The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 24, 1941, Page 2

HALIBUTER ROTARY MEETING ' STILLLOST "3 Hivomtren OFF SEWAR D Cauble and Darnell Return Haida to lnfiigate Miss- | from British Colum- ing Fishing Schoon- bia Convention er in Gulf | very interesting and successful, ac- In spite of the weather that ran | the thermometer to 120 degrees the Northwest District Rotary Con-| KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 24— Coast Guard headquarters wh“.h“cnrdmg to Juneau Rotary Club| yesterday queried Alaska ports about stvm(ari\- the f(u\” .701\11“1..n C;xu.l;]gi the halibuter Faith II, today said ”“‘( the meeting on the North as | vention in Kelowna, B. C. was C ; have been unable to locate the ey ey | with Rotary President Rod Dar- 2*(?:;1\:“1:‘\:'«:3”&(1 J::\c:{:’);:; r::i‘“““» Cauble attended the meeting pairs or supplies. aftqr drawing to the Canadian | The Coast Guard office, however, | town from Seattle. At that conven- has not heard from the cannery at | tion, - Which was attended by 140 Sawmill Bay which is near Cape |delegates from Washington, Ore-| Cleare. Thorwald Larsen, skipper of | 300, Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska, the Juneau chapter of the| the Seattle halibuter Delight, which found four of the crew from the (° organization was cued for meritor- Faith II in a dory off Cape Cleare | 0US Work on July 13, does not recall their b ~on | names. The names of the three i men remaining aboard the drifting | “ew S(hOOI Be'ng | The cutter Haida, leaving Juneau | Erected for Tee halibuter are also unknown. tomorrow, will reach the vicinity of | Cape Cleare in a couple of days to | | sestigate the stormy night with | H b Y ' ibiity when the seiner besu: arbor Youngsiers to snek the Faitn IT. Larsen said after the transfer of the crew to the | Cihildren .nnuml Tee Harbor are seiner, the Delight left for Seattle. | .. to have a new school build-| The name of the seincr which t0ok i eady for them when the school the four men oif the Faith IT ‘eckt- g ping this coming fall. ing the drifting halibuter was the | gonstruction is to start this week | Marian F. of Sawmill 5y accord- o, o ¢3700, onc-room frame build- ing to the crew of J\L: Dm.: Coast ing, aceordin Dr. James C. Ry-| Guard headquarters ex Territorial Commissioner of| hear from Sawnill Bay to R Etucatio Located nbout 20 miles out of| Juneau on the Glacier Highway, DOUGLAS NEWS SCHOOL RE-OYENING IS 0 TO BE DELAYED A WELL cize Announcement was made this Forme the Tee Harbor young-! morning by the Douglas School! siers have been attending school Board of a change in the usuél|in a wanigan scow on the beach. date for beginning of the fall term| property for the new building was of school this year. September 8|acquired from the P. E. Harxis instead of September 2 is the date|cannery company. A strip of land that has been set, the change being| 100 by 120 feet in size was leased made to convenience students Who| fyom the cannery for five years at are employed during the vacation.|the nominal fee of $1 for the lease 7 —> =" period. The lease was arranged by AWAITING PAbSAG"' | R. E. Robertson, attorney for the Emil Uberti is irf receipt of word | cannery company. from his son Albert and daughter | Yolanda that their trip north for FUNERAL SERVICE FOR | AMUNDSEN HELD TODAY a visit here only awaits availabil-| ity of accommedations on one of Last rites were held this after- noon at 2 o'clock in the Charles | thé steamers. During the past sev-| eral weeks all steamers have been W. Carter chapel for Peder Amund- sen, fisherman who succumbed after | sold out weeks before sailing dates Miss Ruby MacNelll, graduate g1\, u.o pony burned when his small as successor to Miss Esther Boyd| "y 'nionoicon Gust Lundell, John At present, Miss MacNelll IS em-|; 0 p “of which Amundsen was north recently for a visit there i — The Rev. and Mrs. G. Edward| their three children, Arthur, Joyce, her way to Juneau after attendinz .4 (aye up his dutles there as| the East and visited in Massuchu- \se“ard and he and his wife will R MISS MacNEILL ELECTED Western Teachers’ College in Bowl- _ boat caught fire July 9. The Rev. Green, Ky, was chosen by the g Suvdh, o FE 4 John L. Cauble read the service. to have charge of the fourth, fifth, . = . Reck, James Larsen, and M. A d sixth grades here during the d L snd; sixth gr # B | McCorkle. They are all members ployed in the arts and crafts de- b partment of the Bureau of Indian|® Member: Interment was in the Odd Fel- References furnished gave a prece- L i dence over a number of other ap- MEIHoD'S' P‘s‘ok Mrs wa"er He"an ‘legm left yesterday on the Bar- |anof for Seward, where they are| Mrs, Walter Hellan left Seattle|*2d Laura Jane. The Rev. Knight will attend the the - National Convention of the|peag of the Home Mis: A sions for Catholic Daughters of America in Ay His successor in Juneau setts and Chicago on her return'arrne here following the confer- to the West Coast. ence. the school wiil house an estimafed wrollment of 14 pupils during the Ar ning school y * the construction work was Kline, of Tee Harbor. The will be 24 by 28 feet in 00l TO TEACH, DOUGLAS SCHOOL s rd last ening Bougias, Beho), Boak O Pallbearers were Oscar Jenson, 001t L e i s of the Silver Bow lodge of the Affairs at Juneau, having come z lows plot in Evergreen Cemetery. plicants for the pusmcn | MQVB l.o SEWARD Enroute to Juneau‘mo\mg permantly. With them are yesterday on the Alaska and is On|yseuoqict Gonference in Seward, | Washington, D. C. She traveled in|ihe Rev. Matthews, is now in Put a Covic Diesel in Your Boat If You Wani MORE ROOM IN YOUR BOAT 00000 'WITHPERU ON | charged that at least 3,000 Japa- Successful bid- kyjona) Federation, of Musicians held | ley Jewett, semior ormithologist | between Klukwan and the inter- JAP ARMY IN BORDER FIGHT Quito Dispfi Says Nip- ponese Have Joined Peruvians NEW YORK, July 24—A bulle- tin issued by the Ecuadorean gov- ernment in Quito, Ecuador, today nese officers and men are in the Peruvian lines in the renewal of| the border fighting between Ecua- dor and Peru. 2 Halibufers Sell, Seattle SEATTLE, July 24 — Halibuters| arriving and selling here today are as follows: From the western banks: Chelsea 000 pounds, selling for 16% and cents a pound; Tordenskjold 38 000 pounds, 16% and 13 cents. The F. G. Herbert came in from the local banks with 5,000 pounds of sable, selling for 62 cents a pound, TOWNSENDITES ADOPT PLAYING OF NATIONAL ANTHEM AT MEETINGS At a convention of the Interna- 40 in Seattle, a resolution was passed requiring all union musicians to play “The Star Spangled Banner'” at the beginning and the end of every musical program, including dances. The first to adopt this custom in Alaska was the Townsend Club, which started it even before the musicians did, according to Miss Anita Garnick. The Townsend Club held a pic- nic at Lena Beach last Sunday, and many of the members attend- ed. Their regular meetings oeccur every Wednesday night in tne Moose Hall. Official notice of the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” de- mand has been received in Juneau by the local Musicians Union from President James C. Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians. At all concerts, hotel engagements, ete., musicians have been instract- ed to open and close affairs with The Star Spdngled Banner.” Alaskan Birds Are Bagged by Expert Edward L. Keithahn, curator of the Territorial museum, and Stan- in the Fish and Wildlife Service, from Portland, returnéd today from| Klukwan and a motor trip to the Canndian border, with a bag full of bird specimens and stories of 1 Indian historical treasures found in the district. Keithahn accogipanied Jewett, who is making'a special study of Alaskan bird life. Jewétt bags his specimens with special charges of lead dust, fired by use of ' an adapter in a regular rifle, Keithahn told of seeing' thickets |of red raspberries and huge wild strawberries growing aleng the road national border. He also reported the Indians in the region as still constructing excellent Chilkat blan- kets, made from mountain goat hair and cedar bark. Jewett, who has been in Alaska the past five weeks, left Juneau to- day by plane. RENSHAW, JAMES ONTROUT SURVEY |is up here again to see what ex- | bridge, Four tables were in at both THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1941 . WILLARD BEATTY TOURING ALASKA NATIVE SCHOOlS Indian Affairs s Official Says Less Spent in Terrifory | Than in Stafes Approximately $400 less a year| is expended annually on each Fed- eral native school in Alaska than | ih Federal schools in the States, according to Willard W. Beatty, National Director of Education of the Office of Indian Affairs. Beatty, who is touring Alaskan schools under the Office of Indian | Afftirs, is leaving tomorrow on the | Haida, accompanied by officials of the Office. The education director visited Alaska four years ago and isting facilities are in the schools and what the needs are. They will touch Unalaska, Nome, and Point Barrow and points along the way. From Barrow they will return to| Kotzebue where they will leave by | plane for the Bristol Bay and the Kuskokwim areas. The party will| be traveling until about Septem- ber 1. According to Indian Office of-| ficials there has been an increase | of mnearly 26 percent in the en-| rollment of native schools in the | last six, years. The native enroll- ment of about 6900 students ir Federal schools is greater than| white enrollment in Territorial schools this year for the first time In addition to children in'sehools there were about 9,500 adults tak- ing classes in crafts stch ‘as ivory carving, sled making, basket weav- ing, etc, under Indian Affaics | teachers, ¥ The Office of Indian Affairs chooses the best Eskimo fur work- ers in the various villages to' in-| struet the Eskimos in the making | of parkds and mukluks. These' fur| garments are being sold to the| Army and Navy and approximately $30,000 has been paid to the na- tives in the Nome district already. ‘They have spent the money’ im-| proving their homes and villages. | About half of the employees un- der the Indian Affairs Office in the Territory are natives, said Beatty. ., Hostesses Enterfain | Two Bridge Parties Mrs. Walter Sharpe, Sr. and Mrs. Walter Sharpe, Jr. entertained yesterday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock at a Bridge luncheon and at 8 o'clock in the evening with dessert parties. In the ofternoon Mrs. Oscar G. Olson was awarded first prize and Mrs. Charles Sabin won second. Cut prize was taken by Mrs. Frank Dufresne. Mrs. Julia Terhune won high honors in the evening with Mrs D. W. Hagerty second. e COASTAL AIRLINES | MAKES TWO FLIGHTS Alaska Coastal Airlines made only two 'flights today as pilot Sheil Stmmons carried Phillip W. Guild, Fréd T. Evans, James Rettie, Jean Sheaffer and A. M. Gloslie to Sitka and is scheduled to return with| five passengers. On a later flight to the Coast Alex Holden made a trip to Sitkn with W. DeHaas, Clarence Stroup, Ted Peterson and Tom Gary. He is'‘seheduled ‘to return with five pmengers NEW. HAIR. STVLIST COMES 10 SIGRID'S Miss Irma Deidrick arrived in Juneau recently to join the staff at Sigrid's Beauty Salon. She is a hair stylist, and has had train- ing with the Zoto machineless per- manent methods. Miss Deidrick is from St. Pet- ersburg, Fla., and has come from the 'Wanamaker Beauty School, which Is connected with Wanamak- {and urged TWO TRAINS (RASH NEAR | VANCOUVER One Man Killed, One Miss- ing, Many Reported fo Be Injured VANCOUVER, B. C., July 24— One locomotive fireman was killed, a baggageman is missing, three men suffered serious injuries and a score of passengers and railroad employees were badly shaken up or suffered minor injuries this afternoon when a passenger train of the Canadian National and a Great Northern passenger train collided head-on, near here. A. Hager, fireman of the Great Northern train was killed, and mis- sing and believed to have been kill- ed, is H. H. Krinks, Canadian Na- tional baggageman, e eee—— 'OVER THOUSAND ALREADY RAISED. IN SCOUT DRIVE Youths fo llfi and Lower Flag at Governor's || House Each Day Reports of lhv more than 40 workers engaged in the Boy Scout Finance campaign announced Aaf the first report breakfast held this morning disclose a total ‘of 51 subscriptions totaling $1,263.50. District Chairman Dr. W. M Whitehead, presiding at the meei- ing, congratulated the workers on the splendid progress made to date that all contacts pos- sible be made prior to the report breakfast to be held Friday morn- ing at 8 am, in Percy's Cafe. Dr. Whitehead also announced the camping trip to Young's Bay to be made by 30 Scouts and six Scouters 'this weekend. Arrange- ments were made at a meeting last evening at the American Legion Dugout attended by those plan- ning to make the trip. ments were also made at this meeting to have Scouts raise and lower the flag at the Governor’s House each day as a Boy Scout good turn. The responsibility will be divided among the troops start- ing August 1. Team reports of the first day’s finance drive are as follows: Team 1, Capt. Bert McDowell, 13 sub- scriptions totaling $134; Team 2, Captain Jack Burford, 12 sub- seriptions totaling $182; Team 3, Capt. Dudley Reynolds, 23 sub- seriptions totaling $297.50; Execu- tive Committee, totaling $650. It is expected that the major portion of the campaign will be completed this week, except for a few calls involving people out of town. HAIDA STARTING. 'ANNUAL CRUISE WEST ON FRIDAY Boafload of Indian Bureau and Health Depart- ment Officials The Coast Guard Cutter Haida was taking on cil today in prepara- tion for the two months’' voyage to Point Barrow and other North- western ports. The Haida will leave Juneau tomorrow*morning with a number of civilian officials aboard. Included in these are Willard Beatty, National Director of Ed- ucation for the Indian Service; Dr. Langdon White, Fred Geeslin, Ad~ ministrative Assistant in the Bur- eua of Indian Affairs here; Earl D. MeGinty, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Virgil Farrell, Director of Indian Education; Frederick Machetanz, author and artist, six subseriptions Ray Renshaw, pilot for the Al-|ers in New York. She took ad- Coréy Ford and Dan Holland, who aska Game Commission, and M.{vanced training there. C. James, trout specialist of the Fish and Wildlife Service, left Juneau today by plane for Ket- chikan, Thefre they will continue a survey of trout populations in Al- aska streams. Purpose of the survey, it is un- HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Al Blake and her baby, Carol Lynn, left St. Ann's Hospital will be gathering material for Col- liers on an Alaska Defense article and Drs. F. Foard, C. Smith, and W. L. Dopmeyer. Boarding the Cutter at Nome will Je a number of teachers and nurses lor Kotzebue, Point Lay, Point Hope, Shishmaref, Wainwright, and derstood, 1s to find where best work | this forenoon and are now staying | point Barrow. may be done in building up an stocking trout streams, so as to improve sport fishing in the Ter- ritory. ———.——— Ornithologist to Ledture Tonight d|With friends in Douglas. Mrs. Mike Jacejko was dis- missed from St. Ann’s Hospital this forenoon after undergoing an ap- pendectomy. Alphonso Guerrero was dismissed from the Government Hospital yes- terday after receiving medical Stanley Jewett of Porthnd will| treatment. cpeak to the Juneau Orintholog- {ial Society tonight at tiae home of the Wellman Holbrook's at 8 dclock. All who are interested in|Juneau on the Mount McKinley | hearing him are invited to attend the lecture. CHARLES G. WARNER CO. ————————————————————————— 'Mr. Jewett is here making a survey of Alaska birds for the Alaska Game Commission: - e MRS. KRAUSE RETURNS Mrs. G. E. Krause returned to this morning from a month's busi- ness trip to the Westward, princi- pally at Anchorage. e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS The Haida will return to Juneau about the middle of September. In command of the Haida Lieutenant H. W. Stinchcomb. -— GAMES TODAY ¥u is The following are final scores of baseball games played this after- nooni in the two major leagues as received up to press time: National League Philadelphia 2; Pittsburgh 3. d American . League St. Louis 7; Philadelphia 9. Chicago 1; Boston 11, Cleveland 1; New York 4. Arrange- | SALMONRUN NOW AHEAD OFYEARAGO Olson Says Reds Not as Plenfiful as Expected —King Run Good For the first time this year, the 1641 Alaska Salmon pack is ahead of the 1940 pack at this date, it was announced tody by the office of Clarence Olson, fisheries man- agement supervisor. At the same time, Olson, return- {from an inspection trip to the Westward with W. E. Crouch, of the Fish and . Wildlife Service, said | the salmon run in that section, as well as in all of Alaska, is not as go0d as had been expected for. fhis year. Olson said, however, that the king salmon run in the Cook Inlet district is “very good”. J. Steele Culbertson, Assistant | Supervisor of Fisheries Manage- ment left Juneau today for a week of inspection in the Ketchikan section. A highlight of the pack report all canneries, as of last Saturday,| showed the red run in the Bristol | Bay area ahead of last year for the first time in the 1841 season. The report showed a total of 584, 1514 cases of 'salmon packed up to Saturday by Bristol Bay canneries, f which 538551 cases were reds. This compared with a total of only 436371 cases of fish packed at the same time a year ago on Bristol Bay. On the other hand, it was pointed out, there are 15 can- neries operating on Bristol Bay this year, as compared to oniy *ight plants packing fish there a year ago. In the entire Territory, the re- ort showed a total of 1555057 ases in the cans last Saturday 1gainst only 1,388,998 cases on the same date a year ago. A final report on the Copper River fishing showed 34368 cases of reds and 4,282 cases' of kings packed there, for s’ fotal of 38,650 B n the Copper River Reégisn last vear. Copoer River fishetmon heve {moved ' their operations ‘to the “Prince William Sound district. The report of all cases tathed up to last Saturday showsd £cutheastern Alaska Ketchikan, 2,836 casez ‘of reds, % cases ‘of kings, 60504 cases of ninks, 2044 cas of chuz 1,538 cases of cohoes; a toial of (6943 -ases as compared (o 17,095 cases 1 year ago. West Coast, four 18 cases of pinks, ~choes; a total ¢f Wrangell-Petercbury, 8251 cases f reds, seven ‘cases of kings; 43,789 cases” ‘of pinks, ef ~hums, 1,013 cases of cohoes; a totnl of 39,707 cases of salmon, against 11,830 cases a year ago. Eastern, 3,775 cases of reds, 107 "ases of kings, 40,650 cases of pinks, 22172 cases ‘of chums, 6,100 cases =f cohoes, for a total of 72,804 cases; against 41,528 cases a year ago. ‘Western, 6,492 cases of reds, 285 -ases of kings, ‘56,151 cases of pinks, 30,585 cases of chums, 8,165 eases of :ohoes; for a total of 101,678 cases; against 76,288 cases a year ago. Icy Straits, 4,863 cases of reds, 205 cases 'of Kings, 42,591 cases of pinks, 10,808 cases of ' chums, 3,692 cases of cohoes; for a total of 62, 254 “cases,” ‘against 53,837 ‘cases a year ago: Yakutat, 12,786 cases of reds, 756 cases of kings, 423 cases of ‘pinks, two cases of chums; for a total of 13,967 cases, against 13,504 cases a year ago. In the entire of Southeastern Alaska, " 39,003 cases of reds, 1,390 cases of kings, 244,126 cases of pinks, 72,353 cases of chums, 22,783 cases of cohoes; for a total of 379, 655 cases, compared to 244 082 ‘cases a year ago. Central Alaska Copper, River (final report after closing. of season), 34,368 cases’ of reds, 4,282 cases of Kings; for a total of 38,650 cases, against 38,929 cases a year ago. Prince William Seund, 2,193 cases of Teds, 76 cases of kings, 87,69% cases of pinks, 166,513 cases, against 123,256 cases a year ago. Cook Inlet, 48,461 cases of reds. 25,759 cases of “kings, 10,040 cases of pinks, 17,540 cases of chums, 16,568 cases of: cohoes; for a‘total of 118368 cases, against 211,829 cases a year ago. Kodiak, 37,572 cases of reds, 448 cases of kings, 42,267 cases of pinks, 13,423 cases of chums, 487 cases of cohoes; for a total of 94107 cases.| Last year at this time, no fish had | been packed on Kodiak because of | a fishermen’s strike. Chignik, 31,963 cases of reds, 276 cases of kings, 3,702 cases of pinks. 9,552 cases of chums, 538 cases of cohoes; for a' total of 46,032 cases, as compared to 28,441 cases a year ago. Alaska Peninsula, 70,306 cases of reds, 2,848 cases of kings, 53,504 cases of pinks, 73,072 cases of chums, 6,860 cases of cohoes; for a total of 206,590 cases, ‘against 251,702 cases last year. For the entire central Alaska, this made a total pack to date of 224,863 cases of reds, 33,689 cases of kings, 147,205 cases of pinks, 130,100 casesy of chums, 26,137 cases of cohoes; (ar a total in-the district of 561,994 2.200 cases' of 2302 casos. g > B 5 s of fish, against 38029 cases| THE WEATHER (By thé U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinfy, beginning at 4:30 p.m., July 24: Mostly cloudy and not much chanze in temperature tonight and da Jowest temperature tonight about 53 degrees, highest Frid 63 degrees, gentle variable winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska:Partly cloudy and not much change in temperature tonight and Frilay; moderate southwesterly 3] westerly winds. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaskar Dixon Enteance to Cape Spencer: Moderate to fresh westerly to southwesterly winds, partly cloud; with local rain north of Cape Ommaney; Cape Spencer to Cap: Hinchinbreok: moderate to fresh southe to southwesterly winds, local rain; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: moderate easterly to southeasterly winds, local rain; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate variable winds, partly cloudy. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 30.31 57 8 S 2 Overcast 4:30 a.m. today 30.23 52 95 Calm [} Noon today 30.19 54 90 s 5 RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30am Station last 24 hours temnp. tempt. 24 hours Weather Barrow 45 32 32 04 Sno Fdirbanks 62 51 51 05 R Nome ... 50 48 50 02 Dawson 4 46 47 0 Anchorage 63 53 53 .21 Bethel 56 50 50 09 St. Paul 55 49 49 01 Atka 50 48 49 16 Dutch Harbor .. 54 50 51 0 Wosnesenski ... 55 50 51 19 Kodiak 53 48 48 0 Pt.C Cordova 53 | 51 52 50 Overc Juneaun . 59 | 51 52 01 Showers Sitka 62 52 53 B Ketchikan 68 51 57 0 Prince Rupert .. 66 52 55 0.4 Prince George .. 72 | 47 50 24 Edmonton 68 | 43 43 09 Seattle 73 | 57 57 0 Portland i 57 58 0 San Francisco .. 68 { 53 57 0 WEATHER SYNOPSIS Relatively cool moist maritime air prevailed over Alaska morning and local rain was fallinz over most of Alaska except the southwest portion and over Southeast Ales The grea amount of precipitation for the pist 24 hours was 50 hundredtl an inch which was recorded at Cordova. The warmest tempera yesterday afternoon was 68 degre:s Wwhich was recorded at Ketchi- kan and the lowest this morning 32 degrees at Barrow. Broken fo overcast skies with moderate to wm>derately low ceilings and good vis- ibilities prevailed over the Junea: -Ketchikan airway this morning. The Thursday morning weathr chart indicated a high center of 3065 inches pressure was locat:d at 47 degrees north and 144 de- grees west and a high crest exten led to Southeast Al a and a second high ‘crest over the Alask: Peninsula with relatively pressure to the east of Alaska. Juneau, July 25 — Sunrise 4:3 test s of low am, sunset 9:3¢4 1) m. against 653,157 cases a year ago. Western Alaska Port Moller, 26,620° cases of reds, (o n vo y I s 174 cases of kings, 29 cases of pinks, | ® 2,071 cases of chums; for a total of year ago. Bristol Bay, 538,551 cases of reds 2,581 cases of kings, 43,072 cases of " chums, 310 cases of cohoes; for shl s Sunk total ‘of 584,514 cases, against 436,- | 371 cases a year ago. brought ' the total pack to 565,171 |Command claims a smashing attack cases of reds, 2,755 cases of kings, 'on a British convoy in the Central 29 cases of pinks, 45143 cases of Mediterranean in which four ships chums, 310 cases of cohoes, or a were sunk and seven oihers dam- total of 613408 cases, against 491,- 'aged. 759 cases & year ago. | “ et U trict, pack as of last Saturday for An application for divorce was the entire Territory st00d at 829 fileq in the U. S. District Court 037 cases of reds, 37,834 cases Of ;4,5 py Linda Petersen, against kinigs, 391,360 cases’ of pinks, 247,506 John Petersen. Nonsupport and de- cases of chiims, 49230 cases of ¢0- | (. i ore claimed as grounds for hoes; for a total of 1,555,057 cases, ‘1110 acti‘cn 3 73,894 cases, against 55,388 cases An For the entire western Alaska, this| ROME, July 24—Mussolini’s High Adding up totals from each dis- PETERSEN DIVORCE ASKED against 1,388,998 cases a year ago. The 389-foot freighter Mary D arrived in port late yesterday after- noon on the way ‘south ‘trom' Sewdrd to pick up lumber from the Juneau Lumber Mills. The vessel will re- main in Juneau until 3 o'clock to- morrow morning. { The Mary D, captained by Hjal- mar Anderson, will go to Wrangell and then to Ketchikan on the way south. First ' officer ‘of the ship is Oscar Olson and the Chief Engin- eer is' E. B. Lynch. i M!DIATION-wmmn H. Dayis (above), egpert lawyer on pafents, is new ghairman of the national medigdion board. He succeeds Clarence A. Dykstra who resigned the post to return o his job as Universily of Wis- consin presid AR ROME, July 24—Fascist Editoe Gayda 'dsserted today there is a “suspicion, more than well found- ed” that United States submarines are operating with the British fleet in'the Mediterranean. WASHINGTON, July 24. — The Senate ‘passed and sent to the White ‘] S the bill'" authorizing payment to’ H. E. Buzby, of Fair- banks," Alaska, for injuries suffered when he ‘was' struck by an army truck, BROKERS ‘RETURN Returning to Juneau this morn- ing from the Westward on board the Mount McKinley were Sam Shucklin and J. J. Meherin. The two have been away from the city for several weeks, ettt 8UY DEFENSE BONDS % g con e Empire-tiassitieus ray '