The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 17, 1941, Page 2

FISHERIES VoLt TOMORROW | fo Juneau Women Free Discussion of 42 Regula-‘1 —Start Monday Night THROUGH AWVS tions fo Be Held in | Motor repair courses win be i fered to the women of Junean | (:OUfi Room starting_next Monday, Septembet | 22, according for | made today by Mrs toling, chairman of th American Women's which sponsoring | to an announcement nest Gruen- today aring Courtroom jof the starting | tary Services the courses, Ten lessons will be and there will Straits during|charge for the course. The di. sed, together with | will ‘meet at 7:30 o'clock in in fishing reg- evening according to|ters in the A. B. Hall | complete fishe D Building trict is tomorrow fishing sea- and west- | women, ial stern h t be [§ Icy £ group | the irector of the who will for the course, but only repair will be instructed | eligible not teach driving, and | of motors ney 1~nv1nwn invited to be on hand Motor Company. any suggestions or rec-| Mrs. Isadore Goldstein is chair-| ns for changes in reg- man of the motor unit for the ton Thompson, assistant | AWVS, and any inquiries may be Alaska Fis! lared today y file briefs on their| which will bé faken up D. C. before 1942 culations are set up. here is fourth of A‘ being held !II Alaska in principal fishing On Saturday, Gabrielson, | and the hearing repor- a plane from here to proceed to An- for the first of a series s in Westward districts. -o—— the WAlKOUT OF POWER MEN HITS 400,000 washimgton 15 Te I hearing ries of hearings over district Thompson 1 take Fairbanks, then r W chorage of hearing Darkness when Elec- fricians Quit Posts NEW MENU SEIS | ARE ISSUED BY i roununucam rage One) ALASKA S' s' (0' Wright was early this Iuren_oon | released on bond after held incom- | municado for several hours. Charges of Murder Chief of Police Anderson said that “if any deaths were caused, charges would be for murder.” Chief Anderson said a police detail | headed by himself and Mayor Gage ejected some 25 strikers from the Northeast Power House and threw many years, passeng The Alaska Line steamers| bave had kind things to say about {he attractive menus and have ik o the Stewards to get com- | ts and send them to their| all over the yorld, thus help- pread the wonderful story of For in preparation a new set|in all circuits and curreat poured of menus which will prove even|through the power lines. giore popular and are therefore| Nonstrikers went back to work destived to be sent to even more|this morning under police protec- prospective Alaska clients, tion. The new Alaska Line menus,| The strike grew out of a juris- ¢ight to a set, will feature four- | dictional dispute between the AFL union and Union of Utility and Em- ployees of the company. DOUGLAS, G0ULD ARRIVE ON ALASKA lithozraph reproductions of original pastels by Miss Jo- Crumrine, a young Alaska who lives in the Territory and gained fame especially for her and animal paintings. All the reproductions will of dogs eigl ephin artist \er beautiful pastels, Miss Crum- stured the spirit of the| Two members of the local when the chief [Weather Bureau staff returned ation was the |here last night on the Alaska. They are Harry A. Douglas, ad- The dozs whose portraits will be|ministrative assistant, and Donald produced are Mageik, the Rev.|H. Gould, junior meterologist and Hubbard's famous sled dog; Bliz-|zirways forecaster. rd, a blue-eyed Siberian husky Douglas left his wife and young 1 by Slim William Rye, now |son at the Virginia Mason Medica! clinic in Seattle, where they are undergoing treatment. He will be here about a month before being transferred to the Los Angeles Weather Bureau office. Army at Ladd once the mascot 1d and Fert Rich- .: Wolf, a peer- ¢ Joyce’s Alaska stationed with the Field; Cheechake of El [ D team; Smokey, also &} Gould is returning here following memk in good standing of the|a summer course in advanced ob- Army i a; two husky puppies | servation at the University of only one th of age; and Jack | Washington. ancther d Dog Derby runner. >es Four Passengers DIFFICULTIES IN Flown fo Sitka ARRANGING GUARD DINNER TO BE TOLD Flying to Sitka this morning alex Holden piloted four passen- Chayles Beale, chairman of th|,epg on the outhound trip and was Chamber of Commerce COMMILEE | gateq to return with five othes in charge of last week's farewelly, s Alaska Coastal Airlines r for mtmhm:;lu(; the A(lia;;m R National Guard, wi liscuss “diffi- o % ‘ Outbound passengers were Lyle culties the committee encountered [ ot S FRPRIETE VRS DO n arra ng for the dinner,” as 2 feature the chamber luncheor tomorrow noon at the Baranof Hotel it was announced today by Curtis Shattuck, President of the organ sthy Brouillette and daughter. George Griswold, geologist for he Polaris-Taku Mining Company it Tulsequah, B. C., was to be ization fown to the Canadian mining All teachers of Juneau grade and|'own on another ACA flight this high will be guests at the|afternoon. chools luncheon, Shattuck said. S o A AT -oo——— The American Indians, in The Daily Alaska Empire has the Colonial days, not only ate 1a st paid circulation of any Al- fresh oysters but dried and smoked them. aska newspaper Di- madv through her. | NAVY USING —er—— | ?Kansas Cify7 7Pilunged Into| Ten Lessons fo Be Offered | |Bombers, Fighting Planes| of- Juneau unit | force of British Volun- | escorted given to theltinuation no | fensives Only women who can drive are/the incendiary bomb attack. which does | mendous | | | NIGHT, DAY RAIDS MADE Make Continuous Attack | on Occupied Sections LONDON, Sept. 17. — A bombers, by fighters, flashed across the English Channel toward Bou- logne early this forenoon in co! of British daylight n!-i against German-occupied | Territory. | strong result of | Tre- | explosions were also re-| fires were seen as the ported. The daylight attack followed \‘ railway shop center, which was the | principal target. | | C(ONVOYS ON SHIP LANES' Secrefary Knox Says "All| Methods” Employed fo Protect Goods WASHINGTON, Sept. 17—Secre- tary of the Navy Frank Knox today said that the United States Fleet in the Atlantic is using all methods, including convoys, to insure the ar- rival of Lease-Lend goods in Great| Britain. The Navy secretary swering questions at ference “Escort convoys by combatant ¢hips is only one of the many methods which can be used and are being used In disclosing for the first (lm(“ that ships and planes of the At- lantic Fleet are escorting (‘algoex; on the North Atlantic, the Secre-! iary emphasized that “since the| World War, many more methods have been developed” to safeguard shipping on the high seas. Secretary Knox sald further thot the United States is employing all the methods. When questioned as to whether the United States escorting ships to a point off Iceland and there; turning them over to complete the transAtlantic journey under the guns of British warships, Knox said he believed it would be “un- wise and indiscreet to go further into the details besdRbl Y . diambedend JUNEAU COUPLE WED LAST NIGHT BY FELIX GRAY Hannah Katinen became the oride last night at 8 o'clock of Autti J. Penttinen in a ceremony serformed by U. 8. Commissioner Telix Gray at his home in Douglas. The bridegroom is a miner employ- 'd in the Alaska Juneau Mine, and has lived in Juneau for many years. Witnesses for the marriage were Ida Foss and Asaria Penttinen, orother of the bridegroom. The rouple will make their home in Juneau. GAMES TODAY said in an- a press con- heavily | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1941. FIGHT BEFORE - HOMES INVADED URGES lEGlOI BY BR"ISH‘NaImnaI Convention Asks | Naval Bases at Key 1 Island Posts MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. |In & vocal vote today, the Ameri- can Legion’s national convention |voted to adopt the reports of its | i | national defense committee. | ¢Continued trom Page One) The report declared: “If fight- 0 PR ing is. necessary to defend the | istea between the two men for | United States, we insist upon being the past two years, since an prepared to do the fighting out-| arument culminated in Bar- side the United States. We want nett slapping the native's face. American strong enough to meet any possible attack before it ar-| The expedition returned one hour |rives, to turn the enemy back so at the AWVS headquar-|later and pilots reported scores of | our homes remain intact, our fam- ilies secure.” It was stated the Defense Com- mittee report also urges universal military training, the establish- ment of naval bases in the Phil- ted in the fishing in-|by Einar Jackson of the Connor’s| Inight raid on Karlsruhe, German 1ppmes, Iceland and other key is- |lands of the Atlantic and Pacific and also recommends the resigna- |tion of Secretary of Labor Frances | Perkins. DNB SAYS 2 TRANSPORTS SUNK, SHELLS \German News Agency Re- | | ports Eleven Transports, Freighters Damaged BERLIN, Sept 17. — German bombing planes sank two Russian transports and damaged a batile- ship with shells yesterday, DNBE official German news agency an- nounced. Location of the attack was not designated in the an- nouncement. Also damaged were 11 other transport ships and freighters, DN sahl. — ., — BRIDE ARRIVES ON COLUMBIA, WEDDED TODA Miss Bertha Slaughter of Ark- ansas arrived in Juneau last night aboard the steamer Columbia to| become the bride of Edward C. Brekkus, a miner employed at the|" The couple| Alaska Juneau Mine. were married in the Commis- doner’s Court by United States Commissioner Felix Gray at 2:30 this afternoon. Witnessing the ceremony were Miss Rosellen Monagle and Gordon Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Brekkus will live in the home which Brekkus built on the Douglas Island side of the Juneau-Douglas Bridge. ANTI-NAZIS ATTACKS ON NEW YORK, Sept. 17—The NBC istening post late today heard a London radio broadcast stating two German soldiers were killed and a third wounded in the most serious anti Nazi attack yet reported in German occupied Paris. MORE EXECUTIONS BUDAPEST, Sept. 17—The news- yaper Ujsag said 50 well known Communists have been executed sefore a firing squad in Belgrade for slaying a German soldier. The following are final scores of zames played this afternoon in ‘he two major baseball leagues: Naticnal League Philadelphia 0; Cincininati 1. Boston 1; St. Louis 6. Brooklyn 6; Pittsburgh 4. A™erican League Cleveland 2; Boston 3. Chicago New York 5. Detroit 3; Philadelphia 2, oo Empire Classifieds Pay! AW SHO' Aith, CONSIN-- GRIEFIN GEQ'G\R'S MAR HOME — LWED TaR R\ MAW LFE 2w DECLAU Y NO' SOUND JES' LAK A GEQ'G\A BON - \HE O £R0M, AL 0 F\RE Y o DID HE SRY GRIFFIN, Feting the National Guard to- 1ight, the Rotary Club is sponsor- ng a Military Ball in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel will be semi-formal, and there will be no admission charge. 17.—| to which public is invited. The affair and one of the stockholders in the secolecknd - Ejpgt Degree ;Murder Charge Against Nafive ,Waterfro;TBa!IIe Was | "Fight fo Death” Says Johnson ; Since then, clash has oc- curred every time the pair met, Gemmill said Johnson had admitted. a Featured by an eye-witness ac- coum of the fight near the City Cafe early Monday morning which resulted in the death of Roy W. | Barnett, longshpreman, an in- | quest into the Barnett death was held this morning in the court of U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray. | departing for his new post in The inquest came as a swift Reykjavik as the first U. S. min- |aftermath of the admission early ister to Iceland, | this morning by Samuel Johnson,| Lincoln MacVeagh Lincoln MacVeagh, former United States minister to Greece, is shown calling at the White House in Washington for a conference with President Roosevelt before | | Douglas native, that he had en- ‘]’HREE ElEmAS gaged in a violent fight with Bar- | |nett in the early morning hours | Monday. BRlNG woRKERS i The six-man coronor's jury, |after hearing testimony of the fight and a description from Dr. ‘W M. Whitehead as to the method in which Barnett died, officially decided the death of the longshore FROM NOME AREA ! Lodestars Also Busy-Plane worker was due to ‘“strangulation from bleeding from wounds and | Goes 10 Fa"banks contusions about the nose and 'I'omo"ow |mouth, apparently inflicted by some blunt instrument in the hands jof a second party.” | Air traffic was busy at Juneau today as three Pan American Elec- tras arrived from Fairbanks and| Tells of Fight | . Witness to the death-beating was | three Lodestars ‘cleared on sched-| Peter Austin, Hoonah native, who| uled flights. told of being at the City Cafe| Two of the Electras, landing at|early Monday morning with Sam-| 2 c'clock, discharged their passen-|us and Duncan Johnson, of! gers and returned to Fairbanks im- Douglas. mediately. The other will drpm'(} Austin had just finished calling | erjor city edule to- for the Interjor city on schedule t0-1, Yay; {4 taks the Johnson broth- morrow morning. Twenty of the % | Electon. passengers were employees| IS home when he heard Samuel of the Yubs Manufacturing Com-|Johnson and Barnolt “talking pany, who recently finished con-|FOush.” he told the jury. He said structing a gold dredge near Nome|'!he (wo went outside to fight. for the United States Smelting, |Austin followed them and sawj | Samuel Johnson knock Barnett |Mining and Refining Company. Elocu-u passengers: |down, then crouch astride the long- S. Tompkins, W. Wixon, W, Coxey, | shoreman, beating him in the face |R. L. McDowell, N. B. Hall, S. th his fists. Next, Johnson arose | Rc\\o C. Elgin, W. Hanford, G T and grabbed a nearby chair and \neu J. R. Dougall, R. M. Johnson, | hit Barnett over the head with it 1’1‘ Willoughby, J. T. Baker, M. Val-|several times, Austin stated. | entine, William Evans, Webb Wells,| Austin said he and Duncan! John Noble, E. Callaway and E. M.| johnson next hauled the mad na- | Famisher. |tive from the scene | and into the | Persons boarding the three Lode- ‘cau where they called a second | stars here for Seattle were: Qadens Gave, M., Rikiest peiter, |20 THE (b Sy, aaw . Gamiee] Johnson going outside with an-| Barney Moe, Al Shyman, Vance|' " E | Bingham, Enid Ellis, Clarence Gott,|Cther man. just as they wsre com- pleting their call. Johnson had Dudley Scholten and Leonard Snarr. knocked the second man down be- fore his brother and Austin could | | Coming to Juneau |banks on the Lodestars: haul him away, it was stated. from Fair- Burr Bray, Miss L. V. Auwen, {Mrs. Margaret Starling, T. W. 5 Dux:?a.: 3‘;}::’"‘" & | Stewart, Florence Taylor, Marilyn on pulled his brother from the second man, Samuel Johnson was reported to have wrathfully accused Duncan Taylor, B. D. Stewart, F. A. Green, and A. J. Hess. From Fairbanks to Seattle: Howard Wickes, Norman Lewis,|0f being “on the white man's J. Rumbell, Geraldine Awe, R. Mor- | side.” iarty, W. R. Fisher, Willlam Mc-| The three fled across to the Carthy, J. F. Egan, Jerry Ritter,|cold storage plant, Austin stated, Cleo Jones, Robert DeLong, Charles Rullman, Stacy Norman, Mitchell Kuryla, Berger Ryngren, Clyde Lee and Peter Could. only to see a searchlight playing on the buildings there. Fearing police were after them, the three natives returned to the City Cafe and called a third cab. While they were awaiting its arrival on the —_— HFLP AN sidewalk, they saw the second man ¥ l Samuel Johnson had knocked down come out of the restaurant, | ALASKAN |[suin e T The second man attacked by Telephone 713 or write Samuel Johnson was Robert The Alaska Territorial Young, of Seward, who was re- Employment Service :ently taken off the Baranof here | for this qualified worker. | | onder accusation of having stowed JANITRESS—Woman, age 42, ex- : away on the i perienced at janitor work in office ot Paae mheh JLIELE Westward city. Young was released gglg&mflg& Has dependants. Call|jast week after proving that n o g LR check he had offered the purser ON BUSINESS TRIP b4 h"’;dz::duhi:" ARG Mrs. Robert Bender left aboard| Samuel Johnson was apprehend- 2d by Deputy U. S. Marshal Wal- ‘er Hellan, Police Chief Kennetn Junge and FBI 'men working on the case early yesterday evening. After hours of grilling, at 3 am. this morning he admitted having been in a fight with Barnett Mon- day morning, according to Chief Junge. He has not confessed to a Lodestar this afternoon for a brief business trip to Seattle. i —————— AL SHYMAN LEAVES Al Shyman, prominent broker Baranof Hotel, is flying to Seattle this afternoon aboard a Lodescm- T SWOW ¥ OUTTA & BUINNRERT AN THIRTY MY UN-QDD FOLKS W\ THESE NEWNITED STRTES SONE LARMINT FROM %R\FF\“ A8s TER WP N CANe By BILLY DeBECK THE WEATHER 4, (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: Juneau and vicinity: Fair and not much change in temperaturc tonight and Thursday; light t> gentle variable winds, lowest temperature tonight about 40 degrees, highest Thursday 64 degrees. Southeast Alaska: Fair and no much change in temperature to- night and Thursday; gentle to moderate northerly winds but mod- erate to fresh, slowly decreasing mortherly winds in Lynn Canal. Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska tonight and Th Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: moderate to fresh northwesterly winds, fair; Cape Spencer to Cade Hinchinbrook: moderate vari- able winds, partly cloudy; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay; moderate northeasterly winds, becoming southeasterly Thursday, mostly cloudy with local light rain; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: moderate southerly to southeasterly winds, mostly cloudy with local light rain. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity = Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.8¢ 61 39 NE 10 Cloudy 4:30 am: today .. 30.00 41 72 WNW 8 Clear Noon today . 30.05 58 40 NE 7 Clear RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30am. Precip. 4:30am. Station Iast 24 hours ‘temp. tempt. 24 hours Weather Barrow .39 28 31 0 Pt. Cldy Fairbanks 49 26 26 0 Pt. Cldv Nome .. 48 42 4% 08 Drizzi? Dawson s A 25 25 0 Clear Anchorage . 54 36 39 0 Cloudy Bethel 43 48 31 Rain St. Paul ... 47 9 a8 Fog Atka v 53 53 40 Rain Dutch Harbor .. 68 60 63 01 Pt. Cldy Cordova 39 4 0 Clear Juneau 16 ] [] Clear Sitka . 49 46 0 Ketchikan .. 58 42 43 15 Prince Rtipert .. 57 41 43 03 Prince George .. 55 36 37 14 Edmonton 65 30 30 05 Clear Seattle .. 63 49 49 0 Pt. Cldy Portland 3 57 57 T Drizzle San Francisco .. 81 54 5% 0 Clear WEATHER SYNOPSIS Dry air prevailed over the eas'ern portion of Alaska this morn- ing, but cloudy skies and local lizht rain were reported over the southwestern portion due to the iuvasion of relatively warm moist air. Rain had fallen during th> past 24 hours over the south- ern portion of Southeast Alaska and from the Aleutian Islands to the Alaska Peninsula, the Kuskokwim Valley and the Seward Pen- insula. The greatest amount of rainfall was 71 hundredths of an inch which was recorded at Bethel. The highest tempera- ture yesterday afternoon was 68 degrees at Dutch Harbor and the lowest last night 28 degrees at Barrow. Clear skies and good visi- pilities prevailed over the Juntau - Ketchikan airway this morning. The Wednesday morning weainer chart indicated a center of low pressure was located to the southeast of Southeast Alaska and was expected to continue moving southeastward. A second low pressure center was -located in the northwestern portion of the A Bering Sea and was expected © continue moving northward. third low center of 29.53 inches was located at 50 degrees north and 174 degrees west and was expected to move eastward aboul 400 miles during the next 24 hours. A high pressure center of 30.49 inches was located at 45 degrees north and 148 degrees west and a high crest extended north-northeastward from this center to second high pressure center locatd to the east of Alaska. Juneau, September 18 — Sunrise 6:33 a.m., sunset 7:11 p.m. Gerald Reilly LAGUARDIA Appoinfed fo | NOMINATED Labor Board| THIRD TERM President Completes/New York Republicans Shakeup-Confirmation | Hold Apathefic Primary Up 1o Senate -Biffer Fight Nov. 4 NEW YORK, Sept. 17. — Mayor WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Nom-|Florello H. LaGuardia, seeking a inating Gerald Reilly of Massachu- | third term, has won the Republi- setts to succeed Edwin h on|:an mayoralty nomination against the National Labor Relations a 3 to 2 margin, or 19,820 votes Board, President Roosevelt today|over John Davies, former Presi- a completed his reorganization of|dent of the National Republican the body. Club. Smith, also of Massachusetts,| It was an apathetic primary yes- fafled to receive reappointment|terday, only about 14 percent of when his term expired recently. Reilly has been solicitor of the Labor Department since August. 1937. If confirmed by the Sen- ate, he will be the youngest mem- ber of the beard, which has been a storm center of debgte for the past several yeats. Reilly will be 35 years old Bepwmher 2. Other members of the board are William Leiserson, 58, and H. A. Millis, 68. the enrolled Republicans voting. LaGuardia also won the nomina- tion of the American Labor Party without opposition. LaGuardia will oppose Brooklyn's District Attorney William O’Dwyer, uncontested Democratic selection, on Noveniber 4. The final Republican vote is La- Guardia 8,000, Davis 43,000. The entolled Republicans entitled to vote mumber 758.000. beating the man with a chair, Junge added. Besides Austin, the coroner’s jury | 8 heard testimony from Junge, Hel- lan and Dr. Whitehead. Junge and Hellan told of hav- ing been summoned to the scene of Barnett's death, near a edrln back of the City cule, after the bloody body was discov- ered at 6:30 a.m. Monday by John Perlas, mine worker coming off shift. Dr. Whitehead %dl of also ELIMINATION &==0F BARRIERS Removal of Geographic Limitations for U. §. Then he told -of his ‘autopsy of T the body, which proved that the bods, whioh prowed ihet wiood roops Vofed strangled the man when he was| ° 1er:n§m' s t after the, MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 17— i back The American Legion National A Convention today adopted resolu- b 5 tions proposing the removal of geographic limitations in the use MAKEL of American troops. 4 Calling for the defeat of Hitler ¥ ORP Ame s “and all he stands for,” the reso- {lution was approved by voice votes. Shouts of approval greeted the question when it came before the de)enus. ————.—— WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—!05-‘ eral Loan Admimistrator Jones an-; The Daily Alaska Empire has the nounced this afternoon he will largest paid circulation of any Al. provide $100,000,000 to Russia to aska newspaper. purchase war - materials i this —_———— country, 8 j Empire Classifieds Pay!