The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1941, Page 2

2 - CLASS SET FOR JUNE 13 20 Will Take Oath Here- Court Party Returns from Sitka June 13 has been selected tent: tively as the date for admission t = weitizenship here of a class of 2 who have completed naturalization except for taking oath of al legiance to the United States Tl District Court will induct a group into citizenship, with the as- istance of the al American Le- 1 Post, which is arranging.a pro- e Court returned from Sitka ¢ the Northland after admitting 11 to citizenship Saturday night in a ceremony arranged by the Legion Those taking the oath were Olgat | | | 1, Amanda H. Koskela, Anna eson, Aron G. Kellberg, John H. | land, Hiida A. Elliott, Anton H Simongen, Ruth H. Fraki, Olaf S Ove, Howard J. Nontell and Ole Searbo. Divorces were granted at Sitka to Charles Dick from Lottie James | Dick and to Louise Chase from| Marvin Chase MRS. ADSIT HOME, ACCOMPANIED ON TRIP BY RELATIVES Mrs, Agnes Adsit, employee of the Territorial Auditor's office, re turned on the North Sea after spending 4 month in the States on leave She was her brother-in-law law, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Barye- coff of Portland, who are going on for the round Lrip NORTHLAND SHIP T0 CARRY WAR SUPPLIES The steamship North Heven of the accompanied north and sister-in- to has been sub-chartered to the Grace Line for a voyage from New York to the Canal Zone to carry defense materials, advices from San Fran- cisco said today. The freighter now is under char- ter to J. J. Moore and Company and is returning to the United States from a voyage to South Africa. After discharging at the Canal Zone, the North Haven will load coffee at Buena Ventura and at Central Am- erican ports for Los Angeles. The Northland Transportation Company said it expects the vessel to return to its service about July 15. sy - MRS. N. (. STRONG DIES AT SEATTLE Mrs. N. C. Strong, wife of the «former Ketchikan utilities and transportation man, died in Seattle e weex ago today following a long illness, according to word receiy by friends here. The Strongs had throughout Alaska. Since his ve- tirement several ars ago they had lived in Seattle. ROMINE LEAVES FOR WEST COAST ON AUKLE™ A. P. Romine, deputy fishery man- agement agent of the Fish and Wild Life Service, will leave tomorrow aboard the Auklet for Wrangell where he will be for several da before proceeding to Craig where he maintains headquarters and will be for the summer. ! D STILL SMOKI 4 ANDERSON,, S. C.——A famous| wreck on the Blue Ridge railroad in. 1876 .destroyed the wood-burning engine—except for the smokestack. It is still in use—as an ash hopp - e BAKER ARRIV Harry Rubenack, who has been' employed in a Seattle bakery, ar-| rived this forenoon on the North Sea. Rubenack will be a baker m-‘ the San Francisco Bakery. many friends I | | - e - i ON NORTH SEA : Margaret Dore of the License { Bureau in Olympia, Washington, is | | @ round trip assenger on the North | § Sea. | - MARRIAGE LIC Marriage ‘licensés were issued to- day by U. S. Commisssioner Felix Gray to Harry Guy Maxwell, Jr, and Sybil Ellen Godfrey and to Joseph Robert Meek and Mary Olga Lol T TAKES HOMESITE T. Patrick O'Brien has filed for a homesite at Auk Bay and plans to build himself a three-room cabin. — e BUY BOAT Ernest Parsons and Bob Duck- worth have purchased the 32-foot Officials Pleased by Good by | Northland Transportation Company | ST, PIERRE - MIQUELON BRITISH HOME GUARD ORGANIZING IN ALASKA | | Showing in Wrangell and Pefershurg Both Petersburg and Wrange!l gone a considerable to- ward perfection of home crganizations, Gov. Erbest Gruen- |ing said today following o flying t Dire te ftrip y [t y k is tor of Home 8 in Petersburg and Mayor |E. J. Wheeler in Wrangell. Both we enlisted the aid of the po- firemen. nurses, CCC enrollees, Forest Service, Boy Scouts and {others and given them definite as- [signments in case of emerger | Home guard companies are drilling | weekly. Organization of home guard quads here will begin within a few day The Governor was accompanied by Assistant Director J. J. Ryan »f Alaska Civilian Defense, Secre- tary of Alaska E. L. Bartlett and Paul Gordon of the Division of Territor e — DUFRESNE HOME - ONBROWN BEAR FROM VACATION The Fish and Wildlife Service ship Brown Bear arrived in Juneau at won today with a ship’s load of portsmen and wildlife officials, in- ioning in Florida and Mexico. Di- resne says he caught just about very species of game fish there is in Florida. Ben East, sporting writer, arriv- on the Brown Bear to write a series of. syndicated cles on Al- 15k sporting life and make mo- ion pictures W. E. Crouch, Chief of the Game Management Division of the Service, urived with his wife and son to pend the summer in Alaska. The Brown Bear will leave in a tew days for the Aleutian Islands. .- - PERSONNEL PROBLEM COLUMBIA, S, C—A nea ed minister attempted to ma best man and maid of honor at a wedding here. ight- S S ER s o, BELLAMYS ON TRIP Ben Bellamy, representative of the National Grocery, accompanied by Mrs. Bellamy senger for Sitka aboard the North Sea. e - ing tank before other basic cours- es are started. RS g Army Mask Ne;v Lieut. Richard O. Norton wears the gasboat Barbara V, formerly owned by Kenneth Stevenson, who is now in California. The Dailly Alaska Empire has tix S e - Jargest paid circulatlon of any Al L‘u BewEpapar. newest army gas mask, fitted with optically ground eyepieces which permit the wearer to use delicate precision instruments, such range finders and firing devices, and permits conversation, some- thing the old type of mask didn’t sllow. EMPIRE FRANCE FRENCH “FREE” EMPIRE H]M]M FRENCH ‘luding Frank resne, Executive| Dfficer of the Alaska Game Com- mission Dufresne and his wife retur to | Juneau after spending several menths in the States attending con- erences at Washington and vaca- OCCUPIED frrrrrrrrrrrrrroe rrrreres f | First evidence of a reasonable run of any kind at Tee Harbor was revealed today as Paul Johnson sught in several fine tales of strikes and a small king to add credence to the story. Johi 1 said he was using strip fishing gear for a troll outfit, got three strikes, lost them and then landed the small king. Probably |won't be long before they're strik- ing in the harbor as they are down by Point Bishop. Several large dollys, weighing m the pounds, were brought back from Montana Creek yesterday, with the tales that the run is just starting to be . They were caught up in the headwaters of the stream, where it is reported there are many large ones lurking. The fish fought desperately, the nimrods claimed, and are in fine shape, not sluggish. Still good for the table, Auk Lake is still drawing a few of the after dinner fishermen who 70 out for a try in the evening. No reports are coming from peo- ple going into Windfall Lake, but it should be getting good. The THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1941. f Women's First Aid | Classes Draw Over | Hundred Students The first aid classes for women | ponsored by the Woman's Volun- tary Service, have proved the most popular of the voluntary courses of- | fered to date. Over 100 women have joined the five groups for inten-| sive study and practice in first aid | work ) At present four c es are meet- e s ot s s eeeee—s g once cach week I Juncau, On lakes on Admiralty Istand areé get- Monday evenings at k ting better every day with . the there is a class at the Health Cen- | warmer weather coming 'om and|ler. Three classes meet at the new | the fish becoming more famished. leadquarters in the A. B. Tlall, one | Sitkoh is consistently yielding laroe @0 7:30 c'clock Monday evening: catches of medium sized fish. OnbRLIAY L Wedngeday. fore- Advantage of Sitkoh over Has- and one at 7:30 o'clock on though the fish run only up io P ol SRS M Wik 6 16 a:d 18 inches, they are fresher, . 7:30 o'clock Friday cvenings. break water when hooked and giv. ‘“" Aol s or o a sportsmanlike battle before bein.: the fall it there are a sufficient number interested landed. The Hasselborg and Flor- ence trout are larger, running 24 and 206 inches, but do not brea water, are larger but more slug gish. Last Sunday almost 20 boats lay from Dupont to Point Bishop, mak- ing a veritable highway in the fisn- ing area. 1. Goldstein's Bobby G brought in what is thought to oe the high catech for the day with eight kings, all of a size and weizn- ing approximately 20 pounds apiece, If the fish lhad been any lars they would have not fitted 'into the Bobby G's fish box. The party | stayed in Dotys Cove for most of the day. DECISION IN IS REVERSED SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 3.— The Circuit Court df Appeals today reversed the decision of an Alaska Court in which the jury awarded a judzment, of $55,000 to W. D. Gross, Alaska theatre manager, against a manufacturer of motion picture and sound equipment. The case had been sent back to the Court for rehearing. The Electrical Research Products Inc, which licenses sound equip- ment to the Gross Theatres in Ju- neau and Ketchikan, made claims. nst Gross thal he did not pay customary inspection and ad- and removed the the Justment fees, cquipment. Then Gross sued for damages and / the iwo juries found decisions in his| (favor for his representation that | the loss crippled his show business.| The decision here was two to one against Gross. Justice Francis Gar-| |1echt, observer, dissented with the decision. The case has been tried s found the case in favor of | Jur | Gross. GROSS SUIT | | gass 112,000 pounds, 10% and 9% cent Sell, Seatile SEATTLE, June 3—Halibut ar- rivals, catches and selling prices to-| day are as follow: From- the Western banks | 36,000 pounds, 10% and 9 Ivanhoe 32,000 Ton- cents a pound; ipounds. 10% and 9 cents; Portlock 140,000 pounds, 10% and 9% cents. From the local banks—Eleanora Lane 14,000 pounds, 10 3/4 and and 9 cents. ‘National Auxiliary President Will Visit Alaska Legion Units iary, will pay an offis Auxiliary units, it was announced | Auxiliary. and is ing group: The Agricultural group has piant- ed more potatoes at the Dotson farm srganizing come weed pull- to check over the garden y planted. Home Garden division o the Agricultural group which met last week under the leadership of Mrs, Lou Turoff is makine arranee-! ments to affiliate with the garden clubs of and will centinue cents; Eastern 16,000 pounds, 10': the Sommers’ c i » . Voluntary Service| | | Mrs. Enid Lemstra, National Pres- | en's ident of ‘the American Legion Auxil-|cleaned and furnished and are now visit to!being used Southeast Alaska American Legion|ment today. s} teday ‘by Mrs. John McCormick, De-!group» have been made by Henry twice, at Juneau, Alaska, and two|partment Secretary for the Legion Harmon and 3 | work was the State of Washmgton to concentrate on den plots. | R.J. Sommers' Bid 5 gn (. A. A Airfigld R. J. Sommers Construction Com- pany has been informed that its ombined bid for the Civil Aero- nautics Authority airfields at Nome and West Ruby (Koyukuk) was the low bid. Bids residential were opened Saturday Washington, D. C., and other con °s bidding in the field includ ed Morrison and Knufsen, Boise, Idaho, who are building the Ju- neau and Cordova airfields; R. H Stock of Anchor Littell and Greene of DesMoine of Los Angeles. Sommers’ bid for 1,000 and Rhodes the combined No award been announeed, pffice said., - New 'Headquarters Occupied Now by the A. B. Hall of the Wom- Service have been Headquarters in for office and mee Voluntary ling to announce- Leng work tables for sewing ants with the the Columbia lumber donated by Information regarding the nrder}\‘mt units at Ketchikan, Wrangell, ous equipment arranged, the group for a new trial in the now famous | Gross-ERPI case was received today Ly J. A. Hellenthal, Juneau attor- ney. The case was started nearly ten in the District Court in Juneau and E has been appealed twice to the Cir- | cuit Court of Appeals, San Francis- | co, where new trials were ordered. The order for a new trial announc- | €d today is the result of the second | hearing in the Circuit Court of San | Francis February 20. In each of !the lower court trials, Gross was | awarded approximately $55,000. | The decision was that of a divided court, two judges favoring a new years ago and has had two trials| Petersburg, Sitka and Juneau. Final scores of baseball games played in the two major leagues this |timé are as follows: Naticnal League Lincinnati 3; New York 7. St. Louis 0; Brookiyn 6. Pittsburgh 9; Boston 5. Philadelphia 7; Chicago 0. American League New York 2; Boston 4. Itrial and one affirming the judg- ment of the District Court in Ju- neau. As the case now stands, unless a y: | rehearing is ordered in the Circuit retried in Juneéau. ERPI, appellant in the case, has of New York, general solicitor for the Western Electric Company and by R. E. Robertson of Juneau. Gross's representatives are J. A. | Hellenthal and Frank Foster, both of Juneau. | B Subscribe for The Empire. | i {on account of rain. | . ——— | GOULDS LEAVE | | I | | | | | | Philadelphia - Chicago, posiponed ' Simmons. The pilot is ready to transfer classes to the building. LOCAL PILOTS afternoon and received up to press! Local airways pilots made only two flights teday as Shell Simmons roared off the Channel with five passengers for Sitka and Alex Hold-~ en flew a charter trip tec cannery towns in the Islands. Doris Stuart, W. P, Jones, Mitch Dabo, Dan Hammon and R. Grid ley were passengers to Sitka with scheduled to return from the st with four passengers for Juneau. Pilot Hoiden carried representa- Don Gould of the U. S. Weather tives of the New England Fish Com- Court of Appeals, the case will be|Bureau staff here, left on the North- | pany on a charter flight to Chath- |land with his family to spend three |am, Sitka and other cannery towns. | months’ leave in Seattle, where |sion at the University of Wash-| | ington. —_————— | LUTHERAN LADIES AID meets {in church parlors Thursday, June |5, 1:30 pm. Mrs. Ture Holm and | | .- | been represented by H. H. Brieland, | Gould will attend the summer ges- | MRS. GRACE FAIR IS SITKA PASSENGER ON STEAMER NORTH SEA Mrs. Grace Fair, nurse for John ‘W. Troy, left on the North Sea today for Sitka to visit for two weeks, She |Mrs. B. E. Feero are hostesses. All, will return to Juneau after her va- jvn‘flmbers requested to attend. adv.] cation. 1$1,000 each. 'Facilitie§ Wanted for Treat-| nd other miscellane- | GreafMass of Indictments Handed Down Fixing of Prices and Other Monopolistic Practices Are Charges Made SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 3.— Nearly 200 organizations and per- ns of six industries are accused of ixing prices and other monopolis- tic in the greatest mass n ments ever returned here by pecial Federal Grand Jury. food industr one a so- National Defense industry, n indicted. charged with fixing prices menopolistic practices include industrial associations, 89 cors Jorations and parineyships and 91 {ficers or dire Bail for individuals was set at| | Thos ind 14 S aial ALASKA [TEMS ARE INCLUDED INSUBPLY B ment Tubecular Indians ~Two Probes Coming WASHINGTON, June 3. — The Senate has added $250,000 to the Interior Departinent’s supply bill | for facilites for treatment of tuber- | cular Alaska Indians. | The Senate has also added $34.000 f 1westigation as to the cause of | the depletion of the Alaska herring | ;upply and $25,000 to study Alaska’ king crab fisher Rainbow Assembly Gives Tea in Horor Of Mis. N. L Troast The Juneau Assembly of Rainhow | Girls were hostes tea given between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock this afterncon in the b room in the Scottish Rite Temp The. tea {was in honor of N. Lester "X'roast, Chairman of the Rainbow | Advisory Board, who !} heen an l'active worker with the Rainbw Gi for a number of years. Mrs. Trost | will leave shertly to make her nome |in Anchorage. Pouring dur the tea hours were the Mesdames Homer Nordiin:, J. ! W. Leivers, K. C. Talmage and M. S. Whittier, Lovely bouquets of spring flowers were used throughout the room and | on the tea table where lighted tapers among them make the setting | especially attractive. Arrangements for the tea were in | charge of the Misses Doris McEach= ran, Worthy Advisor, Anna Lois Davis and Betty Rice. Miss May- delle George, Past Worthy Advisor, presented the honor guest with a | gift as a tribute from the Rainbow Assembly. Mrs. Dusenbury Wil Be Alaska Visitor During S,umme[i Mrs. Ralph Wayne Dusenbury left Seaftle abecard the Yukon today bound for Juneau and a summer in Alaska. Composer of the music for Mrs. Marie Drake’s Alaska Flag that was published this spring, Mrs. Dusen- bury has returned to Alaska each summer since she and her husband Col. Dusenbury, formerly in com- mand at Chilkoot Barracks, were | in | \ ‘ ‘ i _Leéaving; Seattle on the North | Lumber Company. With the stove al- | transferred south in 1937. Coast July 1§ Mrs, Lemstra will ready donated McCormicks Hosts Friday Honoring Major G. H. Baker For Major George H. Baker, Na- ftional Selective Service Personne Executive, John McCormick, director af Territorial Selective Service, anc Mrs, McCormick will entertain with oektails belween 5 and 7 o'clact Triday afternoon. THREE WILLIAMS IN TROUBLE AT SITKA - Three men have been sentenced at Sitka after pleading guilty te misdemeanors, according to word received from Deputy Marshal Sid ‘Thompson. William Peters was sentenced to six months in jail on a charge of assault and battery, filed by his wife. Willlam C. Jones was sen- tenced to six months on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. Will- iam J. Watson was sentenced ‘to four months for assault and battery, the charge having been filed by Alma Ellis, ! Forecast for Juneau and vicin Mostly cloudy with possibly lig not much change in temperature, 53 degrees, highest Wednesday aesterly winds, Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy with rain north portion and partly cloudy south portion lightly warmer in south portion Wednesday; gentle to Wednesday ; moderate variable winds. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of A Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU ity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., June bt showers tonight and Wednesday; lowest temperature tonight about 82 degrees; light to gentle south- local light tonight and skt winds, Moderate southeasterly partly cloudy; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: moderate south- easterly winds, local rain; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Maoderate easterly to southeasterly winds, local rain; - Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, becoming moderate southerly Wednesday, local rain. LOCAL DATA ‘Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4:30 pm. yesterday 30.11 62 65 SE 17 4:30 am. today 30.19 55 87 Calm Noon today 30.21 56 8 SE 6 RADIO REPORTS ' TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. Station last 24 hours temp. tempt. 24 hours Barrow .27 24 26 [ Fairbanks 70 37 49 0 Nome 54 44 46 0 Dawson 8 | 42 42, 0 Anchorage 63 | 50 50 0 Bethel 7 i 41 48 0 St. Paul 51 3 41 o Pt. Cldy Tutch Harbor .. 47 | 45 45 157 Rain Cordova 2 | 53 53, 0 Pt. Cldy Juneau 62 54 55 T Cloutdy Ketchikan 56 50 51 0 Cloudy Prince Rupert .. 60 51 51 T Cloudy Prince George .. 65 40 42 34 Fog Edmonton 64 30 34 [} Fog Seattle 72 46 47 0 Pt. Cldy Portland 2 | 48 49 0 Pt. Cldy San Francisco .. 65 | 43 55 0 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Due to the influence of; a weak storm frontal trough which was located to the north of Southeast Alaska this morning scattered rain had fallen’ over Southeast A over the Alaska Peninsula and the southern Bering Sea region this area. and clear or scattered clouds prevailed generally elsewhere over The greatest amount of precipitation during the previous cattered ai Alaska. heurs was 157 inches which was peratures were considerably cooll warmer elsewhere over the southe maximum temperature yesterday a rain had fallen over reported at Skwentna. Overcast skies, light air had continued and Relatively dry continental laska. Maritime 1 recorded at Dutch Harbor, T er over Southeast Alaska but were rn portion of Alaska. The highe fternoon was 74 degrees which w moderate to moderately low ceilings, fair to good visibilities and scattered light rains prevailed over the Seattle-Juneau airway this morning. The Tuesday morning, weathet chart indicated a center of low pres: grees west. This storm was expe the Bering Sea during the next sure of 2959 inches was located at 54 degrees north and 171 de- cted to move slowly northward into 24 hounrs. A second low center of 29.23 inches was located at 44 degrees north and 164 degrees west and was expected to move about 600 miles northeastward during the next 24 hours. northward into Southeast Alaska. A high pressure center of 30.30 inches was located at 39 degrees north and 132 degrees west and a high crest extended . A second high center above 3050 inches was located to the northoast of Barrow. Juneau, June 4 — Bunrise 3:59 a.m., sunset 9:54 p.m. Enga g e mm Whitey Is Announced by Bride-Elect’s Father Mr. Oscar Hegstad today announc- >d the engagement of his daughter, Doris, to Mr. Albert Withey, son of Mrs, Hazel Crosby of Fairbanks. The marriage date has been set for July 3 at the home of the bride- elect’s father. Both Miss Hegstad and Mr. With- ey are well known young Juneau- ites, having attended the Juneau High School. Mr. Withey is asso- ciated with the Sanitary Plumbing and Heating Company in Juneau. Ay Pan Americans Airways’ Alaska Division dispatched . two plancs from Juneau today as one Electra winged out for the Interior and a southbound Lodestar « landed here and continued to Seattle. Passengers leaving Juneau on the northbound Electra were Holly A. Sanders, Mrs. Loretta Sanders, Gust Lundell and Charles Goldstein. ' Through passengers on the southbound Lodestar - from Fair- banks to Seattle were Mrs. Nancy Beauchamp, Lucille Hook, Clark Hallin, Mrs. Laura Dwyer and Mrs, Frances Jacobs. tuver Passengers- boarding the ship at Juneau -and bound for Seattle are Mrs. Beatrice McConnell, Al Shy- man, Jack Liree and Rod, Darnell. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the ‘harles W. Carter Chapel for Isaac Puranen who passed away yesterday iorning, The Rev. John L. Cauble will of- iciate at the services, Interment /i1l be in Evergreen cemetery. Pall- earers will be Albert Peterson, Wil- iam Karki, Eli Tanner, John Tor- inen, George Alfors and Abel Kos- I —— e ARDEN "SELLS Skipper Olaf Larsen of the hali- uter Arden unloaded 12,000 pounds f fish at the Cold Storage Dock his morning selling to the New Eng- land Fish Company at prices of 8.60 and 750 cents per pound. FIRST SHIP T0 NOME CARRYING - GREAT DREDGE 12,500 Tons of Parts for Gold Machine in Hold of S. S. Derblay With her holds virtually filled with the parts of a single gold- mining dredge, the Alaska Steam- ship Company’s steamship Derblay * sailed from Seattle May 20 for Nome, Alaska, on the first voyage of the season to that far northern port. 3 The cargo of the Derblay was* made up largely of the 2,500 tons of parts of the dredge, consigned to the United States. Smelting, Re- fining and Mining Company of Nome and Fairbanks. The dredge parts included some 1,000 tons of structural steel fabri- cated in Lancaster, Pa, an brought aboard -the steamship West Kysha of the Arrow Line, The“y remainder of the dredge machinery was manufactured by the Yuba Manufacturing Company of San Francisco. It was estimated that it will require about 45 days to as- semble the dredge parts after they are unloaded at Nome. The Derblay’s voyage was sched- uled at an unusually early date to give the mining company an oppor- tunity to put the equipment in op- eration this year. v Women's Sociefy Christian Service Meets Wednesday The Women'’s Society of Christian « Service will meet. Wednesday eve- ning at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs, G, Edward Knight for the business and social meeting which was postponed from last week. Mrs. Beatrice William and Mrs, Mae Rhodes will be hostesses. Hand- work will be furnished for the eva- ning’s sewing. ——————— Expected in Seattle shortly from the Hawaiian islands the steam- | ship Clevedon of the Pacific Ameri- can Fisheries will be added to the ileet of the Alaska Steamship Com- pany for the summetr season, the company announced today. The Mary D, also of the Pacific American 'Fisheries, already is in* i;x:-{tce under charter to the Alaska ne. | * The Clevedon’s first voyage of the { seasan for the. meww.mm"m“