The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1940, Page 2

s THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940. BODY FOUND IN WOODS HERE = The body lay 100 yards from the the bones. {Cape Horn road some 200 yards Teeth Are Clue above the junction with the Basin| The body’s teeth were in excel- Road. The distance from the Fed- lent condition, all being strong | eral Building is about a mile and and sound except two which Wwere a quarter by road lmkod by a gold bridge. These were Stretcheé out at full length the in the upper right jaw. One of th-‘ wkelmon measured 66 inches long.'teeth is capped by a massive w»m‘ TRAGEDY OF |1t was almost entirely covered by filling. ! | leaves, moss and vegetable humus.! Investigation of the remains Is \Nu flesh remained. A portion of continuing, though little hope is | the skull and the toes of the shoes held that more information on the | protruded above the forest (ru\‘(-x-‘l|mw-d,/ can be obtained at this Is Belief - Suicide ":;20,:;,; :,:‘ ,“;:::,d ;.::, ::f::;i ( I.D | boys' camp site was found. | skeleton of an Aified man, presumably al licide, was discovered yesterday | car the Cape Horn road above Gold Creek. Estimated by Deputy U | Walter Hellan to have d at least five years and Pistol at Side arms of the skeleton lay at and at the place where hand would be, the of- rusted .38 calibre s"ow Hl's‘ Colts automatic pistol No bullet hole was found in |.h(' H S Sl s s ke A e o 3, [TONKIH Weather Sweeps. [ountry Seven Die in Severe Wave | Press) shelter of a large rock | wiatlet. | The remains were zmcovvm., The pistol is being soaked in about noon yesterday by John O:- | kerosene to remove the rust s0, borne, Public Roads A(lmlmstu-‘m“ the chamber can be opened | tion Foreman, who was looking for|to determine whether any bullets| building rock for use in surfacing | were missing from the clip. By A--e the Cape Horn road. | The dead man wore heavy wool-| Vlrtuglly all of the United Sl:u,eT Investigation On | en pants, a heavy mackinaw which A4St f’;;hc R:wky Mtcunwh; . > Osbornie brought a bone-filled | probably was green in color, shoes €Xperiencing emperatures | it ) hat, freezing almost to the Gulf Coast, choe to the Marshal's office. Hel-|size about 7% and a gray ha . | g 3. C issioner i ere all that While 100-degree temperature lan and U, S. Commissioner Felix | The shoes and hat were al b V. 3 ot ew | . hoe broiled the southern Pacific slope Gray returned to view the find|could be recovered mmcl One shoe ) B 49 5 He in a premature heat wave today. and later summoned other offi-|has a patch on the ers for an investigation | several coins were At least seven deaths are charged i sl to the wintry flareback and a blan- ket of snow is spread from one to five inches deep from Indiana to North Carolina. |9 mouldering The The its sides, the right ficers found a S. Mar- | been | pos skele- in the !ound under un|mmlm|||mmmn||uumum|i||||uuummuumuuuuumuuluuumul Hollywood Sights And Sounds ——————By Robbin Coon: HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 13.—“REBECCA.” Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood, Joam Harrison from adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan of Daphne du Maurier's novel. | Directed by Alfred Hitceck. Principals: Laurence Olivier, Joan | Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Reginald | Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Melville | Cooper. WORKONP.R.A. | WAREHOUSE WiLL RESUME MONDAY R. J. Sommers Contrad Is fo Be Completed by | Mid-July | Work on construction of the Public Roads Administration equipment depot and warehouse on Glacier i || Highway at the city limits will be and David O. Selnick must have known |§ Lecumed Monday, according to an it for he picked that man in Hitchcock, the master of screen || announcement today. mystery and of psychological melodrama. ‘“Rebecca” measures | The R. J. Sommers Construcuon\ up as one of Hitchcock’s finest works, and in so doing scatters Company holds the contract and l’mt1 Jaurels upon all heads connected with the production. up the metal frame of the bulldinxl last fall. The $85000 job will be complcted by nud-July The novel “Rebecca” was distinguished from other mystery melodramas by its haunting projection of a dead woman’s in- | fluence on the lives of her widower and his new bride. It was a tale of sinister atmosphere and suspense, tense and explosive, rich in potent climaxes and intriguing in its solution. | To make a picture director in this country, of this material was a job for only one Tt is a faithful transcription of the movel, except in one in- stance which is an improvement, and it weaves a strangely fascinating spell. pening with the heroine’s atmospheric narra- tive and scenes of the desolated Manderley castle, the story begins immediately to build suspense and mystery. Almost from the first, } 4 Hallbu'ers the character of Rebecca, the “heroine” who never appears, be- gins building likewise. It is a portrait that is fully rounded out | S only near the end—but to discuss that would be unfair to mystery | e e lovers who haven't read the book. ! 7 oot Joan Fontaine, who used to be just “Olivia De Havilland's ATTLE, April 13. — Halibuters: selling today are as follows: From the western banks—Varsee 40,000 pounds, 9% and 8 3/4 cents a pound; Nordic 33,000 pounds, 8% and 9 cents; Nordby 36,000 pounds, 9% and 8 3/4 cents. From the local bm:ks-Pershmd Hlm(} pounds, 10 and 9 cents. | TENAKEE CANAL » - receptioa charming hostessess glve | thougrtful guests who bring gifts of deliclous iR, Perey’s | — . PROJECT RULED 'Z/an@jzi‘ exclusively | n§ UNNECESSARY. VAN DUYN CHOCOLATE SHOPS 2 B 5 WASHINGTON, April 13—Army ‘Pngineers reported to Congress to- day that no justification exists at this time for construction of aj navigable waterway connecting Tenakee Inlet and Port Frederick on Chichagof Island in Southeast sister,” crashes through with a memorable performance as the bewildered, frightened bride fighting a memory, and there should be no question now of her stellart rating She overshadows Olivier until he steps out finally in the long, actor-testing “confession scene,” but this is not to say his work is ever less than excelent. Alaska. Miss Anderson’s Mrs. Danvers the housekeeper fanatically devoted || Local interests had requested con- to the late Rebecca, is the other acting triumph, but Florence |[|Struction of a deep canal for the Bates and Reginald Denny—and the others in their less important use of ‘smalliRoler WOk niches—are perfect casting. The film's major fault, perhaps in. | evitable, is its length—two hours and seven minutes, which is a MOOSE B ASEBALL g bit wearing toward the end. Starting off the baseball Mj “IT'S A DATE.” Screenplay by Norman Krasna from story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner and Ralph Block. Directed by William A. Seiter. Principals: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Bugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson, Cecilia Loftus, Samuel S. Hinds, Lewis Howard, S. Z. Sakall, Fritz Feld, Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiians. |with a social touch, highlight of G P entertainment in town tonight will | This is another rave—but can I help it if Hollywood insists be the annual Moose baseball dance on making some good pictures? at the Elks' ballroom. Here is Deanna Durbin grown up—almost—and she's as Dancing will start at 10 o'clock charming and pretty a young woman as she was a child. She's and the public is cordially invited| become a sparkling actress besides. She is cast as the aspiring to attend. actress-daughter of a stage star (Francis) who wins a choice role and tries to give it up when she learns her mother is Glm m‘i courting on it. That part has a heart-tugging quality, but most J of the way “It's a Date” is light-hearted, human comedy, studded I with amusing situations and bright, often hilarious lines. | — Kay Francis is a treat as the mamma, and Cecilia Loatus, as ||| Arthur E. Glover, ‘new Assayer her’ eompamun. puts In some telling strokes, The new contin- for the Territorial Department of ental actor, Sakall, is likeable — and that goes for the whole Mines, and Mrs. Glover were to leave on the steamer Baranof to- day enroute to Fafrbanks, where Glover will be stationed. They shebang. It's a grouch-erasing picture, a happy production fo every- |have been in Juneau for the past four ‘days. body in it, 'and for audiences most of all. AU Three Pass 'Lynch, Baes and Paul Will nov, John W. Dudley, K. B. Stev- |ens, Nick Millich, Mrs. V. J. Sex- e | ton. Tickets are now on sale for th Miss P. Beardslee, Miss Rae Win- Evinrude self-starting 2 - horse | 'CLAIMS STAKED NEW TRIAL ASKED Local Bar Examination Outing Today in Evergreen Bowl Fifty students from the primary | Answer Oral Question- ing on Saturday Three of the four who recently department of the Northern Light took bar examinations here have Presbyterian Church enjoyed an pu:,sed according to an entry in the outing this afternoon in Evergreen | minutes of District Court today. Bowl Successful candidates are Michael | Games and picnic refreshments Lynch, Harold H. Bates and William | were features of the occasion. Mrs L. Paul, Jr. |Jonn A. Glasse and her teachers The applicants will undergo o chaperoned the festivities. | questioning in court here next Sat- - | urday. Another examination is to be giv- jen in June YUKON HAS Mrs. Faulkner fo - Be Speaker for - Norwomen Dinner, | in Florida” “Points of Interest | will discussed Mrs. H L.| Faulkner at Thursday evening's| 7 i Norwomen dinner, | The affair will be held at 6 o'-| Ao 4 . clock in the Parlors of the North-| | ern Light Presbyterian Church and ! reservations will be received at 373. be by SEATTLE, April 13. — Steamcr Yukon sailed for Alaska ports at v'cleck this morning Wwith 385 passéngers aboard including 152 Motor DISp!ayed : Passengers booked for Juneau in-| . | At Fred Hennings| clude Nels Wickstrom, Nina Ze:-| power motor, which will be award- | ed by the American Legion Aux-| Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Brown, Milt iliary at their dance on May 4 Munter, Q. S. Tracy, Henry Me- The motor is on display in the | ganrd, Frank Dewree, Ethel Jen- Window of the Fred Henning store.| ters, K. McNichol, Esther Flemin; | Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Walder. nison. | Juneauites are alm urged to keep in mind the ary public card party which will| ' be held Apnl 19 at the Dugout. \ R AT GLACIER; NO | Herbert Hilscher VALIDITY,RULING Isto Addressthe | Recreational Areas Closed NOflIfemen Tues. fo Mine Entry, Says | siervert smisscher tree tance writ-| Leqal Opini will be guest speaker at Tues-| egal Upinion night's meeting of the Noi ‘lnem(\n. His subject will be “Mal Recreational areas on National riage Customs of Japan.” Forest land are not open to filing' Ladies night, which is an an- of mineral claims, according to an nual custom observed at the last opinion received here by the Re- meeting of the season, will gather glonal Office of the Forest Service together members and their lady from the Solicitor’s Office of the guests at a 6:30 o'clock dinner Department of Agriculture in the Parlors of the Northern Three claims had been staked re- Light Presbyterian Church. Th cently by Juneau men on ground |menu will be prepared by Mis around the registration booth at Katherine Hooker. Mendenhall Glacier. Stanley Tollofsen, violinist, ac- The Forest Service has written companied by Miss Gene Rulaford letters to the claim stakers noti- at the piano, will provide musical ‘o\ fying them of the ruling | entertainment for the occasion e { Community singing will also be featured. SENTENCE T0 BE PASSED MONDAY | ON. 10 PERSONS ‘Sentence is to be passed Monday by Judge George F. Alexander on 10 persons convicted at this term of court. ‘Those to be sentenced are Orvis Finzell, Peter Louie, Mary George, John Ronning, Ralph Cordero, Ros- well Edenshaw, William Albert, Reservations may be made until| Monday night by calling 373. R Ornithological Society to Trek The Ornithological Society of | Alaska will have its first field Lrnu tomorrow. All interested in bird | lore are invited to take part in the trek. Individuals will meet at 8 o'clock | IN GROSS LAWSUIT|* Motion for & new trial of the suit of Electrical Research Products In- corporated against W. D. Gross was | filea in District Court this morning s by R. E. Robertson on behalf of the | corporation. A jury ‘yesterday returned a ver- Clayton Dent, John Adams, Evelyn Misoff nnd Norma Hues in the morning at the Baranof and | will then gather at the Wellman Louisa at 9 o'clock. 15 CLOSED, WARNS S e The hunting season is closed at present on everything but bear, ro_x FARM us[ warned today. A number of hunters have been! Fred and Grace Bahovic have won grouse. The season on this bird{from Ed A. Snyder, who has been has been closed since the end of operating a fox farm at Warm the Bahovics. ‘The judgment allows the Bahovics stock and 30 percent of the increase. S e Herbert Hilscher free lance writ- mumu& Holbrook summer home at Point the Alaska Game Commission Teported recently to be out stalking|a judgment in District Court here February. Springs Bay formerly belonging to to recover their original breeding er, came in on the Baranof this dict awarding Gross $55,194.05. The case has now been tried three times. ————— FOREST BOATS The launch Forester returned to Juneau yesterday from Pelican City. The Ranger IX left Sitka yes- terday and will be in Juneau in about a week, afternoon to spend a few days here before going on into the Interior to become a sourdough. Hilscher, who tries to make an annual visit to the Territory to gath- er material for his writings, says he wants to see the ice go out—thereby completing the requirements for be- coming a sourdugh. LATEST WAR BULLETINS; SEVEN NAZI DESTROYERS SUNK ALSO 1 TRANSPORT BULLETIN — LONDON — Lead by the great battleship Warsprite, the British North Fleet penetrated the Fjord at Narvik this afternoon and sank seven German destroyers .The Admiralty also amnounced that the German soldiers at Varnik have fled over the hills. BULLETIN — A German transport near Haguesand has been sunk by the Norwegian de- stroy g which first took off the seamen and turned them over to the British as prisoners. BULLETIN—BERLIN. —Two British cubmarines have been or - sunk in the North Sea by G man planes which surpr them as they came to the cur- face. It is also announced that the German Air Force lost five planes yesterday in a bitter air battle over Bergen, revis- ing the list previously stating that only two planes were downed. BULLETIN—BERLIN — The High Command again claims that the British heavy cruiser York has been sunk in North Sea n 1 action with heavy loss of life despite British de- nials, TO EXTRADITE MANTO ALASKA, ANSWER CHARGE wwon wssi | John Gordon Miller in Cus- tody in South-Want- ed at Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 13 _District Attorney Ralph Rivers id he will seek to extradite John Gordon Miller, now in custody at Bellmglmm Wash., to face a grand ury here on charges of alleged Hul)czzll'mrlll of $2,000 from local accountant, John Kelly. Miller was arrested at Vancou- ver, B. C. last Wednesday whea he arrived there from Alaska on the Princess Norah, The police said he had $1,000 in cash when ar- rested, Miller agreed to go to Bellingham and was turned over to United States Federal authori- - - LAST SHRINE DANCE WILL BE TONIGHT Last Shrine dance of the season will be an event of this evening at the Scottish Rite Temple. The af- fair is both formal and invitational. Music will be provided by Klondy Dufresne and her orchestra. Ar- rangements are under the super- vision of Lance Hendrickson, Victor Ross and J. W. Leivers. Before the dance, Shriners and their ladies will gather at Percy’s Cafe at a 7:30 o'clock dinner. Many other pre-dance affairs are also planned SEVEN SUITS DISMISSED AS DOCKET CALLED Seven lawsuits were dismissed and three set for trial as the docket was called in District Court today. The docket contained 43 cases. The suit of the Unemployment Compensation Commission against Juneau Dairies was set for hearing next Friday; Gloria Engel versus Wwilliam Engel, next Saturday, and Lena Perelle versus Sam Depcevich, next Saturday. Suits dismissed were as follows: Maud Anderson against Andy Ander- son; Chichagof Nickel Company vs. S. H. P. Vevelstad et al; ‘Waynor versus Chris Gronseth; Rex ‘Hall versus Laura M. Hall; Shirley George versus the Town of Sitka et al; Carl Floridan versus Dorothea E. Floridan; Leona Bowling versus William Bowling. ————,————— STORMS TAKING TRIP SOUTH ABOARD ALASKA Mark Storms is sailing south on the steamer Alaska for a several weeks vacation trip in the States. Storms plans to travel east and also to California before erturning. | Charles | U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3 temperature; gentle variable winds. much change 35 degrees; Cloudy, not night, about in Forecast for Southeast Alaska: 3:30 p.m., April minimum temperature to- Cloudy tonight and unday ex- cept probably preceded by showers in the extreme southeast portion tonight; ing winds variable over Forecast of winas mostly westerly Lynn Canal. skies mos mal and partly clou flES JEFFREY is BACK FROM TRIP Mrs. Ann ' Jeffrey, wife: of the sopular Deptuy Wild Life Agent, Jack Jeffrey, returned on the Bar- wof today from Petersburg. Mrs. Jeffrey went to the Wran- sell Narrows metropolis a few days ago for a trip with her husband, who went on patrol work there and vill be home shortly. - COMMANDER (RONIN 15 GOING SOUTH NEXT WEEK FOR SEA DUTY Commander Joseph Cronin, in charge of the Japonski Island Na- val base, will come through Ju- neau on the next Northland ves- el from Sitka bound for the States o join the aircraft carrier Sara- toga for four years’ sea duty. i - > CLEANERS SPORTING | NEW TRUCK TODAY; STREAMLINE AFFAIR Triangle Cleaners are sporting the | fanciest thing in delivery trucks oday. ‘ The new truck, a Plymouth, was purchased through McCaul Motors a1ere, and is a beautifully stream- | lined model. ——te——— SHELL FLIES Shell Simmons went out to Sitka | this morning and brought in R. L. | Bernard, Keith Wildes and N. R.| Walker in the Fairchild going right out again on an island flght, taking Rude Wuno to Tennkee DO NOT FAIL TO SEE BRIGGS Tub with safety: bottom higher than white. not much change in temperature; tonight becoming Moderate to he: | was MODERNIZING? than ordinary recess tub. gentle to moderate shift- southerly Sunday, but along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate westerly winds tonight, shifting to southerly Sunday from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook; and moderate east and southeast from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 1¢mp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 3:30 p.m. yest'y 51 72 ssw 2 Cloudy 3:30 am. today 38 98 w 2 Clear Noon today 52 55, . SE 8 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY IMax. tempt. Lowest 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:30a.m. Station lasi 24 hours tem[) temp. 23 hours Weather Fairbanks 6o 35 Pt. Cldy Nome 42 32 Pt. Cldy Dawson 51 | 32 Cloud, Anchorage 53 | l(l Clear Bethel 50 | Cloudy St. Paul | Cloudy Atka | Cloudy Dutch Harbor Rain Wosnesenski Cloudy Kodiak Rain Cordova 9 Foggy Juncau 53 | Sitka 54 3 02 Clear Ketchikan 50 45 01 Rain Prince Rupert .. 51 46 244 Rain Prince George . 64 54 06 Pt. Cldy Seattle 83 51 01 Cloudy Portland 82 52 0 Cloudy San Francisco . 80 57 0 Cleay WEATHER SYNOPSIS A minor disturbance developed in the vicinity of Ketchikan and there were indications that it was moving inland. The high pres- sure area off the coast of California and Oregon has increased while the western disturbance has been weakening. Its center was lecated this moring about 500 miles south of Atka. Little change has oc- curred over the Interior of Alaska with temperatures still above nor- occurred over vy rain. an area encompassing of Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, and the coast of Washington. Juneau, April 14.—Sunrise 4:53 am. sunset 7:09 p.m, April 15—Sunrise 4:50 ain, sunset 7:11 p.m. MRS. A COPSTEAD BACK ON BARANOF Mrs. Arnold Copstead and her two children came back from Ketchikan today aboard the steamer Baranof. Mrs. Copstead, whose husband is an employee here of the Alaska FElectric Light and Power Company has been visiting in the First City with relatives for several weeks MEHERINS RETURM ON . 5. BARANOF Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mohonn came in on the Baranof this afternoon from Seattle. The well known Juneau couple have been in the Queen City for several days on a combined busi- ness and pleasure trip. - M(‘!:A(,HRA!\ BACK -aveling man N. A. McEachran an inbound passengers from Ketchikkan on the Baranof today returning to his home here. - - BAKER HERE Virgil Baker was a passenger from Petersburg, returning on the Bar- anof today. - HEISTER RETURNS Fred Heister, KINY engineer and announced, returned on the Baranof today from Petersburg where he has been for several days on radio work. B TO JOIN HUSBAND Mrs. J. L. McNamara will leave on the Baranof today to join her hus- band at Haine, where he is resident engmeer on a water system project. Beautgyware FIXTURES andseat costs no more Colors only slightly ON DISPLAY RICE & AHLERS C0. Exclusive Dealer GEORGE H. REPRESE PETERSON Democratic Candidate for NTATIVE Territorial Primaries—April 30, 1940 SITKA, ALASKA %A Square Deal For AWV ' P