The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1940, Page 2

e — ‘ 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. ? little 4 usta rece at a mustard yeliow cheer voo! ‘o in brow <ull e 1 too. casual spring costume, shown York z. It comb oF Hted ith a coat plaided The leghorn hat es a ! back ind is must THE ‘BIG SHOTS —pemonstrating artillery strength, Britain recently put three batteries of the biggest guns ever mounted on that field through their paces at Salisbury Plain, England. Above are the “thunderers.” The guns were 9.2-inch howitzers which released a ton of projectiles inside a few minutes at a range of eight miles. Men in front record accuracy. Commercial Safe Deposit Savings Banl:'ng by Mail Department Tfi. S;!Btmk Juragu, Alaska | 3 Convicted of nuirder in the slaying of a lunch-stand proprietor du 25, was given the c} 1id he would prefer & s shown at Detective John Webb. (lose Games ROAD COMM 20 holdup, John Markham (left) by hanging or firing squad. He Father of two coildren, Markham Predicied in Chilkoot Barracks fo Enfer Big Tournament, Jack Fowler Announces As the Southeast Alaska basket- ball (uumanwm here draws closer, wo “warm” basketball games are scheduled for tomorrow night -in the High School gymnasium. In the first game, the Haida, still leading the pack by a .siim rgin, will mix with the High School squad, trying to get hback inty the race and standing a good chance to converty the attempt The nighteap game js <batween Henning’s and. the Elks—and if the Elks play ball as they have in the last two games, Henning's Clothiers are in for a tough night. Any way you look: at it, those two games are nearly perfect matches, and scores should be close Big Hocp Tourney Concerning that coming basket- ball tournament, first major- scale hcop tourney for Gastineau Chan- nel, March 7-8-9, a third team has lanncunced intentions of coming to according to City 'Leaguc dent Jack Fowler, wler said today he has re- word from Haines that the will -enter a eived Barracks wnn in the tournament, making up an all-star aggregation out of the two have al- ready announced their intentions to bring over strong lineups, and Ke 1 and £ y, it is be- .lz‘w'd will also ente B EDITH SHEELOR IS CALLED SOUTH AGAIN Edith s!zcclm. secretary in' the |R. E. Robertson law office, sailed | south yesterday meérning on the Canadian Pacific ' Princess TLouise enroute to Payette, Idaho, wheére her father is seriously ill | Mrs. Sheelor. fecently = returned from Payette, 'where 'she had south because of her father been - Empire classitieds pay, & g i P B Hoop Tourney pi i Skaliten gl Halibut men Harcld Aase and| Pete Hildre sailed on the Yukon last night for Petersburg for confer- ence with halibut men of other Pa- cific ports Aase and Hildre are representing Juneau fishermen at a conference of union men and vessel owners who 11 discuss final regulations for the a CHAPLAIN TONIGHT An election will be held tonight by Alford Jchn Bradfcrd Post of the American Legion to select a Chap- lain to succeed John Newman who Jast week was elected First Vice Cemmander Jack Holler has been nominated for the position. Nominations will be open again tonight - . N. Phonephoto ng a sice of exeeution bullet to a rope. Salt Lake City, Utahywith Jr. Legion Auxiliary Junoir The Senior group of the ";t‘?m" Ry n Auxilis uuv for session tomorrow r TCRAL T P QAR at ‘w residence of Miss Pat Gul- 5 Fl LRTIRY fi, £ e RE ufsen in the Davis Apartment ¥ > All members are invited to be F‘}R r vesent and the affair will start at| LTSS ock. I6R0 WEATHER 1S ENCOUNTERED AT SKI CABIN whieh Arrive from Westward and Inferior Superintendent A thermometer register District of the zero greeted seven skiers who stayed a Road Commi arrived in Saturday night’' at the ski cab Juneau yesterday the West- During the day it warmed up to ward and Interior conferences 10 degreed, although the high wind with Chief Engineer Ike P. Tay- along the Channel swept into the or, sbowl which is usually well protect- Taylor said the discussions were ed. routitte. Such ‘a conference is held = About 25 skiers made the trip eve other year. to the upper cabin yesterday. The R Meets Tomorrow d Commission men here for snow in most localities was crusted, Al af Tahy 15 on a charee | of possession and sale of narcotics began in District Court toaay. The jury hearing the case, Iirst jury to be impanelled during the present term, consists of Cyril Znr- boff, Fred Henning, Mrs. J. A. Thibodeau, George A, rieek, Mis. Harold C. Jones, E. E. Whit Joe Riedi, John Ritter, Jack How- ell ward Johnson, Mrs. R. G. S Will Denaldson POPULATION OF HOT SPRINGS IS DOWN SLIGHTLY Population in the Hot Springs Recording District declined between census perieds from 199 in 1929 to 170 in the present enumeration Alaska Supervisor Jacob P. Ander- son announced . tod The District is listed as having three farms - ELKS BOWLERS CELEBRATE AT HOTEL BANGUET Ketchikan and Juneau Elks bowl- ers toasted the success of their 1940 tzurnament at a banquet saturday ing at the Baranof Hotel. Exalted Ruler Herb au Lodge, Exalted Ruler Ray Roady of Ketchikan, Chairman Ray Ward of the local CWhng ecmmitte and aill mem- Ler hoih tear man of cf 5 - Business, Social MeetforC.D. A. There wi a scéal and busi- ness meeti tomorrow night fer the Catholic Daughters of Amer nd all members are invited to be in attendance. ‘Tne session starts and refreshments and entertain- ment will be in charge of Mrs. Ted Keaton and Mrs. Claude Baldwin. at 8 o'clock | although patches of powder w fcund which afforded excellent ski- the meeting include T. H. Huddleston, Superintendent, Valdez; R. J. Shepard mnwxmlul-‘mg dent, Valdez; R. J. Kinney, Supér- 0’0\ ~ intendent, N John L'u) S, Mas Edmunds, Superintendent; \nc! age; A. F. Ghiglione, Asstgtant S I I T ‘Superintendent, Anchcrage Wil- a e S omorro liam J. Niemi, Assistant Superin- tendent, Anchorage, and Frank A rummage sale vull be held to-, Nash Superintendent, Faibanks. |morrow in the . Parlors of the| - | Northern Light Presbyterian Church s Holzheimer starting at 10 o'clock in the morn- ing. It is heing sponsored by thn Martha Society and is under the ! supervision of Mrs. E. M. Rh:hmd— ‘son. : Anyone havmg clothes suuable = for the sale and which are of no, Theedore Kleinsasser, radio-sonde, fyriher use to them are requested expert, is leaving on the Gamelt, call 3Y3 before’ 10 o'clock to- Commission vegsel Brown Bear this| jmeryow if they care to have them week to install ‘two weather ob-|called for. serving station® to the Westward: One station will be equipped at Kanatak and another at Wosnesen-'*" zMys: J. B. Bernhefer sailed south out ¢n the tip of the Alaska yesterday morning on the Cana- Peninsula, and observers there willl gian Pacific Princess Louis be instructed b4 Kleinzasser expects to be rom Juneau about a month, D 0.E. S. Meeting Tuesday Night Starting at 8 o'clock tomorrow night there will be a business meeting and special service at the Scottish Rite Temple for members <f the Order of Eastern Star. Following the lcdge work a social will be held with Mrs. William A. in charge of arrange- RADIO-SONDE MAN LEAVING TO INSTALL WEATHER STATIONS - MRS, BERNHOFER SQUIH absent COLISEUM ° Coming Soon ments. - Empire classieds pay. | - FIRE TO SHINGLE ROOF The fifth fire alarm of the cur- ‘~l’.\|m~. B rent ccld snap sounded this after- noon and took firemen t& the | Jackson Apartments behind the | Southeast Alaska Fair building to xtinguish a spark-started roof ‘bmm over the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Erickson. Damage ‘wa.s confined to a few shingles. | - I NIEDING FLIES IN : FROM POLARIS MINE { B, B. Nieding, Superintendent -of the Polaris-Taku mine, who is bc'ng relieved by Montana mining man Frank McPherscn, and is re- tiring to the States for his health, flew to town with- Alex Holden Sat- urday' and is at the Gastineau | Hotel | > | PWA MAN SOUTH Henry E. Wolff, PWA Inspector- Engineer frem Fairbanks, left on the steamer ‘Yukon last night for a vacation in the . States Pargmount presents ~Cecil B. DeMille’s Fair and continu old tonight and Tuesday; lowest temperature to- nigh® about 12 d fresh gusty northeasterly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Fair, continued cold tonight and Tuesday, except cloudy with rising temperatures over the southern posticn esday; moderate to fresh northeasterly wind, except strong northerly over Lynn Canal and becoming easterly over the southern portion Tuesday Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of aska. - | Winds over the Gulf. and along the coast from Dixon Entrance t | Kodigk will be fresh to strong east to northeasterly except easterl gales in the vicinity of Dixon Entrance ! ; LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 71emp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather | 3:30 pam. yest'y 3004 19 21 NE 21 | 8:30 am. today 87 13 28 NNE = 28 Noon teday 89 15 23 NE 217 | RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30am. Precip | Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours i Anchorage 9 10 0 | Barrow i -14 0 Nome 21 10 Henry N. Frees Bethel 10 0 Fairbanks -13 0 o Turn the picture upside down and you'll get a bet‘lor luoll\ at Hel } St. Paul 30 0 sder avian & waves d- N. Frees. of Belleville, Ill., a former circus juggler and comedian Dutch Harbor 27 g g :\?:::‘:ellv::nli‘:’:g%:yr.de:h‘:fl‘;ee:lV’;’E:‘}:mY:tgzslflth oth::zepnrteesgfzgm ¢ho is running for congress in the Democratic primary in Illinois. | Kodiak :L"’ J“" . i , N. Y. Poderjay was extradited from Vienna on suspicion ‘rees says, he can speak as forcefully standing on his head as he Basdava 24 o i s t"l")’m‘ ries Tof but her budy never “’P“ found can with hoth feet on the ground. fracdnit 13 o o e d“instead he séwad%ve yem*tor biganiy: = - Sitka 17 0 5 L 1 Ketchikan 18 0 Cle TWO LOCAL MEN 'NARCOTICS CASE & - g7 S 3 Portland 46 3 1 WEATHER S F 14 | ! ! from the Aleutians eastward to the coast of Washington and Ore | centered about ate disturba 200 miles off centered a gon, with a moderate disturbance the ‘Washington coast, t and a secend latitude 43 degre north longitude 146 degrees t d a t more intense disturbance indefinitely lccated over the Aleutiar lands. High pressure persisted over Alaska and British C 9 Th pressure distribution has produced high southeast winds h moderate rain over the Northwestern States, lo strong gusty northerly winds over Southeast Alaska. The w T contin- ued clear and cold cver most sections of A"1<ka except was cloudy with rain over the Aleutians and the --Sunrise 7:03 am.. suncet Juneau, ELP AN ALASKAN Feb | | the on Prince: L exrvices W 713 or write it a Territorial —~ Employment Service oo If the yc MECHANIC-DECKHAND—Single, 1°t cereal for ; : e 45. "Years of experience as me- SPrinkle a |little crisp (fre chanic cn marine engines, deck- heated) dry cereal, brown hand. fisherman Doskhand. - ex. 8nd tiny speck of cinnamon on top perience includes work on ocean lin- | Of ~each steaming bowlful of s and trotahiers Calt for e agio | cooked - cereal. The novelty may R appeal A pire classifieds brine results Today's News Today—mmplire. Auto in Hurtle Act A careening automobile which skidded on wet pavements, hurtled through an Oroville, Cal., home, struck twe men in its living room recently, killing one seriously injuring another. Auto carried both women with it as it passed through the house. Faced with negligent homicide was Harold Swank, 24, Oroville forest service worker, driver of the ear. Pictured is the result of the tragic freak accident Melisabs: . . . v ddSa J Victims of a Russian air raid, these Finns salvage what little they can of their household furnishings from their homes, which are burning fiercely as a result of incendiary bombs dropped on Vaasa by the Reds,