The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 8, 1941, Page 2

NAZIS KNEW | SINCE 1938 Spies in America Gave De- fails of Secret Weapon fo Germany NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Germany has had the secret of the Norden bomb a 1¢ device since 1938, ac- cordin o United States Attorney Harold Kennedy who opened the prosecution on 16 alleged spies in Federal Court before Judge Morti- mer Bvers and a jury today Herman Lang, one of the defend- ants who was a final inspector on ! the clcsely guarded bomb sight, took the details to Germany in 1938 Kennedy declared as he unfolded the ramifications of the alleged spy which he said covered the en- e Western Hemisphere. | Seventeen other defendants who pleaded guilty await sentence at| the conclusion of the trial which | is expected to last three weeks. Raymond Muir, of the State De- l An unsuccessful attempt by a submarine to torpedo the U. S. 8. destroyer Greer (above) while it was enroute to Iceland with mail. The Navy |hunting as pre-eminent sports; and Ilrplr(m( nt said the \\1r~hlp counter-attacked with fl('pfl’l bombs. partment ,and the first witness, | testified thi none of the U(f(‘lld-w ants werc registered as agents of a forcign power the accused, said he admits informa- tion was transmitted to Germa Slop AI Ju"EAu that there is no contended against transmission of intel- ligence to countries with which the United States is not at war. q but I | | | - | | | | law THANKS T0 GOV. Gruenianuggested Change in Alaska Route Letter Reveals When the Western Air EXpress (“mpm'\(lon this last week-end filed lan amended air route into Alaska from western Canada, to include a stop at Juneau, it was largely due to the recommendation of Gov. Ern- est Gruening, according to a letter received in the Governor’s office to- |day from Thomas Wolfe, President of the company. The airline carefully your INISKIN OIL MEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL FIVE-YEAR LEASE Russell Havenstrite in Ju- neau for Short Visit | on Sunday A second five-year lease has been granted to the Iniskin Oil Company for its well drilling operations at Iniskin on Cook Inlet, Russell Hav- enstrite, company president, revealed company “weighed thoughts relative to i the needs for service between Ju- neau, Anchorage and Nome and have come to the conclusion that vesterday during a brief Visit to tnis is the most logical and 'most Juneau. 3 needed route from a military, econ- Havenstrite, whose home is in L0S [ gmic and service standpoint for the Angeles, returned to the States y Territory,” the letter from Wolfe, terday on a Pan American Airways addressed to (m\ Gruening, Sntey REDS ORDER EXILE FOR VOLGA NAZIS plane after visiting the property which has been operated under a Department of Interior lease for the past Il\e u"us NO WORD FROM RYAN, DIMOND SINCE FRIDAY James Ryan, assistant civillan st i defense commissioner in Alaska, (3erman Popula“on 0 and Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska's 2 Delegate in Congress, flew from | Russia fo Be Reset- Minnesota to Winnipeg, Canada,on Friday, but have not been heard from since, it was announced this morning at the office of Governor Ernest Gruening. The two are flying in plane, enroute to Juneau. Kuiu Island Zinc Drilli[lgl Proceeds Diamond drilling operations on the Kuiu Island zinc claims owned by J. C. B. Hawkes and associates of Juneau are proceeding accord- ing to schedule, it was stated to- day by J. C. Roehm, associate en- gines in the Territorial Commis- Mines, who returned last fled in Siberia MOSCOW, Sept. 8—The Soviet| Government, declaring that the| lower Volga has become the haven of Nazi spies and saboteurs, | directed that scme 390,000 persons of German extraction be uprooted from | their homes in that area and be | resettled in various parts of Siberia. These affected by the mass mi- gration order are descendants of German families that Catherine the Great invited to settle along the Volga River in 1762 as a barrier to the Tartar invasion They will be given land and state aid to start life anew, the govern- ment said. The migration decree, it was explained, is a result of an investigation by military author- ities which disclosed that “tens of Ryan's sion of week from an inspection of the|thous nds of diversionists and spies area. . are among the German population About half completed, the drill- along the Volga.” ing has gone down 1000 feet in] R . R nine holes, with low grade zinc and| manganese ores in evidence, Rochm | stated. The drilling is being done/ under a contract by Lynch Broth-| Pioneers, Auxiliary Postpone Meeting ers, of Seattle, with the drilling| party headed by Glen Moore and| Because of repairs beinz made to the property under the manage- the Odd Fellows Hall, the Pioneers ment of George Bolyan. :uf Alaska, Igloo No. 6, and the On Wednesday of this week,) Ladies Auxiliary have postponed Roehm plans to go to Ketchikan their dinner and meetir which in was planned for tonight. The af- mining investigations fair is now set for October 6, to make NAZI SUBMARINE ATTACK ONJU. 5. DESTROYER IS FAILURE today | B e R BASEBALL BANQUET Hanovet Jews 1§ SET FOR FRIDAY To Be Ousted | "4 pencrs cafe Sho il N(flite Prizes for League Leaders i to Be Announced at Annual Affair ‘ Given 24 H_ouse fo Evacu- Jews in Hahover have received no- day evening at Percy's Cafe. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, SEPT. 8, { |ing is over, Alaska is 1941 'MORE PROSPECTING ' ACTIVITY IS NEEDED GEOlOGISI CLAIMS Year Around lode Mines Said o Spell Pros-- perity in Alaska | When the boom of defense spend- going to need LODESTARS SCHEDULED HERE TODAY Two PAA Lodestars are to arrive Juneau late this afternoon, one in a'e Homes Iaking Only from Fairbanks and one from Se- k- Climaxing the 1941 Gastineau|attle Ne(essary Holdmgs Channel Baseball season, the Ju-| Reported at Prince George, B.C £ ntau Firemen will hold the annual|€arly this afternoon, was the St BERLIN, <0pt 8. Hundreds of Daseball banquet at 6:30 o’clock Fri- |attle plane with Kenneth Wittsock and S. J. Stallings, aboard for Ju- tice to evacuate their homes within _ With players from the three|neau. Through passengers were R. 24 hours. teams, umpires, newsmen and scor- | L. Sherman, ILeroy Coverly, S. J.| They will be permitted to take ers invited to the free dir Trainor, Della Hall, John Schu- only the “most necessary objects of prizes for the league leaders will|macher, T. L. White and Carol furniture” and have been advised be announced and claim che Beamer the remainder of their property will given to the winners. gers aboard the Fairbanks be sold and the proceeds turned frss at Whitehorse, Y. T. are| over to them “at a given time.” Watson, Mrs. B. D.' Do: One reason cited for the action is herty, Morris Blomberg, Mrs sadi to have been a book written by ‘Jew Kauffman in New York.” In the book it is alleged demands were made for sterilization of all Ger- mans, ln(l\ldln;, German soldiers. B Bum Check Charge Halts lowan Here Held in the Federal Jail here today with his bail set at $500 was Irz J. Keller, of Brooklyn, Iowa, charged with larceny on a tele- nual Meehng Of Pa!- graphic warrant from Fairbanks. mer Farmers i | Keller was taken off the Columbia l | last night by Deputy U. S. Marshal Walter Hellan, According to the | Fairbanks warrant, he is alleged to |have cashed bad checks in the In- | terior city before leaving there on |his way to the States. Arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray today, Keller pleaded not guilty. Keller arrived at Fairbanks in |July and has been working at a defense project there since. | Pacilities Act. SIO(K OUOIATIONS On Thursday, the Governor will __Closing 'go to Palmer, to attend the annual meeting of the Alaska Rural Re- habllitation Association, GOVERNOR T0 TAKE FIRST PLANE WEST Gruening Will Atfend An Gov. Ernest Gruening was plan- | ning to leave for the w“twaxd\ this afternoon, if weather permltsl the big PAA Lodestars to fly. | The Governor will go first to, Fairbanks and Anchorage, he an-! nounced, where he will attend to! matters preparatory to induction of the Alaska National Guards into| active service next week. At Fair- banks and Anchorage he will also| consult with city officials regardmg‘ |the submitting of works projects 'under the $150,000,000 Community NEW YORK, Sept. quotation of Alaska Jun("\u mine stock today is 4%, American Can| He = ex- 1825, Anaconda 28'%, Bethlehem| p}?ct.s to return to Juneau late this Steel 681/2, Commonwealth week. and Scuthern 7/16, Turtis Wright ll)h,1 Bt 29 B International Harvester 53%, Ken-| [necott 371, New York Central 121/2, Northern Pacific 7' Unlt(‘d‘Gruenlngs En'e"a"‘ *Bow, soNE '~ For Juneau Visitors | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, ones averages: industrials 127.51, :ailic 055 fiflmas o Governor and Mr. Ernest Gruen- i g {ifg were hosts yesterday to several Juneau visitors passing through. In the party were Prof. and Mrs, | iMrS Lagefgffll IS |W. E. Duckering, returning to the| Soon Coming Here (2o e e o, . ¥, meder here from the Fisheries office in Mrs. M. A. Lagergren, (ormer‘w“smngwn D! C., R. W. Harrison, resident of Juneau but for over a and Dr. George Bachman. year residing at Livengood, interior| Fiedler and Harrison Afaska, and her three children is {rom the ‘south aboard the Col- returning here about October 1 to umbia yesterday. ~Dr. Bachman <pend the winter. Mr. Lagergren, ilefl on the Aleutian for a trip, former City Engineer of Juneau, to Skagway, Whitehorse, and down | will come out later. the Yukon to Circle City. arrived othy Blomberg, George Loom J Simpson and Marlow 1id for Seattle ——— DINNER TIME - FOR GUARDS - ISADVANCED Chamber of Commerce Honor Banquet fo Start at 6 o'Clock The Chamber of Commerce din- ner in honor of the Juneau mem- bers of the Alaska National Guard will be held at the Baranof Hotel Thursday evening, starting at 6 o'cleck, insead of 7 o'clock as had previously been announced, it was stated today by Curtis Shattuck, | chamber president. The change in starting time is being made so the guardsmen can be on hand at the armory for their regular drill period, starting at 8 p. m. Thursday, Shattuck said. Speakers at the dinner will be Mayor Harry I. Lucas, Major Jesse E. Graham, army instructor, and |Frank Metcalf, commander of the Juneau American Legion post. Invited to speak, Governor Ernest Gruening will be unable to attend the dinner because of his trip to the Westward which will take him out of the city the balance of the week. ——ee PEGUES FAMILY MOVES The family of J. E. Pegues has moved from the city to a house on the Glacier Highway, situated on the Loop road. a0 WS In years of industrial prosperity patent applications average about 100,000 annually. | much more lode mining, operating the year around, to prevent an | eccnomic setback, Harry Townsend, former Juneau man and now al | €2attle mining " Alaska "| has geologist, said Here today. The following is made by Townsend: | “In order to prevent a terrific | setback when defense construction work stops, Alaska needs much prospecting for lode mines, which operat> the year around. “At present the main deterrents lof this prospecting are: the need {in Alaska of working in the sum- | mer i livelihood; a lack of pioneering spirit with too much booze and soft, sissy living; Mr. | Ickes' discouraging reservation com- plex; over-emphasis of fishing and a statement a a general lack of interest. No_Profession | “No one can recommend pros- pecting for lode mines as a means ,ur arning a living. It is a sport Ll can be enjoyed by many, once ‘l‘u\ are initiated. Lady Luck hns he most to do with the finding ot lode mines. Greenhorns have found many famous mines. Famillarity with about 20 minerals, a lively in- terest and a love for the outdoors are the main requirements for prospecting. “If the usual two weeks’ of va- cation with full pay were convert- ed into a month’s vacation at half pay, much needed prospecting could be accomplished in Alaska. Morz partnerships in many lines of wotk would permit onc of the partners to take his turn at' this fascinat- ing sport of prospecting. The| | combination of teaching school and ‘rmspcctmg in the summer would make a workable combination for I men. “No one knows just how much or |how little mineral wealth I'cs in We do kncw that Alaska produced the richest copper| mine ever known, the Kenncdott;| "l one of the highest grade gold mines, | hos2 entire pro- | duction averaged onc and a half; \oumca of geld per ton; | extremely large tcnnaze low grade | | gola mines, the Treadwell and the | Alaska Juneau, 1ot mehtioning | many other more usual mines. { Rock Fermations “Everyone realizes how nnpurhmi to Alaska is the operaticn of such mines. We zlso know that cn the coast we have a major granitic | the Chichagoff, older rocks are accessible at many | places on tidewater harbors. Inthe Interior we have many granitic, batholiths intruding pre-Cambrian | recks, a favorable condition, geo- logically, for ore deposits. “To assure the future of Alaska| as an all-year homeland, let ‘lsl all enjoy this best of all sports. Let us prospect!” Townsend, who has been spend- ing the summer in Alaska, sailed for his home in Seattle aboard the Alaska. - — DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS ECHOOLS REOPEN THIS MORNING Preceeded by meeting of all mem- bers of the school faculty headed by Supt. Calvin Pool, Douglas stu- dents returned to tieir desks for| first classes this morning begin- ning the new term. Susceptible to variations, mosbly| increases, enrollment figures given, out from the superintendedt’s office are as follows; J High school — First year, 12; Sophomore, 5; Junior, 4; SenioisT; The total of 28 so far enrolled in high school is seven more than were registered on first, day of school last year. Amcng students from out of town are John Asp, freshman, fro mTenakee. He is a son of the sannery operator. Donna Philips from Glacier Highway, is another freshman. Grade school enrollment was 70, that area. \NELL - PLUCK ME FOR B JANBIRDY ANILL MOW LOOK SJunew JEEPERS Y BARNEY GOOGLE AND-SNUFFY SMITH SR - WHAT'S GOW oN W TS Chawe :S UESTERDAN HE W a_YARD B\RD % <ODBN_WE'S AN OFF\CER OR M T SEEW THNGS 2 Copr. 1941, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved. By BILLY DeBECK / WEN,TOMN - TAKE TH' SPOTS , OFF'N THIS SKINMIMER | | BN GIT AT BACK 10 COP'N MECOY BIRS THING \NTW MORNWY THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: Mostly claddy with intermittent light rain and not much change in temperature tonight and Tuesday; low- est temperature tonight about 5) degrees, highest Tuesday 56 de- grees; gentle southeasterly winds. Southeast ¢ Clear or partly cloudy except mostly cloudy with local intermittent light rai north of Cape Spehcer and Five Finger Light tonight and Tuesday; warmer in south portion Tues- day; moderate southwescerly to s.utherly winds, but moderate to fresh southerly in l.ynn Canal. Wind and weather along the G uf of Ahnki tonight and Tuesday: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: moderlwe westerly winds, partly cloudy; Cape Spencer to Cape Hin'hlnbmbk gentle to moderate var- iable winds, mostly northerly to northwesterly, partly cloudy; Hinchinbrook to Résurrection B Cape a;: moderate northerly to north- westerly winds, fair; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate to fresn westerly to northwesterly winds, fair. LOCAL DATA Tirie Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.18 54 ki SE 10 Lt. Rain 4:30 a.m, today 30.07 50 100 S 3 Overeast Noon today - 30.01 50 98" s 8 Lt. Rain RADIO REPORTS : : TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4;30am. Station last 24 hours temp. tempt. 24 hours Weather Barrow 55 42 43 3 Rain Fairbanks 68 46 47 T Overcast Nome . 59 41 50 o Showers Dawson 64 43 15 01 Pt.Cldy Anchorage . 62 45 45 0 Pt. Cldy Bethel . 64 42 43 0 Clear st. Paul .53 42 47 0 Overcast Acks . 58 47 49 0 Overcast u .. b4 50 50 10 Overcast, Wosnesenski ... 60 51 52 0 Clear Cordova 44 50 04 Pt. Cldy Juneau . 50 56 21 Overcast Sitka 49 51 18 Overcast Ketchikith < 53 55 14 Pt. Cldy ice Rubhrt .. 61 51 52 09 Rain Prince Geo:ge .. 54 41 44 0 Overcast Edmonton . 56 31 33 0 Clear Seattle .70 52 52 0 Overcast Portland .. B 50 50 0 Pt. Cidy Wik stk Rain was falling this morning over the northern portion of Soiitheast Alaskd and froth Nometo Barrow but otherwise, clear partly cloudy skies prevailed gen or eally over Alaska. Due to the influence of a storm. frontal trough which passed inland over the Southeast portion of Alaska last night, rain had fallen during the past 24 hours from the Kenal Pennsula to Ketchikan and over the interior as far north as Fairbanks greatest amount of rainfall was was recorded at Juneau. and the Alaska Range. The 27/ hundredths of an inch which The highest temperature yesterday’ after- nooh was 68 degrees at Fairbanks and the lowest last night 42 de- grees at Barrow. Scattered to br overcast with light rain, moderate visibilities in the north portion, kan airway this morning. The Monday morning Weather chart indicated relatively pressure over the Gulf or Alaska and the interior of Alaska. ozen clouds in the south portionand ely low ceilings and fair to good prevailed over the Juneau-Ketchi- low A high pressure center of 30.40 iiches was located at 49 degrees north and 145 degrees west. A s inches was located at 49 degre econd high pressure center of 30.43 es north and 178 degrees west and the pressure was rising quite rapidly over the southwestern portion of Alaska this morning. Junead, September 9—Sunrise 6:13 p.m., sunset 7:36 p.m. of last term. Heading the high school staff of /instructors, Supt. Calvin Pool will agaln teach shop and typewriting; |Miss Eleanor has English, History and Home Economics; Arthur Ladd has Mathematics and Ernest Oberg, Commercial; In the grades, Oberg will teach batholith, whose contacts with the |Sixth, seventh and eighth; Miss| |Ruby McNeil, third, fourth and fifth; Miss Elizabeth Fraser, first and second. Kindergarten will begin tomorrow with eight pupils. . —r—— BIG FIREMEN’S DOINGS On Thursday night of this week Douglas firemen after their regular business meeting will be hosts to the baseball boys in compliment for the fine playing of the local squad during the past season. In preparation for the event the! social committee composed of Robt. Bonner, A, E. Goetz, E. E. Eng- strom, A. J. Balog, Sante Degan, and Walter Andrews; is to m the City Hall this evening at 7 o'clock to make necessary arrange- ments. Call for the meeting was made by Chairman Bonner. ——e————— COUNCIL MEETING Regular meeting for transaction of all first of the month’s business will be held tonight starting at 7:30 o'clock. ———.—— PAULINE BONNER IS EIGHT Yesterday was Pauline Bonner's eighth birthday and the occasion of a party at her home. A number of her young friends were invited and stage stunts were indulged for emml.nmant Mrs. Bonner served Fefreshinients after the show. e MISS KIRKHAM WEDS Bringing the following accouht of the wedding of her friend and former school mate Miss Vera Kirk- for whom she went to Anchorage to be a bridesmaid. Miss Jennie Johnson returned home yesterday| on the Alaska. At a beautiful candlelight cere- mony Friday evening, August 20th, iss Vera May Kirkham, former Douglds gitl, begame the bride of Mr. Cecll W. Tucker, at All Saints| Episcopal Father Warren Fenn officiating. Attendarits for the couple were Miss Jetinle Johnson and Mr. Don Thomas, member of the Anchorage police force. The bride was given in marriage by her grandfather, Mr. J. O. Korkham, rs. Tucker is the daughter of nnd Mrs. Glen A. Korkham of Dpu;h.s She attended school in Doiufius later entering business >ollege in Seattle. She was employ- | ’d for in the office of the g o? P‘fi{lc Welfare in Juneau ind for the past year has been em- ployed !y He Civil Aeronautics Administration in Anchorage. Mr. Tucker was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington, He is ind church in _Anchorage, | Wm and twc»amo an increase over opening day engaged in steel construction work at the Anchorage airbase. | For her wedding the bride chose a cadet blue afterncon dress of “sheer wool crepe with matching ac- cessories. Her corsage was of white roses and sweet peas. Her brides- maid wore an autumn brown after- noon dress of sheer wool crepe with matching accessories and a corsage of roses and sweet peas. Mrs. Glen A. Kirkham, mother of the bride, made the trip from | Douglas to be present at the cere- mony. Her gown was of black cut- velvet with a corsage of mixed sweet peas. Mrs. J. O, Kirkham, grand- mother of the bride, was gowned in wine colored sheer wool crepe with mntchmg corsage of sweet peas. Following the nuptials, a small reception was held at the home of the bride’s aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson. Centering the Ebable was a large white tiered wed- ding cake. Serving were Mrs. George Johnson and Mrs. Leonard | Aproximately forty friends of the jyoung couple called during the evening to offer felicitations. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have con- structed a new home in Anchorage where they will be at homie to their friends in me near future. Door The hail of the Federal Build- ing in front of the door to the Ter- ritorial Museum was cluttered up today with ten huge wooden cases, said to contain old, bound files of early Alaskin newspapers. The papers were sefit here from the University of Washington, Se- attle, where they have been used for resedrch work in the university Mbrary, dccording to Edward L. Reittiahh, curbtor. They are tho nm vdelfilery to.be made of the Hibrary of the late Judge James tWickbrflmm A $20000 appropria- tion was granted by the last ses- isldn of the Legislature for the pur- chase of the Wickersham library. | . ickersham library will be cata- |logued and put in shape in the museum and library here during l:ge winter months, Keithahn stat- ——————— ‘ Cases reported to the Territorial Departinent of Health this week from towns throtighout Alaska in- clude no reports of syphillis. Dis- |eases reported are as follows: | whooping cough, 1; tuberculosis, 9; gonorrhea, 21; nfluenza, 1; xflmles, 1; German measlés, 5; 4; muips, 6; phearonia, 1; and SMallpox, 2. The latter cases were 0rep:>ruq from A Anchorage earlier |in the yeek, and the-disease appar- iemly has not spread since then, Papers and books of the | SR e