The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1934, Page 8

RV e P b THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, 1934. CORONER'S JURY LEAVES OPENING FOR NEW PHUBE» Native Came to Death b\‘| Drowning Under Pecu- “al' Cil’Cun]S[anCeS sworn | e name “We, the jury, impaneled and qualified, find that t of the deceased is that he came to hi Juneau precinct, Te ka, al Chatham, on February, 1934, in manner, that is to the deceased died from < under peculiar mmend th in the f /\lus- th this verdict yesterday aft- ernoon the coroner’s jury composed of H. R. VanderLeest, M. H. Trues- A. J. Forrest and Donald J the way open for grand n in the case if Uni { william B. Holzheimer| to carry the inwstigahoui | vestigation, which was con-| in United States Commis-| Mullen’s court, occu- art of the past two| ys and a total of eleven wit-| nesses were heard, ten of whom! were natives. i Axel Alexsen, who has been held on an open charge in cannccnon with the death of Davis, was rep* | resented at the inquest by Gcm;e' B. Grigshy, as attorney. According to the testimony trou- ; ble began in a cabin occupied by Axelsen over some furs which Dav- s was trying to sell, and a free- for-all fight is alleged to have re-} sulted in which Davis' wife was| badly bruised. Davis’ body was found later the waters of Sitkoh Bay. PROMINENT MINING MAN ARRIVES HERE ) FOR SHORT VISIT| O. M. Powell, well known min- man of the Kougarok and Nome districts arrived in Juneau on the steamer Alaska to make ' brief stay here. He plans to return south on the steamer Victoria the| latter part of this week. | Mr. Powell was associated with | his brother, E. E. Powell, ownership of a group of fifteen in the|of Nine Die in Prison Riot at Walla Walla, Eight ccnvicts p: ington State Penitentiary on Lincoln’s birthday. coveral others were injured. This remarkable photo taken from the prison wall shows the bodies of | two of the rioters, Upper cenier of the flower bed, is (Associated Press l’hokh) d with their lives for a short, but spectacular prison break attempt at Wash- R. R. Clark. Wash. COLUMBIA CO. - T0 EXERCISE OPTION SOON Hidden Falls Lumber Com- pany to Be Taken Over | by Big Concern Officers of the Columbia Lumber ‘(‘omnzmy are ready to exercise the | |option taken by the firm on the Hidden Falls Lumber Company, ac- cording to Thomas A. Morgan, resi- | | dent manager, who returned ony | the steamer Alaska from a hurried | business ‘trip to Seattle. C. W. Miller, Production Mana- ger of the Columbia Lumber Com- is expected to a e here in a short time to pass upon the fin-| al transaction, Mr. Morgan said. The major lumber industries of | A ka, represented by Roy Ruth- erford, Elton Daly of the Ketchi- kan Spruce Mills, Nick Nussbaumer | | of the Wrangell Mills and myself, have practically agreed on tne NRA ' lumber code for Alaska, and from [ my personal observation the op-| erations of the NRA code has been | a wonderful boon to the industry in Washington and California,” Mr. | Morgan stated. | “Business conditions in Puget | Sound ports continue to improve and expressions of confidence in President Roosevelt's recovery pr()- | gram are heard in all quarters,” ‘declared. - ere - One guard was stabbed to death by the rioters and on the sidewalk, is the body of Gerald Hill. At the left, on the edge In the foreground is another convict, unhurt, but playing “possum.” w'lHREE ALASKA GIRLS 1 ENTER TRAINING IN | RETAIL STORE -WILL BE CLOSED HERE TOMORROW | juneau Busmesses to Hon- or Memory of Washing- | ton—Ball, Card Party be Washington 11 observe Tomorrow will Birthday and every a holiday—that is everyone but the mines, shipping, restaurants, taxis, busses, hotels, cigar stores, Daily Alaska Empire and a few ther businesses. Retail stores, banks, government The | SEATTLE HOSPITAL Virginia Lundell, of Douglas, wa onc of three Alaska girls, beginning | Proposes Uncle Sam Build 500 Airplanes PUBLISHER IS | SLUGGED; TWO MEN IN ATTACK Kidnaping /Attempt Is Be- lieved Made in Hotel in Chicago Mason Hospital training in Seattle, who had their in a recent Post-Intelli-| together with an article described them as “threc maids from Alaska imbued with a tremendous vision of service 0 mankind.” | The other Alaskan photographs appeared were Mor McDonald, of Ketchikan and Marie Whalen from Valdez. All three are rookies beginning three years of Iowa, Times, and head of the Lee udy and discipline before enter- Syndicate of Newspapers, was at- | ing upon their chosen profession. tacked and slugged by two men ir - - = WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.— The a hotel corridor in an apparent ate SHRINE DANCE Senate has voted to restore the one tempt at kidnaping. third Federal paycut as of Febru-| A trunk with holes in i, was|be held tomorrow night at WASHINGTON, Feb. 21— Senator Hemer T. Bone, of Washington, has proposed an amendment to the naval con- struction bill to provide for the G overnment manufacture of more than 500 dlr[ll.ul s PAY CUT TAKEN UP IN SENATE CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 21—E. P. Adler, publisher of the Davenport Shicago gossips are agog at rumors of a reconciliation between Ganna Walska and her former husband, millionaire. holding. They were presented across the footlights at Chicago Audito- vium by McCormick after his former wife had sung at & concert there. CSTUGK MARKET BAINS SLIGHTLY the study of nursing in the Vir-! 3 e v Low—pncedSpecmlhes Lead | Internajional Harvester 44%, neo baker Cc art-Warner, An invitational Shrine Dance will Sound the | Industrial Roses for Reconciliation MAIL FLYING BY ARMY IS NEAR NORMAL Officials Claim Planes Arc in Air—Handicapped by Weather, However CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 21.—Althou; handicapped by adverse flying ditions in some parts of the “coun- try, the air mail project taken over by the Army is functiohing near normal. This is according to officials who have charge of the ‘Army planes. | - - e Traffic Lights LISBON.—Automatic red and | green traffic lights will be int-o- “duced soon into Lishon, city author- ities have decided. Coming l | | | W hitman’s Sampler Harold F. McCormick, harvester | The reason is that big bouquet of red roses Miss Walska is Candies A FRESH SHIPMENT | and others were up fractions. CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, teb. 21.— Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today is 21%, American Can 105%, American Power and Light | 106%, Anaconda 16%, Armour B 3%, Bethlehem Steel 48, Calumet and Hecla 5%, Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox | Films 16%, General Motors 407%,| Ken- 2 5 L cott 21, Montgomery-Ward 34, in [;asv Up t rend n Packard Motors 6%, Southern Rail- 1 Ak . road 35%, United Sm:es Stee Pretioliday Session | uien Company 3%, United Airer R a5 3 Translux Daylight Pictures,| in 1 and 2-pound boxes Butler Maure Drug Co. “Express Money Orders Anytime” IN'SLOW TRADE B RADDEERNTE T Who Likes Spinach? You will now—we have it canned with a gen- (Continued from Sage One) girls whose covered. The pound got back some of its loss of currencies yesterday and gold fluctuated narrowly. rd M2tors, on ed less 't a ater, ITupd Poration Remingtol ers moved ahead slightly. Howe J. C. P y, United States Alcohol and Woolworth point. Stude- , Stew- erous piece of bacon on top, large can, 25¢ <A were up about a point. American ephone and West- ary 1 and one third on July 1. found in a room adjoining that|Mascnic Temple. Invitational Danc Amendments pending would re- occupied by Adler leading to the|ing 9:30. —adv. store the entire 15 percent reduc- | belief the kidnapers planned to put - ees — - house Electric, tion. him in it and then take it away. Da.lry Emplre want Ads Pay ' Allied Chemis At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 Store Closed All Day Thursday valuable claims on the grounds|and other offices will close for bordering on the famous Bessie the holiday as will the schools, Bench and Wonder Gulch which|which held ax entertainment and were recently sold by them to the|program today in commemoration Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields. | of the 202nd anniv ¢ tomOrrow Mr. Powell is also owner of the| The leading social events of the Seward Peninsula tram, the only | season will be the Shrine Ball to- power outfit in operation between morrow night at the Scottish Rite Nome fand Shelton, serving the up- | Temple and a card party given by per ahd 1o Kougarok and Kot- zebue distr] Mr. Powell will return to Nome from Seattle on the*Victoria lea.v-i ing the latter city about May 1. I J. D. VAN ATTA RECEIVES | MERCHANDISE AWARD | FROM' GEORGE BROTHERS | J. D. Van Atta was the fortu-| nate person to receive the first award of $20 in trade from George | Brothers Grocery Store and the Leader Départment Store, it was the Ladies of the Moose in Moose | Hall. The card party will start early to allow those who wish to attend the Shrine Ball to also share in the card playing. It was announced this afternoon that Juneau drug stores will ob- serve Sunday hours tomorrow, open from noon until 6 o'clock in, the evening. 'ACTION ON NRA CODES FOR RETAIL ach year Turkey and Greece ship us thousands of bales of fine tobaccos— announced by the management.| Two additional awards, of $10 each, | Twenty retail merchants, in trade, Bave yet to be announced.|senting various branches of busi- e | ness met last evening in the Coun- | Although ‘introduced only 1ast|cj Chambers of the ity Hall and summer, prune bread baking has informally discussed the subject of grown in California to an output | NRA codes to be adopted by the of 200,000 loaves weekly, utilizing |retail stores of Juneau. four ounces of prunes a loaf. | With the exception of the hard- | | ware merchants, none have reach- 9 ed a decision on the t of code IT’S A PLEASURE ‘ to be adopted and acngx?ehfls been To Sell the Old Reliable U. 8. and BALL BAND postponed until the return from California of Hugh J. 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There are many thousands of these leaves in each of these bales below, ready for shipment to America.