The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 11, 1941, Page 2

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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA At Sea May Be Subject fo Special Investigation Now | Committee, provides that the Fed- AMUNDSEN MY |eral Communications Comumission | shall suspend the license of any {snip's radio operator when the| HAVE SURVIVED1‘01“““»‘“”“ after investigation, has % found there “reasonable proba- are . % bility that such operator is a sub- Willie Knutsen,Twice Win- | versive mawiur> = The term ubversive individual,” ner of Amundsen Medal, \s defined by the bill, ds ; . broad and while directed primar: Is Interested in Rumor |y ac opexators who are member: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1941 THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: Cloudy to partly cloudy tenight and Wed- nesday; colder tonight with lowest about 30 degrees, highest Wed- nesday about 42 degrees; gentle t> moderate southerly winds. Southeast Alaska: Cloudy to partly cloudy with few scattered showers tonight and Wednesday; colder tonight; moderate southerly winds. Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Wed: From Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: southwesterly winds 20 to 30 miles per hour, cloudy occasional showers; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: south to southeasterly winds 20 to 30 miles per hour, showers; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: 20 | | | { i ! | SHEETS 72x108 L.50 Unconfitmed reports that Capt Roald Amundsen, famed Norwegian |explorer who has been missing in the Arctic since 1928, has been seen of, or sympathetic with, ‘organiza- tions which advocate the overthrow | undermining of our form it also specmcnlly{ or of| government, points the finger at any per.sonsi L In It ALASKA ITEMS, GET APPROVAL R M Rehiends Co QUALITY SINCE /SEST | i | members are asked to wear promi- nently their Red Cross pins as a sign of their support It is hoped to énlist all of the 3,000 potential members in the Juneau Chapter, and all persons are urged . ures Relative fo North- | land fo President | WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. The ENLISTMENT IN RED CROSS BY Roll Call Tonight For Easjem Stars e ed States last January and to Ju- | 'Senate Sends Three Meas- | Bureny of main Aduis ALL IS URGED be the beginning of al Red Cross Roll Call in 1, and all pecple of the town urged to enlist their names as members in the American National Red Cross. The drive is aimed pri- marily to show a solid front in the cha le organiz on, and to build up the resources so that rehabilita. tion in cases of extreme need may b omplished. Under the direction of Charles D. to add their support. R HOSPITAL NOTES Miss Estelle, Draper was admit- ted to St. Ann’s Hospital last night medical attention for George Hintner of Pelican City was admitted as a medical patient to St. Ann’s Hospital last night. George Smith entered St. Ann's Epecial feature of the meeting tonight of the Order of Eastern Star will be the “roll call” of all members, This annual occasion js the time when the complete roll of members is read, and all mem- bers are present to answer in per- .son if possible. Many of those who to attend the meeting in person send in letters, and these are read during the meeting. A short busi- are unable | | Senate has sent to the President | | three House measures, as follows | To reimburse Mrs. Alto Ledger- | wood” for personal belongings lost when a school house at Fort Yu- |kon was destroyed by fire. ‘w | Authorizing transportation to em- | ployees of the Alaska Road Com- | Imission to places of employment. | Authorizing | Service to furnish employees re-| siding in Alaska with transporta- |1 tion on transports when such pas- | Ministry representative here today |exhil he Army Transport declared the fall of Jibuti, on the Red Sea in French Somaliland, is| economics classes will be the serv-| menaced by the British ness session will follow the m”'*senger space is available. i n D . : | Reg. 2.00 Cannon Fine Muslin - - 81x108 « . l.7§ tap Aveticfiban ED BIRTROR sot o etioiate B S Staine- Parr 200 Ca H = Greenland today excited the in-|(ion or conspiracy fo resist the law- | keg. 2.00 Cannon Cavalier Percale 72x108 . s 1.75 terest of Capt. Willis Knutsen, who ful authority of the United States.” Reg. 2.35 Cannen Cavalier Percale - 81x108 . . 2.00 twice won the Norweglan govern-| 7 maling s seport on the bil ent’s en Meda or his | te the 1s€, s 3 REg. 2.35 Cannen HemStlfChEd Percale 72x108 . . 2.“0 po;«‘s}:' E)X)lorasu:m; “E‘- Greenland ] mt ‘!l xnx‘xhtl I;J&:L:: cg;]su:::fid 5 . e Associate ress reported that a large b 0 Reg. 2.50 Cannon Hemstitched Parcale 81x108° o o 2.15 - sy . & v il cr- cpriors e subvrelodiid . Y ’ 2 rie n a German-controlled nev uals or disioyal. e reverse 1s e Reg. 2.00 Cannon Colored Muslin - 72}{108 . . 1.75 Rosg: hyndred “‘,“°":‘W"°‘f“: \paper in Norway and republished case, but disloyal radio operators 9 s 2 00 stamps, representing $100, pertly |, Rome said the explorer has been strategically placed may do great Beg. 2.25 Cannofl COlUred Mush‘n . 81)(108 - o ° worn by 17-year-old Beity Eaton| | ccn near For Bay, Greenland damage and it is against a men- M - - of Santa Cruz, is the grand prize “There is no ‘For Bay' in Green-|ace of this character that the pro- s e of the lucky Sciot traveling the | |and,” Knutsen pointed out, “bu »d bill is designed to guard. e greatest distance to the western | it’s entirely possible that Amupd- | Testimony deduced Dbefore your states convention col ng at sen may be alive in the Arctic. He committee shows that at most S i the surf cit; et out in 1928 by plane to search e would be no more than 200 R 0 i 3 ® Lbey s s@w L lior the Italian airship Italia, fly- out of something like 2,000. In Reg. 60c Cannon Large Bath Size, Whitesand Pastels « 45e ||l =+ flor the il sirship Tulis, 11y~ ot of SomeHRE . o i ) g north from Norway. If he were facl it appeared from some testi- Reg. 50c Cannon Laxge Bath Size, Pastels - . 35¢ |forced to turn westward and then mony before your committee i i 3 crashed, he could have lived that the numbers might not be Reg. 45¢ and 55¢ Cannon Large Hand Size, o o © @ 30e¢ & \ loast two years on the drift ice,|more than 150, and as to some of h 5 15 d 20¢ C Wash Cloth 2 for 25¢ | moving continually westward until them ‘they may be identified for ef. 19C an c Lannon as. 0ins - ° D |he met Eskimo tribes. Polax the purpeses of the law with fairly g. 5 ! J end seal meat would have kepi reasonable dispatch.” Thick, ihifsty, long-wearing Cannon Towels. All towels on sale may be | . i {him alive; he knew how to live| Although no one would com- purchased in matched sets. il . {off the country. Granting for the ment publicly on the reports be- e | { moment that he survived, and later |ing. investigated until results of LESDA—. d - 1 | found Eskimos, I'd say he is som k investigation are aired, it| - < | where between the MacKenzie| Was said, off the record, by sev- l'lLL“w CI‘SES | R River delta and C and, The eral in government circles that 1 | NEW DELHI, India, Nov. 11 | hardships might have mentally de- |the ships’ radio operators with s 5 o 4 | Subhas Chandra Bose, famous In-'ranged him, so he'd ma whom the clipper operators have ! B'Cg' 50c Cannon Fine Muslin 42}661/ b b _ge 'dian political leader and head of |fort to leave his Fskimo had difficulties undoubtedly could [ i - / 15 the left wing party of Mahaima| Knutsen, leader of ihc ibe found among these 150 or 2 BEQ‘ ‘JSC Cannon Cavaher Percale 4ZX381/,2 * * PO | Ghandi’s All-India Congress has|gian-French Expedition in lidentified in testimony bef P 13 l“gone over he ene Circenila o ove nths | ommi Reg 75¢ Cannon Percale Hemslltched 42x38Y . - 650 gone over to the enemy,” and now | Greenland, lived for several month [Bland’s committ st \F rD C r l dPll C 40 is believed to be in Rome or Ber-'by himself in a totally uninhabit-|makers, and “subversive or dis- Ren. 50c Cannon Colored Pillow Lases o o - - 4 [ {lin, the government announced to-|od part of the country, dependingloyal.” g - 1l'day upon his rifle for food. Altho <o | BN permitted to retwn to Greenland HOUSE B“.I.S' |invasion in April, 1940, because | »f his American citizenship, he "BA(K 'I'o SCHOOLH was forced to abandon his e jition because the Nazis confiscat- | d his funds. He came to the Unit- TOMORROW NIGHi neau in September. He is employed - % | Tomorrow night “Back to is empotarily as an architect for Ihe|gq5) Night” for all parents and £ friends of students in both the | |Juneau Public Schools. and they ! [H‘v‘ invited to come in and pass jIBuIl To through the rooms, inspecting lhe‘ 1 | work accomplished. The builclmgs1 | will be open at 7 o'clock, and guests | |may wander around at will until at which time they are invited to a program in thc‘ | | Grade School auditorium. | SAYS vI(HY The different rooms have ar-| (T { anged a number of interesting ex- hibits, the science departments | special demonstrations, | English sections havmg‘ appropriate to their field. | Special contribution of the home | |8:45 o'clock, showing Colonial jand the VICHY, Nov. imminent. |ing of refreshments to the visitors. The representative said Jibuti is|Music department work will be block- shown in a number of band se-| | | { to 30 miles’ per hour, light snow showers. [ * LOCAL DATA | Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weatheg 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.15 4 83 SE 16 Rain 4:30 a.m. today 29.46 41 95 w 2 Cloudy Noon today. 20.57 3 97 S 9 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt, Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am Station last 24 hours, | temp. tempt. 24hours Weathe Fairbanks 5 -12 -12 0 Clear Nome 32 2 32 04 Snow Dawson e 12 12 Snow Anchorage 21 | 25 25 [ Cloudy Bethel 28 4 4 [ Clear | st. Paul 48 | 29 35 03 Cloudy I Atka 44 39 43 .01 Rain | Dutch Harbor .. 39 26 36 T Cloudy | sand Point 40 35 36 0 Cloudy | Kodiak 37 30 31 T Snow Cordova 44 36 38 .03 Cloudy | Juneau 51 1 41 2.06 Clougdy | sSitka 50 31 38 142 Cloudy | Ketchikan 53 42 44 98 Showers | Prince Rupert . 56 | 43 44 34 Rain | Prince George .. 56 | 34 48 04 Rain Seattle 59 51 53 67 Cloudy | Portland 59 50 51 03 Rain | Ssan Francisco . 59 | 53 5% 0 Fog ‘ WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm that had moved into the Gulf of Alaska yesterday produced heavy rain over all of Southeast Alaska and light to mod- erate snow over a region from Kod ak to the Yukon Territory. Show- ers were still occurring this morniig over most of the Gulf region and some snow was falling over Norton Sound whie cold tempera- tures and clear skies continued ov:r the interior of Alaska. The greatest amount of precipitation du ing the past 24 hours was 2.06 inches recorded at Juneau. The col iest temperature was minus 12 de- grees recorded at Fairbanks. Overcist skies with scattered light rain | | showers hut with moderate ceiling: and good visibilities prevailed along the Juneau-Ketchikan airwiys this morning. The Tuesday morning weather chart indicated a low pressure center of 29.10 inches was located in the Gulf of Alaska about one hundved miles south of Seward. Pressure was high off the coast of California with the center of hignest P ed at 27 degrees north and 145 d’grees west. Pressure was tively low over the Bering Sea and there were indications that low pressure area was situated to the southwest of Atka but its depth and position were not known. Juneau, November 12 — Sunriic 8:38 a.m,, sunset 4:45 pm. {the War Department to new com- mands here today. Included in the order is the transfer of David Hardy from Al- aska to the command of Camp Pendleton, Virginia. NOTICE Kindly call for your photography PRO TEM | Work at the Totem Photo Shop before Wed. night, Nov. 12. Closing busines. adv. HACHMEISTER CHOSEN AS DOUGLAS MAYOR . Councilman Erwin Hachmeister| was named temporary mayor of| Douglas for the duration of the! absence of Robert Bonner, Jr.| present incumbent, at the regular| meeting ‘of the city dads last| night. Official notice was given the| Council of Bonner's departure for! two months by City Clerk Charles| [Reserve Bank of Portland, Ore., Tuckett. Following the taking of his oath of office and taking up his duties as chairman, Mayor| Hachmeister's first act was to| name E. E. Engstrom a member | of the Council in place of Carl Lindstrom, resigned. The appoint-| ment was ratified by unanimous| vote of the other members. Proceeding to normal business, a| communication from the Federal notifying of payment due Decem- Insured Safety ber 1 on water and sewer bonded Members will meet at 8 o'clock in ——————— Hospital last night to receive medi- cal treatment. - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Beale, Chairman of the Juneau Chapter’s Drive, a number of Ju- women will take part in the memberships, and all the Scottish Rite Temple. The Daily Alaska Empire has the ‘largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. | i BONDS BRINGING UP FATHER ish land forces. WHERE IS SIR VON PLAT TER? THERE IS A I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FOR THREE DAYS -HOW I'VE YES - MR. JIGGS WANTS OFFICE - RATHER NQUISITIVE OF HIM-DON'T YOU THINK? BY THE WAY-HAVE YOU GOT A MATCH? NEVER LOT OF WORK. ENJOYED_IT — TO KNOW WHY MIND=-1 THINK | HAVE HERE FOR HIM 2 SHALL 1 CALL YOURE NOT [Y ONE HERE -BESIDES- L) 4 HM UP? AT THE 1 | HAVEN'T GOT Z A CIGARETTE — ade and repeated attacks by Brit-|lections played for the program. D to The Empire i By GEORGE McMANUS HE SAID-HE IS STAYING HOME-AS HE CAN WORK BETTER THERE -AND AS HE HAS NO WORK THERE-HE IS TAKING IT EASY -HE SAYS YOu CAN PHONE HIM WHEN HIS VACATION STARTS- America’s 1 corn. food Subscribe —aeo—— crop | [ indebtedness, was read. Plans made | at a previous meeting to lay in| a supply of sand for use on streets| during the winter were changed to secure fine crushed rock from the} AJ. instead, duc to lessened mud-| diness of the streets from its use| after a thaw. Juneau City Engincer Frank Metcalf, who was present at the meeting in his capacity as civil} ngineer, presented the Council; ‘wuh newly prepared maps of Douglas, showing profiles and E A R u l " G s grades of the main streets. Per-| 4% | manent blueprints will be made of | | the maps for preservation and fu-| BARNEY GOOGLE AND 'SNUFFY SMITH 10 GET HOME — 5 <C \NG- \\ "o C\ \WRSHINGTON ' A ROSEWARTER Y ety (T SHOR \S GDOD O HRNE \E WD WOUSE T WUZNT LOOKIY DEAF ! FER NE TuL TOMORRER 1! SACK \N TH' HOUSE \\ \NELCOME \ . W \GEN RILY Pl = WAAL = & TS DONT TRKE TH RAG OFE'N T BUSK, MWL KISS ALL TR BRNGS W MSSOURL ture use in laying out sidewalks. On Savings Accounis 'New Command Given Okey was given a bill of $55 for the maps. Speaking as Civic Defense chief ® Accounts Government In- sured up to $5,000. ® Money available at any. of Juneau, Mr. Metealf described time. his newly formed defense units, ® Start an account with §1 their duties and territories covered or more. and how they will function in case of emergency. Mayor Hachmeister informed the Council that he| planned to start similar defense! activities here very soon. Current 4% Rale Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Assn. of Juneau Phone 3 9 Brigadier-Generals WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. — Nine srigadier-generals were assigned by COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY OF ALASKA Lumber and Building Materials PHONES 587 or T47—JUNEAU SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Imnrove 1 B Gty DB | and Modernize Your Home Under Title L F. H. A.