The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1940, Page 8

8 More Alaska Defense Talk Made, Senafe Schwellenbach Works for Anchorage-Reynolds Hits at Russia | perior, the United States might ac- | | cept the island by cancelling Rus- | sia’s debt WALKER COLLINS DIES SATURDAY AT ST. ANN'S Well Known Colored Man Passes Away After Short lliness Walker Collins 56 ycars of age, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1940. Flood Relief Station Has Troubles in New York State |a street car is bad enough, but the bill made deportations of spies TREET mandatory while under the present | law, deportation was discretionary | with the Secretary of Labor DRIVING IS | conressman TOUGHWORK CLYDE SMiTH }Men in Nignt Service Dur- PASSES AWAY | ing Blackout in Ber- ;Twenty-fouiriihA Member of | lin, Get Vacation | Present Congress Is Taken by Death BERLIN, April 8 1 Trying o drive | spot for those convalescing from {o the 75th Congress on September WASHINGTON, April 8—3J e nator Le .,‘,; B. Schwe died Saturday cvening at St. Ann’s | driving it without a headlight and WASBHINGTON, April 8—Repre- told the nate today he will Hospital where he had been re- | no streetlights is nerve-shattering.'sentative Clyde B. Smith, 63, died \dition of the $12,700,000 ceiving medical treatment for sev- | For that reason, according to Llu“;hmn today, just one day after he 1940 and 1941 Army appro- eral day | “Berliner Lokal Anzeiger,” street car . expressed hope in a statement that bill to provide for the An- Born in Ala., he q‘dl' ers \yno have been doing night the voters would elect his wife to *' base ng newspaper came to 26 year service in the war blackout havefsucceed him. He had been ill with of forti- ago. He we 1 here and ‘bocu awarded 14 days extra vacation.|{a heart ailment. fe. sald'Bhezat th was an | The men are being sent to Kuehl-| Smith was a Republican and hao en Top Cab | ungsborn. a well known bath and |served four years. He was electea | Delense R. Reynolds said should be strengl.- foresaw no great dan- ‘LS'rocx QUOTATIONS e SWEDEN ARMS nervous troubles. e — {14, 1936 and re-elected to the 76th | Congress on September 12, 1938 Representative Smith is the twen- ty-feurth members of this Congress dying in office. He was a Representative to C n- 4 | a 1 i - FROM H!TI_FR Empire classifieds bring results. ,w s Rumors Rampant that Nau ened but ger of war ir ving the United o States and Japan NEW YORK, April 8 Closing Ma(hme IS Pomhng Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg guotaticn of Juneau mine California was not the only place that suffered from fleods. Here is an acrial view of a flood relief station at Syracuse, N. Y., as the waters '0 Nor'h ’...a I f bm ;nylv) u“ ar wm; 410”( e 6 1?"‘»1 1 :am of Onondaga Creek lapped at the driveway of a fire station which served as flood relief center. Although waters were receding in this area | Lo Japan it will be solel use of 115 Anaconda 30 ethlehem Steel € EiRtita ws “fla o &N o 2 (g ! ; e A A el R s g western Pennsylvania was suffering from “flash floods” with at least four known dead. STORKEOING A 35 wediin one end of the line or the other.” ern 1%. Curtiss Wright 102, Gen- official sources announce that the | Wrangel Itland Bobs Up eral Motors 56, International Har- | Government is taking measures for § Senator Reynolds caid the State vester 58 3/4, Kennecott 37':, New | the immediate intensification of Departmen: sthuld ecablish a York Central 18, Northern Paeific | Swedish defense preparations | Just for the pleasure legal status to Wrangel Island be- 8 7/8, United States Steel G63': The announcement was made (| cause of possible strategic impor- Pound $3.56% while sensational rumors circulat- | of it, try tance in the event of hostilities | ed in Stockholm that Germany was | ith Russia DOW, JONES AVERAGES planning action in Scandinavia |f IWHARPER He offered ition requesi- The followir e today’s Dow. | within the next 24 hours. ] ing the State to de- Jones averages: industrials 151.21; The rumors reached the Swedish & termine if the United ¢ o5 has rails 3196, utilities | capital from Copenhagen where i, The Gold Medal Whiskey . a valid sovereignty claim ov - | they were published in the newspa- 1 icland and if Russia's claim is per “National Tidende,” as coming ! (DA MEE]]NG | frem its Berlin correspondent Bottled in Bond . The Swedish Foreign Office de- CANADIAN DISCOUNT St nied that it had received any com- 3 an further noncv: lmmd‘mn A business meeting will be held munication rrum the Gm-m’an - inds will be accepted at following | (o orrow evening starting at 8 o'- ernment that might be regarded discount: clock in Parish Hall for members n utittmatum. Checks and Currency 20% | of the Catholic Daughters of Amer- R SN Silver 3 22% | ica THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK | All women belonging to the order STARNES Blll N THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK 'are invited to be present. Mrs. | George Bhaw wul preside. | VETOED IODAY | Deportation Measure Is | Turned Down by Roose- | velt - Gives Reasons | wasHINGTON, April 8.—Presi- @ dent Roosevelt has vetoed the Starnes Alien deportation bill main- taining its penalties for allen spies and saboteurs “superfluous” because |*## | of existing legislation, also that its m applications to addicts are too | il = harsh. | When the bill was before the mmwmm s | House, the sponsor explained that ¥ | - SPRING s HERE and time to freshen your home with NEW ARMSTRONG LINOLEUM THE NEW 1340 PATTERNS are now on display—ready put down-— THE ARMSTRONG WAY. A wide variety of beauu{ui designs and colors to select from in ARMSTRONG INLAID LINOLEUM ARMSTRONG INLAID LINCFLOR ARMSTRONG QUAKER FELT BASE 4 Enterfainment Plan for 0. E. S.‘ See the beautiful new models of the FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC RANGE W. P. JOHNSON 211 So. Franklin PHONE 17 Choice Home Gt s time within a month. Thousands of acres were flooded, but the river reccded after the skies cleared. | 3 | | DeMclay Orders attended the Res- ing of the Interdenominational Mis- will lead the | - - ! and guest speakers will| N Mr. Walter Covich and Mr. HIGH POS!TION“)'""er ParIy for T e e ™| o ook s mosi v s )c held tomrrow mgm at the Sco'»; iali | Ornithological - '1:r Order of Eastern Star. SO(IBIIS' Pa"y Holds con { i PR i rnl 0 ug'(a There will be special entertain- & 2 = | As a compliment to Mr. Frank venfion in Washing- | i i it e sommer Society fo Meet e last evening with dinner at their, A meeting of the newly organized | WASHII\GTOu. April 8—The S0- home on Fifth Street Ornithelogical Society will be held Gas GIS A“ Tlllw of tulips and | omorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock at| “Mrs. Jas, Filler says: "Gas on my stom mously and for the fourth time nom- ' yellow tapers was T Sles inated Norman Thomas, 55 year old affair and the cvening was spent weliman Holbrook. No New York, to head its Presidential; Mr. and Mrs. Scott's guests were OF The sesaibh. ticket in the November eclection. |Mr. and Mrs. Alec Tavsieff, Mr. x This wnrcnonw‘ near Marysville, Cal., was almost completely covered by water when the body . Ralph Baker Emith Mhsm'mnvs who are < Frank Kardonoffs e “Rite Tomple. 125 members o ment and refreshments after the 1 n- P fU ‘h(ke' Nadia Grigor of Harbin, China, Mr. I SR Dl Tlsay . 0l u p land Mrs. Harry Scott entertained cialist party Sunday night unani-! A table centerpi hosen for the the ‘Seventh Street home of Mrs. lchwulcbldlmuldn'lollnr -loep. former Presbyterian Minister of informally. Mr. James O'Neil will be in charge Maynard C. Krueger, 34-year-old and Mrs. Nick Skoff and Evan and > Butler-Mauro Drug_Co..—in Doug- -1 Professor of Economics at the Uni- Donald Scott. , Todi toa The Empire. las by Guy's Drug Swre , es or a e versity of Chicago, was selected as Recent arrivals in Juneau, Mr. b his running mate. PO d::;gno} Ilslurmmml”\l”" i‘\‘l prl:;enl, We still h ] AL 7 ke e R e e e still have a few one-acre home sites left | |pistrorm opposing war and also de- SRS 9 < at “DAVIS POINT"-Just beyond Salmon | """ ““25%2" ‘GEORGE LINGO 15 | GEORGE H. PETERSON | Creek-on Glacier Highway. Rainbow Glrls Plan HERE ON SHORT | 2 For Next Gafhermg BUSINESS TRIP' Democratic Candidate for | Che(,'k These Advu”tuyes: Plans for the April meeting of the ?f(f;l‘cz L;l?x:}rz B xrn l‘;m;:.:loénlda% R E p R E S E N T A I I v E | K s were dis-| Yukon Sunday from his | Ten minutes drive from town. ‘cour:;; °;t R&'e"bg:'wfl:: :E:‘”,z:,,, ! Anchorage for a ~I:nx| :zl;)\nite):etrip « | | meeting of the group held at the and to visit his father-in-law, Johw | Scottish Rite Temple. ‘W va Junior officers, headed by Bev- r. Lingo will return to the west- erly Leivers as Junior Worthy A;i.,“'dl'd on the Yukon next week. Sunny. sheltered location. visor, will exemplify the work. In charge of the social part of the Clear title to you through U. S. Patent. evening will be Joan Hudon, Mildred VlSIiOl’ S tO Speak r Kendler, Grace Berg, Bonnie Klein |and Maxine Nostrand. No Taku winds to contend with. Splendid view of surrounding mountains. Territorial Primaries—April 30, 1940 SITKA, ALASKA SELECT YOUR PATTERN AND WE WILL DO THE REST: Measure your room, quote you prices completely installed and lay your linoleum SATISFACTORILY. [ ] F or pwlmlgrs see TREVOB DAVIS at THE SNAP SHOPPE. | Announcement was also made al | Saturday's meeting that the Grand| Assembly this year would be held at Yakima, Wash. Pive girls signi- fied their intention of attending Yesterday both the Rainbow and - AtMissionary Meet Women of the Mis&ionar-y Society i"f the Memorial Presbyterian \Chureh, will be hostesses tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with a meet- | ‘ “A Square Deal For AUI” Juneau-Young Hardware Co.