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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1940. Bombs Hit Home tor Aged Jews in Berlin | \ccording to the cantion issued by his scene shows the interior of a | SPAINWILL FIGHT WITH AXIS FRONT Backdoor Invasion of Gib- raltar by German | Troops in Offing | (Conunued !rom Page Ore) bearing on the reported collabora- tion Fall of Gibraltar Informed quarters in Rome point- ed out that the fall of Gibraltar, d to the west gate of the Medi- | ean Sea, will enable German troops to cross the narrow strait at Gibraltar to North Africa, thus facilitating the Axis powers’ widely heralded program of breaking Eng- land’s hold on the Dark Continent. Other developments in the inter- ntional picture broke swiftly with Great Britain smarting under a withdrawal from Dakar after a three-day naval siege and sending her bombers over Berlin in the long- | est raid of the war on the German | capital. British Fleet Damaged Authorized French quarters at Vichy said heavy damage was in- flicted on the British naval squadron at Dakar, making it impossible for the British to continue the attacks without reinforcements from fleet units which are needed elsewhere The French Admiralty reported three British warships were hit at Dakar, the 29,000 -ton battlesh’p | Resolution, the 31,000-ton battleship Barham and the 10,000-ton heavy cruiser Xent, In addition, the 32,000-ton battle cruiser Renown is reported to have been badly damaged by a direct bomb hit during a French air raid on Gibraltar, ) i ARt | \ THEY BROKE EVEN LANDIS, N. C—When a scaf- fold broke and hurled A. B. Wea- ver, a contractor, and two of nis men to the ground the right leg of the three was broken just above the ankle. The break was in exactly the same place on the leg of each man, SWING YOUR PARTNERS OSCEOLA, Ark.—There’s a giil| for every boy in Osceola’s elemen- |cankruptey referee, pounded $5,000 weekly salary he re-| the Cerman ministry of pro wme for Jewish aged in Berlin. KING CHRISTIAN IS CELEBRATING, FORCED METHOD COPENHAGEN, Spet. 26. — King | Christian the Tenth of Denmark celebrated his 70th birthday today —with his country under control of Nazi Germany. Chancellor clegraphed a greeting. Danish towns were decorated with flags and flowers but the cele- brations appeared rather forced. | King Christian is a brother of King | faakon of Naz DR. SMITH GOING occupiPd Norway TOPUBLICHEALTH NAVY TO BULD i MEET IN DETROIT DAM, PIPEPLINE Courtney Smith, Ass’stant terial Commissicner of Health, 1 lcave tonight on the steamer Alaska tc spend a week in Ketchi- v dealing with special public lealth disease control problems From Ketchikan Dr. Smith will 20 to Detroit (o attend a special conference on maternal and child health and crippled children at the American Public Health Association |annual meeting invited to take part in special me ings concerning veneereal dist centrol and general disease with reference to the national de- fense program. ‘oo —— MORE TROUBLES Dr. Ter The Navy will build a dam and | instail an- eight-inch water pipe.| LOS ANGL‘LES Cnl Sept. 26.— New hearing on Actor John Bar- | rymcre’s extremely involved finan- cial affairs was set today for Oc- tober 9. At that time attorneys for Barrymore, his employees and his| creditors will attempt to arrange a settlement satisfactory to every one. Meanwhile, Barrymore will be de- prived of his weekly $1,000 to cover his normal living expenses. The pay- ments had been made through a from the ceives. — .. SOUNDS ISHY, BUT— FREDERICK, Md—Ed Mack- ley's auto ran over and killed a 4'%-pound bass on Dublin Road. Yes, you heard us Ed produced the fish, which had got into a puddle on the road when the Mon- tary school this year—133 of each.ocacy River overflowed. Sk of 4 seolel broers 53T, RHEINLANDER The BEER of the CENTURY CURLS insist upon more attention in the newest coiffures! Soft ringlets and more of them—you can only get them in skilled beauty services. Phene 723, Today! The ROYAL Beauty Salon PHONE 723 Ann Early Smith—Owner. Hitler | im-| anda, ! The More French Radiophoto damaae to the place, was No hint was g lard to ajrmes ven as L casualties sembing, which did considerable ol the British Royal Air Force. - | Consolidation of Rebekah Lodges Held Last nghi‘ Marking the consolidation of the | Douglas and Juneau Rebekah I(ld.!»‘h.; a ceremony, preceded by a dinner,| was held last evening in the 1.0 VICHY, France, ept. 26. — The O.F. Hall | Petain government announced to- Over 100 individuals attended the | day that Popular Front Senator dinner and enjoyed a program ar- | Max Dormoy and Deputies Jules ranged by Mrs. W. C. Jenson, Mrs. Moch, Solomon Brunbach and Vin- Norman Callow and Miss Randi cent Auriol have been confined to Molver. Vocal selections were given “administrative internment.” by Miss Merle Janice Schroeder, ac- Go fo Jail; Vichy Fight | He has also been | the e | the naval station and the town was rude Laughlin, control | reached this weelk during a visit of | of the Douglas lodge when it was moy Blum Popular Front government. bricfly on “The Origin of the Re- —————— —— . bekah Lodge,” and pianc numbers Auriol was Finance Minister, Dor- companied by Miss Ruth McVay at Interior Minister under the the piano. Mrs. Edith Sheelor spoke e played by Miss Kathleen Carl- A regular lodge meeting and con- sclidaticn service was then held and (1mmr’ the business session Mrs. ty McCormick was elected to 'r)erm the organization at the| Gastineau Health Council. | Members of the Douglas Lodge who were present for the consoli FOR BASE, SITKA City and Naval Station Will ida- tion included Mesdames Astrid Fen- nessy, Josephine Langseth, Eliza- Share COS' Of New keth Davis, Mary Holmquist, Linda | Schindler, Vera Mead, Gertrude b |Jowell, Elsie Waldahl, Anna Pu- A cooperative agreement wherc <ich, Madeline Reidi, Maz Paul, Navy will construct a wa r | Ella DeRoux and Mr. Lester Rink. system at Sitka for the use of both| Especially honored was Mrs. Ge: who was a member Gov. Ernest Gruening to the Hh-mlgan.zcd 41 i toric City. The Governor flew to Sitka Tui's- |day and returned yesterday, mak- ing the trip in a Navy plane from| Auk Bay. { ago. TANANA TAKES LUMBER CARGO | Bus | marked by sporadic | Railway ployees, a National Labor Relations {of black ! The City of Sitka will pay the dif-| | ference between the cost of puumgi in a six-inch pipe, which would | have been sufficient tc the Nd\ys; The building boom at Anchorage, Jurpose, and the eight-inch. |row probably at its peak, is re- The project is expected to cost|flected in steady lumber shipments the Navy about $25,000 and Sitka|frcm Scutheast Alaska mills to $5,000. |the Westward. ——————— { The steamer Tanana is in port QUICK WITH THE DEAD |this afternoon loading 300,000 feet KANSAS CITY.—A southeastern|of lumber at the Juneau Lumber Kansas merchant should be classed Mills wharf for the firm’s Anchor- alongside the fellow who first sold‘age yards and for a mining con- the Eskimo a refrigerator. He sold cern at Wasilla. an undertaker two pairs of pantsl % with a suit for a corpse. Subscribe to The Daily Alaska !Fvv**\ir.-_nw naper with the largest paid circulation, FROM JUNEAU Subscribe for The Bmpire. Walker Sworn in New Job Sirike on Bus Lines Ended Now | Drlvers Vote fo Return io‘ Work After Five | Months’ Strife SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 26. —The five months strike of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men against the Pacific Greyhound Lines has ended. Striking drivers last night voted to return to work, Pickets were withdrawn from Greyhound terminals inseven Western states affected by the strikes. All drivers who quit their jobs last May returned to work this morning. A settlement of the dispute wiil | be negotlated. The Greyhound strike was outbreaks of violence which caused at least one death and many injuries. The railroad brotherhood dis- claimed all responsibility for the violence. The strike resulted from a juris- dictional dispute between the train- men and the AFL Union of Streat and Motor Coach Em- The Greyhound company ignored Board nrd(r certifying the trainmen as the ommul bargaining agency. D LOUHELEN The halibuter Louhelen camc from the banks today with a load cod which was discharged at the local cold storage. i Not So Tough Now his d on the desk in & DAY'S AMBULANCE DONATIONS BEAT PREVIOUS RECORD | Total Now STZ—A.SO Toward | Juneau Gift for English Town Contributions to the Juneau trail- er ambulance fund were swelled to- day to double the total at press time yesterday, giving a U $124.50 towards a $350 ambulance to be given by the people of Juneau to| a small town in England. Several Douglas contributors sent |ing Tuesday night at the Health | 'f00Ps were landed this mornin in their donations toward the cause, | Center, considering proposed health | S1¥ miles from this port without ¢ o | legislation, firing a shot and without meetin making the effort one of the Chan- | nel district as a whole. Contributions have been as fol- lows: W. B. Heisel $ 1.00 R. B. Lesher 1.00 John W. Jones 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. James Sey— (Douglas) 5.00 John Mills and family— (Douglas) 5.00 Ed Crowe 5.00 Well Wisher 3.00 Fred Alexander 5.00 National Federation of Federal Employees 1000 Edwm Sutton 1.00 .and Mrs. J. T. Petrlch 2.00 Mxv and Mrs. Frank A. Boyle 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stan- 7 worth 5.00 Esther Ellsworth 2.00 | Jack Kristan 2.50 | William Campbell $10.00 Sally Layton 5.00 | Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bliss. 5.00 | B D. Stewart 1.00 Mrs, B, D. Stewart 1.00 Bally Shafer 2.00 Mr, and Mrs. J. J. Connors Sr. 5.00 Ray Ward 1.00 George Sundborg 1.00 John W. Troy 2.50 Helen Bender 2.50 George Willey 1.00 Alfred Zenger 1.00 Dr. William Witehead 5.00 Charles Goldstein 2.00 1. Goldstein 2.00 R. L. Bernard 10.00 Christensen Bros. 5.00 Mrs. R. McLennon 5.00 TOTAL $124.50 . TON!GHT ENDS HALIBUT YEAR At midnight tonight, halibut fish- rmen will be through for the year 1| with Area Three, last area to close, coming to its 1940 end at that time. A few boats are yet to come in from the Gulf banks embraced by Area Three, but only a few Juneau boats are still out, the bulk of the fleet having stopped work on ground gear in favor of salmon trolling when Area Two, with its protected inner waters, was closed earlier. tian, wiere hi | T — | tun 1nen »| Haile Selassle of Ethiopia has z for | been called “Mr. Tafari” while m exile, ALASKA PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL ORGANIZED HERE |New Adwsory Body Holds First Meeting at Health Cenfer ‘Health Council as a permanent bod» to act as a lay advisory committee to Health wos completed in Juneau this | week. especially legalization |of the department. At a late» meet- |ing a proposal for a hospital pro- gram in Alaska will be discussed. | Members of the Council, repre- |senting Alaska organizations and | Federal and Territorial agencies, | include John Reck, Claude M. Hirst, the Rev. G. Edward Knight, Curtis Shattuck, Mrs. John McCormick, Dr. Langdon White, Anthony E. Karnes, E. M. Polley, Mrs. Russell Hermann, E. L. Bartlett, Dr. George Freeburger and Dr. W. P. Blanton. NIPPONESE LAND ARMY PEACEFULLY | French Get Thanks and Ex- Organization of an Alaska Pnhlu otal of | the Territorial Department of | cuse Pleases - Don't FireShot,Indo-China HAIPHONG, French Indo-China The new group neia 1 first meet- | Seept. 26.—Two thousand Japanese | French resistance. The landing was made after thr Jupm\esc planes bembed the neard | railrcad cros ng, killing or wound- ing 15 natives. Shortly atter noon the Japon troops, led by a squadron of lig tanks, marched to quarters the French had provided, and the Jap- anese commander paid 1 the French officers, expr: grets at the aerial bombing, which he said had been a mistake, HELLO=WHAT’S “THE RIGHT NUMBER FOR FLAVOR? Schilling gives you a line on real coffee goodness! The reason? It’s a match- less blend of the world's choice coffees, skilfully roasted to bring out deli- cious flavor and strength. 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