The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1941, Page 2

e e Inspired New THREE-PIECE and COSTUME SUITS Three-Piece Suifs California styled, in colorful, béauti tully blended plaids, in rich deep solid cdlors Perfect casual coats, with their smart matching hip-length jackets, pleated or flaired skirts. Sizes 12-20. B Behtends Ca QQUALITY SINCE /887 ~ - hostess for the evening. turned in, and more work was dis- | Lhape‘adles E'ed Other officers elected for the | tributed among the members. ; club year were Mrs. Max Mielke,| present for the meeting were Ofi ers for Yearat Vice-President, and Mrs. Clarence| |/ o0 A IC Wiltanen, Secretary-Treasurer. One | oo omes Ha Anold, Xred i — anding committee, consisting of Campen, James DeHart, Stanley Meehng Tuesday Mrs. Virgil Puzey and Mrs. Jekiil,| Jekill, Frank Maier, Max Mielke, was appointed. Jenny Pederson, Virgil Puzey, Clar- ence Wittanen, and one visitor, Mrs. F. Harris. # Plans were made for a bake sale, Mrs. Harry Arnold was re-elect- end it was decided that the event 'd president of the Chapeladies at (ieir meeting held Tuesday eve- would take place Saturday, Octo-| The next regular meeting of the at the home of M Fred ber 11, at DeHart’s Grocery. Fin- club will be held at the home of pen ished Red Cross garments were Mrs. Frank Maier. Mrs. Stanley Jekill wis J. B. Burford & Co. presents THE LINE OF THE STARS CHRISTMAS CARD ORIGINATIONS from HOLLYWOOD Unusually Personalized hoice of world celebrities and set the ese cards represent th tyle Zf‘%hn’j. the smart new when you select ¢ MADE HOLLYWOOD mas Card In order to allow time for having your name imprinted, come in and select your personal greeting card now. “CASION CARDS has arrived and tion of HAND-MADE BIRTHDAY, 'IN STOCK. | Pathfinder, sister ship to the Ex- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT NEW SURVEY | VESSELS T0 (OME NORTH Coasf and Geodetic Survey Ship E. Lester Jones Pays Call Nine Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels, including two new ones to| be completed this winter, will op- erate in Alaskan waters next sen-} son, Lieut, L. C. Wilder, master of the motorship E. Lester Jones,| which is bound for Seattle after six months at Anchorage and Ko- | diak, said today. 1 The Jones, one of the newest| Survey vessels, having been built at Astoria, Ore., only two yearsago, arrived in Juneau late last night and will sail for Seattle tomorrow after refueling here. The Survey vessels Pioneer, Guide,| and Discoverer, originally obtained | from the Navy after the World War, were taken over by the Navy again this year, Lieutenant Wilder pointed out, but present plans ca.l| for their replacement by other Navy vessels., Two new vessels, the | | | | | plorer, and the Patton, sister ship next year. Four of the vessels will operate in southeastern waters, another at yakutat, one in Prince Willlam| Sound and two in Southwest Al-| aska. Thanks to the Jones' work i resurveying the approaches to An- chorage this year, the first large vessel to dock at Anchorage in 20; years was brought into the h&rbor! —the Army transport William ' C. | Gihson successfully negotiating the | shoalscarred entrance after toe| Survey men had located all dan-, gers to navigation. Since then, the | Army has been using the port fre-| quently. | hindered the survey work, Wilder lines had to be run with the cur-| rent, because it was uneconomical | to stem a six-knot current. Work- ing in small boats along the shores, | two men had to be left in each boat to keep it off-shore and! afloat. Often when landing parties | returned, they would find the boat | a mile or more off-shore H In the Kodiak Islands work,\lh’:‘ survey of Raspberry Strait ma 4 the passage available as an alter- nate way through the Islands mr:scene by plane cr boat, all the fires buried the coin near his store. Th2 small vessels. Kupreanof Strait 15|54 have been avoided if the stories were so widely cifeulated used by larger vessels, but fishing boats and small freighters carry-| ing supplies to the three fish re- | duction plants in The Jones has two other officers, | Lieuts, R. C. Bolstad and J. C.| Bull and a crew of 14 petty offi-! cers and men. It sailed from Se-' attle April 17. | | COMPENSATION. BOARD MEETING IS NEARING END Dr. Noble Dick and Robert Bragaw, | members of the Territorial Unem- | ! ployment Compensation Commission 5 |from Fairbanks and Anchorage, re- | spectively, i said at mid-afternoon | today that they hoped to terminate jthe annual meeting of the commis- | sion here this afternoon. Dr. Dick and Bragaw spent a large part of the day today in conference with Gov. Ernest Gruening and rep- resentatives of the Society Security 'Board, ironing out matters where the two offices will work in co- operation. BOYSCOUTSTO - | HAVEBANQUET | NEXT TUESDAY A father and son banquet is scheduled by Boy Scout Troop 614 of the Salvation Army for next | Tuesday night at 6:30 o'clock. The affair will take place in the Salva- tion Army Hall. Also invited to attend are mem- bers of the Scout commitiee and some of the Scout officials. A pro- gram is planned for the evening following the banquet, and during that fime movies of scouting ac- tivities in the vicinity will be shown the boys and their fathers and suests ———————— The United States has been im- porting 13 pounds of spinach seed for every pound produced by na- tional growers. —--—— NOTICE AIRMALL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. ?dv. P S — H = STEP to Health with Bettel Steves. to the Jones, will be completed in |- [time for service Feet. Phone 648. Chiropotict Dt~ ot s SSUBSBEUURISR S vt e TS 9;.1 HEIR lss—A colored ban- danna handkerchief wrapped about hair that seems a few shades darker, Barbara Hutton of dime-store fortune arrived in Los Angeles after flight from Mexico City. She also wore a tweed suit, long mink stole. ALASKANS URGED 10 OBSERVE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Admiralty Division Issues Suggestions for Fire- proof Homes With National Fire Prevention Week being observed throughout the nation this week by presidential Strong currents and large tides proclamation, the Admiralty Divi- sipn of the Forest Service today said, pointing out that sounding|issued a strong reminder to Alas-| kans that forest fires in the Terri- tory are always man-caused and therefore avoidable. During the past ‘‘danger” season when a lack of rainfall left forests unusually dry, 11 blazes were start- ed by careless campers, hunters and hikers in Admiralty Division for- ests, it was pointed out. Although! Always frugal | acreage destroyed was kept to a until the last few years of his life, | ,|mlntmum by speedly action of fire, Merchant Atkin according to! patrolmen and Forest Service stories that persisted for years, workers who were rushed to the persens responsible had taken or- dinary precautions. The Admiralty Division also sug- the area MOW gested that heating equipment in| may use the alternate pass With|homes be checked this week 0 store and living quarters adjoin- | full knowledge of its danger points. | that it meets safety require- ments. Poorly insulated stoves, hot ashes dumped into wooden con- tainers, faulty flues and waste ac- cumulation were listed ameng the items to be checked against “The Admiralty Division urges all residents, home site and other permittees to redouble their effor this week to fire-proof their dwell- ings adequately,” the announce- ment said. “Neglect to do so might result in irreplaceable lo . Urban areas are furnished with fire fight- ing facilities, but this service is not extended to residences along the highways and adjoining roads.” NORLITE TROOP NOW NUMBERS 20 The Norlite Boy Scout Troop 612 held their weekly Wednesday night meeting at Troop headquarters in the Northern Lizht Presbyterian Church with three new members présent, bringing the total number in the Troop to 20. True to his promise made several weeks ago when he took over Troop, George Fitz has built it up. He said at that time he expected to have 20 or 25 boys in the organiza- tion before many weeks had passed During the meeting plans were discussed for a Halloween party to take place the latter part of this month. his tenderfoot test. The next meeting will be held in Troop headquarters October 15 at 7:30 in the evening. 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SENATOR * MARRIES | ~ HEIRESS WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—United | States Senator Robert R. Reynolds |of North Carolina, 57, and Evalyn | McLean, Washington heiress, are | reported by his office attaches, tc |have been married at a private| jceremony at the home of Mrs.| |Evalyn McLean, mother of the| | bride and the owner of the famous} | Hope diamond. Buried Gold Not Locafed; | Legend lives: | KERMIT, W. Va, Oct. 9 — A search has been made, in vain, for the buried hoard of the late Dea- nis Atkins, but the legend about his wealth still lives. | and a bachelor converted his savings into gold and | | yand generally believed that the| | executor of the estate ordered a \search be made. ! Flooring was removed in the !ing it, and holes were dug in the earth until rock was reached, but \no treasure was forthcoming. PERES HosriraL Norss || Mrs, Michael Bocatch and in- | fant were dismissed from St. Ann's| 1 Hospital yesterday. 1 | | Mrs. George Avelino, who had; received surgical attention at St.| Ann’s Hospital, was discharged yesterday. Stanley Whiteley ; was admitted | St. Ann’'s Hospital Iast night jand received surgery this morning.| | Louise Kodwat was discharged today from the Government Hos- pital where she received medical ;treatmem. { Frank Woods and Clarence Dai- ‘tun were transferred from the { Government Hospital to a hospital }m Washington for further care. i TR | PETER DICK RETURNS | Peter Dick, well known trombon- |ist, arrived in Juneau aboard the | Alaska from Yakutat where he has | been for the past several months. | . LIGHTNING LENDS A HAND | WHITEFORD, Md.—That “Let | George do it” attitude even goes | for lightning. A bolt zagged down among a crew of men ‘working at a quarry, and exploded a dyna- mite charge in a truck. One man | suffered slight arm injuries. | | Empire Classifieds Pay! meney order to Box 284, Juneau, Alaska v rrrrenes ey IV AL 0 FOBREL T . THE WEATHER (By the U, S. Weather Burecaun) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: Juncau and iveinity: Partly cloudy tonight, fair Friday; not much change in temperature, lowest tanight about 37 degrees, highest Fri- day about 50 degrees; moderate northwesterly winds but fresh to strong in the channels. Scutheast Alaska: Mostly cloudy over the north portion and rain over the south portion tonight, yartly cloudy Friday; colder along the coast tonight; moderate to fresh northwesterly winds except strong northerly- in Lynn Canal. Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Fri.: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: strong west to northwest win ight showers tonight, winds decreasing to fresh westerly and we ther fair Friday; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: fresh nort erly winds, fair; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: modorate to fresh northeasterly winds, fair; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak; mcderate to fresh southerly winds, cloudy tonight, winds increasing to fresh to strong with rain Friday. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.60 47 44 ENE 8 Cloudy 4:30 a.m. today 29.35 37 81 NwW 9 Pt. Cldy Noon today 29.36 44 54 NE : § Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. _Precip. 4:30am. Station last 24 hours | temp. tempt, 24hours Weather Barrow g 14 20 [] Fogey Fairbanks 45 22 22 0 Clear Nome 44 | 40 41 48 Rain Dawson 34 10 10 0 Clear Anchorage 49 | 30 30 0 Cle: Bethel 49 42 42 T Cloudy St. Paul 47 | 43 41 23 Rain Atka 53 47 48 0 Cloudy Dutch Harbor .. 51 a1 48 04 Drizzle ‘Wosnesenski 5 | 45 48 0 Threat'ning Kanatak 56 | 42 42 01 Rain Cordova 49 33 a3 0 Clear Juneau 48 | 3 n 0 Clear Ketchikan 49 44 48 2 Rain Prince Rupert .. 51 46 50 24 Cloudy Prince George .. 54 | 35 406 0 Cloudy Seattle 58 | 52 52 .08 Rain Portland 61 50 50 05 Cloudy San Prancisco .. 69 | 45 46 0 Clear WEATHER SYNOPSIS Clear and colder weather prevailed over most of Alaska proper this morning, while the disturbance in the Bering Sea was giving light rain over southwest and along the coast of western Alaska. A low pressure center that has advanced rapidly across the Gulf to the vicinity of Craig was causing 1ght to moderate rain over cen- tral and southern pertions of Sou'heast Alaska. The greatest amount of precipitation was .72 inch, recorded at Ketchikan. The coldest temperature was 14 degrees recorded at Barrow. The Thursday meorning weather chart indicated a center of low pressure of 29.20 inches was loca‘ed just east of Craig with the storm frontal trough extending swuthward along Hecate Strait. The low center and the frontal trough was expected to move inland hv tonight, A new storm with a center of about 29.20 inches appeared to be advancing northeastward over the Bering Sea. A center of high pressure of 30.24 inches was located at 32 degrees north and 147 degrees west. CHINESE LAUNCH tking troops attacked Nippon forc- ‘es on October 3 on all major {fronts in Central China. They re- YEAR’S flEA‘B‘ jported the fighting is still pro- gressing in the north, west and |south, with the Japanese still hold- |ing Hankow, Yangtze River port. Japanese said the principal ob- jective of the Chinese forces Ichang, which Generalissimo Chi- iung Kai Shek ordered recaptured. |It was acknowledged that Chinese | divisions had occupied some fron- itsl positions there briefly. - | | SHANGHAI, Oct. 9—The great-| est offensive of the Chinese army; in the past year of warfare is ap-, OFFENSIVE THRUS Battering EFoms All Along Central China Front, Is Report is Subscribe for The Empire. Under New Management parently being launched in four quarters of the oriental front to- TUNEAU. day, according to reports from Day and Night Japanese army sources. NURSERY The Japanese said 80,000 Chun- Mrs. E. L. Hopper, Mgr. 315 Third St. Phone Red 119 Headquarters for Samson Luggage - AVIATION ARE YOU PREPARED? 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