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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
ALASKA MAIL BY
PLANE IS NOW
MADE OFFICIAL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today signed legis-
lation which authorizes the Post
Office Department to carry all
classes of mail by airplane in AL
aska.
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond ex-
planned that such mail was already
carried by plane in the Territory
but the bill signed today removes
any question regarding the legality
of the system,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
HANGOVER TO BE
REGISTERED FOR
NATIONAL DEFENSE

The National Defense Advisory
Committee has requested that bus
lnessmen in laying off men urge
them to register with government
employment offices 50 that all avail
able manpower may be enlisted un-
der a central filing system, Director
Joseph T. Flakne of the Alaska Ter
ritorial Employment Service an
nounced today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
NO MORE men
AT ANCHORAGE

Rumors of more jobs with the
lrmy at Anchorage were blown into
hin air today when wires came
through to the office of the Terri
orial Employment Service here.
Advices declared the recent cold
nap and snow, which began on the
linth of the month, have put a
rimp" in operations and no new
lands are being hired. although
hose on the payroll now are being
retained.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
FOURTH OF JULY
COMMITTEE MAKES
REPORT TO CITY

Although Juneau had Fourth of
July celebration costing almost ST.
900, there remains balance of
$346.32 in the celebra ton fund, it
was reported to last nights City
Council meeting by the executive
board of the citizens committee
which handled the event.
Those on the executive board are
j. F.. Mullen, Charles w. Carter
and J. C. Thomas.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
M0hSEh TO FLY
SOUTH ON CLIPPER

Captain Al Monsen of PAA will
fly south with the, Alaska Clipper
tomorrow.
Monsen is to take training work
on the new Lockheed Lodestars
which PAA plans to use this WIN
ter in nonstop service between Sc
atle and Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
Civil Aeronautits
Changes Name
From (AA 10 CAB

The initials CAA, which have
become more and more familiar
and important in Alaska as activi-
ties of the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority have expanded, are 10
more.
The agency, is now known Off
cially as the Civil Aeronautics Board.
1t is under the Commerce Depart
ment and its initials are CAB
according to Walter P. Plett, As
sistant Director for Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
PIONEERS TO SHOW
BENEFIT PICTURE
FOR ALASKA DAY

For the benefit of the Pioneers
cemetery fund, Igloo No. of the
Pioneers of Alaska will present a
motion picture at the Coliseum The
atre on Friday, Alaska Day.
The picture to be shown is the
Jones Family in TOO Busy to
Work
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
new CHART ISSUED
BY COAST SURVEY

A new chart Incorporating find
ings of recent surveys, has just
been issued by the Coast and Geo
detic Survey covering harbors and
anchorages at Sanak Island, North
west Harhor, Peterson Bay n d
Sanak Harbor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. Is. = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is Az, Anaconda 23A
Bethlehem Steel 81B, Common
wealth and Southern IA, Curtiss
Wright rs, General Motors 491a,
International Harvester 47A, Ken
necott 30l2, New York Central Az,
Northern Pacific 6M, United States
Steel 6012, Pound $404.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
HOLDEN MAKES
COASTAL TRIP

Alex Holden liz" 70 the coast to-
day with r. c. Vogel for Sitka and
DR.. r. L. Carlson for Hoonah,
scheduled to come in with Jim Boyle
from Chatham and four from Hirst
and Chichagof.
Shell Simmons made two mine
trips to Tulsequah today with
freight and passengers.
Yesterday, inbound passeng ers
from Hirst were, Carl Moore, Ed
Eglund and Einar Sand.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
Refugee5hip|s
Bombed While
Leaving Port
Englishwoman and Chill
dren Find Fire of Guns
Worse than Bombs

Ask pepperty little Mrs. A. d.
Wallace, just arrived from England,
who will win the war and youth
hear the voice CT a British spirit
that is giving mister itler no pleas
ant hopes for the future.
why, Britain will win - CT
counsel" Mrs. Wallace firmly told
al Empire reporter
And somehow, you feel a bit
ashamed of worrying at. all when
vcu hear that British note of as
surance
MIS-. Wallace, sister CT Swift trav-
cling man Jack Mclyneaux, arrived
in Juneau yesterday on the Prin-
cess Louise with her two little girls,
Anne, 4, and Sheelagh, 2. They will
reside here with Mr.. and Mrs Molly
neaux, and little Joan, almost the
same age as little Anne, until the
war is over
Sudden Departure
Mrs. Wallace came across the At
lantic month age on a vessel
which she suggests not be named
Because Of necessary wartime sec
recies and last minute develop
ments, Mrs. Wallace did not even
know she was to go with the chill
dren until four hours before they
were to catch the express for an
unnamed port and their ship.
Their home, 20 miles out of Lon
den, was in a quieter sector than
most h m es, Mrs. Wallace said,
and the nearest bomb dropped
about two miles away"
Was it frightful? mo-" Mrs. Wal
lace smiled, THE anti-aircraft guns
were the worst"
But just as they were sailing out
of their secret port for America
with approximately 500 others, Mrs
Wallace explained "the ferries tried
to get us" and adds proudly, But
they couldn't do it, you know. There
were bombs dropping all around us
in the water and our ships guns |
were firing. The ferries dropped |
the screaming bombs, too, but the
guns drowned them out. Every |
body was huddled down below
decks with life preservers, but we
weren't hit. One of the ferries was,
though
Protected Convoy
For half of the u days journey
across the Atlantic, the ship on
which were Mrs. Wallace and her
children, travelled in protected con
voy, sleeping little for the first ten
days, and net taking off clothing
until almost in Montreal.
But even though Britain will win,
Mrs. Wallace feels it will be long
war, and she is anxious to return to
the home she does not know is still
there, and to her husband, who is
with the office of the Minister of
Home Security.
Coming across Canada by train,
Mrs. Wallace was shocked by fell
low passenger who declared sadly,
"Englands like a sinking ship
You'd do a jolly bad job of it in
England right now" she snapped
in retort-and the passenger was
given the shoulder for the rest of
the trip.
Mrs. Wallace minimized the dam
gers and the trials of the current
conflict, but actions spoke for words
this noon when the Alaska Juneau
whistle blew its shrill call for lunch.
Fair haired and blue eyed little
Anne flinched at that sound, but
relaxed, for this was America, and
no bombs fell.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
FEED TO HONOR
ELK5 INITIATES

A special feed for new members
of the Elks Lodge, who got less
than the usual attention afforded
acolytes due to the visit of Grand
Exalted Ruler Joseph c. Buch, will
be held at the Elks meeting to-
morrow night, officers announced
today.
Ten new members joined the
lodge last week.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
HERRING FISHING POOR

Prince William Sound herring
fisheries have experienced def
initely below average season SO far
this year and little hope can be
held out for improvement, is the
statement made by Fred Morton,
Cordova agent for the Fish and
Wildlife Service. Only 100000 barr
rels were put up to October II, with
the limit at $4,000 barrels.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
LEAVES FOR SOUTH

Cliff Tisdale sailed south on the
steamer Aleutian enroute to Lake
Stevens, Washington. where he was
called south TO attend funeral SER
vices for his father.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
EMMET B0TELH0 IS
APPOINTED POLICE
pATR0LMAN HERE

Emmett Botelho, who has been
serving as a police patrolman here
for the past month under recess
appointment, was formally appoint
ed last night and confirmed by the
City Council.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
CORDOVA KINDERGARTEN

The first kindergarten in Cor
dova has been started as a semi
private undertaking by Miss Julia
Enderlin with Is little pre-school
children.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
FROM SKAGWAY TO
JOIN HER HUSBAND

Mrs. Louis Rapuzzi came down on
the Aleutian yesterday to meet her
husband who is on a hunting trip
at present. She is stopping at the
Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
CARLYLE BACK FROM
VACATION TRIP OUT

j. B. Carlyle, of the Territorial
Treasurer's Office, returned on the
North Sea from several weeks vaca-
ton in the States. He is at the
Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
MARGULEs GOES SOUTH

Leo Margules, property owner of
Seward, who has been there for the
past several weeks, is a passenger
southbound on the Aleutian. back to
his hotel business in San Francisco.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
ZONES SAILS

Winston Jones, Traffic Manager
Of Alaska Transportation Company
allied for Sitka ON the North Sea
ontinuing his routine business tril
yer Southeast Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
DOW. ZONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow,
Jones averages: Industrials, 31.48;
rails, 1854; utilities, 21.92.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
GERSTMAN HERE

Henry Gertsman, well known Ii
quor salesman, is guest at the Bar
anof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
TRAVELLING MAN HERE

Travelling man r. J. Bowers and
wife came in on the Aleutian and
are at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
(By the U. s. Weather Bureau


vicinity, beginning at 30
Fair tonight Wednesday; cooler tonight
night highest Wednesday ST. gentle variable
Forecast Mostly fair tonight Wednes-
day. cooler tonight; gentle to derae variable winds.
Dixon Entrance Spencer moderate fresh souhery
soGtheasterly
Forecast of the of the Gulf of
Cape Spencer local showers;
fresh winds
Cape Hinhnbrook partly cloudy;
crate to fresh norheasterly winds
resurrection Bay Kodiak y cloudy moderate Northwestern
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
CUMMINS IN

c. D. Cummins, travelling man, is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
DUNLOP HERE

H. c. Dunlop, travelling man, is
registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
kOI-ICE

AIRMAIL ENVELOPES. showing
al route from Seattle to Nome. on
sale at J. B. Burford g. Co. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
GULKANA TRADING POST

Arne Sundt has established an
up-to-date trading post at Gull
kama.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
NOTICE

AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing
air route from Seattle 10 Nome, On
sale at j. b. Burfor6 s. Co. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
FOSS TO sITKA

Harold Foss, architect. sailed or
the North Sea for a brief business
trip to. Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15

Try classified ad in The Emplr.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
RUMANIA
INVASION
RESENTED
Russia Claims No Informa-
lion Received as TO
Plans of Germany

Continued tom Page Oneo
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-15
BL0W-Up a0 e
EXPECTED
SHORTLY
More Americans CIamor-
ing for Passage on
Liners TO u. 5.

Continued from Page One)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
McEntee Book on {. {. {,
Tells Of Defense Role

The contribution of the Civilian
Conservation Corps to national de-
Tense was among subjects touched
on by Director James j. McEntee
in his book, Now They Are Men"
published today by the National
Home Library Foundation of Wash
ington.
Among the 100000 youths now in
training for a six-month period are
large groups being instructed in the
operation of heavy motorized equip
ment, road and building construc-
ton, the installation of telephone
lines and the handling of explosives
on construction jobs.
The youths now in training, or
who received instruction in pre-
vious periods, include thousands of
cooks and bakers who might be
available for the armed services.
Health standards of the enrollees
are greatly improved by the work
period, Mr.. McEntee said. One
quarter of the boys when enrolled,
he added, are below minimum
weight acceptable by the Army, and
the majority are below the weight
the Army regards as desirable"
When the enrollees are mustered
out, however, only l in Is, Mr..
McEntee said, is below the minimum
accepted by the Army.
In an introduction to the book,
Federal Security Administrator Paul
v. McNutt said the corps is entitled
to be included among the country's
permanent" institutions which
build up the strength and vigor
of society"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
Male Mess Attendants
Wunted at ; Centers

Male mess attendants are wanted
at the Army Medical Center, Naval
Hospital and Veterans Administra-
ton facility here, the Civil Service
Commission announced today.
The age limits are 18-45, and
three months experience as mess
attendant, cook, steward, kitchen
helper or in related occupations is
required. Pay at the Army Med
ical Center is $1,000 annually. less
deduction for quarters, subsistence
and laundry, if furnished; Naval
Hospital, $57 to SGT monthly, plus
quarters if available. and for the
Veterans Administration s45 month
ly, plus meals.
Applications will be received at
the Fourth District Civil Service
Office, 800 Seventh street NV, I'M
til December Is.
The commission also called for
rivet heaters, at Norfolk Navy Yard,
and antenna riggers at Naval Acad-
envy, Annapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
De|ono Urges Ban on Increase in Height
Of Buildings, Citing Traffic Problems

of other property and the city as
a whole which must be dealt
with realistically.
Without mentioning names,
it is a notable fact that in other
large cities where high buildings
are permitted, the price of prop
erty in favored locations has
risen to fantastic heights and
that later a great shrinkage in
those values has taken place
when congestion has come to q
point causing serious blight. I
am convinced that the city of
Washington would be better of
If we did not allow excessive
heights in the downtown region
and allowed the business of the
city to be spread out more widely.
IT was citizen of Chicago for
80 years and in that place I saw
great harm done by raising the
coming height in the central Loop
District by 10 stories, which was
followed first by great increase
in values and later by shrink
age which went so far that many
tall buildings have since been de-
molished. The values in that
district have been permanently
reduced, whereas many outlying
districts have become local shop
ping centers. Most people in
Chicago now recognize that it
would have been far better If the
center section had been held
down and spread out more
evenly.
Without making my statement
too long, I strongly urge that
paragraph IL, section Is of the
Height District Exceptions be re-
scinded."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
Indictments
In 'Sniper' Case
Are Attacked
Validity Questioned
Because U. S. EmpIoye
Served on Jury

An attack on the validity Of the
indictments charging John Eugene
Eklund. Is, suspected of being the
District "sniper" killer, with first
degree murder was filed today in
District Court by Defense Attorney
James r. Kirkland.
Mr.. Kirkland contended that the
indictments are defective on the
ground that a Government employe,
Seth Macdonald, accountant-ex-
aminer in the Federal Trade Com
mission, served as a member Of the
grand jury. t.
Defense counsel maintained that
a Government employe Is not
qualified to serve on the grand jury.
He said the jury should be an
independent and impartial body and
have no Government employees on it.
it.
Government employee should not
serve as member of a prosecuting
or investigating body, Mr.. Kirkland
asserted, on the theory that the
Government would be preparing the
indictment and later prosecuting the
case at the trial.
At one time Government employees
were exempt from all jury duty in
the District, but about five years
ago Congress passed a law making
them eligible to serve. The SUI
preme Court decided in a case IN
which two Government employees
served on a Police Court jury that
the conviction was valid.
Attorney Kirkland argued that
Government employees are now ELI
gible to serve on petty juries, which
are fact-flnding bodies, but not on a
grand jury, as branch OF the
prosecution.
The effect of the filing of the plea
in abatement today will be to delay
the trial of Eklund, who pleaded in
nocent on Friday to two first-degree
murder indictments for the shoot
ing of three colored persons. He is
accused of killing Theodore I. Goff-
ney and Sam Banks on october 6
and Hylan G. Mechanic on Oc-
tober Is.
Oral arguments are expected to
be heard shortly by Justice F. Dick
inson Let's in Criminal Court No.
to dispose of todays legal move.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
After.Midnighf Ban
On Horn Blowing Is Lifted

AS had been anticipated, the
Commissioners late yesterday re-
scinded that portion of the traf1c
regulations which forbids blowing
of automobile horns for any cause
between midnight and 7 am.
Corporation Counsel Richmond B.
Keech, who had urged the action,
had insisted that other sections OF
the regulations covered the need in
that they forbade any unnecessary
blowing of horns or their sounding
for other than reasonable warn
ings of danger"
The Commissioners instructed
police to seek strict enforcement OF
the remaining sections of the horn
blowing rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
Arts Club to Hear
OF Virqiniu Architects

Architects who designed famous
Virginia houses of the James and
Rappahannock River sections in
the 18th century will be discussed at
$3.50 o'clock tonight by Thomas
Tileston Waterman at the Arts
Club of Washington.
Mr.. Waterman is co-author of
domestic Colonial Architecture of
Tidewater Virginia" He was asso-
ciated with architects in connec-
ton with the restoration of Colonial
Williamsburg, Va. Recently he
designed the gallery to house the
museum in '.Dumbagton Oaks" the
Robert Woods Bliss estate here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
Inaugural Committee
Opens Headquarters
And Names Officers
Robert V. Fleming Heads
Executive Unit Supervising
Plans for Jonuory 20
EILEEN HEBRON.

Chairman Joseph E. Davies today
opened Inaugural Committee head
quarters in the District Building
and announced appointment of an
Executive Committee headed by
Robert V. Fleming to exercise full
supervision over arrangements for
Mr.. Roosevelts third inaugural on
January 20.
Other members of the Executive
Committee will be Corcoran Thorn,
president of the American Security
g. Trust Co.: James A. Councillor,
head of an accounting firm; Nor
man Baxter, assistant to Secretary
of Commerce Jones; District Com
missioners Melvin C. Hazen, David
McCoach, jr., and John Russell
Young; former District Commits
sioner Oliver P. Newman; Alfons B..
Landa and Melvin D. Hildreth. at
torneys, and Stanley P. Richardson
and Earl Goodwin. newspapermen.
Mr.. Davies last night announced
appointment of IA vice chairmen
and named Mr.. Thorn treasurer;
Joseph T. Tumulty. general counsel;
Mr.. Landa, executive assistant to
the chairman, and Mr.. Goodwin, pub
licity director.
The vice chairmen include the
District Commissioners and the fol-
lowing: Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Sec
rotary of the Senate; Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, Miss Mabel T. Boardman,
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, Minister
to Norway; Mrs. Sumner Welles, wife
of the Undersecretary of State;
Frederic A. Delano, Homer Cum
mings, former Attorney General;
Daniel c. Roper, former Minister to
Canada; George Allen. Washington
insurance executive; Mr.. Fleming
and Malcolm McConihe, Democratic
national committeeman for the Dis
trict.
The Senate, meanwhile, approved
and sent to the House a joint
resolution to increase the seating
capacity on the east front of the
Capitol for the Inauguration.
Sponsored by Chairman Nicely OF
the Congressional Inaugural Com
mittee, the resolution makes avail
able additional money out of the
contingent funds of the House and
Senate to provide the same number
of seats that were available in 1887.
This year the Budget Bureau
allowed S35 5000, the same amount
spent in 1887, but officials discovered
this would provide a smaller seating
capacity because of increased labor
and material costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
Rutland Launches New
Pneumonia Control Drive

A new city-Wide pneumonia con-
troll campaign was announced yes
terday by Health Officer George G.
Rutland in a move to minimize the
expected customary annual in
crease in respiratory diseases at this
season of the year.
DR.. Rutland said the new pro-
gram would embrace four points:
/. An educational campaign to
enlist public cooperation for the
care Of colds and other respiratory
diseases in their beginning before
they become cases of pneumonia.
2. A consultation service to ply
sicians, under which two pneu-
nomia consultants employed by the
Health Department will be made
available to private physicians.
8. Laboratory service for physi-
clans, under which physicians may
send in specimens from their pa
tients to determine the types. OF
pneumonia so that proper treat
ment may be given Immediately.
4. Free serum and drugs for ply
sicians who have INDECENT patients.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05

of motor vehicles requiring stand
ing room or parking space while
the users of those vehicles are in
the buildings. This in turn has
put the city to great expense in
widening streets and building
subways at congested points.
1.-THE history of many Amer
lean cities has shown that the
widening of streets and the
building of subways or elevated
routes to reach the center has
been costly, but has proved to be
only a palliative and not a cure
of the disease of congestion and
blight. Every important city in
our land is studying the problem
of congestion and consequent dry
rot. Up until now the only remedy
has been widening streets and
building subways and elevated
routes; whereas We are beginning
to appreciate that the cause OF
the disease is that we are ex-
.pecting the streets to perform the
dual function of traffic routes
and convenient parking places
for motor driven vehicles. Is it
not self-evident that if We per-
NIT buildings to be built which
will accommodate thousands Of
individuals, some provision must
be made for the vehicles In which
they travel? 1t is not the moving
vehicle that is bothering us; it is
the vehicle that is standing still
while the driver or owner in
side the building for as long or
short time as may be neces-
sary. Furthermore, it Is increas-
ingly evident that every building
of great height or bulk, and con-
sequent enlarged floor space,
throws q burden on the owners