The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 6, 1941, Page 8

Seffle ILLEGAL FISH Border IN KETCHIKAN Dispute COLD STORAGE Fish and Wildlife Agent Files Complaint After Arrest of Halibuters the Fish notified "Principal Points’ Agreed fo in Thailand-French Indo-China Case office of Service was The Juneau and Wildlife today that a complaint has been filed against the Ketchikan Cold Stor Company on a charge of violating the North Pacific Halibut Act and for the possession of halibut brought in during closed season Telegrams from Gerald Banta, Fish Wildlife agent at Ketchikan, said the complaint had been filed after three Ketchikan halibut fish- ermen were sted and found guilty of taking and the pos ssion of halibut during closed season The men, Thorel Albrightson, william Horn and Don McClean, all of the halibuter Lumen, were found guilty in Ketchikan Com- | misioner E. C. Austin’s court and were fined $100 each. McClean’s fine was suspended. The Court or- dered the confiscation of pounds of halibut Banta indicated that the fish had been found in the Ketchikan Cold Storage and discovered as an | illegal catch, The men who had delivered the fish had already re- turned to the banks. Banta, fly- ing in a plane out of Ketchikan, found the fishermen and placed them under arrest It is not known what action has been placed inst the Ketchikan Cold Storage Company other than the complaint filed for session of halibut. SIMMONS FLIES TRIP 0 COAST Pilot Shell Simmons carried two passengers to the Coast in the Lockheed Vega this morning and is scheduled to return with three passengers from Sitka. R. W. Murphy and Allerd Ken- nedy were bound Jfrom Juneau Hirst. Murphy is a round passenger. 6.—A joint Jap- French comnnique agreement on “piin- in the Japanese medi- settlement of the Indo-China bor- TOKYO ane M -French ute the remaining points to be settled within a announcement of the agree- followed conferences between Ambassador Arsen Henri Premier Prince Konoye Minister Matsuoka >ro——— ATTENTION CARPENTERS Imy ant meeting of Carpenters’ Local 2247 Friday, March 7. 8 p.m ady ment French and Foreign ALL ALIKE? No other ice cream can compare with' JUNEAU DAIRIES". With any flavor of JUNEAU DAIRIES’ you'll eat every drop! JUNEAU DAIRIES trip B N s LB S Gt A P stands for PEPPER full of flavor and zest C is for CINNAMON ends your quality quest S is for SCHILLING the brand that is besi! Schilling 37 SPICKS =19 EXTRACTS ¢ Healthful foods mean healthy bodies, and healthy bodies are irreplacable wealth. Besides, you save money on healthful food at the THRIFT CO-OP. TASTEWELL TOMATO PUREE 2 large cans 25¢ SHURFINE MILK - 13 cans for $1.00 CALAVAS E-G-G-S 10c each 2dozen 67¢ BUTTER | Juice Oranges 2 Ibs. for 75¢ 2 doz. for 49¢ LIMES ===== doz. 33¢ Master Toast == 23¢ Package THRIFT CO-0P NEXT TO CITY HALL PHONE 767 illegal pos- | to! How Nazi | | ( THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941.° Gliders May Invade Britain - 80DY COVERED WITH PLYWOOD 1,500, liermans repeatedly have boaste: Ington reports that a factory in Czecho-Slovakia is manufacturing Jelieve these may be the weapon in question. This artist's sketeh shows how the g OXYGEN TANKS d of a “secret weapon” being perfected for the invasion of Britain. Wash- 1,000 super-gliders, and observers liders, capable of carry- Ing fifty soldiers, would replace or supplement the landing of troops by parachute. Towed by big planes, the gliders probably would be cut loose high over the English Channel at night to swoop down to silent, un- FIRST SAILING T0 KUSKOKWIM SLATED MAY 13 Steamship North Pacific of Santa Ana Company to Leave Sgame First sailing of the season to Goodnews Bay, Bethel and Kusko- {kwim River points will be taken by the steamship North Pacific out of Seattle May 13. The carrier, which supplies the only conneetion by water to the Kuskokwim district, will take out a full carge and passenger list, ac- |cording to present inguiries and bookings and also judging by past |seascns. Practically all supplies to {the mining camp towns, native set- !tlements and to trading posts go in detected landings. Sidelights on the Legislature and allied concern, which handles barges far up stream above Bethel Among important consignments which will go North on the ship is the entire lot of steel girders and braces for a bridge to be built ove: the Takotna River, a tributary of| pfost silent of Senators is Hjalmar the Kuskokwim. The bridge will be|Nordale of Fairbanks who, when he the connecting link in a new road ayose yesterday with a few remarks between Steriing Landing and Ophir. | fayoring an appropriation for the The highway is expected to be com-, seldovia Hospital, was speaking for pleted by midsummer. only the second time this session. Capt. Charles Carlson, veteran | — Northern navigator and rezular|{ Another session law hit the books master of the ship, will be in com- today following its approval by the mand of the vessel as usual. Governor. It pays a elaim of $1.300 Frank Mortimer, Alaskan man-|by the Northern Commercial Com- ager of the Alaskan Rivers Naviga- pany for installation of a diesel tion Company, will be among the!plant at the Griffin Memorial Hos- passengers sailing on the North Pa- pital at Kodiak. cific. After arrival 'at Bethel he will | superintend operations of the freizht cary up the river to the yarious regular calls. askan Rivers Navigation Comp:myi The meaning of “next preced- ing” was argued in the House to- day. Rep. Howard Lyngz contend- ed it means “following,” while Karl Drager, who was given the privilege of the floor to make a few remarks on a bill defining a judgment debtor's exemption, insisted it means “prior to.” The - o A survey made at the Univer- | sity of Toledo shows the average college student reads 24.8 bocks each year. i |via the Santa Ana Steamship Com- | |pany’s service and that of the Al-| R i L Ralph A. Bard This photo was steaming in line, . Wazr. Ships like these are reported concentrating within striki ‘Get New Arm Ralph A. Bard, of Chicago, is a new U. S. assistant secretary of the navy, succeeding Lewis Compton, who resigned. - Robert A. Lovett, of New. York, has been appointed special assistant to the secretary of war, made during Japanese naval maneuvers in the South Paeific. 8 with the H‘uta'?:'thé lead Tollowed by the Kirisima, both built at the start of the World - Subscribe for The Empire y, Navy Jobs ; matter never was cleared up, but the House passed the bill. That memorial by Senator Leroy | Sullivan asking Congress to declare the Niukluk River non-navigable has an interesting story behind it. It seems the stream. over sandbars barges are pushed and pull- ed to the town of Council, is frozen | solid most of the year and too shal- low for navigation most of the bal- ‘ance of the time. But an action | was begun by the U. S. Attorney at Nome last year to prevent mining on the bed and benches of the !Niuluk on the theory that it is a navigable stream. As there seems to {be a good deal of zold and ‘very | little navigation, Sullivan is trying | to have the miners given the right to prospect there. So that “we won't have fo go | through a lot of teais again tomor- row,” rules were suspended in the | senate today on motion of Senator 3Norman R. Walker to pass Rep. ‘Smnrt Staneroes n's tuberculosis hos- pitals memorial. — “I like to keep peace in the fam- ily, peace between the House and Senate,” Senate President Henry Roden observed todav in agreeing to withdraw an amendment which would have cut ~ome al'e~adly ver- bose and 1mneces o lancuace ont of a House b'll.- If the Senata voted the minor amendment, tha bill would have to go back to the'House for concurrence, Senator Leroy Sul- livan pointed out. Roden smilingly agreed. ‘the Mo{}e Robert A. Lovett A battleship squadron is distance of the Malay Peninsula and / and the United States make ceunter mosas. whose | Carol Makes - Fast Escape FroE Spain Uses High Powered Amer- ican Auto Outrace Guards-In Portugal LISBON, March 6.—Former King Carol of Rumania and Madame Magda Lupescu, his red-haired | woman friend, have reached Por-| tugal safely after a dramatic mgm; | from Seville. | While Carol was driving his high-| | powered American automobile on| |an afternoon ridé, he -suddenly| | turned the car toward the border| |and out-raced his Spanish guards} |on the 86-mile stretch of high-| | way. Carol has been held a virtual prisoner in Spain since shortly after| his abdication, e e Chamberlsfor ‘Appropriation For Armories Territory Should Finance' Buildings at Minimum | Cost, Endor;ement ‘ The Junean Chamber of Com-| merce membership endorsed | unanimously without comment a re- | | commendation of the Executive |Board putting the Chamber on rr‘-i cord as favoring an appropriation by ;!he Legislature to construct National | Guard armories. | The recommendation is for Terri-| torial provision of “minimum es-| sential housing” for National Guard Companies, as determined by the Army. The endorsement is not to be considered an endorsement of any bill now before the Legislature, the Board report said. Band Unifcrms Paid For A serenade by the Juneau High School Band greeted Chamber ing. The band appeared to express its thanks for a Chamber gift of $75 i toward purchase of its new uniforms. The uniforms are now completeiy paid for, Superintendent of Schools | A. B. Phillips announced | R. E. Robertson reported he | interviewed Capt. Ralph Parker of| the Navy during the recent visit of | the gunboat Charleston and had| learned from him that joint Army- Navy action for construction of an| airport at Juneau is contemplated. | Fish Report Adjutant Stanley Jackson of the| Salvation Army reported that as the| result of a Chamber of Commerce arrangement with the Jumneau Coid Storage last year, 750 pounds of surplus fish caught by sportsmen were turned over to 32 needy fam:!- ies. Members were urged by the Execu- tive Board not to send collect tele- jgrams to Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond or telephone him reversing' the charges, as such expenses cost the Delegate about $3,500 per year| out of his own pocket. Visitors included Earle W. Knight, Managing Editor of the Alaska Weekly; Harold Byrd, Fairbanks and | Livengood accountant; A. H. Mc. Donald, Alaska Steamship Agent a Anchorage; Brig. John (’;‘-illingham,I in charge of Salvation Army work in Southeast Alaska, and members of the Halibut Curtailment Board WARNING 1S GIVEN 10 DUTCH \Must Not Even Have Thought of Plot Against Army of Germany AMSTERDAM, March 6. — The President of the German Military | Court today condemned 18 Nether- landers to death before a firing squad and he also told the Dutch people that every one who even in thought plots against the German Army is playing with his life. It is disclosed that many sabotage cases are awaiting German court members at today’s luncheon meet-| martial proceedings. Most of those sentenced today were charged with spying for Eng- land and plotting to cooperate with the British Army in the event of invasion, Today’s trials also revealed that |a secret Dutch organization had heen active from May to December last vear, especially in the Dutch region nearpst the English coast. S e - Bubscribe- 1o the Dafly Alaska, Empire—the paper with the larges oaid circulation, e ELKS’ HALL (For Members Only) SATURDAY---MARCH 8 FROM 10:00 P. M. — ON! IC BY Lillian Uggen's Orchestra ations with the Club Steward s early as possible. Make Reser ADMISSION $1.50 in charge of the dinner_committee and assisting will be Mesdames Milton Ward and J. Jekill. Enter tainment for the occasion will be ar- ranged by Mesdames Ernie Siinder and Clarence Wittanen. Hostess at the meeting was Mrs. Ernest Stender, and the next gath- ering was announced for March 13 Plans for the good-will bean din- at the home of Mrs. Doia Cpauld- ner to be given March 8, at the ing. Chapel By-The-Lake, were made at Present were Mesdames Harry the last meeting of the Chapeladies | Arncld, Loren Card, Max Meilke, J. held at the Glacier Highway home | DeHart, J. Pederson, Dora Spauld- of Mrs. Clarence Wittanen. ing, Milton Ward, Clarence Wittan- Mrs. Max Meilke will be chairman en and Ernest Stender. 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