The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 27, 1941, Page 2

» shows body of Edwa arrival of was shot a of Seattle, city is new in additi the latter’ tional Miu German combatants, whose ship was sunk in action with the British off the island of Crete, wear life-belts d LaFountain (in foreground) shortly after coroner and sheriff’s deputies on scene where LaFountain nd killed by maniac on the loose in residential section north Whad is probably the biggest manhunt in the history of the going on in an effort to apprehend this crazed man, who, to the killing of LaFountain, shot and se s wife and mother, R. F. Bull, early on June 23. strated News Special Service Photo). usly wounded (Interna- and cling to a rubber raft as they await rescue by an Italian ship. Juneau Ski Ciub Holds Luncheon The Juneau a lunche mination committee for ar the election of neunced that election of off Wedn on, and to be club a float day, Ju 4th of July Parade. Those appoin nation commil dict, Orrin Wick: At President present, Workers Mass Colors as Defense Plant Expands Hundreds of American flags wave as workers att plant was dedicated and the cornerstone laid for a A. Disston also decided today to Kimball, and Warren Eveland is Vice-President. PILOTS CARRY TWELVE IN 3 COAST FLIGHTS Twelve 1 Tlub members on meeting today to pa Tew in'iand Juneau today as local pilots Pilot Alex flew n with Joe and G. S. with Lew Kay, Chatwin and rom Hirst. this afternoon, passengers to Whitehead, and Henry engers western “buffe 120 miles Greater ght by the Sectors whi abandoned are Baltic Sovietized officers. The Club an- the meeting for the icers will be held on ily 9, at Percy’s Cafe Hol all members are re- 7 Mr, and present. Mrs. E On Holden made trips tc Russi; Holden Repik, Ly later flight Lat; carried four were Ernie Kell representing them in nted to be on the nom- » % ttee are: Elmer Bene- - g PR and Allan May Dear odwin carried H. H. Ar- Christie is ! to Tena and Todd and will eturn this afternoon in time to fly to Ketchikan with three passengers. miles southwest casualties the German G Myron 'um er hou & Sons. The tool and machinery company, with plants th armor for scout and combat cars, tanks, nxnt naval craft and airplanes, within route to sectors r front” the a, is High ch appear at Siauliai, Riga, via, FALL BACK BULLETIN—MOSCOW, June Abandonment of in s deep as| borders indicated Command. to on Lhu Capital ol“ and the Vilna| and Baranowicze barriers to the‘ pincers movement aimed at Minck, capital of White Russia, about 400 t' of Moscow. are reported inflicted on| units Heavy BU\ DEFENSE BONDS a coremonies at which a new armor plate t the huge defense works of Henry m'huut the country, is turmnz out THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941. 'IO TERRITORY ;‘FROM SEATTLE \0uarfermaster Colonel Is Preparing fo Send Mllhons of Tons | TACOMA *olonel C officer of the master depot, today rthwest Advisory Wasn., June Tl p 0. i told th Board Pac in ific con- juip- * for handle * rimental cady been | Olympia & l.|l)\ k& | Thr 1blishing lon point ARMY SUPPlY| BILLIS PASSED BY SENATORS - \Is Largest ?ini]le Appro- | priation in History— % Goes Back fo House WASHINGT Eenate has appr: | vote the record | 624 Army suppl | back to the House to consi ‘(rl‘ ses totaling $558,312,132. | ‘The increase ounted for { largely in an amendment providing | {half a billion dollars for construc- | ticn of new munition nts, | The legislation is the I gle appropriation in histo; | The Senate completed '1 hour and 20 minutes after | tory debate. | - S YUKON HERE FROM WEST Sailing <nu(hbal.1“ Yukon, Capt. C. A. Glassce |purser Leizh Runge, docked in Ju-l (neau at 2 o'clock this atternoon with | eight passengers from the West-| {ward for Juneau, and is scheduled | | to sail for the South at 3:30 o'clock | | this afternoon. | Passengers arriving from Seward | | were L. §. Coffin, Mrs. Anne David- on, Florence Syverud, J. L. Wilson (and J. R. Williams { 27| Frem Kodiak \Mrs. S. E. Thorpe, | its| Fred Lindenmeyer and Glen Jack- | s0n. WASHINGTON, Jurie 27 members of the House Way | M Committ ¥ y Depa g m \nvvu(ud tomeh combinec in tion The members of id the proposal debate the | ered many other posed levies. | The Treasury rev | pre commi proposal on tor ca June 27.— The| estimated then d by a viva voce | ng $10,384,821 - bill sent’ it and - is st sin- tion in a dila- the A R " SUB CHASERS DUE THIS AFTERNOON | WITH ROTC MEN Three 150-foot sub-chas |due in Juneau late this aft \wxm R.O.T.C. youths from Pacifie | Coast universities, | The vessels, considerably smallep! than destroyer have been in | Southeast. Alaski waters several |days following a return from Ko- diak. The chasers were anchored Jln Sitkoh Bay two days ago. - nl ‘ Enrico Colar Joyce Kilme: he went to the poem, trou NEW BOATPLANE . ..PATROL CLiCKNG The new sea and air patrol for umlr‘clxun of Alaska fish and game is working moothly, according to As=1 | sistant Executive Officer Homer W. | Jewell of the Alaska Game Commis- | sicn, who returned cn the Bear to- ! day after a visit to Petersburg and ! Wrangell to organize the pa 1. Jewell said salmon were s:hooling |up in the bays and that seiners | weren't. | A A SS SS 1 HENNING SAILS SOUTH Beb Henning, Juneau fur buyer, | representing Charles Goldstein Furs | riers, safled south. on the steamer Yuken today for a two months’ bus-, | iness trip in Seattle. A SRS S GORDON TO FLY Paul Gordon, Supervisor of aska Alfairs for the Division of| | Territories and Island Possessions of the Department of Interior, was to ily to Fairbanks by PAA today. [ o s~ MARRIAGE LICENSE xmes Harlan Hodges and Helen | Gardon hve filed with U. 8. (‘om-, ofier sFelix “Gry notice of in- tention to wed under Alacka marriage Jicense law, Al- Daniel H. Exceutive Co Conkley leaves th )f Represen ¢ al political inflt for criminal ak in his own uncilor tativ snce lum npeachment ’ VICTiM OF MAD MAN; SEARCH MADE FOR HIM IN SEATI[E ARMY TO SHIP Fete Coakley Danjel H. achusetts in Boston, ad formally im- legedly using his ain pardons e M (h fense, he ed he would fight the charges. - NIVORC - an ha for divorce n on grounds il WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE' t be a devout believer in- \\'mn he bu it this house, instead of T i 1 i | | 4 | LOVE 1| N TER EST_-'pnvm Kosecki”_responds to kind t at the hands of Betty Clague in New Orleans, who J&e squirrel for her boy friend in the army. Beny 's father Kosecki from some mne-lhrowlu u. ~ | sign out. THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinily, beginning at 4:30 p.m., June 27: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight and Saturday; stightly warmer Saturday, lowest temperature tonight about 50 degrees, highest Sat- urday 58 degrees; gentle southeasterly winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Showers tonight and Saturday but with light rain Saturday afternoon in south portion; slightly warmer north portion Saturday; moderate to fresh southerly to scutheasterly winds in south portion and moderate variable winds in north portion. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaskm Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate to fresh southerly to southwesterly winds, becoming fr:sh southeasterly south of Cape Edgecumbe Saturday, local showers with rain south portion Satur day afternoon; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: moderate southwesterly winds tonight, beco nihg moderate easterly to south- easterly Saturday, local showers; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrec- tion Bay: moderate northeasterly winds, partly cloudy; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate easterly t, northeasterly winds, becoming northerly Saturday, local showers. . LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity yesterday 30.03 50 92 SE 12 today 29.99 52 93 SSE 12 today 20.98 53 92 S 9 RADIO REPORTS Time 4:30 pm., 4:30 aum, Noon Weathe Rain Cloudy Rain TODAY 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am tempt. 24 hours Weathe, 34 : 47 45 46 52 45 44 46 Max. tempt. last 24 hours. 41 72 54 Lowest, Station temp. Barrow Fairbanks Nome Dawson Anchorage St. Paul Atka Lutch Harbor Wosnesenski Kanatak Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Prince George Edmonton attle Portland San Francisco 5 | 59 WEATHER SYNOPSIS moist maritime air had penetrated the southeast portion Alaska this morning and rain had fallen during the previous 24 from Southeast Alaska to the Alaska Range and Kamatak and at scattered points in the Tanana Valley. Rain was falling this morning from Southeast Alaska t)> Cordova and at scattered points over the Alaska' Range. The greatest amount of precipitation was 36 hundredths of an inch which was recorded at Juneau. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies prevailed generally over the western northern portions of Alaska. Th> warmest temperature afterncon was 72 degrees at Fairoanks and the coldest this morning 34 degrees at Barrow. Overcast sties, light rain, low ceilings anl fair visibilities prevailed over th: Juneau-Ketchgkan airway (his morning. The Friday Fog PLCldy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy PL. Clily Rain Cloudy Rain Clougy Clouc Pt. C Pt. Cldy Pt. C Cloudy Cloudy 51 yeste morning weather chart indicated a center of low 5 ure of 29.60 inches was locat:d at 52 degrees north and 163 east and was expected t) move eastward aboul 700 miles during the next 24 hours. A storm frontal trough extended from the Alaska Range southward along th® coast of Southeast Alaska and was expected to move eastward beyond the Alaska border during the next 12 hours. A hi‘%h pressure center of 30.4¢ inches was located o 36 degrees north and 138 degrees west and a high crest extendel northeastward toward Vancouver Island. A weak high pressure ter was located to the north of A ka. Juneau, June 28 — Sunrise 3:54 am | MCANNIS &= WINNER BY KNOCKOUT degrees n- sunset 10:08 p.m. in a clowning manner, but after they were under way, entered 2 bloody vicious slugging match, A Southpaw Shows “Wildcat” Owens slick southpaw fighter, took a decision away from .Dick Alexander in other of the prelims. Eoth boy:s were in-the welterweight division The curtain raiser for the e ning showed Billy Dee and Billy Lee who put on a fast four-round & B draw. The boys are lightweights Juneau Pride Pufs Soldier tne rient was exceptionaily fast. Referee for the fight was Verne Jersek Down and Quf |mcoraw, ana udses includes ILany Freeburn and Bob Jernberg. in FOUT"I ROUI’Id | Promoter Jones was well pleased {with the way the entire card was _|put on, and indicated other events SITKA, Alaska, June 27 — Bill, may be held in the Navy base city McCann, one-time All-Alaska wel-|j “the near future. Last nights terweight champion and still the paiile was the first of the season. pride of Juneau, resumed his box-| |ing wars again when he slammed | his way to a technical K. O. vie- |tory over Soldier Jersek in the|yrocann will Le going through Ju- {ANB Hall here last night in the|,eay soon on his way south. His | fourth round of a scheduled 10-|,4ng are indefinite, but he expects One of the Iargest i, ongage in several fights in the “round fight. ‘cmwds of the year witnessed the|gi.ioc’ in the near futtire. e GAME TODAY "RAINED OUT Second consecutive game to be met by rain instead of fans this week, the seven-inning contest scheduled for tonight between the Douglas and Elk nines, has been postponed because of a heavy downpour. HOSPITAL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. William V. Graves are the parents of a six-pound eight ounce baby girl born at 1:15 o'clock {yesterday afternoon at St. Ann’s hospital. hitting McCANN THROUGH lllqlE According to word received here McCann started the fight in his| |old form with a ninescount knock| jdown in the opening round when | he slugged a vicious right to the | Soldier Boy's face. This proved to | be"the opening of four rounds of| /vicious fighting, for at the count| \or nine Jersek regained his feet and withstood a round of give and !’\ke bringing cheers amid tne deurenm" din of the large crowd. After the first round, which was ]u wide open slugging match, thel tight suddenly turned in McCann’s| | favor who slugged his way to vic-i | tory during each succeeding round | until the final K. O. in the fourth| lin his regular dancing McCann| | fashion. | Fight promoter Dave “Boob”! | Jones, reported after the scrap that it was an extraordinary fight and |a fast one. Jersek proved himself | ‘.L good and game lad, but no maum | for McCann. i | The hall was packed with sol- diers who were there to cheer their | fighter to victory, but in vain, | Semi-Final Best ! The surprise fight of the eve- | ning was the special event match | between Herman Hetchell and Sol- | dier Chuck Michaels at 140 pounds. | Hetehell gained a judges’ declslon! Tom O'Shaughnessy has entered over Michaels after four rounds of /gy Ann’s hospital for medical treat- clever boxing. Both lads fought a ment, fast and furious fight all the way. . Acting Chief of Police “Sonny”| Tommy Harris underwent a mai- Endres and Ole Bresteed in the or operation this forenoon at St. | semi-final scrap at 175 pounds;Ann’s hospital. {fousht a furious slugging four-| jzound draw, and during the fight Jimmy Austin, a surgical patient had the fans on their feet many|at the Government hospital, was times. Both men opened the fight ldlsmlsed this afternoon. Young James and Mary Cuthbert underwent tonsilectomies this fore- noon at St. Ann’s hospital. Frank Pepsin was admitted to St Ann's hospital yesterday afternoon to receive medical attention. Frank Farnon, a medical patient, has been admitted to St. Ann’s hos- pital,