The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 22, 1939, Page 2

- = 2. Skilled Crecho- Slovaks help Russia build railroads How the Czechs BACKGROUND On dark nights nowadays Czecho-Slovak youths slip over the border into Poland, where they are ferming legions to fight, if war cemes, against the Ger- mans. The Czechs are experienced border-skippers and fighters-in- strange _territory. During the Werld war, they formed legions in France, Italy and Serbia and especially in Russia. Their cpponents then, too, were Ger- mans—the Germans of Austria- Hungary, an empire of which they were unwiiling subjects. The story of the 100,000 Czech soldiers in wartime Russia will shed Jight on what may be ex- peeted of the expatriated Czechs in any secend werld war. Lioyd George called the story “one of the greatest epics in history.” Here it is. As the Germans pushed in, the Czech plight became serious. Rus- ian solders merely laid down their guns and went home or became prisoners of war. Tw oDivisions Trapped But since the Czechs were largely deserte the German army treat- ed captured Czechs accordingly Two Czech divisions were fight- ing near Kiev in the Ukraine. Fac- ing certain death, if captured, they went over the top with a fury that sent enemy troops sprawling, But they were only two divisions on 2 large front under Lenin, had seized control of Russia. Lenin signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The treaty cut off any possibility | of the Czechs going home—unless they were willing to accept a doubt= 1ful offer of amnesty from the Aus- trian emperor. And if they con- tinued to fight the Germans they | woula fight alone. The Czechs had They did They decided push through those 5000 miles to Vladivostok, By The AP Feature Service Those: grim young -Czechs form- ing foreign legions today have a stirring example to-live up to. For a quarter of a century ago, other to think fast, to In November, 1917, the Bolsheviks, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1939 Made Their Historic 5,000-Mile | reached. Vladivostok in 57 days. | But most. trains. suffered all sorts | of delays. : | By July, 1918, troop-trains were | scattered over 4,000 miles of track. Jan Syrovy, the famous one-eyed | general, was in, command. | Trouble with the Soviets increas- ed at each station.. Soon Czechs | and Bolshevik were battling | throughout the Urals. As their trains | got on, the Czechs had to fght for each town. ~And-each railroad tun- nel in the Lake Baikal region had to be won. | Held the Railroads The troops stayed on in Eastern Siberia until the Armistice, helping the Allies hold the railroads. Then they left Vladivostok for home, via the Pacific and the United States. They were rewarded with & free Czechoslavakia. Today, other young Czechs are working for the same goal. REAL BOOM S rim young Czech legionnaires were getting into—and out of—one of his- tory's tightest. jams. Forced to fight for Austria-Hun- | gary, the Czechs deserted and cross- ed into Czarist Russia, where they |mans in armored cars attempted to; became prisoners. Far from home, they kept up hope, fcrmed national groups, proved themselves skilled workmen, and gave a tenth of their pay to p mote Czecho-Slovak independence Finally Russia permitted them to form Czech legions to fight on the Russian front. In 117 the Czechs. were concen- trated in European Russia. German, troops: were surging to- ward them from the west. Turkish troops formed a wall to the south. Chaos and the ice-packed Arctic were to the north. Five thousand miles of chilly steppes blocked the east And all around the tion was raging. Red revolu- Grandmother's lacy lingerie has night-dress of pale blue chiffon is thenc eto return to Europe by way < of the U. 8. ~ Czech Foreign Legions Are An Old Story—and aGood One Trek to Viadivostok. But She Won Dlyese, 1Al § Douglas sued Hil- dfig&?:ngtefiivoru. but it was she . who was granted the divorce today® ‘in- District Court. Judze George F. Alexander decided the case after lengthy and spirited ex- changes ' in Court. . Her maiden name of Hilda Runquist was re- stored to Mrs. Demos. ‘A 'divorce was granted today to }vu-gxnn from Pierce Faircloth of | Haines. | " Dolat Kuloff became a citizen of the United States and changed his name to Dan Jerry Kelly. He is a native of Soviet Russia. The suit of Sam Konoff versus Michael I. Bocatch for an account- ing was set for trial Thursday at 2 o'clock. s SIX 60 NORTH; MISS. CLAUSEN, MR. HAGLUND WILL WED SOON | Ceremony fo' Take Place in " Petershiirg Next Month Miss Charlotte Clausen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Clausen of Petersburg, announced plans for her marriage to Mr. Hilding Haglund, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albin Haglund of this city, which will be held August 18, at her home in Petersburg. The engagement of the popular | couple was revealed at a tea given las tmonth at the Gold Belt Avenue phome of Mrs. J. B. Godfrey. Miss Clausen will be given in mar- | riage by her father, and Miss Mertie | AACC TO ORDER " 2-WAY RADIOS, * ALASKA PLANES 'CAA Head Mees with Al- " aska Body and Gov- | S = - = ernor at Bell Island | All licensad passenger earrying| | aireraft in Alaska % Il be required | ‘h; install two-way radio communi- | | caticn équipment - in ‘the ‘near: fu-| | | ture, ‘according to Dudley Reynclds, Assistant to the Supervisor of the| Alaska Aecronautics and Communi- | cations Commission. At a meeting of the commission | | yesterday at Bell Island, with Gov. | | John W. Troy and M. C. Hoppin, | | new head of Civil Aeronautics Au- thority in Alaska,, Superv: of the | AACC, Glenn Gaudie, and his office, ‘w:«\ directed to draw up such regu- | 1ation. | Specifications and. regulaticns for ! enforcement ©f the, new law wili | fo two-way radios on all pas- | senzet carrying planes operating | outside of a 25-mile radius. Right ' To Regulate Right to make such regulation is) granted in the 137 Territorial Act eating the Alaska Aeronautics and | Communications = Commission and designating its pewers. | It was als odecided at the meet- |ing to draw up preventative rogu- lations governing blocking of facil- | |ities for marine airplanes. 1 A third decision of the body was | all and operate a new . AACC | station at Goddard Hot Springs,! near Sitka, the equipment cumingi from St. Michael; where a Northern | Commercial Company station has| obvoated the need for Territorial equipment, | Sheldon Simmons, Secretary of the | AACC, flew Commission member | Joe Crosson, Dudley Reynolds, As- sistant to the Supervsor, and Har- | ry Watson, Secretary to the Gov-, ernor, to Ketchikan yesterday in the AAT Lockheed. At Ketchikan, Supervisor of the ‘AACC‘ Glenn Goudie, had contacted |M. C. Hoppin, new CAA head in Alsaka, arriving there on the Bar- anof. Inspect Range Station From there the party went to Gravina Island aboard the Coastf Guard cutter Cyane, to inspect the range station there, southern end jof the rado zeam that will reach |to Nome. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and Vicinte southerly winds, ity, beginning a# 3:30 pim., July 22:Rain tonight and Sunday; modera Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Sunday; mod- erate southerly winds, except moderate to fresh over Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh southerly winds tonight and Sunday from Dixon, Entrance to Cape. Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA sarometer Temn Humidity Wind Velocaty 30.20 57 89 ESE 12 30.17 55 96 s q 3013 57 88 SE RADIO REPORTS Time 3:30 pam. yest'y 3:30 am. today Noon today Weather Mod. Rain Mod. Drizzle 7 Light Drizzle TODAY 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am. temp. 24hours Weather 56 X 3 Cloud, 35 0 Pt. Cldy 58 02 Cloudy 50 a1 Lt. Rain 55 T Cloudy 55 Pt. Cldy a Cloudy 51 Pt.Cidy 50 Cloudy HV'y Rain Mod. Driz. Max. tempt. last 24 hours 68 40 68 64 k6l 8 Luwesy Station Anchorage Barrow Neme Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak .. Cordova Juneau Sitka .. Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco 02 T 03 1.84 40 25 T 02 [ 0 0 Lt. Rain Lt. Drizzlo Clear Clear Clear Pt. Cldy 55 51 66 56 WEATHER SYNOPSIS The general barometric pressure distribution over the North Pacific' Ocean and ‘over the northwestern portion of North America has changed but little during the past 24 hours, being relatively high frem Cordova southeastward. to Oregon, while low pressure prevailed over the interior and western portions of Alaska, the lowest re- ported pressure being 20.36 inches at St. Paul Island. Precipitation has been general along the coastal regions from the Alaska Pen- insula southeastward to the northern:: portion of British Columbia and scatteringly over the interio: and western portions of Alaska, while- fair weather prevailed over the Pacific Coast States. Juneau, July 23. — Sunrise, 3:32 am,; sunset, 8:40 p.m. July 24. —Sunrise, 3:3¢ am.; sunset, 8:38 p.m. EJohnson of Petersburg, will be her| Returning to Ketchikan, the party only attendant. Mr. Arnold Swan-|flew to Bell Island where a mesting son of Juneau will be Mr. Haglund's (was called of the Commission with JUNEAU SPORTS FISHING CLUB JULY SALMON DERBY Sunday, July 2 OFF MARMION ISLAND MODES of the MOMENT | The Czechs dog-trotted through the chaotic Ukraine—just ahead of the pursuing Germans. When Ger- head them off, few Germans es- caped. Allies Fought Communism The two divisions commandeered trains. Fighting with the support of Communists ended the German menace. But more trouble sprang up. The Bolshevik government learned that the Allies were com- | batting Communism in eastern Si- beria, and was alarmed at the pros- Enemy | pect of heavily-armed Czechs join-| ing the Allies, | The Bolsheviks would let the Czechs push on only if they sur- rendered their arms. So the Czechs ggve up some of them, but kept other supplies hidden. The first trainloads of troops inspired some designs: for 1939, A trimmed on bedice, skirt and hem with narrow bands of shirred Valenciennes lace. had| KODIAK, WORD| NINE ELY DOWN Culberlson Arrives from| Island for'Bureauw of « *| Fisheries “Office Kodiak is undergoing a boom :\\'hlch will make it the most popu- lous place .in.the Third Division by the time work starts on : the new Navy base, J. Steele Culbert- son, Bureau of Fisheries Warden, said today on his arrival from.the island. New buildings are going up at Kodiak, @ Chamber of Commerce 'has been organized and every boat is bringing in a load of new citi- zens. | Culbertson = will be stationed | here 'as Assistant Agent for the rest of the summer. He spent the winter of 1836-7 in the Juneau office of the Bureau. He and Mrs. Culbertson' are living at the Bar- anof Hotel, 'DAIGLER FAMILY plane was to come to Juneau from the Interfor with nine aboard. |, Those going out with Joe Cros | son and Al Monsen were J. B. War M. C. Hoppin. Inbound - passengers were E. M. Wright; M. J. Farrell, Al Grab, Mary Grab, Lorene Gisler, Jerry Galvin, and Mrs. R. E. Mespelt. o E R it Jane Blomgren, Ellen McKechnie Hostesses Today Co-hostesses this afternoon at the Seatter Tract home of Mr.-and Mrs. Larry McKechnie, ‘Miss' Ellen Me- Kechnie and Miss Jane Blomgren entertained with luncheon and a ¢ shewer complimentary to Mrs. Rob- B‘(K 'N Jumu ' ert Gordon. b, A centerpiece of gladiolus and ! ' idelphiniums- attractively decorated Cliff Daigler, well known theatre the juncheon table and the afters jman who spent. several years ‘in | noon was ‘spent in playing .bridge, | Juneau operating ;th ;Capitol :and | pinochle and Chinese checkers. Coliseum theatres under. the lease Guests for. the occasion included to B. F. Shearer, returned to Juneau | prs Clifford Berg, Mrs. Roland | with his family on' the Baranof | Lingquist, Mrs. John Whitley, Phyl- | today. o lis. Jenne, Beatrice Primavera, Lil- | W. D. Gross, owner of the: Coli-|yjan Kiloh, Mary Jean McNaugh- | seum Theatre. chain in Southeast|ton Corrine Duncan, Edythe Young; | Alaska, .said . Daigler ,will. assume | yean Faylor, Fay Stoddard, Helen | managership of the new .Twentieth| pieketts, Francis Newman, Helen | Century Theatre now under 0on- | geistline, Dorothy Bertholl and struction. o . hy 4 Elaine“Housel | Daigler has been in Seattle since i he left Juneau four years ago, and | has been managing shows at The|, | Ranch, - exclusive suburban’ night m,AIS BAYERS Returning with him was Mrs. | Daigler ‘and the. two: Daigler chil- P Miss* Thafs: Bayer/,” well known Juneau girl, sailed for Juneau to- dren, Beth; 5, andDonald, 12. At present the family is stopping day on the steamer Columbia. Miss Bayers has spent the past | at the Gastineau Hotel. Bm‘ll IoDAy several months in. the States. ———————— o % Iy DAVID WHLIAMS HERE David. Williams, Pacific ‘Alaska Afrways radio operator who was on the Seattle-Juneau. clipper experi- mental | flights last - year, returned on the" Alaska yestreday and flew to Fairabnks today with PAA to work _in the Interior metropolis of~ fices of the company. ;Williams - has been taking flight operator traihing at Miami on the clipper ships this winter. JONES ON TRIP "7 7 INTO INTERIOR | The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the- two major leagues: National League Cincinnati 2; Philadelphia 0. Brooklyn 7; St. Leuis' 3. ® Pittsburgh 9; Boston 3. Chicago 8; New York 7. American’ League Philadelphia 41 Detroit 2. Washington 11; Cleveland 3. Boston 6; St. Louis 3. New York-Chicage, postponed. e MARRIAGE LICENSE U. S. Commissioner M. E. Mon- agle issued a marriage license to- day to Enoch William Jensen of Juneau and Dorethy - Leona Jones of Auk Bay. ————.——.—— The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On- Sale; $1.00, _Johxt. ‘W.*Jones, of the Juneau- Yo\m&‘ Hardware Company, flew to ‘ways today on a combined business' and pleasure trip. He expects to Jreturn with PAA next Thursday. best man. Leaving here during the first part Six: phssengers were to fly to Fair- | of August, Miss Clausen will spend |lations banks this afternoon, while another | two weeks in Petersburg with her| Authority and the Alas | parents prior to her wedding. Mr. Haglund and his best man will leave ’Juneau about August 16. | Miss Clausen, who came to this | rack, J. F. Mullen, Virginia Mullen, | City during the Legislature, was|announced at the meeting that he | D. T. Williams, J. W. Jones and |employed as a secretary at the ses- |is requesting an eme'/ncy appro- sion. She is a graduate of the Pat- ersburg high school,. attended the | University of Washington and was lalso enrolled in a . stenographic course at a business college in Se- C H. Waterman, Mrs. Jerry Koontz, att] | Mr. Haglund, well known in the | Capital City, is at present Wharf- jinger at the City Dock. He is a Jgraduato of the Juneau High School jand attended Whitman College at | Walla Walla, Wash., where he is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Following their wedding in Pet- | ersburg the young couple will re- iturn to Juneau where they will jmake their home. - IMISSION BOAT IS_DESTROYED *INSEWARD BAY Four Men Aboard Blown | from Pilot House- Uninjured SEWARD, Alaska July 22.—Fire completely. destroyed the Nika Nah. Methodist Mission. yacht, that or- iginally cost $65,000. A Dbackfire, -while the craft was on.a short Resurrection Bay run, ignited the bilge fumes. The craft was towed to a beach, but too late to save it. Four men aboard were blown from the pilot house by the:explos- fon of the bilge fumes, but they were. not injured. The four on the vessel were the Rev. A. J. Clements, L. Phillips, Jmes Watt and Tracey Clark. DOUGLAS-MOOSE " BALL GAME MAY BE RAINED OUT Douglas ,is scheduled tq meet the Moose tomorrow afternoon’ at 5:30 o'clock in Firemen's Park in a sec- ond half schedule baseball game, if it doesn’t rain. Weathermen say chances look || slim, however, for good weather, with “rain” the doleful prediction. e BACK FROM SITKA Mrs. Cora M. Speanburg, visiting. her ‘daughter Mary Ellen Speanburg, here, returned .on the North Sea from Sitka after spending a few | Patrbanks with Pacific Alaska Adr-|| days visiting. She is at the Bar- anof Hotel. e R Empire Want Ads Bring Results. l’°’ sale at The Empire Office. | | Governor John W. Troy, ex-officio ' head of the body, during which re- of the Civil Aeronautics a Aeronau- | tics and Communications Commis- | sion were discussed. | Hoppin, expressing his commen- | dations of the work of the AACC, Roundirip on Wanderer——$1.00 LEAVE AT 8:00 A. M. FROM THE UPPER CITY FLOAT LOW TIDE—11:48 A. M. HIGH TIDE—6:15 P.M. Fishing starts at 9:45 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. All contestants must have club membership ccrtificates and must pay one dollar entry fees in order to qualify for prizes. .FIRST PRIZE .. . SECOND PRIZE THIRD PRYZE ... FOURTH PRIZE . FIFTH PRIZE .. SIXTH PRIZE VARIOUS OTHER PRIZES DONATED BY JUNEAU MERCHANTS WILL BE OFFERED FOR THE DERBY. | priation of $450,000 from Congress to operate meteorological and range stations this year, Dcnohoe on Commission Gov. Troy. announced the appont- ment of Thomas A. Donochoe, Co: dovaa ttorney and aviator, as a mem- ber ‘of the Commission, filling the |vacancy created by the recent death of flier M. D. Kirkpatrick. | The entire party that flew to Ket- chikan yesterday, returned to Ju- |neau this afternoon with Hoppin, |who flew on with PAA into Fair- | banks, Hoppin said here, “Your Alaska | Aeronautics and Communications Commission has done some wonder-‘ | ful work and what I have seen sol far, surpasses all my expectations | and isn't at all what I expected to | find.” i Mrs. Robert Bender, daughter of ' s |Gov. Troy, made the round .trip ‘aboard the plane and visited with | her father at Bell Island. Fishing Rod Sweater <o Reel _..Hunting Shirt FIRST OFFERING IN JUNEAU ° g Tile"Fénii;blls Air-Way Vacuum Cleaner ——You never touch the dirt. ——No dirty bags to clean. ——Made in two models, ——Atiachments at no extra cost. It’s Tops in Vacuum ° HARRI MACHINE SHOP Signal Corps Accuracy Is Astounding A record of 146447 messages without. & single .error being re- ported was established by the Al- aska Communications System in March, according to the quarterly bulletin of the Officer in Charge. | A new .individual -record of 6,~ 169 messages without error was made by Albert R. Bech, Seattle | operator, in May. ————— RADIATOR MAN HERE F. L. Fiske, American’ Radiator representative, came in on the Bar- anof and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. | ——.—— DUNLOP BACK H. S. Dunlop, traveling man, is back in Juneau and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. - ee——— FLORENCE IN A. L. Florence, Seattle Hardware | representative, came in to Juneau on the Baranof and is at the Gas- | tineau Hotel. - CANNERY HEAD HERE R. A. ‘Welsh, and his son, Robert Welsh, Jr., ‘arrived in Juneau this morning on the Baranof and are guests at the. 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