The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1939, Page 8

Polish Soldier Killed Incident Adds More Fuel fo Threatening Flames Around Free City (By Associated Press) The killing of a Polish soldier by Danzig Frontier Guards cast a new shadow on the grave German-Pol- ish dispute centering on the Free City of Danzig The shooting was the latest of a series of incidents complicating the ive issue and came as a League explos : of Nation's Commissioner at Danzig sought to clarify the situation in meeting with the Danzig Nazis and Polish officials Conflicting reports on the border shooting have been given out The police said the soldier shot when he ignored to halt. Soldier comrades was shot from ambush SMITH DELEGATE 10 CONVENTION, FED. EMPLOYEES Leaving Friia—y for Meet- ing at San Francisco ~Luncheon Today Harold Smith, President of the local National Federation of Federal Employees organization, today was elected a delegate to the NF.F.E national convention at San Fran- cisco. Smith will leave Juneau southbound Friday. The convention begins September 4 Members of the Federation here will be polled tomorrow by contuct officers in each department for sug- gestions on a resolution concerning retirement, the resolution to be ap- proved by the local executive board and forwarded to Smith for pres- entation at the convention. As Dr. George Dale, Vice-Presi- dent, is in the East, a special com- mittee was appointed by Smith to arrange a program for the NFF.E. luncheon next month. Those on the committee are Sally Shafer, Bess O'Neill and Elsie Blythe At the N.FF.E. monthly luncheon today at the Baranoi Hotel, Ray ward, Regional Fiscal Agent of the Forest Service, explained recent changes in the retirement act for Federal employees. New members introduced at the meeting were Forest Fennessy and Elspeth Douglas. Clyde G. Sherman of the Office of Indian Affairs was a visitor. ————-—— LAST CONCRETE PAVING POURED Last concrete in Juneau's PWA paving project for 1939 was poured this morning at the City Dock where the approach was paved Willoughby Avenue paving was completed yesterday and will be open for traffic next week. was a command said he Figuresin Movie Talent Charles R. Jefferson (top), 34, is shown in the Boca Raton, FI Sla ying; | i ¢ | S police station after he confessed to detectives that he abducted Jean Bolton, 16, (lower left) and Ruth Frances Dunn, 17, (lower right) with the idea of holding them for ransom, criminally assaulted Miss Dunn and killed her to silence her outeries. had lured the girls from their Miami homes on promises of stage jobs and a movie screen test. ONE HAUBUTRR | - SELLS AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, Aug. 16. — Only one halibuter arrived and sold here to- day and that was the Ionic from the western banks. The Ionic brought in 25,000 pounds of halibut, | selling for 12% and 11 cents a | pound. | RUPERT PRIC At Prince Rupert today 105.000 pounds of halibut weer sold for 10.30 to 1050 and 6 cents a pound. - GORDON IN NEW YORK Frank Gordon, merchant at Fair- banks and Territorial Representa- tive, has returned from an European journey and is in New York heading | northward. Amazing New 194 0 PHILCO Never Before Such Tone ‘md P,fiomnu for $2“;§mw Block §5.50 Extra CB o wet bt A recharge . - - B0 New Philco most double the €s- Third the eost. New PHILCO 90 teies 1o bu: - current drain to you emjoy the performance i brows ‘molded PHILCO 95T Self-contained Bat- tery Block. New low-drain tubes. High output speaks er. Handsome Wal- nut cabinet. Sce it, bear #—NOW | $21.45 Battery Block $5.50 Extra Ww. P. TELEPHONE 17 PHILCO 1007 (Above)—All the ures of the he added icnce of Pusl Button tuning. $33.45 Battery Block 0 Extra JOHNSON 211 SO. FRANKLIN Jefferson admitted he | (NEW WELFARE AGENT NAMED AT WRANGELL Mrs. Mae Grant Appointed -Has New Office in City Hall | Mrs. Mae Grant has been ap- pointed Department of Public Wel- fare Agent at Wrangell it was an- nounced today. Mrs. Grant, promi- nent in civic and club activities in Wrangell, was made acquainted with her new work by Miss Jane Alexander, secretary to the director, who returned yesterday after a week’s stay at Wrangell. The Department of Public Wel- fare has opened an office in Wran- gell in the City Hall in quarters provided by the city. 3 ! e e |SITKA PRINCIPAL i T HOME FROM TRIP Raymond L. Wolfe, Principal of | the Office of Indian Affairs school | at Sitka, passed through Juneau | yesterday with his wife and daugh- | ter, headed back to the Historic City | after a vacation in the States. The Wolfes were passengers on the North Sea. | - | RETURN TO WRANGELL | Mrs. I. C. Bjorge, sister of Wallis S. George, recent visitor in Juneau, | has returned to her home in Wran- gell. | | S Try The Empire classifieds for results. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1939 FAIRBANKS AIR BASE TO GIVE Local Men fo Be Employed| =20 Start Soon on From 20 to 30 men will be given employment next week in survey-| ing work preliminary to actual con- | struction of the new Army air base at Fairbanks, according to in- formation received here today. Early next spring a full crew of from 500 to 600 men will be employed on the base. This is ex-| pected to take up much of the| slack in Fairbanks employment. Local men will be hired for the work and more than enough to fill every job are already on hand Major E. M. George, who will be in charge of the project, is expect- ed in Alaska within the next 10 days. TUNA FISH SOLD AT KETCHIKAN; IS FIRST DEAL MADE KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 16— The first load of tuna fish ever sold in Alaska was market here today by A. D. Winegar and Wil- liam Smith of the boat Alaskan They sold 3,000 pounds to the Nor- thern Fisheries, Inc. cannery, which intends to can the fish later. Winegar and Smith caught the fish off the Oregon Coast enroute to Alaska. The tuna were frozen aboard the Alaska as the vessel proceeded north, ->oo HORSEWHIP AGE HASN'T PASSED WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — Al-| though the “horse and buggy” age in the United States ended many years ago, the manufacture and sale | of whips is still quite a business. Fourteen U. S. firms are primar- | ily engaged in manufacturing whips. Retail sales in a year are estimated | at $500,000. About 500,000 toy whips | were sold last year. CAPITAL STOCK TAX DEADLINE EXTENDED HERE Time for filing capital stock tax returns has been extended for Al- aska corporations until Septem- ber 29, according to word received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue office here from Acting Collector Thor W. Henricksen at Tacoma The regular deadline is July 31. MISS NIEMI CHOSEN TEACHER AT KODIAK Miss Esther Niemi, Juneau and Douglas girl, has been appointed a teacher in the Territorial school at Kodiak. Since being graduated from college, Miss Niemi has taught a year outside. At present she is visiting here. Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 16. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7%, American Can 100, American Power and Light 5%, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 587%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 4%, General Mot~ ors 45%, International Harvester 51%, Kennecott 34%, New York Cen- tral 14%, Northern Pacific 9, Unit- ed States Steel 47%, Pound $4.68. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 13847, ils 28, utilities 26.15. Protection g A © s, 0O, M & the Way! Insurance coverage against loss or damage to your car—cov- erage which protects you “ALL THE WAY” — is available under the “Comprehensive” pol icy—together with the optional inclusion of the Collision hazard. The hazards of Fire and Theft are, of course, included. So also are many other haza rds which, though perhaps less obvious, are frequent sources of loss: Windstorm, Explosion, Riot, Flood, Hail, Glass Breakage, Earthquake, Vandalism, and other risks. Office—New York Life SHATTUCK AGENE€Y TELEPHONE 249 i Record Drought Sears Jersey Farmers in Sussex County, New Jersey, are pictured at top pumping water which they carted for miles to their cattle in drought-seared pastures as a result of the worst July dry spell in that section’s history. Forest fires are an increasing danger to the farms and homes in the vicinity of Mountain Lakes. JOHN NEWMAN 10 ACCOMPANY | (ONGRESSMEN Juneau Court Reporter Gets Assignment fo Fish Committee Weds a “Genius” | i | Jonn H. Newman, Court Re-| porter for the District Court here, has been selected to accompany the Congressional committee which will investigate Alaska fisheries throughout the coming month. | Newman probably wil go to Ket-| chikan to join the committee | aboard the Coast Guard cutter Ingham. Newman's excellence as a porter was recognized several years | | ago when he was selected to ac-| company a Congressional subcom- | mittee on an Office of Indian| Affairs investigation. His selection | wetress, became bride of Stephen |0 record testimony of the fish- Jrifis, known as the “Genius of | eries investigators is further rec- Nall Street,” at Locust Valley,! ognition of ability. « L, in a surprise wedding. The | e — vair will honeymoon in Europe. 7 Mrs. Killoy Is Visiting Brother re- Lovely Whitney Bourne, socialite MORE VIOLENGE AGAINST BRITONS Mrs. Kate Killoy of Butte, Mont., arrived yesterday on the Aleutian to visit in this city with her SHANGHA, Aug. 16.—New anti-' prother, Frank A. Boyle. British violence has broken out at Mrs. Killoy will spend several Swatow, China. A group of students Weeks here in which time she will attempted to set fire to the British renew acquaintances. .- embassy. ) | “Alaskana” by Marie Drake at all Japanese soldiers formed a ring pook stores, 50 cents. around the building and dispersed ' the students. | r— i - The incident was biumea on Jap- Jiggs Lunch Specialty l anese agitat ains o - [ o Corned Beef And | el i | NEW CABBAGE | Tr]\';' The Empire classicieds for. | Baranof Tomorrow | results, ! | p e ) e e USSR "The Name Everyhody Knows" i COMPLETE APPLIANCE LINE AT { RICE & AHLERS CO. . A Useful Gift for Every Purcha THIRD at FRANKLIN W i PHONE 34 Your Business Is BIG BUSINESS to us; and your account is welcome, whether it be large or small. Commercial — Savings — Safe Deposit NUDISTS ARE IN CONVENTION Rain Falls Just as Session Really Gets Under Way SANTA CRUZ—C;JL. Aug. 16 Delegates to the American Sun- bathing Convention put aside their clothing and other formalities to- day as the order gathered at Sunny Terrace farm near Santa Cruz. The head of the association, the Rev. Louis Clark of Scque!, Cal said that about 500 delegales w present. He said that they repre sented sunbathing groups in il parts of America, England, France, Australia, New Islands and Sweden. Said the minister: “A major prob- lem of the association has before | it this year the selling the idea | that nudism and nudist colonies is actually a wholesome and health- ful way to live.” Another problem which he did not mention before the newcomers to California was accurately pick- ing a day ahead of time for the convention date which would not ke marred by rain. He almost did it this time. Just as the featured speaker of the daj rted his ora- tion, rain clouds circled ominously overhead and then suddenly) swooped and descended upon the | audience. —————— CAMPAIGN ISSUE FOR REPUBLICANS Change of Thanksgiving| Day May Give Party New Line for Talk WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. — New Deal Senator Guffey, of Pennsyl- vania, jokingly predicted a major political battle over President Roo- sevelt’s plan to change the date of Thanksgiving to November 23. Said Guffey: “Personally, I am in favor of the change but I have no doubt that it will he attacked by a powerful alliance of Repub- licans and Democrats financed by the Liberty League. In fact, the Thanksgiving Day change looks like it might furnish the Republi- cans with something they badly need, an issue for their 1940 cam- paign.” FEDERALS QUIT INVESTIGATION OFR. R. WRECK RENO, Nevada, Aug. 16.—Federal officials have withdrawn from in- vestigation of the wreck of the streamlined luxury train, “City of San Francisco.” The Federal Agents said that they found no evidence to support the railroad’s charges that the wreck was caused by sabotage. Meanwhile Southern Pacific of- IT'S HERE! An amazing new dflm — llm effortless to use— ‘giving faster, eas- ier, more thor- ough cleaning. Banking by Mail THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK Oldest Bank in Alaska JUNEAU Zealand, Philippine | | | i s « €00 K—A $1,000 prize winner in final “cook-off” at world’s poultry congress, Cleveland, was Mrs. Homer Hixson of Gains- ville, Fla, shown with - prize dessert, a fruit roll. ficials insisted on the theory and announced that they would continue | to try to find the wrecker. .- EXPORTS FROM U. §. HIT LOWEST LEVEL | WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — The Bureau of Foreign Commerce esti- | mates that exports of United States | cotton have hit the lowest level in | 60 years. A fiscal year ending two | weeks ago marked about 3,400,000 | bales of cotton shipped abroad com- pared with five and one-half mil- | lion bales exported the previous year. A slump in British cotton pur- chases was held largely responsible for the decline. SCHOOL BELLS, SUMMER TIME MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 16.—Florida’s strawberry schools have opened for the 1939-40 season. The chief of them is Turkey Creek High School in the rich strawberry section east of Tampa. They are public schools in wide- ly-separated sections of Florida’s winter vegetable and fruit counties that hold classes most of the sum- mer so they can let the pupils out to help with the crops in the rush Jan- uary, February and March harvest season. Even in the bean and tomato sec- tions, they're called strawberry schools because they started in the Hillsborough and Polk county sec- tions between Tampa and Lakeland where strawberries provide the chief winter crop. Commencement comes at Christ- mas time. —— e Empire classifieds pay. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER ALASKA DOUGLAS . 4 o e