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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-12
Bankers Lose Pin Mateh
 Last Evening

In the first match of pin play at the Elks alleys last night the Alaska Federal Savings keglers lost game to the goth Century squad 3 to 1 with Martin Lavenik bowling the high single game of the match. SCOT ing lg8 in the. second game.
 The Juneau Florists and the Gold en Age squads split the four games as did George Brothers and the Snow White Laundry.
 Juneau Florist bowler Carnegie rolled high for the nights pin play with total of 567, marked up on his average score during his absence last night.
 No bowling matches in the Elks' league will be played tonight.
 Scores last night were as follows.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-12

NOTICE
 I will not be responsible for any debts other than Mrs. Sawyers and mine. adv. J. H. SAWYER.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-12

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-12
N0RAH SAILS SOUTH WITH
 IA FROM HERE

Canadian Pacific steamship Prin- cess Norah returned from Skagway this morning and sailed from Ju- neau southbound at o'clock with 14 passenger for the south.
 Passengers sailing were R. E. Rob- ertson. G. Hite, R. Decker, R. F. Brenner. Oscar Jenson l.. Nuna- maker, C., Montague, J. P. Randle, Mir and Mrs. w. T. Strouse, J. Mc- Cartay. Ralph Omstead, Roy Sand CTS and Mrs. D. E. McTavish. a
 The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any AL aska newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-12
NEXT GAME

The next game to be played in the City League will be Friday in the Juneau High gym when the Elks will play the DeMolay in the first game of the. doubleheadcr and the National Guard will meet the Henning team in tho second game.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-12
. srr ..s World dDay
 Of Prayer ' Announced
Services Will Be Held al Methodist Church on
 February 28

Al a committee meeting held late yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John L. Cauble. plans were mad for the World Day of Prayer which is to be observed on Friday, February -28.
 Tic meeting will be held in the Me aodist Church, beginning at 10:30 in the morning. After the bu ness session the Conservation service will be led by Mrs. George Schmidt, and at noon a covered dish luncheon will be served in the social room of the church.
 Tle afternoon session will con- vene at 1:30 o'clock. and the pro- gram under the leadership of Mrs. c. G. Bloxham, will be presented. The program for this year was pre- pa cd by the World Day of Prayer G nmittee of Shanghai, China, and hss as its theme, Thy Kingdom Core"
 The Interdenominational Council of Women of Juneau is composed of representatives from the follow ing churches: Methodist, Lutheran, ED scopal, Northern Light Presby- ter an, Memorial Presbyterian, The Salvation Army, Adventist, an q Be hel Pentecostal Mission.
 A wide invitation is extended to I'll to be present for the observance Of this World Day of Prayer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
REDUCE AGE LIMIT

Reduce age al which benefits
start from 65 10 co. repeal present
provision requiring as condition OF
eligibility that individual paid
not less than $50 in wages IN any
quarter Of coverage under annuity
system.
Wives and widows insurance
benefits be increased from one
quarter and three-quarters. reSpec-
tiXelY. of husband insurance
benefit. to full amount,
The committee conceded that a
national old-age pension of $50 a
month would cost a StupendouS
sum, but proposed methods to
finance the payments.
First. IL proposed increase IN
the employer-employe pay roll tax
from 10 6 per cent, TO raise
s. 600, 900 600 a year. Second, ex-
tension of the o per cent tax 10
federal. state and local govern
ment employees. 10 raise 100000 :
600 a year; third. a 3 per cent tax
on the self-employeR to raise
S300,000.000 and fourth, taxes on
farm pay rolls, farmers net IN
comes and farm crops, TO raise
$500 600 900 annually.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
Thomas Scans
Rockefeller Plan

r J. Thomas, president o.
the UAW-CIO, today commented
layorably on inter-Amerlcan re-
lations co-ordinator Nelson Rookie
feftprs plan TO tram and eH4Piet.
Latin American youths IN factories
in this country. but he SAID such
plan might di.place American
workers
Thomas said that Rockefeller
plan had lis merits but he re-
minded authorities that auto
mobile workers are having q
difficult tirae now lie was re-
ferring 10 the % per cent cut N
car production winch IS cHpcCtcC
10 diSplace thousands Of workers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

Telephone the homes OF every per-
son arrested. Whoever answers
the call is told that the prisoner
was put TO death Immediately by
the Germans. The allegation is
never true, ii was said, but serves
to create unrest.
I In addition. according TO Dc
Brinon. Communists have been
busy distributing circulars prom
Using that by one means. or an
other, a German soldier will be
put TO death for every Communist
arrested.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

grounds that the general public
was not involved.
AT the would-be assassin's hear
ing before a magistrate, he said:
II decided 10 enlist I'm the
legion with the idea Of shooting
some one. The only man l could
recognize among the persOnages
l saw was Laval. That's why
1 fired. at him."
Two other persons. Col. Pierre
Durvy. commander Of the barr
racks where the shooting occurred!
and an unidentified young man.
were slightly wounded.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
Iran Surrenders
IoAIIied Troops
Continued from Page Onel

Continued from Page One)
threatened severance of diplomatic
relations Earlier. Reuters Brit
ishl news agency had circulated
a report that the Iranian cabinet
had decided to end the struggle.
The PeuterS dispatch came from
VIChy, France, and stated that a
new government had been formed
at Tcheran TO succeed that of
Premier Ali Khan Mansur, which
resigned yesterday.
The new government immedi-
ately decided 10 cease resisting
The Allied troops moving into Iran
il was said. There was no inn
mediate confirmation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
No Labor Holiday
For Steel Workers

CHICAGO. Aug 2s-iINS)-
There viii be no cessation Of fhc
thunderous CHATTER and roar ~ fre
steel mis- ms LdJ0T Day WT0E-
end
\ Nearly 50 600 steel worker. r
the Chicago area viii fOrcC0 thcI
traditional hokd3F,ro contfCuc N.f
production >of ihC mctal Al'a. fr
Tho 1atrH7l defense programme q
SUI ey revealed TO-DAY
Tor the N9aside NcWs" ~
Washington. olloW f4stI Nal
Ions Column In the Times
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
Nazis Arrest Cubans

BERLIN, Aug. 2S. -GNS)-An
official announcement said today
that a humber of Cuban citizens
have been arrested i'm German
occupied territories on charges OF
carrying on activities against the
state.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

in their advance from the north.
On all fronts, the British an
nouncement stated, the Anglo
Russian advance is continuing
with speed and determination"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
3 Reds Executed
Germans Order Purge of Communists in Paris;
Laval Resting Well After Operation
Continued from Page Onel

will be more until the situation
Is clarified"
According 10 Paris authorities,
these Red leaders have hit upon
a number of new schemes TO TO-
ment disorder and demonstrations
against the German army of occu-
patton.
One faVorite trick which has
served TO arouse portions of the
populace TO a high pitch of eX-
citement was described in this
manner:
Immediately after a roundup is
carried out, Communist agents
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

What will we have -. a Gestapo censorship
of mail, gagged press, RECOMMENDATION of living,
business slavery? We wH :. if Hitler wins
and you'll understand why if you read this best
selling book by a man who for IA years was
United States commercial attache at Berlin, who
saw d. at first hand . . . how the Nazis do bust
ness today and how they plan to do business
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
AssAssIN's STATEMENT

The present wave of disturb
ances and subsequent roundppS
had its impetus in the Staying of
a German naval ensign aboard a
Paris subway train This was
attributed at the time TO Com
munist agents, but the Germans
merely issued a final warning
instead of eXacting reprisals on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
Old Age Pension
OF $50 Monthly
Urged in Senate
international >e~, service Wire


WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S.-Dc-
clarinc that The present social
security system IS inadequate. =
special Senate pensions invoSueat-
INC committee today recommended
O national old-age pension Of $50
a month for those over so alter
Jan. J 1914
From July ! 1917 until 1914
the pension would be so monthly.
Tho committee "aiicC &c: taxes
of $1,000 100000 a year 10 main
tam the old-aCc pension system
which. d estimated would benefit
20 100000 people.
Raising OF the social security
pay roll fax 90 per cent on
Jan. 1913 and 10 8 per cent
on Jan 1914, instead of on
Jan. !. 1919 as provided IN the
present ACT was proposed as one
method OF financing higher pen
slonS.
The report was submitted 10 The
Senate by Senator Downey Rl
California. chairman OF the COM
mittee and Townsend old-acc
pension advocate. II was also
signed 10y Senators Pepper Cd,
Florida la Toilette tP) WiScon-
sin. and Thomas lR), Idaho.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
BERLIN NAMES PREMIER

Reuters quoted the Berlin radio
as reporting. in a dispatch from
Teheran, that the new 1ranldI
premier is Ali Franghi
I This development followed re-
ports. relaycd from Simla, India,
that general mobilization OF the
entire Iranian army had been
ordered.
Military authorities in London
confirmed the Iran army moblllza-
ton reports.
They also said the advancing
Russian forces in Iran had reached
Turk Nanchai. 80 miles southeast
of Tabriz, and Dakhargan, 30
miles southwest of Tabriz. Mos
COW had earlier reported the first
advance.
An official announcement at
Simla. India, where Gen. Sir
Archibald Wavcll is directing the
British movement into Iran gave
the fiIst ncMS of the Iran nlQhlll-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
COULDN'T BE SHORTER

MY heavens. | don't see how
skirts could he any shorter" OK
claimed Miss MarEaret QulClcy.
Is of i2sS Alter road. whether
YOU can wear short skirts de-
ponds upon your legs, but
whether they are good or bad.
YOU cant wear skirts much
higher than Trey are now
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
LEGATION STILL At WORK

This BRUSH announcement
added however that the British
legation at Teheran is still m
communication with the British
government. other posts in Iran
and the outside world,
The Slmla communicate sad
that IN the southern area of an
British hopping up operations al
khorram~lahr had been COM
pleted and that all is quiet al
Ahadan
II added
"Cur gunhoats are moving 40
the Kardn River, wiTich is nav
igahle aS far a. Ahwaz. 100
miles from Bandar Shahpur, a.
British subjects northeast of
Hauda- NhahDur are being
threatened with arrest.
"1usthcr attachments landed
az BanGar Shlhpur.
on the northern area col
umn operating from khanaquin
occupied Shahabad and Alaibad.
- second column operating
from llhsnlquin dvanced
through the Paitak Pass and
reached Earind'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

Mrs. Betty Perttola, a house
wife of 1898 Collingwood avenue
pointed out that If skirts were
made shorter they would have &c
he much tighter
shorten "a plcated skirt three
or four inches or more and we
wouldn't he able to walk down
-the-StEeeL aA--.lal.r ,,-----4..A-
declared
Not even The tcon-aged girls
appeared 10 be IN favor of les,
skirts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
MINORITY REPORT

Senator Green ID, r h O q g
Island. filed = minority report IN
which he urged revision OF the
Social Security Act, but aSSalled
the vast proposed increase IN pen
sions during the national defense
emergency
The majority report also pro-
posed s.
Retention OF social security an
nuiiN system bat SCrapplng oil
present plan of aid To state old
age pension systems.
Urged that the annuity system
be extended 10 provide universal
coverage as soon as possible, ana
investigation Of methods of bring
ING in farm workers and sell
employed federal and state
enplOVeS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

Mss WidH MRS. BfKcLR
NIr r " Bergen 2S OF 1877
NuUHa 'rnue. le.t exactly tE'
,3n WHN about tEg matter
n have ouly one thing Co say
about H. ana that j. / certainly
don't want 10 wear my skirt,
ono hit shorter t,an ! do NOW"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
Shorter
Skirts
Opposed

Continued from Page One)
all. YOU can't carry patriotism
too far. II took women a long
time 10 get skirts just the right
length and il il silly TO try and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

reprisal for the attempted Staying
Of Pierre Laval.
German authorities of the for
mer French capital, it was indi-
Gated. will end their former
Tolerance toward -dissident ele-
ments, provoCateurS and Sabo-
tours.
The attempted assassination of
Laval. IT was said climaXed a
steadily mounting campaign OF
lcommuniStic terrorism Lava |,
while seriously wounded by an al
legged Communist posing as an
lanti-BolShevik volunteer, was re-
ported resting well. after an OPP
Grafton 10 remove bullets from his
arm and chest,
The condition of Marcel Deaf,
lpro-Fascist editor who also was
tshot, was satisfactory.
DIFFERENT FIGURES
Two additional Paris districts
were searched for Red agents and
Operatives yesterday. Fernand de
Brinon, VichY ambassador 10 Paris,
insisted 10 press representatives
that since July. 1910, when the
Germans took over Paris. only
l3 $50 persons have been arrested.
Editors note: The Paris
press itself reported 5000 ar
rested in raids on the eleventh
(P opi cort reimbursement
! alone. while the London Daily
Telegraph recently estimated be-
tween 10000 and 10000 arreStS)
THE present situation" De
Brinon said. "can he attributed
| 10 numerous former Communist
leaders who by one means or
another have succeeded i'm re-
turning TO Paris.
"They are now actively Ill
recting a campaign of terror.
To apprehend them. a roundup
I OF two Paris districts was car
ried out yesterday, and there
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

II worse comes to worse il would
be better 10 have fewer skirts the
right length than TO have many
short ones, said Miss Genevieve
kocot -. of 23S Mt. Vernon
avenue.
II don't think skirts should be
worn above the knee and ma
tional defense or not. I'm not
going TO wear mine shorter" She
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
By Former l.. S. Commercial
Attache at Berlin =.
DOUGLAS MILLER

tomorrow; how they blackmail and bludgeon
every country and every kind Of company out
of money and goods =. and what it will mean
to America if America lets it continue.
These facts . f. and others equally amazing
Mr.. Miller reveals in YOU CAN'T DO
BUSINESS WITH HITLER" which
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
Hunting Job ? Cop
viii Gladly Trade
lCCntlnued :tom PAGE One)

Continued -fom Page One)
Reed was getting into.
oh boy" thought Reed. L hope
it's a burglar -
We've had an invasion, out in
back" Mrs. Riddle informed the
officer and Cunningham eased
himself around the house ready for
anything. He's big enough that he
doesn't have to worry about the
unknown. This time he was out
numbered.
A queen bee had decided to make
the Riddle back yard her home and
had settled down with a goodly
number of her satellites.
"AW-awk! This is no place for a
Cunningham, Reed informed HIM
self and retreatSd.
I'm not afraid of man, beast
nor devil, but if one of those bees
Stings me I'll never see the next
one You see, I swell up -
From a vantage Of 100 yards away,
Cunningham surveyed the situation
and then withdrew. ..
I'm going to get a B-man,' he
told Mrs. Riddle, and then repeated,
this is no job for a Cunningham. y
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
u. s., British In
Naval Cooperation
TO Defeat Germans

Continued from Page One)
rear tie combat zone defined by
Germany around the British Isles
The patrol device is an expedient
to put munitions shipping under
the protective eyes but not neces-
sarily IN the protective custody Of
American warShipS. NJ. Roosevelt
j., confident that l. remains safely
within the short O: war limits
the administration has deserved II
aiding the British 70 concentrate
their forces closer home and take
g far heavier toll OF U-boats." The
American paucl vessels simply
would report in uncoded radio mes
Sages the whereabouts of German
raiders.
If the plan works as well as Mr..
Roosevelt and Churchill evidently
expect. the CONVOY issue rapidly
will diminish in domestic and inter
national political Importance. j
senate foreign relations committee
test Of convoy sentiment IS sche-
duled for Wednesday when the
anti-convoy resolution Of Sen. Char
les w. Tcbay. r, n. H. comes up
for cCnsiderat ton. Democratic lead
ers are confident they can defeat
that resolution and leave Mr.
Roosevelt free TO use the navy as
circumstances may seem to require
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
Court Refuses
Labor Request

WASHINGTON. April % (UP)-
The u S. supreme court today re-
fused to review California supreme
court decision giving labor almost
unrestricted rights of picketing, up
holding closed shop contracts and
generally extending the rights of
organized labor.
The case reached the nations
highest court on petition of sales
men employed by the Howard Auto
mobile Co. of San Francisco.
They appealed from state court
rulings refusing them an injunction
which would restrain the AFL sales
mems union from picketing them
IN an effort to force the Howard
statesmen to join the AFL union and
to force the Howard firm to accept
a closed shop contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28

morrow when the lower house re-
sumes work on the budget, now
s44.000,000 below the governors re-
quest.
Seth Millington, chairman of the
ways and means committee and one
of the leaders of the economy bloc,
said the proposed amendment might
end the principal controversy of
The budget battle-that Of an econ
omy bloc proposal to prohibit state
departments from spending more
for any single item than the allo-
Gated sum, and curbing tho transfer
Of money from one fund to another.
Millington said the compromise
amendment would create revolving
funds of departmental profits to DC
used in making transfers and a
limit on the number of employees
any department may hire,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
Tax Experts Urge
Big Income Levy

ent a gallon levy to raise $250,OOO,-
900 annually.
Suggesting that income tax eX-
emptions be lowered to $500 Tor
single person and $1,000 for a mar
ried person, Seidman said that
such a program is not too drastic
a adjustment considering the
present emergency
THE income tax is fair and.
equitable tax" Seidman testified
And, we have not yet scratched
the surface of its full revenue pro-
ducing possibilities
He congratulated the treasury
and the joint congressional COM
mittee on internal revenue taxation
for avoiding general sales tax pro-
posals which he said have grossly
Objectionable" features and should
not be resorted to if we are ready
to act courageously in broadening
the income tax base
The committee opened its public
hearings without having a formal
tax bill before it. The revenue act
of 1941 will be written as the hear
ings progress during May Chair
man Robert l.. Doughton, d., N. c.
indicated. Before it was the Sug-
gestion of the treasury calling for
heavy surtaXes starting at II uer
cent on the first dollar of net in
come and heavier and more excise
taxes. The taxation committees pro-
posals submitted by c. E. STAN,
provide less drastic surtaxes on
lower bracket incomes, but hit the
wealthier classes heavier. STAN also
proposed to tax some foods.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
New Dam Below
Boulder Approved

WASHINGTON, April % up
The interior department today rec
commended that a new Sal 100000
power and irrigation dam be built
at the Bulls Head project on the
Colorado river, 81 miles downstream
from Boulder Dam.
Secretary Of Interior Harold L.
Ickes submitted plans for the Bull.
Head project to President Roose-
welt and congress. He said the bud
get bureau had recommended 2
s5,0O0000 appropriation to start
work on it at once.
The new Gam will have a 225 coo
kilowatt capacity, one-third of the
capacity Of Boulder Dam. Ickes said
the power was needed for both the
population and defense plants in
The southwest.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
Greek Defenses
Fall TO Germans

der yesterday, south OF Sollum. The
British still hold To5ruk, back OF
the Axis forward bases, and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill express
ed substantial confidence in Gen
Sir Archibald WavellS ability to
handle the Germans and Italians
CHURCHILL REALISTIC
Churchills address was confident
as ever of Britain'S ultimate victory
but 1t made plain the reality Of
German threats in the Middle East
to Egypt and Turkey-and 10
Gibraltar, through SPAN.
H relocated his previous suggeS-
ton that Germany might move
against the Ukraine wheatfielos
and the Caucasus oilfields.
British opinion was that Spain
might shortly sign up formally with
the tri-poWer military pact anG
that even before the German troops
might start over the Spanish bor-
der. There also is fear of German
entry into Portugal
A favorable Sigr for the British
in Egypt was the further collapse
of italian resistance in East Africa
Rome admitted the loss Of Dassye
one of the few remaining Fascist
stronghcldS in Ethiopia 1t was OBJ
yious that the bulk of the British
troops in East Africa shortly wOulc
be available for services in Egypt
and many already probably have
been transferred there
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
Court Rules kLRB
Can Make Employer
Accept Union Men

Continued from Page One)
principle which. as We have seen, Is
recognized as basic to the attain
ment of industrial peace.
These are CommCnplaces in the
history Of American industrial re
lauons. But precisely for that rea-
son they must be kept in the fore
front in ascertainIng the meaning
of q major enactment dealing with
these relations.
Frankfurter said the Wagner act
docs not impose an obligation on
the employer to favor union men,
bers in hiring employees. He is IS
free to hire as he IS to discharge
employees The statute does not
toucn the normal exercise of the
right OF the employer to select its
empoleys or to discharge them T
is directed solely against the abuse
OF that right by interfering with
the countervailing right OF self
organization
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
Agreement Near
On Stote Budget

SACRAMENTO. April IS CUP)-
nti-adminisration forces today
prepared a compromise amendment
to the S508,0OC000 biennial budget
bill which they hoped would speed
up assembly acton on the budget
and bring the California legislature
to adjournment by mid-May.
The amendment came out or last
nights conference between repre-
sentativeS of Gov. Culbert l.. Olson
and the anti-OlSon economy bloc
Although no definite agreement
was reached at the long meeting,
both factions hoped a satisfactory
amendment could be presented to-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-28
By FRANK McNAUGHTON

WASHINGTON, April %. up
M. l.. Seidman, chairman of the
New York Board of Trades taxa
ton committee, told the house ways
and means committee today that
America should pay for a large
share of defense costs by lowering
the income tax exemptions and in
creasing the rates on that type of
levy.
Seidman and John V. Lawrence.
general manager of the American
Trucking Association, Inc, were the
first witnesses for the public on
proposals designed to raise $780,
100000 in new revenue to help pay
for arms.
Lawrence testified that an addi-
tional cent a gallon tax on gasoline
might curtail use of trucks to a
point that would decrease revenue.
The treasury had suggested another