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- For Your SWEETHEART The sweetest possible gift for the sweet- est girl you know is PERCY’S Candy. She'll love its rich flavor and the beau- tiful way it’s boxed and wrapped. You'll find just the box to suit her taste and vour budget. She’ll Love Candy We have a complete assortment in all size packages. PERCY'S Ice Cream, Too, for Valentine's Day The Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association of Juneau has again declared an annual dividend of four per cent for its depositors. Start Your Account Tomorrow with $1 or More Money Available at Any Time Accounts Government Insured Up to $5.000.00 Alaska Federal Savings and Loan | Association of Juneau There is no substitute for newspaper advertising NOTICE OF EXAMINATION An examination will be held in the Terri- torial Building, Juneau, Alaska, February 21, at2:00 P. M., for the fellowing position: SUPERVISOR of the Alaska Merit System Any person who wishes to take this examination shall notify the Alaska Merit Council, Box 2661, Juneau, Alaska, by filing a completed application form which may be secured at Room 203, Territorial Building. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS for admission to the examination: Education equivalent to graduation from a four year college or university, with at least four years of successful, full-time paid em- ployment during the past ten years, in a professional or business pursuit. Within one year prior to date of examination, the applicant must not have served as an employee of the Unemployment Compensa- tion Commission, Department of Public Wel- fare or Territorial Department of Health, nor within three years prior to the date of examination héld political office or office in any political organization. A signed state- ment to this effect must be submitted with each application, Cflmpensahoni The position of Supervisor of the Alaska Merit System is part-time employment, with compensation at the rate of $1.50 per hour. Appieations will be received until Wednesday, February 18, 1 P. M. ! OUSE VOTES T0 . PAY DOCTOR FOR - SERVING INDIANS Dr.Nicholson Will Now Get | $3,300 for Work at Sitka WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 — The House passed and sent to the White House today, a bill to pay $3,300 to | Dr. Hugh Nicholson of Pacific |Beagh, Cal, for services rendered to Alaska Indians from 1929 to 1935. The Senate Claims Committee said that testimony indicated the Government’s funds were unsuffi- cient at the time to pay for the !services the physician rendered to :Indiang; at Sitkg, and that no other physican was available. Dr. Nicholson said thht he never had |refused to make g call, even when he knew” that he would not be paid. Dr. Nicholson now lives at Pa- |eific Beach and is suffering from multiple neuritis. - --o LOLA’S BEAUTY SHOP | Will be closed untij March 10, 1942, —adv. SCHENLEY | You Get the BEST from '=oun Great Whiskey States *| Y 1 | | i *Blended with Specially Distilled Nevutral Grain Spirits . . . Schenley Blends Give You Perfect MILDNESS Schenley Black label 65% Grain Neutral Spirits, 86.8 Proof. Schenley Red Label, 72%% Grain Neutral Copyright 1941, Schenley Distillers Corporation, New York City. arines’ Amphibian Fleet on | | Here is a fleet of the amphibian tanks in maneuvers at Dunedin, Fla. ; Used by*the Marines, the craft can travel on sea, land, through brush | and swamp. They carry twenty-four men with complete fighting equip- ; : i b e e gty b & e e KA THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALAS WAR RISK INSURANCE IN ALASKA By MARY LEE COUNCIL Secretary to Delegate Dimond DOUGLAS | NEWS IMPORTANT MEETING | OF D.F.D. SCHEDULED Special interest is promised for| the February meeting of the Doug-! las Volunteer Fire Department scheduled for tomorrow evening. William Niederhauser, Juneau'’s as- WASHINGTON—D elegate Di-|Sistant Chief was expected to talk mond appeared before the Senate to the members about protection 5 o P against fire bombs, how to properly Banking and Currency Committee z 4 | pose of them, but he when the bill, S. 2188, “To provide | "Andie and dispose of them, bu 4 has gone south. Some one else will for the financing of War Insur- g s take his place. Other matters of ance Corporation, to amend the | jymportance will also be discussed Reconstruction Finance Corpora- 4t the session. tion Act, as amended, and for other purposes,” was before that Com- TO VISIT SOUTH mittee for hearing. | Sailing south this afternoon were The head of the Federal Loan Mrs. Jessie K. Fraser, with her Agency, Jesse Jones, who 'is also | daughter Elizabeth and grandson, Secretary of Commerce, explained |David Gray for an expended visit the scope of the insurance, saying of several months. Also leaving that the press releases issued on were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biddle- the subject were, in effect, insur-jcome and daughter Patricia who |ance policies, have sold their home here to go | It will be remembered that the|Outside and establish their future first press release stated that the|home. William Sparks was also linsurance would cover only .prop- bookrd_ for a vucguon L_np south |erty in the “Continental United|80d Visit with his family which | States.” The second press release let a month or more ago. lof & . 9 To visit her sister Mrs. William |of December 22 enlarged the geos|pjiotcon who has been ill at her PER SRS T | g¥aphical scope of the insurance so|y . in Ketchikan for some time as to cover also Alaska, Hawail,|nMrc jonn Mills awaits sailing at the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico an early date and the Virgin Islands. However, the benefits of this insurance may be had only for damage to or destruction of “build- ings, structures and personal prop- erty, including goods, growing crops and orchards” and does not cover “accounts, bills, currency, debts, evidences of debt, money, notes, securities, paintings and other obh- jects of art.” Moreover, the property so in- sured is insured only as to prop- | erty situated in the States, terri- | tories and possessions and, there- i 5 - | fore, does not cover any marine ed in the Irls Room to complintent fnsurance whatever. her for her long years of service as | ? teacher in the s 4 i ser | Delegate Dimond urged upon the| ¢ presented sfv?no:l a‘\?:v:l‘r a:‘t ‘gommubee the advisability of tak- |, " oo present as a farewell token | ing care of all such insured Prop-of the high esteem in which she jerty while on the high seas between |js nelq. {any territory or possession and | any other of the several states, pointing out the condition which e AT R CLUB MEETING } Regular monthly meeting of the Douglas Island Women's Club is scheduled for this evening at the home of Mrs. Norman Rustad. Mrs. Edward Bach will be assistant host- ess. - e MISS FRASER COMPLIMENTED A bon voyage dinner for Miss Elizabeth Fraser was an event at {the Baranof Hotel last evening as the Douglas School faculty mem- bers and the School Board gather- e DOUGLAS BASKETEERS PLAY IN PETERSBURG [ i jexisted in Alaska whereby the| Telegram announcing their safe steamship companies had beenlarrival at Petersburg and that one granted an increase of ‘ratesigame with the town team there had amounting to 45 percent without any guaranty that there would not be further increases. He urged upon the Committee that the same considerations which led to the ! setting up of this war risk insur-|behalf of the Douglas High School ance as to property within the|basketball team, which sailed | States and territories and posses- south for the trip Sunday morning. sions would support in even greater| According to the message re- degree the granting of similar in-|°¢ived by Supt. Pool, the Wrangell been played Monday night and an- |other game scheduled for Tuesday' night with the Petersburg High' School team, was received here | this morning from Mark Jensen on of transportation and evacuation under the Civilian Defense Pro- gram, will be present both to hear the plans of the Pirst Aiders and to give them some idea of the number of automobiles available in time of emergency. ROFFS PURCHASE CLEVELAND HOUSE New home of the Dorothy Stearns Roff dancing studio is 411 7th St. East, the former G. E. Cleveland liouse which has been purchased by Mr.and Mrs. W. W. Roff. Their new residence, with its large living room and fine floors is well-arranged for her dancing classes, Mrs. Roff said. - BUY DEFENSE BONDS ritories and possessions where there between the two town schools and | centublons with Peepect to -tHe Mars day were not mentioned in the is now covered by such insurance. it until the Senate bill is passed| A meeting of the First Aid Chiefs charge of the 20 First Aid Stations' - COMMISSIONED | 11 am. at the Brooklyn Navy The commander of the new cruis- Earl Neuru, sanitarian for the R | surance as to property on the high |Righ school is being represented is every need of such protection. tl:;llv)ougtlas boys are expecting to | Hon. Samuel W. King, Delegate|P2rticiPate in the series. Cablegram. }ritory of Hawaii and also* asked gar_n_» - | |'that securities and money be in- \ A similar bill, HR. 6382, is pend- ; ing in the House, but it seems like- |by the Senate. w‘fll be held tomorrow, Thursday i MR SRR gE: night, at 7:30 o'clock in the Public | located throughout the city. The cruiser U.S.S. Juneau is to Yard. This is according to infor-; | mation received here from Alaska | jer will be Capt. L. K. Swenson. - 5 | Territorial Department of. Mealth, |has left on a routine inspection | Subscribe to the wvaily Alaska | Empire—the paper with the largest | seas in transit between States, ter- at Petersburg this week for play off | from Hawaii, made similar repre-| g *Uls of the game played Mon- | isured, as well as property which AID WILL MEET, ly that no action will be taken on! | Health Center. |go into commission tomorrow Ml | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond. NEURU GOES TO SITKA trip to Sitka. |paid circulation, 4 Maneuvers ment and a crew of three, traveling fifteen miles an hour on water 'nnd twenty miles an hour on land. The Marines have been using the machines in extensive maneuvers. The number is a military secret. | in this. The chiéfs are in P@Uling the office he is proceeding | E. M. Polley, who is in charge‘ THE S Improvements. Complefed in Hotel Kitchen Les Teagle,_alef, Invites Pubjic to Inspect ’% : ]E ... Give her a box of ewleslres | JOHNSTON Complete remodernization and renovation of the Baranof Hotel or no GERS Coffee Shop kitchen was an-! nounced today by Les Teagle, chief chef and manager of the hotel's dining service. | Patrons of the restaurant are in- vited to inspect the kitchen at any time to see the clean, sanitary con- ditions under which all food is cooked and prepared., Walls, cabi-| nets, woodwork and shelves have been newly repainted with wash- able paints which are cleaned regu- larly, Teagle pointed out. All dishes and utensils are cleaned in a special automatic steamer washer which antisepti- cally protects every dish. A spec- ial pantry has been built for glass- ware and silver, where both are $§ VALENTINE Harry SWEETS TO Ask her fo be your Valentine the sweet way CANDY 30cto $5.00 ($1.00 per pound) Druggist WEET O o o o o o o oo o oo oo Vo oo o Voo ot PACKAGES Race carefully polished after every {§ washing. S}W\ AOOOOOOOOE “Although our kitchen is as at-, PR s o e tound. i moaern noscs, 600 RESIDENTS GET | WATERFRONT PASSES in the States,” Teagle said, “our main emphasis is on the strict en- forcement of sanitary conditions.| It not merely looks like a clean| kitchen—it actually is operated un- der such healthful regulations that it is a pleasure for us to invite our patrons to inspect it at any time.” 0CD Clean-up Started with New Program Director Landis Announces ‘Thorough Reorganiza- 1 More than 600 waterfront passes have been issued to Juneau resi- | dents, Coast Guard Lieutena..y |Matt Ryan, Captain of ‘the Port, said today. Armed guards soon will refuse \\rumng to produce his Coast Guard | pass. Passes may be obtained at | the Coast Guard cffice on the Gov- ernment Dock between 1 and 4 p.m. every afternoon. ——————— BUY DEFENSE BONDS HEADQUARTERS TYPHOON SUITS e P Ideal for Hunters tion" on His First Day ; g and Fishermen WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—James Landis, in his first day as the new chief of the Office of Civilian Sizes Defense, today disclosed a thor- Small, Medium, Large ough O.C.D. reorganization is un- Extra Large All in Stock der way. ¥ Landis, former dean of the Har- vard Law School, was named by President Roosevelt to succeed New York Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia as head of the agency which has been under fire by Congress for indulg-| ing in what many critics called “frivolous activities.” The new director told his press conference that Mrs. Roosevelt, as- sistant O.C.D. director, is at work on a thorough reorganization of her Community Volunteer Participation H. S. Graves The Clothing Man Cash Cole Will Be the Speaker Put 3.purpose Relief for Miseries of Va-tro-nol up each nostril, It (1) shrinks swollen mem- branes, (2) soothes irritation, and e . Follow lete di- rections in folder. WA-TRO-MOL acess to the waterfront to anyone .- TOWNSEND CLUB MEETS TODAY——8:15 P. M. STOMACHS Butler-Mauro Drug Co. The Rexall Store Don’t wait 20 and 30 minutes for your taxi —CALL US! STAR CAB W S PHONE § Don Lozzie—Owner Public Invited Division and said he is helping her He also explained that in over- with two principles in mind, name- ly, that every person must have a clear function and every person, must be qualified. : s B A SR ' REBEKAHS HONOR " FOUNDER TONIGHT The Perseverance Rebekah Lodge |No. 2A of Juheau will hold the! Iregular business meeting tonight| at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fellows| Hall. { During the meeting there will be a ceremony honoring Thomas Wildley, founder of the Odd Fel-/ lows. | A social hour will follow with refreshments served. The chair- man for the evening’s entertain- ment is Mrs. Edythe Larsen, Noble Grand. All members are urged . to be present. without consultation, foundation, one the JUNEAU I UNLESS a master architect supervised their work what a misfit your house would be if four architects designed it independently, second, and one the roqf. Your insurance protection, may be a misfit oo unless one agency plans it. Consult Shattuck Agenecy INSURANCE — BONDS one - -planning the first floor, one the * PHONE 249