The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 1, 1940, Page 8

" CREAMY FUDGE BLENDED IN VANILLA ICE CREAM TRY SOME TODAY AT PERCY’'S CAFE 218 Front Street Phone 94 dent indicated his approval. It in- RIVERS HARBORS cludes a $7.000,000 item for break- ' water extension in Los Angeles pRoJE(]’SGIVEN Harbor; $1,000000 for construction | of channel and harbor facilities| ‘u\ Oswego, N. Y., and additional APPROVAL BY (OM | harbor improvements at Cleveland, | | Ohio . The measure also included an | "ems for Defense |ndude | item authorizing $3,870,000 for «con- | truction of a seaplane basin at | San Diego, $109,000 for harbor im- Work fo Be Done af provements at Sitka and $70,000 for| H H the harbor at Kodiak Sitka and Kodiak Lt WASHINGTON, June 1 The House Rivers and Harbors Com- u ar are mittee has given informal approval to a bill authorizing a total of 25 million dollars in defense improve- Is Announced; ments in rivers and harbor: throughout the nation The bill was drafted to meet ob- jections of President Roosevelt t} the bill as passed by Congress last session, which he later vetoed The President said he will prove certain projects with national defense value if other large pro- jects without national defense value to the Nation's defense sy: eliminated LONDON, June 1.—British mari- time officials report that Germany em were | s commenced an intensive sub- warfare against Allied and marine neutral shipping enroute to Allied The present bill is restricted to those projects for which the Presi- | POT'S. i . . B A London spokesman said that — | the German Admiralty had issued | a warning to all ships to keep clear | of Allied convoys or run the risk of being sunk without warning. - Subscribe ‘The Daily Alaska laska Empire—the paper with the 20TH CENTURY |1argest guaranteed circulation MARKET e _ ) Today’s news today in The Empire L Did You Know that YouCan LEARNTO FLY Right Here in JUNEAU? with the ALASKA SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS, INC. WHERE YOU RECEIVE the same basic train- ing you would receive anywhere in the UNITED STATES. THAT WE OPERATE ONLY U. S. Govern- ment licensed instructors and planes. THAT COURSES OR FLYING TIME taken here is good anywhere in the U. S. or its Possessions. THAT WE GIVE ALL TYPES OF COURSES whether you wish to fly privately or commercially. THAT ALL COURSES are sold either for cash or on the monthly payment plan. WHY DON'T YOU QUIT putting off till to- morrow that which you want to do today? DROP OUT TO THE AIRPORT and look over the various courses. 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Box 2187 Juneau, Alaska‘ mmmulmIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllflIllmllm SALE OF ICE 251b. cake 25¢ for Give Warning THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, Americans Are Warned, Areas Bombed '‘C(ome Home' By Invaders State Depafim_ent Tells of Civilians Wounded in Mar- Vessels on Which Pas- seilles - Air Raid sage Obfainable Alarms WASHINGTON, June 1—Ameri- PARIS, June 1-—Marseille and cans in Europe have been given southeastern, central and eastern a last call warning to take the regions of France were bombed by | first ship back to the United| Nazi planes today, according to a States. dispatch received here | The State Department announce: Four bombs were dropped in that approximately 25 ships, va Marseille and the harbor was at- ing from freighters to large pas- tacked by several German planes senger liners are available to pick | Several pe ns were killed and up Americans in all parts of wounded aboard a cotton-loaded | southern Europe. English boat which burned in the The steamer Washington is on | harbor 15 civilians were declared in the town itself. Air Some wounded the high seas bound for Bordeaux France. She has accommodations for 1,900 persons. Following her stop at Bordeaux, the Washington will stop at Lisbon, Portugal, and then Genoa, Italy, providing space is available, The liner Manhattan is prepar- ing to leave today from Genoa with |all staterooms filled and many | refugees sleeping on cots. ff the west Irish coast the liner President Roosevelt is steaming to- southeastern and central France - PAA BRINGS 8 T0 JUNEAU of : ward Galaway where she will pick up American refugees from the Pilots Al Monsen and Walt Hall British Isles, left Fairbanks this afternoon with The State Department said that | €ight passengers in a PAA Elecira after today only a few Americans|for Juneau. will remain in Italy Expected to arrive late today are Meanwhile, the President Harri-|E- N. Patton, Mrs. G. Welch, Mr son, the Exchorda and the Excam-|®nd Mrs. Lyle Warner, Mrs. J Wil- | bion, along with more than a scorc |50, Mrs. C. Winnans, Mrs of freighters are sailing from east Mespelt and Bishop Fitazgerald 1 Mediterranean ports toward the| TWo Electras are scheduled to | Atlantic. Some of these vessels|leave for Fairbanks Tuesday. | have freight space only remaining R ERT while others still have passenger o S 0 space available, SIMM "S MAKE 'w e DEFEATED ALLIED FORCES CROSSING ~ ENGLISH CHANNEL {Retreal Is Made Under Cloak of Fog in Drizzle Of Rain FLIGHTS TO COAST Shell Simmons in a flight to the | coast today carried two passengers to Ralston Island and Hoonah George Conrad flew to Ralston Is- land and Walt Heller was a passen- ger to Hoonah for the return trip to Juneau. Several scenic flights over Men- |later in the day. - e — Guest from South To Visit Evelands To visit in Juneau as th guest of LONDON, June 1.—A low-hang- rain |ing fog and a grey drizzling |came to the aid of the Allies | terday in the evacuation of troops | from the shell-raked port of Dun-| kerque. The pelting rain and low- | j | her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. ng mis nded mo harfp.l elpieli Hiokt OB | and Mrs, Warren Eveland, Miss Mar- German air umn after | force as column after|y . pooang sailed from Seattle column of weary and wounded Al-| the Denai today lied troops from the Flanders pock- Miss Eveland, whose home is in |et slogged into Dunkerque under | el €T | Spreckles, Cal., the shelter of British battleship neau about ten days. cannons. PR o A 100,000 Land | The British announced that an| (. OF (. HEAD WILL RETURN FROM SOUTH ABOARD S§ ALASKA estimated 100,000 men from lhe defeated Allied army in Flanders | have already landed safely in En-| gland, and that more were landing hourly despite the murky weather and choppy water in the channel. The British air force planes droned over the channel, keeping a |vigilant guard over the jammed convoys and bombing Germans along the channel coast. Additional thousands of battle-| weagy, unfed soldiers poured acros | the channel from Dunkerque last | night as the greatest retreat over| water in military history continued. Despite the fog and darkne\‘ which made visibility zero zero,| crowds stood on the Dover ecliffs | peering into the murk, eagerly awaiting the arrival of units of the nondescript transport fleet. Run Without Lights The transports, running without light, were invisible until they reached The docks, Members of the Women's Volun- tary Service had hot tea, food, and cigarettes waiting for the soldiers as they trooped ashore and formed Juneau Chambr of Commerce, is a passenger for Juneau aboard the Alaska, returning from a trip of sev- eral weeks in the States., - - - PROMINENT NOME ATTORNEY COMING NORTH FOR SUMMER Ira Orton, preminent Nome at- | torney, is a passenger aboard the | Alaska for Juneau. He will leave in the Second Division. - e ~ TO JOIN HUSBAND Mrs. Howard Day and child sailed for Juneau today on the steamer Denali. Trey will join Mr. Day in this city, an employee of the Chan- nel Bus Line. U, MISS JONES ENROUTE | Miss Olive Jones is a passenger ranks for the march to the rail-|on the steamer Denali enroute to| road station. Juneau. She will join her sister, Platoons of the women volun-|Miss Olivia Jones, who returned here | teers had been working in eight- {hour shifts as the seemingly un- |ending stream of troops poured | ashore. | 1 Despite the ordeal through which | }xhey had passed and the narrow- soula. Montana, arrived in Juneau ! ness of their margin of escape, the| on the steamer Aleutian and will | young Tommies with their French|be here for several days. The young | and Belgian comrades were cheer-‘women are staying at the Bamnor | ful and smiling. | Hotel. recently. e TOURISTS FROM MONTANA Beatrice MacFarland and Win. nifred Johnson, tourists from Mis- | NOTICE TO FISHERMEN Steamship “WILLIAM L. THOMPSON" left Astoria, Oregon, May 31, 1940, for Bristol Bay, Alaska. Colnmlua lhver ,Packers G e Y % | s | | | z rrrrrrrereasr. South France raid alarms screamed in wide areas| C. D. Beale, manager of the Capi- | tol Theatre and President of the | Juneau by PAA Electra for his home | SATURDAY, JUNE 1, EMBASSY ATTACHE DETAINED Member of American Force in London Fired, then Held Under Orders 17.—Tyler Kent, clerk, has been dismissed from the United States Embassy here and immediately detained on an order LONDON, June from the Home Secretary of Detec-| tion It and the dismissal consequence is declared that detention “in of action” taken by United States Ambassador Kennedy “in coopera- tion with the British authorities. The announcement also said that Kent has been under observation for some time > Juneau Young Folks Return from School Miss Mary Jean McNaughton and Miss Elaine Housel, who have been attending business college in Seat- tle, will return to Juneau on the Alaska Tuesday. Also aboard the Alaska is Bruce (Bud) Brown, bound b to Juneau | ter his second year at the Uni-| | versity of Alabama >-ee - Baseball Today The following arc | played in the American League this afternoon: Chicago 1; Boston New York 8; St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 6; Cleveland 1. - CRASH LOS ANGELES, June 1.—A giant scores of games | 2 In Hoonah th pilot | Douglas DC-5 crashed and burned | Temple in Juneau, and the Mnsemv | picked up H. Goodland and G. Klotz | in g field here ths afternoon, short- | Lodge will open for special ritual at ly after leaving the Los Angeles air- | | port, Killing four occupants, includ- |denhall Glacier are scneduled for|ing Pilot Bud Bogen, company em- |Juneau Masonic Lodges will occupy | ployee. The names of the others |are not immediately available The plane dived suddenly accord- |ing to eve \utn?sws PAA EXE(UTIVE Is JUNEAU PASSENGER' John White, Pacmu Alaska Air- ways office manager in Fairbanks, |is a passenger on the Alaska bound north after a business trip to Se- will remain in Ju-|attle where he conferred with com- | | pany officials in connection with | \Lhc scheduled Seattle-Juneau ser- Ivlc(' of the PAA. | White will return to Fairbanks on | | the Electra Tuesday. | - GOVERNOR ENROUTE | Gov. Ernest Gruening sailed for | | Alaska this morning on the steamer | | Alaska. | Before leaving Seattle he talked !b long distance telephone with Secretary of Alaska E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Acting Governor. Camp De;a‘ils fo Be Discussed Monday - At Girl Scout Meet To receive instructions and infor- mation 1 iative to comp activities, all Girl {couts planning to attend summer caimy are request 1 to meet | Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the | social room ¢! *he Methodist Church, it was annour.:ed today. With the arrival of Miss Margaret | Johnson of Gra1. | Forks, North Da- kota, on June 11, ) 'wns for the ~~mp {are starting to '~ shav. Girls | will leave for Eagi wer June 17 and remain there urn Ju]v 1 S HARRY OWEN DIES AT PIONEERS' HOME Harry Owen of Juneau died at ‘ll\c Pioneers’ Home May 28, accord- ing to word received from Superin- tendent Eiler Hansen. - Rt DIVORCE CASE Suit for divorce has been filed in District Court by J. A.Edwards | against Elsie S. Edwards on grounds of desertion. | | | | | | JACK EVERITT LEAVES Jackie Everitt left on the North- land for Seattle to visit with his grandmother during the summer months, - ARRIVE ON ALEUTIAN | Mr. and Mrs, R. M. Winslow of Prince Rupert are in Juneau after mvlng “from _Ketchikan on the| yun Here for ajfew, s’ g e Winslows are regis- ggred at_the Baranof Hotel, HERE FROM SEAmE: PIONEER ALASKAN TAKEN BY DEATH LATE YESTERDAY Charles SeyTies as Result| of Heart Attack-Masonic Funeral Tomorrow | Charles Sey, 67 years of age and | | resident of the Gastineau Channel | | for thirty years, died suddenly late | ! yesterday afternoon of a heart at- tack. Apparently in good health, Mr. | sey suffered the attack while doing repair work at the family residence at 114 Gold Street. He fell from the ladder on which he was stand- ing and died a few minutes later. A pioneer resident of Douglas and Juneau, he was born in Scot- | land, November 11,1873. On Decem- | mer 3, 1873, he took as his bride, Elizabeth C. Watson of GlzL\gr)W.‘ ;écuuand. and in March 1910, the | couple came to the United States.. In April of the same year they c1m<‘ | to Douglas, where they made their | | | | \ i | | | | DANCE TONIGHT with “BOB”’ and “VIC” HEREB WIGGINS SINGS at the CAPITOL CAFE o DOOR PRIZES! ENJOY THE BEST DRINKS heme until October, 1930, when they a moved to Juneau. For many years an employec of the | IN TOWN AT OUR Alaska Electric Light and Power Co. | | as power plant operator, Mr. Sey was | | also active in civic affairs. He was ! affiliated with Igloo No. 6, Pioneers C 0 C K I A l L B A R ] | of Alaska and Gastineaux Lodge No. | 124, Free and Accepted Masons, at " | Douglas. He was also a member of | - A the Alaska Consistory, thirty-sec- o g l B b d S d h ond degree Masons, and the Order' rigina arjecue anawicnes, | of Eastern Star in Juneau . Besides s widow, ho Js survived | Beer and Lunches by a son, Alex Sey, and daughter, Elizabeth €. Carmichael, both of | Juneau; another daughter, Martha C ”w " . Huntington, residing in the Philip- Go 1o the “BRIGHT SPOT" cf Juneau, the | pine Islands, and Harriett A. WAI»‘ ! liams, who arrived here last week | from Seldovia. Mr. Sey also has| a sister, Barbara Downie of Burntis- land, Scotland, and two brothers,| James Sey and Jack Sey, both of | o Déuglas. | The remains are at the Charles | ) | funeral services will be conducted | : - : tomorrow afternoon at 2 “‘“’Ckl“‘ the birth of a baby son at Boise, | | Gastineau Lodge No. 124, of Douglas, W 0 c I Idalio to their eldest daughter, Mrs of which Mr. Sey "’"‘I‘“"bf“}' I"(;“": . U. Larisons E. L. Thompson, the former Genc ter. The services wi he! in son of this city tho lodge. room of the Scottish Rite Grandparents e ok O & |evering and tipped the hospital | 1:15 o'clock Of Ba bv Bo y | scales at 6% pounds. "Past Masters of the Douglas and | According to Mr. Carlson, who M 05 upokc to thé proud father this morn- & Proud grandparents are Mr. and | ing over radiotelephone, both the R e apler & Mrs. William O. Carlson of Juneau,' mother and her son, William Lewis, Edward Knight will deliver the eu- | who th morning received word of are doing very nicely. logy. Musical tributes will be ~unc; .,‘,,-...,,,,-,-------,,--m-----,-----,,,,,-,,_ 4 , by Mrs. Glenn Kirkham of Douglas. 1 Interment will be in the Masonic 1 | plot of Evergreen Cemetery. *q DANCE TONIGHT Celebrating KINY's Fifth Anniversary ELKS HALL MUSIC BY WES BARRETT AND HIS ROYAL ALASKANS Featuring “MARY Lol] PUNKINS” ADMISSION: §1 Pallbarers will include Wallis S. George, H. 1. Lucas, J. J. Fargher, E. E. Engstrom, John Guerin and Daniel Ross. - D | ‘Steamship Agent 'And Bob Taylor {In Same Mob | Horace Adams, local agent for the | Alaska Stamship Line, and Robert | Taylor are in the same catgory . . aL least both are victims of auto- graph hounds. Adams this morning was caught \mawares by a passenger arriving on | the steamer Alutian. “Horace Adams?” | stranger. | Horace nodded assent and the man \pull(‘d out a concealed book, saying: “May I have your autograph?” The agent recovered in time to gulp and grab for the pencil. No one else was in line, bub it| | sure is tough to be famous. 'Ship Leaves Oregon | For 1940 Bristol Bay | Canning Season | ASTORIA, Ore., June l—Enroutpi‘ to Bristol Bay the stamship Wil-| liam L. Thompson left here yester- day for the Columbia River Pack-| ing Company which will operate sal- | mon canneries at Nushagak, Naknek | and Port Moellr. R.CA. VICTOR, RADIOS At New Low Prices! 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