The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 24, 1941, Page 2

announc i 2 Juneau Ski (lub Meeis- On Friday Snow on Mountains Arouses Interest-Plans for Season fo Be Made fresh snow on mountains, b will be with a the in at 8 o'clock Fri- tember 26 ons will ¢ Use he Sixth Street entrance is he request made > ALASKA CHAIRMAN F AID-TO-CHINA GROUP IN JUNEAU tension of the Committec ed today was to by Mrs chikan attor- from the First teamer Columbia this group of out- sympathizers cause against Relief., Inc., which thous- been sent to supplie: be- by a ing merican with the C United Ct have medical *quipment for the ders ‘of the Stearn recently { the Al Committee by | member ancient was Mr airman ¢ hina Relie Roosevelt, Jr., a national committee i arn, a guest a the with Bar- civic neau unit of the relief and appointment of a local nan to direct its activities mpleting her work here. to visit Seward, Anchor- iirbank - - DOUGLAS NEWS A. BDARD DISCUSSES China | WHEELER DRAWS THOUSANDS AT SEATTLE MEETING Sympalhétic Audience Hears Isolationist Defend Views 24—A defin- audience, offer- : only occasional boos from the allery, last night heard Senator jurton K. Wheeler (D-Mont.) de- nd his isolationist views and re ate that he is trying to help president Roosevelt ‘“keep the made to the Ameri- SEATTLE, tely sympathetic Sept romises he people.”’ Forty policemen were assigned 0 the meeting, which was trans-| erred to the Metropolitan Theatre ifter Seattle Aerie No. 1 of the Traternal Order of Eagles refused he America First Committee the 1se of the F.O.E. Auditorium. The theatre was jammed to ca-| pacity by 1,700 persons and an| yverflow audience of more thaan| 3,000 outside heard Wheeler an lash | out at early opposition which had jeen expressed against his coming to Seattle PRIORITY FOR GOLD MINING MACHINERY OPM Gives Preferred Rat-| ing fo Mining Equipment | | Governor Is Informed | | | | | Charter PLAN FOR FOOD POOL IN EUROPE ments Adopis Proposal Without Dissent 24—The LONDON, Sept crea- tion of a vast pool serves to supply Europe in the emergency period after the war, a plan upon which the United States has already been consulted, was proposed by Great Britain to the Council of Allied Governmentsand adopted without dissent. Anthony Eden read the state- ment to the Council made by the United States Ambassador to Great Britain John G. Winant, whica lieves that the undertaking has “great prospective usefulness.” The proposal was made after the Council approved the Roose- velt-Churchill eight-point Atlantic without dissent, pledging adherence to the “common prin- cipk‘s of the policy and cooperation i to lhsr best of our ability.” FISHING BOATS SLIP MOCRINGS, DELAY STEAMER | boats which slipped their moorings at the City Float and bobbed out onto Gastineau Channel, the steam» er Princess Louise of the Canadian Pacific Line arrived at 9:30 o’'clock | last night and sailed for Skagway (Continued from Pue One) | 4l ! | placed under the A-3 priorities class- ification, Nelson informed Gov Gruening. This is a preferred rat-| |ing, it is understood, and the high- | lest classification awarded to any | material not of actual first-line | needs in national defense. | The announcement by Nelson| -ulminated a fight of several weeks | duration waged by the Governor | to have the mining machinery given preferred priorty rating, so mining ] perations Alaska may continue land expand during the present | national emergency. | | The order effects all gold mining | machinery, including equipment re- quired for placer gold operations. | | The OPM order also comes as a distinct relief to mine operators |who have been acutely worried cencerning orders of needed equip- | |ment for their operation: Several moflnn"x of mining men have been | £ ACTIVITIES I as they affect the |D¢ld in the Interior during recent chool year of werks to organize mining cps\mlorsr’ acher Associa- |l & move to have a preferred | i A mesting of the prion(y rating given mining mach- Exccutive Beard, Mrs. Alfred Bon- {inery. Previously, the mine equip- | 5 Chairman, which was held at |JM€Dt was given no prierity rating e ¢ evening, Other |Under OPM rulings. mer t were Mrs. 8. J.| Under autherity vested in him by 3 s A, Shudshift, Cal-|the crder from Nelson today, Gov.| | Authur Ladd. The | Gruening named R. D. Stewart, © members, Mrs. Mike Pusich|Territorial Commissioner of Mines, and Sam Deven were absent I“ emergency ccordinator of Al- Although no definite arrange- aska mines. Stewart'’s duties, he | were made it was tentatively d that monthly meetings of P. T. A be held as in former with the first one during the| epart of as an informal | ption for the teachers. Refresh- s on that occasion will ed by Executive Board. - e POWLING ALLEYS SOON TO BE BUILT Werk on the foundation for the alleys in the Eagles' hall tarted yesterday with of sand and mixer in on the job and ri members of the Aerie per- ym the required labor. - MOVING TO APARTMENT 1 ge Fleek and daughter | 12 into the Kilburn ment decid the vea fc rec b parsonage cottage. the winter months. Ll Ll Carolina, is mark ) the largest curb th ountry - re— — PUY DEFENSE STAMPS BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH QACCUSING A SOLDIER OF ROBBERY \S B SERIONS THING ,CAPTAIN MSCON - T WTEND TO POSTPONE YBRD BIRD SINTH'S TRIAL UNTIL EVERY AT OF EV\DENCE THOROWGHLY CHECKED — T STILL THINK SNOFFY \S \NNOCENT said, will be to aid operators in se- curing legitimate machinery re- | quirements for their operations and to equalize the distribution of av- | ailable equipment among mining ‘me;«lrns needing the machinery. ve| —,ee - | TWO LODESTARS, | ' ENROUTE HERE, | % HELD BY CLouDs the | gravel. A | (:xuundr(l at | Prince George, B. C mn(an Lodestars which left Fair- banks and Seattle this morning today awaited better flying condi- |tions before continuing to Juneau. At Prince George, aboard the northbound plane, are Mr. and Mrs. ‘anacross, and | two Pan Am-| long residence in|Harry Sully, A. F. Knight and Col, W. G. Brey, passengers for Juneau, _been umrf'm*d t0land Ruth Irvng, Gordon Wickes and r plant of the| ol v\;\l be out of | Robert Park, through passen- going to Fairbanks. Aboard the plane now at Tana- |eross are Dr. Noble Dick, Robert Bragaw and Joe Nasenius, all en rcute to Juneau, and Maj. Paul| , George Martin, Rose Curry and John Reagh, through passen- at 2 o'clock,this morning. Originally scheduled to arrive at 8 o'clock, the C. P. R. vessel was rclced to wait in the Channel until ! owners of the small boats rounded them up and took them back to the | float. The Louise discharged a heavy shipment of meat and equipment here for transshipment to Taku | Inlet, where it will be towed up Taku River to the Polaris-Taku Gold Mining Company near Tulse- | quah, B. C. ,ee Mr. and Mrs. William Pederson are the parents of a baby girl born this morning at St. Ann's Hospital at 6 o'clock. The infant weighed six pounds and fourteen and one- half ounces at birth. She has not |vet been named. Mrs. George Rogers, a surgical patient at St. Ann's Hospital, was discharged from there today. Mrs. John Guerrero was admit- ted yesterday to St. Ann’s Hospital to receive medical attention. Mrs. O. E. Decker entered St. Ann'’s Hospital for medical care yes- terday afternoon. Oscar Peters was dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital today following medical treatment. ' Gordon Phillips of the Polaris- Taku Mine was discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital and expects to re- turn to Tulsequah today. Henry C. Bryson entered St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday to receive medical attention, Mrs. Alice Reese of Ketchikan was discharged today from the Govern- ment Hospital after receiving sur- gical attention. Mary Peterson underwent a major surgical operation this morning in the Government Hospital. Olive Frand and Jessie Peele, who have been medical patients at the |Government Hospital, were dis- charged and will be sent to an Indian sanitarium in Washington. Austin of Wrangell was the Government receiving medical Walter dismissed from Hospital after treatment. Karen Nelson underwent a ton- declares that the United States be- | Delayed by three vagrant fishing | Council of Allied Govern-| of food re-| |cave-in and this is her first time| north since then. With her hus-| band she is visiting Douglas this afternoon in the hopes of meeting some, former friends. HITS HARD AT HOUSTON 'Two Dead - Bmidihns Are! | |for the "south in 1917 after the Former Treadwell Girl Visits Here With Her Husband H. J. Boyle and Mrs. Boyle ar- rived in Juneau last night aboard the Princess Louise and will return on the same steamer Friday. Mr. Boyle has been connected for years in the mailing depar‘- ment of thé Seattle Daily Times and previously was a job printer. Mr. Boyle wanted to get the smell of printers’ ink again and visited the Empire office this afternoon. {He was surprised at meeting Ar-: thur Bringdale and James Prima-| | vera, both whom were working with | ;za Russell, former publisher of | Juneau, at Seattle the same time| Boyle was job man. Boyle also met Fergus Hoffman, on the reportial staff of the Empire and forme:ly| |on the Seattle Times staff. = But to Mrs. Boyle, the visit hc‘r(" more significant. She lived in| | Treadwell with 'her parents, Mr.| and Mrs. Andréew Murphy. Her | |rame was Eleanor Murphy and her | father was machinist at Tread- ' well. With her parents, she is left | tropical hurricane which struck the Texas coast yesterday between Mata- gorda and Freeport moved directly cver Houston last night. Torrential rains flooded the Hous- ton Post editorial rooms and many | other buildings about the city. i Eight men were rescued from one bargo while 72 others rode out the Istorm on a second barge. Damage in this section is running extremely high, particularly to unharvested farmers’ crops. l Thousands of refugees tnqn the | | coast and islands poured in™lrere. The Red Cross provided shelter for | many in jrils, public auditoriums and other buildings. Two deaths were reported. One, a seaman blown overboard, was res- cued and died from the effects of the sn]L water. THREE PILOTS MAKE FLIGHTS FOR A. C. A. Three Alaska Coastal Airlines flights were made today, Pilot Dean Geodwin flying to Icy Strait and Pelicar; City, Shell Simmons to Sitka and Alex Holden to Tulse- quah. Outbound to Icy Strait with Geodwin were Frank Wright, Jr., and C. E. Taylor. Goodwin brought Bud Osborne from Pelican City on the return trip. Simmons took W. F. Multigan, C. R. Burque, C. D. Terry, Bill Raymond and Jack God- dard to Sitka and was to return with four other passengers. Four employees of the Polaris Taku Gold Mining Company at Tulsequah were passengers with Holden. Srock QuoraTiOons NEW YORK, Sept. 24—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 85, American Power and Light 1%, Anaconda 271/2, Bethlehem Steel 67%, Commonwealth and Southern /18, Curtiss Wright 9%, Interna- tional Harvester 54%, Kennecott 357/8, New York Central 11%, Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 561/2, Pound $4.03%. DOW. JONEE AVERAGES The following are today's Dow Jones averages: industrials 127.54, ails 29.10, utilities 18.55. silectomy this morning at the Ju- gers for Seattle. S T WOWD UKE - NOUR PERMISSION TO QUESTION THE PROPRIETOR OF THE * J00K PALRICE " ONCE WORE, S\R neau Mcdlcnl and Surgical Clinic. Nou SeN O DIONT ACTUALN SEE MARD BIRD SMNTH ON THE PRENISES THE N\GHT OF cEPT.6M 2 NOU Can BET L\ ‘FDR Promlsed }on munition workers converging | Avila Camacho to air their |ances and demand the removal of tight | Gen. Luis Bobadilla Camberos, War Price Control Legislation Morgenthau_Wants foLim- it Profits During Emer- gency fo 6 Percent WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 24 —Chairman Henry B. Steagall of the House banking committee said today, following a White House conference that “if the President wants a price contrel, bill, he'll get one.” The prediction came while Sec- mtary of the Treasury Henry Mor- | genthau was telling the commit- te¢ in formal hearings that fed- eral control of prices, including those of farm products, is neces- | sary to avoid inflation. Morgenthau further proposed | that all profits be limited to s percent during the current emer- gency. — . MEXI(AN SOLDIERS INACTION Quell Demonstration Stag ed in Front of Presi- dential Residence MEXICO CITY, Sept. 24. — At| FIOOded Requees least four men were killed, in-| Pour Into City cluding Guillermo - Rojas, Union | General Secretary, and at least 16 HOUSTON ,;;(; Sept. 24— The were wounded when troops fire on the suburban home of President oriev- Plant Director. Various reports said from 200 0 engagement with the loss of ouly‘ 2,000 demonstration in the exclusive res- idential section. laborers participated in the 2ND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE NEEDED FOR WORK, ANCHORAGE News has been received by the Territorial Department of Health of Health in Juneau that the Anchor- age Community Chest has do |the sum of $600 toward cbmmmu a seccnd Public Health Nurse there. Because of the increased population d of the town, the nurse there is over- worked, and another nurse is badly his Pro-Axis Tokokai group for "‘m % ers Tonger than' Jio. reok™ needed. Through funds from the Child- celebrate the first anniversary ur’ ren’s Bureau, the Department hopes Japan’s alliance with Berlin and|tenced by U. S. Commissioner Fe- to add to the amount so that a nurse may be employed on a full time basis. Navymfiafi Is To Sound 'Blackout’ SEATTLE, Sept. 24—The Navy| Department announced recently | that the bugle call for “Blackout” at all shore stations shall be the| call “Knock Off Bright Work” as listed in the Manual for Drum- mers, Trumpeters and Fifers, Unit- ed States Marine Corps, 1935. At sea the call is used to denote “he end of the period for cleaning | ship and polishing the brasswork. 2 Halibuters Sell, Seattle SEATTLE, Sept. 24—Two halibut- ers arrived today from the western banks as follows: Mitkof, 40,000 pounds, se)lhu, for 15% and 14 cents a pound; Frank- lin, 36,000 pounds, selling for 13 and 14 cents, R Subscrice for The Empire. R(AF FLIERS KILLED WHEN SHIP (RASHES WoodsmenTaveI Over "Pure Hell” to Bring Three Bodies Out VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 24. Experienced woodsmen set from Yale, British Columbia, to- day over a mountain trail de- scribed as “pure hell” to bring pack to civilization the bodies of hree Royal Canadian Air Force (liers who perished Sunday when 1 twin-engined bomber crashed on Old Settler Mountain. It was expected that it would ake | from the scene of the crash down | the steep mountain slopes to the “Lown. The dead are pilot L. W. Brooks, ‘a native of Joplin, Missouri, Ser- geant L. T. Britland and Aircrafts- |man D, B. Wortley RAFSTARTS ACTION ON EASTFRONT out " with Successful Result Declares Ministry LONDON, Sept. 24.—British air- planes have gone into action for the first time in several days on the 4 castern battlefront, the British Air| Ministry announced this afternoon. “A number of patrols have flown _in bad weather but have been suc- cessful on encounters with enemy s,” the Air Ministry reports, adding that “seven German planes have been destroved in the initial | one RAF fighter.” Japan Blocks Fiery Seigo Nakano New TOKYO, Sept. 24.— The Japa- nese Government today squelched plans of fiery Seigo Nakano ani series of rallies next Saturday to| Rome. “We want to celebrate this event with dignity, so do not want| i meetings to be held everywhere"' said the Koh Ishii Government spokesman. This was the an- | nouncement in cancellation of nine downtown speeches Nakano had arranged for the avowed purpose of drumming up enthusiasm for| the Axis, e e | MRS. VAN GILLDER HERE TO VISIT HER DAUGHTER 1ical aboard the Princess Louise last night, coming to Juneau for a | visit. with her daughter, Mrs. O. L. mentator for KINY. Mrs. Van | Gillder’s home is in Spokane, Wash- | ington. SRR R iy RETURNS FROM TRIP | Mrs. William J. Markle was a returning passenger from the south on the Aleutian following a . visit in Seattle for several months. While there she visited with relatives of { her husband, W. Markle, who is | Deputy U. S, Mm‘sha! Here. ————— | BACK ON ALEUTIAN Henry Satre, son of Mr. and Mrs. |John Satre of Juneau, returned |here on the Aleutian following a ithrcc weeks stay in Seattle where |he received treatment for his eyes. .- ! Empire Classifieds ' Pay! ELSE \WHO'D LERNE TuE WNS\DE OF & PIRND \N TH\S CON“\T\QR 2 By BILLY DeBECK DO OU KNOW ANBODY four days to bring the bodies | "'Enemy”’ PEE)IS Engaged‘ Mrs. J. Van Gillder was an ar-| | Beardsley, whose husband is a com- | THE WEATHER ; FORECASTS: : Juncau and vicinity: Rain and not much change in tempera- ture tenight and Thursday, lowest temperature tonight about 43 degrees, highest Thursday 52 degrees; gentle to moderate south- easterly winds. Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature; fresh to moderate southeasterly to southerly winds, but becoming fresh to strong ssutheasterly in Lynn Canal Thursday. Wind and weather along the Gilf of Alaska tonight and Thurs. Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: fresh to strong southeaster'y winds, rain; Cape Spencer to Caje Hinchinbrook: fresh to strong easterly to southeasterly winds, be:oming moderate to fresh souther- ly Thursday; Cape Hinchinbrook t) Resurrection Bay: fresh south- erly winds, rain; Resurrection Ba; to Kodiak: fresh southerly to WEATHER SYNOPSIS Due to the influence of a dee> low center near Kodiak Island cloudy skies prevailed this morning over the coastal area from Southeast Alaska to the Bering S:a and rain was falling at most stations to the west of Juneau. Clear or partly cloudy skies pre- vailed over the northern and central portions of Alaska. The great- est amount of rainfall was 1.04 inches which was recorded t | Kanatak. The highest temperatire yesterday afternoon was 57 | Lay. Overcast skies, moderately low ceilings and fair to good visi- | Dbilities, except very low ceilings and visibilities in the extreme south | portion, prevailed over the Junean-Ketchikan airway this morning. The Wednesday morning weather chart indicated a deep low cen- ter of pressure of 29.10 inches wes located near the southwestern portion of Kodiak Island with the storm frontal trough extending northeastward into the Gulf of Aiaska and thence southward into lower latitudes and was expectéd to move inland over Southeast Al- aska and the Gulf of Alaska tonight. A high pressure center of | 80.25 inches was located at 39 degrees north and 144 degrees west and a second high pressure center was located over the northern portion of Alaska. Juneau, September 25 — Sunrlsa 6:48 am. sunset 6:51 pm. 'SEWARD MAN WHO CDA Members Enjov iWOUlDN’IGO HOME Social Meeting and GETS JAIL TERM HERE Transact Business Robert F. Young, of Sewar(‘. who came here on ths Baranof 'two weeks ago becat he was | partying aboard the ship when it pulled out of the Westward port and failed to go ashore, is going Meeting for a social gathering in the Parish Hall last night, mem- bers of the Catholic Daughters of America enjoyed an evening of entertainment and games put on by. committees of the organization Entertairiment was planned by Mrs. Mary .Dtigan, Mrs. Delia Dull and Mirs. William Frank. In charge of the guessing games was Mrs, Frank Hennessey. In one game, prizes were won by Mrs. | oned. Young was this morning sen- |lix Gray to pay a $50 fine and |spend 50 days in Federal Jail here | on a disorderly conduct charge. Originally taken from the Bar-|Harley Turner and Mrs. A. M. | anof as an alleged stowaway, Young Geyer., In. another game, it wass voted that the give lowdst scorers were to put on the entertainment ‘mr the next social meeting. Win- ning this honor .were Mrs. Georoo Shaw, Mrs. Walter Hellan, Mrs, George Rivard, Mrs. Evan Wruck and Mrs, Mn'y Giovanetti. The next meet,lng of the group, for which the five women must fumlah entertainment, will be an | was released to return to Sewafd when it proved the check he had | offered the steamship purser in payment of passage was actually backed up by an account in a Se- !attle bank. But Young didn't take {the next northbound ship back to his Seward defense job. He bobbed back under the eyes of the law as one of the two men in a drunken fight with Sammnel !Johnson a week ago at the OCity applications were read at the Cafe. The other man Johnson al-|S8thering last night. legedly fought, Roy Barnett, died| DUring the meeting, plans for the Hope Chest award to be held December 4 were further dis- cussed. In charge of the purchas- ing of the chest are Mrs. H. J. Turner and Mrs. Hector McLean, and in charge of other articlesare Mrs. J. K. McAlister and Mrs. Wil- tam Matoney. A w[umm as a result of the wounds received in the battle and witnesses testify- iing before. the coroner’s jury point- ed out that Young also might have had a fatal beating admin- istered to him;' had Johnson's friends not pulled him away. i Yesterday, Young nnegedly at- tempted to sneak aboard a freight boat here yesterday, then ‘began creating a disturbance in a local restaurant. When he completes his, current jail sentence here, law of- bers ficers will TSon: ot to the fkstpeboatafg’r ess:;:_dm?: i (I as_decided to change the 5 et un; fiine of the sewing groun was indlicatel ’« i R 3. 4 from Tu:es'lny afternons to Tues- da, g EE DIVOR DIVORCES AND 1213 i s o 2, s, <o li&'z |0"S “ are sewing, and they may bring WIMIIGE[[, PETERSBURG food to eat while they are work- ing.. Mrs. V. L. Hoke is chairman | Twelve forme: aliens became: | citizens and three divorces were Day program is by the Knights of October 13, and the GDA m been invited to sponsor mbar on the program. Mem- me group will be in charge. southeasterly winds, decreasing ia speed Thursday, showers, LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.13 56 2 s 2 Cloudy 4:30 am. today 30.04 4 97 SW 4 Overcast Noon today . 2094 48 94 SSE 9 Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY ' Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30am. Station last 24 hours temp. tempt. 24 hours Weather Barrow . 26 25 2 0 Clear Fairbanks 59 34 4 0 Clear Nome .. 56 45 46 0 Pt. Cldy Dawson .. 46 18 18 0 Clear Anchorage 53 45 46 29 Rain Bethel . 81 45 £ 08 Rain | st. Paul 52 43 L) 1o Rain Atka % 44 4 19 Rain Dutch Harbor .. 53 48 48 .03 Cloudy Kanatak - 51 8 14 04 Rain { Cordova . 51 50 53 .62 Overcast, Juneau 56 Ly Ly 0 Overcast Sitka 61 4 06 Drizzle Ketchikan 57 53 54 31 Drizzle, fog Prince Rupert .. 57 . 58 54 6 Fog Prince George .. 56 35 35 03 Clear Seattle % 47 47 0 Fog Portland 8 49 50 0 Fog San Francisco .. 71 50 51 0 Clear degrees at Ketchikan and the low:st last’ night 22 degrees at Point u - initiation of new candidates. Eight . of the sewing division. A meeting of the younger girls and their ‘councillors is planned for !granted last week, when the Fed- eral District Court moved to Pet- | ersburg and Wrangell for brief | terms. Naturalization proceedings saw citizenship, papers granted one Wrapgell man and nine Petersburg resldems ’I'he new W\'nnzeu citi- zen 1y Andrew Jores Barlow. Those natum zed at Petersburg were Amanda Pedersen Rosvold, Loylse H. Stokke Sather, Jorgen Norhetm E\ado. rentsen, Ingleborg ohueu Thort- sen, 'Tonfeif Kiistoffer Toresen, ‘Minda Jonefta S. Harsen, Paw | Wittred ‘Stromgren, Gerda K. J. J. Olsen, and Peder Reitten: Three divorces were granted in next Tuesday, the time to be an- nounced latcl In charge of Troop 1 are Mrs. Hoke and Mrs. Rivard, shd of Troop 2, Mrs. Wruck. . Ancther , project planned at t megun: last night was a focd sa ‘0 be_held October 11, Details of the, §Ale hlve not as yet been ‘cmpl;tfld l;‘y the ccmmittee, which er the directicn o Qa:'nhgton f Mrs. J. — Wrangell. Ed Loftus was divorced {rom Amy Loftus, and Jeanne Moe was divorced from Austin Eaton Moe on grounds of incompatibility, Mgh Olsen Dudke was divorced from rnhardt Dudke grounds of desertion, on &