davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: :: That on August 19, 1941 in the Com missioner's Court for Juneau Pre- cinct, at Juneau, Alaska, Stanley Nowicka, of Juneau, Alaska, was ap- pointed executor of the estate of Herbert Lee. deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them, with veri- fled vouchers as required by law, to said executor at the office of his attorney Howard D. Stabler, Shat tuck Building, Juneau, Alaska, with in six months from the date of the first publication of this notice.
 STANLEY NOWICKA, Executor. First publication, August 19, 1941.
 Last publication, September g ,194l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
FILING BLAZE CALLS
 OUT FIRE DEPARTMENT

Bremen roared down Franklin Street to tsi1 Juneau Sawmill yards yesterday evening to extinguish a fire starting on the piling below the planking on the dock. The tiny blaze. which might have set fire to the lumber stored nearby, was apparently started by cigarette.
 The Fire Department quickly ex- tinguished the blaze after tearing up the dock planking
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
1OuntInueo from rage One)

ing new secret weapons" generally leak out of Germany, Italy, and other Axis countries. Thus it was that we first heard of Soviet kan garoo" gigantic monsters which carried three "baby tanks in their innards and, having crashed the main lines, proceeded to disgorge these high-speed mid gets, whose objective was to shove miniature spearheads far back of the enemy lines.
 Reports fell in my lap the othel day of two new gadgets which the Germans already know all about but which the British still insist are secret. One is new airplane and boat detector which picks up it's object at approximately 100 miles. The other is a bomber borne searchlight which does the same thing for covey of planes in the air that earth-tied searchlights do for defending ground forces. It spots" the objective. Being mobile at high speeds, they can cover areas that a battery of a thousand ground searchlights couldn't probe in week. And they have the fur ther advantage of having station ary objectives.
 When this war is over and the armchair generals begin to get an eyefull and earfull of all that actually went on, their present comments on "how times have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
FLODIN LEAVES

Fred Flodin, former night clerk at the Gastineau Hotel, sailed for a short vacation to his home in the States on the southbound Co., lumbia last night. Flodin will re- turn to Juneau in time to be in- ducted into federal service with the Alaska National Guard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
CUTTER ALDER HERE ON WAY TO
 POINT RETREAT

The Coast Guard cutter Alder, commanded by Jack Hall, tied up at the Ferry Float this morning to take on supplies before continuing cn to Point Retreat Lighthouse. The vessel arrived from Ketchi':an and is on lighthouse service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTIBoUND

Prince George scheruled to arrive at9:3O o'clock tonight. . Mount Mckinley due sometime tonight or early in morn ing. Nothing definite at 3 pm. today. . Princess Louise scheduled to arrive late Saturday after noon or evening. SCHEDULED SAILiNGS North Coast scheduled to sail from Seattle today. Yukon scheduled to sail from Seattle today. . Northland scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. . Taku scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. . Princess Charlotte scheduled to sail from Vancouver August 23 at g pm. Prince Rupert scheduled to
 
 sail from Vancouver August 25 at pm. . Alaska scheduled to sail from . Seattle August 26 at am. . North Sea scheduled to sail from Seattle August 26 at . 10 am. . Columbia scheduled to sail . from Seattle August 28 at . am. . SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS ( Tyee scheduled to arrive . Sunday. . Aleutian southbound bout . August 28. LOCAL SAILINGS . Estebeth scheduled to sail . every Weonesary at 6 pm. . for Sitka and WayportS. . Dart leaves every Wednesday at pm. for Petersburg, Port . Alexander, Rake and way ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
Billy Goat Dimes
 On hu!0's Roof

NEWTON, N. O., Aug. 21-Po- lice Chief L. B. Beal received an urgent call
 A billy goat. perched on fen der, had dined on the fabric top of a woman's automobile.
 But the matter was settled ami cably. The goats owner, another woman, said she'd sell him and pay for the damage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
 CHARTERS ! SHIPS

The Alaska Steamship Company has chartered the steamships Ot- sega and Gen. w. c. Gorgas from Libby, McNeill and Libby, each for one trip to Alaska to relieve the congestion in Alaskan salmon cannerieS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
JIMMY RHINEHART
 LANDS ON CHANNEL

Petersburg flier Rhinehart arrived in Juneau in his light plane last Light with Knute Thompson. He is scheduled to return to the Shrimp Capital today
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-21
Honest Farmer Is Now Revealed; ;; He Gives Out
 Dirt TilIer's Platform

changed" are going to be only the a-b-e's of consternation.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
War Now Is Race of BIitzkrieq
Against u. S. All Out Aid
Hitler Trying to Destroy EngIond's West
Coast Ports, Main Ship Unloading Centers

of the world normally handles q
third of Britain's foreign trade, and
ever 40 per cent of the food and
raw materials pass through there.
Liverpool Most Important.
So the British have had to divert
their traffic to the west coast ports.
They include Liverpool, Glasgow,
Bristol and Cardiff, and of these
Liverpool is the most important,
handling between a quarter and a
third of the total imports. Naturally
this shift has caused heavy con-
geStion in the west coast ports, and
has restricted the shipping lanes,
thus making the work of the sub
marine easier.
Now Herr Hitler is trying to
destroy the west coast ports, so
that those ships which escape the
sea wolves will have no place to
discharge their cargoes. In the
case of Glasgow there Is the ad-
ditional purpose of destroying the
shipbuilding works and thus pre-
venting replacement Of shipping
sunk.
With all this, however, Britain
would seem to have grounds for
her expectation that with additional
naval craft she can provide suf-
ficiently strong conveys to save her
merchantmen. 1t was strengthen
ing of the conveys in the World
War which had much to do with
victory. Britain's Royal Air Force
also is meeting the attack with 6
rush, and riding the hurricane on
steady wings.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Move for Worship Period
On Good Friday Grows

Already Endorsed by many organ
izations, movement to have WASH
ington firms suspend business for a
three-hour worship period on Good
Friday, April II, appeared today to
be gaining wider favor.
Sponsors of the plan are seeking
the voluntary cooperation of busi-
ness houses in the observance of the
hours from noon to 3 pm, to give
employees an opportunity to mark
that period with prayers.
Among those who have decided to
allow their employees a recess are
the American Federation of Labor,
the International Federation of
Electrical Workers, the Mayflower
Hotel. the Y. M. c. A., the Willard
Hotel, the Y. w. C. A., the knights
of Columbus, Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Co. and r. P. Andrews
Paper Co.
A number of civic, patriotic and
fraternal organizations have adopt
ed resolutions urging their members
to observe the day in a fitting man
ner.
A committee fostering the move
ment is headed by the Rev. Albert
j. Mccartney and includes the Most
Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop
of Baltimore and Washington, and
Bishop James E. Freeman. The Rev
Joseph z. Gedra is secretary.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
President Suggests
Fact Precede Opinion
On Food 10 Europe
Lack Is Most Acute
In Spain, He States,
But Won't Elaborate

President Roosevelt suggested to-
day that Americans should be clear
about the facts Of Europe's food
situation before coming to any con-
clusions on relief from this country.
He said this suggestion was the
only comment he cared to make in
response to inquiries at his press
conference about the Governments
attitude toward French pleas for
greatly increased shipments of food
from the United States.
The President declined to elabor-
ate, except to say there was not
much question that the actual lack
of foodstuffs to keep the body and
soul together is greater in Spain
than elsewhere in Europe at the
present.
In considering the shipment Of
food to such places as Spain and
unoccupied France, Mr.. Roosevelt
said there should be q certainty it
WOulO AOI 81 cily WllciC CtoC' 1aC
made this comment when asked If
there were not a distinction be-
tween unoccupied territories and
nations under German military
occupation.
The American Red Cross has
shipped large quantities of con-
denSed milk, children's clothing and
medical supplies for distribution
under Red Cross supervision in
Spain and unoccupied France.
Great Britain agreed to such ship
ment through the blockade for relief
of children, but has refused to per-
NIT large-scale shipments of Ameri-
can wheat into unoccupied France.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Weather Report
Furnished by the Un


26 Sunday cloudy
rain Sunday afternoon night gentle northwest winds
becoming variable
Maryland-Fair tonight; and
Sunday increasing Sunday after
night
slightly portion
tonight cloudness
rain Sunday afternoon night
Sunday
D IA
m. Wednesday -
n
s nh d & eR viii Be Os s n m % sanaay @ g @ W at u % %
Evening star., 1941-03-14
New York Bus Strikers
To Fight TO Bitter End
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 14.-The
strike tying up 95 per cent of Man
hattan's surface transportation rolled
into its fifth day today, with both
sides holding to their positions.
Matthias Kearns, bus division di-
rector for the Transport Workers
Union, declared in a speech to strik-
ing drivers, We'll fight to the bitter
end, come what may"
The New York City Omnibus Corp.
and the Fifth Avenue Coach Co. held
steadfastly to their contention they
cannot meet the unions demands for
q 25 per cent wage increase, three
weeks vacation instead of two and a
reduction in the siX-day week from
81 to 48 hours.
Mayor F. H. La Guardia, however,
expressed faint hope for settlement
when he told reporters after long
conferences yesterday that sufficient
progress has been made not to ter
inmate negotiations.
He and State Mediator Arthur S.
Meyer requested both sides to meet
with them again this morning.
When negotiators resumed their
conference, spokesmen held out
little hope for a settlement today.
Both sides are still very far
apart" Mr.. Meyer said.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
II New Measles Cases
Reported; 6. W. Goods III

Seventeen additional cases OF
measles were reported today to the
District Health Department as its
officials reiterated predictions there
would be mild epidemic of the
disease this year.
Seven George Washington Uni
versity co-edS with German measles
are under treatment at Strong Hall.
They are isolated and have special
nurses.
So far this year 393 cases of
measles have been reported in the
District, against % for the same
period last year. In 1899 3,731 cases
were reported by March Is, Dis
trict record.
Acting Surg. Gen. Warren F.
Draper yesterday reported to Fed
eral Security Administrator McNutt
there were more than $1,000 cases
In the United States during the
week ending March l.
Federal officials suggested Army
cantonments appeared as one posi-
BILE cause of the rapid spread of
measles, due to concentration in
them of rural youths, many of whom
had never had the disease.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Two Taxi Drivers
Are Held in Staying
OF Canadian Woman
Mystery Hides Motive
For Killing Of Wealthy
Florida Visitor
BY the Associated Press.

oy Llc ASoDGldlcu EIcbos
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, March
14.-The body of Mrs. Ruth Rawlfns,
wife of a wealthy, retired metal
lurgist was found in shallow grave
near Gainesville, Fla, early today
and two taxicab drivers were held
as the slayers of the 35-year-old
Canadian woman.
Police Chief E. D. Vaughn said
the two st. Petersburg cab drivers
admitted they killed Mrs. Rawlins
Wednesday night and hauled her
body lis miles in a taxi before bury
ing it in a roadside grave. Sheriff
Todd Tucker signed f1rst-degree
murder warrants against the men
few hours after the body was re-
covered.
James Rawlins, husband of the
dead woman, told the Evening In
dependent he was a former metal
lurgist and assistant superintendent
for the International Nickel On. He
and his wife were visiting here from
Toronto.
Apparently Hit on Head.
Mr.. RaWlins said Mrs. Rawlins
failed to return home yesterday and
he remained awake all night, first
learning of his Wifes death when
reporters came to his home this
morning.
"She apparently had been knocked
In the head" Chief Vaughn said.
There was an electric cord around
her neck"
Robbery" he added. was not
a motive. She was buried with her
diamonds, and there was a wrist
watch on her hand"
He added that the taxi drivers,
whom he identified as Frank 3.
Hogan, 27, and Earl J. Allen, 35,
were arrested by deputies under
Sheriff Neil F. Law of Brooksville.
Body Wrapped in Blanket.
"They confessed" he said, that
the woman was killed in Aliens
apartment, that they wrapped the
body in a blanket, took it down.
stairs, put it in taxicab and hauled
it to near Gainesville, where they
buried it.
They would give no information
as to why the woman was killed"
He said Sheriff Law called his Of
flee yesterday and said they were
holding two men and a taxicab,
which had blood in it. Sheriff Law,
the chief reported, said the men
were arrested when his officers saw
them driving through Brooksville
early in the morning and investi-
gated.
Mr.. Rawling seemed stunned and
expressed shock and surprise.
You often read of these things
happening to other people" he said.
but it seems so far away from your
own life"
He knew of nothing in his wife s
life that would have led up to the
tragedy, he asserted.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Autogiro to Protect Ships
From Subs Developed

WILLOW GROVE, Pa, March IA
P).-Development of an autogiro de-
signed for protecting ships against
submarines and capable of carry
ing heavy loads of depth charges
was announced today by the Pitcairn
Autogiro Co.
Agnew E. Larsen, general manager
said plans for the giro had been
offered to the Navy Department fol-
lowing demonstrations of a lighter
model before naval officers at Boiling
Field, Washington, and other places
The company already has per-
fected a plane which can take of
or land vertically on a space no
larger than the deck of a ship.
But we did not feel this was
large enough" Mr.. Larsen said. "Our
new giro weighs 4,200 pounds and
is capable of long-range cruising,
possibly five or six hours"
None of the larger autogiros is
under construction, Mr.. Larsen said.
The Pitcairn Co. currently is en-
gagged in building a number of small
er autogiros for the British govern
ment.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
New US. Dive Bomber
Will Have Speed Of
$50 Miles an Hour
Will Garry Load Twice
As Large as Thut of
Similar Planes Abroad
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 14.-Con-
struction of a new type dive bomber
with a probable top speed of at
least $50 miles an hour and designed
to carry bomb load twice as large
as that borne by similar planes
abroad was announced today by a
leading American aircraft company.
1t will be manufactured in quanti-
| ty at the new CurtiSs-Wright fac
tory being built at Columbus, Ohio.
At capacity the factory will employ
10000 workmen.
Burdette S. Wright, vice presi-
dent of the CurtiSs-W Wright Corp,
said the plane was designed to meet
Navy requirements for:
Twice as many heavy bombs as
| any existing dive bomber; a range
| twice that of present models; twice
the gunfire of any other single
engine Navy plane, and a maximum
| speed of 100 miles an hour faster
than current types.
StukaS' Top Speed Is $50.
The speed requirement would in
dicate maximum performance Of
at least $50 miles an hour. The
German Junkers "Stukas," used
extensively in Norway, the invasion
of the low countries, the battle OF
France and the assault on England,
have top speed in level fight of
about $50 miles an hour.
They dive on objectives with the
use of flaps" or air brakes at from
$50 to 300 miles an hour. Reduced
speed in normal high velocity dives
Is required for accuracy in releas-
ing bombs.
That part of the announcement
pertaining to bomb loads would in
| dicate a capacity of at least 1900
pounds of explosives. Current pro
duction' dive bombers of the Navy
carry 1000 pounds of bombs and
the Stukas carry from $50 to 1,l00
pounds, depending on the distance
to the target" and the nature of
the objective.
The new plane, fitted with a
1,700 horsepower Wright Cyclone"
engine, is considerably larger and
heavier than any known types in
the service of England, Italy or
Germany. 1t carries its bomb load
inside the fuselage, reducing drag"
and hNnSfinp Snaad StJkos norry
850-horsepower engines.
Carries Two Persons.
The wings fold when it is at rest
to facilitate storage on shipboard.
The plane carries two persons.
Designed to operate from aircraft
carriers on scouting and bombing
missions, the plane to meet Navy
specifications would have a range
of 600 miles beyond previously es-
tablished limits.
1t has a faster take-off than a
pursuit plane"
This is the second plane with
notable performance characteristics
announced for the Navy in the last
three months. The other one was
the Vought-Sikorsky shipboard
fighter, reputed to have top speed
exceeding 400 miles an hour.
The cruising speeds of both are
considerably below their maximum
speeds. In the case of the ship
board fighter, it probably lies in the
range of 330-340 miles an hour.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Japan Termed Serene
As Peaceful Forest

NEW YORK, March IA tP).-Ja-
pan is as serene as a peaceful for
est Sobufumi Ito, government
spokesman, was quoted today in a
Domei Japanese news agency
broadcast.
Ito spoke at the opening of con-
cert of japanese music given by the
government information Office for
diplomats, foreign correspondents
and persons closely connected with
society and international cultural
relations"
1--WE have been engaged in civil
affair for nearly four years, 1t is
true" Ito was quoted as saying, "and
moreover we are by no means indif-
ferent to the world conflagration.
But we are not excited, nor are we
making any fuss about the situa-
ton"
Evening star., 1941-03-14


The extensive anti-cyclone, accompanied
by air of polar origin. covers the eastern
half of the United States. The lowest
temperature at 7:3O am. was 80 at Be-
midi, Mimi, and the highest sea.leyel
p1eSsare tneSa was h03 no3s'o I'M milhoarS ,nEfg nay
wave disturbance that was over the south
ern Appalachian region Thursday morning
is advancing east-southeastward over the
ocean with center about 400 miles east Of
Jacksonville, Fla, ship. 1O06.1 millibars
(2971 incheS). This disturbance is now
increasing in intensity and it will be
attended by strong shifting winds over a
considerable area today and tonight: Pres
eastward to the southern Plains States. but
there is as yet no well-defined center.
1007.S millibars (29.76 inches. This dis
turbance has caused rain in southern and
central California and the southern Pla-
teau region and light snow in the Rocky
Mountain region. The southeastern dis
turbance caused precipitation, mostly light,
Thursday from Tennessee and Kentucky
eastward to the Atlantic Coast.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
japanese Expediting
Vital Imports as
Army Moves Wait
Economic Aspect of New
Order Is Emphasized;
Not Ready for Showdown
BY A. T. STEELE,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
SINGAPORE, March 14-While
its military moves in Southeast Asia
are temporarily subdued in favor
of diplomatic and political often
sives, JapanS economic prepara-
tions continue at a high pitch.
For the past month, Japan's out
ward advance has not been so free
and easy. 1t has reached a point
where no forceful step could be
taken without military and eco
nomic consequences to Toxic.
High japanese realize this. Many,
inside and outside Japan, evince
real concern over the chances their
country has been prone to take
while the outcome of Europes war
remains indeterminate.
Official Toxic betrays nervous
hesitation, as has been plainly evi-
denced by recent reassurances given
to Great Britain by Foreign Min
lister Yosuke MatSuoka, who visits
Berlin soon, and Japans Ambassa-
dor at London. Mamoru ShigemitSu.
OF course, were Japan fully pre-
pared for major showdown 1t
could afford bigger risks. But en-
phatically, it is not. So momenta-
rily, it is the economic aspect of
their new order campaign which
Japanese stress.
While Japan knows that it will
take much provocation to incite the
British, Dutch and Americans to
the point of war, Japan can Ill
afford to risk further economic re-
taliation. Surely not at time when
Japan's whole national effort is
being bent to lay up reserves and
build up production-in preparation
for that hypothetical day when
Adolf Hitler scores the hypothetical
victory which will give the Japanese
their hypothetical freedom of action
in the Pacific.
Today the Japanese are utilizing
every available inch of shipping
space to carry oil from the Neither
lands Indies and America; rubber,
tin and iron from British Malaga,
and other materials from all three
nations.
Meanwhile, newspapers here for
some time have been urging the
curtailment of Malaya's iron ore ex-
ports to Japan, aggregating 100000
tons a month. Japan, in fact, re-
Gently received a gentle note of
warning with the stoppage of nickel
shipments from New Caledonia.
(Copyright, 1941, Chicago Daily News, Inc)
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Hit by Uprooted Tree

Louis Platt, IS, Of Myers Corner,
Md, was taken to Casualty Hospital
today with back and head injuries
received when he was struck by a
tree that was being uprooted. The
work was being done on a construc-
ton job at Thirty-third street and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. where
Platt was employed as helper on
a steam shovel. His condition is un-
determined,