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

WHEELER PUT AMERICAN | OUT NECK IN ICELAND MOVE Defeat Nalionais in Annual lsolationistrish?ould Have Kept Mouth Shut, Say British HINGTON Jul\ secretary to President 8—Stephen WAS Early state- ment the h from Lon- d nich had this to say abou the disclosure by Senator Burton Wheeler that U forees would occupy Iceland: “The German might well have taken advantag o tc sion and British troop as well S. marines and s ors might have been involved in|¢ e resultant slaugl 2 aid last week he had information that the tion of the Dani island would come soon A dispateh in the New York Times said the British were ang because Wheeler had given a military secrets involving Briti troops Early dismissed reports that Gen- eral Aughinleck, new commander of the British Middle East for il American man power s needed {o win the war ly said the last thing he heard Britain teols take chill said to give LEAGUE IS Fs BIG WINNER All-Star Game-Rally | with Home Run ‘ DETROIT, Mich y 8.— Ted Williams of t Bos Red Sox, | ed t a terrific home run nesrly to the top of the right field witl two of his mates on | n th | inning of the All-| t i his afternc A climax t-run rally to give the Ameri- e a 7 to 5 victory over the foral in a thrilling battle | ifty-four thousand fans witness-| ed the annual All game between the two Major Leagues DD 'REDSAPPEAL . FOR BRITISH AID IN FIGHT o Lemon vae o Litvinoff Asks Brifain fo "Strike Now” for | and she will do the job. “I it this general is subordinate to the i Prime Minister,” Bafly sald Effedtiveness 1 LONDON, July 8 —Maxim Litvin-| H off, former Foreign Commissar of I(e s ue the oviet Union, appealed to the British people in a radio address at noon P8 Ay hem fo -} trike now” b cach blow fective now than at any other time | nadian steamer Princess Alice, He described Hitler as a treach- | scheduled to arrive from the south erous character and ( ed there tonight at 8 has the fol- is the underlying menace of N:A/"‘ lowing pasenger for Juneau: ism Gail Alban, Mrs, Leslie Adams -+ > Kenneth Bowdish, George Bedgisft, | M Dillie Dick, Rev. Walter Fitz- perald, Irvin Fleek, Cecilia Guarr | Rev. Mathew Hock John Hughes, Jack Jacobsen, Alex Melikoff, ‘Roland Morgenstern, Cor- man Richardson, Richard Pappe, Vernon Smith, Valeri Tambitas, Genevieve Luzine, Lois Nelson, George Walter Russell, George GRUENING AND PARTY Danny Welty, Jean Pocin, Mrs Richardson, Sumanuak RESIGNS AS CHIEF Juneau Man fo Be Officer’ TO FLY TO ANCHORAGE Under New Territorial Flying in the Glummnn amphib- Highway Setup ian of J. J. Ryan, Assistant Di-| Chief of Police Dan Ralston to- rector of Civil Defense for t ay tendered his resignation to Territory, Gov. Ernest Gruening | Mayor Harry 1. Lucas. and will fly to Anchorage| The Chief is resigning to become tomorrow. The Governor and Ryan a Territorial Traffic Officer for will survey and make plans for|the Juneau district under the new civil defense in Anchorage. highway code passed by the 1941 Huntington Gruening and Mrs. | Legislature. | Gruening, accompanying them to| Chief Ralston asked that the Anchorage, will take the train vn‘wsu,numn be effective ten days Mount McKinley Park where they |hence. will remain for several days. The| party plans to return to Juneau at | the end of this week. .- 70 percent of Bolivia is peopled by native Indians, while almost none remain in Uraguay and the Argentine. About Juneau Liquor Store Space Will Remodel to Suit Tenant. See Percy’s Cafe CLOTHES that are CLEANED OFTEN—Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to Triangle Your appearance I8 Assured When ¥ou Have Them Cleaned Here! Put a Covic Diesel in Your Boat If You Want | MORE ROOM IN YOUR BOAT More Miles for Your Money | A Comfortable, Quiet Ride An Engine that Instantly Starts Assurance of Safe Trips Freedom from Fire Hazards A Broad Range of Smooth Speeds Low Operating and Maintenance Costs Reduced Insurance kates An Engine that Can Be Easily Hand Cranked CHARLES G. WARNER C0. He here ha for been Chief of Po- lice over four years. ‘Robot’ Traps Spies‘ : Known as “Keeno, King of the | Robots,” Al D. Blake, 50, is credited | with bringing about capture of | Commander Itaru Tatibana, 39, of the Japanese Navy. and Turznchx Kono, 57, on espionage charges in Los Angeleq Blake, a former U. S. Navy yeoman, says he was hired to obtain secret naval information for. the Japanese on two trips to Hawaii | and gave them “secrets” supplied | by the Navy after he revealed the ] plot to G-men, - German soldiers on duty in Brest Livotsk, listed by the Germans as captured in their drive in Sovietized Poland in the opening ph.’ucs of (hn Russo-German war. TRANSPORT PIlOTS ARE AWARDED WINGS others still under- Having passed rigid wings recenThe ho have ¥ gned ber School at Tracy, Cal., were awarded thei ucus scientific instruction by veteran airline pilots, 1jored in engineering. going training, are college and university students we 3 as co-pilot government and company {ests, the graduates will bass is shown above after receiving diplomas, Mil United’s transcontinental and coastal routes. The clins, Ninth Corps Ar R. T. Freng, direclor of f]l(.ht officials shown in centey are, left, Colonel G. T. Perk! the United States Air Lines-Boeing Pilot Training operations of U. A. L, and Major Lloyd B. Jones pinving wings on Student August Teldt. FIRE DESTROYS LUMBER (' QMPANY 3 DIE Flames destroyed a three-story mill and- lumber company building in Chicago’s near north side industrial ared, and three firemen lost their lives. Four other firemen were injured. Here streams of water are being poured into the blaze. I(ElAND MAY GET 80,000 U.S. SOLDIERS Largest Overseas Garrison ! May Be Stationed on ‘ Danish Island | WASHINGTON, July 8—Iccland the nation's newest defense out-| post, appeared likely to claim on of the largest U. S. garrisons over- | seas, if not the largest. Latest Army 5 | i | | | figures fix the total of present| | overseas garrisons at 118,000. | | ‘The disposition of these forses| was not revealed, but Hawaii is| | presumably one of the most slrun':-‘ |1y manned posts with 40,000 sol-| | diers in the May maneuvers, Official information of the size| of the British force now occupy- ing Iceland is a military secret, but seamer who recently touched |at the Island estimated the force at about 80,000 men or approxi- mately six divisions. Informed opin |ions of the American garrison on 'hi' ')dl'!'('ll island indicated that the force there will be at leatt| ur »'qual strength as the British| | force. ? |banks ‘as follow Notdic brought 33,000 pounds and | THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Jui Forecast for Juneau and vicinif beginning at 4:30 pam., Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday} slightly warmer Wednesday, lowest temperature tonight about 51 degrees, highest Wednesday 69 degrees; gentle variable winds, Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy tonizht and Wed- nesday; gentle to moderate south to southwest winds, Forecast of winas along the coast of the Guif of Alaskas Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate south to southwest winds, partly cloudy; Cape Spence: moder south to southeast winds, partly e'oudy; urrection Bay: moderate east to northeast winds wrrection Bay to Kodiak; to Cape Hinchinbrook: partly cloudy; cloudy. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m., yesterday 30.12 66 38 Nw 7 Cloudy 4:30 am. today 30. 55 % Caim Overe Noon today 30.26 54 88 El 7 Ove; RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m. Station last 24 hours temp. tempt. 24 hours Weal 37 | 31 31 0 Clear [ | 48 8 21 Nome 55 44 44 0 Dawson 80 50 50 0 Anchorage 66 50 50 T St. Paul 55 44 47 T Atka .. 53 45 47 0 ¥ Dutch Harbor .. 53 48 438 0 Overcast Cordova 61 50 51 56 Overcast Juneau 67 55 55 0 Overcast Ketchikan 62 ' 52 55 0 Overcast Prince Rupert .. 62 52 54 0 Overcast Prince George .. 68 46 48 32 Overcast Edmonton kid 48 48 0 CI Seattle 8 | 57 57 0 Clear Portland 81 | 56 56 0 Clear WEATHER SYNOPSIS Cape Hinchinbrook to Res- Re moderat: north to northeast winds, partiv Partly cloudy to clnudy skies prevailed generally over Alaska this 24 hours at Valley to the morning, Rain had fallen’ during the' previou points from the Alaska Range and the Tanar Broken clouds to overcast with molerate ceilings and good visibili prevailed over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this morning The Tuesday morning weat chart indicated relatively pressunre over the Gulf of Alaska and the interior of Alaska and 134 degrees west and a second high center is located old for 13 alyd 124 cents a pound | northwest of St. Paul Island. - to the Wh ‘F‘Ash Products. Juneau, July 9 — Sunrise 4:91 am., sunset 10:00 p.m. The Aleutian scld 40,000 poun |at 13% "and 124 cents to the Se- {bastian Stuart Fish Company. | i 1Y e ‘Mrs. Markwart “ b . 7 3t Late Sleamer ~ Arrival News , DAY, Recepflon fo Bé Held at Mefhodist Church for Mrs. at a luncheon today Room of the Baranof in the to th ard Peninsula, The greatest amount of precipitation was 21 hun- dredths of an inch which was reorded at Fairbanks. The warm- est temperature yesterday afternooy was 71 degrees at Fairbani low A high pressure center of 30.35 inches was located at 43 degrees north Is Enterfaining Ruth Markwart entertained Iris and the re- | mainder of the afternoon was spent the Late this afterncon it is reported Two Visitors | e e Al et Vl]}{:]li:l‘i.\ll(‘,[ wili arriv at v»"»" [ R S Mesdames Ernest Gruening, Huni- kit e, atd So MG ) ey pishiop rof the s Methodist, Hg00 CRIBHEE, W 5. Fullel, The North . o 't Church to visit the Territory in the E Febottel, B £, Neja, . ariive int 1 ik % thavha past 12 years, and the fourth to Sommers, Felix Gray, Jack Il lenthal and Miss Betty Reynolds THREE CORPORATIONS .o Seore e i i | visit the Territory since the Metho- Mrs, Markwdrt is leaving Thu day morning on the Aleutian. S and her father, tarted in Al- fir: J. P. Bradley, and Baxter is due to arrive in Juneau F".E pApERS HERE on the steamer Baranof from tne Dher husband, Henry Markwart, have Iscuth this evening. . been visiting in Juneau for sev- | eral weeks. Mr. Markwart left hov. Two firms flln(l I corporation with the ditor today erritorial Av D and an Jowa c tion qualified to conduct " bucizess in Alaska. Lavery Airways, Incorporated, Fairbanks, was incorporated by Wil- liam L. Lavery, Sylvia Lavery nnd be | Robert C. Tisley. | The Buffalo Coal Mining Com-|one hour later. |pany, Inc., was incorporated ‘m | Frank ~ Colobuffalo, Emil P 1’X‘rmmas S. Bevers and Louise A, Paur, all of Anchorage. - | Kohlstedt of the Home Missions -|Office of the Methodist Church in | will visit the Metropolitan Metho- of dist Church here. A service will he | Westward to visit other churches| in the Territory and will hold a cunterenoc With Bishop Baxter is Dr. E. D. for the south a few wee ever, ago. Philadelphia. The two church men held at 8 o'clock tonight and \ul‘ followed by a reception fnr | Bishop Baxter and Dr. Kohl;tedt [ LIVER BILE— The two men will continue to the| Bed in the Morning Rarin’ to Go iver should pour out two pints bile is not _flowingz frecly, in Seward for Metho- n the bows of ‘The Yiquid bile into your bowels daily. If this i food may WAKE UP YOUR Without Calomel—And You'll Jump Out of i L : . You get consti: ; he Green Consi ‘_uctmn‘ Com- dlst. churches in Alaska. Bishop| ated, You feel sour, sunk 0 d qmnv Towa corporation which wili| Baxter was formerly president of| looks L‘Zfink'm u-n&trmtv the Big Delta airport, Willamette University at Salem| ek e DD O el Vheos bt Saase |named Thomas M. Donohoe of (Ore, and one-time Dean of the| hflefl‘x’""'!"”‘vh' oake yon faal Sp and mazing in making bile flow frecly. | Valdez and Robert C. Iisley nl]S 00l of Religion at the Univer- | Ask fb¥ Cartes's ',uxply,’,‘\,';.:..‘\\'f i < ‘I"\nb:mku as resident agents for| sity of Southern California. BEUbHGFLY refiue anyibing alse. ¥ rine} 154, servicc ; # U SR -~ FRANK BOYLE'S SISTER PASSES| Mrs. Bridget McGeehan, sister of Territorial Auditor Frank A Boyle, died last Friday at Catas-| auqua, Pg according, to informa- | tion received by the Juneau man today. | Mrs. McGeehan was 86 yenrsold‘ {and had been an invalid for sev-) eral years, SHOW WOWsS 60, 000 SOLDIERS [— i e " Dick Powell and Jack Benny are pictured as they dig their bit towards entertaining soldier boys at Camp Munter Liggett, Cal. Sixty thousand troops saw the Mation Piciure Production Defense Commitiee’s show. A glittering array of screen talent was taken to Camp; Ord and Liggett for “test shows” to delermine the reaction of military audience to movie talent entertainment. The soldiers roared, whistled and stampeded approval. The committee has a program outlined (o supply fun for service men. Claudette Colbert principal in the venture, forerunner of many more; the committee declares. - ROTARY VISITORS P. R. Bradley of San Francisco, George hmon of Seattle, Living- stone Wernecke of Berkeley, Calif., Dick Harris of Seattle and Elmer Jenne, were visitors at today’s Ro- v lunrheon. DLES FOR BRITAIN B The sum of $25 for Bundles for Britain was raised by auctioning food at last week's cooking school and turned over to Treasurer John Cauble by Ernest Parsons today. ST S WA SUSPENDED SENTENCE A six months’ suspended sentence “n a charge of being drunk and dis- :rderly, was given David Howard to- day by U. S. Commissioner Pelix Gray. ———————— JOE MEHERIN LEAVES J. J. Meherin left Juneau today on an Electra for Fairbanks on business. He plans to be traveling in the Interior for about two weeks. fl.a% .i_nyi HAULING 0!' Al-l- KINDS! Dmly Delivm'y of the ' Daily Aiasku Empire Highway lbelivery T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE—1985 Ford sedan. Good condition, Giood rubber. New bat- tery. Cheap. Phone 553. FOR SALE—Corona portable type- writer, $25 cash. Joe George. 'PHONE 374--Juneau At the Empire Printing Company -H.R. “SHORTY” 'WHITFIELD, Owner