The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1939, Page 8

8 Newsmen of Tokyo Come On Air Tour A Hitch for Royal Eyes Flight Scheduled to Start in Mid-August - Will Cross Over Alaska THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1939. CLAIMS BERLIN IS - WELL PROTECTED . FROM AIR RAIDS Dlredor of Clty s Defense Gives Views After "Blackouts” BERLIN, hxl'\ 3] | of Berlin’s air defense asserts that the German capital has better pro- tection against bombing raids than| any other city in the world. | Major General Hoffman aired ir to been spec by the ised in built va bishi o speed of 140 m an carry a crew of Eunice Kennedy, 17, daughter of United States Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, submits to a last-minute adjustment by her maid before she and her mother (right) leave embassy for Buckingham Palace, where Eunice was presented to King George and Queen Elizabeth. Ten American women curtsied to Their Majesties at first court function since the sovereigns returned from America, navigator and engincer Yaokawa —Takeo Ohara achinist—Hiroshi Saiki Chief Pilot is Veteran The chief pilot, Sumitosi Na onsidered the foremost c Japan has ever produced made a 1rope and pilot o (Costa Rica), 1L (Chile) Miami Jose Guyaquil, Arica, S Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Rio de Ja-'aska, already ha; neiro, Natal, Dakar (Africa), Casa | guide-post to se Blanca, Paris, London, Berlin,| bound to or from the Onem Rome, B d, Jodpur (India) Bangkok. Taihoku (Formosa), and back to Tokyo San m ; top of the world flight )¢ He i also a » and Siam -1vxd as member of staff of the Mai- y, every is on the ic depar and the inichi The undertaking is purely 1 goodwill flight, with emphasis ety rather than speed This will be the first roun world flight undertaken by T The course selected f flight takes the plane from Nemuro (Hokkaido, tehorse, Seattle sas City, New the aeror nichi America to San Diego no hazards or and there are well-charted cours ment of the Stated in geographical terms this itinerary means that the flight will involve many s which, al- though not unprecedented, will test capacity for a long-continued flignt s demonstration under an extraordi- , nary variety of transport tions on points of call ar established airline points. to Mendoza, Argentina, condi < 0N Yolves high altitude flying, “Top of World"” the journe To Fringe The first amiliar York, section of a real feat. The crossing usually is made elevations of 17,000 feet or highe lhx(‘u‘ h the Upsallanta Pass, abo well-known statute of thl)&[ of the Andes” peace between Chile Arg 'tl\(md — — _ be TO INSPECT PLANE U outlined means a flight up near the where Nome, Al- difficulties across the continent to New York., The Central and South American | all on regularly The trans-Andean crossing from Santi- in- and dent Price Daniels of the Texas since the Japanese aviators are not Young Democrats League said that John L. Lewis attacks against President John Nance Garner | aspira- | at tions if he is nominated to run in with the crossing of the ordillera, this accomplishment will Vice the ner which sym- Arinking, evil old man.” and S. Marshal Benjamin B. Mozce a radio speech, results of a two-day defense drill held this week The Nazi air official pm\wd the preformance of the German ant | aircraft service. He said the Ge man plane destroyers funu.mn»d well and that even pursuit ships had been unable to get through the lines without being detected and that those wh odid get through at all were technically shot down long before they reached the heart of the capital. Some of the planes were sighte {and turned back more than 60 mil from Berlin. General Hoffman said that the Messerschmidt planes used by the German defense forces had routed most of the bombers taking (part in the sham battle. Much of the equipment has been in service {in Spain and therefore has been | strenuously tested under actual war conditions. | The General declared that the blackouts during the two-day test (had been a complete success. He claimed the city was completely in- visible durmg e blackou( - LEWIS’ ATTA(K MAY AID GARNER Texas YouEDemocrafic League Solid Behind Favorite Son AUSTIN, Tex., mnuu\ The | trip down the west coast of North involves July 31.—Presi- the will help his Presidential 1940. A few days ago Lewis called Gar- | whiskey | a poker playing, It is sated that the attack will un- doubtedly throw a lot of votes to Garner. The young Democratic lead- ers said they would back him 100 percent. Mr. Garner will be hailed rite son of Tex- —The director | | Grand Jury at |New Orleans | Gefting Tough ‘ NEW ORLEANS, La., July 31.—A |grand jury demanded today the resignation of all Louisiana Uni- | ver upervisors who served under former University President James | Smith. | The jurymen charged the super- visors with gross negligence. Smith is charged with the theft of thousands of dollars in State funds which he is said to have lost in puuhlmg COMICTIS T FACELINDBERGH ' KIDNAPING LAW MCALESTER, Okla, July 31.—A court order demanding that Jack Russell be turned over to Chicago Federal authoritties for trial under the Lindbergh kidnaping law has been served on Warden Dunn of the Oklahoma State prison. The war- den indicated that the murderer would be turned over to the au- thorities this week. He is expected to start his journey to Chicago maybe today. Russell is accused of kidnaping and killing Billy Hamilton, a sales- man, while a fugitive from the penitentiary. Russell was indicted in Chicago under the law, and death is- provided in su(‘h cases KING, QUEEN ON HOLIDAY NDON, July 31.—King George |and Queen Elizabeth left Bucking- | hom Palace today for their cus- tomary summer holiday at Balmoral. | Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret | Rose accompany them. His Majesty received Foreign Sec- retary Viscount Halifax in an au- | dience before leaving. - >—— Empire Want Ads Bring Results. U. . MILITARY ' STRENGTH WILL ! BE MOBILIZED Greafest Concentration of Forces Since Civil War to Start | | WASHINGTON, July 31.—Concen- ‘ tration of mil y might, unequalled | by any peacetime mobilization on | this continent sinc ethe Civil War, | will begin this week in preparation for two great practice battles with nearly 70,000 officers and men un-| der arms. The first field army, virtually the entire combat strength of the east-| ern seaboard, will take part in the war games at . Plattsburg, in the| northern part of New York state. Later, 45,000 National Guardsmen | will join the regulars. During the latter part of this week maneuvers will also start in the vicinity of the Civil War battle- ground at Manassas, Virginia. - - WILLIAMS RETURNS Chief Engineer M. D. 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' BACON | POT ROAST Full Flavored—Half or Whole Per 1h. 25¢ P_pund 29(; WEINERS | STEW MEAT 2 lbs. 25e Plump and Juicy e lbs. 53e , T-Bone Steak / e g | Steer Beef Sirloin Steak Per 1b. 35¢ Per Ib. 35¢ Pork Steak Pork Chops Per 1bh. 25¢ Discard that old-fash- ioned stand-up meth- od of hand ironing. Be modern with a New General Electric Ironer and shorten your ironing time. LIBERAL TRADE-IN FOR YOUR OLD IRONER We especially invite women depositors. Accounts-Small or Large-Are Welcome COMMERCIAL —— Banking By Mail —— SAVINGS The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska Capital Funds $306,763.90 Total Resources $3,072,153.39 30, 1939 % LARGE IRONING SURFACE A HEAT CONTROL * NO OILING % FLOATING SHOE % CONVENIENT KNEE CONTROL J IRONS AND PRESSES ALL MATERIALS ALASKA Eleetrie Light & Power Co. SECOND at FRANKLIN Phone 616 Lean Loin—Center Cuts Per Ibh. 35¢