The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1938, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, ()CT . 4, 1938. B. P. W. CLUB HOLDS MEETING Members of the Business and evening in the C bers, with Miss C iding y Concil Cham- aroline D. Todd; pre I were completed for the ] Public Affairs dinner to be held ¢ g ” - at Percy's Cafe next Monddy eve- | fie /D ning at 6:30 o'clock, for all mem- b « be oft bodiee In e dinner i ‘ nittee: . Mrs braid Lillian Carlson [ i H their husbands and. friends. st speaker for the evening will Frank H. Foster, Juneau attor- charge of th arrangements for following com- Graves, Dr. ‘Rae Stanley H and Mrs. vorwicka 3 Plan: formulated for scheduled Elks' Ball- dance is were also club 29 in Chairman M dance the the 1 annual October on for Uggen - Br, WUrIey s Returning Here L ¥ Wm[n\ Medieal Director r H, ureau of Indian Affairs, is etury (o Junean: Thursday on the steamer Mount McKinley. Dr. Worley has been on a two and | -hall months’ Dr annual inspection various points in the. In- terior. Marine Airways Makes 3 Trips ways made three the first one to the mine, another one to points and still another to the mine up the Taku Mrs. D. C. Sharpstone, old, A. M. Siverson and anuk were flown to the \) d air express. Harold Hines was to be flown to k Colner and Mr. a Gor i nITRES g:@ E.‘p ESTEBETH TO MAKE N4 o E12C. TAKU RIVER TRIP partment Store” 'y'ouhlp Ewebcm. to et | ¥ un from a special trip to island | R ———————— \orrow morning or late 1 70 tons the a barge loaded provisions to the of Taku River tomorrow:| | outh: of morning The ind pick up the was too rough for Creed of Paris makes this black=woul:8ay dress with a vestee of gray, scarlet and black * striped eravat silk. It has a braid-trimmed jacket to match, which transforms it into one of the fall's smart costume suits. The k designed to go It is made ,( Here is a new fall _ places after the clock strikes 4. a‘ + of wine colored velvet woven to vesist crush- %4 (ing and fashioned with a soitly shirred ' bodice. A gold braid and tasscled bracelet and necklace are worn vill st tali“crewned hat is black felt, i u lSoldbers a thtl(’ Too Old to Fi ig ht Profession Women's Club met ]ast{ them that will | “this ‘Balloon biisines He wonders how the gigan- tic hydrogen fence would act in a gale. More than cne of the experimental bags broke 100se One careened to ‘France, messing up P r lines as it passed. More Volunteers Needed Britain is calling for 5,000 more voluntcers to mai the balloon barrhge. 'Age lindits are set as 38 to 50 7,| could be hethmed by 500 galloons as | expensive. go of freight | Taku Chief was to come | cargo, but weather| the flat bottom| at 10 o'clock, craft. The Taku Chief will take | Cafe w pen on Satur- | (he barge at salt water and take| extensiy delling and it to the landing for 'transfer of 1 t was inced today. cargo to- river barges. 1 0f a 1w large: D n will be the principal im- C. T. U. PRESIDENT 1 in the popular Juneau T otapatial v‘x‘"‘”_"“'\m'v’”y‘x Mrs. M. T. Miles has been elected | rations are PIIRET president of the Wrangell W. C. T. er Percy's’ js|U: | Mrs. Bertin Vaugh. is Vice- | = : President and Mrs. Eva S. Reed, | n,” Mr. Reynol id thi Secretary-Treasurer. aind, we mean it, t00. > o % $ News Toaay.— Embpire. | Try an Empire ad. i " Man British Aerml “Maginot Line” By JACK CULMER LONDON—London igfpinning its hopes of defense in: the next war on a Hpe of balloons—hundreds of support elence of “lethai’ cables to render air attacks harmiess; British experts say the ving of balloo: to steel cables forming a fenee around the city anchored would force enemy planes to stay so high their bombs would be comparitively harmléss, and defense planes could fight' them off., The fighting part of the' barrage is a’ forest of cables. ‘The gasbags merely serve ag supports for that. The Man in the street remains skeptical about so the service will not attract younger mety who are fit“for’ more “active duty. ‘The balloons look like the e obt ion bags ‘of the World War.' They taper to a pointed tail | fitted' with' three fins to keep their heads to the wind. The fins are filled with air Blown in through scoops as the craft rises A'téncntile radius' from ‘the center of Lofidon 100-yard intervals officiftls 'say.' " . Mobility’ i§ the €ssential feature. By shifting the parrage, experts say, they could keep bomber pilots guessihg. Unanswered ‘Question Anti-aircraft searchlights and guns better chance of piekihg off “high-Fiying ener and defensé fightets would know they needn't look for raiders below balloon level. Officfals’ discount the danger that trolled, crewless ‘planes might be sent ram the barrdge. Since each plane could destroy omly one balloon, fhey say, this method of attack would be too would have a y planes, radlo-con~ to But apparently there’s no ‘answer' to ‘the risk of incendiary bullets aimed at each anchored balloon World war pilots found it darigerous to attack balloons, well defended by anti-aircraft artillery and machine-guns. The new balloons have no baskets. Each F unit is manned by a crew of ten. Tt carries a deflated balloon on a truck fitted with gear to help it acros ditches and other obstacles, and mounting a drum of cable operated by a power winch. A trailer three hydrogen cylind Improvements Welcome A Eight short cables dangle from each balloon so the crew can guide it to earth as the winch winds up the last few feet of tethering cable. Rums that Are Lofl in W ake o oon LOON BARRAC carri tart deflating the handling cables. to Auth sdmit the need for improvements but ound insist the principle i al f Coast Hurricane I(.uim and sh-mhles of houses dot the path of lhe re ('nt hurricane, »h:ch was .\ltrnded by a tidal wave, along the New England coast. This beach celeny at Westbreok, Conn, bears mute testimony of the “terrific: force with which the elements struck. Note concreie stairs aleng the beach. The houses were washed ccmpietely off their foundations and smashed dewn, in many cases, far from their eriginal siles. Esti- mates show the death rcll at almest 600, while some 12,000 were homeless and face a shertage of food, In addition to this, floeds perll mlny sections alréady hard hit by the hurricane, Wit Has oy ERvse. e, o’ Auliay Social This Evening Of His Big Chief, =™ LAKE | ‘. Carrying forward its program to £ 53 ‘stock barren lakes with trout, the Pastmaster Albert Wile is today Forest Service through the cCC| Mrs. J. C»‘Mntm"l*on will pre-' displaying a signed photograph re- recently -completed planting 10000 Side during”the business session of celved from Postmaster General steclhead trout fly in Punchbow!'the Picncers' Auxiliary, to be held James A, Farley. “With best wish- Lake near Rudyerd Bav., Ketchi- it 8 l'n(h)(‘lx this evening in the es” is inscribed on the photograph kan, according fo Regional Forester O.OT: Hall sirh whieh, Postmaster. Wile will havesB. F. Hetinzleman, The operation _Mis: Willlam Markle _anu[ L framed and displayed in-his office Lwas -carried out: by the CCC crew sy Brown are in charge of the | ciul part _of. the m‘e‘mg - > MRS. FAULKNER BACK in, the Federal. and Territorial Build- ‘at Ward's Lake under the direction ing. of Superintendent Noringn s Several lakes, on Chichagof and | Baranof islands ‘weré pliy FROM EUROPEANT OUR. | CHAMBER MEETINGS ing thé summer and one - IO Lake, near Fairbanks. Ii is expe i ! L3 I3 1 to continue the work next summer Mrs., H. L. Faulkner returned to | Meetings |9t the § Clmmber® {df geintzleman’ said Juneau on the Princess Louise after Commerce Thursday noon and the g DN 2 summer’s tour of Europe and- a { Bxeoutive. Board of the Chamber| pypRESNE TO PETERSBURG month’s visit in' Ohio with her | tomorrow' noon have been postpon- A cousin. Miss DaisysWilder, | ed: until next week due (o repairs pyank Dufresne, citive Of- As for Europe, Mrs. Faulkner being made at Percy’s Cafe. it Was: ficer of the Alaska Game Commis- (hinks it a “wonderful country,” that Mussolini “fairly good look- ing, but has too big a jaw,” and that Alaska “looks pretty good, even announced today by Secret - sion, is planning to leav (H: Stevens. High school teachers, ersburg tomorrow |who were to have been guests of iy game matter: for Pet- in connection expecting to be the Chamber this week, will be uone only a “_“ . though it is rmn_ing." |in attendance next week At Elyria, Ohio, Mrs. Faulkner - - \M-J) \’l‘ F’\ILH ANKS visited with her cousin and motored CIRCLE AIR MAIL - through- Michigan. Former rcsldrx of Portland, - e Information has been received at Oregon, “Miss Velmg Litzenbes MARRIED AT WJANGELL Jack Hendérson, i were 1es will be established for the winter cently married at Falbanks, where between Fairbanks and Circle' City,|they will make their home, and'Roy Lindsley of ‘Wrangell have (recently married at Wrangell. Miss ‘Angeline Pace jof Seattle j | | jhirbanks that an air mail sérvice 'and U s DEPKRTM!NT OF' AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU 'THE WEATHER (By ‘the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forevast tor Juneau and vicin'ty, beginning at 3:30 pm., Oct. 4: Rain tonight and Wednesday; mod rate to fresh southeast winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Wednes- day; moderate to fresh southeast winds except moderate to fresh south- erly winds over Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh reasl winds along the coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hin- rook. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ‘Weather 3:30 p.m. yest'y 29.99 49 i {76 w 4 Lt. Rain 3:39 a.m. today 30.08 45 93 s 8 Noon ' today 3011 50 69 B 16 RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowest 4am. 4a.m. Precip 4am. Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Atka 48 42 42 4 05 Cloudy Anchorage 48 51 a 0 Barrow 30 26 26 16 0 Cloudy Nome 46 44 12 02 Cloudy Bethel 52 42 14 04 r Fairbanks 56 26 4 0 Dawson 54 28 4 0 St. Paul 46 40 12 27 Cloudy Dutch Harbor 58 = 4 16 Cloudy Kodiak 48 4 64 117 C")ud\ Cordova 50 36 4 0 > Juneau 57 4 8 04 C lnudv Sitka 52 43 - 15 Ketchikan 56 50 4 12 Cloudy Prince Rupert 62 48 08 Cloudy Edmonton 42 40 4 03 Cloudy Seattle 66 52 8 45 Clear Portland 64 50 4 02 Cloudy San Francisco 66 56 4 0, Clear New York 64 44 14 0 Jlear Washington 62 42 4 0 Clear Wl-‘ATHFR CONWDITIONS AT 8 A M. TODAY Seattle (airport), cloudy, temperature 44; Blaine, fo; 42; Vic- toria, cloudy, 50; Alert Bay, cioudy, 50: Bull Harbor, partly cloudy, 47; Triple Island, cloudy; Langara Island, cloudy, 49; Prince Rupert, showers, 53; Ketchikan, showers, 51; Craig. cloudy, 53; Wrangell, clou- 49; Petersburg, cloudy, 47; Sitka, cloudy, 51; Cape Spencer, cloudy, 44; Hoonah, raining; Hawk Inlet, raining, 42;: Hood Bay, cloudy, 44; Tenakee, cloudy, 48; Radioville, misting, 46; Juneau, raining, 46; Skag- way, cloudy, 43; Haines, raining; Co>rdeva, cloudy, Chitina, clea 38; McCarthy, cloudy, 28; St. Elias cloud 46; Seward, cloudy, 42; Anchorage, cloudy, 48; Fairbanks, cloudy, 30; Hot Springs, cloudy, 28; Tanana, partly cloudy, 34; Ruby, partly cloudy, 31; Nulato, cloudy, 34 Kaltag, cloudy, 40; Flat, cloudy. 42; Crooked eek, partly cloudy, 47 Stuyahok, clear. 42; Platinum, cloudy; Belhel. cloudy, Golovin, cloudy, 45; Solomon, cloudy, 42; Co uncil, ¢loudy. 40; Nome, cloudy, 43. Juneau, Oct. 4—Sunrise, 6:11 am.; sunset, 5:24 pm WEATHER SYNOPSIS 29.14 .inche With a center of r Atka this morning, low barome- tric pressure covered the Bering Sea, the northeast portion of the north Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Alas and mest of Alaska. A ridge of high air pressure extended from Hudson's Bay southwest over the Canadian prairie provinces and British Columbia, the Pacific Northwest and over the Pacific Ocean toward the Hawaiian Islands. - Heavy rain fell at Kodiak, and light to moderate precipitation over the rest of south- western and western Alaska to lower Cook Inlet, over Southeast Al- aska, the southwestern and central portions of Canada and western Washington and Oregon with generally fair weather over the rest of the field of observation. Warmer temperature was reported from Cordova this morning and colder readings from most other p]'u‘ec in Alaska. Schilling It's easy 6 make delicious biscuits! 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