The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 30, 1940, Page 8

Flag of Alaska Hangs in Cadef Chapel, The Cifadel, Military College of 5.C. Red Cross Stations Atfacked STOCKHOLM, April 30. — The avian wireless says that for second time in three days Ger- 1l have bombed a Red station which was plainly d the man Cross The report said that the Swed- ish Red Cross tion at Oster- dalen, which was also bombed Sun- lay, was plainly marked with a red cross on the roof of the building. The Swedish report declared that a number of Cross cars were badly dam- machine gun bullets last nd this morning. The cars 1so white and marked with large also Red € -~ NORWAY REPLIES, WAR DECLARATION STOCKHOLM, April 30. Scandinavian wireless said th morning that the Norwegian gov- ernment has issued a statement reference to the German an- ment that a state of war between Germany and Nor- he Norwegian government says that it has known this since the night between April eighth and ninth when Germany attacked without a declaration of war. The Norwegian statement said that the attack must have been prepared a long time before since | German military units attacked | simultaneously from Oslo to Nar- vik, adding that the attacks were made especially at villages and cities unable to defend themselves. - . é 4 o BOUND FOR NOME W' o ey J. Bellvue and F. C. Crabtree Nome mining men, passed througl o i Juneau aboard the Yukon The flag of Alaska, which is now at Summerall, President of T —————— hanging in the Cadet Chapel de! and former Chief of BOND BROKER The Citadel, the Military College | the United States Army, a D. J. Conway, representative of of South Carolina, is one of the holding the flag, with the chapal Jaxtheimer and Company, Port- three in the United States proper, jn the background. land bond house which handled as far as is known by its donor — -e—— the fecent Juneau municipal re- Mr Nicoloi A Astashkin, of financing, arrived here on the Charleston 242 Sitka diak Island. largest of the Aleu- n group of islands on the Al- an coast. He was educated in - BUILDING PERMIT A building permit was issued e iFou hown Subs Missing British THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 2Eledras Flying Ouf To Inferior rteen Péis&ugers Leave { This Forenoon for Fairbanks | Two PAA Electras left Juneau this morning with a total of 14 | passengers for Fairbanks and way | points. Pilots Bill Knox and Her- | man Joslyn, who brought an empt, Electra from Fairbanks yesterday. took seven of the northbound pas- sengers out on the first plane. engers leaving were. Mrs. R B. Earling, Mrs. M. Behlke, James Coyle, James Coyle Jr., Jack O'- Donnell and A. Larson. Passengers leaving with pilots Al | Monsen and Walt Hall were Mr and Mrs. E. Clausen, E. Koskelo, | W. Graves, H. Spoel, F. Love and H. B. McKinley. > 'Pastor, Mrs. Wood Back from Westward Pastor and Mrs. H. L .Wood, Superintendent and Secretary- Treasurer of the Alaska Mission of Seventh-Day Adventist ve- turned to the Juneau office yes- terday after making. the annual visit among the churches in In- terior Alaska. A week was spent at Pairbanks, Palmer and Anchorage, while Pas- tor J. Wagner visited the churches |in the Bristol Bay district. At- | tending these week conventions with Pastor and Mrs. Wood the local church pastors and Pastor D. E. Collins, Union Field Secre- , from the North Pacific Union Conference with headquarters at Walla Walla, who is returning from Seward direct to Seattle the Baranof is not returning the inside Passage on this trip. Pastor Wood will remain in Ju- neau for about two weeks and then take the Messenger to Seat- tle to bring to Alaska three mis- sionaries and many students of Walla Walla College and Auburn Academy who live here and are attending school outside in Sev- 1-Day Adventist institutions. r and Mrs. Miles of Wran- will accompany the yacht on annual vacation. - KRAFTS BOUND FOR KODIAK TO as on Pa gell their . Russia and graduated from ti yesterday to Art Walthers to bulld | 1 50ri1 Naval Academy in S a new concrele basement at 414 pejershurg. After graduation he “:’:( Ninth Street at a cost of|yng commissioned in the Russian| LONDON, April 30.—The o PO S | Imperial Navy and was made com- | Admiralty announces that two Brit- NOTICE ‘v'm:mdc*. of a submarine during the ish submarines in Norwegian waters - S 2 | World War, At one time he was | are lo erdue and are feared lost gl;‘iliefi&r’i(xurs{b—vuu Graves'| gpationed near Finland The submarines are the Tarpon and ; e, BA% | After the Red Revolution of Oc-|the Starlet. They had ¢ northern action since earl; Scandinavian war It that they had been bombs from Nazi airplanes > Empire classifieds bring the Russian the United visit to The absen of the Chapel he left came to a recent noted the flag in tober, — | Navy CANADIAN DISCOUNT | States. Until furtier notice, Canadian | Citadel, funds will be accepted at following | the Al 1917, and on he an esults by discount.: "coll(-mun and requested the privi- L e Checks lege of presenting one. he flag Feoer g 5 7 | Silver and Cusency ggz‘; lis blue with yellow stars in the| TOO LATE TO C e S0 | THE B, M. BEHRENDS BANg | (' of the dipper, and bas| yAGANCY, Spickett Apts. Phone in the fly corner a representation Green 515. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK | of Polarius, the North Star. Mr, Astashkin and Gen. C. P.' “v‘lfi A AR - BOAT TANKS GALVANIZED Riveted tmd Soldered ® | BLACK IRON Electrically Welded @ WE BUILD the BEST BOAT TANKS in JUNEAU . Mac LEAN METAL WORKS South Seward Sireet -ROOM FOR RENT—325 East 6th St. | aged in in the was feared destroyed SPEND SUMMER Story of Rise in Life of‘ Prominent Alaskan | Is Again Told A rags to riches story was tdld! in Juneau this morning when Onoi Kraft and his family passed | through Juneau en route to Ko-‘; diak where he is a large property | holder and owner of Kraft and| Sons, one of the largest stores in Kodiak, The Krafts are aboard the northbound Yukon, Mr. Kraft, in 1885, first came to Alaska as cabin boy on an Alaska Packers sailing ship. Shortly after, he was employed by the Alaska Commercial Company in Kodiak and later went to work for ‘the Northern Commercial Company in Kodiak. In 1913, then only a clerk for the company, Kraft bought out the business and since then has become a prominent merchant on the Island. Several years ago Kraft retired and went to Seattle with his fam- ily, leaving his oldest son, Ben- jamin, to manage the company, then as now, known as Kraft and Son. The Krafts are on their way to their Kodiak home on a business trip. They will probably stay on the Island until October. BENEFIT SMOKER SET FOR TONIGHT AT A. N. B. HALL At 8 o'clock tonight Juneau fight |fans will invade the ANB Hall on | Willoughby Avenue to watch Hank Broulette go six rounds in a battle |with Tiger Brown, for the main ev- | ent. The doors will open at 7 o'clock and Matchmaker Slugger Weaver promises a fight card complete with plenty of knockdowns and bloodshed. Ten boxers will provide an evening of {entertainment for the fans and ali |men claim to be in the best of shape Copyright 1940, Licgett & Myers Tosacco Co. 22 Aboard McKinley For Juneau SEATTLE, April 30. — Steamer Mount McKinley sailed on the Southeast Alaska Triangle Route at 9:15 o'clock this morning with 233 passengers including 66 steerage. Passengers aboard booked for Ju- neau include Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Hanigsman, J. G. Morrison, Dr. Countney Smith, Mrs. Evelyn Smith, Miss C. Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Sam Rublev. E. P. Pond, Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Post and son, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. “harteris, Phil Nickawitch, Stanley Sunde, Jim Hodges. Robert C. Walish, D. L. Reynolds, Max Miller, Tony Lindstrom Edward Jensen. —————— LOUISE PATTERSON TRANSFERRED SOUTH Louise Patterson, in the Juneau Besides the top rung event there will be a sem-final bout, a special mateh, a preliminary scrap, with a second preliminary to be announced at the ringside, & Okl WOMEN OF MOOSE CARD PARTY Wednesday, May 1, 8:30 p.m. Bridge and pinochle. Public invit- ed, IL.OOF. Hall adv. PAA office, left aboard the steamer Alaska for Seattle where she has been transferred to the operations | division.. Miss Patterson was trans- ferred to the Juneau office last fall from the operations division shortly after survey flights had been made by the PAA for the new Juneau- Seattle service. Miss Patterson will be replaced by a transfer from Seattle, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1940. You sure s i two pair ever AND BEVERLY TWINS in the Broadway Revue Hit “Hellzapep- pin'® Smolzers are buying ‘em “two packs at a time” because Chest- erfields are DEFINITELY MILDER, COOLER- SMOKING and BETTER-TASTING. Chesterfields are made from the world’s finest cigarette tobaccos and they’re made right. In size, in shape, in the way they burn . . . everything about Chesterfield is just right for your smoking pleasure. BETTYMAE CRANE get twice the plea- watching the CRANE " because there are of 'em...the busiest of dancing twins you saw. | 1 ‘ Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 30.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today, the last session of the | month, is 6%, American Can 115. | American Power and Light 3%, An- |aconda 29%, Bethlehem Steel 83, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 10%, General Mot- ors 54%, International Harvester 57%, Kennecott 35, New York Cen- | tral 15%, Northern Pacific 8%, Unit- ed States Steel 607%, Pound $3.51%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 14843, rails 30.69, utiities 25.01. T0 CONSTRUCT BEAM STATION AT HAINES V. E. Rowley, superintendent of construction for the Civil Aeronau- tics Authority, will leave tomorrow on the Betty Ross for Haines where the CAA is constructing a beam sta- tion, jals are ready for work to begin and |awaiting his arrival. | Twenty-five men, all hired from | Haines population, are employed for |the construction work. FISH MAN GOES WEST A. H. Soeneke, owner of the Gen- eral Pish Company of Anchorage and Seldovia, was in Juneau this morning for a few hours en route Rowley says that men and mater- | LOCAL NORSE FUNDS GROUP IS ORGANIZED To Work mooperation with Seattle Norwegian Aid Campaign In connection with relief funds for Norway, an organization has been perfected in Seattle known as the Norwegian Aid Campaign. This is composed of all Norwegian So- cieties and organizations, and it is headed by Einar Beyer, Norwe- gian Consul for the State of Wash- ington. | Seven trustees have been elected for the Norwegian Aid Campaign |in Seattle, and these are M. O. | syniaasen, A. Buschmann, R. H. Parsons, Einar Beyer, Mrs. T. Johnson, A. Friele and G. Dahl A subsidiary organization has been formed in Juneau, with Olaf organization is receiving funds for Norwegian aid. Already some con- tributions have been received, and other contributions are solicited. These contributions will all be for- warded through the banks here lo August Buschmann and Einar Bey- er of Seattle. Steps have been taken so that all money subscribed will be used to Seward aboard the northbound Yukon, for relief, which is so badly need- ed at this time. Swanson chairman, Mrs. Belle| Knudson treasurer and Mrs, Olaf Swanson secretary. This Juneau Improvement Club Meets Tomorrow A 1:30 o'clock desert luncheon will precede tomorrow afternoon’s meet- ing of the Glacier Highway Improve- ment Club which will gather at the Glacier Highway home of Mrs. Ray Peterman. Joseph Pasternack Dies, Heart Atfack CHICAGO, April 30—Radio or- chestra conductor Joseph Paster- nack died last night of heart attack. The 59 year old musician collapsed while rehearsing his orchestra in the Chicago studio of NBC. Pasternack was a native of Poland. He toured the United States as a concert pianist and conducted or- chestras in Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Pasternack turned to radio several years ago. G e ST iR GIL RICH IN HOSPITAL; WIFE IS ON WAY WEST Mrs. Gil Rich, wife of a traveling man, is aboard the Yukon bound for Cordova to be with her husband who is in the hospital there. Mrs. Rich flew from Ketchikan to Petersburg to catch the north- bound Yukon. e WOMEN OF MOOSE Regular meeting, 7 p.m., Wednes- day, May 1 ,at LO.OF. Hall, adv,