The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 24, 1943, Page 6

PAGESIX ~ THEY MEET EVERY TEST THE ARMY OF MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR GREAT MOTOR INDUSTRY are an unbeatable combination. They met every test when they changed overnight to building better planes and tanks, better trucks and guns and other equipment. We Americans everywhere appreciate what they are doing to swing the tide of victory to our side. THE CIGARETTE THAT GIVES - SMOKERS WHAT THEY WANT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA esterfield Y;)u’ll find CHESTERFIELDS Milder. They have a Better Taste and smoke refreshingly Cool. Ask yourself what makes for 100% smoking pleasure and then light up the cigarette that satisfies. 3 Only in Chesterfield’s Right Combination of the world’s best cigarette tobaccos do you find all the good smoking qualities you want at their top-notch best. You Can’t Buy a Better Cigarette. EGANIS AFTER | THOSE EAGLES; WON'T GIVE UP There will be an appropriation to pay the eagle bounty if Rep.| William Egan has anything to say about it. Balked when the Sen-| ate swung the ax on the $5,000 ap- propriation in the general appr priations bill, Egan introduced TWO ALARM SCHOOLS T0 |60 FIRE HERE OPENAGAIN ... - iand sent to Secretary of L. Bartlett “Ithe following measures: | HJM. 9, by Rep. James { {urging Congress to grant |the power to elect their ernor. * HJM. 5, by Rep. And after a brief closed period, the garcen urging a further high at 8:45 and the grade school|tion of censorship. The Public High and Grade {Blaze atPercy’s Cafe Keeps scoois win open agasn tomorrow Department at Scene Nearly Three Hours a| separate bill yesterday to appropri- ate $5,100 for this purpose. | The House passed the measure by | a 12/4 vote, suspending rules hel- intendent A. B. Phillips. i ter-skelter, and Egan talked the| A two-alarm fire at Percy's Cafe Senate into accepling the measure on Front Street shortly before 8 be: by a 6-2 vote. o'clock last night brought out two s % ifire trucks, all members of the Ju- |neau Volunteer Firq Department and blocks of hose. Though the “all - (out” did not sound until 10:30 |o'clock, Chief V. W. Mulvihill stat-| ed that what could have been a | disastrous fire, was under control Annual i the schools last Monday forenoon | use of absence of pupils, also! veral teachers, is believed aba 3. it is said, but parents are re-|in 1942 and most of this quested by Supt. Phillips to keen|.q food will go for Anm their children home if they have not fully recovered. - Dehydration in 1943 > BUY WAR BONDS nd-Lease needs. within the first 20 minutes. | According to Chief Mulvihill and' | Percy Reynolds, proprietor of | | Percy’s Cafe, the fire originated iabove the range in the kitchen and |flames shooting up from the back |of the building endangered adjoin- |ing structures. The second alarm was sounded |in order to get additional hose to BLOUSES % the scene to control the fire in the| & 2 } |rear of the building, which is owned | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, Mareh, {by Minard Mill. {24.—The Alaska Juneau mine at| | | i CAMERON and Report Alaska Juneau| BALL DRIVE Best loved shirtwaist in new- | While smoke filled the cafe, the Ju_neau continues permissable oper- rincipal destruction was confined ations by a crew of 350 after the est Spring versions. In flow- [P PR {to the kitchen where practically all| War Production Board ordered a . i o lof the equipment was ruined be-|Shutdown of nonessential opera- Amerlcan Red er-splashed prints, stripes, || T o tions and came out in 1942 with| 3 | ing 2 "3 sata $237,000 net profits, 16 cents a share white, pastels. Long, short Living quarters above the restau- X Irant suffered considerable water | compared to 49 cents in 1841 when| Cross sleeve styles with smart | damage. the company made $730,000 says, President P. R. Bradley in the an- nual report. { President Bradley said he ex-! pected operations on the current scale will keep the company in the The building and cafe are both l:-overed by insurance. While actual | figures on the extent of the damage |are not available, Mr. Reynolds stat- stitching details. 32-40. because of strategic metals needed VERNOR SIGNS THREE MEASURES for permanent’ filing at 9 o'clock, according to Supor-} HB. 71, by Rep. Frank Whaley, e | providing that autos keep to the| The prevailing illness that closed |right in passing other autos. | ———— L= four times as many vegetables as| | NURSES' AIDE WAR FUND Proceeds to the ELKS jed that the restaurant loss is ap- A | proximately $7,500. <‘h]°"k ink. : Fire between the walls of the The Alaska Juneau is operating . LOYAL HUSBAND ] SOME WATCH DOG CHARLOTTE, N. C—A girl had| KANSAS CITY.—The Ralph Mc- a date with a young man and he|Brides left their home in the care failed to show up. That had never|of Watchdog Oscar, whom they happened to her before. He was locked inside. not that kind. Then came the ex-‘ When they returned Oscar was cuse. The young man married theJoutslde and barking lustily. He had night he failed to show up. That been locked out by a thief who was all. |stole 875 worth of clothing. approved Alaska E. V. Davis, ! Alaskans | own Gov- i rey Gun- investiga- will take dehydrat- | 'my and We of the Longshoremen's Union view with disdain the dismal and unwarranted efforts made by Mr. Walter P. Sharpe, our Commissioner of Labor, these past two months in trying to smear the former Commissioner and the Department — wasting two months of our Department's time and money—dig- ging up political issues and alleged big money steals or what became of the 35,000 some dollars collected or contacted for us by the Department under the supervision of the former Commissioner. Does everyone not know we the workers and citizens of Alaska got the benefit of those collections. The welfare of our families depended on those collec- That was our wages, our bread and butter. tions. Now, after more than two months of investiga- tion and keeping the Legislature in a turmoil to the extent that not one labor bill was passed this session, we come and hear the trial and/or investigations as conducted by the Legislative Committee‘and find ; Joles—Slevens Seward Street | building and between several layers of roofing kept the firemen hard at work for"two hours and forty minutes, while hose lines and watch- men remained at the scene all night as a protective measure. H High commendation was given to the members of the Juneau Volun- teer Fire Department by Chief Mulvihill for their prompt response to the alarm and for their wonder- ful work in handling what could have been a disastrous fire. “The men of the Department handled the situation splendidly and deserve the highest credit for their wonderful work. The fire could easily have been disastrous to the entire sec- tion of the city, but after the first 20 minutes the danger was over- ome and the fire brought under ! control,” he said today. ->> It has been estimated that 15 million tons of feed will be needed this year to make United States | chickens lay their quota of five billion dozen eggs - Empire Classifieds Pay! I for war production. SENATE PASSES BILL TO HELP T-B SUFFERERS The Senate this morning unani- mously passed Rep. William Egan’s bill to appropriate $26,500 for the care of tubercular patients in hos- pitals throughout the Territory. The House previously approved the measure and it will now go| to the Governor for his considera- | tion. | f | USE FOR NYLON [ One of the regsons why nylon | after all evidence is submitted standing out grimly April 3, 1943 ADMISSION including tax $L10 BOB TEW'S ORCHESTRA * in dispute a 25¢ telegram. This may seem humorous Longshoremen and Union, CIO session March 23, 1 BEATRICE Sawmill & Timber hosiery is scarce is because the || (This advertisement by com- towlines being used to pull the : Y £ A , M27l CIO biggest army gliders are being | pliments Alaska Electric magle of a special nylon composi- | tion, strong as any rope made. - - BUY WAR BONDS | Light & Power Co.) it 4 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 HEINZ STRAINED 1 BABY FOODS | 31 29e¢ 121> $1.00 These strained foods will keep your baby healthy and happy. ALL ARE STRAINED—READY FOR USE. Vegetable Soup—Green Beans—Spinach Beef and Liver Soup—Beets—Mixed Greens Carrots—Beef Broth with Barley—Vegetable and Lamb—Cereal—Apricots and Apple Sauce Prunes—Pears and Pineapple Wire, Write or ‘Phone Your Order WHERE SERVICE, PRICE AND QUALITY MEET We DELIVER TO DOUGLAS—Each Tuesday and Friday EORGE BROTHER 2 DELIVERIES DAILY IN BUSINESS SINCE 1808 and still doing the largest grocery business in Juneau. |JAMES K. CROWDY, WELL KNOWN MINING MAN, IS THE \HERE ON VEY T0 WEST 'Ilvp H oo N James R. Crowdy, Managing Di- s “ ' T S rector for the New York-Alaska | Gold Dredging Corporation, arriv-| You have been Y waiting for! ied today from the south and will | ALL SIZES be here for a short time while| at {awaiting transportation to the| H. S. GRAVES Westward where the company’s The Clothing Man properties are located. Mr. Crowdy has been south for | two months part of which he spent in Seattle with Mrs. Crowdy and their sons, James, Jr. and Peter. While he was south he made a business trip to New York on com- pany business. It is expected that operations will be started this season on strat- egic mineral production, Mr. Crow- ;dy said today. { Mrs. Crowdy and their sons are | remaining in Vancouver, B. C., | where young James Jr. is attend- |ing the Athlone School for Boys. | FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE ... Tiorspavs ana ments on THURSDAYS and ‘[ FRIDAYS WITHOUT additional charge. | SIGRID'S BEAUTY SALON { PHONE 318 Cooper Building—Opposite Federal Building To the Sixteenth Legislature: to some people, but to us, the workers, it is not at all funny, nor is it a joke. For we further heard Mr. Walter P. Sharpe reprimand and denounce the former Commissioner and hjs staff for collecting wages when there were no exact laws on the statute. Hooks, telling him to do so. There may not have been' an exact law on the books, but those were our wages in question; .our work had been performed in good faith; our wages were due; and we were entitled to the same, Our welfare and the welfare of the Territory depended ‘on that. Furthermore we heard Mr. Walter P. Sharpe intimate that he was not going to colle]ct wages because there was not an exact quotation in the statute books. As workers and Alaska citizens, we ask in all fairness, just what is Mr. Sharpe qoipq to do? After viewing with grim humor these entire investigationsy,‘we can well undersioand why _\t}‘;g Governor saw fit to veto the present Commissioner of Labor's budget request. ‘Warehousemen's WALTER OTIS ]. C. SIPKORSKY Concurred inby Local 871, A. F. L., in 943 MURPHY Workers IWA Local ABEL ANDERSON, Secretary (Paid advertisement) I943>