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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
FEDERAL BLDG.
AT ANCHORAGE,
JUDGES URGE
Hellenthal M k es Pointed
Talk at Chamber Of
Commerce

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 49,
Judge Simon Hellenthal, of the
Federal District Court, told the An
chorage Chamber of Commerce that
he likes Anchorage despite it has
a dog house court house"
Judge Hellenthal made plea to
the city to urge construction of a
new Federal building.
There is more trial work here
than any other city in the Third
Division, yet you have poorer quar-
tiers. The fire hazard is tremendous
You must keep your stoves burning
all the time in your present Federal
building. and your court records may
be destroyed if fire occurs; also all
land titles and other records lost,
said Judge Hellenthal in his plea
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
BARN DANCE
NEXT FRIDAY
Catholic Youths Plan Start
of Social, Athletic
Activities

Opening their program of social
and athletic activities, the Catho-
lie Youths, recently organized here,
will give a barn dance in Parish
Hall next Friday night.
The hall is to be decorated in a
symphony of blue and amber lights
blended with streamers of the same
color scheme.
Special features of intermission
singing, by Miss Betty Goodman,
prize spotlight waltz and fox-trot
contests are scheduled by the en-
tertainment committee.
The stage has been converted into
trellised orchestra pit of blue, gold
and silver, from which Dave Bur-
nett, saxaphonist; Art Dennis, gui-
tarist; Bob Hamilton, drummer and
with Louis Anderson at the piano
will furnish music for the evening.
Arrangements have been made
with the Service Electric Shop to
install a public address system.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
HEART ATTACK
KILLS ALASKA
LINE PURSER
Harold c. Hughes, Native
Son of Seattle, Dies
Officer on AIeutian

SEATTLE, Jan. 19.-Harold c
Hughes. 40, purser of the S. S, Aleu-
tian, died here last night of heart
attack.
Hughes, who had many friends
here and in Alaska, was a native
of Seattle, son of the late P. D
Hughes.
While attending the University Of
Washington, he was active in or
ganizing crew activities of the school
He was Seattle agent for the Puget
Sound Navigation Company, before
going to work for the Alaska Steam
ship Company, eight years ago. He
was also former official of the Los
Angeles Steamship Company.
Wileta Hughes, his widow, his
mother; two sons, Bernard 9, and
Patrick, 6, and two sisters survive
him.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
FIRST SOCIAL
SECURITY PLAN
IN LEGISLATURE
Roden Introduces Bill in
Senate to Put Territory
Under Federal Act

Tie Social Security Act made is
first appearance before the Terri
torial Legislature today when Sena-
tor Henry Roden Of the First Divis-
ion, introduced a measure in the
Senate today which is aimed to
bring the Territory under the Fed
eraI Social Security Act 1t would
limit monthly payments to thoSe
entitled to it at not to exceed $45
per month and would create an exc
cutive post at salary of $4,000 a
year to administer the act.
On motion of Senator Victor G.
Rivers the Senate voted to have the
Senate voted to have the President
appoint a committee of four to con-
fer with a like committee from the
House with the aim of making
thorough study of Social Security
legislation as it would apply to the
Territory Many amendments and
revisions are anticipated in the So
cial Security proposal before it fin
ally comes TO a vote of the Legis-
lature.
After a brief session, the Senate
adjourned this afternoon until ,
pm. tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
TOWNSEND PLAN
DOLLARS HAVE
SHOPPING SPREE
Fan Mail Pours in 10 c. c
Fleming, Chelan, Wash,
O. A. Plan Experimenter

CHELAN, Wash, Jan. 19.-Tagged
Townsend dollars" and c. C. Flem-
ing, the y-three-year old unem-
ploved orchard worker who was the
recipient of 5000 presented him after
a popular vote at dance here Sat-
urday night as the first practical
Townsend plan experiment, whirled
dizzily about town at a dizzy pace,
testing the plan.
Fleming went into the third day
of his spending spree with haber-
dashers and women's clothes shop
at the top of his shopping list.
He spent s49.50 paying bills yes
terday, with each bill bearing a tas
for signatures. Every person through
whose hands the bill passes also
notes his 2-cent transaction tax
paid. The tag on one bill already
bears eight signatures, and has
earned Is cents in taxes.
One citizen, whose pocket four of
the Townsend dollars" had reached.
paid his telephone bill with them,
and at the same time, paid cents
tax into the glass jar which every
business is keeping handy for
Townsend dollar" taxes.
Another customer promptly re-
ceived the four Townsend dollars
change for SCHOLAR bill, then
paid one of the Townsend dollars
back on a small account. plus the
2-rnnts tax.
Fleming is already receiving VOL
luminous fan mail from all over the
country
And Chelan, small orchard town
with l400 population, is making the
newspaper headlines.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
AT THE HOTELS
Gastineau


Mrs. George S. Maynard, Nome
Miss Mildred K. Maynard, Nome
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Devine, Nome
Milda Isaacson, Fairbanks; Hans
Tilleson, Fairbanks; Mr.. and Mrs.
r. M Anderson, Flat; D. B. Camp,
Meme; John H. Forsberg, Nome
William j. Stephens, Los Angeles; j
Rex Peterson, Fairbanks; Mr.. and
Mrs. H. N. Ross, Fairbanks; Jerry
Jones, Fairbanks; Walter Hall
Fairbanks; j. c. Mcdonald, Juneau;
N. j. Beaudin, Juneau.
Alaskan
Miss M. P. Burkhart, Tee Harbor ;
Esther circuit, Wrangell; John Jess
Juneau; j. Modesto, Mendenhall.
lynda
Tolbert Scott, Nome; Miss Mar
garet Scott, Nome; John Lichten-
berg, Nome; Andrew Nerland, Fair
banks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
FORMER SPEAKER
BACK IN JUNEAU
FORLECISLATURE.
Andrew Nerland of Fair
banks, Dean of House, Re-
ports Good Season in 18th

Having the distinction of being
;he only Republican elected in the
Fourth Division and one Of two
elected in the entire Territory to the
Legislature, the other being Harry
Race of Ketchikan, Representative
Andrew Nerland OF Fairbanks, one
Of Alaska's best known pioneers is
back in Juneau to serve in the
House of Representatives
Away back in 1917, Mr.. Nerland
started coming to the Legislature
to represent the Fourth Division in
the House. In 1921 he was Speaker.
At each of the other sessions he has
served, Mr.. Nerland has been a
leading figure in promoting the
best legislation for the good OF the
Territory of which he has been a
resident since 1898.
Fine Season Reported
The veteran legislator reports a
fine season in the Fourth Division
and business on the whole good
though Fairbanks and adjacent
communities have felt the cramp
OF the maritime strike, although
not to the degree that Southeast
Alaska has due to the fact that the
! tendency in the Interior is to carry
larger stocks.
The last two weeks has given
Fairbanks some of the most miser-
able flying weather it mas had in
years, he reports. During the period
the only airplane activity out OF and
into Fairbanks was hop to Liven-
good and the arrival of plane
from Nome. Filters were held to
the ground by the bad weather, an
unusual condition in Fairbanks at
this season OF the year, when it is
usually clear, cold and excellent fly
ing weather, he said He quoted
Noel Vein, veteran northern bird
man, as saying it was the worst
flying weather he had ever seen in
that section in his many years in
the north.
| Mr. Nerland said that Senator
John B. Powers may be detained at
Fairbanks for some time before
coming to Juneau for the Legisla-
ture. The condition of Mrs. Powers
who suffered frozen feet recently, is
not good and the Senator is staying
with her. 1t is feared, he reported
that the pioneer woman may suffer
the loss of both feet as a result OF
her trying experience Senator Pow
ers was not advised of her true
condition until he arrived in Fair
banks few days ago. Mrs. Pow
ers having been brought into that
city by plane month previously.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
Legislators
To Visit Mine
Next Friday

Members of the Territorial Legis-
,ature were extended an invitation
by L. H. Metzgar, General Superin-
tendent of the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Company, to take trip
through the mine on Friday of this
week, starting at 10 o'clock in the
morning.
1t is biennial custom for the law
makers to be guests of the company
for an inspection of the mine dur
ing the legislative session.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
MIDDLE WEST
STATES REPORT
FLOOD STAGES
Ohio River Surging High
Entire Nine Hundred
Eighty-Mile Course

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. l9.-The
mighty Ohio River is surging at a
flood stage along the entire $50
mile course from this city.
Other overburdened streams in
the middle west also threaten addi-
tional destruction not only to prop
erty, but to life.
Eight states this morning. from
Pennsylvania to Arkansas, report
flood stages of streams.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
CANNED SALMON
SHIP MENTS ARE
AGAIN HELD UP
Dispute Over Wages Pre-
vents Removal of s.
100000 Cases

SEATTLE, Jan. ia dispute over
wages between the pier operators
and the international Longshore-
mems Association has prevented the
removal of the remainder of the
100000 cases of canned salmon
released last Saturday as tair car
go. Only one carload is reported
to have been moved.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19

Hunters reported many cases of
screw-worm in deer in the Davis
mountain section of Texas this year.
The worms were the same type that
afflict cattle and sheep.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19

More than half million dollars
changed hands in horse trading at
Texas race tracks this year, accord
ing to Mrs. E. H. Thweatt, secretary
OF the state racing commission.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
A. NJ. THACKARA
DIES, NEUILLY

PARIS, Jan. 19.-Alexander M.
Thackara, wartime American Con-
sui General at Paris, died yester-
day in the American Hospital at
Neuilly. He was 80 years of age.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19

The mint reports that almost
5o0,o0o000 coins were minted during
the first 10 months of 1896, an all
time high
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
COMMANDER,
PATROL BOAT
ALERT, DIES
Chief Boatswain Hans Han
son Pa sses Away Sud-
denly at Ketchikan

KETCH1KAN, Alaska, Jan. 49,
Chief Boatswain Hans Hanson, aged
65, commanding the Coast Guard
patrol boat Alert. died suddenly in
the Ketchikan Hospital at one o.
clock this morning as the result of
a sudden attack of the heart or from
shock. His wife entered the same
hospital at o'clock this morning
expecting her fifth child.
Boatswain Hanson has been sta
toned here for the past three
years and was previously on the
Arcata at Seattle, Cahokia at Eu-
reka, Tamaroa at San Pedro and
Saukee at Key West. Florida.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19

Texas led all other states in AAA
rental and benefit payments, re-
ceiving about II per cent of the ma
tional total.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
NUDISTS! WHAT?

GOODHUE, Mimi, Jan. 19.-The
following appeared in the Goodhue
News:
1.-THE local basketball team will
wear their new shirts on Friday.
The trousers have not yet arrived
John Boles, the movie actor, was
graduated from the University OF
Texas in 1917. He was member
of the University glee club.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
KNOWN IN JUNEAU

Boatswain Hanson is well-known
by many in Juneau which port he
has visited during his command of
the Alert He was first assigned to
the Alert in 1884.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is is, American Can lis,
American Light and Power 14%
Anaconda 53A, Bethlehem Steel
75A, Calumet and Hecla 1875, Com
monwealth and Southern 3%, Gen.
eral Motors sc, International Har-
vester 108, Kennecott 60, New York
Central 43h, Southern Pacific ATS
United States Steel 1915, United
Corporation IL, Cities Service AS
Bremner bid az, asked az; Pound
$491.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow,
Jones averages: industrials 1902,
down 90; rails Sc, up IA; utilities
36.65, down &c.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-19

Try an Empire ad.
Evening star., 1937-11-28
DIVISION OF
EROSION

The Colorado River has Gus
It's way down through manv
layers or strata" Of buht.up
rock. and even inte tss erisi.
nal rock which wss sass the
earth's surface. Thee dill
fersnt strata can ts seen IN
the canyon. like The laysf,
Of 4 gigantic esks hacked
through by = giants knife.
Evening star., 1937-11-28

SCISSORS, PASTE AND WRAPPING PAPER
ALL YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS CUTOUT

Have you been the Grand cany You can there almost no time
o. millions
o
o ar
prsn o
a S
When all
al
Evening star., 1937-11-28
MESA TOP
An eroded island in the
Canyon
DEPARTMENT
OF GEOLOGY

The esrth'a crust has moved
up. moved down has bseu
washed BY sess. has dried
out into deserts--fof millions
Of years. Layers Of sand,
under pressure, became sand.
stone: mud and clay became
shaie: shells Of sea auima1s
became limestone then the
Colorado River began dig
EinE.
Evening star., 1937-11-28
HOW NATURE DIGS A DITCH


sand and mud and
helped break
Sometimes
higher than it had been
the old running and cutting digging down through
the rocks It is still digging today.
Evening star., 1937-11-28

STEP THREE; Background ends paste
outside Of Frame in spaces left for them. .
Rocks key into Foreground at left and right, y
etc. When the tree and large cowboy are in
position, paste down all tabs behind and un.
derneath.
Evening star., 1937-11-28

flowing Colorado River
worldthe Grand Canyon i mile deep
untold OF
The much like flows
particles
sides of fell down
Evening star., 1937-01-02
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.
w YHEN the Winter has passed
NA/ and Spring arrives with its
" " warm touch to melt the
layers of snow and ice, your
basement may suddenly become
very fine swimming pool. In fact, q
good many Easements are wet the
year around, and if yours is one of
them you probably will be glad to
hear about new waterproofing ma
terial which ends such a condition.
This material must be applied over
porous wall structure so that it can
sink in and do an effective sealing
job. If the walls of your basement
are made Of some porous material,
such as concrete, cinder blocks, un-
glazed tile. brick or stone, you can
put this remarkable coating on and
be sure that that part of the house
will be kept dry as q bone. If the
walls have been previously white
washed or painted, this will have to
be removed so that the natural sur
face Is exposed.
AuC UooC VI ILLS COiupUulu 10 q
white cement. and you are therefore
filling every little crack and crevice
as well as the actual wall surface with
fine water-tight bond. The stuff
is mixed in a proportion of pounds
of waterproofing to l gallon of water
and Is applied with brush, like you
would calcimine or any other heavy
wall-surfacing material. Before you
put 1t on, however, be sure that the
walls have been thoroughly cleaned
and wet down with clear water. Then
90 to work and spread it on with .
large brush.
A good many people have invested
q lot OF money in attractive game
rooms, decorating the walls with clever
paintings, building in convenient lit
tie bars and filling them with appro-
pirate furniture, only to see their
favorite haunts completely ruined
after the first heavy rain or Spring
thaw. BY applying this waterproofing
before all Of the decorative work is
done you will be sure that your beau-
tifully fixed-up room Is going to stay
that way, and will not be q literal
washout. Another nice feature of the
waterproofing material Is the fact that
Evening star., 1937-01-02
BY DOROTHY DUCAS AND
ELIZABETH GORDON.


noN'T you wish you never had to
paint your house again7
You won't have to II when the time
comes to refinish the outside Of your
house you use asbestos and cement
shingles for the side walls. This ma
terial looks just like fine wood shin
giles, but it is made of fireproof, per-
manent ingredients, which require no
attention at all, once installed.
Homes, like their occupants, often
are judged entirely by outward ap-
pearance, which is why most Of us
spend our money to keep the outer
! walls Of our houses smooth and clean
looking. Yet there comes time when
coat Of paint will no longer bring
back the beauty of the original sur
face. Why not put this new siding
right over the old wood shingles,
clapboards or stucco? It can be nailed
in place without the least bit Of muss
or inconvenience inside your house.
The shingles do not need to be
painted. either At the beginning or
years afterward. They come in gray
or warm. coppery color. You would
never guess they were asbestos and
cement, for the colors become richer
with age. and the well-reproduced
wood grains are clearly recognizable.
Indeed. the gray looks exactly like
the silvery old shingles of the sturdy
houses on Cape Cod.
When you have finished residing
your house with this material, you are
through for a lifetime Asbestos ce.
ment served its apprenticeship on
engine round houses for years before
it was promoted to the residence class
1t proved it could stand harder wear
Evening star., 1937-01-02
Loan

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star., 1937-01-02

other apartment buildings were built
or begun.
County Building Inspector E. j.
Gray and Assistant Inspector Gerald
Warthen declared the demand for
suburban apartments has become so
great the building code, which con-
tains no provisions for apartments of
more than two stories. will have to be
amended by the State Legislature to
regulate construction of large struc-
lures of that type.
Again Leads County.
The western suburban district of
the county, located west of Rock Creek
and north of the District of Colum-
bia line, again led the county, with
s3,469,622 being spent in that area,
but the eastern suburban district was
close behind with s3,275,042.
The eastern district mark was a
tremendous increase over 1885, when
only $l,851, $50 was spent in that sec
ton. The 1885 figure for the west
ern district was $3,l01,455.
No figures were included in the
suburban reports for incorporated
towns which issue their own permits.
They are Takoma Park, which rec
ported s275,300, and Kensington,
where $4,000 was spent.
In the rural area lying in the
northern section of the county $780,
269 was expended on 101 permits for
new buildings issued at the office Of
County Accountant E. Vaughan
Darby.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
remember here are walls which are
actually made for the future.

REMEMBER mere are WauS WHICH efo
actually made for the future.
DOING odd jobs around . house
keeps . man At through the
Spring. Summer and Fail. but 1t Is
hard to find q useful household task
for Winter. Here Is an ideal and often
neglected job-painting your leaders
and cutters with a new steel preser-
vation we have found.
Getting into old clothes and clam.
bering up on the roof to clean out
the years accumulation Of leaves.
twigs and rust, before you paint the
cutters, Is guaranteed to take the
kinks out of any man. And once you
have done 1t, you will see results inn
mediately in walls which do not drip
with the overflow of blocked cutters
or downspouts which do not leak.
Clear out the leaves, then remove
all rust with q wire brush. steel wool
or sandpaper, and rub on grease or oil
with a cloth soaked In benzine. When
the surface is clean and dry, cover all
bare spots where the metal shows
through the original coat of paint
with a preservative primer, to pre-
vent staining and peeling OF paint
later on. The primer comes In .
neutral green shade that blends with
any finish coat.
Evening star., 1937-01-02
ss,4zQIEUIGNIED.NEEN||
|E' = sSEnR] llsIZE ]ElYINGAsf

than anything it viii have to meet on
the walls Of your house.
Another advantage is that in using
this new material you do not sacrifice
the friendly appearance of wood,
which has such an appropriate texture
for the face" Of . house. The shin
giles come in three styles. Two are
wavy-edged. either with a s or 10 inch
exposure. The staggered" edge. which
is very conservative, saw-toothed
effect, has q 01a-inch exposure.
If you are building a new home,
you can start from scratch with walls
that demand nothing in the way Of
maintenance. The shingles are ap-
piled over the sheathing, of course.
You can buy them on the INSTALL
ment plan, too. The company that
makes them will help you finance the
alterations If you use their materials
to the extent of IS per cent of the
total cost of your job. And if all you
are doing is residing, no down pay
ment is required. If you hesitate about
contracting obligations for the future,
Evening star., 1937-01-02
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it comes in variety Of colors. so that
the waterproofing not only fills val
liable practical requirement., but acts
as an attractive decoration as well.
lew things can be as irritating as
the average garage door, particu-
larly on cold and rainy night when
you are attempting a record dash to
the comfort of home and fireside. OF
course, If you have nice new garage
with an up-to-date overhead door you
will probably have no difficulty getting
it closed or open. but if it happens
to be an old one there seems to be no
limit to the trouble you can have get
ting it open or closed and keeping it
that way.
To remove that irritating situation
some clever inventor has devised a
door control which will keep the doors
open at any angle or tightly closed.
1t consists of tempered steel spring,
one end Of which attaches to the door
jam and the other end to an adjust
able holder on the door itself. When
you swing open the usually wayward
portal it is Immediately taken in hand
by the door control and pushed to the
desired position. There are no chains,
levers, bars or other contriyances to
get out Of order, and you can put the
whole thing in place in an amazingly
short time. Since they cost only 81
set you can hardly afford to be
without them when you think Of the
highly valuable quality OF even temper
which they help to preserve.