The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1948, Page 2

PAGE TWO designed by PRLTER / DeLISO such a dash to your costume... such a lift to your step, BMB QUALITY SINCE /887 GIRL SCOUT CAMP | PLANS AREBEING | COMPLETED SOON - A meeting of the leaders of the Girl uts and Brownie troops of the Juneau-Douglas area wa held Mond ng in the Luther- an Chur cuss plans for re-) gistration for Girl Scout Camp. | , Mrs. Ralph Rivers, chairman of the camp committee, issued cation forms which the 1 will give to the members of their troops | at the regular troop meetings this week Girl Scouts will be registered for| two weeks, June 7 to 21 for a fee of | $20, for that period, and the Brown- | ies may register for two weeks of June 21 to July 3 for the fee of $20, or they may register for one week only from June 21 to 28 for a fee| of $12.50. 4 Mrs. Rivers reported that plans| for the camp are shaping up \'vryf well and that an especially successs | ful one is anticipated. An exper-! ienced camp director and a well| qualified waterfront director have| appli- | | been engaged, More voluntee:s ccun- |~ There must be one counselor to every ten girls. Any women intereste in this worth- while work should call Mrs. Pauline Washington, phone . Volunteer counselors do not need previous experience, Arrangements selors are neded National Forest Timber For Sale Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester, Juneau, Alaska, up to and including 9:00 AM., APRIL 23, 1948, for all the mer- chantable dead timber, standing or down, all the live timber mark- ed or designated for cutting, on an area totaling approximately 20 acres on both sides of the Lemon Creek | Trail north of the National Forest bounda approximately one mile from the Glacier Highway, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, estimated to be 735000 feet' BM. more or less, of Sitka spruce and western hemlock sawtimber, and 1,000 linear feet, more or less, of piling. No bid of less than $2.00 per M ft. BM. for spruce saw r, $1.00 per M ft B.M. for hemlock sawtimber, and 1c per lnear foot for piling up to and including 95 feet in length and 1%c for per line: foot feet in gt $500 m accompa be applied on whe pure funded, or ret ed Tiquidated damages, accor conditions of sale. Primary manu- facture outside of the Territory of Alaska of any part of the timber is subject to the consent of the Re- gional Forest The right served to reject any or all L ceived. Before bids are submit full information concernir timber, the conditions of the submission of bids shou obtained from the Divisior per- visor, Juneau, Alaska, or the Re- gional Forester, Juneau, Alaska First publication, March 23, 1948 Last publication, April 13, 1948 pilin ‘also revealed at the Leg HAWKINS [SSUES EXPLANATICN OF MILL POSITION Sawmill Workers Elect New Union President and Vice-President (Continued from Page One) Bay Camp,” said Hawkins, “was due to the fact that the sawmill in Ju- {neau Is closed with a picket line placed around it because of the cu rent ILWU dispute and the unce |tain length of time it will be sh idown, it would not be wise to store Jany more logs here. Then too, the r of toredo action is great at {this time of the year. Lorgehcre Scale Teo High have notified the remaining yees at Edna Bay that this tion would negotiate with ar the strike at the to {mill here in Juneau, our company j“, unable to pay the wage scales de- n nded by the lon remen. The ‘ amount of work that they do for the wages they demand would increase ;nur costs so that we could not com- {pete in the sale cf lumber. in: the States. The steamship rates do not ermit us to sell lumber shipped in oats to the States. Therefore, we ill either ship by barges or not at all and we will not pay the long- shoremen the wages th€y demand the amount of work that they produce for other employers ingJu- au. If they were willing to give 1 fair da) work for a fair day's we would just as soon hire em as anyone else.” | | { 45 | Labor Consultant Here In other news concerning the cis- it the sawmill, Eugene Card, >ersonnel and Labor Consultant to the Juneau Spruce Co ived here this mi tand advise Hawkins. joration, ar- to assist that there It was also revealed / 3 been a shakeup of officers in SPNTS ( M-272, International Wood- ER2cENc 4 0. wotkers of America nich is the union now having jurisdiction over ‘ Il workers at the sawmill. William as elected Satur to fill vacancy of Presid in the - BUAR S UL A and Herb Gouldsmith was 3 Vice-President when Nels have been made for the camp direc-|poc™ ecioned tor to arrive in Juneau a few The sawmill workers, howaver, vefore chmp opens to give the coun- s general instructions. llment applications should be >d to the troop leader as soon as possible and not later than May 15. Troop leaders will turn in the applications and registration fees to Mrs. Wilfred Jo! on, registra- tion chairman - NAYAL CRUISER TO VISIT JUNEAU, FOURTH OF JULY A U. 8. Navy light cruiser visit Juneau this year to tak 2 in the city’'s Fourth of July cele- bration. This was revealed by Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson at a meet- ing of Juneau Post No. 4, American Legion last night. The Mayor said that he had re- ceivad a letter from Pacific Fleet Headquarters of the Navy inform- ing him that the U. €. Atlanta will visit bere from June 30 to July § The vessel will be conducting a U Air Force P-80 jet elled) time. Other Fourth of Juls are still refusing to cross the ILWU picket lines The Alaska Unemployment Com- pensation Commission explainer to- day that, while it is accepting all claims for unemployment pay, by law, it cannot.award UCC benefits to those involved in a 1abor dispute. - - CLOVE HITCHIS T MAKE CALIFORNIA PORTS ON RETUR The Clove ‘Hitch, of the Alaska 1sportation Company that sail- ed from Skagway March 13, to Hous- ton, Texas with a locad of oil pipe arrived in the Texas port April 7. She arrived at the Panama Cunal on April 1 and was taken through by Captair Ross and Chief Olal Jensen vithout any unusual events. The Cicve Hitch will return north jthrougn the following ports: April l’§0 she will load go at Los An- geles, at San Francisco May 2 and| iu May 6 will stop at Portlané, Ore, for the final load before coming io Southeast Alaska. The offering of cargo in the Cal fornia ports is good but will nct onflict with anything the regular jobbers and Southeast Alaskan re- ceivers normally handle, The Clove Hitch will sail for Southeast Alaska approximately May 7. p plans were on meeting Mayor Hendrickson said that at- tempts are being made to secure U 8. Air Gorce P-80 jet propelled figh%er planes here from Elmendorf Field or some P-51 fighters such as ve the city such an excellent air how last year, .- In other Legion business, the pro- blem of securing a Na al Ceme- tery was again discussed and a committee was appointed to study e Lumber from Juneau Is fo Go East Via B. (. Port of Prince Rupert PRINCE RUPERT, B. C,, April 13 —(M—A cargo of approximately BY PAA YESTERDAY Pan Amer; n flights yesterday brought in 15 and left with eight passengers from Juneau as follows: From Seattle ber s expected to arrive in Prince Walter Dees, Ed-lthe United States, the first of a new 750,000 board feet of Alaskan lum-; Rupert today for 'rail shipment to| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 'NEW WEIGHT RATES ' ON SHIPMENTS FOR - ALASKA EFFECTIVE Northern Voyager Sailing | from Seatfle April 16 i‘ Uses New System | | Sailing from Seattle on April |16 for Southeast Alaska, the North- ‘ern Voyager of the Alaska Trans- portaticn Company will be the first ,vessel to give shippers and receiv- ers the benefit of the new weight rates on groceries, recently adopt- ed by the Southeast Alaskan Con- fercnce with the approval of the U. 8. Maritime Commission,, says Jim Church, Juneau agent. ! In tests made during the last couple cf weeks.on various Al- aska steamship operator's wharves, the new rates show a reduction in transpertation charges of 18 to 20 percent. This accrues to the ship- per or receiver. There will also be - a saving to the amship operators through the use of weight rates as against measurement rates when the Se- attle adopted the weight basis for their charges, thus doing away with the necessity of measuring the pack+- ges of groceries. This reduction, Leing on groceries used by all citizens of the Territory, is placing the saving in transportation cost where it will benefit the greatest number, The Northern Voyager will sail irom Pier 58, April 16. The re- duced rates became effective Ap- ril 12, O LOCAL ROTARY CLUB ENTERTAINED YOUNG JUNEAUITES The Rotary Club was entertain- ed by three of Juneau's up and coming artists today noon at their weekly lunchecn. Carson Lawrence presented the young ladies as follows: Miss Janu McCon~ nel, who sang “Sailin’ On” and “Where the River Shannon Flows.” She was accompanied by Miss Lois Lawrence. Miss Lawrence presented a very dificult number and it was well exccuted. She playeG the Second Mazurka by Mozart. Helen Lister played Paderewski's Minuet and some of the audience were won- dering how such a tiny person could possibly reach both ends of the keyboard at the same time. The pregram was one of the best pre- sented to the club for some time,! apd was enjoyed by all. Nom. s for the Board of Directors re made as follows: Hcrace Adams, Bob Akervick, Ben Benecke, Charlie ' Carter, Neil Fritchman, Bob Lajoie, Carson Law- rence, Bert McDowell, Joe' Mec- Lean, Ernie Parsons, Ellis Rey- nolds and Art Uggen. Elections will be held next week Horace Adams of the Alaska Steamship Co., announced that the Alaska dock was being painted for the summer tourists and that the Rotary sign on the building shculd be re-painted. Henry Green of Northland Transportation Co., was appointed as a one man com- mittee to take charge of the ar- rangements for tHe job. i Visiting Rotarians at today’s luncheon was Eugene H. Card, of Coos Bay, Oregon. Other guest was Lew Zawatsky. Members who have recently re- turned from vacations from the! cutside were Charles W. Carter of |the Carter Mortuar; William { Hughes, Baranof Hotel and J. W. { Burford of Burford and Company | e | Richardson Highway | ToBe Open Thursday | SEATTLE, April 13. — (» — The| | Richardson Highway will open- for | travel Thursday. | | The highway gateway from Valdez to interior Alaska will be clear of | snow and ready for traffic, Robert | E. Kelsey, manager of the Valdez Dock Company, reported to the Al- cska Steamship Co. here today. First perishables for highway transit from the Alaska Steamship and Alaska Terminals also 2 | i TWENTY-THREE FLY . RUSSIANS " BUILDING ~ ARFORCE | S i WASHINGTON, April 13.—(®— Russia is building the greatest a forcz in the world, Air rvices Committee today. “They seem to want to reach a decision with us and they want to|Mrs reach it in the air,” he said. Symington testified on draft legislation. A bill before the com- | mittee would authorize a draft to beost the armed forces to 1,944,000 men, about 559,500 more than th now have. The bill would provide from R for 70 air combat groups compared | ector of the with 55 at present. We know Russia is building 12| times as many planes as we are,”|gq Symington told the commitiee. | “They are building up the force in the world.” ! Secretary | ton told the House Armed | pensatien Fund is growing faster ] | {ing UNEMPLOYMENT | COMPENSATION FUND GROWING Adjusted Credit Rating for Employers Is Not Harm- ful, Says Mrs. Engstrom The Alaska (;x;;ploymem Com- than it can be used according to Eltdn Engsirom member of the last Territorial Legislature and ncw a candidate for the Republican mination to the Territorial Sen: ate. Mrs. Engstrom, as a member of the Legislature, secured statistics E. Sheldon, Executive Di- Alaska Unemploy- ment Compensation Commission, on the cperation of the fund. She : “There is some misrepresen- i tation of the Adjusted Credit Rat- is called an the provision which act ‘against labor’ and for In response to questicns from ReP.|janefit of ‘absentee interests’.” Johnson (D-Tex.), Symington said| considers the air force of 70| ups more important to unucion ¥ he training. o> - Power Brownout in No. Cali‘ornia Is Now Washed Away SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. (®— ‘The power brownout is over in northern California and Nevada— washed away by snow and ra:nf california’s emergency power 4 rector has lifted the mandatory 20 percent cut in electrical consump- tion that was ordered last menth A record winter drought caused the cut. Precipitation still is not up to nor- mal, and the emergency restrictions an be put back if deemed neces- sary. One result of the lifting of the of the brownout is the relighting giant street sign in Reno, the one that reads—biggest little city in tle world o i SEATTLE SHORT OF ICE? Although no indications of an ice shortage are evident in the States, representatives of the Se- attle Pan American office haye requested the Juneau branch to send 75 pounds of glacier ice to Seattle for a scheduled celebration. The glacier ice—packed in dry ice —will be sent, according to Fred Dunn. i 5 L i [ COURT RETURNS ‘ Judge George W. Folta and oth- er members of the U. S. District Court for the First Division re- turned here on board the Alaska from Ketchikan where they have been conducting the Spring Court term. Others in the party were J. W. Leivers, Clerk of the Court; Mrs. Leis Estepp, Deputy Clerk of the Court, and Miss Mildred Maynard, Court Reporter. FROM SAWYERS LANDING J. W. Sawyers from Sawyers Landing is in Juneau and stay- ing at the Gastineau Hotel. .o HERE FROM SEATTLE Eleanor A. Hole and Mr. an Mrs. L. F. Wilson, all from Se- attle, are staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel. ——————— VANCOUVER VISITORS Dale Leekie and V. Nelson, both from Vaucouver, are at the Baranof Hotel. S eee————— FROM SEATTZE B. A. Darnell, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Littlefield and H. C. Allgood of the DuPont Co. from Seattle, are,staying at the Baranof Hotel. S e - ANCHORAGE VISITORS Mrs. G. R. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Kurriges and Helen Barros, from Anchorage, are stay- Iing at the Baranof Hotel > FROM TENAKEE SPRINGS Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Reynoldson a 8 o'clock Thu:sday night. | from. Tenakee Springs is staying | at the Baranof Hotel. win Hansen, Frank Graham and|jumber traffic that will see an an-|Company are scheduled to leave SRR g wife, George Gr » Jack Setzer|ticipated 3,000,000 board feet a|Seattle Saturday on the steamer b §° SI‘T!“h Firs and Ivor Jenkins. month passing through this port. |Aleutian, U. 8. District Court for Lie rst From- Whi se: Marion Saw-| The Jumber is to be shipped by the | R 6 e o Tiyialon gwill . travel ;O Bitks , on ver, Oliver Schumacker, Ken Cook,{junsau Spruce Corporation to the A . the next voyage of the Alaska in James Stover and Dean Tal eastern United States by states (all‘o’nla Demos order to conduct naturalization \TFrWrT; L;x{rbmm- 'FuM(T:D“. steamships of Juneau. It will be S o hearings. S i P R i # Hun-lprought to Prince Rupert. from Ju- "' 'k E h S S A S o : neau by barge and loaded on rail a 'ng “en ower KNOX MARSHALL HERE, To Seattle: Gladys Weatherald,|eaps here LOS ANGELES, April 13.—(p...| Knox Marshall, .Dlvmon Super- \} lliam Rc.m“ H. R ‘Hn‘op\r‘ Mil- L% S EE N There's a lot of talk about General visor for the U. 8. Forest Service dred Harshburger, Simon Eisenhower among California Dem- at Petersburg, was an overnight K. V Kalsta. Jac] e IVAN cou n Brookiin and fé'fi?,’,‘&iREBEI(AH LODGE 10 1 , JR., WILL JOIN PNA STAFF HERE ocrats today. State Chairman James Roosevelt read a letter from the General at a Jackson Day dinner last night. It expressed regrets that Eisenhower could not attend, The MEET AT 8 TONIGHT The ladies of the Rebekah Lodge [will meet this evening at the usual visitor and was scheduled to re- turn to his headquarters - today. B HERE FROM FAIRBANKS H. G. Hungate of Fairbanks is Democrats cheered noisily when the [ Juneau and staying at the Gas- Cousin, Jr., formerly sta- time of 8 o'clock to hold their busi-|letter was read, and Roose diq | ineau Hotel. with Pacific Northern Air- ness meeting. not mention President Truman, 23 A T I at Anchorage, is scheduled The members of the Drill team| Florida's Senator Claude Pepper ADMIRALTY ACTION to assume permanent duties with are urged to attend as there will'be|told the Democrats: “I don't know| Eight cases for action, totaling 2 e i Juneau within the a practice held after Lodge. This|who will be our candidate in No-|$2807.14 plus interest, were in- ext few days beautiful weather should sce all|vember cluded in an Admiralty Action Cousins plans to return to’ An- members present, as the coming en- -~ - filed in U. 8. District Court today chorage today, after which he will tertamment of the Odd Fellows About $7.000 worth of rope ig|by James D. Madsen and Edward come back to Juneau as a local and the Rebekahs will be an event|carried as equipment on n mode-|P. Madsen against Orville Wheat member everyone will want o keep up with. |ern ocean freishier and the vessel 31A7M ve90 000080000 NETI0C0OOEE ve Mrs. don informed her Engstrom said that Shel- that the Credit 5 iy ‘”'Rahng provision has not resulted y than universal military|;, | of ‘ Compensation claims. any payments non-payment or reduction of Unemployment According to Sheldon’s figures, says Mrs. Engstrcm, there was $1,400,000 more in the fund on !March 31 than at the same time last year, despite credit rating to cne-third of the Territorial em- ployers amcunting to $450,000. There are 2,174 employers who pay into the fund, she said. Dur- ing 1947, they paid $2,000,000, and 806 employers received credit rat- ings under six classifications. They had paid in for at least four years and satisfied other require- ments. In 1947, says the Senate as- pirant, claims paid amounted to $556,000. The fund as compared with year ago. e - now totals $10,800,000 $9,400,000 one e e 0 v v v o 6 0 6 WEATHER REPORT (U. & WEATHER BUREAU (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 a.m. today In Juneau --Maximum, 48; minimum, 31 At Airport— Maximum, 46; minimum, 24. WEATHER FORECAS1 (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly fair with some high cleudiness tonight and Wed- nesday. Lowest temperature tonight near freezing. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours endiig 7:30 a.m. taday In Juneau City— Trace: since April 1, .02 inches; since July 1, 80:99 inches. At the Airport— Trace; since April 1, .11 inches; since July 1, 4€.51 inches. 000000000000 00c000000 a0 ® e 85 e ve o b BTG s | STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof, from Seattle, arrived at 2:30 this afternoon. Schedul- ed to sail westward at 8 tonight. Ncrthern Voyager scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway at 8 o'clock | tomerrow morning and sails south at 9 a. m. Alaska scheduled southbound at | B FROM PORT ANGELES Paul Holmes and wife of Port | Angeles, Wash,, are registered at, the Gastineau Hotel. | To keep the on the CREDIT RATING of the UNEMPLOYMENT . COMPENSATION FUND. .. Here is the TRUTH- ll TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1948 STO(K ouo'[A"o"s '91. Kennecott 547%, New York Cen- | tral' 14%, Northern Pacific 20%, NEW YORK, April 13—M—|U. S. Steel 75%, Pound $4.03%. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau| Sales today were 950,000 shares. mine stock today is 3%, American|* Averages today are as follows: Cen 82%, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss- | industrials 179.45, rails 54.98, util- Wright 7; International Harvester ities 33.54. e So Fast! So Easy! So Thorough! THIS NEW oy It’s a breeze to whisk over your rugs with this streamlined lightweight G-E Cleaner! And how it cleans—brushes out deep-down dirt, gently, quickly, thoroughly! 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Unions PAY Application Blanks for the Sitka Job are now available at Union Hall Those wanting to work on the new Hospital are requested to fill out application forms - immediately. w See Dick Harris record STRAIGHT $10,800,000 4n fund March 31, 1948 $ 9,400,000 in fund same date 1947 $ 556,009 paid out i n benefits in 1947 $ 2,000,000, representing 3 per cent of the payroll of 2,174 employers, paid into fund in 1947 e $ 450,000 credit ratings to 806 employers (whq have paid into fund at least 4 years and fulfilled other requnrements)_ Therefore, despite credit rating, unemployment compensation funds have increased almost a million and a half dollars more than previ- ous year. : This credit rating provides tax relief for hundreds of small Alaska busi- nesses such as grocery stores, drug stores, machine shops, laundrie any other wage earner. s, garages, whose owners are making a living like MRS.ELTON ENGSTROM FOR SENATOR ——