The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 24, 1940, Page 2

———r— . r— THE DAILY ALASKA FMPIRE, TUESDAY. SFPT 24, 1940. Braves Licath to Snap 'Lhis Photo of Bomb bxplodmg in London HEH |S A spectacular picture from London showing the destruction wrought oy Nazi aerial bombers and taker German Plane Downed by London Defenders (ANADA 1 just as a bomb explodes in the street. was interrupted by an air raid. - Transmission of the cablephoto, passed by the British censor, Air raid wardens play a stream of do Price of Copperls Up Again NEW \OR!\. Sept -Copper producers boosted the domestic price half a cent todaw ‘to 12 ts a pound establishing the market a full cent a d over the price queted since ¢ gust Ti L f e m it 1s re- pert circles, is because of tt ly hea onsumer demand since early in September. Son quarters said the month's c5 50 far have set a new high. c> > Suiccass Formula RICHMOND. 24 Rush 1 Negro but Rich- mond’s Commonwe for 45 years, isn but he Two essent wixing o o 3 fare s o 6 District Cada A. Parks of Of i o Survey P. Ta isgion, thou cn the: Co list as b are 1 appear ger Cor- AIRMATL!. ENVELG?'S, showns #8r route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B Buwliord & Co. &dv, in which British assert they bagged 185 German planes. ctoria Station, a railway terminal, :s cabled from Londen o \cw York. water on Dornier The This picture w: | Mary Joyce Is To Be Air Stewardess Dog musher Mary Joyce, petite brunette > once ran the wilder- ness trail from her Taku River is to be a stew- with Northwest Lodge to Fairbank: ardess this winter Airlines. Miss Joyce, a flier in her own right, will le the latter part of October to enter training school at St. Paul. After two weeks there she wili take up her new to Taku River Lodge job, returning in the spring JUST LOOKING SPARTANBURG unt jail I thought I'd sta; inad - the Divorces Astor Mrs. Vincent Astor On charges of mental cr Mrs. Helen Hu n wins a surprise div cent Astor, hea Astor family, i hearing =t were Xxurnul in / | shot out of the clou forepart of th during raids on Lon- plane fell in front of STERLING HIKES OVER ROUTE OF Africa, May Witness Fighting Now h te braltar ASSOCIATED after 'SIMMONS MNACTION DOWN AT Infernaticgal Zone, Morth tc land iro 'he ulti- the r id, den BY r of Dakar and i upy thz city by late bulletin said ! .«flmn’u' of the British the French” gov- say- e had is not imme ly clear i whether peided to attack hay ihe Adriean port w raported to ng cpened fire cn o, parly ¢f Dy cne attempling 0 of tri Dispatehes from Lalinea, Spain aid that French planes had b American Line fo Get Right & to Build Beacons-in British Columbia (WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. ces of for d Gil ed the b the erncon, shaking after (he flee Br ber, Atlantic > > explosior apparently attack sailed rly three he the fortre hir- had out hound Rece ommendations for division of in- MEHERMS ON texnaticnal routes between United States and Canadian aix earviers made ‘by the Civil Acronaulic Board: and the Canadian Depart- ]’R!D ‘l‘e EAS‘I‘ ment, Transport. Board ¥ It is said the propo: collen= plated continued v i of the S caniers of ex b ¢ gith Mas tween Seal ! IR, e i on the between Juncau o via PAA Clipp: i i Whitehorse. th { over the ney service Canadian offigials agreed , L0 (g attle. recommend tiie Canadian on a quick ment assist i installing, s of .the ill- mib. Pacific Alaska AWways (0 Wi~ pess of A A Humlrey, made the stall the. 1 adl reund tip from Juncau east by air- tion, including radio visited their friend in Chi- Buitish Columbia co " al d and were: back tion with maintenance of u in nine days. schedules, between Seattle ar Humfr forme of Ju- neau. peay; a business ciate of Mr The . recommendations, if ap-|Meherin and manag of Hills proved: by the two Governments, Brethers Chicago office, is seriously will continue in effect until De-'jl], Mr. Meberin said. cember 31, 1942, when conferences 7 i - to develop new . pelicies will he f Hglg GOVERNOR FLIES S e DEFENSE ROAD Baseball Ioday Army Wanis nghway Con- necting Anchorage and Fairbanks A 145-mile hike over the route| proposed highway connecting| Anchorage and the Richardson| Highway was completed last week by Hawley Sterling, Assistant Chief Enginzer of the Alaska Road Com- mission, and Ben Woods, A.R.C. transitman from Valdez. Sterling, who returned . to Ju- neau on the steamer ~Columbi says the going was “not so good. The two men left the Highway: at Mile 111 and hiked to Sutton on branch ling' of the: Alaska Rail- road, making ‘the reconnaissance trip in 13 days of backpacking. Army Wants Road A road over the country hetrav- eled would < cost approximately a of a | million and a bhalf dollars, Stesling said. He admitted that due to':the s great interest its bases Anchorage ' and - Fair- by road, the project ‘at the top 'of. the lst” ska Roal Commission . new construction, for, the: futury, Sterling, who has been:in the.in- | | terior all summer, said good progress | was made on Alaska Road Commis- sion new construction due to the most favorable weather conditions ever known in the Territory. T'he three major construetion jobs of the Landing to Takotna, (2) re- ocation of 15 milesof highway out rbanks ison Highway's being inter- by a dike of the Tanana Flood Centrol project and (3) the Bunker Hill-Kougarok road. ed TR FLOYD. Sept. 24, — Dock Dickerson fcund a big terrapin here with the als “W.LD." carved on its 1. He is wondering if his was the work of his brother, W. Leonard Dickerson, who died in 1908 | games played this afterncen in the in connact- mmer were (1) a road from | necessitated by the | | The following are scores of two major leagues: National League Boston 4; Brooklyn 5. | American League Beston 16, 4; Philadelphia 8, 3. New York 6; Washinalon 5. Gov 10 SITKA TODAY IN NAVY PLANE tomo from Auk Bay. | here Lieut. S. Gazze | which dropped to puk -!I! me Governor, Ernest Gruening Sitka (lm afternoon by Navy plane He plans to return of flew to | % | ‘ the Sum‘cm rol project, to Potrage Bay to | Naval Air Station piloted the plane down on Auk Bay| Hm-m-m’ What Have We Htw? Beauty, Canadian style, for'your sor, Ont, - Miss Ellis is'from. ‘Ontarie, approval. “Meet: Vivian Ellis, 18, Who rules as “Miss Western Ontario” following a ‘contest at-Wind-_ Leamington, | Army field at Yakutat, they | ficer. | sight.” DRY BAY Makes Fo?c}d Landing While on Flight with Army Engineers | Pilot Shell Lockheed seaplane, early this morning on the Alsek River delta.at Dry Bay, 40 miles south of Yakutat, when he and his | two Army engineers passengers ran | into “zero-zero” weather. With €immons were Colonel Yuhn C. H. Lee and Colonel B. C. Dunn, | U. S. Engineers, who were flying to | Yakutat to inspect the Army air-| field site there, and were to con- tinue on to Anehoraze. | Although the plane was slightly damaged in landing, nobody was in- jured, and PRilot Alex Holden flew | out to the scene this afternoon with | mechanic Burriss Smith to mnl\‘i repairs. Colonels Lee and Dunn arrived l\mo by clipper yesterday and were | a flying inspection tour Army projeécts ih the Territory. T AMER. I.EGION‘ Simmons, flying the was forced down of - GIVES PARADE Estimated that Three Mil- lion Spectators View Big Annual Event BOSTON, Mass.,, Sept. 24.—With bands playing spirited music and banners waving, delega to the Am 1 Legion annual convention here paraded before millions of spectators lining the route blazed by landmarks of the Nation’s history. Legion officials surveying the tre mendous crowds along the route = timated the spectators numbered at least 3.000.000 persons ahd consti- tuted the greatest zathering ever to watch the organization’s annual parade. - ARMY COLONELS WILL HAVE LOOK AT PORTAGE BAY Colonels Lee, Dunn Fly fo Westward Via Yakutat | the steamer Taku tonight for a two The site of the pmpo.sed Portage Bay cuteff to the Alaska Railroad will be investigated by Col. John C. H. Lee and Col. Benjamin C. Dunn | of the Army Engineers, who flew to Yakutat and the Westward to- | day with Pilot Shell Simmons. | The Coionels arrived yesterday | cn the Alaska Clipper. After vis-| ng the site of the propesed new| will fly to Seward to inspect a flood lcok over the highly contreversial Portage Bay proposition and to An-| rage and Fairbanks inspecting cther Army Engineer projects. THE WEAT HER (By the U. S. qulher Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Sept. 24: Occasional light showers. tonight and Wadnesday, slightly cog Wed- nesday, lowest temperature tonigh highest Wednesday 54 degrees; gentle to moderate soathea Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy, nerth portion, tonight and Wedne day. Slightly moderage, mostly southeasterly winis, . becoming Lymn Canal Wednesday. ¥ Forgcast of wings alpng the coast seattered showers cooler. Gentle o fresh southerly in of the Guif of Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Gape Spencer, mostly cloudy, Scattered light showers., Moderate to, fresh southasterly winds. Cape Spencer to Gape Hinchinrogk, lecal showers. Fresh to streng - east o southemst: winds. Cape Hinchinbrook. to -Resurr:gtion Bay, overeast, local showers, Moderate to fresh northeast winds. Resurrection Bay to Kodiak, partly cloudy. Moderate to fresh, mestly northwesterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 7lemp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.86 65 52 SSE 3 Pt. Cldy 4:30 a.m. today 29.88 52 86 S 2 Pt. Cldy Noon today 20.89 56 % SW 4 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. Lo est 3:30am Precip. 3:30am. Staticn last 24 hours ! te 'n. temp, 24 hours Weather Barrow 35 | 32 35 01 Rain Fairbanks 72 51 52 0 Cloudy Dawson 75 59 58, 0 Mayo % | 59 60 0 Anihorage. 49 417 48 .10 Bethel 59 35 39 0, St. Paul . 45 | 40 40 .01 Atka, | 41 0 Dutch Harbor .. 50 | 44 44 .35 Wosnesenski 53 | 45 46 .20 Rain Kanatak - 5p: | 317 37 16 Clear Kodiak 55 [ 46 47 04 Cloudy Cordova 59 | 51 53 1.02 Cloudy Juncau 65 | 51 52 L] Cloudy Sitka (6] 51 54 0 Pt. Cldy Ketchikan 4 | 51 52 0 Clear Prince Rupert i | 51 54 0 Clear Prince George .. 15 37 38 0 Foggy Seattle 84 53 53 0 Portland 84 54 55 0 San Francisco . 68 53 55 0 Clear WEATHER SYNOPSIS Rain had fallen this morning along the south coast of Alaska frcm Yakutat to the Alaska Peninsula‘and at scagtered points in the Bering Sea and over the central section from the Alaska Range to Barrow and rain was falling from Yakutat to Anchorage and along the western portion of the Alask: Peninsula. The greatest fall was at Cordova where 1.02 inches was reported. Partly cloudy to cloudy o5 were reported over the Interior and over Southeast Alaska. Scattered to broken clouds with moderate to unrestricted ceilings and generally good visibilities except fo: local fog patches were reporte this morning over the northern po tion of the Seattle Juneau Airw 12 Tuesday morning weather caart indicated that the pressuic was relatively low over the Gulf of Alaska and Alaska Peninsula with lowest pressure of 991 millibars (29.26 inches at Kodiak. A second low center of about 993 millibars (29.32 inches) in connection with weak ircntal tem is centered at latitude 52 degrees N. and longi- tude 146 de W. A weak high pressure ridge extends from Brit- ish Columbia southward along the west coast of the United States and a second high pressure center of 1017 millibars (30.03 inches) is centered at latitude 28 degrees longitude 138 degrees and a third high center of 1023 millibars is centered at latitude 35 degrees and longi- tude 170 degrees. Juneau, September Mrs. Roden Is Leaving sunset 6:51 p.m, 25.—Sunrise 6:50 a.m,, | CARD OF THAN! We wish to express our api tiof and thank our many f[riends for the surprise party given us at the Hollywood Shoe Parlor 17. Also for the many beautiful gifts received and special thanks to the hostesses, Mrs. Karl Aschen- brenner and Mrs. Gus Nurmi. MR, AND MRS, FRED LEHTO. adv, Sept. Mrs. Henry Roden is leaving on ELKS ATTENTIO! Elks Baseball Team entertainment and feed Sept. 25. All members urged to attend. adv. months’ trip to New York, where she will visit with her son. Mrs. Roden will return to Juneau before the first of the year. [ OSSR S "YOU WILL FIND NO PREMIUM — NO CATCHY PRICES Just Comsistently, A-1 Merclumdlse at Reasonable Cost at the - TllRlFT co-opP Retailers of Famous SHURFINE and TASTEWELL PRODUCTS . PHONE 1767 NEXT TO CITY HALL - WHEN s ) Music BUTTE. 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