The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 15, 1937, Page 3

5 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY. APRIL 15 1937. . TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT SHE MANAGED A‘BRUISER... w'll 3 PATSY KELLY GUINN ‘Big Boy' WILLIAMS ‘&% & § PERT KELTON CHARLIE Gus Van’ DUUGLAS NEWS FOUR-H CLUB DISCUSSION UP, DOUGLA Ruth Peck, Guesl Speaker at D. I. W. C.—Of- ficers Elected Miss Ruth Peck, in charge of Home Economic demonstrations at the University of Alaska, was guest- | speaker at the monthly meeting of the Douglas Island Women's Club which was held at the home of Mrs. George Woodbury, last night. Miss Harriet Sweetland was assisting hostess. “Four-H Club wer Miss Peck, ‘out the nation and with represen- explained | tation in every state, was started| last year in Alaska, as part of the national program of the extention| work being carried on in state uni- versities; 420 members are already cnrolled in Alaska. What it Means “Four-H, representing the words, Head, Heart, Hand and Health, with emphasis on the latter, embraces work in various projects such as sewing, baking, camp cookery, among the young people in the com- munities who will compete for achievement awards of merit, such as special pins. Last year 84 per cent of the members completed pro- “has exteuded through- | CHASE Garden Party Vocalizing Rio De Janeiro News * | jects and rébeived achfevenient pins. | | Motto of the Clubs is ‘Make the Best of Debtors’ and the emblem of the Clubs is the four leaf clover, with an H on each leaf. Besides the projects mentioned, another is the preservation of wild flowers. “Each Clup urgawuzea in the dif- | ferent communities will supply ex- hibits of the work done in the vari- |ous projects undertaken, to be shown in the fall when an achievement | day will be set aside for judging the iresults and awarding the emblems.” Three Clubs Miss Peck has compieted organi- Hi CHARLIE CHASE LEAVES SHORTS AS “DOC KLUM" Arliss Baltigrf,llvoys and Love as Far East Rul- er at Capitol ! s “Doc” Klum, proprietor of an old-fashioned apothecary shop in “Kelly the Second,” the Hal Roach- {M-G-M all-star feature comedy currcatly showing at the Coliseum The. tre, Charley Chase differs con- siderably from the old actor who |is star of the famous Hal Roach- {M-G-M two-reel comedy series. In |young, naive and suave character embroiled in hilarious adventurs | which are brought about by his as- |sumed air of sophistication. In “Kel- |ly the Second,” “Doc” Klum, well |past middle-age and somewhat ec- |centric, involuntarily becomes man- ager of a promising young prize- |fighter .and finds his life greatly |involved by Patsy Kelly, who plays the role of the sweetheart-trainer of the ring figure. So closely has Chase been asso- clated with (rarely appes jvehicles. It in feature-length a radical s is thereiore departure for this veteran when he appears as “Doc” Klum in “Kelly the Second” to portray a fussy, cor- 'ner drugstore owner who is sud- |denly whirled into a big-time rack- |et. The Arliss gift for charming {subtleties in the midst of double- dealing intrigue is given full dis- play in “East Meets West,” the |GB production showing tonight at \the Capitol Theatre. Here, again, is George Arliss in jeweled tur- bans and brocades, as colorful in costume as in character . an delightfully difficult to corner in |a diplomatic tilt with words and' w:ts j The Rajah of Rungay is be‘hw..- led by envoys from the east and; |the west, They are over-anxious, lo sign port treaties of which the | Ra_mh knows full well the value. He lets them cool their heels on his| |the short subjects, he is seen as a| short subjects that he| Ml;rcier in }iew York | KILLER It was the look in his eyes that set cops on the trail of Major Green, 33-year-old porter, con- victed of slaying Mrs. Mary Case. By CHARLES NORMAN AP Feature Service Writer (Last of a S 'S} NEW YORK, April 15.—Inspector Ryan’s cold blue eyes returned lagain and again to the brown pla- cidity of Major Green's face. The half-pint size negro porter !was undergoing routine question- ing. It had been a brutal murder, the victim a pretty bride. To any but police officials it would have been amazing to see how many ev- |eryday persons shopkeepers, de- livery boys, laundrymen, tailors— had falien under the scrutiny of de- Itectives. Green was one of these. {He was not suspected—just yet— |but there was something in his’ eyes. T asked myself a thousand times what it was,” the veteran cop ad- 'mitted afterward. From that moment, i the subway, fon the street, at his tasks, at his| home, even in his sleep, Major Lahon of Ketchikan where there doorsteps while he talks of butter-'Green v\m under surveillance. lare already three Clubs, one with {57 white children and the |two with mixcd memberships. In Wrangell one Club was organized |with 22 members. From here Miss| Peck plans to go to Cordova, leav- ing on the 20th, and if possible, she {will make a side trip to Skagway in |the interest of her work, if trans- |portation is available. Benefit Show Aids the local Coliseum theatre Tues- day for raising funds to supply equipment for the new school | building, proved a very fair suc- cess, as something like $21 was cleared on the undertaking. Special |appreciation of the Club is extend- ed to the show management and the Boy and Girl Scouts organiza- tions for selling tickets and making |the show the success it was. The awarding of the Club cup, emblem for athletic honors among the girl students, and the name of the successful candidate % be engraved thereon as authorized, will be announced later. Officers Elected The following officers were elect- ed to officiate over the Club’s af- fairs for next season as follows: Mrs. Mike Pusich, President (Mrs. i Jensen having declined owing to press of other interests); Mrs. Charles Fox, Vice-president; Miss % HU HU Y Y HURRY GET THAT S$10! GET THOSE DESIGNS READY — ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO DESIGN A LABEL FOR GLOVER’S OVENIZED POTATO CHIPS! A e Contest Closes April 21 ASK 0 K HOW-MAY I WIN $10? 0. K. MRS GLOVER LUNCH PHONE 324 . The sponsorship of a picture at| 111195 against the blue sky. Also] other |while he tries to break up the ro-|thing to suspect a murderer, quite another to pin a job on him.”| mance between his handsome son, Prince Nezim, and the beautiful |Marguerite Carter, unhappy wife of | an English official who is secretly | prohibition state of Rungay. Florence Ryan, Secretary; (Harriet Sweetland, Treasurer. The next meeting, the final one of the year, will be held at the! home of Mrs. Mike Pusich, Presi-| dent-elect, with Miss Florence Ry- an, assisting hostess. It will be held | the second Wednesday in May at the regular Council meeting and the newly elected officers will be in- stalled. | It was also decided that the en- |tertainment of the Juneau Women'’s Club would be featured at one of the first meetings next fall of the club. A book review of “Not Alone,” by James Hilton, given by Miss Flor- ence Ryan, entertained the Club| members during the evening. FORIBTBE DA . L FLEISCHMANN on gins means the same as 2¢ KARAT on gold— and it costs no more than ordinary gins! Available in either DRY or SLOE GIN! Ask your dealer. adv. — ., NOTICE For special fresh dressed chickens, | call F'emmer, phone 114. SUMMONS FOx PUBLICATION | No. 4045-A {IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR| THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AT JUNEAU. CECILE FRANK, Plaintiff, vs GLEN FRANK, Defendant. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UN- {ITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN- DANT, GREETINGS: You are hereby required to ap- pear in the District Court for the! Territory of Alaska, First Division (within thirty days after the Ilast publication of this Summons, name- ly within thirty days after the 22nd day of April, 1937, in case this Sum- mons is published, or within forty days after the cate of its service upon you, in case this Summons is served upon you personally, and answer the Complaint of the above named Plaintiff on file in the sald‘ Court in the above entitled action. The said Plaintiff in said action | demands the following relief, to- | wit: | A dissolution of the marriage ex-| isting between the Plaintiff and| the Defendant and for such other and further relief as the Court may grant by virtues of these premises.| And in the event you fail to ap- pear and answer the Plaintiff wul; take judgment against you for want thereof and will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in her Com- plaint and as herein above stated. WITNESS the Honorable George F. Alexander, Judge of said Court and’the Seal of Said Court hereinto advised on: this 26th day of March, 1937. ROBERT E. COUGHLIN, Clerk of the Court. By J. W. LIEVERS, Deputy Clerk. First publication date Mar. 25, 1937, Last publication date April 22, 1937, jengaged in running &um into the| and Miss | m:lv | !Ibloody fingerprint. found on “But,” as Ryan put it, “it's one and Three Sleepless Nights The body of Mrs. Mary Harriet Case was discovered at 6 p. m, Monday, January 11. On Thursday, 1January 14, the grand jury indict- [e(‘ Green for first degree murder, He was sent to the Sing Sing death thouse. And Ryan and his men thave turned to another myl.tery—l that of the triple Gedeon murdgf. For three days and nights when| {the Case murder broke neither In- spector Ryan nor any man on his| picked squad of detéctives siept a| | wink. { “My gestion,” {ious to men rejected a he relay sug- says. “They were anx- ck with the job until it was finished. Be sure to mention| |that. I don’t want all the glory. |Without them I'd be nowhere.” t 3 a. m. Wednesday morning |Green was being questioned again |in the Case apartment. Fingerprint Tallies | Pools and smears of blood soag- |ulated on the floor. Green's shirt and shoes were taken from him. |The shirt bore the markings |"FWC”, Mr. Case's initials. Asked iwhere he had getten the shirt, he said it had been given to him by, janother resident in the apartment| (houxe A few minutes later Ryan luaa shaking that man out of af sound sleep and taking him along. This was mere by-play. The yslmt was not his, and Ryan knew lit. But it was necessary to confront Green with the alleged owner, who denied ever having seen the shirt The evidence against Green reach-| ed impressive totals, but still the| wiry little porter denied all. One damning link to the crime was a| the It jamb of the bathroom door. tallied with Greens. Alexander Clarke, of the Bureau of Criminal Identification, had| gone around powdering the apart-| ment to bring up tell-tale marks.| When the fingerprint appeared on a doorjamb, it failed to photograph clearly. That part of the door was “If the landlord objects, we'll buy him a new door,” said Ryan. The next day another finger- print was found, the bureau re-| ported it was not Green's. “Now,” says Ryan, with a twin- kle, “whose fingerprint do you sup- oy | pose it turned out to be? Give up? | The fingerprint expert' All In Day’s Work In jthe end, Green incriminategd himself by admitting he was in the apartment when the woman was stryck down. And the case was clinched by a piece of his skin— scraped from the victim’s finger- Speaking of “breaks,” Ryan says: “I guess it's experience more than anything else. You can almost tell by talking to a fellow—except i a few cases—whether he's mixed lup.” whisper or boom. His men don't like that—particularly the boommg part.. There are times, too, v\hen he does neither. He just looks.| And the icy pools of his eyes be- come searchlights under which de- tectives spurt into action and sus-| pects cringe and wilt. But brusque or genial, his men are his to com- sawed out and sent to the bureeau.| At 60, John J. Ryan's voice can . Bride‘s Killer Quickly Caught B\ Men l‘ aclr VICTIM The beat strangled body cf Murs, bride of a year, was found in her Heights bathtub on January 11, | | mand. He knows this. It makes him proud | Cheerful off duty, he doesn't woriry on the job. He takes a homi- | lcide as part of the day's work. | “What do you do for relaxation?” he was asked. “Read detective stor- jes?” | He looked up quickly, then low-| ered his eyes. “I read them, yes,” he replied, {with a voice that int mmlnd he p\-x-\ haps oughtn't admit it. - Cultivation of | Oysters in North ‘ Given Approval ‘Continuec Ircn rage One) mg funds for forest roads in Alas was considered April 1, at which | time Delegate Dimond appeared be- ! fore the subcommittee in support | of an in e in the money for this purpose over that to be included) |in the bill as approved by the Bu-‘i Teau of the Budget. In its recommendations the Bu- reau of the Budget approved a limitation on the appropriation for Yoads in the National forests in Al- aska so that the amouni approp- |tiated would not exceed $350,000. The original Act providing for the building of roads in the National Forests contains formulae for the allotment of funds under which the division is made according to cer- tain factors, such as the existing transportation facilities in the ne- |serves and comparative difficulties jof road and trail construction, and | value of timber and other resources in the respective reserves. Under | this system of allotment the Terri- | tory is entitled to approximately 9.5 per cent of all funds set up for the building of roads and trails in the i National Forests, and this was the | approximate distribution Alaska shared for a number of years. How- ever, in 1933 at the instance of for- mer Representative Simmons of Ne- ‘bra.ska a limitation of $350,000 was (put on this item for the Territory {and has been continued in the bill each year since. Delegate Testifies Because of the insufficiency of this amount to provide for carrying ‘out the developed program of fore {est road construction in Alaska, the Delegate testified before the sub- |committee in 1935 and outlined the reasons for which additional funcs were required, and it was agreed ‘lhat the $350,000 limitation should lapply only to the current appro- priation and not to the amounts| brought forward from previous |vears, It was through the use of 1these unexpended balances, to- gether with the regular limited ap- | propriations, that it was possible to |undertake road work in the two ‘Nafloml Forests in Alaska in the 'amounts of $5621,114 in 1935 and ‘8690646 in 1936. Urging the need |of continuing the program on a ‘slmnar scale, the Delegate pointed |out the requirements of the road projects in the Tongass and Chu- gach National Forests to the sub- committee. TRUST FUND FOR INDIANS On March 31 Delegate Dimond in- troduced in the House of Represen- | tatives H.R. 6042, a bill to provide for the establishment of a trust fund in the Treasury of all moneys \recelved by the Metlakatla Indians from leases or other contracts, the ‘fund 'to bear interest at four per [‘cent per year. | “Onder ekisting law all 4moneys |received by’ the 'Metlakatla Com- munity from the lease of the can- nery situated at Metlakatla or un- der other. contracts is deposited in the Treasury of the United States |and in order to withdraw any of it |1t is necessary that Congress in- |clude provision therefor in an ap- |propriation bill. Occasions ,arise when money is needed to meet some |emergeney and frequently the de- sired funds cannot be used because of the delay in Congress in enact- |ing the necessary appropriation, \Wlth the placing of the money in a trust fund to hear interest it will |be possible to withdraw any part of the trust fund for the needs of | the Community without awaiting an rAgt of Congress. l» FISHERMAN BENEFITS | 12 New SLEUTH It oniy tock three days for In- spector Ryan and a picked ho- micide squad to amass a pile of damning evidence that solved the crime. made by the Treasuiy Department on the Delegate’s bill to extend the benefits of the Public Health Serv- ice to fishermen. Because it includes that part of the bill describing the means of providing the desired benefits of the Public Health Service .cr fish- ermen, as well as the objections of the Department and the Bureau of the Budget, the full report is quoted below: | “Hon. 8. O. Bland, Chairman, Committee on Mer- chant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Wash- ington, D. C. “Dear Mr. Chairman: Reference is made to your letter of January 16, 1937, and to H.R. 1560 intro- duged by Mr. Dimond, which would {amend section 3 of the act of March 3, 1875, to read as follows: Term “Seamen” “‘The term “seamen,” wherever employed in legislation relating to the Public Health Service, shall be held to include any person employed on board in the care, preservation, or navigation of any vessel, whether the same is a vessel of 5 tons, or over, or less, or in the service on board of those engaged in such care, preservation, or navigation; and said term “seamen” shall also include any person operating, or employed, on board, any such ves- sel in fishing operations, or in the service, on board, of those engaged in fishing operations carried on by means of sueh vessel.' “Under the existing law, with the exception of seamen not enlisted or commissioned in the Military or Naval Establishments who are em- ployed on vessels of the United States Government (other than those of the Panama Canal) of {more than 5 tons burden and on State school ships, only those sea- men serving on board registered, en- rolled, or licensed vessels are en- titled to the benefits of the Public Health Service. Enactment of the proposed amendment would consti- tute a radical departure from the basic purposes of the existing laws relating to the medical care of sea- men of the Americany merchant marine. The purpose and intent of such laws are to give governmental assistance to American shipping. The navigation laws of the United States exclude from documentation all vessels under 5 tons, and no in- formation is available as to the number of such undocumented ves- sels. Therefore, it appears impos- sible to estimate with reasonable accuracy the costs which would fol- low enactment of the proposed leg- || islation. However, they would un- questionably be enormous. Can’t be Done “The net effect of this proposed legislation would be to provide medi- cal care at Government expense for any one employed on or operating any vessel and to grant Government aid to a particular food producing industry. Such aid would encourage other industries to seek similar leg- islation. “For the reasons set forth, this legislation does not appear to be in the public interest and enactment of H:R. 1560 is not recommended. : “The proposed legislation is nat in accord with the program of the President. Very truly yours, (Signed) JOSEPHINE ROCHE, Acting Secretary of the Treasury JONES IN EAST Oliver Jones, veteran conductor on the Alaska Railroad, arrived in Washington March 31. Mr. Jones expects to stop here for about a week and then return to Anchorage. Now that his retirement from the railroad service is effective, he is planning on undertaking some long planned development of his farm at Palmer. LIEN ON VISIT A student of journalism at Co- lumbia University in New York, Paul J. Lien visited in the capital city over the Easter holidays. Mr, Lien is planning on returning to his home in Fairbanks this summer. GOING TO NOME The Russian Embassy informed Delegate Dimond on April 2 that plans are bems completed for the continuatién of the flight of Chief | Unfavorable report was recently Pilot F. B. Fahrig, who, with a crew with v LUCI MIDNIGHT PREVIEW "STAGE STRUCK"” A Gaum THE SHOW PLAC OF JUNEAU POWERFUL! ‘GEORGE" RLISS MANNHEIM Calling All Tars Rhyihmatics Daily Alaska Empire News| of five and several passengers is now at Kamchatka, from Moscow to the United States. The date of departure has not been announced, but it is believed that the party; will take off within the next few days enroute to their first stop in Alaska, which will probably be at Nome, AIRFIELD DESIGNATED The Weeks municipal airfield at Fairbanks was designated as an air- port of enry without time limit for the landing of i aircraft from for- eign countries by the Bureau of| Customs, effective as of April 1. LANDS WITADRAWN Withdrawal of certain public lands near Fairbanks!for the use of the War Department was made by an Executive Order of the President dated March 31. The lands covered in the withdr§val are described as on the Fairbaiks Meridian and as T.18, R.1E, Secs. 7, 8, 17 and 18; T.18, R.1W, Secs. 12 and 18. BEERS SEES DIMOND Nelson I. Beers, of Juneau, who has been visiting at his old home in Connecticut for several days called at the Delegate’s office April 3. Mr. Beers accepted delivery of a car at the Detroit factory, and from there has been making the trip by highway routes. He is now on his way to Seattle. PYLE TO TOUR ALASKA Ernie Pyle, nationally known jour- 1 1 4 JUNEAU THEATRE SUNDAY AND MONDAY ADMISSION 30c CHILDREN’S MATINEE 2 o'Clock Sunday Afternoon 10c ADMISSION SPONSORED BY THE TRINITY GUILD Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Dependable 24-Hour Electric Service nalist and writer of syndicated ar- ticles for the Scripps-Howard news- papers, interviewed the Delegate April 2, preparatory to a trip planned to Alaska this summer. Mr. Pyle will leave Seattle early in June and make stops at most of the southeastern Alaska cities and then go into the interior by way of Skagway and down the Yukon to Nenana ‘and Fairbanks. His schedule will take him over the Richardson Highway to Valdez, then to SBeward and over the Alaska Rail- ’rond to Anchorage. The trip to the Bristol Bay region will be by plane |and then he will fly on to Nome. Arrangements are being worked out so that Mr. Pyle can go from Nome to Point Barrow on the Coast Guard vessel making that trip. He expects to gather material in Al- jaska for a number of articles to be written about the Territory, which will appear in the 24 newspapers comprising the Scripps - Howard chain, WARNER BROS. PRESENTS A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM THE COLISEUM DOUGLAS