The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 30, 1940, Page 2

2 HOSPITALS 'Rubbish (alls Fireme Behind Ban ] ALASKAN “ ESCAPED ““ Murderer William Demp- ! sy S ] sey Breaks Away from McNeil Island TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 30.—Wil- 1m Dempsey, 40, life termer in Mec- Neil TIsland Federal penitentiary entenced from Valdez, Alaska, es- < at noon today while the prison wrapped in heavy fog | Dempsey was missing after the gi sst-lunch checkup and a search of 1 are gress Asks Con propria Ir\v rU.ur L mental P'Mr"‘r 5l yards and waters surrounding he island was started immediately. X b Dempsey was given life sentence I « . Bat-|on July 10, 1920, convicted of mur- u this morn-|der, first degree. L S He has recently returned to Mc- f the wn|Neil from Leavenworth where hel had been serving part of his time. ry| His home was in Cleveland. ther’s | - t ‘l. ide CLIFERIS | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 30, 1940. HERRING | moresummonep PACKERS GRAND JURY OF 18 IMPANNELED; NEW PARTNER IN ‘McCAUL MOTORS IS ANNOUNCED R. L Davlm Purchases|ToBegin Deliberations To- morrow-Call Goes Out I for Five More | e, | Share in Well Known Juneau Garage pnorrsrf Stormy Meeting Is Held aI Seattle — Fish Bureau ! A program of expansion in per- Fr‘.ir}«'t’ll ’(il‘u):rf ‘,rulr-:;m \\r-r(-DP‘:- | sonnel, equipment and service was AMined and seated today in Dis- R I c d { today une?\o\?nrr-d rZrdu:.w;:,(.\':]‘ uict \(l'n:r:;L. Ilrnr Il;m- t‘!"ns u:l\c?‘u‘fyn‘ ound Y on emHEd ‘1 X ! the Marshal's office was instruct- ;‘f::‘;;,gc‘;?;',’;“g;. by Bobert W.| .\ " ummon five more jurors | SEATTLE, Jan, 30—Closing of | - Ll a statement| . " ond Jury is expected to Southeast Alaska herring fisheries| ssued today, Mr. Cowlng said:| ... " gdliberations tomor-|for 1940, which effects the closure| B e T ow of oil and fish meal reduction| B O AL 620 | ™ Jurors already impanneled Plants in the area criticized | by the present management, our % Anderson, Sam Feldon, |Severely today in & B o T 138 L e - | A. Glasse, Ray C. McDonald, |ducted by the United Fis .m»ruv-ns‘; tent that both personnel and Mill, Fred Orme Joseph | Unjon of the Pacific et I e || Mrs H. Skinner, J. J.| The Legislative Committee of the are to continue to femder prompi| o, ... john Walmer, all of Ju-|unlon said the reguations of the| and salisfactory service to the pub-| o ."\ ) "Dorman of Funter Bay; |Bureau of PFisherles are unfair and| lic, which was our announced de- ling. Eepeth and Mrs. CIif. |8 “slap in the face for the herring| Mr termination at the beginning. Cc rd F n of Petersburg; Mrs. Dan- industry. f‘;‘:;"‘llf I;’;L]l:‘.‘)”f;‘:“?‘;ve‘r-mf*:j‘"’“» el of Sheep Creek; James| Herring fishermen, boat captains, o resident of Juneat will wnter| Manning of Douglas; William Rei- Packers and plant operators said . > mer of Jualpa; Joe Stannard of the curtailment of the catch in| the McCaul Motor Company, as 2| cyinagof and Willilam R. Walton | Southeast Alaska has been fair,| partner and active member of the but a complete shutdown is unjus-| | i firm.” | tified nd her Speaking of his new part AT jj | S Hoarders = i B2 i g that every individual in the herring i I‘r { Eavn:ecrs Inm;}idr;} kx]mvm 1ere MAHONEY RHURNS industry, write 1ettars. of Dottt ' ide 8" beell | I O ECER SRR CC Ickes and also ask the Bureau to e s A F-ned tinuously sice 1930, and in Ju- FROM SOUIH W"H allow st least one or two piwnts! 5 Tasu for o, GTEATEE, FENNILE thot 0 to operate in Southeast Alaska for si of San Di F o Are ri tme. For the past five year TW PRISONERS o cnerete in Sou Tr 5T b y ( ime with VIENNA, Jan. 30.—Hoarding of x Timent tasid ds wel e w§ e i M 1 VAT pe e | s y sy cash is drawing punishment in this j{g‘;’::bldf‘ml‘mom bBIND e ana retu .;e f’ m‘der;r[ b ny Civilized F°°d ! TR % 7 ) Portlan % y e 3 0! ess ar easure triy & was give r hien, went, up ) Portiand "{";i' é:fi:;': capital now. absorb- | Lo "o 0 to coming to Alaska Mr. (o the States, He spent a period Poisons e 1. O. O. F. Hall. Hostc ; ba Y- Davlin had considerable expericnce of | Outside visiting in Idaho, i e M ¥ mstructor | One woimen, in whose home;pojice h the service and sales de- M na and Californi Mrs. Ma I k M' | ! < o ools, Mrs. | found 3,500 marks norminally about | ?0‘ nts “:)!imot,or com‘an(rr ' ioney \‘\‘-I;Kr:rvrrrr'r‘r‘urxgl’rr‘r"'rrrlr:r :r‘;- nioko Miner | / city.[$1,400, was given her choice of arE‘ “; t; gl ‘;a & to|bral kel . 2 4t R Public Health Engineer 300, markgtine or \# deys, n Jall.} G r\:r Davlin join (% Fwo prisoners from Southeast Al-| . After having eaten out of tin cans| d Department of Another who kept 7,450 marks in a|fave Mr. ba & g - ' 45 for six years, Allan Rennie who left ! 5 K nership and with our present!aska were brought here by the Mar- L 2 v have n apart- |safety deposit box was assessed 500 St and. relianle. mln : n Chapman, arrested at his remote Innoko Rived home re- B H where ‘marks or 25 days in jail. faeq, 8 e £ y : 4 cently for his first trip Outside in > at home to thelr many it R, G shop, J. C. Michaelson and O. ( 1 1, was charged with ob- |y it B e o g 5 é b | Peterson we are sure we can ning money under false pretenses n“‘;“m" pr‘“on‘l"’l:‘; 1:1 2;‘:39‘"" pto-, i e WERA BARR FllES l" e = | e der sted at Wrangell for | “p. e was back in Alaska today M. Niemi eul RS (OME '?;'WK prompt and efficient service. tisorderly conduct, was frioved here . o oo v the Westard o the Al | Mrs. Niemi Mr. Cowling stated he would tecause i} angell jail is to be | T : P = ket FROM TRIP BELOW he will visit the headquarters of o below Ophir and 460 miles above e T the Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, C H e o et e 3 Murs, Tonr Dyer retured sler and Hudson auto comp: A“G -15143 May Hideaway o thE. Tecross Ho At b il = Alaska t ) s | which he represents, with a 13 vark hsiaetts A by M d M \la 1ca =t 4 y from Anchorage. His brother, Mr. and Mrs, Bd § e the fi ¢ Atin pllot L. ¥, Bart landedhere of studying the p sent m“‘*l Be Handicapped David, is the only other resident of 3 : v afternoon from the In- both cars and trucks. He wi Rardie’ i Mrs, George Alf o z e 3 ennie’s Landing. of the affair a l e’ terior mining camp with six pas- examine new garage equipment !'fl l.IS (0“!95' | The Rennies have a placer opera- L il ) he sengers aboard, two from Tulse- facilitles which the firm contom ton on thie St o dni atie kuts ko5 o 1 h quah ; £ plates installing in their expansion A ondh e attorneys be hati H Tew madhuu% at the Landing. (s A8 W to Inbound were Al Reid, Bob Reid, program. & Jo the jias Club com-} - o WILLIAMSON OMF Ténne Grant Steele and Jim White, all — miners from Atlin going to Van- couver, From Tulsequah, Barr brought in J. McCallum, bookkeep- er who is going Outside, and Ed Marshall, office head who will £ take a vacation. 4 ci CLE > Tomorrow, Barr will return to ¥ Atlin, chartered by Mr. and Mrs. Vietor Plumb, Plumb is a driller with Walter Johnson on Oftter Creck. He and his wife are taking a plane load of household furnish- ith r'm‘m to Atlin. OHAH CANNERY HEAD COMES IN Frank Wright, Superintendent of Icy Straits Packing Company, at Hoonah, came in on the steamer Alaska from Seattle. Wright is a guest at the Gas- tineau Hotel and will be going out F: 8 A “M’a HY rediness for the seasom, o SR VETERAN JUDGE RETURNING HOME Fifteen years in the States'is too| long away from Alaska in the opin- ion of veteran Judge E. E. Ritchie. Judge Ritchie, formerly on the/ Federal bench at Valdez, is re-| turning to his old stamping grounds |aboard the steamer Alaska -after once quitting the Territory, but finding the call of the North too {much for him. D ELOFTUS RETURNS r FROM INSPECTION, | Dr. Jules ‘B. Loftus, “Territoridl | Veterinarian and Director of the | Petersburg Experimental Pur Farm, |arrived on the Mount MecKinley from the Westward. | Dr. Loftus has been making a tour lof dairies -through the Territory and will spend a few days in Ju- neau on mspect.tm work. ———e \GAUCHOS PERFORM FOR ROTARY (LUB, The Gauehos, a High smooiatflng ’ quartet, performed at today’s Juneau Rotary Club luncheon to advertise the High School Concert which is to | | be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Members of the Gauchos are Jack Glassé, Douglas Gregg, Laura Jean | Clithero and Sylvia Davis. | Lawrence Freeburn of Sitka was| a guest at the meeting. | | [MODES. ey v o o r\rOMEl\rT | Advelaide Kery { | S BOGGAN ON ALASKA | Garland Boggan, well known Ju- ] neau hardwood floor-layer, re- turned here on the steamer Alaska after spending several weeks ln E the States on business. -ee - 7 MRS. ROUZE BACK 1 Returning on the Alaska, Mrs. | Frank Rouze is back in Juneau fol- »w Manhattanites are wearing bed jackets to mateh their night- ‘lowing a several weeks' visit in At the Elks Club Wedn SITKA WOMA N vnnie was made to chairman | JJM BOYLE 1§ by other entrants ARRIVAL TODAY James Boyle, . Union Oil's Ri- MARRIES SEATTLE .1 07 e w car- to whom lying Another deve 1 mere pastime. spment Edward Lawrence McGuern, Se- attle workman who is employed on | the Sitka airbase project, was mar- oy ried here today by U. S. Commis-| Burns had sioner Felix Gray to Josephine Lino. competition to give who arrived from Seattle this morn- e nts a chance ing on the North Coast. Cash Cole joined the r: Attendants at the ceremony were entrants today Miss Mona Pederson and Arthur -~oa m:x?::ltrv‘l.cGuer:h are leaving on tthei HQEE DEMO(RAIS North Coast tonight for Sitka | F“.E To DA v FOR TERR. LEGISLATURE - > William T MOVIES ENJOYED withdrawn from the AT JIGGS DINNER John MecCormick, Dc as and Crystal to Hoonah soon to get things in wyjjqlife motion pictures of the Al- all Democrats, filed declarations of = (BilD aska Game Commission were shown |candidacy for the Territorial House at the American Legion Dugout|of Representatives today with the last night by Trevor Davis to a|Clerk of the District Court. | Jiggs Dinner audience nick was a Representative Frank Metcalf recited “Dan Mc-|to the 1939 Legislature. Mrs. Jenne Grew” as a feature of the program. | was a candidate for the Territorial .- Try an Emmrc ad. |r te two years ago. Douglas for- operated a tavern here. o g . g, i AT S RAEDER CHECKS UP—Back of the Nazis' strategic maneuvering in the great tug-of-war for naval control between the Allies and Germany is the commander of the German navy, Admiral Erich Raeder, shown above after recent inspection of 3 Nazi naval vessel. Germany is using underseas craft as well as \yobes.. This one has chosen a sheer nightrobe and warmly quilted Jacket—both made of pastel pink sili crepe printed in blue notes. xthe States, airplanes to cripple Allied shipping. A 4 visi 3 contest with we today was ncement by Ward that Bob the rest of the ision Superintendent in Southeast Alaska, came in on the steamer Alaska today from the south. Boyle has been Outside since No- vember and will remain in Ju- neau a week in connection with company business before making anks of the|® trip south again to San Fran- crsco. 'PETERSBURG PEACE r OFFICERS IN TOWN Deputy U. 8. Marshal Chris Chris- tensen and City Police Officer Cliff |Fenn of Petersburg arrived here today with a prisoner, Orville V. Chapman, who has been bound over to the Grand Jury on a charge of grand larceny. - PEEPING TOM 1 ' PLEADS GUILTY George Chickering acused of being a “Peeping Tom,” today pleaded | guilty in U. S. Commissioner's Court to a charge of disoderly conduct arising from the incident. Sentence was withheld. - oo BLACKERBY LEAVING | ON WESTWARD TRIP Alvin Blar‘kerbs CCC Educational | Director connected with the Re- gional Office of the Forest Sevice, | is leaving for the Westward tonight ' on the Alaska for a six weeks’ trip | to Cordova, Seward, Anchorage and ! Fairbanks in connection with CCC | training actxvities | -~ L'\VENIK BACK Martin Lavenik, of the Postoffice staff, was an inbound passenger on the steamer Alaska. Lavenik has been south on menth’s vacation. C e e RETURN HOME a Mrs. J. C. Molyneux and her| daughter Joan returned on the Al- aska after a trip to the States. . e g FOSS, WIFE RETURN Harold Foss, architeet, returned toJuneau on the steamer North Coast following a brief business trip to the States. He was accom- | panied by Mrs. Foss, $ A SO “GINEER RETURNS .l A. E. Glover, Regional Engineer in the U. S. Forest Service, returned today from an inspection of Forest Service projects at Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake. Try an Empire ad. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER the U. (By S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 2 Increasing cloudiness tonight; cloudy Wednesday. Minimun erature tonight about 32 degrees. Gentle to moderate southeasterly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Cloudy tonight and Wednesday Moderate southeast- the coast Wednesday except light rain alor erly wind except moderate to fresh over sounds and straits and changeable over Lynn Canal Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alask Winds from Dixon E e to Yakutat moderate to fresh sout easterly and from Yakutat to Kodiak fresh to strong east and sc easterly LOCAL DATA rme paromerer Temo Humidity wina Velocity Weathes 3:30 p.m. yesty 30.10 16 73 ENE 15 Rain 3:30 a.m. today 30.04 40 87 Calm 0 Cloudy Noon toda y 20.99 43 9 w 2 Clear RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:3Cam Station last 24 hours | temp. temp 24 hours Weather Anchorage 26 20 21 1y Barrow -24 0 Nome -29 0 Bethel -24 0 Fairbanks 2 -20 0 Cloudy St. Paul 1 | 1 0 Clear Dutch Harbor . 34 30 G Cloudy Kodiak 41 41 111 Cordova 45 45 1.60 Juneau 18 10 27 Cloudy Sitka 53 10 Ketchikan 50 40 .01 Clear Seattle 58 44 0 Cloudy Portland 57 41 0 Cloudy San Fr > . 67 | 54 0 Cloudy WEATHEK SYNOPSIS A disturbance of moderate intensity, that app to be mov- ing northward, w centered this morning about six hundred miles south of Kodiak with central pressure of 28.70 inches. A trough of low pressure extends from the Gulf of Alaska northeastwar to the upper Yukon Territory, while high pressure lies over t west portion of Alaska. Temperatures continued above norr over Southeast Alaska and temperatures were colder this morning over Western Alaska. Moderate to heavy rain fell over the Cor- dova and Kodiak area and ligh to moderate snow over Fairbank and Anchorage. Juneau, Jan. 31.—Sunrise, 8:09 a.m.; su 4:19 p.m They Don’t Want a Union Employes of the Endieott-Johnson Shoe Corporation, Binghamton, N. Y., congratulate Charles F. Johnson, Jr., vice-president, after it was an- nounced that a poll of workers had crushed attempts by the C, I. O. and A. F. of L. to unionize them. The vote showed 1,612 for the A, F. of I ; 1,079 for the C. L O., and 12,693 agarnst any unionization whabevcr Seek to End Croppers Phght First ceoperative el lort by landowners, sharecroppers, Federal and State officials to alleviate distress of poor whites and Negroes, pushed off their land (as pictured at top) by the tractor invasion of the South began through an initiative of Governor Stark (bottom, right) of Mis- souri. Representatives of all interested parties were called to con- ference in Washington as 1,500 Missouri families received eviction notices again this year. Owen H. Whitfield (bottom, left) organizer of last year’s demonstration, and now vice-presdent of the cannery workers, was selected as one of the cropper’s principal spokgesmen. There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising =i