The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1939, Page 2

HIS MAJESTY'S COV FOR DINNER AS LAID ‘AT FRENCH EMBASSY THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1939 JOAN DURHAM AP Feature Service Writer | coot Lo Etiquette authorities, trying to de- | "o graguates are Albert Savik- termine how tables should be set |, e B I Rt Hyalmar | for wining and dining royalty when Savikko. | King George VI and Queen Eliza- | =" : beth visit the United States in June, | SEWING CLUB POSTPONES are interested in this picture. It| .| This week’s meeting of the Mon- shows the cover set for His Majesty | s ; at a dinner given recently in the [98Y N‘V:L 5“”]”‘!‘}]01“‘1\7 has been | French embassy in London. Its es- | postponed until Thursday evening. pecial {nferest is that it jsr’t ex, [Mrs.:Mark Jensen. will ‘be hostess actly what American authorities had | for the meeting .* in mind. e = The glasses, the turned-down sil- D.F.D. DANCE A SUCCESS ver and an ash tray caused most| A large crowd attended the an- comment. {nual dance of the Douglas Fire De- Eyebrows weren't raised at the partment which was given here Sat- number of glasses—but at their plac- urday evening and a splendid time ing. It's an old American custom was reported. “Lead Kindly Light,” Ernst Oberg, BISHOP ARRIVES 10 JOIN STAFF OF BEHRENDS STORE Deparlmentstorgm‘ from Oklahoma Is Im- pressed with Juneau ! John Doyle Bishop, for the past three and one-half years associated | in executive positions with widely- | to put glasses above and to the - right of the knife—not above the service plate At the dinner given by President M. Lebrun, however, the water gob- let was placed to the left front, near the entree fork. Behind it came the champagne glass, on which His Maj- | | known Tulsa firms, arrived in Ju- CARLSONS SAIL | neau yesterday on the steamer. Bar- For a real vacation, Mr. and Mrs, | anof, coming here directly from the Carl Carlson sailed this morning | Oklahoma City to become associated on the Yukon, stating they were with B. M. Behrends Co. Inc., local going to be gone four months, and | department store. probably take in both fairs, but at| Mr. Bishop is a native of Los An- least absorb some sunshine. geles, California. After attending -e 3 B BACCALAUREATE FOR SENIORS | Baccalaureate services for the graduating class, '39, Douglas High School, were held at the school yes- terday afternoon, many friends be- sides parents of the graduates at- tending. ‘The Rev. John A. Glasse ad- dressed the class, the Girls' Glee| Club sang “Onward Christian Sol- giers,” and Mus. Jay Smith sang, esty's place card was laid—so he SRS e would not have to bend over to read it. Other glasses were two more FIRSI sAlooN for white wine, one for red wine, and another, in the center, for the| Romanee Conti, famed Burgundy Appll(ATlo“ vintage of which 200 bottles were | 1 sent from Paris especially for um\ ' ISFILED HERE The turned-down silver was > Sk | surprise in this country. Never, said i one authority, is silver turned down H ! lect a little dust. A waiter will turn 1 | by o e warts. bos| Selling Across Bar the choicely-patterned silver? Tt| can’t happen here. : on June 7 The ash tray is pointed out some- | —_— what gleefully. It's a long-needed! Distinction of being the first per-| concession to smokers, one auth-|son in the First Division to apply | ority explains. He points out that|for a saloon license under the| until a few rs ago ash trays would | Walker liquor bill passed at the | have appeared only at the end of the recent session of the Legislature, meal. |goes to Margaret Fenton of Sitka. | SR 5 | The law goes into effect June 7. | - | Mrs. Fenton at present oporal«-:;} to have her license issued so she : NEWS lcan operate a liquor-over-the- | establishment beginning June rather than waiting until July 1 IN FISH BUSINESS |when the license for the remainder A. E. Goetz and Henry Gertz of the year would cost only half sailed away this morning in the price. Mary Ann, enroute to the mouth | The yearly license fee at Sitka is of the Taku River where they will |$500. In towns of 1,500 or more in-| load salmon caught in that district habitants the license will cost $1,- by the fishermen for E. E. Eng- 000. For both large and small lowns; strom, buyer. When the Douglas a $2500 bond js required. None of cannery is ready for the season’s |the present beer and wine dispen- operations they will haul for the saries will be allowed to operate local plant after their present licenses oxpu'u.‘ —_———————— rnless they take out a hard liquur{ SCHOOL ACTIVITIE® i This week will see the finale of the 1938-1939 term of school here. FOUR TAKEN 10 Examinations started this morning and will be continued Tuesday and HAWK mlfl' A"D Wednesday and final reports will | ¥ e by | SITKA BY PLANE This afternoon school was dis- missed out of respect for Miss Fraser, teacher, as the funeral for Four pessenqers flew to' Hamk her father who, passed away s wesk |[let and Sitka; Jestgrday th;h ago, was scheduled for this aner-‘She"» Slmmuns_ in the Alaska Air noon at 3:30 o'clock. | Transport Lock»need, while two came Thursday evening at the Colise- A OP the return trip. 3 um, the graduation exercises for J. E. Boy‘lc was flown to Sitka.| the members of the Senior class will William Lalke‘nn(‘n‘ A.. E. Mattson be held. On Friday the annual pm_‘und M. Peterson were flown to nic will be held, accarding to the HAWK Inlet 3 sef plans, which included a trip to Sal- | .Mrs. Jack Calvin was flown in mon Creek, two buses haying heen ({f0M Sitka and an elderly man chartered for the occasion. |from . Swanson’s Herbor .was .also o brought in. SEWING CLUB TO MEET FETor i e Mrs. Henry Schlegel, assisted by wu“fiill BANK Mrs. Earl Osborne, will entertain the Women's Sewing Circle of the | Douglas Gospel Mission at the home 'S IHCORPORATED of the former, Wednesday after-| | s Ay 7 0pogs. {To Take Place of Branch| SONS OF NORWAY DANCE | Next Wednesday evening at the: 0' Bank o’ A‘aSka Natatorium the Sons of Norway will i give their mid-summer dance m.! at To'em c"y which a large attendance is ex-| pected. Formed to supersede the Wran- |gell branch of the Bank of Alaska, a Bank of Wrangell was incorpor- | ated today with- Territorial Auditor Frank Boyle by E. A. Rasmuson, President of the Bank of Alaska; B. Thornquist of Wrangell, President of the Wrangell branch, Bank of Alaska, and Norman Haley of Wrangell. Capital stock of the corporation is $25,000 and life of the firm set | iab 50 years, 4 spending one year as a student at high school in his home city and Los Angeles Junior College he; be- gan his department store exper- jence with the May Company, in the Southern California city. Going to Tulsa, Mr. Bishop was for one and one-half years manager of the downstairs store of that city's foremost department store, the Van- dever Dry Goods Company. Trans- ferring his activities to the exclusive fashion shop of Kathryn Goodsene, | Inc., he has been for the past two| years assistant to Miss Goodsene, owner and manager of that firm which is recognized throughout the entire Southwestern United States. While employed in Tulsa, he con- tinued his studies at Tulsa Univer- sity. Mr. Bishop declared that he thor- oughly enjoyed his entire trip to Alaska and that he is greatly and very favorably surprised at the thriv- ing and metropolitan. aspect of Ju- neau. Mr. Bishop, who is unmar- ried, plans to become a permanent resident of Juneau. METLAKATLA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN TOWN E. R. Stone, Principal of the Met- lakatla school, is in Juneau confer- ring with Office of Indian Affairs and Treasury Department officials on fiscal matters. - He arrived on the Baranof. The Metlakatla school is graduat- ing a class of six ninth-graders this year, he said. MOTHER RITES AT LS HaLL WELL ATTENDED Mother’s Day services were held at the Elks hall yesterday -afternoon before an audience .of Elks, -Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Rainbow Girls and DeMolay members. Exalted Ruler H. C. Redman de- livered a tribute to mothers .in: the course of ritualistic services. Musical numbers on the program were fur- nished by a male quartet and. by Lola Mae Alexander. BIG SEINE BOATS STOP HERE TODAY ENROUTE 10 WEST Two Washington seiners were in Juneau today enroute to Kodiak for the summer seining season. - } They are the Rio De Oro, of Ana- cortes, and the Paramount, of Ta» coma, both seven men craft, 65 feet overall. - WRIGHT /TO HOONAH John Amundsen, Marine Airways pilot, flew Frank Wright, Superin- tendent of the Iey-Straits.Packing Company, to Heonah today. On the return trip he was to bring in.J. E. Boyle from Tenakee. e NASI BACK Kaarlo ‘W., Nasi, .Public , Health Engineer, returned from Sitka yes- terday and a.routine, business trip, LAST J166S DINNER YOUNG SEAMAN ABOARD HAIDA RESCUES GIRL Leaps:from Government Wharf in Despondency A 1%-year-old Juneau girl who didn’t understand the complexities of .a troubled family life and at- tempted to drown herself yesterday evening, owes her life to the cour- age of a seaman on the Coast Guard cutter Haida. The girl, whose name is withheld for obvious reasons, leaped from the Government Wharf yesterday eve- ning a few feet from two Coast Guardsmen. Earl B. Nosler, blonde second class seaman, not yet 19, cried “Man Overboard!” and plunged fully clothed .after the girl, brought her a. few feet to the fender log at the face of the dock and made a lowered line fast to her while Coast Guards- men 'brought a boat around. The girl was tdaken aboard the Haida and placed in sick bay where the: ship’s doctor; Dr. Bingham, ad- ministered. first aid. Young Nosler said the girl had talked to him a few minutes before, and that she appeared depressed over the separation of her mother and father. As she left Nosler and his friend, she ran to the inner side of the wharf, Nosler said, then turn- ed ‘about and ran to the bay side and. plunged over. Nosler followed immediately and sink. ~Opast Gurad officers said Nosler would be recommended for a medal of heroism. e FUR TREASURE IS UNLOADED, YUKON Rich treasure in furs was unload- | ed from the steamer Yukon for fur- rier Charles Goldstein. Fred Maurer, buyer for Goldstein, | who has been in the Wsetward and | Interior for several weeks, shipped “about $20,000” worth of beaver,| lynx, red fox and miscellaneous skins | to Goldstein here. i Goldstein said the beaver repre- sented some of the best catches he has seen in “a long time.” I‘AIRB;N*S C(OUPLE GOES THROUGH ON WAY T0 SEE FAIRS| Major and Mrs. L. W. ‘Albrecht, well known Fairbanks couple, arriv- ed in Juneau on the Saturday PAA Electra, and visited Juneau friends over the week-end before sailing south this morning on the Yukon for a trip Outside that will include | both world fairs. Fairbanksans call Major Albrecht, a lawyer with a love for athletics, the “Dean of Midnight Sun Bas: ball,” in the summer and “Basket: ball's Biggest Booster” in the winter. | Albrecht's only regret with Juneau was that he could not find time to attend the opening of the baseball season here yesterday. Stock QUOTATIONS | ! NEW YORK, May 15. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8, American Can 86%, American Power and Light 42, Ana- conda 23%, Bethlehem Steel 556%, Commonwealth and Southern, 1%, | Curtiss ‘Wright, 53, Géneral Motors 43, International Harvester 60, Ken- hecott 31%, New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 8%, United States Steel 46%, Pound $4.68%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The , following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 13265, rails 27.24, utilities 23.17. SESSION . IS DULL NEW YORK, May 15.—The stock market ignored both domestic and foreign news development in a dull and indecisive session. Leaders eas- ed off from the highs reached after a firm opening and closed practically unchanged. The United States market follow- ed London to ignore Premier Mus- solini’s conciliatory speech of yes- terday. ‘The highs of the day were reached soon after the opening when gains r ed from fractions to a point. The market drifted for the rest of the day: ~Strength and activity in Postal Telegraph issues featured an other- wise-dull session in the bond market with Postal. bonds advancing about a point on good demand. ‘German Governments made small gains. in the foreign section. Scan- dinavian issues were firm. South Amevicans. held to recent advances. ‘The curb market list was largely neglected and closed practically un- changed from. Saturday. OF SEASON TONIGHT Last Jiggs dinner of the season will be held by Alford John Bradford Post of the-American Legion at the Dugout this evening starting at 6:30 flying in with Marine Airways Pilot Alex Holden, o'clock. Bill Johnson is in charge of arrangements. to the surface, towed her on back| grasped the girl as she began to, HEIR HIT WITH BOTTLE; IS IN BAD CONDITION HAWK INLET FISTFIGHT 17 - Year - Old Maiden| (Au.s PI.ANETPofler Palm;r—Near Death Following Chamber of Commerce Fight SARASOTA, Fla, May 15—Pot- ter Dorsary Palmer, oft married heir, {is near death today. Juneau Longshoreman Is Badly Beaten - Mid- | night Mercy Flight A severe beating which Leonard Stokes, Alaska Juneau miner, ad- ministered last night at Hawk In- let to Herman Russell, Juneau longshoreman, resulted in a mid- |Thursday. night “mercy flight” by Pilot Shell | Palmer suffered _ a Simmons, who took Dr. C. C. Car- | hemorrhage from the blow and w ter and ‘Deputy Marshal Walter brought to a hospital shortly after Hellan to the scene in his Alaska | the fight ended. o) Air Transport Lockheed through Nosworthy sald the fight startec | after Palmer taunted him all after- blfl;:«-,«-:;?h;}normu Sty [noon, so he struck him with a |eral teeth, a broken jaw, several |broken ribs and internal injuries, which were thought at first to con- |cist of a punctured lung but were determined this afternoon to be less serious, was brought to Juneau |for hospitalization. Stokes, who though a much {smaller man than Russell, was for- merly a prizefighter, flew back in |the same plane. No Arrest No arrest was made, no warrants {have been issued and very likely no {further action in the case will be |taken by authorities here, U. S.| |Attorney William Holzheimer said | !this afternoon. | Nosworthy, meat cutter, acknowl- edged striking Palmer on the head at a Chamber of Commerce picnic cerebral against Nosworthy as yet. Palmer’s attractive fourth wife. former waitress, was at the bedside whom she had sued two weeks reconciliation with her husband. RPN BOY SCOUTS HAVERALLY | —_— Russell ascr;bfd sxmgly to 'I;Jeul(; Annua' compefifion Eve"’ |ousy” arose between the two aboar: he's ' Is Scheduled for To- the steamer Baranof on which Rus- | |sell was a bellboy, having signed . Eun only yesterday. Stokes, on n‘ mOI'I'OW ngh' |three weeks' vacation from the | | mine, was traveling steerage to Ko- | |diak to visit his wife. |compete tomorrow night in the | When the two began to “push one | Juneau High School gymnasium in another around” in the Baranof the annual rally competition which forecastle, another member of the |will be in charge of J. A. Paradis. ew told them they would have The .troops taking part in this to transfer their belligerance else- |important event are as follows: where or be thrown into the brig,| Troop 610 of Douglas; Troop 611, Hellan quoted witnesses as saying. {ngms of Columbus; Troop 612, Fought on Dock |Northern Light Presebyterian The two got off on the dock at|Church; Troop 613, American Le- Five troops of Boy Scouts will in a hospital here| Sheriff C. J. Hughes said Kenneth | bottle. No charges have been lodged | |today with her husband’s parents 0 | for $300,000 charging alienation of | affections but dropped the suit after | Showers tonight and Tuesday; ge: over northern portion of Lynn Ca Forecast ef winds wiong th Hinchinbrook. parometer Temn. 29.99 51 29.87 43 29.94 41 . yest' 0 am. tod Noon today | Max. tempt. last 24 hours 44 56 16 Station t Atka Anchorage Barrow | Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle | Portland San Francisco New York ‘Washington 58 86 84 94 60 62 | 60 over the wes | | Yukon Valley. Weather forecast for Southeast Tuesday; gentle to moderate soutl Lowest, WEATHER SYNOP. The barometric pressure was below normal this morning through- out Alaska, with slight storm centers located south of Kodiak, also ern portion of the Aleutian Islands and over the upper Precipitation has bzen general along the coastal re- gions from the Aleutians southeastward to Southeast Alaska, also over U.'S8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juncau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., May 15: atle to moderate southerly winds. Alaska: Showers tonight and ierly winds, except moderate to fresh nal. Cos southerly winds tonight and Tuesday from Dixon Entrance to Cape i of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate LOCAL DATA Humidity Wind Velocity 2 SE 10 86 Calm 0 87 s 6 Weather Lt. Rain Cloudy Lt. Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am. temp. 24 hours Weather 40 02 Rain 34 0 Pt. Cldy 4 0 Clear 26 Trace Snow 20 Clear 46 Pt. Cldy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Rain Pt. Cldy Cloudy emp, 40 34 4 24 18 46 38 34 32 36 38 13 42 46 46 46 54 56 54 48 40 Cloudy Cloudy Pt.Cldy Pt. Cldy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear 48 46 54 56 54 52 50 SIS the Seward Peninsula and scatteringly over the upper Yukon Valley, while generally fair weather prevailed over the remainder of the field of observation. Juneau, May 16—Sunrise, 3: 33 a.m.; sunset, 8:21 p.m. INCOME TAX | Bergdoll fo RETURNSTO ~ GOTODIES BeKeptOut WASHINGTON, May 15. — The House has passed and sent to the ’Sc‘naw a bill designed to prevent reentry of Grover Cleveland Berg- | shining Hawk Inlet and, surrounded by at least 10 passengers and crew mem- | bers interviewed: by Hellan, fought | it out. Russell admitted swinging the first blow, Hellan said. ! Hellan said witnesses all told him Stokes fought a “clean” fight, | not hitting the bigger man when | he was down. After about 10 min- | utes during which Russell got very much the worst of it, the fight end- ed with Russell’s quitting and going back aboard the boat. This was at | about 9 o'clock last night. : Shortly thereafter, ““orace Adams, | General Agent of the Alaska Steam- ship Company here, received a mes- sage from Capt. Joseph Ramsauer of the Baranof asking that a doctor | When further infor- mation was requested, Rampauer | replied that there had been a fight and that one man was very serious- {ly hurt, probably having a punc- tured lung. Midnight Flight Simmons took off at 11:15 o'clock and headed into weather which be- {came darker and darker the farther penny Drive envelopes that one he flew toward Hawk Inlet. He| found a way across Admiralty Island at Bear Creek, but was forc- | ed to land at Funter Bay and taxi about 20 miles through Chatlmm‘ Straits to the Baranof, which was| its searchlights into the| air to guide the plane. The Juneau men found Russell in the care of the Baranof's stewardess and nurse, Lysbeth Rawston. He had | |suffered several hemorrhages and|the aid the hospital has been to the left lung was full of blood ! Stokes volunteered to return to‘ Juneau with Hellan, who had awak- | ened a dozen witnesses to question them. The plane returned to Juneau at! about 3:30 o'clock this morning,| guided into a landing by the search- | lights of the Haida. | Russell was taken to St. Ann’s hospital where he was reported to be in an improved condition this| afternoon. | All of the witnesses, Hellan .said,‘ declared Russell was the aggressor in the fight. Stokes said a quarrel between the two men existed in Ju- neau for some time, but Russell| denied this. | BASEBALL TODAY The following are scores of base- ball games played this afternoon in.the two major leagues as re- | ceived up to 2:30 o'clock: National League i Chicago *6; Pittsburgh 2. American . League New York 3; Philadelphia 0. Boston 9; Washington 2. JAMES RAMSAY BACK FROM TRIP T0 STATES James Ramsay, of the B. M. Beh- | rends Company, Inc., staff, re- [turned on. the Baranof after a va- cation of several weeks in the States, going as far east as Mis- | souri, where he met Mrs. Ramsay. ‘Together they returned westward, visited the fair at San Francisco and then came north. e e Try The Empire classifieds for results, gion; Troop 615, Auk Bay. e — PENNY DRIVE ENDS TUESDAY Contributors Are Urged to Make Donations to Orthopedic Tonight The Children’s Orthopedic Hos- pital Penny Drive ends tomorrow |and marshal be sent to Hawk Inlet|{and Mrs. R. L. Bernard and her committee will pick up the velopes that have pennies, nickels, dimes and, Mrs. Bernard hopes, a few dollars for | the aid of the Seattle hospital. | Last opportunity to answer the | Children’s Orthopedic ~ Hospital's | plea to “help a pled child” will be to leave contributions in - the en- sees in every shop or office in town | tonight or tomorrow morning. Every contribution, small or/| large, helps the charitable work of | the hospital where many crippled‘ Alaskan children have gained | health and happiness. | Juneau’s response to the annual Penny Drive has always been good, | an evidence of the appreciation of children of the Territory. Assisting Mrs. Bernard as Penny | 'TWO TRIPS MADE BY MARINE AIR, Drive workers are Mrs. W. A. Chip- | perfield, Miss Elisabeth Kaser and Mrs. Keith Wildes. R DR. COUNCIL BACK | FROM CONFERENCE Dr. W. W. Council, Territorial Commissioner of Health, returned to his Juneau offices today after several weeks in Washington, D. C. |in connection with national health | conferences, Mrs. Council, who spent the time in Washington with her husband, stopped at her home in Arlington, ‘Washington, to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Apland. Accompanying Dr. Council, one of Juneau's most ardent fishermen, was his cousin, J. B. Brinkley, from | Wilmington, North Carolina, whose avowed ambition in coming north is to “win all the fishing honors Juneau can offer.” g ML been collecting | President Orders Release, Investigation Unam- .erican Adtivities WASHINGTON, May 15—Presi- dent Roosevelt has ordered the Federal Income tax records opened up to Chairman Martin Dies of the House Committee investigating un-American activities. Chairman Dies demanded the right to look at the returns of a number of alleged | Communist and Fascist leaders now in the United States. | G SSERRNe BIG WAR DEPT. MEASURE GOES UPTO SENATE Appropriafl);for Flood Control, Harbor Work, Passes House WASHINGTON, May 15. — The House has passed and sent to the Senate the $305,000,000 War Debt appropriation bill largely consisting of funds for flood control and river beginning July 1. Marine Airways made one trip up the Taku River yesterday and a flight to Sitka and the islands. John Amundsen flew A. Pinkham to Tulsequah and unloaded a cargo of freight at Taku Lodge. Bob Hem-~ ming was brought back from Tul- sequah on the return. Alex Holden flew Mrs. Porter to Sitka and return, Mrs. Bill Metz on Hoonah, and Bob Boggan to Sitka and back. J. E. Boyle was flown from Sitka to Tenakee and Sitka to Todd. ROFF IN ALERT BAY ON SUNDAY Adrian Roff, “Casey,” flying his own ship to the San Francisco |fair, arrived in Alert Bay at 4:30 o'clock yesterday evening, accord- The familiar whistle of the Ju- neau Lumber Mills blew this morn+ time since last November. The whistles blow as usual at 8 am, noon, 1 pm, and 5 pm. e, THEFT CHARGED | Nick Gatros was’ accused in a warrant sworn in U. S. Commis- sioner's Court here today with hav- ing stolen a halibut roller belong- ing at 8 o'clock, calling approxi- | ing to radio advices today, and |should have reached Seattle to- |day. | Accompanying Adrian is his neau Thursday afternoon and stopped over in Ketchikan. — .o — BURDICK LEAVING Charles G. Burdick, in charge of on the PAA Electra scheduled to- morrow to set up 15 Native CCC camps in the Interior. e ing to Russell Elliott from a. skiff of Elliott's halibut boat Spencer. Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. harbor improvements for the year| COAST, UP TAKU| Oswald Thanem was flown from | | |doll, World War draft dodger. FORMER ALASKAN GIVEN POSITION; ~WILL AID NORTH By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, May 6.—(Special Correspondence) — Lieut. Col. Lay- |son E. Atkins, who lived in Alaska | for several years under appointment | of the War Department as Engineer Officer in the Alaska Road Commis- sion, will arrive in Seattle in August to take over his duties as District; Engineer. Delegate Dimond expressed graii= fication upon learning that Col. At~ kins would have this appointmemnc which is so vital to river and harbor work and other War Department projects in the Territory. He. said that “Now Alaska is certain to have the continued sympathetic under- standing of the Army Engineers that has been extended by Colonel H. J. Wild,” who is now the District En- gineer. | { | I | ALASKANS ON WORLD TOUR Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cunningham of Fairbanks, stopped over for two days in Washington this week while on the final leg of a round-the- world tour. Leaving San Francisco last December they called in at Honolulu, the Philippine Islands, Japan, India, and other countries before arriving in Europe where ex- tended stops were made in Germany, Italy and England. Arriving in New York last week they spent two days at the New York World's Fair. On | leaving . Washington Mr. Cunning- ham said that they would also sce the Golden Gate International Ex- position before returning to their home in Fairbanks. GALLOWAY CALLER John Galloway, formerly of An- chorage where for mauay years he was employed by the Alaska Rail- road, called at the Delegate’s office several times during the past week. Mr. Galloway was a conductor on the railroad and was the second- oldest employer in years of service at the time of his yetirement two years ago. He is now living near Indianapolis, Indiang.. —— BUILDING ' PERMIT A permit to repixir the plumbing, heating and electric systems of a house at 421 Sevjard belonging to Joseph F. Kaher was issued today | by the City Builcting Inspector. The | work will cost $300. —_— e HAINES : PRISONERS U. 8. Marsiral William T. Ma- honey went to' Haines on the Den- | | mately 75 men to work for the first jbrother Willis. The two left Ju- ;ali to bring thiree prisoners to Ju- neau. — - WHIT' [{ER WESTWARD M. S. Whil.tier, Assistant Collector of Customs, left on the Baranof for Alaska CCC, is leaving for Fairbanks | Cordova ‘where he will remain a | week on official business. e A fishcrman near Manteo, N. C., netted a. 270-pound, eight-foot-long cow sturgeon, one of the largest fish ever caqaght in that region. i