The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1939, Page 2

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FRESH d ” Qf{gfg Exclusively at PERCY’S - IT'STIME TO CHANGE YOUR THINNED - OUT LUBRICANTS! - § CONNORS MOTOR LTI COMPANY e HAMILTON BEACH FOOD MIXERS WAFFLE IRONS SMOOTHING IRONS *e ELECTRIC RAZORS WASHING MACHINES Fiiscellancous ALASKA DESIGNED SANDWICH TRAYS REDWQOD NUT BOWL SETS COLEMAN GAS LAMPS CAMP STOVES = @i HANDY TOOLS SWEDISH CHISELS STANLEY PLANES ESiWIG HAMMERS KLEIN PLIERS SKIIS TABLE TENNIS SETS REMINGTON or WINCHESTER GUNS CLEANING RODS and OILS ts for Men DISTON SAWS MILLER FALLS BRACES CRESCENT WRENCHES FISH POLES ICE SKATES REELS AMMUNITION TACKLE HUNTING KNIVES MATCH BOXES TENTS SLEDS TROUT or SALMON FISH POLES ROLLER SKATES Phon Elks’ Dance On Saturday Saturday night the Elks will stage their Christmas dance in their ballroom. T e will be no pecial features bul the crowd may make merry in view of the big holiday event. The public is in- vited to attend and dancing starts at 10 o'clock with special music arranged by Stan Cox s orchestra. No matter what it is = just try Calvert! IF you like FINE whiskey — choice ryes or bourbons, | costly Scotches—you’ll like Calvert, too. ForCalvertbrings | you all the fine qualities of a truly GREAT whiskey. We be- lieve you will find it is smoother . .. milder, more mel- low...it tastes better. Because Calvert is master-blended. Here’s a holiday hint: to please every friend, give Calvert in its gay gift pack! | | CLEAR HEADS [CLEAR-HEADED BUYERS] CALL FOR | | | | | | | | tified document from the office reg- 'APPOINTMENT AS " FLYING CADETS OPEN 10 1,200 Army Announces (lasses in 1940 for Quali- fied Applicants Approximately 300 vacancies are ava ie in each of the next three classes for Flying Cadets, accord- ing to information received by the U. S. Army Signal Corps here from | the War Department. These class- es will begin in February, March and May, 1040 This is the best oppertunity of- fered in sevreal years for qualified applicants to receive early appoint- ments. Candidates for appointment as Flying Cadets must be unmarried male citizens of the United States who at the time of application have reached their 20th but who have not reached their 27th birthday. An applicant must present a istrar of a recognized college or uni- versity showing that he has com-, pleted sfactorily at least one half of the necessery credits lead-| ing to a d > which normally re- quires four years' work or must pass a written examination in lieu They must remain unmarried during their training as Cadets. Candi- | dates for Plying Cadet appointment are required to sign an agreement to enlist for three years as Flying Cadets and not to request release from flying training before comple- tion of the course of instruction, | normally about nine months. Th will be discharged as Flying Cadets. Those cadets who for any reason are found not gualified to continue the training are discharged from the service without delay. Candidates must also agree that upon suceessful completion of the course of instruction as a flying cadet they will, if their services are desired, serve for three years’ active | duty with the Regular Army Air| Corps as Reserve Officers unless sooner relieved by competent au- thority. Obtain Ferms All men who fullfill the require- ments for appointment as Flying Cadets are advised to obtain forms lupen which to make application for appointment. These forms may be had of the Commanding General, Ninth Corps Area, Presidic, of San Francisco, Cal, or of the District Recruiting Officer, United States 'THE PERFECT GIFT WHISKEY | Blended Whiskey— Calvert “Reserve” BLENDED WHISKEY— 90 Proof—65% Grain Neutral Spirits. Copr. 1939 Calvert Distillers Corp., N. Y. C. CHRISTMAS GIFTS GALORE For Everyone in the Family al Thomas Hardw Furniture Juneau Built Davenport Sets Dining and Be.droom Suites Wiiting Desks Cedar Chests End—Radio—Coffee Tables Bassinettes lBaby Carriages Magazine Racks Lamps Fireplace Sets—Screen and Irons DINNER SETS GLASSWARE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DAYS Left Only Number Three SO— SEE US TO BUY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO PLACE ON THOMAS HARDWARE CO0. e 333 are Company PUNCH BOWLS Army, 121 Federal Office Building, Sealtle, Candidates who are accepted for flying training in the Air Corps are enlisted as Fiying Cadets. This grade in the Army was created by Act of Congress app:-\sed July 11, 1919. Flying Cadets wear distinct- ive uniforms which differ from those PN COCKTAIL SETS SHAKERS THE TREE! Ithem ;| sired those interested should write THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1939. . . 1 worn by officers or enlisted men of the Army and they are quartered | n separate barracks provided for Supreme Court Opens. Way for Prosecution, Building ligckeleers Remuneration The Flying Gadets of the Air Corps constitute a body of young men who are noted for their splen- did character and excellent disci- (Continued from Page One) pline. The pay of Flying Cadets is | . - $75 per month; in addition there|tack on so-called building rackets The department charges that labor | arganizations, while of themselves exempt under the anti-trus t | have in many cities gone one step farther than the law permits It alleges that contractors in many cities have agreed to pool bids, to | guarantee certain profits, and to patrcnize only certain ¢ in building materials. Labor com into this, the department asserts Flying Cadets have opportunity to | where in certain cities the building apply for any one of the standard | trades unions have entered into types of United States Government | agreement with contractors to help life insurance which is provided at|enforce these contractor-dealer low cost and which can be continued | agreements in return for assurance in force after one leaves the ser-|that the contractors will deal only | with union labor, and will employ no labor-saving materials. : | The result, A young man who has decided 0| General Arn is a ration allowance of $1 per day while undergoing training, They are quartered at no expense to themselves in modern barracks or in other suitable manner. Necessary uniferms and flying equipment are furnished without cost. Transpor- tation is furnished to Flying Cadets from the place of enlistment to the Civil School at Governgnent ex- pense vic: Valuable For Future Attorney s to keep {follow aviation as his career and|pyjlding prices so high that a much- who has received the benefits of needed building boom is vhoked off Army Air Corps flying training, to- ot the start, He calls it a con-| cther with several years of flying cpiracy in restraint of trade and has eXperience while on active duty With fileq suits in several cities to'br ak | tactical units of the Regular Army,| i up. after graduation finds himsell in & yahor leaders deny there is a con- most favorable position to seek em- gpiracy and further ir that they ployment in civil life, either in one gre exempt from anti-trust prose- f the many remunerative positions cytion, | thereo:. in the field of aviation itself, or 2 =T Bhisknctons Heatth with one of the growing number of Applicants must be of exceilent|cCmmercial concerns which are be- FISHING TRAWLER character and must present evidence | €Cming more and more interwoven of that fact, They must be of sound in one way or another with this A The average individual is consid- ering aviation is likely to think of what it has to offer the pilot. At| present airline pilots receive an average of $600 per month and the pay of copilots ranges between $190 and $395 per month. If additional information be de-| BOMBED BY NAZIS One Other Craft Aftacked ; Twice But Nobody | Is Hurt | LONDON, Dec. 20. | deen trawler Star of ¢ to Lewis Turtle, Colonel, Coast Ar-| tillery Corps, District Recruiting | Officer at Seattle. e The Aber- | and ha |been towed to port with twa o . H |its crew dead as a result of ma-| Enterialns Wlfh | chine gunning and bombing by | . | German planes. | Desse”_Bndge‘ Twg other fishing trawlers, the | Strathalbyn and Stratrannock, were | unscathed during the raid, al-| One of the first individual card |though the Strathalbyn was at-| parties to be given by various Past|tacked twice | Presidents of the American Legion| The skipper of the Strathalbyn, Auxiliary was that last evening at|Capt. Henry Noble, said: *“One| the West Twelfth Street home of Mrs. John McCormick. Dessert was served and four tables of cards were in play. Yule- heavy bomb fell only ten feet frc \our bows. Then the gunners fired | several hundred rounds, hitting our decks, but doing no damage.” | tide decorations were chosen for) E >oo the occasion. | CHEAP FARE TO SEATTLE Honors during the cvening were| $26 first class ta you to Se- presented Mrs. Oscar Olson, first;|attle aboard steamer Tongass nexi now adv Mrs. M. E. Monagle, second; and|Monday. Make reservaiions Mrs, Grover G. Winn, consolation. with D. B. Femmer, Agent PRl t T LR R R D. B. FEMMER YEAR'S RAINFALL neau’s 1939 rainfall stood today at 117,52 inches, according to the U. S. Weather is the heaviest ever. record was 10652 inches in 1917. To One and All.....A MERRY CHRISTMAS Alaska Transportation | Company b “AN ALASKAN CORPORATION" U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAV THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather 8ureau) Ferecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 pm. Dec. 20: Light rain tonig and Thursday; moderate southerly wind, moder- ate to fresh Thursday. Minimum temperature tonight about 34 degrees. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Light rain tonight and Thursday, except snow in extreme northeastern portion; moderate southerly wind, increasing Thursday. Forecast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: intense disturbance located in lower southwestern portion of Gulf region and advancing slowly norhteastward will cause increas- ing winds over the entire Gulf tonight and Thursday. The winds along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly tonight increas- ing Thursday from Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer, moderate to fresh easterly tonight increasing Thursday from Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook, and fresh to strong northeasterly from Cape Hinch- inbrook to Kodiak. An LOCAL DATA e Barometer ‘Temo. Humidity wina Veloeity Weathe: 30 pm. yest'y 20.64 37 92 s [ | Rain 3:30 a.m. today 29.87 31 98 s 6 Rain Noon today 30.05 39 96 w 1 Lt. Drizzle RADIO REFORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowvest 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:3Ca.m Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. 24 bpurs Weather Anchorage 19 | 15 16 0 Cloudy Barrow -4 | ~12 -12 0 €loudy Nome 9 | -5 -4 0 Clear Bethel 9 | -5 9 o Snow Fairbanks 8 | -8 -3 T Cloudy St. Paul 16 | 4 4 .01 Drift.Snow Dutch Harbor 31 30 30 95 Rain Kodiak 33 | 28 33 29 Snow v 34 29 M 43 Cloudy 10 | 36 37 30 Rain 44 | 35 22 44 | 35 38 16 Cloudy 51 | 46 48 23 Gloudy land 50 | 46 47 22 Rain San Francisco .. 59 50 53 01 Pt. Cloudy WEATHER SYNQPSIS A trough of low pressure extended this morning from Kodiak Island southwestward to Iatitude 35 degrees with one center, low- est reported pressure 28.70 inches, located about 200 miles south- cast of Dutch Harbor and a second center located at latitude 41 degrees longitude 169 degrees with lowest reported pressure 28.80 inches. The disturbance that was off the coast of Queen Charlotte Island yesterday has moved inland and caused high winds and heavy rain from Vancouver Island to the coasts of Washington and Ore- gon. The weather continued cloudy over most of Alaska with inter- mitlent light rain over Southeast Alaska. Temperatures were slightly higher over Interior Alaska. Juneau, Dec. 21.—Sunrise, 8:47 a.m.; sunset, 3:09 p.m. DR. STEVEY, CHIROPODIST, | Makes Arch Appliances to measure— office, 10 Valentine Bldg. Phone 648 HERE APPROACHES | °“ TEN-FOOT RECORD | v T Today and Bveryday the Better Foods Are Served at the BRUNSWICK CAFE Nearing the 10-foot mark, Ju-| Bureau. The present year’s precipitation The previous | - e CHEISYMAS GIFT 50c ana” by Marie Drake. - - — Empire ciassifieds bring results. Chinese and American Dishes Special Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners adv.