The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1941, Page 2

UNEXPECTED PINKRUNIN ICY STRAITS Canners Put Limit on Seine Boat Daily Catches, Reports Olson An unexpected heavy run of pink salmon in Icy Straits and the Ju- neau area has canneries swamped with fish and early this week orced most canning plants. to put 1 daily cateh limit on seine boats ishing for them, according to the report of Clarence Olson, Fishe Management Supervisor, who r urned Iast night after a three-day | rip through the region The pinks are averaging large| size, Olson stated, “Canneries which were generally not prepared for the unexpected pink run at this time are having trouble in se- A group of forest fire fighters from Missoula, Montana, is pictured Wenatchee, Wash. The plane had been called into service by the United States Forest Service to ferry the fighters to Wenatchee, where they joined in fighting raging forest fires mostly caused by lightning in the curing sufficient labor and neces-| Wake of a week of hot dry weather. sary steamer service.” L i . With the large pink runs in Southeast Alaska usually coming:loDE AR | on the even number years, the 1941 | ' | season was counted as an off-year | | when a small pack might be ex-| | pected, Olson pointed out. The, : udden silvery flood of salmon pour- r | ing into the straits from the ocean has caught many of the canners | with not sufficient crew or ma- chinery in operation to handle the | heavy catches of both seiners and! - traps The PAA Lodestar from Fair- Boat Space Short "h:mk\ came through Juneau today Added to this, Olson said, the at noon with three passengers for heavy congestion of Alaska bound here, Edward F. Medley, Henry freight traffic for the defense cen- Clark, and E. E. Murray. Board- ters has put a premium on boat ing on the plane at Juneau was space which might otherwise he Robert H. Hinckley, while the used for hauling cans and cases through passengers were Allen to the canneries, |Hulen, George Bentley and Leo 5 are fishing o Kreishimer. ix\:m:x\l‘;m‘;?gx,\)(“::-“:.‘l“r{:r"::} e The Electra for Fairbanks winged Straits, around Indian I cut of Juneau shortly after 10 o’clock ¢ this morning with four passengers EDU moptuts vl s aboard. They were Paul Paschke, is fewer boats than have been at Walter McCrea, Ruth Coffin, and work in the ' straits for several Norvin Gillespie. years, also due to the fact that ot 1 the run was unexpected. On Monday of this week, before boat catches, so their canning lines would be able to handle the daily deliveries of fish, seiners were | Bou"d Soulh atching as high as 6.000 to 7,000 | ! ver boat per day, Olson de- The pinks are bringing from 12 to 14 cents each this year. ; The Northland left Juneau late Catoh -Limits yesterday afternoon for the South| Most esnneries--are - canning With 27 passengers aboard . from. seine fish first each day, Olson 7umeau e ; said, with reports that some trap .o e M‘::“éfl]_]"’;:fg_- catches have been dumped because .. .. a\r.o Lind, Mis. the cannery lines could not handle o io' oo Tewis, Mr. and Mrs, the fish. Boat lifiits imposed thiS Gunnc Mys L. Williams, Mr. and| week by canners have cut many s ROE. Kaupp, Miss L. Dashney, boats to 2,500 fish per day. R. L, Stewart, Charles L. Nyham- The Icy Strait pack report, a8s mer, Ralph Kennedy, Edwin Elto, of last Saturday, showed a total Alex Adoff, Clifford Miller, Wayne of 107,166 cases of salmon, mostly Jeki, Donald Jones. pinks, had been packed up to that For Ketchikan: Edwin Johnson, date, as compared with 72,276 cases Harold Foss, Mrs. I. Hanstead, Ed- ame time a year ago. The run win Hanstead For Petersburg: Mrand Mrs. For- A. 4 B the last year came late in the season. Olson’s trip, aboard the patrol est Fennessey, Anne Fennessey, Miss| boat Brant, took him to canneries M. Oygard. at Excursion Inlet, Hoonah, Hawk _ For Wrangell: Mary Acton, J. Inlet, Tenakee, Chatham, Todd and COW!ng. Tyee. He also made observations of fishing activity through Chathain Straits, Iey Straits and Frederick Sound. SITKA WORK PROJECTS Robert Jernberg, City Attorney, and Louis Kell, City Engineer, both s = of Sitka, are in Juneau today to FUNERAL SERVICE FOR confer with Federal officials re- MORGAN INFANT TODAY garding the submitting of works projects in the defense city. The Funeral services were held this projects proposed would be applied afternoon at 2 o'clock for the in- for under the Community Facili- fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Fred ties Act, which makes $150,000,000 Morgan, who died early yesterday available for city work projects morning at the Government hos- (o meet needs in national defense pital. The baby had been in the g, [ hospital since Sunday. The Rev. PRI L 0 Walter A. Soboleff said the service )JERWENT OPERATION at the Memorial Presbyterlan yup, mcponald underwent a ma- Church and burial was in the Ever- (Jor operation yesterday and is green Cemetery Idoing well. He has been in the hos- pital for several months. CANADA DRY D4 = SPARKLING WATER< \Informal Luncheon Ithe South. | 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 Btarts Assurance of Safe Trips Freedom from Fire Hazards A Broad Range of Smooth Speeas Low Operating and Maintenance Costs Reduced Insurance kates Full Diesel Dependability An Engine that Can Be Easily Hand Cranked CHARLES G. WARNER CO. |the Iris |Others attending were Mrs. debarking from a Northwest airliner at THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941. FLY 0 AID WASHINGTON FIRE FIGHTER BILL APPROVED. 0. K.'S SEIZURE OF EQUIPNENT WASHINGTON, July 31. — The House Military Affairs Committee today approved by a vote of 14 to 4, legislation authorizing President Roosevelt to seize any military or naval equipment, such as supplies and munitions, and tools and ma- terials necessary for the servicing or the operation of such equip- ment. Amendments concerning supplies and munitions were adopted. The the version of Senate approved the legislation, - e+ Bon Voyage Party For Miss Skinner Given Last Night Miss Marianne Skinner was host- at an informal dancing party night at 8 o’'clock in honor last of her sister, Miss Louise Skinner, who is leaving for Anchorage to- morrow to take a position with the Alaska Road Commission. Refreshments were served later in the evening. Guests at the af- fair were the Misses Katherine Torkelsen, Elsie Douglas, Betsy Carter, Ellen McKechnie, and Charlienne Arnold, and the Messrs John Graff, John Krugness, Earl Neuru, Sidney Carter, Oscar Bo- ginska, Frank Cashel. and John Slagle. CITY COUNCIL WiLL LOCATE FOUNTAINS The selection of locations for two public drinking ‘fountains on down town Juneau streets will be one of the items of discussion tomorrow night when the city council holds its regular semi-menthly meet- ing. The fountains arrived here to- day and will be installed as soon as the location question is settled, Mayor Harry I. Lucas said. Routine city business will take| up most of the council meeting, Mayor Lucas declared. RYAN LEAVES J. J. Ryan, Assistant Director of Civil Defense, winged out of Ju- neau in his blué angd yellow Beech- craft this morning "at 10 o'clock for New York. His trip will take him to Edmonton the first night, Minneapolis the second, and New York the third, weather conditions permitting. | Staying in the East to confer with Civil Defense officials, Ryan plans to return to Juneau in two weeks. Accompanying him on the trip is Robert Jarosz, his co-pilot and mechanic, For Claire Wernecke Miss Carol Robertson was host-| ess at a small informal luncheon| today in honor of Miss Claire Wernecke who is visiting in Jun- eau from Mayo, Yukon Territory for a few days before leaving for The luncheon was at 12 noon in Room at the Baranof. will- lam Roberts, Miss Elizabeth Ter- hune, and Miss Corrinne Jenne. | GAMES TODAY The following are final scores of baseball games played this after-| noon in the major leagues as re-| ceived up to press time: | National League Boston 8; Pittsburgh 9. | American Leéague St. Louis 16; Bosten 11, Detroit 3; New York 6. Chicago 2; Philadelphia 9, FREE SPEECH FOR DRAFTEES NOT ALLOWED Selectees St-m;ped from Opposing Service Ex- tension Bill JUNEAUFAILS TOSEEBOOM, SAYS FLAKNE Bad Times Talk Is Idle and Unfounded, Says Em- ployment Man Verbally spanking the members | of the Chaniber of Commerce and the merchants of Juneau for talk- ing “bad times,” Joe Flakne, man- ager of the Territorial Employment Service, stood before 33 members of the commerce group this after- noon and toid them that Juneau is booming, and cited examples to prove it. “The Juneau Chamber of Com- merce,” he said, “has failed to recognize what has made the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce an immense success. It has been boost- ing not criticizing. Otr two largest hotels several days ago were turn- ing away guests becaiise they were filled to capatity, Southeast Alaska is enjoying tHe best fishihg season in years, a half-milifon dollar air- port is under construction at Jun- eau, 4 new communications line is being built, roads are being im-!| proved. The finaneial condition of Juneau is better this year than last. Even the peol halls dre doing a land-office business with tables and pin ball machines crowded. We have a boom in Juneau, but we don't realize it”. Flakne suggested a penalty be im- |posed on any Chamber member “crying hard times”, and he be forced to explain before the Cham- iber just what busiress depression |he is experineing. PRICE BILL WILLGOTO SENATE FRI. legislation—ETpecto»d fo| Head Off Thireatened Inflation WASHINGTON, July 31 — What | Marriner Eccles, Féderal Reserve Board head, described &s “every- thing on the inflation front” came up today in a White House con- ference on pending legislation to establish ceiling prices on meat, dairy products, clothing, rents and other items. Eccles and Leon Hendersoh, Price Administrator, talked the whole situation over, including price structures and the advisability of installment buying credit, in a half-hour conference. Legislation proposed by Presi- dent Roosevelt is expected to be introduced quickly in pursuance to the President’s specidl message re- questing power to not only limit prices and rents in an effort to head off inflation, but to also deal in the field of surpluses, in- stallment credit atid the stabiliza- tion of markets through govern- ment buying and selling at pegged prices. Prices would be allowed to fluc- tuate “as exigencies may require,” the President declared. Alben Barkley, Senate leader, said today that last-minute suggestions for the revision of the proposed price stabilizing bill would delay its introduction into the Senate until tomorrow. Cowling Praises Ketchikan i WASHINGTON, July 31.—Sena- dealer, recently réturned from a tor Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michi- six weeks trip to the Sotith, spoke gan, vigorous opponent of the ex-|of the cooperatiofi of the Ketchikan tension of service for selectees and 'Chamber of Comerce, saying that| Guardsmen, today demanded that o, his short visit to the city while| the Senate and the War Department returning to Juneau, he saw that| withdraw statements of Army of- the merchants atid the Chamber are | ficers which say that the majority working hand ifi hand with only | of citizen soldiers favor legislation (e object in mind. . . . the boosting Bob Cowling, Juneau automobile“ | extending indefinitely the length of service in the Army. Breaking into the second day of debate on service extension legisla- tion ,the Senator asserted that his understanding was that the War Department has forbidden selectees to express their opposition to the legislation. Vandenberg said, “It seems to me if the War Department is going to decline to let draftees and Guards- men say they oppose the act, they ought to withdraw from the record, statements of Army officers saying 80 or 90 per cent of the men favor additional service.” JAP SHIP HOLDS UP SILK CARGO FOR U. S. PLANT 1,700 Bales of Silk for Jer- sey Mills Go to Van- couver, B. C. SEATTLE, July 31.—The Jap- anese steamship, Helan Maru, af- ter lying off Cape Flattery for nearly two days because of the United States Government order freezing Japanese assets would not unload its cargo of silk here. The Heian Maru with 400 packages of silk and a 1,700-bale consignment of silk for New Jersey Mills, sailed for Vancouver where it is uncer- tain whether the ship will unload its cargo. On board the ship coming from Japan were only 16 passengers for Seattle and the small number of 69 for Vancouver. SN & iy PAF MANAGER IN TOWN FROM WEST Alaska manager of the Pacific American Fisheries, Gene Murray, arrived in Juneau from the West- ward via Fairbatiks tbday as a southbound Lodestar sat down here from the Interior. Murray is back here after a trip to Westward packing plants of the PAF and was joined by Mrs. Mur- ray who arrived here yesterday on a northbound Lodestar, making her first trip to the Territory. New Displays Are Presented Museum |- Dave Davenport, formerly of Ju- neau, now Territorial Highway Pa- trolman at Ketchikan, has present- ed the Territorial Museéum here with a model of a Yukon River fish trap and which i{s now on display at the museum. Also among recent gifts to the museum, Curator E. L. Keithahn announced today, aré a group of pictures of Skagway and Dyea in the gold rush days. They were pre- sented by Louis H. Smith, U. s. Commissioner at Chichagof. ———elr——— &mplre Classifieds Payl |of Ketehikan. | He also told of visiting autortio- (bile plahts in Detrolt, where, he id, the proposed production cut will make little difference ih comi- | parison with last years figtires be- cause of the tremendous increase |in out-put to date. | ! A plan broached by Dr. W. W.| Council for the establishment of a| central agency in Juneau for ar- ranging fishing trips for tourists | was mentioned to the members and | turned over to a committee for; action. Dr. R. H. Williams’ proposed | plan for a dog derby was announcedf as in committee, Fetry Flier Silent Charles Gropstis, private pilot! for Livingstone Wernecke, on leave from government service in which he was piloting bombers for Brit-| ain, told that he is ferrying the! planes from the assembly line in! California to the East Coast, but! said that because of government res- | trictions he was not allowed to| mention details of the work. Action in the selecting of a queen for & coming salmen derby sponsored .by the Juneau Sports Fishing Club and Olas Larsson, was postponed for a week because! of the absénce of Larsson at a; recent Chamber executive board meeting. The Chambar wished luck to Don Skuse and Juneau Soap Box |Derby winner Jerry Chapman oh their. trip to Akron, Ohio, for the finals In the national conitest. Skuse | sald that the Northern Pacific Rail- | iroad company has made prepara- tions to feature young Chapman’s| trip from Aldska to the East, which will probably result i moré pub- licity for Juneau than any in a \long time. UNCOVERED IN PARANA Subversive Adtivity Infend- ed to Overthrow Ar- genfina Say Police Buenos Aires, July 31—Jmashifig of ,a “subversive plot intended to overthrow the present authorities” of ‘Argentina was announced by the police of Parana after a series of in that provincial capital, repiited. to be a hotbed of Nazi activity. A large quantity of propaganda documents are reported seized, in houses whose doors and walls, raiders sald, were decoratéd Wwith the swastika. Nine persons have The alléged plot, policé claim, centered in the finger of North- ern Argefiting, jutting northward along Uraguay's inland frontier, and controlling waterways leading to.Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil, A i LR o o BN TatufaMaru Prepares for Return Trip Japanese Linet Refused Full Oil Request-Home Bound Tomorrow SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 31.— The Japanese "liner Tatuta Maru took on food and water here today for a quick return to Japan, but her initial request for fuel was de- nied on the grounds that she sought far more than she needed. The $15,000,000 ship came into port late yesterday under a tacit guarantee of safe conduct after keeping 243 passengers anxious at sea for nearly seven days while she hovered off the Golden Gate waiting orders from Japan and fearing that she might be seized if she entered an American port. The vessel is scheduled to sail for Japan tomorrow noon with a passenger list of about 400, in- cluding Americans, Europeans and Orientals, Whether her. cargo will be unloaded remainec in doubt to- day while Customs and Federal Re- serve Bank officials studied new or- ders from Washington. The Tatuta Maru brought over about $2500,000 worth of silk and about $75,000 worth of furs, plus miscellaneous items. MRS. WYCKOFF PASSESAWAY Mrs. J, M. Wyckoff, 51, died last night at her home in the 20th Century Apartments. She had a stroke six weeks ago and never re- covered. Mrs. Wyckoff was born. in Kent; Washington, on Mareh 17, 1890, and has lived in Alaska for 27 yesrs; most of which tiie has been spent in Ketchikan and. Petersburg. She had lived in Juneau for theé past several months where Mr. Wyckoff is with the United States Forest Seryice. 50k Mrs. Wyckoff is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C: Cohee of Auburfi, Wash. three sisters, a brother, a daughter, Mrs. R. M. Pate; two sons, Warner and Richard Wyckoff, four grandchildrefi; ahd] her husband. The remains will be sent to Kent, Wash., for burial, and are how at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. pusiibaet e L MRS. HENRY LEAVING Mts. Beth Henry is leaving to- night on the Barariof for Walla Walld, Wash., hiving received ad- vices her miother as quite {ll. Mfs. Henry's brotHer is also ill i Wal- lace, Idaho, and she may go theré before returning to Juneais. —_———————— Passengers boarding excursion vessels are checked by the Depart- ment of Commerce to prevent over- crowding. - A day's récord fall of snow, 90 inches, occurred at Giant Forest, ©al., January 19, 1033, Department of Commerce records show, Swedei’s workt frost in 50 yédrt recenitly destroyéd fruit blossoms®efit and damaged vegetable crops, the Department of Commerce says, THE WEATHER ____(By the U, S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinMly, beginning at 4:30 p.m., July 31: Mostly cloudy with local light showers #&nd not niuch change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight abotit 52 degrees, highest Friday 57 degrees; light to gentle southeasterly winds. Fotecast for asks: Mostly cloudy with local showers and not much change in temperatu-e . tonight. and Priday; moderate southerly winds, but moderate to frash in Lynn Canal tonight. Forecast of winas aiohg thé cokst of the Guif of Alsskwi Dixon Enttance to Cape Spencér: Moderate to fresh southerly to southeasterly winds, local rain; Cipe Spenhcér to Cape Hinghinbrook: moderate easterly to southeasterl; winds, local rain; Cape Hifichin- brook to Resurrection Bay: modetate northeastétly winds, partly cloudy; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate variable winds, be- coming moderate to fresh southedsterly Friday, partly cloudy tonight, local rain Friday. LOCAL pATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.n. yesterday 30.11 b4 kid s 15 Showers 4:30 am. today ... 30.11 50 92 Calm 0 Rain Noon today ... 30.12 53 ' 8% ssW 4 Overcast RADIO REPORTS 3 TODAY 3 Mak: tempt. Logest 4:30am. Préclp. 4:30am. Station 1ast 24 hours temp. tempt. 24hours Weather Béitow ... 35 29 29 o1 Overcast Fairbanks 52 52 A Showers Nome .. 38 41 [] Clear Dawson 44 44 16 Cloudy Anchorage - 33 58 .08 Overcast Bethel ... 51 52 29 Rain St. Paul . 50 50 05 Fog Atka . '] 51 05 Fbg, rain Duteh Harbor .. 56 3 54 40 Overcast Kodiak .. 80 51 21 Fog Cordova, .. 48 49 06 Overcast Juneau 50 50 21 Rain Sitka 52 53 . Overcast Ketchikafl ........ 4 60 01 Cloudy Prince Rupett .. 63 45 L] 01 Clear Prinee George .. 83 4“ L 18 Cloudy Edmonton 80 48 51 06 Cloudy Seattle 6 50 51 0 Clear Portiand 8 51 51 0 Pt. Cldy San Franeisco .. 66 53 38 b Overcast WEATHER SYNOPSIS Cool inoist alr prevalled over mdst’ of Alaska this morning. Rain h#d fallefi ddfing the pist 24 hoiirs ovér all of Alaskd ex- cépt in the HOPEHWESt poition and over the Alaska Peninsula and rain cofitinded to fall this morning at some stations in Southeast Alaska and from the KuskokWwim Valley to the Alaska Ranhge. The greatest ambutit of précipitation was 29 hiidredths of an inch which was récorded 4t Bethel. The highest température yesterday after- ndoh was 62 degieés at Ketchikan and the lowest this morning 29 dégrees at Barrow. Broken clouds to overcast skies, moderate to moderately low ceilings, good visibilities, and with local showers over the north portion prevailed over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this morning. The Thursday morning weathsr chart indicated relatively low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska and a weak storm frontal trough ex- tending north-northeastward into a low pressure center to the north- east of Alaska. A low cehter of 29.58 inches was located at 48 de- grees north and 172 degrees east with the storm frontal trough extenidifig southeastward to 48 degrees north and 177 degrees west and thence southward into lower latitudes, atid was expected to move about 700 miles eastward during the next 2 hoirs. A Hhigh presstire center of 3041 inches was located at 44 degrées north and 149 degrees west and a high crest exterided to Quefh Charlotte Sound and a second high crest to the Aldska Peninsula. Juneau, August lfs“F‘F'” 448 am., siunsét 9:20 p.m. SEND - OFF PARIY. |SPECIAL BANOUET FOR DERBY.CHAMP | 15 HELD AY SITXKA mm‘!yommt Sitka, Alaska, July 31—Thirty persons, employees and board mem- !bers and their wives, attended the Young and old of Juneau .afeliniya) panquet of the Sitka Public being urged to be on hand on. yyjjities Monday night. Board mem- the waterfront next Tuesday moOin-|per Thomas Tilson served as ing, 9 o'clock, to give a lusty Al-itoastmaster and in his opening askan send-off to Jerry Chapmai,'address to the gathering stated that local ‘Sbap-Box Derby champlon, banquets were to be held annually who will leave on the Princess Lou-'in order that the “Utllity family” isé, on his way to Akron, Ohio, to could meet and exchange views. compete in the national derby| Mayor and Mrs. J. J. Conway being held there AugusF 17. {were guests of honor, and Mayor Jerry, an Empire carriér, will be Conway spoke on the history of the the first contestant in the national acquisition of the power and water K gt en"w!ednnmlmm me;fmri:‘l:l?;.m speaker of the evening 5 er e ::xm‘:::elsu:m::red jn!na; s;:‘; was Board Chairman Leslie Yaw, ; Who was introduced by Toastmaster 3.::': fim,cm and the D&Y 7yson as being the father of the To lend oolor to the send-oft SItka public utllity system. . Yaw outlied the platis for the party Tuesday morning, All en- ' gypyeeS qevelopment and eniarge- trants in the Juneau race arebeing mgis of the power plant and the urged to be on hand, arrayed i aistribution system. thelr crash helmets and jerseys, | Brief talks wete given by Lewis Accompanying Jerry on the trip Kell; of Blirns and McDonnhell Con- will be Mr. and Mrs. Don Skuse. sulting Engineering Compaiy, Mar- With a stop-over in Seattle, the shall Chitcher, certitied public ac- trip 15 being arranged so the Al- coul and board mémbers and rrive in Akron em| t 14. Advance' THE largé Batiquet table was dec- inquiries from AKfon indicate that Orated with a minature transmis- they will b& met by & bafid and sior iine, cothplele with lights, fltting celéBrations will matk the funning, the 'le _dal';he Wt«:hle. / 4 gl caraE 5 Tist, Alssth ity ih CHE NSO | oF b BeWertisise. and e e ‘dam. Dite, accordiontst, . turhl séveral musical numbers during the ditther. ¢ " | SET NEXT WEEK Any Juneau residents who have complaints regarding the tax as- sessments agaihst theif property Ar Made by OR Mr. are going to have a chance to tell their troubles to the men who can correct assessment mistakes next D& week. The city council will sit in cop- ference as thé city tax equaliza- tion board in councik chambers in the city hall between 8 and 10 Wil he midde off tHosé eveiiligs, ‘Mayor Jfl:fiy j e teF fidal a“.’y night, it will WASHINGTON, July 31.—Lincoln McVeagh, of Connecticut, was som- inatéd Ministér bo Icéland by Presi- dent b1t here tody. Jdmgh was formérly Minister to Greece. The Presiignt also rominated Brig. Géfi. T. H. HersHey as Director of Sélective’ Service. Percy Lucha, managef of the Juneau branch of the Territorial Bmploynient Service returned to Juneatu late yesterday evening with pllot Teny Sthwamm who brought memxm Lucha Has been in the Keétchi office of the Service for séveral 1 L e -