The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 21, 1940, Page 2

THE DAILY 'ALASKA LMP RMY AR B SE NEAR STO(KTON 34 WORIC SPEEDED ON BIG A! P ccss being made on construction work now being rushed on the air base offi Stockton, Cal. The new San Joaquin Valley base will rank with 1l defense program. Piles of building materials pictured above indicate Army Air Corp Americ nter ing e hemes and cther stroctures at the new Moffitt Field as a major training center in (ATALONIAN AREA SWEPT ' _ | BY FLOODS Several Hundred Reported to Have Met Death- Property Loss Large 21 a's rapidly ex Mussolini Strutting " Af Front ltalian Nefisfiépers Assert Nation Ready o Hit If | Balkans Invaded ROME, Oct. zl—Plemler Mus- by solini Suhday participated in real- MADRID, Cct —~A death of between 300 and 400 is 1’.\“]11(\‘((‘(1 istic field maneuvers of the ok for the worse floods to hit the Cat- | Ttalian Eighth Army, which is now alonian region in 36 years massed on the Jugoslav frontier, as Flood waters are believed to be the controlled Fascist press warned in the devastated regions Barcelona but communica- ve not been restored so there itive information suffered badly and entire factories were washed away in the industrial district. One and twenty deaths are re- from a single village. .+ - ¥O CHANGEIN | MARRIAGE LAWS that Italy is ready to make a swift military move if Britain brings war to the Balkans. Mussolini piloted his own private | bomber across northern Italy where, | as a wounded soldier, he spent weeks | in a hospital during the World War. At Rochi, 11 Duce entered a train which took him to Sappiane. From | Sappiane he then motored to Ruppa at the frontier. o -t ] Visiting Here As Guests at Governor's House Mrs. Frank Brooks of Bellingham, 5 Wash., and Mrs. Dorothea S. Bas- ENG!NEER PASSES “-s-u eof Brooklyn and San Fran- it Escorted vy oiiicers, James J. Hines (center), former New York Tam- fo Follow Proposal of | oticy racket. : House of Blshops SEX HEVE P cisco, are in Juneau as guests of Gov. and Mrs. Ernest Gruening. oct. 21 « e Bhien | BO&RD lEOIA THROUGH; HIRES Classmates of M Gruening at ish 1 Vassar, the two visitors went as i;hl ied Als. Logma .[)”l\‘f 1 o | GROUP or MI"ERS far north as Fairbanks, where they | | n joined the Governor and Mrs uE e of Bishops It Juneau couples returned e | ¢ e adopting a more liberal marriage Tight :uIm' Hine ds Charles Coleman, Willow Creek S"ue“mgm““fll a"“r’":l{’ix‘;“‘nd them 1 divorce Under prese ing aboard the boat Leota,|cngineer, passed through here on e;f P"B elv?:zgwmrs‘st;eu W law co pens - : om.. | the Yukon today with his family, o5 SXOORS e who made the trip, com vk sh ;| remain in‘the Capital City until the PIALT] the House of business and pleasure, were | enroute south for a vacation trip. Sk it 6 the sbdimer . approved an amendment \d Mrs, R. E. Robertson, Mr.| While in Juneau, Coleman Inter- i’l:utian earl! el le to remarriag ond Mrs. Earl Cleveland and Mr. | viéwed miners for jobs at the Lucky v : of the Protesta nd. Mes. A, Vad Mavern | shot Mine through the Territorial o Church. AL wre . to| Employment Offices The party went from here to ) W e B | Tne pary went from here to) BERECER iewed, three schea- | Father Far Away the Bishops name a join | i i chix 1 | uled definitely to go north are Ein- | enroute, reporting fair * . 5’ A s | | sunde mete ainer wnd B v | AS Young Man blesome question for the 1943 con- | land 3 - > > . B o 2 Arrives on Scene PEEIIERS 28 \RT BEAUDIN, DIXIE While his lalher amm(led a Pub» lic Welfare conference in Juneau, a new little sourdough came into| the world at Fairbanks last Friday night. The child, a boy, is the son of HOLDEN TO SITKA; | SHELL, KETCHIKAN Alex Holden and McCLURE ARE TO WED The Sitka Sentinel says that Art Beaudin, of the Baranof Hotel Cock- tail Bar in Juneau and Dixie Me- Mark Klaich Has Eighth Birthday Shell Simmons airmen, IRE, MONDAY OCT 21, 1940. HITLER IS |DEFENSE OF WARNED OF CANAL TONE RAFBOMBS NEW PHASE 'Brifish Tell Reich Boss Air Raid Tactcs Resorfed Fighting Is Soon fo Be | 1o — Air Craft, Ground Taken fo Germany | Troops Cooperate | : Zone, (By /\\\"(mt(‘d Press) | BALBOA, Canal Oct. 21.— Great Britain has served notice United s milita authorities on Hitler that RA forces wiil al that they are c lucting ex- transfer the battle of the air to riments in e use of European ‘Germa kies over German fields,” a aid tact means of im- and added: “The d on which we pr de of the Panama can ke the offensive, steac Canal proaches | In dislosing that European air This double-barreled warning was activities are being simulated regu- voiced by the First Lord of ti larly in the skies ove canal and iralty lexander, and Colonicl adjacent ter General i Lloyd armen, Commanding vas » Panama coast artil- n Air le, said that a mew iype | munique from L ,'cf night raid is being tested and Both er that troops are being trained in the axis were g methods of coordinating team work | sathering between the defendng aircraft and | Air Force lasf d lefenses. { ital of the man Re wh .;m two Basieally the nmew tactics feature | great Ttalian industrial centers wer:| the distant circle use of anti-gir- craft searchlight batteries to illum- | inate attacking bombers so that pro- | sumultaneously bombed by the air- craft of the Bember Command The Air Minisiry al reported ; tecting pursuit planes can engage RAF raiders slashed at German's In battle before nearing a decisive‘ big 'naval docks and bombers & ne. When bombers are able to attacked Berlin, the gr get through these outer rings of light | armament works, Essen oi without being intercepted by pursuit ies and other military object aviation, they are then engaged by | Lord Beaverbrook, Minsiter anti-aircraft gun defenses Aircraft Production, disclosed Rt o e 507 El 1d now has more pl ) i £ before, but he said he wouldn't ing with them Late today, heavy explo Follow C.D. A. Meet across the English Channel ir ed that RAF is hammering anew al German held invasion bases n | Peaturing the hallowe’en motif, - a last night underwent a “hundred seeial will follo tomorrow night's bombs a minute” assault by Brit'sh business session to be held at the| the Catholic Daugh- The session will Parish Hall by ,e——— ntertainment Hennessey and Mrs. Glen V hments will | GIVEN FORTH oe arranged by Mrs. Charles Devlin, Mrs. F. M. Doolin and Mrs. J. M. | TO FRENCHMEN “"~ 0.E. S. Initiates Tomorrow Nighfj Initiation 'n\d as tomorrow evening by Eastern Star. The lodge work will start at 8 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Temple and Mrs. Helen Webster will preside in the absence of the Worthy Mat- ron, Mrs. Chris Wyller. The social will be in charge of Mrs. Alex Sey and her committee. he Re: | - - ‘ LONDON, Oct, 21.—Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill today warned the French people that “Germany has resolved on nothing less than a complete wiping out af the French Natien” and u « Frenchmen to “rearm your spirits before it is too late.” The warning was madé tohight i e pep talk to the people Britain’s fallen ally, The Breadeast made in both French and English and Churchill nen that least you ocial will be held the Order of will not hm der us.” e — Apparently referring to Ameri- can aid to Great Britain, came o s et e oo STOCK QUOTATIONS | cast: “The crimes of Hitler are A e bringing upon him and all who be-/ NEW YORK, Oct. 21. — Closing long to his system, retribution and Juotation of Alaska Juneau mine many of us will live to see the StoCk today is 41, American Can| story, which is not yet finished buy 94%. Anaconda 22 7/8, Bethlehem it will not be long and we will pe Steel 80%, Commonwealth —and| |og the track, so are our friends Southern 1%, Curtiss anht_ 7%, across the Atlantic.” General Motors 49':, International S ey Harvester 49, Kennecott 31%, New| | | York Central 14%, Northern Pa- FORESTER RETURNS [citic 6 7/8, United States Steel 61, | Pound $4.03. | | | | | ol AFTER SE“'"G up | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow,| pAIR or ((( (AMPS industrials 131.78, ; | Two new CCC camps, one at Haines and the other at Klukwan, were established last week by F | est Service officials John Brillhart |and Bob Duckworth, who made, | the Lynn Canal trip on the Fo.- ester, which returned to Auk Bay| | today. | | Horace Blood, who made the trip| to Haines on the Forester with Mis.| | Blood, is to be foreman for both | ‘camps. That at Haines will have| 23 men and that at Klukwan 12. Unable to make headway against| D HELP AN ALASKAN | g Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service for this qualified worker. SALESLADY - PRACTICAL NURSE—Woman, age 33, single ‘ Harry Jensens Have {3 stronk wnd, the Forester turncd| | aside into Echo Cove yesterday to| Several years' experience as sales e s % G Clure, were passengers south on the |nr. and Mrs. George W. Louden, The eignth birthday of Mark,:’;:,t_.hl‘,i]::l“m?\l\xt‘\»:mld} O LIPS 10T | a5t trip of the Tongass for Seattle Jr. Louden, Fairbanks representa-| Kilaich was celebrated with a lunch- | Holden took Mary Doogan to | Shroute to Portland where they were | tiye of the Department of Public| eon and movies on Saturday after- | penakee and Mrs A. Isaacson and | (0 Pe married on October 20, select- | welfare, was to leave by Electra this noon. A hallowe’en motif was used | Mrs G. Wahto to Sitka while She: | N8, that date which is the golden |afternoon for his first look at his to carry out decorations for the |went fo Ketchikan with mail and | Vedding anniversary of the groom's | first born. e";;”l“ = b to pick up three Petersburg pas- :’:lg::'F:f;z:s:osz;fliaa?;?(iymfi; S S 5 guests were Harold Sunder-|gencers to Ketchikan retiirn 8 , land, Wallus Rasmussen, Thorleis :’e;::::\ t\‘ it - Lt tasretueggnorth and make their SKRE'ARY B‘RII_E“ home in Juneau. Snaring, Bruc (' Nmnmn Charles | o ol "B e S e | et st ngi: | (EAVES FOR STATES y ch. gy Loren McNeil from_Sitka e Aehsemens Coin, ON FEDERAL BUSINESS SHEPARD POINTERS SOUTH Among a number of workmen | from the Shepard Point cannery at Port Ashton, bookkeeper E. Halvor- | |sen is a southbound passenger on vhl,‘ Yukon, > DAVLINS ON VISIT Secretary of Alaska E. L. (Bob) | Bartlett left on the steamer Yukon (today for a brief business trip to Seattle and San Francisco. He ex- pects to be back in Juneau within | three weeks. - GAME (CMMISSION T0 HOLD MEETING HERE FEBRUARY 1| THREE DIVORCE DECREES GRANTED. Three Juneau divorce cases were | disposed of last week by the Dl.\—i Annual meeting of the Alaska | trict Court of Ket n, | R. L. Davlin of the McCaul Mo- 2 ! Game Commission will be held in| Divorces wefe granted to Betty|tor Company, and Mrs. Davlin, HO[IROOK HOME | Juneau about February 1, Executive | vl from Patrick N. Boach, Lena | saijled for Haines on the steamer| i Officer Frank Dufresne reported to- | 8 Webber from Clyde B. Webber, | Alaska. They will visit briefly wllh‘ FROM WESTWARD day on returning to his office after Donald M. Graham from Evelyi Mrs, Davlin's parents. | conferring at Petersburg with Game | B. Graham. - o Assistant Reg 3 € is gional Forester Well- Commission Chairman Earl Ohmer - - FROM CRAB BAY Iman Holbrook returned on the Dufresne returned from Peters- DEPUTY RETURNS _ | €. L. Foss and family, from me,gtmm" Yukon today from an ad- burg Saiurday on the patrol vessel U. S. Marshal 1d | Chatham herring plant at Crab Bay, | ministrative visit to Seward, An- Bear. 1 returned on the stee passed through Juneau on the Yu- choraze and Cordova in the Chu- ——————— y 1 Saturday with a pr kon today with a number of the fgach National Forest 3 HOFFMAN RETURNS e tle, Mrs. Anna Arm. plant’s crew. Also aboard were Mr —————— Y = _ |acecu »\: of embezzlement by baillee. | and Mrs. K. Tollefsen. He is a book- WILL VISIT HERE Dave Hoffman of the Alaska Mine - > Kkeeper, L e . Equipment Company, returned on MINERS COME IN — the Yukon from a turn through the ‘Westward and Interior. He is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. % —ell Subscribe for The Empire B A A ST | Genevieve Means wife of Cor- crwin Hube and Floyd Ogden ON TRIP SOUTH L atva's Cndmiber of Cotmercs Presie lume in- over the weekend from| C. E. Richmond, owner of the dent, came in on the Yukon today Excursion Inlet where they have Sweet Shop at Anchorage, passed ' from the Prince William Sound been working on a lode prospect.! through here on the Yukon on a trip metropolis to spend several days They are at Gastineau Hotel. [to the States. Jvuluna here. clerk in ladies’ apparel shops. Also experienced as practical nurse, in- cluding t' years of hospital train- ing. Available for steady -or part |anchor a scow. The vessel re- !tumed this afternoon for the scow. i Don Hagerty of the Office of In- idm“ Affairs also made the trip. }time work. Call for ES 198. — e e KOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPKE, showing ofr route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. RS ¢ oo Ty a classified ad ir Tne Empire. | IRVING'S ; | SUPER MARKET | TAKING TRIP OUT ON YUKON Mrs. Fred Henning and daugh- ter Ann Louise sailed on the steam- er Yukon today for the States. —_— Mrs. Henning will visit during |the holidays with her parents inj | Snohomish, Wash, [ The Working Man’s Store | BT Phone 519 | RANDI MOLVER IN ‘: 4 ‘Every house needs watinghousc" PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Contractor—Dealer 140 So. Seward St. Juneau, Alaska Business Phone 161 Residence Phone Black 680 ] BADIOS | 1941 Models Now on Disvlay REPAIRS and SERVICE VACATION JOURNEY Miss Randi Mclver, Secretary to Director Walter P. Sharpe of the Unemployment Compensation Com- mission, left on the steamer Yukon teday fer a vacation trip of several weeks in Seattle and San Francisco. o TO KETCHIKAN o+ Mrs. Harve Iffert sailed on the | (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Furecast for Junean s0d vicipity, bczinning at 4:30 pan., Oct. 21: t cloudy tonight and Tues rot much change in tempera- wre; lowest temperature tonight highest Tussday 48; gentle southeasterly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight and Tues- htly cooler tonight; gentle to moderate southerly to south- easterly winds. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska; Dixcn Entrance to Cape Spencer, partly cloudy, moderate southerly t, southwesterly winds; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook, partiy cloudy, moderate easterly to northesterly nds; Cape Hinchinbro to Resurrection Bay, partly cloudy moderate to fresh northeaste winds; Resurrection Bay to Kodia:, fair, moderate to fresh northe to northwesterly winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 1emp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weathet 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.31 441 92 p Lt. Rain 4:30 a.m. today 29.53 444 9 Li. Rain Noon today 29.73 5.7 68 Lt. Rain RADIO REPORTS I TODAY Max. tempt. | Lovest 3:30am Precip. 3:30am Statien last 2i hours ' te °n temp, 24 hours Weather Barrow : 17 17 03 Snow airbanks 21 21 08 Nome 12 14 Dawson 26 28 Anchorage 28 28 Clear Bethel | Cleal St. Paul 38 i Cloudy Duteh Harkor 39 | Rain Wosnesenski 42 Kanatak 32 Kodiak 35 Cordova 43 Rain Juneau 53 Rain Sitka 48 Rain Ketchikan 56 | t. C! Prince Rupert .. 56 | 4 Pt. Cldy Seattle 65 | 5 Rain Portland 64 54 Rain San Francisco 0 57 59 0 Pt. Cldy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Moderate to heavy falls of rain were reported this morning over Southeast Alaska and northwestward to Cordova. The greates amount of precipitation was 1 inches which was recorded at Ju- neau. Light falls of rain had occurred over the Aeutian Islands and the Bering Sea and from the Alasia Peninsula to Seward and flurries had fallen from Anchorag: and the Alaskan Range to th uppér Yukon Valley. Clear or partly cloudy skies were reported over Western Alaska and mostly cloudy ski aver the Interior. Mostiy ovecast skies with local light showeas, moderately low ceilings, fair to goed visibilities and fresh to stroig southeasterly winds over sounas and straits prevailed this morning over the northern portion of the Seattle-Juneau airway. . The Monday morning weather chart indicated a low pressure arca of 985 millibars (29.09 inches) cen ered near Anchorage and a sec- ond low area of 996 millibars (29.41 inches) latitude degrees north, longitude 156 degrees west. A high pressure celli was centered at latitude 40 degrees north and lingitude 135 degrees west with highest pressure 1024 millibars (30.24 inches). Juneau, October 22—Sunrise 7.49 am., |FOLTA RETURNS FROM PETERSBURG Folta, Alaska Counsel- at-Large for the Department of the SNo at 42 sunset 6:35 pm Sixth Anniversary, Geo: ze VI A no-host surprise party was given Sy v\'Pnixl\ rml_ e ;\:l%\ or. returned on the Fish and Hatr Jeea gcom ety _‘he wildlife Service vessel Bear Satur- ¥ % DEINE b s and pleasure sixth wedding anniversary. Twenty-one friends called at the couple’s residence on Gold Street and the evening was spent playing bridge Honors were won by Mrs. M. L. MacSpadden and Mr. Edward Sweeney. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen were also presented with a gift for the | With me.” (G. D.-Calif.) Gas bloat- oecasion. ;u\g, sour stomach, spells of consti- =g o las | pation quickly relieved thru ADLE- IKA. Get it TODAY. Butler-Mauro Drug Co, — in Douglas by Guy's Drug Store. —a | trip ot Petersburg. S Subscribe for The Empire. “Words Are Not Big Enough to praise ADLERIKA. 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