The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 6, 1939, Page 2

2 AIRMAIL OVER CANADA ROUTE DISCONTINUE Erratic Serw(e fo Alaska Suspended af Request of Delegate Air mail service to Alaska. over Canadian airlines having White- horse as their western terminus has been discontinued. Juneau bus- inessmen were notified today from Washington. p IN CEREMONY LAST NIGHT \Envisions P?(Eram of De- velopment for Territory on Land, Sea, in Air (Continued from page One) The Postoffice Department. Te-|more into the Federal treasury ceiving many com ts from|than do 17 States Juneauites that mail over the Working for Statehood route is often badly delayed. sus-| «anything that can be done by pended use of the Canadian serv-|ihe Governor, working with the ice at the request of Alaska Dele-|people, to bring closer the day of gate Anthony J. Dimond. Alaska statehood is desirable.” he Complaints were made here fol-| gaclared lowing institution .of the service| Among the things which must that airmail letters over the Cana- e done, he said, is the develop- dian route were often considerably | ment of more industry and a great- slower than mail sent at ordinary postage rates -by boat from Seat- | tle. er population Gov, Gruening listed as | diate needs of Alaska: (1) Direct plane communication with the States. “Inevitably this will help the spread of aviation | facilities in the Territory,” he said, Jbrlnglng automatically better air- | ports and aids to navigation. (2). More ships. He predicted an unprecedented surge of Amenicans to Alaska next summer, in view of the war in Eurcpe and the public- ity the Territory's attractions have been receiving. (3) The international highway. Taking note of *latent 'opposition among home. Alaskans, Dr. Gruen- ing -said today that .if the Terri< o T |itory. could get the milliens thej imme- —o———— COUGHLIN IS T0 HEAD MASONIC. LODGE IN 1940 Elected Wor_slTipfuI Master of Gastineaux Lodge 124, Douglas INAUGURMED\ExpuInon THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 1939. It's Mount Rainier For Sure More Jews Is Ordered Males Under 37 Years of TACOMA, Wash.,, Dec. 6.-—This state’s most ludiqous feud had ended. The Tacoma Chamber of Com- merce has agreed to call Mount Rainier, Mount. Rainier. For over a score of years, Tacom- ans have doggedly stuck to the con- 2 entil b tain's i Age Must Leave Nazi | ioir nicenes gor o il WO 4 Profedorate 6—All male Jews under 87 years of age must leave the Nazi protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia by next February 28 This is the notification delivered to the Jewish leader. MISSING LONDON, Dec. 6—The 8100 ton British steamer Huntsman is re- ported missing and has probabl been torpedoed or struck a mine R IS SUNK COPENHAGEN, Dec. 6.—The 2100 ton Danish steamer Ove Tooft sank early today after striking a mine in the North Sea. Six members of |the crew of 21 are missing. The others were picked up by ships. PRAGUE, Dec. There are about 70,000 Jews under in the area, the age of according to estim TWO FISH BOATS MISSING; SIIK 'MAKES Daz!ayna; Seekum Ume ported for; Months-May Be Victims of Storm The possibility that: two fishing boats, the gas screws Desglayne and Seekum, have been Jost at sea in this area, are segn in, an ;inguiry received by the.Collector of, Customs today from N. A. Belshanin, Deputy Oollector in, Charge. at: Sitka. Bolshanin wired that neither the - - RINEHART FLIES UNION MAN HERE George Mlllki“ l.«lb()! union rep- resentative, flew in from Sitka last night with Petersburg flier Jimmy Rinehart to. catch the steamer Yu- kon. Rinehart flew Mulkey from Pet- ersburg to Sitka and thence back to Juneau. Mulkey is heading for Kodiak and union headquarter Robert E. Coughlin last night|highway would cost, and would be was elected Worshipful Master of allowed to spend them as it liked. Gastineaux Lodge No. 124, F. and|aj AM., the Douglas Masonic lodge. road Others elected were: Alexander which Sey, Senior Warden; Thomas E. said, that we won't get the| Hall, Junior Warden; F. A. J. Gall- | money for anything but an inter-| was, Treasurer, and Samuel Devon, | national highway. ~The Territory | Becretary. hasn’t received any road- funds in| a no doubt could do much for | development. But the point| must be remembered, he| is Appointive officers to serve in|the past five years except for man- 1940 are: Robert Bonner Jr. Mar- tenance of existing highways, hel shal; Charles Sey, Chaplain; | gsaid Charles Tuckett, Senior Deacon; Govern Gruening said he bp. James Lee Hobgood; Junior Dea- lioved the big highway would bring | con; Albert Goetz Senior SteW- ,ore road funds for other routes| ward; J. Guerin, Junior Steward,|io the Territory, He spoke of a i and C. W wudu 1\‘ T rghway system” growing in Al- | , spreading out in all directions | from the principal centers, leglon Aux Plans 1 ‘That both Ju 1 and Ketchikan | would ultimately be connected with | the internavional highway Governor Gruening has 1.0 doubt. The Juneanu Joint Xmas Party A)rangements Iur the annual junetion would be at Atlin and the Christmas party and exchange of Ketchikan connection would strike gifts were made at Jast night's meet- | through to Hazelton ing of the American Legion Au Governor Gruening said he was jary. The affair is held jointly each very busy at present becoming nc- year with the Anierican Legion quainted with details of his office Mrs. E. M. Polley heads the Aux- and had a feeling the less he said iliary committee for the holiday af- at present “the better all around.” fair and Frank Metcalf, Claude Car-| Announcing the resignation of take Harry G. Watson, the Governor also negie and Lester Rink will charge of the Legion part. expressed the hope the Secretary of Initiation of two candidates was |Alaska will take a more active part held last evening, with Mrs. J. E.|in the work of the Governor’s office. Neate and Mrs. Eve Ann Jensen re- He praised the akility of Secretary ceiving the degrees, Murs, John Mc- of Alaska E. L. (Bob) Bartlett and Cormick and Mrs. Harry Stonehouse said his talents could do much for also made their reports on the con- |tae upbuilding of the Territory. ference of department presidents Dr. and Mrs. Gruening arrived on and secretaries held recently at In- | the steamer Yukon at 6 o'clock last dianapolis. |evening. Met at the boat by a local e committee, they went to the Gov- Pioneer Aux"iary \emoxs mansion -and jater to the ‘oflne for the mauguml ceremony. Initiates and Holds Annual Eledionfierman Ida Niemi laxt evening at the Pion-| eer Auxiliary meeting in the LO.O.F. | Hall, election of officers was held. Mrs. Dora Sweeney was re-elected president; Mrs. Charles Hooker, vice- president; Mus. Charles Fox, chap- Imin; Mrs. Joe Green, historian; Mrs. Kate Jarman, re-clected sec- retary; Mrs. John Satre, re-elected treasurer; and Mrs. Caroline Arm- strong, sergeant-at-arms. Elected as delegates to the con- vention in Fairbanks next summer were Mrs. C. P. Jenne and Mrs. Kate Jarman, with Mrs. Dora Swee- NEW YORK, Dec. 6. —With blood” ney as alternate delegate. stains on'the head and the bed The next meeting will be a joint | where the body lay, a man identi- | installation service with the Pion- | fieq as Walter Engelberg, 40. a| eers on Tuesday evening, January 2. secretary to Hans Borchers, Ger- m g e 3 man Consul General, was found Demo(rati( WO"‘en dead in his Brooklyn home where Murdered Secrefary. to' Consul Gen-| eral Found Dead on His Bed in Home two-story hou,~e after the Consu- will meet Monday, December 11, at ' several days. | he lived alone. Meet Monday Night 1 o e oo 8 p. m. in Trinity Parish Hall, it | Aj] lights in the hpuse were on Police forced their The Democratic Women's Club|perg had not reported for work for was announced today by Mrs. Wil-/and there were signs of a strug- liam Holzheimer, president gle in the room where Engelberg | Speaker for the evening will be 1y Murder is the verdict. Mrs. John E. Murphy with her fam- R ily who has recently arrived from Montana to make her home here Active in Democratic politics in her home state, Mrs. Murphy has chosen | as the subject of her talk, “The Wo- | P B o s oo LIINEY arsonage in Montana.” _Business to come before the meet-| Miss Grace Jone s became the ing will be an amendment fo hc hnde of Vernon Rollin las tevening constitution and by-laws of the or-|at a 6:30 o'clock service performed ganization and Mrs. Holzhelmer e¥-jn the parsonage of Resurrection pressed the wisiy that-there be 3 Lutheran Church by the Rev. John large viundlnce ) L. Cauble. The bride’s only attendant was Miss Alice Clark, and Mr. J. J. Con- Oadastral - Engineer Ggorge 'W. nors, Jr., was best man. Parks. - former | Governor, lefoc on Mr. and Mrs. Rollin are at pr the Alaska last nighi Lo spend the ent residing at the Baranof Hotel. holidays with his mother at Den- - ver. 1 Empire classifieds brm' results. Wed Last Night at . PARKS TO PENVER Iported in recent months. |Clausen and Dan Russell, - Official = I veny way into the! Dazlayne nor Seekum has been re- Ee said the boats were missing and possibly lost. The Dazlayne, with a crew of two, is owned by Gale Weatherby ol Bel- lingham. The Seekum, documented to R T. Holland «of Ketchikan, also | carties @ crew of two /LEGION TO ENTER : | BOWLING TOURNEY | (OFFICERBOR - i i ARE ELECTED there. Rinehart, in Juneau as a gue the Hotel Juneau, plans to 1 Petersburg tomorrow in his Travel- air seaplane. D r- assport by Alford John Bradford Post of team and will pick his teammates. e New officers were elected last e DIVORCE CASE Those given offices inclde: Wil- agqinst Ross Greinier on grounds of liam J. Markle, President; Jack cryel and inhuman treatmen! Wilson, Vice-President; Al Lund-| John Langseth; Chaplain, Dean C. E. Rice; Sergeant-at-Arms, Wil liam T. Douglas; Trustees, 8. J Pnl'.l[ Cole, Jack Wilson and Dan Russell Alternates are J. W. Markle, William T. Douglas and Mike Seston. Joint in- staliation services with the Pion- eers Auxiliary will be held January the American Legion. Frank Met- calf will captain the Legionnaire ening at a meeting of the Pioneer guit for divorce has been filed in Igloo held in the LO.OF. Hall. District Court by Ella B. Greinier strom, Second Vice-President; Sec- | retary, Alfred Zenger; Historian, Gets No. 1 P for a one-year term; H. 8. Gravi twe year term. Delegates chosen for the Fairbanks convention next summer are Cash | Candidates initiated last night were | Charles Sey, Joe Anderson, John 2, with the Pioneers Lodge acting| as hosts. | «—~m~—~ SIMMONS ON WAY T0 MAYO CLINIC Shell Simmons, Alaska Air Trans- port pilot, sailed south on the | steamer Alaska last night planning | Panl Strashun to be in the States for three or four eks, | vi Bales manager of a New York per- Simmons will go to Rochester and | fume concesn, Paul Strashun re- the Mayo Bros. Chmc for facial | ceived first passport issued under SRR Y 1 & the new neutrality law, as he pre- | pared for clipper flight to Paris on SIORMY WEA]'“[R business. The law forbids United PREVENTS | MERCY States citizens to enter the war zone FLIGHT TO MlNE; Hcard s O S. Calls e High winds and low visibility pre- ted a mercy flight to the Hirst- Chichagof mine teday where Mrs. George Hall is suffering from an attack of appendeitis. | Pilot John Amundsen went out| with the AAT Lockheed, this morn- | ing, but ran into bad weather and was forced back. ,He will hold an | ] early morning radio, schedule with Hirst tomorrow, .and .if pmsib]e.! make another. attempt. to bring th= | | stricken woman to hospitalization ; ihen: if she has not. already been\ | taken to Sitka by boat. { The . only other .flight of local planes today was made by Alex Hol- | den, flying the Marine Airways Bel- lanca to Tulsequah with Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Brypelson and W. H., Gowans, CHAMBER 70 Hi HEAR WEATHER BUREAU - BALLOON EXPERT Theodore Kleinsasser of the U. S. Weather Bureau here will be the speaker abt'tomorrow’s Juneau Chamber of Commerce. luncheon, explaining the work now being car- ried on in padio-sonde observation. An executive board to serve throughout the coming year will also be elected tOMOIYOW. . Today's News Today—Empire, | { | John Drougal Radio operator aboard the Unit- ed States maritime vessel, Inde- pendence Hall, which has docked in New York, John Drougal now tells of receiving two §. O. 8. calls within 15 minutes from two British ships which had been tor- pedoed 500 miles off Bordeaux, France. The Independence Hall picked up 223 survivors from the Yorkshire and 77 from the City of Mandalay. nearby | t of | - [HIRST MINE IS | DEVELOPING IN NEW ORE VEINS. | Sorensen_R;veak Two, Shoots of “"Very Good” Rock Opened Up New faith in the Chichagof min- | ing area ‘was expressed today by Paul Sorensen, Superintendent of the Hirst-Chichagof, who revealed thte two new ore shoots of “very ore” have been opened by re- prospecting within the mine. cent Declining to comment on precise \values of the new ore shoots en- | ountered, Sorensen said the extent | of the new bodies is et un- known, but ore tenor sat- | isfacatory.” | In commenting on the new dis- coveries, Sorensen paid compliment to the United States Geological Sur- | vey which recently completed a sur- | vey of the Chichagof area under the | direction of John Reed, promising young Government geologist who | has been working in Southeast Al-| aska for the past few years. “We have accumulated a great deal of information on the Chich- agof district in our own mine,” Sor- | ;m' sen said, “But the work of lheg | Geclogical Survey has put a frame | jon the picture through correlati of our investigatior | all properties of the district.” | Sorensen said his recent explora- tory work within the Hirst has been | carried on largely with the conelus- | |lons of Geological Survey in mind. | | “We have driven three prospect- ing drifts into ground that had no |mineral hope beyond a geological | possibility and two of those drifts |have showed good commercial ore,” | Sorensen said It is interesting to note as a mat- |ter of record and pmplm\ for the \Hnm district that Hirst mining op- | jerations were begun on geological | | the result: {u.t mmendations. Ore showings were | practically nil at the surface, but ‘(l(‘,\-«‘lop(’d richly as depth was achieved on shear zones. | Encouraged by the twe recent dis- | coveries in a hitherto unworked por- tion of the mine, Sorensen is pur-| suing large scale exploration work. | five per cent cof the mining | payroll at the mine is now engaged | in prospecting work, Sorensen said. The well known engineer will be| a guest at the Baranof Hotel for a few days while he attends to business here. He flew in with Shell | Simmons from the mine Monday ev- ening ALFRED GHEZZI TO PIONEER ON | | 1 any Ip Young Alaska Busines S Man fo Puf Diesel |, Truck in Service Young Alfred Ghezzi of Fairbank: is still Alaska’s biggest little business | man and one of the Territory’s best success stories. The Empire a year ago chronicled | the sudden rise of Ghezzi to a place | in Alaska’s business world. Briefly, that rise to a moderate | success is this. Four years ago,| Ghezzi was a junior in high school at Nenana, on the Government rail- road. That summer he purchased | an old Ford truck and began a | (reigh!ing sel e over the Richard-| 'son Trail from Valdez to Fairbanks, approximately 380 miles of tough driving in any trucker’s country: | The Ghezzi Trucking Service grew. Last year he operated the first re-| grigerator trucks on the trail, streamlined vehicles, last word in , modern freight conveyance, and con- ‘tinued at a profit in competition \to the Government operated Alaska Railroad. Today, Ghezzi owns and opemt,es‘ his service, consisting of seven trucks | on the trail. He arrived by PAA Electra today {from Fairbanks and is a guest at | the Baranof Hotel, visiting his sister Catherine, working in a Government | office here, and plans to continue | Outside to buy a “big diesel truck,” which will be the first diesel truck | on the Richardson Highway. And successful, pioneering Alaska- | born trucker Ghezzi isn’t embar- | rassed by his age. - He is 20, and still has no vote. | Chapelatfi;; Make - Plans for Christmas| The Chapaeladies held their regu- lar meeting last night at the home of {Mrs. Dora Spaulding. Announcement was made by Mrs. Max Mielke that the Chapel-by-the Lake Sunday School will have the Christmas program on Saturday, December 23, at 7:30 o'clock in the everring. The Chapeladies annual Christmas party was also announced for December 19, at the home of {Mrs. Virgil Newell. Attending last night's meeting were Mesdames Fred Campen, Frank Maier, Clarence Wiitanen, James De Hart, Wood Tripplette, Virgil New- ell, John Osborn, Milton Ward, Max Mielke, Tom Bareksten and Dora lsauldlng“ | 000 last year. HIGHWAY AGAIN : tion Septem bm 10 Offices to election next Alaskl Delegate, Anthony | 3. Dimend, incumbent; Territorial ! Auditor, Frank Boyle, incumbent; | Territerial Atterney General Jame { . Truitt, incumbent; Territorial Highway Engineer, William Hesse, | incumbents. {ticn on whethter or not Territorial | chestra leader: ttitude orchestra leaders should take | shift William J. Reilly Once William J. Reilly, ex-theater usher, was polite to an old lady. Because of his courtesies, Reilly was left $500,000 by the woman, Mrs. Edna Morse Elliot, who died in September, 1938. Now, a year later, Reilly still lives the “life of Riley,” having spent $50,~ However, he has reserved enough to keep him com- fortable the rest of his life. The picture above was taken as Reilly returned from a Caribbean cruise. ALASKA'S 1940 POLITICAL RACE OFF TO START Barnes Flles - Four Terri- torial, Five Division Offices at Stake With the first declaration of can- didacy being filed today, the 1940 political race is now open Frank 8. Barnes of Wrangell is the irst to file, seeking the Republican | neminaticn as F t Division Terri- ial Senator. Norman R. Walker, of Ketchikan, Democrat, is the Sen- | ator whose term expires Henry Roden has two more years to serve Declarations of candid: must be filed by PFebruary 1, except for independent candidates who may file day up to and including the mary election day. Would-be| enators and Representatives file h the Clerk of the District Court ile Territorial office-seekers file with the Auditor. Election Daays The Primary election will be held on April 30 and the Genzral ele incumbent; and in the First Divi {ion, one Senator, Norman R. Walke incumbent, and two Representafives, John McCormick and A. P. Walker, Also to be voted upon at the Gen- eral Election is a referendum ques- control of liquor sale is desired. - WAR SONGS ARE BANNED BY LOPEZ CHICAGO, Dec. 6—Vincent Lo- pez, the orchestra leader, has launched a war on war song Here to do some recordings with his swing band, Lopez banned any and all mu- sic with martial spirit from his pro- grams and suggested that all or- voluntarily adopt a rule to do likewise. Lopez said he had asked the State Department at Washington for of- ficial clarification regarding the at- in handling music “that tends to affect American neutrality.” He said the department had ad- vised him that orchestras should “avoid situations where the playing of patrictic tunes leads to demf‘n» | strations or give rise to disorders. Songs in Lopez’s ban includs “We're Going to Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line.” CONFISCATED GUNS ON DISPLAY TONIGHT| For the convenience of Alaska Juneau employees on: the night and others who are unable to get to town during regular busi- ness hours, the 39 confiscated fire- arms which are to be auctioned tomorrow by - the Alaska Game | Commission will be on display for | prospective purchasers tonight from | 7 to 8 oclock at the boiler room of the Federal Building. The sale will be held at 1:30 o'-| clock tomorrow afternoon. S e FERRANDINI LEAVES Ralph Ferrandini, Bureau of Fisheries Warden who has been at the Juneau office for several months, left on the steamer Al- aska last night for Washington. — U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BURE. THE WEATHER ) (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) i A Forecast for Jun=au and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Dec. 6: ! Cloudy, oc light rain tonight and Thursday; moders to fresh southeasterly winds. Minimum temperature tonight abc 32 e degrees. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Northern portion — Cloudy with occasional light rain, except light snow in extreme northern portion . tonight and Thur moderate to fresh cast and southeasterly wind - except northerly over Lynn Canal, winds imcreasing Thursday ‘ Southern portion—Light rain tonight and Thursday; moderate to fl fresh southeasterly winds, except f to strong over sounds and ! straits; winds increasing Thursday. * ] Forecast wines along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: i ; pressure area in lower southwestern portion of C f moving slowly east northeastward, will cause increasing e /3 wind over the Gulf region tonight and Thursday winds along ¢ the coast will be fresh to strong southes tonight, increasit 4 Thursday from Sitka to Cape Hinchi and fresh to strong northerly from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak. v LOCAL DATA i 1ime Barometer Temo. Humidity wina Velocity Weather v 3:30 pm. yest'y 29.43 38 90 SE 7 Rain +3:30 a.m. today 37 90 SE 4 Cloudy Noon today 41 79 s 5 Cloudy RADIO REFORTS TODAY iy Max. tempt. Lowest 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:3Cam Station last 24 houre | temp. temp. 24 hours Weather p Anchorage 13 20 0 Clear Barrow 3 | -1 4 0 Clear » Nome 3 -9 0 Clear g Bethel -11 -11 0 Clear * Fairbanks 4 | -1 T Cloudy St. Paul 32 26 21 Clear Dutch Harbor .. 33 | 30 .06 Cloudy Kodiak 35 | 34 01 Cloudy Cordova 29 14 Clear 5 Juneau 41 a4 Cleudy v Sitka 42 05 Ketchikan 44 38 42 31 Rain Seattle 57 45 417 16 ' Portland 52 44 45 20 : San Francico .. 60 52 52 0 Pt.cldy ¢ WEATHER SYNOPSIS The severe disturbance that was apprc the lower south- western portion of the Gulf of Alaska yes was located this morning at latitude 48 degrees no and longitude 156 degrees west with the lowest central portion reported as 28.40 inches. The weather ¢ was clear and cold over the we portion of ~Alaska, elsewhere » mostly cloudy with light scatt n srs in Southéast Alaska i There were no important change 1ture Juneau, Dec. 7.—Sunrise, 8:31 am.; sunset, 3:11 pm. o M [ ) y Yy “» . BLACKOUT TAKES TOLL _—wartime blackout was blamed for crash of two Scottish express trains at Bletchley, Eng- 4 land, where one engine rammed the other, standing in a darkemned station, Four persons died and 24 were hurt. — MODES of the MOMENT.| - by Adelaide Kerr P 7 3 “\ 0ld fashioned red coiton flannel is back. Here you see it in warm pajamas designed for the winter sports devotee. Its coat is cut with a vestee front and fastened with white pearl butions,