The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 25, 1941, Page 2

MEASURE 10 KEEP DRAFT GIVEN 0. K.« Selectees fti)flSfay in Army/| But Also in Western Hemisphere WASHINGTON, July 25—Mem- bers of the Senate Military Com- mittee were reported today tohave informally on the general of a resolution in which Con- will declare a ited emer- inder whicl ctees may rined in active Army service \d the present one-year limit rgreed it gency be re bey Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma told reporters, when he came out of the closed session today, that a count of noses within the com- mittee disclosed no opposition to| the proposal Senator Lee predicted the revised version of the bill wouldn't di turb present prohibitions ag sending lectees outside the W ern Hemisphere. —— CONCERT TO BE AUGUST 5 AND 6 BY MISS E. REPP Confralto’s Appearance to Be Sponsored by Wom- | en’s Yoluntary Services | Juneau late yesterday afternoon on | | be Peter Gatz, formerly in the Seat- | overby. 'NEW INTERNAL REVENUE ZONES FOR ALASKANS ollection Offices Are Now | Open at Anchorage and Fairbanks | With the appointment of two new deputy collectors and the zoning of the Territory for collection purposes, {the Internal Revenue Bureau is ready to handle the government’s share of defense payrolls now going into the pockets of the rapidly in-| creasing population of Alaska, ac- cording to Clark Squire, Collector of Internal Revenue, who stopped in | his way south on the Aleutian, after about two weeks of reorganizing the bureau set-up. The change arranged by Squire will see zone collection offices open- ed at Anchorage and Fairbanks, in addition to the Juneau office. In charge of the Fairbanks office will | tle office of the bureau. Heading | the Anchorage office will be Cecil Minaker, former Valdez attorney and new appointee of the bureau. | The Juneau office will continue | under the supervision of Wesley C. | Sullivan to Advise | United States over developments in 'ACAPILOTS MAKE BRITISH COUNTER JAPANESE Anthony Ed;Says Empire Prepared for Threats— Gets Cheers forU. S. -British LONDON, July 25 sec- | retary of State for War Anthony Eden told ‘the British 'PAl'li:nm”"f that “certain defense meas- | ures in the Malayas have already been enforced to counter the po-| tential threat of the Japanese oc- | cupation of French Indo-China.” Members of the House of Com-| mons cheered Eden when he said| the British Government is in close touch with the Government of the the Far East. Russian Foreign Commissar V. M. > | Stalin (center), looked on. NINE TRIPS TODAY RUSS TOWN Under the reorganization program, 0. S. Sullivan, formerly in the Ju- neau office of the bureau, will be transferred to Anchorage, where he will serve in an advisory capacity for the entire Territory, giving aid to any of the three deputies. Sullivan came to Juneau in 1934 as the first resident deputy collector of internal revenue in the Territory. In 1937, he was joined by Overby, and since that time they have worked jointly collecting for the bureau, with Ov- erby handling collections in South- east Alaska and Sullivan generally Nine flights will have winged out of the Channel round trip by dark | today as Alaska Coastal Alrways, pilots keep busy in the air. Pilot Shell Simmons carried Sam Fresnick to Taku and returned with | B. Brynelson, M. McCleod and | D ESTR OYID Adolph Smith. In a flight to Hawk | e 4 Py Inlet Simmons carried John Broodes, s 2 B e & 'German Radio Says City of 121,000 Blasted from Face of Map This is an'R Concert dates have been set for|in charge of collections in the In- Miss Ellen Repp, lovely camralto‘loricr and Westward_. soloist, for the evenings of Augus Under the reorganization program, 5 and 6. The soloist will appear in the Juneau office of the bureau will Hansen and child, who was brought | here for medical treatment. Don ' Robinson returned to Juneau on the | cannery and returned empty. An emergency flight to Hoonah Berlin, July 25—A German radio broadcast reported tonight that the Northern Light Preshyterian Church and the concert will be sponsored by the American Wo men's Voluntary Secrvice. For percent of the proceeds of the twn concerts will be given. to the vice. Mrs. Carol Beéery Davis mlH accompany Miss Repp. The concert singer is making h seventh visit to Alaskan audiences. | She has made a fotable reputation | on the New York concert stageand this past year her activ have been largely in opera. She was soloist on Norway Day at theSan Francisco Fair and sang in co cert and in “I1 Trovator 1 New York Wo Fair, 8 two operatic appearance negie Hall which had i and sang in many T Critics have praised T qua \‘ of voice and her fine musiciansh the New York Times ng of voice that it i nherently volum- inous and rich,” d the Nev World Telegram laring 1 Repp, a titian-haoired, statuesgue|s beauty, disclosed a voice of amp]v; power and suous beauty, espec- | jally in the lower and middle regis- ters.” The Evening Star of Wash- ington, D. C., said, “Miss Repp has a large, full voice capable of al variety of expressive nuances, her | tones takihg on a soft, yet round- ed, clarity of distinctive beauty.” | The singer made her debut to the New York concert stage in January, 1939 at Town Hall and has become more and more prom- inent in musical circles of that| city. ! Tourist on Board | | ! Aleufian Breaks | . Hip in Fall Here KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 23— Mrs. Frank Denslow, tourist from Kansas City, Missouri, who slipped on the wet Juneau dock and broke her hip was removed from the steamer Aleutian here today and has been taken to the Ketchikan Hospital. ———.—— CHARLOTTE ON SPECIAL TOUR| The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Charlotte arrived in Juneau this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock north- | bound on a special Sougheast Alaska | cruise, Carrying a capacity load of 220 passengers from all sections of the country the steamer will sail for Skagway tonight at 10 o’clock. Captain of the Princess Charlotte is W. Q. Palmer while A. N. Taylor is Chief Purser. — . ‘The Datly Aiaska "mpire nas the iargest paid circulation of any Al- aska mnewspaper. Empire Classuieas £ay: FOR RENT | Junean Liguor Store Space Will Remodel to Suit Tenant. See Perey’s Cafe | the Al | daughter |lic Health Service, Dr. Rofarians at Sitka handle collections for the First Di- vision of the Territory; the Fair- banks office will collect internal revenue in the Second and Fourth divisions; and the Anchorage office will have charge of collections in | the Third Division. The new set-up will see no change in brewery stamp deputies stationed in Ketchikan and Fairbanks. R. M. Hardcastle will continue to handle mip sales to the Ketchikan brew- nd Peggy Lyle will do the stamp ork in Fairbanks. Squire was accompanied on his trip by Harry W. Call, chief of the field division of the Tacoma office of the internal revenue bureau. PORTERS LEAVE ON TRIP SOUTH Herman M. Pox'er. of the staff of | 1ska Electric Light and Power | Company, and Mrs. Porter, are pas- engers south on the Princess Louise and wil! be gone for about one| month. The Porters will visit with their Alberta in Tacoma and also a sister of Mrs. Porter in Olym- pia, Wash., during their tour in the | Pacific Northwest. | 'Sitka Sanitation Given Once Over SITKA, Alaska, July 25 — Two| representatives of the U. S. Pub- Fred Foard and Mr. J. Dopmeyer, accompanied by Dr, Courtney Smith, assistant| Territorial Commissioner of Healta, | made a thorough investigation of| sanitation facilities here last Mon- day. The party is to submit a re- port as to the needs of the city. - e | | | | | Guests of Canner SITKA, Alaska, July 25—Law- rence Freeburn, superintendent of a local cannery, entertained the Rotary Club at a luncheon Monday held in the cannery mess hall. Ro- bert Schoettler was a guest of the club. Music was furnished by Mary Dare, accordionist. Sitka Board Sels Monday for Banquet! SITKA, July 25—The Board of Control, of the municipally- owned ic utilities system, has set Jul. 28 as the date for their first ban- quet. All employees of the utilities are to be guests of the Board. | \ D! | Thomas Tilson will serve as) toastmaster, and Mayor and Mrs. J. J. Conway will be guests of honor. The banquet will be held ia private dining soom of the new itka Cafe. D SOUTH FOR VACATION | Horace O 1 left on the ! for nonth’s vacation in Seatile } | Shaffer and Bjarne Olsen was an- | pouring, | TRADING POST was made by Dean Goodwin this morning when he roared over to the | island town to pick up Mrs. Robert emergency flight. | vitebsk, a Russian city of 127,000 Frank Metcalf was a passenger to |peoplée and a bastion of the Stalin Port Althorp with Goodwin on a line, has been completely wiped out. later flight . Goodwin flew to Kake ' A broadcast from Vitebsk, 90 :C%‘ {for developing and inaugurating jolnt activities to meet problems as they arise. { Mr. Wade will act as direct agent of Mr. McNutt, who in addition to being Federal Security Administra- tor, *is National ~Coordinator for ‘Heéalth, Welfare and Related De- fense Activities. ' “Coordinatioh will be achieved through voluntary cooperation of the federal agencies involve d" ex- plained Mr. Wade. “In Alaska prob- lems occasioned by the defense program are so numerous and have had such tremendous impact upon |many communities, it is essential| | coordinated effort to solve them be started with the least possible des Iay." and Hawk Inlet. miles northwest of Smolensk, is re- Later today Simmons will fly to port.ed to have said: “One mn Ketchikan with Eugene Thayer and |only say that a city once was here. will return with five passengers. | ROy 199 5 v IR James Boyle and Herb Redman | were passengers with Pilot Alex‘wADE Is “Ew Holden on a trip to Sitka. He is scheduled to return with five pas- | sengers from the Coast. He also | (ooRDmATOR carried mail and express to Lha Coast. E“ E A trip to Yakutat with L. E‘ FoR DE Dierke and a return flight with five passengers is slated for later in the day as ars two flights to the Can-| McNutt Appomls Alaskan adian Polaris-Taku min FheEE et to Combine Health and BJARNE OLSEN AND = Welfare Adtivities | l[ HAF Appointment of Hugh J. Wade, HARR S FER IDirector in Alaska for the Social | Security Board, as Territorial Co- To wED IN AUGUST;GrdinBWr for Health, Welfare and Related Defense Activities, was announced today by Paul V. Mc- The engagement of Miss Harriet Nutt, Administrator of the Federal | Security Agency. . nounced yesterday afternoon at a In his new capacity, which will small tea for ten of Miss Shaf-|be in addition to his existing duties, 's close friends, given by Mrs.|Mr. Wade will take steps immed- arold Foss at her home. |iately to develop werking relation- The wedding will take place m‘shlps with Territorial and Federal the latter part of next month at ! Tepresentatives of health, welfare | the home of the bride-elect’s par- ‘and related federal agencies situ-| |ents, Mr, and Mrs. Richard Shaf- |8ted in Alaska to assure a | fer Jr., in Merced, Cal. ordinated federal Pffon_ in meet- The betrothal was announced in ;rilegldsdefense JEONIES. Tog tlEese |a novel manner on French cakes Mr. Wade' said one of his first | with the initials B. and H. with rosebuds in the center of the cakes. 'funcnons &5 Tephutiel Coordip i 3 \tor will be to bring together the The rosebud motif was carried oub'seyera) federal agencies concerned in the table decoration with an!with the = recently signed com- | old-fashioned bouquet of Cecil Bru-{muynities Facilities Act, which ner roses. Cream-colored tapers makes available federal funds for were lighted on the tea table. Mrs. those communities affected by the R. Brust assisted Mrs. Foss with |defense program. It is probable that a Regional The bride-elect attended prepar-|Advisory Council will be appointed atory school in Merced and later |In line with the practice in the the University of California at Ber- |States. This Council will be res- keley. She was graduated from mci‘pt!nsible for analysis of available University hospital as a nurse and local, territorial, and federal re- has been employed at St. Ann’s|Sources, and within policies agreed Hospital for the past three months. Mr. Olsen received his eduea- tion in Seattle and is a graduate of the school of architecture at the University of Washington. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Olsen of that city, and for the past several years has been em- ployed as architectural draftsman by the H. B. Foss Company in Ju- neau. Miss Shaffer will leave for Mer- ced in a few days where she will visit with her parents until the wedding, and Mr. Olsen plans to leave this city the first part of August to spend some time in Seattle. The couple plan to make their| | home in Seattle. e VOGUE STAFF MEMBER IS INCORPORATED The Akiak Mercanule Anocla' tion has filed corporation paper: with Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle. Capitalization of the cor- poration is given as $12,000. The board of directors chosea | for the first year of the. business is Michael Sara, Per M. Spein,| Mathew Spein and Timothy j, Twitchell. All are from Akiak where :n;n;&“fl::;?ry?h:::rlgwm:; New the corporation is located. The cor-|Yorkers would make the Alaska Even though she is on a vacation, Miss Maxine Berlow of New York City, a passenger on the Prin cess | Charlotte, is finding time to gather material to take back to Vogue !of an article about Alaska. By flying from Chicago, Miss |Berlow is managing time for an Alaska trip during her vacation, will visit his | uncle, Noel Adams. — e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS poration will maintain a trading trip if they only knew more about post, Alaska. co-| upon among the federal agencies,' LIKES ALASKAN TRIP' Molptov (seated) North Seals (oming North SEATTLE, July 25 — Steam North Sea sailed at 10:30 o’clos this forenoon for Southeast Alaska with 189 passengers aboard, the following booked for Juneau: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sowle Rev. Bernard Hub , Mrs. D. Hubbard, Mrs. Clark Hart Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cowling, Alice Bryson and baby, Mrs ter McKinnon, Mrs. Ida L. nolds. M Salon Dore and daughter, Mrs. Rolilia Morissette, C. F. E tick, C. T. Bostick, Barney utz, James Miller, Mike Ciko, Nasypany. the John Mrs. Bl T MISSING HALIBUT ~ VESSEL FOUND IN . PORT SAN JUAN Faith Il Towed Into Port and Had Main Bear- g ing Repaired | United States Coast Guard head- quarters here learned this noon that the missing halibuter Faith II has been towed to Port San Juan. The vessel arrived there with all on boar and has had its burned-out main bearing repnired AT U g Friends Bid Bon Voyage fo Three Traveling South. A large crowd of friends was ca the dock yesterday afternoon to bid bon voy to Mrs. Earl ‘vl(- Ginty and Mr, and Mrs. A. ,Glover, who were leaving on Aleutian for the south. The Glovers are planning a mp through the Southwestern States, and expect to be gone about two months. Mrs. McGinty will visit in Wisconsin, where her husband |will join her in November for a visit in Arizona and California be- fore they return in January. HAIDA LEAVES FOR | CRUISE TO BARROW I.h, Leaving Juneau this afternoon with Government officials for the | Westward and the far North was; the Coast Guard cutter Haida. The cutte- which will be gone from iJuneau for almost two months, left the city at 2 o'clock as sched- | uled. In command of Lieutenant Comm Stmcncom‘n Haida is der H. W D GAMES TODAY | ‘The following are final scores of /games played this afternoon in the | major leagues as received up to | press time: ' 2 National League | Brooklyn 4; Pittsburgh 8. American League New Ymk 8; Chicago 0. - MWSE AND ELKS “TO PLAY TONIGHT Scheduled before the mreeflme Moose vs. Moose series, a seven- inning contest between the Moose Elks is due to start at 6:30 o'clock on the Firemen's Ball Park tonight, weather permitting. | it Y DEFENSE BONDS e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FRIDAY, jULY 25, 1941. cow, while behirid him, Sir Stafford Cripps lleflr, Brlllsh Ambas ador to Moscow, and Premier Joseph test transmission by radio from Moscow fo New York. | s- | flict between Latin-American work- Pete | British West Indies to work on spec- | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 28 =} CANAL ZONE 5 SCEME OF 3,000 Workers Batfle in| What Police:Call Rac- ial Antagonism CRISTOBAL, Panama Caital Zone, y 25.—Police reserves were called here today to quell a 90-minute con- 1 | | | ers and others imported from the ‘inl defense projects in the Gatun| area of the Canal Zone. | An entire labor camp of some 3,000 men was involved. Several | rioters were jailed and three serious- y injured. Twenty others required | first aid. Police said racial antag- | onism was at the bottom of the| trouble and denied suggestions of |~ su’bveu)vc influences at wark. D Denali Is Now Juneau Bounds SEATTLE. July nali sailed for Ale ports at 10 o'clock this moming with 202 pas- ngers aboard, including 33 steer- rit Steamer Do- {3 §4 Halibuters follows: {onic 40,000 pounds, selling at 15 try a new /4 and 13 cents a pound; Paragon IMore enthusiasm was e 40,000 pounds, 15% and 13 cents; scooping the elusive crab off the Brisk = 36,000 pounds, THE WEATHER (By. thg U.’'S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., July 2 Mostly cloudy with possibly very light rain tonight and Saturday not much change in temperature, lowest temperature tonight akout 53 degrees, highest Saturday 57 degrees; gentle variable wind VForecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy with local very light rain and not much change ia temperaturé tonight and Satur- Gay: moderate southwest to west winds but moderate to Iresh southerly in Lynn Canal. Forecdst of winas along” the cgast of the Guit of Alaska: | Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate to fresh westerly win mostly cloudy with localyfog ani @rizzle; Cape iSpencer to C: Hinchinbro moderate to fresh southerly to southwesterly winds, local rain; Cape ' Hinchinbrook t, Reswivection Bay: moderate southeast to east winds, local vain; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: northwest to partly cloudy. LOCAL DATA moderate west wind Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.13 53 9%« s 5 Drizzle, fog 4:30 aun. today 30.11 53 99 Calm 0 Dri { Noon today 30.11 56 91 SEW 3 O RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m. Station last 24 hours temp. tempt. 1 24 hours Weather Barrow 35 | 30 32 0 Fairbanks 63 | 48 49 08 Nome 50 | 4 a7 14 Dawson - 53 53 01 Anchorage & 55 58 10 Pt.Cldy Bethel 57 50 51 05 Rain St. Paul 52 45 48 T Rain, fog Atka 56 47 248 o Overcast Dutch Harbor .. 52 49 49 0 Pt. Cldy Wosnesenski ... 54 | 50 51 T Overcast Cordova 58 42 53 02 Overcast Juneau 55 | 53 53 51 Rain, fog Sitka 62 52 53 A1 Drizzle Ketchikan 1 58 58 0 Overcast Prince Rupert .. 67 54 56 0 Cloudy Prince George .. 82 54 56 0 Cloudy Edmonton . 2 50 52 0 Clear Seattle 6 55 55 0 Clear Portland 80 58 59 0 Overcast San Francisco .. T1 | 55 56 0 Pt. Cldy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Relatively cool moist maritim> air continued over Alaska this morning and rain had fallen ‘during the'past 24 hours over of the Territory. Rain continuel to fall this morning at prints from the Kuskokwim Vall:y to the Seward Peninsula cver Southeasy Alaska mnorth of 'P.tersburg.. The greatest amount of precipitation was 51 hundredths o’ an inch which ‘was recorded at Juneau, The warmest temperatur: yesterday afternoon was 71 de- grees which was reported at Ketcikan and the -lowest this morn- ing 30 degrees at Barrow. Brok:n clouds to overcast with mode most some and ate fo very low ceilings and goe | visibilities except poor in north portion prevailed over the Jun :au-Ketchikan airway thiz morn- ing. The Friday morning weather chart indicated a center of high pressure of 30.62 inches was locai:d at 44 degrees north gnd 151 degrees west and a high crest ext:nded north northwestward over the Alaska Peninsula. Relatively low pressure prevailed to the northwest of Alaska and a weak relatively 1.w pressure area was apparently forming near the Kenai Peninsula. Juneau, July 26 — Sunrise 4:35 a.m., sunset 9:32 p.m. fame, while Mrs. Suily and Mrs, Copstead acted as guides. After a three days visit with Sully’s mother in Sitka the defense town the big game party set out for Warm Springs to soak off the A historic city’s dust. { Three days. of excellent trout ._E__. © %8 57 ¢l fishing was ekperienced in Baranof July Halibuters ar- Lake from where the party set out iChatham. - Here: several | brownies dominated the streams so From the western banks—Mas-| the undaunted party prepared to sport—crab ‘hwiting. reported at Seattle, ving and selling today are as for' 156% cents botom at a running speed than any Passengers booked for Juneau inolade the tollowing: straight. other game or fishing sport ever Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cecil, Earl| Z:fp;fie'fifed;nf::‘e;i me'n o Cecil, Betty Pometoy, Helen Sel-| M c I C . ol Wdve yoyur strip m:i,:,_’}f:g E:“ U}‘»"”;“Z" Mis. T. 3. Pyle, san-| V[, LO Vifl Omlng looking: for crab beaches.” Ll i o § §.% A very enjoyable two days was Mrs. D. Pappe, Margaret Hanm).i For Vls“ ‘n C“‘ ‘spent at' the* Elmer Garnes’ home {Henry A. Ford, J. E. Luffman, at -Angoon. Incidently if anybody Charles Finnman, Stanley Jones. wants to know how to reach An- ———r——— Mrs. Ethél Colvin a.nd son Jack. | the * civilians. are employed and work is MEHERIN REPORTS WESTWARD s J. 3. Mehers, Tepresentative’ ‘of. Hills Brothers coffee and other nationally advertised food products, returned to Juneau on the Mount McKinley yesterday after a short| business frip to the Interior nnd‘ Westward. Meherin made the trip to Fair- banks by PAA Lodestar two weeks ago and reports mini getting back to normal following ettlement of the recent strike. [ | Sil Men to seek other employment are re- {of aboard the Taku bound for Juneau for a visit. Mrs; Colvin is a sister of Mrs. Evelyn Vernon and Ray| ’Wesmm ES "D0-BOY" 15 IN PORY prietor ‘of 'Sullys Bakery pilote his trim cruiser “ Friday terminating his annual operations f\:: Weelsycrulse of "exploration to Pu A, ho had left the. community|qeck-swab this year was : Copswhd of '20th Century Market aska newspaper. goon, just get in touch with Sully or Copstead, they know! The trip was a very restful and | peaceful one with the exception of a disturbance every other day or so by pilot Shell Simmons, but now the ‘adventureres are happy to be back 'in the -din of the big city. ¢ e ————— Klamath Falls, Oregon, are METCALF IS ON TRIP TO PORT ALTHORP City Engineer Frank Metcalf left AFTER TWO WEEKS OF smT today by -plane for Port Althorp. ‘Metcalr now on vacation from his “Commodore” Henry Sully, pro-| | city job, is reported to be making a p |survey on estimated costs of re- DO-BOY” into pyjlding the P. E. Harris cannery at burned two years ago. tka ‘and way ports. X Chief ‘co-pilot, boatswain and The Daily Alaska Empire has the Roald largest paid circulation of any Al- turning for their old jobs. In spite of 25 years spent in Al- 'aska, it was on this trip that he! saw his first boom-town, Mr. Me- herin said, Anchorage,, unless one seen it, he said,”is difficult to | ure. Business of every sort is| a peak. At the base about 3,000 said t§ be ahead of schedule. 1 With the defense work and ac- tivity in mining and fishing in the Cooks Inlet and Bristol Bay area, Amhomge is enjoying an excellent | business this summer, Meherin said. ! Seward, he reported, has taken a new lease on life. Eight hundred soldiers camped near the townand the possibility of a much larger 'camp being established has bright-{ |ened the busincss outlook for Sew- | ard. At Portage Bay, about 100 men; ,are working as a survey crew onj lthe Alaska Railroad’s new termins . Fred Hanson, formerly super- intendent of the Copper River ani|, Northweestern, has been loaned to| the Army engineers to be super- 'intendent of construction, under the | Army, for the Portage cutoff. B e S LEAVES ON LOUISE Mrs. Waino Hendrickson and | daughter left this morning for the | south on the steamer Princess Louise for a visit. 24 Baps' Stepmother Marries er of Countess Barbara Hutton, Hqu u-lhvenu , the ett, were tepmoth ;Ibolwarm‘ heiress, Mrs. Mflfl Kumm, an A%