The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1941, Page 6

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Graves The Clothing Man 'Alaska Road Te Cost More Says Gordon Military Bases in Territory | | Plan fo Acquire More Property WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — Paul Gordon, Chief of the Interior De- | partment’s Division of Territories, told the House Appropriations Com- mittee during hearings yesterday on | fhe third supplemental national de- fense appropriation bill, that the | Palmer-Richardson highway in Al- aska will cost $2,000,000 compared to $1,500,000 originally estimated for the job. Gordon blamed increased costs of materials and the necessity of filling with gravel for the higher construc- | tion bill. During the same hearing, the Jus- tice Department submitted a report | on land acquiring activities for na- tional defense and flood control, | showing a total of 3922 acres needed for Fort Richardson, 76 acres of which are still to be acquired. At Seward, 31 acres are yet to be ac- |quired, and at Unalaska 373 acres are to be acquired. All acreage will be used for the quartermaster’s de- partment. Total cost of the land was estimated at $100,000. GRUENING ANNIVERSARY Today marked the second an- niversary of the arrival here of Gov. Ernest Gruening. Two years ago, on December 5, the Governor and his | ! party arrived here on the Yukon at 6 p. m. and he was immediately given the oath of office, a radio broadcast carrying the ceremony to Juneau and Southeast Alaska homes. Rl Two Japanese newspapers have circulation over one million. a = 4T A8 | Connors Motor Co. Herb Waugh ' Phone 411 230 S. Franklin g Double Your Enjoyment With TEN HIGH! 0 PROOF The technique in heating is definitely a thii of the past. Today, even heat may “toast one side, freeze the other” ‘be circulated throughout your entire home merely Burnoil offers Therm lation . . turning the dial on a Quaker eater. And for 1942, Quaker -Controlled Forced Circu- automatically governed for "k most comfortable heat distribution. See a demonstration . . . today! THE THOMAS HARDWARE (0. # DEPTH BOM B RACKS POWDER + ['MACAZINES submarines with depth-bombs, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | DUPLICATE { STEERING TORPEDO SINCH TUBES GUN The detroyer is unarmored and extremely vulnerable to shellfire and torpedo attack. Actually a destroyer is just a metal skin around extremely powerful engines. the boiler room. The cestrover shown above is of the Fanag\u class. TAKE FOUR MORE SHIPS |Northwind, Northaven of| — Northland Company on Military Charfer SEATTLE, Dec. 5. — Four more ships of the Seattle-Alaska fleets, soon will be in defense service, it was revealed today with the an- nouncement that the freighter Northwind, of the Northland Trans- portation-Company, has been chart- ered by the Army on a time basis. The Gen. W. C. Gorgas, owned by | Libby, McNeill and Libby Company |also has beén taken by the Army, and the cannery ship Otsego, also owned by the Libby company, is ex- | pected to start loading Army goods before the end of the week. | The stegmship Northaven, owned by the Northland Transportation Company, will be taken over next week for an off-shore voyage with Navy cargo. NORLITE TROOP 612 INVEST 4 BOYS AS TENDERFOOT SCOUTS Tenderfoot investure was the main activity of the Boy Scouts yesterday when Norlite Troop 612, led by Seoutmaster George M. Fitz, held their regular meeting in the |Northern Light Preshyterian Church. Present for the meeting | were 26 of the members. Invested as tenderfoot scouts | were Harold Fossum, Beverly Lane, Richard Young, and Jack Everitt. Bill .Cooper, Scoutmaster of Legion Troop, was an honored vis- itor. The Scouts are working hard, says Scoutmaster Fitz, with Jack Burford, who is a tenderfoot, pass- ing five merit badges and claiming | the rank of Star Scout. However, Jack cannot be invested as a Star Class rating, Charles Linehan, Senior Patrol Leader and second first class tests except swimming. | He also claims the rating of Star Scout and has only two more merit |badges to go for Life Scout rank. The troop now has 32 registered | Scouts to its membership. Starting with only four active Scouts on October 1, Fitz raised the member- ship to its present number. He Scouts so that five full patrols join the troop, and who are 12 years of age, may report to Fitz |at the next regular meeting on Wednesda,y night. First aid ‘classes for all Boy Scouts will be held at the Northern | Light Presbyterian Church mn!ght,‘ ys'.@l.rting at 7 o'clock. HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Sig Jackson and her baby son were dismissed from St. Ann's | turn to their home, Mrs, Homer Williams was admit- ted to the Government Hospital yesterday and underwent a major surgery this miorning. v consae Subscribe to the Dally Alaska Empire—the paper with the largesu paid circulation, the | Scout until he reaches his First| class Scout, has passed all of his would still like to:have eight more | can beformed. Any boys wishing to| Road Commission at Ancl Hospital yesterday afternoon to re-! sslon at AnchorageiHe BRIDGE Al ND FIRE CONTROL 5-1 POWDER GAZINE ARMY, NAVY Undle Sam Sefs Blg "Bear Trap” fo Calch All Forgetful Debfors, (Continued from Page One) | campaign to coin common or| “popular” names to replace scien- tific terms which sometimes scare the daylights out of persons huying foods and drugs. As an example of what he is fdriving at, Mr. McNutt - cites flr important vitamin, “nicotinic acid.’ This vitamin, so essential to heallh Mr. McNutt explains, is found in\ lean meat, certain vegetables, mllk,‘ and in some other common articles | of diet—yet when processors label | their wares, “This pontains, s0 many units of nicotinic acid,” the customers shy from it as if it wexel unadulterated poison. “Words, to the scientist,” Mr. McNutt, scriptive but they arouse unbelief, cism.” says “may be purely de- to ordinary people often have the power, to loyalty or hate, belief or confidence or skepti- FLORISTS WHIP RADIO BOWLERS| KINY'’s microphone bowlers took another walloping last night, the Juneau Florists pasting the hapless announcers 141 to 1075. Algoso led the Florists with 486. Tonight the Florists meet the Northlanders at 7:30 o'clock and the KINY team comes up against the Alaska Laundry an hour later. | Last night’s scoring: Juneau Florists 146 169 114 176 . 148 194 539 Carnegie Halm ... Algoso 170— 485 149— 439 144— 486 408 463—1410 | KINY .. 145 129 114 Totals Carl ... Greenhow Lane 120 121 83 324 143— 408 94— 344 126— 323 388 363—1075 Miss Thelma Akridge ToWedA. S. Dunham 'Soon inAnchorage Totals The approaching marriage :of Miss Thelma Akridge, third grade teacher in the Juneau Public School, and A. S. Dunham, former principal of Juneau High School, was announced earlier this week| when Miss Akridge's pupils carried| informal letters to the teachers of ! the two schools. Date for the wedding has not |been definitely set because of trans- | portation difficulties, but the mar-| |riage will take place in Anchorage |soon after January 16, when Miss Akridge's resignation becomes ef-! fective. : A graduate of the University of*‘ Washington, Miss Akri%ze came to |Juneau last year. She is the daughter of Mrs. Emily Akridge of | Nesperce, Idaho. Dunham is at present employed with the Alaska was principal of the Juneau High, | School for 12 years, and is a grad-| uate of the University of Nebraska. He is the son of Mrs. Anna Dun- ham of Cambridge, Nebraska. - d ! A New York confectioner has his | sweetmeats delivered in a Victorian coach. —_—— Empire Classifieds Pay! {tion. has DELIVERY OF BIG MESSAGE MADETODAY Nlppon Slafement Regard- | ing Massing of Troops Handed Deparfment (uontinued from: Page One) cerning the communication from his Government that he gave to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. No Reply to Hull The Japanese envoys however did not present any {note of November 26 in which the Secretary of State outlined the basic principles considered for a vital settlement of the Pacific problems. President Roosevelt disclosed at his conference with the reporters that he consulted with Secretary Hull before the latter was to {meet with the negotiators of Ja-| pan and that he had -invited the Secretary to report back to him at an engagement this afternoon. F.DR. Has No Comment At the conference with the re- porters, President Roosevelt had no comment to make whatsoever on the Japanese situation nor the situation regarding the movement of Japanese troops into French Indo-China which both the Unit- ed States and Great Britain fear is the vanguard preparatory to an attack on Thailand. Kurusu said he believed the number of Japanese troops massed in Indo-China, as reported, is greatly exaggerated. TOKYO STATEMENT TOKYO, Dec. 5—Tht Japanese Government spokesman expressed the opinion this afternoon that both the United States and Japan could ““continue with sincerity and try and find a common formula for a peaceful solution of the situ- ation in the Pacific” and added i“if there is no sincerity then there is no need to continue the conver- sations in Washington.” The spokesman further declared Washington “misunderstood our fundamental policy.” ANNUAL SENIOR BALL WILL BE EVENT TONIGHT “Winter Wonderiand” is the theme tonight for the annual oc- casion of the Senior Ball, given by the class of '42 at Juneau High E€chool. Dancing will be from 9 to 12 o'clock in the high school gymy end music will be furnished by' |Glen Edwards and his four piece | crchestra. The class of '42 has invited the student body and the general pub- lie to attend, and a special invita- been extended to the students and faculty of Douglas High. - Senior class advisor Miss Poulin and class president Griff reply to Hull's! NCH TERRIER: A small active, wiry dog, adapted to pursue burrowing animals, and noted for the courage and eagerness with which it “goes to earth” in pursuit of vermin—STANDARD DICTIONARY. In naval warfare terrier spells destroyer, that small, swift thinshelled, enormously powerful vessel that dashes in boldly to root out lurking It serves as a protecting screen for merchant ships as well as battleships. It must depend on speed and maneuverability. When the U. S. S. Kearny was hit, the 11 men killed were in FDR HAS NO COMMENTON Passes Up Opportumty { Talk at Today's Confer- ence of Newsmen WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — Presi- | \dent Roosevelt passed up the op-! | portunity to make any comment on | the Smith anti-strike bill passed by | the House, despite objections of | the administration lieutenants who believe it is too drastic. The President had nothing to s'\v | about the bill at the conference to- day with the newsmen. 0 !Nordling are in charge of all ar- rangements. Everything pertaining to winter will be used to transform the gym | into a winter scene, including| murals of winter landscapes, winter | sport equipment, everpreens nnd" snowmen. e NO PLANES MOVE | | No Pan American planes took to | the air in Alaska today, all opera- | ftions being suspended until better | weather prevails, A northbound | plane is at Prince George and a | hom Fairbanks. STRIKE BILL Lodestar is waiting to come south | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1941 STIMSON ATTACKS Newspapermith Reveal- ed Plans for AEF Declared "Lacking in Patriofism’ WASHINGTON, Dec Secre- tary of War Henry L. Stimson today denounced .as nting in loyalty and patriotism” the publication of the purported secret army plan for an American Expeditionary Force to Europe. Stimson told his press conference that documents published by the Chicago Tribune represented “un- finlshed studies of our production requirements for national defense | which have been carried on by the General Staff as part of its duties ‘in the emergency. They never con- | stituted an authnmvd program of lhe government.” e — 'FORESTER STILL '~ HELD BY STORMS IN CHILKAT ARM| { Still stormbound in Chilkat Inlet | on the west side of Lynn Canal Pen- insula, the motorship Forester is awaiting better weather before re- | turning to Juneau, the Forest Serv- ice Admiralty Division said today. The Forester took building sup- plies and equipment and four trucks to the old cannery site at the inlet. | six miles from Haines, where weath- er prevented a landing at Haines, radiophone reports from the vesse] said. After anchoring off the can- nery, the barge went adrift when its three-quarter inch anchor cable | broke and the Forester finally beach- red the barge and unloaded the trucks. The trucks now ‘ to clear snow from the road to | Haines and will be taken to Kluk- wan as soon as the pas%age is clear. — The first enclosed cabin airplane was built in 1912 by Bleriot, and was flown by Legagneux. by e\ TRIBUNE are being used | Just try MEMORIAL SERVICE OF ELKS SUNDAY The annual memorial service of {the Elks for ‘“departed brothers” {will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the lodge rooms and the public is invited, The ritualistic services of the Elks will be given by the lodge officers The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman, of the Resurrection Lutheran Church, will give the eulogy and Ernest Ehler, accompanied by Kath- erine Torkelson, will sing the solos | during the service. e AWYS Knitfing Meets Cancelled for Time | Cancellation of the American Women'’s Voluntary Services Knit- ing group meeting for tonight was inncunced today. The group was o meet at the home of Mrs. Marion Hendrickson, but the gathering has oeen called off. There will be no more meetings until further notice. Last meeting of the members was held in the home of Mrs. Helen Cass RS Sl M BUY DEFENSE STAMPS TO EASE MISERY OF CHILD’S COLD RUBON\/ICKS VAPORUB “.i CARA NOME FOUNDATION.CREAM A smoothing, protecti cream that provides n.l? ed lubrication for dry skin and at the same time holds face powder on for hours without retouchingl Try ith LARGE JAR 51 ASK FOR IT TODAY The Rexall Store Butler-Mauro Drug Co. 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