The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 4, 1940, Page 2

2 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4, 1940. PIONEER IN FISH GAME PASSES ON Oliver Dra'h-ge, "Father” of Juneau Cold Storage Dies in Seattle Drange, “father” of Ju- cold storage business, diec yest in Seattie at the age of 70 years, accordix word ceived here I e's brothe Drange left his v in Tread- well about 1900 and set up the st nsh buying plant on Gas- ieau Channel on a site approx ely where the Alaska Air Trans- porf hangar now stands In 1915, with his partners, Martin Holst, Ole Orsen and J. F. Ma- lony, Drange mBved to the city wharf and erected Juneau's first stora plant, moving ‘tha business to the present site of the Juneau Cold Storage in 1927 Four years ago, Drange sold his stock in the cold storage and divid- | ed most of his time between Seal- tle and Tenakee He was a member 6f the EIks and the Odd Fellows here and one of the best known men in the Ter- ritory. was as popular as any man in the business has ever been, He was born in Norws ber 19, 1870. Funeral arrang have not been announced e S NEY" SPECIAL USE PERMITS ISSUED FOR PUBLIC LAND Secrefary of li'arior An- nounces Reguiations for Conservation New regulations permitting spec- ial use of portior: of the public domain not heretofore specifically covered by Federal law have been announced by Secreiary of the In- terfor Harold L. Ic! The regula- tions are desig.ed to permit use of| the public land in the interest of both national defense and conser- vation . Stipulating conditions under which the special use permits will be granted, the regulations provide that applications, accompanied by a $5 filing fr 1y be filed in ap- propriate district land offices by American citizens or declarants 21 years of age, or corporations or other groups authorized by law to conduct pusiness, Lands under permit will be sub- Ject to applications for use under non-mineral laws and shall at all times be open to prospecting for minerals, exploration for objects of antiquity on the public domain, and for rights-of-way. — et Mrs. McCormick to Spend Holidaysin Walla Walla, Wn. | Mrs. John McCormick is leaving | December 18 for a vacation in Waila | Walla, Washington. While there| she’ will visit her son and daugh-| ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mc- Vav ard her two grandchildren. In ‘Walla Walla she will also be a guest | of Mrs. Everett Shafer, the former| Irene McCormick. In Portland she| will be the guest of Mrs. Verne| Whitcomb, Department Secretary of the Oregon American Legion Anx- iliary. Before returning to Ju-| neau the first part of the year, Mrs, | McCormick will stop over in Tacoma for a visit Wwith -a brother. —egge Sewing Group Gi 0 pUives Shower @ Member Members of the Monday Sewing Club honored Mrs. William Hixson at a shower at the meeting of the . group e home of Mrs. Robert . Hennin: last Monday. Many iovely | gifts were presented to the honoree. The remainder of the evening v spent in-sewirgz. Refreshments in keeping with tie occasion were served. . . Thase present wers Mesdames Frank Campbe liam C. Wal- ther, Milton Larl Wilson, Merle Biggins, ava Misses Lu- cine Koontz and Eleanor Warren and the hostess and the honor . guest. Mrs. Barl Bassford, who was unable to be present sent a gift. ————— C.D.A. CARD PARTY Friday, Dec. 6, at 8 o'cloek in the| Parish Hall. Refreshments, bridge pinochle and whist. Adm. 50 cents 4 2 adv . ‘Thurs, Dec. 5, from 2 0 5 pm, at the' Church - Parlors by sAid; also fancy from 16 am. to 6 p.n. adv. With the fishermen, Drange | YULTEE STRIKERS RETURN Cal waiting to be admitted to the plant, wer make sure no spies gained entry. closely serutinized by Federal LANGLIE'S ELECTION FLYINGSOUTH CONCEDED Tt Army's amphibian, which spent 11 days in the harbor at Auk Bay waiting for favorable weather cn the flight from Anchorage to Langley Field, Virginia, left here for the south yesterday afternocn The big ship went over Petersburg at 2 c'clock yesterday afternoon and to spend the night at Ketchi- and continue south tcday D MAIL FLOWN 10 AIRLINER | | ‘Former Senator Dill Wries Letier to Washington's Next Governg SEATTLE, Dec. 4. — Governor- Elect Arthur B. Langlie has re- {ceived a letter from former Senator C. C. Dill conceding Langlie’s elec- tion as Governor. The Dill letter also stated that ‘“now Democrats and Republicans alike are enabled to focus our at- tention” on state problems Dill's letter said he conceded Langlie’s election as the result of the certification of the returns by Secretary of State Reeves who gave Langlie a majority of 5816. The to- tal vote was Langlie kan At two o'clock this afternoon Panair flying was still at almost a standstill with thick weather hold- z in the passes. Gene Meyriig got through to paper Curentul, often called t mouthpiece of the Nazis in Rumania, | refreshments. Mrs, said tod t tions in the “final st to begin in April 10 10BS ( i 3 Their 12-day strike settled by a 16-month agreement, employees of the Vultee Aircraft Company at Downey, went back to their jobs of building $84,000,000 worth of military airplanes. Returning workers, shown Agents and company guards to NAZIS PLAN DEATH JAB; NEXT APRIL Final Stagezmar Report- ed as Set Up with Lit- fle Nations’ Aid BUCHAREST, Dec. 4.—The ne y the Axis pi es of small nned to use Juropean na- | of the war” he arn The newspaper warned Ruman- ians to take seriously their promise |of military assistance as pledged | slgning with the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo | partnership. to the Axis in Rumania's #recent | Nc mention was made of the state | (Republican) | Gene MEVILE €Ot Joo_ |against whom war will be waged 392,522 and Dill (Democrat) 386706, | W oitehorse from here with an Elec- | ooy “gpring byt the editor also Dill, in his letter, wished Langlie |2 ! of soutnbound mail for the' .o eq Germany 1s planning a| success and also said he believed | DOW e, but weather con-, o'y eagne of Nations headquarters Langlie will be as anxious as any- |Gitions this afternoon gave no as- |, “v,0 - one else to insist the “legislature|® e M eyring would be able — et - to irn this afternoon with mail |take such steps as necessary to cor- frcm Seattle brought north day be- |rect returns,” remarking that he had received many letters and telegrams | {07¢ vesterday on the Douglas, charging mistakes and fraud in other Eieclias axe beld fere counting the ballots by weather, but it is believed they il | will go north tomorrow, the Doucg {las will go south, and Meyring wil |come through with airliner mail |for Juneau. Polaris Head {Mail on North Y | Coast o Close, Passes Awa (10 A. M. Tomorrow Edward C. Congdon, President of| the Polaris-Taku Mining Company, | passed away a week ago at hi home in Duluth, Minn., following Mail to be dispatched on the North Coast for the States will | a stroke, according to word re-| "!"“ tnmorrow_ Jeagn w 2® sl | oclock, according to an an- ’ Congdon, who last visited the| Ipteomery mede :"’M;‘;: | minie in August of 1039, made many| o eroon BY Fostmaster | friends in Juneau, and company| oot i employees “will feel his passing, “i‘;:'f N:"h ifi“:f:“;":es"'.:; ‘ keenly,” as Superintendent Frank| e ¢ o'clock tomorrow forenoon but the mails clese at 10 am. -es Many Will Attend Business Luncheon i From all indications a large num- No word has been received as t0|per of business women expect to Cernigdon’s successor, but it is be-|attond the luncheon given by Holy Heved one of his brothers, who are| Trinjty Guild in the Parish Hall| heavily interested in the pmner(y‘p,-iday from 12 to 1 o'clock. Ar-| will succeed him. rangements have been completed RS b to serve a large group. No reserva- | c.hOir to Pra(fi(e There will be a hot meatless dish ch'istmas Program | with ample accompaniments. Those |in charge of the luncheon are Mrs. ‘Thomas Haigh, Mrs. E. M. Polley, To practice music for the Christ-| Mrs. C. E. Rice and Mrs. Sam Fel- mas program, members of the Lu-|don. theran Cheir will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the Resurrection Lu- theran Church. All members are urged to attend. Miss Merle Janice | Schroeder will direct. S eee McPherson put it. | The moving force behind devel-i opment of the Polaris-Taku, only| large operating property in the| Taku River drainage, a few miles| above the boundary, Congdon had great faith in the district and was| always quick to predict a bright mining future for the Taku coun- try. | | | | tions are being made and all in-| terested are invited to go. e e A e 'YAKUTAT YOUTH DIES IN LOCAL HOSPITAL Sakid Mk Eugene George, 25-year-o.d Yak- =) § e utat youth, died this forenoon at| l‘ HoseiraL IToTEs Government Hospital where he had S— —— been hospitalized for several weeks. Mort Truesdale returned home He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | yesterday from St. Ann's after re- Sam George of Yakutat, ‘ | ceiving medical treatment, It is expected that the remains | will be sent to Yakutat on the next Dorothy Boudin returned to St.| northbound boat which should be Ann’s Hospital yesterday for medi- the Mount McKinley on Decem- cal treatment. | ber 14. \ EE M. Rayela, surgical patient, was} Greenland was named by dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital| Norwegian navigator, Eric yesterday afternoon. I'Red. | the the | | offices. 'HANFORD BACK | Juneau | mons. Business Women Juneau Business and Professional cmen announced at their luncheon meeting held Monday in the Baranof Iris Room that they will sponsor a card party Friday, December 13 at will the Legion Dugout. This be lation on the Child Welfs Magnhild Oygard reported upon the proposed legalization of the Health Department The group voted to endorse both bills. A Christmas party was set for December 20 at the home of Mrs. | William Paul, Sr., with Miss Adel- | heid Guenthner in charge. Miss| Anita Garnick, president, presided | over the Monday meeting BARAMOF HOiEL STEAMER OFFICE IS MOVING OUT| H. R. Shepard, agent for tha Can- adian National Line here, which | operates during the sumnier months, | announced today his offices are be- ing vacated in the Baranof Hotel and moved to room 507 in the hotel. | A Royal typewriter office wiil be | opened in the Canadian Naticnal FROM KUGRUK Brooks Hanford, who moved to from Wrangell and then went to the Kugruk River placers this summer with Karl Theile, re- turned on the Electra yeosterday. Hanford, who spent the season on the Kugruk property, is the Baranof Hotel. - LITTLEPAGE ON WAY TO SEATTLE Jack Littlepage, Superintendent of the Chichagof Mining Company cperatiens, arrived in Juneau yes- terday afternoon with Shell Sim- 1est at| A guest at the Gastineau, Little- page will catch the next boat for Seattle on a brief business trip, re- turning as soon as possible. | Trustees. | informa lior Cheir are urged to attend re- Army Officer Flown in Via B-17andPAA Whitehorse Residents Get Look at Boeing's Fly- ing Forfress Whitehorse residents yesterday caw their first big military aircraft when a Boeing flying fortress, a B- 17, 20-ton bomber, landed on the Yukon Territory field from Fair- banks, according to Lieut. Col. E. Hoag, of General Staff. Hoag flew to Whitehorse in the big bomber and came on through to Juneau by Electra He ¢ ared the Army would liked to have been able to come on through to Juneau, but the Juneatt airport ‘“can't handle the flying fortresses.” Hoag will sail on the McKinley, returning to the War Department’s General Staff offices in Washington where he is connected with the G-4 division (supply). He has keen in Fairbanks for the past few weeks on an inspetcion trip while the Army‘ began testing of equipment under severe weather conditions While in Juneau, Lieut. Col. Hoag is a guest at the Baranof Hotel - New Officers Are Elected by Alaska Pioneer Auxiliary New officers were elected last night at the meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 6. Mrs. Lillian Hooker is the new President; Mrs, Caroline Armstrong, Vice-President; Mrs. Jerry McKin- ley, Secretary; Mrs. Teresa Satre Treasurer; Mrs. Charles Fox, His- toria. Mrs. Katherine Hooker, Chaplain; Mrs, Anna Rodenberg. Sergeant-at-Arms and Mrs. Delia Dull, trustee Following the meeting they joined the pioneers for cards and Alma Hendr! son won high score at bridge and Anna Rodenberg was first at pia- ochle. - e e - Alask¥a Pioneers Chogse Officers| Pioneers of Alaska met last nmlli‘ at the Odd Fellows Hall for their annual election of offi Those chosen were Ja Wilson, President; Joe Green, Vice-Presi- dent; Samuel J. Paul, 2nd Vice- | President; Alfred Zenger, Secreta John Reck, Treasurer; John Lang- seth, Historian; Dean C. E. Ric Chaplain; Mike Seston, Sergeant at-Arms; Karl Herlin, Doorkeeper; Al Lundstrom and Samuel J. Paul, SIMMONS ON ISLAND TRIP Shell Simmons flew to the coast again today and Alex Holden was planning a Fokker flight to Polaris Taku. Simmons took William Hayes to | Sitka, and Joe Shrewsburg, M. Mc- | Mr. and ‘Mrs. Burris Smith of the Cartney, W. Goulman Konoff to Hirst. Yesterday afternoon, Simmons brought in Jack Littlepage, from | Chichagof, and Mrs. J. Kennedy, M. | H. Pain and Frank Kuhuski from Hirst after flying Jerry McKinley from Sitka to Chichagof. Junior GlIiI*d‘Haé Knitfijg Meeting ~ Members of the Holy Trinity Jun- | lor Guild met last evening at the| home of Mrs. F. H. Stinchcomb! with Mrs. N. Lester Troast as co- hestess. The evening was spent | knitting for the Red Cross. Mrs. A.D. Wallace was a guest and spoke during the evening on| cenditions in England. The next meeting will be a buffet supper at the home of Mrs. Court- ney Smith January 5. Election of and Sam | | | 5. cfficers will take place at that time. Junior Choir Will Rehearse Tonight All membe: of Holy Trinity Jun- hearsal at 7 c'cleck tonight in the Parish Hall. Under drection of Miss Kathleen Carlson, the Christmas music will be practiced. L e HEMLOCK IN PORT The lighthouse tender Hemlock is docked in Juneau today, taking oil at the Alaska Junmeau wharf. She is on d routine cruise servicing lights. ———— Subscribe to the Daily Alaska 'BILLION ADDED 10 FHA HOMES AUTHORIZATION Uninterrupted Flow of Capifal Info Construc- { fion Now Assured | WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—The ad- diticn of $1,000000,000 to the FHA's mn insurance approved by Presi- | i i , \ maxin heme red by 1A insura time. sident Roo clea d the vath f larze-seale | expansion in the production of} inanced, and hol soundly-built, soundl; t bl nald ely all cause of the smulus eiven to home cwnership| the FHA-insured morigag B, o tion of single-f: | ily dw=lling this ye: s beéen, procesding in the 1la voltme | since . the Administrator said "AIRSPACE' OVER SITKA, KODIAK, CLOSED BY U. §. President Prohibis Flying% Over Naval Bases in Alaska ( | airplanes | [el a1 or privat are prohibited from flying over the| {cdiak Nav statis ; Presidential e or-| November 18 ishing | airsp reservations” ove thf-'i The rovides that n oair-| The provides that no ai { craft other than public aircraft | of the United States shall be navi- gated “into, within or through” the| new naval airspace reservations. | The reservations extend from each bage three miles to sea to the limit of territorial waters. - e ——— Catholic Daughters To Have Card Party On Friday, Dec 6 Cathelic Daughters of America will spcnsor a card party to be given at the Parish Hall Friday, Decem- ber 7, beginning at 8 o'clock. Bridge, t and pinochle will be in play awards for high scores. An tion is extended to all those| interested in attending Committee in charge of the cards is Mrs. V. L. Hoke, chairman; Mrs. | A. Riendeau and Mrs. G. Batello. Mrs J. K McAllister, Mrs William Frank and Mrs. T. Jacobson will be in charge of refreshments. —_———-—————— Barbara Smith to Celebrate Birthday Miss Barbara Smith | 1 danghter of Spickett Apartments, will celebrate her sixteenth birthday tonight with a 6 o'clock dinner party for eight. Following the dinner the group will attend a show. Those included will be the Misses Beverly Leivers, Lenora Olson, Winona Monroe, Joy | Cemers, Joyce Smith and the Messrs, Robert Boggan and Gil-| bert Monroe and the hostess. e, Subseribe for The Empire. Fly UNITED SAN FRANCISCO 4% hrs. LOS ANGELES 7 hrs. from Seattle Fares only 5¢ a mile. Liberal baggage allow- ance. Call travel agents, hotels, Pacific Alaska Airways, or Alaska Steamship Co. UNITED AIR LINES 4th Ave. and Union St. Seattle Empire—the paper with the largest paid circulation. |ing THE (By the U. —_— WEATHER S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT DF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUR De 4: Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at Light rain or snow showers tonishit and Thur: lowest temperature tonight about 32; highest gen variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cioudy south portion; r or snow showers in north portion tonight and Thursday; slightlv colder north portion; gentle to moderate variable winds mostly nertherly in Lynn Canal Forecast of winas along Dixen Entrance to Cape Spence: couthwesterly winds, becoming northwes 1nzal to Cape Hinchinbrook: y. fresh to strong easter! ate to fresh southwesterly; Spencer Thur. 0! the coast of the Gulf of Alaskas to cloud; moderate ly winds by TRHursd: howers tonight, partly to southeasterly winds shiftir Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection partly t Bay: local showers tonight, partly cloudy Thursday, moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, becoming northeasterly Thursday; Resur rection Bay to Kodiak: partly <oudy, moderate to fresh north- W iy winds, ' LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 71lemp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 pm. yesterday 29.48 41 8 SE 7 Cont. Lt. Rain 4:3¢ am. today 29.28 39 92 s 4 Int.Lt Rain 11:30 today 2019 39 9% s 2 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt Iowvest 4:30a.m. | = p. 4:30a:m, Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weather Barrow 9 3 9 0 Drifting Sn. Fairbanks 22 10 05 Ciear Nome 16 i 13 0 Pt. Cldy Dawsen 12 0 05 C r Anchorage 34 3 03 Cloudy Bethel 13 13 2y Int. Snow St. Paul 38 32 03 Snow Dutch Harbor . 41 36 28 Cloudy ‘Wosnesenski 40 35 0 Pt. Cldy Kodiak 41 32 02 Cordova 42 39 243 082y Juneau 14 39 49 Int. Lt. Rain Sitka 46 44 27 Cloudy Ketchikan 51 50 93 Rain Prince Rupert .. 60 48 1.10 Heavy Rain Prince George .. 46 41 0 Cloudy Seaftle 57 41 0 Clear Portland 52 44 18 Foggy San Francisco .. T4 55 59 0 Clear WEATHER SYNOPSIS Rain was falling this mornir cleudy to cloudy skies were repor clear in the Fairbanks area. previous 24 hours from Southeast Alaska to Kodiak Islar banks and at some stations in the Sea and the Aleutian Islands. over the interior of Alaska. Overc: erately low to low ceilings, poor this morning over the Juneau-Ket. The Wednesday morning weath ' front extended from a low center degrees north and 151 degrees harlotte Island and thence sout tively low pre are prevailed ov sure of 1024 millibars (30.24 inches Tem y over Southeast Alaska and parlly rted elsewhere over Alaska except Rain or snow had failén during the and Fai the Bering prevailed les, mod- reported d ywer Kuskokwim Valey, yeratures above normal a it skies, light rain or dri: t> good visibilities were cikan airway. chart indicated an occluded o 975 millibars (28.79 inches) at 53 1 wast just off the coast from Queen hwestward into lower latitudes. Re - the interior of Alaska. High pres- was located at 34 degrees north, and 129 degrees west and a second high area of 1021 millibars (30.15 inches) at 25 degrees north and Juneau, December 5. Sun: NATIONAL DEFENSE FISH NEEDS BEING STUDIED BY BOARD In connection with th Pru\l(i”h/ national defense program, R. H. Fielder, Chief of the Division of Fishery Industries of the Fish and Wildlife Service, has been desig- nated chairman of the Fish Com- mittee of the General Food Surve; Committee of the National Defense Advisory Committee. The Fish Committee is one of 12 which will deal with the nation's food supply. Tt is charged with tak- an inventory of our food re- sources and making recommend tions for the collection of such per. tinent information as may be quired for defense purposes. The packs of canned salmon creased 37 percent during the two World War years. e NOTE £ ATRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing | afr route rrom Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co, adv. e Subscribe to the Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the largest paid circulation. « 173 degrees west. rse 9:26 am., sunset 4:11 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT CF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. October 11, 1940. Notice is given that Thomas Jef- ferson Selby, has made application for a homesite under the act of May 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 809) for a tract of land designated as Lot D, U. S. Sur- vey No. 2392, containing 4.75 acres, situated at Auke Lake, near Juneau, Alaska, Anchorage serial 08866, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claims in the district land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. First publication, Oct. 30, 1940. Last publication, Dec. 24, 1940. p.m. WHAT CAUSES EPILEPSY? A booklet containing the opinions of fam- ous doctors on this interesting subject w/ill be sent FREE, while they last, to any reader writing to the Educational Division, 535 | Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y., Dept. 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