The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1941, Page 2

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ASKED F0R 0 Brin President Malk for Nearly Six Billion gsi | Dixo THE WEATHER | (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) | U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU | FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: Fair tonight, mostly cloudy Friday; nct much change in temperature, lowest temperature tonight about 3 degrees, highest Friday 60 degrees, light to gentle variable vinds. Southeast Alaska: Fair and not much change in temperature to-| sht and Friday but mostly cloudy Friday north of Cape Decis-| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, , and Wrangell; gentle to moderate variable winds, but moderate | rtherly in Lynn Canal tonight. nd and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Friday: Entrance to Cape Spencer: moderate westerly to northwem.—‘ erly winds except southwesterly Triday near Cape Spencer, fair to- Doliars Additional night, increasing cloudiness Friday with local showers near Cape| BEAS Spencer; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: moderate vari-| \’rm_;, (By Associated Press) | able winds tonight, becoming moderate southwesterly to ‘westerly | t a i A million pounds of salmon went| Friday, local light rain; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay € 1 § 000,000 to t h fish markets.as an m\f! moderate westerly to southwesterly winds, partly cloudy; Res- ogram S0 “no ed fall run p the| yrpoction Bay to Kodiak: moderate northwesterly to westerly winds he flow of aid Columbia River. P d “l-\'hi‘ partly cloudy. defe! e is S it tha run had i Pl uk hat toda, ‘dl\hOUg]\‘ LOCAL DATA in \eavy landings con-| Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather | 4 | 4:30 pm. yesterday 3003 60 8 ' NE 12 Clear | Avo.nq Puget Tsland and Tongue| 4:30 am. today ... 3008 48 8 Calm 0 Clear | ; Point and Astoria, fishermenI_ Noon today 30.02 55 56 w 5 Clear $12.985.000,000. brought in loads averaging a thou-[ RADIO REPORTS Precident Rog It rioted that sand pounds yesterday, and repartedE TODAY out of the original seven bilion | making good hauls again foday. | Max. tempt. l Lowest 4:30am. - Precip. 4:30am apropriation made last ik | station last24hours | temp. tempt. 24 hours Weltlhev 80,000,000 Was | Dawson 46 2 % 0 Clear 5 jeslasic JUNEAU FOOTB”'I' | Juncau 62 ‘ 43 43 0 Clear | TEAM IS PROPOSED | sitxe 6 3 o Chm - B | Prince Rupert . 63 42 43 0 Clear When the Army Air Corps at| Prince George .. 54 l 28 29 0 Clear Anchorage wrote the Juneau Cham- | Seattle 65 49 49 a1 Pt-Cldy | ber of Commerce, challenging a| Portland 65 53 54 01 Cloudy Juneau town team to a football| San Francisco .. 75 | 57 59 0 Cloudy | NG game here sometime this fali, thef WEATHER SYNOPSIS ! AIRMAIL - EN Chamber replicd that there is no| Moist air continued over 'the ‘western portion of Alaska and rom on | possibility of getting a football team | B. Bu & ady. together here and suggested base- - - - ball or b all as the sport. | This noo hen correspondence | [EP to Health Beiler on (ne 1 B read at the Feet. Phonc 648 opodist Dr.| Chamber lu one dissenter | Steves adv. was F. T. Lin oyer, Coach at ey .. Junean High Schc | Empire Classificds Pay! “1 % n interested in | S e — | footba Coach Liudenmeyer told | frrrrrrrree. moaeeeeeeee] Chamber ne “If there are % m enough fellows here in town inter- | P R 0 F E C T ested in playing football, I believe | I can handle the outfit and we can T ] I answer that challenge by the army. » | our tealtn! ‘ ALUMINUM DRIVE P fr— } Ketchikan has started an alu-| nnai".\ yinum drive sponsored by the \ Cr r of Commerce. The Boy r‘ { Sc s are assisting. PASTEURIZED, = e i LIBRARY NNIVERSARY HILK 1‘ The Ketchikan Library will cele- brate its 40th anniversary with an elaborate program. The library J U N E A U now has four rooms, including a { children’s room Y TTCO | - e - Phone 635 { BN l HEAR _z~(§} CLEARLY” J) j| with SOfiOEONE i g oratanc. | AS ABVERTISED | Sz o LIFE Phone 636 ] SAVE with Insured Safety OWLING-DAVLIN (] COMPANY : | DODGE and PLYMOUTH DEALERS icf Commerce today at the weekly ! noon luncheon of the civic body. | Presiding over the introduction of | the teachers, A. B. Phillips, Super- | intendent of Schools, remarked that |his prophesy of the past summer | regarding a drop in school enroll- /ment here has certainly proved ill- i founded. | There are 519 pupils in the grade ischcol here compared to 522 a year ago, Phillips pointed out, and 234 pupils in the high school, exactly | the enrollment of a year ago. Big- gest surprise, however, he said, is ; i ! 70 | AVIATION \ ! ARE YOU PREPARED? . \ 1 NOW, as never before, op- portunities in AVIATION | { ! s ! gain higher raling ‘and pay in armed forces of the United States and in Com- { mercial Aviation. await trained pilots. EARNINGS| ! Men, properly trained, can ! \ On Savinos Accouits ® Accounts Guvernment In- sured up to $5.000. Applications for a number \ § i ® Money available at any || | of students are being ae- time. ! ! cepted today f{or flight ® Start an account with S1 i‘\ {raining. e wmore, ] { oo o) o ' n b Curreni 4% Rate ||| ; Prepare Today Alaska Federal | ! i Savings and Loan ||} Alaska School of |/ Bea of hbing ;i Aeronautics, Inc. | {1 P. 0. Box 2187 Phone Black 769 i Phon i JUNEAU ; L Put a Covic Diesel in Your Boat If You Want |, MORE ROOM IN YOUR BOAT ® More Miles for Your Money ® A Comfortable, Quict Ride ® An Engine that Instantly Starts ® Assurance of Safe Trips Freelo:a from Fire Hazards iroad Range of Smooth Snccds crating and Maintenxnce Costs Insurance kates Smor.ciess, Odoriess Exbaust Fuli Dijesel Dependabitity An Engine that Can Be Easfly Haud Cranked CHARLES 6. WARNIEE Ch. e was moving into the northern and central portions this ~morning but dry air continued over the extreme eastern portion. Rain was reported during the past 24 hours at most stations over the Ber-| ing Sea and from the Alaska Peninsula to Kotzebue Sound and | the lower Yukon Valley. Clear or partly cloudy skies were report- ed over the eastern portion. Clear skies and good visibilities pre»i vailed over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this morning. ! The Thursday morning weather chart indicated relatively low pressure to the southeast of Alaska and a second low pressure cen- ter to the west of St. Paul Island. A high pressure center of 30.35 inches was located at 45 degrees north and 147 degrees west. A second high pressure center was located to the east of Alaska. | Juneau, September 19 — Sunrise 6:35 am., sunset 7:11 p.m. NAZI HEEL C, OF (. TO IS PLACED ON | GIVE HELP TO NORWEGIANS' HOMEGUARD (Continuea from Page One) Various Penalties Publish- ed Today for Acts En- dangering Security fare completely at heart. “If I had been a member of the lguard, I'm not sure I would haye attended that banquet,” Dr. Couh- s cil stated. OSLO, Sept. 18—Penalties rang- ing up to death for “acts to dis- turb or endanger the security of cconomic life and labor peace,” are provided in a decree published this afternoon in the official Norwegian Gazette. Strikes, lockouts, industrial sab- 1ge, agitation and “wanton 'de- rease in work” are included among the lists of acts for which severe peralties are provided. SCHOOL STAFFS Fever Pitch The meeting rose to fever pitch when Curtis Shatiuck, President of the chambei, resigned his chair to another member of the body. Speaking then as a member rather than President of the organization, Shattuck said he felt that when| the head of a governmental body! has conducted himself in a way to earn the criticism of some: citizens, | it is the duty of the citizens to ex- press their feelings about those ac- tions. i “I give you my word,” Shattuck said, “Governor Gruening has done| everything in his power to stop the guard dinner.” Then on both sides of the issue. | members began to express opinions. | It was finally Norman Banfield, (HAMBER mfl local attorney. who first pointed out that with the National Guard now Staffs of the Juneau public|inducted into service it is up to schools were guests of the Chamber | the citizens of Juneau to organizé ! 1941. kindergarten, as compared with only |49 youngsters a year ago. Theodore Dryden, principal of the grade school, introduced teachers in ] that department. | DOUGLAS NEWS TWELFTH BIRTHDAY OCCASIONS PARTY v Noreen Andrews was 12 years old vesterday and a happy birthday it the enrollment of 73 children in was for the young Miss and her| a competent home guard unit. Ban- field stated that Anthony J. Di- mond, Alaska's Delegate in Con-| |gress, expressed much interst in| seeing a live Juneau home guard {established when he was recently |in the city. Back Governor “It is the Governor’s duty to head { {home defense efforts, and it is the duty of the Chamber of Commerce |to wholeheartedly back home de- Itense efforts,” Banfield declared. Next on his feet was Charles | Burdick, Forest Service official. “What has been done is water over the dam,” Burdick said. “Any | controversy between this body and |the Governor which would block home defense organization would (be ill advised. Let's not let any !rormer ill feelings shape our future jactions, Juneau is in a spot which |is susceptible to sabotage and we need a good home guard unit in case |saboteurs begin to work to cripple jour municipal plant.” | It was at this juncture that | Beale brought his motion for “100 pe cent support of the Governor” in the home guard organization ’here. There was not a dissenting |vote on the proposal. classmates as they had a party| which included dinner and games1we ARRIVB HERE following and then afterwards a| show at the Coliseum. { E Noreen’s guests included Carol| Io Pl(K up BARG Routsala, Ruth Anderson, Lucile| a Goetz, Helen Isaak, Patsy Ann Bal-| After fueling at the Standard g, Peggy Cochrane, Betty Kibby,|Oll Company wharf here this May Cuthbert, Phyllis and Billy|morning, the ocean-going tug Com- Andrews. |missioner of the Puget Sound Tug - e \and Barge Company, Seattle, WARNERS RETURN :moved to Fritz Cove today- to pick - 1up a barge loaded with machinery Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner who|equipment. have been enjoying an outing at| The Commissioner will tow the Tenakee for the past couple of barge to operations of the Morri- weeks returned home aboard the son, Knudsen Construction Com- Cheechako last evening, getting in|pany at Cordova. about 9 o'clock after a somewhat T ‘ough trip. | Subscribe to the Daily Alaska S 3. i) \Emplre—me paper with the largest ;pfld circulation. 3 Empire Classifieds Pay! 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