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Evening star., 1939-08-10
Cotton Lace Dresses, $50

Were SIO.95
IA cotton lace dresses in pastel coors Sizes SO to 49,
Is Coorful Silk Print Crepe Dresses Sizes
Originally $2295 Now S795
% Coorful Printed Silk Chiffon Rayon
Suits. Sizes lS to A. Were $16s5 Now --------- 1895
9 Pastel Rayon Crepe Sports Dresses
chifons silk printed cepes ls 2s1a
Were $l695. Now 1895
WoMENs DRESSES, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Housecoats, '3.''

Were S5.95
10 rayon satin. rayon crepe and
spun rayon figured housecoats
Slide-fastened, assorted sizes and
colors.
Housecoats, one rayon tafieta
and net: two blue rayon satin; one
black rayon crepe. Sizes II and
~. Originally $795, $1O.s5, 1855.
Now S5.S5
Rayon Housecoats, extra size.
blue. size so; l rose, size 48. Orig
inally $795. Now S2.S5
NEeLIcEEs, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Toys 10 Price

Floor and display samples in
cluding games, dolls. blocks, large
wheel toys and novelties.
THE Toy STORE, FOURTH Floor.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Mems Wrist Watches

Egn. - Jewels Originally $3s.75
Olenderh, II jewels. Originally $3.50.
Imperial is Jewels Originally $22
Swiss II jewels. Originally $20
Swiss, II jewels. Originally $40.
Swiss, jewels Originally SIS Now---------------S5
Swiss Lapel Watches. jewels. Originally $50
Sterling Club Brush and Comb Originally $l250 Now-SS
Novelty Clip. Originally $3.50
Sterling Silver Novelty Pencil Originally $40. 325s
Sterling Silver Toilet Set Originally $50 Now SIS
Twspiece Military Brush Set Originally s45 SIS
Fsur piece Military Brush Set Originally $2750. SIC
Sterling Silver and Bone Cokscrew Originally SIS Now SIC
Sterling Bill Clips st. Christopher medal Orig
nally $3.50. Now
Sterling Silver Bill Clips, with ST. Christopher medals
with space for engraving Originally s. Now $3.50
Sterling Silver Bill Clips with st. Christopher medax Orig.
inally $3.50. Now
Of pearl. Originally s3l. Now ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS S75s
FINN JEwE1RY, FIRST Floor.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
SAMPLES

Manufacturers Samples
Costume Slips
sI.2' 'I.45
Made to sell for
much higher prices
3s Slips in white rayon crepe trim
med with Val-type cotton lace and
net. bias-cut, camisole tops Also
dark rayon tat1etas in prints with
pleated ruffles. Sizes 80, "a. Spe-
Sldl $1sSS
81 Slips in rayon-and-silk crepe or
satin in bias-cut style. Lovely cot
ton Val-type trim or ribbon bead
ing. White, pink. Sizes 80, "a.
Some slightly soiled. Special, $1.45
COSTUME SLIPS, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Nusheen Hair Sparkle
35e ) for 81 Yer. Soc

48 bottles in assorted coors Of this preparation that
helps to make your hair vital and sparkling.
8 Perfume Lamps in assorted colors Nle
II Glaso Manicure Sets discontinued
ss icy for the cheeks and We're
3s Glaso Manicure Sets Were 81 So
IL Rayon Chiffon Handkerchiefs with
colofS. Were 75c. Now l5e
IL Rayon Chiffon Handkerchiefs Were
Now
80 Double Mirror plain msgnifying
TonErR1rs A1slrs II 49, FIRST Floor
Evening star., 1939-08-10

Stamped Kitchen Towels
Special, 4 for 90
u in assorted patterns, cotton and linen
Model Guest Towels, assorted oolors Rayon
Stamped Cotton Crash Luncheon Cloths 4x72 Conventional
knitted piece sui. peach cotton-and-
rayon. Originally 1896. Now
Rayen Satin Lounge Pillow green Slightly soled wAs
ART NEEDLEwoaK sEvENrA FLOOR.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Women's Evening Wraps, '5''

Were SS95 to SI695
81 wraps Of rayen velvet embroidered wool or rayon
tafeta
Evening Wraps Of white pastel rayon velvet and white
ostrich feathers. Were SIG 95. 5.Now----------- 1895
Rayon Crysele Velvet Wraps Sizes 50
~ Dinner and Evening Dresses plain printed
Sizes 1917 to 24 80 to 4o 42 46 and 5o
WoMEN's FORMAL ROOM, FLOOR.
Evening star., 1939-08-10

EIdridse Sewing
Machine, '85
Vas SIPS
with kneehole, desk style cabinet.
ELEcsr1c APPLIANCES, FIFTH Floor.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Misses Dinner and EVENING
Gowns Reduced

In this large group included gowns of silk crepe silk
marquisete, rayon net rayon lace, spun rayon cotton
organdy, embroidered organdy, imported embroidered
organdy dottedSwiss cotton seersucker and imported
hand dyed and hand woven India print Sizes 10 to TO-
20, originally $1os5 $25. Now-------- IS
g. originally $685. $775
10 were $1695 $9.75
! were $25 to $29.75. $14 so
were $25 to $39.75. $3.50
White Rayon Net and Lace Wedding Gown with Train
TO- Was $2975. $3.50
White Cotton Pique Wedding Gown with ribbon beading
cular train Was $4975.~ Now S29
MISSES FORMAL ROOM THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Glass St
Less than 1h Price
Writing Paper Special 78e bo:

IS boxes of all rag content writing paper 3 Sizes
finishes Large fiat single sheets folded sheets Co
with so envelopes
IL Chntz Card Table backs to match
Green and blue backgrounds Floral designs Now Csc
STATIONERY A1s1Es AND T. FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star., 1939-08-10

C. D. APPROVAL telephone mail order. not accepted
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Students White Flannel
Stacks, s2'9' Originally So

27 pairs al-wool flannel slacks, slightly soiled.
Waist sizes 27,to 33.
Students Wool Two-trousers Suits excellent for school
Regulars 49, 35 36 Stockeys stous) 80 to So
STUDENTS CLOTHING, SECOND FLOOR.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
NEW RELIEF BILL MAKES
 MANY CHANGES IN H0URS;;
 PAIN IN NECK I5 RELIEVED
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, July IT. The new Relief bill brings Democracy to the ranke of WPA labor with a jar ring impact.
 No longer will carpenter be able to earn his monthly allowance in a half dozen days of work at $l1 to $l4 day while the common labor CT tolls throughout the month for the same money.
 Under the present act, every type of worker will work 130 hours a month, regardless of whether he is a shovel hand or plasterer. For that amount of work, each will be paid the same money-a country average of about $61.
 Certain exceptions are written into the bill For instance, in parts of the country with lower living costs, the rate of pay will be lower.
 Further, a single man with no dependents will be allowed less per month, and will work corre- spondingly fewer than 130 hours to earn it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
Relations Further Embif- tered by Demands
 Made by Nippon
BRITISH WILL NOT BACK
 DOWN, CHAMBERLAIN
Foreign Policy Nof fo Be Dictated 10 by An-
 other Power
(By Associated Press)

Informed sources are unanimous in predicting failure for the Brit ish-Japanese conference on Far Eastern questions which have em- bittered relations of the two Powers.
 Talks scheduled for today in Tokyo were postponed until We'd nesday to permit London time to reply to reports sent by British Ambassador Craigie as the result of the first conference session held last Saturday.
 Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that Great Britain would not and could not reverse her foreign policy in the Far East at the demand of another Power"
 The statement referred to re- ports that Japan has made such demands as a condition for open- ing formal negotiations concerning the Japanese blockade of the Brit- ish concession at Tientsin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, July IT. = The Senate had sweated through night long session on unemployment relief and the money question. The House had just put over neutrality law with an embargo on arms. All was confusion.
 Tired Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri was leaving the chamber in the early morning hours when he was stopped for a question.
 Where, he was asked, docs the nights work leave the Senate?"
 Tn status quo" was the response, with wry smile.
 And what" he was pressed, "does that mean?"
 Young man." replied the Senator, "did you ever hear the story of the cracker barrel and the Russo-Jap- anese war?
 "All right; you asked for it:
 "The boys were gathered around
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
BRITAIN, FRANCE
 C00RDINATNG ON
 MILITARY FORCES
Both Nations Conferrinq with Allies on Euro-
 pedn Affairs
(By Associated Press)

Great Britain and France in coordinating military forces against the eventuality of war in Europe, are extending their Army Staff talks with two of their allies, Po- land and Turkey.
 The new Inspection General of the British Overseas Force Major General Sir Edmund Ironside, has left London for Warsaw for dis cussions with Polish authorities.
 French Army Staff officers have arraged talks with the Turkish military experts at Ankara regard ing defense plans. These talks start tomorrow. The discussions will be on the French-Turkish pact.
 At the same time, British Sec retary of War Hore Belisha and a number of high British officers started tour of anti-aircraft de- lenses in the northeastern part of England in preparation for mock raid of 100 French planes, prob- ably tomorrow.
 Air defenses are quickly being manned in numerous sectors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, July IT, Carl G. Fisher, 65, pioneer develop CT of Miami Beach and one of the original promoters of the Speed way, is dead here. He also became an automobile race driver and or ganized the Indianapolis motor speedway as the American proving ground.
 Was Views Butcher"
 Carl Graham Fisher rose from obscurity to commanding posi- ton as one of the nations success ful men of affairs.
 Born in Greensburg, Indiana January 12, 1874, the son of Ida Graham and Albert H. Fisher young Fisher early revealed the traits that enabled him to attain remarkable success in middle age He attended the proverbial little red schoolhouse until he was 12, and then obtained his first job as news butcher" on a narrow-gaug1 ! railroad, getting his initial glimpse of the outside world through soot- grimed windows.
 After experience in book-shop and bank, where he learned the rudiments of finance, he entered the bicycle industry and soon achieved fame as a racer about the time he was establishing a profitable business in Indianapolis as manufacturer and dealer.
 Financial Climb
 Organization of the Prest-O-Lite Company in 1904 marked the be- ginning of Fishers financial climb. This uncertain venture, started with modest capital of $1O000, made Fisher a fortune before he relinquished control several years ago.
 It was in the same year that he gained added prominence nation ally by piloting an automobile around the old Harlem dirt track for a worlds record of two miles in POP minutes After witnessing the sad defeat of American auto mobile drivers abroad a year later he returned and established the famous Indianapolis Motor Speed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
Vancouver Drug Co. Sell 10 Cunningham;
 Now Own 36 Siores

VANCOUVER, B. C., July IT. Announcement is made of the pur- chase of the Vancouver Drug Com- pany's B stores by the Cunning ham Drug Stores. the sum involved being half a million dollars. The stores owned by the Vancouver Drug Company are in Vancouver. Victoria, Nanaimo. New Westmin- ster, Chilliwack and Penticton.
 The new organization will own and operate 8 total of 36 drug stores. The Cunningham company is an old established concern.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
WpA WAGE FIGHT E TAKEN DIRECT
 TO CAPITOL HILL
American Feder alton of Labor Working for Old
 Pay 10 Be Put Back
lBy Associated Pressl

American Federation of Labor officials in Washington are today pressing a fight to restore the prevailing wage scale for the WPA
 The AFL officials today carried the appeal direct to the Capitol.
 President William Green headed the committee and arranged for calls on Speaker Bankhead and Representative Rayburn, House Ma jority leader.
 The committee planned next to go to Vice President John N. Gar ner. presiding officer of the Sem ate.
 Harry Bates, President of the Bricklayers Union, said the com mittee hoped to learn why a group lead by Senator James E. Murray cooled off on proposing an amendment to end the controver- sial 134 hour work month required under the new Relief Act.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
AARON FRANK COMES NORTH,
 FISHING TRIP
J a m es. Richardson, An- other Prominent Port
 land Man, with Him

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July IT, Aaron Frank, President of Meir and Frank, Portland department store, and James Richardson, Man ager of the Multnomah Stadium and Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, have arrived here, pleas ure cruising on Franks cabin cruiser Manana.
 Having a good time with no plans," said Frank who recently gave Portland a $32,000 disaster car" the only machine of it's type in the world.
 The men fished on the way north, may stay here a few days before going to Juneau, or may return south direct from this sec ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17

SEATTLE, July IT. - Kenneth Neese, Alaska flier, left Boeing Field at 7:11 o'clock this morning on a projected six hour flight to Anchorage with a new plane pur- chased in Los Angeles for com mercial air service.
 Accompanying Neese were his wife, daughter Betty, l2, and his sister in-law, Mrs. Dorothy Hammerstein, of Santa Ana, California.
 Neese, flying his new Beechcraft, made the trip from Los Angeles to Seattle yestrday in six hours and thirty-five minutes.
 For cargo, northward, he is carry ing such things as corn on the cob, Persian melons and green beans.
 Anchorage will welcome Neese with a special air show of all planes, flying formation, while Neeses new Beechcraft circles about them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
URGE DEWEY TO
 TAKE PLATFORM

NEW YORK, July l7.-Political friends are urging on District At torney Dewey the advisability of making speaking tour in the chief population centers this au- tumn, and that his subjects deal with some of the outstanding pub lie issues.
 As MT. Dewey has been spoken of as a Republican presidential possibility, such a tour would be interpreted as bit of l940 fence building.
 MT. Dewey, whose gangster- busting achievements has made him a national figure, and who feels convinced that he will ye. make the White House, is believed to be favorable toward the pro- posed platform tour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
DAVE HOFFMAN K
 BACK IN JUNEAU

David Hoffman, representative of Alaska Mine Equipment, returned on the Columbia from a two-month trip through the Westward and h. terior.
 Hoffman covered all of the rail- road belt and considerable of the interior. Mining activity in the Fairbanks district, he said, is hold ing about normal" while the most promising area visited was in the Willow Creek district out of An- chorage, where Hof man said things look very good"
 Expecting to remain in Juneau for several days, Hoffman is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
IT. ROLLINS TO
 JOIN BYRD TRIP
Hdidd Officer Assigned to Northldnd for Antarc-
 tie Voyage

It. Glenn Rollins, of the cutter Haida, has received the distinction of being included in the officers personnel of the cutter Northland for Admiral Richard Byrd's Ant arctic expedition.
 The news, received today, means that Rollins will leave Juneau within two weeks to join the Northland at San Francisco, his wife sailing to the Bay Region with him.
 The Northland, built originally for ice work, has been detailed to Byrd's expedition for six months, leaving Boston in October.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
CAPITAL CONFUSION PUTS
 CONGRESS IN SOMETHING OF
 4 'HELLUvAFIx' RIGHT NOW

the cracker barrel in the village store, eagerly awaiting the latest newspaper account of the tide of battle in the Russo-JapaneSe war. They were especially interested in what was happening to the forces of the Russian commander-in-c n-chief, General Kuropatkin. The paper came. Spread out in type three inches high was the headline, "Ku- ropatkin's position Status Quo
 Reading and re-reading the &C., count under the headline provided no clue to just what was posi- tion of status quo When the vil- lage school teacher arrived, they promptly put it up to him.
 Unwilling to expose his own hay notions, he assumed a knowing air and pontificated:
 "A technical explanation probably would be above your heads. But. in everyday language, the general idea
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
DISTRICT COURT
 JUDGES MAY GET
 HAPPENED TERMS
Attorney General Asks for Eighf-year Term Law in
 Alaska from Congress

WASHINGTON, July 17-Attor- ney General Murphy today request ed Congress to enact legislation which will extend the length of terms for District Court Judges in Alaska.
 Murphy said he has asked for the eight-year term for Alaska judges to make their terms uniform with other District Judges terms through out the United States Possessions.
 Terms of judges in Alaska District Couts are now four years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
DON MACMILLAN
 SAILS FOR ARCTIC

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine, July 17.-The Arctic Circle has lured 64-year- Lieut.. Comman- der Donald B. MacMillan on his 18th expedition into the north. Continuing search for new sci- entific and physical horizons, the explorer and crew of college stu dents trimmed Commander Mac Millan's 80-foot auxiliary schoon- CT, Bowdoin, here for the start of 6,000-mile, l1-weeks' cruise to Disko Bay. birthplace of ice- bergs on the west coast of Green land.
 The expedition will study the movement of great glaciers there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
A PAIN IN THE NECK

The disparity of wages between skilled and unskilled workers has been pain in the neck to the WPA administration ever since the idea of paying the prevailing wage" to WPA workers was invented more than two years ago.
 The original purpose was to pre- vent WPA wage scales from un- dermining the wage scale of labor in private industry.
 Since a man working on WPA is allowed to earn only a certain sum each month, his rate of pay might be high enough to permit him to earn it in eight or nine days. He was free all the rest of the month.
 Colonel Harrington, WPA ad- ministrator, told Congressional com- mittees that a man with such free time would offer to work in private industry at cut wage rates, and thus tend to break down the very wage scales the old terms were supposed to protect
 He called it chiseling because it hurt wage scales and because it tended to keep men on relief who, if harder pressed, might have got ten out into private employment.
 The new provision will keep WPA workers on duty most of each month, regardless of their skills Harrington said that men compelled to work 130 hours on re- lief for an amount they could earn in private industry in far less time would likely get out and hustle for private jobs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
PRESIDENT STILL
 PLANNING THAT
 TRIP TO ALASkA
Leaves When Congress Does-Asst. Sely. Chap
 man Coming North

President Roosevelt still plans definitely on coming to Alaska as soon as Congress adjourns, Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond noti- fled Gov. John w. Troy's office today. The trip is still "on" unless Congress should stay in session very late, Dimond's message said.
 Assistant Secretary of the In- terior Oscar Chapman is coming here early in August and will re- main until after the Presidents visit, the same message said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
PICKET LINES ARE DEFIED;
 SEVERAL CANNERIES ARE TO
 PACK FISH, KET(HIkAN AREA
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July IT.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July IT. Despite CIO picketing, the North ern Fisheries lmon cannery opened Sunday morning with crew of men picked from local applicants, of which officials said there were an abundance.
 At the same time the CIO Oriental crew of the New England Fish Com pany put up fish there when a picket line failed to materialize.
 Lee Christie of the CIO union said it was a mistake, that pickets dispatched to the New England plant to the wrong plant.
 Scattered fish showed up from the 12-hour legal fishing period Saturday but it was said yesterday that it would not be likely that much more fish would come in un- til 12 hours after fishing started at o'clock this Monday morning.
 Late yesterday it was announced that another plant would start up this morning, picket line or no picket line.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
ALASKA GOLD PRODUCTION LAST YEAR |S LARGEST YIELD
 IN N0RTHLAND'S HISTORY;
 PLATINUM OUTPUT, RECORD

Gold, platinum. and coal pro- ductiOn during the year was greater than during 1937 and that of gold was greater than any other year in the history of the territory.
 The platinum production was more than SS percent of the to- tai production of that metal in all of the preceding years.
 The figures have been released by the Geological Survey of the Interior Department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
WAYN0R SELLS HIS
 HOME TO CAMPBELL

Robert Douglas Campbell purchas- ed from Charles Waynor, through the office of Faulkner and Banfield, the house at the corner of Glacier Highway and Behrends Avenue in the Waynor tract The house sold has been the home of MT. and Mrs. Waynor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
FORESTER GREW
 PUTS OUT FIRE

A small forest fire near Tenakee was extainguished last week by the crew of the Forest Service launch Forester in the course of rou- tine cruise. The Forester returned to Juneau last night Assistant District Ranger Paul Judge made the trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
OTHER DIFFICULTIES

And the old provision caused other troubles. Harrington explained.
 An example of the difficulties involved in scheduling operations as result of the differences in the hours of work for different classi- fications is afforded by a building construction project in Pittsburgh.
 "Bricklayers are permitted to work only 48h hours per month while the bod carriers work 63iz
 Continued on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
SLIGHT QUAKE
 IS FELT EARLY
 TODAY, BERKELEY
Dishes Rattle on Shelves, Chairs, Beds Reported
 10 Have Swdyed

BERKELEY, Cal, July IT. - A slight quake which rattled dishes. swayed chairs and beds back and forth early this morning is record ed only as a slight shock.
 Seismograps at the Universities of California and Santa Clara began registering the earth movement at 1:25 o'clock this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17

WASHINGTON, July F. - Alaska produce S2S,607, ,00O worth of minerals in 1888.
 This brings it's total mineral production since 1880 to S777,- S1S,000 to more than 100 times the S7,20O,0O0 the United States paid Russia for the rich terri tory.
 In 1888 the total was SJ,618,- 900 more than Alaska produced in 1937.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
Bullets Whiz,
 Harlan Strife

HARLAN, Ky, July IT. = Brig. Gen. Carter, National Guard Con- mander, said Bill Roberts, 35, idle union coal miner, shot and killed Willie Fee, 36, miner.
 Roberts is being held for question ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
PLANS FLYING
 TO ANCHORAGE
 IN SIX HOURS
Pilot N eese, in Seattle, Takes Off with New
 Beeehuaft

Star Airways, landed his five place Beechcraft wheel plane at the Mendenhall Airport at 3:3O o'clock this afternoon and was to gas up and continue his flight to Anchorage this eve ming.
 One stop was made en route, at Prince George, British Co., Iumbia, to refuel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
TWO OUT ON GEORGE

Two passengers sailed on the steamer Prince George early Sun day morning from here for Prince Rupert. They were John Ivanick and A. Farino, Canadian citizens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
THREE CANNERIEs OPERATE


 KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July IT, Three of nine canneries in the city limits were able to open Sun day or this morning despite picket ing by CIO.
 The Ketchikan Packing Com pany opened this morning with workers going through about 30 CIO pickets. Other plants were without fish so made no effort to open today.
 The New England and Northern Fisheries opened without inciden. Sunday although the New England was picketed today with likelihood that it's CIO workers will not go through the line when operations are resumed
 Many plants will attempt to open Tuesday with supplies from to- days catch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-17
keithikan Couple
 To Wed in Nevada

RENO, Nevada, July TIA mar riage license has been issued to Harry Fleming, g, and Edna Jew cit, 22, both of Ketchikan, Alaska.