The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1935, Page 7

DEGROOTMURDER CASE NOW RESTS WITH HIGH COURT Holzheimer Returns After Presenting Arguments Before Tribunal United States Attorney A. Holzheimer ved the Northwestern after absence during which time he was in San Francisco and appeared be- fore the Circuit Court of Appeals representing the government in the appeal of Harry DeGroot, convict- ed of second degree murder in De- cember, 1933. Judge Holzheimer presented arguments and the case has been taken under advisement by the higher court. DeGroot was found guilty of kill- ing Abe Hansen on Chichagof Island and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary by Judge George F. Alexander. At his own request| he is serving on his sentence at| McNeill Island Penitentiary in ‘Washington State pending outcome of his appeal. While in San Francisco, Judge Holzheimer was stricken with pto: maine poisoning and for severa days was severely ill, having not entirely recovered from effects of the poisoning which was the re- sult of tainted food he ate in a restaurant the first evening he was in San Francisco. Business apparently is much bet- ter, the Judge found. The upturn is now definite and despite a cer- tain amount of wailing always in evidence there is pronounced in- dication of healthy recovery, he| said. In San Francisco he found| things brisk, people apparently im- bued with new courage and vigor. Race tracks and other places were drawing capacity attendances and business people were filled with a| home on a month’s spirit of progress and well being. In Seattle, he said, things also showed definite signs of improve- ment. While on Puget Sound, Judge Holzheimer visited with his daugh- ter and her hushand, Lieut. and Mrs. Samuel Gregory. He also spent a short time with his brother, Prank, at Snoqualmie Falls. ————————e BARKER ARRIVES | William Langdon’s Sad Now t L Whimsical Harry Langdon, whose pathetic expression made him a for- tune In Hollywood, told a Los An- geles judge he had only $22 in his | pocket and owed around $100,000. Nobody laughs at his sad tace now. | (Associated Press Photo) HAVE BOY BABY IGNAL CORPS INCREASED A boy b was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Creed in Seattle yester-| ording to a radio received ne Creeds left here several day here ac T months ago. He was a member of| terior. the lccal radio staff for several ——— ears and is now _connected with ACCOUNTANT TO CANNERY 1 Corps in the Seattle} Accountant for the cannery at Creed is a former- resi- of Ketchikan. office. Mr dent - .o \H(\ MILO TRAVELS hushand, a car- Mrs. A. B. Milo| to that city from| Juneau on the Northland. .- - MRS. JERNBERG HERE Mrs. Robert Jernberg returned to Juneau on th a vacation in Seattle .o JOHNSON ON NORTHLAND W. P. Johnson, representative Northland after | |of the Frigidaire Company, a ved iere from Seattle on the North-! - > W. WHITFIELD | said. What provisions will be made'’ lafter that time has not yet been: learned here. The present relief pro- MORE FUNDS FOR AERA PROGRAM ARE ALLOTTED {Grant PermllsContmuallon' of Present Setup Rest of Month Relief Hopkins has allotted $25,180 to Al- aska for relief during the remain- der of April, according to Associat- ed Press dispatch from Washington. ‘This includes the $5,000 already ad- vanced to the Territory under which relief work was resumed this week, according to Harry G. Wat- son, Deputy Administrator for Al- aska. The allotment will allow for con- tinuing the present limited pro- gram during the month, Wdtson gram expires May 12 and it is be- lieved that the President’s new work relief program probably will, be in operation by that time. - TYLER COMES NORTH; JOINS RADIO STAFF Andrew V. Tyler, wellknown Unit- ed States Signal Corps operator, accompanied by his wife and three | sons, arrived on the Northwestern| to join the force at the Juneau! Radio office. Mr. Tyler is from Seattle but previously had been stationed to the westward and in- Port Althorp, L. A. Minard, ac-| companied by his wife, traveled | to that port from: Seattle on the| Northland. i i | COHN TO SITKA Alfred H. Cchn, Bureau of Public Roads transitman, is traveling to| Sitka on the Northland from Ju- neau. - VAN MAVERN ARRIVLS A. VanMavern, West Coast Gro- cery Company representative for Alaska, arrived from Wrangell on the Northwestern. R ! KNEE IS HERE G. W. Knee, representative of ! the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, arrived from Wmngell‘: Administrator Harry L.} |Play Made, Norway, Shows’ |tine, beautiful Scandinavian peas- Joe Barker, after a short business| W. Whitfield, form zaged jon the Northwestern. trip to Los Angeles, has returned the radio repair business here “ PRy 19 Juneay. to enter active business about three year o and son of M'CULLOCH ON BOAT partnership with C. H. Vnanztvr-;ll R. Whitfiel manager of the| R. T. McCulloch, representative ! en in the Market Basket Store.|Highway retur of Lake and Sons, arrived in Ju-| Barker was brought to the city Juncau le on th neau on the Northwestern from | from Seattle by the Northland. land Ketchikan. | IT’S SPRING ON THE HIGHWAY! Burst Out to THE PARIS INN And Enjoy Yourself! I'll Do You Good! ENTERTAINING PEARL. and BILL Earl and Norma |own” at St. Ann’s Hospital, attaches A T-O-N-I-T-E < R S R R A T TS e o e e e e S A A A A Coach of Webster, Mass., high school nine has promised Nellie Twardzik a place on regular team if she continues to perform as well as she has in early practice sessions. She’s a regular Babe Didrickson at first baee. SCANDINAVIAN 20 PASSENGERS FILM COMES TO ABOARD ALASKA UPTOWN SCREEN FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, April 13. — Steamer Alaska sailed for the north at 9 o'clock this morning with 236 first class and 109 steerage passengers aboar: Passengers booked for Juneau in- clude Mrs. J. Williamson, Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, Ross Swift, Howard Mills, A. E. Reed, Arvid Reed, W. C. Simpson, 1. McConneil, M Turner, Cot Hayes, A M. Smith, Bill Nissen, Wayne Young, L. G. Morrisen - and wife, Ella Gillette, S. P. Raymond, Hawley Sterling, Jchn C. Refslend. - VISITS HIS FATHER To visit his father, associated with Jack Conway as Alaska Steam- hip Company agents in Sitka, Tomorrow—'"Chu Chin Chow' Again Tonight Of unusual interest to Juneau residents, especially those of Scan- dinavian extraction, will be the showing at the Uptown theatre to- morrow at a popular priced mati- nee in the afternoon, and Suan and Monday evenings, of ‘‘Chr tine Valdresdaughter,” a Norwegmn film from the book by H. A. Foss, Norwegian-America mnauthor. The picture, with song and music, was filmed entirely in Norway. It has been widely acclaimed as a beautiful love story and a master- piece of photography, depicting ir definite detail the Norwegian folk- life. It ran for an entire year in Norway. Aase Bye plays the part of Chris- port on the Northwestern from Seattle. - QILVER TEA MAY 22 At the home of Mrs. B. M. ant girl and Tore Foss is her lover m this romantic story of Norwe- Behrends under the auspices or 1gian folk life. the Northern Light Prmbytermn Tonight “Chu Chin Chow,” the| |Church women for the benefit of elaborate extravaganza starring An- | the Young People’s work. -—adv. na May Wong, which attracted LR TR crowds to the theatre earlier in the, EACK FROM HONEYMOON “eq.k will be repeated by request.’ Mr. and Mrs. V. Blackwell re- e turned to Juneau on the Princess METZGAR HOLDING ‘Nc ah after their honeymoon trip fas far East as Washington and OWN IN FLU FIGHT New York City. - — L. H. Metzgar, superintendent ol: OLDT'“ERS RETURN the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining' Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, Company, continues to “hold his well-known pioneer residents of | Alaska and especially Skagway, re- |turned to that city from Seattle on the Northwestern, e JUDGE RETURNS After a brief visit to Ketchikan, Judge James Wickersham, Juneau 2id today. Mr. Metzgar, upon return from | Seattle early this week, was taken' to the hospital with an attack of influenza. Yesterday, progress in his condition was noted, but today Horace L. Ganty is bound for that| | IS BUSY ONE; TEN ITEMS UP City Fathers, in Spécial Session, Names All Em- ployees, Committees (Continued from Page One) man George moved that all liquor monies be directed into a fund for the retirement of outstanding mu- nicipal bonds. The motion was lpassed unanimously. i Paving Bids Ousted Definite rejection of all three bids on the Public Works Adminis- tration street paving project which were opened recently, was made by. the council, when Mayor Goldstein reported that PWA officials had agreed with the Council that the bids were too high. Then the Mayor told of the offer of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company to donate not more than 5,000 yards of crushed rock at its bunkers for \the paving. This offer, which is ex- pected to make a much lower price on the next estimates, was proffer- ed by L. H. Metzgar, superintendent of the Alaska Juneau Mining Com- | pany. } City Clerk Henning was author- |ized to advertise for new bids. ’Thesc new bids will not only in- clude the 11 blocks of the former advertisement, but will incorporate a block of paving from Fourth and | Main Streets to the Calhoun Ave- {nue concrete bridge, mow under | construction. This addition, it was| |sald, will make a fair basis for new | ccmpetition by contractors. 1 Next in importance was the| lengthy discussion of persistent‘ |rumors “that the city police are letting gambling devices run wide open.” Retiring Police Chief Davis | fitmly denied this report, and said| | that the vicious bétting card games| {had been stopped in his adminis- |tration. The new chief, Hoffman, added to Davis' remarks by say- ing that “an occasional vicious | Bring your jug. igame does break out, but it is ERY. quickly suppresed.” The Council voted to refer all gambling charges to the Police Department and ex-|, pressed confidence in its - ability to handle the situation. Salaries Listed salaries of Monthly municipal employees, as voted by the Council, ] include some raises. They are: Street Commissioner, $250; City Clerk, $200, plus School Tax Col- lection fees (about $25 a month); Police Chief, $200; Assistant Police Chief, $175; Patrolmen, $165; City Engineer, $180; Librarian, $150; Cemetqry Caretaker, $140; Fire Chief, $50; Assistant Fire Chief, no salary; #ire Alarm Caretaker, $25; Health Commissioner, $25; Fire Truck Driver, $150; Stenographer in Clerk's office, $100; Garbage Dump Caretaker, $20. Librarian Ann B. Coleman’s an- nual report showed that the total registered borrowers on April 1 amounted to 1,185. The total ac- cessioned books then were 4.746' and were divided into 1,160 juve- nile volumes and 3,586 adult books, The total circulation for the year was 37969, and the library was open 302 days. The average daily circulation was 125 as compared to 137 last year. Wharf Deal Pends At the request of Haroid Knight, Northland Transportation Company representative who has been con- ducting preliminary toward his company berthing ves- sels at City Dock, action on the proposal was deferred until the regular meeting next week. Knight plans to meet Gilbert Skinner, Se- attle executive of the company, in' Ketchikan to iron out oe'rmn wharfing problems. Allen Shattuck, Juneau insur- | ance man, thanked the Council for the opportunity to visit Fairbanks on the Pacific Alaska Airways in- augural flight recently. He repre- sented the City of Juneau in the absence of Mayor Goldstein. The Council unanimously voted to reject Key Rowan's bid for the! city to advertise in a special Ju- neau edition of the Navy News, published in San Diego, Cal. - WINE WINE WINE Port or Muscatel, $1.50 per gal. TOTEM GROC- | adv. negotiations | | MRS. CREWSON HERE Mrs. H. B. Crewson, wife of the Schillings Products Alaska agent, returned to Juneau aboard the Northwestern from Ketchikan. e — PAA MAN ARRIVES Joining the corps of radio opers ators already in Alaska for the Pacific Alaska Airways, J. H. Ok= erlund arrived in Juneau from Se: attle on the Northwestern. - .- — TROPEA RETURNS James Tropea, prominent Skag= way merchant, returned to that city on the Northwestern, taking passage here after a few days visit in Juneau. . in the SPRING Obey that impulse by joining TION at the Capital Beer Par- lors tonight, with Paul back at CELEBRA- {VASA ORDEN OF AMERICA will please see Eric Paulson for further |information. Call Uptown Theatre. —adv. . ‘DAILY EMPIRE WA‘IT ADS PAY! Ino general improvement could be §ilosney, . returned here om the | discerned. i Narthwes.gn | 3 ik FINCH HERE i EEISNTION SWEDES H. S. Finch, well-known cannery { All Swedish men and women in-|man, arrived in Juneau from Ket- i(ems:ed in forming a lodge- of|chikan on the Nox‘thwestem “A NIGHT iN “AH" DANCE Saturday night, April 13, in Elks’ Hall. Sponsored by The American Legion. Admission 5100 the Ivories, and with a case of Golden Glow Beer going to the lucky door prize winner. NEW HIKING BREECHES SIZES 22 TO 36 LEADER DEPT STORE GEORGE BROS. DANCE TO ACCORDIONS Featuring GEORGE TROYCHAK Accompanied by ALBERT PETERSON Auk Bay Inn TONIGHT [ J FREE! SANDWICHES AND COFFEE Between 12 and 1 a. m. 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