The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1941, Page 2

E DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1941. New Commander of Alas- ka National Guard- 5 to F. Benning liam C. Walllicr h ed from the rank Commander of 97th Infantry, 1 w ( to become Battalion To Georgia will be attending Going Ither Alaska among the w Wa those from al Gov of the Ala cers vho 1 Liel hikan; 2nd Company C ist Lieut. Thoma D, Anchorage mm; e Battal (o] Comp 1 Jul 1% Fort ield Officer w e at Benning for dm on of ptember 15 and who can ; v rigid physical examinati ible to attend. Tt will be the ne cfficer frcm ) attend Com benefitt with such instru ymetions ernor Office also an following promotion: n to that of William C. $al ym Captain to Major: Fir nt William N. Redling Comparx A, to grade of Captain ice Capt, Wal promoted ". McLat her 1 A, to ra of 1 vice Redling, promoted; | s 1t eph A. McLean, Com-| econd Lieuten- e McLaughiin, promoted e — PACT IS SIGNED TURKEY, REICH ETIN — BERLIN, June e German Government that a friendship been signed with accord was signed at 9 o'cleck tenight. The pact < ten years to run and ali differences beiween the ish Government and have been ironed ont. >vo DEPUTY To Deputy U. S. M Sampson left on for Sitka to pick up a party of prisoners who will serve terms here - BER OF COMMEIRCE this week. BU 18 announces tieaty has Turkey. The SITKA shal Kenneth the North Sea CHA ax Wins Defense Award Eugene Phillips Fugene Phillips, of Fort Worth, Tex., is top winner of the $5,000 Revere Award for the best contri butions made by workers to Amer 2’s defense plan. He created a s tem for the blind landing of air- planes, going to work on the idea when one of his f¥#*nds crashed to death in an emergwsey landing. - o PRINCE RUPERT HALIBUT PRICES PI BT ©., June 18.| o ndr ineteen '11,-1—; i ) halibut were sold | re 10.70 to 11.30 and 910 pound - DR. RYAN DUE HOME SATURDAY/ Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Edu ion, is ex- ccted to arrive hel aturday on he Dena from the Westward, here he been visiting schools for the pa ON RKELEY, owers uf ranges and other citrus fruits can | expect very little rise in prices in the next two or Lhree y the | Giannini Foundation, University of California, reports | - - STUN REDDING, Cal—A prowler here allen arm to remind him to tamper with auto- especially if they contain a hox of bec | | - - ] GROUND SCHOOL ANC 'S CAMP, Cal. — Free | examination of minerals which hopeful prospectors believe may ave some place in the defense pro- ‘.(:vm has been undertaken by lhl" tat | : D - | MAKARENKO ACQU TED Commissioner F 4 karenko y muul(\l‘d Bill M 1! charge which ac- um of kicking Frank Do- .- Archaeological explorationy of the various ruins in Crete indicate | that its civilization in 3400 B. C.| | was equal to that of the Egyp- | tians. ! e ! i Admiral Francois arlan of | France holds the British Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian or- der. RHEINLANDER The BEER of the CENTURY C-E Washer legs cre welded to 1k shirt and become an integ- ral part of the washer. No bolts or rivets to loosen. The legs will not become wobbly. Welded legs are only one of the many features that will always make you glad vught a G-E Washer. NEW! LOW! PRICES! ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT : & POWER (0. 42 PHO | docked his boat TH CHAMBER LUNCHEON POSTPONED Day for Members of Seaflle Group Irstead of the regular Thursday uncheon the Juneau Chamber of sommerce will held its weekly meet- on Friday this week, according announcement made by Cb dent Curtis Shattuck e n for pestponement | luncheon was so that Foster L. 1 general manager re | of the nd Darwin Meisnest, chairman of the Alaska Committee of the Se- {sttle Chamber, can attend {luncheon as guests. The two men {will return to Juneau from the In-| terior via PAA tomorrow. Other invited guests of the lunc]h n are P. R. Bradley, president of | Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company, Henry Markwart, Tom| | Rizge, member of the International Highway Commission and former | |Governor of the Territory, andj Michael Haas, newly appointed La- or Commissioner, R McCORMICKS LEAVE FOR WESTWARD TRIP ON DRAFT IIISIIIESS; John McCormick, Dxrec(.or of Se-| for Alaska, sailed on yesterday aflernoon lncul draft boards in norihern cities. M lick expects to complete his work in Cordova and Valdez | while the boat is in port lectiv the Ale utmlL to cenfer with vcm. d anc interior points as mauny llm.~ |.4X - PRESIDENT BRADlEY OF ALASKA JUNEAU IS VISITOR IN TOWN P. R. Bmd]ey Presxdent of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany, arrived on the steamer Aleu- tian from his San Francisco head-| quarters on ohe of his periodic sits to the mine here. | Mr. Bradley plans to stay for several weeks. He is registered at) Baranof Hotel. .,—— — TROUT EXPERT HERE T0 PLAN STOCKING LAKES AND sm:ms the To arrange for the stocking oi“ h in lakes and streams of South-| st Alaska, M. C. James of the the Fish and Wildlife Service arrived| f Division of Fish Culture of |on the North Sea. James plans to make a brief trip to the Westward before settling down for the summer fh Juneau to work in cooperation with the | Forest service /600D CROWD, WD, 600D SUM AT BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN SHOW The Bundles for Britaln perform- ‘.mc at the Coliseum Theatre last night attracted a good crowd and raised a large sum for British hos- | |pital use, Chairman H. L. Faulkner |of the Juneau Chapter suid today. | A detailed report will be made to- ! morrow. | The Chapter officers expressed | their thanks to W. D. Gross for the 'uw of the theatre, The Empire for advertising and Lu Liston for signs { painted for the showhouse. PR S R | NEW CITIZEN Emma Pauline Mendahlsen An- as a U. S. citizen yesterday at the conclusion of the naturalization ershurg, ———————— IN FROM SITKA Three traveling men and their wives arrived in Juneau from Sit- ka late yesterday as H. B. Crewson Staying at the Gastineau Hotel are in the Channcl Mr. and Mrs. Les Florence, Mr.and Mrs. Hal Fairhurst and Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Crewson. - ——— BACK TO JUNEAU Mr. and Mrs. H. P, Currin and| daughter Flora arrived in Juneau on the northbound Princess Louise last night for a short visit. The | Curring are returning to Alaska| for the first time since 1919, when | they lived near Mendenhall Gla-| cier. | WATSON ARRIV! Charles Watson, ant for the Polaris-Taku mine, ar- rived from the seuth on the Princ- ess Louise and is stopping at the Baranof Hotel before proceeding o the Canadian mining town. G L Lt MABRIAGE LICENSE A marriage license has been is- red by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray to Darrald Wilson and Jane Vickery, both of Juneau. Juneau Merchants Wait| mber | | of Hw' mber of Commerce | the Continuing | |10 Seward he will go by the railroad | u Anr horage and from that p)im‘ derson took the oath of allegiance process. She is a resident of Pet-ljjghts and winked pinpoints of chief account-| LEASE-LEND 0DYSSEY—-m— WHAT HAPPENS ON Al EX-L. §. rU. 8 wa | AN EXCLUSIVE PICTURE of English crew taking fo series are the only ones ever obi i | LAST TRACE white anchers. gray. SPECIALTY: British navy accents signal work of all kinds. Signalmen do no other work.. Here signalman is using an American device, flags. e Here is the first and exclug- ive eye-witness story of the entry into the battle of the At- lantic of an American Lend- Lease war vessel, now a fight- ing unit of the British n i A writer for the AP l(:lture Scrvice and The Empire rode i the vessel to Canada to give you this graphic account. Two more articles follow. By MORGAN M. BEAT AP Feature Service Wri ABOARD HM.S. AT SEA! % —The lights of metropolitan New York blazed a friendly farewell HM Steaming close, the rest of squadron was silhouetted against L Giia eutter. dhe. wight bes the western horizon, their running 5 it U Kad badk braviss lights winking and weaving bu'k; b “w‘“ the Um..-u Bl 1o of us as we slipped out of the §be Boy oy told Hhe the 1 Navy harbor. 4 Ahead was the dark Atlanti (“v‘v‘l‘ '_‘ o NS, becam iThe bridge of our leading ship 4 ”‘ : iedgan ‘rew hiad ‘buzzed with efficient orders and R e out ¥ wni b responses. | The yellow reflection from Nev York cast dull streaks along the of ;1(”7"A i barrels of our big guns stripped i“v.x‘ % H;“ S for action on the decks below. Ex- =:1u~ Ly it cept for those deadly guns, i'\kn b e would have seemed like a pleasure, itk )z L : e trip: SR R | Suddenly the senior officer mec.-“}“‘_“t‘;‘ Syt ent lowered his binoculars, issued :iou R T R L lis 'ew [5) Executive Order!” ‘hzy‘vfl“‘ | His volce was quiet, almost 'V u}I casual. But instantly the bridge \‘“‘ ; went inky black. Signal men rushed f'w ; white coat ey had her complete granite ure-footec ciplined Eng a ves spin her her Show NO lights! before, ¢ knobs, snap suns. Thes confidently turn oil her i i casually @ s Bt e m"g'»am‘l'd“lf,;:; T'd twn the spizot on my shower |at our following train. {at home. 7 In a few moments all our war- ships disappeared in a, well of(A POKER darkness, All that remained of| When I ¢ wross the gang- warm, bustling America was a!plank, 13 :d by an officer, faint yellow glow. {and tak ward room be Here was blackout for you—in low, my ship ma American waters! | The e er reminded me “PRACTICE"? “HARDLY” | that formality absurd in war- I moved closer to the shadowy| time, b me yse form of our commanding olficer.| forlabi on the “Practice?” 1 asked. | ticer came down, gave me “Hardl he said. “A Lll(l.sh‘cormll' eeting, told me ship takes it for granted the enemy run of the ship—even rather blind at night. Unless some-, mlly abeut that. And we sat down body gives him a light to aim at—"|to dinner. No need to finish the sentence., In one of those bright English The sub commander who couldjdrawing room conv ions T dis- sink a ‘“Lend-Leas ship before| covel red that the departing Ameri-| officers had introduced the I than a few hours would be a na-wEnplish ward room officers to pok-| it had been in British hands mow can tional hero in Germany. And so—!er, and left with something of aj we were dark. ‘ipmm. In those few minutes I saw and, “We'd like to take tho time to felt for the first time the differ~ get it back from you,” said one. ence between a world at war and"‘But we've got to handle this| my own United States so close be: ! hip.” hind me. As for America, they liked best I had come aboard this former our women, our coffece, our .xpple1 hip out of New Yorkhm 1t and nml for publi \tmn under such clrflvmctanvcm remeves Lh( bit of peace U. 8. Coast Guard cutter ture Service Writer Bealty sailed on a vessel like this one. 1 done s B TR ST —— SHIP wm ainted whit nts the 9 s I ar p tir ¥ .,d given Bri pie, our night clubs, and our! newspapers. TOMORROW: Ac¥on Sta- tions! - e — THOMPSON VISITS MEXICAN WEATHER STATION ON TRIP isit to a Mexican weather sta- was one of the highlights on a six we vacation trip from which Howard Thompson, Meteor- ologist in charge of the U. 8. Weather Bureau in Alaska, re- rmed yesterday. ompson inspe cted the Mexican y, with a Pan an meteorologist as interpre . Other places 1 in Mexico included Orizaba wl Fortin, Thompson spent three days In ington. Later he joined Mrs. Thompson at Utica before - going to Mexico. Mrs. Thompson will re- main in the States until July 1. — .- ELECTRA COMING IN; LODESTARS GROUNDED southhound The PAA Lodestar which left Juneau this forenoon| turned back when it encountered thick weather near Prince may be anywhere. There’s no| cellent shower. poinL in making a target of these{ When my American i-driver| and arrived at the Juneau airport fine ships your government has|came below to collect his fare, he at 3 o'clock this aflernoon te re- turned over to us.” .v.,xShed me well, if he expected main over night, “Target?” . J]d never be seen alive again, My nortibound Lodestar ~can- “Yes, you see a submarine Ls new friends ribbed me unmvru—} out at Prince George and ing north to Juneau. One with the following passengers, aboard: Mrs. Joseph Decanahl, Charlgs and Virginia Deeanahl, Bob Henning, Miss Gloria McLynn, Vernal Siler and Lee Lauson. - DIVORCE CASE Suit for divorce was filed in Dis- trict Court today by James Ed- ward Lynam against Ingrid Lynam on grounds of incompatibility. George ! 11 remain over night before com-| PAA Electra is due in Ju-| | neau at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon | '| OPEN ALL mfim ~Every Iliglll' PERCY’S CAFE ; HION!: M THE WEATHER [ (By the U, S, Weather Bureau) 1 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinify, beginning at 4:30 p.m., ! Mostly cloudy with light showers | ture tonight and Thursday; degrees, highest change in southerly to southeasterly winds. Forecast of winas along the Dixon southeasterly winds, ; local | brook: rain; lowest Thursday 56 degrees; gentle variable wind Forecast for Southeast Alaska: temperature tonight and Thursday; Entrance to Cape Spencer: June 18: e in temper: tonight about 51 and not much ¢ temperature not much modera Local showers and gentle to Gulf of Alaskoa: 1o coast of the Gentle to moderate easterly Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchi gentle to moderate easterly to northeasterly winds, ps cloudy; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Gentle to moderate northeasterly winds, partly cloudy; 'Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: | eentle to moderate easterly to northeasterly winds, partly cloudy. | LOCAL DATA | Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather | 4:30 pm. yesterday 29.73 52 92 s 10 Rain | 4:30 am. today 29.68 51 86 S 3 Drizzle | Noon today 29.70 54 82 s 3 Drizzle | RADIO REPORTS | TODAY | Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m. | Station last 24 hours temp. tempt. ' 24 hours Weather | Barrow 1733 23 33 T Pt. Cldy | Fatrbanks 6 45 45 02 Cloudy | Nome 57 417 48 0 Pt. Cldy | Lawson 70 | 43 43 0 Pt. Cidy | Anchorage 64 52 54 0 Cloudy | Bethel 65 | 53 53 03 showers | St. Paul 57 | 47 44 o | Dutch Harbor .. 56 | 46 46 01 | Kanatak 63 51 50 o | Cerdoya 69 41 48 [ Pt. Cldy | Jtncau 55 19 51 38 Drizite | Sitkd 60 50 51 .06 Rain | Ketchikan 66 49 52 05 Rain | Prince Rupert 65 51 51 52 Rain | Prince’ George .. 66 47 47 26 Cloudy Edmonton 0 41 45 5 Fog | Seattle 6 54 b4 08 Showers ; Portland b 56 57 07 Shower | San Francisco .. 66 | 55 60 b Dr WEATHER SYNOPSIS Intermittent light rain was falling this morning at some. points in Southeast Alaska and leéal showers had fallen during the pre- vious 24 hours over this area valleys and over the Bering Sea. clouds prevailed over Alaska of precipitation was 38 { corded at Juneau. was 76 degrees at | degrees at Barrow. | moderate to moderately i prevailed | Fairbanks pressure the next 24 hours. A weak storm | tol Bay castward to 50 degrees nor.h and 150 degrees west and in‘o southward ‘and southwestward frontal trough was expected Gulf of Alaska. this morning. hundredths The warmes: anl Mostly overcast skies with local light showers low ceilings over the Juneau-Ketchizan airway this moring. The Wednesday morning weatier chart indicated a center of low of 2962 inches was loca'ed | degrées. west and was. expected t> and in the Tanana and Kuskokwim scattered {o broken The greatest amount inch which was re- yesterday afternoon this morning 33 Generally of an temperature the lowest and fair to good visibiliti at 53 degrees north and 131 move slowly northward durir frontal trough extended {rom Bris- thence lower latitudes. This storm t)> remain almost stationary in the A high pressurz center of 30.24 inches was locat- ed at 37 degrees north and 165 degrees west. f Juneau, June 19 — Sunrise 3:51 a.m., sunset 10:07 p.m. ss NORTH SEA *" HERE: IS FILLED T0 CAPACITY Carrying a capacity load of pas- | sengers ,the northbound steamer | North Sea, Cap.t Leonard Williams and Purser C. D. Littlehales, docked |in Juneau from Seattle at 9 o'clock | this morning with 26 passengers for | Juneau. The vessel sailed for Ten- (akee and Sitka at 2 o'clock this afternoon with 70 round trip pas- sengers aboard. ’ Passengers arriving from Seattle | were Mr. and Mrs.K. C. Wentworth, Bud Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Don Vertin, Ruth Torkelsen, M. C. James, Mrs. ‘G‘ Gallagher, Miss D. E. Vickery, G. O. McGuire, Ruby White, Mrs. | R. S. Grefe, Sally Ann Grefe, Gret- chen Grefe, Robert Watson, Matt | Loukke, C. Reggaddia and Waldo | Nicodemus. From Petersburg—Lorraine Rude, | Audrey Rude and Marian Stodman. From Wrangell—John Ross. | | From Ketchikan—Mrs. E. Ridley, Conrad Ridley and D. H. Hoffman, | Forty-two passengers sailed for Sitka on the North Sea when she sailed for the Coast at 3 o'clock this |afternoon. | Passengers leaving < were— Con- stance Cochran, Anne Cochran, Mr: M. Cochran, K. P. Sampson, Miss |Everby A. Garber, Jean ‘Garber; J. Freeburn, Mrs. Ida L. Everby, Mrs. | C. V. Garber, Elvia Kratz, M. Whit- | | meyer, R. Notar, John Notar, Louis Glavitch, Miss E. Berger, Miss D. Berger, Astrid Holm. | H. Brouillette, Cleo Sainsbury, H.| |s. Hood, Fern Musser, R, Houser, Eve M. Wald, Elizabeth Johnson, Fannie Johnson, William Johnson, | ;Lome Dick, Arnie Antioquia, Mrs. |Gus Klaney, Evelyn Klaney, Mrs. |Chris Nelson, Judy Nelson, Chris Nelson, Jr., Betty Martin, Anna Martin, Rosa Gannett, John Berg-| !quist, John Hurianek, Frank Tur- {ner, G. Thompson, Chris Nelson and ' Billy Johnson. FOUR HALIBUTERS SELL HERE TODAY All selling at prices of 9 and 7 cents per pound three halibuiers t loaded their catches at the Cold Storage dock this afterncon. The Tern sold 5,500 pounds to the Alaska Coast Fisheries, the Carc H sold 4,000 pounds and the Mabel sold 1.600 pounds, both to the Ne England Fish Company. The Fre- month sold 14,000 pounds to the Alaska Coast Fisheries at prices of 9.05 and 7.8 cents per pcund. DAVE HOFFMAN HERE After spending the winter and early spring months in Seattle, David H. Hoffman, Sales Manager of the Alaska Mine Equipment Com- pany, arrived today on the North Sea from Ketchikan where he had made a stopover of a few days. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. September 24, 1940. Notice is hereby given that Ole Johanson, has made application for a homesite, Anchorage serial 09677 for Lot “D"” embraced in U. S. Sur- | vey No. 2390, Fritz Cove Group of Homesites, Tract A, containing 4.92 |acres, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchoraze, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad- | versely any of the above mentioned land should #Mle their adverse claim in the district land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter or they will be | barred by the provisions of the Statutes. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. First publication, June 18, 1941. Last publication, Aug 13, 1941. CHAMBER OF OOMMERCE Meets Friday this week. adv. 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