The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1941, Page 2

Deserterls Sentenced For Forgery SEATTLE. Feb. 7—Federal Judge Black today sentenced William Richard Vangieson, 20, who desert- ed from the Twenty-eighth Engin- ' eers at Annette Island, Alaska, to| one year and six months in the Erl- reno, Oklahoma, Federal Reforma- tory. Sentence was for forging and endorsement of a $61 Government | check. Vangieson entered a plea of guilty Assistant United States District Attorney Gerald Hile said Vangie- | son stole the check from a fellow passenger on a steamship. ->-es WILLPLAY HAND BALL Organizatio;EBeing Per- fected-New Court to Be Constructed Now Organization of a hand ball team |~ with plans already formed to build | N "h (oas| Is Otto Abetz France, though reduced to a shadow of her former self, still enjoys all( the frills of diplomacy to which she is entitled by international custom, Here, Abetz leaves the Hotel Majestic in Vichy for a conference with Mar- | shal Henri Petain, French chief, of state. a new hand ball court at the A. N. B. Hall on Willoughby Avenue, has been completed and work will start immediately, according to Joe Mc- Lean, one of the organizers of the sport for Juneau. I Anyone interested in entering this sport in Juneau is urged to write or call McLean as soon as possible. About 20 interested young men in Juneau and vicinity have already {noon for Southeast Alaska ports with signified their intention of joining. (60 passengers, including the fol- Construction of the court is to start \]rv\mg booked for Juneau: as soon as possible. | Dick Ortman, O. A. Rosto, C. M. The organization came about }E] ingsen, Billy Root, Mrs. J. Marsh, through the wide interest of local |Mr. and Mrs. George Bavard, Mr. young men who wanted to play the and Mrs. Reinholt Brusted Gill, Mr. popular sport, but had no court md Mrs. John H. Brillhart and until the present plan was brought | daughter. R LOCAL WEATHER MAN Eledras WILL GO T0 BARROW, M. H. Whittmeyer, local weather observer and radio-sonde man, \\ill‘ be transferred to Barrow to replace Warren Langerp, present obser it was announced today by Howard ‘Thompscn, head of Weather Bureau | on the plane from Fairbanks this in Alaska. |afternoon were five passengers, Mrs. Although the actual transfer will| Suzanne Taylor, A. R. Davis, B. Pal- not take place until transportation to Barrow is resumed in the Spring, | | One PAA Electra left Juneau for Fairbanks this forenoon carrying mail but no passengers. Coming in Whittmeyer already is taking an ad- ditional interest in weather reports from the Northernmost point in view of selecting a suitable wardrobe for his stay abm‘c the circle | Heavy Mail Goes South on Barano! e One of the largest shipments of {mail in recent months went south lEOTA Russfll lon the stvflmer Baranof, according | IS DISMISSED |0 ‘ecimusier Amere e wns | stated m‘n 30 pouches of, first FROM Hosp“‘l_ class and airmail had piled up in the local office due to the cancel- ing of the Douglas D-C and the| full week which elapsed between mail boats. Two truck and second Of interest to Juneau friends of Leota Russell, owner of Leota's Shop, is the news of her dismissal | last night from Providence Hospital in Seattle. Mrs. Russell, who has been south | ¢0mPpleted the shipment. on a buying trip, suffered an attack | R i 2 A AT of pneumonia enroute home. She has | RETURNS FROM KET(_H"‘AN been in the Seattle hospital for the | Mrs. Helen Rasmussen is a pas- past week and expects to return to | S€h&er on the Northland for Ket- Juneau within a few days. chikan after a few days visit in SESBE LT S | Juneau VERA CLIFFORD ON VACATION Vera Clifford, of Leota’s Shop.| For g visit with her sister and a left for a vacation trip to California | yacation in the States, Mrs. John on the steamer Baranof. She ex-|narin sailed south on the motorship pects to be away several weeks. ‘Norlhlnnd. — e e BESSIE REEDER SOUTH TODAY MANAHAN TO KETCHIKAN Bessie Reeder, owner of The W. J. Manahan, Traffic Manager Northern, sailed south on the for the Northland Transportation steamer Baranof for Seattle, where Company, is a passenger out of Ju- she will undergo treatment for the |neau on the Northland bound for next several months . Kelch:kan on cornpany business. loads of and third parcel post class mail & IAS SO TAKES A BRIDE_Ezio Pinza, leading basso the Metropolitan Opera, poses in his New York home with hw Abe former Doris Leak of Larchmont, N. Y. Nazi Envoy to Vichy, 2 today. German Ambassador Otto!| = ! trunk highway memorial today by Juneau Bound | SEATTLE, Feb. 7—Stea=:er North| Coast sailed at 10:15 o'clock this fore | In and Out mer, Alaska Moody and L. E. Linck. | Al | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE FRIDAY, FEB. 7 1941 Sidelighs on fhe | ' Legislature The Territorial Institutions Com- mittees of House and Senate have reserved 18 berths on the North| Coast for a visit to Sitka next week to inspect the Pioneers’ Home. | Legislators will leave Juneau Tues- ‘daj.' evening and return Thursday. I Mules and donkeys, if there | are any in Alaska, would be | covered hy Rep. Almer J. Peter- sons bill to establish grazing districts, but dogs and cats would not be, unless they want- cd to graze, Rep. Jim Davis cpined in the House this morn- ing when the scope of the bill was questioned during second reading. This seemed to satisfy Legislators, who offered no amendments. Rep. Harvey J. Smiths “juke box bill” to license coin machines was continued in second reading when |it came up again on the calendar The Anchorage Representas tive says he intends to have by Monday an opinion which will con- vince his colleagues that the bill would not legalize gambling ma- chines. A new paragraph calling atten- tion to the need of a 180-mile road | connecting the Fortymile Mining District with the Richardson High- way was inserted in the Peterson | Rep. Charles F. Herbert of Fair- banks, The body of water from which the so-called Portage Bay cut- off would take off on its way to Anchorage and Fairbanks is not Portage Bay. In fact i charts ‘show “no ‘' Portage Bay anywhere it that neighborhood, the nearest being in the ‘Aleu- | tian Islands. Oorrect name of | the preposed cutoff, Represen- tatives maintained in the House | this morning, Is Pussage Canal. | Rep. 'Willlam Egan of Valdez | said the area was popularly, but incorrectly, called Portage Bay 1 because there is a pertage at | the head of the canal. Rep. | Frank Whaley said he had in- quired into the matter carefully and found that Passage Canal is the correct name. ‘ Representatives experienced con- siderable difficulty yesterday in re- |solving themselves into and out of | the first Committee-of-the-Whole {of the session, Just what the Com- | mittee should report on arising was debated for some time. Wnally,| members agreed to report what| such Committees practically always report, ‘“progress.” Rep. Leo Rogge's bill requiring applicants for licenses to practice | medicine in Alaska to be citizens lof the United States, is occasioned, | it is said, by a flood of inquiries which have been received from| | refugee physicians seeking to settle |in Alaska. | wrangell is the home of Assis- | tant Clerks of the House of Repre- sentatives of both the 14th and 15th sessions. Two, years ago Lew | Williams held the position. This | time it's Elna Arola. No Charge for Ski Films fo Be | Given Tonight! . Contrary to previous announce- ment, there will be no charge for | tonight's ski films to be shown at 8 o'clock in the Juneau Grade School Auditorium. { Sponsored by the Juneau Ski Club, the two sound films are both said to be excellent and the public is invited to attend. *“Ski Skill” features the well knéwn skier, Freidle Pheifer, and “Sun Val- ley Winter” is a scenic attraction in technicolor. MARINE RIFLEMEN | TOSHOOT WITH.. C. At 7 oclock tonight the Marine Corps riflemen oh thé United States gunboat Charleston will compete | against the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club on the indoor small bore range | in the basement of the Alaska Meat Company. Shooting for the Marines will be Capt. G. R. Shell, First Sergeant Watson, Sergeant Schloegel, Private Ligett and Corporal, First Class, Mallory. —————————— — FIREMEN PLAN FOR 25TH ANNUAL DANCE | Plans and committees for the 35th | Annual PFiremen’s Dance were an- nounced last night at the monthly meeting of the Juneau Fire Depart- ment. The date for the dance is February 15. Other business transacted at the meeting was the acceptance by the Juneau Pire Department of an in- vitation to an Open house at the| Douglas Fire Hall on February 18. l H M. Hollmann is géneral chair- man for the dance, | saving instruction, mosquito control, IPAROLE REVOKED 'ed on April 15, 1940, and paroled ito the United States Marshal. He | tent to rob, THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT NF CON MERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Jundan and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Feb. 3y | Lose Another partly cloudy with possible light showers tonight; little change in ” temperature, lowest temperature tonight about 33 degrees, highest temperature Saturday 38 degrees; gentle variable win: m Game Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy \,\nh occasional . |light showers tonight; Saturday partly cloudy; gentle to moderate sasterly to southeasterly winds except fresh northerly in Lynn Canal Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaskax Firemen Ro(k Team from ! rixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Mostly cloudy with local showers moderate to fresh southeasterly to t> Cape Hinchinbrook: Partly clou- Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Resurrection Bay (o southeasterly winds. moderate, becoming Cape Spencer moderate easterly winds; Fair; moderate northeasteriy winds; Partly cloudy moderate easterly to tonight; sterly winds; Gunboat Charleston | . Back on Heels §gan§-m: Slowed up even more than tht\\‘j LOCAL DATA , :::: :Vii::gvrrr;fihtm\:hg:h:};; Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Bears, the hoop five from the Gun-|4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.66 }7 92 w "!‘ boat Charleston was rocked back on|4:30 am. today 2975 36 94 s 2 its heels last night as the Firemen| Noon today w 5 whirled and shot a fast game that| ended 49 to 28 with the Fireeaters| - far ahead The Gunboat crew showed f!ashes Weather Cloudy Lt. Rain 2979 3 88 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m of smart ball handling with youthful | Station last ;'2-1 hours | te;l;)). (l‘;:n 24 hours w’(‘,'ll(";: Liggett pacing the team through the | Barrow = o i Clear last half, but poor conditioning and | Fairbanks bl b = rc lack of practice for the five showed | Nome %0 a% v Cloud its results when it came down to|Dawson 1 =10 - close ball handling. The Navy men | Anchorage 32 f“ : iz have been on maple courts only Bethel . £l (“I1 i during scheduled games in which | St. Paul & ff (';;: they played Coast teams on the way Dutch Harbor 27 R Sn“fl' up from Seattle. Wosnesenski b ow From the time the opening horn | Kodiak Llnluu\: squawked and sent the two fives Cordova Clear out to battle on the floor until the Juneau Rain first canto ended, the Gunboatmen | Sitka - . 'Razn kept their own fairly well, and quite | Ketchikan Cloudy well in comparison with what the Prince Rupert .Rn'n Firemen did to them the remainder | Prince George Cloudy of the game. At the half the Firemen | Seattle 65 Cloudy had pulled way ahead until the|Portland 3 Clear scoreboard showed 26 to 9 for the San Francisco . 60 i Clear Firemen. SYNI s1e Por the remainder of the game it WEATHER SYNOPSIS was @ merciless slaughter with the | Rain was falling this morninz at a few points in Southeast Al- skilled Firemen using fast, hard bn]l\askn and snow from the Alaska Peninsula to the Kuskokwim Valley to pile up the points. |Clear or partly cloudy skies prevailed generally elsewhere over Alaska. Pollowing is the box score for last | Rain or snow had fallen during tie previous 24 hours along the night's game: | coast from Southeast Alaska to the Aleutian Islands and northward Firemen to the Kuskokwim Valley and St. Luwrence Island. The greatest FG PF TP amount of precipitation was .25 inch which was reproted at Cordova. 11| Temperatures continued to fall slightly over the central east portion 0 and the northern portion of Alaska, Barrow having reported minus “314 and Fairbanks minus five deg ees this morning. Generally over- 4 cast skies with local showers and moderately low ceiling and good 4| yisibilities but with local patches of very low clouds and poor Vi bilities prevailed this morning over the Juneau- Ketchikan airway. The Friday morning weather cart indicated a low center of 993 millibars (29.32 inches) was located at 58 degrees north and 165 degrees west, and a second low center of 995 millibars (29.38 inches) was located at 51 degrees north and 158 degrees west. A third low Oxpboat, Chatlestin center of 985 millibars (2009 inches was centered at 38 degrees FG PP TP|pgrth and 138 degrees west, and a fourth low center of 990 milli- 6l pars (29.24 inches) was located a’ 40 degrees north and 155 degrees | west. A high pressure area wgs cantered to the cast of Al a, and lo‘a second high center over the p'ateau in northern Nevad and a third high center of 1030 millibar; (3041 inches) was located at 30 degrees north and 178 degrees east Juneau, Feb. 8. — Sunrise 8:47 am,, Player Lindstrom Schubert Powers Taylor Chapados MacMurray . Brown Lindenmeyer KAl Bl ewnvnwnwaocn ol onuvocson Totals Player Dickey, H. C Dickey, C. C. Liggett Snyder Lewis Pielock Chase Schloegel | Ward Cox sunset 5:37 p.m 2| 1| ol 2 Blorocorrmmme sl cocoromomveos Totals DOUGLAS (REW GOES | SOUTH ON BARMOF[ Sailing for Seattle on the Baranof are seven PAA men, representing | the officers and crew of the ground- | ed Douglas D-C and two PAA radio | SHE: “Just look at Jack drinking a second cup of coffee.” HE: “Why not—I can’t ever resist Hills Bros. Coffee.” |men who had expected to fly south { on the airliner. Those sailing were: Capt. Murray Stuart, Pirst Officer Gene Meyring, Flight Mechanic Marshall Cray, | Radio Operator Dave Williams, | Steward Charles Krause from the | | airliner and Jack Stewart and Ver- non Modes, radio operators, belng tnm!efled to Seattle. INDIAN SCHOOLS 10 - USE MQTION PICTURES Through the courtesy of the For- est Service, the Office of Indian | | Affaits has received the loan for| six months of 30 different motion pictures, one-third of which are sound, for use in the native schools. It is planned to show the films in localities where projectors are available, Arrangements are being made to Share the films with Ter- ritorial schools. i Subjects included are forest fire control, game preservation, life- and other educational and recrea- o Regardless of the coffee-maker you have, Hills Bros. Coffee can be successfully used in it “as is.” The Comrect @rind produces the maximum of flavor and argma— those delicious qualities that make a steaming cup of Hills Bros. Coffee so enjoyable. BY COURT TODAY In PFederal Cotirt this afternon before Judge George F. Alexander, the parole of Orvis Finzell was re- voked and he was committed to McNeil Island penitentiary for three years. Fingell, Ketchikan resident, was sentenced to three years suspend- LOOK! RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE CAN ARE COFFEE-MAKING / DIRECTIONS FOR ANY METHOD | was charged with assault with in- His parole was revoked because of his violation of the parole terms. e GAME COMMISSIONER HERE Andrew Simons, Game Commis- sioner from the Third Division, ar- rived on the Barahof to attend the present session of the Alaska Game Commission. 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