The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1940, Page 2

rand Jury has indicted a dozen | Gre Iwo HERE OF men on charges of operating million dollar fraud at the expense of small business men. The indict WAY To DE!,TA ’n\ nt n:nn'n.\ !h(\mxfl on 11:11.1:1 frand charges. Prosecutors sal e vie OF McKENZIE ms were induced to pay so-called ‘advance fees” or “front money -— Investment counselors in New York Biological Survey Men Will Check Migratory Bird Abundance Cleveland, Chicago and Los Angeles named in the indictment wvay by river boat are D ROOSEVELT AND LANDON DISCUSS GRAVE PROBLEMS it O resident and Republican steamer rail and airplane On their automobile to the McKenzie River delta, twp! men of the Bureau of Biolggicaly Survey are stopping a few (l\\‘ Juneau conferring v a Game Commission E. Gillham this will be the s rorc & Gitim wis i be e | Talk for Hour, 50 Min 1. Lynch Purpose of the investization which WAmeLflON M.n 22.—For an 1 conduct on the islands | hour and fifty minutes in an at- the delta to study waterfow] mosphere of harmony across a | other migratory birds and de- Juncheon . table,. President RooS ine their status as compared velt and Alf Landon today cussed the grave problems raised former years. Long Trail Ahead With 1000 pounds of equipment including a collapsible boat, Gillham and Lynch wili leave on thé steamer Baranof for the Westward, go to Circle by regular modes of trans pertation and put their folding boat for the United States by the war.| The visit started much talk of the possibility of a coalition gov- | ernment, but no strong support was found in either Democratic| Republican circles, | Secretary Stephen Early, in dis- cussing the. possibilities of expand- | or in the water. Then they will travel down the Yukon to Fort Yukon, up |ed government, sald it would most | the Porcupine River to the mouth | likely take a, simplified form as| of the Old Crow River and fly from | during the last war with “dollar a | there to Aklavik on the McKenzie men assisting and advising. | They expect to stay on the delta e ‘ until the snow begins to fly next | all. Then they hope to fly out by | way of Edmonton. From the Arctic Coast to St. Louis took Gillham just four days the last time he left thie North The following, are scores of games played this afternoon in the two Major Leagu Naticnal League Pittsburgh 1; Brooklyn 3 -> - MILLION DOLLAR | | Basehall Today pear company THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1940 ARSENALRAZEDBY MYSTERIOUS FIRE ional Guard Fire of mysterious origin raced through the Alabama N ving the $42,500 building and military equipment stro investigating possibility of sabotage. (ommunualions AT PETERSBURG Befween Rome and iS INCORPORATED Paris Inlerrupfed [ ti 4; New York 6 ROME, . May Telephone cor FRAUD REVEALED " mcicn'viums Two Other Incorporafions , AEN, Bt < s’ Boston 6; Cleveland 9, | Paris were interrupted this aftei- T4 Philadelphia 1; Chicago 10, Announ(ed TOdaY bV noon.. . Breviously communication Twelve Indicted by Grand ew vork s etrait 2 with Teadon.wes broken. There 1 Audllor s Offlce no cxplnm\tmn Lt gt i (,Ll*.\{-.l.ANU MJ\ 22.—A Federal ,'mu‘x?fLig{ ‘nnnhuppmt ‘ “““mm Auditor. Capltalization o P v is $50.000 and the main office at ] RN | e, | HONOR[D - | Incorporators are Horace P : | Chapman, Fred Lee and David J.| 2L Ho‘lyw°°d Slghfl' And Sounds Williams, all of Seattle. Knul{ TOPEKA. Kansas, may 22—Wasn | Thompson of l’P((‘l'sl?\lTfl is @ mem= pyrm College will confer the Honor .V Robbin Coons. _—_.J ‘h” of l.““ Board of Directors. |aty BED Degree at commencement | The Platinum Commercial Com-|on june 3 on Anthony E. Karnes, oi HOLLYWOOD, Cal . May 22— Thing looked bad that day. The }}|pany. with principal place of busi-|the class of 1911. Karnes is now Ter- word had been around for a couple of weeks that Mickey Mouse ff|* at Platinum, in the Fourth!yitorial Commissioner of Education was playing around the stock exchange. Division, was incorporated by R.|in Alaska 1f Mickey Mouse were going (o go big business, Waly Disney 1| W, Vinnedse ol Nme P "g"“" > * i s 1§ AR 5 “harles J. Johnston of atinuin | and Disney’s cludio might change. You can measure the cat. ‘:\n:( J. A Lanigtiln of Sekbtle: DA“ mflom HERE astrophe of such a change only if you know Disney and the Disney t studio as they are. ; The old studio W being e wted, regardless. A big new | been going up on 51 spr g acres of Burbank soil to swing Disney professional family. plant hs accommodate the g It is a beautiful new plant, red brick buildings and yellow and . .green trimn, modern in style and dong out with all the new gadgets and comforts and conveniences, including a big studio dining room and a theatre where the employees go to see their at set showings each day movies own and other plants’ I was worried because the removal to the new could change. the Disney atmosphere as drastically So I went out and browsed factory, still in progress as a Disney venture into big business. _around the big new lot, and I'm happy to report that Disney is still Disney, and the Disney lot is still like no other in this town or any other The artists work in roomier, air-conditioned fent quarters, but thei' walls are still adorned with those ex curricular inspirations indicative of the sans-souci spirit of old There were ideas rlonllng around, blghL ideas, gags and more conven- mtfu\‘,r: reception - charming hes thoughtful sttentions make you & “sust coms” guest. vy ité Perey’s exclusively mén@“y” VAN DUYN CHOCOLATE SHOPS “situations” which, for the most part, would be hooted down at the first story conferences, There were already exchanges of “window art” across adjoining courtyards, with running tossed back and forth across the open spaces. of There were, just old, a weird assortment of informal working costumes- ter and slacks in all shades, and a prevalent hatlesness which’ as only one of the lot’s many similarities to a college campus. There was Walt himself in a leather jacket, still being called plain “Walt” by everybody in sight. ‘l Lest the new stockholders view with alarm and send a dele- ‘gation of efficiency men to remedy things, let it be said now that this is the organization and the spirt that has put Disney on top - of his field. If they try to change it, they’ll change the product .—and they wouldn't like that, would they? There may be other lots with almost as much loyalty to the _head man as here; there certainly are lots with more formidable . lines of time-clock:: but there isn't another with a higher morale. The play spirit is part of the work, which goes on in a strenu- * ous fashion for all the surface fun X “I did a sequence the other day.” said one of the animators, "“and T worked on it hard. I didn't get it right, so I kept on fwarklna, without stopping. I had the staggers when I quit. Next ~day, T looked over all I'd done, and the stuff T did when I was 100 . tired was worse than the first one. Now I relax a few minutes * between tries, and it pays.” Walt Disney knows it pa: IfillfllllIflllllllllllllllll!lIIlIllIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIII et o | operale | as \DR. COUNCIL ENROUTE i , k i i dent A i 5 * Surgical Clinic, S 3 S i i Baranof y s " ’ a e ; 4 Juneau. | h tended a S s i 5 spi . York and at the University of Vi S ginia ¢ C red i ¢ ton. 3 W blic « officials ° NOW T - AT e S e 1] give , 1 i Guesty whe | i srhelman, n the Nor bring gifts of deliciows short vacation trip to Sitka Van Duyn Candies. Little iy > > him east, is remaining .south {oreceived today by Pestmaster Albert isit her family before returning, Wile. Juncau Ordinary mail to Europe is still ot to be dispatched as usual. y \ \ 3 ) \ \ \ \ N i ) ) \ N y ] \ ] { ) (3 Farwest Fishermen, Inc., a Wash- n corporation, has qualified Lo in Alaska and bas appoint- T0 SPEND sumfin led H. B. Thornquist of Wrangell Dan Mahoney, son of U. S. Mar Agent shal -and Mrs. William T. Mahonev, - > o returned ‘to Juneau on the steamer Al from erd: CalifeFnia where Lie has been attending Sgni HOME AFTER HEALTH Chmer heve. - o "o0° CONFERENCE OUTSIDE (.5 o e "Norins Sea on ottt | husiness. Dr. W. W. Council, Territorial Commissioner and Presi- the Juneau Medical and left Seattle on the on his return to - o AIRMAIL SERVICE TO BELLIGERENTS SUSPENDED, U. §. All transatlantic airmail sevvice to | | belligergnt countries and to newtral | |countries whose mail must * pass | through belligerent countries has | accompanied | been suspended, according to wor of today While away medical Dr, Council has at- schools in New and D. C conferred with in Washi: Public Hes Mrs. Council, who R ON VACATION TRIP 2 M e e OOVErnor's Housels | Scene, Day-at-Home North Sea { Mrs. Ernest Gruening received | callers at' the Governor’s House to- day at her regular Wednesday day .at home. Assisting Mrs. Gruening today | yere Mrs. H. L. Faulkner aners‘ .therz Simpson who presided at !the tea table. . Henry ster-in-law left on the Parchman, Mississippi's state penal farm, is credited. as the best source of negro folk mu- sic in the country. - The United States has in- vestments in Scandinavia amounting to $221,000,900. FIRST CLASS PIA H. J. BAKER, Baranof floiel BAKER PIANO CO., SEATTLE WORK GUARANTEED i D e PP R HOW'S YOUR | 1 AIR? If you are workihq in a “KITCHEN FI"OG" of Grease Steam Odors let us explain how this can be eliminated with a | Ventilating Fan RICE & AHLERS CO. | PHONE 84 e rrred alued at $1,500,000 flames which were discovered in two separate parts of the building shortly before dusk 'UNWARNED SHOT | North &ea arsenal at Montgomery, Ala., de- Firemen are shown battling the Authorifics are TAKES LIFE OF RENTON YOUTH eputy Sheriff Blasts Car with Shotgun—Killing Is by Mistake SEATTLE, May 22 of Renton Erne: killed by t Smo- pecial depuly sheriff night near Renton when the depu FIRST FLIGHT - CACHET READY FOR AIRMAIL Postmasters Given Instruc- tions on New Seaftle- Juneau Service Instructions for stamp collector who desire first flight covers on the Seattle-Juneau airmail route have Peen jssued by W. W. Howes, First Assistant Postmaster General, to ail U. S. Postmasters. | The official announcement, fur- niched by Postmaster Albert Wiie| f Juneau, is as follows: In the near future, air mail ser- ce will be inaugurated on rout FAM-20, from Seattle, Wash, (o Juneau, Alaska, via Ketchikan, Al-| ka i Special Cachets | Special cachets will be furnished | he tmasters at Seattle, Ketchi-| kan nd Juheau, and the usua reatment of pt ic mail will be authorized | “Air mail ccvers to receive these | pecial cachets should be forwarded | under cover to the postmasters ai | the cities f h you dc acheted, covel “In order that,proper. discrimina- tion may be made between busines ynd philatelic mail, a letter of an- thorization to hold for the first fligh: houlg accompany all covers sent 1 pestmasters sive | Both Dir s desiring darectional flighi lons | ersen hould indicate, on the fage of the ‘cvers, Jin. pe: if preferred, the flight desired, such as “Ketchikan north;’ or “Ketchikan south.” Whey new. service is inaugurated flight s operated in each direction. Covers net specifically marked , for direc- tional flights will be dispatched on the actual first flight regardless of direction. I instructions are not| lear, the same action will be taken | “Lowg letters of instruction 1o postmasters should be avoided, I 10t send your letter and -covers mg ‘ate envelopes. Instructions| be written lightly in pe n(ll m the fage of the covers. Directions that do. not comply strictly with the 1y hot without warning, Alice above . instructions. m: be misin- Traverson, fiance of the dead youth | terpreted by:dispatching clerks anc told authorities today aiven a dispatch different from that Graham had been assigned to|desired. Such errors cannot be cor-| watch a hidden * car believed to |rected have bheen involved in a robbery 6 Cent Rate and slaying in a Renton liquor Covers addressed to destination: store Saturday night within the United States or Canadi | Mi raverson said Graham|gnoulg bear United States posts fired shotgun blasts at the Smoth- ;¢ the rate of 6 cents for each ounce | er’s car when it speeded away from | or fraction thereof. Potage required | what Smothers thought Wwas a|gn covers addressed to destinations holdup. She said it took some min- | gyiside United States or Canada may utes to convince the deputy that) pe gscertained from your-local post- her companion was shot and have | ma; They should be carefuily him drive him to a hospital addressed to any destination you de- | In the holdup Saturday night,|sire and the proper amount of pest- | Thomas Leathley, manager of the affixed by you before sending | ligquor store, was ot and killed them to the postmaster for the ap- bandits who >+ > HISTORIC ALASKA DOCUMENTS CALL LIBRARIAN NORTH a. photostatic record of early ska history, M. Z Vinakouroff of the Library of Con- gress is enroute to Sitka on He will photograph Rus- sian and other early and then return to Juneau for sev- eral weeks. by two sscaped In ska ¢ ake R e PARACHUTERS BEING LANDED NORTH NORWAY the records there plication of the cachet. It is impo ant that sufficient blank space b left on the face of each cover for the cachet impression, which should not extend over any part of the stamp. or address. e official cachet will not be placed on covers bearing an embos- sed or other cachet impression, or printed matter of any Kind, unless | there is sufficient space for the of-| ficial cachet in addition to the space required in the regulations for the| address (3% inches at the right-| hand end of the envelope). If there | is” insufficient space for the official | cachet, the covers will be forwarded without the cachet impression and under no circumstances will the De- | partment wsider affixing it any | Yime thereafter. Cachets will not be | applied on the backs of covers. | Date Unknewn “An announcement is always ued as soon as a first flight is de- | finitely authorized. It is impossibic | to announce the dates that flights| will be made, as they are not known | sufficiently in advance of the flights is- | LONDON, May The Ger- ALONDC May TH "l {o. allow collectors. to prepare J"'\‘ mans are using big seaplanes o . to postmasters, \ tand parachute troops at Narvik l‘ ;‘t‘\lgo‘;::, atl;wrtal all poincs to wrest that Northern Norw Erricn : ‘ port from the British cording to a Reuters dispatch. Promoted by i. . R Brig. Gen. Campbell B. Hodzes Name of Brigadier General Camp bell B. Hodges was sent to the Sen ate by President Roosevelt for con firmation as u major general af th line. Commander of the 5th Divi- sion, Fort Benning, Ga., Major General D. L. he suceeeds | L. Stone. retiring on the same day. You may noi This is ac- | ) erefore, receive all of your cachet- ed covers at the same time. | “All covers bearing cachets and | postmarked_on: the date of the first | flight will actually be carried on ai mail planes. Covers bearing local addresses will be dispatched by air to the nearest. air mail field or the | terminal of the route and returncd Positively no covers will be handed back to senders at post office win- dows after the cachet has been ap- plied, as the cachet and postmark will indicate that the cover was ac- tually flown. “Complaints regarding the failure of postmasters to apply cachets or postmarks, or other irregularities, must be reported to the First A: ant Postmaster General, Division of Air Mail 8ervice, Post Office Depart- | ment, immediately after the receipt {of the covers by the addresses.| | Otherwise they cannot be given con- | sideration. This applies only to cases where the cover has actually been | ‘ImwnA but through inadvertence, was not postmarked, or where the | postmark was applied and the cachet | was omitted. Even though the pr -1 | paration of the cover was covxecl‘ |in every way, omitted cachets or postmarks cannot be applied unless | there is conclusive evidence that the | | cover was actually dispatched by the | post office and carried on the plane | making the first flight.” | i e —— l Daily Emp\re classilieds pay. | already S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. Weather, Bureau) Forecast for Juncan and vicinity, begimnink at 4:30 pan, May Light showers tonight and Thursday; not much change in tempe ture; minimum tonight about 43 degrees; mo southerly wind; Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy with showers to- night and Thursday; not much change in emperature moci- erate southerly winds except moderate to fresh over sound and straits and Lynn Canal, Forecast of winas along the coast of the i of Alaska: Moderate “to fresh southerly winds from Dixon Entrance to Kodiz except winds becoming changeable in vicinity of Kodiak LOCAL DATA Time Barometer lemp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 pam. yest'y 29.82 51 84 E 10 Rain 4:30 am. today 30,07 44 85 w 7 Cloudy Noon ' today 30.19 47 72 N 4 Rain RADIO REPORTS 1 TODAY | Lowest 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am Station | temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Barrow 23 24 Cloudy Aklavik 24 25 Fairbanks 66 42 13 07 Nome 44 31 31 Dawson 61 16 16 01 Mayo 56 47 47 Cloudy Anchorage 45 Clou Bethel 34 Cloudy St. Paul E Clou Dutch Harbor PL.Cl Wosnesenski PL. Cldy Kodiak Cloudy Cordova Rain Juneau Cloudy Sitka 40 43 52 Cloudy Ketchikan 3 44 45 110 Cloudy Prince Rupert 58 4% 46 29 Cloudy Pringe Geol 80 41 45 Clea Seattle 79 iz} i) Clear Portland 86 2 60 Clear San. Francisco .. 63 55 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPS The disturbance in the Gulf of Alaska has diminished in inten sity and was centered just southeast of Kodiak this motning, Pre: sure was low also over the Interior of Alaska while a Tidge of high pressure was forming over Southeast laska. Cloudy weather pr vailed over most of Alaska and the Yukon Territory with moderalc rains. over Southeast Alaska and along the coast of the Gulf and the - Alaskan P\lmhnll Juneau, May 23.—Sunrise 4:19 a.m, sunset 9:35 a.m cck were all found guilty, acco: l word received by the U. 8. Mar- hal's office. District Atterney Wil- liam A. Holzheimer prosecuted the cases, while Sam Duker of Juneau was defense altorney [ ] L] William Zock ward Baden and Dugan Adams, all charged with satlt and baltery, were senter and \lnum Maguire, charged with d ess, were sentenced (o twe munll $ in jail each WASHINGTON, May 22 —Arthur Verbal notice of appeal in all thic Purvis, head of the British Commis- | cases ‘Was en by Duker. The pri sion for Allied Purchasing in (he ors were admitted to $100 c | United States disclosed today that il cach, but all are still in cus he Allies are flying some of the Am- - agion san built planes across the Atlan- - ARMY BiLL IS PASSED, SENATE jc. Many of the larger planes 1“ \ been flown across. | fused to give any other details. - > ‘r'IVE CONVICTED WASIHINGTON, May 22 Th: emergency defense e this afternoen and wa sent to the House passec the Ser immediately Three men and t on varic MODES of th. MOMENT | _ by Adelaide Kepr w—mi—ma——anior WO woemen harges th Chic chaufleurln( suit for lhe one who drives the famny car on count- less errands combines a dress and jacket of machine-knit blue wool. Pearl stud buttons fasten the dress; a brace of silver whippets accents the jacket, snugged by a narrow belt.