The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 28, 1941, Page 2

MONEY FOR GAME WORK IS EXPECTED Would Mean $25,000 a Year in Territory for Wild Life Stocking | An amendment to the Federal Aid Act, which would allow allocation of $25,000 in government money each year for use in wild life restoration | and research work in Alaska has just passed the House of Represep- tatives and is expected to be given Senate approval this week, according to a telegram received #oday by Frank Dufresne, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission The amendment is designed to ex- tend the privileges of the Federal Aid Act to all Territories of the U. S, If funds are made available for work e said stocking of the Territory with pheasants and carrying on of experiments on fur farm production, already planned, will be made possible. Through the Federal game hatch- | ery at Petersburg, Mongolian, Ka- | leege and other breeds of pheasants would be made available for stock- ing of hunting areas of the Terri- tory, under the program, Dufresne said. The fur farm experiments would be carried on in collaboration with the territorial farm at Peters- | burg, he declared | - -e - | MRS, W, HELLAN RETURNS FROM (DA MEETING Film Actress Alexis Smith weighs dress of red and white crepe accou silk slip, 2!¢ ounces; net panties, silk hosiery with eln.sficlz@ tops, one ounce. (left) the summer outfit.she wears at right. The total weight is 15 ounces with the sheer print sperts nting for 7 ounces; white parachute 2% ounees; net bra, 2 ounces, and First Deputy—from Alaska to Attend Has Interesting Time in Washington Mrs. Walter Hellan returned to Juneau over the weekend from at- tending the 19th Biennial national | convention of the Catholic Daugh- ALA DEPARTMENT POPPY POSTERS JUDGED AT TEA Three Judg-es_Decide Win- ters of America in Washington, D. C. She was the first Alaskarep- | pars {0 Be Sent to Na- resentative ever to attend the! i National convention. | tional Contest Mrs. Hellan is the Territorial | A deputy of the CD.A. in Alaska,and | 1 g qoime of the the first Grand Regent of the Lit-| o0 do cont i from all tle Flower Court in Jumeau. Ab|ooveoe o Torritory by the Amer- the convention she was given the |jooi” pesion Auxiliary was the oc- same rank as State deputies, and | casion of the informal tea given by thus kept in close touch withcom- |Mrs. John McCormick Saturday mittee work and with plans for afternoon, chairman of the depart- future activities of the organiza- |ment’s Poppy contest tion. Posters sent in were divided into The five-day convention was three groups; those from the 3rd, opened July 7 with a sermon by 4th, 5th and 6th grades; those from the Most Reverend William J. Haf- the 7th, 8th and 9th grades, and ey, national chaplain of the C.D.A "llmav from the 10th, 11th, and 12th A highlight of the convention was |g&rades. Entrants came from Ketch- solemn high mass at St. Matthew's | 1kan, Petersburg, Juneau, Valdez, Cathedral, where the Most Rev- |Cordova, Seward and Fairbanks s ¢ i | Winners in the three divisions erend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, | 5% D.D., apostolic, delegate from Rome | were Elinor Stamp, 6th grade, Val- G y s " |dez; Ann Frances Weatherill, 7th to the United States, said mass. | ’grade. Fairbanks; and Marjorie Another interesting occasion was Jennings, 10th grade, Ketchikan mim“}nda"w.:’fd‘fip lfd d:]e,“a:::"'i Judging the contest were Mrs. and a few invited guests at a tedigq)y ghafer, Mrs. Hamilton Bond, in the Blue Room of the meium! Mrs. Zolmain Gross. Posters House, where Mary Norton, con-|were judged according to rules sub- gressional Representative of New mitted by the national organization, | Jersey was hostess. Mrs. Hellan |and winners will be sent to head- also visited the National Shrine of |quarters for the national contest. Immaculate Conception on the|They will also each receive $5. campus of the Catholic University.| Mrs. McCormick was assisted at The theme of the convention was | the tea by Mrs. Ellis Graham ,who “peace,” with special emphasis on |Poured, and Mesrames V. A. Daven- the junior work. The group also port, Jack Mutch, J. G. Shepard, went on record as encouraging ‘M. E. Monagle, George Sundborz, women to attend retreats, such as|and Howard Simmons the three-day retreat at the Shrine = .- of St. Terese being planned this FORE TRY x fall. | While in Washington, Mrs. Hel-| lan was entertained by Alaska Del- egate Anthony J. Dimond, and his daughter Ann accompanied her on a trip to Mount Vernon. Mrs, Hellan visited friends and relatives on her trip, and also her birthplace in Buffalo. In Chicago she spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy, formerly in Ju- neau with the Coast Guard. OLYMPIA BREW HEAD IN JUNEAU On the last legs of a week’s trip through Alaska is Peter G. Schmidt, President, Technical Director, and Master Brewer of the Olympia Brew- ing Company. The brewing official has been combining business with pleasure in his trip here as this is his first trip to the Territory. Of greatest interest to Schmidt on | the trip is the indication of con- tinued growth of commercial facil- ities such as the hotels, theatres and radio stations in the towns of Fairbanks and Juneau. “It is indeed a credit to the community to see such hotels as the Baranof and radio station like KFAR in Fairbanks, | stated Schmidt. | Schmidt, who has grown up with the brewing industry, has been con- nected with Olympia ever since it was founded by his father in 1896 Schmidt will leave for Seattle on Three men interested in studying the forest growth in Alaskan re- gions came through Juneau Satur- day night on the Alaska, and will be several days. They are Dow. V. Baxter, associate professor of forest growth and for- est pathology of the University of Michigan; Fred Walker, a student assistant, and J. N. Hessel, from the Forest Service office in Washington, D.C. The party was headed for Nome |and Kotzebue, but will retern to study forests in the Juneau area be- fore returning to Seattle on Septem- | ber 5, according to Harry Sperling, | chief fiscal agent for the Forest Service here. ————— 'YOUNG WOMAN DIES YESTERDAY MORNING | Mrs. Dorothy Lou Howard, 18 died at the Government Hospi early yesterday morning. She has lived in Juneau all her life. Mrs. Howard is survived by her husband, Eli Howard, a small daughter, Margaret, her parents, Mr. and Mrs, James Miller of Ju- neau, five sisters and a brother The funeral has been tentativel set for Wednesday afternoon at o'clock in the Memorial Presby- terian Church with the Rev. Wal- the next southbound plane. ter A. Soboleff reading the serv- A ice. Interment will be in Evergreen The women's bureau of the| Cemetery. The remains are at the W. Carter mortuary. U. S. Department of Labor was established in 1920. Charles winning| HEADED FOR NOME back here next month for a stay of ELLEN REPP WILL SING IN CONCERT, ' SEATILE, TUESDAY \Excerpt irofiunday P.-l. | Tells of Miss Repp’s | Work in Past Year A long article appeared about | Ellen Repp, wel-known contralto lin the Seattle Sunday Post-Intel- | ligencer yesterday telling of her sing in concert at Meany Hall to- morrow night in Seattle. Miss Repp will be in Juneau to sing August 5 and 6. The following is an excerpt from the article: | “The Norwegian contralto is back to home territory for a concert and a singing tour of Alaska. New lup her sleeve is her work during |the past year in opera. | “Ellen Repp, the University of | Washington graduate who left school to teach history, then re- verted to musie, the first love of |her Viking ancesters, has been dir- |ecting much of her boundless en- lergy in the field in which her |friends and concert admirers have long thought she belonged—opera. “When the contralto sinps at |Meany Hall Tuesday night her con~ |cert program will be abundant with the music of Gluck and his peri- wigged contemporaries; with Brahms’ lieder and of -course with Greig, whose music was subject to ‘her own research in Oslo, where she coached under David Monrad | Johannsen, considered the great- |est authority on Norway's beloved | composer. There'll -be -Debussy. and) American moderns' represented, t0o; some of the music still in manu- | seript.” |- doar | \Northwest to enjoy. the festivities. work during the past year. She will|, Poflaich Is BigFeature For Seattle Five Days of Fesiviies fo Start Tomorrow-Many Events Scheduled SEATTLE, July 28—This city's spectacular celebration, . the Pot- latch, will open here tomorrow and continue for the week of festivi- ties. The city is all dressed up in fes- tive attire for the five days and nights of merriment and pagean- try. Myriads of huge grinning Pot- latch Bugs smile happily from gaily colored street decorations,. while sidewalks in the downtown area are flanked with grotesque totem poles. Brilliant spectacles, thrilling out- spectacles, parades, .music, dancing .and races, many, of the events .free, have; been prepared for the big mid-summer: celepration. Thousands to See Thousands :of visitors are expect- ed from many cities of the Pacific | From the elaborate coronation ceremonies for . Queen Shirley at Civic Auditorium: Tuesday night . to the. big (aquatic .show on Lake Washington . Saturday, there mever will: be a dull moment. Some of the highlights of the varied program will be an illum- inated and: decorated . marine pa-| geant, preceded by a water-ski car- | nival and outboard races on Lake | Washington on. Wednesday evening: An .imposing outdoor spectacle will :be .staged at Civic Stadium on Thursday evening when crowds wm‘ be treated to trained horse -acts, an exhibition by the Cossack mo‘ torcycle .drill team, entertainment| by .vaudeville and radio. stars and band. coneerts and choral numbers. | The climax of the week will be! the « traditional - Potlatch parade | which : starts. Friday morning at 10| o'clock. Scores of elaborately: dec- orated floats, bands, uniformed | units, drill. teams: and drum and bugle corps will be included in the long line .of march. Winning floats will pass in re- view and prizes will be awarded at Friday night's big outdoor show ut the Civic Stadium. i The ever-popular Children's Pet Parade will be staged at Woodland Park Saturday afternoon .and at the same time the Ski-Quatic Fol- lies will offer thrills and spills at Madison Park. Big Aerial Show A spectacular air show in keep- ing with Seattle’s outstanding place in.the world of aviation will be another feature. Some of America’s - finest horses will contest for the Potlatch Purse in : twilight racing at Longacres Tuesday night. There will be an all-day swim meet at Green Lake . Wednesday and an' all-day golf turnament at the Sand .Point Golf and Country Club Friday. The celebration closes. Saturday night with an aviation-military bail at Civic - Auditorium, .free to men in service uniforms . and the offi~ cial Potlatech fireworks spectacle at Playland Amusement Park. Men who registered under the Selective Training and Service -Act on' July: 1 and: whose order num-~ GOV, GRUENING AND PARTY ON WAY BACK HERE, YIA' CORDOYA On their way to Juneau, the party of Gov. Ernest Gruening left | Anchorage today on the way to Cordova, it was reported, but un- | certainty of Cordova weather made | it unpredictable whether the gu- | bernatorial party would be able to leave that airport for here. With Gov. Gruening is James J. Ryan, Assistant Director of | Civilian Defense and Mr. and Mrs. | Huntington Gruening, of San Fran- |ClSl'0. ilegi e on Auxiliaryto Meet Tuesday Night| Important matters will be discuss- ed at a meeting of the American | Legion Auxiliary, called by Katherine Davenport, Unit President, at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening at the Dugout. Elections will be held for Presi- dent, First and Second Vice-Presi- dents, and a Delegate-at-Large. Also recommendation for Depart- ment officers will be heard. The disposal of convention funds will be discussed and the convention call will be issued. A report of the visit of Mrs. Lewis J. Lemstra, the Na- tional President of the Auxiliary, |will be made, and other important \lissues will receive attention, | side, George Simpson, Carl Main, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1941. *l PASSENGERS FLY T0 JUNEAU FROM YUKON ON COAST Alaska Steamship Vessel Stops at Hawk Inlet Bound_WesI Alaska Coastal Airlines will have carried 58 passengers at| sundown today as trips keep shut-! tling in and out of Juneau to the| steamer Yukon at Hawk Inlet.| Passengers. on board the vessel made several trips to Juneau be- fore the Yukon's sailing time for the Westward. On the first trip of the morning, pilot- Shell -Simmons carried A. Wiliams to Hawk Inlet, I. G. An- derson from Juneau to Sitka and carried the following passengers to Juneau from Hawk Inlet: Edith Matten, Gladys Bladwodd, Charles Ruth, Charles Madsen, C. E. Helsel, William Merup, George Bellamy, Phyllis Herman, E. Merkley and R. M. Bmith. Alex Holden carried T. C. White- Jerry Powers and I. A. Anderson to Sitka and returned with Pauli Buz- ard, W. DeHaas, Hal Fineh, Wil-| liam Stuart and Vera Crone. On another flight to the Coast Simmons went to Sitka with A. W. Douglass, Lyle Hebert, Amby Fred- erick and Ed Loidhamer and is scheduled to return with four pas- sengers. On a trip to Hoonah, pilot Dean Goodwin carried mail and| express to the town and returned with R. A. Welsh and Joe Downey and R. A. Chapman from Hawk Inlet. Holden is scheduled to make a flight to Sitka later in the day with five passengers each way and Goodwin will ‘return passengers to Hawk Inlet and the steamer Yukon. >->o INPARAGUAY T0. BE GIVEN DEATH Capital Punishment Set for | Traifors inBolivia's Neighbor ASUNCION, Paraguay, July 28.— A death penalty for anyone attempt- ing to turn Paraguay or any part of it over to a foreign power, was.pro- vided in a decree issued by Presi- dent .Morinigo this morning only a Week after neighboring Balivia nip- ped an alleged revolutionary plot and expelled the German minister. The decree followed another last night in which Morinigo called .it to the supreme “interests of the na- tion” to have strict measures against the sad extremes to which anarchy ‘might condugct it. Body of Child, 5, Flown fo Juneau from Yukon 1. The remains of a small child, Lillian Bacen, -five, were .flown to Junean - Saturdhy afternoon in Livingstone Wernecke's plane from Mayo;: Yukon Territory. The small girl died in the Mayo General Hospital July 24. She was born in Juneau, February 25, 1936. C. Hornsby Smith, of Juneau, is the grandfather of the child. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon, and they are in Mayo where Mr. Bacon is the foreman of the Treadwell-Yukon ' mine. Funeral services were held for the child at 2:30 o'clock today :n the Charles W. Carter chapel witn |Dean {Ci E. Rice reading the sexv- ice. Burial was in Evergreen Ceme- tery. bers were determined in the na- tional Jottery on July 17 are.subject to the same rules of individual classification - s -the « youths' who were ensolled previously and will he « treated ‘exactly’ alike, .the .Gov~ ernor’s office emphasized today. Under no circumstances will the new group of potential Each man will have his order num- ber by. which this local board will consider “his - classification and no local bpard ¢an glassify the indivi- dual registrant until his number is reached, except in case of volun- teers. The national lottery served as a guide for each local board to inte- grate .its new registrants among those who registered last January; and that integration must be car- ried out so that the recent regis- trants will consider their classifica- tion only in a fair and equitable ratio to those men not yet inducted. The Governor’s Office stressed the fact that there is no difference between treatment of the new reg- istrants and the old registrants. The spme rules of deferment apply to both. Both have the same right of appeal. The interests of both are protected by the government|Abrams in the Petersburg office |w, Carter mortuary pending: fun: in the same manner. And each|Abrams is retiring from ‘the cus-|eral arrangements. case is considered individually when the registrant’s order number ecmes up, regardless of whether, he registered July 1 or previously. - e — Emplre Classitioas say: trainees| Miss Jane Hibbard entertained at ’be + classified afid considered for|lunch today noon in the Iris Room possible ' military trajning en bloc.|of the Baranof for Miss Magnhild 2 Women Honored - At Luncheon Today Oygard who is leaving soon, and ] pilots BIG DEFENSE BIlL Miss Juanita Johnston, who is vis- iting from Ketchikan. Included among the guests were Mrs. Mary Keith Cawthorne, Mrs. Flora Allen, Mrs. W. S. Pullen, Mrs. Johnston, Mary Johnston, and Eve- Iyn. Graham. ————ee— . Pelershurg Cusioms Coflector Chan George H. Hartle, deputy co!- lector of customs at Ketchikan will become deputy collector at the cus- toms office in Petersburg, : begin- ning August 1, it was announced here: today. Hartle will succeed John L toms service, effective Qctober 31: and is on leave prior to his re- Flying time from Miami to Nessay is 80 minutes HOPKINS TELLSOF | PATROLS oAl World’s Lifelines Are to Be Guarded—Russia, China . e X Promised Aid ) LONDON, July 28—The :British people had assurances today from Harry L. Hopkins, President Roo- sevelt’s Lend-Lease coordinator, now in London, that American and Brit- ish ships in the North Atlantic are “patrolling on parallel lanes with only one, object in view, to guard the world’s lifelines.” Hopkins' statement was broad- cast in an address tonight. He alsp pledged all possible American aid immediately to Russia and China. INDO-CHINESE PORTS T0 JAPS Vichy Era_nfifie_r Inland Points and Use of Transportation VICHY, July 28—1It was announc- ed officially here today that Japan will occupy two:points on the Coast. of French Indo-China and several points in" the interior. The inland concessions Annam, the coastal region most of the length of the Freneh: Asiatic colony and in Cochin China at the southernmost tip of the pen-~ insula and across the Gulf of Siaj from . Malaya. Japanese troops also are reports ed to have the use: of ;the dIndo- Chinese roads and possibly the rail- roads for the move southward to their new bases: are in Michael J. Haas, Commissioner of Labor, and Steve MecCutcheon of the Labor office were asked by the Miner’s Union to speak before that organization tonight: The meeting will be held at 8 o'clock: in the Miner's Hall and routine matters that the Department can help .the miners with will he discussed. .> 4 ‘i—d—‘ e 8 WASHINGTON, July 28 — The House has passed and sent to the Senate the new $8,000,000000 de- fense bill. The legislation includes almost $5,000,000,000 .for the .Army. e ———e BILLY YOUNG COMING Billy Young, the son of Mis. Jesta Young of Juneau, will arrive here tomorrow on- the Denali. to spend six weeks visiting with his mother. He will return to Ketchi- kan, where he lives with his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J, Wil- liams, in September in time for THE WEATHER By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast"for Junead and“vicinily, beginning at 4:30 p.m., July 28: Rain tonight, showers Tuesday, co)ler, lowest temperature tonight 49 degrees, highest Tuesday 58 degrees, gentle variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain' fonight, partly cloudy with scattered showers Tuesday, cooler tonight,igentle ,to moderate north- erly winds. o T p Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaskm Dixon Entrance to.Cape Spencer: Modetate - northwesterly - winds, showers; Oape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrgok: moderate narthwest- erly winds, showers; Cape Hinchinbrook to'Resurfection Bay: gentle tomoderate northwest winds, party cloudy with scattered showers; Resurrection' Bay to-Kodiak: moderate west .to' northwest winds, partly cloudy. LOCAL DATA Time g Barometer Temp. Humidjty Wind Velocity Weather 4:30 pan. yesterday. 29.9) 58 66 s 3 Cloudy 4:30 a.m. today .. 2982 51 94 SSE 8 Cloudy Noon today . 2080 51 94 SE 12 Rain RADIO REPORTS s TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30a.m. last-24 hours temp.. tempt. 24hours Weather e 3T .81 32 01 Fog 38 38 . 04 Pt.Cldy 40 42 y Cloudy 4 AL 02 Clear 46 L T Drizzle ® . @ 0 Cloudy A8 A 03 Cloudy 51 51 07 Cloudy 51 52 A2 Rain 53 5 0 Cloudy 52 54° [ Cloudy 4 el 0 Pt. Cldy 56 57 0 Cloudy 60 60 o, Cloudy 59 60, 0 Cloudy WEATMER SYNOPSIS Relatively cool air continued.over Alaska and cloudy to partly cloudy :skies. prevailed this mornin3. Rajp: had fallen over all Al- aska except the . Aleutian: Islands. The :greatest amount of precipi- "tation during ‘the preceding 24 hours was 12 hundredths of an inca The Monday morning: weather chart indicated alow: pressure area of 129,65 inches .was located netr Yakutat with a low pressure trough .to. the. south: southwest. The low center .was expected to Jdjttle: and fill slightly. during the next 24 hours. A high -3040. inches ' was located at 40 degrees north west.and a.second high pressure: center of 30.50 1 at 5l.degrees north and 169 degrees west. 1 am., sunset 9:36 p.m. SEATTLE, July 28 — Halibuters arrivipg and selling here today are s follows; N From_the western. banks—Elec- tra, 40,000 pounds, Martindale 40,- 000 pounds, .both: selling for 12% and 12% cents .a' pound; Yakutat 40,000 pounds 12% .and 12% cents; Sapak 32,000 pounds, 12% and 12% cents; Seabird::28000 pounds, 12% and::-13% - ¢ents; Diana 25,000 pounds, :12% and '12% -cents; Or- bit 26,000 pounds, 13% and 13% cents; Polaris 40,000 pounds, 12% and’12% cents. - From -the local banks—Alitak 1,- 000°-pounds; 14 cents straight. RUPERT PRICES At Prince’ Rupert today 292,000 pounds .of halibut were sold at 12 to 1240 and 10,50 to 10.90 cents. Connors Is JERSEY CITY, July 28 — Pols Negrl, : actress, was: refused . entry into the United States. today when she arrived from Lisbon aboard the American liner Excalibur. Immigration « officials said her papers were not-in _order. PROOF TALKED O Auditor of Alaska Outlines “Requiretients in States: ¥ In the news gl_v»fl‘:rovur the out-~ i ] P e et i o Repiominale WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28— . J. Connors was today renomin- ted by-President Roosevelt to serve & four-year term as Customs Col- ® 4 87 school. el e e - SILVER SERVICE FOR CRUISER JUNEAU-T0 BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT A meeting of a committee to raise funds for purchase of a sil- ver service for the cruiser Junean will be held in the eity councilf chambers at 7:30 o'clogk tonight, it was announced today .by Mayor: Harry Lucas. J ‘The cruiser, to be named a Alaska’s capital, is now under con= struction at the Kearneyy N. J. navy yards and. will be soon. To attend the launching cere- mony and present:the silver. serv- ice to the ship, a Juneau. delega~ tion headed .by Mayor Lucas will] travel to the New Jersey ship yards. ————— NEER PROSPECTOR M%tfl AFTER ILINESS Territory, died yesterday at St Ann’s Hospital, Cone was_bgrn in New York| June 22, 1865, and camé to Alasks in 1898 He has worked as a miner and ‘prospéctr’ i Juneau, Doug- singe ,that time. He has.no surviv- ing’gelatives and has been ill foc some time. The remains are at the Charles The origin of “dog days” goes sack to ancient Egypt. — il Lake Superior- is the world's greatest -body’ of fresh Water, lector in Juneau, Alaska. .. Connors was first appointed to %«|the Juneau Customs office in July 2+112, 1933. He was re-apppinted on an affidavit of citizenship by the tee:or certificate of natural- tion by the naturalized citizen. In S/ all of ghe history-of the public land administration -there . s o] " by ?:eleu‘t three of tr?l‘: aboye propls ® 1o Alasks a strict compliance with the Alasks law or with thé minimum requirements set forth above is often