The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1941, Page 2

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{ “t In Siock As Illustrated B Behrends Co QAALITY SINCE /887 FORESTER RETURNS FROM HAINES TRIP Ele n Civilian Conservation orps enrcllees are completing in- llaticn of a new water kwan, Harold Smith, super- of the Admiralty Di Forest Service reported today r returning from an inspection trip te the native village. Plans for enrollment of C.C.C. visor the system | 5 sion of | the new enrollees will be assigned to projects near Haines and others sent to Klukwan. Smith returned to Juneau last evening on the Forest Service patrol boat Forester after a trip which was delayed Sunday evening when 28-mile wind forced the vessel to seek shelter in the lee of Eldred Rock. | The Church Committee for Chira | Relief spent more than $1,000,000 workers at Haines have been post- | pened until the end of the fall fish- China in the lon relief work in ing season, Smith added. Some of 'last three years. Wateh Our WI N#OW S PLYMOUTHS FINEST! T SN - T ARMN'S A HQUANERT NN TINMES NMORE \N\\’OR'(BQ\"‘ A TR BN €E— Ve ~.;; W SEAGULL Y | Prince | fisheries gation Hattie Carnegie Stiff Silk, Pouf Back Returning from work in the Kodiak William Sound districts, the boat Crane docked here | this afternoon it {it Aboard representatives {eonducting a |into ¥ will be regular spection the of Fish who have special rring runs and the Westward. The winter overhaul THE Safins Rusile, Slim Skirls Bustle As Grandmolhers Styles Relurn ARE HELD herring investi- Crane are a num- and Wildlife Service investigation spawning Crane will | proceed from here to Seattle, where drydocked and given its and Club. By HELE FOREST HALL AP Fashion Editor Fabrics frem grandmother's day are woven into the fashion picture his season. Bilks of extravagant texture are made into voluminous skirts There's the rustle of stiff faille taffetas, of slipper satins and taffeta-black velveta. Moires, their water markings fluid or in studied desizn, ppear in every collection, as often in the day-length suit or the frock which edges into the din- ner scene Hattie Carnegie, in a gala show- ing, presented Persian and pytho printed wool jerseys in a series of dirndl models. Prim, allblack stiff silks in checks or plaids appeared in grandmother’s silhouettes — playing up peplums and poufs Thick looking woolens, used as evening coats, were vividly em- broidered in jewels or beads or geld metal thread. Handknits, often with paillette touches, appeared for day and evening. Miss Carnegie's silhouettes in- cluded Persian lamb banded town suits with long flaring jackets, and i the 1914 Trene Castle evening gown. Henri Bendel’'s originals which stressed soft shoulders with bol- stered width below, were flung back- ward in silhouette.” Slim in front, skirts became flared in the rear or had back peplums or flounces. A fine black broadcloth day suit bhad a slim skirt. The jacket was waistlength in front and fell to be- lew the hips in a back peplum. The outstanding Bendel evening silhouette was slender with trumpet flounces or released back seaming. Gowns were done in rich satins or taffetas, often accented with wide velvet ribbons — as in_one gown with a velvet bow at the:back of the knees, beneath which the skirt burst into fulness, Hattie Carnegie Persian Lamb Banded ’l‘llnlc Slllt A round table discussion on gar- dening will be held by members of CraneHereOn Round Table fo Be HUNS EXECUTE - WayloSealtle eldby Gordeners the Home Gardening group of the} American Women'’s Voluntary Ser- vices at their meeting Wednesday afternoon’ at 2 o'clock in the Gover- nor’s Manston. The round table |will be conducted by Garrison | Turner, landscape gardener 'from Sitka, and Mrs. Florine Housel. All women who are interested to attend the discussion, whether or not they belong to the organization. Other business to be takeén up is the arranging of an affiliation with the Washington State Gardening DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 7, 1941. HOSTAGES BY SLAVS | Over 600 Germans Round- | | ed Up:by Guerillas in Little Nation BERLIN, Oct. 7—-German au-| thorities today denied reportsmade | by British radio broadcasts that 650 German hostages are being held by guerillas in Yugosiavia. The British radio reported - that| the Yugoslavians were giving the| Germans a taste of their own med- | icine and had rounded up Nazis| as a reprisal act against oppres- sion by the Germans. MALTAPLANES HIT ITALIAN CONVOY FLEET Two Fascisl—F—r_eigMers Re- ported Sinking After RAF Blast VALETTA, Malta, Oct. 7- ~Pilots | of the British fleet air arm today| repcrted two large Italian freight-! ers were left sinking and a third! damaged in an attack on an Axis! | | Henri Bendel | eonyoy of six eessels escorted by Apron Back, Side Bow five destroyers in the Tonian Sea| between Italy and Greece. RESECATET LT GIRL SCOUTS TO RENEW ALL ACTIVITIES Union Hall Provided for Meeting Place Every | Thursday A new interest in Girl Scouting! is becoming apparent in Juneau | with the start of a new Girl Scoat have enabled the Girl have a central the future. The new Central Committee for | the year 1941-42 is composed of Mrs. Robert J. Schoottler, presi=| { dent; Mrs. Oscar Olson, vice-presi-| { dent; Mrs. Sid Thompson, sec- retary and Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, treasurer. The first meeting of‘ the group was held yesterday !n‘ i the home of Mrs. Schoettler. In cooperation with the Central| . Committee, the Juneau Mine and Mill Workers Union, local No. 203, have given the use of their hall to the girls for their meetings once a week. These meetings will be held every Thursday after school for all Juneau troops. The new location gives the giris! a central place to meet as well |as giving them accommodations large enough for the new games and activities planned for this| year. Three new ping pong tables have !been ordered for the use of the Scouts in their new quarters, and many new activities are to be put their calendar “for the year. {Among these is the marking of | Scout Week, which comes the last Slx MORE FOR \Acek of October. The Central Com- REBEL A(T!\ii'{v | mittee is considering a number of speual events for this occasion. Scouts to meeting place in Hattie Carnegie Printed Wool Jersey Dirndl : | Committee and the cooperation of | p p ¢ other groups in the city which| IS Fo““n Dim’ | for jthe death, and Dr. L. P. Dawes {in Austria, A naturalized Ameri- (By the U. 5. Weather Bureau) U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: Clear to partly cleudy and not much change in temperature tonight and Wednesday; lowest tonight about 35 degwees, with frost in low places; highest temperature Wednesday about 55 degrees; light to gentle variable winds. Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy and not much change in tem- perature tonight and Wednesday; gentle to moderate variable winds except moderate to fresh mortherly in Lynn Canal. Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Wed.: Dixon Entrance to Cape Bpencer: mederate northwesterly to west- erly winds, partly cloudy; Cape Bpencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: mod- erate north to northéasterly wifids, falr; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: moderate northeasterly winds, fair; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate variabl: winds becoming mostly southerly Wednesday, fair tonight, increasinz cloudiness Wednesday. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ‘Weather 4:30 p.m, yesterday 29.71 53 0 w 9 Pt. Cldy 4:30 am. today .. 2079 38" 100 cam 0 Ground Fog Noon today . 2978 50 66 w 5 Pt. Cldy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. #:30am. Station last 24 hours temp. tempt. 24¢hours Weather Barrow 29 27 28 A0 Snow Fairbanks 42 I 83 33 05 Pt. Cldy Nome . 45 | 34 89 04 Rain Dawson 46 | 30 30 0 Pt. Cldy Anchorage 53 | 36 39 0 Pt. Cldy Bethel 52 45 45 06 Pt. Cldy 8t. Paul 44 41 41 [ Cloudy Atka 59 | 46 49 0 Cloudy Dutch Harbor .. 54 | 3 Ly 03 Rain ‘Wosnesenski 87 44 46 [J Pt. Cldy Kanatak ... 49 | 41 41 0 Clear Kodiak 57 47 49 0 Clear Cordova ... 54 | 37 38 0 Clear Juneau 53 38 38 09 PtL.Clay, C Bitka 54 i 42 2 16 Cloudy Ketchikan 55 | 41 L) a Rain Prince Rupert .. 51 42 43 08 Overcast Prince George .. 52 | 31 37 07 Cloudy Seattle 58 | 46 47 02 Pt. Cldy Portland 58 | 48 49 08 Overcast San Francisco .. 73 | 45 47 o Clear WEATHER SYNOPSIS Relatively cool air continued over Alaska this morning except warmer, moist air was invading the southwestern portion due to the influence of a low pressure center located to the west of Attu Clear or partly cloudy skies prevailed over Alaska except cloud skies along the west and northwest coast. Rain had fallen during the past 24 hours over Southeast Alaska and at scattered points from the Bering Sea to the Seward Peninsula and to the Tanana Valley while snow was reported in the extreme northern portion. The greatest amount of precipitation during the past 24 hours was 16 hundredths inch which was recorded at Sitka. The highest temperature yesterday afternoon was 55 degrees at Ketchikan and the lowest last night was 27 degrees at Barrow. The Tuesday morning weathe: chart indicated a center of low pressure was located to the west of Attu and the storm frontal trough extended eastward to near Atka and then southward to low latitudes and was expected to mov: northeastward about 500 miles during the next 24 hours. Relatively low pressure continued from Southeast Alaska to the Gulf of Alaska. A high pressure center of 3080 inches was located at 33 degrees north and 150 degrees» west, and a high crest extended northward into the interior of Al- aska oyer the Alaska Peninsula. HARRY HOFFMAN a playmate in an accidental shoot- ing. The gun was believed to be ‘unloaded. He was brought in hy | plane. Schrage was dismissed | I virgil 5 eiisca; | HEART FAfluRE yesterday from St. Ann's Hospital B | ‘aftel' receiving medical care. Harry Hoffman, 59, was found| Frank Joseph underwent minor dead in his apartment last nxght}surgery this morning at the Gov- about 7 o'clock, apparently hav-|eérnment Hospital. ing been dead for some hours. The oldtime Alaska resident had been in Juneau since last® Wednesda?, when he came in from Yakutat| the winter months. He had keen working there for the sum- mer months on the air base as a blacksmith. Local police Relieve misery fast —ezternally. Rub on were notified of was called. Death was due to heart attack. Hoffman had been suffer- ing from a severe cold since his return here, and was believed to be extremely ill by neighbors who saw him the night before. Hoffman was a Hungarian, bort can citizen, he ' received his papers in Montana 21 years ago. He was unmarried and has no known relatives in. this country. As' a Juneau resident, he had been employed with the Forestry and the CCC, working at Yakutat, sirice’ lJast June. He was lving in the Eureka Apartments. Puneral arrangements for Hoff- Girl Scouting has as its aim the development of girls along phy- sical, mental, emotional, mora] and | spiritual lines, to the end that ’Lhcre may result not only person- |ally enriched individuals, but also ‘in(olngemly participating citizens 'in the Amerlcan democratic social ,order Any girl who is ten years old or dispateh from|clder may join the Girl Scouts, ays six more per.‘and come to their Thursday after- executed in me’noon meetings. Troop leaders Mrs. Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate for Robelt Rice and Mrs. A. E. Ma- preparation for high treason, eco-lloney will be glad to welcome them nomic sabotage and possession of this coming ‘I'hursdu at the Un- weapons without a permit. ion Hall. Preparation for Treason Is Given as Reason for New Slaughter BERLIN, Oct. 7—A DNB, Gor-! man news agency, Prague tonight, sons have been O Y\ sucy LONGNAGE Y ANWY Y NOW OWGHT TO BE QAGMAMED OF MOWRGELF W & T \WERE MOUR SIPERIOR OEF\CER \D MAKE 0N Qv 0\.06\'LE '(0 TR SRR W \““EED. sur\ess SKONK W, UE RINT GOt \NRIRL — MERRN T ORTER SWRALER AN RN PRDE AN FERGWNE T LBRMWT man have not yet been completed. Hosrirar Noras Mrs. Joe Alimorang was admit- ted to St. Ann's Hospital last night and underwent major mrgery this momlng. nlmer Howerted was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital last night for treatment of an injured knee. [[EARNINGS On _Saving: Accounis ® Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any time, Fred Shrieber, a surgical patient at St. Ann’s Hospital, was dis- charged yesterday. Clair Dunlop, 10, of n:um, was admitted to St. Ann’s w late! yesterday afternoon for treéatment of ' guit-shot wournds récétved from ® Start an account with $1 or more, Current 4% Rate Alaska Federal Assn. of Juneaw Phohe 3 it effective Cirte punk ve s Litf Iver Pnl- h get these t i e Rowing Fromly t mako e v:'fi "u'fl'::f up.” Amazing Wake tor Cartais Litte Tives B ny eeiz: Btub:.\vnly refuse anything else, 25¢.

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