The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1940, Page 2

10,000 SMOKES OSLOAREA 00 > MoK, FORTS ARE TAKEN OVE German Capture Three by Fighting - Three in Surprise Aftacks LIN, April 18—The German Al DNB & ounced this hat German troops have Norwegian area up to the all forts, after 1 in R wildiite Agens Attest Ac- fivity in Fabled Kat- mai Valley The Valley of 10,000 Smokes, far from having lost its oldtime fire and brimstane is still smoking away regularly, according to a re- port received by the Alaska Game Commission fro; Wildlife Agents Carlos Carson snd Grenold Col- lins, who set their plane down in the storied val recently while on a patrol out Anchorage. Recent reports have said activi'y of the steam jets and ¢ of Katmai National Monument had greatly diminished. Carson and Collins found 1e contrary, that hundreds and of steam jets were in that two large volcanoe billowing furiously. Carson spoke groun with smelling the by “To lie on though the few hundred snow, was like 1y sands of a tropic said, -es - COUNCIL TO ACT ON APPOINTMENT LIST TOMORROW Time Change fo Be Up for Discussion at Meeting Action by the City Council on con- firmation of Mayor Harry I. Lucas appointments for the new year will be in order of business tomor- row night's Council meeting in the City Hall BER the entire of ian soldiers have been taken pri- on t hundreds action and were - Moose Women Hold Potluck Dinners and Plan for Card Party Moose and their the I. O. O. F. for a potluck din- and danc- Albert into the and kicking rubber ng hi pac u rubber ground, even pla only a yards away in deep the hot Carson reposed ing on of the foul gathered ast evening % \d evening of was fu accordianist | the dinner, members of had a short business ses- at which time plans were made for & public card party on May 1 The rtainment committee for the a will include Mrs. Phyllis Lesher, Mrs. 1 Museth and Mrs A. F. McKinnon. Refreshments will be in charge of Mrs. Anna Jackson, Mrs, Marr Jenson and Mrs. Alma Pe: on - - Past Grands Clu Meet f(@ay Night There will be a meeting of the Rebe P: Grand’s Club Fri- day evening at 8 o'clock. Members meet with Mrs. E. M. Polley the home of Mrs. H. M. Holl- ann on West Twelfth Street game rished by en at st \other matter va,._cted to be dis- «d will be the change of time to Pacific Standard, as was favored by voters at the recer:i municipal elec- tion. will at n CLOTHES that are CLEANED OFTEN-—Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to TRIANGLE Thoroueh Workmanship and Modern Methods Produce Work_that Is Sure to Please You. L4 PHONE MODES of the MOMENT. by Adelaide Kerr e " | the seal patrol. s Latin-America has inspired a whole series of sun and surf clothes. Here'ls'& swim it of fed, green and white cactus print finished Wwith a shug fitting red corseleite waistline and topped with a red rose in fi-flfi.l& ¥ou might not need one like it now, but keep it in mind Sor later in the season. AIRMEN REPORT CONCERTHERE SOON TALENTED SOPRANO WILL BE HEARD IN Nina Solovfe_v; fo Sing-on April 25 at Northern Light Church ? Not a stranger to Juneau music| lovers, Nina Soloviéva, talented sop-| 10, will be heard in concert, April 5 at the Northern Light Presbyter- jan Church with ‘members of the Order of Eastern Star as sponsors. The charming singer presented a | musical here in February, 1937, at| which time she was highly praised by all who were privileged to hear her. | Since leaving Juneau shortly after the concert she ‘studied in Italy with Luise Tetrdzzini, éminent Ital- ian star. She made her debut in cpera while in that country and wa. enthusiastically received by critics. wuse of the present war, threatres in Europe were forced to close their doors and so she retufned to New York and contintied Heér ‘Vocal study as a pupil of W. Alvis, not instruct- or. While in that eity she appeared in concert and was very highly re- ceived by her audienee. She has previously- studied voice culture in San Prahcsico where she was coached by Sir'Hamilton Harty, | conductor of the London:8ymphony | Orchestra. She also “Studied under | Katherine Meisle, Metrépolitan Op- | eratic star. A versatile artist, Mrs. ‘Solovieva | speaks six different’languages, plays the piano and has studied dramatics |ana dancing both in college and with private istructors. She Was a student of Marie Von Saben, famous expon- ent of Isadore Duncan. 3 THREEFIRMS SUED BYP.AF. Suis Filed in DistrictCourt Here 1o Foreclose Mortgages r | Three lawsuits by which it Is ln-i tended to collect a total of more than a, quarter of a million dol- lars ‘were filed in District Court| here today by the Pacific Ameri-| can Fisherfes, Inc. | The firm seeks to foreclose on! mortgages originally held by the Peoples Bank dnd Trust Cémpany of Seattle' to secure promissory notes of the three defendants. In- terest and -attorney’s fees are also| asked in tHe ‘Sults. Defendants and the amount al- legedly due from ‘each are as fol- lows: | Lowe Trading Company and As-| sociated ' Fishermen of ‘Alaska e | 13234, secured by mortgages on| a Squaw Creek shore plant and | Rolfe Slough cannery, both near| Nushagak. Western Pacific Packing Com-| pany, $72,972.57, secured by mort-| gages on plants at Egegik and at| Mist Harbor on Nagi Island in the | Shumagins. Lowe Trading Company, $185.- | 694.99, secured by mottgages on | property at Dillingham, HAIDABACK, | WS VoL Awails Orders 1o Leave an | Court Cruise - Also Seal Patrol Short hahded after a transfer of six men, the ‘Coast Guard cutter Haida, arrived in Jurieau this' morn- | ing after a 'trip to Seattle whére she went for semi-annual overhaul. The cutter left Seattle April 10 and arrived in’Ketchikih on 'Aprit 13 where four officers took promotioh examinations. Lieutenant Commafid- er R. C. Jewell, commanding offfeer |, of the Halda; R.'D, Dean, Lieutén- ant jg.; Ensign Robert Walvron' and Ensign J. A. Prichard jr, wére | those who Were examined in Ketehi- kan, Two new machinist mates, Brown- (1 ing and Anderson, and two ew Sea- men, Mahoney and Rice were added | to the crew, after the Halda trans- {fered Ropkins and Nagy, both'bas- | ketball players, and Offerdahl, skier, to othér coast ships, Othér meh transfetred ‘were Nobel, Mestas and Weod. | The Haida is waiting here in Ju- neau, its permianent base for orders |to go out on‘a court ¢ruise and on ‘The cutter had her bottom painted | in Seattle and underwent miinor re- :pnirs, 65 REBEKAH CARD PARTY A Rebekah White Elephant eard | |party is scheduled for Saturday, | April 20, at tie Odd Fellows ‘Hall. Light refreshmeénts will be served at 1:15. Cards will follow immiedi- ately. Prizes awarded. ¢ | . 0 o JOHN McCORMICK Mrs. James Orme PHOTOGRAPH OF DIMOND WANTED Apparéntly “A prophet is with- out a photograph in his own coun- try,” as not a single picture of Delegate to Congress Anthony J Dimond can be found in Juneau: | according to Herbert H. Hilscher, | writer who is now in the Capital City. Hilscher is desirous of purchas- ing an unposed picture of Mr. Dimond to illustrate an article he is ‘'writing about the Delegate. Any person having such a picture may contact Herbert Hilscher at the Baranof Hotel. BROWN BEAR ON WAY BACKFROM SEGULA ISLAND No Word as fo Reporfed Shooting:of Trappers in Farv Aleutians Giving ' nb_indication of what it found on Segula Island, whefe trap- pers were reported to have been found shot 'to death, the Biological Survey vesSel Brown Bear radioed last night that it was on its way back to ‘Amehitka Island. The Brown Bear, with U. S Commissioner Jack Martin of Un- alaska ‘aboard, visited Segula in Southern California points the Rat Islands groups to inves- « sharp earthqu: at 10:45 o'clock tigate ‘the ‘report of the tragedy, |this forenocon accompanied by a e sharp rumbling, No damage had been reported up to early this afternoon e Reinforcements Landed at Oslo Chosen from a field of 48 state can- didates as queen of the festival of College, St. Petersburg, Fla., is shown in her royal raiment. She « year, - EARTHQUAKE, CALIFORNIA Enm@ns Guest For her house guest, Miss Sylvia Hostikka of Astorfa, Oregon, Mrs. James Orme entertained last evening | at Her Yesidence on C. Street with | i dessert and two tables of bridge. | BERLIN, April 18.—Strong Horors ‘'were won by Mrs. Harry man reinforcements contir Hanson, first; Miss Margarét Mc- pour into the Oslo sector ys an Fadden, Second, and Miss Jean Gall- | oificial announcement tonight and|Supt. Pool agher, consolation. additional guns 11- Guests were Mrs. L. Delebecque, | inch calibre are Mrs. Harry Hanson, Mrs. Leonard Holmquist, Mrs. S. C. Bassett, Miss Jean ‘Gellagher ary/ Miss Margaret McFadden. e AP ranging being - D ESCAPED CONVICTS CAUGHT FLORENCE, Ariz, April 18 | Tom and John Power, two con- | victed murderers, serving life sen- | tences, who escaped from the A zona State Prison last Decemb | have been captured at Eagle Pass, Texas, up to landed Juneau Ladies’ Aux. | Her Royal Highness Mail (loses states, pretty Miriam Lyons Kray- | their regular month er, Burlington, Vt., co-ed at Junior | the sc will reign at St. Petersburg for |of matier LOS ANGELES, Cal. April 18.— | Sixth grades . reported | First, Second and With Large Guns Ger- house to 8:45 p U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juheau and vicinity, beginning Light showers tonight and Friday; not n ture; moderate southerly winds, Minimum wbout 38 degrees. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Light day; not much change in temperature; westerly wind. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Moderate to fresh southwesterly winds from Dixon Entrance Hinchinbrook; and moderate changeable winds but becoming westerly Friday, from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak. pm., in temperature April 18: tem; tonigh For Northland Seven Ionighl change showers moderate tonight and south and Fri- south Alaska: to Ca Mail for the south to be dis- patched aboard the Northland will |close at t Post Office at 7 o'~ | clock tonight. This was the an- Tnmum-mrm made by Postmaster | Albert Wile this forenoon | - DOUGLAS NEWS PRESENT TEACHERS ALL RE-FL Board held meeting at last night, settling up cur- amounting to $1487.45 the table of a number LOCAL DATA 1emp. Humidity Wind Velocity 50 53 SE 8 41 80 E 12 43 83 ESE 12 Weather Cloudy Rain Rain Barometer 29.60 29.64 30 Time 3:30 pm.,, yest'y 3:30 a.m. today Noon today RADIO REPORTS TODAY 3:30am. Precip temp, 24 hours 21 0 28 Gy 24 3:30a.m. Weather Lowest temp. % Max. tempt. lase 24 hours 27 45 39 Station Gambell Fairbanks Nome Dawson Mayo Anchorage Bethel St. Paul Atka Dutch Harbor Wosnesenski Kanatak Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Prince George Seattle Portland San Francisco The Dou School 29 39 36 38 Clea Cloud 1t accour Cloudy and clea Applications of all members of the present teaching staff for another term were favorably acted on and no changes are anticipated. The re-el- ected are: Calvin Pool, Shop and Commercial; Arthur Ladd, General Science and History; Miss Eleanor Warren, Home Economics and Eng- lish; Ernst Oberg, Mus and Latin and Seventh and Eighth grade: Walter Savikko, Fourth, Fifth a Miss Elizabeth Frazer Third grade Commencement exercises for the to graduate, Grace Pu- Wahto, Lorein Vienola Langseth, is 16, and Bacced be held May 12 at 31 37 Cloudy Cleax Pt. € Clouc Rain Rain ol Cloudy 39 29 11 42 45 45 44 49 49 55 42 44 40 42 48 48 54 Rain Cloudy Pt. Cld four student Pt. Ck sich, Dou Cloudy and Virginia Thursday, May the scheol A Sprin orchsetr: 10, ui also announced | WEATHER SYNOPSIS Ic nded thi thence northeastward A broad trough of morning from deep disturbance in the middle Aleut the interior of Alaska while pressure high from Washington and Oregon to a considerable distance westward weather has been cloudy over most of Alas with no mate changes in temperature. Rains have occurred from the cost of Or gon to as far nort has Anchorage. Juneau, April 19.—Sunrise 4:39 am. sunset 7:21 pm pressure ns a; Lhe al festival by school tlee clubs for May «ction of Mr. Oberg was Awarding of schol- hips, Athletic and P. E rds be made during the Scmmencement program, An open will be on M 1 from 8 m. in conjunction with the final P-T.A. meeting of the term, tated Plans to interest the Alumni in building a tennis court in the rear of the school were discussed. An in- ventory of the equipment and sup- plies is to be undertaken by Mr. Pool with aid of the teachers, he told the Board. Juneau School Board and Alumni are being invited by letter to visit the school building. R also will to they visited Mr. Brown's relative and then continued on to Mexico to participate in deep sea fishing the Gulf of California. They both agreed however that fishing A aska is preferable. P the couple on to Fairbanks n yesterday banks by plane being held cn the ground on account of weather condi- tions the Browns were guests for the day at Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Wesch- enfelder’s beautiful home on Spuhn Island off ne carryir During the evening the Weschen felders were hests at a dinner party, Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Boggan, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Spain, Mr. and Mrs. A, E. Goetz. The Browns reported having had an unusually pleasant time while DOUBLE BILL “MAN FROM TEXAS” and “DISBARRED” | pénnies—enough to make up Postpone Meeting It was announced that the meet-‘ ing of the Juneau Ladies’ Auxiliary | séheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed because of the Ju- neau High School Vaudeville. The meeting will be held Friday, April 26 Manha;s ma\le Birthday Meeting Each ‘member of the Martha So- ciety will take an envelope of the | date of their birthday plus the month of the year it falls om— together with a jingle giving a cide to whose birthday the cop- pers represent, at tomorrow’s 1:30 o'¢lock dessert luncheon in the Parlors of the Northern Light Pres- bytérian Church. | Priends of members are also in- | vited for the affair and hostesses will include Mrs. Katherine Hook- er and. Mrs. Sid Thompson FRIDAY NIGHT. Third annual High School Vaude- | ville will be presented tomorrow night in the Juneau High School | Gymnasium and the public is invited | | to .attend. Eleven super-stupendous acts will be presented for the pleasure of the audience and the curtain will go up at 8 o'clock sharp. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HOLD MEETING - A special meeting of the Douglas HEINTZLEMAN ON ——— for tomerrow evening at'8 o'clock in B. Frank the Sity Hall, President Shudshift | Portland by announced today. It is the first meet- where he ing to be held in many months, an - laccumulation of considerable im- prtant and interesting business is scheduled for, the session. - TANKER BARGE HERE The Foss-300, oil carrying barge, bringing supplies, is tied up tempor- arily at the local wharf awaiting de- parture for Sitka. S eee—— BROWNS OF FATRBANK PREFER ALASKA FISHING Mr. and Mrs: A. S. Brown were ar- vals here Tuesday cn the Yukon returning from a vacation trip all through the states from their home in Fairbanks where Mr. Brown is a Jewler and optometrist. Delayed in ontinuing their journey to Fair-) Regional Forester Heintzleman has left plane for Washington plans to remain several wee cording to word received officé here. by i o away. 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