The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1940, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940. SERIOUS CHARGES UTTERED Revolt Against Govern- ment Foments—Pel- ley Involved Time 3:30 WASHINGTON, April 2—Repre- | g Ry # 1338 sentative Samuel Dickstein of New - 3 | York today charged before the Di Committee that Willaim Dudley Pel- ley, head of the Legion Silver Shirt is tied up with a number of rmny officers in a fantastic effort to over- : throw this government o ’ 5 J ; E | A7 Representative Dickstein appe: * veluntarily before the Dies € mittee and said in a formal ment I have evidence charge Pelley with being the moti- vating force behind the fantastic desires on the part of Army mer like Gen. Mosely to lead a revolt backed by Army men, against (h Government.” >-o THREE WIVES TO JOIN HUSBANDS NOW IN KODIAK Enroute to Kmlnk on the steamer Yukon are three Juneauites who will join their hushands in ti “boom town.” rs. Roy Hoffman will be kine's dock by her hushs qumm Assistant Chief of Police of Juneau, who went to Kodiak several months ago to engage in the plumb- ing business. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. But They Will Serve Under Tri-Color S. Weather Bureau) Forec: Partly clot night Forec: st for Juneau and vicinity, beginning al : ¥ cloudy Wednesday; minimum ntle able wind Sontheast” Alaska: Mostly occasional light rain ange in perature; ) p.m., April 2: perature to. st for nesday but with Wednesday; littl east to easterly Forecast of winas along The winds will be n trance to Kodiak ex ight sot cloudy to and Wed h portion moderate south- the to i gentle winds the coast h in the of . the Gulf of Alaska: theasterly from Dixon vicinity of Dixon Entrance JAL DATA Barometer 7e¢np. Humidity Wind Velocity 30.01 3 30.00 30.11 Weather Clear Clear Clear pm. yest'y am, today today RADIO REPOR TODAY 3:30am. Precip, temp. 24 hours 0 12 M: las: Lowest te 3:30 a.m, Weather Pt. Cldy Snow E Cloud, Fairban, 2 E ) Clear Paul Dutch Harbor Ked Cordeva Juheau Sitk Kete Seattle 42 5 tempt. 4 hours Station horage st to proye it. T Rai Cloudy Cloudy kan Portland 14 4 Fra phaitan for Fiance (o serve as volunteer ambuhn(r who was wounded driving an ambulance in the s Gillette, Jr, and Charles McCarthy, all Mass. York aboard the M John F. Hasey (center), Franeis Vicovari, Carler JIr, of Weston Four Americans leaving New 4 San drivers say goodbye n Left and George E. 1o Cap Finnish war to ri Hasey of New York; WEAT The inten: stern this pout 300 miles s J K nd I te which appears to be 1o 500 miles off the co high pressure was I rain fell in the vicinity m the Al ns no: Alaska the weather Juneau, April 3.—Sunrise 5:24 unset McCARTHY POPULATION DECLINES 85 PERCENT ... Be Inviled ... today ervisor J. F’ when total for the Reccrding District showed only residents, as compared with 6s/ the 1830 cen The Talkeetna Rec IER distur SYNOPSIS Cox, e dist ituated A center ¢ Local now the el Voot SR saved when a nin; ELKS SUMMONED FOR CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION Turoff fo Be Ins Installing Of- ¢ ficer for Local Lodge Tomorrow Another passenger on the Yuk is Mrs. Ralph Merrill, the former Three hundred members of Ju- Mary Wildes. She will join her hu:- neau Lodge No. 420 today were sub- band who is an employee of the B poenaed to attend tomorrow night's F. Kraft Co. Elks installation of officers. Impres- Mrs. Svende Thorpe, nee Ann sive looking documents, complete Morris, als osailed this morning or with a fancy seal, were mailed to all ‘the steame Her hushand is doing members and many other well construction work at the Air Buse Most of Deita, Utah’s one-street busin bucket brigade splashed enough water contrcl. Here the bucket brigade ring it under from serious is in action g water from an antiguated tank wagon. Big Poilatch fo Be | At Wrangell Durix Whifes Are io WRANGELL, Alaska Breaking tradit of angell Indian peopl man Chief- 3 invited “white bn,th« to join them in a potlatch at Shakes Island, their ancestral home on June 3 and June 4 at which time Kudanake will be elevated to full Chieftainship The first invitation being patched by Kudanake, he through an interpreter, will be to the “Big Chief of White People, President Franklin D. Roos Kudanake further said: Chief of White Brothers mu F 0 Moty rotiee first recognized or no White Broth- o : e BN it ers would be permitted to partici- A “Please Yo. pate in the potlatch. This is a cus- tom of the Native people. l’mul«nl Set medico in first drait bhook to be Doctor over K rd heavy hi. of oceurred GUCKER 15 BACK T e Dr. Romig, pioneer published soon Dogsled to pa 6:44 rest of continued mild ly pm known & returned on the Gucker, well merchandise Juneau headquarters Sunday to remain day calling ing broker to his Alaska met d STOoCK QUOTATIONS = on his ' K NEW YORK, April 2 quotation of Alaska Juneau stock today is 6%, American 115%, American Power and , Anaconda 29%%. Bethleher 71%, Commonwealth a Curtiss Wright 9 78 54'%, International Kennecott 35 7 167, Northern States Steel Closing | mine Can Light teel suthern Gener: s to 1502 toc > - FARRELs, RETT the 1 will be census greatest popula pany and Schenley liquors shown in the completed a Westward terior tour, has just and In- Al Virgi Art R. F Cra urell, Supervisor for Office refurne today m Ketchikan > news today in Tiie Empire. of of on April centur -+ 20MI6 TO PUBLISH NEW BOOK SHORTLY Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Romig, well known Anchorage couple, passed through on the Yukon after sever- #l months Outside during which th a ki n Inc the an Yukon Harves- ew York fic 8% Pound Pa 59 tral rdaing D Today": DOW, The Jones rails JONES AVERAGES following are toc Dow averages: 1industrials 14792, 30.59, utilities 25.17 CLOTHES OFTEN that are CLEANED Wear Longer! sa YOUR GARMENTS to TRIANGIE and ©h Workmansh ternate o PHONE and that the join in the Whit fe ceremonial variou: UNION OIL TO BEGIN PROJECT ON TANKS 500! Work is to begin shortly on five large storage tanks for the Un- ion Oil Company here on the Alaska Juneau rock dump, according to Dis- Boyle, who flew afternoon with Maybe that wren’t I shouldn't feel to other but T people too should know better. T should ki picture that T That has s of actors the watc they are in ar hing Sir Cedric e m was watc Cer Outstanding The outstar the elevation of position of origir Shakes. Invitations arc to Secretary of Ickes, Commissior fairs John Collier, Gruening, members of Indian Affairs commi the Senate 1 House, Coast Guard, the Na | Army, noted ethnol | ada and the United S ciher noted pe from (,Apr' Spencer to Ketchik - | FLOOD WATERS, PENNSYLVANIA, ARE STILL HIGH known Elks of other lodges. in Kodiak. New officers to be installed are as follo Howard Simmons, Exalted Ruler; Earle Hunter, Leading Knight; Arthur Adams, Loyal haw, Tiler; John H. Walmer, Trus- The local Fairchild seaplane wa: and George F. Freeburger, Al- busy today with fair weather and Delegate to the Grand long passenger schedules Lodge 5 | Early this morning, John Amund- The invitatic in the tradition —,e— flew the ship to Sitka with J. G. ]m‘_,h“_“ o Yost and H. B. James outbound to i R Sitka and Fred Mattson outbound s | to Hoonah chservances Hidst and Steve Martin for Chich- agof. | Another trip to Funter Bay and possibly one to Kake and Ketchikan L. W. Turoff, District Deputy T e Grand Exalted Ruler, will be in- F I |d Knight; Floyd Fagerson, Lecturing Knight; M. H. Sides, Secretary; Wil- Appointive officers will be named sen flew to Skagway to bring in by Simmons and installed at the James Truitt, Jr., U. S. Engineer. been asked tc which will in | Z. Avon and J. E. Boyle were flown | o WHE AT in from Sitka and then immons scheduled for this evening - stalling officer. liam Franks, Treasurer; George lodge session tomorrow On Amundsen’s return, Simmons es and two day !went out again with Joe Ringili for TO KODIAK play his aloof, religiou leman he in t most of unbecoming mantle of holines: stually he i suce in priestly Brink in “On Borrowed Time") he has been happy Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mar that That he been in prankishness is K al James Rivers n whom | Chief MODES o[ tne MOMENI by Adelaide Kerr Declaring himself the people’s “hot alsc dog candidate,” James Rivers, of 1 p Boone, N. C., is running for Con-i g gress a},.:nn<t Robert L. Doughton, 72, New Dealer and ways and means chairman. Rivers, a printer, is shown munching one of the franks on which he says he’s sub- sisting during his campaign. that the in America, that i d this despite his Mr. that s me new any- d He in assorted vil- \ “Becky Sharp supernatural reles (like trict Manager J frem Sitka Shell Simmons. Boyle said the construction fore- man for the job is to arrive on the Northland this evening and steel vorkers will leave Seattle soon. Boyle is a guest at the Baranof' Hotel and will be here for’ several weeks, Alfred Rathje, rodman and chainman, left on the steamer Yu- 1kon today to work on the Kodiak naval base project. will remind you lainies, in “The tco, in this as in £ Invisible Returns.” one feel one should doff one’s hat and ask a blessing amiable ew here, Actually Sir Cedric is a thoroughly human, chap, neither saintly of course, Wellesley’s Best nor villainous. Once, when he was n -> oo McCAFFERTY HERE FOR SHORT VISIT Frank McCafferty, well known former Juneau resident, arrived on the Yukon from the South this NOW AT THat's the reception charming hostessess glve thoug™ Jul guests who bring gifts of delicious Van Duyn CTandies. Little sttentions make you a "eust come" Perey’s exclusively guest. Try 1t} FACSH @uy” ’Ua ” © CHOCOLATES VAN PUYN CHOCOLATE SHOPS ad- face. his title caused no end of confusion Many an underling, dressing him “Mr. Hardwicke,” retreated with red uncertain as to the etiquette of addressing an English knight. as Sir Cedric is a Shakespearean at heart, an actor of modern roles because the demand for Shakespeare is not what it was When he was 12 years old, he engineered a neighborhood pdoduc- tion of “The Merchant of Venice" to trafic-comic failure. At 14 he put on a “Hamlet” which persuaded his doctor father to per- mit him the pursuit of drama. It was Shakespearean drama —with the Benson company in South African tours—that gave After distinguished service Sir Cedric returned Lo the theatre in 1921—not, how- to Shakespeare. him his first professional experience. in the war, ever, Times had changed He has an interesting theory that the old-time Shakespearean stars, if alive today, would make political dictators. Bosses of their careers, dominating the theatre, playing power-mad kings and emperors, they had good training for one-man rule. . “Today, the actor is but the playwright's tool,” Sir Cedr one of the best, maintains. “The once-bare stage is filled with scenery. It is no longer the actor’'s work to paint that scenery with words, to exercise the audience’s imagination. It is in keeping with the times—little is left to the imagination. . . ." But I don't see him weeping over it all. I see him urbanely content to be a “playwright’s tool.” I see him using the tips of Hollywood Sights And Sounds | ~—————By Robbin Coons i Sehigest 3wl HCOLLYWOOD, Cal., April 2—The scene in “Tom Brown School Days” was completed and Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Josephine Hutchinson were “holding it for a still “Will you smile, Sir Cedric?” asked Freddie, the still man Sir Cedric laughted. “I'm grinning like a Cheshire, and you ask me to smile! With that, he u: the tips of his forefinger to distend hi )5, and struck a pose. It wa ather shocking, however amusing. To me, I mean morning for a combination business and here to eral new terests, look after his business here and re- Cafferty a week or longer. Poultry raising in Texas is a $45,- (00,000-a-year pleasure visit of several days McCafferty and his family moved Santa Barbara, California, sev- years ago, but still retaining considerable Juneau property in- he came north regularly to acquaintances. l "When mm between two peo-| A guest at the Baranof Hotel, Mc- ple becomes impossible it's much| wiser to say goodbye,” said Dolores; Del Rio, Mexican star, as she moved' from home of her direcmr-husband, Cedric Gibbons, in Hollywood to Palm Springs. She said she had ne intention of getting a divorce. plans ao stop in Juneau - e business and the You'll Say Gorgeous if you step around to THIRD and FRANKLIN fo see BRIGGS Beautyware FIXTURES-IN COLOR NOW ON DISPLAY at RICE & AHLERS Co. Exclusive Dealer | Patrick’s Day Thousands Are Temporar- ily Homeless-Six Per- sons Lose Lives WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 2. — Man is apparently winning the fight against the flooding of the Susque- hanna River put thousands are tem- porarily homel or are prepared i to flee. The water’ fell slightly from the overnight crests which were barely below those of the disastrous flood of four years St |age. Six persons are reported to have been drowned in the flooded areas. State and Federal agencies to- day worked side by side to provide food and shelter for the homeless (and guard against outbreaks of ill- | ness. | Tops at Wellesley College’s Honor Day is Emily K. Browning of Bri- tannia Reach, B, C., Canada. Sheis the only senior to win double hon- ors; elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, honorary scientific so- ciety. She is stroke on WeL\esley’n varsity crew. e = e S A g !.UBRIEA'I'IDN IT'S TIME T0 CHANGE YOUR THINNED - 0UT LUBRICANTS! CONNORS MOTOR COMPANY | | | \ A bolero suit and a bonnet of blue make this New Yorker’s costume. It's made of lightwight gray weol with a blouse and jacket facing of dark blue. Atop it goes one of the spring’s favored off-the-face hats of dark blue straw with a gray and Kelly green headband.