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4] British DUTCH PUT Shelling UPDEFENSE, Germans WATER LINE Warships Bombard Invad- Admit Relrealmg in Some ers Along Coast of Sections Under Heavy The Netherlands Nazi Attacks May Passed by the Beauty Censor LONDON, May 13.-The Briti AMSTERDAM 13 The Admir ¢ British | Dutch Command late today ad- warships | sarded the ¢ nitted its forces were making stra rth Sea coast lows | tagic rbtreatls under pressure of ‘ heavy ' German ‘attacks but ‘they Tinistry also still held the water defense lines \ o5 of suecessful ‘The ‘Duich are taking a firm acks by the Royal Al o on (helstand against the German force Wallhaven airdrome near Rotler-|pehind. their inundated, lines fam which the German forces o¢-! The nation's great network of upied on the invasion of The Neth- ;ivers, howéver, are still beyond y to Rotter- Jost Saturday but rezained me Nawis on ravu way aahr ;gq Amsterdam Sl e SHARES@ | TUMBLE rlands. during lhr' mght MOOSE, DOUGLAS T0 PLAY TONIGHT Friday’s Postponed Game, s 'OB Pla ed at 630_ NEW YORK, May 13--A storm i O e y . of selling, touched off by liguida- Something a bit different than war piciu ong ke Sflme ]’eams ]’uesday {tion ‘of "Dutch “marginal accounts “Yomewhere in''San neisco” a"lwl‘ pe ¥ ’ ‘;.\”h\‘-‘ e | sent the stock market down ip the s have Decty ol ;,f‘:“(f“‘;" et p they s sharpest decline in two and onc- B b it Conoll O : y, Vi Postponed because of rain last Fri- 1216 Vears! reducing <hares o the I {‘j”,(‘ e v e day; the baseball game between the 1o &1 00l dnce late last Aug- s of Los Ar 3 Moose and Douglas has been sched- | /o uled for tonight at 6:30 &l the Fire- 'y oceoc e leading sharves ranged mensHall FE | froni’ two to more than seven dol- According t6 predictions. tonight's o me will merely bé a warm up fOr{ " wpeay and corn also went lower the teams in preparation for lheu‘ Today's tumover was 2,500,000 regularly scheduled game tomorrow. sha: O Saplaris Managers point cut that although ¢ i 3 it is unfortunate that the teams pla, Q" 3 3 & 1 Lwo games in two successive mght" that the rules of the dellnt‘a\l Channel League reads that postpon- % A‘l[m' m RE?RE AT : >d games shall be played off i order 3 of their postponement. fib“w GERMA“‘V Although there is slight possibility that the gagé might be raincd out. Stan Gruinmett, official weathe: ‘Vi'cious German Aftack Drives Defenders To- ‘ward Strateglc Area man for the league, asks thal play- ers and fans phone the Elks club for final decision after 4:30 o'clock PARIS, Muy 13.—French, Belgium and Dutch troops in Belgium and if there Ls unv doubt. | The Netherlands are falling back in | accordance ‘with' strategic plans to- night before savage omslaughts of the German advance guards’ motor- {zed corps supported by air bombard- "I Hea"h causes D"edof ments, according to an authorized io leave e SESSIOU spokesman of ‘the War Ministry. The spokesman described the day's Harry B. Hershey Dwight H. Green r of THi- Here are the men who will oppose each other for govern i '|' d activity as a general German at- : 3 eqgins 10aa {2 nois in the November eldction. They dre Dwight H. Green, forfier 4 At Y 'r:(k ,“';"f H;"“""_‘” the Moselle| yniteq States district attorney, victor in the Republican primary, ; _ | River™ where France's Maginot Line | anq Harry B. Hershey, former chairman of the Democratic state William B. Kirk, Director of {he blecks the German push tw i committee, winner in the Democra primary. Territorial Department of Public| He emphasized the All with- Welfare, submitted his recignation | drawal as not being a retréat, but a today as the Board of Public Wel- movement toward a “wall on which fare began its ann ceting here, |4 great battle will be fought.” He did Kirk resigned duc not sm uherc (he vnall is loca Members ol the Board now rn ‘The Board accep Juneau are Governor Ernest Gruen- tion and was i ing, Mrs. H. H McCutcheon, J. G.| The following are scores of Na-| R!vers and John Walmer. Howard | licnal League games played this af- | Lyng, the other member, will ar- terhoon as no American Leaguc rive on the boat tomorrow from BAMES were scheduled: the sonth | Philadelphia 3: Brooklyn 6. New York 11; Boston 5. | - e - TWO AIRWAYS TRIPS | canwies 9 10 coast Dufch Queen Whipped Through Farm Bill in Governor's office lnd.\\ fhscu»ln'w the appointient of a successor session the Two flights were made to Lhc‘ Coast today by Alex Holden and i Shell Simmons. Holden, on the | [ first” trip, flew Paul J. Peters and George A. Dale to Hoonah, and Jack Kenny and J. C. Molyneaux | Wil- | to Sitka. ihvhnlna arrived in England teday | A later flight by Shell Simmons from her invaded The Netherlands,| “took ‘Bill Douglas, Leonard Taylor,|as & refugee. She was met at the| H. J. Collins and Eve Adams to|Liverpool station by King George | Sitka and Boris Smith round mp\v\ho welcomed her and kissed boqn to C‘hlchagdl * |of her cheeks. She traveled aboard | e o \‘: British warship amid reports thal | . . " a “fifth column” was attempting| genator James ¥. Byrnes (left) of South Carolina congratulates Senator Plaflfl Refl‘ai Heald perprigle Richard B, Russell of Georgia after the Senate passed the billion dollar > > — — agriculture appropriation bill The Senate added almost §$300,f 000,000 Here Saturday Night £Lks HOLD ANNUAL Pupils of Miss Caroline Todd v\rrn“ MQIHERS' DAY R“E presented in recital Saturday eve- | ning at the Metropolitan Methodist | Church. Those taking part in LONDON, May 13.—Qucen previous economy measures. 'IEW YORK MI(TION MAN HERE LOOKING FOR FUR BUSINESS Tucker-Ramberg TTP_",‘ Tonight The Rev. John A. Glasse deliv- lered an address on Mothers' D;l.\[ the pro-| at the annual Elks ceremony ye: gram included Carol and Claire Ol- | terday at the Elks Hall. A large son, Jimmy prague, Joyce Knight,| number of lodge members attend- Loiraine Mangalo, Gloria Gudbran- | ed, Miss Luelia Tucker will become Morris J. Lipson of the New York A. R. Ramberg at to be perform the bride of Mr. tuction Company arrived on the teamer Alask lay from the west- vard where he has been soliciting onsignments of furs for his firm. Te will spend several days in Junead nd then the Southeast Al- son, Diane Hunsbedt, Shirley Olds, Jesse Valoria, Mary Jukich, Doris The Presbyterian Choir sang and Director George W. Schmidt sang|7:30 ¢'clock ceremony McEachran and Frances Paul. |a solo, led this ‘evening at Risurrectior The pupils all acqquitted them-| Past Exalted Ruler M. E. Mon- Lutheran Church by Capt. Staule selves ndmimbly, |agle presided. Floyd Fagerson was Jackson in the absence of the Rev | John L. Cauble - > - | Committee Chairman cover YUKON DUE IN MORNING l vty Miss Betty Wilms will attend the | 3sRa territory before relurui.ng East Steamer Yukon, from’‘the south, | BINGHAM IN TOWN bride and best man will be Mr, Rus 9 o5 is scheduled to arrive at 5 o'clock } : | sell Fisk 'faly fo Fight with - Germaqy Is Belief BELGRADE y 13 Demon- strations in Rome aj t the Brit- sh and French, confi fears that Italy will fight with Germany if the var is entered. - D . tomorrow mortiing. The steamer wulf Vance C. Bingham, representative | All friends of the couple are invit- be in port about six hours before of the Greybar Electric Company,|ed to call at 1038 Eleventh Sirec samng for the wul.wnrd 5 ‘is in Juncau today after arriving on | where a reception is to be held foi- SR | the southbound ‘Alaska last night.|lowing the service MRS. lko'I‘CflEON IN TOWN ' He is stopping at’ the Gastineau | w ey ‘Arriving from ‘Anchorage on the | Hotel ON VACATION southbound Alaska last night, Mrs. -—— 1 H. H. McCutcheon, member of TO HOONAH | Mr. and Mrs. Don Hage the Terriforial Public Welfare' George Dale, Associate Super-]an the Alaska today for a v Board, isin Junéau on a busi- visor of Elementary Education for|trip to the States. They were accom- ness trip. 8he is staying lt the | the' Office of mfinn A!hirs flew | panied by their two children, Shar- to Hoonah today.” on and Don, L TTHERY T 148 HERE'S TIPTO | contra Club, chipping in a din iece. | ; - for instruc- | to the pilot, his only remark was a| NEW YORK, May 13. Closin { ion en care of. ‘n\\ lh\mnnm m vn\ mxl \\hm\ put | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine [ HEINZ 5 | Albert is now at home to ;upu\ 106, American Power and Light ON EIDER FOR \?"EJI 31l Douglas, v ».1 known Heinz | in his owner’s apartment, says Sim- | Anaconda 27 7/8, Bethlehem St - Products an in the Territory, |mons, and is (lom" very well | 84%, Commonwealth and Southe: Bureau of Fisheries Warden Ralph arrived in Juneau last night and will | |1, Curtiss Wright 9 3/4, Genera | Perrandini left on the Bureau vessel be here for several days. Douglas Motors 48'%, Illl“l'lmHU‘llill Harve: Eider today for Kodiak for the sea- is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. ‘WOMANS (luB ter 52'%, Kennecott 33 7/8 son. The' Eider pt. Linn ¢ - > York Central 12 7/8, Northern Pa son, arrived here at 4 o'clock t TEACHERS HERE | cific 7. United States Steel 57 | It will stop at Cook Inlet en the Government School Haines, | e | The accident suffered by the Eider Hertz, Principal of the | E 0 IONBGHT DOW, JONES AVERAGES { when it struck a log in Safet; \uu: there, came to Ju~‘ B N p | . The following jprow(l not to be serious. A on the r Denali. Mr.| Jones averages: | wheel was straightened on the ways and Mrs, Gilk Gov-| rails 27.83, utilities ‘hove the amount voted by the House, thereby practically wiping out | Today’s news today in' The Empire. ; p HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1940. ( RTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, W His Bill Meets Their Favor (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau beginning at 4:30 p.m., May 13: Mostly cloudy with occasional li 5 and not much cha in temperature tonight and Tuc at asterly wind Minimum erature tonigh s L Southeast ight how 1 ot much change in 1 Tuc mo \ terly winds except over Lynn Canal forecast of winas along the ¢ of the Gulf of Alaska; Moderate to fresh southeasterly from on Entrance to Cape it chinbrook; and moderate to fresh east from Cape Hinchinbro to Kodiak. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer ‘lemp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yest'y 30.06 49 kbl E 8 Rain 4:30 a.m. today 30.18 45 E 10 Rain Noon toda 30.19 48 73 s 4 Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY i *Max. tempt. Lovest 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:30 Station last 24 hours te ap. temp, 24 hours W Barrow 21 16 16 0 40 32 33 0 Pt. 61 43 48 T Clo 50 | 43 4 0 Pt Ci 55 28 20 0 Pt. Clc 61 40 41 02 Ciou 66 41 42 0 Cle St. Paul Tsland 42 32 0 Fo Dutch Harbor .. 49 38 0 Clou Representative R. G. Tenefowicz of Michigan is surrounded by the w Begbtpkl .. 28 g 0 Clo and children of Herman Norman Miller, of Detroit, he had proposed Kanatak 63 58 0 Clou a bill in the House to prevent Miller’s deportation. The bill would cancel|| Kodiak - 46 | 42 21 R order of deportation for the sick man, and would deem him to have entered;| Cordova 48 44 88 Rai the United States from Russia lawfully in June, 1926. Juncau 19 15 57 Rain | si 53 46 03 Rai | Ketchikan 53 28 Rai | Prince Rupert . 56 15 Clot Dra!‘_A e Prince George . 61 06 (o) Seattle 65 0 Pt.Cl Portland it | 48 0 cl L | San Francisco .. 66 52 0 Cl Men ufil!e' WEATHER SYNOPSIS An area of relatively high pressure extended this morning I the northwestern states. thences northward to Southeast laska, w Aot s IR { a minor disturbance was situatel about 400 miles southwest S R diak Island, with 4 trough extendi Stward into the Tr il T R terior.© Cq lerable cloudiness prevail ywer most of Sy o S g moderdte showers occurring alon? the coastal areas fron o wowed purpose is to of Washington to Kodiak. Light showers occurred also over (1 e Blatadtei e oy Fairbanks and Anchorage distric AL S > Jupeau, May 14.-Simrise am., sunset 9:17 pam Y. e Yugoslavia Sweden G Stolen, Man Huri g a weaen uoes s, o isfo Arm For Blacko Charles Goe J fift was haulir ‘ > pet two ca of | to his ‘country age. Bt Todl ORAT BT in o BELGRADE, May 13 A high| STOCKHOLM, May 13. Fea The frightened dog tore acro I Yugoslav source report “all |5 sudden & e ficlds and never came back | security - me And while Goessell, with two brol | ting 700,00 ribs was lying helpléss in the ‘m , have W e, another motorist stopped zain » and.gole the beer 0 . 5 st that Sweden might - ‘FAMOUS REPTILE ARRIVES HERE NIGHT DRIVERS | FROM LONG TRIP PASADENA, Cal May 13.—Half . of this city’s motorists are poor night | LENS-M A N — Shown with BY Girls Scouts drivers because of a deficiency of g 60-inch haze-penetrating cam- g Vitamin A, studies by Dr. Henry ! era, one of the many used by Claiming his reptilian charge to : Borsook of the ifornia Institute the army for defense work, is |be the most traveled alligator in| The Girl Scouts will sponso of Technology indicate. Maj. George Goddard, chief of |!le world, Dr. John Reed, of the |show on the evening of May B the army photographic section, |United States Geological Survey, | the proceeds of which will t ‘Wright field, Ohio. This giant i | yesterday presented “Albert the Al- | wards the maintenance of un GOVERNOR ]'0 H.Y £ood for reconnaisance. |ligator,” to Shell Simmons, AAT |mer camp. | pilot | Entitled “The Jones Family Albert originated in Tampa, Flor- | Hollywood,” the picture will 10 WRANGELL TO where he was born and reared ida Marriage liense ? E I to a very young age. Then, cap-| Of interest is the fact that OVERIAK- DEMAJ F "0 fl,‘ (.‘ .I.d ured at the length of ten inches, ! member of the c June Carl- —_— § €e nine oW | he was driven to Washington, D. C.,son, who plays the part of Luc Gov. Ernest Gruening will fly to | by automobile. From Washington Jones, is associated with the Gir Wrangell Wednesday to board the| COLUMBUS, Neb, May 13.—When 1 Albert accompanied Reed by plane | Scouts in Hollywood. steamer Denali for the States, where [e} Neb., busi- | to Seattle, and from there he came -~ to Juneau by boat i rive the courthou { his bride-to-be hé didn’t have | So already an accomplished trav- up the usual $2 for a marriage | °ler. Albert was not impressed when | he flew with Simmons to Sitka yes- Rotary [ tera mmons and Albert made 2d | the rounds in Sitka, and according the Governor will be a witnos suit brought by the Governme against three construction firm allegedly attempting to defraud th Gevernment in Puerto Rico bu Members of the Schuyler |at Ketchikan ernment t ik, a-|One-Ad Play, Wedding E ATHER BU THE WEATHER An: be - > 1 and invaded Picture Will Be Sponsored May 77 | Until the regular Bureau person- rived on the - continued | i nel arrives here next month, Mrs.|to the on leave, while Mi Gown Procession MARTHAS ARE | Dorethy Baker will be in charge of nained for sever . the Juneau office, work in the Office of In-| Will Be Seen D dian Affairs headquarters here, | s HOSTESSES AT s 0 s } The public is invited by the Ju- (enlenanan Dies; MARRIAGE LICENS Club to attend to- | neau Womans' Ward Adams of Sitka|gyditorium of the Juneau Grade and Bonnie Jean Culbert of Port|school starting at 8 o'clock. to Leonie Saloum | “The Neighbors,” the play - Frank A. Boyle to do busi- | costumes. s in the Territory of Alaska and of Sitka nafive Italy in the war with Austria | in 1860, came to America in 1892 and bebumr a citizen a year later. |turnea from Anchorage on the will be held every Tuesday between |juncn was served for-the oceasion. 2 and 4 p.n. at the Douglas City s iy Hall. Miss Magnhild Oygard, Public Health Nurse, will be in attendance. Court will meet baginning tomorrew afternoon at 2 o'clock. - e Empire classifieds bring results. Likens. Empn-e' classifieds bring results, SAU shown at the Coliseum Theatre Stock QUOTATICNS i Marriage licenses have been issued | night's one-act play and wedding | 4 Drank wlne Da“ by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray |gown procession to be held in the| \ A the f‘harmmg musical program was pre- g the afternoon. appointed Robert Hooper = ing 1 COURT LEAVES FOR ‘ “\;: RETURNS Pouring were Mesdames Kathor- ‘ oh 3, Wide, Terrtors o ey ine Hooker, Claude A8 | . KETCHIKAN SESSION o' L0 S ‘;;::;”:zz PICNIC SUNDAY [miucrcons™s . 3¢ S tier and H. L. Faulkner. Serving were Mesdames Burford Judge Gemgc F Alc\un(mh Clerk | steamer ska. Despite the rain yesterday, mem- Y of Court Robert Coughlin and Court s BT bers of the DeMolay order and|Carmichael. Kenneth Cole, Robert Reporter John Newman left on the DOV S CONFERENCES their guess enjoyed an outing at|COWlng, R. M. Ackervick, Henry | steamer Alaska for Ketchikan where| Infant and Preschool Conferences ayk and Lena beaches. A picnic Green, Maurice Johnson, Earl Mc Ginty, A. E. Glover and J. H. Today’s news mda) in The Empire SAN JOSE, Cal., May 13—Joseph |Alexander, ar Entitled, * The Parlors of the Northern Lizat Cincavelli, 100 years old, who said and R obert Ferguson Smith of |will have a cast of eight Juneau| presbyterian Church were crow his longevity was due to drinking | Juneau. ‘[hc‘\pmns and the comedy promises|ed Saturday afternocon between A pint of wine with each meal dand o i to afford good entertainment. and 5 o'clock when members o ibstinence from'use of meat or to- AGENT APPOINTED 1 The wedding go¥n procession will| the Martha Society were hos! bacco, died here The McCallum-Legaz Fish Com-|ghow gowns worn:“many long years| with a Mothers' Day Silver Tea. He fought and was wounded twice |pany, Inc., a Washington corpora- |ago” by prominent Juneauites, as the . biogpils - centered while serving with forces of his | fion, has qualified with Territorial|well as the more modern bridal tntividusl tek. balilee e Ses u ,_ I

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