The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 27, 1941, Page 2

BRIT. VESSEL High Wmds Spread Dama'ge in Mlddle Wesl 15 TORPEDOED ON ATLANTIC Coast Guani—R;scues Some Membersof Grew: of Steamer Marconi V&'ASH’INGTON my 21 — The Coast Guard reported this after- noon that 39 survivors of the Brit- ish st Marconi, 7400 tons, have rescued by the cutter General Greene, about 270 miles southeast of Grenland. The Navy reported that there are about 40 more of the crew drifting in two lifeboats in.a heavy| | amer fog The Coast Guard radided the; Marconi was torpedogd yesterday. by A { JUNEAU HIGH COMMENCEMENT . IS TOMORROW (‘nmmenm‘ment exeroises rqr the graduating seniors of Juneau High School will be ‘held tomorrow eve-| ning &t 8 o'clock’ i the ngh; School gymnasium. Those receiving diplomas will m-' clude: ! Stella . Maris Barnesson, John H, Clauson, Stanley B. Delong, wil- liam J. Darlin, Sylvia Audrey Da- vis, Matian Dobson, Vlrglnh Nao- | | | mi Forrest. Dorothy Fors, Cufford Furuness, John J. Garcla ~Jf, Maydelle George, James Daniel! Gllasse; Ver- nice FElenor Haffndr, Anra Lee Houk, Ella’Lanore Keufmani. ft Bettye Jane Kemmer, Mildred| Elizabeth Kendler, Alvin B. Larson, Eugene ‘M. Lee, Kenneth - H. Loken, Loufs Lee Lucas, Kathleen Helen McAlister, ‘Jack W. McDanlel Jr. Doris Jean McEachran, Beryl Marshall,’ Laure] J. Martinsen, Ber- nice Aileen Mead, Bernie J. Mel-| vin, Alexander Miller, - Gilbert D‘ Monroe, Axel M. Nielsen, Eddie C\ Nielsen, Mavis Eleanor Nikufa. Lillian Elizabeth Olson, - Isabel| Claire Parsons, Frances Eleanor| Peul, Robert A. Paul, Chrles E.| Porter, Betty Reed, Hallfe P. Rice, Edward R. Baloum, Robert M. Scott, Elizabeth Sherwood; Lila Evelyn| Sinclair, Marjorie Jane sneu‘ An- drew S. Sutton, Alyce Frances Tucker, Ingram W. Varnell, Lem)y J. Vestal Dorothy Annabelle White, Gloria | Edith White, Jirdes Perzile Win-| ther, Gudmund Winther, Arlene Marie Withey. ———— The following are final scores of games played this afternoon in the two major leagues and received up' to time of going to press: National League Brocklyn 6; Philadelphia 0. American League Philadelphia 2; Boston 5. — et —— RYAN FLIES Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Education, flew to Sitka today to deliver the com- mencement address at Sitka High School tomorrow. He will return the following dey. - ——————— KLAWOCK DOCTOR Dr. G. H. Quillen of Klawock is in Juneau to confer with Office of In- dian Affairs arflclnla § Me. Near Chicago, ing hangars. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE TUESDAY, MAY 27, winds, hail asid rain that, moved cartansGrer bhn m.s;unm Valley 16ft a trall of crop and property 11, a’ sudden gale swept through the lll;bquhnn The storms followed a heat wave'in Missouri and | damaging several planes ansas and were felt in Ohio Mary Talbot Is Awarded Prize by Elks ~'Doris Cahill l9c_a| Winner Mary E. Talbot of Skagwdy 1is the winner of first prize in Alaska in the ' éssay contest ‘conducted na- tionally by the Elks Lodge; it was announced today. Miss Talbot's es- say on “What Uncle Sam Means to Me” is printed on the editorial page of today’s: Empire. She has been | | awarded ‘first prize of $20. Other winneérs :were Jane McMul- len of Seward. (in the ‘Anchorage | lodge jurisdiction), second, $12; Margaret MacMillan’ of - Ketchikan, | third, $8. In the local jurisdiction, ‘including Juneau, Douglas ‘and 8Sitka, Doris' Arriving from the South with' 24 passengers for Juneau, the steamer Alaska, Capt. O. C. Anderson and Purser Dave Doran, docked here at 10 ‘o’clock this morning. ¢ Passengers arriving from Beuwo were Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Croasdill, Walter Croasdill, Mrs. K. Dalsanito, | Mrs.” George Dischee, Mary Ellen | Dunnigan, Mrs. G. R: Goshaw, Fred | R. Geeslin, Mrs. J. M. Greany, Mrs. | wiliam Spicer, W. T Sratton, Olive Trower, B. Vallett, Albert Wile, A. | R. Wolf, W. B, ‘Beckman, Hardin R: Glascock, Matt Grahek, Johm ‘M. Jackson, G. Karoff, Charles Knud- sen, Nick Koloff, Roy McPcep and Herbert Richman. | The vessel “salled l'or the West- ward at three o'clock with 40 pas- sengers . booked = from Juneau for| ‘Lynn Canal and Westward: ports. Passengers sailing - for ' Seward—| Frequentleswm BeWork ‘ ed'Over at Conference | Now Under Way | To help work out an assignment| | of frequencies for Office of Indian| Affairs’ radio communications sta- tions throughout Alaska, Hemsing, Principal of the Metla-| Kkatld school, is in Juneau confer- ring ‘with' officials at the Alaska| headquarters. There' are some 50 stations now operating in Alaska on five as- sigried frequencies. Hemsing, a ra-| dio expert, will' help work out a system under which there will be as llme interference as possible i i?ilot Dean Goodwin Rush- | Goodwin took off in the Bellanca | | pital and was under the care of Dr. W M| ] | Elmer 8avillo, Frank Krsul, Kenneth 1ber without the judges knowing n,o £ | contest, in announcing the winners | cahill won first prize of $10, Gor-|Orrin Addleman, Alec Dunhnm, J. don Wahto second prize of $6 and| |P. Anderson, Samuel - Nigmni, Laura’ Jean Clithero of Sitka th\rd‘fl‘“ George Love, George Salo, Wfl- prize of $4. liam Heino, Mike Tomanso, Bob Hpnérable mention in the local|Dunnington, Mrs. George Lingo, Joe contést is accorded to Doris Meit- | Bevanda, Chris Balley, Joe -Pretal, tinen, ‘Shirley Davis, Gilbert Mon-|W. R. Mulyihill, J. O. Chandler,; |roe, Harry Sperling, Jr. Margaret ‘Femmer, Betty Reet, Bob Phillips, Beatrice McConnell, Mary- B. Perry, Dan Dubich, Don Gallagher, H. R. Glascock, and R. Brogsteadt. For Skagway — ‘R. Hunsen, H. Hocd, Ray Day, J. Emanuel, Mr. and | Robert Dinsmore, Jr, Mildred Me: ers, Duane Cocn, Resemary Prenc ShudsHift and Frank Cashen. ‘| The, ‘essays were judged by num-|thka, E. Whitehead," Mrs:iJ. Jack- n, Nancy 'Blake; Sister « Phillipa, rs. Kirmse and Joan Molyneaux names of competitors. Judges in| | the Territorial ~contest were Dr. | James C. Ryan, Mrs. Ernest Gruen- | Kane and Bob Vemeire. ing and Mrs. Marie Drake. | For Valdez—Joe Eide and H. C. Miss Talbot’s winning essay has Hostetter. been sent as Alaska's entry in the B < oo e naticnal contest. 3 & The committee in charge of lhc‘winan| '6 todhy, said it was the hope of the Elks Lodges of Alaska that High School students 'have been moved by the contest to reflect on “What Uncle Sam Means to Me” and that the thinking they did for their es-| says will leave a lasting impression. | ——— A Tr can Ambassador Winant will return N. F. F. E. TOMORROW to the United States during the The May meeting of the Nation-|COming weekend to Treport”to the al Federation of Federdl Employees State Deparment. It is presumed he will be held at noon tomorrow at|has been called home for consulta- the Baranof Hotel. President Ray|tion with President Roosevelt and Ward announced 1mpona.m bu.smoss\h"“"m“ of .State Cordell Hull, i B.P. W. Club fo ‘Bubscrlbe for The Empire. num.m DAIBY SERVICE | Soullleasl Alaska ALASKA'S' FINEST DAIRY PLANT — the only dalty in JUNEAU yel 10 be awa ed GRADE “A” urg.nua PASTEUI.(Z!B n;‘n.k s able to supply demands. for its produots, from ' districts away from Gastineau Chan- nel. ) JUNO-MAID ICE CREAM COTTAGE CHEESE BUTTERMILK All produced right in Alaska All the highest possible stan- dard of quality and sanita- tion—are now easily available to you. Whether you live in Angoon, Sitka, Hoo- nah or any other SOUTHEAST ALAS- KA TOWN, you can enjoy these Fresh Dairy Products of JUNEAU DAIRIES, Iuc. All Milk Bottles Sealed by New Machine Proce Install Tonight Installation of newly elected f- ficers will be held this: évening at AR :olflnx 8 oclock by the Business' amd o emperature Professional Women’s Club. Thie, . 2 — service will be held at the Frank- 3 145° ‘Pasteurization {lin Street home of Mrs. C. P. _é 142° ' Temperature Jenne. Following the | zZleman js in Portland today, accord- | Undulant Fever §| 3 4 Destroyed ;‘x:ipto word received by his office ol PR, T L FROM PORTLAND Fred Geeslin and Miss Olive Trow- | er of the Office of Indian Affairs| READ UP From Findings of U. S. Department of Agriculture, {a personnal and accounting confer- ence at Portland. | bounds, For Haines—Eugene Ritchie, B. P'\ e A | WASHINGTON, May 27.—Ameri- ‘installation - there.. o = | A 5 afterdoon; Sz ‘& position in/§He mewly constructed 2 = o Taheréulosis will be a ucephlon tafiuskht M@ ATy F{f[Z. 1397 Destroyea. 4 S1E == | STEAMER DENALETO - o Tacatiox, S Dyphoid t Halley's Cocktail 2l |Z 197" Destroyea 60 DIRECT SOUTH == e Roma i o _§ ;_ T ¥ g'd: R‘fl’ gfi; trlp to Sew- ]z Saptio Sore Ncordmer (e plakkay ik | e BAIEY SHL 8D 10 Anchorage: = roaf ship agent here, the smmer De- (3 Dfiti&iyed nali, enroute north, will stop atj Locat b‘;g:"f, Ug m‘;}f\:'l’x ac- T Juneau. It will not, however, call compmled by 5. M’o}ynenux left = ” Diphtheria at Valdez or Cordova. {for Skagway this nfiemoon aboard = 131° Destroyed It is scheduled to call at Sew-‘um Al::khy = . s e ard, June 2; Kodtak, June 3 tnd e T itk H SR > Shumagin or' Sand ' Point oin D / = Scarlet Fever . TR g AGWAY = Destroved from there direct to Seattle, It wm! _mmmfi.;‘;&?‘ufi aboard the & k Imuke na- stops so.uthboun@ y b | Alaskn for Skagway. She-is proprie- - e - — i > v - r of & curio stére there: Dysentery HEINTZLEMAN IN PORTLAND 1% e — Destroyed Regional Forester B. Frank Heint- ‘ returned to Juneau he‘-uqmntrs today following their atteridance at in jail was given Mark Williams to- EVIEYHW 0 EXAMINE TIN-DEPOSITS FOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Ruflsell Wayland, son of the form- ér Superintendent of the Treadwell - | mine, was' in Juneau today enroute to the Westward %o examine tin de- | posits at Hot Springs in the Tana- | Mrs. J. C. Molyneaux, Jennie Home- (Na Valley for the Geological Survey. His father is now Superinvenucuc >at the great Humestake mine m‘ { South Dak ta. Bomh Iakes Week " Ouf of Man's Life | GLASGOW, Scotland, May 2" —! Eight days after John Cormack’s! ‘home. ‘was. struck by a bomb, he !was dug from the wreckage and| hospitalized. Within two weeks he was up and around, telling friends | of .the experience. | The explosion buried him beneath a heavy beam, wrapping bed clothes | about him. Unhurt, he settled down to wait. In time he lost conscious- | more ‘untfl res-| drops of brandy down my throat’.. “Traveling ‘man B- F, ‘Kane is a passenger: on 'the->Alaska- for Haines | to Tall omsthe’ trade ithére: RAY DAY LEAVES Ray .. Day was an outbound; pe-ssenger to ~Skagway on the i smmer 7Alafkarthis i afternoon. A OUT ON-'ALASKA w.Qrrinv Addleman; well known Uu- nean ‘an and. edtcher for. the Elks babi:club;- sgiled on::the Alaska this bound- for Seward and i i i i M. Marriage licenses have been is- |sued by U.'S. Gommisstoner . Pelix Gray to John Tartitious McLaugh- |lin and Helen Estella Harrell and {to Olaf Heller and Bettymarie Mil- | ler. et SUSPENDED SENTENCE I94I. MERCY FLIGHT cORRME ML MADE T0 GET ™ yeoniat Day lll RADIOMAN Program, Parade Grave1 Services Planned” by American Legion | es Tenakee Man fo Ju- 1 neau for Medical Aid Juneau ‘will pay res) to its| war dead in Memorial Day remon- ies in which Gov. Ernest Gruening | will deliver the main address, The | program will be held at 10 o'clock | Another roaring mercy flight was | m morning at the Capitol The- ! made by a local pilot today as Dean | atre. Geodwin winged into Juneau late | The Memorial Day paratle, under this afternoon with Dermott the auspices of the American Le- O'Toole, Alaska Air Transport radio | gion, will start from the Federal | operator at Tenakee who uilding, march to the theatre for| | come disabled with an illness at | the pmgx am, go to the Alaska Dock Tenakee and was rushed to Juneau | to secatter flowers on the water Bnd for immediate hospitalization. | then to ion . plot at the| The radioman, who was met fl‘;crm( vices. M.nche“s wn” the seaplane ramip by an ambul- | ance, became ill Y ay, could] not operate his radio set today. ) Ly in charge Early this morning a call from |is c f the ob-| Tenakee came over asking for a|servance h flight to pick up the operator. Dean | —ev—— | NURSE IN TOWN Miss Genevieve Sheridian, nurse| formerly on the North Star and| for the past year stationed at Ko-| diak, is in Juneau enroute to a new station at Metlakatla. | to return with the sick OToole. At press time today the ladio operator had been taken to the hos- C. C. Carter. Exact nature of his illness is not given. LIBRARY —a the White House libra piane sia@ y in ik )M\ Movmg Day in Plymouth With just one chair salvaged from the debris of their bombed home, qunrters in bomb-wrecked Plymouth [Kaiser WiLkeLm WAS SO IMPRESSED BY A YOUNG ACTRESS WHO IMPERSONATED GERMANIA' THAT HE ORDERED HER PORTRAIT ON.A STAMP/ ‘T]’RAVEVERS TREE WHICH 1S FEATURED ON NORTH BORNEO STAMP On Sramp CoLLecToR'S DAY, PROCEEDS FROM A suspendad sentence of one year ,d2y cn convietion for being drunk ‘und disorderly. | ————————— -————— Juneau, Alaska—PHONE 638 | Fingernails of the Statue o( e . the Dany cess! Liverty weigh more than’ tmdm paper with the paid circulation. SALE OF A SPECIAL STAMP GO TO HITLER L Mafional Fedaration of Pos! Clorks Kaiser Wilhelm was present at a Berlin theatre, in 1900, and wit- nessed a performance that featured an impersonation of Germanin b; oung actress. He was impressed by her uty. and, ufinl l;drpr’doml that:her portrait be placed on Ger ww&. HAS LIMBSAND LEAVES ONLY ON TWO SIDES/ 3, Pa. Office 334-566, May 5, THE WEATHER uU. s. m:imn m:!*l &' COMMERGE, WEA! COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Yunéau and vicinty, beginning at 4:30 p.m., May 27 Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; little change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 41 degrees, highest Wesinesday 56 degrees; moderate northWesterly Winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight and Wed- nesday; little change in temperature; gentle to moderate northerly to northwesterly winds. m the Guif of Alaska ate northwesterly winds, Forecast of winas Dixon Entrance to Cape s fair; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: Moderate northwesterly winds tonight, becoming southerly ldte Wednesday, fair; Cape Hin- chinbrodk to Resurrection Bay: Moderate north westerly winds be- coming ‘southerly late tonight ar Wednesday, increasing cloudines Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: Moderate \o _fresh southerly winds, occ sional light rain. s LOCAL DAT, ‘Time Barometer Temp. Wind Velocity Weathe) 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.94 50 ™ w 5 Showers 4:30 a.m. today 2990 43 92 w 3 Cloudy Noon today 2991 55 §7 w 11 Pt. Cldy RADIO REPORTS A TODAY Max. mpt Lowest I:;pumA Precip. 4:30am. Station rm 4 temp, ' tempt. 24hours Weather Barrow [ 24 25 i Snow Fairbanks 39 39 T Pt. Cldy Nome 30 32 0 Clear Dawson ... B | 36 37 0 Cloudy Anchorage ... 53 38 38 01 Clear Bethel 3 36 36 16 Cloudy St. aPul . . 43 32 34 02 Rain Dutch Harbor .. 47 2 Ly 03 Cloudy Kodiak . . 49 % 0 Cloudy Cordova. ... 60 38 38 01 Clear Juneau ... 51 42 L~ .36 Cloudy Ketchikan ... 50 45 45 03 Rain Prince Rupert .. 57 46 a .02 Cloudy Prince George .. 70 40 43 0 Cloudy Edmonton 51 44 44 0 Cloudy Seattle 63 | 50 52 .09 Rain Portland 66 st 52 39 Rain San Francisco .. 64 54 T Cloudy 56 WEATHER SYNOPSIS Rain was falling tlifs morning at scattered points in Southeast Alaska and over the ‘Aleutian Islands and southern Bering Sea region. Snow was falling in extreiie northern Alaska. Clear r partly cloudy skies firevnled gen r-'ly elsewhere oyer Alaska. Rain or snow had fallen during the pa t 24 hours-over Southeast Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and southera oesuis Sea and at scattered points throughout the Yukon and Kuskokwim Valleys, Cook Inlet and northern Alaska. The greates’ amount of precipitation recorded during the past 24 hours was 0.36 inch at Juneau. Temperatures were generally lower throughout Alaska. The lowest temperature reported this morning was 25 degrees at Barrow. Generally overcast skies with some rain, moderately low ceilings and low to good visibilities pre- vailed this morning over the Jun :au-Ketchikan airway. The Tuesday morning weathe: chart indicated a low center cf 2941 inches was located at 54 degrees north, 175 degrees west, witn a frontal trough and shifting winds extending from this center east- ward to near Dutch Harbor, thenc® south and southwestward to lewer latitudes. This system was expected to move quite rapidly northward with the southern portion of the front expected to move less rapidly northeastward. The high pressure center of 30. 62 inches was located at 45 degrees north, 138 degrees west with a ridge of high pressure extending northward through the Gulf of Alaska into the Interior. DOUGLAS NEWS BLIZKRIEG ON SPEEDING PLANNED BY CITY COUNCIL | An active campaign against auto speeders and undue disturbances on my streets during the night time |was finally decided upon at the regular City Council meeting last night as an outstanding issue of the session. Jack Warner, who was present at the meeting, stated that he represented a number of resi- dents who were complaining about {the unseemly conduct of night revel- ers and asked that something be done. As a result a night patrol by City Marshal Charles Tuckett was considered together with the ap- pointment of some deputy by Mayor Robert Bonner, who stated that from now on it was going to be too bad for offenders. Cannery officials Joe Ellson and Olaf Franswoog were also present on behalf of increased water service to the cannery durng the coming fishing season. Due to plans for increased operations at the plant more water will be needed it was reported 'and installation of a two 'and one-half fnch water line was agreed upon. A new chlorinator and drum of perchloron » for: at least' & year's service was reported arrived and in readiness for use. Installatfon of the Sutfit ‘was'planned for as soon as this girl and her brother give their dog a ride as they move to new wm -aid :from- the Territorial of ‘Health \is available. 4 miew shed and’ electric service for the chiorination process was fn- Acourate Wums&tfi'oom vany ‘of Seattle, went: before the Clouncil on behalf of weatherstrip- 7ing the windows on, the niorth side 4t the school building: Investiga- ‘{on ‘of :the matter was left in- the “1ands’ of the Committee on Public oroperties for:a Téport n the next ‘egular meeting. Am\lllllmofthe&:hnol’l‘rus urer’s: books was submitted, and the fnancial bond ‘of City Treasurer Juy Smith for the ensuing year was ceepted. The Committee on Fin- wnce was' delegated: to work with ‘he School Board: 'in making the ‘tscal year for Sehool business at ‘he-end of June 31 each year in- itead of March 31. Renewal of in- surance policies and oil contracts vere authorized. -—09-?—_— MRS. DEV! i‘p : tAGLBb" Al ARY At a unx of: the Ladies’ Aux- liary, F. O. E. election of officers ‘or the col mm:’wrm held first place 1 the sessfon’ Weld last night and ssulted in the following selected: eila Devon, President; Esther Ba- ard, First Vice-President; Dorothy ~uckett, Chaplain;- re ane, Secretary; erine r\oi :flm& Atina Pusich, for three years; Mamie Jensen'trustee Juneau, May ‘28 — Sunrise 4: LeavesBound For Seattle Carrying six through passengers rom Fairbanks to Seattle and stop- ing in Juneau for four passengers rom Juneau to the South, a Pan American Airways Lodestar roared ut of Juneau shortly after noon oday, Passengers leaving Juneau were he Rev. Arthur M. Knudsen, Custer Nake, Mrs. Trevor Davis and Roland N. McCrary. Through passengers ‘rom the Interior were Mrs. Marie Machey, Mrs. Margaret Vouros, Mrs. Mladge Barr, Mrs. Barbara Smith, L. B. Delong and F. Schliekeison. One Electra left Juneau for Fair- sanks this morning with Benjamin Vallat, Mrs. D. J. Docher and Mrs. Della Goshaw. for two years; Lillian Bonner, Jun- ior Past President. Initiation of candidates followed the ‘elections, two applicants being fnducted Into membership. Refresh- ments were served at the close of the meeting. ————to—— DAUGHTER BORN TO MR. AND MRS. TOM CASHEN A baby daughter, weight five pounds, 13 ounces, arrived at St. Anns Hospital yesterday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock to gladden the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cashen and incidentally give Tommy Eddie & little sister; mlso another grand- child for Mrs. Sadie Cashen and forMr. and Mrs. Ed Holbrook of Ashland, Montana. Mrs. Holbrook arrived here just a oouple of days ago. - ————— FIRST AID CLASSI.'s WILL START FRIDAY All Douglas women interested in receiving a thorough course of in- struction in, the, prlnclples and prac- tice of first niq are asked to meet at 7:30 oclock Priday evening in the City Hall for the first class. Classes will be "H’mm by Mrs. Whally, new th Nurse. The course will lm:ludn emergency treatment of wounds internal and ‘gas poisons and mmmt victims. There will be special emphasis on bandaging. The group 15 one of several spon- sored by the Women’s Voluntary Servicé. Mrs. E. F. Vollert, of Ju- fieau, is unit chairman of the first Md mw. PPy Py ey | (OLISEUM-DOUGLAS Coming Atfraction "Saturday's Children” ] Pt