The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1940, Page 2

i ; WADING POOL IN EVERGREEN BOWL OPENS Softhall leaq'l'le Is Being Formed-Two Teams Registered Over 200 children’ and youths crowded Evergreen Bowl yesterday at the initial opening of the wading pool, and wlthough the water was pronotinced cold by aduls, it was a happy. laughing throng that pad- dled their feet in the shallow wa- ter nd it was not cnly a wading pooi a “beach pil f t the of sand wa wader there ot Arge sand to be used for of the larger swimming ilized by the group. Scft Bali Orga d With two teams already entered and another expected to enter to- day, the Bowl Softh League' is str rapidly ahea ccording Lo Harcld F. Roth, superintendent of the recreation area Henning team, managed by pitcher Max Lewis, has on its roster John Krugness, catcher; Leo Cha- pados, first base; Joe Bird, short Ham Kumasaka, second base; Gor- don Fe son, short; Sam Taguchi third b T Arnell, Jack Gould Roy Banta, Oscar Knight and Bob Delor outfielders. All are Alex Miller, Ken- neth A Jack McDanlels, Eddie Nielson, Paul Coke, Gabe Paul, Hallie Rice, George Armstrong, Earl Zine, Elroy Hoffman. and Jim Hickey A team from the Haida is expect- ed tor ster today Superintendent Roth that other potential teams register with him at the Bowl announces should soon 5o that the game schedule can be made out Herseshoe Courts Completed Said Roth: 1 wish to extend my personal thanks to the Juncau Lum- ber Company for its donation of lumber to complete the courts.” Th horseshoe courts are permanently constructed and the stakes will re- main in the ground all during the segson, acccrding to the recreation area superintendent Persons desiring to use the courts during the evening must bring their own horseshoes as there will be no onk at the Bowl to issue equipment atrthat time, A Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coom sonms as Hollywood becamse Hollywood was watching and listcning, too. talk%of little else. !‘ut Hollywood kept on making pictures, attending previews, giv\!‘ parties. It kept on making pictures, even though most of | | bow Girls. jreturn to Wasningto nand prepare . HOLLYWOOD, Cal,, June 12.—It's the war . .. The box-office dived while America watched the front page and listened during the grim days. nlly does when America stays out of the theatres, RAINBOW GIRLS | EXEMPLIFY WORK ' BEFORE VISITORS Ritualistic Work and Intro- dutcions Follow Ban- quet af Temple | Fellowing a banguet in honor of Grand Officers and visiting Rain- bow Girls, a special meeting was called last evening in the lodge Toom | of the Seottish Rite Templ:'at which time members of the Juneau erbly exemplified an initiation the presence of Eastern Stars } Mas<c: and Rainbow representa- | tives from the of Washington | and Alask Intrcduced Miss Ruth Allen, ! Worthy Advisor for the Juneau| Rainbow Order, Miss Audrie Miller, and Worthy Advisor for the | tate of Washington and Alaska, | was escorted 1o the t and pre- sented with flowers from the local ascembly Also given tors Introduced by introductions during | the evening were Miss Margaret Baker of Seattle, Grand Drill Lead- Miss Fern Rogers of Bremerton Lecturer; Miss Geraldine Overstreet and Miss Betty Jo Spartley of Mount Vernon; Miss| Murial Pichard and Miss Janet | er Grand PU RICO @ CANDIDATES ENTER HOME STRETCH IN RACE FOR CONVENTION PLEDGES Now to Start Presidential hopefuls are now entering the pre-convention home stretch ently has the Democratic nomination in the bag, if he wants it, with 5612 votes pledged to him as of June 1. Garner, with 49': votes pledged, holds second place; Farley is third with 38%. No Republican has inspired a bandwagon rush. Thomas E. Dewey leads with 150 pledged votes. Penn- sylvania’s Governor James has the endorsement of 71 votes from that state. Taft has 56 and Vandenberg 38. These maps show where the votes come from, ani how the pledges stood on June 1 ERTO Gelb of Coupville; Miss Mary Jane MacDougall of 8kykomish; Miss Lillian Angerson of Ketchikan; Miss | Ruth Cook of Fairbanks and Miss Helen Nakki of Anchorage This morning a school of instruc- tions was conducted by the Grand Officers at' the Scottish liite Tem- ple and this efternoon the visitors were taken to view Mendenhall Glacier. A picnic dinner has been planned for this evening at Auk Village Recreation Center. | The Juneau Chamber of Com- | merce will be hosts tomorrow at the | Baranof Hotel with a luncheon to which thé visiting Rainbow Girls have been asked | Public Invited Highlight of the visitation will be the Grand Cross of Colors ceremony > be performed togiorrow night at » o'clock by the WaShington Rain- This will be held in the ‘ottish Rite Temple lodge room and will be open to the public At 9:30 o'clock a Grand Ball will be given and invitations for the af- fair have been extended Sail Friday | Leaving Friday morning on the steamer Baranof, the officers will for the Grand Assembply which will be held this summer in Yakima. RUSSELL ELLIOT SAVES YOUTH FROM DROWNING Halibut Fisherman Rescues Stunned Boy from Wat- Hollywood couldn’t get sore There was There was little that the drama on the sound stages looked tame. Republican map shows big hurdle for candidates—625 unins ROOSEVELT [ UNINSTRUCTED [ * SEMI-PLEDGED Democratic map indicates President Roosevelt might muster 600 votes on first SHIELS WRITING ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT ALASKA Author Starts Work on His- tory from New Point of View Archie W. Shiels, author of THE DAILY ALAKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1940. | !Fords, Ready President Roosevelt appar- Making Planes Manufaciur;rigays It Will Be "Easy’ to Produce Five Thousand Daily | WASHINGTON, June 12—Edsel | william Knudsen, member of the| Nationa] Defe Commission, that his company ready to swing into mass production of airplanes as soon as the government grants contracts, At Detroit Henry Ford said after | viewing 2 model of a special plane | flown there for inspection, it wil Ibe “easy” to fulfill his recent state- ment that he could manufacture a | | thousand planes a day se] Ford said 5000 planes can turned out daily -o e WINNERS OF ICE POOL BUY NEW - CAR IN TACOMA Clara Hanson, Lila Palm| Busy Straightening Income Tax TACOMA, Wash,, June 12—Two | Anchorage gi winners of the Ne- nana Ice Pool, went on their biggest adventure of a three months' vaca- tion toot today by buying a new automobile. Lila Palm and Clara Hansen said they came here “to straighen out their income with Uncle Sam.” At the Internal Revenue headquarters they found out that the Government gets about $12000 of their $82,000 prize. The two winners said they | would invest the balance in educa- tion and Government bonds. Of their scientific system, they said: “It's simple, you figure how iong 4t takes ice to freeze, then you'll know how long it takes to melt.” R o g9 FOUR TAKEBAR wi - EXAMINATION ,JU“EAU TOTAKE HERE JUNE 26 : PART FRIDAY IN 1’Hellenihal,rjgnberg, Two " FLAG DAY RITES from Ketchikan Are 9T ‘ Candidates Mayor Lucas lssues Proc-| i | lamation Calling for E be tructed delegates 1 ballot. Bar examinations for four appli- |cants will be given here by the |Ford said after a conference with| . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULT! WEATHER THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureaun) | Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., June 12: Rain tonight, showers Thursday; minimum temperature tonight about 46 degrees; moderate, occasionally fresh easterly winds tonight becoming moderate southerly Thuursday. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain this afternoon and tonight, showers Thursday; slightly colder tonight; moderate to fresh south- easterly winds, decreasing Thursday. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh to strong east and southeasterly winds tonight, decr Thursday from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook; and fresh and northeasterly ‘winds from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak. LOCAL DATA | Time Barometer lenp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather } 4:30 p.m. yest'y 29.87 64 42 8 6 Cloudy 4:30 am. today 29.67 56 89 WSW 5 Cloudy Noon ' today 29.58 57 82 9 6 Rain RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am. Station la | temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Barrow | 28 28 0 Clear Fairbanks | 43 44 67 Clear Nome | 50 30 0 Pt. Cldy Dawson | 39 39 0 Clear Anchorage 45 45 0 Clear Bethel | 41 43 .08 Cloudy St. Paul { 38 38 0 Foggy Duteh Harbor | 42 43 16 Rain Wosnesenski 43 43 07 Cloudy Kodiak 48 50 0 Pt. Cldy Cordova | 44 44 0 Clear Juneau 53 56 0 Cloudly Sitka 53 61 .06+ Cloudy Ketchikan | 55 56 16 Cloudy Prince Rupert | 53 54 34 . Clear Prince George 40 47 .03 Cloudy Seattle 59 60 0 Clear Portland 63 63 0 Cloudy San Francisco = 60 | 52 53 0 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS An intense disturbance which has been advancing rapidly north- ka to eastward wags approaching the southern portion of Southeast Alg this morning, Cloudy weathet and light rains with moderate fresh southeasterly winds associated with this disturbance has spread froth the coast of Oregon to as far north as Southeast Alaska There were afternoon showers in the Interior and light' rain during the night in the lower Yukon Territory. Temperatures were slightly higher last night over most'of Southeast Alaska and substantially the same over the rest of Alaska. Juneau, Jurie 13-—-Sunrisg 3:54 a.m., sunset 10:06 p.m. 6Halibuters TRAFFIC Sell, Seatle ~ STOPPED SEATTLE, June 12. — Halibuters ~ BUCHAREST, June 12—All Ru- selling here today are as follows: manian traffic on the Black S From the western banks—Polaris, and Mediterranean has been 40,000 pounds, 10' and 9% cents a pended by Government order & ghips are barred from leaving ports and those away are ordersd to re- turn immediately. LIFE MAGAZINE " RESTRAINED FOR pound; Nordby, 36,000 pounds, 10'% and 9% cents. From the local banks—Recovery, 20,000 pounds, Blanco, 17,000 pounds, both selling for 9% and 9% cents; Flint, 17,000 pounds, 9% cents straight; Visit, 14,000 pounds, 9% and 9% cents. LINER ROMOLO IS | of Chaplin Which s ~ FIRED, SCUTTLED Bootlegged | At Prince Rupert today, 108,0001 B Contains Full Page Piclure ‘ NEW YORK, .}Tme 12. — Life | Observance Territorial Board of Law Examin-| ers starting June 26. | Candidates are John Hellenthal,| |who returned to Juneau yesterday | IN MID-PACIFIC Australian ?r?niser Sur- was relevant, and there were few links with reality—the reality of “Seward’s Icebox” and “San Juan the National Flag on Friday, Flag “world tragedy—on the stages. You find it some places. On the set of “Foreign Correspon- dent,” the script of which was rewritten half a dozen times before shooting in order to keep pace with foreign developments since Vincent Sheehan’s “Personal History” days, the final version was gyving perfeetly with the headlines. The day of the Nazi invasion of Holland, Walter Wanger received 14,000 feet of background film recently shot in Amsterdam—probably the last movie record J:OT that city as it was. And Wanger's other production, John Ford's “The Long Voyage Home,” was grimly suggestive: a muni- tions boat approaching England, subjected to enemy air-bombing. “Escape,” the Norma Shearer vehicle, was in line, and “Four Sons” and the completed “Mortal Sttorm.” There was currentt fas- cination in “I Married a Nazi,” the story of a girl who did. I saw no war, except of the domestic type, on the set. The American wife (Joan Bennett) and Nazi husband (Francis Lederer) were PERCY’S CAFE OPEN ALL NIGHT [ ] sTop at PERCY'S ANY TIME for Dinners or Light Lunches that all Juneau is talking about. TRY OUR FOUN- TAIN, TOO! quarreling over the Nazi girl Frieda (Anna Sten). Miss Sten, back on the screen after long absence, plays a Hitler fan, and Miss Bennett is reciting an improvised limerick to taunt husband Lederer. It’s about a “young Nordic named Frieda, always quoting the words of the leader.” Lederer, one of the *Nazi spies” of the film “Confessions” of same, returns to pictures after a season in “No Time for Com- edy.” His is a different Nazi type this time, he says. Once upon a time Lederer was leader of a world peace movement—remember? Lederer had “No Time for Comedy” but Hollywood has plenty, for all the war talk. Comedy is what we need now. That is what Hollywood said when the war started, and the screen is keeping its word with “The Boys from Syracuse,” “Dancing on a Dime,” “The Villain Still Pursued Her,” “Turnabout,” “My Favorite Wife,” “Rhythm on the River,” “The Doctor Takes a Wife,” “No Time for Comedy,” “Too Many Girls,” and so on, But there is “Victory” (Fredric March-Betty Field) which is very close to the news, although its period is 1010. The Joseph .. Conrad romance is set in the Netherlands East Indies, cynosure of international eyes since the invasion of Holland. So the “war” cre, evén though its set is one of tropical peace. er at City Float Diving fully clothed into thirty feet of water; Russell Elliott, skip- per of the halibuter Spencer this morning prevented a possible fatal- ity when he dragged partially U e conscious Jake Cropley Jr. back to the grid at the upper City Float. Young Cropley, working with his |father on the replanking of the | City Wharf, accidentally fell into the water below and-struck his head on a floating timber. Stunned, the youth attempted to swim to safety on the grid but heavy clothes and the blow made it impossible. Skipper Elliot, who was working on his fishing boat Mida a few (feet distant, dived into the water and rescued the floundering boy. Young Jake is uninjured except for bruises on his head and shoul- |ders, - e 'YAKUTAT GAMBLING - DEVICES (ONFISCATED | A number of slot machines have |been * confiscated at Yakutat by |Deputy U. 8. Marshal Sid Thomp- son, according to word received by |Marshal William T. Mahoney. ""THE PRICE IS N PHONE 767 { THRIFT CO-OP | RETAILERS Islands,” has stafted work on an- pay, was issued today by Mayor|yo. pe.o other book about the North, he dis- closed today. The new volume, publication of which is still perhaps seven or eight years in the future, will be a history of Alaska written in the style of Scott’s “Tales of a Grand- father.” Shiels said he hoped to have it completed in time for his own grandchild’s edification. Forgotten chapters of Alaskan history, especially those concern- ing the Russian occupation, are being ferreted out of the past for incorporation in the book. - e Couple Honeymoon On Northland Boat Honeymooning to Sitka, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Zirglis sailed this forenoon for a round trip to the Historic City on the motorship Northland. Mrs. Zirglis is the former Ra- chel Cunningham. The couple will return Friday evening and then go to Annex Creek where Mr. Zirglis is assist- ant power plant operator. OT EVERYTHING' PHONE 767 318 MAIN STREET OF FAMOUS SHURFINE and TASTEWELL PRODUCTS ""THE PRICE I8 N 9 N 3——FREE DELIVERIES— -3 Our Store Is as Close as Your Phone—SHOP EARLY OT EVERYTHING"' o”'ff""':-»""d ITS TIME TO CHANGE YOUR HEAVIER LUBRICANTS! CONNORS MOTOR COMPANY A proclamation urging display of after completing a law course at | Notre Daikhz University; Robert who is coming from Harry I. Lucas. !" A Flag Day program is being arranged by the local Elks Lodge for Friday evening Mayor Lucas' proclamation is as | follows “Whereas, the 14th day of June | has been declared as National Flag Day, and | “Whereas, Juneau will join with | the entire mation in honoring its National Flag on that day, and “Whereas, the flag of our coun- try symbolizes the ideals and 1pnncl])les upon which this great | nation was founded and for which the citizens of the United States | have often fought. | “1, therefore, as Mayor of the City of Juneau, Alaska, do call upon the people of this city to display the national colors between sunrise and sunset of Flag Day at their homes and places of busin {and I farther urge them to partici- pate, where ever possible, in any exercises which have been arranged to commemorate the National Em- blem which we all hold so dear.” i Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 12. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4 American Can {9212, Anaconda 22%, Bethlehem Steel 75, Commonwealth and South- |ern 15/16, Curtiss Wright 8%, Gen- eral Motors 43%, International Har- | vester 44, Kennecott 28%, New York Central 11!, Northern Pacific 5%. United States Steel 51%, Pound $3.77. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’s Dow, | Jones averages: Industrinls 12146, rails 25.20, utilities 19.30. - - Baseball Today Scores of games played in the American League this afternoon ate as follows: 1" Chicago 2; Philadelphia 3. Detroit 5; New York 7. reeoreeees Cleveland 5; Boston 9. Washington to take the examina- tion, and Joseph Earl Cooper and kan. THREE BARELY " ESCAPE DEATH, AUTO ACCIDENT SITKA, Alaska, June 12.—(Spec- jal to The Empire) — Katherine | Holt, 16, daughter of Bill Holt of | this city, suffered a broken collar bone, scratches and bruises, when an automobile in which she was riding got out of control and over- turned Monday afternoon. Carl Mills, 19, driver of the car, and Nadine Sulser, 13, another passen- ger, miraculously escaped- injury. The trio were driving alongHali- but Point road when the accident J. Mills, blamed the wreck on a about two miles from town past George Oja’s place, turned com- pletely around, rolled over at least once and came to rest with its wheels against a tree and a stump protruding through the roof. Johnny Townsend, employed by the Sitka Wharf and Power Com- pany, was passing by in a com- pany truck and brought the in- jured girl in to Dr. William Char- teris, who set the broken bone. The auto was a crumpled mass of wreckage. Those who went to the scene of the accident marvelled that the three were not fatally injured. | ‘Summer Vacation For Eastern Star | ‘ With Mrs. Chris-Wyler presiding, members of the Order of Eastern Star met in short session last even- ing at tne Scottish Rite Temple. Routine business was discussed and a vacation was called until the {all, 5 Ernest E. Bailey, both of Ketchi-‘ decurred. Young Mills, son of !:,l blowout. The vehicle struck a mckI prises falian Ship- ‘ Crew Rescued SYDNEY, Australia, June 12. — | The Navy Ministry announces that |the Italian liner Romolo, 10,000 |tons, was fired and scuttled by | the crew in the mid-Pacific when | Australian cruiser intercepted the craft. | The radio message received by | the Navy Ministry states the crew of the” Romolo was rescued and taken aboard the Australian cruiser. — ., FICKEN IS BACK Arthur Ficken, son of Mr. and |Mrs. A. J. Ficken, returned here |on the Princess Louise. He was graduated this month from Oregon State College. ——t———— LYMAN SNOW HERE Returning jon the Princess Lou- ise, Lyman Snow will spend the summer in/Juneau. He has been a student at the University of Wash- ington for the past winter. | i | OHMER’S SON HERE Dave Ohmer, son of Earl Ohmer of Petersburg, arrived on the motor- ship Northland today to spend a few days in Juneau receiving medi- cal treatment, ———— AT GASTINEAU An arrival on the motorship Northland, H. C. Stryker, Under- writer's Insurance representative, is in Juneau today on a short bus- iness trip. Stryker is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. — OCEANIC SELLS Olaf Westby of the halibuter Oceanic docked in Juneau today and sold 18,000 pounds of fish to the New England Fish Company at prices oof 8.80 and 7 cents a pound. —————— MRS. EIKLAND RETURNING | Mrs, Olav Eikland, who has beeni south for sometime, is returning to| Juneau aboard the Taky accompan- | jed by her little son Robert. | Wi LS AR MARKLE RETURN: Deputy U. S. Marshal William | Markle returned on the steamer Northland after taking a group of | Magazine was temporarily restrain- ed today by a Federal Court order from publication of the next issue because of an allaged unauthorized use of a full pige picture of Charlie Chaplain as “The Dictator.” A suit for $1,000,000 damages is also on file. It is charged the picture is hoot- legged as the film is still in pro- duction. Opposing counsel agreed that 1,- 600,000 copies of Life, already in the hands of news dealers are not af- fected, but 1,200,000 copies still to be published must be revi SICK RADIO MAN FLOWN HERE FOR MEDICAL CARE Flying to Hoonah on an emergency trip te return with Gene Sparks, radio operator at the Hoonah can- nery, Alex Holden winged out of Gastineau Channel at 8:30 this morning. Sparks was rushed to St. Ann’s Hospital for treatment. In a later flight today Shell Sim- mons carried Bruce Bowers and Kaj Louring to Hoonah. Bowers and Louring will continue to Sitka this afternoon with Alex Holden who is carrying Helen Turner, R. A. Welsh and Barney Welsh to the island tewn. A flight carrying perishables, mail and air express was taken into Tul- sequah today by Holden who re- turned with H. J. Graham and Steve Liko. Shell Simmons left at 3 o'clock this afternoon with E. E. Murray and Dan Webster going to Sitka and will stop enroute at Sitko Lake to pick up four Sitka fishermen. A flight is scheduled later this evening to Lake Hasselborg to pick up Los Bernard, Harry Lucas, Per- cy Reynolds and R. H. Stevenson. The four fishermen are returning frem an overnight trip. ' ————e RUSSIA, ITALY ARE TOGETHER ROME, June 12—Soyiet Russia’s Ambassador to Italy, Gorelchin has arrived to assume his post, marking resumptioy of normal diplomatic relations between the two coun- tries. J prisoners to the States. d