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

NQREASON FOR ALASKATO BE PANICKY OVER REFUGEE PROPOSAL, SAYS SCIENTIST rea e | likely elf-supporting within a The - Society stigation of ent a become bl undertake uitable ion Guiana in the spring of At present it ¥ sponsorin ettlement Duteh C | larger on rench Ne In view of } A from Central Europe ent high t of livir need not fear their be deluged with refugee Ethel J. Lindgren, no ed autl ogist who has been makin liminary study of settle ment bilities in Alaska, said last d ng th brief 1 southbound st e at any would be assuming sibility fc refugee not proceed with any plan had a to bel it had a very dation 4 What does Dr. Lindgren the economic foundation for a project in Alaska to be Impressed by Alaska mpressed | but would and reasc perioc the area in- and to Dutch this year. 1 small iana and a Caledonia far Territory ve settlers jtself commi pre- possi nig ilies train- she obviou roup hey leave Europe ett Visit Brief Dr. L visiting ummer, to make igren wa lifornia thi. opportunit isit to Alaska, which gov- other circles in the have mentioned in the problem of If the Society the out- look. prom for one or more set- tlements, representatives would no oubl be sent to make a thorough investigation, the personnel —antl cope of which would be determined in accordance with the type and lo= of the settlement or settle- ments projected, Dr. Lindgren said. | 2 hurried trip through Alaska, Dr. Lindgren spent several days in Juneau interviewing Government and Territorial officials, flew to Sit- ka, flew to Fairbanks and came| back over the railroad and by steam- er from the Westward An earlier report in the Empire of her activities and purposes in| Alask Dr. Lindgren considered “fan- | " She has not spoken herself | ettlement project in ex 500 families, she said Dr. Lindgren also oxplained how | the impression got about that she was refusing to be. interviewed by the newspapers. She iold a hotel d lerk here that she didn’t want to be bothered by reporters, the rea- son being, , that she is a world traveler doesn't like to s have articles appering about her in the newspapers of port she visits. When an Empire reporter called at the hotel in an effort to interview her he was turned by the desk clerk. Dr. Lindgren s she is glad to discuss her refugee cttlement work though she believes that because of the “very prelimin- | ary nature of my inquiries” any an- nouncement in the press would be | premature.” | ->>o | ESTEBETH SAILING | Sinee good reason ive ound economic he took brief nment and United States cennection with with our marvelou t a thorough iny o be before any settlement plan could be undert That Alaska has. I possibili ties fordeyelepment, in varied fields is well known to Al others who have given se thought to the subject he said Dr. Lindgren said considered our damp climate unfortunate, but admired the way Alaskans ignored the rain, walked about in it with- out raincoats and talked about other things She hasn't seen Interior Harold L. Tekes ettlement proposal fully reported to be able to comment on | tastic it of of ing necessary 1any ind | cation iou. of the refuges enougl Seeretary she said any American Citizen Dr. Lindgren is an American citi- zem, at present ¢ where she does Newnham College, edits the Journal of the thropological Institute (London) Dr. Lindgren is a. member of the committee of experts of the Inter- national Refugee Colonization So- ciety, which has its headquarters al the Hague, Helland. This Socie which already has a substantial cap- ital, is prepared to finance, wholly or partly, the settlement of carefully- selected and trained refugees in areas where economic and climg conditions are such that they seem iding research Cambri Royal WOl An- she s and BRAISED SIRLOIN | TIPS_,.,,.., new vegetables | | The motorship Estebeth will sail for your lunch tomorrow for Sitka and wayports Thursday at ]he BAHANOF evening at six instead of Wednes- |day, the usual sailing date. adv, | el | | - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1939. CHANNEL LINE SOLD TO SUND, McCLEOD FIRM Corporation Recapitalized % -Going to Function : | Independently A change in the new ownership the Channel Bus Line, Inc., has been effected. Beulah Sund and H. R. McCleod have bought out the former stockholders and re-capital- ized the corperation for $25,000. The deal was handled by M. E. Monagle, attorney In buying out Mrs. Sund and Mr are the proprietors Blue Cab Company. over all the physical assets and equipment from Cash Cole, former operator for the old stockholders. This latter group composed of Thomas P. Cole, Elsie Cole, Gene H. Covey, James Cole, Conrad Luft and | Edward Martin. Former officers®of | the corporation were Cash Cole, President; Thomas P. Cole, Secre- tary-Treasurer, and Gene H. Covey, Vice-President. Although Mrs. Sund and Mr. Mc- Cleod own and operate the Royal Blue Cab Company, there is to be no connection: between that and the newly-acquired corporation, each functiening as a separate entity. The new officers are H. R. Me- Cleod, President; Beulah Sund, Sec- retary-Terasurer, and M. E. Mon- agle, acting Vice-President. .- Juneauites Take Extensive Trip Mrs. Wellman Holbrook and Mr and Mrs. Harold Smith left last eve- ning on the Aleutian for an ex- tended trip to the States, expecting to be gone approximately three months. The travelers will go east to De- troit where they will meet Mr. Smith’s sister and were both the Smiths and Mrs. Holbrook will pur- | chase a car and continue on their | way, east to the coast and continue | along the coast, stopping at fairs| and the principal cities. of the corporation, McCleod, who of the Royal have taken One of the cars of the CHARLOTIE HERE: TAKES 22 SOUTH Charlotte arrived in Juneau at 5:30 this morning and left at 8 am. with the following passengers for Seaitle from Juneau: Mrs. L. L. Smith, G. Meacham, V. Emrich, S. Emrich, L. Harter, J [ W. Desmond, Miss H. Duggan, Miss C. Duggan, Miss B. Wilder, Mrs. C. A. Wilder, G. G. Dixon, Mrs. G. G Dixon, Mrs. C. Harland, Miss C. Harland, G Haley, Mrs. P. Mec- Nicholas, W. Terry, Mrs. W. Terry, M. E. Hoch, D. May, P. McNicholas and H. Freauff. > — SCHNEIDER SAILS WITH STEPOVICH, JR. While in California, the Smiths Cv' A "IS.pvvd ..sl':-]l\.x\:':u:-,\'”‘ b hie- will visit' with thelr daughter and|Sentative from Seattie 0° L1 S350 her husband, Mr: and Mrs, David| oD Iron Works, left Juneau last @. Joly B f night aboard the Aleutian on a re- Mrs. Holbrook plans to return to turn to his headquarters after Scaitle where she will meet her|nearly four months spent in the husband, Wellman Holbrook, As,;lnmrior‘ Operating during that sistant Regional Forester, and from | time out of Fairbanks, Mr. Schnei- there, the Holbrooks will visit 2”der said that the mining season month in Minnesota with their rela- | there has been extremely ood and tives and them south along the|that there is tremendous demand i for new equipment Mississipi River enroute to visit with | relatives in Miami, Accompanying him - Stepovich Jr,, son of Florida. known pioneer, trader The Princ was the and Mik well miner, - Empire Want Ads Bring Results. million dollar streamiiner wrecking of the train in central Nevada. who'‘is on his way tart law courses at Gonzaga University Stepovich previously attended Port- land University in the Oregon m tropolis. Both men were enthusiastic about mining conditions throughout the Interior, although young Stepovich said that there had been a serious shortage of water all season Along with Schneider and Stepo- vich was “Squawker,” a Z-month- old canary to -~ > ONE HALIBUTER u dor upper tember GAM MAN HOME AFT | SELLS AT SEATTLE SEATTER, Aug. 2 halibuter arrived and day, the Kodiak, from the western banks. The vessel brought 10.000 pounds, and sold for 9% and 9 cents a pound. From the brought in Only one old here to- in local banks the Dawn 6,000 pounds of sable and sold for 4% cents a pound straight and the F. C. Hegert brought in 8,000 pounds of sable and sold for 4 cents a pound straight WEATHER BUREAU RECEIVES LARGE furs HATIVES ARRESTED | ONMORALS (HARGE b here yesterday of Mine aid 1 - o> COMMISSION DUTY IN SEATTLE | wildl wd to Columbi ife Agent kins sent te section: work the time beir MeGrath will in the to R - HELIUM SHIPMENT v Solice Thirty tanks of helium to be W. P. 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TERMS Model B-60 Hiustrated AWide Choice of Models 1o Fi Every Necd (1335) girl the for \ wori Some of the dead are shown Iying beside the track #iear Cailin, Nev., following 'he wreck of the Pacific streamliner “City of San Francisco. on delinqueney of a mi Davis, 15-year-old juvenile delinquen wrned over teday tie: following blant I ER w. I ayne v tod lire s of i to Al Juneau nor, N nd tiv to Federal DEPART: T OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U, 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Aug. Showers tonight and Wednesday; moderate southerly winds Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Showers tonight and Wednesdav moderate southerly winds, except moderate to fresh of Lynn Canal. ast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alask: outhwest winds tonight and Wednesday from’ Dikon Hinchinbrook. over northern Moderate trance to Cape LOCAL DATA sarometer Temn Humidity wina Veloeity 30.11 95 SE 3 70 WNW 8 66 s Time 0 p.m. yest'y am. toda today Weather Rain 3 Rain Noon 8 Rain RADIO REPORTS | 1 TODAY Lowest 3:30am. Precip. te nn. temp. 24 hours Ar 18 48 Rain Barrow 36 37 Cloudly Nome 35 3 o Clear Bethel 4“4 Rain Fairbanks Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Rain Max. tempt last 24 hours 54 3:30am Weathar Station horage Duteh Harbor Kodiak Clowdy Fog Clear,Smok nce Rupert Edmonton ttle Portland San Francisco Cloudy WEATHER Nop The barometric pressure was low thi and over the northwestern portion ported pressure being 2947 inches at over the North Pacific Ozxean Pacific Ocean at Jlatitud grees. This pressure dis precipitation over morning ©Canada, throughout Al- the lowest Norman. High pressure crest being 30.56 inches 54 degrees and. longitude 148 de- ribution has been attended by the Pacific Coast States. aska of Fort general this morning Juneau, August 23.—Sunrise, 4:38 a.m.; sunset, 7:26 p.m MONTANAN WILL MAKE AUDIT FOR FOREST SERVICE utine perfodic. audit of ‘For- | ace here will b month by Oscar M Fiscal Agent' for headquarte it was announced Ward, Regional Fis- George Messerschmidt, Mr. and Mrs George Shaw, My, and Mrs. Jack Schmitz and the honores - POTENTATE SEES BRIGHT FUTURE orvice ats next Reg A bright or Alaska is and expan dicted by Charje Maryatt, Potentate of Nile Temple of the Shrine, who arrived here today at the head of a delegation of a dozen Seattle men who will onduct Shrine ceremonials | throughout the TFerritory “Within the next 10 to 20 years, Mar t predioted, “Alaska will be the itb of a good many things which Alas don't see at pres- nt, being so close to them.” More and more the pzople in the States, especially around Se- attle, are looking toward Alaska as the land of opportunity, he said. Maryatt is in the laundry busines; in Seattle. The cal Agent here Wrp who has many friends here, Seattle on the Alask 20 with his wife and pend a month here - < Visitors Honored At Dim]er Sunday and Mrs. Louis Neiderdlem, of Cincinnati, who are visiting. here with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Messer- schmidt, were honored Sunday eve ning with a dinner to honor Mrs. Neiderdlem’s birthday and also the seventh wedding anniversary of the| Neiderdlems. { Guests included Mr. will 1€ September SO Try Empire ciass results. ieds for and Mr: Bodies Removed from Streamline Wreckage oner's jury said the trai son or persons unknown. Sduthern Wearly 114 persons were injured. Investigators and a cor- was deliberately wrecked, and pointed to a misplaced rail “misplaced by a per- v e e EE— CAS—_ N amm——————— — g ) et o v < g < 5 [ ———————————————— LS £ LS L L I—: