The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 8, 1937, Page 8

MRS. NORMAN IS REPORTED AS MISSING Wife of A. ]. Contractor Has Not Been Seen Since Late Monday Mrs. Albert Norman, wife of a ntractor in the Alaska Juneau mine, has not been seen since she' ook a cab at Douglas at 11 lock on the night of July 5 and le ly for the family home, m Apartments. Norman made the report strange disappearance of his to Chief of Police Dan Ral on, and the latter immediately began a search with the fi sult that the woman's purse was found on the City Float. Whether left from the float on a boat had not been ascertained up to arly this afternoon The Normans were only recently married. Mrs. Norman, before her marriage, was a resident of Peters- b and came here from the Wrangell metropolis eight or nine ens the wife re- she gas- i months ago. She formerly con- ducted the lunch counter in the Rainier Club but gave this up on marriage Mrs. N aid to be be- tween 35 and y of age Any information is solicited by Chief Ralston > Stanford Savan Is Here to Study Salmnn Spoilage Check of Waste in Canning Industry Sought by Scientists ng here from Stanford Uni- versity to study the causes of spoil- age in the salmon canning indus- raul Beard I commenced ition in Juneau of various mon bacteriz in r the relation of of spoilage. Dr. Beard, who with his wife opping at Gastineau Hc been sent to Alaska by the Na- L1 u an efic t to dis- the bacteria to the rate he ticnal Canner continuing reses on the salmon study pre itiated last year in Oregon and wasningon. iy certain d. , Dr. Beard s which will greatly influence the sal- mon industry in Alaska. However, these findings are as yet in too early a stage to be definitely an- nounced. Upon completion of work with bacteria cultures on which he is working in the Territorial De- partment of Health laboratory, Dr Beard is to leave Saturday on the Mount McKinley for Prince Wil- liam Sound and Cock Inlet to make tests on salmon from different Al- askan areas. The cultures are to be developed on ice in order to test the rate of increase at the tem- perature most commonly used for fish in canneries. “Great waste in the salmon can- ning industry occuts between the ime the fish is caught and time it is canned,” Dr. Beard st n the laboratory this morning ‘Through studying the various acterie, we believe it will be pos- ol to materially check the amount ilage.” ssociate professor cience at Stanford, Dr. Beard ex- pects his assistant, Dr. Jane E “now to arrive in Juneau on July 17 to proceed with the work he started here. He will return of itary | 19) P r gas and fixed bayonet one of the many steel strikes. H advancing acress railroad guns, later to meet her here, and then leave for Kelchikan where a ma- jor portion of the research is to be made. In Ketchikan, Dr. Beard and Dr. Snow will meet anothe oup of scientists from the National Can- ners’ Ass( ion, headed by Dr Louis Fischer. The group will make an wrate count of the bact and study of relation of the bacteria to chemical change. Dr. Beard is to t > his cultures back to Stanford for identification upon lLis return to the University in the fall >-e T HALIBUTERS SELL, SEATTLE Halibuters SEATTLE, July 8. Gas and Bavyonets Used in Strike A ere a squad of soldiers, with fixed tracks at the Rerublic Steel plant. “STOP ORDER" ON NEW MINING STOCK ISSUED Securities Exchange Com- mission Holds Up Plan, Bering Straits Mines | SEATTLE, July 8. — Disagreeing (with various items and details in | the registration statement filed by the Bering Straits Tin Mines, Inc. of Seattle, the Securities Exchange Commission today issued a “stop order” holding up the company’s plan to sell stock to conduct a gen- eral mining brokerage business. Word was received here from THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937. rea 1 were used by National Cuardsmen in keeping order in Warren, O., scene of bayonets and supported by two gas Lewis Prooses | Maritime Union WASHINGTON, July 8. — John L. Lewis has formally launched a |drive to organize all maritime work- ers into a National Union affiliat- ed with the CIO. Lewis estimates 300,000 maritime workers will join the proposed un- |ion. | R REPORT STRIKE, RICH GOLD ORE SEWAKD, Alaska, July 8. A strike of rich gold ore, said to run $90 to the ton, has been uncovered by W. H. Benson and associates selling h today are: Washington which said the com- 9 From the western banks—Sitka, pany formed in May, 1935, with an|in the Moose P: mine on Sister 35,000 pounds and Radio, 33,000 auihorized capitalization of a quar- Mountain. pounds, both selling for 9% and 8 cents om we local banks—Chelan, 18,000 pounds, Angeles, 16,000 pounds, both for 9% and 8 cents; Wesley, 10000 pounds, Irene, J., 15,000 pounds, both 9% and 8 cents; Sum 19,000 pounds, 9'z and 8 )], cents - o> WINGARD RETURNS FROM PATROL TRiP L. G. Wingard, Alaska agent for the Burcau of Fisheries, returned 1o Juneau last night on the Bureau speed boat after patrol in Chatham Strait and expects to leave tonight for further patrol work. While in Chatham, Wingard conferred with Assistant Commissioner Charles Jackson and the government pa which aboard the flagship Brant, is enroute to Bristol Bay and the Pribilof Islands for a survey of re: ported Japanese invasion of the American fishing banks. DS s Auto Owners Urged To Get Lights and Brakes Tested Brake and light tests for auto- mobiles are again in order in Ju- neau, it was announced by Chief . 'bloyee, ter of a million shares of common stock with par value at $1, owns 34 placer mining claims near Tin City, Alaska. These claims are now under lease to Charles Milot, Arctic Trans- port Company, according to the statement. The Tin Mines Company expected to receive $90,000 from the sale of 000 shares of stock, about 50 per- cent of their par value, to pay off chbligations and to investigate and acquire other properties "TWO ADDITIONS TO GAME COMMISSION OFFICE STAFF HERE | Darrell Naish, young Juneau man and former Alaska Juneau em- and Geraldine Feero, for- merly with the Department of Vo- | cational Education, have joined the _|staff of the Alaska Game Commis- sion. Mr. Naish fills a vacancy oc- curring in the Commission office! nd Miss Feero takes the steno- raphic position which is held by Miss Lillian Peterson. Miss Peter- | son leaves on her vacation, a trip |through the Interior July 20, and later will be married, not returning to work. - - CARNIVAL ARRIVES The Crescent Canadian Carnival arrived in Juneau this afternoon - WILL RESIGN, GRAFT PROBE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 8.— The San Francisco Chronicle, daily newspaper, today said that (hree Police Commissioners would resign after the Grand Jury filed the final report into the graft investigation. - Episcoi)al Bishops May Remarry Divorced Persons, Is Plan NEW YORK, July 8—The Com- mission of Marriage and Divorce of the Episcopal Churches has propos- ed liberalization of the church law. The change would authorize Epi pal Bishops to perform marriage of divorced persons. China Uses Movies to Teach Illiterates NANKING, China, July 8.—Mov- ies will provide educaiion for Chi- na’s illiterate country people. With the help of the national govern- ment, eighty units will travel throughout the country. Each will of Police Dan Ralston, and will aboard the Fanny Dutard, which be assigned a district which it will be conducted for the next 60 day The tes the It in town. absolutely necessary that is cars be kept in shape if they are to travel on the streets of Juneau with safety, the Chief said, in urg- ing that automobile owners waste no time in getting their lights and brakes tested, and then repaired if needed. was towed to the Capital City from the Commercial Dock. S | i | w® | PURE VANII:LA BEER IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE BRAND NEW STEINIE Bottle A fully ma- tured, rich and mellow brew — the best Milwau- kee Beer since 1855 KEGLINED FOR SALE AT YOUR DEALER 4 ALSO IN CANS | TRADE-MARKED Alaska Distributor W. J. LAKE & CO., INC. Seattle, Wash. e e e |cover once a month. Four pictures s can be matle at any of Ketchikan, The vessel berthed at!will be shown at each town for a very small cost to the individual. | Scientific subjects will be em- phasized with world geography, which is expected to foster an un- |derstanding of international rela- | tions. | Buffaloes on Highway Buffaloeing Motorists GARDEN CITY, Kas., July 8— Motorists traveiing beiween Pierce- vile and Garden City recently thought they were back in the wild and wooly west when they saw two |buffalo wandering along the high- way. The animals had escaped from a game reserve near here. Butlaly once roamed the prairies of this ve- | ; ¥ [ Amy Men, Phone - Experts Guests | flfcham_herTndayi s Capt. Edwards, Daugherty| of A, T. & T. Tell of | | Installation Here | | | It cost around $100,000 to install equipment here for radiotelephone connection with the States and with that investment means giving resi- dents of Alaska a hookup with a five million dollar system Outside, Capt. Paul S. Edwards of the U. S. Signal Corps told the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce today at its weekly luncheon at Percy's. Capt. Edwards and James Camp- bell,” Master Sergeant, retired, who has seen 25 years service in the north; George R. Gellettly, Radio Engineer, and C. S. Daugherty of the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company were guests of the Chamber this noon following the m_auguration of Lelephpne SerV_ice‘ Russians allegedly took possession of the Amur River islands which Japan claims belong to the “puppet 1 \\]vnh hlhfl S_ta_m;sr L?I;ii ml;m:KL state” of Manchukuo. In Moscow, the Japanese Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu warned the Soviet throug] he join ac! es O e £ . B Signa) Corps and the A, T. and T.| S°vernment to withdraw its armed forces {rom the islands. At the same (ime {he| Soylet government. |, While Juneau is the only point/| in the Territory to be served at this time, it is expected that Ketchikan | was sunk. and other cities in Alaska will get R the service before long, Capt. Ed- wards said. i Pointing out briefly some of the GREETINGS ARE features of the new service, the' Officer explained that with the new | Exc HANGED BY equipment secrecy of messages from one point to another is assured, a Secretary of War, Gover- nor and Others Open New great advancement in radio en-| gineering. Unless one has equipment Communication Hookup which costs about $16,000 to install, messages to the ordinary radio listener will sound like Chinese, he' <aid, so there need not be much fear of one’s private business being over- heard. i Mr. Daugherty of the A. T. and T. spoke briefly, pointing out that the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company now has connec-| tion with 55 countries and that it is technically possible for a resident; cf Juneau to talk to virtually any, |eountry in the world with the new system. | B. F. Shearer, theater owner, re- ported a business boom on the coast ' fthat was rapidly coming north.} Touching on motion pictures, he said Juneau theater patrons would' scon be afforded newer news reels jthrough arrangements now being pushed. | Col. Ralph Dusenbury, command- ing Chilkoot Barracks, made what may be his farewell appearance at the Chamber, explaining that he was to be transferred to Omaha, INeb., and expected to leave the north in about a month. ] Other guests of the Chamber were {Judge Simon Hellenthal of the ¢q the Mayor of Juneau if he had \;Tlm'ddll‘l;lvxsw\n, Valdez; D. O. Sel-|anything special on his mind that !‘:;V“;“Mr. aSr}::;rg:OZ:;J“IZT) 3;“ ;‘:i‘ the Delegate might do for Juneau. “Nothing special,” responded the (Continued from Page One) sage center. Talking in Juneau were Gov. Troy, Col. Dusenbury, Mayor Jud- son, O. 8. Daugherty, American Telephone and Telegraph Company engineer, Capt. Edwards, assistant officer in charge of Alatka com- munications system and officer in charge of arrangements. “Hello” “Hello,” “How are you?” and {“Where Are You?” were the usual greetings by long distance radio this morning, just as they are when one 'phones a next door neighbor. After Mayor Judson and Delegate Anthony J. Dimond greeted one an- other with a “Hello, Tony” and rington, Sales Manager of the Johns-Manville Corporation with ¥ et % . | neadquarters In Sesttls, who: was that small boat harbor for Juneau !guest of T. A. Morgan of the Co-|f YOU €an- |lumbia Lumber Company. { { At a brief business session, action lof the Executive Board was read Seattle and Juneau and commercial }which endorsed a movement on the calls between Capt. Edwards, and ipart of the Alaska Yukon Pioneers Northwest business firms, Capt. Ed- 'and the Seattle Chamber to erect Wards gave those listening in on the fa statue on Alaskan Way in Seat- conversations in Juneau an oppor- tle to commemorate the memory of tunity to hear the calls as they are Alaska pioneers. “scrambled” to make them unin- Invitation to attend a trade as- telligible to “listeners-in” on the scciation session at Stanford Uni- radiotelephone. All agreed that versity July 25 to 28 was received conversation in its ‘“scrambled” and it was brought out that Secre- state more nearly resembled the tary Ray Stevens expected to be in layman’s idea of Chinese than any- California about that time and was thing else, authorized to attend the sessions. I Commercial Call e At the close of the radio pro- }FRENCH 'A“USEUM MAN gram, the Seattle operator put in COMING AFTER MOOSE a call for Gov. Troy from Archie Shiels, President of the Pacific At American Fisheries, in Bellingham. Francois Edniont Blanc, repre- geneduled for 1 o'clock this afer- sentative of the National Museum po0n - gt was the first commercial of Natural History in Paris, France, mdio‘phune call from Seattle to ;& coming to the Territory in the 5.0, 1n his conversation with all for a moose, according to word Gov. Troy, Mr. Shiels said that he to Executive Officer Frank Dufres- =" & 08 oulh for Alssks ne of the Alaska Game Commission. :‘!vul‘; Heav'erhmfigh uGov Troy he He plans to get a s it p set a specimen for the |,/ oratulated the people of Alaska museum in Paris. g on the institution of the radiotele- HSINKING, July 8.—A Manchou- Phone service. kuo-Japanese Army communique Outgoing Call says 20 Russian soldiers have been First commercial killed and many wounded in an- was from M. J. Wilcox to Mrs. other outbreak of warfare on the Wilcox, now visiting in Seattle. Soviet border. The Japanese losses Sitting around the office of R. are placed at one dead, several men H. Stevenson, operator-in-charge i gion in large numbers. First Pfioto of Russiah Bfi;e at Northfi Pole Here is the first photo to reach United States of | the North Pole base established by the Russian | Arctic expedition headed by Dr. Otto Schmidt. Legend on the main tent of the camp, above, reads, ‘wounded. of the Juneau Signal Corps, with Expedition camp at North Pole “U. 8. 8. R. drifting expedition of the chief ad- ministration of the northern sea route, 1937.” This picture was flown to Lendon and radioed across the Atlantic. charge of War Department mes- {“Hello, Tom,” Delegate Dimond ask- | outgoing call | “Warship’ > Sunk in Japan-Soviet Bord:zr Row Armed warfare resulting in the sinking of a Russian gunboat in the Amur River reccnlly' flared when unexpectedly flcated a defense lcan of four billion rubles ($800,000,000). The Islulds‘ in the é.pnu are reported to be sandbanks which disappear at high tide. Photo shows a gunboat similar to the one whicl. <. i H | headphones to allow them to list- {en-in on the long distance radio | conversations were Gov. Troy, ‘Daughert/, Capt. Edwards, George | W. Folta, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Dele- ' becque, Mr. Stevenson, George R. jGallemly, of the Seattle office of the Signal Corps, Harry Watson, secretary to the Governor. CRIME RATE ~ ON INCREASE WASHINGTON, July 1. — Police | statistics received at the justice de- | partment show a marked increase in crime throughout the country as compared with 1936. Increases have occurred in the |following crimes as compared with | the first four months of last year: | Murder, 395, an increase of 7 burglary, 22,207, an increase of 2,860; |rape, 573, an increase of 152; auto i thefts, 16,553, an increase of 1,902; laggravated assault cases, 3,053, an increase of 356; manslaughter by negligence, 347, an increase of 143; and larcenies, 55,904, an increase of 165,904, an increase of 8,932. Run Over by Train, But He Still Lives | e | JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 8. |George Paessler was run over by a |rain and lived. ino time to escape, Paessler lay be- tween the rails. The | S e Cutworms rmy worms, habit of going | S L in large numbers. | CENTURY BREWERY | | | Mayer Judson, Col. Dusenbury, Mr. | | | | | Mayor, “but you might hurry uUp| Caught on a railroad bridge with' locomotive claims a new world air speed record After the official conversations and 14 cars passed over him. Paes- for Premier Mussolini’s son, Bruno, 3" 'between Washington and Juneau,‘isler suffered only an arm injury. and Lt. Col. Atilleo Riseo. i re sometimes called 262.08 miles an hour for 1,000 kilo- because of their meters with a 2-ton Garo Flying | SEATTLE BREWING & GRANDMOTHER SHOT IN BACK - BY GRANDSONS Children, Aged 7 and 5, Find .22 Caliber Rifle and Use It CHEHALIS, Wash., July 8—Sho* in the back by two grandsons, Mrs. Emma Unterwegner, 65, is near death today. Eheriff J. A. Blankenship said the boys, Horace Unterwegner, aged 7, and James, aged 5 years, found a .22 calibre rifle and started shooting in a nearby field. The grandmother tried to take the rifle away from the boys but 4 3 | | | they ran and hid in a woodshed % loft. As the grandmother, who had chased them into the woodshed, turned to walk away, the boys shoti}] her in the back. The boys are in the custody o their parents. New Air Speed Record Claimed. ROME, Ttaly, July 8 — na]y«: The pair claim to have flown | Savio 79 plane. MALTING CO. SEATILE Since 1878 A. . 5 FOR HOME OR BUSINESS REFRIGERATION SERVICE and REPAIRS Phone 34 Our Refrigeration Expert,e JOHN HOUK, is equipped to give you Quick, Efficient Service at reasonable cost. Rice & Ahlers Company