The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1939, Page 2

2 TENNESSEE GOP BOSS DIESTODAY .-« P\epresenia'fivei J. Willis o Taylor Passes Away Suddenly at Home tinuea rrom ! e Martha Society Fairlsto Be ill fea held or ( 1. lend e for tune telle; to read Through- song trio Allen, Idabell e Arnold cup: Japanes; 1 by rls’ miscellaneous y novelty booth ork and felts. be held both days 1 5 oclock and an end is extended the t X -+ ‘ - Surprise Kifchen - Shower Honors Sophie Daubel Daubel sur- vhen they in the a Kit- 1 < af pent two da of nd these Sophie her with s spent inforn member of eact were enjoyed the t retrict T married caid of Ur present were Mesdar rtson Grove lor Novelty Event and Par- ray the COMMISSION |Germans Claim OPENS YEARLY SESSION HERE Unemployment Compen-f sation Matters fo Be | Discussed by Three Annual session of the Alaska Un- employment Compensation Com- mission opened here today. at the office of Director Walter P.Sharpe. Richard E. Hardcastle of KE"'i chikan is presiding as Chalrman,‘ an office to which he was appoint- | 1 to succeed E. L. (Bob) Bart- tt now retary of Alaska. Hardcastle arrived today on’ the! Northland R. S. Bragaw of Anchorage is‘ also present for the meeting. He arrived in the Capital City yesmr-l day on the steamer Yukon. | Dr. Noble Dick of Fairbanks, | third member of the Commission, | will arrive on the next PAA plane from the Interior. - | Ray Taylors Are | Now in'Connecticut | { 1 | Of interest- to " friends ‘in. Jureau of Mr. and Mrs. Ray S. Taylor, is| his tranfer from Fort Collins, Calo- | rado, to 1561 Hoodnee Avenue, Ham-~ den, Conn Also of interest is that the Tay-| lors have adopted a six-month-old' baby girl which they have named ‘Melissa.” | Formerly of Juneau, Mr. Taylor | 116 {; 8 24 "'§et Vacationing 5 Forest Examiner for the United i ¥ W i | g::tesoi“?s{‘ef} Ffjflee;h;i 1 ne:xieeyofigl;“se:m h:::s‘rge:; (;’a‘:- Ml'S. S(O” IS |on the. steamer Yukon for vaca- . tlon frips of several weeks' dura- Back from Trip s, Miss: Gallagher, secrefary in the : lAlaska Steamship Company office Mrs. Walter P. Seott returned on ' here, will meet her mother in Se- | the Alaska today after spending|gttle and has tentative plans o ‘xfxust of the fall touring in the yisit for a time in sunny Califor- Rates, oz | nia, before returning to dJuneau After a circuit of the country with | e vanderLeest, who is asso- her husband and son, Walter Scott, \ciated with the Bureau of Indian| | Jr., Mrs. Scott stopped for a while | Affairs oftice, will visit her sister.' ‘was legal and ‘her destination An " Juneau’s Younger Miss Betty Sharpe, sailed south A German short-wave broadcast picked t"ln Three Membér; 6! 7 lagher, Miss Mary VanderLeest and | Gull’ Carries ‘.Ctrmrtirarbf!nd ‘Black New Y twerp and Retterdam. ;-li(en}e Pla|e§ o 1340 ‘ \Orange and Black \/! Ak’ auifomobile’ license plates for 1940 will be bright orange in col- or ,with black numerals and Jetter- ing. x A shipment of the 1940 plates has been received by Territorial Treas- urer Oscar Olson, A few have al- |ready been issued, as in the case of | persons going Outside to take deliv- ery on new automobiles. e M. 5. Whitier: Return on Alaska ork said the American ship Black Gull (above), ha sailed from New York at her own risk carrying a contraband cargo for Europe. Her owrfigir« ‘said her cargo b { in Seattle to yisit with ber son while Miss Jeanne VanderLeest in Wis- | he attended school at the University consin and .other relatives-in. Min- | of Washington. .- — # | neapolis, She will also spend some| teal Al [time in Florida and Washington, 75 e Returning from a ‘‘second honey- |moon,” Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Whit- |tier arrived in Juneau on the Vacationing in the East and West Lkl d DEMOCRATIC CLUB HEARS DISCUSSION ON NEUTRALITY Mrs. Harold Knight, whose tepic was Neutrality Legislation, was the speaker at the Women'’s Democratic Club last night. The meeting was held in the game room of the Hu}» crest Apartnients, with Mrs. CryStal Snow Jenne, Vice-President, presid- ing for Mrs, William A. Holzheimer, President. A feature of the evening was the adoption of a resolution honoring Gov. John W. Troy, expressing ap- preciation of his service to the Ter- ritory and regret at his resignation. Written by a committee of the club, Mrs. Jenne, Mrs. Elmer A. Friend and Mrs. Alice Coughlin, the resolu- tion was copied for presentation to Gov. Troy by Mrs, Kenneth Jinge, hand-lettered on . parchment and tied with ribbon of 'forgét-me-not U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER || the U. 8. Met Bureau) Forecast for JupeAy and viciniy, beginning at 3:30 pam., Nov. 14: Cloudy tonight and Wednesday; moderate to fresh northerly winds: lowest temperature tonight about 28 degrees. % Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Cloudy tonight an ; moderate to fresh’northeasterly winds, é);ycept‘ ffesh mdstr'“o,;gn;fixl erly over Iynn Canal. Southern portion—Cloudy 'with showers ' to- night and probably Wednesday; fresh to strong southeasterly and easterly winds tonight, becoming moderate to fresh Wednesday. Forecast or wmnas ajopg the copst of the Guif, of : A deep storm centered over the extreme southern po;\‘:lon"p( South- east, Alaska appears to be mqying inlapd. . Winds for tonight and Wednesfgay alopg the coast from Dixon Entrance to Sitka, . will be fresh to strong east and nort_beasterlg, becoming noyth' terly on Wednesday; from Sitka to Cape Hinchinbrook, fresh to strong north- erly; and, from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodjak, (resh‘nurth and porthwesterly, ¥ % ol LOCAL DATA Barometer Temo. Humidity wina Velocity Weather 20.41 43 317 BSE 10 Cloudy 29.28 31 54, NE 14 Pt. Gldy: 2948 24 64 NNE 8 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS Time 3:30 p.m. yest'y 3:30 am. today Noon today TODRAY .Mweu; $:30a.m. Preclp. 3:3Cam. femp. temp. , 24 hours Weather 37 41 Cloudy 4 5 Clear =10 8 Clear 10 10 Clear 1 3 Clear =20 18 Clear 27 29 Clear 32 34 Clear 35 36 Clear 20 3 Clear 34 3 Pt. Clay 35 40 31 45 47 64 55 ‘WEATHER SYNOPSIS A dgep low pressyre area was centered this morning about 100 miles southwest of Ketchikan,. with the lowest repotted pressure 2083 inghes, while pressure continued aboye nopmal gyer the inter- jor of Alaska.” This pressure disfribution was attended by light to moderate rain and gale winds over. the extreme southern portion, and by modérate to fresh gusty northerly winds over the ‘horfhern por- tion. of Southeast. Alaska. The wWeather continued ool and, partly cloudy over the remainder of Alaska. ' Juneg.q, Noy. 15—Sunrise, 7:17 a.m.; sunsef, 3:41 p.m. PARCEL POST ALL | MARY JOYCE AND ™ TRITON T0 MAKE Germany or Czechoslovakia for it| The motorship Tritan is due to Will not leave the American post|leave Juneau’ foday for a census offices, including the one in Ju- |cruise along Lynn Cangl, Icy Strait Max. tempt. last 24 houre e 48 B -6 23 7 3 Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome, ... Bethel Fairbanks St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Seattle Portland San Francisco 34 37 40 44 47 48 Trace 0 Trace 0 65 33 A5 o 42 39 Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 53 61 —® | | neau. | Postmaster Albert Wile today re- ceived official notice that parcel post. between the Dnited States and Cross Sound. Mary Joyceé s to be the enumer- atof for the Bureau, which is char- tering the.cruiser on a per day ba- sis. and Germany and Czechoslovakia | is all off awing presumably to war 1805. They g, Joe win, William - Smaltz, Will e blue. m Welsh, H. S Rose ! Hyners Come in From Vacatio Glenn Hyner re- Alaska after a month’s attle and the Pacific MRS. PRIMAVERA AND DAUGHTER IN ON ALASKA TODAY trice Pri steamer f attle. Miss Primaver south for about two month her mother was in the Queen City but two weeks -+ The Book ALASKA, Revised and 1 £ d. Now On Sale: $1.00. ned on vacation in Northw Hyne aska Steamship Com- pany & \ere, insists his support abled Washington to begin win- foootball games, which Hyner 1s much of as possible. MODES +#the MOMENT by Adelaide Kerr The Spas soprario. Its black influence comes to light again in 3 hat worn by Gladys Swarthout,” Metropolitan Opera velvet front simulates a mask, whose eye slits are backed by the petals of the big white fose. A black lace searf is draped, mantilla-fashion, over its upturned back, suggestive of a Spanish comb. ) : board a ship at San Francisco for NEW YORK, Nov. 14. — Closing Honolulu, where she will spend| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine top days visiting with friends. stock is 7%, American Can 110%, | American Power and Light 5, Ana- conda 32%, Bethlehem Steel 83%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 11%, General Motors | 56%, International Harvestér 63%, | Kennecott 40%, New York Central 20, Northern Pacific 10%, United | { IRV £ States Steel 70%, Pound $3.93. | Alaska - Game 'Commistion pic-| { tures will be shown tomorrow night | DOW, JONES AVERAGES | by Frank Dufresne ai the Metho- | The following are today's Dow, | dist men’s dinner, to be held in the Jones averages: Industrials 149.77, social room of the church at 6:30 rails 33.30, utilities 25.62. | o'clock. 7 ———— | The menu will be prepared by| "members of the Susannah Wesley | Circle in charge of Mrs. Lee Cor- | kle and Mrs. G. Edward Knight. " Moase Women Wil “Initiate Tomorrow| At 8 ¢lodk tomorrow nighit- Wo- {men of the Moose will hold initia-| | tion services, to.be followed by a |social in the I.O.OF. Hall, open to. the. public. There will be dancing to . the music of jAlbert Peterson and his iorchaslra and . refreshments will | be served for the occasion, Methodist Men Will Dine Tomorrow Evel | | ‘Showers of Ric 10 Greet Newlyweds | | farevnt—Amuliacane Showers of rice ‘greeted ' Lou Hud- son and his bride, the former Belle | Wasvick, as they arrived in Juneau on' the steamer 'Alaska, ;i 'The popular young couple mar- ried November 4, in Petersburg, and have been honeéymooning at Green | Rocks Lodge near that city. They plan to reside in the Assembly Apartments where they will be at home to their many Juneau friends. ST L i Hospitar NoTeS P00 A— t | Mrs. Dan Ralston was admitted |to St. Ann's Hospital for surgical care this morning. Admitted to 8t. Ann’s Hospital, Clifford Jacobson is receiving sur- glical attention. Mrs. Joe Riedi of Douglas en- tered 8t. Aun's Hospital today for surgical care. ' Sarah Dennis of Skagway was ad- mitfed last night to the Govern- | ment Hospital ‘and s recefving medical superyision, FROM 'FOX ISLE Mrs. Otto ‘Wilde came in yes- | 'EAT THOSE === |B. O, during her vacation. | for the past two months, the Whit- ‘l Stock QUOTATIONS l Probaply the most “thrilled” of|yjers visited both the Fairs and | Moo ei 7o+ | |ghe three is Miss Sharpe, who will| yenewed many old acquaintances in the yarious states visited. HOSE DUCKS " AND GEESE BEFORE NOY, 25, WARNING The afmial . warning’ that diicks and geese must be consumed with- in 10 days after the close of the hunting season was, issued today by the Alaska Game Commission. The season . closes tomorrow, so possession. of migratory birds will be illegal after November 25. As Thanksgiving comes early this year, wild | geese may be served legally on: that day. BANKS GOING 10 - YAKUTAT TONIGHT A8 LG FOREMAN {Fairbanks “i6cC arrived here | | | | | | | | / Sidney £\ Bahks, foreman since July, on the steamer Yukon and is leav- ing on the Alaska for ¥Yakutat where he will be in charge of a Native crew engaged in connecting a group of homesites on the south| side of Yakutat Bay with the vil- lage by means of a truck trail. Junior Forester Virgil Heath has returned to duty at Fairbanks after almost a year's sick leave. He was injured last January while on the, dob. : MRS. BOOKWALTER 1S i THROUGH' ON ALASKA Mrs. Vern Bookwalter and son are ( passengers for Skagway board the Alaska. Mrs. Bookwalter, who has been south for seyveral weeks, is wife of Chief Pilot Bookwalter for the White Pass Airways. e ——— JPWELL BETURNS Homer W. Jewell, Assistant Ex- ecutive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, returned on the steam- ¢ Alaska foday from Ketchikan, where he visited the Commission office .and was a witness in Dis- trict Court. 4 RANGER BETUBNS Reporting rough weather, the Forest Sérvice, launch Ranger 1X Fefurned to Juneau yesterday from Wwindfall Harbor, where five-year measurements of timber were made under the supervision of District Ranger W. A. Chippérfield. gL/ B APOLT S AR SECRETARY RETURNS Miss Jane Alexander, Secre! [to ‘the Department of Public Welfare, | tiirned on the steamer Alaska Kétchikan, ; i Y MARSHAL OUT , Te- from terday from Tier Entrance Island home wheré she and her husband have a fox farm. She is at the Gastineau Hotel, planning to reé- main in Juneau for a time, Jack Regan, Deputy Marshal at valdez, 1s 4 southbound Yukon pas- senger going out for medical treat- ment, | Fox » Director of ‘the Territorial MENDENHALL PONDS " REPORTED SMOOTHLY FROZEN OVER AGAIN Reports have come in from thie Mendenhall Glacier ponds that ice skating is again “swell.” The recent rain and snow did not spoil the ice, residents of the highway said, but only served to give it a “new and smoother fin- e — OF GOODNEWS Joe Ramstead, Platinum country miner, and his wife and daughter, passed southbound . through. here on the Yukon. e e,———— BARRAGARS ARRIVE WITH ALASKA TODAY Mr. and Mrs., Fred: Barragar re- turned on the Alaska. The popu- lar ycung couple have been south |for the past few weeks yacationifig. bt A% < P Rt REDMAN OUT Herb Redman, local architect, left on thé steamer YuKon for a busi- ness trip of several weeks to Seattle. .- FROM SEWARD Charles” Tecklenbérg of Seward, owner of a herring saltery at Blue Bay and ‘heavy ' p owner in Seward, is a southbound Yukon passenger, going outside” for his first trip in a number of years. —— e GROCERY MAN HERE Al Condon, representative Schwabacher groceries in t ward, {5 aboard fhe “Yukol south on his annual trip out. RaRG 2 R FROM VALDEZ J. M. Elmer, manager of Gen- eral Steese'’s mining property near: Valdez, is southbound on the Yu- RETIRES The résignal :Jt onifizgogm of ill health of Mrs. Aptoinetfe Funk as Assistant Gommissiopier of the Gen- N eral Land Office has been announc- ed by Secretary of the Interl Harold L. Ickes. SKAGWAY 'n’rqgg, is TRAVELING THEQUGH Mrs. M. R..Goding, wite, of 8 White Pass and Yukon Route lo- comotive engineer af vay, is yisiting Juneay friends while the|anof Hotel. steamer Alaska s {n port. Mys. Qoding is.4 passenger aboard the yessel, retupning to her tary Qutside. BRI m&?& Helen the States. —_— CURTISS IN” JUNEAD | Traveling man T. R. Curtiss has come to town and is -a guest at ;;lpcgflc’. . the Gastineau Hotel i conditions. T3 GERWELS RETURNS FROM KENA) WORK| | Walt G&wmm "jsfi'- veyor, came in on the Yukon after| a summer of survey work in Lpe Ke- nai country. Gerwels will be in the Juneau of- fice for about a month before go- SHALLT HERE FROM " NOME ASSAY OFFICE A. B..Shallitf, ‘Department of Mines Assayer and Engineer from Nome, came to Junégu Op Sun-|y,d'“ stdamer Yukon last night day's PAA Electra. ‘He left on "h‘)wvh ber daught:f:&‘ '?;onna Deen:nd steamer Yukon for Ketchikan t0{pay1a" Kay t0 a}iéh& Ffiévvinfiérr' ith réleve Nils Johanssoii Who is tofjo v i i lati . take his annual leave from the Ket- re‘fix: af:;:x %‘3?’1 e her time be- chikan assay office. a brother in i%::‘m and two Towpsend Club Meets £ sisters in” Corvalis. return in the sfiing, Tonight af -Elks' Hall Members of the Townsend Club PAA ‘CANCELS and their friendsare ifvited to the HAROLD SMITH SPEAKER FOIHDEM_I; EMPLOYEES Harold 'SmitR ' will pPeside at the Federal Employees luncheon tomor- 6w noon at the Baranof Hotel and all members are invited to be pres- ent. & TN Of special interest will be Mr. Smith’s news of the National con- vention which he attended recently while in San Francisco. 'MRS. (OOK AND DN YUKON Mrs. Norman' ook 4ailed south on Today’s scheduled fligh{ fo Fair- banks by Pacific Alaska Airways has"been cm:jcpflpd qut beu;use of - y fog in the vicinity of s s megting” tonight' fo be held at 8| i _P‘ eifeore o'clock in the Elks' Hall. Following the business session a G0 Mr. nnd“gts.tg A Skagway home after seyeral weeks|registere ] g on thelat Juneau, is leaving on the Northland “after several weeks infer Alaska for work af Hal i program will be presented and at NEm “IEFS » 9:30 o'clock there will ‘be awarding of a hand-made quilt. Refresh- : jnents are also on ' the evenifik's| HOLLYWOOD.- George Nicholls Jdr, 42, prominent ‘movie director, was killed by the plunge of an automobile over a bluff into a sehedule. et N.C. MEN GO SOUTH ravine, 700 feet below. Aboard ' the ‘Yfik’on‘g‘are" lthree thern Commercial loyees gfirflg%mfxm'fé i wfimfi% Bey Bre Opmgt. W J- er % et . b WASHINGTON. — Secretary of State Cordell Hull, seeing no new danger in European affairs, has left here for a few days’ vacation in ' porthern Georgia. f ! WASHINGTON.—The State De- partment announces the United States will not follow Great Brit- ain in wighdrawifig " trogps. from T e § MOSCOW.—Controlled Soviet newspapérs’ publishied dutbursts to- | day against Finland, ghdrging that zflm with, plotting against Rus- a. MOSCOW. — Officials deny re- ports that ‘Russia 'Is' rishing troops ed to Junegu afle ThetigoiRy 4 E. HELSINKI—The, Finnish delega- tion is enroute home fx:?m M tgi Chapi to report nothifig the decision, on, the s of | Russia with the exception of deny- ing Lllem. \OF ALL the Countrles in the world, only two—Ethiopia and Li- beriag—have as few cars per person 8¢ America did in 1900, They haye o€ auio to 12,000 inhabitants. | Fodays” News Todey—Emptre. eld, Nw% é&-.t;g{:d epenm- nes and Kiukwa. Vance —-of - Graypar esentative, Is regisiered al fhe Wm