The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 19, 1941, Page 2

THE NIGHT CLUBS' NEW ERA . Champagne Waltz (Free) | (Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series on New York's night clubs. By GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK—What bingo is to the movies, free champagne is to the night clubs The managers themselves Wil tell you: “We don't play bingo. Wc give ay a few bottles of wine now and then, but it's just in fun.” Phooey They give it helps trade, At least, they think it helps trade. Night club mana- gers are not noted for their al- truistic fnstincts. They are busi ness men in a business that is one of the most hazardous of all gam- les. When the trade falls off, they trouble. The overhead keeps away because it face going i So. one of the things they do, | calculated to make the custemer | want to come back, is cater to the old bingo theme—the idea of giv- away something for nothing Greenback Rain Sherman Billingsley, shrewd astute of the Stork Club. does better than champagne. He gives away $100 bank notes. it works like this. Mr. Bill- ingsley has several hundred ballocns inflated, and into some of these he places his $100 bank notes. These balloons are sus- pended from the ceiling. At a given signal they begin to float down, and the scramble begins. To date there have been no broken bones, but the shrill cries of triumph from the lucky misses have often been heard as far as the Triborough bridge. The champagne gesture can be worked a hundred and it has been popular since the nad of the depression. Usually it awarded as a prize, perhaps for the best dancers There’s a night club in Green- wich Village that gives wine for lucky requests to the orchestra. Suppose there are 200 guests. Perhaps a number of guests will request a popular song. The sev- enth to ask for it is awarded the champagne. Soothing Syrup In still another club the enter- tainers summon stooges from the audience. They engage the vic- tims in some form of competition, make them appear ridiculous, and then assuage their feelings witn gift bottles of vintage champagne. It isn’'t a bad feature at all, It's something to talk about— and people do talk. But, what is more important, they often go back and take their friends. That's the idea — To get ’em back. It's legitimate—and it's fun. But it's also bingo. ing Mr. owner Watch for last story in series in Monday's Empire. ———————— this An improved method for deter- mining the air content of freshly placed concrete has been developed by the Bureau of Standards, De- partment of Commerce. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY home, $15. Phone Red 575. AS CLEVELAND THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1941. LIGHTNING | HEATWAVE ported as High Tem- peratures Prevail (Continued 1rom Page One) Temperatures have climbed as| high as 115 degrees in recent days | to break all time records in Wash- ington and Oregon. The human toll in Oregon stood at nine deaths this morning, at- tributed to heat. There have also been four drownings and one light- ning victim. Washington state charges two deaths to the heat. There have been | dozens of prostrations as the re- sult of the heat. Above the whole heat-ridden scene today rolls the summer threat, billowing smoke and the crackling of flames in forests and underbrush. The Regional Forestry Service Office in. Portldnd reports a total of 954 lightning set fires in Ore- gon and Washington National For- ests in the past four days, most of them reported at noon today as being under control before muci damage was done. Hundreds of other fires were set | by lightning strikes in state and f New York’s Stork brings pretty balloons. Some hold $100 bills. F E l l E R wI“S;prn'utc forest lands. . H H 2 | Miss Dorothy Gleysteen will be- DiMaggio Hits Again Affer | come ne riae of Alan wicks to- 1 inight at 8 o'clock in a double ring lapse in conse(u' | ceremony before a few close friends H H |at the home of the Warren Evelands five Slugging 1% the wetdon Apartments, The Rev. —_— | G. Edward Knight will perform the (By Associated Press marriage rites. Bobby Feller fanned nine Yankees | The mariage vows will be given by and gave up only six hits yesterday candlelight and the apartment will for his nineteenth victory of the be decorated with bouquets of pastel season. Rain stopped the game in flowers. the eighth inning, giving Cleveland | Miss Gleysteen will wear a blue one chalk mark in thiee of the so- silk dressmaker-style suit and a pas- called pennant series with red hot tel flower corsage. Her attendant, New York. DiMaggio, whose hitting Mrs. Warren Eveland will appear in streak stopped Thursday at 56 a pink afternoon dress. H straight games took a single from Warren Eveland will be best man Feller. for Mr. Wicks. Lefty Grove, 41-year-old Boston Immediately following the service Red Sox southpaw, was thwarted the couple will make a conference again in his quest for his 300th Am- call from the apartment to relatives erican League mound victory as Wwith Sioux City, Iowa, Jacksonville, Chicago won in ten innings, Florida, Chicago, and Valley City, |North Dakota, connected on the call. Breakfast Honors | At nine about fifty triends will |attend a reception for the newlywed 'I' S' k w | couple. WO Sitka WOmen | “sis ceysteen is the daughter ot IMr. and Mrs. J. C. Gleysteen of .. |Sioux City, Towa. She uated Mrs. J. J. Meherin and Mrs. R. H. ' fror the University of Iow:r;:.l\lm.« Williams were hosts at a noon . wicks is the son of Dr. and Mrs, breakfast in the Iris Room yesterday @ 1, wicks of Valley City, Norm' in honor of Mrs. Robert Jernberg Dagota He is now laborntol,-y teoh and Mrs. F. J. Stockfleth who left nician for the Territorial Health for Sitka early this morning by Dej partment. The two met at the plane after a few days visit in "ms‘Unlverslty of Towa. Guests at the breakfast were Mrs. 4 il Charles Beale, Mrs. G. F. F‘reeburg—“ Esther Metzgar, Mrs. Gertrude, . P Naylor and Mrs. Keith Wildes. !W " B H Id M d y \Will Be Held Monda Transport Workers PIC Sunday,July 20 Bus Leaves from Bus Terminal at 9:00 a.m. Look Here, Folks!? OPEN ALL NIGHT Percy Has Thrown the Key Away!? It's in the Channel OPEN ALL NIGHT-Every Night! Y’S CAFE PHONE 94 | PERC er, Mrs. Robert Schoettler, Mls‘Re(epfion for Knigh g A public reception in honor of the Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Knight, who are leaving soon, will be held in the social hall of the Methodist Church Monday evening, July 21, from 8 to 10 o'clok. The Knights are leaving on the Baranof for Seward, where ‘they will make their home. The Rev. Knight will attend the Methodist conference there, and take up his work as superintendent of Home Missions for Alaska. His succes- sor in Juneau, the Rev. Matthews, who passed through Juneau re- cently, will also attend the confer- ence before he and his wife return to reside here. ., ROTARIANS RETURN Rod Darnell and the Rev. John L. Cauble, President and 'Secre-| tary of the Juneau Rotary Club, are returning Tuesday on 'the North Coast after attending a Ro- tary convention in British Colum- bia. NIC Hundreds of Blazes Re-| STRENGTH SAPPED FROM GERMANY BY RUSSIAN CAMPAIG English Invasion Threat Not Near According to Agents LONDON, July 19—Reliable for- eign sources said today that the Russian war has put such a drain on the Nazi military machine al-| ready that it is improbable that the Germans will organize an at- tempt to invade England before winter. Reports from continental agen said that Germany moved the cream of her troops to the eastern front and the mere problem of reassem- bling them into invasion armies in the west will take a minimum of six weeks under the most favorable conditions. These, agents said, do not exist because of twoe factors: “one, because of heavy losses of men and materials inflicted by the Russians; and two, the damage ‘o communications bases in western Germany and along the invasion| coast inflicted by the RAF.” NEW AIR ROUTE T0 TERRITORY IS BEING PLANNED LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 19— Details for a proposed overnight air service linking West Coast mili- tary centers with Alaska’s 90 mil- lion dollars worth of defenses, werc announced in formulation today by Western Airlines officials. The all year round inland route of 2550 miles will extend from Western Airlines’ northern ter- minus at Lethbridge, Canada, to Nome and Anchorage via Fair- banks. DAVENPORTS BE HONORED THIS EVENING A no-host party is planned for this evening by the American Le- gion and the American Legion Auxiliary to honor Mr. and Mrs. Dave Davenport, who are leaving| Juneau soon. The party is to be in the Dugout at 8 o'clock.” The Davenports will make their| home in Ketchikan, where M | Davenport will be Territorial High- way Patrolman. 4 Halibuters Sell, Seattle SEATTLE, July 19— Halibuters arriving and selling here today are as follows, all from the western areas: Destiny 27,000 pounds, 16% and 13 cents a pound; Dawn 250 pounds, 16 and 12 cents; Arne 2,500 pounds, 16 cents straight; = Marit 1,000 pounds, 17 and 9 cents a pound. THREE DIVORCES IN 1t 'Are Enterfaining for GERMANS CUT THROUGH LINE AT SMOLENSK ‘Reds Sfrikewlgck at Ru- ‘manian Oil Fields- Hold Giant Reserve (Continuea from Page One) forces advance along the northern shore of Lake Ladoga in a flank- ing offensive north of Leningrad. 0il Destroyed Big refineries in Rumania’s Ploe- sti oil fields and tanks containing 20,000 tons of oil have been de- stroyed by the Red Air Force, au- thoritative sources said at Ankara. ‘This is a part of a rearguard ac- tion by air and land. Operations of guerilla forces in Russia are being made in the hope of slowing the Germans before they can roll into Moscow, Leninxrnd! and Kiev, their major goals. Rus- sian guerilla detachments behind the German lines are reported to have recaptured two cities identi- fied only as “Sh and Z.” The army newspaper, Red Star, said the guer- illas were originally ten men, ex- panded by recruiting “partisans and armed themselves by breaking up a German armored column when they seized three whippet tanks, several armored cars and bicycles as well as considerable ammuni- tion.” Red Star said they then as- sailed the Germans and are now holding two towns. Stalling for Time Izvestia, Moscow government newspaper, said Russian defende:s on the front have resorted to in- dividual entrenchment for weather- ing the storms of shellfire and bombs. The troops then turn auto- matic arms on the advancing Ger- man infantry and finally resort to bayonet struggles. The government organ indicated his manner of fighting was de- signed to gain time for the mobi- lization of a vast army of civilian rank and file which Stalin has called to bolster the regulars. This group may.be the four million- man force of which the Axis dip- lomat spoke in Istanbul. B % Geeslins and Whites McGintys and Glovers Mr. and Mrs. Fred Geeslin and Dr. and Mrs. Langdon White are entertaining tonight at 7 o’'clock at the White’s residence on Gold Belt Avenue in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Earl McGinty and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Glover. Thirty guests will be present at the buffet sup- per, and the evening will be spent in dancing. The Glovers are leaving soon for a few months’ vacation. Mrs. Mc- Ginty is leaving for the south for a six months’ vacation, and Mr. McGinty will join her in Novem- ber after making a business trip in the North. DOCTORS HERE DISTRICT COURT TODAY Three divorces were granted in Federal Court this morning by Dis- trict Judge George F. Alexander. Dorothy L. Jensen was granted a divorce from Enoch W. Jepsen; Nicholas P. Weber from Fay Weber and Irene Ardenia from Abelard Ardenia. —— PARENTS OF GIRL BABY Mr, and Mrs. Anthony J. Wu- kich are the parents of a baby girl, born at 4:50 o'clock this morn- ing in St. Ann's Hospital. The in- fant weighed five pounds and two ounces at birth and has been named Anne Maria. — ENTERTAINS TODAY Miss Mary Vander Leest enter- tained this afternoon at her home on Main Streét to introduce Miss Cecilia Gurr, who is visiting her, and Miss Edna Nelson. Guests were invited to call from 3 to 5 o'clock. FRSEES 1, p MBS ST SV AL UY DEFENSE BONDS Empire Clussifieds Pay! ~ FROM KETCHIKAN, Travelling from Ketchikan by afr, Dr. Courtney Smith, Dr. Fred Foard, Regional Consultant for the United States Department of Health for the West Coast, and L. Dopmeyer, Senior Sanita- tion Engineer for the 5th Medical District, arrived in Juneau last evening. The three will fly to Sitka tomorrow and then to Haines early next week. On July 24, Foard and Dopmeyer will leave for the Westward aboard the Haida. The two doctors are making a survey of sanitary con- ditions around defense areas. e DR. WHITTIER BACK After spending several weeks in California visiting relatives and friends. Dr. M. J. Whittier arrived in Juneau on a PAA Lodestar yes- terday afternoon. Mrs. Whittier and daughter are remaining in Califor- nia and will return late in the SCOUT CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY WITH FINANCE DRIVE m Eslagli_shmenl of Youth. Movement De- sired by Leaders Dr. W. M. Whitehead, Chairman of Juneau District, Boy Scouts of America today announced the Exe- cutive Committee and team cap- tains for the Boy Scout Finance Campaign which will be held soon and is in line with similar efforts throughout the Territory. 'he Campaign Executive Com- mittee is: Norman Banfield, Charl- es G, Burdick, Charles W. Carter, G. E. Cleveland, Frank Dufresne, Wellman Holbrook, John Jones, El- wood McClain, Tom Morgan, George Parks, Dan Ralston, Walter- Scott, | Keith Wildes, and Whitehead. Team captains are: Bert McDow- ell, Team 1; Jack Burford, Team 2; Dudley Reynolds, Team 3; Curtis Shattuck. Team 4. Campaign Appreved The Campaign Executive Commit- tee, met recently, apprcved the; Campaign and handled various pre- liminary phases of the effort. “The Boy Scouts of America has given Alaska the ‘go signal’ and our various volunteer leaders are now| looking forward to establishment, of a Territorial Administration of two tralned scout executives who will provide them with sorely need- ed training in the best methods of Fi carrying on the program,” said Dr.| Whitehead. “We need to maintain our Scouting on a high degree of ef- fectiveness as well as to provide units under trained volunteer lead- crs which literally thousands of ad- ditfonal Alaska boys can be invit- ed to join. Among boys of Cub and Scout age we know at least 75 per‘ cent intensely desire to become | active members. This can only hap- pen if we have trained leaders. “The minimum necessary annunl: budget for the Teritory is between | $10,000 and $12,000. Judging from the determined manner in which the Executive Committee and team | captains have acepted their res- ponsibilities in the Campaign I am confident scores of Juncau peo- ple will rally to the cause whi h needs our attention more today than | cver before,” Dr. Whitehead said.| Last Territory | Amby Frederick, the [first executive to reside in Alaska, has| been serving the Territory since March 1. Recently Mrs. Frederick | and their two chil ined him | seout THE WEATHER (By the U, 8. Weather Bureau) U. §. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Junean and vicini;, beginning at 43:0 p.m., July 15: Cloudy tonight, light rain Sunday; not much change in temper; ture, lowest tonight about 52 degrees, highest Sunday about 62 de- grees; moderate southeasterly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Cloudy tonight with light rain beginning early Sunday; not much change in temperature; moderate south to southeasterly winds but winds becoming fresh in the sounds and straits Sunday. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: moderate to fresh southerly winds, cloudy tonight, winds becming fresh southeasterly with rain Sunday; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: fresh southeast to easterly winds, rain; Cape Hinchinyrook to Kodiak: fresh easterly winds with rain, LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.05 61 49 w : § 4:30 am. today 2995 52 86 Calm 0 Noon today 29.95 54 o 82 Calm RADIO REPORTS Weather Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy TODAY Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am. temp. tempt. 24 hours Weather 32 32 0 Cloudy 53 Cloudy 45 Cloudy 59 Cloudy 51 Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Showers Cloudy Drizzle Max. tempt. Station last 24 hours Barrow 3 Falrbanks Nome. Dawson - Anchorage ... Bethel St. Paul Atka ... Dutch Harbor .. ‘Wosnesenski Cordova .. Juneau . Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert .. Prince George .. Seattle Portland N San Francisco .. 53 45 58 4“4 53 ) 8 04 0 .06 .01 b5 WEATUER SYNOPSIS Cloudy weather continued ove: most of Alaska this morning with rain falling over most of the Alasta Peninsula and Cook Inlet. Rain had fallen during the previous 24 hours from the Aleutian Islands to Kodiak. Scattered light showers occurred also over western and centra] portions of Alaska. The greatest amount of precipitation was 062 inch which was recorded at Cordova. There were no marked changed in temperature. It was cloudy this morning along the Ju- neau-Ketchikan airway but with ample ceiling and visibility. The Saturday morning weather chart indicated a center of low pressure of 29.83 inches was located at 52 degrees north, 160 de- grees west, and was expected to continue to move slowly eastward. The frontal trough in connection with this storm extended eastward from the center of lowest pressure to 55 degrees north and 148 de- grees west and thence continued to low latitudes. This trough was expected to move across the Gulf and reach the coast of South- east Alaska sometime Sunday, causing a moderate to fresh shifting of winids from southeast to a southwesterly direction. A center of high pressure of 30.2¢ inches was located at 34 degrees north and 147 degrees west. Juneau, July 19 — Sunrise 4:21 a.mn. sunset 9:43 p.m. July 21-- Sunrise 4:26 a.m., sunset 9:42 p.m. S DOUGLAS | few lessons following the departure of Mrs. Whalley. Other guests included Mrs. J. R. Guerin, Mrs. M. A. Pearce, Mrs. J. fort will determine whather the service can be continued a assistant Executive secured is the last of the Terri ganize for this intensi type of service. The other Territories and the States have been complz_ly or- an M. Clark, Mrs. Alfred Bonnett, Mar- garet Pearce and Betty Bonnett. —————— ON SICK LIST NEWS BRIDAL SHOWER GIVEN, HONORS MISS FRASER Albert E. Goetz has been confined to his home for the past three days with an attack of the flu. Complimenting Miss Jessie Fraser who is to be married the last day of the manth, Mrs. Felix Gray en- ganized for a number of yea.:. | tertained a group of guests at her At the present time the Territory | home last night with a Kkitchen has established units whkich can'ghower for the bride-to-be. take care of only 10 per cent of our| Bridge and pinochle provided en- boys who want Scouting, while the tertainment for the occasion. Win- country at large gives opportunities ners of the prizes were: For pin- to a much greater number. {ochle, Mrs. Ralph Mortensen, high Trains Character 'score, and Mrs. Leonard Johnson, “I am happy to see this develop- for low; at bridge, Mrs. Jack Fowler ment being carried forward under was high scorer, Mrs. Tom Cashen, Dr. Whitehead’s able leadership. Having been closely identified with the Scout program here for a num- ber of years, I am convinced the time has come when we Alaskans ! should bend every effort to encour- | age this great American youth movement which develops men of character, trained for citizenship,” said former district chairman Charles G. Burdick who is serving on the executive committee. Each team captain is organizing a team of ten men. The entire cam- paign organization will launch the effort with a complimentary break- fast Wednesday morning. FISHERMAN OF HOONAH, RICHARD THORNE DIES Richard Thorne, about 60 years old, died yesterday afternoon 2t St. Ann’s Hospital. He was taken to the hospital from Hoonah on July 14, Thorne was born in England and all his surviving relatives are now living in that country. He has been in the Territory about 40 years. He was a fisherman in the Hoonah district. Friends in that community will make funeral arrangements. The remains are at the Charles W.Car-~ ter mortuary. ., summer. BUY DEFENSE BONDS low. Miss Margaret Pearce received a cut prize. Many useful and appropriate gifts were received by the honor guest. Present besides those already mentioned, included the Misses Lu- cile Fox, Liana Aalto, Elspeth Douglas, Astrid Ladd, Elizabeth Fraser, Mesdames Edward Roller, Jack Warner, Robert Bonner, Mark Jensen, Orrin Edwards, A, J. Balog, L. A. Johnson, Arthur McBride, Grant Logan, Henry Langfeldt, Nor- man Rustad, Jessie K. Fraser. A second group of Miss Fraser's friends will be entertained at a miscellaneous shower for her tonight by Mrs. Gray. ———————————— UP TAKU RIVER A week-end party consisting of Orville Gulhaugen, Gordon Mills and Joe Riedi, Jr., left on the Riedi boat enroute up the Taku River, where they will enjoy Saturday and Sunday trout fishing. ———————— BON VOYAGE DINNER Mrs. Glen Kirkham was hostess at a farewell dinner party at her home last evening complimentary to Mrs. Anne Whalley, nurse, who is leaving on the steamer next Tuesday for Kodiak where she will be sta- tioned for the present. Miss Magn- hild Oygard also a public health nurse under the Territorial Depart- ment of Health, was also an honor ' guest for the occasion. The latter ‘will continue in charge of the wom- en’s first-aid class here for the next P —————y | Dougla; Church [ Services Notices for this cnurch coluran must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, ete. ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH No service tomorrow, DOUGLAS CATHOLIC CHURCK 9:15 a.m.—Holy mass. ALASKA EVANGELIZATION SOCIETY (Native Gospel Services) GEORGE H. LOVELESS Missionary-in-Charge 10:30 a.m.—Sunday School. 7:30 p.m.—Evening Servic® Sub- ject, “Have Men Lost Sight of God?"” ‘Wednesday, meeting. All are welcome at these services in the Mission Building. Girl_ Scout Troop To Meet Monday Girl Scout Troop No. 3 will meet Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian Church to elect officers for the coming year. Mrs. Earl McGinty, who is in charge of the troop, is leaving town Thursday, and Mrs, Vander and Mrs. Maloney will have charge during her absence. She will return in January. 7:30 p.m.—Prayer SEE HIM-IT'S VE! MPORTANT — AND~ -~ NO-1 HAVE NO APPOINTMENT povie STLBG BT ST BRINGING UP FATHER REALLY-2 WEI S ISTEN-I' VE B N WA WEL!;L—VVE BEEN KING FOR HM FOR SEVEN VE, -AND 1| CAN'T SEE HIM- EITHER-STEP N HERE -SIR — \TIN/ WHAT IS 1T _You