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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1933. ONE HUNDRED. . f Y nection existing prior to March SIUDEN Is IO RE'URNS FRUM il . Mo lu WASHING| UN I HUGRAM GIVEN T e Ova . 8. Deputy Collector of Cwsi| Teams of the Fruit League will 7 ! toms Jack liard, whe ived ul ue Wi | 4. Dependent widows and or ; WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.— Hilliard, who arrived| . toulght i the Eiks Club | CIVE PROGRAM Next Sunday Includes All Music Departments tion of Miss Alice Palmer, vocal instructor and Miss Pauline Rein- hart, instrumental music instruct- or. Organizations which will take part in the first public entertain- ment by the Music Department this year, are, the Girls' Glee Club, Boys' Glee Club, A'Cappella Choir, Orchestra and Band. The interesting and carefully selected program will be divided into two parts, the first to be giv? en by the Glee Club and the choir, and the latter part by the Orches- tra and Band. Parents, friends and the general public are cordially invited to at- tend the concert, for which no admission will be charged. J. T..PETRICH ing in Indianapolis of the American Legion, which was held at the national headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana on No- vember 18, 17 and 18, while he was away. The purpose of the conference was to put into action the object- ives sought by the National Con- vention of the Legion held in Chi- cago during the month of August, and discuss the manner in which they would put over the program adopted in Chicago for the coming year. The program has the fol- Jowing four major points: 1. ‘Those disabled in line of duty restored to status prior to March 20, 1933. 2. Government hospitalization CONFERENCE Conncert at Grade School|Alaska Adjutant of Legion | Attended Officers’ Meet- for all needy veterans requiring i, : o 3. Restoration of service con- phans to have government pro- tection. Dwight A. Chase, of Ketchikan, Department Commander of the Le- gion for Alaska, went east with Mr. Petrich to attend the confer- ence and together they visited the World’'s Fair grounds ‘and build- ings, though the Fair itself, had closed before their arrival in Chi- cago. CONCERNING WHEREABOUTS OF HUGO M. WESTERBERG An inquiry has been received by Chief of Police C. J. Davis as to the whereabouts of Hugo M. Westerberg, last heard from by his family during the month of June when he was on his way to Sitka. Inquiries made to the Postmaster of that place disclosed only that he was not known there. Infor- mation concerning Mr. Westerberg who is described as being six feet tall, and broadly built, is desired by his son, Max Westerberg, of 18 Matthews Sfreet, Pontiac, Mich- igan. MERRITT T0 GO 5-POINT PEAGE FOR 3 MONTHS OUT BY HITLER Assigned to Duty withNiralFrench Foreign Office Section of Forest Service in Capital Under an asSignment just re- shortly after January 1, for duty, it was announced 'today. He expects to leave here about than three months. He will be attached to the NIRA section o Neither Denies or Con- | firms- Latest Report PARIS, Dec. 7. — Rumors that \gram. New Year's to be absent for more jasks a conscript army of 300,000,! getchikan where he made a stop- {right to possess defensive weapons such as airplanes and tanks, pro- It is understood that Germany ! the Forest Service, it is under-|hibits the use of gas and bombing stood. ;planes. internatonally disarmament His work here in connection with|of heavily armed powers and re- roads and trails, and routine ad-| turn of the Saar Basin to Ger- ministrative duties will be taken|many without a plebiscite. over by B. F. Heintzleman, Asst. g, 7 T e | Regional Forester, who spent six months in the National enpltalu s flFFlcER early this year and much of that |l § ] time was attached to the Foresi| Service planning section for the' Civilian Conservation Corps. Mr.| {Heintzleman will leave tomorrow | jon the steamer Alaska for Ket- | :chikan to be gone for two weeks. e COUNTERFEIT DIE IN FIGHT |Attempt to_Sglggle Liquor Across Border Ends Fatally for Three {men were killed and another i {Over $500,000 in Bogus wounded in a battle Wetwesn Unit- |ed States Border Patrolmen and Mo“ey Also Found— liquor smugglers early this morn- Two Are Arrested ing when the U. 8. officers seiz- CHICAGO, Tl Dec. 7—At least | led 150 gallons of mixed liquors. One of the dead is Borne Mel- 1$500,000 in counterfeit money and| O™ | a complete plant was seized early! trolman. United States Border Pa- The other two are Mex- . this morning as the result of the st ey A arrests two weeks ago of tWo men jng out with dog teams and their lon the South side. THO RUNNERS Gold Price Today Remains at Today’s gold price remained unchanged today at $34.01. The price of bar gold in London is $32.22 on the ba- sis of the sterling's open- ing at 5.11% to the pound. e MORRIS GROSS AND WIFE Beach, California, arrived in Ju- W. D. Gross;| | neau this week. j accompanied them as.far north’as ,over of a week after which he will continue to Juneau. JACK HILLIARD TO TAKE TEAMS OF FRUIT LEAGUE CHARGE OUSTOMS OFFICE TO BOWL AT ELKS TONIGHT IN WRANGELL FOR MONTH here in October from Eagle, where he is stationed during the sum- mer, -‘has gone to Wrangell where he will have charge of the Cus- toms office while W. R. J. Reed' is south. Mr. ‘Reed left to spend the holidays with Mrs. Reed in California and they are both ex- pected back in Wrangell early in January. IN PRESENT TOURNAMENT bowling alleys in the tournament now underway. The schedule calls for matches between the follow- ing teams: \ 7:30 o'clock—Dates vs. ples. 8:30 o'clock—Apricots vs, Melons. 9:30 o'clock—Peaches vs. Cher- ries. : Pineap- soaked in wine, 115 pounds 1 —— e | Wesley Guild Tea, Saturday, in |display room of Alaska Electric :Light and Power Co. —adv. At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 3 Winners! OLGA PAUL BETTY RILEY BRUNETTA RIECH V 1{ i g g i llectos f eas! 1 i Nearly 100 students will %ake J. T. Fetrich, Deputy Collector Both on his way £ 4nd on | selvet trom . WASMREEH LB Lo | ermart ChAC b A R TO VISIT BROTHER HERE| art in the concert to be given}of Customs, who returned on. the isi . : | . Pext Sunday afternoon in the|Northwestern this week 'from a i f‘“mv M&] Petrich visited his|gram, M. L. Merritt, Asst. Re-|pared a five-point program for| g visit for an indefinite jength | § F Y - ) ] C k ¢ y o ‘ : ) | Grade School Auditorium by the|six weeks leave in the Stales, at- i A glonal Forester, United States For- \permanent peace with France I5fqf yime with, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.| 5 or our Xmas Frult are | Music Department of the Juneau | tended the conference of Dpart- ;fl- dServloe. will rehpon to national [given an air of authenticity by the [ grocc "My Gross's brother, Morris | § o g Music : d 4 Adfutante eadquarters of that organization (French Foreign Office refusal to ¢ B Ao e e ot Athacioan Taein, VI Sl cearat e el {dony or confirm the allegd pro- | Gross, end ms wite of loné|} Jars of CANDIED MIX PEEL and FRUIT ]u.neau ‘Drug Co. One of the oytrits while some of the larger You can have the General Electric model AWI Washing Machine shown above for a small down payment and a small monthly rental charge which may be applied on the purchase price at any time. 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EASY TERMS with Liberal Trade-in Allowance JUNEAU DOUGLAS 3] {men had $30,000 !money in his possession at t | time of his arrest and gradually 'the officers learnad of the location ,of the plant. in counterfeit | operators are busily freighting supplies by plane. —————————— | The snarp rise in the price of |wool has made it profitable to |glean Texas sheep ranches of the |wool of animals that died last “The Corner Drug Store” SECOND NEGRO - -~ FOUND GUILTY Another Conviction Secur-| | ed in Famous Scotts- { boro Case A | | | | | DECATUR, Alabama, Dec. 7.— | Clarence Norris, the secondy of seven defendants in the Soofl:éwm case to be retried on a charge of attacking white women, was con- | victed today. The sentence car- ries the death penalfy. 4 GUARDSMEN CAPTURED BY RUM RUNNERS GLACE BAY, N. S, Dec. 7— Four Canadian Coast Guardsmen | have been’ captured by a crew of the suspected rum-runner Krom- hout who turned on the guards- men as the Krombout was being towed to port after capture. The rum runners have escaped, after taking the guardsmen abbard their own craft and abandoning Coast E.zhe slower craft of the Guard. HIGHER WAGES GIVEN 18,000 CHICAGO, Tll, Dec. 7—Higher wages brought cheers from about 18,000 male employees of the pack- ing industry today. A ten percent| wage hike is announced by Ar- mour, Swift and Wilson compan- jes. NEW PRICE OF GOLD ROUSES PROSPECTORS OF KUSKOKWIM AREA ‘Men in the upper Kuskokwim placer mining area, who are free to do so, are faking to the creeks and hills to punch prospecting were made there!” holes in search of new pay chan= woRTH nels, according to W. W. 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