The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1935, Page 8

BANK ROBBERS KILL MARSHAL, DAYLIGHT RAID | Little Washington State| Town Scene of Dar- ing Hold-up ROSALIA, Wash., robbers, heavily & the local bank jus yesterday afternoon ed Town Marshal Lemley, aged E tleen 10C Matt El- liott, cashier, in their car as a hostage The x6bbers pushed Elliott from their /speeding machine when it was one mile out of town but he esc.ped uninjured Lemley was felled by machine gun bullets from behind by a look- out, disguised as a woman, as he fired through a window at two of the robbers in the bank Merle Lemley, aged 22, son of the slain marshal, pursued the robbers and fired several shots at them but he had to give up the chase when the robbers shot a hole in the front tire of one of the wheels of his machine. The robbers are believed to be a Montana gang They obtained between $2,500 and $7,000 Ihe wounded marshal was car- ried to a store whe he died a few minutes after being shot RCH IS ON ROSALIA, Aug. 15 for the bank robbers and k cen- tered today in Central Idaho wheve a car, said to be the one used by the bandits, was scen early this morning. — o PAVED STREETS SET FOR OPENINGS A POURING CONTINUES While the first street to be paved this summer under the city’s ex- tensive improvement of downtown thoroughfares was expected to be opened to traffic today, concrete work continued on other paving projects. The Gastineau Construction Com- pany announced that Main Street from Front to Second Avenue, was opened today and that all of Main Btreet, from Fi« nue, will b Last night at X ing work was comj i on half of Lower Front Street from th2 Lumber Mill entrance to the Alaska Juneau tramway surface cros: Because a spocial quick-setting cement us2d, this section will be opened to traffic next Tuesday marning In the meantime, grading opera- Search th Ave- Tuesday. k, pour- of was ; Ce ree- visit tions are being started on the re- ., Ven- maining half of Lower Front Street .. fontstry. The betwesn the City Dock entrance and . poodor, cwned by J f[ Clayton, the Lumber Mill entrance, as the ,rived here Mond-y and has been adjoining paved section has been perthed at the Lowe: City Float. opened for traffic. Concrete pouring work will start here Saturday. ‘Today pouring of ns contin- ued on Franklin Street, between Second and third Avenues. About five more blocks in this upper sec- tion remain to be paved, but they Front Street portion, company of- ficials said today. FLIGHT TO PT, BARROW NEXT Lovg This Time Countess Wurmbrand-Stuppach (top), whose letters to her daughmr, Countess Marie, guiding her in catching rich American husband, helped Clendenin Ryan, Jr., obtam court annulment, will have new son- in-law, Count Paul Palffy (belowfi of Vienna in reported love matcl POBINSON SAYS GOCD SEASON AT CITY OF KLAWOCK It has been an exceptionaily d season at Klawock, accord- ing to Lee E. Robinson, principal service there who Exclusively an In- Klawock has two the Indian is in the city dian community canneries operated by Indians, Rob- ! ert Peratrovich, Sr., and Charles| Demmert. Frank Peratrovich is Meayor of Klawock which is an incorporated city of the first class “ The town has a modern picture | show and a water system as well as other modern improvements. Fishing, he reports, has been| fairly good this season and the| canneries have been doing a LOO(I business. Mr. Robinson was expecting -to leave late today by plane for his home. Before g st fall he Superinte dian Affairs on Seward -oo 48-FOOT CRUISER FRC.1 KETCHIKAN LEAVES FOR SOUTH afternoon for Arriving with Clayion was C. H Keil and Richard Brcwn. The lat- ter left the Ven or here to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp cedor to haul bar ,at Petershurg since coming from Seattle in May. The {cedo; Falme marine ESTEBETH TAKES engitie ayton has been using the Ven- | will await completion of the Lower 8 S L | o tracting firm of Wright and Stock | north Ven- is powered by a medium-duty | SIX PASSENGERS THE DAH.Y ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST- 15, 1935. "I‘ooli W(’llman 30 Years But Finally Told Her School days, good old g days were re-lived in Juneau ! night when the Prince Robert w in port as wellman Holbrook, As- ALASKADEFENS NEW GAME SHIP IS INDICATED | ARRIVES HERE ACT OF GOVT.:--ESE ON FRST TRIP Recent Presldunhal Order | met again after 30 years. ‘Brown Bear Expected to Is Said to Be Signi- Weinberger, then Ros| Sail Saturday for | Davis, and Holbrook were in Al ficant Move |same sixth grade class at Gr at eullans 'Falls Mont., and what a chat the b fock B B | had going over old classmates, Mrs.| The 115-fool rown Bear, new- {Oontinued Svey FARS, GIR) t and largest of the Alaska Game ‘Wemberger never knew until last‘ . |night that young Wellman con-|C' ymmission fleet, arrived in Juneau statements from members of the | gdered her the prettiest girl in the|l2t¢ vesterday afternoon after an Coast and Geodetic Survey ‘parties| jass until he told her about y run from Seattle where she that stakes bearing Japanese char-| last night while they recounts acters have been picked up on thc,e.sc‘qmdea of more than a quartc Aleutians. |of a century ago. Favor Fortification | “Why didn’t you tell me abou Delegate Dimond pointed ont‘thx.\ 30 years ago?” she beamed. there has been considerable dis-‘ Mrs. Weinberger is a round-trip cussion as to the use of the Aleu-|passenger on the Robert from he tians for Army and Navy purposes;prcscnt home in Los Angeles. She in event the Washington Naval|lived in New. York for many year Treaty is not renewed. He said he|where her husband was promin personally knew many members of |in business. Congress who favor fortification of the islands if the treaty expires. |ine first step toward the ultim. Delegate Dimond said renewed | osiaplishment of strong air defensc: interest by the Army and Navy iS| pere taken in the Territory by the visit| of bombers over the area and fleet| maneuvers and aerial mapping, all {indicating defenses of the Terri- WS Abcard werd H. W. Terhune, Ex- itive Officer of the game com- nission; W. E. Croueh,” of the Biological Survey; H. €. Hanson, lesigner of the craft; Capt. John ). Sellevold, commanding, and a |crew of nine, including two en- ineers, a mate, three deckhands, jwireless operator, cook ' and mess | boy She is out for another trial run his afternoon and is expected to Saturday for patrol work in Aleutians. Going on her to the stward will be Game Warden W. Jewell and N. Lester the Bureau of Indian . Mr. Troast is going to look FRREEEE L R ON SCENIC FLIGHT The PAA Lockheed Elecira, Pilot | tory are being considered by Gov-|Jerry Jones and Gene Meyring at|°VCr Indian schools in the Aleu- ernment officials. | the controls, made a scenic flight |Uans Safety for Fliers {over the glaciers and other points| Mr. Hanson is returning vo Se- e from here while Terhune and uch are taking a plane to Fai Insisting that he had no wo'd‘of interest in the Juneau distric from the military or other officials| yesterday. Frank Beales, Marti regarding the Presidential Order | Bloxhan, Earle Beistline, Gordon | banks tomorrow on official busi- {other than it was for protection |Ingraham, Carl Jensen, Elmer Lind- |ness and then will meet the Brown to private and commercial fliers,|strom, Stanley Hill, Charles Rudy|Bear at Anchorage, continuing on Delégate Dimond said safety roria.nd Mrs. M. J. Wilcox were passen-|to the Aleutian aboard her. Mr. aviators flying in that area de- gers on the trip. (uuch expects to leave the party manded they follow the ccasmne‘ “Two more scenic flights with ca-!at Dutch Harbor the first of Sep- rather than put out to sea. [psclty loads aboard the Electra ar:|tember to return to the States. Basc Surc in Alaska | scheduled for late this afternoon. The Brown Bear was built es- Ptior to the signing of the Wil-| S S |pecially for work in the Aleutians cox: bill by President Roosevelt, Suit for divorce has been filed |:nd according to Capt. Sellevold, which provided for six air bases,|in Federal District Court by Fan-|who is a mariner of many years Delegate Dimond said he heard nie Jim against Gz2orge Jimy, charg- rience, she is an excellent ship that if the measure becomes a law, ing non-support ‘or the work. She is equipped with ,the” first base tp ‘be comstructed| - - - | an automatic pilot and on the way wouid be in Alagka. The Delegate Mrs. Wade, evangelist, left Ju-|up it was necessary to take the Isaid he interpreted this action in|neau for Valdez as a passenger ou!wheel only on two occasions and . connection with the Aleumans as | the Yukon one of these was in Wrangell Nar- NEVER A DULL MOMENT MISSED THE TRAIN ? 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She is capable of carrying around 80 tons and powered by two j 200-horsepower . diesel engines. |BELVA WILLIAMS ' TO LEAVE CITY FOR LOS ANGELES Belva Williams will leave Juneau on August 25 for Los Angeles, it was learned today. t The popular young woman “has been a resident for a year here |atter being graduated from a Los | Angeles costume designing school, During her residence here she has done some tostume designing and was Assistant Clerk of the Terri- torial House last winter. She leaves to accept position with Cora Maezer, well-known Los Angeles designer - who does much costume work for motion picture companies. 4 GORST FLYING BOAT OFF, SEATTLE TRIP The Gorst Air Transport Boeing flying boat took off this afternoon |for Seattle with Kaj Louring of the Pacific Bottlers Supply, Percy Rey- nolds of the Juneau Ice Cream Parlor and the Juneau Liquor Store, and Mrs. John McCormick, wife of the Deputy U. 8. Marshal. The Gorst plane, flown by Frank Knight with Ken Jones as flight | mechanic, will go to Ketchikan to- _night and on to Seattle tomorrow. | Knight expects to start on the re- turn rtip on Monday morning #nd| will arrive in . Juneau some. time Tuesady. SOLDIERS BIVE INSTRUCTION IN RIFLE SHOOTING Experts Will Be Stationed at Mendenhall Range Friday, Saturday | | | i | Any one who wants some excellent instruction. in rifle range shooting will have an opportunity the re-! mainder of the week at Mendenhall | rifie rdnge, according to the For- est Service. f Capt. L. D. Tharp of Company"F, Chilkoot Barracks, which is station- ed here for a couple of weeks, has named five expert riflemen to go 10 the range tomorrow morning and spend Friday and Saturday after- noon giving instructions to anyone who- cares to shoot. The only re- quirement is that "the shooter must furnish his own ammunition. The| soldiers will provide the regular| ‘army rifles. The range will be open| from 1:30 to 7:30 each of the two, afternoons with soldier coaches on, hand to give instructions. Sunday it is planned ‘to have a match between the soldiers and a| civilian team. Company F has some of the best' riflemen in the army and the pick| of the company will be at the range. YOUNGER SET IS ENTERTAINED AT SHATTUCK HOME Curtis Shattuck was host to' 15 |members of the younger set at the Shattuck summer residence on |Auk Bay last night. A blazing |beach fire was one of the features lof the pleasant evening. Guests included: Louise Jeschien, week or ten days. 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