The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1949, Page 2

PAGE TWO s e ———————————_E e P n itoumn i Ceniury ’BE Clothing anufacture iines Continue for C6 Years | | Miek D RA ¢ . Y ¥ 4 History repeated in 1900, in 1919, | markets and to hundreds of re- and again in 1946. tail centers including Hawaii, Bermuda, South America and ‘ In those early years ready- Alaska. made clothing was entirely hand- tailored. ~ Henry Michaels was ne of the few who were able to | supply the quantity and quality | desired. B. M. Behrends Is Outlet As the Territory developed, the | B. M. Behrends Company accept- ‘ed the Michaels, Stern clothing |line for Juneau and the Gas- tineau Channel area, and today The traveling man for Hénry | Hadls 15t iy o kA | carries on display a wide assort- iels in those y years had | pontof garments. to do the tasks of a super-man. | In the trade practices then exist- the salesman had to carry | least the ocat of every suL‘l offered in the line. That transporting 12 to 15 trunks into every sales territory. Task for Hercules Descendants of The Founder Dcscendants of the founder e the third and fourth meant ; B ration who, as executives of the firm, continue to guide its stinies and serve the public. v include Henry M. Stern, . a grandson of Henry Mich- while Henry M. Storn, Jr., vice president, is a great- ing, vn_clothing had been by Patrick 1 a few years the But the men of that time were equal to demands, for the firm moved to ever increasingly larger a €r ciple He was re- auarters, and eventually the son cted by all who knew him dur- main plant on the site of the Z 4 led in 1894 old Michaels residence was| Of the company’s 1500 em- iis life rloyees, 802 have been with the firm more than 20 years, 176, more than 25 years, while more erected. Business Century Old Jusin Morley A. Stern Joins Firm The business ¢ Wholes: : § | than 40 have been with the firm Mic '. el After various changes in exX- | ¢ . 39 to 50 years. N ecutive personnel had taken | Instant suc- | vlace, and after having formed | Behrends, Pioneer Dealers ulted the firm of H. Michaels & Co., in 1873. Morley A. Stern jolned“ The B. M. Behrends CD:“-""‘"Y the organization in 1875, when | Providing M-8 clothing to the present firm and name came | Ll)\‘(‘i“”g:;x:fi:z::;s Wr}’)‘?:‘:wi::heir: pro bt |the days of '98, wore Michaels arlier desizn. | So, the pioneer firm of Alaska carries on with the Pioneer firm of Rochester, Clothiers to today’s “Man of America.” h made neces- est operating the same fam of time y strain t Growing apace with the expan- of population in America, tichnels, Stern line is known | hout the Americas and its travel to the major half th throu: \lesmen cloth familiar? ]l ere’s our Spring set-up of MICHAELS-STERN fabric values that will score high with you men who want style and service at an easy-to-reach price. . Sure to "strike” your fancy with their array of fine weaves, clearcut and sparkling new patterns are the popuiar NEW YORKER and TIFFANY Worsteds. Smart and smooth, with a definite flare th for "taking”" fine tailoring . . MICHAELS-STERN Worsteds will make an instant hit with you. e Strikingly priced, too . . . . New Yorkers $65.00 Tiffanys $60.00 Extra Tiffany trousers $15.00 @«« R S, z g % L ] BMBEHRENSS),; 0, U SR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE: o JUNEAU. ALASKA UIRECTHITS OMINVADERS " ARE CLAIMED Continued irom Page One) 600 miles from the rehearsal, are many at Ladd Field, ; Brig. Gen. Dale V. Gaff- 1:nder of the 5001st Wing, | were here then and took part e preparation and the actual ttle which marked the be- of the 15-month Aleutian only war to 40 ships and 18,000 men g part in the Navy's kncwn as 1 irt tak: 2,000 Marines Readied n amphibious force ines undergoing cold-weather t s expected to take part d Adm. B. J. Rodgers, com- ander of amphibious forces in the c.lie, said he was pleased with performance of men and vipment in the opening stages the exercise. v eather here has ranged right {ciound freezing, but temperatures | )i 40 to 70 below are. common on e mainland. proved “surprisingly effec- admiral arrived here by sefore the Aleutian alert was or- ered. h's is a geod start,” he said. year miral Rogers s:id the Navy 5. from these excreises, to de- ndin crait which can break through ice and vehicles that the ez and snow terrain > - ALASKA'S INCOME | TAY LAW WILL BE | TESTED N COURT SEATTLE, Feb. 7—®—A F\d- eral Court restraning crder has d waterborne shipping to Al- 1 biing brought to a halt stened by the Territory's new neome tax law. e tax, 10 per cent of the Fed- withholdinz tax. was pass-d by legislature during a special ssicn, and was withdrawn from hips' crews pay here Friday. The Sailors’ Union of the Pac- |ific went to court and got a tem- orary restraining order against t Alask Steamship Company | forcing the company to set aside be deductions in a special fund nd not give them to the Terri- t tor The crew then signed on. The law, retroactive to January 1, rovides withholding from all per- > whether they are residents or not. wired the ccmpany that he inter- cted the new law as “not ap- ng to “non-resident’ ships’ per- connel on virtually continuous iravel.” Rivers said he had noti- fied the company’s attorneys that hold the language is designed > cover seasonal workers in the north, who are paid at the sea- ton's end in the states,” but not ecular commercial ships’ crew- i n. nterpretation of the law left them no alternative but to withhold the ruoney, and “to comply with the ww as written.” The action filed by the sailors 15 the first seeking a court test of the new law. MEHING TONIGHT FOR SUGGESTIONS TO FWS OFFICIALS “onight’s meeting, at 7:30 lock in the City Council Cham- , will be to Dan Ralston, acting director the U. S. Fish and Wildlife O'Connor, law enforcement ction of public opinicn,” Ralston today. ————— BABY GIRL BORN A T-poung bab and Mrs. g'rl was born to Joseph Waddell -at 17 pm. saturday night at St. ‘nn's Hospital. This s the Wad- s first child, Mr. Waddell is em- loyed at the Juneau Plumbing Co. >ee - HERE FROM SEATTLE f Service. o uem for the Juneau District, and | \ A, (Buw Elkins, FWS wildile | nasement supervisor, will be in e of the meeting. Il iutercsted sportsmen and | the re¢ urged to attend, to offer tions or recommendations [ ing changes in hunting, tiepping and sport-fishing regula- s for the coming season. We hope to gel a real €ross- ¥ A Schaffer and Bob Kinney of Seattle cre guests at the Gas- “l!l\.‘:lu, Operation ' of 2,000 landings later in the week. He said equipment | i'ne from San Diego a few hours we may go to the { Alaska, where it really | i :ons gaining a living from Alaska, | Attorney General Ralph Rivers The company answered that their [~ in the nature of a | lic' forum on game laws, accord- | TWO SPEAK ON PROPERTY TAX, FiSH MEASURES| Two members of the Texmom i sislature took the floor at the ions Club luncheon this ncon tc splain provisions of bills. Senator Wuctor C. Rivers of Anch- oragze spoke to the Lions Club on the Property Tax bill and Repre- entative Alfred A. Owen, Jr, ex- plained the provisions of Hous2 Bil ta Territorial Department of Fish- eries and a Fisheries Board. Speaking in favor of the proper tax le:islation Secator R Lions that he felt the La\ measu: ¢ | was not punitive, ex densome. “It is my hope,” he said, “tha roperty outs d tow itek> a fair ponsi (for taxaton.” i Representative Owen told Lio: that “fishing is now the indus vhich is carrying the Territory, an 5 sueh it behooves us to look aft our sound resource. It seem that Alaska look aiter its own rests, with the establishment 2 T( ritorial Fisheries Comui ion.” | Harry Sperling, Gold Mcdal Ba ‘k toall Tournament Chairman, r orted that tickct sales were coin | aud Plans for ente l'\mmv sitiny teams got into i th the appointment of k Ha let as chairman of entertainm-: I'ng told memcieis t de arranzements i sion prices at nk for and townspeople. Jf yor members of Boy St Plans were discussed to join a 17- {member Ketchikan group ol Lio; o are going in Varne and a nitaries. | B VETS DISCONTINUE 13 BRAXCH OFFICES Eiminaticn of 13 branch offices of the Veterans Administration s been announced by Veterans dministrator Carl R. Gray, Jr. n the elimination di- {rective is the Vets branch office n Seattle which has been respon- for the administration and supervision of Alaska’s Veterans Administration Regional Office in Juneau. Supervision of the region office ere will b2 carried on now direct irom Washington, according to Er- nest E. Lincoln, manager. He add- ed that the directive will have no ffect on personnel in the region- al office here. The Seattle Branch Office un- der Deputy Administrator Donald 1. Shute has served as a super- vicory units for the states of Wash- ington, Ovegon, Idaho, Montana, 1 for Alaska. | | itions will be 13 district offices limited te operational activities ln-' olved in handling National Service | Life Insurance and Death Claims. ! Veterans Administrator Clay has nted out that the estimated sav- 10s as a result of the liquidation | sf branch office supervision will be approximately 2,500 people and ten ' | million dounrs | =re | !MURED HERE IN TRUCK ACCIDENT 73-year-oid woman was injured evercly at 1 o'clock this afternoon after ceiny struck by a truck on; ; at the rear entrance Coast grocery ware- . Clark, pedestrian, was Ann's hospital where condition is reported as suffered a compcund d possivle internal B ident of shock late this o her physician, injuries. vietim was in a state afternon, accord- ing Dr. C. C. Car- or. According to eyewitnesses at scene shbortly after the accident. man appeared to have teen ing along the ice ked i The truck is believed to have been racking to an alleyway along side the grocery warehouse. An operator of a tirc repairing shop nearby who was at the scene '\ few seconds after the aceident said u hat when he arrived tho woman | was lying in the snow near the rear rizcht wheel of the truck. and ap- peundwmlumgaloc of blood. Ambulance drivers who took the hospital were Chatlie the the k- I woman to th Lest her ablished in the branch office | ki teams to participate in Alaskan and Jack Cunningham. | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1949 HOME FOR | WOMEN IS DISCUSSED (contmued ) page one) 17 in favor of women ' Sen. Barr ounced. “They are people and uld be treated 2s such and we wculd give them the same care en they need it as we do our neer men.” While T am generally not in or of any appropriations Bill approved by the Finance Com- ttee, T believe we should build me for the women,” Senator ward Lyng said. | pointed out that surveys in past have failed to show a ¢osing need for such a home but believe the Pioneer Auxiliary 1d fnd enough women to fill nator E. B. Cellins took much H g along with these' 5 of creating ncw boards ! up money for them,” “I think, however, we all he necessiy fer a bufld-i T this kind and I would rath- apprepriate $100,000 or even 200,000 for it than a half million 1 fc e Alaska Development d.” he Scnate was to hear Russell 1 irector of the Welfare during the afternoen ask him about ment n today and introduced 12te this morning. S.B. 1a. enstor Steve McCutcheon, 1 vide pay of $15 for Gen- on clerks and judges Teiritory making up the between the pay allow: Federal government 1 nount named Senator Rivers introduced S. B. requ It would amend 1t lien law of the Terri- erence munications received by the 5 m rninz were mainly | ainst tax measures, | n Wran ell protested will increase their | ¢ number of telegrams | 0 osc the Bill pass- | 0 o place a $500 on sailboats, and the| vsirial Company, 1) development in the i ermed both the inccme tax and general property tax haz- i plans. SRl (LUB PLANS MONTE | i CARLC PARTY, FeB. 19, it the Juncau ki Club & unday, plans w jonie Carlo party Ye_ruary 19. This party ig w raise } unds to finance sending Juneau's ki texm: to Comp te at Anclhiorage during the Fur Rendezvous, Febru- ary 21 through 26. There is the pos- lity of cntering the teams in the!} Whitehorse Carnival as well. By the unanimous decision of th | it wao decided to-accept Tom George’s offer to use Salmon Creek elub, party. A special social committee meet- in- was scheduled ior tonight at 7 alph Ranc Mente Cario n jue ‘C.l that f.m‘ those anxious to telp plan decora ‘ 1s and prepare ad hxlan; are uvited to attend this meeting at! ack Glover's Sion Shop above the r en Age Club. Necrly 20 =ki boosters attended Le breakfast in the Baranof Gold Room preliminary to a day of fast skiinz. A good discussion was held tevelop plans for fnancing the ming expedition of the Juneau inter-city competitions. Ski club' ed at| inter- . HEARING OPENED BY NLRB AGAINST DOUGLAS CANNERY A formal hearing in the District Court room in the Federal Building was opened this morning L, the I, tional Labor Relations B against the Douglas Canninz Coi pany, Inc., before Trial Examiner [ Martin S. Bennett, a staff trial cx- am.ner from Washington, D. C. Tiie charge was filed by the Un ed Alaska Fishermen and Workers' Union, A. F. of L., and a complaint was issued by the NLRD alleging that the company had ¢ tered into contracts with the I Tobacco and Agriculture Wor Union, CI.O. The complaint further allezed that the A. F. of L. actually repre- nted a m-jority of the compar ployees, but that the company ntered ‘nto a contract with the C. -0., and, by so0 doing, the company aot only refused to bargain with the A. F. of L. but hag given improper ssistance to the CI.O. Attorne for the NLR.B. is Jo- Mer:ick, woile Douglas inz Compyany is ripresentsd b; Joseph McLe: Appcarance was made on behalt of the CI.O. by Rokert H. Kinney. The testimony of several witness- s was taken in the opening ses- on which ended at 1 o'clock, to be resumed at 2:30 o'clock. Toe hearing was expected to con- E today or some time !o- > PHOSPHATE HOLDS PROMISE, BELIEVES NOTED AGRONOMIST his subject was “Aretic Dr. Basil M. Bensin, acronomist, empha- e another field as well, in his 'lustrated lecture yesterday after- noon in the House Chambers. 3 0 much attention to ut Alaska’s future ut in phosphate.” Jr. Pensin held up a sample {ound the Brooks ranuc, ore which test- erccnt P. .205. Alaskan agricuiture, the scientist believes it must become Alask>'s tasic industry, that it hould ! stronz financial sup- port, and that the Yukon and Tan- leys hold the bLest levelovment. Matanus- an aceident.” B ] 8 orgd to say ,d wheat” \vlt" whlch asoziate t 1 was_di: ¢ ing through the snow Pa 1e commented, it ta 47, from the {1ice of finding it. Fii.d wheat?” he scoffed. “Why i t same o'd Triticum vui- Vill alborumbrum Koern.” e scientist, who fs agronomist the University of Alaska’s ex- riment station near Fairbanks, lanned to o to Seattle today via >AA. on a two-month leave, which { will take him to Minneapolis, New York City, Washinzton, D. C, and mi. It is Dr. Bensin's first trip out- | Country Club for the Monte Carlo side in four years. b, — FINAL HEARINGS ON LCGGING, SAWMILL SAFETY CODE DATES Henry A. Benson, Commissioner f Labor, has issued 'a notice that the final hearings on Alaska Loz- :inz and Sawmill Safety Code, pre- minary to the promulgation and inting thereof, will be held in the Valentine Building, Juneau, on March 1, 2 and 3. All interested parties are cor- dially invited to attend these Final Hear'nos on The Alaska Logging and Sawmill Safety Code. . TRAVEL AND SHIP VIA THE ALASKA LINE FREIGAT, EXPRESS FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION Confact ALASKA STEAMSHIP JUNEAU ARRIVALS AND SCHEDULED DEPARTURES Northbound (OMPANY S.S. BARANOF _Feb. 8 A e SS. DENALI ..._Feb. 13 Southbound B e GR::EN SS. ALASKA _._Feb. 7 ABEN S.S. RARANOF _Feb. 13 ( Hlaska ALASKA STEAM SHIP COMPANY