The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 19, 1937, Page 8

8 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1937. PAUL JOHNSON WINS SALMON DERBY SUNDAY Catches 21-Pounder — Dr. Council Wins Most Fish Mrs. Williams, Women Johnson, cab driver for the ue Taxicab Company, bag- -pound king salmen to win official laurels of the Juneau Sports Fishing Club at its semi-annual sal- mon derby off Marmion Island sund He won a strip fishing pole for first prize for the largest fish Dr. W. W. Council, president of the fshing club, won a reel and fish backet for catching the most salmon. He bagged 10 king salmon, the Jarzest of which weighed 18 pounds. Woman Winner Mrs. R. H .Williams, the only wo- man who caught a king salmon, won a strip pole and reel to win honors among members of her sex. She hooked a 16-pound king salmon H. A. Harmon and Olaus Larsson, directors of the derby, estimated that several hundred fish weighing in the neighborhood of 1500 pounds were caught by fishermen around Marimion Island Sunday Leaving the city dock early Sun- day morning on the Wanderer, Capt. Kell Larsson, those partici- pating in the derby launched their efforts at the boom of a gun at 9 o'clock. From that time on there ensued a war on king salmon that was officially concluded at weigh- ing-in time at 4 o'clock. 30 Pounder too Late Kell Larsson, who won the 1936 derby with a salmon weighing 25% pounds, was unsuccessful during of- ficial hours, but at 4:30 o'click he hooked a king salmon weighing more than 30 pounds | Some of the other ants for the fish derby championship were: V. Soley, with 9 king salmon, two of which weighed 15 pounds; Jake Lomen, two kings; John T. Thomp- on, two kings; Elliot two kings. | Decorations from the shores of Jarmion Island inspired fishermen as they dragged in Kings, cohos, Paul Royal ged 21 e Thompson, | May Be Legion Head <A Stephen F. Chadwick Friends of Stephen F. Chadwick, of Seattle, Wash., Post 1, accord him a good chance of being elect- ed national commander of the American Legion at their annual convention in New York, Sept. 19-23. Chadwick, a lieutenant of infantry in the World war, is an attorney and has been national Americanism director of the Legion. used in the fishing derby included: the Betty Ross, the M. S. Electron, Capt. Gowdy; the Cordelia D., Capt. Cedric Davis; the Duck, Capt. Joe Lynch: the Betsy, Capt. A. M. Gey- er; Gallopin’ Goose, Capt. Alex Kiloh; Dupoco II., Capt. Hank Mu- seth, and the Three Deuces, Capt Art Berggren. Olaus Larsson announced that the final salmon event will be held in August ofi Shelter Island e — Christian Science Lecture 0 Tonight lLumpies and halibut. Only salmon however, counted in the contest Besi the Wanderer, A lecture on Christian Science will be given this evening at 8 o'- vessels lock in the Scottish Rite Temple by Miss Margaret Morrison, C.S. of Chicago, Ill, Member of the Board of Lectureship, of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ Scientist, of Boston, Mass. The public is invited to the lec- ture, which is free. | Miss Morrison arrived on the Yu- kon from the interior and westward where she has beén lecturing. From Juneau she will go to England and delicate flavor lasts The Irish Free State for a lecture |tour and then to Continental Eu- Schilling aniiia | Lode and placer location mnotices | for sale at The Empire Office. FOR HOME OR BUSINESS ‘REFRIGERATION SERVICE and REPAIRS Phone 34 Our Refrigeration Expert, JOHN HOUK, is equipped to give you Quick, Efficient Service at reasonable cost. Rice & Ahlers Company Facts to Remember | WHEN BUILDING OR REMODELING. The heat stop or insulating value of GENUINE CELOTEX building board is equal to: 3 one-inch layers of WOOD 9 %2-inch layers of PLASTERBOARD 15 inches of BRICK or 36 inches of CONCRETE. CELOTEX insures you a WARMER HOME in WINTER and a COOLER ONE in SUMMER. CELOTEX is GUARANTEED to maintain its insulating value for the LIFE OF THE BUILDING. When you consider the above FACTS it is easy to understand why so many ARCHITECTS and BUILD- ERS are specifying GENUINE CELOTEX for homes. The saving in fuel alone justifies its use to say nothing of the added comfort. CELOTEX TEMPERED HARDBOARD the advantages of a TILED BATHROOM at a fraction of the cost. 15 COME HERE ABOARD YUKON FROMWESTWARD Steamship Carries Capacity Load of Passengers On Trip South Fifteen persons arrived in Ju-i neau from the Westward aboard the steamship Yukon which arrived here at 10:30 o'clock this fore- noon. Coming here fiom Seward were: Oscar Bergseth, R. T. Hager, Miss T. S. King, Sol Lachman, William Manley, Margaret Morrison; M. J. Schmidt, Mrs. M. J. Schmidt, H. M. Smith and Mrs. E. S. Taylor. Coming from Valdez was Evelyn Sundling. Coming from Cordova | to Juneau were: Ed Bernde, Mary- | ann Lee, and Mrs. P. Nickaloff. In addition to seven other pas-| sengers for Ketchikan from the| Westward, the Yukon, which was | carrying a capacity load, was trans- | porting 83 roundtrip pasengers back to the States, 80 passengers from ! Seward, 14 pasensgers from Cor- | dova and 14 from Valdez. Sixteen persons returned to Lhe‘ States, three went to Ketchikan and | one to Petersburg when the Yukon | sailed from Juneau at 12:30 p.m.! today. | Headed for Seattle were: Sadie| Sutherland, Beverly Kneeland, Frank Yasuda, Anne Devlin, Lucille | Weisseberg, Frank McCafferty, Sal- lie Jeffries, Edward Vrome, A. M. Andrews, D. Jenkins, John Rados, | F. L. Johnson, D. J. Dauenbauer, | Sam Shucklin, Charles Byram and| A. H. Sands. H For Ketchikan were: Ed Burke,| J. J. Kane, A. B. Kane. K. Konboldt | went to Petersburg. i REV. GLASSE RETURNS HERE Synod Places Emphasis Upon Foreign Mis- sion Activities | Returning over the week-end to Juneau, the Rev. John Glasse has| completed a brief stay in Seattle during which time he attended the Synod of the Presbyterian Church. ‘The Rev. Glasse this morning stated that emphasis was placed at the Synod upon the importance of foreign missions and the observ- ance of the church’s centennial an- niversary of foreign missions is to be held this year. In view of this celebration, Presbyterian churches throughout the country are to stress foreign mission matters during the year. Following the Synod, the Rev Glasse remained for a few days in Seattle, vacationing, before return- ing to his home here. LATHROP AUDITOR | ENROUTE SOUTH J. H. Clawson, Auditor for the A. E. Lathrop interests in the Ter- | ritory, is a passenger south on the Yukon. Mr. Clawson comes from Cordova and is going south for a | brief business trip. While here he |called on Gov. John W. Troy and other officials in the Federal Build- ing. - eee— { NEW APPOINTMENT ! Mary D. McDonald of Juneau has been appointed to the tem-| porary capacity of clerk in the Federal Social Security office here, | it was announced today by Ad- ministrator Hugh Wade. ONE INCH of TILE gives you Pilot of Record Breaking Soviet Plane from Moscow Here is Mihail Gromoff, famous flier and Army offiger, who with iwo aides took off from Moscow, flew over the North pole and landed at San Jacinto, California, breaking the long distance, nonstop record. They followed in the wake of their countrymen who made 1 successful flight from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington. Gromoff was the regular pilot on the gigantic Soviet plane Maxim Gorky, but was not aboard when it erashed in May, 1935, killing 49 persons. Gromoff was accompanied on the flight from Moscow to California |ORDWAYS RETURN FROM PICTURE TRIP THROUGH INTERIOR After a month’s trip which took her and her husband through Mc- Kinley National Park, up the Yu- kon and back to Juneau by way of Skagway, Mrs. Fred Ordway was back at her desk in the Bureau of Public Roads today, reporting a wonderful trip. Mr. Ordway, wide- ly known photographer, went on to Sitka to take some pictures and will return shortly. Mr. and Mrs. Ordway took thou- sands of feet of colored movie film and countless “stills” throughout the Interior. D by copilot Andrei Yumesheff and Navigator Sergei Danilyn. Four passengers were to Juneau with Pilot Renshaw this af- ternoon: James C. Cooper for Ket- chikan, Mrs. Sarah Pritchett and W. Chisholm for Wrangell, and J. C. Shaw for Petersburg. Previous to his scheduled flight here today, Pilot Renshaw made a special round trip between Ketchi- kan and Juneau yesterday in the Bellanca; landing here empty yes- terday forenoon at 11 o'clock and taking off again in the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with H. B. Friele for Waterfall. .- TWO DEUC CARRIEf £ PARTY OFF MARMION I leave | BARR LAUNCHES '3-DAY FLIGHT WITH TWO MEN [Van Mavern, Clements to | Stop at Southeast Alaska Canneries—Simmons Out A three-day air trip, in which Al- ,aska Air Transport Pilot L. F. Barr] will transport A. Van Mgavern and E. J. Clements to Port Alexander and Southeast Alaska canneries, was launched today at 7:45 a.m. Pilot Barr is scheduled to return Thursday after dropping off Mr. Clements in Ketchikan. Saturday at 8 p.m. Pilot Barr re- turned A. B. Yates from Listanski. Sunday at 12:45 p.m. he flew Sam | Peckovich and Jack Messer to Hawk Inlet, returning Mr. Messer at 5 p.m. Pilot Sheldon Simmons, Sunday at 6 p.m. returned a fishing party consisting of Bob DuPree, Mrs. Bob DuPree, Lindy DuPree, Frank Ca- shel and Margaret Lindsay from Young's Bay Lake, where he had flown them Sunday at 2:30 a.m. They reported a “huge catch of fish.” Pilot Simmons was scheduled to return this afternoon from Lisian- ski Inlet where he had flown Steve Bay, Mons Birkland and Rod Brigh- ton this morning. He left here at 10:30 a.m. J. F. Dennis, inspector of the liquor board, was flown to Ten- |akee on the same trip. |ASSAYER, KETCHIKAN OFFICE, APPOINTED B. D. Stewart, Territorial Mining |Commissioner, ‘has announced the :appolntment of Nels Johanssen, for- merly of Anchorage and Kennecott, as assayer of the Territorial assay ‘ulfice in Ketchikan. | The Ketchikan office is to be op- ened within a few weeks. Johans-! sen is now in Seattle. ! DR, CORTHELL AIRPLANES T0 ALASKA TOWN Influenza Breaks Out Among Indians at Hoop- er Bay—Half Are Ill BETHEL, Alaska, July 19.—Dr.M. E. Corthell has left by plane for Hooper Bay, an isolated Béring Sea Indian village, where over half of the Indians are reported ill with influenza. Two deaths are reported to have occurred there within the past 48 hours. As spinal meningitis usually fol- lows influenza among the Indians,! the Government teachers at Hoop- ers Bay called for help for the Gov- ernment nurse who is in charge. GAME VESSEL PROBING JAPANESE GAMEKILL IN BRISTOL BAY REGION J. P. Olsen of Makuskin has been convicted on two charges of game law violation and fined $600, accord- ing to word to the Alaska Game Commission from Assistant Execu- tive Officer Clarence Rhode, who is aboard the Seal bound for Bristol Bay. Olsen pleaded guilty to being an alien in possession of firearms and to handling furs without an alien fur dealer’s license. With Rhode aboard the Seal are Warden C. M. Carson of Dillingham and Warden'Jack O'Conner of An- chorage and they have now passed | through Unimak Pass and are head- ing in‘*o Bristol Bay. With their oth- er duties they will investigate re- ports that the Japanese fishermen have been killing game in that area. R Area Metropolis Is Shaken By Earthquake NEW YORK CITY, July 19.—‘ MRS. NORMAN IS LOCATED AT KETCHIKAN Claims Husband Pushed Her Off Dock Here Night of July 5—He Denies It Mrs. Albert Norman, missing from here since the evening of July 5, has |been located in Ketchikan, accord- (ing to word to the Marshal's office from Deputy U. S. Marshal Nate Hardy at Ketchikan, Gus Swanson of Ketchikan, who was in Juneau, told the Marshal's loffice here that he had seen Roy Wright, Mrs. Norman’s former hus- band in Ketchikan, last week and Deputy Walter Hellan wired Deputy Hardy to investigate. i Late Saturday, Hardy radioed that |Mrs. Norman had been located in |Ketchikan where she had gone on board Wright's boat. Mrs. Norman told the officer she had left a let- ter with a trap watchman to be forwarded to her husband here tell- |ing where she was, but Norman told |officers he had not received the let- ter. He also denied the charge |made by Mrs. Norman to Deputy ;Hardy that he had pushed her in Ethe water at the upper city float ihere the night of July 5. The wo- man said she would not return to Juneau and that she was looking |for work in Ketchikan. | The Wright boat is the 31-D-12 jand with Wright and Mrs. Norman |aboard the vessel was Everett Shaw, |according to officials. Split in Newspaper Guild Recommended COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 19.—Sep- \aration of the newspaper business (office and editorial workers of the |American Newspaper Guild is advo- |cated by Heywood Broun, Guild | President. B | HOLBROOK RETURNS o, SMITH TO WIND UP Millions of residents sighed with re-| WORK AT CORDOVA; Ilief as the third earthquake in the STATIONED HERE e 5 Wellman Holbrook, Assistant Re- history of this section ended With|giona] Forester, who has been on apparently only slight damage done. gn jnspection trip in the West- Fifteen persens Sunday afternoon enjoyed a fishing cruise off Mar-| mion Island aboard the Two Deuces, Capt. Art Berggren. Mrs. Frank Rouze, who caught two king salmon, was the kingpin fisherwoman of the day. Several halibut were also caught. INTERCOASTAL PLANE MAKES SECOND TRIP HERE FROMFIRST CITY With no passengers from Ketchi- kan, Intercoastal Airways Pilot Ray Renshaw landed that company's Bellanca Pacemaker at the Marine Airways float here this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. and was to leave this afternoon at 5 o'clock on his return flight to Ketchikan. and Mrs. Frank Rouze, Mr. and Mrs. John Halm, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rands and Althea Rands, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Smith, the Misses Mary and Inga Nordnes, and Marie Potjer, and the Messrs. Lou Hudson and Bill Pas- sey. any pleasure is more pleasure with Chesterfields .that’s because Chesterficlds are milder. .. because they have a more pleasing taste and arom JUNEAU - YOUNG HARDWARE CO. P Y . l Copyright 1937, LicesTT & Mvzrs Tosacco Co. |trict Ranger for the U. S. Forest |Service at Cordova, is leaving to- morrow on the Alaska for the West- | ward to wind up his affairs in that to make their future home. | Smil Regional office here. e A chain of 76 hotels to occommo- date young hikers and bicyclists at| 25 cents a night is operated in New | England. Mr. | in Connecticut and Long Island. OUT ON RUPERT Passengers bound from Juneau Rupert Sunday at 1:15 am. in- south. - Try The Empire classifieds for results. Harold Smith, who has been Dis- Shocks of slight intensity were felt ward, returned to his headquarters { ! here today aboard the Yukon. | ——————— ! PARIS, July 19.—Finance Minis- Those in the party included: Mr. city and bring his family to Juneau | for the States aboard the Prince“ter Bonnett announces a program of “severe” governmental economy th has been transferred to the cluded J. McCauig, Obert Kaasa is being drafted as the second step {and Lynn Bialeson. The vessel was in reorganization of the financial ;tuxed to capacity on the trip set-up. | There will be an increase in taxes [but it will not be possible to bal- ance the budget because of the 'heavy expenses for national defense. (resterfoelds Zake plenty alo oo They Satisfy s