The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 28, 1941, Page 2

PAGL TWO OOSEVELT " REVEALING wit ome on ~casion rati were used to Obliterate Present Hitler Regime (Continued from Page One) jers with weapons “better than f any army earth.” President a peace between capital and labor. “Our first objective of National Defense is to stop Hitler. He can be stopped dig in and that will be the beginning of his downfall because the dictator- ship of the Hitler type can live only PLYMOUTH'S FINEST THE DAILY ALASKA hMPlRE——jUNh/\U ALASKA NAZI PLANS President Calls on Nation' ain appealed for | He will be compelled to | through continuing victories and in- | creasing conquests, The facts of 1918 proof that the mighty Ger- army is tired The German | an crumble and go to pieces | \\ln-n mu'd with ance” concluded the President in his Navy Day speech made over all COWLING- DPAVLIN CO. 838 AVIATION YOU PREPARED? , as never ]]“f()IL‘ op- nIH‘ntn s in AVIATION ait trained pilots. , proper: ined, can n higher rating and ay in armed forces of the ted States and in Com- cial Aviation. | dinner last night. | - e — MINES (ERHHED BY STEWARTUNDER PRIORITIES ORDER Serial Numbers Sent o 31 Alaska Operafors for Preference Rating under the Certifications priorities order affecting supplies, along with mine numbers, were mailed out to 31 mine operators in Alaska today by Com- as the A-8 preference rating on sup- plies for Alaska mines began to get into high gear. Applications for a number of students are being ac- cepted today for flight training. ruling that they must file with his office by the tenth of each month a | list of all orders for supplies placed | during the preceding month under | preference orders A-8 or A-1-A. The latter rating is to be applied to sup- plies needed for immediate emer- gencies Any mine operator who believes he is entitled to certification under Prepare Today CONSULT Alagka School of Aeronauntics, Inc. Phone Black 769 ; NOTICE TO TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS e Act of 1941, which was placed in effect on October 5, of 6 per cent on amounts paid by subscribers for local telephone service. The Juneau & Douglas Telephone Company is re d to collect this tax and therefore the proper amount will be added to the regular charge made by the company on all bills paid AFTER OCTOBER 10TH Total with Tax Added $2.38 2.91 344 3.97 it b P i i i i it Yy | | | i i | Stewart’s office can |apply dire to the Juneau office of the Territorial Department of Mines, Stewart said, and his request for certification under the order will be given all consideration. | certified tl P. O. Box 2187 JUNEAU The Rever imposes a tax Less Discount $2.25 2.75 3.25 355 425 4.50 4.75 5.03 Subscribers using in excess of $5.00 per month will be notified of the adjusted amount. 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Slowart.: Stewart also wrote the mine op- | erators calling their attention to the | \lht' priorities order and has not been | b "Rcur from Skagway. | Now that'Moscow has become a fo! riress city, the United States Embassy to Russia has moved to Kuiby- | shev, whigh amunu, has become the wtj'finp cap“al of Russia. Lenin’s bquare in Kmbyshev is shown. national hookups from the Navy Day | ' DISEMBARK - AFTER TRIP ON - 5.5.COLUMBIA Vessel Pays First Call fo. Terminal Town of ‘ Whittier | | Twenty-eight persons from W(-sl-[ ‘wux'd and Lynn Canal ports ar- rived here today on the steamer Columbia, which docked at 12:30] o'clock this afternoon and sailed | |for the south shortly before 3 o'- ! | Enroute south from Seward, | Columbia called for the first time| |at the railroad terminal town of | Whittier and also at Valdez, (/m- deva, Skagway and Haines. Coming here were the following: John Arbuckle, Bert G Hnnkmu.' Lilligraven, Ray Yeast, Fred | Carlson, Warren Nelson, George| iSmth. Leroy True, H. C. White,| all from Seward C. L. Baker from Valdez. Joe Albue, Richard Balius, Mike Babic, Earl H. Collins, Jim Muh- turis and R. J. Rogers from Cor- | dova. Dana Hubacker, William Johnson and Frank Murata, from Haines. Ray G. Day, E. Kalkins, Elmer J. Seerge, F. W. Williamson, Ed- ward Austin, Jack Andedson, E.W. Erickson, H. Richman and Glen| the | |O. | 'CDA fo Initiate Candidates at Meeting Tonight| Initiation of candidates will take place at the Catholic Daughters of America meeting tonight at 8 o'clock. Following the ceremonies.% refreshments will be served and a| Hallowe'en motif will be used for the entertainment. In charge of arrangements for the party are Mrs. George Shaw, Mrs. George Rivard, Mrs. Mary Gi- ovanetti, Mrs. Evan Wruck, Mrs. william Franks and Mrs. Walter | Hellan. Grand Regent Mrs. Her- cert Redman will preside ai thel initiation, Members of the CDA met today for an all day sewing session in he AWVS headquarters under the direction of Mrs. V. L. Hoke, chair- man of the sewing group. Coffee was .wrvm for those present. Wranqell Fisherman Dies al Sitka Home James Dunton, 64, well - known Wrangell district fisherman, died last- week at the Alaska Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, it was learned here today. Dunton came here in 1920 and was engaged in fishing around the Wrangell area until 1936, when he was admitted to the Sitka home. | —,— BUY DEFENSE BONDS | o rays. o # _,.,A_ 'FIDER HITS REEF NEAR PR. RUPERT Fisheries Boat Being Sal- vaged-May Be Sold, Says Olson ARMY PRACTICE BRINGS BAN ON CIVILIAN FLIGHTS Western Washmgton Ore- | gon Commercial Planes Are Now Grounded SEATTLE, Oct. 28—The today grounded all commercial planes in Western Oregon ington for duration of warning exercises by the in- eptor command of the Second Force The order traffic control Field skortly United Airlines ships and cleared one. In the meantime, thick postponed the scheduled plane flights on the first the command exercis INDIAN SERVICE 'PERSONNEL CLERK * MAKES HIGH GRADE | | % To the | air- and Rumors that the fisheries bout|| Eider sank last Friday morning when she struck a reef off Green! Top Island, near Prince Ruperi,) were confirmed here today by Clar- ence Olson, supervisor of the fisn- | eries division of the Fish and Wild- | \life Service, who returned yester- |day from Wrangell aboard the Brant i Olson said details regarding the accident were meagre as received by him from the five-man crew of | thé boat, now in Prince Rupert| aboard the fisheries boat Pelicau. Salvage operations are in progress from Prince Rupert, he said, and the Eider crew will remain in the Canadian port until the ship is salvaged, then will go to K(‘hhl- kan‘on the Pelican and possibl take a commercial steamer to attle Earl Bright, fleet engineer for the fisheries division, left here this morning on the Princess Louise for Prince Rupert, where he will make | an inspection of the wrecked Eider | after she has been salvaged. There is a possibility, Olson said, that the boat will be tied up there and competitive bids called for sale of| the craft, The Eider had been on patrol duty in the Kodiak Island region during the past several weeks and was headed for Seattle at the time of the accident, Olson said. Accord- ing to reports received here, she struck the reef at 2:30 a.m. Wires received here indicate that the crew abandoned the vessel before she sank and went in to Prince Ru- pert. No statement of whether the Eider was completely submerged was received. Olson pointed out that the accident occurred in the same locality where the Alaska ran aground last spring, The Eider is the former halibut boat Idaho, 78 feet in length, built in 1914 for halibut fishing work and later presented to the Bureau of Fisheries. the at airway Boeing | reached tower after noon, had cleared two Northwest Airlines weather Army day of hn class has gone Miss Olive Trower, chief personnel clerk of the Office cf the Office of Indian Affairs in Al- aska, it was learned here today. One of 83 personnel officers he: u(l of in tion to take a competitive exa ination on personnel matters re- sently, Miss Trower learned today that she one of nine in the group who made grades of 94 per- cent or better in the test. average grade of the entire 88 com- peting was 76.1 percent correct an- swers. Miss Trower went to Portland last July and took a course of in- strudtion for personnel officers. The examination, given in connec- tion with the course, was written by her after returning here, “It’s an excellent record for one of our Alaska staff members to make,” commented Claude Hirst, superintendent of the Indian serv- ice in Alaska, (oday. THREE LODESTARS FLY FROM JUNEAU Three Pan American Lodestars left Juneau today, two taking a total of 13 persons to Seattle and /|the third going to Fairbanks with five passengers. The Fairbanks Lodestar is scheduled to return here . 'Dr. Weslon Going ) No"h '0' (I"“(‘ ‘tomorrow enroute to Seattle. Leaving on the southbound Dr. John Weston of the Terri-|planes were Niels Vibe, Harold torial ‘Department of Health is Carlson, William Coats, Jean Pot- leaving tonight aboard the Aleu-|ber, Capt. Al Monsen, Mr. and Mis. tian for 'an extended trip in the|Tony Lindstrom and infant, Ted Interior and Northern cities. He|Mathews, Mrs. Alberta Mathews, plans to ‘be gone about three|Ralph Mathews, Martin Jorgenson months. and - Vernon Jokela. to the lowns.l Qi During his visits Going to Fairbanks were Wal- Dr. Weston will conduct tubercu-|ter Duffy, Mrs. L. Brklich, Ben clinics, giving tests and X-J)Mozee, Mrs. Clifford Smith and Army | after the Indian Service all over the na-| The| OTARIANS READY FOR PLANE MEET Final Plans Are Made for Model Airship Flights Saturday Affemoon | ns sailed a lot of | verbal airships today noon at their | | luncheon meeting at Percy’s Cafe |end made plans to stage an out-| | standing show next Saturday after-| noon at the Southeast Alaska Fair Building, where the city’s first| | model plane meet will be held un- der Rotary sponsorship. Third member of the trio cof judges for the meet will be Clark | Bassett, PAA airport manager, it W announced by Harold Roth, | chairman of the committee in | charge of the meet. The two other| | judges will .be Woody Barnett, lo- teal aviation instructor, and Alex| | Holden, Alaska Coastal Airways | pilot. | The Rotarians were keen on their plans this noon as Roth outlined the schedule for the meet in which {more than 50 local boys will fI; |plane models they have been con structing for the past two months. The meet will officially get un- der way at 12, noon, on Saturday, |when all planes will be placed on <u.~p!;«v in the fair building, Roth said. with actual flight competi- | | tions to begin at 1:30 p.m. A pub-| lic address system will be installed | {in the big building, he said, s |details on the classifications of |planes and names of the boys who| built them can be relayed to the irm\\(l expected to throng the bal-| cony to watch the flights. Attendance will be free and all| Juneau residents are urged to be| hand to e 'em fly,” Roth| | said Rul.\nm\ will have lots of | hot dogs, hot coffee and soft| | drinks available, it was planned. - ‘R Juneau Rotar on Mrs. KolanderFeIed - At Surprise Shower | ' By Three Hostesses‘ Mrs h(nn\ln L/'((. was complimented at a surprise| shower last night by Mrs. Belle| Knudsen, Miss Lois Hill and Mrs.| Reuben Zell in the Knudsen home | on Willoughby Avenue. Pink and blue were used as the| | ol scpebih 1ee. 16s motaci and | a baby doll, placed in a bassinet, | held ribbons attached to each gift. {Mrs. Kelander received many beau- [tiful and useful gifts from the guests. Games and bridge were played during the evening, and Mrs. Or- lando Godfrey won the guessing game. High bridge score was won by Mrs. Fred Jaegel, and Murs.! Kolander won consolation. A de- licious lunch ended the evening’s| entertainment, and favors at each| place were pink and blue cai- riages filled with nuts and mints. Gilded place cards with each guest’'s name were made by Mrs. Knudsen. Other guests for the party were Mrs. Charles Peterson, Mrs. Wil- liam Karki and Mrs, Don Hane- bury. DOUGLAS SELLS ' HOME HERE T0 JERRY McKINLEY Harry W. Douglas, Assistant Meteorologist with the U. S. Weather Bureau here for 20 years, will go south on the Aleutian when she re- turns from the Westward, to accept a transfer to the Los Angeles Weath- er Bureau office, it was announced today. | Douglas has sold his home here to Jerry McKinley, operator of a local electric shop, it was learned. Arriving in Seattle, Douglas wi go to Walla Walla, Washington, to join his wife and son, then motor to Los Angeles where he will take over work at his now post there. Douglas asked for a transfer to Los Angeles because a change of climate was declared necessary for the health of Mrs. Douglas, it is under- stood. Kolander | BALLS 0' FIRE AN MO'RE HERE | COOKW' IITTLES FER 7 GENRWL ,ROSEWARTER 2 \& TAAT DONT R OFF'N) W' BUSH w [ PM—mm CREHTE auvaom QLT UERE N T BHIDDLE OF T DRWLW' PASTURE — I GOT TO MHOSEM ON BOCK QN PUT SOME TATERS t&“‘“ M O, \NE! SHE'S © CONFOUND T % 1 TOWD LOWZIE T efit W GENEN Constance Smith, By 7 1 SN -US W B K GHARP LL - WER EIRST DR —7 ?Roaaam NERIOWS GET THNGS Ju%‘( UAA LA Kaadks o CONSOLE “TW0 - THREE BILLY DeBECK TTUaR, THAR GEN'RWL - NAOW - JES' GO BACK AN NORE EMPTY STUMNICK AMNBTES MORE - \ ' AN LEUEL BEST TDNE:\?YOEK“R\\\GS ORGMNWZED 'ROUND _ HYAR /0-16 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, THE WEATHER 8. l)}lPAR"I‘fiE:: ll)'I'-‘ COMMERCE, FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness tonight and Wednes- day with light rain by Wednesday afternoon; warmer tonight with lowest temperature about 40 degrees, highest temperature Wednes- day 46 degrees; light to gentle variable winds, becoming gentle (o moderate southeasterly Wednesday. Southeast Alaska: Increasing cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with occasional light rain by Wednesday afternoon; warmer tonight; increasing southerly to southeasterly winds, becoming moderate to fresh by Wednesday. Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Wed.: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: increasing southeasterly winds becoming 20 to 25 miles per hour by Wednesday afternoon, increas- ing cloudiness with rain by Wednesday afternoon; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: increasing easterly to southeasterly winds, be- coming 20 to 30 miles per hour by Wednesday, rain; Cape Hinchin- brook to Resurrection Bay: easterly to northeasv.erl} winds 20 to 30 miles per hour, rain; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: southeasterly winds 25 to 30 miles per hour, shifting to southwesterly under 15 miles per hour near Kodiak Wednesday, rain, LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.25 48 40 SE 5 4:30 a.m. today 30.25 33 o Calm 0 Noon today 30.20 38 80 w 2 RADIO REPORTS 1941 S. Weather Bureau) WEATHER BUREAU Weather Clear Pt. Cldy Overcast Time TODAY Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30am temp. tempt. 24hours Weathe 14 k Snow 25 y Overeast 26 o Clear 18 03 Pt. Cldy 30 Fog 31 Fog 40 Overcast 41 Pt. Cldy 4 Rain 46 Threatening Showers Pt. Cldy Pt. Cldy Clear Clear Fog Clear Fog Drizzie Overcast Max. tempt. last 24 hours 15 30 36 22 39 42 44 42 49 49 47 46 Station Barrow Fairbanks Nome Dawson Anchorage ... Bethel St. Paul Atka Dutch Harbor Wosnesenski Kodiak Cordova Juneau . Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Prince George Seattle Portland San Francisco 33 32 33 35 39 2 47 52 | 53 WEATHER SYNOPSIS Due to the influence of a low pressure center south of the Al- aska Peninsula a southerly flow o’ moist maritime air was penc- trating the southern and southeas'ern portions of Alaska this morn- ing bu cooler and dryer air cont'nued elsewhere over Alaska.Part- ly cloudy to cloudy skies prevailel from the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands to Southeast Alaska and over the Alaska Range and the Tanana Valley but generally clear or partly cloudy skies were reported elsewhere, Rain had fallen during the past 24 hours from the Aleutian Islands to th: Bering Sea, the Kuskokwim Val- ley and Kodiak Island. The grea‘est amount of rainfall was 1.24° inches which was recorded at Dut:h Harbor. The highest tempera- ture yesterday afternoon was 55 d:grees at Ketchikan and the low- est last night one degree at Point Lay. Scattered to broken high cloudiness with poor to good visiblities and local fog prevailed over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway this morning. The Tuesday morning weather chart indicated a center of low pressure of 29.15 inches was located at 52 degrees north and 163 de- grees west. The storm frontal trough extended northeasterly and easterly from this center to 55 desrees north and 152 degrees wesi and thence southward into lower latitudes where a new low located at 37 degrees north and 159 degrees west was expected to deepen and move northeastward during the next 24 hours. A third low pressure center was slowly filling and was located at 40 degrees north and 129 degrees west and a fourth low center was located near Attu A high pressure center of 30.25 inches was located at 32 degrecs north and 139 degrees west and a high pressure crest extended north- ward over Dixon Entrance to a s22ond high pressure center located to the east of Alaska. Junenu, October 29—Sunrise 8:05 a.m., sunset 5:18 p.m. BODDINGSAYS FLIERS DIED MMEDIATELY ———— PilotHeard Wernecke Craft| Circle, Then Crash Came Suddenly (Continuea from Page One) 50 55 47 43 54 55 65 NOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. P e T BT STEP to Health with Better Feet. Phone 648. Chiropodist Dr. Steves. adv 2 astern and tilted the plane with the | propellor down. Bodding’s head was cut and he was momentarily dazed by the impact. Sherman was knock- | | ed out. Plane Nosed Over As the plane gradually nosed over, Bodding hauled Sherman to the! pontoons, which remained above water for about three hours. Mean- | while, about 45 minutes after the crash, the stranded fliers heard an- ! other plane apparently circling not far away, preparing either for a. landing or, in an attempt to get bearings. They could not see the plane and Bodding said he is mm-I vinced the occupants could not see them. Second Crash A moment later they heard the Wernecke plane crash at full speed on the island nearby. As soon as, Bodding and Sherman recovered from the effect of their crash, they | swam shore and made their way | around the isand to the wrecknge{ of the plane. | Killed Instantly | Both men, they said, must have been killed instantly by the tevrific ' impact. The plane was badly de-, molished, but the fliers salvaged some food, including a package of a dozen eggs, only one of which was broken. For the next four days they lived the tent salvaged from the Wer- necke plane, sighting several boats' which did not answer their smoke signals until a British Columbia provincial Police patrol boat picked | “hem up. Both men’s heads were bandnged‘ when they arrived here and Sher- | man has a broken wrist. EARNINGS On Savings Accounis ® Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any time. ® Start an account with $1 or more. 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