The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 13, 1942, Page 2

PAGE ™o = THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1942 J|Roving Reporler Bob.. 7,2 1 175 . LYNN J, GEMMILL YOU CAN FLY | | P 4 % i 6 9 ic Dinc* price. “Mister, you can have % C L A S S I C C 0 A T S 1 Dam DIGS, Shw 0' rest of the pears,” exclaimed the ]‘AK Y ® 1 ic li H iehi ater of “Bagdad on the - : 4l His Life Like Fidtion o, aat o s JUNEAU to : ® 2 T E b T e 12 | | § 13 ) World “fired” him after a while. W & i “ In 100% All Wool | _(continuea from Page O¢) | pavis tater hired hint, on a n\-e.;F g A | Anchorage Kodiak Fairbanks & g o B biag vear contract, to write for mun-| FOrmer Assistant U. S. At-| Yak Vald N @ This year more than ever, when §$ He got his Mart n u witet1n [S%V's Magazine. : i Is to Be Chief | akutat aldez ome ‘ 6 vou want the assutance your coat %lan odd way. As a type setter on| DV 2 o L R orney Is to | Cordo Sew d Bristol ’ @ Rline Man weancises Tk when he was assigned to g )va ar risiol bay is going to last and wear . . . A1 189 e was mrintiag ot M| Tsrael Zangwill to write about | Counsel In Juneau Buskokwi FR - : @ ; S E0S T R R 1 9 e e W Ay |Jewish e in New York City. The uskokwim and Yukon Points @ When durability means so much, /g of a baseball game when m e $500, whi ¥ Raslstanit (e é % i v y i _‘ R | P ] & that will give long and honorable ;‘ :::):?t::- ;zrenem;d'h?ew?:; Wit~ | ¢300—and stuck into two pockvm.‘[)msmn of Al u.\ka with nmdmmn-u; e IIGS ay I'l aY llll ay i 4.4 i s i i ; ; return to Alaska © service . . . You'll reap dividends §§ typed his own Yersion. Tho AL | Wh:]l\u :I'l:‘" .:;zrinmrfi.?.; v :E\JT:;E‘.(I«\““[\];’1‘:::‘1 o by A - | S of price g DO - " @ of extra wear and greater wearing ?fii:fi; sl:van:m:i:;;)::atwmem:epf:;:x arose, the atthor of “The Melting | the Alaska Office (:1 }?m-p ‘Ad'm:n--‘ b asure 2 e ki ot” said “Wi g istration, it was announced today 5 pleasure. /5 got a $25 bonus, but he was so in- P"F,|;““p,‘0||§;;‘fi‘ f:?‘; bD‘"‘ fair?” | Mildred R. Hermann, Alaska l A K »|dignant at what happened to his 2 81, sald Davis and| 5.0 of OPA. Confirmation of placed the money promptly in his copy that the typesetter’s role was| D "0 Mr. Gemmill's appointment, prev- discovered. Davis was hired 'at|"® _liously made by Mr. Hermann, was A l RL l N E S once as a writer and mage good. | S.um:f_)_sv I had asked fOf $500 | received from Washington by radio- New York finally attracted him, |1stead?” asked Zangwill. “What | gram this morning Office Ph 667 In his varied experience as a met- |/ c"’ Mr. Gemmill will leave for the BARANOF HOTEL one The other wad of money | Juneau office immediately and will | ropolitan reporter’ and editor he| > 1 E = |emerged from Davis' pocket in spend two weeks working with Mil- had two important scoops — the| expostire of the Spanish-AMierts | mocking reply and then went |ton Thompson, OPA attorney from | ¢ Fur Trimmed Dress ;; Coats @ With luxurious red fox, lynx, and 4) gj / 4 : / b ) kbt ar 2 o yashing s recently sent to| P VO ollars. Coats you'll wear 2| o =" % | back again. Washington, D. C., recently sen | © wolf coll : § can war beef scandal and the cov Thereafter Zangwill always re-|the Alaska office for temporary @ the year around, with ever so ;IGrmg of the memorable heavy-| . ... ¢ p ol “my half Jew- |teure . At the end of two weeks he v 6 much pride. g | wetsht champlotiship Tighit Detwoen |, "0 Ly 5 will go to Washington for a month’s | 4 1 James J Corbett and Robert Fitz-|" o oo kept in his desk an un- intensive training in OPA procedure | g | " S simmons. » ot 3 i oy ir - 4 f 45.00 — 89.50 gi AT el AR TSRS Y TRAN SPORTATION COMPANY [ ] 91 The bee trust story was the re- }:X‘:‘E‘l e A o e 1t Ten Years Experience ) | p ; sult of some good detective Work ;oo o R, as. 1 ot Mr. Gemmill, a graduate of the 4 4 but his story of the fight was A" B xgl e He never felt| ypjversity of North Dakota, has had | p {human interest classic. He had h"i‘ lh‘ t“’“s Davis and a $2500 | ten years of varied law practice | ] %|paid Bob Pitzsimmons $10,000 for g ‘l‘: at turned Grey from an gince his admission to the bar. He | 4 & exclusive rights to every word he|PKnOWR Ohio dentist into one of served two terms as Prosecuting [ Tikterad: bub hecBadto! e with America's best known writers Attorney at Wenatchee, Washington, ;{/ him day and night to do i. Davis Sells Story for $6,000 before coming to Alaska three years ) 4 ¥y s Ben Ames Williams was mak-|ago as Assistant U. S. Attorney in (6 4 |had never seen a fight before in| i S . @ b2 his e .bub. he' predicted- afcusss | IE $3000 a year as a Boston | the First Division. He resigned this | ¢ | newspaper man when he visited = Position in April of ths year to re- | 4 ly the knockout nd and punch & y the out rou PURGEL | 6 Davis office. Davis advised turn to Washington, where he was; j; As a reporter he cataloglued the |\ im to quit his jo‘b and write fic- | €ngaged in private practice at the | P name of every person he met, , R time of his appointment as Chief | {; Casual Coats jotting down names, addresses and tion, backing up the advice with a Counsel |4 i 9 3 guaranty of $5000 a year. When d o other information in note BOORS.|giufeing firned in his first story, | B )/ MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. In In time he had 32,000 names list- 2 ERay 2o o8 00 000000000 ® A0 ; IR ed. Whenever a story broke on any |fran® KOOV It was worth more o © Cwpirppr REPORT e @ such famed woolens as Stroocks, Julliard, front, he referred to his list and y Vagaie. Wowd o (U. 8. Bureau) . @ usually had @ good news source. |Po¥; S0 he advised him to sell it'q oy, Monday, Oct. 12: . [ and Oscar Cahn. Lovely colors and a BOOC DERY. " |to The Saturday Evening Post, b2 e My Cagid :5 ; 3 From News To Fiction where it brought $6,000. |® Maximum 49, minimum 39. e | 6 multitude of new styles. From news he turned to fiotion | “p /1 " bl om0 @ Rain—.18 inch. . in 1903 and edited various maga- 4 YO | o . when he wrote ‘“The Miracle zines until The Sun turned him c Man” 4 2 loose to cover the world. His col- |, 4 Davis shguegiion. Mon 29.50 — 45.00 o R e, S R N Pt 7 { ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES REECRRR Robert Hobart Davis was born.‘:::fa ‘z dm; or, Tl LGI‘T“‘ L w,fh 22 i} Serving Southeast Alaska— ——Passengers, Mail, Express March 23, 1960 in Brownaille | D8R0 B CORST Helction | SITKA TRIP—Scheduled Daily at 9:30 A. M. Nebraska. His father was an Epis- |} 0% b T B the Hawk An- Pel- Kim- Chicha- Inlet Hoonah goon Tenakee Todd ican shan gof Sitka Juneau ...$ 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 13 10 18 10 18 10 cated at Carson City and moved (ollEEN HEllA" 10 F to San Francisco, where he got lns‘ | S H E A F F E ;zl&(éan £ llg 18 ig ig start. { wl"s R 0"' || Tenakee .. 10 10 10 : A 1 e o LOERTE B Lived To Eent o | ARY Lefelime Angoon - 18 18 g law practice when Davis guaran- copal clergymen. Bob's parents e . * had gone from their native 'NCW,,[;:: :fi]:u;:;mbru ekxlnthree Sriicles. England to do missionary Work il b % S g among :the Indians. Bob was edu- | SRR RE FERRABRRRRRRRR AR RARR; ; “I should never have been a| | = QGALITY SINCE 17887 ?|writer,” he once said. “I shauld SPORTS AWARD‘ z Express Rate: 10 cents per pound—Minimum Charge have been a hotel proprietor, I | Round Trip Fare: Twice One-Way Fare, less 10% glike to see people eat and I like PEFARS | SCHEDULED MONDAY and THURSDAY 48 to see them happy.” Bob himself | i Ketchikan ‘Wrangell Petersburg 00 0000008000E0000PANN0000000006¢ AOOOCOOCOCOO0COOCONCOOE0S 000089\ likeq to eat. He traveled all over Presented Cup for Tennls‘ o Junea. .. s45.00 s3500 $30.00 Girls from the ages of seven to|the South to get the lowdown on s H I - 2 etersburg . Bkow“‘l stol"s day, Octoter 16 in the Methodist iy, o, eligible for the Brownies, the Smithfield ham; he searched Champ'onShlpS las’ | & ® Centrally located W - i Church parlors, it was announced |it is pointed out, and projects suit- 2 ? Express Rate: 25¢ per pound—Minimum of $L00 to Ketchikan ‘ .| e 8 Potbiet ol SR REoPHe ks e tporld CEE LH( (eiy Two Years Large Rooms ; Express Rate: 10c per pound—Minimum of 60c to Petersburg ; Io BE “GA“IIED |today by new troop leader, Mrs.|able to their age and interests will {cake” and finally found it in, New ! ‘“ i © Splendid food P e p I’:nd N eanian H. J. Powers. be worked out. The troop is spon- [Jerséy, He believed that an4man e t “bn“l’l’] and service FOR INFORMATION ON TRIPS TO HAINES, PH ONE 612 HERE ou FRIDAY»que of Dr. Powers, head of |he‘sou-d by the Methodist Church but |who married a good cook was a| Colleen Hellan, who nas won HASSELBORG, SKAGWAY, TAKU LODGE: i & ast ! like is { W tennis ch: ionships cer- | Special Rates to Permanent Guests jovernment Hospital since last;like all Scout troops, is inter-de- |genius. s ampionships at the Ever Above rates applicable when passenger traffic warrants The first fall meeting of me,MAy Mrs. Powers came to Juneau ' nominational, and about 30 or 40; He was an author of these plays: |8reen Bowl here for the last two‘ ALASKANS LIKE THE Schedules and Rates Subject to Change Without Notice. 3 roxii from Beverly Hills, Calif., where youngsters are expected en enroll. {“The Family,” “The Welcher,” “Ef- seasons, today was presented with M ; pmeay “’g““‘? troop of Girl they had made their home for 20 I z ficiency and Laughter” (with Per- |® Permanent trophy at the Ju-| . Scouts will De held at 3 pm. Pri- years. Empire Classifieds Pny! |ley Poore Sheghan). He wrote, a|Neau Rotary Club luncheon "‘”""W“ number of books: “Ruby Robert,|ing in Percy’s Cafe. Harold Roth| alias Bob Pitzsimmons”; “Over My |Made the presentation. | Lest Shoulder”; “Tree Toad”; “Au=| Members of a losing attendance | THE M. V. BEILBY | N 0 T l C E toblography of & Small Boy” #nd |CAmpaign team entertained the; will leave Juneau for Petersburg, s o a series of volumes of his Lravbl! members of the winning team for Port Alexander and Way Ports 10 w kl LT S ll = F h k abroad. the main program. Horace Adams|EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6 A. M. ee Y A eai e alr an s He interviewed Benito Mussolini|captained the winners, and Henry! Please have all freight on City Dock in Rome, September 13, 1926, for |Green led the losers. Chairman o | Tuesday, herore;: sl\f;wym 5weekly L3 Fairbanks = Nome The Associated Press and. was attendance campaign teams for the made an honorary life member |D€xt month will be Chief of Po- i R | ALLBILLSDUEE. 0. DAVIS, on garbage COllecnonS up tQ Uctoher lst are payable at of the staff of that newsgathering |lice B. H. Manery and C. W. Car-| e sy ] organization, an honor he highly | ter- | the NORTH TRANSFER OFFICE Thlrd prized. The membe_rs voted to name their Tu. Th. Sa. Daily He married Madge Lee Hutch-|Weekly publication, the Rotary e e 1% inson of New York in 1899, She |Windjammer, a title submitted by T n E 3:10pm 3:10pm Whitehorse, Y. T 135 MWT and ra in Slreels actompanied bim on his wokld ue:i, R. J. Schoettler. Howard 5:25pm 5:55pm Falrbanks, Alaska 150 MWT wide jaunts. Stabler is the present editor. Mo. Tu. We. - “Found” O. Henry C. E. Swanson, hardware man| A T C 0 X By e fter that date bills are payable to O. Henrys star wis nst bogin- |{F0m Petersburs, was a. visitng| S N 4 " ning to rise in 1903. He was in Rotarian, and guests were Staff-! L l N E 11:25am Nome, Alaska 1656 MWT s 3 Albert Peierson [New York but no one knew|S8t: Bob Martin, US. Army, and = ! 4 . where. Davis, as a World reporter, f;"- :“K}g]e s’:“!‘ of the U.S. Pub- v P was assigned to find him and|lic Hea Tvice. Alaska Trai rtation 10:35am McGrath, Al make him three offers of a job, — ., a nSpo) 11:10am Ophir, Alaska H 8 4 g Company 11:50am Flat, Alaska lgne 2 at $40, $50 and $60 a week, the |[ENSIGN R. SEIGEL AND 12:10am Ar Bethel, Alaska 165 MWT Ly 12:40om lowest figure preferred. Davis lo- MRS. SEIGEL TO LEAVE| - E 0 DAVIS cated him in a hall bedroom in a| Ensign and Mrs. Raymond Seigel|] BAILINGS FROM PIER 7 . . . downtown rooming house, eating|are leaving for the south this week BEATTLE pears from a bowl. where he will take over duties to “Have some fruit,” sald 0. which he has been :L;sxgned 4 gy g pAN AMERI(AN AIRWAYS - T e B e PASSENGERS FREIGH® % 63 Calls An OWL CAB ‘f’@ e PHONE 114 NIGHT 312 = o s P e — — BRINGING UP FATHER DALGHTER IS SITTING ON THAT MAGGIE-WILL YOu ' RUN ALONG DEAR- YAK“TAT - COBDOVA LOUNGE THAT | HAVE THAT ASK DALGHTER TO || WHY- CERTAINLY- AH. SHE'S GOIN'— 4| ILL SIT HERE AND CIGAR HIDDEN UNDER- I'VE AREN'T YOLJ NOW TO GIT MY || CONTINUE YOLR With Connecting Service to S T A gyt SEORETLRN- 1 KODIAK — KENAI PENINSULA . and BRISTOL BAY - Woodley Airways | b T ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES | | \ \v\\\\ | IPREE 1 7. ..., s rescces sy, o ort s s AGENTS m'.“ 1