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

SITKAMAN SUICIDES SAYS JURY Body of Young White Man Found on Beach Shof Through Heart f Sitka coroner's jury yesterday irned a verdict of | death of Ray Cal- white man found on the the trail, north of ict cannery, about ad been shot through \fternoon re in the cot 2-year-old body wa declg i that Cal 3 he result of a “seli- wound from a 405 Winchester." oo - Course in Planes i And Flying fo Be | Offergq by AWVS of lessons pertaining to various branches of the air indus- | try and flying is offered to the| women of Juneau, the first meet- for organizational purposes to take place Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock in Room 203 of the Terri- torial Building. | The classes are being sponsored | by the American Women's Volun-| tary Services, and are under the] direction of Josephine Wright, who | is unit chairman, | An instructor from the Alaska | School of Aeromautics will be pres- | ent for the meeting, and will teacn' & the classes. All interested in the ";7" i o e ed 1o atiend e Migs Jones, of meeting Tuesday night, and any- " Agawam, Mass., 5 Going o Bethel wishing further information call Josephine Wright. enger aboard the due here this a long way from A course ing one may | - - | A woman pa: Mount McKinley Unemployment = Board fo Meet cvonne s com: home. Here Monday ... i 2o o - : to Bethel, where she will be a new Pirst sessions of the annual meet- staff nurse in the Bethel Hospi- ing of the Territorial Unemploy- tal. Comper mmission| Also aboard the McKinley aer y mom-ipe pr. H. O. K. Bauer, of Bak as yeported today. by Wal-|gaiq cal, who is going to Kotze- ter ‘Shafp, divector 'of 'Uneémploy- o g staff physician, to replace "’;’{f,(,‘ OO v I the wee DF RAY E. Smith, who is going 0D Sen B 16 WEEK ) leave because of ill health. will ment way 1 ause bad flying weather de- e rival of Dr. Neble Dick,| Returning here from Ketchikan of Fairbanks, and Robert Bragaw, O the McKinley will be Dr. L. & s members of the R. White, medical director for the board, the annual meeting was held Office of Indian Affairs, and Earl over until Monday instead of get- McGinty, supervisor of construc- ting under way today, to give the tion of the Indian office in Al- flying board members a chance to aska. Claude Hirst, Office of In- rest up, Sharp declared. (dian Affairs superintendent, who Dr. Dick and Bagaw finally ar-} has also been in Ketchikan for tnhe rived here yesterday afternoon on past week, will return here later a Pan American Airways Lodestar on the Yukon. | which got through from White-| e S horse. | g SITKA MAN ARRESTED JUDGME AWARDED | G it g Two judements were awarded) Thomas Long, of Sitka, was ar- this morning in Federal Distriet rested there yesterday afternoon and charged with drunken and dis- orderly conduct. He was to have Court here, The Alaska Credit Bureau was granted a default judg- ment from Ernest Birkeland in the been tried on the charge today, total sum of $109.86. Louis G. Wer- according to word received by the son, of Petersburg, was awarded a U, S Marshal's office here. judgment against Charles White in > " the amount of $341.60. | e i NOTICE Subscribe to the Daily Alaska the he paper with the largest night, Sept. 27, at Hall, 8 p.m. Empire paid circulation. __ BRINGINGUP FATHER NOW THAT MAGGIE'S OUT-ILL GIT DRESSED AN/ GO DOWN TO ME PAL DINTY'S PLACE- UH-1THINK | HEAR THE DOOR-BELL - | WONDER WHO IT 1S~ Vi & Wy e f Bt LeanJoeProvided Ihe §p§rk From Interior Sports Editor, AP Feature Service NEW YORK — This is the team that fat Joe built and lean Joe sparked. Only the veteran and still No. 1 battery—Charley the Red Ruffing and Bill Dickey — of the current Yankees wore the New York livery when plump Joe McCarthy left the Chicago Cubs and took over the club L in 1931. All the others have passed on. Marse Joe has hand-picked his pres- ent players from stars flushed by | his scouts and sent to farm clubs. The solid Trishman has made his changes quietly and almost one by one but actually only eight of his current charges were around in 1936 when the Yanks started their drive for the first of their four-straight | world championships. Lefty Gomez came to help Joe in his first season, 1931. Another Pa- cific Codst star, Frankie Crossetti,] arrived in 1932. The Yankee hoss added three more in 193¢ — Rea Rolfe, George Selkirk and Johnny | | Murphy. | Came 1936 and Joe DiMaggio and | the Yanks were off. Joe spurred them on to the championship that | year. They formed a great ball club but McCarthy continually saw needs | | of pruning here and there, He added \Spurgeon Chandler and Tom Hen- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1941. L s LR R RSP The twisted, torn remnants of the big bi-motored Army bombing plane that had been missing for two weeks was sighted, crashed on the rugzed slopes of Mount Constance in the Olympia Mountain range, are shown in this remarkable air photo. This photo was taken only after a haz- | ardous flight down between pillar-like rock peaks. Note the fragments of the metal fuselage (left) and the tail assembly (right), the final | resting place of the plane after smashing into solid rock 200 feet above. bodies were found scattered over the mountain slopes. International Illustrated News Special Photo Service. Fat Joe Built the Machine; | the Rock Is'and rafiroad, has a re-|was at the time reporting Fl Gov. E. Gruening : Appeals for Funds For (@ilese Relief| Governor Ernest Gruening this| merning called the attention of Juneau residents to the fact that the drive for funds for the United China Relief has been extended to the end of October. On May 17, Acting Gov. E. L. Bartlett issued a proclamation nam- ing May 25 as United China Relief Day in the Territory. Because furth- er funds are required, the drive has been continued. “I urge anyone who desires to contribute to communicate with E. L. Hunter, at the First National Bank,” Governor Gruening said. “I consider this ‘one of the most worthy causes to which Alaskans will be | asked to contribute, and I hope that the response from residents in Ju- neau will be prompt and generous.” -, /i l§Gr,uenings Entertain ' For Board Members | Gov. and Mrs. Gruening enter- | tained last night at the Governor's | Mansion in - honor of Br. Noble Dick of Fairbanks, Mr. Robert Bragaw of Anchorage and the Rev. {John L. Cauble of Juneau, all three who are here for the Territorial Unemployment Compensation Com- | mission Board Meeting. | | Others at the dinner party were | Mrs. Cauble, Mrs Helen Smith Cass, | Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bartlett, Mr. and |Mrs. Joseph Flakne, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Haas and Julius Edelstein. 2 DIVORCE DEFENDANT " MUST PAY SUPPORT WHILE CASE IN COURT A. F. Ellenburg was ordered in Federal District Court today to pay for support of his wife and minor ;Pla(el Miners ichfld while the divorce action j ' G |against him filed by his wife, Hilda | Bring Whiskers iElIenburg, is still .,pending. | Ellenburg was ordered to pay $50 to the Clerk of the Court within the next three days and $30 each two- | week period thereafter while the di- vorce case is still pending. Ellen- | Their | The plane was out from Seattle with five army men aboard. ! The two boys with brush-covered | yure was also ordered to refrain in the last two years with Phil [ jaws you may have seen .«,u-mnn:;‘(,-(,m interfering with his wife or| (Scooter) Rizznto and Johnny Sturm around Juneau streets the past f her custody of their minor child. | the outstanding recruits of this sea- days are Burr Haggerly and Dick| - e LICENSE i so;l{. ¥ i Kirschner. | GETS LIQUOR ep, this is really a McCarthy Sk £ have! team. He inherited only Ruffing Along with their smooth-shaven £, 1. Caster, HSasriyi ikt I pal Bill Beerman, they are “fresh from the creeks” about 200 milos Was granted a liquor license to op- north of Valdez, where they report €fate in Sitka, this morning inj Carthy built and that Lean Joe-Di- | Placer mining during the past sum- Federal Digtrict Court. Carter was Maggio, with his sensational 56- mer to have been “pretty I formerly employed as a miner at ame consecttive hitting stieak;| Right mow, they're on thelr wey|the Alaska Junesu’mine here. sparked to another championship. |to their home towns in the States i T S . = : |and the Haggerty beard, which is TWO DIVORCES i |really a beauty, will travel with | — - (an Draw him as far as Floyd. Iowa, where |a girl-friend is waiting to |just how much chin foliage and Dickey. others are all hand-picked. This is the team that Fat Joe Mc- The Two divorces were granted this morning in Federal District Court here. Silas Glockle won a divorce | from Fern Glockle cn grounds of | was able to propagate. | incompatibility. Cecil C. Sweek, . | Dlamo“ds | The Kirschner beard will go to of Sitka, was divorced from Sophie | Kent, Wash., while the smooth- A. Sweek, also on grounds of in- . | jawed Beerman is headed for Tic-|compatibility. | | ton, Wash. All three plan to be ———— | ny Ime\buck on their placer claim nex:| PROPERTY RECOVERED |May, but Haggerty this morning | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept.|added, “if Uncle Sam doesn't get| Alex Demos was today awarded | +—John Burnett, special agent for|us between now and then. He | !itle to his property in Douglas from his| C. Vey Holma and others in a case volver hz is aimost afraid to shoot| movements to the States in ““’i ilrex:trdc;:i r:;r:ing in Federal Dis- | —because the diamonds might fall|office of U. S. Commissioner Felix | | A R el Gray. GAS Fi 000 Besides being diamond-studded | X R g OR 15/ CARS “ | The three miners carried 45- the gun is gold and silver plated| & 3 el pound packs on a 55-mile hike; AKRON, O.—The eastern gaso- and is engraved with Burnett's| fucan o ATl I 7 fingerprints and signature; his pic- from their workings to Chestichina, |line shortage is of merely casual ture and a picture of his horse. then motored down the Richard-|interest to drivers of 15000 ve-| | rich the next year. Joe Gordon was 1938's newcomer. Charlie Keller and | Sons of Norway meet S‘;‘(‘)"g“}fle'ius Russo and Atley Donald |it, along with lodge came along in 1939. Eight California $1 gold pieces Son Highway to Valdez with th':imcles now operating on bottled | dated 1860, also are embedded in|oOPerator of the trading post. They|gases originally used for rural and railroad arrived here this week on the Al-|cooking and refrigeration. emblems. Te top it off it has alaska and plan to continue south fon the Aleutian, Monday., BUY DEFENSE STAMPS adv. The others have joined the Yanks uby-eyed. bullhead pearl handle * NBRD BIRD SONG - JNST PLBLSHED T WAS LIKE TW\S,COLONEL - § OWNCE SNIERN N BUT WRET MRDE “TUET WGEKHT AR0NT § DOZEN STARTED SHOOTWN ~ THE PROPRIETORQF | gic PRIETES \WERE BaNGIN' TUE SERGEANTS ARE THAT JOOK SOWT |~ ON THE PIAN0 -MELLNG - Q-SCQOTW “\‘A‘é\é g&‘%‘@ SMITH \ "GMUFEY SMNTH! THAT'S Tae WaW HAW "E NOWE OF & LET'S TRUAT FROM TTHE BEawa By GEORGE McMANUS GO ON-KEEP ON RINGIN'- M GOIN' OUT TH' BACK WAY | DON'T INTEND TO BUY A NEW VACUUM- CLEANER -~ z - - By B3 -7 Copri 1941, King Featuris $yndicate. Inc. World rights reserved | Junior CDA to Meet HE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Burean) U. §. DEPARTMENT OF COMVERCE, WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS: . Junecau and vicinity: Showerstonight, partly cloudy Sunday; not much change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 45 degrees, high Sunday 54 degrees; moderate westerly to northwest- erly winds. Sotitheast Alaska: Showers tonight, partly cloudy Sunday; not much change in temperature; moderate westerly or northwesterly winds except moderate to fresh .westerly ‘in Dixon Entrance. Wind and weather along the Gulf of Alaska for tonight and Sun.: Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: fresh westerly winds, decreasing to moderate to fresh sund@. partly cloudy; Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: moderate westerly to suothwesterly winds, partly cloudy; Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: gentle to moderate southerly to southwesterly winds, partly clondy; Resurrection Bay fo Kodiak: gentle to moderate southerly winds, partly cloudy. LOGAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday29.89 50 91 SSE 12 Cloudy 4:30 am. today 20.72 48 100 SSE 10 Lt. Rain Noon today 20.77 47 94 w 8 Lt. Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 4:30a.m. Precip. 4:30a.m. Station last 24 hours | temp. tempt. 24hours Weather Barrow ... 33 26 28 T Snow Fairbanks 57 43 43 T Cloudy Nome 39 47 0 Cloudy Dawson 30 32 0 Pt. Cldy Anchorage 34 39 28 Cloudy Bethel i 43 44 02 Pt. Cldy St. Paul 3 “ 0 Clear Dutch Harbor .. 53 “ 41 07 Rain ‘Wosnesenski 46 46 T Clear Kodiak 43 44 0 Pt. Cldy Cordova & 43 Ky Pt. Cldy Juneau 4l 48 68 Rain Sitka 46 41 jt Showers Ketchikan 2 49 52 .20 Rain Prince Rupert .. 56 47 50 23 Cloudy Prince George .. 48 36 38 04 Cloudy Seattle .. 68 48 48 0 Clear Portland . - 67 51 b2 01 Showers San Francisco .. 64 53 57 0 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIR A fast moving storm centered near Sitka, was causing rain to fall over Southeast Alaska and wis causing high winds over the southern portion of Southeast Aliska, Cape Decision reporting a wind of 67 miles per hour from tie Wwest. Elsewhere over the Ter- ritory rain had fallen over most o’ southern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands and it was snowing at Barrow. Partly cloudy or cloudy skies prevailed generally over Alaska. The greatp‘st amount of rainfall during the past 24 hours was .71 inch at Sitka. The highest tem- perature yesterday afterngon was 61 degrees at Anchorage and at Petersburg and the lowest last night was 26 degrees at Barrow. Overcast with light to moderate rain, moderately low ceilings and generally good visibilities prevailed this morning over the Juneau- Ketchikan airway. The Saturday morning weather chart indicated that a low cen- ter of about 29.60 inches was located near Sitka with a storm fron- tal trough extending southward just east of Cape Decision. This storm was moving rapidly eastward and was expected to move across Southeast Alaska during the day today. The old low in Ber- ing Sea continued to fill slowly and was moving slowly northward. A high pressure center of 2042 inches was located at 40 degrees north and 141 degrees west. Juneau, Sept. 28—Sunrise 6:54 a.m., sunset 6:42 pm. Sept. 29— Sunrise 6:56 a.m., sunset 6:39 p.m. AIR MAIL ARRIVES FROM SOUTHLAND VIA WHITEHORSE Airmail and passengers from north and south arrived in Ju- neau late yesterday on Pan. Am- erican planes, with other planes expected tfoday. Passengers on the Lodestar from Seattle yesterday were taken to| Whitehorse, because weather con- ditions prevented an approach to the Capital City from the south. DELEGATE DIMOND IS GUEET, DOUGLAS CHAMBER For two hours last night Alaska’s Delegate to Congress, Anthony J. Dimond talked to a group of Island folks attending a special session of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce held in the City Hall. Called for the purpose of greet- ing the Delegate and conferring The Lodestar continued to Fair-|with him about issues as may affect banks, while an Electra from Fair- the prospeity of the town, men- banks picked up the Lodestar’s Ju-!tioned first was the boat harbor neau passengers and - mail u\dihere which is being gradually filled brought them to Juneau. Another|in by shifting sands to a point Lodestar ' from Fairbanks also | Where fufure operation of the can- reached Juneau last evening and L€y may be seriously interferred was scheduled to continue to Se- with, | Ever ready to ussis]t‘i thc. attle today, weather permitting. "ti:::ilz‘e De::;g:tel lismond tol u: Meanwhile, two other Lodestars d ers that, lacking Pflu;pose u?& were in the air, one from Seattle ge gfenise measure no action col Secured at ‘the present time as enroute to Whitehorse via Prince . yisnal defense measures were pre- George, where it had spent the|ceeding everything else at the night, and another going south|Ngationa] Capital. He advised the from Whitehorse to Prince George city'’s heads to keep the project m;:z;gk:};:::me. s &ki alive however and at the proper SOMING. R - ¢ can in its tle yesterday were Mr. and Mrs, SN W 0 Woal e behalf. Honry. Sully- snd A F. Knight, Besides discussion of some other TRy = issues: affecting Douglas, Delegate Dimond spoke at length about the defense projects ynder way in the territory at present time; also told about s to date on the In- : i And lnitiations Troops 1 and 2 of the Junior Catholic Daughters of America and their councillors are gatherings for a social meeting and initiation cf new members next Tuesday night Thos at 7:30 o'lock in the Parish Hali|Sy. A Bpan. Mre. Aliret mamers Mothers of the members and|Mrs@Gariand Boogan, Mrs. Georgé senior members of the Court cf|Getchell, Mrs. Gene Weschenfelder the CDA are invited to attend the |ant Mis, J. R. Guerin. meeting, which will include a } —————.— varied program for the entertain- FOUR-H CLUB MEETING ment of these attending: #ur-H Club girls met here last Councillors of the troops are|evéiiing At the home of their Pres- Mrs. V. L, Hoke and Mrs. George|xienit “Betty Bonnett with eight Rivard. members present. Lucile Goetz was {reinstated into membership. Plans for the winter months’ activities ! SGWard (0" h 'o were discussed and a Hallaween v A v,V party for their next meeting Oct. 4 Lidgin . |10'th was planned. A committee to r°.| arrange for the party includes Patsy Balog as chdirman. Noreen An- drews and Lucile Goetz. S T S KHLBURN FETED L. W. Kilburn's birthday yester- day was the occasion of friends call- ing during the evening to wish him many ha urns Miss Meyer is employed as a wait- | cpne yzrm?:y :;temb)c:‘ ec:l::‘d‘:.yweAl: ress in Seward, and Frank is a long- played and refreshments served. ADcreniRty Rise. | The latter inclided two large birth- —————— da; es Subscribe for The Empire, tory tf:‘e‘k We;? WP dayres MRS. GOETZ COMPLIMENTED A p of old time friends of Mrs. A E."Goetz surprised her at Douglas home here yesterday after- noon to ‘celebrate her birthday. Sewing was enjoyed and refresh- menits were servedl. .~ Mrs. Goetz was Presented. ‘with a number of nice Miss Alice B. Meyer and Leland L. Frank, both of Seward, will be married this ‘afternoon in Juneau. THe ceremony will be performed by He Rev. W. H. Matthews of the | Metropolitan Methodist Church. | ”