The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 9, 1942, Page 3

MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1942 It’s a “GOLDEN" | POT OF ENTERTAINMENT! for the time of your life.... and alifetime of fun... the Jamet Roosevelt JAMES STEWART “Information Please” Latest News —— NOW SHOWING —— SHOW PLACE OF JUNEAU ENLISTED MEN T0 BE ENTERTAINED | IN PARISH HALL Parishioners of the Church of the Nativity met in the parish hall fol- lowing the evening services yes- terday and outlined plans for en- tertainment and recreation for en- listed men in Juneau. The Rev. Wm. G. Le Vasseur, S. J., pastor, explained the purpose of the meet- ing and Prof. Henry Harmon, in- structor in manual training at the; Juneau High School, was chosen chairman. A reading and writing room for service men will be maintained in the parochial school building. A wide variety of books will be avail-| able, and diocesan, outside news-| papess and Alaskan publications | will be provided. Miss Betty Good- | man is chairman of ccmmittee to assemble books for the readlngi room, and A. B. Cain is to ar-| "POT 0’ GOLD" IS FEATURED AT CAPITOL There is music, merriment, fun, laughter and romance in James Roosevelt’s first Hollywood produc- tion, “Pot O'Gold”, which stars James Stewart and Paulette God- fard and is now playing at the Capitol Theatre, through United Artists release. ‘The picture was lirected by George Marshall and its story hinges on the whims of m eccentric millionaire who sells vitamized foods, has impecunious sephew and an equally impecunio dance band which practices its unes atop a boarding house roof. Charles Winninger portrays the incle, Jimmy is the nephew, Paui- stte Goddard is the comely board- ing house lass and Horace Heidt «and his band of radio luminaries provide the gay and light-hearted unes. Providing Jimmy Stewart with his make-belleve home was simple. Jimmy is the impractical proprietor of a small-town music shop ' who ives in the rear room of his store, a barely furnished room with a ., a gas-plate and a sink hung| brackets. To give Miss Goddard | a Rome it was necessary to build an entire tenement street, three | blocks long. As the daughter of a boarding house keeper, Paulette gets mixed up with the chief ten- ants, the impoverished members of Horace Heidt's band. Charles Winninger's home was luxuriously furnished by the studio with a library, a drawing room, two bedrcoms, a furnace room, card room and pantry. A spacious col- onial structure was photographed to represent the exterior and to match the elaborate interiors. .- IMMUNIZATION CLINIC FOR CHILDREN STARTS HERE ON WEDNESDAY | First immunization clinic for in- fant and preschool children will be held Wednesday, March 11, from 9 to 10 am .in Juneau Public Health | Center, room 108, Territorial Build- ing. This clinic and others to follow have been recommended by Ju- neau physicians and will be con-| ducted by the Juneau Public Health | Nurse under the direction of the | range for newspapers On 'Saint Patrick’s Day a social | evening will be held in the parish! hall, including dancing and re-| freshments.. Mrs. Walter G. Hellan | is chairman of the committee, and is being assisted by Mrs. H. J Turner, Mrs. Henry Harmon, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Toner, William R. Markle, Neil Moore, Dean Hamlin, Mrs. George F. Shaw, Miss Mary Doogan, Mrs. T. J. Jacobson, and Mrs. George M. Simpkins. E. M. McIntyre, veteran violinist, who was playing for dances when Admiral| Dewey was a national hero, and has furnished music for church, civic and fraternal activities fre- quently during his 36 years resi- dence in Alaska, will play melodies that delighted dancers of another generation. —— e A. B. HAYES T0 LEAVE FOR SHORT VACATION A. B. Hayes, who is interested in the Alaska Dock and Storage Com- pany here, is leaving this week for the south for a brief vacation with | Mrs Hayes and his mother-in-law, Mrs. R. P. Nelson, in Pasadena, Cali- fornia. e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 9. — Closing guotation of American Can today is 59%, Anaconda 257, Bethlehem Steel 60, Commonwealth and South- ern %, Curtiss Wright 7%, Interna- tional Harvester 45, Kennecott 31%, New York Central 8%, Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 50%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 102.09; rails, 26.52; utilities, 12.43. —— - — BROKEN LENSES Are promptly replaced in our owu shop. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson Blomgren Building. ady Division of Maternal and Child | Health and Crippled Children’s Ser- vice of the Territorial Department of Health. . The tests and immuni- zations will be given by Juneau| physicians. Mothers are asked to take their infants And preschool children -to the Health Center as close to 9 am. as possible. There is to be no cost for this service. Children | and individuals up to 21 years of age are eligible. . Vaccination for smallpox and the following immunization will be giv- en: diphtheria, typhoid and whoop- ing cough. Smallpox vaccinations will include those not vaccinated, those vaccin- ated more than five years ago,| | those having been previously .vac- | cinated but without taking, includ- ing ages from 9 months to 2- years. Diphtheria immunization will be given to those never immunized, those whose Schick Tests show that previous immunization did not take in the age group of 9 months to 14 years. Typhoid immunization, from approximately 3 years to 21| years will be given those not im- munized in the last three years, in- cludes three injections a week. Whooping cough immunization will be given those who have not had the disease, includes those in |the age groups of 9 months to 6 years. The injections are given three times, a week apart. School Superintendent A. B. Phillips in a letter to the Health Department, endorses the program and urges mothers in Juneau to take advantage of the facilities of- fered. ———————————— REGISTER NOW Regardless of previous registra- tion, all Juneau residents wishing to vote in the April 7 election must register at the City Hall before noon, April 4. The office will be open | during the noon hour each day. ROBERT G. RICE. City Clerk. el BUY DEFENSE STAMPS —adv. (Continued from Page One) rates, fares, practices or services are concerned. Specific complaints from shippers and receivers of freight are few.” In consequence the Commission did not feel justified to inquire into the reasonableness of individual rates on traffic transported and | determined to consider only basic issues involved, that s the rea- sonableness of the entire rate struc- ture, unfair practices engaged in by | the carriers, discrimination shown by them as between shippers and 1prerercnccs extended to some, and also to determine the fair value of the property owned and used by |the steamship companies in -their | Alaska business for the purpose of | ascertaining a fair return thereon, |by way of profits. The proposed increased rates were intended to apply to southeastern and southwestern Alaska, including Kodiak, but were not to, apply to ports in other sections of the ter- ritory. The average increase amounted to 50 cents ‘per ton; on some commodities there ‘were no increases, on others higher increasés and still others took' reductions. Where increases exceeded 50 cénts per ton, the carriers (claimed that they applied on commodities of | notions, furniture and dry goods, and that rising labor costs, higher insurance rates, increased taxes and greater costs of materials and sun- plies made the demanded increase necessary. Not Unreasonable The Maritime ‘Commission came to the conclusion. that the reason- ableness of the demanded freight increases could only be determined by ascertaining whether or not the companies were earning a reason- {able return upon the value of their property devoted to their Alaska service and proceeded to determine such value. . It found this to be $6,500,000, including therein, $1,250,- 000 working capital, in the casé of the Alaska Steamship Company, and declaring this to be the fair value of the company's property used by it in its Alaska service pro- ceeded to determine what would ke a fair return upon that invest- ment. The Commission then proceeded to examine into the history of. the Alaska Steamship Compapy and found that on January 1, 1908, oapi- tal stock of $3,000,000 par value was issued in acquisition of property having a reputed cash. value. equal to that amount. Up to December 31, 1939, net profits from all sources had aggregated $16,589,550, of which $9,547,887, represented net income from common carrier operations in Alaska. A stock dividend of $1,500,- 000, and cash dividends amounting to $13,690,000 had been declared up to December 31, 1939. Ever since the company commenced opera- tion in Alaska, it has shown an annual profit except for the years 1932, 1933 and 1934, during these three years it sustained a loss of 1$212193, It has made similar prof- its during the years 1940 and 1941 as is indicated by the following comparative table: Comparison of Revenues, Expenses a 1941 Total Revenue from Alaska ' Alaska Service i ‘Total Expenses of Alaska | Service 2 | Net Operating Revenue Taxes accrued Net Income, Alas tions 2,409, 1,567, ka Opera- Net Increase: 1941 over 1940 1940 over 1939 1941 $6,801, 3,880, Freight Passengers Mail ... e Wharfage and Miscellan- €0US ........... = 249 Bar and Radio excess baggage charges.. NOTE 2: Alaska Steamship Compa: non-Alaska operations; .in from all operations are give 1934 1935 “ $122,491 $538,075 1939 1938 $403,732 $326,069 | Steady Rise 1t will be noted there has:been a steady rise in income from all | S | WAS JUST OVER TO SEE A FREND OF MINE WHO 1S BRINGING UP FATHER FRIEND IS NOT SICK-HE JUST THINKS HESIS SICK - comparatively higher value and rlsk: of transportation’such as’ elothring. | $11,466, 9,056, 771,605 Principal Sources of Revenue 370, NOTE 1: Balance of revenue is made up from express returns, rentals and sources over a period of three years. This is no doubt due to the heavy traffic to the westward as a result of government operations, It will also be noted that increased oper- ating expenses have not advanced as rapidly as operating revenues. In determining a reasonable re- turn on the fair value of the prop- erties devoted to their Alaska ser- vice in the year 1940, and the nct operating income therefrom for that vear, the Commission summarized jthe situation with reference to all | Alaska carriers as follows: Fair | Alaska Steamship Co. | Northland Transportation Co. Alaska Transportation Co. Santa Ana Transportation Co. Note: From the foregoing tabu- lation it must not be concluded that the Northland Transportation Com-~ pany has not earned a handsome profit from its operations since it |started. While its Alaska business {for the year 1940 showed a returt of only 368 percent on the fair value of its Alaska investment its total net returns. in percentages sUrpasses , those of the Alaska Steamship Company; these heavy |returns were earned by it from | chartering its ships to others. "The Commission. found that 75 | percent constituted a fair return lon the respective investments and that from the above calculations it was evident that during the year 1940, the Alaska Steamship earned 047 percent in excess of the fair return allowed; Northland' Trans- portation eéarned. 3,82 perocent less that 7.5 percent; Alaska Transpor- tation Company had no net income |and Santa Ana, operating from Se- attle to Bethel, 'earned 21.99 per- cent in excess of ‘the fair return. In its final decision, the Maritime Commission concluded: “Considering all factors, we con- olude that Alaska Steamship Com- pany's rate structure, as a whole, is_ not shown to.be unreaspnable from the standpoint of the fair [ valye test.” . 'Report’ Rates Fair With reference to the Santa Ana opetations {he Commission after copsidering téstimony ‘submitted Ly reprépentatives ‘of the Santa Ana Company claiming that 1841 op- erations.. yould. show. considerably less income than 1040, the Com- missicn stated: “In view of the unpredictable loss . of . revenue jn 1941, afid its effect on net incoms, and in the absencé of complaint from 'any of the affected shippers, we conelude that Banta Ana'§ rate structure has not been shown'io| be uhreasonable.” The finding of 'the Maritime Commission, sustathed the conten- tion of the carriers that their rate structure as a whole was not un- unreasonable; small refunds were ordered to be made on account of unfair practices indulged in and the carriers wete directed to abstain Ifrom giving preferénce to any ship- | pers and suggestion was made, that Alaska Steamship Company cancel | existing joint rail and water rates maintained with the Alaska Rail- road, and in lieu thereof, publish Alaska Steamship Company nd Net Water-line Operating Income —Alaska Service for 1941, 1940 and 1939 1940 1939 565 $7,845,965 $6,508,472 728 837 458 5,880,642 619,830 192,500 6,812,111 1,033,854 429,400 548,153 382,896 -..$229,452 . 165,257 1939 $3,617,826 2,392,520 241,697 1940 $4,500,027 2,111,432 273,830 888 125 132 191,888 61,093 158,639 57420 ,460 265 ny derives additional revenue from a.statement submitted, net income en as follows: 4 1936 1937 $482,507 $645,345 1940 1941 $630,195 $823,030 and collect proportional water rates covering its part. of ‘the transpor- tation service to Seward. | $6,650,000 1,475,000 650,000 285,000 " 7 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA - ALASKA RATE HEARING ‘The findings and decision of the Maritime Commission, dated Aug- ust 28, 1941, were based upon op- erations ending in 1940. An ex- amination of the record in these proceedings, shows that the ecar- riers were all fearful that 1941 would prove disastrous to them on account of increased labor costs, higher insurance rates, loss of busi- ness and various other causes. True, operating expenses rose sharply during 1941, but so did in- come, and the actual profits dur- ing that year were considerably higher than those of 1940. Appar- ently the carriers were satisfied with their returns up to December 7, 1941; on that day the United States became involved in war. Rate Net Operating of Return Income Percent $548,153 82¢ 54,222 368 None None 84,059 2949 {From that time on operating ex- pénses increased rapidly; the car- riers were required to secure war hull insurance, insurance of $5000.60 1on each member of the crew and on Value | officers for $300.00 and non-licensed personnel in the sum of $150.00 éach; repatriation and interment in- surance against capture and ‘detén- i tiaft by the enemy, payment’ of a large war bonus to the crew, the amount of which I am not at lib- |erty to quote, increased protection and indemnity * insurance and to provide for other items all due to | war conditions; on account of these ektra ordinary: costs the carriers claimed that operations under the old rates were impossible. The Alaska Steamship Company was the tirst to apply for and to be grant- ed ‘permission to impose a 45 per- cent surtax; soon after the North- llangd Transportation Company was given the same privilege and about the ‘middle of February the Al- aska Transportation Company fol- lowed suit, so that all the Alaska oarriers, except the Canadian Pa- eific and Canadian National are now operating under the new rates. Deny Profits Throughout the hearings the car- riefs stoutly maintained that the surcharge - was ' intended solely ‘to cover the additiorial expenses and that they did not intend to and wauid not profit one dollar there- fram; that if ways and means could 'be devised to absorb them other- | wise, in whole or in part, it would }be ‘promptly reduced or entirely eliminated. They constantly held out’ this promise. As already stated, the Canadian Hnes continue to operate uhder the old rate, they do not impose any surtax: When I dsked Mr. Baker |of ‘the Alaska Steamiship Company How " this was possible he replied that he was glad the question had been put and proceeded to explain that the Canadian Ships ‘operate at much less cost thah American ships, that the crews on these ships receive no war bonus such as is {paid American seamen gnd that the war has only to a slight de- gree affected Canadian carriers as far as costs of operations are con- cerned. It may be stated here that the Alaska Steamship Company | submitted a statement showing that while its December 1941 income was $548,900.00 its operating ex- pense during that month was $760,- |827.00—showing a loss of $211,918.00 for the first month of war opera- | tions. “Spiraling” Charged Mr. Rettie of the National Re- sources Planning Board submitted a statement showing that while the ;incre&sed freight charge would jus- tify an increase of 3 percent on retail prices on' most foodstuffs that many merchants had marked up some articles as much as 13 ;percent. He expressed the opin- ion that if it were simply a mat- {ter of the surcharge the increased cost of shipping food for a fam- ily of four for one year would be $17.79 if the family resides at Ju- pointed out that the increased freight rate is the basis for all sorts of other increases culminating in what he described as a “spiraling” of commodity prices which would soon become unbearable. ’ The attorneys for the carriers seized upon these figures with great glee and attempted to show the Alaska merchants had:grasped an opportunity to profiteer. . They. ar- {gued that if the 45 percent sur- charge amounts to $17.79 for the yearly food ‘of a family of four residing at Juneau that this makes !the personal belongings of lidensed | neau, and $3044 for a family re- 1% cent per person per day—an. siding at Seward. But he also|insignificant amount. The unfair- WESTERN STATES U. 5. NOT AWAKE T0 WAR (CRISIS Miss Maxine Davis De- clares People of Country Tragically Unaware | | | | | | | “People throughout the United |States are tragically unaware of | the serfousness of the present war. | They fail to realize that it is pos- | sible to lose the war or what losing it could mean," declared Maxine Davis, noted magazine writer and world traveler who is now in Jun- cau. “I believe that the government | propaganda has been very bad be- cause it has not made the people fully conseious of the type of war | we are now fighting and has failed | to drive home the nature of the life and death strugglé in which we are engaged,” Miss Davis declared. Has Open Mind With no definite assignment with and magazine or newspaper, Miss Davis is in Alaska to obtain mater- ial for articles and stories about the | Territory and plans to cover a con- | sidérable poftion of it by airplane| within the next few weeks. She said the nature of her articles would depend what she found. With her enthusiasm and completely open mind' concerning Alaska, its back- jground and the defense work now in progress, it is safe to say that she will find much that is of in- terest and variety. ' Miss Davis ' has a wide back- ground for her present trip as she has been writing for many years. During vacaticns while attending the University of Chicago she worked on various Chicago news- papers including the Chicago Journal, now the Chicago Times. Following her graduation she con- tinued doing newspaper work and has written a great variety of art-| icles that have appeared in most of the nationally known magazines. Among the books which she has written ‘are “The Lost Generation”, which was 4 best-seller and “They Shall Not Want", both of which| were published by McMillan Bro- thers. “The Lost Generation,” pub- lished in 1836 was one of the first novels concerned with the children of . the depression years, while !“They Shall Not Want," published a year later, is a comparative study| of British, Swedish and American | unemployment relief. | ‘Among the newspaper assign- nients Miss Dayis has had in| Europe are the .World Economic jConference, held in London in 1933 which she covered for McCalls) Magazine and Several newspapers, the 1930 Naval Conference and the British-Indfan Round Table Con-| ferénce. Watehed Hitler Rise She' has watchéd with foreboding jthe 'rise of the Hitler regime in Germany since 1930 when the first signs of the change were apparent. Visiting the country again in 1933 and for the last time in 1937 she had opportunity to see the effect it has had upon the people of the country. During her 1983 visit to Germany Miss Davis predicted in letters to her mother that a war, terrible and devastating in its fury, would be unleashed upon the world from that country: “It was sensed everywhere, in the tre- mendous activity, that was taking place, the utter belief of the people that the Hitler regime would restore power and prestige to Germany, the | hope in the faces of people on streets, and a renewed vitality throughout the country,” she said. Miss Davis just completed an art- icle on the United States Army Quartermaster Corps.tbat will ap- pear in the May issue of Cosmopoli- tan Magazine and is now working on an article for the Navy Relief Soclety to aid in the campaign for! funds that is about to be started for the first time in the history of/ ness of such contention is appar- ent. A family of four needs some- thing more than flour and beans to maintain itself, and the sur- charge on such articles as fresh fruit and vegetables, furniture, fuel oil -and coal, supplies shipped in cold storage, stoves, electric ranges, washtubs, - refrigerators and many other items comes very high. The trelght on ‘coal from Seattle 10 Bethel is $25.00 per. ton; add 45 percent to this and you realize hpw rapidly the cost of living increases. (Continued Tomorrow) By GEORGE McMANUS HE THINKS HE'S DEA AND ALDRICH FAMILY BRINGS FUN T0 20TH CENTURY There’s a riot of laughs in store | for you at the 20th Century The- atre where the Aldrich Family in “Life With Henry" opened Sunday | night before enthusiastic audiences. Although laughter was the keynote/ there were times when Jackie! Cooper's acting brought a tug at your heart, as only he can do. The well-meant misadventures of hapless Henry Aldrich commfl\cnj when he decides to spend his va-| cation in Alaska instead of hang-! ing around Centerville and getting himself in wrong with the com- munity. All he has to do is earn one hundred dollars, forward it" with an application blank and three letters from responsible busi- ness men to a Chicago philanthro- pist. It's all very simple, but not for Henry. He tries to earn the money playing bank night at the local theatre and just misses. He and Dizzy take to making soap and | selling it to neighbors. Instead of cleaning, it eats the materials. His lal‘wl‘ and the leading citi- zens are f(rying to promote the building of a factory for canning mushrooms and invite representa- tives to a get-together dinner at. the Aldrich home. But Henry and Dizzy are hard at work in the cel- lar on their next batch of soap, the scap and the mushrooms get! mixed and the businessmen think' they are being poisoned. = It takes all of Henry's hard; earned money to square the soap misadventure. But he still doesn't! lose hope in getting to Alaska and | hitch-hikes to Chicago to see the| banker in person. He gets in wrong| here and returns, followed by the| banker, who goes through some rough treatment before things .are finally straightened out. It seems Where the Better BIG Pictures Pla; “The Mdrichfami\v . t. ’! with HENRY A Paramount Picture with JACKIE COOPER ST Produced and Directed by Jay Theodore Reed NOW PLAYING ALSO: Wacky Wild Life Lions For Sale—Letter from Cairo—Late News that he is also the head of the | the Society. canning company. England This Spring | She expects to write her articles | about Alaska between now and | May as sometime after May shc‘ is planning to go to England where | she has ‘been invited, along with | several women fiction writers, to| get- material for articles on that | country. | Since 1924 Miss Davis has made her home in Washington, D. C., and | ives in one of the older houses in Georgetown, the oldest residential section of the city. She is enthus- iastic about her home and said that though not large, it has many fire- places and the charm of age com- bined with modern convenience. Refore going to the Interior, Miss Davis will spend a short time in €itka. Upon her return she will go to Fairbanks by air sad fivn thére to Anchorage, cither by Al-| aska Railroad or plane. Beyond | that her plans regarding Alask.‘ travel are indefinite though she| expects to complete it within three | or four weeks. i PRSI LS TR SITKA MERCHANT LEAVES ‘ Robert Stoft, owner of Stoft's Shoe Store in Sitka, returned to his | home Saturday after a business trip to Juneau of several days. COLISEUM—Last Times Tonite JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S “RIVER'S END” OFFICER ARRIVES 10 HEAD COMMUNICATION b ] Lt. j.g. Robert E. Thomlinson, Uq‘ 8. Navy, arrived in Juneau : by steamer and will succeed Lt. § Robert Rose as head of Naval Com: munications in Juneau. Lt. Rose has been transferred to Anchoragé and will leave for that city on th the first available transportation. Lt. jg. Thomlinson will hlv." his headquarters in the Pederal Building and is making his homé at the Baranof Hotel. eee - FIRST AID TEACHER WILL MEET TONIGHT An important meeting of'all First Aid Instructors and First Aid Pos§ Chiefs will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the City Hall, accord- ing to Holger Larsen, First Ald Viee Chairman, TOMORROW MAY BRGLE BE TOO LATE COMMERCIAL 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1941 The B.M.Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska SAVINGS