The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 6, 1936, Page 8

SEATILE THUES FELLED IN GUN | TRAP:ONE DEAD Former Policeman Among Captives Taken in Bakery Holdup QUESTION ATTORNEY ABOUT CRIME RING Long Series of Robberies Believed Solved by Authorities SEATTLE, Jan. 6—One suspect [ cracker was shot to death, an other criti wounded and othe less s¢€ v hurt when fo men alked unsuspectingly into police trap i kery in the soutl end ea rnin With thei police belie they have solved ser of crackings which intermittently sin ve prevailed her LIQUOR TAXES BOOST ALASKA REVENUE, 1935 JChange in Taxation Meth- od and Increase in Val- uation Responsible | Increase in revenue from the tax |on liquor and beers and wines in Alaska during 1935 is revealed in the | report of Oscar Olson, Territorial | Treasurer, released today. Gein in | the valuation of liquor also is shown. ‘ The value of liquor in 1935 was | $920,604.40 on which was collected a tax of $38,358.52, the report shows | Value of beers and wines was $6( 229.40 on which was collected taxes of $37,826.84, or a total tax on both | of $76,185.36. | The 1934 liquor valuation was | $535,73¢ on which was paid a tax of $13,393.35. Valuation of beers and | 'wines the same year was $376,083.90. | which brought in a tax revenue o $37,608.39, making a total tax reve- nue that year of $51,001.74. Th killed :ki]«“ 1 | In explaining the report, Treasure: \e man killed was Carl Thoma Bl B e e | “‘Although the amounts collectec leader. | Six collegians won all but two of the eight championships in the first annual Goiden Gloves amaieur |ypon beers and wines during 1934 Joe O'Neal, former Seaitle police- boxing tournament in Seattle, Wash. They will compete in Los Angeles at the Pacitic Coast finais. L& [,y 1935 are nearly equal, there is & man out on parole foliowing hi to right: Fulton McMillan, Washington state, flyweight; Ray Petragallo, Washington State, bantain; {furgs. Mlesmtntity 1o e atuntia conviction for participating in the Paul Waller, Washington State, lightweight; Louis Denton, Idaho, welterweight; Luke Purcell, ldaho, | ©T5. TEPFR PR B0 000 B0 W0 92,000 Bon Marche holdup in 1624 featherweight; Bud Johnson, St. Maries, Ida., light heavyweigkt; Ed McKinnon, Washington State,.mid- |© t ges upon was badly wounded. J. T. Hull, 42, received two buck- shot wounds in his right sheoulder and was not critically hurt. Dale Arthur, 29, was slightly woun ir the face. Police Get Tip Acting on a tip that the bakery safe might be attacked, police had been guarding the plant since Thurs- day night. | When the quartet approached the A% plant, the watchman, whom they _ held up, let them in in accordance | with police instructions. : Thomas fell before the fire of De- tective Lieutenant Richard Mahon- ey as the robber swung a gun on J Press Photo) tle-Tacoma Highway, where tear ga ‘ought them out. John F. n, Seattle attorne: the house, was taken into cus- for questioning told officers Neal and and told him they were in He s: d he advis trouble the s were dressed. Garvin said po- A k with tear gas before the men could follow his instructions. Two Women Held Boleck, owner of the house, him. The bakery shooting then be- questioned, but soon released came general. Arthur, only slight- 0 women, Mrs. Rae Miller and 1y hurt, fell on the sidewalk and al- s Eleanor Adams also were held lowed police to take him in qu oning. They both denied Neal and Hull fled to a hou N any connection with the suspects HELEN.EUT T MUSTY STAY Home 'AND KEEP THE FIRE GQING MaoNDAY MORNING (JIMWE MUST GET A S PARK ——J MISSES A LOVELY RTY TODAY _— ¥ pa PARTY TORAY ? Z | MoNnDAY A YOUNC HAR| =3 JUNEAY — YOUNG HARDWARE CQ» FRESH Fruits and Vegetables ——ALWAYS! : California Grocery : Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON OPTOMETRIST Is now in Juneau for the next ten days at the GASTINEAU HOTEL Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted . . Phone 10 for appointment or call Room 203 dleweight. Bill Boyd of the U. 8. and were merely guests at the Boleck who room- | |lice said the | records. Also, each of the three had Hull | bgen paroled & niimber of times. were his clients, and came to his| (Gust Rasmussef, bakery manage | estimated the safe contained betw d them to | five and ten thiousand dollars. lves up as soon as their | (CITY LIBRARY (Associated which they were levied. This dis- |crepancy is caused by the change in the basic tax rate made effective April 3, 1935. The former tax, in ef- fect during 1934, was five cents per gallon. The present tax is five per cent ad valorem, or about 50 percent of the former tax rate. Therefore. i led during the two years are nearly lequal, the taxes collected for 1935 represent about double the values in beverages as that in 1934. “Similarly, the tax rate on hard and distilled liquors was raised from wo and one-half to five percent ad valorem, effective April 2, 1935. This raise in tax rate results in that, though taxes collected on liquors during 1934 are only 40 percent of those received during 1935, they still represent a valuation in liquor dur- ng 1934 that is about 60 percent of at upon which taxes were levied during 1935.” Judge George F. Alexander is to — ratieonaston "in vuneat, whicn GIRL SCOUTS MEET IN GRADE SCHOOL 8. Idaho, heavyweight champion, is not in the picture. home. With the exception of Thomas, po- others had criminal More than 100 tickets have already N T, been sold for the annual Jackson P Day Dinner, to be held at 7 p. m. next Wednesday evening in the Terminal Cafe. Only a limited number of places are still available for the affair, according to Mrs. G. E. Krause, member of the committee in charge, and those planning to attend are advised to secure their tickets im- mediately. The charge is $2.50 a i plate. ~ GONTROVERSY YET PENDING Council Unable to Reach Decision, Appoints Com- mittee—Special Session is but one of more than 3,000 being held simultaneously throughout the nation. Other speakers will include Unable to reach a conclus R h 5 10N CON- | oy John W. Troy, J. E. Pegues,' The Girl Scouts of Juneau met B o re hubnieLibrary Jack Hellenthal, James J. Connars this afternoon after school hours in Ll e e end Mrs. William A. Holzheimer. the grade school, Troop Two meeting Ovachy g el Arrangements are being; made. to "nder direction of Mrs. Robert Rice, er .ndl‘l‘\“ “ e bountiful argu- have the affair broadecast Captain, and Troop Three under mene. 08 kot contmdgr;, clomed -oe ership of Cap*. Mrs. Milton Lag- IE eatlon Betucgay gty by, ep- ND WHERE YGU MAKE IT! creren pointment of a special committee which will meet with members of Business and Professiona 's Club with a view toward working out a satistactory approa he problem before expiration ¢ n Tuesday Counc o'cloek. Pear] Burford and Mr: are leaders;. ‘0 enabie the committee to 0 omiise, City Attorne; Mr: H. L. in ession in t Lers tonight, will draw up a writ- | % en offer which will be presen o the cil at its Tuesday iterated on sta‘ement that leasing of would ir ve the ty in a lawsait, contradicted Y Attorney H. L. Faulkner, e it is his opinion that “It ould be the Territory and not the | vould be sued, hence if tory guarantees us walls nd a heating system in the lease, | we have nothing to worry abou Once this point was seitled, the general opinion of the Council m>m- bers seemed to favor establishmen: | of a public library, although four members of the Council—Mayor T Goldstein, G. E. Krause, Wallis & George, ahd Ralph H. Beistline— | went on record as championing the erection of a Luilding that woulc permanently belong to the city. | Mayor Goldstein, particularly. fa- | vored the erection of a permanen | building, possibly under PWA fund. | nd suggested: that, should the mat- | ter of the Uptown Theatre fail tc| gain the Council's approval, th:‘ library committee continue to co- operate with the Women's Club to- ward that end. Miss Ann Coleman, librarian, Poke briefly regarding the require-‘ l).mnf!) of a suitable library, and mll-(\ lined some of the equipment neces- | sary. Representing the interests of the Uptown Investment Company and the Alaska Tehatre Supply, Com- pany were Dave Dishaw, Mrs. R. R. Hermann, and Howard D. Stabler. ey ATTENTION { Legion of the Moose Number 25 will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock | At Moose Hall. Installation of of-| ficers. Lunch. | GRANT BALDWIN, | —adv. Herder. | S | SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! At © 1936, LioaTT & Mygab Tosacco Cou Fashionably clad Carole Lombard (right), film star, and Eadie Adams, actress-singer, lunched at watched the races at the opening Arcadia, Caiif. (Associated Press P LIMITATIONS NAVAL PLANS BEFORE MEET [talian and French Spokes- men Indicate Favor To- ward British Proposal | LONDON, Jan. 6—Capt. Anthony E. Eden, Bri h Foreign Secretary, has automatically succeeded Sir| Samuel Hoare as President of the | Naval Conference in the brief ses- sion today in which French and Ital- ian spokesmen outlined plans for compromise settlement of the limita- tions problem. The French explained the pro- posed introduction of a limitation plan generally following the lines of the British building program but with the announcement of project building to cover a shorter period ians also gave notice they 2 building progr: d limitation plan generally similar the British and French proposal - - JACKIE GUCKER IS HONORED AT PARTY Master Jackie Gucker is in bed today recovering from a stomach ache inspired by a “perfectly scrump- tious” birthday party honor Saturday evening by to Mis. A |attention of given in his o the Turf club, fre=1 wh e of the Santa Anita meeting in hoto) thav B. Marshall, substituting for his mother, who is now visiting in the States. Jackie, who was eleven years old, entertained his guests by taking them to the Capitol Theatre, after which they were regaled with cake and candy and other delicacies in Jackie's sisted in serving and took flashlight pictures of the part Guests were: Malcolm Faulkner Jackie Newmarker, Bobby Scott, Robert Satre, George Walmsley, Lew Williams, Charles Reed and Simpson MacKinnon. -~ - JUNEAU DRAMA CLUB | MEETS TUESDAY EVE An important business session, to be followed by an interesting and informative program, demands the Juneau Drama Club members tomorrow evening Prank Henderson, who is in charge of the entertainment, announces the following program: Talk on The Pasadena Playhouse, by Louise Jeschien. One-act Play: Esther St Ed Herrin, Mrs. A. E. Schoettler, J Finnegan, Stanley Moyer, and Henderson. - o JUNEAY SKIT CLUB Will meet & y night at 7:30 n the City Council Chambers. All membes nd interested parties are urged to attend. adv = oo Need for musicians for the German army led to establishment of that “First Public Military Mus Buey | eleetrician, ome. Mrs. James Wickersham as- | HARRY DEGROOT STARTS TODAY Murder Suspect Gets New Hearing in Chichagof Death Case The 6 remaining memuvers of tha petit jury panel reported to the Federal District Court this morning, ending their holiday recess, and 12 of their number were chosen to hear the retrial of Harry DeGroot, pre- viously convieted of second degree murder. DeGroot, 50, former barber and s convicted on Novem- ber 10, 1983, and was sentenced to vears by Judge George F. Alex- ander. His attorneys, H. L. Faulkner and George Grigsby, took his case to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on an assignment of | errors. On August 3, 1935, the judg- |ment of the local court was reversed, jand DeGroot ordered given a new; trial. The accused man was brought to Juneau last November, after having been held in prison in the states since his conviction. He is represent- ed in the present hearing by Attor- neys Faulkner and Banfield. DeGroot is charged with fatally shooting Abe Hansen in the spring of 1933 as a result of bitterness al- legedly involving a woman. The |deed assertedly occurred at Chicha- gof, where the two men had tied up their gas boats side by side. The retrial is expected to last about three days. Those hearing the case are: Mrs. Alice Sey, Valentine Leonoff, Frank Karabelnikoff, John C. Berg, Grant Legan, Mrs. Maude Dull, Eugene Routsala, L. J. Holmquist, W. H. Benson, Archie Radelet, Elizabeth C. McKechnie, and J. F. Kaher. Opening statements to the jury were begun following the noon re- cess. MRS, MKANNA 1S ON ALASKA Mrs. R. J. McKanna, of Fairbanks, formerly of Juneau, is a passenger on the southbound Alaska enroute to Indianapolis to attend the National Executive Committee meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary. This meeting will be held the latter part of this month. Mrs. McKanna is Department ol for |Commander of the Alaska Legion | Auxiliary of Alaska. Ky - “ o