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2 A — Spokesinan For ltaly Is Chiesty Declares Both Axis Powers Ready to Meet Roose- velt’s Declaration ROME, Sept. 1 an editorial <pokesr ared that Italy G adjusted their war plan: what he called Roosevel" ation of war.” oda nany 1 d have meet and ‘de- facto decla No official statement has, how-]' ever, been issued. i Bluejackets ToDressUp InNorthland SEATTLE, Sept. 13— Whe well-dress: bluejacket will v Alaskan waters was recen nounced hy the Nayy's B Ships The equipient jacket, trousers jungle cloth, a clc as nearly imperv as can be. In addition, the cailer on U Artic equipped with a wool leather mittens and al boots to withstand the winds of the Norih Pacific and the Bering Sea Correspondingly heavy garment are being furnished officers in the Alaska defense for -oa— Rainbow Girls and DeMolay Will Hold Jointr Installation The joini instalia n the Order of Raiabow ind in the DeMolay for boys be held tonight in the Sc Rite Temple at 7:30 o'clock. The public| is invited to (¥tend the cercinonics which will be owed later by a dance for the Rambow Girls and the DeMolays their invited guests, Miss Isabel Puisons will stalled as Worthy Advisor of the night vill e ! and helmet of | knitted fabric o Artie winds ol well-dressed slation will be feiv mask | nd be in- R of 28 or have moved from the Ter- tayda, | Titory, were given 3 from the Juneau guard jocked yielded $216 to burglars some | NORWAY, Sept. to|f Sergeant John ( Ji GUARD DISCHA BEFORE INDUCTION ANNOUNCED HERE Many | cause of Dependents, Age, M_OEd Away National Guard who have have reached the age Close ska ependents, honorable dis- nit in a special order issued today you: the office of Adjutant General W. R. Mulvihill. The order, which was released on e of induction of the guards- into active duty, at mid- Sunday, also listed men in guard units of Fairbanks, An- horage and Ketchikan, who will be the ev men discharged before the induction of he troops. Men of uneau company use of I n, Sergeant ton, Sergeant role 3 Osborn ack N Private Thomes Tram Fu grove, - Shel B. Wahistroi: Edward T, Wruck. Juneau they ha vears aic Sergeant George H Corporal Charles L. 1 rate 1st class Virgi John D. B Donald F. Ber K. ¥Friske, Kenneth i3. Pittman, Hugh C. ph, Jumes H. Triplette. Juncau cuard members discharged because of their removal from the Perrivory ; Privates Herbery J. Neff, Walter D, Druliner, William 4. M(Ginty (Inactive), Robert S. Moeller, David E. Stromme (In- active). Juneau guardsmen discharged for sther jniscellaneous reasons are: Pricates Louis J. Gla Richard 2. Johnston, LeRoy Vestal Members of headquart and nedical detachments h given ischarges are: Privates Edward L. Arnell, Gleun A. Edwards, Forest D. Fennessy. Sergeant Joseph P. Bird. Privates frank E, Cashel, Henry M. Holl- nann, Harry J. Krane. men discharged because wiained the age of 28 ombert, W, Pri- ant, Pri- B Rainbows, and Fied Sorri will bc installed Master Councilo DeMolay. {PROTECT o SERVICES FOR ARME FOssUM WEATH HARGES BUR Second Raagery in Two Norwegian_l);iry Supply,‘ | vious burglary. | move | Widgeon are Frank Dufresne, ex- $216 IN SAFE Man Released Be-IAT DOUGLASO{ RiOiS in 05'0 | Years af Feusi and | Jensen Store A safe which was closed but not | Feusi and mercantile time night at the Jensen, Inc., general store in Douglas. It was the second time in a lii- tle over two years the Douglds store has been burglarized in ex- actly the same way, according 10 records in the U. S. Marshal’s of- | fice here. Deputy Marshal Walter | Hellan, investigating the case, said' this morning he believed the same person broke in both times. No ar- rests were made following the pre- | last Hellan said the store was appar- ently entered through doors tothe warehouse in the rear of the gs- tablishment. Double doors on the warehouse were “barred. by a two sy six inch timber on the inside.| Apparently, Hellan said, the| glar inserted a thin bar be-| cen the doors and lifted the tim- ber to gain entrance. The door to| the safe from which the money| we. laken was closed, he said, but| had 1ot been locked. It was in exactly the same way that entrance was gained to the store building the night of August 25, 1939, records showed. In the 1939 robbery, however, the safe was not touched but $75 was taken from the cash register. BB IS FISHERIES, GAME MEN ON WIDGEON Due to arrive here today on the Fish and Wildlife Service boat ecutive officer of the Alaska Game Commission; Clarence Olson, fish-| eries supervisor; and W. E.Crouch, Alaska representative of the serv- ice. The three men have been in Ketchikan, Wrangell and Peters- burg during the past week, attend- GLAR GETS |sent to Finland for German troops ing fisheries hearings on 1942 regu- lations being conducted by Dr. Ira Gabrielson, director of the service: The fisheries hearings are due ‘o next to Sitka and will he held in Juneau next Thursday. ER PREVENTS LODESTAR FLIGHTS SET MONDAY - | For the second successive day, T | weather held Pan American Lode- ineral services for Arne Fos- |stars on the ground at Juneau and um, 41, who died of a heart ail- nent recently in St. Ann's Hospi- al, are set for next Monday aftes- won at 2 o'clock. The Rev. John .. Cauble will conduct the serv-| ses, which will be held in the| harles W. Carter Chapel. Inferment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. ——,——— AL SHYMAN HERE Your Health! ® DRINK PASTEURIZED MILK JUNEAU DAIRIES | " BRINGING UP FATHER SHUT UP-HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE THAT ABOUT MY RELATIVES? IT/S A CREDIT 5 E GON < DRUG STORE- (" : \ { { ( { | | i the| | 1 Al Shyman, representative of Al- ska Distributors, Inc., is a Juneau isitor after trips to Ketchikan and| sitka. He planned to return to his| Jeattle headquarters soon. Mr. Shy-| aan is also stockholder in the} 10f Holel YEAH! BiIT : BARNEY GOOGLE AND -SNUFFY T SWOW ¥ THINGS \© DEADER'N & DOOR KOS 'ROUND TH PROPATTY il THAR,CORP'LY WHAR'S ALL T SUIFLESS SHONKS 2 SMIT, Prince George, B. C., today. The plane here is southbound out of Fairbanks, with the Prince George plane headed north from Seattle. Miss Mary Wood Weds Willis Thorp Miss Mary Anita Wood and Wil- lis Willard Thorp were married at 11 o'clock this morning in the Commissioner’s Court by United States Commissioner, Felix Gray. Witnesses for the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hulse. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SAT Lack of Milk Is BROWN BERR S (laimed (ausei HE&E Aflfi,?ms Back in Juneau after three and a half months of patrol duty in the Aleutian Islands, the Game | commission boat ~Brown Bear docked at 1 o'clock this morning. The past summer has been the | best season in the Aleu 20 years Captain John O has been sailing those ¥ declared today., The W been warmer and the fog than ever before, he said. There are lots of herring around the islands, Capt. Sellevold stated the whales are getting scarce reported seeing only few avound Unalaska Island. Between 12,000 and 14,000 head of sheep being kept on Umnak Island the Aleutian Livestocz Company are doing well there, he reported. Within the next few days, C Sellevold will pilot the Brown Bear out of Gastineau Channel, en- route to Seattle for its annual overhaul, then he’ll be back north with the trim little craff in De- cember, to start his winter patrol of the Aleutians. With the Brown Bear was Charles Petry, fishery agent from Chignik. Petry, as well W. E. Crouch, | Alaska representative of the Fish 'and Wildlife Service, expect 50 !south on the Brown Bear. —— . — — ;Slreber Bail Seiat $1,500 Bill Streber, alias Knort M. Faber, iv\'hu cashed an allededly forged, Alaska Juneau mine payroll check jfl( the H. S. Graves clothing store | Rumored Sent fo Nazis in Finland OSLO, GERMAN OCCUPIED 12—(AP)—Stop- page of milk deliveries to worl at factories and rumors_that the Norwegian milk supply was being ss dense but He a there caused the generah strikes Tuesday in Oslo shipbuilding in- dustries, the propaganda office of the Norwegian Nazi Party an- nounced today. Restrictions on milk rations were imposed here for the first time Monday, sl G S Fire Fighters Go o Blazes A Forest Service fire crew was rushed by chartered plane from Ju- neau this morning to fight blazes reported spreading at three points on Chichagof Island. Taking small pumps, chemicals and other equipment, the fire fight- ers were to go to Seal Bay and Kadashan Bay on Tenakee Inlet and | Neka Bay. Assistant Ranger Virgil Health is in charge of the party. CHIEF OF POLICE " FROM TACOMA HERE On a vacation cruise aboard the motorship Northland, Einar Lang- fi;':'h d‘fi‘:g ‘;‘f‘rf’“ll‘:;g:;m"r‘m’i‘:‘:d‘ The bond was set this morning . " ¥ |when Streber was arraigned before in Juneau today while the North- y; g Gommissioner Felix Gray and land was in port. lgenified he wanted to consult an Dan : Ralston, Territorial high- |attorney before a hearing on the way patrolman and friend of the case is held. The complaint ag- Langseths, drove the -couple t0 ainst Streber was signed by Assist- Mendenhall Glacier and = other |ant District Attorney Lynn J. Gem- scenic Glacier Highway points. j mill. Langseth is no stranger to Al-, Meantime, late yesterday after- aska, having been affiliated with noon the remainder of the $123.82 the fishing business in Southeast|from the check, which Grave Alaska many years ago. | cashed, was produced by Streber e R |from his clothing. When arrested |by city police Thursday night, only 'o JOIN (oun‘ |$45 could be found on Streber's person. Yesterday, when ques- {tioned by Graves, Streber produced Leaving here for’ Wrangell. today |folded bills from his pocke on the Northland - are Robert|had formerly. been' care |the rest of the money in tightly Coughlin, clerk of the Federal | Searched. as here Thursday night, is being held under a $1,500 bond on a forgery |charge in the Federal Jail here | today. which Court, and Lawrence Kerr, mmg}OCEA_N—__FI_IOE.RT SHIP LOCATED; PILOT MISSING | | | | ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Sept. 13—The weather-beaten wreckage NEW YORK, Sept. 13. — ©losing | g, pocs t01q today of the disaster quotation of American Can at to'lenccumered by Thomas Smith, day's. session is 81%, Amacondaclarksburg flier, who set off from 28%, Bethlehem Steel 68, Common- | 0ld Orchard Beach, Maine, in his wealth and Southern 7/16, Curtiss | “Baby Clipper” on an attempted Wright 9%, International Harves- | transatlantic flight May 28, 1939. ter 54%, Kennecott 26':, New Ym“(‘ A note found in the plane said: court reporter. The two men will join the court | session foy naturalization at Wran- gell on Monday, then will move| with the court to Petersburg for naturalization hearings on Tues- day and Wednesday. PSSR e 5 Central 12%, United States Steel| “I'm walking out to avoid freez- 57, Pound $4.03%. {ing.” DOW, JONES AVERAGES | No trace of the aviator other than The fellowing are today's Dow, | the ncte was found, however. Jones averages: industrials 127.28, | ST rails 29.30, utilities 18.73. BUY vrrrnst STAMPS hy "y URDAY, SEPT. 13, 1941. FERRY SYSTEM PLANNED FOR i WAR PLANES Americafi?flay Join in| Flying Bombers to Russ Battle Front LONDON, Sept. 13—It W, closed: tonight that the flo British and American manufe ured war planes to the Russian war s expected in well informed be increased soon | y service manned jn icans. | | through a fer part by Am | The ferry system, similar to that | now used in bringing American | | planes across the Atlantic, is among | the problems to be considered at| fortheoming British-United | »s-Russian conference in Mos- the Sta cow. PRI e A Terrorists Plan Using Bombs Now Plot fo Blow Up Perfedure‘j Reported Discovered | and Nipped (By Asscciated Press) Diplomatic channels, also the of- | ficial French Information Office in Vichy reports terrorists in unoccu- pied zones attempted to blow up Ligmonges Perfecture with bombs. The plot was discovered just in time, these circles assert. e Governor Gruening To Refurn Tuesday Weather permitting, C | Gruening will leave Ancho day morning en route to Ji N flying in the plane of James Ryan, | Alaska Coordinator of the Civilian| { Defense Admin | | Governor Gruening scheduled Monday to attend the annual meet- ing of the Alaska Rural Rehabilita- tion Corporation, which W poned from last Thursdas of the illness of a director cooperative. because of the A.CAPLOTSON THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: Fair and not much change in tempera- ture tonight and Sunday; lowest temperature tonight about 42 de- grees, highest Sunday 63 degrees; light to gentle variable winds. Southeast Alaska: Fair tonight and Sunday, not much change in temperature; gentle to moderate variable winds. Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Sunday: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: moderate to fresh westerly to northwesterly winds, fair; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: mod- erate easterly to northeasterly winds, fair; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: moderate variable winds, mostly northeasterly, partly clou Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate to fresh west- erly winds, mostly cloudy. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp, Humidity Wind Velocity 56 70 w 13 45 61 w 6 52 6 s 2 RADIO REPORTS ‘Weather Pt. Cldy Clear Clear Time 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.60 4:30 a.m. today 29.65 Noon today 20.65 TODAY 4:30am. Precip. 4:30am. tempg. 24 hours Weather 32 02 Snow 3" Cloudy 4 Rain 32 Pt. Cldy 43 Clear 43 Cloudy 48 Rain 53 Fog Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cldy Ramn Ran Pt. Cldy Max. tempt. last 24 hours . 32 . 50 49 .. 51 62 55 50 Lowest Station Barrow . Fairbanks Nome Dawson Anchorage . Bethel St. Paul Atka Dutch Harbor .. Kodiak Cordova Atlin Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Puince George Seattle Portland San Francisco | @ mFoooHo oo 8o WEATHER SYNOPSIS Cool relatively dry ajr prevailed over most of Alaska this morn- ing with attending clear or partly cloudy skies but a fresh sup- ply of cold Arctic air had penetrated the northern ‘and northwest- ern portion of Alaska and overcast skies and local rain or snow showers were reported over this area as far south as the Seward Peninsula. Rain had fallen during the past 24 hours over South- east Alaska and from the Aleutian Islands to the Bering Sea andsnow or rain from the Seward Peninsula to Barrow. The greatest amount of rainfall was 31 hundredths of an inch which was recorded at St. Paul Island. The highest temperature yesterday afternocn was 75 degrees at Dutch Harbor and the lowest last night 28 degrees at Poing Lay, Clear skies.and good visibilities prevailed over the Ju- neau-Ketchikan airway this morning. The Saturday morning weather chart indicated a center of low pressure to the southeast of Southeast Alaska with a low trough of pressure extending across the Gulf of Alaska to Bristol Bay. A high pressure center of 30.42 inches was located at 45 degrees north and 150 degrees west and @ second high pressure center was locat- ed to the northwest of Barrow. Juneau September 14 — Sunrise 6:24 am., sunset 7:22 pm. el | DOUGLAS Nurses Meet | ®00ws Nexi Monday ... OYAGE GIVEN | FOR MRS. ERSKINE Members of the Gastineau Chan- | The Thursday Night Sewing Club nel Nurses Association will meet met last evening at the home of Monday night at 8 o'clock in the nyg L. B. Nelson, with Mrs. Wal- Territorial Health Department Cen- 1o, forrest as ,co-hostess, and ter in the Territorial Building, Sew- , neq its first fall session into ard and Third Streets.. All members , ., voyage shower as a farewell e alend: to one of its members, Mrs. Claude Pilot TULSEQUAH TRIPS ™" ™ Alex Holden o wase 170 UNFIT ARMY Coastal Airlines had a busy sched- ule outlined today with seven freighting trips to Tulsequah, B. C.| on the program. He completed | three round trips this morning. Virginia Wafer, Mary Davis and | three natives were passengers with | Pilot Shell Simmons on a flight| |to Sitka. Wes Overby and several| other passengers were to make the| return filght. | -ee | Canadian crops of apples, pears| ‘and grapes are estimated at less than last year. T | civilian consumption of soap in- {creased during the first half of this year. 5000 MEN BROKE CONP LAGT NGHT - BOM ¥ Mo st SLEEP L\ME B 106G = NOL DIDNT WEAR “EM PULL OWT ~ By GEORGE McMANUS HERE YO TO MAKE H%MES SAFE ESPECTALLY MINE - T S\WNOW Y A0S MCE AN PERCERBLE 'ROUND b ANSSW — A FELLAR CAN REALN INJOY WesE® how —— prOP OLD ALUMINUM HERE_FOR NATIONAL L ARE - OUR BALLS O FIRE, GENRWL W, || fharpe and T TOOK \T FER GRANTE V& TRAPSED OFF WE T SOLIERS OFFICERS T0 BE ELIMIRATED SOON WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—A se-! cret board of five generals today' recommended the removal of 170, regular Army officers from active! duty as part of a plan to eliminate | men considered unfit. The War Department said 66 of the 133 officers who have been no- tified so far have reguested re- tirement, which is permitted under a recent law. Bridge Party Honors Mrs. K. | ritt ¥ bert Davlin last night. entertained N in the latter’s home in the Alder-| Terrace Apartments at ‘a. shower; for Mrs. Rgbert, Akervick. Five| tables of hridge were played,; and Mrs, Alex Sey won. high .honors.| Second. prize was taken by Mrs. Edl Sweeney,. and . consolation by . Mrs. | Mark Jensen. i Luncheon HO"Q | *Juneau IS neall Visitor In honor of. JI;L 1e8 M T, the former Miss Anabel. Simpson vho is in Juneau visiting her par ents, Dr and Mrs. Robert simpson, ‘or several weeks, a = host |p “.b'!inl,bfld“:&y, Erskine, who is leaving Monday 1. reside in the States. Besides the regular sewing, sev- eral guessing games were enjoyed, prizes for which were awarded to Mrs. Tauno’Niemi, two firsts, and Mrs. Art McBride and Mrs. Er- skine, lows. Additional guests included Mrs. Stan Rekosh, Mrs. L. A. Johnson, Mrs. E. Vicklund, Mrs. Henry Stra- gier, Mrs. Mary Africh, and Mrs. Verne Hodges. Mrs. Erskine was presented with lovely remembrances by those pres- ent and Mrs. William Cooper and Mrs. Jack Schmitz, who were un- able to attend. bl S5 PR DOUGLASITES LEAVING Among the Douglasites leaving for the States Monday on one of the steamers are Mr. and Mrs. Claude Erskine and two children who are booked for Seattle where ithey will make their future home; Arne Kronquist, who will enjoy a visit with friends and relatives in the Puget Sound district; Bob Fleek, who is enroute to Southgate Cal, for a short visit with his sis- ter before entering a trade school; and Irvin Fleek, also bound for California where he will seek em- ployment. ————— SCHRAMM WORKING with choice of four jobs found available for him on his arrival at Sitka the first of this week, COharles = Schramm, former City | Marshal in Douglas, is now work- ing on the air base project there. —— e - GRAHAMS HERE % ch: ... Twelve day. . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Graham juesis will be present, W":;i:::' of Ketchikan were arrivals here by F°% | this morning aboard the Northland a Terhune Louié Boggan, who a medical satient at 8t. Ann’s Hospital, was lismissed this morning. Mrs. Robert Haydon was dismiss- 4 from St. Ann’s Hospital this norning after receiving surgical reatment. ‘Gunnar Ramsted, longshoreman njurea yesterday, was admitted to 3t. Ann’s Hospital yesterday for medical attention, and was dismiss- ed this morning. yifor a couple of days’ visit with 1. relatives. They plan to return home jon the North Sea for their return trip home. S S o EAGLES DANCE TONIGHT Big . weekly social event for the Channel, the Eagles dance, will take place tanight in Douglas. From all points they come to en- joy this regular occasion and the {usual good. time is promised. ———e | Prevention of ice formation in 'intake systems of aircraft is being studied by the Department of Com- merce, e -

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