The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1940, Page 2

erals how to defend Warsaw, excitedly began to give order Weygand replied, GENERAL MAXIME erGANg Said Pilsudski, "Continue." AEFRRTEY Edouard Herriot, ~Radical So- Soviet Russia’s enormous Cauca- cialist leader, recalled Weygand sian oflfields may soon be invaded from Syria where he had been sent by the Allies, and possibly by Tur- to pacify the country. In 1930, kéy. An ‘AP’ writér I de- when Weygand was nominated for scribed sueh” a campalgn 'as “par- Foch's post, chief of the general| ticularly _attractive” to the Allies staff, he wa attacked by ‘lh(.‘ in view of the stalemate on the working-class Socialists and Com- western front and the middle-class Radi- The man whp piobably 1 lists as a “general of dic- nimand the invading army is ip” and as a \'m{marfi at Bolshevik-fighting. l-ader ready for a coup detat. e Weygand, and When, in 1935, France increased r of the best the term of compulsory military s history service, the blame was laid on i 1920, n Weygand. And, in 1936, a sec { ravenous P of the Fascist Croix De Feu »' was Teported considering P and _for le: ip p ; vet, again and again, General sand has appealed publicly ;or ; ols ¢ e i, “We are living when risks are serio In b e called on Frenchmen to i ! 3 Office, was d their country, warni Marshal | Foeh. Toch vas preparing for t hed his good triend 14 e A i assistant, Maxime ¢ 2 repdvation” was Weygand. 1 but urged coordina- uz-nosed Maxime Wey- { s army, navy, and air- : ed 119 Watkaw) Ic | :ozce under one head. the “situation, laid ouf o | hradiat A fense strategy. The Poles followed| Ofd &8 ‘;‘”_!’:’l;“) b;‘;}::“ it ]‘ Lip;r:d Jhe| Rssiais, thed des|. T oo Belgium, in 1867, he : v 1 nt to study at France's West the military abiity of Weygand.| 3™y, where he rose rapidly. At Speaking to a Frerch senator sho-t-| the beginaing of the first World Iy_before his deuth, Foch Wd War, he was a lieutenant-colonel. “Monsieiit 16" Spnetanr A Whe: am | Foch mok] m);r of k}l._, rmll‘m\try;flul; " ents, made him chief-of-staff of f’_imer‘ th e ‘: mfl"’f:lyvj’:;‘mw of the armies, Foch is said to u are . but have told him, once, that not only a great general a born leader.” The two men worked closely, so much so that Foch’s death—a per- «of | sonal blow to Weyg and—found the and you will be tranquil” If few doubt his military capa- city, many have wondcied about Weygand's attitude toward drmuc-} racy. In 1924 the L T e Phoene 374 for PRINTING FOR m'.nv PURPOSE government word the q work T T RS REH VSHREERR IODERN EQUIPMENT . .. EXPERT PRINTERS AND IDEA MEN ARE ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE HERE '!'lll: DAILY AI.ASKA Phone 374 IlllllillflmlfllflllllllllllllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIlIIIIIIIll A VglmmfllflflllllflllflmllflllflmllfllIIIIIIIIIIIII!VIN.HI PSYCHOLOGIST: Showing Polish gen- Marshal Pilsudski interrupted with, eral, there is only one man from whom | should accept that sort of talk—Foch." "Foch always mwied advice. That's why he was a great man." THE EMPIRE PLANT DOES IT BEST! CRAFTSMANSHIP is the and that means complete satisfaction for you. No job is too .big .nor too small for THE EMPIRE X and have not yet notified their scoutmasters - should do so at Plant to handle. -Phone heopry 374 for full information. g LIRSS C ers '® business cards . ® TRAVELER: As the requirements and op- erations. of the French Foreign Office shifted from time to time during the last two decades, so Weygand traveled back and forth, now to the Near East, now to London, now to Morocco, now to War saw, now to the Ruhr. Here with Mrs. Weygand, he is pictured in the airport at Helsinki on a visit to Finland. Weygand s Poland s "Gen- East, Wey assistance instrument, clauses in little general taking personal com-( mand of Foch’s national funeral and marching with the Foch fam- ily. Weygand played an active part in the Versailles treaty-making ne- gotiations and later in the Ruhr occupation. When he returned from Syria he became director of the center of high military studies. In 1935, he turned over the inspector- ¢neralship of the army to Game- lin. But with the beginning of a new war, he hecame active again. When 12 the Allies started jock for position in the Near East, Wey- gand rushed to French-mandated Syria, a Mediterranean concentra- tion point for Allied troops, to take command of the forces there. - 20Y SCOUT RIFLE U ASS ORGANIZED FOR TROOPS HERE lay Williams fo Teach 52 Youths Handing, Care and Use of Rifle The District Committee of the Noy Scouts for the Juneau District has made arrangements for a class of Scouts to receive instruction in| the handling, care and use of a rifle. All the Troops in this Dis- trict will be represented including the Sea Scouts and the Troop from Douglas, and the newly lormed‘ froop at. Auk Bay. A total of 52 boys have signified their desire to take the course. It| will be given under the direction| of J. P. Wlllmmb. retired Forest“ el i AR R s rules as queen of the MILITARY ADVISER: As commander- in-chief of the French forces in the Near gand did part of the exploratory work on the British-French-Turkish mutual pact through his discussions with Turkish army leaders on joint military plans. The pact, a strategically-important has military as well as economic case of a Mediterranean war. Rules as Mardi Gras Queen Katharine Phillips Beautiful Katharine Phillips, debutante daughter of New Orleans, Mardi Gras in that city. R ocice. wno mas naa arms i == | and has qualified for and uwnded‘ Rifle Matches | Camp Perry. Captain R. C Jowe]l} |has offered personnel from the‘ Coast Guard cutter Haida to as-| sist Williams. 7 2 g S 5 B Starts Thursday | The course will commence 7:30 o'clock next Thursday and will be held either in High School gymnasium or torium, whichever is not It will continue every night for a period of about six weeks, depending on the interest shown and benefits derived by the Scouts. ‘The purpose of the course is give ‘boys who are just learning to shoot instructions in the care and use of the rifle, and the safe- ty precautions that should be ob- served both in target practice and while hunting. It has no relation to military training. At the close of the course it is hoped to be able to give the Scouts some actual firing practice at the Mendenhall Rifle Range. The course will be open to any Boy Scouts or ‘Sea Scouts in good standing. = | Scouts who wish to take the course at! night | \the, addi-| in use. Thursday, to that best expresses uality of printing that we turn out, ‘ llllllllllflllllflllllllllllllllllllfllfllIIIIIHIHIIIIMIHMWHIMIMMM“ Norlitemen Will Dine on Tuesday g ch See Us for Printing . : Reservations for the Norlitemer @ handbills ® business dinner on Tuesday evening at forms ® letterheads . ® 6:30 o'clock may be made by call-, inveices ® account books ing 373. The affair will be held ® gnnouncements ®. post- in' the Parlors of the Nor thern | Light Presbyterian Church ning, Charles W. Hawkesworth will give ‘4 review on Victor Hugo's “Hunchback of Notre Dame - BEAR IN PORT EHP!BE Juneau. Alaska The Alaska Game Commission ves- sel Bear returned to port last night after a post-season patrol around During the program for the eve=| Tnmiy Gunld PIan Food Sale March 2 . March 2, members of the Trinity Senior Guild are preparing for a food sale to be held at Bert's Cash Grocery. Dough- nuts, pies and cakes will be featu ed and the sale is under the ar- rangement of Mesdames J. B. Bernhofer, E. M. Polley and Well- man Holbrook. Yesterday’s Guild meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Harry Lea, with Mrs. A. Bonnett assist- ing as hostess for the afternoon. —————— STUDY Planned for C.D.A. ‘There will be a meeting of the Catholic Daughters of at the Distin Avenue home of Mrs. Walter Hellan, The start at 2 o'clock and all members are invited to be present CLUB ON MONDAY America! Study Club on Monday afternoon JUNEAU GIRL - | JOINS BOTANY STAFF AT U, Jeannette Stewart Leaving Soon on Expedition fo Southwest, Mexico Miss Jeantte Stewart, daughter of Territorial Commissioner cf Mines B. D. Stewart, has been appointed an acsistant in the Botany depart-| ment of the University of Washing- ten, on a part time basis, She will reseive her degree in botany next month On March 15 the Juneau girl is with a large pe of under- under the direc of Dr. the Botany de- ing expedition i i graduates Lec Hitchcock of partment on a botan ion to the desert regions of the South- west, including Death Valley, Miss Stewart will be in charge of all fi- nancial arrangements for the trip. | In her trip to Death Valley, Jean- nette will be revisiting a region which was mapped for the first time by her father in 1905 for the Geo- logical Survey In June,- Miss Stewart will be a member of a smaller party of ad- vanced students and instructors which will visit Mexico on a simi- (lar expedition. - - Musical Service 1 Sunday Morning | At Pres. Church By request, the 11 o'clock Sun- day service of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church tomorrow will be given over to an hour of sacred songs featurirx the adult choir. The musical was hea —————————— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 17 "WEYGAND MAY GET ANOTHER (RACK AT THE REDS. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 17: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, minimum temperature tonight about 30 degrees; moderate northerly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Cloudy except occasional ' light rain over southern portion tonight and Sunday; moderate southeast- erly wind except moderate to fresh ‘over channels over southern portion; moderate northeast to east over northern portion, except northerly over Lynn Canal. Forecast of winas along (he coast of the Gulf of Alaska. Winds in vicinity of Dixen Entrance, fresh easterly, becoming south- easterly Sunday; from Sitka to Kodiak, moderate to fresh east to northeasterly. LOCAL DATA ‘Weather Time Humidity Wind Velocity Barometer Tlemp. 0 p.m. yest'y 2957 4 33 ESE 14 Cloudy 3:30 am. today 29.66 39 38 NNE 14 Cloudy Noon today 29.79 42 44 NE 15 Pt. Cldy DIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:30a.m. Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Anchorage 30 14 14 0 Clear Barrow -27 35 =33 [ Clear Nome 14 =5 -4 4 Clear Bethel 66 [ 6 0 Cloudy Fairbanks 1 -19 -19 o Cloudy St. Paul 24 18 24 0 Cloudy Dutch Harbor .. 34 31 34 .14 Rain, Snow Kodiak 40 34 36 13 Rain Cordova 41 29 30 .03 Clear Juneau 42 37 39 0 Cloudy Sitka 47 41 [ Ketchikan 48 | 39 43 09 Cloudy Seattle 50 42 43 90 Cloudy Portland 48 43 43 123 Rain San Francisco .. 60 | 50 53 48 Rain WEATHER SYNOPSIS The disturbance that yesterday appeared to be advancing at a moderate rate northeastward into the Gulf towards the coast of Southeast Alaska has weakened during the last 24 hours and wa centered this morning just off the coast of ueen Charlotte Is- land. The western disturbance has remainhed nearly stationery being centered this morning just southwest of Atka. Strong southeasterly winds and heavy rain prevailed from Dixon Entrance southward to the coast of Oregon with the weather over most of Al aska continuing cloudy to partly cloudy. Juneau, Feb. 18- —Sunrlse 7:27 am,, Sunrise 7:24 a.m., sur sunset 5:03 p.m. Feb. 19.— reviewed by Mrs. Dawes at| M. Richardson will be in charge. last Norwomen dinner. during the Vesper Sq Hostesses . for the dessert-lunch- Included on the program will be| At the session which was held eon yesterday, which preceded the “Send Out Thy Light,” Gouno n - the Nort Light Presbylerian business session, were Mrs. L. E “Cherubic Hymn,” aretchananof; Chureh Pariors, plans were made Witte and Mrs. R. H. Gillespie. “Vestival Te Deum,” Dudley Bucl “O Divine Redeeme (sung by Mrs. Dudle: “Sanct Gounod; “Oh For the Wings of a Dove,” Mendelssohn; The Heavens Are Telling, Haydn, MRS. CLITHERO FETED WITH TEA Mrs. Arthur Adams and Mrs. Elmer Friend entertained with an informal tea yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Adams on Twelfth Street in compliment to Mrs, Russell Clithero, who will leave for Sitka next Tuesday to make her new Tulips used about the rooms. for Mrs. Invitations the occasion were confined to Clithero’s close friends. D Book Rewew Heard ( By Martha Society | Mrs. L. P. Dawes favored mem-| bers of the Martha Society yester-| day afternoon with a review on the Rachel Fields novel, “All This and Heaven Too.” The book was NEWS | BROADCAST JOINT FEATURE SERVICE | ON THE ARI | | By The Daily Alaska| | Empire and KINY | Gdaf-ov-qwukd | et Commercial The B. M. Admiralty Island. e 8:15 c.m. 12:30 p.m. affair will 7:00 p.m. .:“’q 1 Oldest B(mk in | Alaska | Safe Deposit || Banking by Mail béfiéfiméfiil | Juneau, Alaska Savings | Behiends | for the food sale -to be held Saturday before Easter. home and pastel shades were the Mrs. E. D Today’s News Today—Empire Hollywood Sights And Sounds . | By Robbin Coons SRS t. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Feb. 17.—People keep writing in about a chap named Glenn Ford, who it seems was in a movie called “Heaven with a Barbwire Fence.” They want to now about Glenn Ford, so here goes: He is 2 slight young man with dark brown hair and green eyes that are almost yellow. He is slight because, ever since he appeared as Tom Thumb in a Tom Thumb wedding at the age of four years, he has wanted to be an actor. That may ot be a clear comnection but actually it is—he has worked so Bard at acting that he never has been able to put on much weight. He is more than slightly Welsh in descent. His real name is Gwyllyn Ford. He was born in Glenford, province of Quebec, Canada, on May 1, 1916. He took the name Glenn Ford, after his home town, because so many people thought Gwyllyn Ford was a girl. He is now an American citizen. Going to school in Santa Monica, Calif., he kept on being fired by Tom Thumb. He worked in school plays up to the time he finished high school, and also had jobs in all of Santa Monica’s then seven little theatres. He worked late, went to school early, and lost weight he never has regained. As soon as he finished high school he began hounding local stage producers. He wouldn’t take no—"I pestered them into giv- ing me bits.” He did a few turns in west coast touring shows before he reached the high spot of his career—a show in New York. He was an off-stage voice in the ill-fated John Beal show ‘Soliloquy,” which lasted three days. He came back home. From one of his local stage appearances he garnered a screen test. . He, is not the type whose physique or features cry for THat !Mlh: reception charming hostessess give thoughtful guests who. pring gsru of delicious Van Duyn Candies. Little uuem.lens make you & "must come" guest. Try it} FRESH * DanDiy® VAN CUYN CHOCOLATI SNOPS Percy’s excluslvely testing. He reminds me a little of Mack (“The Killer") Grey, George Raft’s friend, only Glenn is younger ‘and better-looking. He is a “character juvenile,” meaning he isn’t pretty. That was the trouble with his test. “You're not pretty enough,” they told him. ‘and you haven't any glammer.” Those were the words. He took the verdict standing up, like a kid who's going to act or bust. But veteran actor Tom Moore, who does some dramatic coaching out at 20th where his test had flopped, invited him back. They were reading lines together when Moore suggested another test. This time Glenn Ford, ex- [ pecting nothing, clowned a little and took his test in stride, That won him the art in the fenced-off “Heaven.” He still wasn't the type—character juveniles never are—but now he’s at Columbia, where they call him their “top prospect” among the younger players. I found him there, in a convict's suit, taking part in a prison- break for a picture called “Men Without Souls.” The wall of the steam-room had been blasted by an explosion, and Barton MacLane had been knocked out. Bart wds prone in the wreck- age, a nasty cut over his sweatey forehead. It was Glenn Ford's job to help a stunt man (working for John Litel) carry Mac- Lane up a flight of stairs. They were blowing steam and dust— real choking dust—into the air. Glenn Ford, like all the others, was gasping, grimy, perspiring. He plunged into the job as if he loved it. He does. He's going to be an actor. He has to be. The folks back at Glenford, Quebec, have said they'd build a theatre and name it after him if he's a success in R R e