The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1935, Page 8

KIDNAPED GIRL | MURDERED; BODY FOUND, CULVERT Mildred Hook, of Tacoma, Killed — Head Crush- ed, Bullet in Body TWIN F%Lw—‘;l‘ln Nov. 29.— crushed with a rock and a her body was found in a rail- alvert nine miles south of yder said m the girl's similar to th fired from Van Vlack's pistol which killed Pa- trolman Fontaine Cooper when he was attempting to halt the car in which Van Vlack was abducting the girl Whisked Away Van Vlack was whisked away from Twin Falls County Jail by Sheriff Prater half an hour after the discov- ery of his wife’s body. It is said the pri-oner will be placed in some other jail while officers attended the Coop- er funeral A blood-stained rock was found near the body Miss Hook, daughter of Joseph Hook, Tacoma detective-story writer and nove was kidnaped from a Tacoma street on the afternoon of November 22. On November 26, two offizers in 1daho, attempting to halt the car in which Van Viack was ab- ducting the girl, were shot down Officer Fontaine Cocper baing fatal- 1y woundi Van Vlack Foeund ‘our hours later Van Viack und, half-stunned from ex- posure, in a diteh by the roadside, some miles from the scene of the accident. Arrested and brought to the Twin Falls jail, he admitted the kill- ing of the officer, but insisted that directly following the murder he and the girl had separated. He said he thought she was “hitch-hiking back to Tacoma.” Hairs on the butt of Van Vlack's pistol, however, caused police to sus- pect that the girl had been slugged and thrown into some roadside ditch, and a search was inaugurated that resulted early today in the discovery of her body. e Old Publication RALEIGH, N. C.—Four issues of the Suffolk Mercury more than 215 vears old are owned by Colin Shaw of this ¢ity. - - - Special Delivery to Douglas Daily 2:30 P. M. Telephone 442, adv. THE FRIENDLY STORE He unhealthy?” been—" “I've never been sick.” o—0—0 HINT TO BRIDES When e'er you find your hub Begins to get careless, ‘Watch out, it is a sign For you he does care o0—0—o ISN'T IT EVEN PROPER IN to Em’ly— elbows on the table, pangs of hunger. O—0—0 NOBODY EVER DOES simist. the characters in the comi strips.” “Do you believe kissing is She: “I don't know. I've never He: “What! You've never been “Do not eat wih one or both It is bad form, and very unsightly besides.” Sometimes looks as if these writers on manners thought their missicn in life was to cramp a feller’s style at the table and take 21l the joy out-a satisfying those “Im always getting into trouble and I don’t see what I've got to be thankiul for,” growled the pes- “Well,” reported the optimist, “you can at least be thankful you don’t get into as much trouble as i e | | Tragedy- on | Morning of | Thanksgiving YAKIMA, Wash, Nov. 29.— Luke Long:ton, aged 70, a ranch- er, was killed early yesterday morning after his auto went into » ditch during a heavy fog. L-ng-ton e-caped injury at the time but was struck and killed by a passing automobile he was at- tcmpting to flag for aid. SENATOR BORAH A * 1S OPPONENT OF SANCTION PLAN Calls on Nation to Not Join League of Nations in Move WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—United States Senator William E. Borah of aho, has called on the country to ain from joining the League of Nations' sanctions against Italy | Senator Borah, in his statement, said he did not believe such a move was part of the Administration’s plan and he further asserted that the primary purpose of our Govern- ment is to stay out of the European ntroversy and to join the League in sanctions would be to jump into European conflicts.” | FIVE PERSONS BURN TO DEATH MORNING FIR Others Arefilrjured Jump- ing from Second- Story Windows FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 20— Five persons were burned to death and six others injured when fire de- stroyed the Hollingsworth apart- ments early yesterday morning. Most of those injured were hurt leaping from second story windows to escape from the flames. An explosion is reported to have ed just before the fire broke ., — ARE SKAGWAY-BOUND C. J. Roehr of the White Pass and Yukon Route, and Mrs. Roehr, were passengers aboard the Victoria en- route to Skagway “A Newspaper Within a Newspaper” _ NOVEMBER 29, 1935. SPECIALS for the FIRST of the MONTH Golden Corn regular size cans 10c¢ each PILLSBURY Cake Flour 25" 1b. package 32¢ Libby’s Special PEACHES | CORN-ON-THE-COB SEASUN? Here's 'nother one not credited and PEARS Large Cans, 214 Size 25¢ e HEAD RICE Best Grade 4 1bs. for 25¢ c GARNICK’S GROCERY - - - PHONE 174 say ducks.” 'QUEER TRAGEDY "1 ENACTED IN | erator Shot—Mother | Is Under Arrest SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Nov. 29. | —Jesse Livermore, Jr., 15-year-old son of the famous Wall Street oper- ator, was probably, fatally wounded early today. Under Sheriff jack Ross sald ycung Livermore’s mother fired the shot. He said both had been drinking. The mother was arrested at a hospital. | ISl i 0 AIR CONTRACTS - GAIN SUPPORT Three Chambers of Com- merce Urge Alaska Mail Contracts Word of widespread suppori for Alaska’s efforts to get air mail con- tracts was received by M. S. Whit- tier, Secretary of the Territorial Chamber of Commerce. The Portland Chamber of Com- merce wired endorsement of the pro- posed J un e a u - Fairbanks contract and Southeast Alaska star route con- tracts to Postmaster General Farley when the latter visited Seattle re- cently. The Portland' Chamber also took the fhatter up with A. D. Law- rence, Superintendent of Railway Mail Service, according to a letter from Walter W. R. May, manager of the Chamber, and has asked that Charles L. McNary, United States Senator from Oregon, be appraised of all the details of the matter by the Alaska body. Similar action has been taken by the Spokane, Tacoma and Seattle Chambers of Commerce. C. C. Gar- land, chairman of the Alaska Devel- opment Committee of the Tacoma organization, has been in conference iwnh John E. Lamiell, Director of i International Postal Service, and re- ports that vigorous backing of the proposal should assure its success. No money for the air mail con- tracts is now available from the do- mestic postal funds, it is reported, but could be allotted from the Inter- | national Air Service Fund of the | Postal Department. | D Largest consumers of chocolate in . England are young employed women, | a survey shows. wno-< THE FRIENDLY STORE Our Christmas Toysand Gifts are Arriving SHOP EARLY ! CROSS EXAMINATION Judge—“You've stolen no chick- ens?” Sam—“No, sah.” Judge—“No geese?” Sam—*“No, sah.” Judge—“Any turkeys?” Sam—*“No, sah.” Judge—“Discharged.” Sam— (grinning) —“Boss, I sure was skeared to death you all'd o—0—o0 NEVER MIND SAYING “YOU TELLING US!” The thing that always is the least ready for Christmas is— You guessed it— Dad’s pocketbook! o—0—o IT NEVER HAPPENS y The most disappointed man I've ever kny writes LK., is an old codger who never has missed see- ing a fan dance he could get to, in hopes he'd be around sometime when the lady dropped her fan. They hold on to those fans like a Scotchman does to a penny, brother. o0—0—o TWO BAD ONES First Motorist—Gosh! I made an awful break, and it's going to cost me plenty, too. Second Ditto—What was that? First One—The cop bawled me out for going through a light and, nut that I am, I told him T tried to stop, but my brake was bad. . -~ | with 75 head of milch cows, enroute | to the Matanuska Valley Colony, ar- | rived at Dupont Powder Dock at 2 | | Young Son of Famous OP' | and moved to Douglas at 8:30 o'clock | | | | Dairy Herd Is Aboard Depere For Matanuska Freighter Depere from Seattle, o'clock yesterday afternoon, called at the Standard Oil Dock at 4 o'clock last night, arriving in Juneau today. J. B. Loftus, Territorial Veterinary Surgeon, and Livestock Inspector,! who selected the cattle in the States for the Government, is a passenger aboard the Depere. ——,,—— DEATH MYSTERY TAKEN TO GRAVE OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 29. —The fate of nine missing persons | remains a mystery as Chester Com- er, 25 year old itinerant oil field worker, suspected of slaying persons who gave him rides, died during the night without adding to the mud- | dled confession of killing two men | and a boy. | Pneumonia developed after Comer | had been shot in a pistol duel with| an officer. HELENA AGAIN SUFFERS QUAKE HELENA, Montana, Nov. 20.—Two | sarthquakes in quick succession jolt- | 2d Helena and other Montana cities | early yesterday. | The damage is reported to have | been of a minor nature. | The earth movements were felt as far away as Billings, 250 miles east | of here. | KARL THEILE VISITS HERE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, NOV. 29, 1935. Karl Theile, proprietor of the Dia- mond K Cannery at Wrangell, arri ed aboard the Victoria and is a guest 1t the Gastineau Hotel. Mr. Theile, | who was ill upon his arrival, remain- | ed in his room at the hotel today. Mr. Theile was a member of the Committee on Public Relations,at the Del Monte, Cal., convention of the canned salmon industry on No- vember 11. L. ), COLMAN SEATTLE, Nov. 29.—Laurence .J. Colman, aged 76, wealthy business| man of this city and one of the| owners of the Colman Block, is dead as the result of heart trouble. STEWART AND WIFE RETURN TO JUNEAU B. D. Stewart, Supervising Mining Engineer for Alaska, returned to Ju- neau with his bride aboard the steamer Victoria Wednesday night. Stewart has been on an extended tour of the East coast, and was mar- ried last month in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are at home | at their residence at 925 Calhoun Avenue, BRSNS NEW UNALASKA TEACHER Miss Irene Prizer of Anchorage has been added to the teaching staff at Unalaska, the office of the Territor- ial Commissioner of Education an- nounced today, and will sail Decem- ber 7 for her new post. Phillip Arm- strong is principal of the Unalaska school, and Mrs. Jessica Jorgensen is the other teacher. Wings of the Morning! Good Coffee! Isn't it greatd Why not every morning? Be worth a lot, wouldn’t it? Worth trying to get. Try Schilling Coffee. It's a sturdy Coffee. It's dependable—not fickle, Make it with zeasonable care, and it “‘comes through i with delicious regularity. 3 Schilling l One for percolator. Coffee There are two Schilling Coffeesy PASSES AWAY| One for drip. it or Not! FINAL SALE! All Must Go Regardless of Price COTTON PANTS . 50c,$1.00,$1.15 BEST BRANDS ALL-WOOL SWEATERS . . $1.00 2.PIECE UNDERWEAR SACRIFICE Drawers, 50c¢ Shirt, 50c WOOL SHIRTS . . . . . . 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