The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1940, Page 2

I — 2 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 23, 1940. Diggin NEW TRAP LAWS OUT RECENTLY Wallgren Profests — War Dept. Throws Alaska Beaches Open TON INC Dec. 23.—Ser Mon C gren today 1 € d to the War Department ior f A an fish one appli- e same are: tofore the War bean oo} traps being g for Quake Victims ITALIANS ~ HEAR CRY OF PEACE . Churchill Pdurs 0il on p' Smouldering Flames of Roman Revolt Dec. 23. — Winston Churchill, in a broadeast to the Italian people today, appealed to /. them to did themselves of Musso- lini and threatened to rip the Afri- | |can empire “to shreds and tatters” if war continues between Britain and Italy. All thus, Churchill said, will come about “because of one man The people of Italy and Italy Army were never consulted, Churc- ill declared, LONDON, He said: “Surely the time has come when Italian monarc! and the people who guard the red center of Christiandom should have a word to say upon these awe inspiring issues. “Sur the Italian army. hich fought bravely on so many oc- regula- casions in the past but now evi- to file dently has no heart for the job, tatiish 15 and " place An aymy of reseue workers dig into the mass of rubble that was the should take some care for the life traps in front of those whose ow elegant Carlton Palace, Bucharest’s swankiest apartment building be- and future of Italy,” Churchill de- ers Dhave spent years prospecting fore the disastrous Rumanian earthquake. Ninety-eight bodies were clared. the fish ru recovered from these ruins of the thirteen-story structure, Many other | He spoke to the Italian people Wallgren ould urge tl victims were dug out, crushed but still aliva. from London in what diplomatists Fish and Wijdlife Service to issuc RIS, . e called “Words of great tru and regulations keeping the one mile respect.’” distance between traps and de- ( S G S G - lead to trap jumping and will cause FOR HOLIDAY DINNERS SIO(K OUOTAHONS endless trouble with Alaskan fish- s BNE Forty-four ducks and three geese A : BT were collected by Wildiffe Agents, .NEW YORK, Dec. 23. — Closing here last weekend for distribution Quotation of Alaska Juneau mine ASKS INFO at Christmas time by the Salvation Stock today is 5%. American Can p 0 Army. It is illegal to possess wild- | 86%, Anaconda 26'c, Bethlehem j fowl later than 20 days after the | Steel 84%, Commonwealth and close of the season. | Southern 3/4, Curtiss Wright 8%, | General Motors 49, International ON DEFENSE WORKDONE Senafor Wanfs Public Tak- en Info Full Confid- Succeeds Lord Halifax Who Is Coming fo U. S. as British Ambassador LONDON. Dec 23 Anthon Eden has taken over the Foreigr Secretaryship in a quick change in- terpreted by some neutral sources ence on Program as fltdaatovtuip, & Tire. bpras. G447 ot sive British policy and possibly im- WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—United Proved relations with Russia. es Senator Arthur H. Vanden-| Eden’s predecessor, Lord Halif berg today asked William Knud- Will rest for several days in nor son, Director of Defense Produc- Eneland befo ! n tion, to make public “full informa- Briti: 6 to the tion” on the progress of the de- States “‘ear in the new fense program a only a The request was made in a let- ter to Knudsen and read in the Senate by Vandenberg in which the few hours net aunt C latter expr d the opinion th ative the Brit the surest way to enlist complete Foreign Office through cooperation in speeding up defense ment” thus far in the proctiction would be to give the What Prime Minisher public full details on what has’ called (I mosl hor been done so far instead of “cryp- @ny British citizen can fill out- tic statements that all is well,” side of his count which he said have been made. Eder post of of War - ac ) son, 5( chief Goverr hip in Light Co. Employees Have Christmas Party There were about 40 Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Company em- ployees and their families at Sat- urday night's annual no -host Christmas party held at the Amer- ican Legion ‘Dugout. Dancing was a feature of the occasion with piano music supplied by Jim Gregg. Gifts were also ex- changed during the evening. - o FOREST SERVICE CHRISTMAS PARTY Annual Christmas party and ex- change of gifts was held by the For- est viée staff this noon in the office of Regional Forest B. Frank Heintzleman. - Classif Empire How States Win, Lose Seats in the Lower Chafifixr Sf?:‘on LIRS \ e _ STATES GAINING = CONGRESSIONAL SEATS _ STATES LOSING~ CONGRESSIONAL SEATS DENOTE PERCENTAGE 1 INCREASE OR DECREASE IN POPULATION % Apportionment of seats in the house of representatives following completion of the 1940 census may face a congressional fight. The |present reapportionment law discloses that 10 states, largely in the east and Mississippi valley, stand to lose a member each with eight states gaining., The law keeps the total membership at 435. There o SN BN SAS xecutive Officer Frank Dufresne praised the cooperation of sportsmen in giving up their birds and sad that any still in possession would be collected by Wildlife Agents to- morrow without penalty. - Harvester 49’2, Kennecott 35, New York Central 13%, cific 5 374, United 68, Pound $4.04. Pa- Steel Northern States DOW, JONES AVERAG The following are today'’s Dow, BROWN BEAR HITS oo ey, e 106; WILL SPEND st L HOLIDAY ON WAYS The motorship Brown Bear of the Fish and Wildlife Service won't re for Chriétmas, but her pas- ngers will The ship, enroute to Juneau from t struck a log near Ketchi- zan yesterday morning and had to | HELP AN ALASKAN Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service for this qualified worker. | | | | go on the ways there today for| repairs, She will be here Thurs-| MAGHINIST-LABORER — ¥oung % man, single, age 23, three years uni- b 9 g versity training in mechanical en- yuglas Gray, Associate Refu-| o> . 3 “\:"‘”f‘{“ (, “m:.\ :11‘:',«1:(‘;\1 | gineering, two years practical ex- b5y \AI‘- ’(_ ”w 5 \ AFl‘\‘l 2 ‘BI\'!fl perience in machine shop work, run A ll '{ B _‘”‘ 2 the lathes, read blueprints, drafting, etc. are expected to come north on the| oay tor BS 232. steamer Yukon. | e s e eee TRAPPER ON KATMAI MOMUMENT IS FINED GAME COMMISSION EMPLOYEES HOLD (HR'STMAS pARIv Found guilty of trapping in Kat- maie National Monument, John Annual Christmas party of the Smith of Takli Island was sen- Alaska Game Commission was held | tenced Saturday at Afognak to pay| last night at the Glacier Highway |$150 fine. A 60-day jail sentence home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer W.|was suspended. Jewell, with 24 in attendance. The| Smith forfeited eight fox, eight] Jewells and Mr. and Mrs. Frank otter, three mink and one weasel Dufresne were hosts. | skin. Jack Benson, Wildlife Agent,| Presents were distributed by Miss made the arrest. Valerie Pearce, Santa Claus for the e | evening. TOM AND JERRY BATTER Made to order, during holiday sea- son,—Sully’s Bakery. adv.| - .- Subscribe for The Empire is one representative for each 301,163 persons. This figure is are rived at by taking the total population, less the District of Columbia, and dividing by .total membership. Each state has an additional representative if the fractional remainder were more than half the 301,163, et I T Pray While Bombs Explode now or rain tion Tuesday; bt moderate Forecast of Tuesda erly winds; Cape y winds; Cape t rain b; yester today Ma 1 la Nome Ancho Bethel St. aul Dutch Harbor Wosnesenski Kanatak age Cc Juncau Sitka Ketchikan ttle ortla. San While a German alr rald took place outside, these London churche goers prayed for safety inside the church. Only the windows of the church tustained damage although smoke and fire can be seen outside, BUM MONEY TOUGH TIME by t counterfeit to appear in he current Chris hopping sea- Money-wise Americans Cutting Out Xmas Gifts to Counterfeiters Francisco Rain Southeast and snow from partly cloudy ing the previous tian Islands to or A E3 5 mon- e re down a mem one 1ome-mad | est temperature | Scatlered clouds low ceilings, an the | The Monday on was a $5 sil tificate that bobbed up in Oklahoma How To Act v mterfeit ¥hen you Do not re lephon the mmediateiy under some and 136 degrees Sea Juneau, ing Dec If the p: n down his is inv number r leaves, write iption or if down the | | | 7 | | a ATURE SERVICE he American public has learned now its money, and result S | promises to spell doom for an- | nual pre-Chrisimas hars me PINE CONES (AN | counterfeite ADD CHEERY MOTE Chief Frank J. Wilson of the U. fing secret service his crossed, but he secs ever 10 YULETIDE FIRE fon that the wm count ol feiter hi: st stand in . 1j fixing pine the cur mas season s ol slorea The racket has become “too hot e the bi 1e money passers be- gay note to ause the secret se this year lored pine has done such a thorough job Of | cones ave easy to prepare. Simply teaching the public how to detect coqy with shellac, then dust with bogus bills on sight, says Wilson. ClOEn b ARk 25 Hare: Unlike Any Other Conper sulsiske % Yuletide days traditionally are fat| Lithium chloride for purple, lays in the counterfeiting business.| gopper salts for emerald & Store clerks. cashiers and ha Calcium ct o are busy and supposedly careless with their money. But this Christmas unlike any other Yuletide in the 76 years that the U. 8. secret service has existed, and only a sprinklnig of ccunterfeit bills has appeared. Usu- ally the nation's annual loss is close to $1,000,000, but Wilson pred LINEN TOWELS WILL PLEASE FRIEND WHO HAS PRIDE IN HOME he woman who takes great it will be reduced 80 per ‘cent in 1940 The secret service inaugurated nride in feminine touches for her an educational campaign on Janu- some new n hand towels ary 1, 1940. A “know your money” | % a choice gift motion picture was distributed; ser- been ¢ vice azents talked about counter- blocked linen towels. The feiting in radio programs; many | desior include many floral pat- words were written about bogusiterns and there is an opportunity ect a group of towels of sim lar design in related colors. - BURKES RETURN Arthur Burke and Mrs. Burke re- turned to Juneau aboard the Mount money and a campaign was carried on in schools. Children Help Wilson says the educational cam- paign nect only placed children on thefr guard against tricks, but in addition made them “junior secret service” agents. They constantly they have been for several months. THE WEATHER U. S. DEPARTMENT DF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4: howers tonight n Entrance to Cape Spencer: moderate, becoming mode at ly winds; Resurrection Bay %. tempt ow a, skies over Southeast Alaska. The greates (inch which was recorded as Wosnesenski, Temperatures above normal | prevailed over the central and we:tern portion of Alaska. Juneau-Ketchikan | sure center of 966 millibars (28.52 inches) | north and 165 degrees west, and the second low center of 960 milli (28.35 inches) was located at 47 de:rees north and a third low center of ahout the same pre This charming couple are stars of Hollywood’s latest true “rags to riches” story. Jane kessel, 19, a model and Los Angeles doctor’s receptionist, r-vnd Jack Beutel, 21, who quit his job in a Dallas, Tex., insurance office McKinley from Anchorage where «iree months ago to try his luck in the film capital, roles in “Tha Ontlaw” although neither ever played in pictures before. (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) 0 p.m, Dec, Mostly cloudy with light iin or snow; shoWwers Lor it and Tuae not mu in temperature; lowest temper: to- night about 28 de st Tuesday 33 degrees; gentle ‘ winds. 5 Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partiy cloudy with scattered licl and T outh gentle to modera to fresh northerly winas along the sday; slightly warmer easterly to southe: in Lynn Canal, <t the Gulf of udy with h easterly fair; moder tion Bay: fair to Kodiak; mostly clo: 1 easterly winds of Alaskn: ¢ partly local » to f to Spencer to Car Hinchinbrook to R s y Tuesday; moderate to f L DATA 92 97 94 29.34 29.30 RADIO REPORTS | TODAY 4:30am temp, Tovest P 24 01 24 hour 01 Cl Rain PL. Cldy Cloudy 20 20 01 T 06 1.03 60 55 WEATHER SYNOPSIS iaiiing ffom Kodiak Island to the over Island Clear Dur- was this :nor at some stations and Aleutian Nunivak Island t> the Seward Peninsula prevailed gencrally elsewhere over Alaska 24 hours snow o' rain had fallen from the Ale Kodiak, and fron the Bering Sea to Barrow, and amount of precipitation was 43 ol The low- this. morning wa; minus 8. degrees at Fairbanks. to overcast wit1 local light showers; moderately good visibilitie; were reported this morning over airway. morning weather' chart indicated that the low pres- was located at 52 degrees d 1d 149 degrees west, ire at 45 degrees north low over the Ber- west; the pressur was relatively 23 —Sunrise 9:47 a.n sunset 4:08 p.m . ave the leading How British "Bl G REELCLE 2, 239 <% The British Army, still carrying on its slashing offensive in the western Egyptian desert, Gascist bases ¢f Bugbug and Sidi Barrani. Shaded area is where Ialians bogged down. it2" Forces Split Duce’s Army miles from the Libyan frontier, December 11. With a large number of prisoners taken were three ranking Italian generals. Map shows how the British drive from Matruh split the Italian Army. Black arrows show raute of British whe pushed from Mediterranean between two main in Egypt o= captured the Ttalian-