The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1942, Page 2

HallieRice TellsThem While East - Hallie Rice, Juneau's representa . tive at the Naval Academy at An napolis, when traveling in the east before taking his final examina- tions, visited Frederic and, and gave out the wing int esting review to the daily news- paper there Declar is most serious but not at al vy over its future in the Worlc IT scene, Hallie Rice, Juneau ca, yesterday toured F in company with his host, Carroll H. Hendrickson Jr., and remarked the city is all his coll -mate had claimed for it, but not quite eq to his native Jun- eau. Rice leaves here today for entrance examination at the ates Naval Academy pryo naval officer claims Ala boys are more physically fit for military service than their continental United States cousins. He also maintans Alaska is more air-minded than the parent States, by reason of climate and distances The Union Pacil of Las Vegas, ndui smianans i KARL KINDLUND, 'SEAMAN, DROWNED IN CHANNEL WED. ! Accident Oc_cl;rsWhiIe Ves- sel Is Preparing to Land Here Karl O. W. Kindlund, 50-year-old seaman, lost his life by drowning when he slipped from the rail of a vessel entering Gastineau Channel at 7:18 o'clock yesterday morning ! while, clearing the guy from the life raft, he fell overboard. Though a lifeboat was lowered within two minutes: after the acci- dent occurred, all efforts to locate Kindlund were vain and the life- boat returned to the ship forty min- utes later after an unsuccessful at- tempt to locate him. "~ The accident occurred while the ¥l Skagway Visitors Feted by Family | At Birthday Dinner — | | In honor of the birthdays of hr‘ri | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Smith, | who are here from Skagway visiting, Miss Alice Smith entertained Tu&fi-; day night with a family dinner party at her home in the Spickett | | Apartments. | Mr. Smith’s birthday occurred Tuesday and Mrs. Smith’s was yes-| terday | In addition to the honor guests| |and hostess those who enjoyed the | celebration were Mr. and Mrs. Ever- | | ett Smith and their daughter, Gail | | | R DOUGLAS T NEWS < Fastbound “Challenger” is pictured after it catapulted into a ditch on- the desert east .. when a caboose failed to clear a siding. Two passengers had broken ribs and a score LEGIONNAIRES T0 TRAVEL T0 SITKA FOR CONVENTION Many Will Leave Juneau| Tomorrow by Boat and Plane ‘ Juneau American l,rginnnalrr\; were making preparations today to! leave tomorrow by boat and plane | Ito attend the Alaska American Le- gion Convention in Sitka over the | holiday weekend, and Sitka is re-| !ported to be making preparations | for a gala celebration. He pointed out that Kiska, scene L Caaiaten ' of Japanese invasion in the Aleu-| "ere ¢t and bruised. : o tlans, is more than 2,000 air-miles from. Juneau. although Dutch Har. Months, what with practically all was attempted, is somewhat nearer. $6a | e, s soceyh wear and tear on ures and - FLIES O SITKA From fifty to sixty percent of |Bines helps keep nalive Alaskdns| the American boys of the territory more physically fit than their Am-} of Alaska have averaged. hs. many|erican cousins, in Rice's™ apffifor airplane miles of travel as United Cost and trouble in cars operating | % States boys average - in . raiiroaq [N Snow move the Juneau young | dK Wi E Siates boys average 1 rallroad L L %% ice-skates, snow-snoss and| FT€d K. Jones Will Be En-| school . teams. travel emtirely’ by BnfA skis, which bullds thefi ‘up| . e arvel, “maarely 2¥ | physically, he remarked. The drink- tertained by Masons said hers, prie profession- | IN§ water of Alaska being so pure | . | al men and a number of defense IS he believes, the cause of Alas-| in Juneau | workers travel in' the territory al.|Kans' unfamiliarity with so many| | most_exclusively by plane dental troubles. Fred K. Jones, Rotary District | The emergency has brought a| The trib to the east, is the sec- Governor from Spokane, left Juneau considerable, number of “outsiders” O 10r' Rice. ~He attended ‘che| by pine today for o8 T o Tineaitt Bioa- oortinusd. These ScoUt Jamborse’ 66 Washington, sD {10 SROMEIRNR.EL. (e Island -Gity outsiders, who expect to remain for C» in 1937. He left Juncau '“”“"zl”.d L-’-"«\I’Vvlm\d 2 ltl:”l].“ ‘-’; ‘:\me,au to acclimate themselves to eitt S i ataring - / MW 5 - either [the Interior and Westward visiting the climate or the isolation. Many Rotary Clubs. Mr. Jones is Thirty- | of the newcomers from States of U Wa"en M Caro [ third Degree Mason the east and south also complain R | Last night, Juneau Rotary Club of the high cost of living in Al- T B D H i | members held an assembly and Mr. aska Some of them avow their 0 e Inner OS | Jones explained the new Rotary entire paycheck goes for laundry | program decided on during a recent Nostalgia is the main disease t arewe any:m.«mu Assembly in Toronto. Ro- Clubs throughout the district | tary among the “outlanders,” whom Rice : will follow these general principles describes as provinclal. They can-| For Lieut. and Mrs. T. B. M realiz . 2 3 : 5 MC-1and put the war effort ahead of not realize Alaska is a man’s coun-!Kinstry, and Leut. and Mrs. Rob- | ooervthing else in planning .,lm(-,,m-g try, where even in normal times ert Thomlison, Lieut. Warren M. anq performing community service. there are not “enough girls to go Caro, Juneau Port Captain is en-| around,” Rice said. “But at thaf,'tertaining at dinner tonight. Other Mr. Jones arrived in Juneau Tues- He will visit clubs in day evening they maintain they are going to guests will be Mr. and Mrs. S. C. /\nr]u\vl:‘\t,?(“‘L Fairbanks and other get their job over as soon as they Bassett cities before returning to the States can, so they can go back,” the| Lieut. McKinstry, former Port o ST Alaskan approvingly added. Captain, and Lieut. Thomlinson, JUNEAU VFD MEETIN Some Rationing former Naval Resident Censor are S| D FOR TONIGHT When he left Juneau, there was being tra red from Juneau Juneau Volunieer Fire Department no sugar rationing in effect, but The party will meet at the Offi- | will hold its monthly regular meet- tire rationing was, Rice said. “And |cers’ Club, have dinner at the ing tonight in the club rooms at tires are something to worry about Douglas Inn and attend the show- | the Fire Hall. Only routine busi- in normal times in Alaska, when a ing of “Major Barbara” at the 20th |ness is s to come up be- set wears out in less than six Gentury Theatre, reduled fore the group at this time PI—Boats at New Panama Canal Naval Base o | | | | oy 4 ' il o L A number of speedy PT-boats are shown lined up at a pi i 4 y ats ; p at a pier at the new United States naval base at T Island, off the Pacific end of the Panama Canal. Taboga, a Panamanian Island, is i et FeoaEn the Canal entrance. Licut. Comm. A. R. Montgomery is commander of tha PT-hoat sauadron stationed at the new base. ORe0 | The bulk of the Juneau delegates | will make the trip by boat, leaving | Auk Bay tomorrow morning on the | motorship Vermarco, owned and captained by Arthur H. Kinnan of vessel was entering Gastineau Chan- | nel and gear was being raised pre- | paratory to arrival in port, accord- | Mr. and Mrs. H. Stockdale, who ing to the official report. Kindlund have been in charge of the gov-| climbed on the rail on the forward | ) A deck to clear the guy from the life “””“:‘:}‘ sc};?foln h:ri?edd‘lj::lg .U;j" 3 P 3 summer vac , sa st nig golLHSURER bl fall Syetoar _|aboard the Estebeth enroute to! The mate, who obesrved the ac cident, immediately had the engines | Hoonah where they will be located the winter in the government | stopped, threw a life ring overboard | for and sounded the emergency alarm ‘sl‘x'\'i('c, The crew in the lifeboat which was - e — ! lowered at once, found only Kind- ELLSON TO RETURN SOUTH lund’s hat and glove close to the * life ring. Joe M. Ellson, general manager | Kn_ldlund was a native of s“rdctn of the Douglas Pisheries Co., has and is survived by his u‘lq:w\\' i:/h:. beon DKy $1i5 RARE. fo% dhve wiltie May Kindlund residing at 214 Fifth ing VD’ $i6 bubiads Atredek” OFi ik E , who has been noti- i 3:;“::‘)]1&3;:;““ v | company before sailing. He expects | STOCKDALES TO HOONAH B e, [ to leave in the morning for his| l lAToo“s | home in Seattle. / ALL P | i | MOVINNG TO THE COUNTRY | | OFTERR. GUARD MEET TONIGHT Mrs. George Fleek and daughtm\l Pat, are today transferring their residence to Nugget Creek where Mr. Fleek is located and has | charge of the power plant for the All platoons of the Alaska Terri-| {oriall Ghard are to meet at 7:30|Alasks Juneau. | o'clock tonight for drill, it was| e — announced today by Capt. George | | F. Preeburger. The platoons will| T R l A N G L E i meet separately and only equip- | ment needed for tonight’s drill will| be rifles, according to the announce- | ment. | Platoons 1 and 2 will meet at the| Ball Park; platoon 3 at the Labor| Union Hall (formerly Moose Hall) and platoon 4 will drill at the Elks’ Hall. All members are requested to CLEANERS New Location Juneau Laundry Building * “for better | Seattle’s Rainier Post of the Le- | gion. All delegates making the trip on |the Vermarco will leave town to- | morrow morning on the 9:15 o'clock |bus and the boat will leave Auk Bay at 10 o'clock sharp. turn out this evening. Appointments Made Ed Shafer has been appointed 1st appointments announced are, Earl unter, Lieutenant Executive Offi- Lieutenant of the Guards and other| appearance" W61, i % 5 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1942 YOU CAN FLY JUNEAU to Anchorage Kodiak Fairbanks Yakutat Valdez Nome Cordova Seward Bristol Bay Kuskokwim and Yukon Points Wednesday Friday Sunday * ALASKA STAR AIRLINES Phone 667 Office BARANOF HOTEL NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION. COMPANY ! ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES PHONE | Jones, | Rinehart, | Roseberry and Joseph H. Sogla. The following will sail on Vermarco: Myra Ranke, Edna P | ley, Marian Hendrickson, Mabel Ly- | beck, Dorothy Manthy, Betty Mec- Cormick, Bert Lybeck, John New- { man, Walter Mickens, E. L. Keit- hahn, Alfred Zenger. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stock and and Mrs. Clyde Ellis, both of Anchobage, were expected to arrive here this afterncon, and four dele- | gates are expected from Ketchikan, | also. |© Other delegates will make the trip | by plane. ALASKA COASTAL " MAKES SCHEDULE, CHARTER FLIGHTS Passengers leaving here for Sitka | with Alaska Coastal Airlines today | were R. Mundoff, Richard O. | Schmidt, P. J. Sweeney, Fred K. Harold B. Foss, Norman George Moore, [ Leaving here for Hirst-Chichagof were Paul Sorensen, Lloyd H. Bay- ers, Merle Enloe, Nick Kasakan and | oltf Anderson. Those who returned to Juneau with ACA today were Art Halls, William Taylor, Mary Rothwell, Jim Hill and Mickey Forrest. FIVE LEAVE WITH ELLIS TRANSPORT FOR KETCHIKAN Passengers leaving Juneau yes- | terday afternoon with the Ellis Air | Transport company plane piloted by Hugh Ramsdahl, for Ketchlkan[ were R. L. Musser, Frances Paul, | Olga Jannsen, Tenny Allain and}vsned his brother-in-law and sister, Grace Murphy. H. Leel + and 2nd Lieutenants Oscar Gog- ynska, Frank Hungerford and J Gerald Williams. Appointment of non-commission- ed officers will be announced in the near future, Capt. Freeburger| isai(}. K 'POLICE PROBLEM WILL BE AIRED BY CITY COUNCIL| { Regular M;e—iing Will Be| Held Tomorrow Eve- THE ATCO LINE Alaska Transportation A Company ning at 8 o'Clock . — SAILINGS FROM PIER 7 The City Council will meet start- SEATTLE ing at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the City Hall to discuss problems re- lating to Juneau’s curfew law en- PASSENGERS FREIGHT forcement and also the problem of (whether or not to increase the size REFRIGERATION of the police force. & It is understood that Chief of Police B. H. Manery will recom- mend an increase of one or two; patrolmen due to increases in viola- tions and arrests, and also will urge the hiring of a policewoman to work part tim.e The present rate of pay for pa- trolman is $209 a month, and it is understood that Chief Manery will ask that the Council raise this to $225 in order that qualified men may be hired. Recent police reports show a large increase in arrests and violations. D. B. FEMMER—AGENT PHONE 114 NIGHT 312 THE M. V. BEILBY will leave Juneau for Petersburg, Port Alexander and Way Ports EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6 A. M. Please have all freight on City Dock Tuesday, before ' 4P. M. ? ]. H. SAWYER - GOES SOUTH John Hogins, who has been em- ployed in Sitka, left this morning for the south to locate permanent- ly. While he was_ in Juneau he HOGINS \Mr. and Mrs. Tom A. Morgan, BRINGING UP FATHER ( | WISH ME FAMILY WOULILD LET ME REST- THEY ARE \ TIRING ME OUT-TRYING TO MAKE ME COMFORTABLE- ME DOCTOR SAYS | MIIST 1 NOW -DADDY-DON'T BE A CROSS-PATCH=- JUST GET UUP A MINUTE - | WANT TO MAKE YOU A BIT MORE COMFORTABL&- NOW DO AS | SAY -~ . s 7 | N BE QUIET-I'D BE O-KAY- AH-THIS 1S A LITTLE BETTER/! By GEORGE McMANUS GET UP A SECOND- HERE IS A SOFT PILLOW- THAT ONE ISNIT VERY GOOD- | WAN'T YOLI TO BE COMFORTABLE - Serving Southeast Alaska——Passengers, Mail, Express SCHEDULED DAILY AT 9:30 A. M. Hawk An- Pel- Kim- Chicha- Inlet Hoonah goon Tenakee Todd ican shan gof Sitka Juneau ...$ 8 $10 $18 $10 $18 $18 $18 $18 $18 Sitka 18 18 18 10 18 18 10 10 Chichagof 18 10 18 10 18 10 5 Kimshan 18 10 18 10 18 1c Pelican 18 10 18 18 Todd 18 18 10 10 Tenakee .. 10 10 10 Angoon .. 18 18 Hoonah .. 10 Express Rate: 10 cents per zound—Minimum Charge 60c Round Trip Fare: Twice Onc-Way Fare, less 10% SCHEDULED MONDAY and THURSDAY Ketchikan Wrangell Petersburg Juneau ... $45.00 $35.00 $30.00 Petersburg 30.00 10.00 Wrangell ... 20.00 Express Rate: 25¢ per pound—Minimum of $1.00 to Ketchikan Express Rate: 10c per pound—Minimum of 60c to Petersburg and Wrangell FOR INFORMATION ON TRIPS TO HAINES, HASSELBORG, SKAGWAY, TAKU LODGE: Puonn 612 An additional charge will be made for single passengers “ to flag stops 10 Weekly — Seattle - Fairbanks 5Weekly — Fairbanks - Nome Tu. Th. Sa. _Dally @30am 9:00am Lv Seaifle, Wash, ___ PWT Ar 1:40pm 2:10pm Ar Juneau, Alaska ___135 MWT Lv 3:10pm 3:10pm Ar Whitehorse, Y. T. _135 MWT Lv 5:25pm 5:55pm Ar Fairbanks, Alaska __150 MWT Lv Mo. Tu. We. Fr. Sa. 9:00am Lv Fairbanks, Alaska _150 MWT Ar 10:20am Ar Ruby, Alaska _____150 MWT Lv 11:25am Ar Ly Nome, Alaska 165 MWT Fairbanks, Alaska 150 MWT McGr Alaska _ 150 MWT Ly 1 Ophir, Al 150 MWT Lv 11:50am Ar Fiat, Alaska 180 MWT Lv 12'10am Ar Bethel, Alaska 165 MWT Lv PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS JUNEAU — ANCHORAGE YAKUTAT — CORDOVA With Connecting Service o KODIAK — KENAI PENINSULA and BRISTOL BAY Woodley Airways (ALASKA AIR LINES) ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES AGENTS . PHONE 612