The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 25, 1940, Page 8

'8'\ SALE!! MEN'S SUITS Hart Schaffner & Marx and Other Fine Makes Reg. $35.00 and $37.50 Suits (Tuxedos Included) NOW *29.50 ALSO ONE LOT Reg. $35 and $37.50 Values Summer Weights and Patterns Broken Sizes NOW *20.00 Some as Low as $20 N C 4 -] Bi.S. GRAVES “THE CLOTHING MAN" Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx o ing in Ch today of the re- explained - the postponement b ball has grown too large to handle g2 IERM FOR FDR on such short notice The former Senator announced that a laler . . . date would be set for the meetins Pty in Wisconsin Has Lost v of all those opposed to anoiher . KANSAS OITY, duly 35— x| 1 for Rosevell i the W Effectiveness-Back ouse, Senator James Reed has laid plans Sl : to Normalcy for an enlarged mass meeting of L 112?“--“)”1{ ”ledrm” D?Af)nucmb, The| The Ux'n(ml States has an esti WASHINGTON, July 25. — Wis- 3 ansan called off a scheduled meet- mated 3,500,000 aliens. consin Republican State Central S— s | Committee Chairman Dr. F. Gul- lickson, declares that the Progressive |Party in this state has lost its ef- | fectiveness. Gullickson’s statement |came after a conference with the | Republican National Chairman. ‘ The Wisconsin GOP leader pre- dicted a sweeping avalanche of votes { will carry Willkie to victory in No vember after he said that Wisconsin | once again had become a two-party | state. PIANC TUNING THIS YOUR STETSON? @ It’s the favorite of men on the way up. Its smooth lines will complement your suits . . , win you compliments from the moment you leave our store! And ix’s only $5! FRED HENNING | | H.J.BAKER } BAKER PIANO CO., ‘ | 1 SEATTLE. WN. Now at Gastineau | Hospital and are at their home on the Glacier { from Hirst-Chichagoff, t THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940. | 'his huge new Vought-Sikorsky flying boat will be placed in non-stop transatlantic service next year by the American Export Airlines. Three of the planes are under construction, They are the commercial version of Woman Taken Off Clipper For Forgery | | 'Aulograph"Hdrund' Signed 2 ! Mayor's Name to | Check, Charge autograph not Mayor Harry Lucas’ may be worth something—but $200. This was the discovery yesterday of Miss Jo Anne Thompson, who was arrested at Seattle as she step- ped ashore from the Alaska Clipper. Miss Thompson, who gave her ad- dress as the D Bar C Ranch, San Angelo, Texas, was charged with forgery. She is accused of signirg Lucas’ name on a $200 check which the hed at the Baranof Fotel yesterday a few minutes before leav- ing on the Clipper for Seattle Copicd Autograph She copied the signature from an autograph she had obtained from the Mayor several weeks ago, of- ficers caid Miss Thompson, known as “Tex.” spent three weeks here as a guest at the Baranof. She said she was a horsewoman and rodeo performer and that her father, a wealthy min- ing man, lived at Fairbanks. The arrest at Seattle was made by Chief of Detectives Ernest Yoris | of the Seattle Police Department on Smoke pours from a bur London by cabie. “Willam T, Mahoney. SPEAKS HERE Clev: d Spots Forg The all forgery cov- ered several hours after the Clipper was in the air. The Baranof clerk suspicious of the signature, took the check to the B. M. Behrends Bank where Earl Cleveland, bank official instantly recognized it as a forgery A complaint was sworn in the court of U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray and a pick-up order sent to Seattle officers. U. S. Attorney William A. Holz- heimer is preparing to extradite | Miss Thompson, who will be return- ed here for prosecution. She is held at Seattle under $5,000 bond. Tore One Check Officers here said today that Miss Thompson had tried unsuccessfully to cash a similar check for $200 on Tuesday evening and had finally torn the check and thrown it in the street. That check also is held here as evidence, it is claimed. Meanwhile, or Lucas Crombie Allen, world traveler, the speaker at today’s Jun isn't signing his autograph for anybody. | Bhs biber of: Conimbece: hinichods REPORTED ACROSS DOUGLAS ISLAND District Rar@ Urges All e Campers fo Be Careful surgical care. | Maurine and Marian, twin baby daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice ' A gmall for ¢ fire at Tnner Pnint,‘ McDonnell, left St. Ann’s Hospital gaeross Douglas icland fr-n Gas- this morning with their mother. | tineau Channel, was reported today to the Forest Service here Mrs. Jack Denohue and her| baby daughter, Elizabeth Ann, were dismissed today from St. Ann's Highway. Admitted to St. Anr Mrs. Glen Flint and her baby son “Complete Outfitter"” The new Forest Service speed- boat went out with Junior Forester Virgil T. Heath to check the blaze. were dismissed from St. Ann's Hos- pital today. E know which hairstyle will make you look younger and more charming. We know how you can whiten your skin, banish freckles, keep your hair soft. We know how you ‘can look like a princess on a tiny investment each week. Is it worth a few hours each week to find out? Then start coming in today! o PHONE 723 : The ROYAL Beauty Salon ANN EARLY SMITH—Owner District Ranger W. A. Chipn~- field, stating the fir was »~ .ply |due to the carelessness .y pick- | ers or campers, warned .. it cxtreme care should be exercised in the for- ests at this time of year. The For- Service asks the cooperation of n preventing fires, Chipper- field said, so that drastic regulations will not have to be put in force. - .. Subscribe to The Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the largest paid circulation, FOR RENT — Office space in Gross 20th Century Bldg. Suit- able for physician, dentist or beauty parlor. Will remodel to | suit tenant. Apply Coliseum | Theatre. Flying Insiruction Britain Hits Back at Nazis "(amomia ing German tanker, according to British censor-approved caption, while a Royal Air Force bomber roars over- | head, in this phcto made from another British pl The scene of the action is not g by the hour or in courses from SOLO to COMMERCIAL. See Us at the Airport! ' Alaska School of Aeronauties, Inc., Box 2187, Juneau, Alaska ~—— . 4 . the navy’s latest flying dreadnoughts and can readil_y be converted into bombers. They will cruise at 1756 m.p.h. and have sleeping accommodations for 16 passengers and & crew of 11, plus a large load of mail and express- Smoky with - ~ ManyFires 1 | ‘0l Wells and Homes Con- | sumed as Brush and ‘ Timber Blazes SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 25 ‘The southern end of this Golden e w blanketed by the smoke | |from thousands of burning acres| brush and timber lands toda as a searing sun persisted with little hope of rain. The most serious fire raging was of {about 40 miles north of Los An- lgeles adjacent to the town of | New Hall where canyons to the eastward are hlazing infernos. | several homes and an $80,000 oil well have been destroyed as the tire consumed 800 acres of land, while in the vicinity of San Diego, 25,000 acres of fire were re- ported and the size of the burned |area steadily increasing. | e SIMMONS MAY MAKE FLIGHT 10 SEA TODAY Shell Simmons flew to the coast with the baby Fairchild today, with ne and sent from MI’S Rl(n Hanny possibilities he might make his . v Vvl scheduled an {light 100 miles i o sea in search of possible tuna Mrs. Jack Fm!ay Schools for Sitka businessmen. ¢ this afternoon was re — rted foggy off Sitka, however Dessert and two fables of bridge|30d 1t ia likely ‘the trip. will pe : < postponed. was given Jast evening in honor of ! Mrs. Jack Finlay, who plans to leave| Simmons took as passenger to shortly for the Shates Robert Silka, W. J. Manahan, while John Rice was hostess at her Franklin|Amundsen, flying the Lockheed, Streat residence. took out Mrs. C. W. Wright for Bridge honors were won by Mrs, | SIk2 first, and Mrs. Arthur Ad-| Alex Holden flew to Todd yes- | ccond. terday on charter for Nick Be: o LR e flew him to Ketcrikan and return | to Todd. Today he was to go to| The Daily Alaska Empire has the | gjtka and with Simmons and | largest paid circulation of any Al- Amundsen, bring in island pa.sscn-l E newspaper. gers. WHAT REALLY SHINES FOR FLAVOR? SCHILLING COFFEE OF COURSE/ t Schilling helps you polish off meals with gusto! The reason? It’s a matchless blend of the world’s choice coffees, skil- fully roasted to bring our deli- cious full flavor and strength. Tuwe Coffees — Percolator and Drip Ve DR | Cofle? Vitee Al el aaniine ~ > F * W hend h - I WHING DING NO.24 IS STILL RAGING AT | PROSPERITY C(ORNER IRVING’S SUPER MARKET TO YOU! DON'T MISS THIS SPECIAL MEETING || sypER- Juneau Central Labor Council THURSDAY, July 25, 7:30 P.M. A.F.of L. Hall ALL DELEGATES ARE REQUESTED TO BE PRESENT! |Phone 519 [ coLossaL GROCERY SALEI