The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 5, 1941, Page 8

View of Santander, Spain Portugal from “the Hurricane, followed by fire that swept acros: kills and injures hundreds and causes great property The wind spent its fury in northern Fire, fanned high wind, reportedly destroyed more than 200 homes in Spain, on the Bay of Biscay. It was reported that more 30,000 were driven from their homes by the fire. DrySpell C.ofC.Meels InJuneau On Thursday lS B[Oken Several Guests Are Invited Including Members of | Education Board The Juneau Chamber of Com- N dry spell in Juneau was ibout the noon hour today ght shower. The present ken dry spell starting February 16 equal- Jed a similar “drought” in 1936 when merce will meet tomorrow noon at there was no rain from late in M their regular weekly luncheon in the to earlv in June, Baranof. Last night there was a slight Guests at the meeting will be E. W. Knight, publisher of the Alaska Weekly: A. H. McDonald, of An- chorage, of the Alaska Steamship Company: members of the Territor- ial Board of Education and several members of the Halibut Industries Curtailment Board. - Srock QuoraTions NEW YORK. March 5. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4'2, American Can 84, Anaconda 237:, Bethlehem Steel 76'., Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8, General Motors “sprinkle” in the Auk Bay section, the lake ice showed water, then it froze .- Suhseribe for The Empire 40%, International Harvester 47' Kennecot 31%, New York Centra Northern Pacific 6, United States Steel 567, Pound $4.03%. ALL ALIKE? AVERAG! o e 10e NG The following are today’s Dow can compare W Jones averages: Industvials, 120.30; SAU DAIRIE rails, 51; utilities, 19.21. e G flavor of DAREG! FUNNY MIXTURE you'll eat every drop! 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If you are interested, write us today for complete | present bill for legalization of the | Mrs. John Cauble in charge of club AIRRAD IS UNDER WAY ON CHANNEL ‘British Bombers, Fighting Planes Swarm Over Occupied Ports LONDON, March 5. — British bembers and fighting planes swarm- ed across the Channel early this evening and attacked German in- vasion ports. Hits were scored on the d Boulozne and large fires were ed especially in the inner harbor RUSSIA IS | AFTER BASES, BLACK SEA Makes Demand on Ru- mania Which Causes Ac- tion by Gen. Anfonescue BELGRADE, March 5.—High dip- lematic quarters said Gen. Anton- escu has rushed to Vienna to con- fer with Goering because Russia has demanded Rumania immediately | cede naval bases in the Black Sea. A | brief time limit has been set by Rus- sia for Rumania’'s reply —— WOMAN'S CLUB FAVORS ARMORY BILL NUMBER 66 Leqislation Dept.Heads Ac- tivities of Group Dur- ing February f Work of the Legislation Depart- ment was highlighted yesterday in the reports of club activities at the meeting the Juneau Woman's Club in the Penthouse of the Al- of ] aska Electric Light & Power Com- pany. The president, Mrs. Harold Knight, presided | Mrs. Harold Smith, chairman of the Legislation Department of the Alaska Federation of Woman's Clubs, reperting for Mrs. John Mc- Cormick, who was absent, told cf the luncheon held in February, honoring the Legislative ladies; of the five radio programs given un- der Mrs. R. R. Hermann's direc-| tion; the letters she had sent to all clubs in the Alaska Federation| F: g for their endorsement of| | the Wickersham Bill and of the |letters Mrs. Knight had written to each of the clubs informing them that the Juneau Woman's Club had endorsed the Wickersham Bill. Mrs, Smith also reported a| | meeting of the Executive Boards of | the three Woman’s Clubs in Ju- neau, which had been held to (l\s-; cuss various bills to be presented dorses Armory | At the meeting yesterday the club voted to sponsor Bill No. 66, which provides for construction of an armory and the club voted to withdraw its endorsement of the Department of Health. | The Department of American Home and Applied Education, with activities for this. month, has four radio programs on its schedule and a luncheon to be held March 18, with the time and place to be an- nounced later. Relations Dept. The next meeting of the “Good Neighbor Tour” study group will be held at the home of Mrs. P. J. Fitzsimmons, newly appointed chairman of the International Re- lations Department, Monday, March b R c The radlo committee reported that Mrs. Hermann had been in charge of the special Lincoln Birth- day broadcast and that Mrs, V. Williams and Miss A. Coleman are to be in charge of the radio | programs for the club during April. | | Tentative plans were made for a party to entertain the Douglas Woman's Club with Mrs. Burras Smith as chairman, assisted by Mrs. John Livie, Mrs. Arthur ngm; |and Mrs. E. F. Vollert. Mrs. Har- old Smith offered the use of her home for the oceasion, the date |to be announced soon. Mrs. J. M. Clark, chairman of |the Finance Committee, also an-| nounced that she was planning a| |tea with fortune telling in the| ;near future. | Dorothy Stearns Roff also an-| details. DICK DUBOIS Hudson Distributor 600 E. Pike St., Seattle | nounced that.she will take a group| {of six for gymnasium classes at| | her home. Those wishing to regis-| (ter are requested to call Mrs. Har-| “uld Knight at Red 1 —— ey - Dinosgur tracks the size of a, bath tub are being reconstructed| on the Unjversilty of Texas cam- pus. the pilot can leave the plane. thus his name will be added to| PR OO ES T RN the nominations made at the cau-| cus, according to an announce- ment by retiring Mayor Thomas COOGAN HAS Readers Get Dose = [ e Passing a physical examination with lying color: !into the Army today through in- {duction procedure, which w ahead several weeks at his ow quest THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1941. Crash Protector and 1'nventorr S"KA("Y - TICKETPUT - Up,CAUCUS ‘Candidates for Mayor, City| Council, School and Spe- | cial Board Selected SITKA, March 5—At the city| caucus, held for the purpose of selecting candidates for the April elections, the following were nom- inated | For Mayor: Jack Conway For the City Council: Frank Price, Tom Daine, John Summers,| O. W. Tupper and Dr. William Charteris. (Four vacancies to filD. For the School Board: Mrs. Nels; Drugg, Jack Calvin and Roberli Jernberg. (Two vacancies to fill.) For the Board of Directors for, the City’s newly acquired 'puhlic‘ utilities system: Len Peterson, Dan Moller, Leslie Yaw, P. S. Ganty,; Thomas Tilson, and Neill Andm-{ son (Five to make up the board.)| Any office ker may file his candidacy before March 10, and, Major Alexander P. de Seversky, designer of military airplanes, is shown, in New York, in cockpit of a plane fitted with his new crash protector. The device is retractable, and is coupled to the landing gear s0 that when the latter is lowered the crash protector will be projected to absorb shock should the plane nose over. The diagram shows how GOOD BACKGROUND SALT LAKE CITY—Vadal Pet- 3 erson, Utah basketball coach, played SANDERSVILLE, Ga., March 5.— ! goothall, basketball and baseball &t No news isn't good news for a news- poth Utah State and Utah in col-| paper, so after a particularly dull lege days. week, Editor G. S. Chapman of the ' weekly Sandersville Progress {ook his troubles to his readers in a page one story: Said the headline: “Newspaper Hits Another One of Those Newsless Weeks.” Troopship Takes 1,200 Sol 0f Own Medicine JOINED ARMY HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 5— o | WHY SUFFER with vour feet? | Phone 646. Chiropodist Dr. Steves. | (adv.) Jackie Coogzan, 26 got - Empire Classifieds Pay diers to Boston 3 i Dining out 0 a glass of delicious, sparklin ab% and acceptable. { For three generations Olympi 3 leadership as the ongmal light tal It is not alone the use of € oicest grains and hops is f ch h Ty, Water” from . so good—"1¢'s the that makes Olym:“;‘:"inem wells that extracts the our crystal-pure : ] distinctive flavor found in Olympia g Olympia is both enjoy- a has maintained its ble beer. i .. Beer.. —~ VISITORS WELCOME X America’s «one of ing CO- Olympia Brew NEW CHEVROLET NOW ON DISPLAY CONNORS MOTOR Auiomobilmyers Asked to Inspect Latest 1941 ‘ing. with pressure streams to con- necting rod bearings; cooling sy: | tem, vacuum spark control, dia- | phragmn-spring type clutch, syn- cromesh transmission, strengthened | frame, semi-floating rear axle, | worm and ball-bearing steering | gear, hydraulic. brakes, body by | Fisher, with a 116-inch wheelbase |and an overall length of 195 3/4 inches. There are many other new im- | | | | | | The first U. S. Army transport to dock in Boston Harbor since 1918 lands 1,200 soldiers at the Boston army base, where some of the soldiers are shown debarking from the troopship General Hunter Liggett | en route to Camp Edwards and Fort Devens, both in M husetts. These men have just completed five weeks of secret maneuvers in the Caribbean area. U -Boat Mounts Anti-Aircraft Guns Giant Nazi Here is a view of the superstructure of a giant German submarine, pictured as it returned to its base after “an extended raiding expedition in the North Atlantic,” according to the official German caption. In addition to the usual deck gun forward, the U-boat has two anti-aircraft guns aft of the conning tower, a development prompted by Britain’s use of long-range bombers to escort convoys. : WhereWOc:chpiec_l Frai:ce [/ieets gpam steppihg back and forth across the bridge entrance where oeeufihd If Franco bows to Nazi demands for passage of Ger- this spot will loom large in world history, * German sentries are shown goose-s France and Spain meet at the Spanish town of Irun. ‘man troops through Spain for an attack on Gibraltar, | new 1941 Special { from the States, has “everything, provements on the new Chevrolet and anyone interested is urged io drop into the Connors Motor Company and see this new, modern car on display. MdKinley Is Bound North SEATTLE, March 5. — Steamer Mount McKinley sailed north at 9 o'clock this morning, carrying 279 passengers, including 89 steerage. Passengers aboard the steamer | booked for Juneau include R. D. | Kelly, Clarence R. Olson, Harold | Knight, Perry Suff, G. A. Gustaf- | son, Paul Wilson, Mrs. Sigg Wigg, Product-Just Arrived Announcement is made by the Connors Motor Company, that a De Luxe five- passenger Chevrolet coupe, in the| latest two-tone color combination, stressing the famous Suntan color, is on the display floor for inter- ested Juneau automobile buyers. This new car, a recent arriva and is the “last word” in automo- bile design. Mr, Connors says: “Chevrolets for 1941, in their new body design, are admirably adopted to two-tone color treatment. The color com- binations available have been se- lected especially for their har- monious effect and to best enhance the sleek beauty of the new body lines.” The new Chevrolet has practical- | e BNk S ly everything improved. There js! a_ 90-horsepower valve-in-head mo-| The Daily Alaska Empire has tic tor, lightweight pistons and crank-‘lnrgest paid circulation of any Al- shaft, a specialized system of oil= aska newspaper. P i i 5 =% B.P.O.ELK S Past Exalted Rulers' Night Wednesday, March 5 REFRESHMENTS by 3 ENTERTAINMENT it { Y NOMINATION OF OFFICERS % CABARET DANCE, MARCH 8 o ElksOnly A sbip