The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 15, 1941, Page 2

BRITISH (RUISER IS LOST Admiralty Réporls Craft| Tornedoed While Es- corfing Convoy YON, April 15--The loss of 1 cruiser Bonaventure is 1 by the Admiralty vas torpedoed while to a convoy date sseort Ity gave neither n of the sinking. - VETERINARIAN LOCATES HERE &) Jan Hotel, long time veteri- | i n the states in metropolitan e announced today that he erve Gast au Channel 11 animals with expert R & X who fills a long felt | Anita, and Marie Ricotti, Hollister. 1 this line of work for Ju- | u and vicinity has worked in the | Veterinary clinic and the itle Velerinary hospital, besides ther large cities in the east. He is| raduate of two schools in Veteri- | traiming, namely, the Grand| Veterinary coll pnd the | Graduate Veterinary college Mlinois. reports he cdan diagnose any democracy.” MEDAL AWARDED FOR HEROISM IN R ALASKA RESCUE urvery work wnire neeset Congressional Nofice Tak YR en of Bravery in 1935 at Unalaska NORTH AFRICA | AXIS ADVA“(E | For bravery in attempting to res- |cue a seaman who fell from the BEL'EVED ovE dock at Unalaska the night of Octo- ber 4, 1935, Ellwyn E. Chivers, 26 i ]years old, Seattle merchant patrol- CAIRO, April 15.—The impression cvails here tonight that the swift [silver man, last week was presented the congressional life-saving 200 mile Axis advance across North medal at a ceremony aboard the Africa almost spent itself when the |steamship Surveyor of the United forces reached Salum, in Egypt. States Coast and Geodetic Survey The British are therefore viewing | in Lake Union. the situation in Libya with more op-| The presentation was made by timism than at any time since the |Comdr. A. M. Sobieralski, inspector advance began three weeks ago. |in charge of the Seattle field station | o AT |of the survey. India produces 90 percent of its| Chivers made a desperate effort requirements of war supplies.|to save the life of Bert McCarthy, e 1 {a member of the crew of the Sur- be for veyor, who stumbled and fell from = the dock in the darkness. He and | Wiley Hooper leaped into the icy water and dragged McCarthy to the | pier, but McCarthy died from ex- posure. Hooper, who is in the East, also will receive a silver congress- | ional life-saving medal. ne Seattle Rapid Post { Chicago, He isease oxpert His office own Subsc The Zmpire. = == | CLOTHES that ure CLEANED OFTEN—Wear Longer! Senl YOUR GARMENTS to Trianale Your appearance Is Assured When You act of Congress, is presented by the | Treasury Department for acts of heroism in saving or attempting to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 194| EIemenIafy Schools, thk Shops of Democracy Role of elementary schools in preservation of democracy held spotlight at sessions of the California State Conference of 1,500 elementary school principals and district superintendents in San Francisco recently. Above, among noted educators at the meeting: Lila Melefily, San' Benito County; Charlotte Berberick, Santa Emil J. Spiering of Ferndale was elected group’s president for the coming year, and declared that the organization’s aim is to make elementary schools ‘“workshops of | Response t:)_Rolary-Em- 83SIGNUP BRITISH TAKE FOR SOAP NAZI TROOPS BOXDERBY AS PRISONERS Imperial Forces in Africa Admif Losina 80 Tanks | in Egyptian Battle | CAIRO, A])nr léi»Tl1 e British iMiddle East Command annouticed |today that 250 Germans were (akenf s, more than 100 Axis soldiers pire Contest Idea Is Overwhelming Showing enthusiasm to gladden thHe hearts of the sponsors of the Juneau Rotary-Empire Soap Box Derby, 83 Gastineau Channel boys jast night régistéred 4as entrants in the big event, which is to take place in Juneau. The initial mass registration oc- curred at a meeting at the Juneau High School gym. Another large| e British acknowledged losing | group registered today with Hank gy tanks in the Salum area just Harmon at the High School and igcrogs the border in Egypt but the| additional registrations are still| Britich Command said “Wé inflicted being dccepted by him. losses on the cnemy by patrol and Attending the meeting last night artillery action.” to sign up participants, pass out| rhe village cf Salum is believed to | official rule books and distribute have changed hands several times entry blanks were Rotarians John in open fighting which. the British L. Cauble, Ro@ Darnell, Dan Ral-|say is still in. progress there. Al- | were destroyed when the British re- |pulsed an attack yesterday at Tor- | bruk, Libyan: port 80 miles from the | Egyptian border. head and Mac Metcalfe. holds the village at the moment, the Class A |Italians claimed its capture. | Those registering in Class A| On the East African front there }Inges 13 to 15 were George Paul, |is a resumption of the British ad- thur Lowell, Erling Ma:tinson,Boblwas‘announced that Italian troops ston, Hank Harmon, W. M. White-|though it was not disclesed who Daniel Morris, Rob Johnstoné, Ar-|vance toward Dessie, Ethiopia as it} | mission’s Washington office not lat- |er than the closing dates specified. ARMY TANKS .Ruiocuiogthg's..:lm'}lw BETTER THAN iene i Evewns OTHER M“DS ‘Friends of Pioneer Juneau- ie Invifed fo Call at Baranof Gold Room WASHINGTON, April 15.—Under- secretary of War Robert Patterson | teld Senators today the Army's light | and medium tanks are “superior in, A reception honoring Anna E. spced, armor and weapons than those now, pioneer Alaskan and resident of any other army,” and its bombing | of Juneau for almost 50 years, will planes and pursuit planes are bet- |be held this evening at the Baranof ter than Europe's best. \Oold Room between 8 and 10 o'clock. Patterson gave this information | The affair is in celebration of Mrs. before the Senate Defense Investi- |Snow's eightieth birthday. No spec- gating Committee. {al invitations have been issued and all friends of the pioneer woman |are invited to attend. | Before the reception, a family | atnner will be given by her daugh- | ter, Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne in the m, 'ELEVEN DUE FROM SOUTH ON PAA SHIPS Two Lodestars Will Land in CiviL SERviICE EXAMINATIONS Civil service examinations for the positions described below have been announced by the United States | Civil Service Commission. Applica- | " tions will be accepted at the com- The salaries are subject to a 3% percent retirement deduction. Architect, with salaries ranging Pasqual, Willlam Tataha, Bob Ver-| non, Linn Forrest, Minard Mill,| Lindy DuPree, Gene Erwin, Wal- lace DeBoff, Bob Goldstein, Jack | Wilson, Dick Christianson, Leon-| ard Olson, Beverly Lane,’ Jack Hen- rickson, Leddie Hogin Jr., Sammie | Simonaison, Eugene McRoberts, Bob Davenport, Troy Erwin, Bill Carl- son, Charles Linehan, Eddie Hughés, Robert Forrest, Russell| Clark, Bert Linne, Denny Merritt,| John Cass, Don Pegues, Marlin| Feero, Jack Everett, Lester Troast Jr., Tommie George, Rudy Krful, Laur Bonnétt, Nathan Skinner, Frank Olson, Richard Young, ! George Tonsgard. | Class B Registering in Class B (ages U; and 12) were Johnnie Harris, Har- vey Hildre, Jack Turoff, Homer| |Hudon, David DeLong, Severin/ | swanson, Terry Lennon, Dick Troast, Robert Swanson, Jackie Burford, Donnie Krane, Edwin Heisel, George Kelly, Jerry Chap- man, Jimmie Klein, Jerry Gucker, | David Sperling, Leonard Harju, |Floyd Osborne, William Vernon, | Edwin Stewart, Lewis Barnesson, | Jim Troast, Keith Weiss, Mike Johnstone, Don Hagerty, Sherwood ;Jones, Markus Russell, Bill Dal- | ton, Richard Brown. | Those registéring in Class C (ages 8 fo 10) were Lloyd Reid, James Sprague, Robert James Sommer Jr., Stanford Clark, Wil-| liam Forward, Willlam Sperling, John Christianson, Donnie B. Bur-| ford, Robert L. Howell and Robert| | are being pursued in the South. - e AIRRAIDS ARE MADE | ON SOFIA British Plan;fi)rop Bombs Two Successive Nights —Fires Are Started CAIRO, April 15—British planes air raided Sofia, capital city of Ger- man occupied Bulgaria, on Sunday and last night and started many fires in storage yards and many munition trucks, all loaded, were blown up. This is the official RAF report. BRIDGES HAS COMPETITION AS ILWU HEAD (andidate Runs Against THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and viciniby. beginning at 4:30 p.m., April 15: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, but with fog in Gastineau Channel Wednesday morning; slightly colder tonight with lowest temperature about 36 degrees, highest Wednesday 48 degrees; gentle variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight and Wed- nesday except fog patches in channels Wednesday morning; colder tonight in extreme north portion; gentle to moderate variable winds. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alasks Dixon Entrance to Cape Spéncer: Moderate southwesterly to west- erly winds, becomihg southerly Wednesday; partly cloudy; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinéhinbrook: M derate southerly to southeasterly winds; partly cloudy; Capé Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Mod- erate southeasterly winds, becb(niu; nottheasterly to easterly Wednes- day; partly cloudy; Resurrecfion Biy to Kodiak: Moderate easterly to southeasterly winds becoming mderate to fresh Wednesday; partly cloudy, becoming occasional lignt rain Wednesday. LOCAL DATA Barometér Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 38 92 S 4 39 91 Calm 42 81 E RADIO REPORTS Weather Showers Showers Showers Time 4:30 p.m., yesterday 30.07 4:30 am. today .. 30.15 Noon today 30.28 6 TODAY . Lowest 4:30am, Precip. 4:30am temp. temp. 24 hours Wedther Clear Cloudy Snow Fogay Snow Snow Snow Pt. Cldy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Showers Pt. Cldy Clear Pt. Cldy Cloudy Pt. Cldy Pt. Cldy Showers Cloudy Max. tempt. last 24 hours 4 Ly 29 39 49 33 32 38 “, 4“4 9 39 43 4 54 Station Barrow Fairbanks Nome Dawson Anchorage Bethel st, Paul Atka Dutch Harbor Wosnesenski Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert, Prince George Edmonton Seattle Portland San, Francisco | 1 | 0 04 45 o 14 21 [ 1 2 64 n 62 38 41 53 WEATHER SYNOPSIS Relatiyely cool, maritime air p»‘vai!ed”ovcr the southeastern por- tion of Alaska, and some instability showers had fallen during the previous 24 houis over this area. Cold, continental ‘air had in vaded the extreme morthern and northwestern portions of Alaska this morning, and snow was falling a’ some points in the Bering Sea Seward Peninsula and the lower K iskokwim Valley. The greatest amount of: precipitation during th: past 24 hours was .34 inch, which was recorded at Wosnesenski. Th: lowest teffiperdture this motning was minus ten degrees which, wa: recorded at Barrow. Variable cloudiness with moderate ceilings, and loc4l fog phtches with poor to good visibilities, prevailed ov>r the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this morning. The Tuesday morning weathr chart indicatéd that a center cf low pressure of 998 millibars (20.47 inches) was located at 47 de- grees north and 165 degrees west. This low was expected t deepen and move northeastward about 800 miles during the next 24 hours. Relatively low pressure pravailed over the Bering Sea an the lower Yukon Valley. A high pressure area of 1033 millibars (30,50 inches) was located at 41 degrees north and 137 degrees we: and a high crést extended northward into Sputheast Alaska. A s ond high pressure center was located to the northwest of Seward Peninsula, Juneau, April 16—Sunrise 5:45 p.m., sunset 8:12 p.m. PIONEERS HOME ANNEX HELD UP Marshal Goes To Sitka as The decoration, authorized by an | 'from $2,000 to $4,600 a year. There | are three optional branches in which | fpersons may qualify: Design, speci- Have Them Cleaned Here! h o . fications, or estimating. The duties {save lives of persons in peril. |of the positions are based upon Chivers and Hooper were return- |ing @o Seattle from Alaska aboard las junior architect at $2,000 a year, a ship of the Alaska Steam Com-|,,5)cants must have cvmpletid a {pany, which called at Unalaska. |y ven; architectural college course in |They had gone ashore and Were ejjner grchitecture or architectural |standing on the dock when Mc- |, gineering, For the other positions; |Carthy stumbled and fell into the | completion of a 4-year college course | these divisions of work. To qualify i water, — - Currently, 17 Governors born outside the states they gov ern. WANTED A BISCUIT EATER AR LOWEST COST! You Save Wh T en You Have Your Newspaper Handling Your Job Printing Because the actual printing of a news- paper is on f considerable care is tion of newspaper printiq% and to the men who man it. e of its most important jobs, given to the selec- equlpment This care assures you of excellence when you have 2 your prin ting done by your newspaper. It also assures you of rock-bottom prices because of the volume of printing done by the newspaper. You can’t go wrong by letting us do your printing. PHON E 374 The Daily Alaska Empire ™ were | Iin architecture or engineering as well as appropriate professional architectural experience in the op- | tional subject is required. The clos- |ing date is June 7, 1941. | Engineer, with salaries ranging | from $2,600 to $5,600 a year. This is [a new examination for engineering positions and covers all branches of lengineering except chemical, metal- | lurgical, marine, and naval architec- |ture. These fields are covered by other examinations. Engineers are particularly needed in the following | specialized fields: Aeronautical, ag- | riculture, construction, heating and | ventilating, mechanical, ordnance, radio, safety, sanitary, structural, and welding. Appropriate college education and broad engineering ex- perience are required. The maximum age limit is 60 years. Applications will be rated as received untfl June 30, 1942, Persons who have received | eligible ratings in previous engineer | examinations need not file a new application, | Full information as to the re- ‘quh-emenf.s for these examinations, and application form, may be ob- | tained at 311 Federal Building. 'LOGGERS BUSY IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA, BURDICK REPORTS Charles G. Burdick of the Forest Service returned on the Alaska from Ketchikan where he attended to | timber sales business. | ging is now being done in the South- ern Division. gy cro {MRS. BALL HERE ‘ T0 CLOSE HOME { Mrs. Nellie Ball has returned to Juneau to close her home here, after (which she will return to Seattle | halibuter Louhelen today unloaded |P&nY, {where her son, Fred Ball, formerly ,with the Forest Service, is now em- He reports that much heavy log- i Juneau Late Today- Electras Fly. North Eleven passengers are scheduled !to arrive in Juneau from Seattle |this afternoon in two PAA Lode- |stars. The Douglas DC-3, sched- tuled to fly the Seattle-Juneau run today, has been cancelled for this, | trip and replaced by a Lodestar. | Passengers arriving are Mr. and |Mrs. Ed Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde + Smith, Matt Bongiorni, Everett Pey- | ton, Mark Moore, Robert Schoettler and Dr, and Mrs. Thomas Morcom. Two PAA Electras left for the In- {terior this morning with 12 pas- | sengers. They were H. Thurston, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dahl, Wilben Dahl, {D. D. Hull, Ralph Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Art Brown, Rufus Brown, D, W. Albert, Raymond Isaacson and Lars Larson. Another Electra scheduled to leave will carry Nick Mellick, Hans Hal- vorsen, Agnes Tucker and Hazel { Karabelnikoff. THIRD PILOT ARRIVESFOR AIRWAYS €0. Flier fromSo?h American Run Will Start Alaska Flying Tomorrov; | Making the third pilot emplayed | by the local airways compafly; { | Goodwin, former instructor at the Washington Ajrcraft Company in | Seattle, arrived here this morning | from Seattle on the steamier Nor | Coast. - |, Goodwin has flown for several {thousand hours on a South Amer- |ican run and is an experienced sea- | plane pilot. He will probably start | flying coastal runs tomorrow. | Goodwin and his wife have taken a suite at the Evergeen Apért- |ments. | | AR S R HALIBUTERS SELL Selling to Sebastian Stuart, skip- |per Andrew Hildre of the Juneau Iu,mo pounds of fish at the col storage with prices at 7 and § cents ‘Turoff. for Pairbanks lafer this aftermoon | WARRACK ENROUTE | 10 NEW CONTRACT J. B.. Warrack, Juneau and Se- attle contractor, was a through passenger on the steamer Alaska today for Anchorage, where his firm is one in a syndicate of three which recently was awarded a three million dollar defense hous- |ing contract. e e——— - ) ROTH "o Harold Roth, Juneau Public School instructor, has been elect- ied as playground supervisor for the Summer months at Evergreen Bowl. He held the same position here last year. Activities at the playground will begin June 2, and will continue un- i1, August 23, it is announced, > Three new corporations have filed articles with ‘Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle. i Blankenship & Hill; Inc., was in- corporated by Jess W. Blankenship, Adolph A. Matson and Rudell P. Hill, all of Unalaska, to carry on 4. general mercantile business at Unalaska, The Spenard Club, Inc., was in- corporited by C. B. Bentzen, Ray Carney and Roy Bimn, all of An- chorage, to conduct a restaurant and ligtior dispensary at Lake Spen- ard, near Anchorage. W. N. Cuddy is a stockholder. The Standard Packing Co., Inc., was incorporated by Jack C. An- derson and Helén Andersoh of An- chorage and Willlam B. Berry of Kendi to conduct a canning bus- | ines§ at Kenal. — e INSURANCE REGISTRATION ‘The Continental Casuglty Com- an Indiana corporation, has d with the Territorial Aud- itor . under the insurance laws. R. | | ployed in the Army Engineer office. | per pound. The Margaret T, skipper | E- Robertson of Juneau is designated | e e | to 1 in Peiping, China, | Men outhnumber women nearly 2 | Peter Hildre, sold- 7,500 to the Alaska Coast Fisheries at prices of 7 and 5 cents per pound. as resident agent for service. e Sunscribe for The Emplre. Union Leader for First Time in Four Years LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 15.— For the first time in four years, Harry Bridges, alleged Communist and president of the International Longshoremen’s and Wa r e house- men’s Union has been given opposi- ticn for reelection as president of the CIO union. Rokert T. Baker, member of the executive board from the Portland local which Bridges spanked verbal- 1y before the convention, is the oth- er nominee. The union’s 50,000 mem- hers will vote locally in 50 days. REL I RS NAZITANKER SENT DOWN LONDON, April 15—The British submarine Tigris has sunk a “heav- ily laden tanker of about 10,000 tons” decordiing to an_announcement by the Admirglty tonight. The tanker was bound for a port in occcupied France, i - - 12 AXIS PLANES BROUGHT DOWN IN RAID, TOBRUK CAIRO, April 15. — Twenty-two Axis planes have been downed in raids against Tobruk, British held Libyan post, according to an official British headquarters statément to- night. NORAH IN TONIGHT; SOUTH IN MORNING Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Norah is scheduled to arrive from Skagway at 11 o'clock tonight anc sails south at 9 o'cleck tomorrow morning. e, WADE TRAVELS Territorial Director Hugh J. Wade of the Social Security Board, left on the steamer Alaska on a month’s ‘our of Alaska cities in the West- ward and Interior, on offigtal busi- ness. —_—————— Subscrive 10r The Empire. More Jailed Eight _Arresgin Cleanup of Defense City - Five Held af Keichikan Continuing a cleanup of South- east Alaska national defense towns, U. S. Marshal William T. Mahoney went to Sitka today to pick up eight prisoners who have been sen- tenced to jail terms ranging from 90 days to four months. In addition to four tavern pro- prietors and two others sentenced at Sitka yesterday, two more have received sentéences of four months in jail on charges of being drunk and disorderly and using profane| language. The new prisoners are Leif Larson and Sid Kenney. At Ketchikan five Indign women, accused of ‘“disorganizing tne Army,” have been sentenced to spend six months i jail and pay $300 finés on charges of being drgik and . disorderly. They will be brought to Juneau to serve out their terfhs and fines, Mrs. Sey Returns Here After Exterided Visi Mloving & Vit 1o, Otoria; she spént the greatér part of her time in Seatfle with her daughtéer ind son-in-law, Mr. dhd Mrs. J. G.! Sigird Walther Back After Trip fo Sates Walther, owner of 3igrid’s Beauty Salon, returned here n the steamér Alaska aftet an ab- sence of several weeks, During her stay in the states she ook special courses in beauty work ind hair stylipg from well known specialists in California, PN G MAZNAHD 10 KETCHIEAN, Director Russell G. Maynard of Do, NG Navthy iic Welfare left on the steamer r. Oo- lumbia for Ketchikan on relief busi- | Ketchiks 2 g ness. He will return in a week. | | | i volved, BY: FUNDS LACK Board of Administration Decides Alaska Can't Afford Project Due to a prospective shortage of revenues to meet the expenses ing the Territorial Board of | Administration has decided not to, build an addition to the Picnee: cme at Sitka this year, it was an- nounced today. An appropriation of $175,000 for an addition to the Home was voted by the recent Legislature for expendi- iture during the 1941-43 biennium. Whether the project will be under- taken in the next fiscal year will depend upon the state of Territorial finances at the time. The Board of Administration con-. gists of the Governor and the elective ‘Terriorial officers. 3 Halibuters SEATTLE, April 15.—Three hali- buters, all from the western banks, sold in Seattle today as follows: Bohanza, 24,000 pounds, selling for 9% and 9% cents a pound; Kingish- 1er, 20,000 pounds, 9% ‘and 9'4 cents; Coolidge, 23000 pounds, 9% and 9% HOWARD LYNG LEAVES FOR VISIT. IN STATES After attending the session of the Legislature, of which he is a Sec- ond Division Representative, and | meetifigs of the Territorial Board of {Public Weltare, of which he is a| member, Howard Lyng of Nome left on the steamer Columbia for S attle, B e L . HAGERTY RETURNS Don Hagérty, Senior Organization ¥ield Agent for the Office of Indian Affafrs; feturned on the North Coast| from Wrangell where he attended the Thilifiget-Hatda land suit con- vention, JUDGE RETURNS " Judge George F. Alexander Couit Reporter John Newman re-