The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 5, 1939, Page 2

ISLANDERS WIN FOURTH BALL MONEY a| Anderson, oubleheaders of briefly, Douglas of July $100 prize ks, who had beater the Moose in climination Monday, and the snappy ball players from Chilkoot Barracks took the Haida and the Juneau All-Stars handily| into camp. Yesterday, in the game between | D and the Elks, the lodgemen started off in great style with two runs, neatly gotten as Koshak singled, Foster tripled to = scote| K nsha and came hcme him when McSpadden laid down a nea sacrifice bunt But for the EIks, end of the big money on to the end of the game held the Elks scoreless. Sé¢ore Tied In the fourth infing, Turner, first man up, doubled to centsr field and | Erskine slammed a homer over centerfield fence to tie the score In the sixth inning, Turner past- ed a homer over the fence for an- other run. Turner, incidentally, hit fouy of five, with a double, two singles, and the homer. Then in the séventh inning, with Foster hurling for Koski, things happened. Jensen got aboard wit an error at second base. Niémi was hitiby & pitched ball, and Manning, following him, méved both runners up with a sacrifice bunt. Grant walked, filling the bases Turner singled, séoring Jensen. Er- skine walked. forcing Niemi home. Then Big Andy Andrews hit a Chin- ese bingle past third base to score Grant and Turner Army Beats Juneau To cap a cannonading victory over the Haida on Monday, the Chilkoot Barracks Army team day to. baseball won the Fou game over the 2l that was the From there | Er.~k1m [ 0 2b rf McKay. Gribble. Jensen, If Niemi, of Manning, 3b I Totals Army Pringle, 1f Guy, Bate: cf Childs: Kostik, Layman. Rice, -rf McCloskey 2b 3 1b p Totals 4 All-Stars Tarr cf-p Koshak, If Marquardt | Sn Werner | Peterson Berryessa c Addleman BBell, p-rf 2b rf c 0 0 1 0 Totals 2110 2 >+ I)OU(.LA NEWS FOURTH CELEBRATION AT DOUGLAS SBUCCESS With the mest favorable weather conditions prevailing for the annual celebration, cne of the best Fourths of recent years was held in Dougles, all events taking place as sched- | uled. The hose race, run against time, was the first on the list of sports and was won by Team No. 2, Ray McCormick, captain; time 15 sec- onds. The race consisted of un- rolling and coupling four lengths of hose, making hydrant and nozzle connections and getting water. The time for Jim Manning’s team was 18 seconds 0/ 2 d 3l THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1939 Sack race, boys 12 years or under —Ben Havdahl, first; Floyd Os- borne, se Sack race, girls 12 year sor un- ér—Doris -Balog, first; Patsy Ba- log, second. 30-yard scrambled shoe race, boys' |16 years or under—Frank Krsul | first; Louis Bonnett, second. 30-yard- scrambled shoe race, girls 16' yéars or uhder — Doris Balog, | first; Betty Bonmett, second. 30-yard scrambled shoe race, boys| 10 years or under—Floyd Osborne, | first; Curti§ Bach, sééohd. MODES of the MOMENT 'i *dalaih Kerr 30-yard ‘scrambled shoe! race, giels ten' years or under—RBetty Kibby,! first; Eleanor Grant,) secofd. 40-yard. 3-légged race, boys 11 to\ | 16—Jimmy Terrel, Gabe Paul, first; | Bob Fleek, Gordon Walto, secont. 40-yard: 3-leggéd race, boys 11 to 16 <= Solveig' Havdah! and Theresa Dcogan, first; Deris Balog, Betty Bonnett, second: 40-yard 3-legged raee, boys: 10 years or under: - Floyd Osborne; Gené Grant, first; Donald Bonner | and Curtis Bach, second. 40-yard 3-legged race, girls 10 years or under — Patsy Balog and Betty Kibby, first; Peggy Cochrane and Patsy Andréws, second. 40-yard 3-legged race for single women was cancelled. 40-yard 3-legged race for married women—Mrs, Walter Andrews ant Mrs. Carl Lindstrom, first; Mrs. Jack Westfall and Mrs. Tauno Niemi second. | 40-yard three-legged race for mar- | ried men—A. J. Balog and L. A. Johnson, first; Carl Lindstrom and Jack Warner, second. Baseball throwing for girls 16 yeal‘s‘ or under—Annabelle Edwards, flrst' Theresa Doogan, sécond: Baseball throwing, hoys 16 years or under—Gabe Paul, first; Bob Fleek, second. Baseball throwing, boys 12 years |or under—Bill Devon, first; Lindy DuPree, second. Baseball throwing contest, mar- ried women—Mrs. Arthur McBridé® | first; Mrs. Walter Savikko, second. Women’s nail driving contest— Mrs. Eli Post, first; Mrs, A.'J. Ba~ log, second; and Mrs. Walter An- _ BOB HAMILTON drews, third. The announcer fof the events was |H. L. Cochrane, the starter Erwin | Hachmeister; judges; H. B. Schlegel, Elasticized weaves gives a snug fit to the midriff d mfiy 1939 swim suits. - Mere is oné of navy blue wool worked with' a white acetate leaf patlern.. Notice the trimly fitted waistline and the hip-flattering “swing” skirt attached to the maillot body. INTERIOR ROAD TWO ARRESTED FQRAEIR NG RATOR Gordon Selmyhr, Helene | McCutcheon Accused by Don Lezzie on the person of Don Lozgie, Broad- | way Cab operatd¥, alihah ahd wom- | an were arrested Mondav by Députy U.:S! Marshals andreleased. after posting $500 bgil cach. { The man, Gordon Se!rnyhr is ac= | cused of administering a terrific beating to’ the cab man after the woman Heléné McCutéhéon; Had summoned Lozzie by telephone to zie, claiming he doesn't know what thé Argutnent wad about, skys| Charged with nsshlt ’andiéi\‘hry ] . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U, B. Weatfier Bureau) Forecast for Jumeau and* Vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., July 5: Showers tonight and Thursday; gentle to moderate southerly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Showers tonight and Thursday; gentle to moderate southerly winds. ~ Forecast of winds along the Coist of the Guif of Alaskx: Moter- ate southerly winds tonight and Thursday from' Dixon Entrdnce t6 Cape Hinchinbrook: . LOCAL DATA Barometéf Temo. ' Humidity Winid Vemmy 260" 70 44 9 2083 55/ 90 4 29.89 59 L 8 RADIO m-:f?fls ¥ Lowest témp. 51 35 51 52 54 49 Time 3:30 pm. yest'y 3:30 am. today Noon today Weather Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy s SE i TODAY §:30am. Precip. temp. 24 hours 60 35 51 52 54 49 3:30am. Weathzr Pt. Cldy Max. témpt. Station last 24 hours Anchorage Barrow . Nome Bethel . . Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Pt:Clay By Clay Pt €18y Pt. Cldy that when he stopped in front or Mike’s ‘Place to' pick up the fare, | Miss McCutcheon tried to incite him into striking Bér, which Lozdte says, heé did not do. Wheén he héld her arms to make her stop striking him, Lozzie says, Selmyhr entered the fray, injuring Lozzie so severely that he becameé a hospital' patient. Sev-| eral stitches were taken in his head. -oe . METEOR BLAST SHAKES LARGE AREA, OKEGON Porfland Terrified bv Tet- rific Force of Disinte- grating Visitor PORTLAND, “O—;E‘. July 5-~This city of Portland, jolted and u:n-med yesterday morning by an explodlng meteor, joined a seience search to- day for fragmeénts of the celestial } Ditét¥ Harbor . Kodiak. . Cordova . Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Senttle Portland San Francisco Pt. Cldy Oléudy Cloudy Cloudy 42 45 48 54 58 55 49 52 Clowdy Cloudy Pt.Cldy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 56 WmHEB SYNOPSIS ’l"he barometric pressure was below normal this morning through- out Alaska, northwestern Canada, and over the northeastern por- tion ‘of the North Pacific Ocean, the lowest reportéd pressure being 29,58 inches at Dawson. ' ‘Figh' Barometric pressure prevailed over the Pacifi¢. Ocean from California’ westward to thé Hawaiian and Midway Islands.: ‘This general pressure distribution has beén attended by scatteréd precipitation over the Alaskd Railroad belt and from South- east” Alaska southward. to{ Washington dnd by-générally fair weather: aver' the Seward' Péninsala. Generally fair weather over the Seward Periinsula. Qenernny fair. ieather prevailéd yesterday throughout Al- aska. Junéau, Ju}y s—sflnrlse. b 0@ ‘am.; com CLARK SEATILE PASTOR MAKING CHARGES 2l cccaaBiiBloi8ecs 2882 RELAEGR L sunset, 9'06 p.m. At 10 o'clock a parade was formed | giox Gair, Sr, Orrin Edwards; and with most of the children of thelg.orey was Charles Tuckett, while town participating and this eY.ent L. W. Kilburn acted as paymaster. was one Lmd tbhe Jmhos ;‘sw:r]t;s&ful Ball Game s ams, | e sclbieis M TR M cls SERE LA O O The baseball gameé played be- oldest pioneer of the Island, With| tgeen two evenly divided teams of and put on a fine show for a still- Boy Scout on each side bearing y crowded grandstand . vl Dearif | the Douglas league,-fown gind foun- Don Bell, new chucket from Sogtny (10T and-followed by the TWeT|dry piayers was the finsi event in Dakota, i an Elks un‘form, made '“‘gkbu:]: ‘1"“3‘]:[;‘;6“& ;:rhch ::: the celebration. Manager E. Bliss's his debut I Juneau balldom, but oo = team won from T. Niemi's team' IT | visitor that rocked Southwestern'! | washington and adjoining Oregon! | areas. The visitor exploded at 7:58 a.m. \Sunduy in a mammoth explosion of blinding flames and a sky light- ing flash. Reports of the blast came from as far.away as Arlington, 125 m:le: fup the Columbia River. whipped an aggregation of All-Stars of Gastineau Chnanel after the Elks-Douglas game yesterday, 7 t 2 . flMS MUCKING PRIZEIN 3 13 lloyd Garner Second, Al- bert Davis Third in CONDITIONS BEST IN MARY YEARS Ike Taylor Returns from Trip - Takofna Road _ON VICE, SEATTLE Friend of Alaska mfi_ Prasecuting Afforney Acting Commissioner Wanis Publi¢ Hearing at Washington <Also All Eviderice couldn’t find the plate and walkeéd: seven men in five iNnings before get- ting relief from Davée Turner, com- ing in from centér field. Bell, how- ever, showed a lot of stuff and hit two for three Moose Lose Monday night, in the elimination game between the Moose and the Elks, the purple sox had better luck, winning five. to three from the Paps. Red Gray pitched this contest for thé Elks until the last of the sev- enth' inning, giving over to Foster, ~and Converse pitched for the Moose. The Elks scored two runs in the second inning after the Moose had taken one in the first. In the fourth, the Elks stretched it to three runs, while the Moose did not score again until ;the sixth frame. With the score three to-two. the Elks came up in their half of the seventh and Koshak drove a h~mer over right field fence to score Gray who had singled and put the score at five-two, which lead the Moose could only whittle down one run with Schmitz scorine after Mar- quardt’s single and Orme’s dribble dowp to second base. Haida Loses Monday afternoon, Armv beat the cutter Haida in a wild slugging spree, battering Haida pitchers heavily to win, 18 to 4. Chilkoot’s veteran hurler Mec- Closkey, who has seen 26 years of service in the U. S. Army, had no trouble with thé Coast Guard bats- men’ and set them down with a few scattered hits. | Kibby, ond. MONDAY GAMES Elks vs, Moose Elks Ellensberg. Koshak, 1If Foster, 3b-p MacSpadden, ° rf 1b from the Coliseum Theatre to the m 7, and divided the prize equally City Hall The following winners were an-| nounced by Mrs. J. R. Guerin, Mrs. | Charles Schramm, judges, and Mrs Charles Tuckett, scorer: Best decorated bicycle, boy<-f1rsl Lindy DuPree; second, Ralph Kib- | between the players to net each |man a little over $2.00. B D/(UGHTER BORN TO MR. AND MRS. KORFUS Announcements were received in yesterday’s mail:of the birth at Cle by; best decorated tricycle boys—‘mum Wash, where they live, of & Stanley Oshorne, first; Gary Bach,| second; girls, Carol Cochrane, first; no second. Best decorated wagon, Donald Bonner; no second. Best decorated doll buggy, girls— Peggy Cochrane, first; Phyllis An- drews, second; Pauline Bonner,‘ third. Best decorated baby buggy Stuart Fraser Johmson, first; Ka- ren Mortensen. second. Best decorated kiddie kar—Rose- mary Kronquist, first; no second. Best dressed boy—Ernie Kronquist, first; Clyde Sparks, second; Best, dressed girl—Patsy Fleek, first; Hel- en DuPree, second. Most. patriotic boy—Allan. Savik- | ko, first; Jorene Savikko, second‘ Mos tpatriotic girl — Dace Boylan, | first; Patsy Balog, second.. | Most comical boy—Gene Grant, first; Bonnet group, second. Most comical girl—Eleanor Grant, first, Doris Balog, second. Most original boy—dJohnny Jen- sén, first; Tommy Cashen and Bob- by Johnson, setond. Best decorated wheelbarrow Curtis Bach, first; Billy Andrews, second Best National character, boy — Dean Johnson, first; girl — Betty first; Phyllis Andrews, sec- boys — Field Sporfs Field sports were i.cld at 2:30 c'tlock yesterday afternoon and the prize winners were as follows: 30-yard dash, boys 5 vears or un- Gary Bach, first; Clyde Sparks -Soldlers, Lo Addleman, ¢ Peterson, ss Russell, cf Hautala, 2b Gray, p-3b 30~ vard dash, girls 5 years or un- ! der—Helen DuPree, first; Pauline {Bonner, second. 30-yard dash, bbys four years of | under Stanley | Osborne, first; Clyde Sparks, second. 30-yard dash, girls four years or - | under—Helen DuPree, first; Shéila | Carmichael, sécond. 40-yard. dash, boys 8 years or un-| der—Joe Tassel, first; Ben Havdahl, | second. 0| 40-yard dash, girls 8§ years or un- 0{der— Eleanor - Grant, first; Carol 1{cochrane, second 0! Husband calling—Mrs. Ed Bach 4 0ifirst; Mrs. Eli Post, second. Wife Calling—H, L. Cochrané and 1 bonme Grant, first; Carl Lindstrom, | second. 50-yard dash, béys 10 years or un- jder—Jean Grant, first; Floyd Os- | worne, second. | 40-yard dash, girls 10 years or un- der—Patsy Balog, first; Peggy Coch- rane, second. | 40-yard dash, boys 7 yéars or un- !der — Jerry Godkin, first; Stevens, second. 30-yard dash, girls 7 yéafs or un- der— Eleanor Grant, first; Carol | Cochrane, second. | /80-yard dash, men’s free-for-all-—| H. Zenger, first; Jimmy Terrel, séc- ond. N L ] NW~NOO=OO Totals Mocse Schmitz, 2b E. Lawsen, 1 Marquardt, ss Snow, 1b Orme; cf Werner, 3b Berrygssa, Blake, ¢ Converse, f coco~ocommTa omocomomoniTa p 26 3 62114 TUESDAY GAMES Elks vs. Douglas ABR H Tetals Elks © Ellensburg, Koshak, 1f Foster, 3b-p MacSpadden, Addleman, c Peterson, ss Russell, cf Hautala, 2b Koski; p Gray, 3b rf 1b Sonny | e e e s Totals Douglas Grant, Tifnéf, 0o = v (<} s {Mrs, Tauno Niemi, first; Mrs. Bud Carmichael, second. | 1:50 o'clock at 50-yard women’s free - for-all —‘ | baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob K‘OrfusonJu'né 26th.. Théir second | child, the little miss was named “ Lois Mae; Mrs, Rorfus was formerly Miee Mildred Shafe? of Douglas. PARADE BRINGS ~| timer's watch weré Lioyd Garner, . OUTJULY POURTH TTHRONGS HERE gst 6 M& men, T mén e Line .of Mareh n colbitth Pourdiieh iy gabads lengthened by an_out-of-town con- | tingent of 160 soldiers from' Chilkéot Barracks, marched through ‘the streets of ‘Jutieau yéstérday morn- ing. Starting ‘right. on time at 9:30 o'clock from the City Dock, the! parade procééded along Franklin Stréét to 'Trianglé Place, dlong: Frént to M, down Main to' Wil- | loughby and out w:homby to the ball park. Two bands, a military oné from Haines and Juneaws: High -School Band, played for the.parade. ‘Trick riders of. .the. Gastineau Motorcycle Club led the march, fol= lowed by the OChilkoot - Barracks Band and 160 soldiers commanded by Capt. Charles H. Hart. A platoon of Coast Guardsmen from the Hafda weré next, followed by the High School Band. _ Candy fof Kids Volunteer firémen threw. kisses, the ¢andy kind, to aléng the route from twé' tru¢ks of the Ju- neatr Firé Departient. GIfl Scouts N théir green uni- forms, & score’ of éhfidrén dressed in'‘réd, white and blué &s Uncle Sath, the Goddess of Liberty, Géorge Washington ‘arid 6ther charactérs symbolizing American ‘history, dé¢- oratéd bieyéle¥ and a sinigle fléat brought up the rear-of theé parsde. e FOURTH OF JULY SON. ... it Junelulmrth flllls' a boy, bern yes mornipg t. Ann’s Hospital and tipping the scales at 0 pmmfla 3 ounces. o The proud parents are lfi and | Was | Mrs. James Curran, who have nam- ed their first son, James Jr. This is the second child for the Currans, the other a five-year-old. daughter, Both mother and the new arrival aré in the best of health and. the father, an employee of the Alaska PO 1 S RO orwumTn| cocccocomme wruenlc| coccccommse onwnupal covonwooncoy cocolw! comococococomon Bmoa 40-yard dash, men over 45 years— ‘Cancelled. |‘“” Bfll. Riemeér, 3:58; John Ke"“road to Kougarok is now under | Annual Confest | Work Under Way Clearing his bin of every serap of | work is well under way on con- rock in the fast' time of three yyction of a new road from Kus- minutes and 13 seconds, Bob Ham- | ycpwim Landing to Takotna by ilton yesterday won the Fourth Of| way of Candle Creek, Ike P. Tay- July mucking contest and $50 first| )or Chief Engineer of the Alaska pHtze money- over a field of 20 en-|oag Commission, reported today trants in the annual competitiot | n his return from a trip of in- sponsored by the Alaska Juneau!gpection in the Interior. Gold Mining Company as part ’in The road, 23 miles long, is being the American Legion program. | built largely with: Territorial -funds., Close behind Hamilton on the| Roads in the Interior are in very good condition this year, Taylor who took second place and $30 With' gaiq due to the dry spring which a-timé of three minutes, 18 seconds,! ajowed them to get in shape fol- | and Adbert Davis, oldest of the 20 |owing the thaw. Theré has been: | starters, who was third in three|enough rain since to allow miners minutes and 20 seconds. Davis Won | to operate but this has not harmed $20. the roads. Other muckers and their times| rme Richardson Highway was| were as follows: John Osborn, 3: opened at Valdez summit on June| Glenn Heatherly, 3:34; Clint Alex- |3 gespite the very heavy snow this ander, 3:34; Rudie Halazon, 3:37;|year, the decpest ever known for 8.’ Glovez, 3:37; Nick ‘Aldatoff, tnat gistrict. Nome also had lots | 342; Bert (Hopkins, 3:46; Luther of snow, Taylor was informed, ré- Patrick, 3:46; Evin Wreck, 3:47; Bob' g)ting in a late season. The new | Christensen, 3:50; Henry Smith, | construction work on extending the way. Taylor visited Valdez, the' Rich- ardson Highway, Fairbanks, Eagle, |the Fortymile District, railroad {belt and Anchorage and returned on the Baranof. | — .- - { Fishermen! {No More Herring | At Auk Bay Closing down its operations at Auk Bay for ‘the year, the boat Wilson -is dismantling its herring pond, taking in its geéar and pre- Ivan Dsmell 4:31; 4:98; Joe Collier, 4:37; Crockett Métoalf, 4:46;' Wayne Byingt 4:40; Jim Gillam, 5 flat; Donald Throndson, 5 flat; J. V.. Fel 5:55; Byron Personeus, 6:16; liam Howard 6 30. msmous DOUGLAS BRIDGE WRECK REPORTED m of & wreck on the Doug-, | curred. Juneau Gold Mining Company, is ‘husy passing out cigars, j las bridge sometime over the holi-' day weekend were received today by the Marshal’s office here, but the reports were so sketchy that of- ficers kKhow almost as little about the incidént now as they did before it hi;fifién!d An’ automobile, reported to be a coupe registered to Vernon Hédges, hit thé guard wire on the s side of the span while headed toward Juneau and was “hinging by a string” from going over thé side tto' the Channel, ac- cording to- the prfl fitmms " TOWN, VISITING ‘Mp."adfd Mrs. E. C. Shellworth, afents of Mrs. R. L. Davlin, are fsfting their many Juneau friénds; for & few days. ‘The popular couple came down, frém’ Haine§ where Shellworth is in ¢harge of Chilkoot Barracks plumb+ ing work, on the Coast Guard cut- ter Haida. While here, Shellworth is taking treatitents for an injured back, suffévéd = thréugh dislocated ver- tebrae. —— et FROM HAINES ‘Lonisé Corbett, Hainés school teacher, i§' a guest at the Gastineau Hotel for a few days’ visit here, paring t6 go salmon fishing. Herring are no. longer avaflable at Auk Bay, so strip fishermen must obtain them from the cold storage hére. Many salmon fishermen who drove out to Auk Bay over the week- end and holiday had to come all the wny back to Juneau to obtain bait. DEL FETTS HERE ON SHORT VISt Del Fett, General -Paint Cor- poration represéntative, who makes: choéut three trips a year to' Alaska frem his Seattle. headquarters, ar- rived in Juneau over thé Fourth, pringing Mrs. Fett with him. The well known couple aré guests at the Baranof Hotel and will be in Juneau for a few days before conunumg to the W(‘stward FOREST GIIIHO RETURN TOMORROW | F A. Sucox Chlef of theé” U. S Fofest Service, his Assistant, RiF. Hammatt; #nd@ Regional Forestér B. Frank Heintzleman, are dué to J. Hugh Pruett, University of Oregon astronomer, sifted reports as to thé meteor’s trajectory as hundreds of - amateurs took the field in efforts to find fragments of the heavenly body. Pruett said it would probably be ! two ‘weeks before he could deter-| mine just where the explosion oc- Portland residents swear the ex-Y plosion was right over the city. | How close the méteor was to (he‘[ arth is undecided, but it was close enough, and the blast was severe enough to topple a stone wall, | { beak windows, crack a store wall, | break a rural mail box and knock | locse a pcsL MRS, sfnm, oN WAY HOME; wm VISIT GOVERNOR Mrs.” Robert Bender, President of the Daily Alaska Empire, left Se-! attle yesterday with her niece, Joan | Lingo of -Anchorage, -and. will go from Ketchikan to. Bell Island to- morrow t0 visit Gov. John W.| Troy, Mrs. Bender's father, who XS, vacationing at the health springs.| | Miss~ Lingo has been attending school at Victoria. After visiting her grandfather at Bell Island, she willigo to Anchorage to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lingo. Mrs. Bender is expected to re- turn to' Junew wnhln the week THOMPSON, Wffifi TO MEET FISHERLES EXPERT AT | AT KETCHIKAN Seton mmmon Amttht Ghléf 5f- the: Alaska Division :of the Bu- seau of Fisheéries, and Frank Du- fresne, Executive Officer of the Al- aska Game ' Commission, left yes- terday on' the Bureau vessél' Brant for Ketchikan to meet Dr. Euark Hubbs, who is to make an invess .igation of Alaska fishery condi- ‘ons: Dr. Hubbs, Assotiate Profegsor at the University' of Michigan and & lisheries expert of wide réputation; was sent from Washington tostudy Alaska conditions with a view . to] recommending changes in fishing regulations. The lollcwln' played this nf& BASEBALL TODAY major leagues:® mo St. bouis 2; Cincinnati 6. Brooklyn 17; Philadelphia 1. Chicago 5; Pittsburgh 10. New York 11; Boston 7. American League fly to Juneau tomorrow from Fair- banks. Shcox and Hammatt are safling on the Baranof Fgiday to return to Washington, following a six-week Alaska visit, Cleveland 1; Chicago 2. Washington 4; New York 6. Boston 6; Philadelphia 4. —ee— — The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00, | i Appéintment. of Col. Elmer W. Clark as Acting Commissioner of Public Works was anmnounced to- day in a telegram to J. G. Shep- ard, State Enginéér-Inspéctor in charge of Alaska PWA. Col. Clark 'visitéd Alaska in 1936 in''connection with sétting up PW2 projects here. He is a good frienc of the Territory, having been 6f muth assistance in getting pro- jects started for Alaska. The Colonél was appointed by John ~N. Carmody, new Federa Works Administrator. HOGNAH NATIVE ARRESTED HERE I “KIDNAPING" .Was Takmg Girl, 16, fo Porf Althorp-He Has Good Sfory, Too Arrested on complaint of Mrs. Lily Yafkon who claimed he was attempting to “kidnap” her 'foster daughter, Natalia, Oscar Sinclair was taken off the vessél King- fisher this afternoon shortly before it sailed for Hoonah. Sinclair is charged' with contrib- uting to the delinquency of a min- or. Natalia Yarkon, aged 16, was aboard - the Kingfisher with him, the ‘two ‘being bound for Port Al- thorp where Sinclair was to fish on the:seiner New Annie: When Sinchair, 'a Native, ~ ex- plained he wanted to marry the Native girl but that her foster- parents would not consent; he was reléased on his own récognizance to fry to talk Mrs: Yarkon into aceepting him' as a foster son-in- RECREATION MAN In Alaska to study dreas for fu- ture recreational possibilities; Er- nest E. Walker of Washihgtoh, Chief Landstape Architect for the U. S. Forest Service, arrived in Ju- neau on the Yukon to spend a week in the Juneau -distriet. Walker was met at Ketchikan by Linn Forrest, Assistant Architect, who has accompanied him on & tour of Southeast Alaska. He will go from here to Lake Hasselborg in the Admiralty Island Recrea- tional Unit and to Sitks, lm about July 15 for the Westward. ————— MINING MEN THROUGH Auge Hansen and Chauncey Li= dell,’ old-timers from the Willow Creék céountry, ‘are passengers on the Aleutian, returning to the-dig-| gings after vacationing Outside. Mr. Lidell is ‘a millman at the Lucky Shot mine and Hansen has his own quairtz property mnear Lucky Shot. | SEATTLE;, July '‘5.—Prosecuting Attorney - B, Gray. Warner has 1sked the City’ Countil t6 summon he Rev. J. Warner Hastings" for 3 public heating im - connection with the chdrges he' has made that he ‘has evidence of startling gam- bling and vice conditions in Se- attle ‘The Rev. Hastings leads a secret Citizens” Law . Enforcément Comi- mitte In collécting evidencé to give ‘0 Gov. Clarence D. Martin. ‘Warnér "started the campaign to ~lose’ the ‘town 'and eémforce the J0-year-old Sunday Blue laws by losing Sunday baseball, horsé rac- ing’ #nd théatrés. Later” he an- nounced heé would revoke it but started cracking dewn' on ‘ aice zamies and: panéh boards.' Ben' Pa¥is; owner of oné of Se- attle’s biggést: spérts storés) has heen' drrested and’ charged with posséssion - of ‘gembling'‘ equipment. He ‘was releaséd on bail. - * ‘Warner has #énf & strong letter to Mayor nglle to turn gver all evidénce on & gambling syndicate here ‘to whith the Mayor testified to recently in a graft trial. Warner said if the Rev. Hastings failed 16" turl ovér the évidéhce he claims to hive; he would chargé the pastor with compounding a felony. FIRM III(OI!PORATED shalistorr WALt wes - corporated * by an ‘| Alaskan and two Outsi {6 mine I the vicinity of Nome. The firm, with'g ‘capitalization of $250,000, was :incorporated by Charles 2. Shalift of Nonié, Simon J. Lasker of St.' Paul, Minnesota, an@ Keith Wo\'nef of Eau Clairé, | Wis: CHESTERFIELD MAN HERE E."A. Knowles, Chesterfield man, is at the Gastinesu Hotel, on his way south after a lengthy tour of Alaska, coming in from the West- ward over the Fourth. * — . WRAY HERE L. F. Wray, traveling man, is- a Baranof Hotel guest, spending a few days in Juneau, arriving on the Aleutian yesterday. Arises in i Bolivia / ~ * 7 7% LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 5—Presi- dent Busch has-assumed dictatorial powers and has dissolved Assembly which ‘is now in recess. The President's manifesto said an emergency now exists because certain political factions are at- tempting to take advantage of the | situation following the Chaco war with Paraguay. 7 / Approximately * 10,000,000 persons” {in the United States play the piane.