The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 18, 1939, Page 2

Z —— HOSPITAL WORK IS JUST THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, § its responsibilities increased by the European war, is driving to & increase its present membership of 5,668,680, Red Cross activi- ties, some of them shown here are surprisingly varied. For ex- ample (right) the organization the largest non-commercial trans- lator of literature into Braille ONE PART | OF THE RED CROSS'S HUGE JOB THERE ARE 44,479 nurses ready for emergency.service in the Red Cross—a_larger .nursing reserve than it ever had before, Approxi- mately 20,000 Red Cross nurses saw service in the World war, Nurses are busy even when there is no emergency. New York women (below) now are working on Christmas gifts for disabled veterans and their children. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1939. Ndiis Frisk Captured Poilus | | | One Thin g Leads to Another ELEY, Col ed across C | tes highway happened: L The driver abruptly iking it ] A 10-ton. truck, loaded with | fruits and vegetables, directly be- |hind the coupe, $werved to keep | from hitting the smaller car. 3. The truck turned over, strew- Nov. 18. — A cat eley's, main ag- and here's of a small coupe to keep from what | U. 8. DEPA OF: AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Jun~au and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 pm, Noy. 18; Rain tonight and Sunday; moderate to fresh. southeasterly wind; minimum temperature tonight about 32 degrees. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Sunday except snow tonight in extreme northeastern portion. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, except:fresh to. strong - over . Dixon Entrance, Qlarence Strait, Caatham Strait, Frederick Sound, and fresh to strong southerly over Lynn..Canal Forecasi or win=s along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: A deep. low pressure area over the center of the Gulf of Alaska will cause strong. winds oyer th> Gulf, and fresh to strong along the. coast. The wind directions will, be. southerly. from Dixon En- trance to Cape Spencer; easterly from. Cape Spencer to Cape Hinch- inbrook; and northerly from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak. LOCAL DATA Temo. Humidity wina Velocity Lime Barometer Weather | for the blind. GRAY LADIES (left) from.th Red Cross distribute magazines, stationery, and good cheer to hospitalized ‘men, of the army and navy. The Red Cross War Service is an official adjunct of the regular military' forces. The Red Cross last year, helped 150~ 605 disabled veterans and l0.6'53 active service men in, solving social-economic problems. VOLUNTEER drivers [above) working, two days or more each week, supply transportation to all departments of the Red Cross, and also aid in transporting crip- ples to clinics for treatment. During the past year the R'id Cross gave aid in 157 domestic disasters. This involved sending 356 nurses to scenes of trouble in 15 states. better conditions, he offered to help freeze out cut-rate laundry owners. q dated by Beck, just as he is seeking now to quiet the oppesition of the Washington apple growers, Each time new doubt is expressed that he | can survive, but he always has. - LINER TO BRING LOAD OF wagfl ? REFUGEES OVER AMSTERDAM, Noy, 18.—Amster- dam newspapers carry a report say- that 1,000 Jewish refugees from | sermany and, G el man -Qeeupied | territories will. soon, sail for New aboard the lier Rofterdam. quetiily industry companie a fist- groups, including the rful teamsters union, which in worked DAVE BECK, LABOR | LEADER, ATTRACTS =" WIDE ATTENTION -~ (Continued mwuui ia, to tne hackbone of crgant- int out al operators Beck freeze mal resolutions but the wishes of the Washington farmers, supported by Beck, were made a part of the islative program which the will sponsor in Congress AFL ¢ i. Beck's ¢ insisting benefits hugely by of pea 1 with which F fron: certed break up Beck's tighly Only lately have a report. Each time here movement has been m at t - assurance OLD STUFF labor Cooperation with potential foes is no new diversion for Beck. He started out years ago by organizing the Jaundry drivers in his own par- ticular way. To -the big laundry operaters of Seattle ¥ his proposition. He terms for the driver ions \forces. m time to time reports come the Pacific Cc tha movement is under n k t a con- w | - } t to MISS MELLO ENROU ' Miss Myrtle Mello, a graduate of the Juneau High School, is a pas- senger on the steamer Yykon en-| route to the Capital City. | A PRACTICAL XMAS GIFT! m. uch wanted bette In return T we received ore the d liqui qu THE BOOK ALASKA By Lester D. Henderson | Scenic Feaiures, Its Geography, History and Government Send It to Your Friends and Relativesinthe Stutes THIS BOOGK INCLUDES: Maps — Pictures — Geography — Resources — Commerce History — Government and Scenic Features This Book Seeks to Portray Alaska on an Exceedingly Broad Scale. PRICE $1.00 Get Yours Today at the ® DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WeddingAnniversary . |a pariy was given last evening by s during a raid ot as been co l information re captured by German soldie t of the war's activity with hope of wetting v ONVICTS SET FIRE A5 6OV. HAS HEARINGS .. San Quentin inmates Charge Ali Manner of Cruel Treatment SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Nov. 18. New violence flared at San Quentin prison when two convicts set fire to a loom in the prison jute mill. Gov. Olson was holding a hearing on prison conditions in another part of the institution at the time. Warden Smith said the prisoners said they started the fire because the ot tired of working. The bl was extinguished. with little dam- age, and the solitary There was no d convicts Meanwhile, several cc the Governor that th had been beaten by guards and subjected to various forms of ur 1 punish- ment. Eighteen-year-old Donald Harris, doing tir a robbery, he been beaten ubs and sections f prison These. K'rench soldiers we: the Western Front. So far, mos trated in small raids for prisoners. FootsaLL Sco};’ ( The, following are final scores of football games played this afterno as, received up to time of going to press: | Gorgetown 14; New York U 0. Indiang 7; Michigap State 7; ti Cojgate .0; Syracuse 7. New. Hampshire 0; Harvard 46. Penn State 14; Army 14; tie. South, Dakota 0; Cincinnati 13. Boston College 19; Boston U 0. Cornell 35; Dartmouth 6. Princeton 13; Yale 7. North Carolina 3; Duke 13. Carnegie Tech 0; Holy Cross 21. Nebraska 14; Pitt 13. Michigan 13; Penn 17. St. Mary’s 0; Fordham 13. Illinois 0; Ohio State 21. Tulane. 25; - Columbia 0. Villanova 12; Temple 6. Washington and Jefferson 0; La- fayette 13, Loyola 0; Catholic U 3. Seuth Carolina 7; Georgia 33, Kansas State 0; Towa State 10. Purdue 7; Wisconsin 7; tie. Geoqrge Washington 13; Kansas 7. Sewanee 14; Citadel 7. Oklahoma A and M. 0; Wichita 0. Qberlin_0; Chicago 25. Northwestern 0; Notre Dame 7 Oklahoma 6; Missouri 7. Minnesota 9; Towa 13. Georgia Tech 6; Alabama 0. * Vanderbilt 0; Tennessee 13 Tyxas Christian 19; Texas 25. Texas A and M 19; Rice 0 - ee- B.P.W. CLUB PLANS SOCIAL FOR MONDAY Casting aside business matters for an evening, members of the Busi- ness and Professional Women's Club | and their guests will gather at the | Franklin Strest home of Mrs. C. P. Jenne on Monday at 8 o'clock | for a social. Bridge, pinochle and Chinese checkers—as well as refreshments— will be on the program for the oec- casion, and a large attendance is anticipated. Arrangements for the evening are | of arris said he was forced to stand hours at a time in an eighteen linch circle painted on the floor of | the solitary ward. He cla {other prisoners in the ward were { beaten regularly. often without pro- | vocation. The Governor is holding the hear- |ing on ouster charges filed against | members of the State Prison Board | - BLACKOUTS 0 COME EARLIER; MANY KiLLED LONDON, Nev. 18—The blackout which has taken more lives than { have been lost on the Western Front | —henceforth will start an hour ear- lier, forcing hundreds of thousands i : {of clerks, factory hands and other under the supervision of Mrs. A'Ic)l\' workers to struggle home in M. Uggen, Mrs, William Hixson, Miss h 7 i pitch darkne Anita Garnick and Miss Sybil God- | . P | The changs will be effectivated by a return to standard time at mid- | night tonight afte six weeks ex- | tension of daylight saving time. | In October 565 were killed in ac- |cidents during Blackout hours. ‘The gove nent is experimenting ith a new type of street light | which will be intisible from the air. Complimentary to the second wed-‘ ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.| Frank M. Kardanoff of Whitehors - eee Honored on Second | Mr. and Mrs. Alex Tovasieff of this city. Mr. Kardanoff, well known White- horse, merchant, and his wife, for- merly of Harbin, Manchuria, were married in Juneau two years ago by U. 8, Commissioner Felix Gray. Fhey are visiting in the Capital “City enroute to, Vancouver, B. C. Mrs. D}tv*is*\;v’illi Give “Hobby” Demonstration Mrs. Trevor Davis will demon- strate “phrenology and palmistry” at tomorrow night's meeting of the Hobby Club. The regular Monday session will be held at 7:30 o'clock in the Parlors of the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church, All hobby en- thusigsts interested are invited to be present. - ELECTRA HELD The Pacific Alaska Airways Elec- tra with three passengers from Fairbanks for Juneau, scheduled| . to arrive today, is spending the*’ night at Whitehorse, with weather unfayorable for continued tignu| today, the PAA office here an- nounced late this afternoon, YOUR SAVINGS ER RETURNS WITH THE . ALASKA FEDERAL of Juneau TELEPHONE 3 * and Mrs. ARE INSURED, ARE INSTANTLY | AVAILABLE AND EARN GREAT. | Savings and Loan Assu. 3:30 p.m 3:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m yest'y today today 29.59 29.72 29.48 36 91 s 5 36 95 SE 9 41 82+, SE 4 RADIO REPORTS Lt. Rain Lt. Rain Lt. Rain ‘illfi fruits and vegetables over the | highway. The .driyer. of the. coupe and two passengers escaped: injucy the truck struck it a) blow. The truck driver | likewise was uninjured No ordinary wrecker could | budge the big truck and it blocked the avenue. Finally house-moving | equipment was located and was used to pull the truck back on its whe 6. Police guarded the street and | nearby sewer intakes for most night because the truck’s g had drained into them, re hazard. The cat, frightened, zipped up a nearby tree and watched the ac- tivities its trip across the street occeasioned. | ¥ TODAY 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:3Ca.m. temp. 24 hours Weathar .09 Pt. Cldy 05 Cloudy 0 Clear 0 Clear Lt. Snow Cloudy Clear Lt. Snow Pt, Cldy Gloudy Lt. Rain Lt. Rain Max. tempt. last 24 houre 33 26 -20 Lowest Station temp. Atka Ancherage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. aPul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka . Ketchikan Prince Rupert Seattle Portland San Francisco 5 Lt. Raip Lt. Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy Clear - - ‘Becomes Great Grand Dad Twice in Day | LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 18, — It isn’t often, says Wes Kelly, 81, that a man becomes a great-grandfather twice in one day. A granddaughter, Mrs. Horace Reems of Fulton, Ky. gave birth to a son and a few hours later a terior of Alaska. granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Robert Juneau, Nov. 19—Sunrise, 7:55 a.m.; sunset, 3:34 p.n. Kelly of Hickman, Ky., became the —Sunrise, 8 a.m.; sunset, 3:32 p.m. mother of a girl. | e - >se WALSELL, England, Nov. 18.—Mr. Pedley, beth 89, recently celebrated their 70th wedding an- niversary. WEATHER SYNOPSIS A disturbance was located in the Gulf of Alaska this at latitude 52 degrees. north and longitude. 146 degrees west, with the lowest reported pressure 28.88 inches. Another disturbance was located about 600 miles south of Dutch Harbor, ‘the lowest re- ported pressure being 28.96 inches. The weather over most sections of Alaska has been cloudy with light to moderate rain over most sections of Southeast Alaska. Light snow was reported over the extreme northeastern portion of Southeast Alaska and over the lower Kuskokwim region. Temperatures were higher over the in- morning Nov. 20. Mrs. V. W. Mulvihill Has Informal Evening Entertaining informally, Mrs. V. W. Mulvihil was hostess to eight friends last evening at her apart- ment in the Assembly. Sewing and Chinese checkers proved the main diversion of the Ceeasion and refreshments were served during the latter part of | the evening. Dancing Parfyi(;iven’ - By Miss Suzy Winn Miss Suzy Winn was the incentive for a surprise party given last even- |ing at the. American Legion Dugout 1l:vy her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grov- er C. Winn. The celebration was in “compli- ment to Miss Winn's fifteenth birth- day which officially is on Sunday. Forty guests were. invited for the | affair and Chinese checkers and | dancing proved popular during the evening. Refreshments served were | in keeping with the.party theme and Albert Peterson provided music for | the younger set between 9:30 and 12:30 o'clock. eee Potluck Luncheon For WETU Members As guests of Mrs. Jonn M. Clark, the W. C. T. U. will hold a potluck luncheon Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock on board the Alma. All members and their friends are extended an invitation to be present for the informal afternoon. > CARL HUPP RETURNING Carl Hupp, attorney, who has been south for some weeks on profession- al business, is returning to Juneau aboard the Yukon. S e e ANDERSONS ON YUKON O. J. Anderson and Mrs. Ander- son, after a visit in the States, are passengers aboard the Yukon for Juneau. - MRS. WEBSTER. ON YUKON Mrs. Anna Webster, owner of the Juneau Telephone Co. a passenger cn, the steamer Yukon. She is res tyrning from an extended; business and pleasure trip to the States. O A N ELECTRICITY . \ Your Tireless Servant Neo. 1 A General Electric It's Easy 1o Stay Young | Electrically Prites Are Our Prices The GENERAL ELECTRIC RANGE is making ELECTRIC COOKERY more popular than ever. It's simple, fast and economical—See the many values today at the . . . Alaska Electric Light & Power €o. PHONE 616 0