The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 29, 1937, Page 8

8 WEST COAST 06 OFFICERS GET TRANSFEREAST Four Memb:rs— of Coast Guard, Wellknown in N.W. Go to Academy SEATTLE, March 29.—Four mem- bers of the Coast Guard, well known | in the Seattle district, have been assigned as staff instructors at the Coast Guard Academy at New Lon- don, Conn. They are Lieut. Commander H. Richards, of the cutter Cyane; Lieut. Commander S. P. Swicegood, executive officer of the Chelan; Lieut. J. D. Harrington, executive officer of the Haida, stationed at Cordova and Lieut. S. 8. Evans, for- merly stationed in Seattle, but now in St. Petersburg, Florida. Lieut. Commander John Roun- tree, of New York, will replace Lieut. Commander Richards on the Cyane. Orders from Washington did not | W, jPredicts Great |Activity in Mining, Alaska ‘ SEATTLE, March 29. — P. C. Stoess, of the West Coast Min?rfll| |Association, forecast Seattle will} ship between $5,000,000 and $6,000- 000 worth of mining machinery and {supplies to Alaska during the 1937 |season. He said Alaska will see a {tremendous increase in mining ac- tivity. - TRUCE ENDED, - SPANISH WAR Government, Insurgent Armies Starts General Attacks, Wide Fronts ON SPANISH BATTLE FRONT, March 29—Crash of cannonading and fierce crackle of rifle fire broke |the Easter truce and fatigue of the (past two weeks and signalled general attacks on well separated fronts by armies and insurgent TRIPLE MURDER DISCOVERED IN - NEW YORK CITY Sex Mania:Eelieved Re- sponsible—Model, Moth- er, Roomer Are Slain NEW YORK, March 29.—Vernon- ica Gedeon, aged 20, professional model and her mother, Mrs. Mary Gedeon, aged 54, were both stran- gled and beaten to death, and Frank Byrnes, 35, a waiter and bartender, who rented a room in the Gedeon apartment, was stabbed to death in the fashionable Beekman Hill Dis- trict. The mother had been ravished. The triple murder was discovered by Joseph Gedeon, an upholsterer, Mrs. Gedeon’s estranged husband. The nude body of Veronica Ged- eon was found lying on a bed, her mother was partly clothed and was half benegth the bed. Byrnes was found in his underwear, on the floor THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1937. Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS . Hypnotie state . Cutting wit u. Sharp answer Turned out to be . Like State of belng double . Day of the week: abbr. . Brightest star in & con- stellatton . Pintail ducks . Buntinglike fabric . Discovered | | Branches of | learning | . Plaything . Four . Withdraw | . Drew forth | Optical glass ). Represent i again . Having no stalk. as & leaf . Summon fortb 26. Parts of the I bod DS 4 oM <> Sirdnrd ody 8. Dutch ety 22. Such: Scotch 23. Large plant . Poetic name ] Al T S (o] U 5 T S L Sweet biscult . Cabs . Talents or > mANMC O ONZPmMH AmAmH0>r o Z|O[T] for an ) GZmAHPNAZ>EPZ HiZzim|<IMfNO|M{X|O{A m|u{—|ZARNmMH{\|[m)] oM aptitudes eastern country . To this place 27. County in Kansas . Founded 30. Vibrationless poj| . Genus of the shad 43. 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That part of the hind leg between the thigh and ankle | forester WHITEPASS T BUILD ON TOWN SIDEOF SKAGWAY |Brackett Road to Be Kept Open to Cemetery, Aban- doned to Boulder Siding Proposing to eliminate flood trou- |ble, the White Pass and Yukon is planning to start shortly in erect- ing its tracks on the east side of the Skagway river at Skagway to Boulder Siding, according to news brought back from Skagway by As- | sistant Regional Forester Wellman | Holbrook who conducted a hearing on the proposal in that city last week in connection with the nation- al forest area. Under the program, to which the reported opposition, the Brackett road from Skagway to the cemetery will be maintained as usual, but will be abandoned beyond BUSINESS BETTER SAYS THOMAS, BACK FROM TRIP SOUTH After having spent a month in the Pacific Northwest on a com- bined business and pleasure trip, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thomas returned to Juneau today aboard the steamer Princess Norah, and this afternoon Mr. Thomas was back on the job at iTis store here, the Thomas Hard- ware Company. ‘While south, Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as visited in and around Seattle and Portland. Mr. Thomas reports that all merchants he saw in the North- west are pleased with business con- ditions, and that prices on all com- modities are taking large increases. Whilée Mr. Thomas was in the South, several brief strikes took place in the Northwest, but he de- clared that they were very capably handled. MRS. S. AVOIAN DIES HERE EASTER A. M.; BURIAL WEDNESDAY Funeral services will be held Wed- nesday afternoon at 1 o'clock from AMER, LEGION, AUXILIARY TO GET TOGETHER Meeting Tonight for Pur pose of Making Plans for Future A joint business meeting for the American Legion and the Ladies’ Auxiliary will be held tonight at the American Legion Dugout at 8 o'clock. The purpose of the joint meeting is to discuss the affairs of the past year and make plans for the future. One of the main topics will probably concern the coming convention to be held at Anchorage in September. William O. Johnson, Commander of the Legion and George Gullufsen, Adjutant, are the committee of the Legion arranging the affair. Mrs. Lucille Stonehouse, President of the Auxiliary and Mrs. Lorraine John- son, Secretary, are the committee from the Auxiliary. | government in Hix vosed., QB NORASAL us 1t hE |the cemetery to Boulder Siding. By |y o Russian Orthodox Church for say who would replace the officers other than Richards. Lieut. Commander Swicegood, stationed in Seattle, is the son-in- ]n\ of Commander and Mrs. Flet- in Spain. Moving 36 miles, an arrowhead salient of the government armies {from the historic Escorial heights |west of Madrid, menaced Avila, vi- had attempted to go to the assis- tance of the women. The police said the tragedy ap- pears to have been the work of a sex II"//HIIIIII//HI 7 fl ||| |moving its tracks, the railroad will {be able to abandon the two bridges over the Skagway which often have |given trouble during floods and will |be able to give direct service into Mrs. Sultin Avoian, 73, who died Easter morning at the family home on Fourth and Harris streets. The Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff will conduct the ritual. After the meeting the Legion men will serve a lunch, promising to give the ladies’ a real treat by even doing the dishes afterwards. Al Zenger and L. G. Jewett are the T Webster Brown, who were intal insurgent headquarters. maniac. {town without crossing the river. “Pear] - diving” committee — dish Juneau until December 1935, when | Capt. Brown was transferred from ccmmand of the Tallapoosa to the Ttasca, lulu. STALIN WARNS SOVIET AGAINST OVER CONCEIT Russians Afiold to Be- ware of Revolution and ‘Dizziness from Success’ MOSCOW, March 29.—In one of| the sternest lectures delivered the Communist party in many years, Joseph Stalin warned Russia to; stiffen its vigilance against revolu- tion, to beware of “dizziness from sucee: From the speech, delivered March 3 before the central committee oi! the Communist party, and publish-| ed last night, were linked in some circles the increased demand of party self-criticism. As a bid for| national support at the forthcom-| ing elections, when a secret ballot will be inaugurated, Stalin em- phasized that self-praise and boast- fulness had no place in the Com- munist program and may under- mine its political foundation, which cnly means crushing the three great | enemies of Russia, Capitalism, Trot- zykists and conceit. "UMPHREY GOING SOUTH H. B. Humphrey, Safety Engineer for the U. 8. Bureau of Mines, who with headquarters in Hono- | Big government field guns in the ymountains above Naval Peral de Pi- inares formed a mobile screen and Moorish troops screened the two }\viv'l insurgent advance upon the |rich mercury and coal mining lands |of Ciudad Real province. | Shells exploded in Madrid, shul- [tering a gas main. | At Valencia, an Italian prisoner | who said he was a Major in Il Duce’s regular army, declared that many lof the 40,000 Italians routed by the |Guadalajara salient were shot by own men by mistake. . JAMES E. ESTES TAKEN BY DEATH {Widely Known Juneau Pio- neer Succumbs at Pio- neers’ Home, Aged 82 &, | James E. Estes, aged 82, wide]y: (known Juneau pioneer, died this |morning at the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, according to a message to the Governor’s office. Born in Lenora, North Carolina, Mr. Estes came north to Juneau in 11904 and operated a saloon here for a good many years. During the-, | Woodrow Wilson administration, he | was a guard at the Federal ]ml, | under Marshals Harry Bishop and| !J. M. Tanner and had a host of {friends among old Alaskans throughout the Territory. Politically, ! he was a loyal and ardent Democrat | during his lifetime. He is survived by Mrs. Estes, who is now in St. Ann's Hospital. Y their MINING COURSE IS ENDING HERE Stewart to Talk Tomght Roden Tomorrow—Class- es Adjourn Wednesday The mining course conducted here by H. G. Wilcox, under the Uni- versity of Alaska direction, will end the five weeks’ session on Wednes- day. Tonight, B. D. Stewart will give a talk to the class members on placer mining in the Interior and tomor- row night Henry Roden will give a talk on the Alaska mining laws. DUKE WINDSOR GUTS SERVANTS VIENNA, March 29.—The Duke of Windsor has solved his servant problem, preparatory to moving to Austrian Tyrol. The Duke will get along with six instead of seventeen servants in his new quarters at St. Wolfgang. ’ Distance from Boulder Siding into Skagway is about two miles and | work of putting that route in oper- ating order is expected to start im- | mediately. 'went on a rampage, Last fall, when the Skagway river the railroad was obliged to transfer its passen- gers to buses at Boulder and take them into town because the floods had damaged the bridges. Thou- i sands of dollars have been spent over the years in keeping the spans in repair after floods. L 1 FLIERS ARE 13 HALIBUT BOATS SELL CATCH, SEATTLE SEATTLE, March 29.—Thirteen halibuters sold their catches here. Boats arriving were as follows: From the western banks—Eagle 33,000 pounds, Liberty 33,000 pounds, Helgeland 33,000 pounds, Bonanza 22,000 pounds, Lituya 24,000 pounds, Addington 21,000 pounds, Electra 33,000 pounds, Federal 21,000 pounds, all selling at an average price: of 8 and 6 cents a pound. From the local banks—Curlew 10,- 000 pounds Wesmord 10,000 pounds, rHergert. 4,000 pounds, Orbit 12,000 ! | pounds, Restitution 12,000 pounds, selling at an average priceé of 8% |and 6 cents a pound. | e ——————— BUREAU OFFICIALS RETURNING Mrs. Martha Refsland, Associate| Supervisor in the Bureau of Indian | Affairs, and Miss Bertha Tiber,! Superintendent of Nurses, who have been visiting Indian stations in the Westward and Interior are return- ing to their Juneau headquarters on the Victoria. Mrs. Refsland has | been gone since January and visit- ed stations as far west as Quillin-| MISSING NOW Ground Crews Augument! Aerial Searchers for Army Men MARCHFIELD, Cal, March 29.— 'Ground crews have augmented air crews in a search for Lieut. Robert C. Love, 26, and private Emory J. Parsons, 23, missing since Saturday night on a 64-mile {Tght to the base “here. Aerial searchers failed to find “the mlssmg men Sunday. upon Mrs. X. L. Thompson Mrs. Avoian is survived by two sons, Arsen and Kanakan Avoian, residing in her native Balkan coun- try, several grandchildren there, and her grandson, Maningo Avoian, re- siding at Juneau. Her death was due to natural causes. The Avoian family came to Ju- neau following the termination of the World War, as refugees from their native country, after having |been held in Turkish detention camps during the war. BROOKWALTER FLIES STOCK HERE FROM { SKAGWAY SATURDAY With R. H. Stock, of Wright and Stock Company, road mntruwrs,lsl | passenger, Pilot Vernon Bookwalur‘ flew a White Pass tri-motored plane |to Juneau from Skagway late Sat- urday afternoon and immediately |returned empty to Skagway. Mr. Stock was a passenger from Juneau to Skagway with Bookwal- ter on Friday, following his arrival | here Thursday from Sitka, where his company is now constructing several miles of highway, aboard the motorship Northland. MAJOR OPERATION A major operation was performed | washers, ESTEBETH BRINGS EIGHT TO JUNEAU SUNDAY MORNING With eight passengers aboard from Sitka and way ports for Ju- neau, the motorship Estebeth ar- rived in port yesterday morning shortly after 5 o'clock, completing a smooth voyage. Passengers coming to Juneau were From S8itka—Mrs, A. Harpole, Rob. ert C. Wakelin, Tom Tilson, Sr. From Angoon—Mr. and Mrs, V. So- boleff, Dr. Sonia Chiefetz. Prom Tenakee—Ed Dowling, John Car- mel. ————— MRS. SHEPARD BACK Mrs, H. R. Shepard was among the passengers arriving in Juneau from the south today aboard the steamer Princess Norah when that vessel docked here. Mrs. Shepard is returning to her home here for the summer, after visiting since last October in Seattle with her daugh- ter, Mrs. B. B. Neiding. e ——— HAS TONSILECTOMY Miss Elnore Johnke was the sub- ject of a tonsilectomy performed at St. Ann’s Hospital this morning this morning and this afternoon en- tered St. Ann's Hospital for care. « has been conducting safety work in | AT e R the Territory in conjunction with the office of the Commissioner of | Mines, is leaving tomorrow on the | Victoria for a vacation trip to the States, going to Portland, Ore., to attend to pnvabe business matters. [ S Thank You! and we say this most sincerely after six years of enjoying your patronage and friendship. To our succes- sor, best wishes. MRS. J. McCORMICK Betty Mac Beauty Shop % | : GOOD VISION With Added Beauty We offer a splendid service in supplying glasses that are not only corrective but becoming, as well. Nothing so quickly makes the features drawn and careworn as impaired vision. Nothing so quickly preserves the youthful appearance as properly fitted glasses. Call Today for an Appointment! Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry S Phone 331 DOUGLAS NEWS | BOY SCOUTS BENEFITTED i The benefit dance given for the {Douglas Boy Scout organization here Saturday night was fairly well attended and netted the scouts [about $10. Similar dances are| planned to provide money to carry on the summer activitie: e COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT A meeting of the Douglas City Council is scheduled for this eve-| ning in the temporary quarters |above the Coliseum to further plans | for rebuilding the fire hall build- | ing which will also include quarter\, for Council chamber and clerk’s of- fice. | { % i i I | - e, MAYOR GOETZ CRIPPLED Mayor A. E. Goetz suffered a badly sprained ankle last evening and is forced to navigate with the use of a cane. e ,,——— EXAMINATIONS WEEK This week will end the next to last six-weeks’ period of the present Douglas school term and with re- view of the different subjects in progress now, the latter part of the week will be given over to the regu- lar examinations. Next week the final six-weeks’' period will start, .- FROM CHICHAGOF Mrs. Teresa Campbell has ar- rived here from Chichagof and plans to move into her cottage on St. Ann’s Avenue. CACHE FOUND OLYMPIA, Wash.,, March 29. Two automatic pistols, 100 rounds of ammunition and nine watches were found yesterday in a bucket under a bush behind the Capitol building by a youth joining in an Easter egg hunt on the Capitol lawn. 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