The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1945, Page 8

in ngressional Record and|by several companies. These com- \ read to the Cham- panies could and may be forced in- meeting. Your to bankruptecy or forced to in Mr. Bartlett's their vessels in more profitable op- par tly his erations. The hearings in 1940 es-| that operation by the tablished to the satisfaction of the not desir unless this| Attorney Gene of Alaska way to ay an increase what profits were made for several t prior thereto were by ators entirely artering v in foreign vice w port charges were very small and few stops were made on a long voyage. “Since increased rates would be trous to the economy of Alas- and cause a further decrease in revenues with an ever increasing " cost of operations, this Chamber must oppose any increase. The fore in order to be assured of s vice we must have subsidy or ome form of government opera- tion the C CHAMBER REPORTS ON BARTLETT BILL - ON FREIGHT RATES T rtation C Chamber of Cor following repor tt's' bill to to oper A general committee concur Q ble The mmitt from the Juneau has issued Delegate B: the Ala ka vessels adopted drawn up Banfield The merce a copy ing a we y ich will not exist after | qjsg hips back to Jur other agency March 2 m possi has & forestallin; uch rt information report A mat- meet- its unless en.in from all 10 privat service It appears from Delegate Bart- lett’s remarks that he shares your ccmmittee’s doubts regarding the possibility of getting a subsidy.| a Subsidies have never to our knou- nment agency designated to l°dge been given to operators coastwise trade. The following de- the vessels or unless the can eliminate wartime YOS add to the difficulty of gvmng subsidy ive costs and restore an effi- ¢ operation, Alaska will soon| without service now maintained Ambe the ue resources very long, and rates are raised or aid giv- nsportation Committee the form of a subsidy or ed HR 4731, a Bill in Con- give the Alaska Railroad to engage in the steam- 55 between points in the and places in Alask o studied the remar Bartlett which are printed Lack of precedence No assurance that given would be continued. Delay in securing an appro- ation 4. Congress is not likely to sub- sidize one operator without subsi- Delegate be r————————————— e pr izing all operators now running vescels to or within Alaska, which includes a large number of small local operators FOR THE XMAS FEAST 5. It would result in steamship operators being subsidized in com- petition with air lines. | If no subsidy can be obu.mod’, government operation of the ves- sels. The following thoughts on | To Make Your such government operation by the Alaska Railroad have been™consid- | & ered nlnners a “1. Con would probably be‘ more favorable to granting an ap- | propriation to pay t deficit of Success‘ the railroad as the operator than » it would be to give a subsidy to one or more private operators sress would probably be mc ned to pay for new ships ?\ P 'é‘o“‘g " which are absolutely nrvdcd’ to re- y 20, duce maintenance costs. This is s M NS “rr especially true since much deterior- \u AL \0 o \(n ation of the vessels was caused by v, '\'E"’ unusually long use without adequate ‘\ /&/ repair during the war while in government operation, carrying N o . o mostly government freight 3. Labor costs would be deter- IT IS Ez‘b‘ 'I " mined on a different basis with the stablished for labor the same at the they are established on the rail- CASE /EQY e 8 SR G . PHONE 704 4. Merchants and industrial es- tablishments in Alaska now must ‘ensome inventories as in- gajnst strikes which would ened under Government Op- eration “5. > Alaska Railroad has for many operated under a polic et by ress which does not per- mit a deficit as the railroad must {get along on its own revenues. This in the past has been done by ne- P e T e S S S R e e O EORGE BROTHER Super Market Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily PRl (P Arriving FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES A Complete Line to Fill All Your Wants... Alwuys the Best at Sugwr ’le net use that | these | ser-| any sub- | BPW Club Has Busy | Uggen. [$1,900 instead of $400, as was pre-! |of the Juneau Young | the club made a donation of $5 for |additional gift purchases. | erine O'Connor, former president of THE DAILY ALASKA EMP[RE—JUNEAU. ALASKA 2Teams Now | Dominate Big LoopBowling LEAGUE STANDINGS L Pct 889 Last result: were Hazbinns Carnegie Holmquist Simmons Blanton Radde glecting night’s Big League money. “6. The Alaska Railroad is nntnr- |iously slow in paying the claims 1' does pay and rejects a large amoun of clail which are substanlmtod by what is ordinarily considered atisfactory evidence. “7. We have no indication as to| what policy would or could be main- tained to assure service to isolated communities, the frequency of ser- vice to the larger communities, | what provisions would be made for seasonal trade or what rates would be charged. “Your committee believes serious |study should be given to consid- |eration of a Bill to authorize oper- ation iof vessels by the Maritime| | Cemmission since they have = al- ways operated in foreign trade. It Fred Henning's should be better qualified to assume claude Carnegie's | this duty. It should not be assum- tinued their winning ways in Major ied, however, unless it is the only peague bowling last night at the way that higher rates can be avoid- g doubling up on their clean ed.” sweeps of the week before te hold their one-two positions in tke loop tandings. Both clubs have now on all other oppcsition Henning outfit owes its one-game cdge to taking the odd line from Carnegle’s fivesome in the circuit's for lack of | 601 558 154— 527 146— 477 208— 584 224- Total Morning Glories: Metcalfe 165 King 144 McKinnon 175 B. Henning 178 Tomlin 165— 495 154— 439 JIAJUI\ eam Also Rans Hazbinns Morning Glories: Amachoors 155— 465 222 Total 7992431 1 7 e Amachoors Hendrickson Nichols Clark Scott Hudson 206— 515 165— 486 168— 486 Also Rans and Hazbinns con- Total Also Rans: Henning - Commumty Smgmg At Christmas Tree To Be Held Sunday -:vis - s ST pace for his cohorts last night The Community Christmas tree counting a 601 set total—the lea- sponsored by the Juneau Woman's “UNEE a0y o Though cOrfier of (Bront aid SewaTd Blists, o5 tobe forTthe HGHL b e e S Ths! Goloh i BHe HollARp L. matened Ly JRIIAR s S b Holmquist, who chalked up a 224 A third 200 count, by Ed Radde, ran The community singing of Ohrist- )" pazpinn’s total for that third mas carols will be held Sunday af- o,;0 yp (o a 957 team high toward ternoon at 4 o'clock, with Mrs. = o toom match total of 2,747 Robert Treat leading the singing * | ¥ ) ™ /0" nateh a short- "“: “:;:a:f‘yhx;‘;:‘m:' ‘ils“e‘:("ti‘;';d handed Amachoor outfit lived up to 515 195— 529 197— 546 | 159— 478 158— 505 170 166 145 192 812 879 882— did not bowl. cleaned up and the Burkette Bavard Total 2573 Average, U. OF ALASKA BRANCH 70 BE DISCUSSED AT (HAMBER THURSDAY gie set a hearty An open forum on the question of establishing a branch of the Uni- versity of Alaska in Southeast Alas- ka will be held in the Gold Room of the Barancf Hotel when the Juneau Chamber of Commerce meets to- morrow noon - - RY 'S BAKERY! (10,146-t4) TOM AND JE BATTER AT SULL vay by e leading Also Ran quin- join in the smgmg way by the leading Also Ran q at the Elks is Friday evening - Have Blg Tlme On maple DRINK KING BLACK LABEL!| It was cecided at last nights dent Jack Wilson, with Mrs. L. R. its flavor rich and satis- " tet when the Merchant Leaguers trun- Eve of New Y : ve 0f New tear l——— - 5 Nunnamaker acting as Secretary, fying. Try this finer tea. s name, being outclassed all the to young and old to be pYesent and 'S Name bel Next competitive bowling session dle their mixed hooks down the Club presided over by Vice-Presi- Its quality is a tradition, that as the regular meeting date is next Tuesday, Christmas Day, the weekly gathering of the organiza- tion will be postponed until the eve- ning of December 31, New Year's Eve It will ceded by be a social evening pre- a y short business meet- ing. Mr. Wilson appointed the fol- lowing committee to arrange to serve coffee and sandwiches: Mrs F. Timm, chairman; Mrs. Haps Neilsen, Mrs. John Rogers, Mrs. G E. Almquist and Mrs. Robert Burns. The music and reception committee | consists of E. M. McIntyre, chair- man, Mrs. Carl C. Collen, Mrs. Da-l vid Milner, L. R. Nunnamaker, Rob- | ert Burns and Charles E. Boyer. There will be both square and mogd- ern dancing. Newcomers are specially invited to | attend and get acquainted with their | new neighbors, watch the old year| out and usher the new year in. I Visitors receiving the greetings of the members last night were| Frank Pietsch, William Moundbcrg‘ and Bert H. Arnold. ) | E. M. McIntyre extended an in-| —— s i a Orange Pekoe and PekocTea [EEE Schiling f vitation from Zach Gordon, dir-| ector of the USO, to all present to the old fashioned square dance to-| night in the USO building. = = | Luncheon Session A lively discussion of club af- fairs occupied the members of the Business and Professional Women's Club at their noon luncheon busi- ness meeting at the Baranof Hotel, presided over by President Lillian Just arrived for Christmas Shoppers FRESH FRUITS and | VEGETABLES | THE SEASON'S The announcement was made by the Bond Committee Chairman that tnd sales credited to the club/ during the recent drive lotaledj viously reported. The lovely handmade quilt which has been on display in the window Hardware Store will be awarded tomorrow evening at the Capitol Theatre, im- mediately following the first show, it was announced. Volunteers from the club were re- quested to be at the Legion Dug-| out Friday evening at 7 o'clock to help wrap and pack gifts for the Community Toy Center, to which Specially Priced EXTRA FANCY WINESAPS — DELICIOUS and ROMAN BEAUTY Buy Them by the Box Now $3.75 Pleoly wreeLy 16----PHONES-=--24 Miss Pauline Meredith, a recent transfer from Claremont, Okla., gave @ brief resume of club work in her former home. A letter of greet-' ings to the club ifrom Miss Cath-, the Juneau Club was read. Miss O'Connor and Miss Meredith lately “exchanged” positions, Miss O'Con- nor going from here to Claremont, Okla. Four new members were introduc- ed at the luncheon, Laura Ordway, |Amy Lou Blood, Ruth Coffin and | Alice Connelly. ! — STORES OPEN UNTIL 9 | | Grocery and meat markets ex- cepted, the majority of locai stores | are now open until 9 o'clock each | evening for the convenience of Christmas shoppers. The first State to lavy a registra- tion fee on automobiles, was New Phone 92- 95—2 Free Dellvenes Daily —2747 \, ‘Ymk‘ in 1901 i WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1945 D BT L R Pt AR DL L 4T U. S. GOVT. INSPECTED—NO. 1 POTATOES §QO0 bs. 5.50 Netted Gems 5@ 1bs. $2.95 PINK SALMON ALASKA CRAB This Week Only! 3 cans 85¢ 49ctin | 1 2cans $3.00 POPCORN - - - - 2Ibs.35 NEW ARRIVALS: Red Kidney Beans . . Red Mexican Beans . . Brown Rice and many others! ORANGE JUICE California—Unsweetened—12 oz. tins JUST RIGHT IFOR TWO! 12 cans $2.19 Case 48 tins $8.59 MINCE MEAT - . 21b.jar 50 BORDEN'S—DARIGOLD—CARNATION MEEK Case $4.99 GRAPEFRUIT | ORANGE JUICE JUICE Pure—Unsweetened Pure—Unsweetened “éé 21 :ol z‘gxs Case24 No. 2tins $6.49 CASE 12—46 OZ. CANS CALTONE BRAND . \ N N \ \ l} N \ l} )\ )\ l} \ N \ l} § \ ] 4 $408Q) ! FRESH FROZEN FOODS Most Complete Steck in Juneau Strawberries . . Corn-on-Cob . . Peas . . Cut Corn . . Asparagus . . Cauliflower . . Broccoli Orange Juice . . Lima Beans . . Peaches . . Shrimp . . Green Beans . . Mixed Vegetahles Peas and Carrofs . . Rhubarb TOMATO JUICKE STOKLEY—RELIANCE—SUNKIST $3.49 $:3.69 24 NO. 2—CASE 12—16 OZ.—CASE NEW DELIVERY SCHEDULE MINIMUM ORDER $2.00 MORNING DELIVERY CLOSES DOUGLAS DELIVERY CLOSES AFTERNOON DELIVERY CLOSES . PHONE Be,'fs DHONt CASH GROCERY 10 A. M. 10 A. M. 3 I’. M. WM“WWMMNOQ Buy Her a Sweater for Christmas? ata Special Price $4.95 All Wool All Colors _ + Short and Long | Sleeves GIFT HANDERKERCHIEFS 25¢ to $10.00 JONES -STEVENS SEWARD STREET There Is No Substitute for Newspaper Advertising! .