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1 “ e e e Boat Hunters Bag Limils Yesterday partie Sumdum Jen- orday. out (o for: the Hunting and Swe ing returned. ie bags. At ¥ their limits thie to Rod Da new old sense one of aska At Sweethe; ported n hunters althoug! Juln were g to Sumdum on of son lmit uhe seen. the Fores- Dr. W. P. Blantcn, Dr Carter, Dr. Robert Simp- on, Charles Goldstein, Bobby Goiu- stein, Russcll - Maynar Phil Ly- dick, Ellis Re s, Herb Red- man, Rod Darneil, Don Abel and Charles Porter. To Sweetheart Flats on the Hy- ak were Los Bernard, I Hebert Simpsen MacKinnon, Minard Mill, Percy Reynolds, Simpson MacKin- non Jr. and Jack N tier Jx -e MUNTER WILL BUILD. DOUGLAS ISLAND HIGHWAY Fairbanks Confractor Sub- mits Low Bid on New Road Section bid of $74,449 the engineer’s than that below the next lowest bidder, M. P. Munter of Fairbanks will be awarded the Public Roads Administration con- tract to build two miles of high- way on Doug! Island north of the bridge . Munter, a brother of ly known Alaska flier, Herb Mun-| ter, is now in Juncau. He con- ferred today with Director Jo- seph T. Flakne of the aska Ter- ritorial Employment Serv which is esti- With a $10,000 below mate and more the wide- e to range for the hiring of men. M ter said he would try to do the work this winter, hoping to start by November 1 The bids, including clearing, grubbing, grading rfacing and bridge building, we: follows M. P, Munter, Fairbanks, §74,- 449. R.*H. Stock Construction Com- pany, Anchorage, $80.709. R. J. Sommer: sty uunnCum-\ pany, Junesu, 80. Be Construc Juneau, $9043 The Engincer’s e construction was The Terr ska con- tributed £20,600 to the couuiri tion of this rt GAME COMMISSION PLAME LANDED AT KETCHIKAN BASE The Alaska Game Commission’s new Fairchild airplane which be used for patrol work in South- east Alaska was landed at Ketchi-| kan last night by Wildlife Agent Ray Renshaw after a flight from Scattle, Homer W. Jewell, Assistant Ex- ceutive Officer of the Commission was a pas r. He will come to Juneau next week - New Vaccine | sorry Cleanup Time in London After One of Those Raids ] Steel-helmeted air raid preventi getically attack a heap of wre DONATIONS STILL COMING IN FOR AMBULANCE FUND Tofal of $395 fo Be Sent to Trailer Ambulance Committee Althcugh the Juneau trailer am- bulance fund has been oversubscrib- ed, contributions continued to come in to the Empire office today, raising the total to $395. The trailer ambulance to be do- nated to an English town by the people of Juneau costs $350. The entire amount will be sent to the American Trailer Ambulance Com- mittee. Donations are as follows: Previously acknowledged $368.00 M. and Mys. Dan Doug- las 2550 Elspeth Douglas 2.50 Miss Verle Bartlett 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moly- niex 2.00 Mrs. Guy McNaughton 200 | Mr and Mrs. John L. [ Ahlers 500 | Mr. and Mrs. Robert simpson 10.00 Peter Moser 2.00 Total $395.00 ' - - ‘ MISS TILLOTSON .; RESIGNS MR SYSTEM POSITION » Successor fo Be Chosen by Three Departments Using Agency mitted her resiznation 4 bupu\1~» or of the Alaska Merit System Ag- ency, it w 10 rectors of the three Territcrial de- partments whose employees are hired 1 Merit System Agency regulaticns. Miss Tillotson stated in her letter of resignation that duties connect- ed with her wor mathematics {teacher in the Juneau High Schocl Hotel. {make it impossible for = her to give the time she should to Merit Sys- |tem work | | Ccmpensation partment of Public Welfare and De- | the Commission Unemployment De- Directors of partment of Health said they were to lose Miss Tillotson's ser- |vices. Her resignation will become effective when a successor is ches- en. D Play to Be Given In Early November D! at the Umvzmiy of vlna announces the Je- @ vacéine against Dr. Stokes told a gath- ‘St the' ariiversity's bicen- ‘celebration that hc had in- c 43 Philadelphia children : virus after receiv- - of their pannts. _ vagcinated o Twenty “Dangerous Cnrm\r,«." to be pro- | <énted by the Juneau Players. will |be scen here early next' month, it | was anncunced today. The preduc- | ien is under the direction of Fred | Aver | The and will lays. The play duction and gives a fine ran having dramatic abili - -—— SR. TRINITY GUILD { WILL MEET FRIDAY The Fenior Guild of the Trinity Church will meet Friday afterndon |at 2 oclock at the home of Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer on Twelfth Street. All members are urged to attend. > EDWARDS HERE cast is mow being selectod be named within a few s a dramatic pro- for these Traveling man Ken Edwards came | to town last night and 4s at the Barapof Hotel, | companies on wardens ener- ckage to clear & ICKES 10 STUMP O 3RDTE Will Talk Publi( Power on Weekend Swing Into Pacific Coast HINGTON.: Oct, 2.--Hareld Secreary of the Interior, this» weekend for the: Pa- t to take the stump for I man aerial visi! 5 & 0% ing r time in the campaign Ickes said he will challenge Will- kie's stand on the power gquestion. It has been Jearned Willkie will | make @& ten-day swing . through Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Ickes said he will make a major public po address at Portland where Willkie said he favored com- of the Bonneville and Coulee projects with the sion that consumers be per- 'nllL"l to decide whether the Fed- sral Government or private utility will control distribution. - PUBlI( HEALTH NIII!SE ADDED AT PETERSBURG Health Nursing Service A Public ist path in a London street tollowlng ong of Lhe Ger- TR 'WALLAGE URGES " ECONOMIC FRONT, ' FOR HEMISPHERE, SPOKANE, Oc' ~=A'united eco- {momic front-in the Western Heri- {isphere (will be a necessity for the ! American wheat farmer should Eu- | rope fall under German domina- | tion, ‘Henry Wallace said: today 'n a- press conference, Wallace declared developments. in, | the -Far East, however, are more | important to the Northwest wheat L grower:'and- added the explanation i that - wherever subsidy has been arranged, most of the Pacific or Northwest wheat has gone Orient. The former Secretary Agri- culture and candidate for the Dem- ocratic Vice-Presidency told a hxgn‘ school reporter who asked for a, word of advice to-student readers, “Study ~Spanish.” ———e STOCK QUOTATIONS of NEW YORK, Oct. 2. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mire stock today is 4 3/4, American Can 1007 el Bethlehem and Wright 77 International 31, Northern Steel Anaconda 81 outhern 1! General Motors Harvester 4 New York Central Pacific 7%, United 60'z, Pouand $4.04 DOW, JONE 23 Commonwealth Curtiss 50. Kennecott 15%, States fas been instituted ‘at Petérsbu ARG GBal | ik Eo Doty as announced today ‘by MIs.| jones averages: industrials 134.97 Mary Keith = Cauthorne, rails 29.37, utilities 22.02 Nm se of the Division of 1 < n:d Child Health of the Territor- Department of Health. Mrs. ‘Cauthorne returned om the thiand = after visiting Public Health nurses -at Ketchikan, Wran- zell and Potersburg. - OUTE HERE ON ALASKA Joe Bird, pharmacist at the: Guy | Smith Drug Store, is returning here on the steamer Alaska. He has spent J()l'. BIRD 1ced today by Di-|the past month vacationing in Se- | attle. B TEACHERS MOVE TO GASTINEAU HOTEL Juneau school teachers Margaret Abrahamson and Helen Webster have taken a room at the Gastineau Unknown Wins & § Thomas J. Buckley although he was totally unknown to Democratic political leaders, %homas J. Buckley of Boston won the Democratic nomination - for state auditor in the recent pri- mary. Buckley, called the “phan tom” - candidate, polled - 155.216 J FISH SALES SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—The fcllowing halibuters sold here today, most of ihem from the Western banks. Western bank arrivals, Northern, Local bank arrivals, Rosario, vi.l)fl[} |sable, 4% cents a pound. 1 > BAKER IN AGAIN Sam Baker. known idressed traveling man in the Ter- ritory, |l Gastineau. | - - | STEEL SALESMAN HERE Jack Critchley, sales manager of |a Montreal steel foundry, passed | Princess Louise on a business trip to Dawson. - -o 1 HERE FROM TU QUAH | Dr.and Mrs. J. J. Gibson of the Polar-Taku Mine are guests at the Baranof Hotel, - HERE FROM PETERSBURG Charles Whyte, former | man, and Bud Hyvari are up from ) | Petersburg for a visit, guests at the | Baranof Hotel. | ——— 1 HERE FROM HOONAH Mrs. L. Kane and Pat Kane are in from Hoonah and registered at !he Baranof Hotel || Telepuone 713 or write | | The Alaska Territorial ! 38 Empleyment Service 4 for this qualified worker. | PHOTOGRAPHER - KODAK RE- | PAIRMAN—Young man, age 19, high schoci graduate. Trained in | Eastman Kodak factory as techni- | ~al rep: an, two years: practica erience c2 ki of ali sizes repair shatters, adjustments, etc. Available for odd jobs or full tim employment. Call for ES 185, _THE DAILY ALASKA E MPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1940. iKalrl Kafz | Isin City Alaska representati of Pacific, came in or ‘liu Yukon last night. Ka is a guest at the Hotel Jun and expects to be here a | few da belore going to the West- ward ‘ e | H. R. SHEPARD GIVEN HONORS BY PIONEERS At a joint social held at the I.O.OF. Hall by the and Auxiliary, H. R resented with a Past ident’s pin. The presen- { tat was made by Ogloo Pr | dent William Markle Refreshments were served at the celebration and the evening W six to thelgska |in nursing service, it was announced + ' the 40,000 puonds at 11, and 10 cents | cial 1 pound, Kanaza 40,000 pounds at 11% and 10! Federal, 000 at 12 and 10; Sylvia, 15,000 at 11§ and ic came in on the Yukon last | Canadian branch of Liberty maga- night on his first visit here since |* early in the summer. He is at the | { through Juneau last night on the | Juneau | as the best |cess Louise in Juneau last night playing cards Delia Dull odsky, first, and Mrs and Al Lundstrom cld Smith was charge arrangements v At the Pioneer business i plans were made for the show (o be held October 18, oliscum Theatre. Selection sisitable pieture is now being made. | The Auxiliary discussed routine| the spent to M Honors we i and Jack Ja-| of | session, | annual at the; of business ‘and plans for vember 5 meeting were mi | There will be tions and initiation. Mrs, Fox is in| ycharge of the evening. - e Daughter Is Born To Chas. Wilsons | 4“[ ways and means MINF CANNERIES 10 PACK SALMON iN FALL SEASON (.Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Operators for Southeast Area Nine cannerics will operate dur-| ing the fall fishing - season = in Seutheast ‘Al according toin- by the Fish anc fermation rec Wildlife Service here. Operaticns in the Ketchikan District will u Northern F crie I wmd Fish Company \\1 iz Fish Company and Wards Cove Packing Company, all of hikan, and Annette - Island Company of Metlakatla. ! District op- ARB Packing 11, Alaska Gla- ny of Pet- Dean Kaylor include Wrang Com sibly crators will Company of Foc t will see that of Coa fall ope ation, one Peratovich and Son of Klawocl Nelscn Brothers Tisheries of Prince Rupert will have buyers at ;| Security Bay, Chia xcursion In- viding cash pay- |1et and Sitka, p it on the ground. | -+ «J. W. Club Plans Hallowe'en Party | For Late October Plans for a Hallowe'en party on | October 29, wers made by the Ju-| neau Woman’s Club at their month- business meeting held yesterday afterncon in the penthouse of the| Alaska Electric Light and Power Co.! {Mrs. Ray G. Day will be chairman | and Mr Word has been received here of \wiliame will be in charge of the the birth of a daughter to Mr. and|qecorapons. The entertainment| Mrs.: Charles: Wilson, formerly of | ooiiios is to include Mesdames Juneau. The little girl, weighing|rhomas Haigh, Jack Livie, G. E. pounds, five named Betty Jo. “Chuck” Wilson was formerly with the Bureai of Public Roads in Al-| Now he is with the Soil C servation Department, with res dence at 1209 South Paxton Str oune has been| {old Smith ling to Mrs Knight, John McCormick, and Har- Radio programs durir will be spensored by the I (mrntl International Relations, accord-| Tom Park, radio chair-| 5 ¢ »iman. The first of these was given Santa Ana, California. |this morning at 10:30 o'clock by | Gy P e {Mrs. George Levecque on the sub- E A d }nm of the “Havana Conference.”| Um(e naerson [Mrs. Fred Tieat, chairman of the, To Return-North| Anderson. formerly | Health Nursing Ser- s expected to return ory to engage again Miss Eunice with the Public vice in Ala. to the T2 today Miss Anderson i Ccunty Health Walla, Washingten Party Plann;d by Junior C. D. A. of ll\" Junior C.D.A | was held yesterday af- the Calhoun Avenue home of Mrs. Verne Hcke Plans were made for a Hallow- e’en party and more details wili be| decided at the Oct. 15 meeting which will be in the form of at pre ent \\A'.I\l Unit at Walla | A meeting Treop No. 2 ternoor at a sc- - .o -~ LIBERTY HEAD GOES THROUGH Mr. and Mx\ ’\nh\n Sherrill of oronto were tourists on the Prin- Mr. Sherrill is publisher of the ine. Nazis Want .H’irnr This man, an Austrian patriot vho fled to the U. S, is wanted y the Germans who are offering 510,000 for him. Known only as 2udolph, he was chief of the Aus. trian ‘freedom station in France, which broadcast anti-Nazi slo- §3ns to the people of Austria, dvn.nlm nt anncunced that on Oe-| tcher Mrs. Wellman Holbr will \[)(‘al\ on “A Tourist Looks al Mexico.” The November will be given by the Department of | Applied Education and will stress| the need for defense. Mrs. Levecque was appointed as Story Lady on the| Stery Hour for children. Mrs. Themas Haigh, speaking for | the Alaska Tuberculosis Associa-| tion, asked for volunteers in help- ing with the annual sale of Christ-| mas seals, which provide so much of the revenue of that organiza- tien. Mrs. Heigh also reported that there is need for funds for correct- tive glasses for school children. 'I‘hc} Territorial Department of Health has made an appeal to the Juneau Woman's Club and other groups to give firancial aid, and the mem- bers voted favcrably on the ques- tion. Mrs. Harold Smith pointed that the Federal Government continually making surveys in the Terr'aory and then failing to make apprepriations with which to cor-| rect the deficiencies thus made ap- parent. Mrs. Smith suggested that all civic organizations get behind 1 movement to force some action after these surveys have uncovered programs | out is a2 need Mrs. G. E. Knight s sted that the City of Juneau nexds more waste paper confainers on the streets ind especially in the viecinity of the vest office. * Twe new members, Mrs. Ernest ruening and Mrs, Rex Sunderland were voted into the club. Mrs. Harold Knight, President, was in charge of the meeting. - YAKUTAT SALMON SEASON IS AT END Final pack reposts -show the Yakutat District = packed 48,287 cases of salmen in the 1940 seascn 1s compared with 38,632 last year Only Wrangell has yet to repori a final total, the pack up to Sep- tember 28 amounting to 28915! cases. The Southeast Alaska Arca total pack . is 2188;!&) eascs. R FLIERS MAKING PM.ARIS TRIPS Local fliers were busy today o heir Pelaris-Taku rum, taking five rips to the mine and back. Approximately a ton of freigh vas to be flown in, 11 passenger: aken te the mine and seven brouzh: ut. PSR BRSNS IR o POSITION OF obk! |+ ROME, Oct. 2—During a. con- 1 | ference of an hour and a hall, { Premier Benito Mussolini and Span- {ish F THE WEATHER TIRE ALARM CALLS EQUIPMENT EARLY JUST SACKS AFIRE G mnysacks burning behind frame ‘wellings at the lower end of Frank- ‘in Street caused an alarm at sever ‘elock this merning. Firemen found the offending ;unny sacks in the street when they} wrived and ne damage doene, (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) 3| WEATHER BUREAU U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMM h.mm tor Jun ning at 4:30 pm., Oct. 2 and Thur nit much change in \perature, Showers tcnight lowest temp X erate southeaster 16, re tonight hihest Thursday gentle t6 mod- winds. Forecast for Southeast Oceasional rain tonight; sl Thursda; not much char ‘mperature moderate to fresh southeasterly winds. Foreeast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: ° Dixon ‘Entrance to Cape Spencer lccal shewers; moderate to fresh southwesterly winds. Cape Spencer to'Cape Hinchin reok local showers; mode en to southeasterly winds Cape Hinchinbrook to (Resurrc:tion Bay, partly cloudy, moderate northeasterly winds. Resufzection Bay to Kodiak, partly cloudy ; moderate west to southwest winds. LOCAL DATA Time Bflmmc'er 1emp. Humidity w“.u Velocity Weathet 4:30 p.m, yesterday 3 48 80 1 Cloudy 4:30 a.m. today 46 85 5 Cloud Noon today 46 82 4 Lit. Rain RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Towest 32:30am Precip. 3:30am Statien last 24 hours ' temp. temp, 24 hours Weather Barrow 37 2 35 017 Cloudy Fairbanks | 31 32 0 Cloudy Nome 29 39 a2 Rain e« Lawscn L | A&l Cloudy Mayo 49 — 42 0 Cloudy Ancherage o4 R wi 63 Pt. Cidy Bethel 62 38 40 49 Cloudy St. Paul 47 42 44 08 Pt. Cldy Dutch Harbor 46 46 21 Pt. Cldy Kodiak 43 44 03 Cloudly Cordova 41 43 1.64 Clou Juneau 15 46 0 Cloud; Sitka 6 ° 48 11 Cloudy Ketchikan 42 15 0 Ciou Prince Rupert 43 45 0 Fogay Prince George 35 35 0 Clear Seattle 47 48 0 Jlear Portland 45 45 0 Clear San Francisco 56 56 o Cle WEATHER day morning weath r chart indicated a weak occlusion stward from Cap: Spencer to a low center of 987 Center of high pressure 1023 The Wedne: moving slowly ¢ millibars (29.15 inches) north of Nome. millibars (30.36 inches) is locatel at 40 degrees north, 144 degrees west and a second high center o' 1034. millibars (3053 inches) ot 43 degrees north, 165 degrees west and a weak low pressure avea s located along the coast of Oregon. Rain had fallen this morning from the extreme north portion of Southeast Alaska over the interior Barrow, the Bering Sea and the A eutian Islands and rain was fall- ing at a few points from Juneau t> Cordova. The greatest mount of precipitation was 1,64 inches at Cordova. Overcost with moderately low ceilings, and fair to good visidilities and with local light rain was reported. this morning over th: northern portion of the Scattle Juneau airway. Juneau, October —Sunrise 7:0 am., sunset 6:28 p.n the Al- ‘Che Dany Alaska emplre has (largest pala circulatlon of any ka newspuper SPAIN IS TOPIC, . AT CONFERENCE NEWS — BROADCAST JOINT FEATURE SERVICE ON THE AIR! By The Daily Alaska Expire and KINY 6 Days Every Week at Interior Minister Saner, are reported to have discussed Spanish claims on Gibraltar. Spain’s claims on Mor- occo also are said to have been | discussed. However reports are being circulated by well informed sourc- es that Saner will confer first with Spanish Dictator Franco before any new accord between Spain and the French axis is signed. S A 8:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Subscribe to 1ne iy Alask. 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