The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1940, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7, 1940. u. s. Canal Zone, where the) SEA FIGHT REPORTED; CANNONADE RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 7.—The newspaper Anoiten reported without confirmation from any of- ficial source, that loud explosions perhaps” from a new encounter between the shell-scarred British armed merchantman Alcantra “and the German raider which recently damaged her” were heard at sea last night | It is said the report came from| the crew of the ragua at Victoria, Brazilian ship Ara-| 300 miles north of here Crew members said they saw “two armed ships.” The Alcantara left Monday after| four days of repairs here oo One Halibuter Sells at Seattle EATTLE, Aug. 7.—One halibuter arrived and sold here today. The Havana came in from the western banks with 40,000 pounds and sold for 12% cents a pound straight RUP! T PRICES Prir Rupert today 139,000 pounds of halibut were sold at 10 to 11.20 and 9 cents a pound >oo Miss Dorothy Nowell | Is Wed in Seattle Of interest in Juneau is the wedding in Seattle news of | July 25 (:1‘ Miss Nowell is well known in “",‘unl\t‘(l on the Northland from Pet- troops board the Chateaw Thierry, military transport, at Brooklyn, N. Y., will be stationed as link between STUDYING, " SUNNING for the voyage to the guardians of peace about the nation’s highly important the Atluntic and Pacific aceans. HURRICANE HITS AT 90 MILES HOUR Tifled English Woman (apfures Nazi Aviator | LONDON, Aug. 7.—A titled Englishwoman, Lady Buckland, sister-in-law of Lord Camros aily who publishes the London I Telegraph, captured a aviator as she motored along - a country road. She had her PORT ARTHUR, Tex. Aug. 7— chauffeur question him and | Six persons were slightly injured found he had been at large siace ed the center he bailed out from a disabled a of the howling Nazi plane, trepical hurricane passed inland The Nazi aviator was imme- about 10 miles south of here. diately turned over to the au- The wind reached a peak of 90 thorities and he said he ex- miles an hour and Ifited roofs. pected to be put to death im- | 1he air is full of flying debris — o Noland's Tire Repair Costs Going Up Roy Noland, of the Juneau-Doug- IN CALIFORNIA OVER FOR A. B. PHILLIPS Superintendent of Juneau Schools 5 Telephone Company, had a |A. B. Phillips returned on the|Costly flat tire today steamer Columbia after attendng| CAITYIng the tire to the garage sessions at the University of South-|f°F & repair, going down the steps ern California, being present at|2POVe the junction of Front and the meeting of the Western States Main Streets, the tire slipped from School Superintendents and yaca. Noland's hands, bounded: down' the tioning in Los Angel stairs, across tl:f- street, and through Bob Phillips, who attended the Nick Rocovich’s plate glass win- University of Washington music| “7% y g school, returned with his father Therefore, given this procedure the equation for cost of repairing one flat tire, Noland’s bill is the cost of repairing the tire, plus $25, the approximate cost of one shattered window, 48 inches by 78 inches. — 'GEOLOGIST GOES DOUGLAS BOY HOME FROM ORTHOPEDIC rs in the Orthopedic Hos- Two yes pital at ttle have resulted in the rection of leg and back deformi- ou'l' o" (oluMBM ties suffered by Julian Ta Na- | tive boy who returned on the North | Seéa to'his home. in Dotiglhs | Phillip Smith, Chief Alaskan ge- Julian, now 12 years old ‘H}n’um,t with the Geological Survey, |cared for under Office of Indjan|sailed on the steamer Columbia Affairs funds t night for the Westward. Smith is making his annual con- tact trip to keep abreast of Alaska developments and talk with Geo- logical Survey men in the field, House ol (ommons probably be employed on the Low- ell Creek stream control. Miss Dorothy Nowell, cousin of Ev- . | = Wl er : \‘?(’;.“\i:.lir ?‘A;"‘vm‘m’"" rly lived In (anada Adlou"“‘ DcVAULT FOR INTERIOR Says the society section of the OTTAWA, Aug. 7—The House| OGilbert DeVault left fgr Fai’." v (s lof Commons cowpleted business | banks on_the Columbia, going via “Miss Dorothy Nowell and Dr.|S¢ssions shortly after midnight and| Valdez and the Richardson High- Morrison P. Helling were married |then prepared for :uli;m;qmn“'”\“““ v it the home of Mrs. Carl Siebrandt early this afternoon unti ovem- | . & 2 g 3 AR 9, at 5 o'clock July 25 with the Rev.|P€r 5 ‘ ORBORAERONE D HWE Ray M. Wardall officiating. The 5 i SO 0. G. .ang Ihomas Ogigroe, i bride was given in marrage by her | LOFTUS HERE | neau young men, left for Seward father, Mr. Frank H. Nowell, J. B. Loftus, wife and daughter ]..uum-d the Columbia. They will business world in connection with | ersburg Dorothy Designs bags is a lecturer and teacher After a brief wedding and Mrs. Helling will home in Seattle .o TWOFLOWNOUT WITH SIMMONS } Dr. Helling | trip, make Dr.| their | One trip was rluun to Polaris- Taku today by local pilots, and a charter trip was made to Turner Lake | This afternoon, Shell Simmons flew cut fo the islands with Lazo Bozavich for Hawk Inlet and Mrs. Nelson for Tenakee. - Alaska Steamship Purchasmg Properly SEATTLE, Aug. 7—The Alaska Steamship Company has purchaged 1100 feet of waterfront property at West Seattle and will use the locaticn as a site for repair shops. The purchase is near the present moorings. ., DELAWARE CORPORATION The Deering Development Corpor- ation, a Delaware corporation, has qualified with the Territorial Au- ditor’s Office to do business aska and has appointed Frank P. Bonnell of Nome as agent. in Al-| New Oregon Highway Oregon’s new Willamette highway over the Cascades which opened July 30 shortens and speeds the trip between the Pacific Northwest and California, opens ‘too new vistas of virgin mountain scenery. It joins the Pacific highway (U. S. 99) south of Eugene, and The Dalles-Califonia highway (U. S. 97) north of Klamath Falls. Photo shows west portal of a mile-long tunnel which eliminates much elevation, lade this afternoon and 25 maroon-j Taku Is Now Rumania ls JuneauBound Gelfing on % NaziNerves Delay in Sefllmg Territor-, Taku and night is now northbound to Juneau is due there next Saturday at 11 o'clock Miss Betty Reed is the only pas- senger ‘on the Taku booked for Juneau A s of M. 0. 5 s 18] CONTroversy Causes are also on the steamer for Juneau Durial y Hitler Impatience g N y BUCHAREST, Aug 7.—Indica tions that Germany is growing im patient at the delay in the settle: ment of the territorial conurc Sy Letween Hungary and Ruman are seen by diplomatic observers. The Rumanian Minister to Rome 2 has headed for Budapest to learn . Hungary's minimum demands for & H the return of Transylvania Paps’ Ranks Thinned Out- < * s Managers Call in Vet- eran Reserves Joe Snow, the boy who has won TURNER LAKE WATERS GIVE most of the ball games in the past club, sailed on the steamer Co- lumbia last night, enroute to Fair- banks and an,Army base job The Moose lost chucker Bob Kim- | ball the other day, and third base- man Joe Guy. The loss of those players has hurt. To bolster their offense, the Moose managing staff has gone into dusty shelves to come out with Everett Foresters Repori Boat Safe Enough-Lake Is 750 Feet Deep The body of Alvan Jones, 24 recent years umpire, and well re- membered as a good ball player. ‘The Moose are scheduled to play | companion, Albert Chenard, 42 ‘The Forester, Duckworth and Bill Parke BEING ARRANGED, FOR 1940 PACKIN to investigate the seaworthiness of the craft in which Sunday's tragedy | occurred, cery stores from coast to coast to welcome the arrival of the 1940 Alaska salmon pack are now com- plete, according to an announce- ment from the Canned Salmon Industry advertising office. The festival will start on Sep- tember 20 and continue through September 28. These dates overlap National Fish Week, sponsored on behalf of all sea food products by the Fishery Advisory Committee cf - BOXERS GIVE FANS TREAT; SMOKER RINK If you like boxing, take a stroll up to the A. B. Rink tonight about match August 16 with the Sitka Kid. SEpembes 9104 B Jhgaitiost Last night Billy took on Jack @ e: 11 e s for the Fall Pack Few ' Fans xud no pundus were pul ed and it was a hammer and tong fest | that showed both boys know their squared circle, val were set for the same period. Grocers will be furnished with at- tractive store banners for the oc- casion by the Canned Salmon In-! ry took over and poured it to Mc- dustry. One of these banners W'l| Cann for five rounds as though he show a Salmon Festival Dinner waq after the title. in full color reproduction. The other | were bloody nos in the salmon catch. The festival will be publicized by one would have been hurt. McCann worked zines which will salmon meals for autumn months. Grocers will be given full details| in advertisements and news stories|night and see something of what | in grocery publicatiol |will be handed out here on the Leading newspaper will also 16th, at the end. o> — Washingfon carry pictures and stories regarding the value to the nation of Alaska’s| annual salmon pack, and suggested recipes calling for canned salmon. Me ry- E. F. Vollerts Go-Round Back After Trip. Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Vollert and their daughter, Virginia, returned here on the motorship Northland after an extended visit in the states. | Dr. Vollert is the physician in charge of the Government Hospital in Juneau. $T0CK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Closing qu | the other question up to him, man tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 94, Ana-lm man. What transpires will give conda 19%, Bethlehem Steel 791,:'"‘:02-:_,’;1,“5&3?9 hll::', c:;stetzl Commonwealth and Southern 1%, | pore = on ) O ndp Curtiss Wright 6%, General Motors| Co i e CERIINGELS, Lnger 46, International Harvester 43, Ken- Tuynunued from page One) geod grounds to believe that actu- ally this was not the case. The President has publicly denied a syndicate article which said he told a Southern congressman that Farley could not be on the Demo- | cratic ticket because he is a Catho- lic. But Jim is not satisfied wi this repudiation. So before he steps out of the | Cabinet he intends to sit down 2 | with Roosevelt and put this and |ley made these interesting obse necott 26%, Northern Pacific 6,| " United Staies Stecl 527, Pound | V2UONS: “A good thing to remem- $3.95. ber is that nothing is ever gained | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are todays Jones' averages: Industrials 125. 12 rails 26.71, utilities 22.56. e DANILOFF FOR INTERIOR Mike Daniloff left on the Co- Jumbia for Fairbanks. He will go in from Valdez over the Richardson Highway. who starts out man for revenge usually winds up by destroying himself ... The yearning for the White House has ruined more than| one distinguished career.” man deatmy another | YANKEES' BOSS of| the | | sub-caption “A" Litte Advice,” Far-| by trying to seek revenge in poti-| i to| | Farley | Yankees' Nowell, umpire in recent years, but milk truck driver who was drowned the one time quite a ball player, and Sunday at Turner - Lake, was also George “Red” Shaw, another covered last night, but grapple |came to Washington B k artment of the In- t:;m,u FoRELasD ¢ M7 7 0'clock and watch Billy McCann National Fish Week runs from|!aining fot his title defending ;- baseball club will be only a side- line with Jim when he returns to| private life next month. His big-money job will be President of Willys-Overland at $100,000 a year. Under his contract, will stand to make a lot more than this if the company does well under his management. If Willys - Overland sells 200,000 cars next year, for a net profit of $10,000,000, Jim would get a slice of this melon in addition to his handsome salary. Farley secretly completed the ‘\uln deal last week during the Chicago convention, The contracts were flown there from Jim will get $25000 a year President, plus half the common stock of the syndicate that s taking over the club. Contrary o widespread report, the actual price being paid for the outfit 8. 0,000 and note $4,000,000. is what was asked, but was finally agreed upon. Principal participants syndic are James Cox, a That in e | as| $2,500,000| New York.| it! the| genial | newspaper publisher and 1920 Dem- | ic candidate for President, o and Jock Whitney, famous sportsman | and ex-husband of the famed “Liz"|{ Whitney. The syndicate will hold all the preferred stock and the other half of the common, Farley’s duties wiZl be only nom- inal .uxd he will have plenty of time lling automobiles, ‘\IOI Farley is leaving the date of his retirement from the Cabinet up to the President, EN KNOWS Those ultra-secret Powwows the National Defense are not always confined to weighty problems of rearmament. Sometimes discussion has to do with self- KNUD! re- defense. of | Commission | One scorching afternoon recently, | production matter in the auto in- Capt. Kinky Bay- dustry when Sidney Hillman, labor A. Chipperfield and foresters Bob in working with the AFL and CIO. flew ' I'm neutral now and I don't wanit| | with Shell Simmons to Turner Lake (, change that status.’ and to take soundings of gnudsen, production wizard of the Grocery Stores Throughout ™, g y g They reported the boat was in| «ry's certainly tough on you, Nahon Al'e '0 Ce|e- |good condition and seaworthy Sydney,” said the former General encugh under any ordinary con-|arotors President, “but I know just bra'e Alaska Even' dition. Two soundings in the mid- oy vou. feel. The Auto Workers die of the lake, taken to test the yaq me on a spot in 1937 during —— authenticity of statements as 10 their sitdown strike. That was a Plans for the New ”Pnck S-llmfm the lake’s lack of bottom, revealed piotty hot spot and it wasn’t any Festival to be celebrated in gro- depths of approximately 750 feet. more fun than the one you are up against.” AIR DEFENSE The seriousness with which the Army Air Corps regards the threat of air attacks against the United States is seen in the private ad- vices they gave an official who to discuss a airport at Los Angeles. | It had been planned to make the airport comparable in size to LaGuardia Field in New York, but| Corps officials were definitely, They said that no mili- new negative, |tary purpose is served by a large When brother Jack was done, Lar- | s, and if it hadn't | Of D 4 will feature King Neptune haulinz|peen for protecting headgears, some- | Ing, rather than solid paving. Pur- Fans are invited to come up lo-‘ | | airport, but rather that it becomes a hazard in defense operations be- cause it is an easy target for bomb- ing. “Look what happened to the ports and airdromes of France.” Air Corps advisers said future U. S. airports should include under- Fans said there 8round hangars, and runways made criss-crossed open-work pav- pose is to allow grass to grow in three more | the open spaces of the criss-cross, advertisements in national maga- rounds on the rope after his spar- and thus prevent feature canned ring, but showed fine condition even | from”the air. photographing CAPITOL GROUNDS Keeping the lawns of the Capi- tol grounds moist in these drought days are no less than 6,950 sprink- lers . Gardeners are spreading sedge peat over the lawns to im- prove growth of grass. This opera- tion requires 173 tons of the fer- tilizer, a Michigan product from Michigan. . . Just, to keep the gra_,s fresh, new grass is planted evexy‘ vear. Approximate annual planting | is 3,500 pounds of Italian rye and 3,000 pounds of Kentucky blue grass. . . The Japanese beetle has come to the Capitol grounds, re- quiring use of a heavy arsenic spray to protect the trees. BLITZKRIEG STRATEGY Finding out what is going on in-! side the German High Command is one of the toughest jobs faced hy‘ U. 8. intelligence services. Making| due allowances, however, the best information available Nazi strategy toward England can be summarized as follows: 1. For the past few weeks the N have been feeling' out the British, testing out their aviators, sceing what kind of resistance they would put up. Reports are that the Germans have been surprised at the doggedness of British pilots, and their bravery against over-, whelming odds. German air losses| have been four planes to one lost by the British. 2. Nazi to starve the British by disrupt-| ing their merchant shipping and sinking their convoys. In thisthey| have been far more successful than Bossing the New York Yankees the world knows. The toll of Brit- regarding | i strategy also has been are still seeking the body of his the Commission was deliberating al | now hidden underground the Elks the first good night avail-| ers, returned to Juneau last night' member of the agency, remarked | able, " except Saturday, for the last, with Jones' body, found in 15 feet that he was troubled with a per- game on schedule. If Moose win,|of water, but reported losing Chen- scnal problem in the industry. He they win the 1940 crown, already ard’s body in about 75 feet of said he had been invited to ad- haying the first half under their water, where the body had evi- dress the CIO Auto Workers con- belt. If they lose, the second half|dently been carried by the cur-|yention in St. Louis, but was hesi- is in a three-way knot. |rént of a nearby stream. tant about doing so. ———————— A grappling party left again this| “I want very much to go¥ said ‘n«)un on the Forester to seek Chen- Hillman, “but I don't want to do SAlMo" FESIIVA[ ard’s body again. anything that might impair my This morning District Ranger W. effectiveness on the Commission Hillman’s dilemma brought a hearty chuckle from giant William I as| TGMC TRUCKS - S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Aug. 7: Light rain with little change in t:mperature for tonight and Thurs- day; moderate and occasionally fresh southeast winds Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Light rain with not much change in temperature for tonight and Thursday; moderate south and southeasterly winds except fresh to strong over sounds and straits and Lynn Canal. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh and occasionally strong southerly winds from Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer; and fresh to sirong east to northeasterly winds from Cape Spencer to Kodiak, LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 1emp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather 4:30 pan. yest'y 30.0° 55 8 ESE 12 Lt. Rain 4:30 a.m. today 29.93 52 95 s 4 Mdt Rain Noon today 2962 52 88 SE 14 Lt. Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30am Precip. 3:30a.m. Staticn last 24 hours ! temp. temp, 24 hours Weather Barrow 38 | 32 32 08 Cloudy Fairbanks 3 43 45 0 Pt. Cldy Nome 66 43 0 Clear Dawson 4 l 54 .01 Cloudy Anchorage 57 | 49 01 Rain Bethel 66 | 51 12 Clear St. Paul 51 | 5 0 Cleur Dutch Harbor .. 52 | 02 Clear Wosnesenski 54 | 0 Clear Kanatak 62 0 Clear Kodiak 58 | 14 Cloudy Cordova 55 110 Juneau 56 | 50 Sitka 58 17 Cloudy Ketchikan 62 | 38 Rain Prince Rupe: 60 | 56 47 Rain Prince George ™6 | 50 52 [ PL. Cldy Seattle 87 | 54 55 0 Pt. Cldy Portland 90 56 56 0 PL.Cldy San Francisco .. 69 54 0 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS The deep disturbance has advanced eastward with its center lo- cated just east of Kodiak this morning, but there are indications that the disturbance is slowly weakening and will remain nearly sta- tionary. A large area of high pressure extends from the Pacific coast to the Aleutian Islands. During the last 24 hours, leulv weather prevailed over most of Alaska and light to moderate occurred in Southeast Alaska and a ong the coastal areas of the (.ull of Alaska. Low ceilings and rain persisted this morning over South- east Alaska, and it was cloudy over the southern half of the Juneau Seattle Airways but ceilings were average. Juneau, Aug. 8.—Sunrise 5:02 am., sunset 9:03 p.m. ish destroyers convoying merchant NOTICE TO CREDITORS vessels has been terrific. In the United States Commission- 3. Nazi airmen have also been| er's (ex-officio Probate) Court for trying to locate British airdromes,| the Territory of Alaska, Sitka Commissioner’s Precinct, In and cam- ouflaged, This probably accounts the Matter of the Estate of for part of the delay in Hitler's ANNA W. A, HART, Deceased. long promised blitz. | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, 4. There seems to have been a that the undersigned was, on the difference of opinion in the Ger- man High Command as to whether it would be wiser to concentra first on the Mediterranean and| clean up the British fleet, plus Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal and Egypt before tackling the tough problem of landing troops in Eng- said estate are hereby required to land X present the same, with proper Whether these question-marks in| vouchers, and duly verified, within the German High Command have | six (6) months from the date of this been resolved in the last few days Notice to the undersigned admin- will be answered by events of cur- istrator at his home in Tenakee, rent days and hours. However, there |Alaska. never has been any doubt that Hit-| Dated at Sitka, Alaska, this 6th 3xd day of July, 1940, duly appointed administrator of the estate of ANNA W. A. HART, deceased, and that let- s testamentary therefor on said were duly issued to the under- signed. all persons having claims against ler, whether he tried the Mediter- day of July, 1940. ranean route first or the Channel' HERBERT LEE, route, intended to crush Britain. Administrator. (Copyright, 1940, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) MAY WE TOOT While we're teoting we might as well tell vou that JOHN HOUK Besides being an EXPERT BURNER MECHANIC is also a REFRIGERATION EXPERT both COMMERCIAL and DOMESTIC First publication, July 17, 1940. Last publication, August 7, 1940. RICE & AHLERS CO. Third and Franklin PHONE 34 et Compare Them With All Others! PRICE - APPEARANCE - ECONOMY DURABILITY CONNORS MOTOR CO. 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