The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1940, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1940 OH-DEAR-HERE'S A LETTER FROM SONNY- HE SAYS HE HAD AN ACCIDENT- A CAR RAN INTO HIS - SO HE CANT DRIVE AND MEET US HERE IN PHOENIX — HUH ?_VLL CALL HIM UP AN' EIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED - YES-THIS IS YOLIR FATHER - WHAT ? WELL-DON'T YOU DARE TAKE MY _CAR OUT - I STEAMER Movmmn FREIGHT *« ® o0 o v e e o0 000 0 RAISE IS . NORTHBOUND . ® Alaska in port and scheduled ® e to sail for westward at 3:30 4 c'clock this afternoon. . / N e North Sea scheduled to arrive ® at 8:30 o'clock tonight. . SCHEDULED SAILINGS 3 e Dénali scheduled to sail from Proposed Increase MiS' e Scattle 9 am. today. No re- o e port . stated SflYS Femmer of e mvee scheduted to sail from se- o K attle, 9 tonight . Alaska ]rans (0 o _Barancf scheduled to sail from ® 14 " e Seattle 9 am. tomorrow. k3 z © Seattle May 22 at 9 am. o The reported r in_relght o Nopthland scheduled to sail o rates of the Alaska Transportation! g p.oo'scoitle May 24 at 10 a.m. ® o which were Lo have EODE, o yykon scheduled to sail from e yesterday) but sus-|g geattle May 25 at 9 a.mn. . pended by order of the Ma > '® Princess Louise scheduled to sail ® Commission pending an _inve: ° from Vancouver May 25 at 9 ® ticn, were not to be from 3 to 63 o p.n . porcent. as quoted in dispalches o Taky scheduled to sail from Se- @ from Washington, according t0 D. e attle May 28 at 9 p.m. ° B. Femmer, Juneau agent, wWho s SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS e returned here on the Taku after e North Coast scheduled south- a month’s business trip south. e bound next Saturda . “Winston J. Jones, Traffic Man- e LOCAL SAILiNPS . ager of the Alaska Transportation e Estebeth scheduled to sail every o Company ab Seattle, pointed out s, Wednesday at 6 p. m. for Sit- e to me that the freight rate in- e ka and wayports. . crease of his company did not go e Dart leaves every Wednesday e the range of the traffic schedule,” ® at 1 p.m. for Petersburg Port e said Mr, Femmer, “and none was ® Alexander, Kake and way e intended. The greatest raise was ® ports. . on furniture if packed in cartons, * ® ¢ ¢ ¢ © 6 06 6 0 @ 4 @ which is increased 59 percent, In >oe fact, we estak rate of 20 = R TR percent under the old rate if fur- TipEs TOMORROW niture is substantially crated. Th: public has no idea of the damasc (Sun Time) done to furniture in cartons, whicn High tide—0:54¢ a.m. 195 feet is only cardboard crating. If crat- Low tide—7:23 am. -38 feet ed in wood there is seldom any| ‘mioh gide—1:50 pm, 113 feet damage, therefore Mr. Jones in- [ou tfde—7:32 pm. 12 feet formed me, and the schedule pro- ST posed shows it, that a reduction, e s i s 506 WIEN ELECTED niture. I could go up and® down the freight schedule and show con- PRESIDENT OF WAA clusively that no raise of 3 to 63 o X percent has been made, in. fact Sigurd Wien, Nome pilot, was the raise in freight rates, Seattie recently elected President and Gen- to- Juneau, amounts to .approxi- eral Manager of Wien Alaska Air- mately 56 percent.” lines, Incorporated, for 1940 at a The proposed raise is begause of meeting in Fairbanks of stock increased. cost of operation, Mr. Femmer stated that Mr Jones has officially appointed Rex Chittick as assistant agent in Ju- ey neau for the Alaska Transport: tion Company, He has been asso- ciated with Mr. Femmer for years.! The two brothers and Antonio, Mr. Femmer stated that Captl. Pglet of Nome were elected direc- Larry Parks, one of the best knowi fors of the corporation by the pavigators coming to Alas! will stockholders, meeting in the Fair- come oul as master of the Tyee panks office. Noel Wien was name: which is scheduled to make the Vice-President and Polet Se retary- first trip of the 1940 season, leav- Treasurer at a business session of holders and directors of the flying firm Sigurd Wien succeeds his broth- Noel Wien of Fairbanks, as President and General Manager of Wien Alaska Airlines, ing Seattle tonight. the directors following the stock- 3 o e holders’ meeting. il ] - | Empigggussitieds bring fesulls & youNG COUPLE MARRIED \ Miss Helen Martin and Robert TIME TO CALL: jl L. Gallagher, well known young f people of Fairbanks, were mar- ried there. The bride is the daugh- ter of Mr, and Mrs. Harley Mar- ' lin and following graduating from . FOR YQUR CAB !the Fairbanks High School, at- v Y. |tended the University of Alaska for the past two years, The groom “r"-m —The Sign of : Dependable Service ! { et SOy Juneau to Fairbanks: Tuesdays Fairbanks to Nome: Mondays and Thursdays Fairbanks fo Bethel: Wednesdays ® .ll S. Amnanl—fixpress Service hufic Maska Airways, Inc. e PHONE 106 2 iy Sales Representative | WHAT 2 YOU CAN'T TAKE MY CAR _OUT- THE CAR T RAN IHTO HIS WA ] MINE = HEB&A HIS INTO IT As { d THE LOAN OF YOURS BUT THE § REPAIR-MAN HAS IT, ALSO~ i ALASKA ARRIVES WITH PASSENGERS; FOUR DAYS' MAIL d:\ys With approximately four | mail aboard, the steamer Alaska | docked in Juneau today and un- loaded freight and 42 passengers | before continuing to the Westward |at 3:30 o'clock, Locals from Southeast Alaska | ports arriving here were B. F. Kane,| | G. Fitzgerald, the Rev. N. J. Mar- | uca M. Baker, W. T. Mahoney, | Mrs, H. J. Museth, Miss F, Mu-, | seth, Miss A. Museth and R. C. Wakelin. Passengers arriving from S("Afl.ln | were Mrs. Mabel Mae Baker, Wil- liam Brown, the Rev. J. L. Cauble, Gladys Galey, C. E, Gillham, May- [belle Ingram, T. N. James, Doro- |thy Long, Gladys Long, Jeanctte Long, Jimmy Long | Mrs. L. Long, Margaret L. Long J. J. Lynch, Louis G ! Shirley Long, Manfredo, Harry G. Maxwell Jr. R. G. Maynard, Knute S. Melson, | L. F. Morris, William John Muz- phy, Miles Price, S. P. Raymond, Mrs, T. J. Scott, Sommers, Mrs. Harold Swanson, |W. E anson, William Tate, Gu- is an air and, the Peace n the latest treops ‘ N [Important Seaport of Holland Here is a scene of the center of Amsterdam, taken rezently during a celebration, which has now fallen into the hands of the invading hordes of Hitler. 5 the son of Mrs. Roy Lund, uuw'amrvur;:ncu of Nina Solovieva, con- on a short trip to the States. He | cert soprano, who has recently re- s also a graduate of the Fairbanks turned to Juneau after three years' High School. | study abroad. A The Girl Scouts’ movie tomorrow MAY A b | night, will raise funds to be d Y for their annual summer (amps‘ {and members of the organization Ihml trnml, are NOW IN JUNFAU Bt Will Fly fo Nome to Close | TWO- WEEKS“OI.D Affairs, Then Move fORE“ N.AZE Home Here Russell G. Maynard, newly ap- pointed Director of the Depart- Fire suppression crewmen of the ment of Public Welfare, arrived Alaskan Fire Control Service have on the steamer Alaska today from | extinguished a two-week-old forest the States. He ‘intends to remain | blaze which burned over 1,000 acres " here ‘until either Saturday or next|of aspen, birch, and spruce opposite Tuesday and then fly to Nome to,the Chena Buttes and threatened Twind up his work in the U. S. valuable saw timber in the Rosa | Marshal's office. | Creek area, says the Fairbanks The Board of Public Welfare, in | News-Miner. session for the past week, ad-| A crew of CCC enrollees headed by journed today. Two of the mem-|Ray Woolford, fire guard, econtrolléd bers, J. G. Rivers of Fairbanks the blaze with shovels and axes. The and Mrs. H. H, McCutcheon cf| flames were too far from water Anchora. left for home on the |sources to permit use of pumps. steamer Alaska this afternoon Fire Warden V. Maurice Smith M: ard succeeds William B.| reported the fire was believed at | Kirk, who resignéd due to ill|first to have originated on the prop- health. rty of Sam Charley, but later in- LS Vit | vestgation revealed that Norman | Hadley, operator of a fish wheel | below Chena Buttes, had allowed a ‘small fire in his garden to escape into nearby dry grass. ' . Girl Scouts Will Sponsor Movie a‘ “A fire of this nature is avoid- | able,” declared the fire warden . “Many miners, prospectors, anc cohseum Tomorrow"lomesteaders working in isolated Aistricts alone should, before doing | any burning, either make sure that Sponsored by the Girl Scouts, his brush or debris fire is safe, or “The Jones Family in Hollywood” ' solicit the aid of his neighbors ir will be shown at the Coliseum | controlling the blage. Theatre tomorrow night. | considered safe during dry periods An addition to the regular mo-| “A brush or debris fire cannot bt ton picture program will be the| unless it is isolated from any sur- Canital City of Europe, which is now occunied by the | mineral soil must be constructed | | around the location of the proposed | | fire.” 5 liew Marun Beandall to the Shrimp | On EXTINGUISHED dran Weltzer, Whitehead, Lucille Wilkes, George Andes, G. O. | L. Duty, J. M in Nazi Hands e 0.0 Martin, Carol | der, Medar, Henry | Passengers booked on the up to pre: time were: | For 8 rd--Mrs, E. Penttinen, veazey, Joe Smith, Mrs. O | M. E. | W. Powell, R. Taylor, J. S. Bar- nett, H. Flazier, J. Cheka, J. Per- O. Darby manen, A. Parkell, G. Ernest Darvy, H. Charles Myron Antone Sny- Gunthee, McGuire, Rost and Joe Alaska C. T. McGuire, W. E. Hempstead, J. 8. Jeffries | For Valdez—James Connor, J.| | Heintzen, A. Medar, W. F. Shep-| {ler and Sara Palmer. | For Cordova—Robert Mischner, J. H. Mosley, A. W. Douglas, L. F. | Taylor, J. B. Williams, Mrs. R. S. | Cunningham and Thane Cunning- ' ham. For Kodiak—Henry Ricard, Lloyd Morley and G. Johnson. D PLANS AVAILABLE | Plans and specifications for| the planned alterations in thc; Postoffice, Signal Corps and Sec-| retary of Alaska's offices of the| | Federal Building may. be obtained| | from Postmaster Albert White. ALASKA Transportation Company rounding inflammable material such as grass, moss, or forest litter. To | make such a fire safe a trench to RN 15 R | . CHARTER FLIGHT 10 PETERSBURG MADE BY SIMMONS TODAY On a round trip charter flight to Petersburg Shell Simmons today Sailings from Pier 7 Seattle Capital and returned late tonight. | the return flight Simmons picked up Eugene Douglas - and oy Connors trom Harbor Island| to Juneau. REFRIGERATION Alex Holden, in a, flight to the n, B. rnmn "Coast flew Harry Douglas to Hoo- AGENT nah and O. E. Hawkins to Sitka. ‘ Phone 114 Night 312 R WEDS AT FAIRBANKS | Miss Clara Katherine = Paulsen land Ralph Woodden were recently married at Fairbanks. The bride has been instructor of home eco- nomics at the University of Al- aska for the past three years and the groom is in the employ of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company as erection engineer. 1 ‘Today's news today in The Empire VICTORIA OR SEATTLE SOUTHBOUND SATLINGS Princess Louise M.u 31 mm.g vqeoim vieh HAUGEN TRANSPORTATION CO. U. S. Mail Carrier ' M.S.DART Leaves Ferry Slip, Juneau every Wednesday at 7 am. ¥or PETERSBURG, KAKE, PORT ALEXANDER and WAY PORTS Joe Slaby, R. J.| grameamoem e amvemsomn o [ S"“ RE(ORN“G _|to_ an announcement today by Census Supervisor J. P. Anderson D'sfm' SHowS k The Chitina Recording District 1 i reported a decline from 800 to 741 m (“Su‘ GA }bclwecn the 1930 and 1940 census. | = M-S o Saghep Carl T. Carlson, trader of Akiyak, Population of the Sitka Record- | was in Juneau for a few hours en- ing District has increased in ten | route to Seward on board the steam-~ | vears from 2092 to 3,387, accordlng er Alaska, 15 é;"'f! 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