The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 17, 1940, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 17, | 940. | NEW COUPLE PRESDENT AT — ARRIVES IN SERVICES FOR LATE SPEAKER QUARRELING NATIVE [$ SMAI_I_ BOAT Bankhead Funeral Closes SHOI DEAD Portland F(vJIAksiMake Long Journey to Satisfy Urge to Come North ly ciit to sea,” but for eral years desirous of seeing Al- aska. Mr, and Mrs, Edward L. Will of Portland, Ore,, put out on the downhill slops of the Willameti weekend in Lt trol To to A lis, the Fore dian Affair and ¢ heen Lhe lis" he 1 hav understand conditions in the Heuse Boat Home exp beat Lecla wh th ed to ell h that Th man Lecla wanted a house, and nobod would give him his price for h boat » we made a trade.” Down the Willamette, into the plumbia and on out into the oper pcean, the Willeses head hward At Orcas Island they stopped and visited for two weeks, and then con- tinued northward ‘'with Juneau their uitimate goal, Learning navigation as they went, the Willices didn’t run at night, but anchored instead in friendly co aleng the way. Only once did they stray off their course in a heavy fo in British mbia wate Only 1 Severe Storm Their vere storm enroute was encountered in Grenville Chan- nel in British Columb en tor- rents of rain swept dswn in a heavy wind. Four times during th m'\' the Willises pumped their craft Lucket on the after deck (“:‘m seven inches of rain in a 24-hour period “Before we got to Yucluctaw Rap- ids they tcld us to use our sparingly,” Mrs. Willis laughed “After got by there we couldn't get dry.” New Locally The Leola is a 32-foot troller which has been used for three years off the Oregon coast. Tt's trolling pole rig is puzzlir trollers whe have not had experien with that many lines on one craft. Powered with an Atlas gas engine. the Leola, a trim trunk cabin craft that sleeps is now moored at the small harbor, strangely boa encugh, just behind the Satko Ark the craft which only short time ago also brought new via the of Juneau a residents to Alaska Parsaze Today Mr. and Mrs. Willis were pushing wheelbarrow loads of gro- ceries from their boat to a home they have rented on West Eighth Street, having decided, at least tem- ASTATEMENT BY GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. “WE BELIEVE the 1940 G-E Refrigerator to be the finest product of its kind Inside | All Doors in Home Town of Jasper JASPER, Ala,, s;w 17~Prasident Rocsevelt arrived here by train to- (day to attend the funeral of the late “peal Representa- of the closed eir dc f o I of Bankhead since the turn of the cen- tury when he and brother, Sen- John E: 1, opened w of- ices here M list | D L1 VizDenald read th and in- erment was in Oakhill Cemetery, in a family burial plot .. > WEMHER MAN RESIGNS JOB AT FAIRBANKS ly assigned to office of the " ather Bureau H d th it o the Aleu- n last ni hi vife and! « returnir [ Peor healt ed to re- I'nquish his duties only a week after he had arrived in Fairbank In leaving es recommended eppointment of O Kenneth Ander- on to fill the job. Ande had \nun in charge of the Fairbanks "“ | Bureau for the past two years - | ANCHORAGE LAB READY TO WORK, SAYS EVELAND y Department The ne of Health laboratc at Anchorage is r y for business, ding to Wa Eveland, Direct of t Div; | of Public Health Laboratories Territorial Department of Health Eveland returned last night on the steamer Aleutian | Scme equipment is still being awaited at the la atery. Frank P.| Pauls, formerly of Juneau, is in harge. porarily, to make Juneau their > | hom Their twe dogs—which the Willises imous in calling “just seem to accept Juneau, and were busy getting posted in their new Ssurro inzs today while Mr. and M: Willis settled themselves for the winter. From the > of the Leola’s gro- cery months of suppli the es are definitely here awhile. stay “If T don't go to work some place here,” Willis said, “we can always go nz. It'1l be new stuff, but we do have that to fal back on.” -+ Empire Classifieds Pay! ever offered to the American public —one that will cost you less to own than any other refrigerator you could buy ot any price.” GENERAL v ¢ ELECTRIC A Better G-E: Refrigerator For Less Money Than Ever vith CONDITIONED AIR Controlled humidity and tem- perature, and constant circula- tion of clean, sweet, freshened air. Keeps foods fresher longer! ALASKA ELE ND PO ' sen, ’ Post Chaplain; Claude C. Carnegie, F {85 3/4, Pound MM Willie Horton Is Held for Death of Willie Mills at Excursion Inlet . Before Willie a roomful of withesses, Horton, 47, shot and killed Willic Mills, 26, at Excursion Inlet yest ay, according to Deputy U. S, Marshal Walter Hellan, who flew to Hoonah this morning to investigate the death. A moment after killing Mills, Hor- ton aimed a rifle at his own head | and on “the third shot blasted away his lower jaw. He was brought by plane today to Juneau and is a pa- tient at the Government Hospital, where he is expected to recover. ie shooting occurred in Horton's home near the Ex¢ursion Inlet pan- nery at about 7 o'clock yesterday moruing. Fhe natives, who had been drinking, quarreled, allegedly over a | woman. An indecisive fist fight end- | ed when Horton seized a_30-30 rierJ and firéd four shots at Mills, . " | Shot ’l‘hmu(h Heart Evidently intending only to fright- ‘ en Mills, Horton' fired aver Him with the first three shots, but put the | fourth through his heart. ' Mills died instantly. Horton then grabbed a 30-40 rifle | and shot himself. A number of other natives were | present durng the quarrel and gun- | play. Loses Consciousness | Horton lost consciousness for a | time, but when he came to, arose, | got, a towel, put it to his bleeding face and went upstdirs. He wrote several brief notes and then ldy down. Later in the day, the cannery boat Frisco, Capt. Frank Wilson, took Mills' body and Horton to Hoonah, arriving last night. Hellan and Assistant U. S. Attor- ney Lynn J. Gemmill flew to Hoon- ah this morning. Gemmill remained there to interview witnesses, An inquest was to be held at| Hoonah Loday | FRANK METCALF IS ELECTED LEGION POST COMMANDER Frank Metcalf was elected ‘ Pmt Commander of Alford John Brad- ford Post of the American Legion last night. He succeds George Gul- lufsen. Installation will be Septem- | ber 30. | Others elected last night were: Dave Davenport, First Vice-Com- | mander; Fred Cameron, Second Vice-Commander; George Gulluf- Post Adjutant; Bert Lybeck, Sergeant-at-Arms; Homer Nordllng, Post Historian} W. O, Johnson, Gus | Skinner ‘and Ernest M. Polley, Post Executive Committee. At the September 30 installation meeting the post will be host to the '\ux)lmy STOCK OUOIAIIONS e NEW ‘YORK, Sept. 17, — m&.\ig | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 4 3/4, American Can 7', Anaconda 21 7/8, Bethlehem | Steel 78 3/8, Commonwennh and | Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 7 7/8, | General Motors 48, Internaticnal Hmthor 4%, Kennu:qtt 28 3/4, Nm York Central 14%, Nor(hem Pacific 7 1/4, United S}nts ‘Steel DOwW, JONES The. lollam “are erages; . industrials | , 13043, 'lLAllesPfl” rhh‘nfi - !;lumas today's ' Dow, i Pay is Q'Connor’s lMoumuc Dove $dn Jree ‘Atr oint Louisa rare but up residence in a tree at Paint Lou- isa. Wellman Holbrook noticed the blrd first last Saturday and it has| bron in thr neighborhood ever since. e Three States Yote Today In anaries New York, Massa(husefls J Wisconsin Nominafe for | General Election (By Associated Press) Primary elections ealled voters of | three states to balloting booths to- | day. i Internal Lroubles of the American | Labor Party, and the comeback at- | tempt of former Representative John | O'Connor of New York are attmu— inz wide attention in New York | state’s primaries,. | In the sixteenth Congressional | | District in New York, O'Connor to- | day sought the Democratic nomina- | tion to the seat in the House of Representatives from which he was | | ousted two years ago hy James Fay, whn had President Roosevelt’s sup- purt s opponent again thjs year. | ne New York primary also fea- | tured a féud in the American L.ubom my between the so-called right | ing elemenfs supporting President velt and left wing members | qpposinz reelection to a third term. lassachusétts Primaries Voung in Massachusetts presented ! a Hot fight for the Democratic gub- | erpatorial nomination between At- torney, General Paul Dever and Prancis " Kelley, former Lieutenant Governor, 1+ Senator David I. Walsh is unop- | osed for renomination to his Senate 1§ | | seat. | Wisconsin In Wisconsin, Robert M. LaFoI- lette ran unopposed for the Progres slve Senatorial nomination, while in the Republican primary nomination to that office faced an unusual sit- | uation when the leading Republican candidate, Dr. Glenn Frank, was killed in an automobile accident Sundny after official ballots had been printed. L} i Officials said informally that if Frank received a plurality, the Re- | publican State Central Committee should choose ihe nominee. State Convention In Connecticut where the Repub- lican Party is holding its state con- vention, there is a three cornered fight for nomination to the Senate with Paul Cornell, Clifford Wilson and Brigadier General John Parker contenders for the nomination. — ., — U. S-CANADIAN " MILTARY PARTY | IS0 VISIT SITKA Board Members Leave Seame Tomorrow by {lavy Plane SEATTLE, Sépt. l,'l._-f-’!'hlee U. S. military memb of the Canada- U. 8. Defense Board arrived here today from Washington by airliner Lo inspect , Pacific Northwest defens- They are Cxapt Harry Hill, Com- mander F. T. Sherman and Lieut.- Col. J. McCarney. jl‘omnn‘aw a Navy plane will take ¥DICK 'HOME Phil Lyaick, 'fi,u'r 1" of the Census employee, retutned on, the steamer Aleuthn yes! y ‘from Cordova, wk\e(e he hmi n vxsmng mlb. l'An,KE COMING Mrs. “Larty Parks, wife of the skipper of the Tongass, ‘is making the round trip on the Tongass which is due this evening. = - _ HALIBUTERS 'IN The hnhbuters Restitution and Aucusta were in port today with 6,000 and 10,500 ppunds of fish re- spectively, selling th* Alaska Coast Fisheries 3t 910, apd '7 cents a pound. ————— YACHT CALLS HERE The vacht Holligay of the Camp- | bell Church tours. was in port today | with hunter H. Pulitzer and party and guides Oscar Oberg and John Harris, "getting supplfes: P Baseball Today The following are scores-of ilmes played “this “afternoon™ in~ '.h'e “two major leagues: National League St. Louis 5; Brooklyn'0. ! to Vancouver, B. C., to meet. E,\n;dhn militery members of the Board and, weather permitting, to (ly lm t tka, Alaska, g i1l said; “Canada and the fihl smes. immediately " adja- cent, will develop their own defenses with a view to the mutual benefit.” - e NORLITEMEN DINNER EVENT THIS EVENING | At 6:30 o'clock tonight the first gathering of the Norlitemen will be held in the parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. A. B. Phllllpa will preside during the din- ner hour and guest speaker will be Dr. Courtney Smith. L e—— LYMAN SNOW TO SCHOOL Lyman Snow, ‘well known .Juneau youth, ' sailed for Seattle on the steamer Aleutian. He will re-enter the University of Washington. SOV . MBS EDWARD METZGAR WILL' JOIN HUSBAND Mrs. Edward Metzgar and baby not | unknown in these parLs. has taken "at Portland Coughlin left on the Aleutian for SEVEN DUE ONELECTRA | Eeven passenzérs are due in’thi |afterncon on a PAA Blecira from Fairbanks, Those due are Clark Bassett, Mary |cauthorne, G. Martin, L. Ortman |Edith €appinzton, Alice Brackett, <nd W. Monsen. - 'MORE MONEY IS 10 BE LOANED, 'MINE PURPOSES New Authonzahon Given Approval by Presi- dent Roosevelt rroved ¢ 1 new indivi tual loans €00 by the Recvastruction Fin- up dn-¢ Corperatica for “develop- ment of depsits cf strategic and critical mines.” . Congresicnal supporters of (he measure said the legislation autherizes the RFC to lean as much as §20,000 additicna) to ccrperaticns ard individuals who have previcusly cbtained this much for development of gold, silvér, tin and other mineral pmperlus The fimit cf the total loans to be made by the RFC is placed at swooomm MISS FEERO IS BRIDE HERE OF JAMES DOOGAN Couple Marned Last Eve- ning - Fly fo Fair- banks Today Miss Geraldine Feero, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Feero, pioneer Skagway couple mnow residing at Hyder, became the bride of Mr. James Doogan, son of Mrs. Mary Doogan of this city and former Douglas resident, at a quiet cere- mony performed at 9 o'clock last evening at the bride’s apartment in the Assembly. The ceremony was performed by United States Commissioner Felix | Gray. Attendants were Miss Alice | Smith, Miss Winnifred Sipprell and | Mr, Jack Fowler. ‘Well known here, Mrs, Doogan has been employed in the Alaska Game Commission office. Mr. Doogan is now employed at Fairbanks and the couple flew to that city this morn- ing by PAA Electra ‘COURT TERM HERE ENDS; JUDGE AND CLERK GO SOUTH A term of District Court here ad- journed sine die last Saturday. The next term will open at Ketchikan on Octobor 29. Judge George F. Alexander left ,on the steamer Aleuiian yesterday {m a brief trip to his former home Clerk of Court Robert Ketchikan. B (ORDOVA GASBOAT EXPLODES; BURNS The gashoat Emmna,; owned’ by Walter Hansen of Cordova, was de- stroyed by an explosion and fire a week ago when it went aground on Tiedeman Slough, Copper River i flats. When the boat went aground it listed, spilling some gas into the bilge. When a fire was started in the zalley stove, the fumes exploded. Hansen escaped, but thé boat, valued at $1500, was a tola] loss. KOBUK-MOATAK POPULATION UP &' Kobuk-Nontak Recording. District has increased in the past 10 years by more than 700 according to an announcement by J. P. Anderson, Supervisor of the Census. Population of the district now is 3586. In the 1930 census it was 2,857, HOLBROOK 10 VISIT CHUGACH FOREST Assistant Regional Forester Well- | man Holbrook will leave on the Co- SARE =niled for the states on the steamer Aleutian. They will join Mr. Metz- gar at Kellogg, IdnhoA MISS TORKELSON * RETURNING HERE CTRIC LIGHT WER (0. Cincinnati 2; Phfl,'dél ia 1. Pittsburgh 5; Boston ¥ Chicago'9; New Yu&' . Ametican vPhflnde\Mh 4} Cleveland 3. Washington §; Dettojt 6. Miss Katherine Torkelson, ' well known Juneau girl, is enroute here n the steamer Dénali. She has been attending business school in Port- land, Ore, lumbia tonight for the Westward for a routine Forest Service visit to Seward, the Kenai Peninsula, An- choraze and Cordova. —————————— ROTARY SPEAKERS Ralph Vogel of the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation and Nick Carter of the Great Northern Rail- road -were speakers at today's Ju- fieau Rétary Club luncheon. MANY AWARDS GO 10 STUDENTS ‘N FAIR EXHIBIT Enter Art Work-Cook- ing Honors Given Grade Scheol students from Ju- eau and Dcuglas showed talent and ood taste in the art exhibit which vas on display at the Southeast \laska F' The of st still life 7an Ausdle, include the 1—Alvarene Forrest, ~Bob award in charcoa first; Lynn eccnd; k still life in colc Javenpoit, first; Pegzy Jot '(l best desi in dark a first; Cla “ » best de: feannine Fcster, first; Ander- ign in color — Alvarene Van ; best paper culting inal cartcon — An- Lynn Forrest, 1 Dapcevi dick Andersc econd; best Jads and Pe smith and Eugene C nd; best coloved poster. _ Alvarene van Ausdle, first; Jackie Turroff, ond Other Grades Best cclor chart—Richard Brown, irst; Marie Glasse, second; best riginal crayon drawinz Gloria sudbranson, first; Pat Davis, sec- nd; best criginal color—Doi Norman, first; Ellen Wi nd; best criginal poster—Lois Sun- fer, first; Russell Clark, second; est still life in charcoal — Denny best original cut paper pos- ceend; er, Frances Hazel Klinke, first; res ginal crayon drawing—Paul- Lois Hared, sec-| original water color— | Jones, first; Betty Forward, ! ccond; best color chart—Lodema Johnson, first; Lewis Barnesson, awing—Lode- econd; best crayon d ma Johnson, first; Jimmie Tripp, nd; best Zharles eccnd; best stick printing — Jack Turoff, first; Lois Standafer, sec- nd; best original crayon drawing ~“Albert Quine, first; best paper utting—Bcbby Turoff, first; George econd; best geography scrap urtis R. Bach; best essay etty Nordling. ng Awards 00l girls won the follow- ing awards for cosking: best cookies Lois Allen, first; Esther Sorenson, eccnd; best baking powder biscuits -Isabell Parsons, first; Betty Nord- | ing second: besi pumpkin pie — 3etty Nordling. first; best blueberry pie— Bett} Nordlmg, firs CAA MEN FLY IN ON RELIANT I. K. McWilliams, head of the CAA air safety branch in Alaska, flew in High S n a CAA Stinson Reliant. With McWilliams, and relieving 't the stick, was Gene Gull, new Alaska CAA man who will probably 4o censiderable werk in the future. McWilliams and Gull, he Baranof, plan to fly on south to Seattle in the cr a conference with CAA officials. Their flight from Anchorage, with \ gassing stop at Cordova, was made n five hours and fifty minutes. The CAA ship was landed on the harber here last night at near 8 p.m. with light at a minimum and a strong southeast wind blowing. Friends of the popular Inspector ut a little over two years ago that McWilliams flew into Juneau on nis first official visit, coming in inder much the same conditions as ast night, in definitely “sour” weather, but at that time flying ver a strange course, unconsciously proving definitely then to Alaska pilots that he could “take it” well as “dish it cut.” ESTELLE NESBIT, DAN GALLAGHER 'WED, KETCHIKAN Estelle G. Nesbit and Capt. Don Gallagher, of the Alaska Game Com- mission vessel Bear were married Sunday night in Ketchikan by U. S. Commissicner E: C. Austin. Both bride and bridegroom are former Juncauites. Attending them at the ceremony | were George Guit and Duncan Nixon. 'WPA FUNDS ARRIVE ‘ A WPA allotment of $11,406 ‘has been received by the Governor's office for alteration of the school at nasium. ‘The sum will be mau:hed by $16,- 560" of Haines funds. pected to start at once. luneau, Dofigias Schools seccnd; best orizinal crayon rawing—Laura Kmght, first; Milo fallick, second; best pcster in black nd white—Alvarene Van Ausdle. rst; Redney Williams, second; | est poster in colors—Mary Grezory, rst; Charlotte Eoule, sec: : best uilding drawinz in p: - jugen® OCarrothers, first; 1’ illy | the Gulf of Alaska this' morning Merritt, first; Severin Swanson, | econd; best paper cutting — Anne Mav £l Antoinette Spendlove, frcm Anchorage yesterday evening | Southeast Alaska | stopping at | next day or so| McWilliams recalled that it was just | as |} FOR HAINES SCHOOI | Haines and construction of a gym- [ Work is ex- | THE WEATHER (By {the U. 8. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COM 1ERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinit ', beginning 2t 4:30 p.m., Sept. 17: Partly cloudy tonight; increasing cloudiness Wednesday; not much change in temperature; gentle to moderate southeasterly winds; lowes temperature tonight 48, highest Wednesday 58. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy tonight and Wed- nezday; not much change in temperature; moderate southeasterly winds, fresh over sounds and straits and Lynn Canal. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate tc fresh south and southeast winds from Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer; gentle to moderate east to nertheasterly winds from Cap Epenccr to Cape Hinchinbrook; gentle to moderate increasing south- westerly winds, becoming fresh to strong Wednesday from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak, LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 1emp. Iumidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather 4:30 pm sterday 29.50 49 81 ESE 15 Showary 4:30 am. today .. 29.60 48 80 ESE 12 Rain | Noon today 29.69 49 78 ESE 12 Rain RADIO REPORTS I TODAY Max. tempt. | Lovest 3:30amm Precip. 3:30am Staticn last 24 hours ' te nn. temp, 24 hours Weather Barrcw 56 | 33 33 i Fairbanks 50 39 40 A1 | Nome 50 n 42 ¥ 4 Rain Dawson 56 | 39 0 Cloudy Afichora 57 40 0 Clear Bethel 52 42 39 Rain St Paul 48 45 69 Showery Atka 54 | 41 07 Cloudy Dutch Harbor 6o | 47 A3 Rain Wasncsenski 52 49 09 Rain Kanatak 59 | 51 09 Kodiak b1 46 T Cordova 54 | 47 06 Juncau 51 48 25 N Sitka 54 45 89 Cloudy | Ketchikan 54 417 18 Cloud, Prince Rupert . 54 48 38 Cloudy Prince George 64 45 07 Rain Seattle 6 | 52 53 0 PL. Cldy | Portland 8 | 58 58 02 Foggy San Prancisco . €8 | 49 52 20 Cloudy WEATHFR SYNOPSIS The occluded front has mox t> a line from along the Macke: Valley south and southwestward t) Vancouver Island and the Pacific Ocean with the lowest pressure rep rted over northeasrn Alaska and the northern Yukon Territory and econdary low pressure area over L A second occluded front was moving { eastward in connectich with a low of 72 milibars, centered near St. | Paul'Tsland. A high pressure cell with its center 1028 millibars is locat- ed at 40 degrees north Jatitude and 156 west longitude. Rain in carry- ing intensities and partly cloudy to cloudy skies were reported at most | ,Alnskar} staticns this morning. Broken clouds to overcast, local light zhowers, moderate low ceilings and fairly good visibilities were reported over thc nodhem pomon of the S ul]p Junzau airway this morning W ‘rwo PILOTS 0 V!gi!!w :‘;Y " THREE Fl':GHIS CHURCHILL Tells Brifons fo Prepare for Attempted Inyas- sion by Hitler Forces Jehnny Amundsen made two flights to Hoonah today and Shell Simmons made a trip to the islands. Amundsen flew a U. 8. Marshal's party to Hoonah to pick up an al- leged murderer and a corpse and returned later to bring in J. E. Boyle and R. J. Grant. S'mmons flew out with !P)\(n “arr for Hirst and was to bring i1 five passenzers coming back. Last night Simmons brought in L. F. Freeburn, Phil Curran, Clara (Gobtinted from Page' One) Atkins, Mrs. Kirkman and Jerry LaESe g AT ndh Suiie s, [Powers: from it \\hh sobex and increasing confid- N e e e nce.” Churchill declared he makes this assertion because the Royal Air | Force has done serious damage to (the German invasion preparations on the other side of the Channel |and because British strength is de- veloping steadily in the air, on ‘the !1and and at sea. | L S e e FIRE DEPT. (AR ‘AWARD UNCLAIMED The Juneau Fire Department. car| laward is still unclaimed. Winning CLOTHES that are CLEANED OFTEN—Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to Triangle Thorough Workmanshir and Modern Method- Produce Work that Is Sure to Please You. |number is 1266, second number is 2310 and third number is 1257. The | holder of the first number has 30 days in which to claim the award. 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