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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 1941. — LEAHY SAILS ON CRUISF POSTIN FRANCE CONGRESS AT NOON 17th Session Meets in At- mosphere Made Solemn " by Great Problems WASHINGTON, Jan ! n the Seventy ned todav and is tak brea prec b America. ress met lemn by th loms » hearty hanc appy New Y members of « reccr i meet were comparatively few bers of the House and Senate Dwarfed by a battery of eight-inch guns, Admiral Wiliam D. Leahy, new Ambassador to France, waves a | whom might be called newcomers farewell as he sziled from the Naval Operating Base at Norfolk, Va., aboard the cruiser Tuscaioosa for Lis- s convened at the noon both He bon, Portugal, and thence to Vichy, France. With Admiral Leahy (left) are Mrs. Lezhy and Capt. L. P, h Johnson (right) of the Tuscaloosa. I the Rev James . She ) pery, Chaplain, pray- E ! N ed I urvival Demox y to " | A i uor Republic as an ultimate AUTHORITIES WATOSALGUSRD ~ MYSTERY PROBEDEATH ' IOMIENES AT FANSHAW Presence at Drill Manda- tory Upon Members, Says Statement VESSEL North Coast AT SEA Goes South; Many Embark Strange Craft 7I-7Ieading for Bering Sea Somewhere Victim Is dentified as Ed Snyder, 71-Year-Old ng r¢ ior from higher ~ After spending the day here, com- Cape Trapper " Commanding Officers Off Alaska Coast Mapmlsii Al _ M Ly gers from Sitka, the steamer With the death of a Ti-year-old it WV PO ¢ 4 . — A North Const sniled south this after- trapper at Cape Far lescribed ., 4 o ‘l“ - noon with a long list of Juneau pa in brief reports rec a il Ma } sengers aboard “murder,” a boatload of al q Lol AL iy From Sitka—Bill Da '\u[‘.m W thorities left e 3 Bering Sutten, Rev. L. Summerall, W. H crime late this af ) ra. outhwi Reischl it th - : The repc 1 marine attle were Mrs. Liv- The victim 4 3 ircles here 1 the vessel re- hard Lowell, Mrs c per who formerly X ; ised to answer I requests for Kane, Peggy y Springs Bay but 104 er identity, igr znal on, ‘Al Carey, G. G. resident of Fan . : . mariner e Weber, R years. When new Te : craft. | E, . 7, Mr. and pir s B e i i wether rdor ce. Mrs. R. A 1 s bheneubt the: S e craft may be a raider :rvx':n:\\ Joan ‘and Karen . e P . 00 feet lon , Paul Degen, Sigfic’ Mjoen. {‘::,D?f“fh'll?’l';il,m e bt rmy | havin, w, a square O. D. Cochran, Frank Bray, W. H definitely established dead hat T bear true and alle Y iidships, *and S("mh! is not the Tenake the Unit t f Am vix arzo booms. 1‘; P‘r'ur}v)m 2 Ax,v’-ur:x Wilson, Al- 5 s teaci g Men in juainted with | ice Foster, Impi Aalto bvfixi'(-rlm;:(flx l)”[\\“f:\x tt v ¥ hem ,\ _‘, most of the ) out To V‘{ angell—N. A. McEachran, e hods i hlins o A 't port said the de on M. M. Custard, E. A. Lindman Jast Sunday by Frank Wadman, wher er I ered no ship ¢ ek ey ey |10 B eaiaian e, 0. RIS Einte, and according to reports received crders of th I not ¢ ie,Alaska Steam- | Courtniey ‘Bmith, ® Julla . "Mol, and here from U, S. Commissioner Har- Sta i G f p craft alph ”"’1("' Elvin Wr t and old Dawes at Petersburg, has not|the Territory of Alaska and ti - i, 10 been moved since order e officers appointed ov 2l night are U. S. Commissioner Felix and Articles of War i i Gray, Deputy U. S. Marshal Wi derstanding of the ¢ E ter Hellan, Assistant U. S. Attorn: with Lynn J. Gemmill and a represen- i EiXER GE | tative of the local Federal Bureau 1 19 b B of Investigation off The voyage A 9 7 3 " will be about a ten-hour run for Authority to o to Fanshaw ou Purpose which is so essential in mili- o L\ j B i csta cotie: Haioa tary service, said Major Mulvihil l“ BI-A(K e thy o b e e :.‘ enjoined upon each ind- = s » et g ividual that attendance at reg y & . mander P. 5 Zewler by Spectal| o iuted and smmounced arita 1s| 10NY Lusanich Sent Tp Yar R Mo the Haida was unable to move duc 'Mandatory and no man will be ex- 15 Year in Times | ne of Largest Bank Bal- to sickness in the crew used for cc reasons and upon < a"(es |‘n Histor An specifi withority of the organiza- . » e o e g Salmon Case \ y HAIDA GETTING e e nounced by Olson i t wour set for the drill, Sickne ige Batch- £F -y SHARE OF SICK nd other unavoidable circumstanc- of leniency | qhe Territory of Alaska begins the eswill be the basts for excu men e v Zuanich Jr. new year with one of the largest z for attendance of ed of grand lar-|pank baances. in, history, and. this The Coast Guard cutter Haida| Major Mulvihill also stated that c ringleader of ‘the | gagpite unusually heavy expenditur- sick bay is well filled with flu|the drill attendance as a whole has| plot mobiles in the Seat- | o5 for roads in the biennium. cases as the mild epidemic of colds | beer d throughout the Teryitory | tle Derby last fall | rperritorial Treasurer Oscar G. Ol- persists through town but he was very em 1 stating | with “planted fish fifteen yoars | con anmounced today that the Trea- It is 25 of ti TR i - i the penitentiar ury’s bank balance as of December personnc and the did | ¢ 3 t be to The Judge commented “Thiis 5i 10t 311940, was $790.224.96, Except ‘for | not make an official trip today €% ! remedial a « 1spended senfencetor 1638 and 1939, this is the largest in because engineers were included in | tion on the of u nization lenienc any kind. This is, WOrse | the past decade. the sick room draft i 4 B5 ¢ 1 b e 1 ordinary larceny. You not Bank balances as of December 31 L S just will be taken to correct such de- attempted to rob individuals, butiin the past 10 years have heen as ficiencic rob the State of Washington of its | follows FRANCES SAIL - fair nam 1931 GOES SOUTH > 1932 Mr 1 on Fra R. I gerald, flying instruc- fornia 1 have left K Mon- | tor, left on the North Coast, re has no president. its cor- tana. They left on the North Coast. turnir to his* home in the State porate paupers do not cail for one 36.876.13 A ’ L vy - 717,192.44 rmy's "Iron Cavalry” Bedded Down for Nig 816.108.24 A = o - 750,924.96 > o MRS. DRAKE NOW ACTING HEAD OF EDUCATION OFFCE Deput Ti- f Educ 5 i 1 in Juneau of James C. Ryan, appsinied Comm's- Antl 1ss 17 oner became Director of Sel- i Registration for Al- iary 1. For the time being ipyinz his old office - .o EL PHOTO raph of the Juneau Elks on of the recent alted Ruler Joseph ted in the Janu i nd B 3. Buch his prin o i Drawn up in camp formaticn for the night, tanks of the Army's cecord arm fivision presented this | of the Elks M: wh scene of military might in a field near Abbeville, Al the end of the first day of maneuvers on a long ' | 2771ved here today. @istance scale. They are on the march from Fort Benning, Ga., to Panama City, Fla., under conditions . WHY SUFFER wiih yvour feet? Phone 648, Chiropodist Dr, Steves i simtulating war. Seized as Spy jree o Oscar Richard Stabler German-born Oscar Richard Sta- bler, who became a United States | citizen in 1933, was taken off the | American Export Liner Ezcambion by the British when it docked at Bermuda, on suspicioa of espionage, This photo was taken recently by a shipmate. | | | Is Suspended By Roosevelt Laborers, Mechanics Af-| fected on Certain Gov- i ? ski prevailed generally elsewhere over Alaska except m over- ernment Projects ‘ cast over Southeast Alaska. The greatest. amount of precipitation ‘Japanese ASS&” U S Ma- was 103 inches which was recorded at Cordova. The lowest tem o SR : 3 } . | perature this morning was minus 19 degrees which was report WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—Presi- rjpag OneS WhO Sfar'- at Fairbanks. Mostly overcast s:es with moderately low ceilin S ’;“ }m"“"“;"‘ hax \‘.'*g"“d”' ""‘7 d Cabaret B I and good visibilities prevailed thi morning over the Juneau-Ke *ight-hour aw for laborers and e a are raw Eon ialtvave suschaiids coiiofic RO Bt The Friday morning weather chart indicated a low pressure area rnment in constructing Army and| Lo e 0Ty | of 990 millibars (2024 Inches) w s centered at. 54 degrees morth Navy bases on the Atiantic and Oatisbeanselies, leapda o TIe 1 an apclogy for the :’||]\g;|1 ar-| inches) at 48 degrees north an! 133 degrees west, and a (} s rest” of five U. S. Marmes Dec low center of 978 millibars (288 inches) was located at 48 de- The niuon & g ,l‘h“ 30 in a cabaret inc| north and 168 degrees west A high pressure area of 1015 A ) f thel, celebrating Marine who grabbed west, and a second high enter of 1026 millibars (3030 cight-hour law is made necessary', ..o from the mouth of a Jap-| inches) was centered at 31 degries north and 145 degrees west, an bamauss o BE: - un extraordinary | o, oo » a high pressure area was centéred to the east of Alaska e 8 g The Japanese said, “Cur highest Juneau, Jan. 4 — Sunrise 9:45 a.m. sunset 4:21 pam. U.S.WILL CONSTRUCT MANY SHIPS President Makes An- nouncement at Confer- ence with Reporters WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — Presi- |dent Roosevelt announced today | that steps are being taken to begin | building about 200 merchant ships of ‘ubnu! 7,500 tons each, costing $300,- 000,000 to $500,000,000. | The vessels will be constructed in | new shipbuilding yards and will be | owned by the Government. { | The President said that some oi‘ | the ships ought to be ready for | | service this year. DOUGLAS GOES T0 WHITEHORSE A third Electra from Fairhauks‘ came in today, joining two other | PAA planes which were turned back | yesterday afternoon and spent the night at Whitehorse. The Douglas airliner | from seattle came up | to Whitehorse and {transferred mail to Juneau-bound Electras, while two of the twin-mot- | ored ships took mail from here to | Whitehorse for the flight south. |and return north Monday. Passengers coming in today on the third plane which was due around 3 o'clock from Whitehorse, were G. Madsen, J. E. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. | Fred Meath and Frank Cosimeno. - Indian Woman Jailed for Atfack On Policeman Accused of scratching the fine Irish features of City Police Patrol- man Byron Mancry in a New Yea! Eve battle in a local barroom, Anna White, native, has been arrested on a charge of assault and battery. She is being held at the Federal Jail ‘n lieu of $500 bond. | -~ KIRMSES SOUTH 4 Mrs. Hazel Kirmse and her son | Jack, operators of curio stores in! Sitka and Skagway, sailed south through Juneau on the North Coast | today, heading for the States on a | brief va | tion wrip: - | The Lany Alaska Empire gnaran- [tees the largest daily circulation of any Alaska newspaper., BOMBER Missing Plane Pufs Down Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: sh we! moderate to fresh northerly 1. Jan. 3.—A miss- | Winds F~mb; landed 70 mi LOCAL DATA southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas, | Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weatlior |on a lake, the two men aboard re-| 4.39 pm. yester 29 96 w 3 Snow sortedly uninured. 4:30 a.m. today 20 79 s S Snow Report of the safe landing was re- Noon today 31 9 0 s 8 Cloudy eived by telephone at the Naval Air s ‘tation, the call eccming from one of RADIO REPORTS he men abeard the plane | TODAY | ‘:IT{"‘ YOS 0 SN ced iy mern | Max. tempt. Lovest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30a:m i LIS tetiany Murray Haunons 80| ‘sigion © Ia030HIEN | tenp. temp. 24hours Weathe: ‘nd ¢ -lwl:| Ensign 1Rubm'l Clark. Bastw 10 ¥ 218 “12 Yoth refused to quit during a raging | 4 = nowstorm and fought the storms l;:;;l;ankh -1: ! _Ii’ _lg d fozs until they spotted a lake | Bawkon o4 | .38 24 wear the Gulf Coast on what was| 0 00 12 21 o nce part of the famous King ranch. s % Five other members of the crew, bethel o 2 = I oarachuted from the storm tossed| St. Paul o | 18 - Cloiy scmber on ‘Hanson's orders. One of| Dutch Harbor . 39 | 34 oy o hem, W. F. Perecich, 2, of Friday Wosnesenski ... 40 & . iy | Harbor, Washington, a Machinists ~Kanatak 4 oy 1 o Mate, was killed. Kodiak 0 33 il i it | cordova 44 | 30 40 Rain Juneau 3 i 21 29 Snew Sitka 48 | 28 Cloudy Prince Rupert . 41 38 41 Cloudy Edmonton 24 19 20 Cloudy PLVT pd | seattle 41 | 31 34 Cloudy AT pE'pIN-J Portland 42 | 35 35 Cloudy San Francisco . 57 37 42 0 Fogey WEATHER SYNOPSIE Rain or snow was falling this -morning along the coast from The DC3 will go south tomorrow | | THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT J)F CONMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Junean and vicinit’, beginning at 4:30 p.m. an, LANDED SAFELY onal rain or snow tonight and Saturday; warmer; low2st tem- perature tonight about 35 degrees, highest Saturday about 42 de- grees; gentle to moderate souttheasterly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain or snow in north portion and rain in central and south porton tonight and Saturday; w; over ecentral and south portions; moderate southeasterly winds becom- ing cccasionally fresh to strong in sounds and straits, except norther- ly in Lynn Canal tonight. . . Forecast of winas along the oast of the Gulf of Alaswa: On l.ake—one Dles n Rain; fresh to strong southeasterl’ winds; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: rain; fresh to stron: easterly winds; Cape Hinchin- Parachute Escape brock to Resurrection Bay: rain; f esh to strong northeasterly nds over the Alaska Ran Clear or partly cloudy Juneau to Anchorage and at scattered points and rain was falling over the Aleutian Islands. IS PROBED tary officials, counteri demand. and 150 degrees west, and a secon' low center of 999 millibars (29.50 authorities are ir ing the af-| — fair,” but indicated their own ('ou-\N clusions have already been reachad. | § or' an S o ; First Taxpayer Juneau Bound " ev Yex - Scme kind of medal is undoubt- Tor pedoed " I { edly due Hans J. A. Hanson. | Not required to file his 1940 n- i | Northland sailed for Southeast Al- aska ports at 11:40 o'clock this af- come tax return until next Marci 15, Hanson appeared at Lhe |terncen en the first voyage of the ternal Revenue office here VICHY, Jan. 3. — The Vichy|craft in the winter service. and became the first Juneau government announces officially that| Pacsengers aboard the Northland | payer of the year. the French submarine Sfax and oil'bocked for Juneau include Mr. and —_———— tanker Rhone were torpedoed and|Mrs. John H. Willlams, William T. sent down on December 19 by a’M:\hcney. Mrs, C. M. Polson, Mrs. war craft of an undetermined na-|W. Marking, Edith F. Sheelor. tionality. | Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Card, Glenn The sub and tanker were from|Byingten, Melviy A. Bloom, Jr., Mr. Casa Blanca to Dakar, French West and Mrs. Ray L. Westfall. | e GEESLIN PROMOTED BY INDIAN AFFAIRS Beatrice Murphy, Secretary of the Fred Gezeslin of the Office of In- Hotel and Restaurant Employees 'dain Affairs here has received word Union, is confined to her room in|of his promotion from Chief Clerk the Imperial Hotel with an attack |to Administrative Assistant and of influenza She hopes to be able |Special Disbursing Agent, effective to work the early part of next week. January 1. W. T. MAHONEY ON BROWN BEAR LEAVES MOTORSHIP NORTHLAND | The Fish and Wildlife Service ves- |sel Brown Bear got away from Ju- {neau this ferenoon for a winter pa- (trol of the Aleutian Islands. Hans Hanson SEATTLE, Jan 3. — Motorship toc MRS. SHEELOR ENROUTE Mrs. Edith Sheelor of the R. E. Robertson law office, is returning from a trip to the States on the motorship Northland. ‘Salur&ay?l;ssei Slow Up Students DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 2—Violating a traffic law draws the penalty of school on Saturday for Dallas stu- dents. Judge Joe M. Mill prescribes a Saturday morning safety lecture and a quiz on traffic laws. He recom- mends also that their parents “fine” them by deducting from allowances. - 5 oo BEATRICE MURPHY HAS ATTACK OF FLU | - William T. Mahoney, United States Marshal, is returning here on. the motorship Nortland. He went south % S T Ship-to-shore radio telephon several weeks ago to attend a fam- Subscribe to the Daily Alaska service is contemplated for I} ily reunion at the home of Mr, Empire—the paper with the largest New York municipally-owned ferry- Mahoney’s parents in Eureka, Cal. paid circulation. | boats, i GG P S A A R 7 AR RS R SEr R TR ) hes Seventh Aircraft Carri U. S. Launches Seventh Aircr: arrier B : I g s = o v . # § ; 3 73¥ o, ’ R LA ¢ ol N < . “ o 24 g - Ame‘ncls new aircr&ft ca;-ricr, the U.S.S. Hornet, constructed at s cost of $31,000,000 exclusive of " armament, is shown just before launching at Newport News, Va. The Hornet, designed to carry more than K f making:30 knots, brings the Navy’s total of aircraft carriers to seven. one more o “wfie&;‘ B;?gin and tying Japan. Eleven others aré being built.

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