Juneau Couple Flight
Troth High in Air
May Penttinen. recent arrival
at Juneau from Longview, Wash,
and Donald Lee Hammond, man j
ager of the Baranof Cocktail Bar
believe in getting married and i
coming down to earth in a iteral j
fashion, reports the Juneau Em
pire.
At high noon, with U. S. Com J
missioner Felix Gray shouting j
the ceremony, in a seaplane, thej
couple were married in the air:
over Mendenhall Glacier.
Twenty-seven years ago the
bride's mother and father met,
and married in Fairbanks, while,
Mrs. Penttinen was traveling as
a tourist under almost identical
conditions under which her dau
ghter met her husband of today.'
Flying bridesmaid for the serv
ices in the air w'as Miss Virgin
iarae Patchin. lifetime chum of j
Mrs. Hammond's in Longview,
while the best man was “Bud”
Holloway.
RAINS FAIL TO
QUENCH FOREST FIRES
Fire is still burning in the
Spruce forest near Clear Creek
Buttes, 30 miles south of Fair
banks. Maurice Smith, fire war
den for the Fairbanks district,
Department of the Interior, said.
The blaze started early last
Friday.
“The flames are moving in a
bigger front,” Mr. Smith declar
ed. They do not seem to have
been affected by Sunday’s rain.
A heavy rain will be required to
quench them.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE
25 cents per Bundle at
NUGGET OFFICE
FIERY — Hollywood judges
saw red, picking Susan Hay
ward, a movie actress frcm
Brooklyn, as U.S. redhead queen.
TOO NICE FOR THE LEGION
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George Petty, creator of those lovely streamlined girls in magazine
illustrations, did too good a joh when he turned out a poster for the
American Legion convention in Chicago this fall, executive com
mitteemen raised an eyebrow at the trim, scantily clad drum rtiajor
ette. said “ahem" and selected a poster of more somber tone. The
Petty poster is shown.
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AUGUST 19TH
NEXT SCHEDULED SAILING
S. S, EL CAPITAN
Ports of Call—St. Michael, Unalakleet, Golovin,
Solomon, Nome, Teller, & Kotzebue Sound points j
Now is the time to prove our appreciation for the
saving this ship has already made for us by
sending or bringing in our orders.
'
Consolidated Line
S. W. Taggart, Agent
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'Radio Operator
of ( utter Haida.
Shot and Killed
_
j JUNEAU. Aug. 7 </P)—A cor
oner’s inquest and a Coast Guard
board of inquiry were ordered af
ter Thomas Paul Craig. 36. chief
radio operator on the Cutter
J Haida was found shot to death
ion the davenport of his apart
ment. His widow Mrs. Mildred
I Craig, 34, said he shot h;mself
j while she was attending to their
four-months-old son.
She said she didn’t hear the
shot but that Craig was still
breathing when she entered the
room.
She said she aroused him at
5 a.m. ias he planned to sell their
car then go aboard ship but he
told hgr ha changed his mind.
Officers found a piece of paper
| on which were scribbled figures
and a note saying “Mil, I tried
to go on, but I couldn’t. I did
the best I could.” She said she
didn't know to what it referred.
Craig’s father lives at St. Ig
natius. Montana. He served on
Onondaga based at Astoria until
he was transferred to the Haida
18 months ago.
...—
Costume Ijmites
Causes Death of
Young Dancer
SPOKANE, Aug. 5 (JP) —Sally
Lacy, 13, succumbed to burns re
ceived Thursday night when
sparklers ignited her dancing
skirt darling the finale of the
Columbia Cavalcade pageant.
Patricia Sells and Addie Felk
er, each fifteen, are still in a crit
ical condition and two others1
who were also burned have im
proved a little.
Canadian Ship
Hits Iceberg
Little Damage
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MONTREAL, Aug. 7 <JP) —The
Canadian Pacific freighter Beav
erhill which struck an iceberg
off the Newfoundland coast pro
ceeded on its way to London.
Company officials reported that
she was expected to reach port
on schedule. A message from
Captain T. Jones said damage to
the vessel was slight and the in
side of the hull was unto*uched
by the collision. The ship car
ried a crew of 74.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 </P) —
Frank W. Minde'.l, aged 79. who
as Republican floor leader car
ried Speaker Joe Cannon’s house
battles died here after more than
three decades of his life spent
active in politics, and including
twelve terms in the House from
Wyoming. Mondell opposed the
' bull moose candidacy of Theo
dore Roosevelt,
More Jobs for Alaskans
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IT’S A FACT that the Canned Salmon Industry provides more jobs for
Alaskans during the fishing season than any other industry does. It's also
a fact that the packers hang out the “Help Wanted” sign at other times
of the year. Each fall and spring, hundreds of men are employed in the
maintenance of canneries and other equipment; furnishing construction
and box shook materials, wire netting, supplies the Industry needs to
operate. That's why good times for the Salmon Industry mean good times
throughout Alaska.
The regular scehdulod Mon
day PAA mail plane arrived this
afternoon. It will remain over
night and depart at 8 a.m. to
morrow morning with Matt
Mackiy, H. A. Bauer, Chuck
Huntley. Miss Pentz and Corey
Bray ton.
In the Alaska Line ad in this
issue it will be noted that the
North King will sail for Nome
instead of the Derblay Aug. 18.
The North King is 375 long. 5000
tons, speed 12 knots and has pool
rooms and cold storage facilities.
Save $2.00 by paying in ad
vance for your subscription.
TAX FORMS ARE HERE
The Bureau of Internal Rev
enue announced today that
Forms 707 on which domestic cor
porations are required to file cap
ital stock tax returns for the
year ended June 30. 1939. have
been forwarded to Collectors of
Internal Revenue for distribution
to taxpayers. Normally, the re
turns are required to be filed and
the tax paid in the month of
July, but as the Revenue Act of
1939. containing an amendment
of the capital stock tax provi
sions of the Internal Revenue
Code, was not approved until
June 29, 1939, the printing of the
return forms was necessarily de
layed. Consequently, the time for
filing and paying the tax has
been extended to August 31, 1939
for corporations having a prin
cipal place of business in the con
tinenta) Unit'd States and to Sep
tember 29. 1939 for all others.
With minor exceptions corpor
ations are required to show ad
justed value on returns for 1939.
such adjusted values 1o be com
puted by using as a base the val
ues declared on the 1938 returns.
In computing adjusted values all
adjustments provided for 'n the
law must be made but no others
are permitted. Any domestic cor
potation which is required to
show an adjusted value on its re
turn may elect under the amend
ment to make a new declaration
of value and pay tax thereon,
provided such declared value is
in excess of the adjusted value
and the election is exercised on a
return timely filed.
Among the limited classes of
corporations which are not re
quired to show adjusted values
but must declare values are coir
porations which were granted ex
emption for 1939 and those creat
ed since June 30, 1938.
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FIGHTING FOX LIVES UP TO NAM E—Through ankle-deep mud Fighting Fox (right) sloshes by last turn at Suffolk |
Downs to win $50,000 added Massachusetts handicap, beating Fornpoon and Challedon. Betters had scorned Fighting Fox, who paid $31.