The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 23, 1935, Page 8

FALLS OFF OF DOCK, DROWNS, EARLY SUNDAY Mrs. Elsi:ack Meets Death — Fire Depart- ment Called Out Jack aged about of Jimmy Jack, Mrs. Jimmy 25 years, wiie drowned early the Pacific Coast Dock. The re- mains ;are at the C. W. Carter Mortvary. havs’ yet been made Mrs. Jack who is reported have been accompanied by companions, a man and a woman, fell. into the water at about 4 . m. at a point where repairs are being made on the dock. The partion of the dock where the re- Pairs are being made was barri- caded and how the woman got through this is a mystery. The Fire Department was called to the scene and the body of Mrs. Jack was discovered floating among the piles, buoyed up by air imprisoned in her clothing. body was taken aboard a skiff, re- moved to the dock surface and re- sucitation methods, including use of the Fire Department inhalator, were applied. Mrs. Jack failed to respond to efforts to revive her. She was pronounced dead by Dr ‘W. W. Council and removed to the Mortuary. Jimmy Jack, husband of the deo- ceased, is reported to be town on a boa.t JOE CROSSON ARRIVES HERE ~ FROM INTERIOR Onc Plane Lot Through —Barrows Turns Back | i After Two Attempts Freak weather conditions in the Interior yesterday resulted in the arrival in Juneau of one PAA Lock- to Sunday morning at| No funeral arrangements | two | The | | This striking picture, taken at the Long Beach, Cal “ WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE swimming stadium, shows, top to bottom, Johnny Riley, Velma Dunn and Ruth Jump in a group dive with “Bunny" Waters in the foreground. | ciated Press: Photo) (Asso- ‘Popular Young Man_Pur-| I chases “Corner”’—Corns | forth Handles Meat B. F. (Bert) McDowell has pur- chased the Corner Grocery on Wil- loughby Avenue. ‘The popular young grocer, who! |for the past five years has been| assistant manager of the Piggly-| 5 M DOWELL BUYS FLIERS CRASH, . GROGERY STORE NEITHER HURT KHARTQUM, Anglo - Egyptian |Sudan, Sept. 23.—Thomas Camp- |bell Black and J. H. C. McArthus, British fliers attempting a flight !from London to Capetown, bailed out on the west bank of the Nile when their plane crashed here. | They landed unhurt. e WILLARD B. IN PORT The motorship Willard B., Capt. | €. J: Huffman, rancher and miner MYSTERY BODY IS FOUND AT EAGLE RIVER May Be that of C. J. Huff-| man, Rancher and Miner. Dlsappeared Year Ag'b A body which miy be “that of | of the Eagle River district who has been missing since last October, was found Sunday on the -Eagle River flats not far from the Boy Scout camp. Charles Jenne and John Krug- ness, Juneau boys who were out duck hunting, ran across it. Omly a foot and part of the leg was beach, the boys said. They reported 1 .bo the Marshal's office when they returned to town and today De- ! puty Marshal John McCormick nnd' Ithe two boys were appointed by | .117 S. Commissioner J. F. Mulen {to make an investigation and g up the body. They left this affe:- inoon for the scene. Although there is no evidénce yet to show who it may be, it was re- |called by authorities that Huffman disappeared last October while en- route from Douglas to his home in Ithe Eagle River district. Some time latér his boat and dog were found at Berner's Bay but there was no |trace of Huffman, who Is ‘wilely known in this section and had lived for years around Eagle River. It was feared at the time that he had ibeen lost overboard from his boat. The body might well have been 'washed by the tide to the location of the find made by the boys, of- ficials point out. 3 — 3 [ YOUKG UNMARRIED I ' PEOPLE TO MEET, ' ELECT OFFICERS The social organization of young unmap #d people which was form- ed las./Monday evening under the guidance of the Northern Light Presbyterian ' Church will hold its first formal meeting on Wednesdi,y {Wiggly Store here, announces that | |E. Kaarbo, Libby, McNeill and Lib- evening in the church parlors. of - jthe Corner Grocery, operated with {by cannery tender, arrived from ficers will be elected at this time |the Corner Market, under the man-| lagement of “Butch” Cornforth, will afternoon for mail and supplies. heed Electra, and the return 10 pangie a full line of staple and fancy |me willard B. will return to Taku Fairbanks of another. An uuusually large passenger list—fifteen pas- sengers—made it necessary for both ! of the ten-place planes to make the scheduled trip from Fairbanks to Juneau. One of the big bi- motored ships carrying eight pas- sengers, took off at 9 a.m. with W. J. Barrows and Walter Hall a} the controls. At 10 am. the other Electra, pi- Ioted by Joe Crosson and Bill Knox Jeft the Fairbanks airport with seven passengers aboard. Shoertly after the second ship left the ground, Barrows reported by radio that the weather was unfaver- able at the point he had reached at that time and that he was return- ing to Fairbanks. Crosson reported that he had comparatively good ‘weather and would continue. Cros- son arrived late yesterday afternoon in Juneau and stated that weather conditions were erratic throughout the flight and that he believed that he just happened to leave at the only time during the day that a plane could get through. Electra, piloted by Barrows Hall, left Fairbanks again at 1:pm. yesterday but later relumed to the Fairbanks field. Passengers on the plane piloted by Crosson and Knox, were: Louis Bassett, A. S. Ludwig, W. A. Cas-| tleton, Clarence Johansen, Carl An-| deérson, and Robert J. Gleason. On the Electra piloted by Bar-| which returned to' rows and Hall, Fairbanks, the passengers were: G.! B. Dodge, C. C. Brayton, C. B. An- drew, Wm. Barry, F. W. Leahy, A. V. Kelly, L. S. Brewster, and W. Brown. The second Electra with eight| passengers aboard, left Fairbanks! this morning shortly before 10 o'clock and was expected to arrive in ‘Juneau at about 4 o'clock this| afternoon, according to radio mes- sages received by local PAA author- iides. ., DR. DAWES STARTS FOR PETERSBURG; TOWED BACK HERE Dr. L. P. Dawes started for Pet- ersburg yesterday aboard his boat the Prince of Wales, but only got @s far as Taku. A connecting rod bearing burned out and the Pri of Wales returned to Juneau, towed by the Vyella of Sitka. Dr. Dawes said he had intended! to have the boat hauled out of the water at Petersburg for painting. If the weather is good after repairs have been made, Dr. Dawes sall again for Petersburg in a few days. - LEAVE HOSPITAL Willlam Steinbeck left St. Ann's Hospital today, after he had un- dcrgcne treatment for heart trouble - FO‘ MEDICAL TREATMENT F. J. Thorpe, Juneau longshore- @y ' entered” St. today Ann’s Hospital Yo undergo piedical treat- —————— Daily Empire Want Ad; Pay! will | |groceries, complete fruits and vegetables, and products for a complete an dmodern food store. |. A large shipment of foodstuffs {has been ordered by Mr. McDow- (ell and will arrive on the steamer Yukon tomorrow. Only quality merchandise will be featured by lthe Corner Grocery, Mr. McDowell added. Mr. Cornforth continues the en- largement of his growing meat trade, which has popularized the quality of Parker's beef, meats| brought direct from the Parker Brothers' ranch at Strawberry Point Alaska, only a short distance from | Juneau. Large herds at Strawberry Point graze on the finest pastures in Southeast Alaska and Mr. Corn- 'ror!h states that patrons are high- 'ly pleased with the quality of the Strawberry Point beef. ROBBED WHEN RETURNS HOME Bul at That _]uneau Vlsntor Is Coming Back on | . Another Vacation Robert Kann, assayer and com- mercial chemist of New York City, | |who recently visited his brother | | here returning to his home via Lake | Louise and Banff, B. C., arrived aLw his place of business just in time| to be robbed of approximately $2,000 | in gold bullion, according to reporl received here today. | The robbers rented a room direct- ly beneath Kann's office and drilled | two safes from the bottom, empty- | |ing their contents. Upon opening lms safes at the beginning of his |day’s business, he was greeted wit empty space, contents, Anyway, he says he will make an- other vacation trip to Alaska and Juneau next summer. D DEPUTY GOES SOUTH Deputy Marshal C. H. MacSpad- den left for the south on the North taking D. C. Helmar, Hawaiian, 9 MecNeill Island Penitentiary to | serve three years after conviction ‘ror contempt of court growing out of assault charges. ———— CARLSONS HAVE BABY GIRL Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Carlson of Douglas became the proud par- ents of a baby girl this morning. The child, born at St. Ann's Hos- pital, weighs 7% pounds. Mr. Carl- son is employed in the Alaska-Ju- neau mine. — > (OMlNG TO JUNEAU Mrs. Mary Kammerling, mother of Mrs. D. B. Femmer, is a passen- r aboard the Yukon for Juneau. e T HAS BRONCHITIS in St. Ann's Hospital from Bronchitis, suffering without bottom o: | . Chas. Williams ,of Dougias, 4s - stock of fresh | parhor tomorrow. {Taku Harbor at 2:15 oclock this and fall and winter acnvmg wiit be planned. | Z SRPLTE. ST SHO? IN JUNEAU, FIRST! protruding from the sand on, the . Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS - :: ‘l::l‘lm lent b Mereetine | [CTOIVIEINTAINIT] ity 9. Bags toarden 1 [O[P[E[RIAITIO[RIMHIUILIA] ; 1. Fagher of EEENH%EH Is] fish 12. 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Get away 54 “~ heave ho” ///ilfl//fll Saah vflflllll/flllfl” dEamca JNa JdE State politician, who is U3, SENATUR SERIOUSLY ILL oraple.” ——0—0—0—— ill with 'UCK FROM SITKA MOSCOW, Russia, Sept. 23.—Rus- sian physicians in attendance on U. 8. Senator James Hamilton Lew- | is, of Illinois, former Washington py,4iness and pleasure SNELL HERE ON HIS WAY ¥ Alaska R. R. - Agent Says New Hotels May Be i, Built in Interior Harold W. Snell, wit hheadquar- ters at Chicago, where he is Freight |and Pascenger Agent for’ the Alag- | ka Railroad, arrived Sunday aboard the PAA Lockheed Electra from | Fairbanks. He recently spent sev- ral days in the McKinley National | Park with Ernest Davidson from the San Francisco office-of the Na- | ticnal Park Service. A large, picturesque lodge for the :Mcommodatton of tourists in Me- | Kinley Park, and a modern tourist | hotel at the entrance to the park, {are possibilities in the near future. Mr. Snell stated that a modern hotel at the entrance to the park, and another hotel or lodge in the park, are badly needed. He said that the investigation by Mr. Dav- ‘idson may result in an early de- | cision in the matter. | Much money is spent annually by | the Alaska Railroad in advertising; McKinley Park and other attrac-| t.luns along the railroad, Mr. Snell {sald, and the railroad publicity, | campaign supplies many press ‘and publicity agencies with data and | pictures. During the summer a phé— 'frographfir takes pictures along th Lourist Toutes to assist in the cam-} ! paign. | — 4T LONE FISHERMAN IS TO BE RETIRED The gashoat Lone Fisherman, which arrived at the Lumber Mills |Deck at 5 o'clock Sunday morning ‘wlth a tow of logs, will be retired |frem the Juneau Lumber Mills tow- ling service, according to Roy Ruth-' erford of the Juncau Lumber Mills. The Roedda, Capt. J. Davis, has | | | | {errord said. The Juneau Lumber |Company boat Driva has been mak- |ing occasional trips to Juneau with | curns Shattuck, Secretary of the| logs from Edna Bay, and has kept Juneau Chamber of Commerce, ar- the Roedda supplied with tows of rived yesterday on the North Sea\logs at Shakan. from Sitka where he has been on PR Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! T0 CHICAGO 5 - YEAR PLAN T0 MODERNIZE ARMY OF U. S. Farewell Report Is Sub- \ mitted by General MacArthur WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in his farewell report as Chief of Staff, proposes a five year plan to modernize the American Army. Gen. MacArthur said the plan he has outlined will make the Army |a world model for speed and fight« ing ability, ° 1S SUMMONED BACK TO ROME LONDON, Sept. 21.—A dispatch —~— | from Moscow said that Gen. Um- | berto Nobile, the Italian Arctic fii- | oneumonia, deseribed his condition brought a tow of logs to the Lum- today as “very serjous, although not ber Mills Dock from Shakan each nopeless, but the outlook is unfav- week for the last three weeks, Ruth- er who has been in Russia for five years assisting in dirigible con- struction after he had been blamed | for the Italia disaster, has beca | called to Rome. He will teave in . few days. 'HENEY ARRIVES FROM WINDHAM, GO SOUTH ..P. A. Heney, President of the Algska- Windham Gold Mining has arrived here from his ming at 'Windham aboard the com- pany's boat. He is regi~iered at the Zynds;, Hotel. Heney intends. to go south for the winter on the Alaska. R W RN A SRR ST Schilling anilla ok Why buy sunflowere whén you can have orchids for the same price. @ !-,y hilling Vanilla "b orchid of Vanillas. what MR. COCHRAN E smokes and he is not endorsmg our cigarette but he is an outstanding man in the baseball world and has won his place on merit In the cigarette Wbt‘-ld, # Chesterfields are thought of € as outstanding... J —they have won their place strictly on merit s e Wy sl s .Im © 1933, l.mmuunu Tosaceo Co, - Ui for better taste " ROMDYL 2k don’t know for mildness N A L e g anarn > MICKEY COCHRANE—of tlu\oalna igers, American League Cbampious, I?q_qm, one. af baseball’s greatest catchersy B0 fes e, e | s i i «Q