The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 3, 1931, Page 8

i § t - g THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 1931. ° NEW CONGRESS | WILL VOTE ON PROHIBITION | Wets Force Liquor Prob- lem to Front — Drys Accept Challenge | §10,000 CRAFT IS TAKEN FROM ALIEN OWNER| Fishing BozI_P—elican Seiz-! ed from E. Rognan | and Forfeited Because of alien ownership, the $10,000 fishing boat Pelican, by a (Continuea rrum rFage One) | nce the adoption judgment of Pederal District { e | Court in this city yesterday, was ed yet what declared forfeited to the United ’ press for States Government. The craft is now in charge of the United States marshal pending issuance of an order of sale, which probably will be forthcomin m the court after‘ the expiration of 60 days. | The owner of the craft was Ernest Rognan, who for a number of years has resided at Hoonah, | Yakutat, Juneau and Seattle. He was born in Norway in 1886 and entered the United States in 1907. He applied for c ship in the District Court here August 4, 1930. voting. ) Drys Accept Challenge 1 and Watson, who to the demands of the k 1 the Ser Time of ure They said that und ¢ | His boat was seized by represen- st they are willing to have an tatives of the United States Cus- ¢ toms house in this city August 31, 1930. During the progress of court pro- ceedings, from the time of the seizure until several days ago, the vessel was allowed to be operated on a bond filed by the Nordby Supply Company of Seattle and showdown nator Wa n made a direct ise to wet leaders that they could have a vote on Prohi- Assoctated Press Photo John D. Rockefeller shown before he boarded the train in New York % X b Ketchikan. She was used by Capt. 5 his annual trip to his winte” gonry“azoy, fish buyer, who ob- ome in Ormond Beach, Fla. 7 Front Page o o T 4 o 5 ~ brought them to this port. bition at the present session. He A. M. Smith Is Custodian N()'Us' predicted that the roll call would Qn assuming charge of the boat Bk show the 1 Senate “overwhelm- | this forenoon, the marshal put ingly dry. {her out of commission. He has Borah Predicts Dry Vietory named A. M. Smith as her cus- an todian. | -| The Pelican was built in Se- alattle in 1929. She is of 35 gross| two-thirds majority in both Houses:and 24 net tons. Her length is 49.9 of Congress and ratification by feet, width 151 feet, depth 6.5. three fourths of the States to|Deisel equipped, she can develop make it effective. He said a num- |44 horsepower. She is insured for ber of the Anti-Prohibitionists want | $8,000. a referendum on repeal. “Let’s Borah said, but he — sss - have it out,” ! made it clear that he is against | the endum. He said he would vate against repeal I | Wets Jubilant As RESULTS 0F Wet leaders say there will be an | entirely new lineup in the new! Congress, and it is believed that| Four College Players Are Among Victims of 1931 Football Season the dry cohorts will be surprised | if they attempt to avoid a vote.! The wets are jubilant over the| way things are turning. LONDON, Dec. 3—An urgent re-| NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Football's | quest for prompt delivery of the toll of fatalities for 1931 reached 1825 horsepower “buzzard” mtoros, the unprecedented total of 32 with | to be installed in the speedy fight- (the deaths yesterday of Cornelius |ing flying boats now under con- | Murphy, Jr., brilliant tackle on | struction by the Japanese navy has | Fordham TUniversity’s eleven, and ! been received by the Rolls Royce George O. Pussey, aged 13 years, | Company, according to the Da)l_v‘Phfla,delphia sandlot player, | Herald. The amphibians, according! Murphy was injured in the final Ito the Herald, are being built on game of the season with Bucknell | | the British patterns and will be 11 days ago. He was thought to be | the speediest air ‘fighters in the out of danger after treatment for { world. | concussion of the brain but suf- |fered a fatal relapse yesterday. ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION Pussey died after a skull fracture. Regular meeting of Silver Bow| Four of the total killed were Lodge No. A 2, 1. O. O. F, this college players and the others were |evening at 7:30. Work in the In-' members of high school or sandlot ‘titiatory Degree. A special invitation | teams. | | eh declared amendment pealing the eenth Amendment would reg [veryone is talking about our %1 Dress Sale Buy one dress at the regular price and get a second dress of equal value for $1.00 Bring a friend and share the saving TR |Japan Orders New | f Plane Motors Rushed| | | added | More dres for sale on Friday and Saturday Felt Hats Values to $6.00 $1.50 —— e TENAKEE MINER ILL to visiting brothers. E. A. JOHNSON, | | —aav. Noble Grand. |Milo _ Bulatovich, a miner from \ ——— Tenakee, entered St. Ann’s hos- Dell E. Sheriff, Alaska’s tuner, ,pital last night for medical treat- now at Gastineau Hotel. —adv. |ment. B o Pre-Inventory SALE Canned Fruits t and Vegetables TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SPECIAL VALU Sanitary Grocery “The Store That Pleases” PHONES 83—385 Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 6. Russlan 1. Word of Inland sea lamentation . Stroke 5. Knocks sibmber 9. Young devil . Imply 12, Transmitted . Come together 13 Spoken . Vegetables 14. Born . Not one 15, Soverelgn . Loose earth 17 Ocean . Incarnation 18. Move on of Vishnu wheels Roman road 19. Prepares for . Plerca publication . Celestlal body 21. Become . Labyrinth u 24. Rotate : Bang rapidly Domestle 25. Devoured fowls 26. Give forth . Defy 20. Great haste Capital of 32, Repair Norway 34. Greek god- . Bulld dess of . Short and to vengeance the point 35. Story - 44, Sacks 36. Region 45. Musical 37. Cipher vapor 1. Poisonous 7' instrument . Light br]own :4. Secured serpent 42. Portal arge plant 5. Quote 2. Const tio 47. Coples AN CofeLion™ 80, Contena flowers 57. Perceive 3. Insect 51. South 44. Shipworm visually . Ir American 46, Strong wind 68. Golf mounds 4 Cublc meter river 48. Arablan 59. Acquire by 5. Turkish garment weight WORK ON THANE JOB 1S CEASED UNTIL SPRING Considerable Progress Is Made by Contractor— Will Rush it in Spring Work on the Thane road recon-| struction project closed down 'I‘ugs-' day for the winter, it was made known today by L. W. Turoff,| United States Bureau of Public Roads’ Resident Engineer in charge of Glacier Highway. Superintend- ent Richard Anderson who hasbeen | in charge of the work for Seims- Spokane Company, will leave on| an early boat for his home in Spo- | kane. It is planned to resume the work | about April 1, with an augmented crew, and to push it rapidly to| completion next Spring. | Considerable progress was made | on the project this Fall. One mile of road was entirely completed, including fine rock surfacing. The clearing was finished, and a sub- stantial amount of excavation and grading done. W.D.GROSS ON MONDAY STARTS PIONEER FUND To raise funds to be used as a Christmas gift to inmates of the Pioneers’ Home in Sitka, W. D. Gross will start his annual cam- paign in Juneau next Monday. This annual effort was inaugurated by Mr. Gross eight years ago, and every Yuletide since then old-time Alaskans who are nearing the end of the trail at Sitka have been made happy with substantial gifts of spending money. Mr. Gross has had the campaign started this year in several other places, and Monday it will be put into full swing here. FISHERMEN'S DANCE IS SET FOR SATURDAY Affair Will Be Held in AB. Hall and Will Be Invitational Next Saturday evening is the time and A. B. Hall is the place for the Annual PFishermen’'s ball. Arrangements are virtually com- pleted for the affair, which this year promises to be one of the most delightful of its kind in the history of the city. The best of music has been engaged for the occasion, and bounteous refresh- ments will be served. All fishermen, their wives ana sweethearts are expected to be present. The dance will be of strictly in- vitatonal character. <A few invi- tations for persons not engaged in the fishing industry will be avail- able. For such invitations appli- cations must be made by calling ‘Telephone 40. Seventh Child Born, Father Hangs Self NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Two days after his wife, Marie, had given birth to a seventh child, taxing his meagre earning power, Thomas Tomanelli, 2371 Hughes Avenue, Bronx, was found hanging from a steam pipe. He was forty-seven and had performed odd jobs. The wid- ow said he had been despondent over his low earnings. —————— Have your furs cleaned and re- paired at Chas. Goldstein & Co L SAVE THE DATE Christmas Eve Ball, Elks' December 24th. Hall, —adv. PHONES 92 and 95 | GEORGE | Brothers Five Fast Deliveries . E N | WEA4RE f GOLD MEDAL FLOU PR W SELLING R, 49-1b. sack ....$1.90 '\ At GARNICK’S-Phorie 174 UNEMPLOYED T0, Fight to Keep Record Clean CUT AND SELL YULET|U£TREES City Bureau Asks Residents to Help Provide Work for Idle Men Cutting and selling of Christmas trees this month will be under- taken by the Unemployment Bu- reau of the City Government as a; means of helping persons out of‘ work. Unemployed men will be engaged to cut the trees. Arrangements will be made for having them hauled | into town without expense, if pos- | sible. Vacant ground near the| business district will be obtained| free of charge to display them,| and somebody will be present| throughout the days and evenings| to wait on customers. | At any time from the present.; orders for trees may be placed with| either H. R. Shepard, city clerk,! or S. J. Thompson, city unemplo; ment agent, whose headquarters| are in the city clerk’s office. | “There are 190 persens on the unemployment roll” sald Mr.' Thompson today. “If persons who! !Jrlf m‘t}l:n:hb”‘ Kuti:\eli:o;ln LN.kJ.) mgr; S‘hcnoo{l basketball team of 7 1931 wi e cups which the basketeers o e school, since the 1925- ?}‘;Y C;};Insflmaé trees] will ‘{“31’3 them |, 35on, have won in @ remarkable string of 75 victories and no defeat rough the Unemployment Bureau. jjse girls are determined to keep the remarkable record of the school this year, remunerative work, bad-| lily white.and annex an undefeated season this year. The East! Iy needed in numerous instances.| lutherford girls, by their five years of victory, hoild the record for! will be given men now in enforced| ‘0t1 professional and amateur girls' teams, Left to right: Alice fdleness.” | Christinsen, Muriel Maguth, Blanche Ranges (captain), Emma Adran, | o S ! Vera Paduch and Clara Jacobsen. | .Money for Funeral Lost to Pjckpocket: In the Probate Court for the Ju- CHICAGO, Tll, Dec. 3—A pick-| neay Precinct, Territory of Al- pocket got Henry Stremel's money’ aska, Division Number One. —all of it, $193, which Henry hadlyy the matter of the estate of just taken out of the bank for a! NANCY CARLSON, Deceased. special purpose. I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, The special purpose was t0 D&y that James Carlson, Administrator the exenses of his wife’s funeral.|of ‘the Estate of Nancy Carlson, She died of tuberculosis. The cost{decm' has filed his final ac- of her long illness was one of the count and petition for distribution mason:h whiwlf-’len;y dlf;i1 ng_t dhfil;"e in said estate, and that “he same more than when she died. He|will be heard at 'elock i : works in a garage. His home is forenoon of Janu:erx; ‘:;tlgfkls?z,u:. nmiy 3,'000'000 PORGE Sirine o at 2006 Sheffield Avenue. |the court room of above entitled oo > 'OF A7ig petRisey ok The pickpocket got Henry's money | ters. 4 in a Belmont Avenue car. Henry p i NOTICE OF HEARING ON | court at which time any person in- § FINAL ACCOUNT terested in the said estate may ap- pear and file his exceptions in | writing, to said petition and re- | port. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 7th day of November, 1931. CHAS. SEY, United States Commissioner and 3 Ex-Officio Probate Juage. First publication, Nov. 12, 1931. Last publication, Dec. 3, 1831. ———.-— ‘The postoffice departmen. uses” i mat o e CHRISTMAS DANCE FRIDAY—DECEMBER 25 Moose Hall MUSIC BY MOOSE ORCHESTRA Harry Brandt, Director Willlam Dys of this city is a patient in St. Ann’'s hospital for medical treatment. i ——..— HANDKERCHIEF SALE—TEA The women of Holy Trinity Guild will hold a handkerchief sale and tea December 5 at the Light Com- pany’s showroom, from 1 to 5 pm. —adv. SATURDAY NIGHT : “A.B. HALL For Information and Invitations TELEPHONE 40 PARTY FOR FISHERMEN—Others . Require Invitations