The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 6, 1940, Page 2

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

o 0 et st Hevannexes Austria. He marches on Pragu AP Feature Service EWARE the Ides of March,” the soothsayer warned Caesar—and on March 15 Caesar was assassinated. In recent years March again has had an ominous ring because another conqueror has chosen that month for spectacular deeds mcreasmg his country's might. Those deeds, especially the seizure of Czechoslovakia just a year ago, led to the European war. What will Hitler do in 19402 He himself may not know. But in considering the possibilities, military men point out that the end of winter makes possible large-scale fighting on the western front—and just 22 years ago this month, Germany launched her last big drive of the Warld War I 12 GoSouth With Louise Twelve persons embarked for the this morning aboard the Princess Louise. IThey weré Miss Y. Forrest, Mrs. A. J. Forrest, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hell il, John Roehm, Mrs. J Rczhm, L. J. Palmer, Paul :Sor- enson, P. Lahman, Miss J, Roehm, J. R. Roehm and M. Pendergrass - < FIRST LAWSUIT WON BY WORKERS UNDER WAGE AND HOUR ACT The Success bf ‘o gro@p ‘of tracl kers in suing a ma,or railroad double the amount illegally hheld them in wages in- es { employees’ suits may be a major factor in the enforce. ment of the Fair Labor Sts dards Act, according to an an- nouncement by Col. Philip B. Flem- | Y » Wage and Hour Divisica Department of Labor re red to the handed down by Judge Meekins in the the Eastern Carolina at th Atlantie 1 favor of had sued - > 6. W. NOSTRAND FUNERAL TO BE HELD TOMORROW . Juneau Bar Association Members to Be Honor- ary Pallbearers United States Division of Fayetteville, Coast Line five track Isaac Court fc N who Funeral services for Garrett Wirt- man Nostrand, popular Deputy | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNFSDAY MARCH 6 1940. 'PLANES COME IN * ON ISLAND HOPS Returning passengers on local sea- l U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI lCULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By/ the U..$. Weather Bureau) planes yesterday were Charles Ful- Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m,. Mar. 6: ton from Hirst; Fred Wendt, R.| Light rain, little change in temperature tonight and Thursday, mini- | Bette Daune and Oscar Hawkins| mum temperature tonight about 35 degrees; moderate southeasterly from Sitka, and Elwood Thomas and’ wind F. G. Johnson from Kake Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Thursday with Alex Holden made the Kake| little change in temperature; moderate southerly wind except moder- flight, an emergency trip, and Sim-| ate to fresh over sounds and straits and Lynn Canal mons brought the Sitka and Hirst Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska. passengers in. Frem Dixon Entrance to Sitka, fresh southerly, probably strong to- o e e night; from Sitka to Cape Hinchinbreok, fresh easterly; and from . Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak, moderate to fresh east and north- S. A. Bible Class castery LOCAL DATA | Meets Tomorrorw Time Barometer ‘lemp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather ! atim 3:30 pm. yest'y ... 30.11 41 6 BN Lt. Rain Bible Class| 3:30 aim. today .. 29.93 42 67 SE 5 Lt. Rain 1>me of - Adj.| Noon today 29.92 40 92 SE 8 Lt. Rain an tomorrew evening , G at 7:30 Mrs. John Gil-| T"mo o TODAY HHEtieg SUN pa Lhe: gL ! Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30am. Precip. 3:30 a.m. L UUAERE e sy coniy B Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. 24hours Weather by g b Anchorage 37 28 29 0. Cloudy BT Barrow -3 -1 -1 0 Cleay H H Nome 33 30 32 06 Snow Legion Girls Plan | i " R . Fairbanks 25 2 3 0 Clear Dmner on Mar(h 28 St. Paul 19 12 12 0 Clear { Dutch Harbor .. 35 32 32 02 Cloudy Kodiak 40 | 37 39 31 Rain v Group of the Ameri-| go.goyg 44 | 34 34 01 Cloudy o re mak-{ fhbon a2 36 2 16 Riin nts for an MaMan' gy 46 39 04 at the Dug-| potenikan 45 39 4 42 Cloudy 20 rThors-l RS 57 43 44 0 Cloudy the general! poryland 57 42 43 0 Cloudy BHblC | san Francisco = 66 53 53 0 In charge of the dinner are Mrs Ray Hagerup, chairman; and Mes- WEATHER SYNOPSIS dames John McCormick and Georg A disturbance of moderate intensity which has been moving | Gullufsen, advisors | eastward was situated this morning about 300 miles west of Queen ! - Charlotte Island, Hibh pressure estended from California southwes DR VAn(E RHURNS | ward. Light to moderate rain ha irred over the coastal areas | { from Dutch Harbor eastward to the coast of Oregon while partly | cloudy weather with little changs in temperature prevailed —over | OFFICE NOW OPENED| ;o i, i Juneau, March 7—Sunn.,c 6:40 am, sunset 5 (¢ e and M Vance | O b VRN AT Saria - h;\* returned te Juneau after two months in California themselves. Dr. Vance opened his office. 60 SOUTH EGk FIRST " TIME, MNETEEN YEARS enjoying | has again Ameng me passengers luvfng Yor HELP AN | ALASKAN | r hdepn;..e 7!! ur'wrne The Alaska 'l‘errlmrml Employment Service MtKlNlEY PARK BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE TODAY WASHINGTON, ‘March 6.—By a Lutheran Ladies to MeeiThursdayP M. KEWNEDY REACHES IMPORT, EXPORT GiL DISPUTE WITH ROME, RETURNING CONTROL URGED MEXICONEAR'END Clerk of the Federal District Court| (ne gouth this morning on the| PHONE GIRL—Age 20, married. |vote of 173 for and 169 against, TOLONDORN POST o WASHINGTON, March 6--Sena- tor LaFollette, of Wisconsin troduced a bill today to impose U S Ambassfldor '0 Grea' rols on United States imports and exports (: f The measure would set up export Bflta!fl fo Confer and import control boards to coun- with P,"s;”lps teract actions of warring nations 4 which interfere with United State: trade ROME, Marcn 6—United States | senator Lafollette declared Ambassador to London, Joseph Ken- | ¢, controls imposed by the nedy, reached here last uight on his | jjes have done particular damage return from the United States to his | (5 the United States agricu Popt- export business Kennedy conferred William - Phillips, Ambassador o Italy, ‘and i is to leave during today for Paris HIRSTS AT ASSEMBLY expecting “to reach Londou before | Mr. and Mrs. Claude M. Hirst, Sumner Welles, Under Secretary of = Whe l"‘tum“d yesterday from the State, arrives there for a conference States, have taken an apartment with Brum. officials at the A‘sembl\' AP Fea point, preve OSTERS like lishmen io g divulging ervice F kv 3 se constantly remind Eng- 1 their tongues for fear of information that might, &t some F ENGLAND SEES HITLER EVERYWHERE a military or effect on the nrosecution of the war: The TLades' Aid Society ‘of the Resurrection Lutheran Church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'- clock for dessert at the home of Mrs. John Lowell. Mrs. M. Brenno MEXICO CITY, March 6.—Am- bassador Castillo Najera has retu{ - ed from Washington and announces that Mexico has reached a basis for settlement of the oil dispute with | will be co-hostes the Sinclair interests. A business meeting will follow Najera said Sinclair officials were | the dessert the only foreign interests now nego- i - tiating with Mexico over the expro- priated oil lands. The Ambassador is expected to confer with President Cardenas on the Sinclair development and cur- rent problems in the oil industry. Cardenas recently announced plans to reorganize the entire petrol- eum industry. Opposition to his Trinity Juniors to Have ng March 16 Members of Junior . | met at the home of Mrs. N, Les- scheme was vm(f(-d by the Petrol- ter Troast last evening. £ Workgey e, : Final arrangements were com- ; 4 'pleted for the St. Patrick’s tea to be given at the home of Mrs. ~———— C. E. Rice on March 16. )} Plans were also made for the | Spring Dance which will be held April 6 in the Elks Ballroom. The hostess, assisted by Mrs. Hen- | rietta Elliott, served refreshments following the business meeting. The next meeting will be held April 2 at the home of Mrs. Helen Cass. Mrs. Cass will be assisted by Mrs. Robert Rice. s Church Dinner is Set for Tomght eling to+ Metro- for ‘a Stabler | Try an Empirc ad to be of value to Germany in a related way, and might have an Methodist men are m | night at 6:30 o'clock at the | politan Methodist Church | dinner at which Howard | will be the speaker There will be a discussion |lowing the talk and music will be furnished by Wesley Barrett and SLanley Tallefsen. - HELLENTHALS 60 Lo WITH LOUISE nnks fot A/ aong Bectins i sang 3 B, e | i | { § Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hellenthal ! morning, leaving Juneau for the | States. | The Hellenthals do not have any | | definite plans, but believe they ,may locate on a ranch Outside. | Hellenthal was until recently, | Accountant for the Alaska Juneau | Gold Mining Company umu; here. day by airplane, saying he is mak- ing some ‘investigations for a New York friend. Wilkins said he hoped to bufld a submarine for Arctic exploration at a financial cost of $35,000 through his friend, and if Government per- mission is forthcoming, use the |sub as an Arctic weather observa- tion bureau between Alaska and the North Pole, | Trinity Guild TRIP TO NOME| | EDMONTON, March 6—Sir Hu<| bert Wilkins headed for Nome to- | and well known citizen, who died | princegs Louise were Mrs. A, J.|TWo years of high school education. ‘L:‘? House: tiis "m‘“;""“( passed Monday evening at St. Ann's Hos-| porrest and daughter Yvonne who |EXpériended as phone girl for taxi ‘ bill - author l“l.' the .-O‘W x‘u | pital, will be held tomorrow afte | visit selatives in Vietoris, B |Stands and transfer’ azd ‘delivery Ment to acquire and fmprove ex- noon at 2 o'clock from the North-| ¢ geattie, and Everett, companics. . Can’ do simple book- | ISUng ]‘?f"‘ T e Rt |ern Light Presbyterian Church They. expeet o’ reburn’ in: aboul|Keepig. Has 'also'done ‘housework | MCKinley ‘National Park i Alas- Pallbearers will be Robert E a month, This is their first visit [fOF Private families. Call ‘for ES ka. Coughlin, J. H. Newman, J. soulir UnCavk pss. 3 D Leivers, G. W. Folta, C. F. Wyller, A. E. Karnes Members of the Juneau Bar As- sociation will be honorary pall- | bearers. The Rev. John A. Glasse will| deliver the eulogy at the church Interment will be in the Masonic Plot in Evergreen Cemetery. - MISS ALBRECHT 1§ OPENING OFFICES siotherapist who practiced in neau for many years until left for Seattle about two ye; e lago, is reopening offices in th(- Valentine Building tomorrow Miss Albrecht will specialize in | massage, heat and light treatments and other branches of her profes- | sion. A resident of Juneau for years prior to her departure for the south, Miss Albrecht is well- known in town and in resuming her practice in physio-therapeutics returns to a place in her profes- sion that had been nized by local ph s INVESTMENT FIRM INCORPORATED BY 'KETCHIKAN MEN % ool résidents | Fifteen of Ketchikan fol1- | have formed a concern to be known la as Investors in Alaska, Inc, and have filed papers of imcorporation !with the Territorial Auditor. Stock counsists of 10,000 shares worth $10 .each. Incorporators are R. A. Barthol- |omew, E. E. Bailey, George H. Beck, | | | | | Brennan, J. R. Roady, Jr. | Spaeth, R. R. Reagan, R. E. Ellis, |H. C. Turner, S. W. Adams, R. M. MacKenzie, K. Jesses and Wilfred |sailed on the Princess Louise this|g, Stump. ‘The first Board of Directors con- |sists of Bartholomew, Beck, Abeg- glen, Jessen and Stump. | R NATUIEALIZAT[ON Those having naturalization or immigration busimess may call any time this week at room 403, Gas- | tineau * Hotel, where Dewey L.} Knight, Divisional Director of Na-; | turalization and Immigration, s | stopping, he announced togay. FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY Miss Helene W. L. Albrecht, phy- | Ju-| many | B. E. Abegglen, L. Sohclt, H. F.| A M. L e | Stock QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, March 6. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine ‘smck today is 6%, American Can |15, - Anaconda 29%, ' Bethlehem | Steel 178%. Commonwealth and Southern l’ , Curtiss Wright 107 | General *Motors 537, Internation- |al ‘Harvester 55, Kennecott 37%, New York Central 16'z, Nerthern Pacific- 8%, United States Steel 59%, Pound $3.89 3/4. | ' DOWw, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones ‘averages: industrials 147.97, rails 31.01, uullues 24.80. 'LINDELL SERVICES ARE HELD TODAY Funeral services for John Lindell, who died here February 22, were |held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Charles ‘W. Carter Mortuary IClmpn‘] The Rev. G. Edward Knight Interment cenducted the service. was in Evergreen Cemetery. - Forest Auxiliary - Will Meet ’Friday | The newly organized Ladies For- |e<t Service Auxiliary will meet for > luncheon Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. E. Glover, 1540 W. 10th Street. The afterncon will be spent in- formally. Mrs. Harry Sperling co-hostess with ‘Mrs. Glover. DIMAGGI) SIGNS PETERSGSURG, Fla., Mareh 6.— The New York Yankees announced {dast night that outfielder Joe Di- Maggio has agreed to terms for sthe 1940 season. DiMaggio is re- ported to have accepted an offer of $30,000. He had been holding out for 335000 >ee I’ALMER SAILS L. J. Paimer of the ‘Biological Sur- vey, sailed on the Princess Louise | this mom)ng on a trip to the States. ———— B.-PF. ‘Kane [raVPlil\g merchan- dise salesman, left for Sitka on ' thé Northland. | | QUA It's Performance Is PHONE 34 - “ WE TAKE PLEASURE IN SELLING THE 0il Bur‘ncng RANGE Appearance. Ask any owner. RICE & lIII.EIS €0. KER s Splendid as It's ¥ Third and Franklin NORCED | LOS ANGELES Cal., March fi. —Film actress Grace Stafford has been granted a’'divoree from cow- boy actor Tom Keene. Miss Staf- ford and Keene were married in '11938 and separated in 1939. The actress told ‘the court that | they just “weren't able to get along with each other i JUSTPIFFLE WASHINGTON, March 6—Pres- ident Roosevelt, referred today to the -controversy over the 1940 cen- sus as a political move and nothing else, The President said that censes information is confidential and that ‘there is no basis, therefore, for 'claims that ecensus questions ;mlgm violate privacy. |~ The President said the govern- iment is interested in general cen- {sus information and not in the status of individuu]s MWERSIW JOHNSI'OWN Pa., Mnrch 6 ~ Rescuers dug into a coal mine near the village of Stoystown last night to release five men trapped by a fall of rock. The five were buried yesterday | afternoon by a rock slide 150 feet | down the shaft of the Maust mine, \@ mile and a half from Stoystown. The trapped men were able to carry on a conversation with the rescue forces through the debris choking the tunnel. Unable fo Get Job, Man Kills Himself NEW YORK Malch 6.—Despond- ent over his failure to obtain work. Frank McDonald ended his life by firing a bullet into his head in his apartment. Other tenants notified police. McDonald was employed during the summer as a racetrack ticket takel at Beimont Park. — IWO PASS ON AT PIONEERS’ HOME Two Alaskan oldtimers died on March 2 at the Pioneers’ Home. One was Ben Larsen, 64, native of Sweden, who came north in 1912 as’a fisherman and lived at Sand Point. The other was Carl Ny- strom. 77, native of Sweden, who came to Alaska in 1897 as a laborer and 'lived at Fairbanks. P D R BELLAMY SAILS Ben Bellamy, traveling man, left for Skagway on the steamer Yukon Relief At Last For Your Cou Creomulsion relieves tly be- cause it goes right tu the seat of the trouble to loosen Jaden phiegm, aid natyre to increase secref and soothe and heal raw, tender, inflam- bronchial mucous membranes. No matter how many medicines you bave tried, tell gour drutzgm to sell you hottle of mulsion with the understanding that you are to like the way it quickly ailays the eough or you.are to-have your money CREOMULSION for Coughs Chut Colds, Ironchms [ Commercial : Safe D The B, [ -._,, - Alaska ~ Savings eposit - '’ Banking by Mail Deparlmenl 4 M. Behrends ) -pbs o s 720 8 - b

Other pages from this issue: