The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 14, 1935, Page 8

ALASKA PLANE A, R. C. CHIEF ISFOURDAYS | RETURNS FROM OVERDUE, TRIP WASHINGTON Pilot Goodman, with Two Passengers, Report- ed Missing Alaska by Nation's Of- ficials, Taylor Says _ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 14— Pilot Donald Goodman, flying s WA S 7905 LA McGee Airways plane, and car having departments in Alaska,” he ing Bob Lowery, of Takofna, and declared Keat of Holicacsuka, is Airfield Program Presented ays overdue on a McGrath- While in Washington, Mr. Taylor Anchorag attended two meetings of the In- Other are keeping a close terdepartmental committee at watch for missing craft. which Alaska matters furnished Pilot Oscar Winchell cruised all the sole topic of discussion. Par- day between Anchorage and Mc- ticularly transportation and the Grath but failed to find trace of development of transportation with Goodman's plane. a view of the development of the Pilots Kenneth Neese, John Lit- Territory, was discussed, according tley and Don Glass have joined in to Mr. Taylor. Delegate Anthony J. the search. | Dimond, who also attended the Visibility in the area is poor. | meetings, presented the program The missing plane is equipped for the development of airways in with the usual winler supplies. [the Territory, Mr. Taylor said. It is believed Goodman has land-! “This program includes airfield ed on a lake somewhere. | construction and necessary lighting e | facilities throughout the Terri- tory. The Bureau of Aeronautics of RDUN ASKED the Department of Commerce is [in favor of the development of an | adequate airways system in Alas- BY MUTHER UF ka. Chester H. McCall, Assistant to Secretary Daniel C. Roper, who visited Alaska last summer with cquIcTED an the Secretary, was the Depart- ment's representative at these meetings,” he said. e Other Alaskans and former Al- Frau Hauptmann Reported askans at the meetings were Col. il O. P. Ohlson, General Manager of er.tmg Letter to Pres- 0oF, (0008 rosd: B. ¥, Helnt- ident Roosevelt zleman, formerly with the U. S. Forest Service in the Territory, FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 14— now stationed in Washington, Paul According to Associated Press ad- W. Gordon, Director of the Bu- vices received here, Hauptmann's reau of Indian Affairs in Alaska, mother, in Germany, has written a letter to President Roosevelt ask- ing him to pardon her son. She signed her name, “Your, a poor mother, Frau Pauline Haupt- mann.” In the letter to the Prau Hauptmann, said: (Continued from Page One) ple logical Survey Attend Park Conference Mr. Taylor also attended a con- | ference of the National Park Serv- ice on Mt. McKinley National Park | matters at which the question of President, | " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB, 14, 1935 'STOCK MARKET |BUNNELL TELLS al While he was in the National capital the Alaska Road Commis- sion official read proof on the final run of the Alaska wall map which is being published by the U. 8. Geological Survey to be is- sued this spring. These maps, which will show roads and existing air fields, will be available at the . |Road Compission office as soon as Great Interest Is Shown in|they arrive nere. Meets rormer Alaskans Among those whom he saw while he was in Washington were Major Malcolm Elliott, Major L. E. ‘At- kins, Major Lunsford E. Oliver and Major John C. Gotwals, all former members of the Army En- gineering Corps who had charge of the Alaska Road Commission at various times. He also talked with ©Col. Elmer W. Clark, Executive Assistant. to the Deputy Adminis- trator of PWA, who visited Alas- ka last summer and who is keenly interested in the Territory and its problems. Before going east, Mr. Taylor took two months cumulative leave which he spent with his family in Portland. His return trip west was made by plane in less than 24 hours. COL. LINDBERGH SAYS NOTHING ABOUT VERDICT Attorney General Gives + Praise to Courageous Men and Women FLEMINGTON, N. J, Feb. 14— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was not present to hear the verdict and the sentencing last night. Today he would make no comment and re- None of the other members of the family would make any com- ment. Dr. John F. Condon, the “Jafsie” of the case, had nothing to say. Attorney General David T. Wil- “I beg you to be merciful to the construction of hotels and|entz praised the jury and said the 3 s JR A R Today, Keeps Trad- ing Moving NEW YORK, Feb. 14—A few 'to a restric rpnige. Today’s close was steady. shares. > CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 14. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau min€ stock today is 16%, American Can 116%, American Power and Light 2%, Anaconda 10%, Armour N 5%, Bethlehem Steel 29, Calumet and Hecla 3%, General Motors 307, In- ternational Harvester 40, Kennecott 16%, United States Steel 35%, Pound $4.48 in New York. OTHER STOCK QUOTATIONS The following are closing prices of various issues today on the New York Stock Exchange, furnished by the Wilson - Fairbanks and Com- pany's Juneau office: Amer. Radiator ‘37/{., Amer. R. NI, 20%, Amer. Smelting 34, Amer. T. & T. 103%, Amer. Tobacco 81, Amer. W. W. 11%, Atchison Topeka 43. Atlantic Refining 24%, Bendix 15%, C.! P, 12%, Caterpillar 41, Cerro de Pasco 42, C. & O. 42, Chrysler 387%; Container B 4% Cont. Can 68%, Cont. Oil 18'%, du Pont de Nemours 941, Electric {Auto-Lite 24, Fairbanks-Morse 20 Gen. Electric 23%, Granby 6%, G. N. 13%, Homestake 368, Howe Sound 44%. and Dr. Phillip Smith, Chief Alas-| mained at the Morrow home in En- Hudson 9%, Int. Nickel 23, Johns- Kkan Geologist with the U. S. Geo- | glewood. : |Manville 51, Liggett & Myers 106 | Loew’s 33%, Loose-Wiles 34, Lor- illard 20%, Marshall Field 8%, Mathiesen Alkali 27%. MclIntyre 40%, Montgomery Ward 26%, Nash 16, Nat. Cash Register 116%, N. Y. C. 16%, N. P. 17, Penney 69%. 'GONTINUES TO | CHAMBER WORK REMAIN DULL| AID TO STUDENT Specialties, Firm in Spots|Chance for Job Appreciat-| firm specialties kept stocks awake|portunity for today but most of the leaders held|with its resulting ability to bear | responsibility, is:a wonderful thing, Sales were under half a m!l]lon‘Alnskn Agricultur: | ed at Alaska College, Educator Says Striking the note that the op- students to work, Dr. C. E. Bunnell, President of the al College and School of Mines, spoke .to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce fo- day at Bailey's Cafe. “I am proud to say that the College is no glarified loafing place,” said Dr. Bunnell. “I believe it is a wonderful thing for a stu- dent to have the opportunity to take care of himself.” That the “Farthest North” coi- lege, located at Fairbanks, believes in that theory was pointed out by Dr. Bunnell when he said that 41 students, alone, are engaged in| performing most of the manual| labor positions incidental to the) operating of the college. Jobs, rang- ing from an assistant postmaster | to an official electric light “ex-’ tinguisher,” are given deserving students in need of extra funds. | Hodge Speaks | “The College is a busy place,” Dr. Bunnell said. “Everything is ‘full| up. And everybody works.” Another speaker was Walter H, Hodge, a former Cordova attorney | returning to that city for a re-| sumption of practice there. Of prin- cipal interest in Hodge's remarks was the report he brought from Seattle that Edward P. Medley. | former Alaskan attorney shot by an angered client recently, had returned to his home from the| hospital and that he is in an im- proved condition. John W. White, stationed at| FERA WORK WILL RESUME IN JUNEAU ‘At a late hour this after- noon the Governor's office advised that it had re- ceived informatton and au- thorization of funds for the resumption of FERA on a limited scale. A note with the names of those to go to work Sat- urday will be posted on the Federal Building bulletin board at noon tomorrow, ®00e00eccccsesccce e 00000000 ——————— MRS. DOROTHY MORGAN I8 RETURNING PASSENGER After a brief trip to Seattle and Portland, Mrs. Dorothy Morgan of The Empire staff, returned to Juneau on the steamer Victoria last, evening. Mrs. Morgan took her daughter, Miss Joan Morgan to Portland to receive treatment for her eyes. The latter will remain in the Oregon city for several months. St ® 0 8o . AT THE ¢« es 000 e HOTELS . o e s 000000 o0 Zynda H. W, Fairbanks, Seattle. Gastineau Frank Scully, Seattle; E. R. Leach, Portland, Ore,; Jacob Han- seth, Petersburg; R. G. Holmes, Seattle; Hans Floe, Seattle; B. M. Haljiff, Reno, Nev.; 8. A. Light, Seattle; Jacob Rufes, Haines; Mrs.; Helma Stickles, Juneau; Frances Olsen, Juneau. Alaskan C. E. Tillander, Juneau; Joe Na- deau, Tenakee; Jack McCord, Sew- ard. Foy ——r s MACKEY VISITS FRIENDS IN JUNEAU MRS. Mrs. R. W. Mackey, whose hus- band is an executive with the Fair- Fairbanks and connected with the|banks Exploration Company, is a Pacific-Alaska Airways, spoke brief-| passenger aboard the Victoria on charge of the P.-A. A. construc-| banks. Mrs. Mackey has been out- tion of Juneau's new airport, was|sgide for -several months, traveling doing progressive work. The field on the coast and to the east. is expected to be ready for the while in Juneau Mrs. Mackey was ly. He reported that Don Abel, in|her way to her home in Fair-| GROSS AWARDED DAMAGES FROM ELECTRICAL 0. Jury Returns Verdict in Favor of Defendant After 12 Hours’ Deliberation After deliberating nearly . twelve hours, the jury in the case of the Electrical Research Products, In- corporated, vs. W. D. Gross, arriv- ed at a verdict in favor of the Gefendant at 12:30 o'clock last night. The case went to the jury at 12:50 o'clock ' yesterday after- noon after” a trial which lasted several weeks. . ‘ ] ‘When Court opened this miorn- ing at 10 oclock the sealed ver- dict was presented in which the defendant, Mr. Gross, was award- ed damages totalling $58,436.33. Mr. Gross had asked approximately $100,000 damages for alleged losses, and expenses when the sound equipment leased from the Elec- trical company was replevined from the Coliseum Theatres in Ju- neau and in Ketchikan. i | E. C. Moriarty, General Counsel for the Electrical Research Prc- ducts, Incorporated, associated with R. E. Robertson and Henry Roden, represented the plaintiff while Ha L. Faulkner and J. A. Hellenthal were representatives for Mr. Gross. Following the reading of the verdict this morning Court was ad® journed and members of the petit jury excused by Judge George F. Alexander until notified to report. It has not yet been definitely de~ cided what case will be next on the calendar of the present term of Court. — .- JOHNSON-MERILAINEN WED IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT ) Miss Selma Johnson and Jack Merilainen, both of Douglas. were married in the Commissioner’s Court this afternoon by Judge J. F. Mul- len. 'Witnesses were Hilma Niemi and Neimi of Douglas. The bridegroom is a fisherman who makes his headquarters on theal Channel. — TREFZGERS RETURN i a Returning to Yakutat on the Vic- toria are Mr. and Mrs. Hardy ‘Trefzger. Mrs. Trefzger was brought to Juneau recently by her husband for treatment for a fractured lez. Damages Awarded ! The damages awarded to Mr. in Juneau ‘were as follows: $9,000 for rental value of equipment re- plevined from the Coliseum, Ju- neau; $19,44q, |damages 'resulting from loss of profits from the Ju- neau treatre; $2,628.92, monies ex- pended to reduce the damages re- sulting from the purchase of new equipment; the jury found further for the defendant, generally for. js- sues presented by the second ‘coun- ter claim to the first cause of ac- tion in the sum of $1,725.77. Ketchikan Award Amounts included in the total damage award of $58,436.3, which ' applied to the Ketchikan Coliseum Theatre, were: Rental value of equipment replevined from the Coliseum, Ketchikan, $9,000; dam- ages resulting from loss of profits from the Ketchikan theatre, $12,- Gross for the Coliseym Theatres ., NIRRT Pay’nTakit- George Bros. i i . | LOWER LIQUOR PRICES ALWAYS him. future road programs in the park|“nation is indebted to these cour-| pyliman 48%, Radio 5%, Rey- inauguration of a Fairbanks-JU- the guest of Senator sl dies i 320; monies expended to reduce protiadas S IR H. L. GENTSCH RETURNS FROM THREE MONTH TRIP | were discussed. Col. Ohlson and:ageous men and women.” nolds Tobacco 47%, Sears Roebuck J. L. Galen, President of the Mt. ————————— 135%, S. P. 14%. McKinley Tourist and Transpor-| T. J. STROEBE RETURNS FROM | gocony 13%, Sperry 8%, Stand. tation Company, were present at|2 MONTHS' VACATION SOUTH oj cal. 31, Stand. Oil N. J. 40%, this conference. Texas Corp. 19%, Timken .84':. The estimates approved by the United Aircraft 13%, U. S. Rub- budget for the Alaska Road Com- ber 14, U. S. Smelting 113%, West. mission, which were defended by Air Brake 24, West. Electric: 35%, | Mr. Taylor before the House Ap- Wooiworth 53%. 1 propriations Committee, included Averages—Up 4 no funds for new construction, the |their small son, will remain in Spot silver—54%c. amount provided being sufficient|Santa Monica until April when Toronto, Vancouver and Seattle for maintenance only, Mr. Taylor'they will join him here. mining exchanges: Bralorne $10.25, H. L. Gentsch, section foreman for the Alaska Rallroad, is re- turning north from a three-month vacation in California, New York City and other sections of the States. He travelled extensively during his stay south, e SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! T. J. Stroebe, representative of | the Dupont Company here, return- ed to Juneau on the Victoria from |a two months' vacation in South- ern California. Mrs. Stroebe and We’re Ready -- Bring a F riend! F riday-Saturday Only DRESSES They're just what you need right now—a touch of spring time under a winter coat . . . and ever so good for the disposition. 98c SALE BUY ONE GET THE SECOND neau air route on April 1. Thanks by Harlan Still another speaker was J. D. Harlan, connected with the Ham- mon Consolidated Gold Fields, a dredging company of Nome. Mr. Harlan was brief, but sincere, in his feeling of gratitude for the gave immediate help to Nome in that city’s devastating fire last year. | Jacob Hanseth, Petersburg, was introduced by C. T. Gardner. i Three important items of busi- ness were reported at today’s lunch- eon. A telegram from Alaska Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond acknowl- edged receipt of the Juneau Cham- ber’s request that the proposed International Highway follow a coastal route. Delegate Dimond wrote, “Insofar as we now know, when the highway is built, it will be accessible to the coastal cities." Offer Help Second, M. S. Whittier, acting Secretary, reported that the Execu- tive Board had authorized two tele- grams, one to the Secretary of War and one to the Secretary of the Navy, presenting Juneau's facilities for an air defense base and offer- ing any desired detailed informa- tion. Third, Frank Boyle said that the Forest Service planned to start the survey of the Oliver's Inlet portage route tomorrow. This survey, re- quested last fall, has been delayed by inclement weather. ‘ President R. E. Robertson pre~ Isided at the‘luncheon session after an absence of two meetings due tQ pressing business engagements. PIONEERS BEGIN ‘ IGLOO SESSION \ Augmented by new arrivals on incoming boats yesterday, the Pio- neers of Alaska and the Auxiliary held their opening sessions of the annual three-day Igloo here today. Meeting in Odd Fellows Hall, the Grand Igloo meeting was scheduled to be called to order by President Andrew Nerland at 2 q'clock this afternoon. 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