The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1940, Page 2

2 FIRST, AMD EXCTUSIVE PICTURE OF SINKING OF COURAGEOUS Long delayed by British censorship restrictions, this exclusive picture of the sinklnx last Beptember of the British aircraft carrier Courageous shows the big ship heeling over for her final plunge somewhere in the North Atlantic after being: torpedoed by a German submarine. This pictare was taken by an officer ‘on an unnamed rescuing warship as the Courageous, smoke still pouring from her funnel, went into a plunge that cost 515 lives in the first major British naval casualty f the war. Men can be seen sliding down the side of the ship, and the dark line of a life In foreground is portion of the ship from which picture was made. boat lies alongside PATRIOTIC AND COLONIAL THEMES. . GIVE HOSTESSES PLENTY 0 A George Washington punch and some halchet- By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Birthday could be just the occasion to give that Mother's Party at the school, to ob- ep in a cool place until serving! time. Keep all the reserves, as a matter of fact, well cover and chilled. You also can make shields of white cake baked in thin layers. serve the Literary Club's Guest Day oy; into shields, frost them with or—could be—just the time for & ypjie jeing and design stars and Washington's birthday get-together. ¢ jpes on them with colored gum The entertainment, decorations, drops. refreshments and costumes should i be based on Colonial motifs so far as possible. And that's the day of Here is a cake suggestion that days, too, to have plenty of flags| helps dress up the serving table. about | Bake 2 large sheets of cake For refreshms at the average| (about 11 inches thick when party—fancy sandwiches (n vast| baked). Frost tops and sides numbers), a hot or cold beverage, With white icing. Make stripes (both, if you can serve them), small ©f red tinted icing and stars cakes and confections. A red sher-| from gum drops (cut into shape bet—clove, raspberry, cherry or with scissors that have been strawberry — would make it even| d4ipped frequently into warm more of a party The centerpiece on the serv- ing table should be extra spec- ial. Here's one that makes a fine patriotic decoration: Ar- range red flowers (carnations are fine) in a holder in a deep bowl Bunch them close togeth- er with rubber bands fastened arcund the steams close to the blessoms. Arrange white flow- ers around the red omes, then blue ones around these. Since it often is difficult to get blue flowers at this season, you could substitute a blue paper frill, nescgay fashion. Light the ta- ble with tali white tapers set in Cclomial glass or silver hold- ers. Of course you can use col- ored candies, but white ones seem daintier on a table where food is being served. There should be trays of fancy Wwater these and but has been heafed to boiling sandwiches on the table- . othéks equally as good tast Jess troublesome Lo make. are p: ed to the guests by girls in Colonial Cut from thinly cut white bread patterns will de Sprea: ‘ white cream cheese blended ¥ SAND- I (pa- 4 minced ham and horseradish filling ‘ water to prevent sticking). Care- fully place the frosted cakes on- | to shallow ‘Serving' dishes. 'Cut ‘ into 1% inch squares. Place at either end of the table. These are decorative as well as delic- | ious. | Raspberry ice served from a large !érystal bowl looks delicious on the | table and is especially 3efre:hm[, to | the palate. andwiches make | . Individual candy favors, of candy ! | Colonial hats, small Mt. Vernons, or whatever other favors your shops offer. can be piled on a side table {in the dining room. The guests |take them as they leave the party Here how to ‘make’'a Georg: Washington punch: 1 quart grape juice; juice (from No. 2':z cherries; save drained cherries pie:) 1 teaspoon lime-flavored gel- atin; 1 cup water; 1 pint plain soda 1 quart ginger ale in water is 2 cups cherry can red pitted for that Cool. ! bt- Dissolve gelatin, Add to fruit juices. Sugar may )| added if desired. Serve from la punch bowl with plenty of ice, add la and ginger ale just before ! Hatchet-shaped sandwiches with may be served as an accompaniment, * soft butter (creamed, never melted) as well as maraschino cherries on the shields. pe the ieiis dipped in ground pistachio nuts with pimiento st Cover — .- - ) cloth a:m Empire Jagsilieas prng results THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY FEB 7, I940 of the 20 kidaping cases they in- vestigated during 1939, { Only two of the 190 cases report- |ed to the F. B. I. have not been | s0lved. - Onte of them is the Charles | Mattson abduction in Tacoma, | Washington ‘and the other is"the \Peter Levine kidnaping at New Rochelle, New York. Both boys were killed. - mg‘umv BALL - DRIVE BRINGS: INRECORD $U Schoeftler Praises Com- munity for Generous Civic Effort The recent President's Birthday Ball campaign to raise funds to con- tinua the fight against infantile paralysis reached a higher total in Junean than in any yeay before, ac- cording to financial statement to- day from Drive Chairman Robert Schoetttler. Schoettler said today the drive has so far grossed $633.38 and should 2o 'well over $700 by the time pro- ceeds ‘are received from over 1,000 birthday greeting cards sent the President with dimes and more within. The tag sale brought $46.08, the counter banks, $87.39, and the dance /'the remainder. | “The host of Juneau citizens who !backed us in this very worthwhile | drive are to be congratulated,” sdid | Sohoeftler. ' “It's a fine expression of humanitarian sympathies, a shin- ing mark of community effort and a triyte to Americanism.” ARENA T0 BE DISCUSSED AT Accidents (. (. MEETING WASHINGADN, ‘Fely 7‘“““’“ THe mattér of ‘the Juneau Sports F. Enlows, National Director of Red | {'Atenh profect will be discussed to- Cross First Ald ‘and Life Saving | ToWw ne 4 - Service has compiled the following |t ' coon by the Juncau Cham ice skating rules to avoid accidents |, during the winter sports season. RS MaiE i Gane D) Skate only at ‘places where fihb,, ice has been carefully tested and | found to be strong enough to hold skaters | Never skate alone. If an m:ci-1 dent should oceur, ‘no ns.sismnce ol Apncn of Uiy Barauol Hogel, | | g SO o would be available. - ! Never skate at night in a placeé Emphe Want Ads Brlnx Resnlts. ] that is not lighted. Breaks or ‘other | imperfections are too hard to see and may result in a serious nccll. dent. In attempting to rescue those who Have broken through the ice, Mr.; Enlows suggests «the following: l Never attempt’ to ‘résétie Witheut/ 2 ladder, plank or tree limb. These should be placed on the ice near the break so the rescuer may crawl out, distributing his weight over the eatest area. If a rope is avail- able and the victim’s hands are tob numb to grasp it, the rescuer should first tie it securely to something on shore before going aftér the virlim Then if the ice should break through - it is still possible to pull yourseif apd the \mxm ashy ‘g” . n inviting revast. “y gt Ice Skalmg Is Siressed Red Cross Issues Sugges-i tions How to Avoid ! awson, President ‘and Manager respective- 1y," of the arena, will explain the | profect ‘and \!lscu:s it with the | Chéniber: . SILENT o Vg wcts By Shown By FBI WASHINGTON, show that the F, B. 1. ha Feb. 7.—Statistics solved all “ |ting 20 points although he played | boys | preil |schi 8 Hussey As usual, the luncheon is in hhe! T . 2 LOCAL HIGH Hoonah Five SCHOOL HAS Is fo Play HOOPCROWN Henning Men Juneau Wths Skagwaly Indians to-Bé Eeen on Ju- 66-24 in Deciding neau Court for Second Game for North Time This Year Juneau Hmn trounced the Skag- The Hoonah Pll1l”~ an ANB way High basketball five for the gregation of basketball play fr second day 'ih a row yesterday af- the Icy Straits fishing village, go ternoon to win the Northern Di- up against the Henning five to- vision championship easily and night in High School gym- earn the right to go to Petersburg nasium s y'élock for a playoff with the Viking win- This will be the seeond time ners of the Southern Division this seasen that a 1eau City Yesterday afternoon’s game was League team has faced an invad- won b, score 'of 66 to’'24 with ing Indian aggregation and should forward Hussey of the ‘Bears pot- furnish as good a contest as the Metlakatla invasion A preliminary game was to have been scheduled, but arrangements were not complete this afternoon. and their accurate shooting B It wasn't much of a game from sen 2, Sullivan 8, Selmer 1, ADDRESS WOME" DEMOCRATS MONDAY but a portion of the game The Skagway lads just couldn't stand up to the weightier Juneau ol- Sip- Wilson 2, Hannan 4, Blan- chard 0, Dahl 5. Juneau scored as follo Ret- 20, Rice 7, McDan- {iel 6, Hickey 0, Jones 4, Nielson , ook A Boyte, T"“‘,“" A Vo, Powers 16, Milier 5 ditor will' be the speaker at the February meeting of the Democrat- ic Wemen's “Ciub ' “of Gastineau Channel it was announced today HOONAH NAIIVE by Mrs. W. A. Holzheimer, presi- dent of the organization The next meeting will be Mon- day, February 12, at 8 pm. in Trinity Parish Hall ARRESTED AFTER FISHBOAT FIGHT ocratic party, whether members of i E the ‘club ‘or not, ‘are invitéd to’be Mark Williams I Held for o5, 2% o e o Bukher Kmfe ASSBU" flcn of the Demotratic Party in e on Shipmate No 6. 0.P. Fund, Mark Williams, native, was ar- xuhd at Hoonah yesterday by Dep- |uty U. 8. Marshal George W.Sam- F ( IE ples on a cha of assault with rom a ! 0’“ a a dangerous weapon Deputy William Markle flew to bALRf\\’lFNTO Cal. ' Feb: 7.- Hoonah tcday to get Williams. The San Francisco delegation to- The arrest is in connection with day abandoned efforts to secure a an incident which occurred on a legislative appropriation to bid f fishing boat last summer, when the Republican National Conv Williams allegedly threatened John tion. A bill for $150,000 for the David with a butcher knife. Da- PW se was tabled by the state vid's son, Peter David, 19, prevent- Senate ed an attack by stabbing Wil- R TR Try an Empire ad, liams in the bac! hough serious- ly wounded, Williams recovered in a hospital and now is faced with the assault. chaxrge Highlights All women interested in the Demi- |} iy | S. DEI’AB’I‘MEN? Ol" AGRILUI.T[ RE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 7: Rain o tonight, rain Thursday; ' lowest temperature tonight about grees; moderate southerly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Light rain tonight and Thurs- except preceded by light' snow over' the northeri’ portion *te- slightly warmer tonight; moderate. southerly ‘wind. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska From Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook, moderate southeaster- incre; ly in vicinity of Dizon Entrance Thursday; from Cape | Hinchinbrook to Kodiak, moderate easterly, increasing Thursday. LOCAL DAT»A Humidity Wind Velocity Weather Time Barometer lemp. 3:30 p.m. yest'y 29.62 42 47 s 3 Clear 3:30 a.m. today 29.68 29 20 w 1 Clear n . today 29.68 35 2 SE 8 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30a.m Precip. 3:30a.m Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Ancohrage 24 20 0 Cloudy Barrow -10 =12 0 Cloudy Nome 13 5 0 Cloudy Bethel 18 0 Cloudy Fairbanks -11 0 Clear St. Paul 28 02 Snow Dutch Harbor . 37 35 64 Pt. Cldy Kodiak 40 40 14 Cloudy Cordova .. 36 { 28 0 Clear Juneau 45 28 0 Clear Sitka 51 31 0 Ketchikan 52 33 36 0 Seattle 54 | 45 46 42 Pertland 56 45 45 30 San Francisco .. 59 52 52 21 The western disturbance has the lowest pressure 28.80 inches 46 degrees north, longitude generally partly cloudy over cver the Aleutians and eastward 172 degrees most WEATHEK SYNOPSIS moving slowly eastward, with this ' morning iA latitude west, The weather wa of Alaska ‘except for light Cloudy weather been reported rain to Cordova. with light rain prevailed from Dixon Entrance southeastward to the coast rain over of Oregon, but very little It was slightly codler decided changes in J\m('au Feb. 8—Sunrise 7 no Mrs Thlbeau Is Pfly Hostess Recently selecte¢ as temporary Drill Team leader for the Rebekah Lodge Mrs. Harvey Thibeau, the fermer Blanche Thorgerson, enter- tained members of team last evening at her apartment in the Baranof Hotel Those enjoying fair included Goldie Johnson, Ia Amy Messerschmidt, Molver, Sigrid Dull, Chi Helen Junes, Elsie Blvthe, McLeod, Al Clark, Kay Halm, Ecther Ralston and Ruth sBlaxe - the the informal af- Edith Randi e Paul Panoy Today's News Todas —Empire Southeast temperature were reported. 1 am., vas occurring this morning. Alaska this morning but sunset 4 '39 p.m. lO(KHEED AND FAIRCHILD. ON ISLAND TRiPS to the Shell Simmons went oui coast today with three passengers aboard the baby Fairchild, while Johnny Amundsen went to Tena- kee, Angoon and Hoonah with th Lockheed. Simmons flew J. J. Meherin to Sitka, and Mrs. Joe White and Bill Markle to Hoonah, Amundsen flew radio men to Tenakee with a new radio col munications set for airways use and continued on to Angoon 19 pick up Bertha Tiber and re 1 her to Hoonah, in burwon Wheeler’s Career NO BOWLING TONIGHT ON BRUNSWICK ALLEYS Therz wiil be no League bowling ienight on the Brunswick Alle; according to anncuncement made this afternoon. B WHITE RETURNS HOME U. S. Commissioner CanVv: White, here for several days, turned to his home in Skagw: a passenger abkoard the Mount McKinley. D v | ‘;wrrzm RETUR! ! Charles Switzer, well known dairyman ‘who went south several weeks ago, is returning to Juneau aboard the Tonhgass. CORPORATION FILES : The Parks Canning Co., Inc., a Washington corporation, has quali- fied under the laws of the Territory of Alaska and has appointed W. H. Cuddy of Anchorage its Alaska Agent. Principal offices in the Ter- riory are at Uyak. ( U DIVORCE CASES \ Divorces were granted in District | Court today to Peder Lero from Ida | Lero and to Florence Littlian May | Clison from Emil William Ollson. - Chafing' dishes ‘weré --useéd prior to the invention of chimneys and were introduced in England about 1200. | : e | e At e DIVORCE CASE | A'liberal, yet'an old-line Democrat, S Suit for divorce was filed istic speaking pose, is reported flvored by C.1O. Chieftain John District Court today by Thalmer‘ tial niomination, ‘'Wheeler also is the éhofde of Senator George W. Brekhus against Elizabeth James | Yeltdoes not run. The Montanan ‘is'shown (top, Brekhus on grounds ~of incom- ] Supreme:Court bill. Lower left, ot T F patnmmy | runmnz mltes on the 1924 Prog:essxve ticket. La MOVIE OF A Senator Burton K. Whéeler of Montana, sho L. Lewi Norris, Nebraska Independent, if Roose- left)” at the time he wcces:lul!y opposed the President’s he is pictured with. the late Fighting Bob La Follette when they were ollette headmz the slltf. g'h:‘b@inl character- s for'the Demoératic presiden-