The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 30, 1941, Page 5

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1941 U. 5. Fledglings Fly Info | Teugh Gridiron Schedule OF SALMON 3. iferson Barracks gridders take time out to show off their mascot, Gerry Koehler of St. Louis, Miss Missouri of 1941. By KEN DAVIS AP Feature Service ST, LOUIS, Oct. 28.—Fledglings of Jefferson Barracks, an air corps ent center are out to Lecp ‘em flying” this autumn— both planes and pigskins. Tackling what barracks officials believe is the most ambitious grid program among the nation’s army posts is a squad of self-appointed Air Corps messiahs with moleskin pasts ranging from high school (2 the Big Ten. And since you can't frighten an enemy—on the battlefield or the gridiron with press clippin members of this rough, toug! eleven must produce. Bob Cone, former University of Visconsin triple-threater, did just opened over as the blue raiders season with a 32-6 win that the Jortheastern Junior College of Miami, Okla. He hula-hipped his way 95 yards for a marker with the first Kkickolf and contributed three other touchdowns. The Raiders lost their second game io 13 to 0, Mary's Maryville, "Mo., - Teaeliers, and their third game to St, of San Antonio, 6 to 0. Then there are Larry Owens of Towa non of the University of Iowa and big Abe Palmer of Vanderbilt and Southwestern University of Mem- phis. ¢ Up forward are such huskies as Bob Moyer of the University cf Minnesota, 200-pound tackle; Doi- ald Marlin of Western State, a guard, and Ray Lee, center, once with the University of Arkansas. The lads must feel at home, for Coach A. M. Klum, formerly as- sistant line coach and Big Six ace guard at the University of Ne- braska, has unfolded the tear towel already. Moans Lieut. Klum: “Every- body has been trained under a different system.” Despite that Klum outlook, post authorities have lined up a 10- game scheduled that's a Kkiller. Opposition includes ern University of Memphis, Fort Riley, Ka: Missouri School of Mines, Missouri Valley College, Bradley Tech, the College of Idaho and the University of To- ledo, in that order. e ——— NEW OIL BURNER Application was made to City Engineer Frank Metcalf this morn- ing: for a permit to install a new oil burner at the John Costello southwest- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FALL PACK IS LIGHT Southeast Alaska Canners Report Only 27,713 | Cases of Fall Fish | | A total of 217,713 cases of salmon | were canned during the fall season in Southeast Alas it was an- | nounced today by the fisheries div- {ision of the Fish and Wildlife Ser- viee | The final fall closing date was | last Saturday, and when pack totals were added up today results showed 21.851 cases of chum salmon canned and 5.862 cases of cohoes. Hea pack was reported from the Ketchikan district where can- 's packed 23,513 cases of the fall s In the Juneau district, pack- |€ws put up only 4,148 cases, while only 52 cases were reported canned L W oanee]l distriet. Many of the fall fish were bought by Canad- wal s buyers and went into the cans at Prince Rupert, it was re- ported est - Noel Coward Is Finfd $800 LONDON, Oct. 30.—Noel Coward, | playwright, was today fined about | wartime finance regulations His | | | defense was that he was unaware of |Senafor Sayfilglish Have | More Tonnage Now than | PAA ELECTRAS MAY Whether Juneau will get any air- mail today remained undecided late H this afterncon as Pan American | o e po banks and mnorth from Prince WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Senator | George. |Robert A. Taft told the Senate, There was a possibility that mail while arguing against the repeal of \from the Lodestars would be trans- the Neutrality Act restrictions on feyred at Whitehorse to Juneau- American merchant vessels, that pound Electras scheruled to arrive | Great Britain now has twenty-five here late today if weather per- {she entered the war. Taft's declaration came after Sen- jof the pending administration | Those leaving on ‘the motorship | legislation and join the three Re- |Northland this afternoon were Mrs. million tons of shipping, which is itteq. four million tons more than when e | pared to go even beyond the scope publican Senators, Warren R. Aus- Carl Ohmer, Elmer J. Seery and tin, Styles Bridges and Chan Gurney F. W. Williamson, all for Peters- State College, Jack MCcKin-|jn seeking the outright repeal of burg; E. Calkins and Mr. and Mrs./ C. L. Weis, Wrangell; Ralph Mize, Ketchikan; and John Arbuckle, Jim |Irwin, Anita Brownlee, Mrs. Emma Kaki, Fred A. Carlson and Harry C. White, all to Seattle. E Puppet Head the Neutrality Act. KING PLANS CVISITWITH FOR, WIFE | OTTAWA, Oct. 30—The office of | | Prime Minister Mackenzie King said | he hopes to make a “purely personal | visit” on President and Mrs. Roose- | velt during the weekend. He will not take any officials or technical | advisers with him. —————— STILL MEETING, . ODUNA STRIKE Late this afternoon the union’s negetiating committee was meet-| ing with the Juneau Waterfront Employers, . Association mediation committee in an effort to settle the| dispute that has tied up the Oduna. The longshoremen said they had been working the ship for the past I Future Book For ALL- AMERICA By DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editor, AP Feature Service LL-AMERICA rating goes to those stars who have been standouts week after week. One spectacular Saturday isn’t enough. And so keen is the competition that a single bad performance will block a player out of the running. Here are some backfield aces who got off to a good start: s | | PETE LAYDEN, Texas fullback, led the Longhorns’ early season | charge and was particularly effective in the rout of Louisiana State. His team mate, Jack Crain, is another backfield star. | | STEVE FILIPOWICZ is Ford- ham'’s triple threat. His 58-yard pass in the closing seconds ens abled the Rams to beat South- | ern-Methodist. } T Battle for the Arctic | | Minnesota BRUCE SMITH, halfback, is the key man of a | great Gopher team. He scored both of Minnesota’s touch- downs against Washington. WastesBeing Waged;ls | _(hapler in War af Sea (Oontinuea from Page One) :n airplanes. Two were seen in Maren ground, and such planes of this year. the British sent More recently, plans to use Spitzbergen radio fa-| cilities and coal for the Nazi At- lantic submarine and raider fleet. for relaying orders to their At-| lantic raiders. And many Green- | land fjords probably have been| And now the American Navy charted as hiding places for sub-| captures a ‘“weather” ship off | marines and sea raiders—especi-| Greenland. ally on the west coast. There the| The Germans have been de- gulf stream sends a warming cur-fi prived of their main stations in the polar regions, but the contin- ued presence of Allied patrol ves- rent to keep the ice softened all winter. It is fairly easy to pierce| everywhere except at Ivigtut. | sels indicates the British and But they are not going to be American navies still are suspi-|easy to find. Greenland has many, cious, | many thousands of miles of coast- Greenland is the focus of naval|line. Much of it is merely shown action because it is closest to the| on a map. Depths of harbors, ice main British supply line from the | conditions, are not generally known. United States, and affords innu- The United States Coast Guard re- merahle hiding places for Ger-‘cpn(ly sent expeditions up that man raiders, J subs, and planes.| way. They reported back that win- Greenland’s fjords—especially on | ter cruising around Greenland was the west coast—can be penetrated | not any more hazardous than any- {on the charge of burglar -JUNEAU, ALASKA SITKA WOMAN| 1S VICTIM OF AXE MURDER Husband Held for Ques- tioning in Death of Na- tive-Body Mutilated a, Oct. 30 — The brutally mut body of Mrs Nellie Kitka, 3l-year-old native woman, was found in her home here last night by Policeman Don Mac- Kinnon. A blood drenched axe, found at the scene of the slaying is believed {to have been the death weapon, n; is understood. Meantime, Nick Kitka, 29-year- old native fisherman and husband of the murdered woman, was being held here today by the U. 8. Mar- shal's office for questioning. The couple were married July 18, 1940.| A coroner’s jury, investigating the {crime, was recessed here until to- man’s Club, gave in her introduc- morrow. Mrs. Kitka is survived by a son, Alpor Johnson, born to her as the result of a former marriage, who was today sent to an aunt at An- coon under authorization of the Office of Indian Affairs. Records in the U. S. Marshal's office in Juneau today revealed that Nick Kitka, being held at | Eitka for questioning in connec-| | | today which lton with the murder of his wife, .Y R U has been in jail here and at Sitka on numerous previous occasions and once served a 15-month sentence at McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary FUND FOR OURBOYS IN ARMY JUST GIVE A8 YOU CAN FOR HELPING MEN FROM JUNEAU AT CHILKOOT BARRACKS TO HAVE BETTER R E C R EATION FACILITIES . .. A total of $12 contributed today brought the total sum raised to date in the Empire drive for rec- reational facilities for Juneau men at Chilkoot Barracks up to $663.50. Meantime, a city-wide canvass for the Empire fund on the part of a joint Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club committee is bringing in substantial donations, with pros- pects that the drive will be ended shortly after the first of November, according to Allen Shattuck, Cham- ber of Commerce committee chair- man, Contributions received today were as follows: £ an expeditionary force to occupy! More important, there is evi-| ;&‘,’;fi“;fiifl'fiu 3 Spitzbergen and its coal mines. dence that the Germans still have| 1o gann $1 The Admiralty disclosed German secret radio stations in Greenland | Hellar's Barber Shop $1 KETCHIKAN, ANCHORAGE GET GRANTS Federal Funds Approved for Health Center and Water Works ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — The Federal Works Agency announced home, 825 Gold Belt Avenue. The|two days under the impression they in winter. Caches of food and fuel | can be taken away by Nazi naval | where else in the North Atlantic, except for the need for a constant here today that Persident Roose- PAGE FIVE BACK ON NORTHLAND Ardelle Cleveland returned to Juneau last night aboard the Northland after spending thrée weeks visiting friends in Sitka. She GIVEN BY MANY Representatives of Various N7/ Groups Present fo Hear Liqllld / 7 | Appeal for Civilian Work . sunshine The first National Defense din- \ |ner given in Juneau was held last evening sponsored by the Juneau \rom | Woman's Club, The dinner was |served by the ladies of the Luth- eran Church and 94 persons were served Representatives of organizations of the attendance and each gave a short address on national and civilian defense for the units they repre- sented. Table decorations were carried out with the idea of representing the various wars which had been in defending DEFENSE DINNER Mrs. WLz ten service city were in 11’ought by America democracy. | Mrs: John McCormick, Chairman lof National Defense of the Wo- tory talk the music which each |war had left with us, the medley {being played by Mrs. Doris Guil- lian. The war of 1776, “Yankee | Doodle,” 1812 the “National An- |them,” 1865 “Battle Hymn of the ‘mpuhllc"' 1898 “Tramp, Tramp, | the Boys are Marching,” 1917 “Long Long Trail” and “Over There.” In |closing the program the song of everyone is thinking as “"God Bless Am- erica.” The American Legion was repre- sented by Al Zenger; the 40 & 8 | (an organization of the Legion) | Leo Jewett; The American Legion Auxillary, Mrs. Lucille Stonehouse; | National Defense Chairman of ti | Elks, George Folia; Rotary, H. L. Faulkner; Business dand Profes- sional Women, Mrs, Frances Paul; KENTUCKY STRAIGHT | Chamber of Commerce, R. E. Ro- BOURBON WHISKEY |bertson; 'AW.VS, Mrs. Emest Natl. Dist. Prod. Corp., N. |Gruening and Civilian Defense, UL Frank Metcalf. Henry Messerschmidt, Acting | Mayor, .was present and gave as- |surance of the cooperation of the 2 {city. Gov. Ernest Gruening made 8 peeeececeee few brief remarks regarding the need of cogperation and unity for F L Y ' (] Fly for Pleasure Distributed by | National Grocery Co., Seattle, Wash. our National Defense program. He urged complete coordination af all organizations for adequate civilian defense. | Mrs. R. B. Lesher, President of the Juneau Womans Club, in, her| | opening remarks, gave a_brief out- line of this new department on Na- tional Defensé. which has been jadopted by the General Federation. The colors were advanced by mem- Dbers of the Girl Scout Troop which i sponsored by the club, All joined | ih pledging Allegiance to the Flag. The members of the National IDel’ense Committee were presented jby Mrs. McCormick, Mrs. R. R. Hermann, Mrs. E. L. Keithahn, !Mrs. M. J. Haas and Mrs, Doris ! Guillian. The. dinneér was. given with the idea of getting together the various organizations ' aiding the mational and eivilian defense work so. thul their ideas could be brought before {the organizations and the public. | The talks given by those at- jtending were broadcast over the | 1ocal radio station during the evs- ning so that many who were not Hunt or fish, near and far, in your own plane or in.one. which you have rented. Learn the Modern Sport! Aviation is not expensive, There’s more pleasure per dollar in flying. Start Preparing for Your Private License TODAY! It'sEasy At Alaska School of Aeronautics, Inc. present were able to hear the'! p o Box 2187 Phone Black 769 ‘ppints. made, JUNEAU BUY DEFENSE BONDS — Delivery Service Oui the Highway Every Day! P would be payed extra for working near the dynamite. They said the first mate of the ship had so in- formed them. Adams said the first mate has no authority regarding rates and had not informed the longshoremen of any such rate. work will be done by the Harri Machine Shop, velt a) - lookout for icebergs. They said !emehl\;ubnl:l'flzfik:he‘l::l‘l;::: d:.,' there were many radio statlons.‘uun projects: and radio was surprisingly well de- | wotchikan: for health centér fa- veloped, indicating the Germahs | cllities, a grant of $30,000, witk the probably can use bootleg radio| uieu to furnish the lddm,oml 10, | stations - operated by Greenlnnderslm needed for the work, % who evade the local police. craft. Greenland is the polar area where winter weather for both North America and northern Eu- rope often begins. Oddly, the Weggener expedi- tion reported in 1930 that Green- -ee—— HOME ON FURLOUGH Tom Stewart, private first class, arrived here by plane from Sitka| Wang M—Wd. } For the first time since being made head of the Chinese puppet this morning for a five-day fur- ing-Wei is : lough, during which time he will| i R le&mme::,"z‘g"i ‘En*;ugry‘;m_ land might not be the winter il v ey o c“?:l‘"h"““' :°" water W“'Ia t’;w visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.| Manufacturing capital’ outlays }’"m"d e T purification | WeAther factory it had been | cllifies, & grant .of $68,000, wi o B. D. Stewart. this year will be close to five bil- ¢, !;... took over certain areas | !housht up fto that time. But Food prices in British West In- [City to furnish the remaining money for Federal construction, es- timated at. a total cost of $186,000. above - 1939 weather observers have been re. dies are 41. percent vorted there, both inland on ths levels. —————— | lion dollars,” the Department of g4 the ‘Japanese withdrew their BUY DEFENSE STAMPS “Commerce reported. 3 po‘v:lln troops. ... BRINGING UP FATHER I'LL TAKE ONE MORE CHANCE- R I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND DINTY OR ANY OF THE GANG SINCE MAGGIE HAS BEEN AWAY FROM TOWN- | HAD BET TER NOT WEAR ME BELT-AS I'M GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME THIS EVENIN’ WITH SOME CORNEDR BEEF AND CABBAGE e DNTVY-ME LAD-IVE BEEN P TRYIN' TO LOCATE YOU FOR A WEEK-WHAT 2 SURE - VL L COME RIGHT OVER-PLEASE TELL THE GANG NOT TO GIT INTO A FIGHT TIL | ARRIVE- 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 - - » Ay