The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 22, 1941, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 LOW FARES EAS Circle America . from Seattle $90 IN COACHES $135 IN SLEEPERS $34.50 for upper berth $45.00 for lower berth Other Round Trips from Seattle ow rars 10: feine dume R Minneapolis $54.40 $61.95 $75.60 Omaha . . 54.40 6195 75.60 | St.Louis. . 61.60 Milwaukee = 64.20 Chicago. . 6500 7400 & 90.30 Correspondingly low fares to oit, New Yor! 10.1 cities. | Washingion, Berton A Lol rerua humt. | Stopover privileges. | Go on the electrified OLYMPIAN | >, Enjoy 656 smokeless, | g sootless miles through | the mountains behind | giant electric locomotives. Modern tour- | ist sleepers, standard sleepers or luxury coaches; club-observation car. Appetiz- ing meals in the diner as low as 50¢. Off-the-Tray service —sandwiches 10¢, pie 10¢, milk 10¢, coffee 5¢. You'll like the friendly courtesy of Milwaukee Road service. For reservations, ask your nearest Steamship Office, Travel Bureau, or R. E. Carson, General Agent ‘White Bldg., Fourth Ave. and Union St Seattle, Wash. Be sure your ticket reads via The MILWAUKEE Roao} ANCHORAGE COALMINEIS REOPENE D Jonesville Plant Given 10, Days Grace to Comply with Orders The Jonesville mine of the Evan; Coal Company near An-| . ordered closed last Fri-| Lecause of failure to conduct \ine operations in accordance | territorial mine safety laws,| has been reopened for 10 days, it announced today by B. D. Jones was | cil's. removal of 177 welders from [Provides $25,000,000 for| 2, 1941 STRIKE HITS ASHIPYARDS INSEATTLE Indepenfit Welders‘ Walk Ouf Affer AFL Interferes SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—A walkout of | welders in the newly formed inde- | pendent union from shipyards en- | gaged on big national defense orders | struck a serious blow at four plants | today. Plants affected are the Associated | Shipbuilders, the Lake Union Dry Dock Company, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., and the Seattle-Tacoma Ship- building Corporation. The walkout of the welders was ordered by the Independent Welders | and Burners Council in protest against the Seattle American Fed- eration of Labor Metal Trade Coun- | jobs on the Lake Washington ship- yards. The employers said they received | no notice of the strike, other than being handed circulars which said the demonstration was not directed at the employers but at the AF.L. for refusing to recognize the welders as an independent union at the re- cent national convention in Seattle. NEWLEND, LEASE BILL IN SENATE | | 50 Convoy Boats- Russian Aid WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. A second Lend-Lease bill reached the Senate from its appropriations committee today, along with THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]JUNEAU, ALASKA Sea Battle Heard Off Brazil Sounds of heavy cannonading at sea, reported by fil Brazil, led to the belief that Britis off the South American coast, well FISHERMEN REPORT HEARING HEAVY CANNONADING SOME - WHERE OFF THE shermen at Maceio, sh and German ships were battling within the neutrality zone and in the vicinity of the spot where the American-owned tanker 1. C. White was sunk on September 27. COALITION OF PARTIESURGED FORB. . GOV, General Election Resulls i Province Reported to Be Tie VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 22. — Harold Winch, leader of the Co-| | | i | | | UESTS ENJOY NOVEL CHINESE TEA YESTERDAY Woman's Club Presents Colorful Exhibits for United China Relief Over 200 signed the register in the Jade Book yesterday at the 6 ~ night in the District Court rooms | Cruise of | Forester Is | Delayed A . . CONGRESS T0 The prolonged current cruise of | the Forester, Forest Service boat, was prolonged even longer yester- |cay, when word from Sitka an- Inounced that the boat had wrecked | a propellor and would be unable to preceed on its inspection trip to National Forest project work in this region until the wrecked wheel had been replaced. Aboard the Forester, which left | here more than a week ago, are | Charles Burdick, forest inspector, | and Warold Smith, of the Admiralty| WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. — The | @dvision of the Forest Service, who|White House today emphasized |are making the round of inspec- | that President Roosevelt wants the |ticn. - Originally scheduled to re-|early attention of Congress for | turn to Juneau today, the Forester | further revision of the Neutrality 'was delayed by bad weather and|Act to permit American vessels to had planned to return here next enter beluigerent ports, |€unday. With the present delay,| Stephen Early, Presidential Sec- ‘me ship will probably not be back to;remry, told reporters that the Juneau until early next week. President, in his message asking Meantime, a replacement prd-|jifting of the ban against arming ipellor will be sent to Sitka on the| omerican merchantmen, flrst air trip to the coast, according| gjose the door to eliminating an- sl “f"”'““"_ Holbrook, assistant|geher section of the act, which bars dugprial forester. such vessels from combat zones and belligerent ports In the Senate, a campaign to |scrap the act completely and au- thorize American ships to go any- where was given impetus today by the record sinking of six American owned ships in as many weeks. | | Neutrality Act Sought LEGAL ASPIRANTS TAKING ANNUAL BAREXAMINATION FUND FOR OURBOYS IN ARMY JUST GIVE AS YOU CAN FOR HELPING MEN FROM JUNEAU AT CHILKOOT BARRACKS TO HAVE . BETTER R ECR EATION FACILITIES . .. [ | The lights which have been burning all day and part of the here this week have nothing to do with a court session. 1 The courtroom is being used this' week for the annual bar examina- ton in the Territory, and three, Juneau men have been pounding typewriters early and late since Monday, answering bar examira- tion questions. According to Luw-; rence Kerr, in charge of the A amination, the sessions will last until Friday. i The three Juneau men taking the examination are J. Gerald Wil-| liams, Edward Arnell and C. J.| McCrerey. Their examination papers will be read by the Territorial | FREE SHIPS 'Still Further Revision of i RIVERBOAT operative Commonwealgh - Federa- /pjce Bow! Tea given by the Juneau tion, said in a statement today woman's Club in the interests of “that it seems imperative and in- United China Relief. The many evitable” that British Columbia’s interesting exhibits and the clever Liberal and Conservative parties arrangements of decorations eli- board of bar examiners, headed by | Territorial Attorney General Henry Roden and composed of R. E. Re- bertson, Juneau; - O. C. Cochran,! Nome; L. V. Ray, Seward; and, Today's donations to The Empire fund for Juneau men~ at” Chilkodt Barracks almost topped the $100- i | { ~ BRAND-DAD /= HEAD OF THE BOURBON | FAMILY ONE TASTE W/LL H | did not Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY Seattle, Washington TAKU LOST IS REPORT Craff Left Taku Lodge for| Wrangell Last Thursday -Hasn't Arrived The river Taku, Jeftt Mary Joyce's Taku Lodge last Thursday enroute for Wrangell, was reported missing today in a wire to the Juneau Customs Serv- Fly for Pleasure Hunt or fish, ncar and far, in your own plane or in on¢ which you have rented. Learn the Modern Spor(! Aviation i not expensive There's more pleéasure per dollar in flying. boat which Start Preparing for Your l’r&vute License " TODAY! Charjes E. ‘Taylor, Fairbanks, | mark today for the first time dur- ling the almost two weeks of the | drive. “should coalesce to form a gov-{cited much comment from those ernment” for the Province as a/who visited the tea. result of A number of colorful exhibits of ice from the Wrangell Customs of- hitherto unpublished testimony. | fice. Territorial Commissioner | According, to this testimony, | Stewart, of Mines. e Stewart said the Jonesville mine | was allowed to reopen on Sunday under order of H. L. Fiedler, as- sociate territorial mine engineer at| Anchorage. The opening of the; 5 contingent upon- the mine nent fulfilling all requir>d orders during the 10-day! which ends October 29| Stewart declared. All required safety measures must be complied with by Octo- ber 29, “without fail” or the mine will be closed down again, Stewart | said. A. P. Edifor fo Add_ress Chamber Sam Jackson, Pacific Coast Fea- | ture Editor for the Asociated Press, will be a guest 'speaker at the noon luncheon of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at the Baranof Hotel, it was announced today. A feature of the meeting will be a report on current price control leg- islation, to be made by Howard Stabler, local attorney. Hosrirar Norss v sossull WHS aamiuea 1o St. Ann's Hospital last night and received surgery this morning. Raymond John was admitted to the Government Hospital yester- day afternoon for medical care. Joe Brady entered the Govern- ment Hospital yesterday to recieve medical treatment. Betty June Harris was dismissed from the Government Hospital yes- terday following medicai attention. Mrs. Eva Reilly and her baby son were dismissed yesterday from the Government Hospital to return to their home. $25,000,000 of the money is ear- marked for 50 “convoy ships. Other testimony disclosed that it might become necessary to divert some of the new appropria- tion to aid Russia. The present funds for the purchase of food for Britain will be exhausted at the end of this month, it was revealed. The bill is to be taken up a speedy passage. GERMAN ADVANCE STOPPED Invaders Forced fo Take Defensive by Stubborn Soviet Resistance LONDON, Oct. 22. — A Moscow radio broadcast tonight picked up here says all German attempts to advance on Rostov and the Donet River Valley have been smashed by stubborn resistance and the Ger- mans have been thrown on the de- fensive by counter attacks. e, ;TOCI Qflm— . . NEW YORK, Oct. 22, — Closing quotation. of - Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 83%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 62%; Comnpnwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, International Harvester 50, Ken- necott 33%, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 52%, Pound $4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES Andrew Jackson was dismissed yesterday from the Government| Hospital after receiving medical care. The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 120.56, rails 28.38, utilities 16.40. escort” | inf* i debate tomorrow, with prospects cf ity parties combine their VOling|Gyapam, Mr, and Mrs. Theodore France to be defeated by Germany, yesterday's general election. Winch’s statement was issued {shortly after it became apparent that the Liberals, although as-! sured of greater representation ithan either the left wing:- C.CF. or the Conservatives, by them- |selves will face certain defeat in| |the legislature if the two minor- “strengch. | Winch declared: “In. the present war crisis it is |not in the public or national in- terest to hold a new election mere- ly in the hope of breaking the | stalemate.” (GOODNEWS BAY " MINERS BOWL, SEE PICTURES Mine workers at the Goodnews Bay Mining Company, out at the Westward, are erjoying a lot more a report received today from Harry ior safety instructor. A recent visitor at the mine on Goodnews Bay, Kazee reported that the company has installed two bowl- ing alleys during the past summer jand has secured a motion picture machine, with shows being pre- sented twice a week. Kazee reported a busy fall sea- son of inspection of mine safety devices, during which time he has visited many out-of-the-way mine operations in the Territory. From Goodnews Bay, Kazee went to the Pandora Mine on Cripple Creek, a tributary of the ‘ Aniak River in the Kuskwim district. Returning from there, he planned to lecture on mine:safety to classes Provincial | | Chinese ‘work were shown, includ- i |ing such items as Chinese doll Ineed!e\vork. pictures, storm cur- fains, and even a backscratcher. The linen pieces were especially ad- {mired, as was a ceremonlal robe {forn by Simpson MacKinnon, Jr, {when he was a baby. Exhibits were shown by Mrs. TRIAL OF FORMER | PREMIERS ORDERED IN VICHY COURT VICHY, Oct. . —Marshal Petain Mrs. today ordered speedy public mal! | Simpson MacKinnon, J. E. of five men accused of leaving | Hodwalker, Mrs. Zolmain Gross, including former premiers Blum and| Mrs, Katherine Gregory, Mrs. Ray Daladier and one-time ' allied gen- | {Day, Mrs. John McCormick anc eralissimo Gamelin. Mrs. 1. Goldstein. Individual pieces, Others accused are, former air were shown by Mrs, John Noble, minister Lachambre and former Mrs. George F. Alexander and Mrs. national defense industries admin-| {W. H. Matthews. istrator Jacomet. Petain fafled to | Decorations for the tea were all mention Pierre Cot, another former in Chinese character, and every-|air minister now in the United | |thing on the tea table, includingstates. | the cloth and the silver, was Chin-| ———————— ese. The table was arranged by‘x GRIZZLY BEAR LEAVES | Mrs. Graham, The centerpiece of | The boat Grizdly Bear, of the| chrysanthemums was arranged and | Alaska Game Cominission, left Jun- | donated by the Juneau Florists. All eau today on general patrol duty| lights in the rooms were covered in Southeast Alaska. This means | community that the boys from this |area should be so. poorly equipped with gay Chinese parasols to heighten the effect of the atmos- phere. During the afternoon, Mr. Hod- China, spoke to the assembled | Kazee, U. S. Bureau of Mines sen-|guests on the character of the Chinese people. His talk was broadcast. John McCormick, head of United China Relief in Juneau, was also introduced to those present. Musica! numbers given for the tea included the singing of three songs, which were Chinese in sub- Jject, by Mrs. Alexander, and the playing of several piano selections throughout the afternoon by Mrs. Doris Guillian, 5 / Pouring for the tea were women ;reprcsentlng the various organiza- tions in Juneau and Douglas, as Elollows: Mrs, Marion Hendrickson, American Legion Auxiliary and the Nurses Asdociation; Mrs. Anna Pusich, Douglas Woman's Club and the Rebekahs; Mrs. H. L. Woods, |“doe hunters beware,’ it was |warned by Frank Dufresne, execu- [tive officer of the commission, who violators. {and Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Mac- |Kinnion, who were once residents |of China. | Mrs, Floyd Fagerson, Mrs. R. R. Lister, Mrs. Jim Cole, Mrs. J. C. Molyneux, Mrs. Alan Wicks, Mrs. Veda Hanson, Mrs. Robert Jonas, Mrs. Mel Martin, Mrs. Kenneth |Carson and Mrg. Michael Haas. Guests at the tea were met at the door by Miss Isabel Parsons and Miss Mary Stewart, dressed in typ- ical Chinese costumes and holding irice bowls to receive the contribu- tions made to the fund. The Juneau Woman’s Club wishes to thank those who took part in the tea arrangements and who con- i pointed out that the boat crew will“ redreation these days, according to walker, who spent four years in pe on the lookout for game law Assisting with the serving were‘ at the University of Alaska. From!ihe 7th Day Adventists; Mrs. Mat- there he intended to proceed to thews, the Methodist Church; Mrs. tributed so generously to United Total contributions for the day | were $93.50, the best 24-hour period the campaign has enjoyed so far. This brought total donations in cash for the fund up to $434, still less than half the $1,000 goal which | would match the amount donated | by Ketchikan citizens to men in/ uniform from the First City. Accompanying a contribution from ' the Baranof Hotel received today was a letter from Robert Schoettler, | Manager, which said in part: i “It is indeed a sad commentary to the prestige of the civic organiza- tions that represent the Capital City of Alaska and the local pride of this in comparison with units from other | communities. * * % It should be ap- parent to every citizen and business organization in the Gastineau Chan- nel area that they should fee] at least & moral responsibility if not a financial obigation to see that these young men have representative equipment and funds to establish adequate recreational faclilities from their home city.” Contributions today were as fol- lows: Baranof Hotel ........$25.00 Rice & Ahlers Plumb- ing Shop . 500 Nugget Shop . e 20,00 Personnel of Alaska Selective Service ... Juneau Mine and Mill Workers Union, Local Capitol. Theatre LARGE CLASS JOINS 8.50 ELKS LODGE l()lll(ilflI Initiation of the “Dedication Class” ‘of * 35 candidates into the Juneau Order of Elks will take place in the Elks Lodge at 8 o'- clock tonight. Following the initiation the new i 'owner of the craft, aboard, should ? the coal mines in the Matinuska | field for training of -the -workers in mine safety work, then to conduct similar classes at the lode mines in the Willow Creek area. Ernest Gruening, the AWVS; Mrs. Ole Westby, the Women of the Moose; Mrs. C. E. Rice, the Episcopal Church; Mrs. Herb Red- man, the CDA; Mrs. R. B. Lesher, —— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS BRINGING UP FATHER WELL- MAGGIE-YOU'RE ALL SET TO - LET'S BE e A ON SO0 MUST R R | TRAN LIKE YOU DID YESTERDAY // jthe Juneau Woman’s Club; Mrs. IHelen Webster, ‘the Eastern Star; China Relief, ———e— A number of new industries have been started ‘in Great Britain by refugees from Germany and other areas, the Department of Com- merce Says. members will be feted at a recep-, tion in the clubroorms by the older members. Carl Danielson and Har- old McKinley aresin charge of the refreshments. b e _*l_lnflll! STAMPS By GEORGE McMANUS i pocgsose | WANTS ME_TO JOIN HER BRIDGE GAME-SO ILL POSTPONE MY | It'sEasy At Alaska School of Aeronautics, Inc. P. 0. Box 2187 Phone Black 769 JUNEAU ‘The Taku, with William Strong, have arrived in Wrangell several days ago, even allowing for bad weather, it was pointed out here. The Wrangell Customs Service has notified the Coast Guard head- quarters at Ketchikan of the miss- ing boat and .a search was to start this afternoon. The Taku, which formerly ran up the Taku River, is well known here. It is a flat-bottomed river boat type of craft propelled by a single screw in a tunnel at the square stern of the boat. Sea Sees Specs gave the spectacles up for lost. | Nearly three hours later, as he and friends searched the beach in a forlorn hope, a wave rolled ‘A and deposited the glasses at his wife's feet—200 yards from where he had lost them. PR AR S B TO REWIRE SWITCHBOARD Sa'e" 'o o'ner Application for a building per- Spnions mit was made at the city engi- NORFOLK, Va. Oct. 22. — Alnpeer's office today by the Co= newspaper reporter nhsent—mlnded-"lumbu Lumber Company to re= ly kept his glasses on whgn he model the office switchboard «t went swimming in the surf at Vir- the company headquarters here. ginia- Beach, and a wave knocked Parsons Electric Company will do them off. the work, according to the appli- The' tide was running and he cation. Delivery Service Out the Highway Every Day! * HAULING OF ALL KINDS! Daily Delivery of the Daily Alaska Empire Highway Delivery PHONE 374--—-Juneau _ At the Empire Printing Company H. R. “SHORTY" WHITFIELD, Owner