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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 reen Actors Guild Wins Closed Shop SPEEDING MUST BE STOPPED IN THIS CITY NOW Observance of Stop Signs to Be Enforced, De- clares Chief Ralston of Juneau are | This is the Dan with private and taxis regulation: to be enforced f Chief of Police | truckmen as well e been ng ‘stop aid the Chief is out and chil- playing in the streets, will be demanded > thorough- of the day first must be the not also noticed that intersections are This must Robert Montomery (right), president of the Screen Actors Guild, is shown above conferring with Audrey Blair, business manager, just before addressing a Guild mass meeting in Hollywood and announcing the agreement of the majority of the movie producers to a “Guild shop.” The pro- ducers’ agreement averted an actors’ strike and was accepted by the Guild. Others shown are (left to right) Actors Warren William, Donald Woods, and Robert Young, all standing. Sitting in the foreground are Joan Crawford and her husband, Franchot Tone. “What’s in a Name?” Rev; TWO AAT PLANES Argue Will Argue It Out TAyE OFF FROM traveled from San Jose, California, HERE THls AI Ml a distance of about 2,000 miles, for their revival campaign in Juneau. The services opened last night when the t was: “Why We Believe : Flies Nugget t Sitka While Barr Heads Up Lynn Canal in Patco stop. Several extra policemen have igned special duty and check during the entire summer will be made on speeding an dnon - observance of stop signs and it is going hard with violators, This the final warning,” con- cluded Chief Ralston - TOM STURGES IN ROCHESTER [Has Reunion With Mother, Also Meets Brother for First Time, 26 Years | e is the Rev. Watson Argue of — = Winnipeg, Canada who has a broth- formerly propretor er by the name of Will Argue and Cafe in Juneau, isa er by the name of May Ar- n a three gue. ster Demo- May been & a complete is Some Juneau are re- minded people thi s in in week of the old query, a Name?” Wi A preacher by the name of “Ar- arrived here for a series meetings at the Assembly, 121 gue” has of evangel Bethel Pentecostal Main Stireet the Bible To Be the Word of, God.” Simmons The Rev. Charles C. Personsus reports that there was a good at- tendance for this service Tonight the evangelist will speak on “Can We Really Prove There Both Alaska Air Transport Pilots Tom is a Gor Preceding the sermon took off from here this morning; | of the pictured column c and Chr and with the A 4000 mile sea to be with r T Midg the evangelists and Mrs. Argue will Lockheed Vega seaplane to Hawk Evangelist Argue and his wife lead in the singing of revival sengs. Inlet, Tenakee, Chichagof and Sit- | i W ka, while Pilot L. F. Barr headed | fer Haines in the Stinson seaplane. Pilot Simmons took off at 9 o'- clock with Pat Coyle and Mike Mul- lins, as passengers to Hawk Inlet, following story trek by land r today neared 60, business man. Joe was at the sta- tion to spot Tom, but it was Tom who spotted Joe. end when Thomas Sturges Joe was all over the stepped from.the De Witt QGUnton .. q4in0 piatform when a voice di- 0. m. yesterday as that crack poog in hack of him said: GANNERY MA"_ in puiled up at the New York ' iygp .t Sen bl anapAant ral Station here Joe turned on his heel, iy LUUP w|TH FIvE e had come all the way {rom .. went out and grasped the ex 2, Aln nd will spend MO~ yenged hand of Tom, w Day wit Jessie F. Stur- 6 © ; arine Plane to Touch at : ; Nearly All Points Between Juneau and Chichagof and casting eye are a to pick up Mrs. E. Kane for Sitka. ! Returning here this afternoon at June , 86, in W son And Mother es will be ex- ng him f womas does things s ago he motor- to A 8 him to Lakeshire Road home for the nigt They will motor to Williamson today to pay their respeets to Mo- ther Sturges Tom left juncau April 21, making the first 1,000 miies of his trek by steamship to Vancouver and then to Seattle, where he boarded a train for Detroit. There he visited sev- " leral days with another brother and of sister. In all, he said he covered approximately 4.000 ; Has Faith in Alaska Alacka had its full share vastating floods and other ters early this spring, Tom inform ed. Isolated during the long mari- time str bd prices soared to highest levels e the Klondike gold rush. High water inundated !some towns and a bad slide threat- d destruction to Juneau itself, s informed. Notwithstanding, Alsska is a land opportun; in Tom's opinion, 10ugh he has ncz decided wheth- he will return, having sold his restauraant business justp rior to his |restaurant business just prior to his | departure for the “outside,” | North, s [ Parks, from Hawk Inlet. \ g Juneau for Haines with at 11 o'clock this fore- ncon was Mrs. Martha B. Refsland, aking off this morning shortly making the roundtrip. To return before 10 o'clock, in the Marine with Pilot Barr from Haines, about Airways Fairchild 71 seaplane, Pilot 3 o'clock this afternoon, were, be- A Holden headed out from Ju- sides Mrs. Refsland; Dr. J. A. Cars- 1 on weekly mail run to Wwell and Eddie Rodenburg. Scutheast Alaska canneries and to Pilot Simmons is to fly the Look- Sitka and Chichagof and way points. d to Wrangell and Ketchikan fo- Lloyd Jarman accompanied Pilot IMOITOW. Helden as flight mechanic and Kaj Louring was a passenger making the round flight. Other passengers leaving Juneau this morning with Pilot Holden were Fred Haines Clyde Bolyan, and Harry Lane Jones, all for Island Cove. The plane was expected to return to Ju- neau this afternoon. - NEW SUNSET HERE FOR FIRST TIME; FISHHAWK ALSO IN s 120t from the train, was a hu mother's famous be waved before brother, Joseph S Road Brothers Reunited The brothers had not seen each cther in 26 ye Tom being som thing of a globe trotter while Jo seph is an established Rochester he alighted box of as his e FOREST FIRE CONTROLLED More than 1,000 Fighters! Battle Blaze in Na- tional Reserve of d DEADWOOD, May 19—The most disastrous early season forest fire | in this area was controlled late this afternoon after approximately 1,000 | acres had burned over in the pine | trees of the Black Hills National | Forest. | More than 1,000 fire fighters en- | circled the blaze after battling the | flames since early last night. - ( /o \%Uj ~ Schilling Tea has more flavor because its toasted . N Two cannery tenders were in port as the here today, loading lumber at the Juneau Lumber Mills. The tender New Sunset came in from the Libby,- McNeil and Libby cannery at Taku Pl e ; Harbor, with a barge in tow, on'her Accompanied by Mrs. Rubenstein, first trip into Juneau of the sea- Carl Rubenstein of Rubenstein and gon. Caracao, prominent Seattle sal- Making her second trip to Juneau 1 kerage firm, is a passenger from Tyee this year, the Sebastian- to Seward aboard the steamer Yu- Stuart cannery tender Fishhawk kon, which called here yesterday. was also taking lumber and other supplies here. 2 HALIBUT BOATS REACH PORT TODAY WITH HEAVY LOADS >-oe SALMON BROKER THROUGH BERGSETH TO CORDOVA ‘\ Making the first of his trips to his company's plants in the ’rer-‘ | ritory this summer, Oscar Berg- | !seth, general superintendent for | {the New England Fish Company |in Alaska and the Pacific North- west, is a passenger to Cordova | aboard the steamer Yukon. While | | the vessel was in port here yester- Two halibuters, tne Emma, Capt. day morning he contacted W. O.| Tom Ness, and Avona, Capt. Olaf Carison, agent for that company Larsen, sold here today. The Emma, 'in Juneau. | with 13,500 pounds, sold to the Al- aska Coast Fisheries at 6.80 and 5.15 cen's per pound. The Avona, also with a 13,500 pound catch, sold to the Marlyn Fish Company at the same price. The Southern brought in a salmon trip tp the Sebastian-Stuart Fish Company this morning, sold at prevailing prices. The halibut schooner Explorer, Capt. Magnus Hansen, arrived in port from the Area IIT banks after first selling at Prince Rupert. CARTERS HONORED UPON OCCASION OF 35TH ANNIVERSARY Congratulations were being ex- tended yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Carter upon the occa- sion of their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Carter (Alphonsine Lovely) were married in J\ieau at the George Miller resi- dence by the Rev. 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Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Snoj Phone | | alled at the Car- P to express o _|son is bringing action against Wa | |den McMuller, who made the ar- rest, to recover the furs on grounds that they were not all taken with| poison and for banks. ing against Peterson, according to in, of © Cther case is now pending against | the which in of a cabin in that region, informa- tion to the commission says. there will be musical numbers by Pilot Sheldon Simmons flying the ED WALVICK D[ES Peter Feuvrais, George McClusky, PW® asking Ole Holm, captain of and George Paquan, for Chichagof. th¢ €as boat Phoenix, to return im- He stopped at Tenakee, outbound, Mediately to Petersburg because of 2 o'clock, Pilot Simmons brought €rsburg resident, was close to 70 has resulted in an increase in the in as passengers: Louis Basco, from Years old at the time of his dnath.‘number of orders for heavy meals, Sitka; Charley Skewes, from Hirst- Before his illness, he was a Peters- according to officidls of the dining is built of mud, pine poles and Chichagof; Jack Easton and A, M. burg blacksmith. | COURT BATTLE OVER FURS AT FORT YUKON Convicted Trapper Brings% Action Against Warden ! Following Seizure ___'_'Bay of Biscay R—=————— REFUGEES k= —————] LEAVE OvIEDQe N BiLBAO REFUGEES == EXPECTED SAN SEBASTIAN 2 BILBAO® SNEE /7 1 x - ~1 ™ ETLE BURGOS @ . i VALLADOLID / RE' ® IARAGOZA STILL RAGES | FBARCELONA —— INSURGENTS REOCCUPY ——] THIS AREA — Following the seizure of furs and | the conviction of Ivar Peterson at| Fort Yukon for possession Or, poison, Peterson has brought action | against Warden Peter McMullen, of the Alaska Game Commission | demanding return of furs valued at $2,277, according to information to the Commission here. Peterson was arrested on his trap' line near Fort Yukon and a quan- tity of poison seized of which he admitted possession, according to| the Commission’s report. Furs in the trapper's possession also were zed on grounds that they were /| GOVERNMENT BOMBERS KILL 758 |illegally taken by poison. In Commissioner’s Court in Fort Yukon, Peterson was fined $25, given a six months suspended jail jsentence and his furs forfeited to Government. Now through his orney, Julian A. Hurley, Peter- This map of the Spanish civil war graphically illustrates developments in Spain. At Barcelona, ‘an- archists carried on their “war within war” and the government sent troops from Valencia. . From Bilbao, hundreds fled to France: An insurgent detachment was trapped at Bermeo and government ’ S BILL KILLED FOR AR BASE WASHINGTON, May 19. — The House has killed the bill authoriz- ing a $1,250,000 appropriation for the Tongue Point, Oregon, Naval Air Base dn the Columbia River. The vote was 108 against to 68 in favor. i it it CHAMBER TOMORROW The Juneau Chamber of Com- merce is scheduled to meet at noon tomorrow for its regular weekly luncheon at Percy's. — —————— WARRACK FLIES BACK Returning from a brief air trip to Sitka, in connection with the new construction which his firm is doing there for the Federal Govern- | ment, J. B. Warrack, head of the Warrack Construction Company, re- | turned here yesterday afternoon by | AAT plane. He flew to Sitka Sun- day by Marine plane. scheduled | in Fair- the case is District Court SUICIDES | SOUTH HARWINTON, Conn, | May 19.—J. Henry Rorabak, 67, oAt 5.5 | Republican National Committeeman and Chairman of the Republican Piloted by Jerry Jomes and Mur- | state Committee, was found shot fay S“‘""‘F the: PAA Blectes p"‘"e‘m death outside of his summer which arrlyed here from !\_l[(:Carthyihorne this morning. A verdict of about 6 o'clock last evening, 00K | o was returned this afternoon. loff again at 11 o'clock this morning | He had been in ill health for some | |to return to the Interior. | éiine: | Passengers leaving here for Fair-| |banks aboard the plane were: Wil-| ey lN P ET ERSBURG' |liam Hesse, Charles Murray, Harry NEW ENGINEER FOR » Sheppard, and Al Monson. Due to COLD STORAGE HERE HOLM IS SOUGHT the flooded landing fields in the In-| Lee Corkle, new chief engineer for \terior, the wheel-equipped Electra |the Juneau Cold Storage plant, ar- uses McCarthy as an Interior base, rived on the steamer Yukon from temporarily, and passengers are fer- | Seattle yesterday and took over his ried to Fairbanks from there by a |new post here. Mr. Corkle is re- pontoon plane. placing J. E. McKinley, resigned. bR st o i Corkle was formerly connected with g g ¥ . . the Olympic Warehouse and Cold he death of Ed Walvick. Instailation of air-conditioned Storage Company at Seattle. Walvick, for many years a Pet-/dining cars and train equipment | SRR el the Several other charges are pend- me commission officials, includ- trapping out of season, posses- | sion of illegal furs and possession ! { moose meat out of season. 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