The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1941, Page 2

Juneau Will See Soapbox Derbyin June Rotary Club Sponsors Race | for Boys with Trio | East as Prize in which the ip to Akron the national | in Juneau Vhl.\‘ sponsorship of Club. race of home-made will take place on 12th rt to be on Cal- 1d Belt Avenue A Soap Box main pr (&) t the The autc Street ravi 10bile with the houn Avenue at at the top of the hill above the | Gold Creek bridge. The race Will be held in June. The national finals at Akron. Ohio, will be held Aug- ust 17 The main national prize is a four- year cc¢ scholarship. Various local prizes will be given, including a trophy for the winner and medals | for runners-up. Steel crash helmets for every entrant will be furnished by the Chevrolet Motor Division, national sponsors. Age Limits The derby will be open to boys from 11 to 15 years old, with a spec- | jal race for boys eight to ten. The | latter will not be eligible for compe- | on at Akron, however. The main race will be open to every boy whose 16th birthday does not fall before June 1, 1941, and_whose 11th birth- | day does not fall later than Aug- | ust 17, | Entrants are allowed to spend not | over $10 on their cars, and must build them themselves. Rigid speci- fications as to size weight and fea- | tures laid down in the official rules All Juneau boys interested in en ter the Soaphox Derby are in vited to meet with the Rotary Club Committee at the Juneau High School gymnasium next Monday | evening at 7_o'clock Serving on the committee are the Rev. John Cauble, Dan Ralston Rod Darnell and Hank Harmon 3 Halibufers Sell, Seattle SEATTLE, Amll 8.—Three hali- buters, two American and one Can- adian vessel, sold their catches in | Seattle ioday | The Freya sold 19,000 pounds at | 16% and 16 cents a pound; Alrita, 19,000 pounds, at 162 and 16 cents; | Zapora Canadian, 22,000 pounds, at | 16% and 16 cents. -+ e o e | DOUGLAS | NEWS i 1S EVIL TO BE STAMPED OUT In a patriotic address before peo- ple of Douglas and Juneau in the scheol gymnasium last evening, Les- cturer, urg- vigilance on the pa people of the United States Communism. Every effort, be made to stainp COMMU istant against he d, should cut communistic propaganda Briefly the speaker told of his trip to Russia and how Comnmun‘sm there, whe there are no ! for the m and livin condit are hard. The aucience| sang “God Bless America,” to nianc accompaniment by Daniel Nico- lemu: 556 Ceee HOME GUARD DRILL Regular weekly drill of ¥ Home Guards will t e natatoriym this eveni - TRIO FROM DOUG GO WESTW Three Douglas reute to Dutch H: the naval base on the Columbia t are Jack Ellman, Ernest K. Johanson | > - | DEGAN ON SIUK LIS nte Degan was unak post in the Douglas ount of illness. V physician the latter man may not be able work for several day: e ALUMNI MEETING lay is the last one that c boxes will be arounu for thé Rooert Feero benefit as the meetinz of Douglas schocl alumni is to be hel cejve and’ distibure the fun socisl time refreshment been planned to follow business session tonight L. B. Nelcon and to be a Inn today ited by his A 'r k to his on aces Tc bution tri-| ntri- | town fund the re Slms«m)e !or The. Empire (OLISEUM-DOUGLAS Tuesday-Wednesady Wateh This Space | that | hopes of his “successful resis | Lazo Bozovich i i A group of American airmen, velunteers who formed their own Eagle Sjuadron, walk away from one of ‘their planes at an R. A. F. field some- Left to right: Pilot-Officer Charles E. Bateman, San Gabriel, Cal.; Lakehurst, where in England. Officer Stanley M. Kolendorski, soni, Conn.; Pilot-Officer Eugene Tobin, Cola, o unidentified men; Pilot-Officer Gregory Daymond, San Francisco, and Pilot-Officer Sam A. Mauriello, Astoria, L. I FORCABLES KING PETER AID GOING WASHINGTON, April 8—Presi- ent Roosevelt has cabled King Peter II, of Yugoslavia, assurances all materials assistance pos- sible is being sent and with earnest ance to this criminal assault on his Bal- kan kmvdom"- i ——— PILOTS MAKE TWO FLIGHTS Three passengers were with pilot ‘!"’ll Simmons this afternoon when nu flew out of Juneau. They were for Hawk Inlet and Dr. F. M. Langson and M. Olson for Hoonah. The pilot is expected ‘o return to Juneau with two passen- gers from Hoonah Pilot Alex Holden to fly a trip to Polaris-Taku mine this afternoon with three passen- gers. They are F. H. McPherson, | Mrs. G. Simonds and Mrs. C. B.| Brynelson. | scheduled | head WINNERS OF ESSAY , (ONTEST ANHOUH(ED Announcement was made today by radio station KINY of the win- ners of the essay contest sponsored the station on their new studio. First prize of $35 was won by Mrs. Helen F. Ebing of Sitka, sec- ond prize of $25 was won by Edith Bonesteel of Douglas and third prize was won by l4-year-old Doris Miettinen, Juneau High School stu- dent. by the opening of -~ MISS EDYTHE YOUNG ENROUTE, ANCHORAGE Young sailed Columbia Miss Edythe cn the steamer to Anchorage where has cepted position with the Aeronautics Administration. Formerly with the T ury of- fice here, Miss Young was Secre- tary of the Senate at the l'hl((‘(mu\ biennial Legislature. Mrs. Wllson Goes , To Dufch Harbor Mrs. Jack Wilson, owner of ‘the| Baranof Beauty Salon. sailed for the Westward today on the stean Columbia enroute to Dutch Har bor, where she will visit with her husband who is employed at the base. She, .expects to be away for about six weeks. today she ac a (/l\‘ll - MINING MEN FLY Feter niscovicl John Misco- vich, prominent mining men of the Interior, arrived on the Columbia and Jeft aboard a PAA Elegtra for the Interior BILLY BIGGS William (Billy) at Hirst-Chick Juneau for leave on the the south for IN TOWN B! gof few Mount a storekeeper is visiting in days and will McKinley for vacation trip of |two months. e JOE McCLEAN NORTH Joe McLean, of the McLean surance Agency, flew to Fairb, this morning on a PAA Electra for a four days’ business trip. He return to Juneau by plane, will | carter | aun back to him for loading, he said. tlnfllx(*' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941. AMERI(AN VOLUNTEER FLIERS AT RAF AIRPORI J.; 'Squadron-Leader W. E. G. Taylor, New York Ci Los Angeles; Pilot-Officer Nathanie Maranz, New York Cit INDIAN WOMAN SHOT; INQUEST IS UNDER WAY Mrs. Haze[ Wheai Killed While at Target Prac- tice with Grado | HERE FROM PETERSBVRG Knute Thompson, Petersburg fish buyer, arrived in Juneau on the steamer North Sea. - LOZZIES RFTLRV Don Lozzie, former Juneau taxi man, and wife arrived in Juneau on the North Sea. - MELLORS RETURN | Returning from a vacation trip w0 | Laguna Beach, California, Mr. and Mrs. W. Mellor are aboard the | North Sea, bound for Sitka and| their home on Neva Island | - | SITKA BOUND | Hazel McClellan, daughter of the | contract superintendent of Siems Drake Puget Sound at Sitka, is aboard the North Sea going io Sitka | to visit her father. - | | HERE FROM MINNESOTA | H. E. Hakes, retired merchant of | Windom, Minnesota, and wife, are round trip passengers on the steam- er North Sea. i - An inquest into the shooting last night of Hazel Wi year-old | Indian woman, was being held this afternoon in the court of U. S. Com- missioner Felix Gray. Mrs. Wheat was shot in the head with a .22 calibre bullet fired from a combination .22 rifle and 410 gauge shotgun, known as a “Game Getter. John Grado, k Mrs Wheat was firing the weapon at im promptu tarzet practice at Grado home eight miles out the Glacier Highway, said she shot hr‘ self. The gun has a 12-inch bar Pilot-Officer William H. Nichols, S8an Carlos, Cal.; Pilot- Pilot-Officer Andrew Namedoff, Thomp- Pilot-Officdr Luke E. Allen, Ignatio, | meeting in Wask =8 s AFRLL Union InSeattlels Suspended Has Jurisdfin Over Ten Thousand Workers in Boeing Plant 8—The strife- Mechanics 10,000 | SEATTLE, April torn AFL Aeronautical Union, with jurisdiction over NOTED :U-BOAT: U. 5. Navy Bomber Is Down, Sea quckagé lg;or'ied Sight- ed Off East Coast-Ten Men Aboard Craft NORFOLK, Vix‘glnia April 8.—A| wrecked Naval bomber has been| sighted off Cape Charles, Va., by| cearchers, according to a radio late| this afterncon. | Presumably the wreck is that of the PBY bcmber which left here yesterday morning for the Naval Air | Station at Quonsett Point with two cificers and eight enlisted men aboard. The wreckage was sighted by a| navy plane and later the Aircraft Carrier Wasp was reported gonz to the scene, The radio received did not state| whether any survivors were seen. ?JH 0¥l Bound No SEATTLE, April 8—Steamer Yu- kon sailed for Alaska ports at 9 o'clock this, morning with 175 first class and 70 steerage passengers. Passengers aboard the Yukon booked for Juneau include the fol- lowing: Gus Carlson, Martin Quanstorm, Alfred Carey, O. L. Wilson, O. M. Floe, Roy Bassett, Tke Taylor. | Allen Grange, Harold McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nelson, Harvey Hall, Lee Stevens, | Harvey Grant, W. E. McDonald, Miss H. B. Rowan, Mrs. Teresa Mc- Lieah, lJohn; Westmas, ‘Carlf Colvin. COMMANDER ‘IS Boeing Aircraft workers, remains| suspended at least until after a| ington next week. | The Executive Council of the| parent International Association cof Machinists, and International Pres- ident Harvey Brown, said the coun- cil of nine members has suspend- | SONS OF MANAHAN Dick and Bob Manahan, sons of J. Manahan, Traffic Manager of the Northland Transportation Compar re round trip passengers |on the steamer North Sea. Grade ¥n Jail | do was held in jail pending the | outcome of the inquest Juror ring testimony rnocn are Lockie Mack red Lundstrom, John G jamin Leaming, T and Walt B At the same was being made funeral bullet about ear. w this af- Al- Morris - ROUND TRIPPERS autops Ketchikan school teachers are AV\' | making a round trip to Sitka. They |are the Misses Marl Loyd and Ana- fred Hoecker and are aboard the North Sea. e MEHERIN TO INTERIOR J. J. Meherin left by AA Elec ra today for the Interior for call on the trade. - ee TAGGART IN TOWN W. T minent time, an at the Charles parlor. entered S. two inches above She was dead to the Government H by Grado and D. C. Simons. | Met Downtewn imony at the inquest showed Wheat and another na-| oman met Grado at a down-| tavern yesterday | The Wheat's the right brou s Nome town afternoon | man s a pe 08 and later went out the highway to/geq on a trip to Sitka and returning Grado's cabin, All had been drink-|jere will then proceed to his Seward Ing. | Peninsula headquarters. The ting took place at about| L LA 6:30 o'c Grad nid he was sit- McDONALD GOES WEST . | ting at the.hbase of a tree, with u[l‘.‘ A. H. McDonald, General Agent Whv sitting between his legs, Af-| of the Alaska Steamship Company each shot, she would hand the g the Westward, who attended the recent legislative session, left for Seward and his headquarters at An- chorage aboard the Columbia. e ey e sh The shooting was investigated last night by an FBI agent and Deputy | U. S. Marshal Walter Hellan. B s Retail sales of gasoline in Can- The Daily Alaska Ewpire hias the ada for the first nine months of largest paid circulation of any .Ai- | 1940 amounted to 660.105000 gal- aska nvwspapey ons, OBSERVERS RHURN Major Robert Williams (left) and Brig. Gen. Carlyle Wash, Command- ing Officer of the Fifth Bombardment Group at Spokane, Wash., chat at La Guardian Airport in New York after landixg aboard the Yankee Clipper which brought them home from Europe. Major Will- jams was wounded in the eye during an air raid on London where both men were observers for the United States Army. {a five days' trip to Sitka on of- ed the Seattle union because of/ violence yesterday when two union members were beaten, another chased in an auto and a fourth swore out a complaint charging his| life was threatened. The . trouble is between of the local union. factions| B NEW PROTEST BY GERMANY ON SHiP SEIZURES BY U. S. WASHINGTON, April 8.—Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull told| newsmen today Germany has sent/ a new note reenforcing a former protest over seizure of German merchant ships and crews follow- ing sabotage charges. Secretary Hull declined to reveal just what the exact contents of the new note contained. NORTHLAND MANAGER i MAKES ROUND TRIP Mr. and Mrs. William Semar, Vir- | ginia Semar and Esther Johnson | are round trippers on the North Sea. Semar is General Manager of the Northland Transportation Com- | pany and is making the round trip accompanied by his wife, daughter and schoolmnle of Miss Semar. - e Mrs. Louis Kann Back in Juneau Mrs,, Loui Karn returned herc on the steamer North Sea after a, visit over two menths in Seattle with | her mcther, Dr. Nancy Fulton. Mrs, Kann is the wife of Louis Kann, proprietor of Kann's Vnrietyw Btore in this city. BOB TOUSSAINT'S CONDITION POOR Beb Toussaint, who was taken to St. Ann’s Hospital Saturday after- neon in an unconscious condition, has not regained consclousness, ac- | | | | | | cerding te attendants this afternocn. Hi: condition is reported as poor. | Well known here, Toussaint is clerk in the office of the Territorial Treasury. - SIDES RETURNS Merv H. Sides, U. S. Deputy Col- lector of Customs, returned to Ju- neau on the Northland foday after ficial business e RICH TO KETCHIKAN | British counter measures against {Jack Ellman, Vince Derrig,. Peter | bers on Glacier Highway. | be Mr. and Mrs. | York Central 12, Northern Pacif- TAKEN PRISONER LONDON, April 8—The British ! Admiralty declares that Command- er Otto Kreschmer, noted Nazi sub- | marine commander, is one of 450 prisoners taken from U-boats that have been sunk by British aid :md‘ !sea craft. | The official communique said | the U-boat menace has recenlty met with-great success., MORE WORKERS GO T0 | DUTCH HARBOR BASE, Hired through the Territorial Employment Service for work at| |the Naval Air Base now in con- struction at Dutch Harbor, 18 men sailed from Juneau on the north- ound steamer Columbia this morning. They were Harley Johnson, Em- met Anderson, Arthur Anderson, Turner, L. B. Nelson, Ernest Jo- hansen, E. A. McCullough, William B. Metz, Vern Hodges, Ben Friske, Esvac Pitman, Ed Beatty, Fred MYI'E. Robert, Allen. Paul O. Holt | Progressive Dmner At last ‘hight's meeung of the Couple Club, plans were made for| a progressive dinner during ths | month of May. Thc affair, will be given at homes of the. various mem- Hosts for the My "gathering will| B. Lesher and| Mr. and Mrs 'l'ed Auat.erman. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 8. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 88%, Anaconda -23%, Bethlehem Steel 75%, Commonwealth and Southern 7/16, Curtiss Wright 82 | General Motors 42, Inwmamnal Harvester 56, Kennecott 32 3/4, New ic 6%, United States Steel 53 7/8, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones aveages: industrials 121.21, rails 2840, utilities 19.23. J. A. Hellenthals Back from States J. A. Hellenthal, Juheau lawyer, and Mrs. Hellenthal, returned here on the steamer Columbia after a two months’ visit to, the States, The Hellenthals spsnt most of THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., April 8: Mostly cloudy with light showers and not much change in tempera- ture tonight and Wednesday; gen'le variable winds, Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy with local showers and not much change in tempera ure tonight and Wednesday; gentle to moderate scutherly winds. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaskas Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate to fresh southerly to southwesterly winds; local light siowers; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: Moderate to fresh.s uthwesterly winds; local showe: Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrectio: Bay: Moderate to fresh souther: ly to southeasterly winds; local sh wers; Resurrection Bay to Ko- diak: Moderate to fresh northerl; winds except southeasterly near Resurrection Bay; local showers. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.59 48 75 SE 12 4:30 am. today 29.50 46 76 SE 5 Noon today 29.52 49 72 SE 12 RADIO REPORTS Weather Rain Rain Lt. Rain Time TODAY Towest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m temp. temp. 24 hours Weather 2 2 Clear 29 29 Cloudy 27 29 Pt. Cldy 30 30 Clear 38 40 Cloudy 25 25 Cloudy 25 28 Cloudy 33 34 Cloudy 2 30 Lt. Snow 29 20 Pt. Cldy 31 31 \Rain 37 Snow 45 41 Cloudy 46 % Ra % a7 Cloudy 38 Rain 41 Rain 40 Clear 4 Cloudy 45 45 Cloudy 51 52 Pt. Cldy WEATHER SYNOPSIS The low pressure area which was centered in the Gulf of Alaska has caused a southerly flow of moist, relatively warm maritime air over the coastal area and interior of the southwest portion of Alaska. Rain or snow was falling this morning from Southeast Al- aska to the Alaska Peninsula, and at scattered points in the Aleu- tian Islands. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies prevailed elsewhere over Alaska except clear or partly skie; over the northern and north- western portions. Rain or snow h:d fallen during the previous 24 hours along the coastal area fron Southeast Alaska to the Aleu- tian Islands, and from the Berin; Sea to the lower Kuskokwim Val- ley. The greatest amount of prec'pitation’ was .36 inch, which was recorded at Kodiak. The lowest t mperature this morning was two degrees, which was recorded at B .rrow. Oyercast skies, occasional light rain, moderately low ceiling; and fair to good visibilities pre- vailed over the Juneau-Ketchikan a'rway* this morning. The Tuesday morning weather chart indicated .a center of Io pressure vf 981 millibars (2897 inches) was located at 57 deqr north and 147 degrees west. The frontal portion of this storm and line of shifting winds extended northward and thence eastward Max. tempt. hstzdhom's | w11 52 . 39 52 45 31 34 37 34 Station Barrow Fairbanks Nome Dawscn Anchorage Bethel St. Paul Atka Dutch Harbor Wosnesenski . Kanatak Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Prince George Seattle Portland San Francisco . 47 45 43 4% 05 .01 07 | along the Guif of Alaska and into, lower latitudes south of Dixon Entrance. This storm was expected to mgqve northward and east- ward during the next 24 hours with the low in the Gulf slowly fill- ing. The indications were that a second low cenfer was moving eastward southwest of Atka, and it was expected that ~this storm would move about 600 miles during the next 24 hours. A high pres- sure area of 1028 millibars (30.35 inches) was located at 29 degrees north and 167 degrees west, and a second high center of 1027 mill bars (30.32 inches) was located at 28 degrees north and 149 degrees west, and a third high center was centered in northwestern Mon- tana. Juneau. PAA. FLIES 21 FROM JUNEAU: T0 FAIRBANKS .. v Twenty-one passengers, many ar-| Juneau, attended today’s Juneau riving_on the Columbia, flew out Rotary Club meeting in connection of Juneau this morning as four with an announcément the new all- PAA Electras left for Fairbanks. |native troop will be installed at 7:30 A PAA Lockheed Lodestar also o'clock tonight in. the Salvation left Juneau for Seattlé this morn- b ‘l o resent the 9—Sunrise 6:05.a.m., sunset 7:56 pm Uniform Donned By Juneau's First Indian Scout Apnl ing with map, air express, but nol,. Hargl passenge; Pwensers Izavlng for the In- terior ‘were W.lllflnm Coots, Donald Gill, .Jack David, Mr. and Mrs, W C, Sanborn and infant, Peter. Mis- covich, John Miscovich, Billy Viu- cich, Jack Lumresy Mrs, Glenna Spagnola, A. H. Stone, Joe McLean, L. B. DeLong, R. R. Gebo, W. J. Kertulla, Elmer Koskello, J. J. Me~ herin, Grace Lowe, Mrs. Mary Kelly | Hudson and George Sundborg. and, Mike Branch. The Board will meet Friday noon Both the PAA Lodestar and the|at.Percy’s Cafe to elect a President Douglas DC-3, now in Seattle and,and other ‘officers for the coming scheduled to come north today, year. Visitors at. today's meeting in- have been cancelled. B cluded Art Brown of Fairbanks, Jack Perry, of Seattle nnd Roy Gil- Nu ‘of )ARD OF " ELECTED BY ROTARY Juneau Rmudnns today clected a new Board of Directors consisting of Rod Darnell, Dr. W. W. Council, Mu uet.ulfe. Ernest Parsons Lou i Subseribe. for m filnin their time at their’ farm in Cali- fornia and with friends in San | Francisco. - MRES. RODEN SOUTH Mrs. Henty Roden- sailed south Gil Rich, well known traveling man, is a passenger aboard the Northland for Ketchikan, to Seattle on the Northland for ‘n short trip, anulek for his parents in l-nv-y Londnn. chhul Gutm-n 10-year- old British evacuee, became convinced he wasn’t wanted in the Engle- N. J., home of Dr. and Mrs. George Heller, although they were s make #¢] and his ‘sister- hp;ly Finally he ran away. An alarm was sent out and he was ew York. Shown back bome in bed, Mike thinks no BOW he was just wpset by the war aad all