The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 15, 1941, Page 8

8 BIG ATTACK IS PLANNED UPON TOBRUK (By Associated Press) On the North African front, it f reported the British preparations for the surrounded Libyan continue on the Tobru ¥ Air Fe ntinuir ce patrols are report- to search the Libyan yast for Fascist officers believed ) have escaped from Bardia, before port was captured, in motor- Does Her Bit from the water by a salvage crew, Royal Navy Plane Down In Uruguay South Americans Having Hard Time Figuring Out Law in Case (By Associated I'ress) Uruguyan authorities were pre- sented with a new problem today when a British Navy seaplane, pos- sibly attached to the cruiser Enter- prise, ran out of fuel und made a forced landing in Maldonado Har- bor, near Montevideo. The crew of three were detained pending decision as to whether or not they should be interned under international law The information was received by diplomatic quarters in Washington - - Diana Napier Actress-wife of Richard Tauber, world-famous singer, Diana Napier is now driving an ambulance in a Polish unit in Scotland. She is seen here beside her machine. — e feet? Steves WHY SUrreER with Phone 648, Chiropodist Dr your First (#) 1 QUALITY Ehoice American Bottled in Lowd W /:/ég/ . At your fevorite tavern and package store. Catholic Daughters Announce Adtivities For Coming Months A full calendar of activities for the next two months has been an- nounced by the Catholic Daught of America, final plans having been drawn up at last night's meeting held at Parish Hall Two card parties have been sched- uled, one on January 31, and one February : Murs. A. M. Geyer, Mrs |IT. J obson and Mrs. Mary Doogan will be in charge of refresh- ments for the first party and Mrs. H. R. VanderLeest and M M. E. Monagle will a: 1ge the entertain- ment. The February card party will be in charge of Mrs. Jack Fowler. Highlighting this affair will be the distribution of a bedspread, quilt and buffet set. ! Tomorrow, starting at 9:30 o'clock in the morning, an all-day sewing session will be held by the Red Cross workers at the home of Mrs. George Simpkins. Next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock the study group will meet at the home of Mrs. Lewis Brown at Thane. The next meeting of the Catholic Daughters will be on the evening of January 22, at which time a so- cial will be on the program. Ar- rangements are in charge of Mrs. V. L. Hoke, Mrs. Walter Hellan and Mrs G. Battello - - b SCHENY -J gy n::rln.:u’: ;W"'M / New voRR.#® d Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 100 proo Schenley Distillers Corp., N.Y.C. AIRM AIL ENVELOPES, showmg air route from Seatile to Nome, on sie at J. B. Burford & Co. adv, After An Accident § . Is the time you'll appreciate hav- § ing the protection of complete automo- ! bile insurance . . . New policies now § available afford wider coverage than § ever before. § : Shattuck Agency New York Life PHONE 249 Office : | | — A British torpedo plane, brought down by Italian anti- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15, 1941. BRITISH PLANE RUNS AFOUL craft batteries at an undisclosed spot, is hauled BUILDING WARPLANES Answer to the question:—*“How are modern warplanes built?”—is par- tially answered in the photos above of four essential steps in the cre- ation of an airplane. These were snapped in the important defense plant of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, in southern California. Top, an engineer works out the design of a new plane. A power- driven router then cuts out metal parts for the craft. Riveters, in third panel, are pictured humming on the sub-assembly line, and, below, the sleek craft nears completion on the final assembly line. Production step-up has put this precision job on a belt line basis. Michigan’s Old, New Governors Luren Dickinson and Governor Van Wagoner Michigan's old and new governors, chief exccutive of the state, off Luren Dickinson, ref and Murray D. Van Wagoner, , are shown in Lansing aftez the inaugu on. Dickinson, 80- year-old crusader, is pinning a flower to Van ner's coat lapel in the picture. Van Wagoner is former state highway commissioner, ring n: taking ELKSBEAT | HENNINGS HOOP FIVE High School Has No Trouble in Winning Over Na- fional Guarders LAST VIG"T High School 44; Nat’l Guard 20. Flks 32; Henning’s 25. HOW THEY STAND W L Pet. Firemen 2 0 1.000 High School 1 0 1.000 Henning’s 2 1 667 Elks 1 1 500 Eagles 0 1 000 | DeMolays 0 1 000 National Guard 0 2 000 The High School’s Crimson Bears last night were too much ball club for a pickup team of National| Guardsmen, and a driving Elks club came from behind in -the clesing minutes last night to nose out ahead of the Henning quint. The High School had no trouble against the soldiers and ran up points at will until the first sum" was pulled from the game. | The Guardsmen have three play- ers on sick list xmd ll»t mun uuh showed with form, League officials s'\y it likely the Guard team will h\ dropped from the circui Elks' Stecady Drive { The Elks’ win over the Henning club was a record of steady drive from start to finish. It was a close game all the way, but for the bulk of the game, the Henning squad had the edge. At half time the Clothiers were out in front 18-14, and it was not until there were but five minutes ‘The 1941 Plymouth gives you amazing luxury left to play when the Elks tied and comfort, smart new styling, startling up. Go to Pieces At that point, a slowly bogging Henning squad seemed to go to| | pieces and ragged playing became sloppy ball, The Elks squad took| —~ new fire on the other hand ani | piled up the tallies. S(HEDULE FOR | Lewis broke the tie with a long ‘ IS ANNOUNCED flat toss, putting the Henning men in front again, but Druliner, get-| ting two free tosses, tied up again Courses o Be Laid Out on Douglas Ski Trail- | StandingsGiven | i ‘Then Lovos potted two in a row for four points edge to the Elks. ) Bird cut the edge one point with a free toss for Henning's, but Elks- men Watson and Druliner splashed two more field goals through the hoop and the game was over. Next Monday, another double bill is slated for the Douglas floor, High School vs. Elks and Eagles vs. by making both of them. Schedules for the remainder of National Guard. the races in competition for the| Scores last night were as follows: Henning and Behrends trophi High School have been announced. The ¢ FG FT TP country race is set for January 26, tHo rogulars in usk Eke-Over the wheel of this New Plymouth—and Drive! i a 70:0%@44’/: detton/ Test the New Plymouth for trigger-quick ac- celeration, It’s got it! Know the thrilling response of the big 87-horsepower engine, of new high torque, second gear starting—the smoothness of Floating Power. It's great! performance. Let us show you the new one- piece hood, the counterbalanced trunk lid. And think of Spring Covers, famed Oil Bath Air Cleaner, New Safety Rims, Big 6-inch tires —all quality features—on even the lowest- priced Plymouth models. Come in—see this big, beautiful 1941 Plymouth—today! COWLING-DAVLIN C&. PHONE 57 Hopkins Off for England Harry Hopkins, former Secretary of Commerce, waves farewell to his family as he Loards the Yankee Chpper at the LaGuardia Airport, New York, for fiight to Europe. He is to serve in London as the personal emissary of President Roasevelt, =~ LAFAYETTE, Ind., Small holes are a good thing n outside walls of up-to-date struc- tures, according to results of study of insulating materials at Purdue University. Keeping such insulation dry is one of the problems builders. Although protected from materials are . rain, the insulating Holes ln wa“ subjected to wet vapors which | form between walls. The Purdue experiments show Aids Insulafion that vapor pouring over insula- tion does not wet it seriously un- less the vapor is confined. Hol> Jan. * — in the outside walls permit escape of the vapor and prevent unde- sirable wetting. Holes are re mended for outside walls of frigerator cars for similar sons, of SR ’l‘ry a classified ad in The Empi rea- | Murphy 4 3!the downhill race for February 9.| | Bavard 3 1 7!/and the combined downhill and \“h} McDaniel 4 3 lom race will be held February 23.| | Miller 1 2| All races are run on the Douglas| | Lucas 1 2| Ski Trail. | Rice 3 g ‘The crogs country course will l""i Pasquan 0 ollaid out this week-end according | Faulkner 1 1 3| to anncuncement, and all wishing to ‘,Nordling 3 ¢/ familiarize themselves with the| | DeLong 1 | course may do so at that time. e The course will be laid cut in the i Totals 21 2 44/|second meadow and the public will| | National Guard :);-:Lbllz t;lv(x:‘ most of the race from | i |th catior | | sturrock F(; Pg Ti‘ Standings for the first race for the | Guy 0 0 o‘hvnnu\" trophy includes: rtiss | | willey 3 9 PS 4 Shattuck, 100 points—1 minute 15 ;Ho!hfiu*m 4 o g seconds; Dean Williams, 90.4 points Vel s b 1 —1 minute, 23 seconds; Fred Ball Davis bl 1 3 843 point—1 minute, 29 seconds ! Albért Schramen, 828 points | T 7. o-'minute, 303-5 seconds; Bill Hixson, | Totals 9 2 20 446 points—1 minute, 33 seconds; | S |{Bud Tewell, 75 points—1 minute, | ks 434-5 seconds; Axel Nielson, 70.4 FG FT TP’pomts—l minute, 502-5 seconds. Wood & 20 Standings for the Behrends trophy | Moss. ... -0 0 O/ncludes: Mary VanderLeest, 100/ Watson -2 1 3points—1 minute, .06 seconds; Jane| Hussell 2t 50 Vickery, 895 points— 1 minute, | Vanderhoeck -3 0 5‘144-5 seconds; Elizabeth Terhune, Havlic -0 0 0j798 points—1 minute, 22 4-5 seconds; Lovas -.3 0 6 Mary Jean McNaughton, 76.2 points Johnson 3.0 ‘-—1 minute, 263-5 seconds; Edna | Druliner 2 3 7 Almquist, 61 points—1 minute, 404-5 Ares o —\seconds Louise Blanton, 59.6 points| Totals ... rhore LS AR |1 minute, 504-5 seconds; Marie. Henning’s \swner 51.5 points—2 minutes, .08 FG FT TP seconds. Hickey o 0 2 Jean Anderson and Margaret Taguchi 0 1 1/Blankenship both made excellent Bird 3 3 7 times and would have placed well Stewart [ 0 0, up in the running if they both had Krugness - -0 [] 0 not failed to complete the course.| Lawson TAE | 1 3 Their score was not counted because | Lewis 1 1 3of the incnmp]efion | Voorhies 0 1 1 £ - Clark el 2 8 Kumasaka By T on R Wh " Totals -9 7. 25 un en | Lo s iwer Bombers Raid [y 31 Pounds Silver | i [} ! CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 15.—Now | | In Begga' s potke‘s | that she’s out of the war zone, Helen | | Moore, visitor from Edinburgh, Scot- land, can tell you about air raid | BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 15—When warnings. “You grab your knitting someone made a wisecrack about|or vour sewing and run for the shel- his income tax, a crippled man hold- | ter,” she says. ing a tin cup on a West Park sl.reel} People who can afford them have | | corner became enraged. 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