The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 25, 1938, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 25, 1938. THOMAS DENIES ~ Building Council M, S. NORTHLAND HE WAS DRUNK ~ Asserts Federal BRINGS SIXTEEN B € iy WHILE DRIVING ’ et ~ UrionUrchanged PERSONS TODAY el ccvocearic - HEADOUARTF R¢ Fatal Car Crash Driver Says He Was Only Driving 30 to 35 Miles an Hour 5 Sixteen passengers disembarked Newly Formed Industrial|trom the Northland this afternoon i Capt. L. Williams expects to CIo G‘.O.“P Accused of |3way for sitka at 10 oclock Duplicity, Charters evening. Passengers arriving from Seattle were C. H. Coates, Mrs. Clarence Carpenter, Mrs. A. L. Mathews, Clarence Geddes, Mrs. Gordon Bri; tion and applied for a charter from | o] A. Loney, J. McNenamin, Eli tr (Centinued from Page One) Denying that he was under the influence of liquor or was driving recklessly, Joe Thomas, defendant SR S sacinny o mhich S the Commiitee for Industrial Or-|Rudman, M. Joe Wilson, Anna Conn was Kk a week ago last ganization. This action was taken Wilson it n U rsiasovies el “"'“I'”' the approval of all of the| prom Southeast Alaska—The Rev. membe s of the local union. Monroe, J. F. Chamberlin, Ralph defense in U Felix em Gray's court this afternoon The CIO granted the application | Marsh, Mrs. J. Coulter, Miss D, Thomas declared ths sither C. for affiliation with their organiza- |pentz. . | A. Caldwell or Melvin Rogers, other tion and, therefore, the local union e L | had the peculiar status of being g SR 15 VAR < occupants of the car, which was owned by George Kezak, had asked affiliated with both the AFL and the CIO. The members who did|, to drive the machine where : Ck );el\\or-x) rmlmm and the scene of not approve of giving up their af- )™ QA fhe C Highv 10n et 'W“‘,“d oI0. ,\‘ml m\-’“_cd m‘quoumnn of Alaska Juneau mine Creek. ;““‘ ” '””.w ”‘“‘ AFT bch«n‘l(»r stock today is 9'2, American Can Had a Drink kit W i ek 104, American Light and Power 7, but the newly formed CIO refused ¥ The defendant, who is sttt e ol Anaconda 40%, Bethlehem Steel with reckless drivir d RN OVER RU'Q’A o flc". 1 by the constant air - al b R 6 Commonwealth and Southern | while under the influence of liquor CONCE . b albir p_‘ dsyh\ soviet boRbing b The loyal members of the Am- |17 Curtiss Wright 7, General Mo- § admitted that he had a “drink of erican Federation of X.nbor_ group | tors 51, International Harvester ; beer or two" at the Douglas Inn — - —_— - petitioned the Juneau Building and 3%, Kennecott 49%, New York : and Mike's Place in Douglas before Construction Trades Council to in-|Central 20%, Safeway Stores 21%, 5 gtarting out on the trip to the M FlRE ALARM tercede in their behalf, and request | Southern Pacific 20, United States THE LAUGH IS ON YOU,’ Republicans in Yakima, Glacier Tavern on the highway. He [] 1 ederation of Labor | gteel 65%, Pound $4.76 3/16. Wash,, are telling their Democratic friends, pointing to above two was perfectly sober, however, he I n Washington, D. Cv. IR signs whose coincidental neamessflhas an amusiaz angle in view jeclared. Kezak, he s was drunk their charter DOW. JO! AVERA of the political arguments about “rubber stamp” congresses and declared '/'l“ ‘“ G A flooded oil burner in Wilbur (. newly formed s ke AVER/ the “anti-rubber stamp” campaigns of various candidates. The énd, he said, tha ] Arceta’s leather shop and resi F The following are today's Dow stamp-maker’s sign had been hanging there for some tinfe. to drive the machine sear the HAmE CHocety. s 15140 CHEae sl who desired 0| jones averages: industrials 154.17, Didn't Know Car et i At e o maintain their American Federation | up 05; rails 32, up .27; utilities 24.41 —_— —_ ——— I drove when I noticed George fire alarm ;(n,» afternoon shortly of Labor affiliations [up 21 ' : Syl er 3 o'clocl L | s Cnnldnlhn. Thomas testified. He N Bk Wah et - the The Juneau B\xxl;i;;:;;] ’\(nliimgr::- ——we— 9l i said he mi ith the i ox . re b 3 e aden, and bad a e NI T mitigies Se v of ine Amer- MASS MEETING HELD ou ICK I ourse Httle getting used to it £ e 3 5 ican leration of Labor in Wash- | IF YOU MISS y ey g SS ARGAINS when he started out. Under cross 2 St e A ington, requesting that he advise| FOR LAW DISCUSSION : THE BARGAINS ‘ % examination by Prosecutor George the Council of what action should . 3 That we are offering on the two new i Folta, Thomas said, he didn’t | The /OGNS today «re= | A TOASE, PIOHING pE Hinead. Mine KELVINATORS (5-cubic foot box) that 1 MRS. VANCE RETURRNS ™ “ ouncil 1ocay Y| .nd Mill Workers was held last i : P\(,]Q g e Lo | night in Union Hall for the purpose we still have left. They carry a five- FROM VACATION TRIP 1 encurer of the American Federa. of discussion of the Wage and Hour year guarantee. « tion of Labor: | Taw — s Mrs. Howe Vance returned to Concensus was that a forty-hour Juneau on the Canadian Pacif “‘Local Union 20904 is in good {Wweek would be advisable, but defin- RICE 8 A“LERS co steamer Princess Louise followir standing with American Feder- ;u stand on the law awaits results (] # a five weeks’ vacation trip to the ation of Labor and entitled to of tomorrow's meeting t8 be held Third and Franklin Streets PHONE 34 States. full support and assistance of |at 11 am. in the hall 1 the south I ions affiliated with Am- | ~ turned on the 1ne or not. He didn’t know where the hand throt- tle w: he admitted i said there was sev of other things about the car he didn't know know whether h lights of the n Cause of Accident Giving his cause for the accident Thomas said, that just before he got to Morris Curve it started to rain. He didn't know how to turn on the windshield swipe, he said, and Kezak stood up from the back seat and reached over back of the front seat and “put his hands on the dash board and the swipe went on.” This action by Kezak, he said, caused him to have difficulty with his driving, with the result During her sojourn she visited with her parents in Vancouver and Mr. Vance's parents in Seattle. | ed to demand re- arter from seceding i Mrs. Vance said it she had members of Federal Labor Un- a grand time, thoroughly enjoyed ion. If you receive charter you 'y the sunshine, but is glad to be are authorized to elect officers back home. from loyal members and in- te them into office. If you SOOI it o . fail to secure charter notify Candidate this of and arrangements that the machine went off the em- Addresses Voters will be made to issue duplicate bankmen Virginia Military academy hop may spell aching feet for Film - charter.’ Denies High Speed ess Priscilla Lane who's to be an honor guest. From Alrplane “In view of the above telegram, The defendant said he didn s - the Juneau Building and Construc- CHICAGO, Oct. % Political tion Trades Council is of the opin- think he was going over 30 to 35 miles an hour when the machine matter, although Grigsby said it was his intention to show neg- ourse o 1e evening and testified course of the eveni C campaigners are spreading thei: ion that the Federal Labor Union speeches over several square miles Local 20904, is still in existence and as to his sober left the road and hadn't driven a ligence on the part of the govern- a faster speed at any time. He One Witness Excluded ment agency which has control of from airplanes. is affiliated with the American denied emphatically the testimony | Joe Vassar, defense witness, Was | {he road in not putting up the safe-| Richard J. Lyons Republican Federation of Labor and therefore Outside,” |candidate for the U. S. Senate, was has the complete support of the M of Caldwell given yesterday in which excludgd from testifying when Com- (v signs “like they have the latter said the speedometer missioner 1y ruled that Vassar a contended there was showed the car traveling at 65 to had been sitting just outside parison in the no ! preceded on his downstate Illinois Juneau Iding and Construction speaking tour by an airplane car- Trades Council and allied local A CO y of mak: 70 miles an hour crossing the the court room beside an open|case at hand, and drew from the[!ViNg an address system. unions.” Douglas bridge. He also denied tes- door where he could hear what defendant in the interchange of in-| .Speeches delivered from the -o ! timony of Caldwell and Rogers|was going on. Previous rule had | t¢rruptions that he had no driver's|blane at a helght of 1500 feet were| The tongue of the giraffe grows that they had protested against been agreed to that witnesses were license but knew that one was nec- heard over several square mil to 18 inches in length. the excessive speed. to be kept from the court room essary to operate a motor vehicle i = Thomas said it was the first until they had testified. Alaska. time he had ever driven a car in| Witnesses called by the govern- - - | Alaska but had driven for six ment were Dr. W. M. Whitehead years Outside before coming north. Donald Graham, Melvin Rogers, C. Govt. Completes Case A. Caldwell, James V. Hickey, The government completed its h Iston, Roy Hoffn Adolph Lep- case late yesterday and today was and Walter He given over to the defense. Among (n dire mination those called to the stand by De- gounsel Grigshy questioned T! feakted | fense Counsel George Grigsby dur- | closely as to whether th re 4 A s l ing the day were Jack Christie, signs on the road at Morris Curve ELLIS LEAVE | C. D. Smith, A. F. Ellenburg, Dal- and attempted to get him to give| Bob Ellis flew to Ketchikan with | | BOY L rritor Au ank A Boyle is back at his desk after 2 month’s vacation trip Outside, most of the time spent in Seattle. Mrs.| cts to return shortly, he Boyle e: WITH THE NEW FINER SERVICE NOW OFFERED by the las Weyand, John Marin, Ole Scar- comparisons with similar highways | his Waco biplane today, taking Har- | -bo, Mrs. Hal Kimmel, Troy Mc- in the States. Prosecutor Folta ob-| riet Malstrom as a passenger. 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