The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 4, 1942, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ‘American Legion Auxiliary Is fo Members of the American Legmn Auxiliary will meet tomorrow night in the Dugout and the pnncmnl business will be nomination of of- | ficers. The forthcoming poppy sale will also be discussed and all mem- bers are requested to be in attend- ance. GARDEN CLUB MEET Headq‘a“ers [ WEDNESDAY CANCELLED | The meeting of the Juneau Gar-| Hardeman den Club scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, has been cancelled be- WATER-PROOFED | couse of the funeral service that | day of John W. T Ha‘: | Further announcement will be | made of the next meeting of the H. S. Graves | " ik The Clothing Man The state library of New Hamp- “ shire was started in 1770. Penme e Viscount Gort, British soldier, is BUY DEFENSE BONDS a distant cousin of King George KEEP YOUR HOME IN REPAIR THIS IS NO TIME to let your HOUSE and GARAGE RUN DOWN. With the PROPER TOOLS you can make REPAIRS YOURSELF and SAVE MONEY. TOOLS are becoming more and more difficult to get without a high PRIORITY rating for tools are necessary on DE- FENSE work, BUT we still have a very complete stock of \\Vt MERS, PLANES, SQUARES, LEVELS, SCREW DRIVERS and RULES. Get the Tools You Need Today! While They Are Still to Be Had! Juneau-Young Hardware Co.| , HAM- I ILES, A WAR MESSAGE FROM THE ‘TREASURY DEPARTMENT Make Nominations; BRITISH SAY NAZI FLEET RESERVES HIT Prinz Eugen, Gneisenau Scharnhorst Declared Out of Achon LONDON, Mm 4. — The elusive German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen are definitely out of action and must undergo extensive repairs, the British announced of- ficially today. A heavy blow thus has been dealt to the hopes of the German, Italian | and Japanese alliance for a gigantic simultaneous world wide attack against the fleets of the United Na- tions. The Admiralty and Air Force in Britain said that the three great reserve ships of the German Navy | had previously been hurt by torpedo and bombing attacks in a fight in the English Channel in February and by British mines, planes and submarines. The 26,000-ton Gneisenau and Scharnhorst rocketed into the news in February when they dashed out of the dens of the'French ports in which they had been trapped and steadily plastered by RAF fighters, to make a fighting race for German ports. At the same time, the 10,000~ ton cruiser Prinz Eugen had _dashed | from Trondheim along with ‘ae Tir- pitz, and then the German fleet was home and ready for action. Fears of a possible balance of sea | to the Axis side| nagging at the Allies power swinging ‘pave heen since these escapes and the growing probability of the gain of the French Fleet by the Axis. However, the breaking of the three big Nazi ves- sels will greatly lessen the paossibil- | ities of a naval attack soon. e 'BOB KILEWICH PAYS | BRIEF VISIT HEREI R. V. (Bob) Kilewich, well known | baseball player of the Gasuneuu| | Channel League, catcher for the | Moose, paid a brief visit in Juneau | | yesterday on his way to the interior | for the Bureau of Public Roads. Mrs. | Kilewich accompanied her huspband | north and will visit in Haines during the summer. Kilewich visited his old baseball ! manager Art McKinnon while in Juneau and also renewed friend- ships with Malcolm, Johnny and Jimmy Morrison, boyhood chums | when all lived in Haines. — FARRELL LEAVES ON INSPECTION TRIP | Virgil R. Farrell, Director of Edu- cation for the Alaska Office of In- |dian Affairs, left Juneau this morn- ing for an inspection trip to Haines |and Klukwan. He expects to be gone about three days. Subscribe to the Daily Alask.a‘} Empire the paper with the largesu "vaid circulation, JOHN W. TROY PASSES AWAY ON SATURDAY (cnntlnuea rrom Page onzl Alaska as editor of the Daily Al- aska Empire, which he purchased in January, 1914. He was appoint- ed Collector of Customs for the District of Alaska by President Wil- son in 1919. He remained in of- fice until February 1, 1922, when he resigned under the changed ad- ministration. Mr. Troy was delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 and served as chairman of the Alaska Democratic Territorial Com- mittee. He was married twice, in 1892 to Minerva Lewis, daughter of Dr. F. S. Lewis, pioneer physician of Clal- lam County, Washington. They | were divorced in 1911. In 1917 he married Ethel Crocker Forgy, sup- erintendent of schools at Seward, Alaska. Long a prominent figure in jour- nalism on the Pacific Coast and in the Pacific Northwest, as well as in Alagka, Mr. Troy was made a member of Sigma Delta Chi, na- tional honorary journalism frater- nity, by the organization's chapter ixl the University of Washington. e also was vice-president for Al- aska of the National Editorial As- ociation, and a member of the! Associated Press. He was a charter member of the Naval Lodge of Elks, of Port An- geles, and also a member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 4, and the Loyal Order of Moose. He be- |longed to the University Club of| Washington, D. C., and was a life | member of the Arctic Club of Se- attle. i Becomes Governor r. Troy was nominated for Gov- ernor of Alaska on March 23, 1933, approved by the Senate committee | March 28, 1933, confirmed by the' Senate March 30, 1933 and wa inaugurated in Juneau on April 19, 1933. He was renominated May 10, 1937, and confirmed by the Senate on May 20, 1937. Mr. Troy re- signed August 29, 1939, effective October 15, but remained in.office until December 5, 1939, when Er- ‘nest Gruening arrived in Junean nd took the oath of office and be- came Governor. Pemocratic Services While Mr. Troy took an active interest in political affairs during his early residence in Alaska, from 1897 until 1907, the absence of or- ganized government in the Territory mndv the field limited for that |ic politics and was elected as dele- gate to the Territorial Convention in 1900. He pioneered in the organization (of municipal corporations in 1900 as editor of the Skagway Daily Al- askan and that year, following the |approval of the Alaska Code by the President, he began a campaign for the incorporation of Skagway iand led the movement to a success- | ful culmination. | work. He was active in Democrat- He was first auditor and ecity, . jclerk of the town of Skagway, the' | first town in the Territory to take -mdvant.age of the mumclpal gov- IT'S YOUR MOVE NOW THE MORE BONDS YOU BUY ... THE MORE PLANES WILL FLY Now, as never before in all our glorious history, our Army, Navy and Marine Corps urgently need planes, tanks, ships and guns! Literally billions of dollars are needed immediately to produce these and other weapons of defense . .. of offense . .. and of Victory! If we are to smash the enemy out of our seas and blast him from the air over our heads, every dollar you can spare, every dime that is not absolutely required for the necessities of food, clothing, and shelter should be, yes, must be, loaned to your Government! We must act fast. Start getting your share of United States Defense Bonds and Stamps today. Get them regularly! Got Your Share of You Get a $25 Bond for Only $18.75 Facts About Defense Bonds—Series £ HOW MU THEY a8 UPON MATURITY YOU ernment act. His real services to the part be-" 1gan with his advent as editor of |the Empire in 1913, and later as |owner and editor. | It was acknowledged by Demo- the party, well, |in the party's aggressive career in | the two decades before 1932, | Democratic Doctrines Normally, Alaska had beén Re- | publican in politics since it was or- ‘gamzed as a Territory. Never, un- til 1932 had the Democratic party | controlled both branches of the Legislature. And during the Re- publican administrations, Mr. Troy and the Empire kept the party’s adherents on the alert, driving home Democratic doctrines, preaching party loyalty and carrying the or- ganization along almost by the LEND UNCLE SAM YOU GET BACK sheer force of his personality. $18.75 . ., $25.00 He served on the Divisional Dem- ;;;:: gf it fl‘:g'g:v‘ ocratic Committee for nearly 20 $375.00 . . . $500.00 years, expending thousands of dol- $750.00 . . . $1,00000 - lars of personal funds in perform- When is maturity? Ten years, but you can cash the bonds at any time after 60 days. The longer you hold the Bond, up to 10 years, the more money you'll get back. But you'll never get less than you put in. What's the interest rate? When held to maturity, the Bonds yield 2.9% per year on your investment, compounded se: annually—you get back $4 for every $3. When should I buy a Bond? Start nows buy regularly. INV! N SAFETY— WITH PERFECT SAI'E'IY' Remember—You cun start buying Defense Bonds by buying De- 10¢ fense Stamps for as little as , » . S. Defense BONDS » STAMPS This Message for Victory Is Sponsored by Alaska Steamship Company | | convention ing his duties and attending local, Territorial and National conven- tions in the capacity of delegate. From 1920 until 1936, he was an elected delegate to every national of the party, serving on the Resolutions Committee. He invariably supported, financially and editorially, the national, Territorial and Divisional candidates of the party. Original Roosevelt Man He was one of the original “Ro0s- evelt men” in Alaska. The victory of the Roosevelt slate in the Democratic convention Wwas due in large measure to the un- compromising fight made for it un- der the Empire, the then lone Democratic newspaper in Alaska and the only one to take an active part and positive stand in the pri- mary campaign. In 1932 as a member of the Reso- lutions committee at the Chicago | eratic leaders, including the whole! organization, the rank and file of and by Republicans as| to have been a great force W T convention he aided in preparing the famous plank pledging the party to Prohibition repeal, and was one of the original group to launch that plank. Unanimous Support When in February, 1933, Mr. Troy was mentioned as a candidate for the governorship of Alaska, unani- mous endorsements were received from every division in the Territory and throughout Alaska and in the States, almost unanimous personal endorsements poured in to Wash- ington, D. C. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond then endorsed Mr. Troy in Washington, ID. C. and the appointment was approved and the nomination made |by President Roosevelt. Virtually all the newspapers of Alaska supported Mr. Troy's candi- dacy for Governor beginning in November, 1932. Mr. Troy, on learning of the sup- port behind him for candid _vl made the statement: “I am not insensible to the honor and dis- tinction such an appointment would confer upon the recipient. I have inot been a candidate for it and | am not now in the sense that I am seeking it. “It would be untrue were I to say that I did not know that my name has been suggested more or less frequently in that connection. I have felt and still feel that there| are other Democrats in Alaska who iwould fill the position more cap- ably than I and who are just as. deserving of the honor. However, if it is the sentiment of the or- ganization and as Delegate Dimond | has said, the rank and file of Al- | askans, both Democrats and those of other parties, that I can serve \mo Territory as Governor and the | appointment shall be lendeled me.‘ L shall not refuse it.” ’ Faithful To Trust { During his six years in office he | was faithful to the trust that had | |been placed in him as Terntmm]* |executive and assumed the addi-| {tional duties of the various New | Deal agencies that came into being |from 1933 on. ! In spite of the increasing load | iplaced on his office, his door was lalways open to everyone, friend or| |enemy, in whatever walk of life.| |He found time always to give to |problems or complaints of any callers, whether official or person-| , his understanding attention. | In the execution of the duties cf ‘his office, he sought and welcomed |advice of his fellow Territorial of- ficials, the legislators who- served | during his administration and cm-‘ {zens throughout the Territory. } | Pailing health and the gradual! recurrence cf an illness which had| |him bedridden for many months |when he was in his early thirties, lessened his strength and the at- tention he was able to give to his office. He resigned as Governor in 1939 and continued to live in Juneau at the home of his daugh-| ter, Helen. He entered St. Ann’s hospital al year ago and his condition grad- ually weakened. A week ago a def- inite change for the worse was| observed. Death came at 1:15 Sat-| urday afternoon. , With him during the last days| of his illness have been Lieut.| George A. Lingo, who is here from the Naval Air Station at Sitka, Mrs. | Lingo and Mrs. Alf N. Monsen, his| daughters. Mr. Monsen, a captain (with Pan American Airways, ar- rived in Juneau today. i e NEW THREAT OF INVASION IS SEEN NOW iNippons Mfig Wedge! | Separating Allied De- fenses in Valley | (Conunued trom rage One) | i {of the flow of supphea to Chmal since the fall of Rangoon has ap- parently sapped the strength of the Chinese Army. The effect of the scorching of the oil fields of Yen- ang Yaung by the British in their | retreats several weeks ago is prob- dbly a serious loss to mechanized forces. The Chinese Army spokesman, however, declared that the with- drawal to the border positions were made because of “strategic consider- ations.” i He pledged that Chinese troops will win back Mandalay. Threats On’ Australia The British forces which with- drew to the West still barring the way to India are reported to bhe holding out around Bonkwa on the Chindon River 60 miles west of Mandalay. Meanwhile, a new penetration of invasions of units inland across New Guinea, timed with increased Tap air raids on Port Moresby sug- sest that the Japanese might be | veady for a big struggle to control he important south coast of New | Guinea, across the coral sea from Australia. On both fronts there are indica- ions that defense forces, one led by ‘he Americans and the other in- zluding U. S. men and equipment, are being marshaled to still the resistance. POLITICS CHARGED, AIRCORPS Faddis Claims "Quickie” Commissions for Pressure Aims WASHINGTON, May 4. Charles 1. Faddis, Chairman of the House Military Sub-Committee, asserts that “whole- sale commissioning” of prominent civilians to the army and navy air corps branches of the armed forces appears “to be a move to create political pressure to separate the air corps from the other branches.” “It wyould be very easy,” he said, “to indoctrinate in them the phil- | osophy of a separate air corps when the war is over, and bring polmcal pressuer to bear for such a de- | mand.” Faddis was a Lieutenant Colonel | in the first World War. He issued | the statement apparently after tak- ing account of reports from the War | Department opposing legislation to halt the issuance of “‘quickie” com- missions for civilians on the grounds of the growlng shmtage of officers. NEW ORDER T0 CONTROL ALL AUTOS All Rubber-borne Vehicles Under Specific Office CSAEET | WASHINGTON, May 4—Specific! control of all rubber-borne trans- portation facilities including pas- |senger autos, busses, trucks, was lodged today by the President under tne Office of De- fense Transportation. Mr. Roosevelt issued an execu- tive order conferring on the office this additional responsibility. Joseph Eastman, director, said he understood the primary purpose of | the order is to permit his office to determine the policies of govern- ment contmls over automobiles, DANCE FOR SERVICE MEN ON TUESDAY Juneau Service League will spon-| sor a dance for all service men and especially for navy men, tomor- row night from 9 to 12 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple, All Junior Hostesses of Juneau are invited to attend the dance and other young women of the city interested in becoming Junior Host- { | meet with the others.. Members of tht Easitern Star will act as hostesses, under the chair-| manship of Mrs. Chris Wyller. Mrs. | Harry Stonehouse is assisting with | The Cham-| ber of Commerce will supply the‘ the Junior Hostesses. orchestra for dancing. UNDOCUMENTED MOTOR VESSELS GIVEN WARNING F. A. Zeusler, District Coast Guard Officer at Ketchikan, 13th Naval District, has issued the following order concerning numbers on un- documented motor vessels: For the duration of the war ev- ery undocumented motor vessel |must have large identification num- bers painted upon her sides. Boats under 20 feet must carry !|numbers between 6 and 8 inches high; boats between 20 and 40 feet, 10 inches high; 40 to 60 feet, 18 inches and vessels over 60 feet, 24 inches. Identification is necessary if boats are to avoid the possibility of be- ing mistaken for suspicious craft by air and surface patrols. TREE FALLS, BREAKS TOM HUTCHINGS' LEG Tom Hutchings, operator of the Economy Market, suffered a broken leg yesterday afternoon while he was working on the land near his new house on the Douglas Road by the Ski Trail. While he was working at clear- ‘ng trees in the rear of the house, one of the trees slipped from the cables and fell, breaking Mr. Hutch- ing’s leg. He is receiving treat- ment_in St. Ann's Hospital — Rep. | Pennsylvania, | taxicabs and esses may take this opportunity tof ((OUGHLIN'S MAGATINE ABANDONED Sociai Justice Publishers | Give Up Mailing Without Fight WASHINGTON, May 4. — The publishers of Social Justice, national weekly magazine founded by Father | Charles Coughlin, failed to appear at the hearing to determine whether or not second class mailing privileges should be revoked Calvin Hassel, Assistant Solicitor | for the Postoffice Department, said | he had been informed that publica- | tion will be discontinued and its mailing privilege abandoned. 10 FRENCHMEN | - EXECUTED FOR | - ASSASSINATION, | | | Brings Total German Ex-| - ecutionsinFrancefo | 117 Persons ‘ " BERN, Switzerland, May 4.—Ten | hostages have been executed in Lille, ' | France, 50 others deported and very serious restrictions have been taken ‘ngama the population in reprisal for the assassination of a German ! soldier there on April 30, according | to a dispatch received today. ] According to private advices | reaching New York, 55 French host- ages have been executed in Lille, but no details were given. That total brought to at least 777, the i number of Frenchmen known to ! have been executed by the Germans. MANY LEAVE FOR WESTWARD | Mrs. Fred C. Sharp arrived in !Juneau from the South over the |weekend and Mr. and Mrs. L. J. !Palmer were passengers from Pet- ersburg. ! Leaving here were, for Yakutat, Dan Matthews, Sally Brown, W. J | McDonnel, Walter Poss, Esther Ab- mhnm iolet James, Marie Henry, und Jacob Mollar; for Haines, Lt. |Col. J. E. Graham, and Bonny Powlik; for Skagway, John Kidd; |for Valdez, Hawley Sterling, Mrs. {Hawley Sterling, Albert Marguendo, | Benny Mohs, Harvey Moore, Har- old C. Kelley, Edward O. Fields, Rani Cottenie, Nils Hermanson and | Clarence Baker; for Cordova, Mrs. B. S. Gladd, Einar Sorle and Miss ;Dorothy Hanson; for Seward, D. nW. Stychenson, Jack H. Shite, Mrs. | Theo Austerman, Sam Baker, J. A. |Ford, J. J. Struchlin and D. E. Stewart — e, | WOODLEY AIRWAYS ANCHORAGE SUNDAY Art Woodley, owner of the Wood- ' ley Airways of Anchorage, arrived in Juneau last evening with a full load of passengers from the West- ward. Among them was Mrs. Harr Lucas, Jr. e BUY DEFENSE BONDS MONDAY, MAY 4, 1942 Largest Selection of FRESH FRUIT nd VEGEABLES in Juneau— AVOCADOS CAULIFLOWER SPINACH PARSNIPS RHUBARB BUNCH CARROTS ASPARAGUS CELERY FIRM LETTUCE FIRM TOMATOES ARTICHOKES BROCCOLI PARSLEY LEEKS CUCUMBERS YAMS NEW POTATOES ARIZONA GRAPEFRUIT TEXAS PINK GRAPEFRUIT BANANAS ORANGES APPLES LIMES PEARS oz |GEORGE .nents. IRIS EASON SIEGEL ESTE GILLISPIE RUTH CHADWICK Operators You'll be headed for_ success in daytime activities and eve- ning gaiety in a smart new coiffure designed - especially for you at { The Baranof Beauty Salon Our famous BARANOF PERMANENTS { leave you with silken, healthy hair with | countless curls and deep waves . . . . 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