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

NRB Be 08 RUSSIA This debris litte their bo was transmitted from Londor NAZI LINED DAR‘S F“"“f’: MEX. HA Giant es from To"Cross VERA The 32,000 bus i Ve Cruz today in wl tempt to a Germar Naval bloc The alsc abs as T A Vera CRUZ run tt at m V Empire W e e ] © WRECK HFLSINKI STREETS | ident Vore nmer oo ant Aas Bring Results, e i A dress fo banish midseason wardrobe worries “erepe, trimmed with white cyel ~William Bass did it. t embroidery s designed of black and a red carnatic ~1GOY. WORKS hands | l FOR AIRPORI THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1939. ‘“(;lml to ‘Iflkv the hght” | section of Helsinki caused by raiding Russian planes which dropped wsand civilians were reported killed in a series of raids. This picture Dewey is shown just after he formally made his 1940 presidenti ign by announcing he He's shown at Dewey headquart- Beaming Thomas E. - rance in to the v the Republican banner. New York institution which must be improved The library is “not creditable in terms of other things Juneau has achieved,” he said, making clear however, that his suggestion for li- brary improvement is not made in the spirit of criticism. The theme of the Governor's talk today was stated near its end whei he remarked: “Alaska is no lo camp in which to make one’s <mke and go home.” It has be- ome a place to live and make wor- 'h\ of living in and for, he intimat- peded to Be on Program 1= of CAA-Speech Boosts p opul a" 0“ Tourist Industry the Governor said he 7 to say, but assured Al»; ':Ih\l\' inther Census Figures Announced = _Douglas 521 - High- ; nothing far-fetched, or way GI'OWS Fastest * ° Gruening said, “in ex- (Continued from Page On2) Bund’s No. 2 Man Carries On. . FOR JUNEAU e futy piane Service | . the Governor said, he th CAA the problem summer service b d Juneatt by se g up W G. Wilhelm Kunze (left), National Vice-Leader of the German-Am- n Bund and nated successor to Fritz Kuhn, jailed leader, is for funds to appeal Kuhn’s conviction on a charge of , Pacific Coast Bund an increasing number of | mp on a plane in New| other Eastern center| evening and be in Juneau| pgial net xt afternoon xmr'\ to spend| chanmel d as We Canl | now . available, is 1634 auonel ac| rhe nighway census 26 | farms, while the Juneau announce- mehnt lists ome farm (Juneau D: ) inside the City limits. C s has no farms. Gov. Gruening said the growth shown by Juneau is the most im- portant variety, being evolutionary ing in theif priotity. ‘.xn(l not due to unusual Tourist Industry This is the kind of to date. have mot b(“.n’\\m 1d like to see continued in Ju- tougist-minded, lh(-flu.d\l and throughout Alaska,” hn He noted that thl“ remarked. is a late develop-| e urged thm COCKTAIL BARS ies and ing a drive Kunze is wn with Herm au figures gain for the Ga trict, based on leader, on a recent visit to Los Angeles, lists improved and the au a in par- st among Alaska’s needs. rarked he had found all Al- e upon the things the must have, the only dif- The Gove ommunic rnor on in rticularyy ernor said tou industry ment ever ! S ikan but ppor the fishe: reat the near po- | fu- ) r home state, Maine, | said tourists nave be- | W Two cocktail dispens licenses ere issied today by Clerk of the industry, replac-|Di Court Robert Coughlin to p-build- | Petersburg applicants, The com- i, has developed | munity held a referendum vote two bringing | months ago’ on the subject, cpening s a year |Of bars winning by a wide r it providing a The Petersburg dispensers pine-| Willie B. Johnson and James \menn Johnson also was grar |a retail license. Other licenses issued as follows: | Retail—James Nelson, Petersburg; | O. R. Ekrum, Petersburg; A. Brack- 7 ney, Petersburg; I. M. Dahl, Peters al Forester B.|burg; Wyatt and Cramer, Wrangell; who was de-| Samuel ~ Cunningham. Wrangell; (Apje Stolz listens to the birdies sing after Pete Scalzo put him down in Ay aware” of | Thomas Dalgity, Wrangell; MIS. fourth round of their ten-rounder in New York City. Scalzo outboxed and value of the|Charles Early, Wrangell; B. Frank Stolz all through contest, and referee stopped the bout here when Stolz for Alaska and|Doggett, Hyder; B. W. Ohashi, Ket- couldn’t get up. It was Allie’s first knockout. promote tourist en- | chikan; Mrs Harry Morrell, Ketchi- s aitractions has|kan; L. S. Perris, Ketchikan; Ben‘ | bile R. Kunz, Ketchikan. | a wing nd upplementing g ar Alaska Unrivalled | a, withsits unrivalled tourist | 1ld be ready to make | s when | it is today or said. pssibilities industry > work to Al aluable. ming the oped 57 horsepower. The gasoline | tank, holding seven and one-half zallons, came from an old automo- | The plane is 15 feet long, has n of 27 feet, and makes les per hour. D Eskimo Dogs ~ AreTakento Alaska ernor - s to nature have to do, > the relatively > u(;‘ d.|ing Company, Seattle; West Ccast! | Grocery Company, Tacom: Distributor—West Coast ;| Company, Ketchikan. ary to take| Wholesale malt and wine—Pet 2d to make | Wine Company, ¢ | Restaurant beer tory enjoyable. | B0 sterner. someone |M: Travesy, Hyder; ! of New York, to|bam; Hyder. appreciate the beauty of Al- ; Gruening said. Improvement Improvement and beautification | 'MINE SWEEPER HITS uppermost among aims, | eriorrecommended. Most| LONDON, Dec. 14—The 202-ton ties are ugly in their early jmine sweeping lmv\lvr William Hal- said, but suggested Jmc !lett sunk with a loss of ht men s arrived for Juneau to u.to) striking a mine. nulate a City plan visualizing lhl“ Only one out of the crew munity 10 or 20 years hence and [men has been saved. provisions for new homes,| The vessel is the sixth w streets and better living con-|minesweeper lost in the war |tal casualties are 67, L ke don't | Importer—Golden Glow Di tribut-! | Grocery ! 80 n BUCKEYE. Ariz. Dec |1and Rubel spent 10 year | putting together a home-made air- (plane with parts reclaimed fmm the junk pile. The cther day the town afte takeoff on h e e he soared ;mm an unannounced | first“test flight. | After a few minutes in the air| one wing emed he S 50 ‘\P landed, drove a couple nf nails in| the other w and took the ht!lo‘ i again. I ! - ;Iect)lvup e h - pRrctmen ARek pmc Grand Saint Bernard haven't “Everybody has been laughing been formally introduced yet, but at me for 10 years,” Rubel grinned. | their competitors have arrived in | “Now it’s my turn to laugh.” ‘watzexhnds mountains. The plane’s 38-horsepower en- Six tough Hudson Bay huskies, p MONTREUX, Switzerland, Dec, of nine 4—The famed dogs of the Hos- British and fo- ditions The Juneau Public Library was oned by the Governor as one| Empire ciassifieds bring results. ““w was rebuilt until it devel- COMPlete With dog sled and har- - and more will come. Switzerland U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ,AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Junsau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Dec. 14: Light rain tonight and Friday; moderate to fresh southeasterly winds; lowest temperature tonight about 34 degrees. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Light rain tonight and Friday, except snow over extreme northern portion; moderate to fresh east and southeasterly wind, except fresh to strong tonight over sounds and straits. and fresh northerly over Lynn Canal. Forecast or wimnas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: A trough of low pressure extends westward from the Gulf of Al- aska, The winds along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly from Dixon Entrance to Sitka, fresh to strong easterly from Sitka w Cape Hinchinbrook, and fresh northerl yfrom Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humiaity wina Velocity 29.29 39 82 ENE 20 2899 41 63 NE 12 28.89 41 68 NE 12 RADIO REPORTS Weathet Lt. Rain Lt.Rain Lt. Rain rume 3:30 pm, yest'y 3:30 am. today Ncon teday TODAY 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:3Cam. temp. 24 hours Weather 10 * 0 Clear 0 0 Cloudy -12 0 Clear -1 0 Cloudy 6 Snow 16 Pt. Cldy 34 Snow 33 Cloudy 28 Clear 41 Lo vest te ap. 8 0 -15 -2 -10 6 34 32 26 37 Max. tempt. Station last 24 hours Anchorag Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks St. Paul Duich arbor Kediak Cordova Juncan Sitka Ketchikan Seattle Portland | 54 San Francisco .. 64 | 50 ‘WEATHER SYNOPSIS Rain Rain Cloudy Clear 42 45 A disturbance with the lowest reported pressure of 28.70 inches was located this morning about 300 miles west of Dixon Entrance and a trough of low pressure extended westward to another dis- turbance situated 400 miles southwest of Kodiak Island. There was light to moderate rain over most of Southeast Alaska and light snow from the upper Yukon to the Fairbanks district. igh south- easterly winds occurred during the night along the coast of Wash- ington to as far north 'as Dixon Entrance. Temperatures were slightly higher in the Interior this morning. Juneau, . Dec 35.—}5{3}11‘&59, 8:43 a.m.; sunset, 3:07 p.m T 4 DEAI’H pEulIY g | Automobile licenses fall due Jan- A Bl & luary 1. 1840 plates are now on sale. Buy now and avoid the last IN BoMB’“G minute rush, BRITISH [SLES Try an Empire ad. Two Men Convicted of Kill- T ing Five in Ouflawed ~ NESEENSESTRES Army Fight LONDON, Dec. 14. — Two men have been convicted of complicity in the explosion at Coventry on August 25 in which five persons were killed and the outlawed Irish ! Republican Army is blamed. The two men convicted have been sentenced to death. One of the convicied men, James Richards, 29, cried out: “God bless Ireland, God bless the men who fought and died for her,” as he was sentenced. The other man, Peter Barnes, 32, declared he was innocent, bui the court decreed death as the penalty. H. J. TURNER, City Clerk. e SPECIAL OFFrER NEW G. E. 39.95 VACCUM (Regular Value $59.95) Efficient Durable Economical EDGAR HOOVER'S MEN HUNT DOWN | FOREIGN AGENTS G-Men- Bririg “About De- cline in Kidnaping, Bank Robberies WASHINGTO:v, Dec. 14.—Accom- plishments of G-Men during 1939 are reviewed in a Federal Bureau of Investigation statement which reported increased activity against foreign agents. Said the report: “Within the past few weeks the FBI began the sur- vey of ‘a large number "of indus- trial plants with a View to increas- ing protective measures against sabotage - and espionage. The ' spy problem and the crime problem are | essentially the same and must be {attacked on the same front.” The statement said kidnapping |and bank robbery have declined in i recent years. i b MANY EXCLUSIVE ' ness, arrived in Switzerland to see G.E. FEAT“RES {how they like it. If ‘they work as |well in Switzerland they’ll stay Your old cleaner and receive this $3.00 Set of ATTACH- ‘MENTS Jean Gabus, Swiss writer and | explorer, brought them back after | an exploration trip through the | | Hudson Bay region to outlying Es- | kimo villages in the north. | | Monks of the Grand St. Bernard | | hospice have asked him to inform | | them how the dogs work in snow, | | for they are believed to be stronger | |and to possess pads to be bener) protected against snow than the| j{famed St. Bernard dogs. | .. | DIVORCE CASE 1 Suit for divorce has been filed in ! District Court by Irvin A. Whiteley against Mary Adah Whiteley on grounds of desertion. R E. F. RUSSELL of Sweet Home, {Ore., is reported to be using a ‘.«agon that came across the plains as a covered wagon in 1852. ‘ . r——— THE DEPARTMENT OF COM- MERCE estimates that America exports 41,000,000 false teeth every year. This industry has proved to J ALASRA Electric Light &Powerl:o. be practically depression-proof.