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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-18

The Lions Club will hold their
Supper meeting in the Methodist
church dining room Thursday eve.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
TWENTY EIGHT TRAVEL SUNDAY
 ON ACA,pLANE5

Leaving Juneau for Sitka on AL aska Coastal Airlines planes on Sunday were Eliza Williams, Will liam A. Hesse, Paul E. LaDue, w A. Holzheimer, E. Parsons, Harold Bates, Nick Joe Wanda, J. Fulgen- cio, M F Cons, Dave Brown, H. Fairhurst. Alvin Moe, Fred Pellin, Miss E. Jordan and James Patter- son.
 Arriving here from Sitka yester- day were Guy Graham, Joe Flakne, Eddie Carter, Warren Harkton, S w. Hosea, William Wrede, Oscar Ueland, Mrs. Oscar leland, and J c. Martinsen
 Ernest Hillman, Leonard Taylor and J. Molineux were passengers for Hoonah by Alaska Coastal Airlines yesterday. MT. Taylor and MT Molineux made the round trip.
 Thomas A. Morgan was a round trip passenger to Chichagof with AGA Sunday on a charter trip Mail was carried both to and from Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
WRANCELL SCOUTS ARE AIDING IN
 DEFENSE PROGRAM

Wrangell Scouts have reported increasing activity in a communi- cation received in the Territorial Scout Office from Scoutmaster N. Harry Champlin.
 Scouts have been assigned to the fire station and the power plant for messenger service in the Wran- gell Civilian Defnse Program. Dur ing the last few weeks the Wran- gell Scouts have distributed Public Health Nutrition bulletins; Red Cross Rally blazers; Join American Red Cross" folders; blackout and air raid warning instructions; and are at present actively engaged in a Junior Red Cross First Aid train- ing course. A total of 1125 pieces of literature have been distributed involving 30 boy hours of service.
 The Scouts are procuring their own first aid kits and are review ing in their meetings three Public Health films.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
Sergeant Is
 Killed by
 Electricity
Soldier Touches Live Wire on Road South of Juneau
 and Is Killed Instantly

Killed instantly when he came in contact with an electric power wire Staff Sergeant Robert D. Holland 20, an engineer-soldier, died at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the road three miles south of Juneau.
 Sergeant Holland was driving with friend when he stopped to climb a pole for better view, slipped from the platform and touched the live wire, and fell to the ground dead His friend i'm inediately put in call to the Jun eau police department and the body was brought here in the patrol wagon.
 Sergeant Holland was born June 27 1921. He enlisted in the regular Army on June. l940 His parents, MT. and Mrs. Clarence T. Holland. live in Manzhan, Louisiana. He was unmarried.
 Funeral arrangements are to be made by Charles w. Carter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
FOUR SHIPS
 T0RpED0ED
 OFF BRAZIL

FORT ALEZA, Brazil, April 13- Four United Nations merchant ships were torpedoed and sunk last week by submarines off the north coast of Brazil according to reports published here which say so far no word of survivors has been received from two vessels.
 Two of the ships have been iden- tified as the American tankers T c. McCob and Eugene V. R. Thay- CT.
 The other two ships are given as the Norwegian merchantmen Balkis and British merchantmen Pere- grine.
 Twenty nine members of the crew of the tanker Thayer have been brought ashore with nine members missing. Twenty four sur- viyors of the Balkis are said to have been rescued by a Swedish ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
ORGANIZATIONS ARE
 GIVEN TO NATIVES

Dr. H. J. Weber of the Govern ment Hospital gave 48 inoculations this morning to native children of Juneau during the regular immuni- zation clinic held there.
 Of those, Is for typhoid, 10 for whooping cough ant one for small pox were given to infant and pre- school children; Is typhoid, 2 whooping cough, one small pox and two diphtheria were given school children.
 The clinic will be repeated next week.
 Tomorrow mornng in the Juneau Public Health Center, clinic will be held for Parochial School chill dren of the city, to start at am.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
 WEDDING TO BE
 HELD TONIGHT
Young Ydrbrough Nup- tiaIs to Be dt Presby-
 terian Church

At candlelight ceremony to be held in the Northern Light Pres byterian Church this evening at 8 o'clock Miss Blythe Young, daughter of Mrs. Stella Young, will become the bride of Lieut.. Eugene T. Marlborough, U. s. Army Air Corps. The Rev. Willis R Booth will officiate at the service.
 Preceding the ceremony Merle Janice Pitts will sing Oh Promise Me and Because accompanied on the organ by Carol Beery Davis.
 The bride will be given in mar riage by Acting Governor E. L. Bartlett and her attendants will be Miss Mary Jean McNaughton, maid of hopor, and Miss Jean Tay- Tor, bridesmaid. James McNaughton will act as best man for the groom and ushers are to be Peter Warner and John Doyle Bishop.
 Before the ceremony the candles will be lighted by Doris Ann Bart lett.
 For her marriage, Miss Young has selected a white chiffon wedding gown. Miss McNaughton will wear rose lace and Miss Taylor, blue lace. Mrs. Stella Young, mother of the bride, will wear a gown of rose crepe.
 Miss Young has lived in Juneau since she was a small child and was graduated from the Juneau schools During the 1889 legislative session she acted as assistant sec retary of the Senate and in 194l she served as secretary for the Senate For the last six months she has been on the staff of the Ter ritorial Treasurer.
 Lieut.. Yarbrough, son of Mr. and Mrs. s. K. Yarbrough of Gunters- vile, Alabama, is a graduate of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, Alabama, and took his primary flying course at the Pri- mary Flying School, R nd olph Field, Texas, and has been stationed at Elmdorf Field, Anchorage, for the last year.
 On April 4, of this year, Lieut.. Yarbrough was awarded the Dis tinguished Flying Cross by the War Department for heroism in rescu- ing a marooned officer from an ice foe in the waters of Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet. Lieut.. Frank L. OBrien, a fellow officer, was sim- iliarly decorated for taking part in this rescue.
 To attend the wedding of her niece, Mrs. Ralph Bartholomew, of Ketchikan flew from the First City to Juneau yesterday.
 The wedding this evening will be followed by a reception at the.resi- dence of MT. and Mrs. I. P. Taylor. Miss Doris Freeburger will preside at the refreshment table and Mrs. Catherine Gregory will cut the we'd ding cake. Those who will assist in serving are, the Misses Kay Ken nedy, Betty Sharpe, Elaine Housel and Elizabeth Terhune.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
JOSEPH FLAkNE,
 WILLIAM WREDE
 RETURN SUNDAY

Joseph Flakne, Director of the United States Employment office and William Wrede, of the Ter ritorial Unemployment Commission, returned yesterday from a trip to Sitka made for the purpose of com pleting arrangements for handling unemployment compensation claims under the new set-up whereby the Employment office was made a part of the U. s. Employment De- partment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
Mrs. Byron EImes
 Returns 10 Home

After an absence from Alaska of seven months, Mrs. Byron Elmes is on her way back to her home in Anchorage. She was preceded north two months ago by her husband who is one of the senior employees of the Alaska Railroad.
 MT and Mrs. ElmeS went south last September and continued east to attend the World Series and motor through the New England States where they visited relatives of MT. Elmes.
 Since MT. Elmes returned to AL aska Mrs Elmes has been visiting her sisters and friends in Southern California and Eastern Washing ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
JIM DAVIS HERE
 AFTER BUSINESS
 TRIP TO SEATTLE
LeqisIative Candidate Urges Interest in Pri-
 mary EIeefion

Back home after two months in Seattle, the last three weeks of which were spent trying to get transportation home" Capt. James V. Davis arrived in Juneau yes terday
 The rate hearings in Seattle be- fore the Maritime Commission, fisheries business and mail con- tracts for his transportation com pany were affairs that took MT. Davis to Seattle.
 A member of the Territorial House of Representative since 1897, Jim Davis is a fourth term candidate this year
 My chief concern now" Davis said, 'is that because of the war and a general lack of interest in anything except national affairs, people will be likely to treat the coming Primary Election with more than the usual apathy.
 Tt is important that people get out and vote, declare for their candidates in the Primaries, who- ever they are, and not, after the Primary Election is over, blame the primary system for the fact that all of the candidates chosen are from one section. There are can didates this year from Petersburg. Ketchikan, Klawack and other southeastern towns, good candidates who deserve consideration. I urge every voter to get out and vote, for his candidates, no matter who they are"
 Davis, who came to Juneau by plane from Ketchikan, after ar irving there by steamer, said that he expected a better than usual primary vote in Ketchikan where interest was great because of sev- eral Ketchikan candidates who were running for office irl the Primaries.
 Southeast Alaska will witness a fairly full operation of the fisher ies industry this year, Davis said. Most of the cannery companies are already hauling supplies north in their own boats.
 Mrs Davis, Damaris, Jimmy and Raleigh Davis are settled for the summer at Whidby Island where MT. Davis brother, Capt. Don s. Davis, makes his home. Anna Lois Davis has been staying with her grandparents, MT. and Mrs. c. J. Bergstrom, at the Fosbee while her parents were away.
 While south Davis visited his mother, Mrs. Raleigh Davis, who is living in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
ANNUAL DRIVE OF SALvATI0N
 ARMY TO START

Juneau's annual drive to collect funds for the maintenance of the Salvation Army here will be launched Thursday, Lou Hudson, director of the drive, announced today.
 Quota set for Juneau and vicinity this year is $2,500, slightly less than last years fund. That the Army will be called upon to perform it's many services to a much greater extent than in the past is appar- ent, and the Army in past years has had little difficulty in explain. ing it's need to the community. MT. Hudson expects that the quota will be collected in a short time if resi- dents cooperate as they have in the past.
 Names of those who will assist in the Salvation Army drive for funds will be announced in a few days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
JAp5 CLAIM H0kMA
 IS LIVING C

NEW YORK, April 13-A Tokyo radio broadcast from Japanese headquarters said today that Lieut.. Gen. Homma has been appointed as commander of the Japanese ex- peditionary forces in the Philip pines. To the non-Axis world, this was an implication that Homma was still alive.
 It has been generally accepted that although Homma held com- mand in the Philippines at the start of the invasion, he committed hari-kari over his failure to crack Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Bataan line.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
JUNIOR PROM PROVES
 DELIGHTFUL EVENT

Reportedly very enjoyable, and financial success as well, the Jun- for Prom of Douglas high school was given in the school gym Sat urday evening to the pleasure of approximately 75 dancing couples and number of spectators as well.
 Interesting theme of the dance South American Way" was cor rectly carried out with brightly colored streamers and evergreen decorations. Miss Alfreda F1eek was crowned queen of the Prom by Kenneth Shudshift, Junior class President. Misses Betty Bennett and Claire Dore were the queens maids.
 The dance opened with a grand march to the music of Bob Satre's orchestra.
 Patrons and patronesses for the affair were MT. and Mrs. Sam De- von, MT. and Mrs Arne Shudshift, and MT. and Mrs. Elton Engstrom.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
p05Tp0NING RI0M TRIAL
 IS HIN TED
D e m areafion Lines in France Closed Pending
 Collaboration

BERN, Switzerland, April l3- Frances demarcation line frontier separating occupied and unoccupied France is reported to be closed to- day, pending developments result ing from collaboration converse tions between Marchal Henri Petain and pro-Axis, former Vice-Premier Pierre Laval.
 German dispatches hinted sensa- tional announcements possibly Laval's re-entry into the French Cabinet or an indefinite postpone ment of the Riom trial on Frances military defeat-may be made to- morrow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
MARSHALL H0ppIN AND PARTY LEAVE
 FOR SOUTH TODAY

Marshall c. Hoppin, Regional Manager for Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration in Alaska, left for Se- attle yesterday on his way to Wash ington, D. C. on official business with CAA headquarters.
 Mrs. Hoppin and Mrs Allen Hull en and the latter's small son made the trip south with MT. Hoppin. The party came here from Anchor age where CAA headquarters arc located, late Friday afternoon and while he was in Juneau, MT. Hop- pin conferred with local officials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
SEATTLE IN TOP PLACE
 BY $ WINS
Rainiers lose First Game Saturday But Come
 Back Strong Sunday
LEY ASSOCIATED PRESsl

The Seattle Rainiers lost their first game of the season last Sat- urday, being defeated by the San Diego Padres by score of 4 to ? but they came back strong Sum- day, taking a doubleheader and whitewashing the Padres in both games.
 Oakland remains in second place, Los Angeles and Hollywood moved into third and fourth spots with Portland dropping to fifth place, San Francisco in sixth and Sacra- mento and San Diego remaining the two teams at the bottom.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
FRANKLINS FLY NORTH

Mir and Mrs. Glen Franklin and daughter left yesterday morning by plane continuing their journey to Fairbanks from Seattle after ten day visit here with Mrs. Franklin's parents, MT and Mrs. Gust Wahto.
 Having spent the winter in Se- attle they are returning north for the seasons activities in and around the northern metropolis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
Japanese Push On
 In Burma

NEW DELHI, April l3 The Burma Front communique this af- ternoon says Japanese column is reported advancing up the main road to Sinbaungwe, 70 miles north of Prone
 Sinbaugnwe is on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 55 miles below the vital Yenan Yaung fields of inner Burma.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
BUD BODDING FLIES
 IN FROM KETCHIKAN

Bud Bedding, son of MT. and Mrs. Olaf Bedding of this city, who is pilot for the, Ellis Air Transport Company of Ketchikan, was in Juneau for short time yes terday when he made flight here from the First City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
SIMON B. KIRBY E
 ASKED, MAKE REPORT

Simon B. Kirby, formerly resid- ing at the Pioneers Home in Sitka. is asked to communicate with the Attorney Generals office on a mat ter of business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
ANDERSON IN ENGLAND

Dated February g, a letter has been received here by friends of Walter F. Anderson. who formerly resided on the Island. He is now in England with the Canadian Forestry Corps.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
NEW COUNCIL IS TO TAKE
 z OVER AT MEETING TONIGHT

A meeting of the old and new Councils of Douglas is scheduled for this evening when the former will dispose of any unfinished busi- ness there may be and then turn over the city's administration to the newly formed body. The ses- sion will start at 7.30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
FRANKS SAIL

MT. and Mrs. Allan Franz who have been residents of Douglas for the last six months in interests of the Russian Gospel Mission en- parked today for Kodiak where they will continue their evangelistic work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
MARGARET GAMBLE,
 INFANT, E DEAD

Margaret Gamble, infant of six weeks. died Saturday afternoon in St. Ann's Hospital. She was the fourth child of MT. and Mrs. George Gamble of Juneau.
 The body is to be taken to An goon for burial following a short memorial service which will be con- ducted in the chapel of Charles w. Carter tonight. Both MT. and Mrs. Gamble formerly lived in Angoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
BATES FLIES TO sITKA

Harold Bates, local attorney and candidate for the nomination as Territorial Representative on the Democratic ticket, left for Sitka by plane on Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13

The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any AL aska newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
SEWING MEETING

Mrs. Dale Fleek will be hostess at the regular meeting of the Mon- day Night Sewing Club to be held this evening at her home
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
RETIIRNIN(; TO ANCHORACE

John Mccarthy, owner of The Club in Anchorage. is returning home after an extended trip in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
Sunday Games

Seattle 5, 2; San Diego 0, 0. San Francisco l, 0; Oakland ', 3. Portland 4; Los Angeles T.
 Hollywood 8, 2; Sacramento l, '.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13
Saturday Games


Seattle 2; San Diego 4.
 San Francisco 1; Oakland o. Portland 1; Los Angeles '. Hollywood 2; Sacramento 1.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-13

BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
Evening star., 1942-10-12

and then to Lewiston, Me There
he enlisted at the age of Is as a pri-
vate in the Third Maine Infantry
at the outbreak of the Civil War. He
was In the thick of the fighting at
the Battle of the Wilderness. He
came through unscathed, but two
years later was stricken with
typhoid fever and brought to Wash
ington.
president Lincoln visited the
soldiers in the hospitals from time
to time but Mrs Lincoln was a
more frequent visitor he said.
Mrs. Lincoln once gave me a slice
of peach and it caused a relapse,
nearly resulting in my death. When
she learned what had occurred she
expressed regret and after that
came to see me nearly every day."
Resembled Lincoln's Slayer.
Il was still in the hospital when
President Lincoln was assassinated
I knew J. Wilkes Booth and Mrs.
Mary E. Surratt. Many people
thought there was a strong resem-
blance between Booth and me-
After his recovery he went back
to New Hampshire. later moving to
Michigan and South Dakota. where
he raised livestock and took an
active part in civic affairs.
Mr.. Leavitt still enjoys good health.
He has never smoked or drank and
still walks with a. military bearing.
His wife died about 80 years ago.
In addition to his daughter, Mrs
Harter, he has a grandson and a
great-granddaughter in Louisville,
Ky.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Pennsy Derai|ment Blocks
Main Line for Three Hours
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N. j.,
Oct 12.-Four tracks Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad main line were
blocked for three hours last night
after the three rear cars of a WASH
ington-bound passenger train left
the rails.
Three persons were injured and
taken to hospital in Princeton, S
miles from here.
Thlrty-seven trains were delayed
by the derailment and thousands of
persons were left waiting in Penn
sylvan stations at New York, New
ark and Philadelphia.
More than 100 detectives and
police were sent to New York's Penn
sylvania station to help answer ques-
tions of an estimated 5000 persons,
many of them soldiers and sailors
bound on furloughs or back to their
stations.
The train, an extra section of No
1T. had left New York for the Cap
ital at $50 pm. The accident oc-
CURED 36 minutes later. Railroad
officials blamed broken axle.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Thomas Lyddane, "a, Dies;
Operated Leather Shop

Thomas Lyddane, "a, who was in
the leather goods business here for
number of years. died last night
at the home of his son, Stanley
Orme Lyddane, 6232 Eastern avenue
NE.
Mr.. Lyddane was born in Rock
vile, Md, September 10, 1848. and
came with his parents to George
town during the Civil War. His
brother, Stephen, was condemned to
death as a spy but pardoned by
President Lincoln.
Mr.. Lyddane was in the leather
goods business for 40 years, operat-
ing a store in the 1400 block of P
street NV. Besides his son. STAN
ley Orme Lyddane. he is survived
by another son, Mortimer c. Lyd-
dane, of New York City, and a
daughter, Mrs. Gertrude l.. Pierce
of this city.
The Rev. Clarence w. Crawford
of Calvary Baptist Church will Of
f1ciate at services at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the Eastern avenue address.
Burial will be In Oak Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Boy Who Suved 2 Girls
From River Rewarded

The heroism of Huel Crockett, jr.,
13-year-old Alexandria boy who last
month saved two colored girls from
drowning. was recognized by the
congregation Of the Ebenezer Bap-
tist Church which last night pre-
sented the boy with $25 War bond.
The Rev. j. B. Reed, pastor of the
colored church at 909 Queen street,
presented the bond to Huel.
The girls who were rescued from
the river near the National Airport
were Evelyn Eskridge and Thelma
Tinsley. Another girl, Kate May
Tinsley, drowned despite Huel's ef-
forts to save her.
Pupils Of Lyles Crouch School,
which the girls attend, presented
Huel with pen-and-pencil set
several weeks ago.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Virginia Methodists
To Weiqh Redistrictinq
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct II. - The
Virginia Methodist Conference may
settle tomorrow night the long-de-
bated question of reducing the num-
ber of its administrative districts
from IA to IL.
The redistricting move will be one
of the foremost items of business on
the calendar for the annual session
to be held at Centenary Church
through Friday. This will be
the conferences first "streamlined"
meeting, shortened from five to
three days because of the war.
AS the appointments to be made
by Bishop w. w. Peele, presiding
bishop of the conference, will hinge
in some instances on the redistrict-
ing action, it was believed the mat
ter would be taken up promptly. The
appointments, involving some $50
ministerial assignments, will be
read on the closing day.
Evening star., 1942-10-12

Ruth Mary Defandorf, IA, 5 feet
51a inches. $50 pounds, light brown
hair, dark blue eyes, fair complexion:
wearing blue seersucker dress with
red silk jacket or red and green suit:
carrying brown and tan plaid coat
and wearing white and tan shoes;
missing from 1904 North Hancock
street. Arlington, since Wednesday.
Ann Lovelace, IA, feet inches,
ia pounds, blue eyes, red hair;
wearing Navy blue dress; missing
from Atlanta, Ga. since October /.
william E. McDermott, 54, S feet
8 inches, 165 pounds, red hair; wear
ing brown suit, black shoes, white
shirt and eye glasses; missing from
Alexandria since Friday.
Alberta Williams, II, colored, 5
feet 2 inches, 139 pounds; wearing
blue sweater, brown skirt; missing
from 1908 H street NE. since Sat-
urday.
Walter Taylor, IL. colored, 4 feet
6 inches, "a pounds. wearing green
sweater, blue polo shirt, grey
trousers, brown shoes: missing from
1902 Jay street NE. since Friday.
william Walker. II, colored, S feet
10 inches, 140 pounds; wearing white
coat, brown cap, blue trousers, blue
tennis shoes; missing from 1148
Twenty-flrst street NV. since Fri.
day.
Adam Naylor, so. colored, feet
8 inches, l40 pounds: wearing brown
suit, blue hat, black shoes; missing
from 4l3 street NV. since Wed.
nesday.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Be|gians Ordered Drafted
For Work in Germany
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, Unoccupied France, Oct
12.-The German commander in
Belgium has ordered the conscrip-
ton of Belgians for work in Ger
many as well as in Belgium. a COM
munique issued by the French ofncial
news agency OFF said today.
The order applies to all men be-
tween Is and so and all unmarried
women between 81 and IS for work
in Germany. All hiring and dis
missal of workers must be approved
by the Labor Bureau and all Bel
gians between 18 and so must justify
their current occupation, the news
agency said.
A work log" will be started for
each worker to facilitate the recruitt
Ing Of manpower. 1t was reported.