The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1940, Page 8

BYRD WILL OPEN FAIR AT 'FRISCO Admiral Will Touch Switch at liftfle America . | ! on May 25 SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 From the general vicinity of the South Pole and the midst of Ant- arctic darkness, Admiral Richard Byrd will light the opening of the San Francisco World Fair May 25. Manager Monohan announces that Byrd at Little America, will throw a switch releasing a radio impulse thousands of miles northward, on Treasure Island. The impulse will set off three minum star bombs which will light the fair-grounds for several minutes. j TWO GERMAN FLIERS FREE Aviators Capfured When o Plane Forced Down, Belgium, Escape BRUSSELS, M A San Frar Exposition Streamlix co ch 4—Two Ger- BEAUTY-ESCORT i 4 ey \’«'4\ , Del Meonte's entry in the current WIFE OF PIONEER ALASKA MISSIONARY DIES, SEATTLE i) i I[i"‘” “Miss contest, in whih givis from all points along California’s Mission Trails region are entered, d with her Great man aviators whose capture in a | . : erounded plane resulted in Bel- 18 lovely Virginia Palmiter, swim- \ ision alarm last Jana- ming star, pictur Dane escort. Ind Ay 13th escaped ast night from ing the exposi- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR | Uncle Sam Puts SEATTLE, March 4—The close marital partnership in missionary work for 40 years was dissolved by | the death last Friday of Mrs. Belle | Cram, wife of the Rev. D. W Cram, retired Presbyterian pioneer | Alaska missionary. Coming to Seattle ‘as a bride in 1900, she and her to Alaska. husband went | In Valdez they built a church which still stands. For twelve years Mrs. Cram taught school and her husband was in church work at Point Barrow, under the Federal Bureau of Edu- cation. They also served in mis- sicnary and education work in Bettles and on Kotzebue Sound be- fore retiring in 1925. Interned Graf Spee MenGlad MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1940. His Tanks Through Their Paces Six battalions of tanks are shown in formation at Fort Benning, Ga., opening a program of field train- ing ordered by the War Department. Over the land monsters hover great fighting planes. The tanks maneuvered under combat conditions, crashmz through woods and houses, and crossing rivers (mut) ) through smoke screens. Not Supposed to Laugh,| tc., But None Want | to Go Back Home | By GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK, March 4.—Gregory Taylor, back from an 18,000-mile honeymoon through South America, teils an interesting tale of those interned German sailors who were on the Graf Spee. They're going to Seci‘é(‘y and M osquitoes “ |_;E A H_ []’S ~ DANCER SEEKS SCATTERED ON BERLIN ‘For Fifth Time in Six Days CITIZENSHIP o 1 \ British Go Over Ger- man Territory | | LONDON, March 4--The British Air Ministry annouuces that for the fifth time in six days, British | war planes last night flew over Berlin dropping parachute flares 4 ‘and scattering thousands of leaf- lets. The planes drew ineffective | anti-aircraft fire. ® | R e German 5% Irina Baronova, lovely Russian ballerina, who has danced in stel- lar roles throughout the world, ap- nlied in ~ Los Angeles Federal Court recentlv to become an Am- Bombers K their prison. The German aviators twice tried to burn important papers which they carried when their plane was forced down on Belgian soil, but quick action by Belgian officials in each instance saved the papers from destruction. Reliable sources have said the papers included a detailed bulletin of attack on the neutral nations of Belglum and Holland, ———— COAST UNIONS ARBITRATING IN STRIKE THREA SAN FRANCI“CO March 4.—The meet in another attempt to avoid a threatened coastwise strike. ers’ proffered basis of ‘arbitration. The union said, howeevr, that it was willing to aribitrate and that it hop- cd the differences would be worked tles, The union suggested that a utes out. tion’s preopening activity is in full swing, a dozen girls are compet- ing in the San Francisco judgings for the Mission Trails title. SWISS ARE CALLED UP BERNE, March 4—Swiss officiais this morning issued order recalling reservists army an The order affected 53 frontier battalions and four r ve bri- gades which were demobilized late last fall Reliable S becn moving into and villages opposite Swiss frontier from the Rhine wiss sourzes report Ba- Pacific American Shipowners Soclety varian, Austrian and German tr and Marine Engineers Benefical As- have sociation have named committees t0 towns 00ps German the to Lake Konstanz during the last two The union rejected the shipown- days. B To tightly botl to soften them fasten corks in bot- the corks for five min- and then, temporary three-month agreement While hot press them into the bot- be reached until a permanent set- tiement could be achieved. tles. When HOW ABOUT perfect cool the seal will be work on farms, and receive $20 a month, although this money will not be paid to them personally. Tt will be set aside in the interest of the German government. Nice government. While he was there Taylor talked with some of these lads, and one, a blond kid about 18, seemed especially morose and downcast. “Don't be litke that,” Taylor urged him. “You're lucky. You won't be killed. You'll live here in safety, with plenty of good food, and a nice place to sleep. Think of all this freedom, and think of all these pretty girls. With that the fellow broke out laughing, then quickiy ucmmLJ himself. “See,” said in a w per, but in llent E ‘we're not supposed to laugh. But we're tickled to death. I wouldn’t go back if they paid me. .. . None of us is ever going back. . . . But we can't say that, We aren’t sup- posed to be happy or even smile. . . . That's why all these fellows |seem so sad.” On this trip Taylor, who is a New ' York hotel Man (St. Moritz) flew clear across the continent. . . . When he went over the Andes he had to keep' an oxygen tube in his mouth. . ., All the trans-Andes planes are equipped with them. How do the people live down there? “Marvelously well,” he says. “The fruit and the fish are wonderful, but the meat isn't as well cured as ours. But you can go hogwild on a dollar. I visited a ranch in Brazil that took us three days to ride across, and then we There is secrecy at the Panama Canal Zone, but masked sentry isn't necessarily a part of it. He is clad in a helmet and covering of mos- quito netting, usual garb in the sticky hot climate. Signs in back- ground show the army’s care lest unauthorized photos be made within the area of jurisdiction. President Roosevelt visited the Zone Feb- ruary 20 dunng his Caribbean swing. WHAT'S INSIDE? ? ) N i . Fire never destroys a house without burning ' f ! 5 I WHAT YOU §HAVE] © N3 co. M. A up what's inside of it. Fire insurance pro- tects the building. To protect your household possessions against loss or damage by fire, you need Residence Contents Insurance. It costs surprisingly little. SllA'lTUCK AGENCY TELEPHONE 249 Office—New York Life - o i S e o NOTICE! All Juneau Grocery Stores and Meat Markets, will open at 8 A. M. and close at ~ ® 5P.M EVERY DAY, be ginning Monday, March 11. \Has & Tttle more than 240 members | the originals of |in Japan. didn't see all of it. . . . Thousands - of acres of vineyards, thousands of head of cattle. . . . Everybody Welles Now Visiting in Switzerland Has View of Siegfried and Maginof Lines on Trip working and everybody eating.” Well, what about this bride- groom business; that's a new role| for you to play, isn't it? Have you ever seen a Greek grin? | Mr. Taylor is a Greek. He used to pad around the decks of a mackerel boat in the Aegean. . . “ ‘Well,” says he, “the bride's from Egypt. I never saw her until she came to visit the Fair last year, but her family and my family are old friends. . . . You know how these things go. . . . We just de- cided to get married.” This honeymoon required 44/ from Ber”n days and covered 18,000 miles ! through Chili, Bragil, Argentina, and most of the other countries.| BERNE, Switzer! March 4— The finest hotel he found Was sumper Welles, 1 Under | in Buenos Aires. . ., He did some gecretary of State, visiting European fishing but didn't have much luck.|capitals as personal representative He took thousands of pictures, of President Roosevelt, to report on of which the stll shots were bad | conditions in Europe, has arrived in but the movies were wonderful.' Switzerland enroute to Paris and | . Movies of old ruins which re- pondon for further conferences. ! veal something of a lost civiliza- Brom the train windows, Welles | tion. 'had a view of both the Siegfried and “That South America is all Maginot. lines. 4 right,” says Taylor, who hereto-| Welles arrived here after confer- fore thought only Europe would ences with Hitler and von Ribhen- suffice. “With this war, we sure trop in Berlin last Friday and Sat- ought to make a lot of new urday. ‘ friends.” T e { e —— NIPPONS WATCH |Firs E""°|Y 'rlom SALVATION ARMY ‘“SI o sggw | FOR ESPIONAGE! ... nied Stafes WASHINGTOR, March 4-—Aus- TOKYO, March. 4—War Minister tralia’s first envoy (o the United Hata told the Diet today that the States, R. G. Casey. hos presented ! Salvation Army must be placed under proper regulations to prevent Hull. espionage. The Australian !\hmv:r will ‘visit Hata said military authorities are President Roosevelt week to wnuhmg the organinzation which present the chief executive with: his Letters of | his credentials to Secretary of State | { | A Empire Ciascifiels brng results Today's News Todav--Empire. AREN'T THINGS PRETTY QUIET FOR YOU MOST OF THE YEAR? Yes, Salmon fishing and canning s a seasonal business —but in off seasons there are jobs for hundreds making ready for the next fishing season. Even in winter men are kept at work modernizing and rebuilding canneries, repairing boats and other floating equipment. Others find employment cutting piling and lumber for construction and box shook—manufacturing wire netting—mining o es—— WELL SIR — NOBODY’S NET FOUND OUT HOW TO KEEP SALMON RUNNIN? THE YEAR ‘ROUND... BUT EVEN DURIN® THE | erican ctizen. Born in old St own e Petesburg, the ballerina admitted B { she didn’t think much of her na- T tive land, declared: “This Finland, . T hope she beats the boots off Saeting off attacking planes ‘French Report Seven Nazi mussiar | Aircraft Crash Under e U S N AVY Attacks s EEN { PARIS, March 4. — The French High Command reports seven Ger- roon SPECIALS! man planes have been shot down 2 on the Western Front. Three were THBIFT co uP downed Sunday and three bombers = were attacked and downed early this -t morning. Y AP s STANDBY TOMATO 9 oz. cans "Perching” Newest [ 4 2% HONOLULU, March 4—A squad- . IRy e o 1T SCOTT KITCHEN g for c ron of United States Navy bombers v i D 38 g TOWELS 1 ecied 1o take ot rom Peart 1 CISIONOF " DIAMING | 7O Hatbor on a practice flight to Guam T REGON by way of Wake Island. HIRAM, O., March 4—If couples | OREGON ! Ihe flight will be the second of at Hiram College decide to go to GNIONS 2 Ibs, 25 noval bombers to the western Pa- a movie, ball game, dance, swim, cific within a few months, Four- c., it's “perching” instead of ~ een bembers recently flew to the The term had its origin | SCHILLINGS Philippines for neutrality patrol in the days when the popular di- | GRANGE PESKOE TEA Ps version was to sit on the rail fence | oo b a2 ‘ig —tee at the college M e JAMES M. 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Pegg on grounds of (Camadian Discount cruelty and by Fannie McEwan C 0 = 0 P against Charles McEwan for deser- B. M. Behrends Bank. tion and non-support. | nav First National Bank. || We Deliver PHONE 767 — e — | | OFF SEASON WE GIVE JOBS TO HUNDREDS OF ALASKA FOLKS ! coal and providing other supplies for the Industry. Not only does the Canned Salmon Industry provide the Territory’s greatest employment during the fishing season—these additional Industry-created jobs give Alaskans thousands of days work during off-seasons. And this means greater year-round security for Alaska families! o RN M3 £ e