The Daily Alaska empire. [volume], September 19, 1941, Page 2, Image 2

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SENATOR IS
BEHIND !N
SUGGES.10N
Change Proposed in Fish
Hearings Be Proced
ure for Three Years
WASHINGTON. Sept. 19 1
rd States Sen ot Men C \\ •
gren of the .-.ate Was.-ington
has introduced n bill to revise the
procedure of adopting Alaskan Hsh
mq regulatlcns.
The measure providi t hear
ings be held in Seattle prior to
November of each year to con
ici er promulgation of t ie regula
tions for the following year ai d
such hearings also might be held
in Juneau or other Alaskan points
if i! is so the desire of the Interior
Department.
II AVI. £EN DOING IT
The above proceedings haw been
in existence for the past three
years and one ii a ring her, Just
been taken and end'd In Jm.eau.
Hearings have also ' een he 1 at
Sitka and Ko.c with Wian
;cll and Petersburg. in Southeast
Alaska being n:vi on i. list. It
looks as If the n " meaning' Sena
tor was just three yeais beutnd m
his suggestions.
THE REVEREND
DR. H.S. SMITH
SPEA& TONIGHT
Moderator esbyferian
Church on Way to Sitka
for Dedicatory Address
Arriving in Juneau today on the
iorthbound Lodi Rev. Di
Herbert Booth bn f Los An
geles, Moderator General
Assembly of • sbyterian
Church in the <' ‘‘‘S. is
scheduled to make an a ss he
tonight at 8 o’clock in the Nori:
ern Light Presbyterian Chli'Ch
Dr. Smith is maxing the trip tc
deliver the dedicatory address at
Sitka next Sunday afternoon on
the occasion of the dedication o!
the Presbyterian Missionary boat
the Princeton-Hall. He will alsc
deliver a moderatoria! sermon a:
the First Presbyteti ■ • Cmi'-oh of
Sitka for the mon :■
Sunday.
Elected Moderator or me Pro
byterian Church last May for the
year 1941-42, Dr. Smith is the
pastor of Immanuel Presbyterian
Church of Los Angeles now the
second largest of ’. inch
es of the Presbyte, urn Church.
The public is invited to hear Dr
Smith speak tonight.
NEW LIBK.' ty VOU Ml
Entitled “By Their Works,” n
new volume by H. Pnelps Clawson
has iust been added to the library
of the Territorial M i etim. The
book outlines decorative art of
primative nscple down through the
ages and in ail lands. Profusely il
lustrated, the volume enables stu
dents to identify through d. ign
and construction the makers ol
various piet .-s of decorative art.
iPRG tecT]
I Your Health!
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BRINK j
PASTEURIZED!
MILE i
JUNEAU
DAIRIES!
Pit one 63H
40*8 to Meet
This Evening
i be don
v
nighl starting a- 8 <> flock ">'-n
the 40 and 8 ■ cial
purpo.se.
Home" G. N ■ dh >' ini A >•
< jerted <i"nr.d Che' r>o Gan ,u
.he 4n and 8 convention in Sew
ard, i: to be eiven 'lu works when
.in- Is duly installed bv the Vm
turi 1m ,1 and dl member • are re
[tjuested to be on hand to join In
)], ■ ■. i-kii O* a i i ‘ of tin' Voi
lure local v ill •••>• ' oiriva; vd and
elected at tonight .- -ession
At the Seward G and Piomen»
'aue of the Grand Voiture of Al
aska. ot fficers elected were
as foiluw
Frank Cooper, Seward, Grand
Chef de Train; Earl M t; cobsen.
Grand Conductenr C< . : S. C.
!:.n Grand C< . .Jont.An
Chot -• Hugh Sat a . Grand
Gai I-a Porte. Anchorage;
Southall Pfund. Grand Aumonier,
Fairbanks; John Clawson. Grand
Medecii... C rdova; Russell CLi
thero, Grand Commis Voyageur.
Sitka; Karl Drager. Grand Advo
cate. Anchorage; S. C. Raynor,
Grand Historian.
Five Grand Cheminot were elect
ed— Loo Jewett, Juneau Lief
Strand, Anchorage; John White,
Fairbanks, Warren Taylor, Kodiak,
and John Ives, Seward.
R. H. Stock of the Anchorage
Vcyageurs was elected Cheminot
National and A1 Zenger of Juneau
was elected Sous Cheminot Na
tional.
reir: Wins
24th Against
Boston Team
St. Louis Rallies in Ninth
But Senators Eke
Out Victory
i BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)
■Hob Feller won his 24th game
of the season yesterday as the
Cleveland Indians battered three
Boston pitchers for a 6-1 victory.
Jeff Heath, former Seattle Rain
ier outfielder, clinched the game
in the opening chapter with a
home run with two Indians aboard.
In the only other American
V cue 2aij!c oi the day. W -bin' -
ii'. .Vieaied S! Louis, 9-8. after
lialtjiig a four-hi . two-run rally
in the ninth • in1
Alaska Defense
Projects OK ed
i Word has jus been t.'ceived by
* the Juneau office of ihe Defense
(Public Works that the various
, agencies in Washington. D .C.,
conrorne with phases of defense
(projects, have approved nearly ail
Aiaskai projects which have so
: far been submitted, i was' an
nounced here today by J. G. Shen
ai ■ Alaska PWA chief.
Tin I'jproi tl is necessary be
t'.i- fiic central office of Defense
Public Worts can set up allot
ment." for the projects. The
amounts approved for the Alaska
work have not been made public
and will be subject to recommen
dations of the various agencies
concerned, it was stated.
Hear b
Clearly^
With MONOTONE
Do yon hear but have
trouble understand
ing? Then call for full
Information on new
audide wh >i is help
ing thousands.
DR RAE LILLIAN CARLSON
Blomgren Bldg Phone 636
AS ADVERTISED
LIFE
IN
Need of Int.
Highway Seen
ByGovernor
Cargo Space Shortage Is
Handicap to Defense
Work Progress
'Uonfcinued from t-age Onei
ercd. the Governor stated. He said
ho iv.d taken steps to see that
these projects are applied for by
the communities affected.
At Palmer, the Governor at
tended the annual meeting of the
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration.
Sees New Road
Gov. Gruening also said he had
inspected the connecting highway
being built between Anchorage and
the Richardson Highway and found
the work on the road being “pushed
with extraordinary speed and ef
ficiency" by the Alaska Road Com
mission. Capt. Niemi is in direct
charge of the construction work
besides handling his National
(juard duties. Gov. Gruening re
ported. and already about 49 miles
of road from the Anchorage end
is passable, with the exception of
a few places where completion is
awaiting the arrival of steel girders
for bridge work.
The new Anchcrage-Richardson
Highway cutoff will be an excel
lent road, the Governor said, of
a higher type of construction than
most other Alaskan roads, due to
the fact that an emergency situa
tion may force heavy traffic over
this stretch.
ARTIST WILL OPEN
STUDIO HERE SOON;
WORK ON DISPLAY
Mrs. Muriel Merritt, artist, left
Los Angeles in July for a vaca
tion trip to Alaska and became so
enthusiastic over Juneau and vi
cinity with its scenery, industries
and people, that she has decided
to remain here indefinitely, and
has been persuaded by many art
lovers in Juneau to open a studio
and fill a great need in instruc
tion in the various art mediums.
Mrs. Merritt is a recent gradu
| ate of the University of California
at Los Angeles where she majored
in art and holds a teacher’s cre
dential for all art and art craft
subjects.
Through the courtesy of the Al
aska Electric Light and Power
Company, an exhibition of Juneau
sketches by Mrs. Merritt Is now on
display in their window.
The Merritt Studio will open Oc
; tober 1 in room 6. Valentine
Building, where private instruc
Mnn and classes for beginners and
dvanced students will be conduct
d.
A. W. V. S. MOTOR REPAIR
CUSS STARTS MONDAY;
FIRST OF TEN LESSONS
In the interests of broadening
fields for women in National De
| fense work, the American Women’s
Voluntary Services is sponsoring a
! series of 10 courses in motor re
I pairing, the first lesson to be held
i Monday night at 7:30 o’clock in
1 the AWVS headquarters in the
A. B. Hall.
Only women who can drive are
i eligible for the courses, which will
| be taught by Einar Jackson. Fur
ther information concerning the
! classes may be had by calling Mrs.
11. Goldstein, chairman of the mo
tor repair division.
ALDER CALLS HERE
On a brief visit to pick up sup
; plies and equipment, the U.S.C.G.
Alder, lighthouse tender based at
| Ketchikan, was in port last night.
NOTICE
Nurses’ Assn, wishes to announce
that starting the first of Oct.
special duty nurses’ rates will be
$6 per 8-hour day instead of the
former $5 charge.—Sec. June Han
ford. adv
LOCAL ARMY
OFFICER HAS
| PROMOTION
Graham Becomes Lieuten
ant-Colonel by Presi
dential Action
It's no longer Major Jessie E
Graham—the title now is Lieuten
ant-Colonel. if you please.
Word was received here this morn
ing that Graham, army instructor
who has been in charge ol organ.
1 nation and induction of the Alaska
National Guard, was yesterday pro
moted to the grade of Lieutenant -
Cclonel by order of President Roose
velt.
Notice of the promotion was sent
] here by Major-General Simon Boli
var Buckner. Chief of the Alaska
Defense Command at Port Richard
son.
7 Halibuters
Sell, Seattle
SEATTLE. Sept. 19— Halibuters
arriving from the western bank.
today registered the folio wine
I catches and prices:
From the Western Banks—West
ern, 40.000 pounds. 13 3 4 and 13
'cents a pound; Leviathan. 35.000
pounds. 13’* and 12 3 4 cents:
Spray 29.000 pounds. 13’n and 13
cents; Ilene 37.000 pounds, 13\
and 12Ti cents: Brisk 36.000 pounds.
13 4 and 12 3 4 cents.
Prom the local bank?—Unimak
11,600 pounds. 13 cents; Wesley 1.
200 pounds. 13’j cents.
HRS. YOUNG'S
MOTHER DIES !
IN CALIFORNIA
News Received Here Last
Night-Daughter to Go
South for Funeral
Mrs. Stella Young has received
news of the death of her mother,
Mrs. H. D McLeod in Oak'and, Cal
ifornia.
Mrs. McLeod had been ill for some
[time, and Mrs. Young recently
I visited her in California. Mrs.
I Young plans to leave either today
or tomorrow on a Lodestar to make
I arrangements for the funeral, and
! may be gone several weeks
; Mrs. MacLeod was born in Nova
| Scotia in 1890, and came to Alaska
! from Boston, Mass., in 1915. Her
husband was drowned in 1923 near
the end of Douglas Island. She
leaves five daughters, Mrs. R. A.
Bartholomew, Mrs. Gertrude Crow
ther and Mrs. R. R. Spoeth all of
Ketchikan, Mrs. H. H. Lane of
Oakland, and Mrs. Young.
She also leaves two sisters in
Boston, a brother in Nova Scotia,
nine grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
SEATTLE LODESTAR
- BRINGS TWO HERE
1 With two passengers for Juneau
and four for Fairbanks, a Pan
American Lodestar arrived from
Seattle at 2:15 o’clock this after
noon.
Meanwhile, another Lodestar en
loute from Fairbanks to Juneau
was forced to return to the In
terior city because of poor weather
conditions.
j Coming to Juneau on the north
j ound plane were H. B. Smith and
Chester Helm. Bound for Fair
banks were Milton Odom, Waltei
Brinker, Mrs. Peter Miscovich anc
H. G. Lambert.
MINER MARRIES
John Lewis Bieker, miner at th<
1 Alaska Juneau mine ,and Sophif
1 Jackson Guino were married thi:
afternoon by U. S. Commission-?]
Felix Gray. The ceremony tool
j place in the Commissioner's offic<
at the’Federal Building.
H. MESSERSCHMIDT IS
TEMPORARY MAYOR
IN LUCAS ABSENCE
When the southbound Yukon
leave-. this week, it will leave Ju
neau with a new mayor, for the
next cOuple of months.
H ’ will be Henry Messerschmidt.
local bakery oirerator and city
council member. Messtrschmidt was
last night chosen to head the mu
nicipal government in the absence
o( Mayor Hurry I. Lucas, who is
leaving with Mrs. Lucas on the
Yukbn for bn extended vacation.
AT the special nr*eting of thp
council last night, called to select
a temporary mayor, a written re
port was received by Harold Foss,
chairman of a tax adjustment com
mittee to re-appraise the Twenti
eth Century Theater Building. The
decision of the committee set a
initiation of $85,000 on the build
ing and $10,000 on the fixtures, for
a total of S95.000. compared to
the total valuation of $120,000
which had been set by the city.
Gabrielsonand
Party Fly West
Dr. Ira Gabrielson. director of the
Fish and Wildlife Service. Seton
Thompson, assistant chief of the Al
aska Division, and Doyle Tripp, re
porter. left here via Pan American
Airways today for Fairbanks, fol
lowing the holding of a fisheries
hearing yesterday.
The trio will fly from Fairbanks
to Anchorage, where they will hold
the first of three hearings on 1912
fishing regulations in the Westward.
Cther hearings will be held at Cor
dova and Kodiak, and the party
expetes to return to Juneau some
time next month.
RAINBOWGIRLS
TO HAVE SOCIAL
MEET SATURDAY
Members of the Juneau chap
ter of the Order of Rainbow for j
Girls will meet tomorrow night at
7:30 o’clock in the Masonic Tern-'
pie for their first meeting since
the installation of new officers last
Saturday. The meeting will be pre
sided over by Miss Isabel Parsons,
the new V^orthy Adyisor.
An obligation ceremony will be
part of the evening's meeting,
which will be a social affair, ac
cording to the announcement made
today by the Mother Advisor of the
Assembly, Mrs. Robert Cowling.
i RANGER vinAKES
FIGHTERS TO FIRE
ON DOUGLAS ISLAND
Summoned by a Glacier Highway
fire patrolman, a crew of Forest
Service fighters headed by Assis
tant Ranger Virgil Heath left Ju
neau at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon
to cAnbat a fire raging at the
north end of Douglas Island, op
posite Auk Bay.
The crew and equipment rushed
to the scene on the Ranger VII,
Forest Service motorship. James
Gibson, fire patrolman, telf^honed
the Admiralty Division of the For
est Service that dense clouds of
smoke were visible from the east
side of the Channel.
DIVORCE ASKED
Suit for divorce on grounds of
cruelty was filed in District Court
here today by Nancy Johnson
against Arthur Johnsno. Both are
Juneau residents.
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
PETERSBURG
PHOT LENDS
AID TO CASE
Juneau Men's Testimony
Corroborated by Air
Service Operator
(Continued from Page One;
hroughout the Panhandle area.
Unrestrained Competition
Declaring that, no stability in
Alaska air commerce can be
•reached and maintained if the
Civil Aeronautics Board adopts a
policy of laizze faire and allows
unrestrained competition, a biiet
presented at the hearings yesterday
urged Examiner Stough to recom
mend immediate favorable action
on the applications of Southeast
Operators for certificates of public
conevnience and necessity.
The statement, prepared by Nor
man Banfield, attorney for the Al
aska Coastal Airlines, pointed cut
that when Stough and Madden
visited the Territory two years ago,
Interior operators were unable to
agree, on how much they should be j
protected by the Civil Aeronautics
Act cl 1938. As a result, the Inter
ior operators sponsored a memorial,
pas-ed by the 1941 Territorial Leg
islature, urging Congress to exclude.
Alaskan operators from the provi
sicns cf the Act, Although the
memorial sepelfically excluded
Southeast Alaska from its request,;
Eanfield explained that the result
ant delay in granting certificates to
any Alaskan flying concern has
giavely injured commercial flying
operations in this district.
Flyers Want Regulation
-The applicants are opposed to
the beard exempting Alaska from
the provisions of the law, and sub-;
mit that it cannot legally do so,
except for the necessary period re
quired tc work out suitable regu
lations.'' the statement said. “ . . . •:
tc allow itinerant operators to come;
into the Territory, or any part of
it, during the busy seasons would
be an injustice to the established
operators, who maintain year
round service, which in the winter- 1
time must, be maintained at a loss." (
Under regulations which Banfield
declared the C. A. B. has the right
to establish, tariffs would be set for
schedule! flights, non-scheduled
and charter flights. Air companies
could be licensed to serve certain
districts only, thus eliminating out
side competition. The statement
suggested that flexible tariffs could,
be alliwed, to permit consideration.
cf rapid changes in price structures I
and the aircraft equipment indus-!
try.
Declaring that Congress intended
Territorial operators to be subject
to all the provisions of the Act, and
that an air transport spstem would i
be maintained in Alaska which,
wculcl adapt itself to the needs of|
commerce in the United States, the
postal service and national defense,
the statement added:
“It is the duty of the board to'
accept this lesponsibility and regu
late air transportation in Alaska so
as to accomplish these objectives,
which cannot and will not be
reached unress it 'the board) au
thorizes the issuance of certificates
to qualified Alaska air carriers . . .
without such regulation, the cha
otic condition now existing in Al
aska will continue in utter dis
regard of the safety of life and
property. . . . the applicants are
convinced that the Board has no
authority to indefinitely postpone
the performance of this duty.”
Wtuld Bring Airmail
One of tne major benefits ex
pected if certificates are granted
Southeast Alaska operators is that
of air mail. With sub'idies for
air earrirs now forthcoming from
the Beard, only companies holding
certificates are permitted to fly
the profitable mail routes.
"Congress expected . . . the Board
1 through its authority to provide
Keep Warm in WOOLRICH
Cold-Weather Clothes for Men ; s
YOtJ will be warm, well Htted. neatly dressed. in Woolrich
Outdoor Men s Clothes—and they will give you plenty of
wear. Windproof, water-repellent, properly pre-Bhrunk. Tai
lored for von from woof whirl. .j :_ j _
reu‘i emupiooi, waier-iepeiient, properly pre-Bhrunk. Tai
lored lor you from wool which we card, spin, dye, weave and
make up into your garments all in our own mills here in the
Allegheny Mountains. Sold in single garments-mackinaw,
single-breasted coat, cruiser, jacket, breeches, long pants,
shirts, vest, cap, whatever you want. In heavier weights the
same quality as we furnished the U. S.-Byrd Antarctic expedi
tion. Ask your dealer for genuine Woolrich Clothes. Look for
the sheep trade mark. Catalog FREE—send a post card.
WOOLRICH WOOLEN MILLS (John Rich & Bros.),
Dept. 000. WOOLRICH, PENNA.
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THE WEATHER
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau)
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU
FORECASTS:
Juneau and vicinity: Clear t partly cloudy and not much
change in temperature tonight an Saturday; lowest temperature to
night about 4o degrees, highest Sa urday 61 degrees; light to gentle
variable winds.
Southeast Alaska: Clear to r rtly cloudy and, not much change
in temperature tonight and Saturday; gentle to moderate variably
winds; light frost in exposed places tonight.
• Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Sat.:
Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: moderate southerly winds, be
coming moderate westerly Saturday, partly cloudy to cloudy; Cape
Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: moderate northwesterly to westerly
winds, fair; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: moderate
northeasterly winds, fair; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate
variable winds, fair with local morning fog.
Time
LOCAL DATA
Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity
4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.95
4:30 a.m. today 29.92
Noon today
Station
Barrow
Fan-banks
Nome
Dawson
Anchorage
Bethel
Dutch Harbor
Kodiak
Cordova
Juneau
Sitka .
Ketchikan .....
Prince Rupert
Prince George
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
29.87
Max. tempt,
last 24 hours
27
48
54
40
48
39
32
09
53
es
67
63
63
56
33
66
68
62 29 N 7
41 85 Calm 0
52 57 SSW 4
RADIO REPORTS
TODAY
4:30 a.m. Precip.
tempt.
Lowest
temp.
23
36
46
36
39
52
48
49
41
41
44
41
42
27
48
50
54
Weather
Clear
Clear
Clear
4:30 a.m.
24 hours Weather
27
37
50
36
40
55
50
50
42
41
46
42
43
27
49
52
55
.01
.01
0
.03
.02
.19
.08
0
0
0
0
0
T
.01
.01
.54
0
Clear
Cloudy
Overcast
Clear
Fog
Drizzle
Fog
Fog
Clear
Clear
Pt. Cldy
Clear
Clear
Clear
Showers
Showers
Clear
* WEATHER SYNOPSIS
Clear to partly cloudy skies prevailed over the central and
southeastern portions of Alhika this morning and overcast skies
along the western portion. Rain had fallen during the past 24
hours at scattered points from the Bering Sea to the Tanana Val
ley and the Alaska Range and snow was reported at Barrow. The
greatest amount of rainfall was 87 hundredths of an inch which
was recorded at Gambell. The highest temperature yesterday af
ternoon was 63 degrees which v as reported at several points over
Southeast Alaska, and the lowest this morning 27 degrees at Bar
row. Clear skies and good visibi ities prevailed over the Juneau
Ketchlkan airway this morning.
The Friday morning weather chart indicated a low pressure
center of 29.75 inches was locate at 46 degrees north and 126
degrees west and a low trough extended along the coast into the
Gulf of Alaska. A second low pressure center of 30.40 inches was
located at 44 degrees north and 150 degrees west and a second high
pressure center was located to the north of Bariow.
Juneau. September 20 — Sunr ise 6:37 am., sunset 7:05 p.m.
for the carnage of mail, to pioneer
new routes and extend service on
old ones in all cases where it ap
pears that such systems will pro
mote economic gowth and national
defense facilities.
•‘Alaskans are used to paying
higher prices for everything and
they have no objection to paying
six cents postage on any letter car
ried by air, especially when that
letter can be carried on the con
necting airlines between Alaska and
the States and those airlines in the
States for ihe same six cents. We
are convinced that if the Board
would authorize the carriage of
mail by airplane, its expenditures
in this regard would be justified
within one year, wholly by volume
of mail carried.”
Although Juneau air services now
fly mail to Sitka, it is at the rate
paid by the Post Office Department
for ordinary mail, and not at the
high rate which carriers receive
for carrying mail which has been
paid for by the senders at the six
cents per ounce rate.
Manitoba, sometimes described
as an inland province of Canada,
has a coastline of 400 miles on
Hudson Bay.
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