The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 1, 1941, Page 2

RECKLESS DRIVERS ON HIGHWAY FACE ARREST: RALSTONGIVES WARNING COMMISSION OF MINES STAFF 1S BUSY IN FIELD {Coal Operafi)fis'Boom fo Fill Orders of Needs af Defense Bases doing field for, the Ter- !} Glacler Highway, Thane Highway and the Douglas Highway are to be made safe and reckless drivers are to be arrested This The nd by nnal warning emphat announced today Territorial Highway Patrolman Dan. Ralston The traffic regulations have been many important safe- points are not clearly de- but as Patrolman Ralston| s common courtesy of the road| should and must be observed.” Drunken driving, is of course under the ban, and offenders will | Assistant Engineers Ao M alston, s be shown no mercy, says R | work and supervision and he will be backed up bY PrOPET) \yo i1 pepartment of Mines have H.;xva»-\: some of the salient reg-|had 2 '.’““} ‘)’/71‘""‘:" '“E‘Org"“ ii“ u'.:.mt\.s to be enforced are the fol- l:’ol::"lxl* I;ICCS\;W:&”T‘U y Commis- ]“‘r;l,l,‘i maximum speed on the high- an!'\ Joesting has just r_otunwl way, except where the road is | to Fairbanks after doing field in- Jese than 18 feet, will be not over| vestigational work 70 miles from| 45 miles an hour, but speed must Caribou Creek, in the Salcha nu’l‘ be maintained only on stretches| Chena River mining area. Await- where visibility is plainly discern-|ing him at his Fairbanks hcud-} ible and when a car may be stopped|quarters were many demands to| in a “reasonable” distance make examinations for prospectors | Going around curves, speed must| and do geophysical work in the not be over 20 or miles and| Fairbanks erea. After completing drivers must keep on the right this work, he may return to the of the road. Ralston says this iS| ver area again one of the most flagrant viclam?n.\. A. B. Shallit has recently ar-| the keeping on the right hand side.| \yuo4 i, Nome after field work in Some drivers hug the left or kep‘p‘l‘um Ungalik River, Haycock and in’ the middle of the road Vm'l.awxv.\ Council districts. Around Haycock, are going to be P.m'ffll" up with *| ey, nalod itauh Tk ""&};?:‘flfi ((_I,:rn::b \;::i‘x‘xl:nanomer fimmm‘g operations. He made safety the horn must be blown and the|inspections of about 10 dredging} car that passes another must not | outfits and inspected drilt mines turn to the right of the road until!in the neighborhood. Now, he is| cafely beyond the car passed.|examining iron deposits in the Si-| Drivers, fi('fr:x'b passing another car, nuk River region, on the coast of must be basolutely certain no on- the Seward Peninsula, about 40} coming car will prevent passing|miles northwest of Nome. | safely. J. C. Roehn, whose headquarters| Hand signals must be observed here, is examining operations | Ral : there is not one in 20 'in (he Nuka Bay district, 80 miles | drivers who give signals so he warns| west of Seward, and plans to be! drivers to brush up on signals and pack soon. He plans then to com- do it now. % plete mining examinations in Drivers must obsgr\': dimming of goutheast Alaska, started early this lights and no fooling. The regula- _ . g. i 2 ,Sp?cl“'"al?".' '“];"‘.' "‘3' X it L. Fiedler, of the Anchorage | lights shall be used during the ber- ' [jion hag spent the past month| io one hour alter sun i :;i f;:i}‘ h:)ur before sunrise, and '} inspection of coal mines near s E A datanuska. Due when cars are meeting ou the hieh- ways, headlights must \immeq| (1€ Populations at and not be allowed 2 NaRES, AN blind the driver of Ccar, « Tail lights must b see they ure serviceab Parking of cars on is prohibited. There for this purpose, labor Patrolman t eriou pertinent explanati D! | tions will be ann timc to time, probably :peed limits on certain sections of the highway, for instance on the Fritz Cove drive,| which is narrow with soft shoulders| in some places. Ralston is going to! recommend to the Highway Control | Board that a maximum speed or' 20 miles be placed on the Pritz| Cove section. This drive is becom-| but 9 25 Westward de ! needs of the ining in the sectionn is - expanding Lo rapidly, reported. Much ' coal is being ped to Fort Richard-| Fiedler’s report showed, how- | er, thal mines are suffering from shortages, which threaten to ly affect operations. AV | CALIFORNIANS, VACATIONWITH FAMILIES HERE be to & the « ni. 8 c Aunchorage st ! son to rapidly increas- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUG. | On Guard Against Russia’s ‘Beaten’ Air Force Berfin has claimed repeatedly that the Nazi Luftwaffe has driven the Red air force from the sky, yet this radiophoto from Berlin shows a German anti-aircraft battery protecting Nazi operations in the Berezina River area, according to the official German caption. , 1941. WEST POINT RETURNSTO | 1S, SHORES Boatload of Consular Of- ficials from Warforn; Europe.Arfive , NEW YQRK,;Aué. 1;—The Navy transport West Point docked here; today, having returned from over- seas amid scenes reminiscent of the return of our doughboys in the first World War, with 388 passen- | gers, comprised mestly of consular service officials aboard. | Approximately 2,400 relatives lined the pier as the huge camouflaged ship that was formerly the United States liner America, pulled intg the harbor. A tumultuous cheer arose from the crowds on the dock Na21 Bombs Imperil U. S. Embassy in Moscow The American Embassy in Moscow (arrow) narrowly escape the Russian capital. A large bomb crater was blown J 1 ' n gttfice]; t;)i'xlllomenti::uarter: The Nazis called the raid “devastating,” but Moscow said damage was slight. ARGENTINA POLICE ON NAZIRAID Thirty Persons Arrested- German Books, Pam- phlets Seized ing pepular because of its scenic)| attractions and the number of per-| manent and summer homes. Fritz Cove has more homes on the tw | their | | Two prominent businessmen and: ROSARIO, ARGENTINA, Aug- and Mrs. E. J. ust 1—Headquarters of the German families, Mr. 5 2 ssocis ver Cecil and their. son Eatl, and My, | Culture Welfare Association were and Mrs. R. A. Fewell, have feen | aided today by police, and thirty mile section than any other part of | €NJgying every minute of their va- the Highway. There are some dan- | cation trip In- Alaska. | gerous curves where the speed limit ‘The two families arrived in Ju- should be cut to the minimum for neau the first part of the week on safety sake, the Denali and have spent their Incidentally, drivers in the Jun-'time sight-seeing and fishing. They cau area are again warned they‘ar(- flying to Mary Joyce's Taku must obtain a Territorial Opera-' Lodge late this afternoon, to spend tor's license by ugust 15. the weekend and return to Juneau Mr. Cecil is the President of- tlm! ;Sunday to catch a plane for their‘ irelurn trip to California. Your Health! [ IS EPILEPSY INHERITED? WHAT CAUSES !T? A booklet containing the opinions of fam- Kingshorg Cotton Oil Company in| | Kingsborg, Cal., and Mr. Fewell |is the President of the Fewell- | | Marakhe Company, brokers, inLos Angeles. The two men are also in- terested in ranches and transpor- tation companies in that state, .- NO "DUMPING" OF HEAVY PINK RUN FROM FISH TRAPS' | | | i No traps in the TIcy Strait district are .“dumping” their heavy catches | of pink salmon, Clarence Olson, | Fishery Management Supervisor of | the Fish and Wildlife Service, said today. | Since the unexpected heavy run | of pink salmon hit the Icy Strait | district, canners have been trying to | handle catches of seine fishermen | ahead of trap fish, Olson explained. In doing this, he pointed out, it has | persons were arrested. Police also seized a quantity of books, phlets, and copies of Hitler’ Kampf”. The raid was made after neigh- bor: omplained of the military training of young men at the head- quarters at night. Rosario has a population of 514,} 000 inhabitants, and is Argentina’s second largest city. —— - | Bandy Pleads Guilty | To Reclglfis Driving John Bandy, local nickel phono- graph concessionaire, pled guilty | to a charge of reckless driving on | the Glacier Highway, when he left | St. Ann’s Hospital today to ap-} pear before U .S. Commissioner | Felix Gray. Sentence was deferred | by Commi oner Gray until after{ he has conferred with Dan Ralston, | { highway patrolman who made the ! arrest, who was not on hand when ' Bandy entered his plea. | A machine driven by Bandy, with Joe Prescott as a passenger, over- turned last Saturda evening at Norway Point on the Glacier High- way. According to the charge, Bandy was allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed and lost con- trol of the car, e — — }Jépanese Ship Now Un_loading Longshoremen Handling $3,000,000 Cargo of Tatuta Maru SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 1. —Longshoremen began work this morning on the $3,000,000 cargo of the Tatuta Maru after United States Customs officials granted permission to unload the ship. It is estimated the work will take about 50 hours, delaying the craft’s departure; to Japan until late Sunday at least. Application to unload was made following the filing of nine libel attachments against the cargo and finally the “discharge” signal was given. The sailing of the vessel was ord- ered delayed until the attachment cases were settled. There are about ‘260 passengers aboard for the Orient. Meanwhile the Heian Maru has been tied up at Seattle by a $150,000 libel attachment. ————————— COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT The City Council will meet tos night at 8 o'clock in the Council Chambers at the City Hall. d destruction during Germany’s first mass air blown in the street, just opposite the United as the war-weary passengers poured down the gang planks off the ship. PilotsBusy, | S ""CoastRoute Alaska CondtaF. b{lbrfi. ept tifl (LhE air today with flights to" the Coast, | :m the South and to Canada, | Alex Holden broke the silence on | |the Channel this morning as he {1cared out bound for the Canadian | Pclaris-Taku, mine with a load of | freight. After returning from the freight haul, he winged out for Ketchikan with Robert Meyers for | | Wrangell and will return today {with five passengers from the First | | City. H Pilot Shell Simmons carried Lois Aubert to Tenakee, Joseph Nellsen | jfo Chatham and Robert Jernberg | |and Clarence Lavoy to Sitka, Re- | tirned with A. B. Holt, Howard! Burns, Ray Fodge, E. W. Elliot and i’rubby Granger from Sitka. | On a later flight, Simmons car- | ried five cannery workers to Todd | |and is scheduled to leave on an-| other trip to the canner | five passengers this aftor ‘i> scheduled to fly an e | trip tc Tenakee to return _|Ruby Bennett for medical ment. | Pilot Dean Goodwin carried al load of welding rods to Hawk Inlet| ‘mine this morning and returncd to| take Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dyer tot Tlusequah, Late this afternoon the |~ flier was in the air on a trip to! Pelican with Doreen Osborne and is scheduled to return with three passengers. | Evening flights are scheduled to ROOSEVELT;Excurslm Inlet and Point Adol- phus with Nick Bez, a flight to 1Hoonah to transfer passengers from | WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Averill the steamer Alaska to Taku Harbor Harriman, coordinator of American and a trip to the Polaris-Taku Aid to Great Britain, was placed|mine. s cn President Roosevelt's calling list| with | treat- HARRIMAN It is indicated that Harriman ar-| back in the United States TR T - FILLED RAPIDLY rived by plane London. WRANGELL COUPLE DIVORCED A divofce has been granted in the Federal District Court to Alice are residents of Wrangell. The di- incompatibility. D KETCHIKAN CAPTAIN HERE Capt. J. F. Van Gilder, of the Ket- chikan detachment of the Alaska National Guard flew here today. With him were Mr. and Mrs. James Fraser from Roy Fraser. The Frasers vorce was granted on grounds of | Housewives, mechanicsy storekeeps jers and others ‘ip! Juriean wha: had old aluminum around their homes | or places of business are rapidly of- |fering it for the construction of defense materials, a glance at the {big wire pen built by thé city for | this week’s aluminum drive showed | today. ! Already the wire corral is about a third full. Heavy additions to thé pile of defense metal were expected i this afternoon, when Boy Scou £ | ::nhvrm lnt_h ehtire city, are slate e | theit offerings. DON APLAND VACATIONS The aluminum pen wflgs be kept in Don Apland left Juneau IBSt:posltion until the middle of next night on the Baranof for a vacation | week Dr. W, M. Whitehead, chair- in the States. He piahs to spend|man of the drive, sponsored by, the some time in Seattle and then Rotary Club, snnounced toda; 3 By visit with his parents, Mr. and MTIS. | that time, Dr., Whitehead believes, Henry Apland in Arlington, Wash.|the enclosure will be filled ‘and thé Mr. Apland is employed at the Tri-|metal will be thrnéd ‘over to thé angle Cleaners. | Alaska Steamship Company, which Causey, of New York. In a Lather ous doctors on this interesting sublect will | Pe¢n necessary in some instances be sent FREE, while they last, to any reader | to close traps and leave them un- wwitng 4o o Biicaionst Diiicn, 535 | Pr8USE 0 s gl o Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y., Dept. 4103 Empue Classifieds Pay! STOCK QUOTATIONS e e e Put a Covic Diesel in Your Boat If You Wani MORE ROOM IN YOUR BOAT More ‘Milcs for Your Money A Corfortable, Quiet Ride Ap Engine that Instantly Btarw Assurance of Safe Trips Freedom from Fire Hazards A Broad Range of Smoeth Epreas Low Operating and Maintenance Costs Reduced insurance hates BSmokeless, Odorless Exhaust Full Diesel Dependability An Engioe that Can Be Easily Hand Cranked CHARLES G. WARNER CO. o’ - 188 1/2, Anaconda 28%, | Steel Southern 7/16, Curtiss Wright 9%, NEW YORK, Aug. 1-—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can Bethlehem 6%, Commonwealth and General Motors 38 7/8, Interna- ticnal Harvester 55'%, Kennecoty 38%, New York Central 13 17/8, Northern Pacific 8%, United States Steel 59's , Pound $4.03 %. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 128.22, rails 30.88, utilities 18.58. First beneficiary of the “Shaves for the Boys” campaign begun by a committee of New York debutantes, Corp. Stanley Gary of Fort Mon- | x]x)l:‘uth. N. J., gets the attention of Amanda Cecil (left) and Josette y. The committee plans to p; & sities not issued Foed b has offered free it to Seatile. CIVIL AIR CLUB " FORMED HERE e e at the A-B rink too draw up plaps for coming events and for the ele¢- tion of officers. The club, which has been formed by Juneauites interested in aviation ~will' meet twice a week for discussion periods on ayiation subjects and will be similar in_form to a ground schogl. “'“All "people interested, whether they fly or not, are invited to af- tend,!" stated Waody Burnett, Chair- man of the organization. Meetings will be held on, Tuesde ::u:nd Thurs- day nights at 8 o'clock at the rink. | Members presen¢ at the meeting | last evening were Woody Burneft, Carl Undahl, Elmer Morrison, Em- met Thompson, C. E. Walters, Hank, Fortier, and Peter Gruening. | | . MRS, VIRGINIA TEAGLE - ' LEAVES ON' VACATION: Mrs. Virginia Teagle and ddughter Sharph left this morning on the Priticess Alce for d vacation in Seattle. :h';:ey will be gone abont s Teagh i 'the wife” bt the for Defense ‘free to servicemen minor neces- by the army. % I sbolwoisdd THE WEATHER %th' U. S. Weather Bureau) U. 8. DEPAR' NT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicini§y, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Aug. 1: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; warmer Saturday, lowest tem- perature tonight about 49 degree;, highest Saturday 63 degrees; gentle variable winds. i Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight and Satur- day; slightly warmer Saturday; msderate to gentle variable winds Forecast of winas along the coast of the Guif of Alaskat Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate southeasterly to easter- ly ‘winds, partly cloudy; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: mod- erate easterly winds, becoming mojerate to fresh suuthehsler]y Sat- urday, partly cloudy with local rajn by Saturday; Cape Hinchin- bx_\?ok to Resurrection Bay: moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, taln; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, becoming moderate southerl; to southwesterly winds during Saturday, rain . LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 55 (6] s 5 50 94 Calm 0 62 58 S 11 RADIO REPORTS Time 4:30 p.m, yesterday 30.12 4:30 a.m. today 30.09 Noon today 30.08 Weather Overca: Overcast Pi. Cidy TODAY Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am. femp. tempt. 24 hours Weather 29 29 Rain 45 45 Fog 50 51 Cloudy 39 39 Clear 54 Drizzle 54 Overcast 48 Clear 54 Rain 59 Drizzle 53 Rain 50 Pt. Cldy Overeast Rain Rain Clear Overcast Mbax. tempt. last 24 hours e 35 o ) Station Barrow Fairbanks Nome Dawson Anchorage Bethel St. Paul . Atka Dutch Harbor ‘Wosnesenski Cordova ... Juneau . Sitka Ketchikan Prince George Seattle Portland San Francisco . 53 49 WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm center which was located to the east of Atka this morning had caused a southerly flow of moist maritime air andrain from the Aleutian Islands to the Kuskokwim Valley and the: Ber ing Sea. Rain had also fallen during the past 24 hours at scat- tered points from Cook Inlet to Barrow and the Seward Penin- sula and over Southeast Alas! The greatest amount of pre- cipitation was 79 hundredths of an inch which was recorded at Ketchikan. A The highest temperature yesterday afternpon was 70 degrees at Fairbanks and the coldest this morning 29 degrees atl Barrow. Broken clouds to overcast” with moderate to moderately low ceilings and good visibilities except rain and fair to good visi- bilities in the south portion, prevailed over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this morning, The Friday morning weather chart indicated a weak low pres- sure center was located at 54 degrees north and 136 degrees west and appeared to be -moving slowly southeastward. A second low pressure center of 29.35 inches was located at 53 degrees north and 175 degrees east and the frontal storm trough extended from this center eastward to near Dutch Harbor and thence southward into lower latitudes and was expected to move about 500 miles eas’- ward during the next 24 hours. A high pressure center of 30.60 inches was located at 38 degrees north and 148 degrees west and a hig crest extended to Washington Sta‘e and a secend high crest north- ward toward Cordova. Juneau, August 2—Sunrise 4:3) a.m, sunset 9:17 p.m. She Went Swimming and The_n— sbecause it e 9 c:\:& r of the Rev. Louis Maldonado, pastor of g . 'New York, gets up before the congrega- tell of the #Wift retribution that came to her when she | Miss ho could not swim, was bathing with tube 'viven the swirling waters of New York ‘'She’ drifted for 17 hours before she was ; rescued, Nazi Bicycle Troops Advance German bicycle troops are shown passing an abandoned Russian mili- the northern part of the Eastern Front, near the ish border, Becording to the iMeial Nazi caption