The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 26, 1937, Page 8

FISH MEMORIAL OFFERED HOUSE Congress U-;é;d to Take Action—Plea Also Made for Further Colonization Two memorials dealing with colo- nization in Alaska and fishing in Bristol Bay were introduced in the House of the Territorial Legislature at its session this morning by Repre- sentative Ed Coffey of the Third Division Pointing out that Japanese fish- ermén, using nets three miles long, are_making terrific inroads into the fishing in Bristol Bay and thus de- priving Alaskans of a means of live- lihood, House Joint Memorial No. 9 urges that Congress consider seri- ously appropriate action by , or otherwise. The Coffey mem brings out that while Alaska fish- ermen and canneries are required to keep within regulations aimed to perpetuate the fish supply, the Jap- anese floating canneries are under no regulation and simply take the fish when and how they please citing the Matanuska coloniza- tion program as an example of what can be done in developing Alaska, the second Coffey memorial urg that Congress and the President continue the colonization plan in the Territory, particularly with view to establishing another colony in the Homer district. House committeesesettled down to consideration of hills now before them this afternoon and most of the major committees were in session. SENATE SESSION At a brief session this afternoon prior to several important commit- tee meetings, the Senate passed a minor bill providing for reimbursing the Craig School Board $175 for building rental and handled other routine matters. It will convene to- morrow at 2 p.m. The House meets at 10 o'clock in the morning. JWC LUNCHEON 1S TOMORROW Mrs. Nell Scott, Wives of Legislators, Are to Be Honored Many reservations have been made by members and friends of the Ju- neau Woman’s Club for the luncheon tomorrow afternoon at the Terminal Cafe honoring Mrs. Nell Scott and the wives of the Legislators. Mrs. William A. Holzheimer, Dem- ocratic National Committeewoman for Alaska, will speak on “Women and Citizenship.” Mrs. Marie Drake, Deputy Commissioner of Education for Alaska, is also scheduled to speak. Her subject will be “Terri- torial School Problems.” A special musical program will in- clude numbers by Mrs. Vladimir Solovieff and Lorraine Anderson. Mrs. R. R. Herrmann, chairman, is to be the toastmistress for the af- ternoon. Those who are assisting her with the arrangements are Mrs. J. E. McKinley, Mrs. H. 8. Graves, Mrs. John Klein, Mrs. H. L. Wood, and Mrs. J. M. Clark. The luncheon is scheduled for 1:15 o'clock. S. SIMMONS FLIES HIGH TODAY TO PETERSBURG WITH 5; BACK EMPTY Flying high to escape the gusts of wind that sent scud flying on Gasti- n2au Channel today, Shell Simmons flew the Alaska Air Transport Lock- heed Vega seaplane to Petersburg this morning with J. J. Meherin, N. A. McEachran, Earle Clifford, Carl Anderson and Edith Orcutt as pas- sengers for that city. Simmons took off this morning at 10:15 o'clock and returned to Ju- neau empty at 1 o'clock this after- nocn. He is scheduled to make a passenger flight to Ketchikan to- morrow morning, leaving Juneau at 8 o’clock. RUOFF FIGHT WINDS “ONWAYTO CORDOVA; REFUELS AT YAKUTAT Taking off from Gastineau Chan- nel this morning about 10:30 o'clock Bert Ruoff, in his red Lycoming Stinson seaplane, accompanied by Harold Bowman, set out to try the weather as far as Soapstone Point. Getting plenty of altitude, Ruoff HAWING | Portable Electric | Machine DAY RICE & AHLERS CO. Phone 34 - — Here's How Homer Martin Warmed U p For Battle & IFirst Conferences Called byl Roosevelt Are Held at White House WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Presi- | dent Roosevelt discussed preliminary | plans for proposed labor legislation lat a White House conference today. {The first conference was with Sec- |retary of Labor Perkins and three |labor leaders including John L. | Lewis, who later said: NOVEMBER 18 | |discuss his legislative program. We Mild-mannered Homer Martin | gig is all.” turned up at South Bend, Ind., to ‘d Sh get in his word at conferences over | the sit-down of Bendix Praducts Corp workers s The next conference was with busi- ness leaders, including Harper Sib- ley, President of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, who also declined to give details saying nouncement The third and last conference of the day was with a group that in- cluded William Green, President of |the American Federation of Labor. PUBLIC MUST { | | | “HELP CATCH KIDNAP-KILLER Bureau of Investigation,“ Without Tangble Clue, | | Says ‘Watch Neighbor’ | | SEATTLE, Jan. 26. — A Federal Department of Justice' officer work- ing on the Mattson case issued a plea to all Northwest residents to “watch your neighbor—he may be a kidnaper.” | The Department of Justice offi- cer called in newspaper men and told them that the Bureau of In- | vestigation is without a tangible clue to the identity of the slayer. ! “It is almost unbelievable,” he Smiling pleasantly, the former nop-step-and-jumper conferred on plans for organizing auto workers with leaders of the Committee for Industrial Organization in Wash- ington the President must make an an- he President invited us down to | . An uninvited and wholly unexpected guest arrived at the home of Horace W. Miller car, driven by N. Carvell Rothrock, crashed through the wall into the living room. driving too fast around a curve. Neither the driver nor a companion was injured, 11 QUALIFIED; PETIT JURY AT COURT SESSION Two Veniremen Excused- Rasmuson Is on Way from Skagway Forty-one of the panel of forty- four petit jurors were sworn in qualified, and instructed by Judge George F. Alexander at the session of the Federal District Court this afternoon. Walter P. Scott, of Juneau and Jack Schmitz, of Juneau, have been excused from duty. E. A. Rasmuso of Skagway, has so far been unc to secure transportation, but will report for duty on the petit jury venire as soon as possible. Petit jurors sworn in and quali- fied at this afternoon’s court s sion were: le His pulpit technique came in handy as the ex-Baptist minister laid his union demands on General Motors before United Automobile Workers of America delegates at ¥lnt, Mich. said, “but we are faced with the task| nrrs A, Anderson, Sitka,; I. R. An- of hunting one of the world’s most gerson, Juneau; H. L. Arnold, Lynn brutal killers with hardly a trace capal; W. H. Bacon, Lynn .Canal; of his identity.” Daisy Brown, Juneau; Mrs. W. K. | e said the Bureau of Investiga- | Burford, Juneau; H. L. Cochrane, | tion has only a vague description of Douglas; Amanda Cook, Lynn Can- e kidungee |al; Cash Cole, Juneau; H. A. Dahl, | “If the kidnaper is caught” he | petersburg; A. S. Dunham, Juneau; added, “it will be through the as- Mrs, Elmer Garnes, Angoon; Gor- sistance of the general public.” |qon Gray, Douglas; Jessie Hapmon, take considerable repairing. 'TALLAPOOSA DUE BACK IN JUNEAU 3 A.M. TOMORROW Reporting weather this morning the U.S.C.G. fTallapoosa sent her position as off Dry Bay, and, though she reported heavy seas running, it |is expected that the cutter will ar- |rive back in Juneau at 3 o'clock | tomorrow morning, to complete her |long voyage to St. Paul Island and return. | Leaving Kodiak, the Tallapoosi |headed directly across the Guif for {Icy Straits. She is bringing mail from Kodiak and other west Alaska | points. CROMWELL GETS YEAR AND DAY AT M'NEIL ISLE guilty and waiving trial of larceny in a dwelling stolen property, Floyd Cromwell this afternoon received the first sentence passed by Judge George F. Alexander at the current ession of Federal District Court. Acting on the recommendation of at York, Pa., when this Police say Rothrock was , but the Miller home will ELECTION MEET ANNOUNCED BY DEMO WOMEN Plans Made for Luncheon February 20 for Wives of Legislators, Mrs. Scott ‘i‘'wo future meetings of the Wo- men's Democratic Club of Gas- tineau Channel were announced after the meeting of the executive board of the club at the home of Mrs. E. H. Kaser, vice-president, last night. First is the meeting Tuesday, Feb- ruary 9 at 8:30 pm. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, when the regular yearly election of the or- ganization will be held. February 20th, the Democratic Women’s Club of Gastineau Channel will be hosts at a dessert luncheon at the Governor's House, honoring Mrs. Nell Scott, representative from the Third Division, and the wives of the legislators. Plans for the luncheon will be discussed at the meeting February 9. the board have expressed a wish that HINTS GERMANY BACK OF MOVE TO WRECK SOVIET {Engineer Testifies at Mos- | cow Trial He Was Engag- | ed to Help Fatherland # MOSCOW, Jan: 26 — Alexander i Stéin, German mining engineer, tes- | tified today at the trial here of 17 ]ccn[essed Trotzskyist plotters that | he ‘was engaged hy the Serbian Sa- botage "to help “Geérmany recover| Iher former power.” He said his | “wrecking” activities against the Development of Alaska Airbase Expe_l:pd Soon | Wash, State Senator Says Army Board to Make Recommendations « WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—United |States Senator Homer T. Bone, of Washington, said the Special Army Board is expected to recommend im- mediate developments to a site near Fairbanks, Alaska, as one of six major Army and aviation bases au- thorized by the Wilcox bill. District Attorney William A. Holz-'a full membership be in attendance heimer, Judge Alexander sentenced as amendments to the constitution Cromwell to serve one year and onelof the association will be presented FLEMING HAS . SPENT $170 ‘Only Thirty Dollar Bills Still | | JANUARY 8 Jaw set, the union president re- | ceived reports at his desk in De- troit of the strike’s progress and | gave little encouragement to | would-be conciliators. in Circulation—Souvenir | Hunters Have 140 i CHELAN, Wash,, Jan. 26. — C. C. | Fleming is down to $30.82 of the| 18200 given him Saturday, January| | 16 with which to test the workability ! lof the Townsend-revolving-dollar | plan. He is planning a party for his| five children and nine grandchil- dren for tomorrow afternoon. “There will be nothing fancy,” he said, “just a nice sociable gathering." A checkup showed that only 30 of the 170 marked dollar bills Flem- | ing put into circulation are still in circulation in Chelan. Souvenir hunters and malicious | hoarders are blamed. Merchants are devising a revolv- |ing check system to combat the in- roads souvenir hunters make on the marked dollar bills. David Sampson, 61 years old, has been chosen at Brewster, near here, \to try out the same plan, spending |checks instead of dollars. ROTARY GLUB AT LUNCHEON At the regular weekly meeting of the Rotary Club today noon at the Terminal Cafe, John Walmer JANUARY 11 Impassioned in oratory, the youth- ful leader exhorted strikers at a Flint G M. plant to continue their sit-down despite a split in_labor ranks as to its expediency./” evidently found the flying to his liking, and headed out for Yaku- tat, where he was to stop for re- fueling, then buck the winds again as far as Cordova today, whence he will complete his Anchorage flight as soon as possible. 1 Buys Three Wedding | Rings, at Bargain, Too HAYS, Kan, can. 26. — Isador | | Si Juneau; I. Myhre Hofstad, Peters- burg; Kate E. Jarman, Juneau; Theodore Johnson, Petersburg; F.J. Jonas, Juneau; Alex Kiloh Jr., Ju- neau; Flora Kirkham, Douglas; Pauline R. Livie, Juneau; Rosalia Lundell, Douglas; Lockie MacKin- non, Juneau; C. H. MacSpadden, Ju- neau; Mrs. Guy McNaughton, Ju- neau; Menandry Malackoff, Sitka; Sigurd Mathiesen, Petersburg; Jim Morgan, Juneau; John G. Morri- son Sr, Juneau; W. W. Nighten- gale, Juneau; Marvel M. Nostrand, Juneau; Ida Mae Phillips, Chicha- gof; Mrs. A. Riendeau, Juneau; R. E. Rieck, Juneau; Mrs. Ellen Scott, Juneau; Mrs. Charles Sey, Juneau; Mrs. Harold Stabler, Juneau; Mrs. Ed. Waltonen, Juneau; Mrs. Wm. Wanamaker, Juneau; W. A. War- wick, Juneau; V. F. Williams, Ju- neau. OLYMPIA KILLS MEMORIAL FOR COAST DEFENSE Washington State House Members Afraid It Might Antagonize Japan OLYMPIA, Jan. 26.—After bitter argument against a memorial peti- tioning Congress to appropriate money for Pacific Coast defenses, the Washington State House of Rep- resentatives today killed the whole document. It was tabled by viva voce vote on motion of Representa- tive W. R. Robinson of Yakima. The left wing debaters picked ,Windholz, a sharp bargainer, asked a jeweler the price of a wedding ring. Then, “how much for two?” was elected to membership. Presi- |dent A. B. Phillips presided and J. B. Burford was in charge of the getting a discount, he went on “and | Program. three?" Perplexed, the jeweler gave| Wallis George, of the Juneau Cold him a nice reduction on the quantity | Storage Company, was called on to lot. |give his life history today. M. J. Wedding music soon filled a|Wilcox, Agent for the Alaska Steam- church, and the brothers Windholz|ShiP Company, told of his recent —Isadore, Wendelin and Anslem— | tfiP south. i, marched down the aisle with their| Visitors of the Rotarians . today brides. |were Harry Race and Earl Lloyd |of Ketchikan, and Orin Kimball of | Juneau. ELECTRIC | Community singing was led by G. | H. Walmsley and Miss Cynthia Bat- son played the accompaniment on | the piano. e ‘ BASKETBALL TONIGHT The City Basketball League swings into weekly action tonight ‘at the High School gym. Krause and | the Firemen will meet first and the |night cap will be between the De- Molays and Gravesmen. Federal agents in South Carolina seized 54 stills during October. Texas officials expect nearly half “Safety First” OR NITE SERVICE flaws in the memorial, one object- ing to the phrase “we hope for mo war with any nation across the Pa- cific.” It was argued that such: phrasology might antagonize Japan. Rep. James McDonald said: “The whole memorial is crazy” An amendment proposed by Rep. M. B. Smith urged “strong protection for the Canadian border. TWO CARS OF FROZEN SALMON SOUTH FROM HERE ON NORTH STAR Recent efforts of Gov. John W. Troy have caused a change in plans for the loading of fish on the south- bound voyage of the motorship North Star, it was learned in a wire received this morning from J. R. Ummel, chief dispatcher in Seattle of the -Alaska Emergency ships. Under its new orders, the North Star will load two car loads, or not to exceed thirty tons of frozen sal- mon at this port, to be shipped south. The remainder of the North a million hunters and trappers to Nite 571 the deer and turkey season. Star’s cold storage space will be ports with frozen fish, day in the Federal Penitentiary at| McNeil Island, Washington. | Plea of Arminta Osborne, negrs on the charge of alleged assault w a dangerous weapon was continu till the session of the Court Thu day morning. John Davis, Jr., and George Paul were arraigned on charges of al- leged rape and robbery at Tenakee| and were given until Thursday morning to plea; as was Harvey Al-| len, charged with assault with a dan- gerous weapon. 'SPORTS MOVEMENT, POLITICS DISCUSSED BY LABOR CONVENTION | Yesterday's session after the news | release was given out was started ! loff with the organization plan of | |the Alaska Labor Party in its ef-| [(orLs to organize the laboring class' land the small business men into| lone political party. Various ideas were expressed as to how this or-! ganization plan would be carried | orth. Other things of interest that were | taken up were the sponsoring of sports movements among the i 'workers. However, no definite action jwas taken at this time except that |the Executive Board, which ‘is to be elected at the end of the con- l.vention, will be instructed to work out plans for the sports movement among the labor ranks in Alaska, and to present a plan to the next | convention. Today's session was opened up1 with routine business. Some of ti Husiness men of the town were pres- | ent to discuss the petitions request- | =d by the delegates of the S. S. Gen. | W. C. Gorgas that are being circu- | lated around town. After these business men had ex- | oressed their opinions concerning ! the petitions, it was the general| hought that if adverse criticism is | not stopped that there may be fur- ther shortage of food, as it was ex- | pressed there is no doubt that the| emergency ships would be stopped. It was the general opinion of the, convention that “if the emergency; ships are stopped it will be because! of the lack of cooperation in Alaska ! by selfish business interests.” i BRANT OUT THIS AFTERNOON, WILL EXAMINE STREAMS on its trip with the Legislators last evening at 8:35 o'clock, and followed Returning to Jureau from Sitka closely by the M. S. Seal with the remainder of the party; the M. S. Brant lay in port here this morning for a bit of de-icing. i The Brant left again shortly be- fore 1 o'clock this afternoon with Alaska Agent L. G. Wingard and Warden Steele Culbertson aboard, to work streams from Ketchikan jporth to Juneau. The Brant is ex- take the field with the opening of |filled at other Southeast Alaska |pected to be gone about one week on the present trip. to be voted upon. e ,———— EASTERN STAR MEETS Eastern Star niembers will hold |their regular business meeting to- night in the Masonic Temple with their newly installed Worthy Ma- tron, Mrs. Glenn Oakes, presiding. Following the meeting a birthday party will be given by the new choir of officers. e ,——— GOODIE SALE TOMORROW | Soviet Union were centéred in the coal mines near Anjer. ) “Later I was reprimanded for in- sufficient wrecking,” he said. At least 100 Communists and for- eign observers are estimated to have been jailed as being suspected f being counter revolutionists in the four days since the trial started. GRAND JURY INDICTS FOUR MORE TODAY Arraignmenfiheduled for Tomorrow Morning for Four Defendants Mrs. W. Butts, Mrs. Floyd Dryden, jand Mrs. Thomas Hughes are in !charge of the goodie sale which is to be given tomorrow at Bert’s Cash Grocery by the Methodist Ladies’ Aid. The members of the Ladies’ Aid have prepared many tempting dish- es which will be on sale tomorrow, starting at 11 o'clock. ! ————.————— Experts judge butter not only by its flavor but also by its body or tex- ture. Four new indictments were re- turned by the Federal Grand Jury this morning; one charging John Brinley with alleged destruction of personal property, at Petersburg, on August 8, 1936. An indictment was brought against Frances Foster, for alleged larceny in a warehouse at Juneau, on July 5, 1936; and another against John Willard, charging him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor at Haines, on October 17, 1936. The fourth indictment charged alleged uttering of worthless checks in Juneau on December 12, 1936, against Lawrence A. Chaney. | All four indicted persons are to be arraigned tomorrow morning. GRADUATE NURSES’ BOARD TO MEET | AT MRS. CARTER’S| Members of the executive board of the Graduate Nurses' Association of | Gastineau Channel will meet at the ! home of Mrs. C. C. Carter in the Goldstein Building Thursday night| at 8 o'clock. On the board are Mrs. | William Garster, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.| J. C. Thomas, Mrs. Honeycutt, Miss Tda Hendrickson and Mrs. E. H.| Kaser. i The next regular meeting of the! organization will be at St. Ann’s| Hospital, February 2. Members of‘l “BROKEN HEARTS” SOCIAL AND DANCE Public Invited Everybody Welcome TONIGHT 9:30 P.M. Adm. 25¢ Finnish Educational Club L 0. 0. F. Hall “TOMORROW'S STYLES TODAY" WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LOVELY SELECTION OF DAYTIM FROCKS IN PRINTS, TAFFETAS AND CREPES In Sizes from 14 to 44 PRICE RANGE FROM $0.95 t0 $2250 |