The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 10, 1940, Page 8

win and the 3,1088-ton steamer Clintonia. The German plane that was shot the Firth of ish quotation of Alaska Juneau mine planes. Nazi High Command Ad- cicteion of A o ean Can .o H 114 3/4, American Power and Light ifs One P'ane ShO' 1%. Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem Steel | the 8,082-ton freighter Port Dar-] pursuit l Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK. Feb. 10. — Closing Down by BmlSh 77%, Commonwealth and South- ern 1'4, Curtiss Wright 10%, Gen- eral Motors 54%, International Har- he German gociar .., Kennecott 36 4 i at SIX | york Centr iicabled yes- 8%, United 8 bing planes in gaq7 admitted t DOW, JONES AVERAG todav's Dow industrials 148.84, utilities 2 The followiig are Jones averages rails 31.27. bombing pl ich the Germans ve bombed included BOB LYNG, NOME OLDTIMER, DIES IN DA[ANER IN' CALIFORNIA French Chamber of Depu- Uncle of Howard Lyng Was ties Votes Unanimous- Original Staker of ly for Premier Dexter Freek PARIS, Feb. 10.—The Beb Lyng, early pioneer of Nome, of Deputies late today died last week in San Francisco at 3 age of 71, according to wor b ceived here by his nephew, Howard Lyng, Speaker of the Territorial House of Representatives. 3 elder Lyng first came to Al- in 1892, settling at Sand Point. He went to St. Michael in 1896, Daw: son in '97 and Nome a year later. He was one of the original stakers cf Dexter Creek at Nome' on No- vember 28, 1898, With his brother, R. T. Lyng. fa- ther of the Representative, Bob Lyng installed and operated the old Moonlight waterworks, which is - still in operation at Nome. ' VATICAN CITY, Italy, Feb. 10.— Howard Lyng is leaving for the CONFIDENCE Chamber voted un- onfidence in Premier Da- the war o “conduct the unit vote was gi problems and found highly satisf Pope Prays !ori Pegg in Orient Sold in Juneau Exclusively The Pope made an unprecedented States on the Mt. McKinley to help |appearance at St. Peters today in a settle the estate. | Pontifical mass commemorating the —_———-——— first anniversary of the death of his predeecessor. | hopes that Japan’s war in China iy A Be Holiday | D b’, P E R C Y ° S | SPENCER BRINGS IN For Some CARGO OF BLACK COD Y The halibut boat Spencer, Capt. Monday will be a Territorial holi- P““NE 94 Russ Elliott, brought in 14,500 day observed by half of Juneau. pounds of black cod to the Ju Territorial offices, including the Cold Storage yesterday, receiving courts, Territorial and Federal, will 3.25 cents a pound for the cargo. be closed. Banks will also be closed. N peramecoeer —~———= Unemployment Compensation claims which ordinarily are made on Mon- days to the Territorial Employment Office, must be taken in Tuesday. Schools will not close and the Post Office will be open. The Empire will print as usual. ! s ; FIREMEN’S BALLQ .\ ' ) Public Invited SEWING PARTY i MONDAY, FEB. 120 . .. ... r4 :“ yesterday afternoon at her home bz with a sewing party L Ju”eau Elks " “ll Those asked for the occasion were \ . Mesdames M. S. Whittier, Walter P. Scott, Tyra Halm, A. Feero, J. Blak “ i b B o l‘ o, ake, B usic hy——Wes Barrett Orchesira it e T b Bodding, E. Mosier, Olaf Swanson JUNEAU VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT g o enen. —————— The first head of the United ADMISSION $1.00 States Naval Academy at Annapo- lis was Franklin Buchanan in 1845. e T «| 34th Annual Proceeds Are Devoted to Improvements of Juneau’s Playgrounds. Upholstered Furnitwre ° 2-piece Suite [ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1940. | John Krugness, Andrew Rosness, | ) [ BOMBERS PLAY TAG WITH MYTHICAL FOE—out to sea over San Juan’s historic fort, El Morro (right), streak U. S. bombers of the 27th Recon- naissance squadron, as the army opens war games in Puerto Rico area. While the planes winged toward a mythical foe, ground artillery pounded away at a “foreign fleet.” Green and Wagner Honor N. Y. Leader ‘A harmonious trio at the dinner in New York to honor Thomas J. Lyons, new president of the New York State Federation of Labor. Left to right: Lyons, William Green, president of the A. F. of L., and Senator Robert F. Wagner, of New York, author of the National Labor Relations Act. EIGHT SENTENCED BY COURT; JURY MEETS TUESDAY Eight Criminal Triais Go on Calendar-Two More Indictments Eight prisoners who have pleaded | guilty to indictments brought by the ' Grand Jury were sentenced in Dis- trict Court today, the sentences | ranging fom 60 days in the Federal | jail to five years in McNeil Island | Federal penitentiary. Trial of eight others who pléaded innocent will begin Wednesday. The petit jury will report at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Two more indictments were re- turned today. Ralph Mendez Cordero larceny in a dwelling, bond being set at $1,000. Ed Austin was sentenced to six months in jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Three Contributors Benjamin Lingren was sentenced to one year, Joseph Vinson to one year and Vel Monte Morris to 60 days for contributing to the de- linquency of minors James Carpenter received a sus- pended five-year penitentiary sen- tence for burglary in a boat and store. He was paroled to a Deputy Marshal and ordered to refrain from using liquor and associating with his grandmother. Sam Jackson was sentenced to two years in McNeil Island Federal peni- tentiary for assault and battery. Albert Tucker was sentenced to 18 months in McNeil Island Federal penitentiary for assault with a dan- gerous weapon. Woman Changes Plea Mary George withdrew a previous plea of not guilty to cohabitation and entered a plea of guilty. She received a two-year suspended sen- tence and was paroled to return to Yakutat and retain custody of her two minor children. Peter Louie, who was charged along with Mrs. George, will be sentenced later. First criminal trial on the jury calendar will be that of William James, charged with contributing to is held in $2,000 bond on a charge | | of assault with a dangerous weapon. | | Roswell Edensaw is charged with GROSS ABOARD ALASKA W. D. Gross, movie picture mag- nate in Southeast Alaska, who has been south on business, is return- ing to Juneau aboard the Alaska. . - — COLLECTION SUIT | Suit was filed in District Court today by A. F. Knight against Ivan Diboff for collection of a debt and two assigned accounts. Adv. The General was not considered a Cabinet officer until cffice of Postmaster- 1829. 15% Canadian Discount B. M. Behrends Bank. First National Bank. JAPANESE MOP UP ON CHINESE SHANGHAI, Feb. 10.—Japanese Army sources claim advences have | been made in South China and that | both Japanese and Mongolian troops are “mopping up” remnants of Chin- | ese _opposition. The Japanese claim the last ef- {fort of the Chinese to recapture | Kwangsi has been broken. 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