for Season N 2000 Lack of shipping space, not fear of Jap raiders, is the only problem confronting Bristol Bay cannery ors, Fred Scheel, Secretary- reasury of the International Fish- ermen and Allied Workers of Am- erica Union, declared today. In Juneau to atend the All-Al- aska Labor Convention, which started this morning, Scheel was optimistic about Bristol Bay pros- pects for the 1942 season and pointed out that Joseph Daurich, president of the International Fish- ermen, now is in Washington con- ferring with the Maritime Commis- sion in hope of securing the release CARGOSPACE B EAVERBROOK IS AWARDED NEW POST IN CABINET BRISTOI. BAY MinistryofWa?Produdiong STARIS HERE Created fo Aid U. S. Cooperation LONDON, Feb. 4—Prime Minis- ter Winston Churchill today cre- ated the new cabinet post of “Min- ister of War Production,” an as- signment aimed specifically at co- operation between the British and the United States, and entrusted it to Lord Beavebrook, one of his most valued aides. The new ministry roughly par- allels the office of Donald Nelson who is directing American war production, J. J. Llewllyn, who is Parliamen- tary Secretary to the Ministry of Aircraft Production, bécame Presi- dent of the Board of Trade, suc- ceeding Sir Andrew Rae Dun who took Beaverbrook’s place as %All-AlASKA LABOR MEET | Fourth Annual 'Convenlion Is Handicapped by War Problems w | Although handicapped by war ac-~ tivities which kept many members from attending, the fourth annual All-Alaska Labor Convention con-| vened this morning in the Miners’| Union Hall with 18 delegates an- | swering the roll call. Henry Benson, representative of |the Juneau Cold Storage Workers,| was elected chairman of the con-| vention to preside over the sessions which will end Friday afternoon.! A dance will be held at the hall Saturday. | Telegrams from John L. Lewis' |Ading Governor Won't SEWARD ASKS|C.OFC.MEETS - SEARCH FOR TOMORROW MISSING MEN | | Pred scheel, secretary - treasurer fof the Intérnational Fishermen and {Allied Workers of America, will be a guest at the weekly luncheon of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce tomorrow, it was announced today. | An interesting program has been arranged and discussion of meas- |ures to be taken by the chamber to further Junea participation in the national war effort will be dis- ]Cllm’,\(‘d In a radiogram to The Empire| ' o = Incoming Officers Authorize Posse, Resi- dent Complains dent, urges support of efforts to get authorization for a territori-| ally authorized search for Dr. L. Of Rebek h W." of Seward, who have been lost in s the vicinity of the southern end B F t d T H ht of Montague Island since Decem- | e e e on'g ber 3. The Perseverance Rebekah Lodge rations for a prospecting and trap- |Night at the home of Mrs. Edythe ping trip when they left Seward, Larsen in the Bindseil Apartments. Werner says. Thevoccasion is to entertain the in- “After three weeks” the radio- COMing officers. who hayé ‘recently and Philip Murray, endorsing the|S8ram says, “we have been able to O. Albery and Albert Tippets, both The men had a possible month's 0f Juneau will hold a meeting to- been electeg. v R % of enough vessels to carry the pack fro mBristol Bay to the States These vessels now are under chart- er to the Army and Navy as trans- port and supply ship: Protection—No Ships “The Navy has promised ade- | Quate protection for the fishing fleet,” Scheel declared, ‘so now Minister of Supply. convention and extending greet- 2€t only a half-hearted and small| Ten thi 2 ¥4 . i ousan: ings, were read a tthe morning S€arching party and have been un- o gilie, opertidas session, which was devoted to the aPle to get proper a\lthorim(iun';::l;e:g:: :r(:apm(:i‘il:tt;fl?\:feg“lzgmi development of committee work. [0 @ substantial posse from the'' , oenting pxzssducés three-fo Ia‘y: F. F, Davis was elected conven- Acting Governor.” lof the world’s supply _of uem:lnrcl]s tion secretary and Fred Scheel was/ Mrs. Albery is hysterical with' gypract “ysed in tanning i % chosen vice-chairman. Harry Dat-| WOrV. Efforts have been made to h @ off was named sergeant-at-arms. | °Ptain help from Fort Richardson, T 9, Adoption of a legislative program but so far, nothing has been done, for labor and coordination of the Werner claims. labor political aims will be dis- " % cussed at meetings this week and Covich, George Ford, Ruth Hayes, “Bms 5 f-HYPERACID dustrial Union also will be con-| Other delegates answering the 3 STOMACHS sidered. Alaskan labor's participa-'first roll call were Sam Simonai- tion in war work will be another son, R. S. Hough, F. F. Davis, Wil- 7 IKOMOMY$ main topie considered. liam Schmitz and Harry Datoff. | SIZE Committees appointed are as fol- . e — | 3 Credentials—John Covich, Abel| ers attended vocational classes in Anderson, Ben Nelson. | the 1940-41 scholastic year. Rules—Fred Scheel, W. A. Ras- |~ = mussen, Vietor Anderson. Wa; and Means—Ruth Hayes, Publicity—Ronald Lister, George Com-| The Daily Alaska Fmpire nas the Hall, Stanley Whiteley. vessels | largest paid circulation of any Al-| Resolution and Legislation—Fred| added. 2ska newspaper. | Scheel, W. A. Rasmussen, John' Exalted Rulers Night Lodge Session 8 P. M. TONIGHT, February 4 “Bristol Bay usually supplies an overwhelming percentage of the #laska salmon pack, a vital source of supply not only to civilians buf also to the armed forces. The De- partment of Agriculture earlier this year informed all Pacific Coast | our problem is that of getting fishermen that the coast must sup- 3‘1shlp.s. Last vear, which was a poor ply at least 100,000 tons of fish $)! season, ten ships were used to carry|this season to meet the war de- ?/;Lhe pgck to Seattle. The Bristol| mands. That is more than the (5;87\.\' fishing fleet numbered 1099 |entire coast fishing fleets produced f}:"“' s. The season was disappoint-|jast year. The Maritime Commis- ?/|ing and the 3,000 natives who de-|sion realizes the importance of ¢}, pend on the annual fishing season |Bristol Bay to the food supply pro- ?‘\103 kmo.:i of their income, did not|gram and undoubtedly will do /filr'nn fa any money. T?xln year, if|everything possible to help us.” ;)] they ('.T:.nt fish, they’ll be hard| To facilitate the releasing of 9 prcfssed.. ; 2 ‘.\hip.\ from government service, the /5 Scheel’s union claims a member- | Maritime Commission this week es- 9 ship of about 10,000 fishermen in|tablished an office in Seattle, from )| Alaskan walers..inc]udlng the Al- which all releases for the Alaskan fi i;:;:ch;Ll:;r:;:; U;xgn and the |fishing trade will be made, Scheel| 1 s Union. said. ol Help Indicated SESECEEEECEENEEERues RRRRRRS RN RRRRRR R RRRRR R RRARRIRRRRRS R Nt N GG N | ENTERTAINMENT INITIATION Butler-Mauro Drug Co. The Rexall Store TOWNSEND CLUB MEETS TONIGHT IN UNION HALL AT 8:15 LADIES INVITED TO BE PRESENT AT 8:30 IN THE CLUB ROOMS establishment of a Territorial In-|Victor Anderson, Ben Nelson. lows: Nearly 5,000 oil-production s\-m-k-i Sl George Ford, W. A. 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