The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 14, 1942, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Gruenings Have Juneau Visitors As Dinner Guests Gov. and Mrs. Ernest Gruening entertained at dinner last night for a group of Juneau visitors and new- comers, as well as residents of the city. The dinner honored Col. Frederic en Cass and Mrs. B. D. Stewart | Nichols, Army Tra nsport Service; Col. W. J. Verbeck, James E. Harper and Robert A. Nelson, officials of the Office of Price Administration; Kenneth MacCormac, Territorial Representative of the American Red Cross, and Joseph Driscoll, corres- pondent for the New York Herald- Tribune. Others at the affair included Mr and Mrs. R. R. Hermann, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henning, Mrs. Gerald Mc- Laughlin ( ine Housel), Mrs. Hel- After a short trip to Anchorage. Jack Hegstead has returned to Ju- neau and is now operating the street grader for the- city, Bert Lybeck, Outside Operations Foreman, an- nounced today .- Need for economizing on steel, timber, and labor in the United Kingdom has resulted in develop- ing several types of prefabricated houses. VOTE the DEMOCRATIC Ticket PROGRES! IS MEASURED BY RESULTS Put Your Trustin Aets and Facts THEY GAVE: Compliment DELEGATE A. J. DIMOND on his ten-year record of splendid service to Alaska. THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION HAS GIVEN ALASKA AND THE NATION ECONOMIC RECOVERY The Wagner Labor Act — Repeal 18th Amendment — Banking Reform Laws — Home Owners Loans — Social Security Laws — Federal Denosit Insurance — rities Exchange Act — Wages and Hours Act — F: eral Housing Act — Farm Relief — Flood Control — Soil Conservation — Child Labor Act — Sec tional Labor Relations Act 33, $9,770,685.00. in 1942, appros engaged in an were in 19 countrv is Way of Life. I-out war for suri Thirty-five Dollar Gold — Alaska’s Bank Deposits imately Twenty-one Million — Your val of Democracy and the American Vote for These Democratic Candidates and Go Forward fo Victory and Greater Prosperity For Delegate to Congress Anthony J. Dimond aFop Teggjtorial Treasurer Oscar G. Olson James V. Davis R. E. Hardecastle TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th For Territorial Senator A.P. Walker For Territorial Representatives Andy Gundersen Crystal Smow Jenne GENERAL ELECTION For Commissioner of Labor Walter PP. Sharpe TONY SIMIN 'DOUGLAS BOY NEAR DEATH IN HOSPITAL \William Paddy, 31-Year- Old Native, Held in Federal Jail | * SEA TRAGEDY 'Couple Afloat 19 Hours in Storm-Melvin Shud- | shift Dies | Melvin Shudshift, 15 - year - old !Douglas youth, lost his life, and b i Norman Rustad, Douglas resident e ;“dDz‘ljza‘s"S]‘;:f and captain of the Juneau baseball ha e WAS S - " ing fr e night. Paddy had $10 in quarters :s;;‘: i ;“’fi:“',‘]‘; fo‘r"ma e i‘:\f:ut“; ]‘:“;_"5"“ whe‘:‘b a;’g‘:':g_ :l‘g:fi battle with the sea in Lynn Canal . AR T Ay near the Shelter Island rocks after change. Several witnesses have re- " ported seeing Paddy in Douglas last their small boat had been capsized by a storm. |nigh(. Hellan said . s i Gun Missing The tragedy climaxed a fishing | The holdup gun, however, is miss- {rip Which started Tuesday after- ing. Hellan said that it is believed noon when the two left Tee Har- | Paddy obtained the gun from some- bor in their 18-foot open boa' ‘:une in Juneau after being released Fishing was good and they had from jail on June 11, and that phase caught a large amount of fish. of the case is now being investi- ' Apparently while they were, on gated. their way back Wednesday evening, | Paddy is reported to have been a the storm came up. former customer of Simin, having Boat Capsized |known the storekeeper since 1936.| Tney were forced to bail as high | Hellan said that he is of the opinion 'y, veq” broke over the boat and had |that Paddy entered the store 1ast gyiteq to throw their fish over- {night with the intention of KIllng 01y 44 jiohten the craft when | the storekeeper and robbing the large wave swamped the vessel, | sh drawer. ] Ry alleged assailant was to Le CMYOWINg both of them into the p b water questioned further by officers later Wab They clambered back onto the this afternoon. | e bottom of the upturned boat and | from then ~n were buffeted by the waves for more than 19 hours be- fore bemng sighted by the crew of the Westward. | The boat had capsized Wednes- lday evening and the two were forced to stay awake all of that night as they struggled to, keep from being swept off in the water. Rustad said that he asked the AlASKA joB]boy how he was from time to time, and that had replied | “Okay. When dawn came, the weather had turned colder and at about 8 o'clock that morning, his younger companion slipped overboard. Ru- stad said that he pulled him back onto the boat and ripped the edge loff of a tarpaulin with which he tied the boy to himself. SAN DIEGO, Calif, Aug. 14— They were found this way by Operating under weather conditions the Westward which picked them described as “seemingly impossible” v, ang prought them into Tee big PBY amphibians are belng used paypor yesterday afternoon. for modified dive bombing and straf- Search Was M f ade ing attacks on Kiska, Rear Admiral T b et 4 ; Towers, Chief of the Bureau of Aero- | PGS, & somehig nautics, reported to Consoljdated party )?Padlld by Arne Shudshift, Aircraft Corporatfpn officials, 1t the boy's father, had taken a boat B AT GURGAE ARy at Tee Harbor and started out to He informed Consolidated officials 100k for the missing fishermen. that during one of the attacks in Not until Mr. Shudshift returned the Aleutians by the Catalinas, sev- late last night did he learn of en large anchored Jap seaplanes the tragedy. were destroyed. | Melvin is survived by his father He also reported, the communica- and mother, and a brother, Ken- tion from the company revealed, neth, 17, all of Douglas. With the that “Catalinas have been carrying beginning of the fall term, he out scouting _expeditions with V‘}“ would have been a sophomore in tually no ceiling, and have put_m Douglas High School. The body is hundreds of hours of blind flying at the Charles W. Carter Mortu- " (Continued from Page One) | | | PBY'S ARE he Rear Admiral Reports on Planes’ Effectiveness to Consolidated Corp. | MEETS DEATH, 600D TURNOUT REPORTED AT PRACTICE ALERT Fine Cooperation Shows by Both First Aiders NEED GRADUATE NURSES NOW ON RESERVE LISTS EAII RegistereTNurses Ask- ed fo Enroll for Reserve in Armed Forces and Wardens ! Twenty-two Alaskan nurses are| An excellent turnout of air raid |now enrolled in the Red Cross|wardens and first aiders marked First Reserve and 54 in the Sec-|the practice aleft held here last lond Reserve, making a total of 76 |night at 7 o'clock, according to |enrolled nurses, it was annmmcediR. E. Robertson, Director of Civ- |today by Mary K. Cauthorne, Spe- |ilian Defense. With 145 air raid |cial Representative of the Ameri-|wardens and 53 first aiders report- can Red Cross Nursing Service. |ing for duty, it was one of the Nurse enrollment is on a \'nluthxnosv, successful practice alerts con- tary basis, planned to supply and|ducted by the Office of Civilian distribute nurses on a wartime basis | Defense, Director Robertson said. to the Army and Navy. Nurst’s‘l At the meeting of the Civilian |eligible for enrollment in the First| Defense Council following the alert |Reserve must be graduates, regis-|it was decided by members to hold |tered, unme ried and under forty.la public gathering next week for The Second Reserve is made up|the purpose of giving expert infor- |of married nurses and nurses over mation regarding the use of gas the age of forty. Among nurses in warfare. !listed who may be deferred at this Reports Made |time if essential in their present| Reports were made by Bert Ly- positions are those employed in|beck, director of the rescue squad, | public health agencies as adminis-|by B. D. Stewart of the evacuation trators, teachers and supervisors|section and by H. R. VanderLeest |and staff nures for mawntaining{and W. P. Scott. Mr. VanderLeest |civilian health services in any given/and Mr. Scott reported regarding community. plans being formulated for signals Advisory Committee to be issued in case of an actual A Territorial Advisory Committep‘r:\id to .theaters and other places has been formed and local nurses|where people might be congregated. |are advised to make direct appii-| During the discussion |cation to the representative in;their reports, a letter was reaa |their area for Red Cross applica-|from Homer Garvin, Manager of {tion forms. Committee members|the Capitol Theatre, stating prep- now serving in the Territory are arations he has made for the pro- |Mrs. Andrew Gunderson, Ketchi- | tection of patrons in case of an air 'kan, Miss Catherine Bastress, raxd. This was highly commended | Wrangell, Mrs. Dorothy Brownell,llsy the Council, | sitka, Mrs. Stilwell, Seward, Miss| The Civilian Defense Council de- Dorothy Whitney, Anchorage, Miss|cided last night not to attemp: to | Florence Woods, Seldovia, Mrs.|make any pl at this time for | Anne Whalley, Kodiak, Mrs. LeRoy | anything other than temporary dis- Flora, Palmer, Mrs. Baker, Nome,|persal of residents from the town and Mrs, Huber, Faiybanks. ;in case of atiack. The public was A national quota of 43,000 nurses erred to the June 19 issue of to be enrolled by September 1 has|The Empire, in which these plans been set by the American Red|were outlined. Cross, recruiting agency for the! To Start Campaign Armed Forges. By June 30, after| All householders will be urged four months of intensive effort,|to keep on hand a sevecal days’ only 5800 nurses had been added|supply of staple foods and sup- to the national roster. In order!Dplies for emergeney use, in a cam- to meet the quota hy September, Paign to be started by the Civilian 36,000 nurses should have been en-|Defense Council in the near future. |rolled. The actual enrollment dur-|The Council also: expecis lo take ing the last two months will bg‘up the matter of having supplies available at a later date. | furnished in advance by the Am- Need Is Great | erican Red Cross, with Kenneth | It is expected that there will be | MacCormac, Alaska ARC repre-| a national average of 3,000 nurses|sentative, Mr. Robertson stated. assigned monthly to the Army and To Mark Shelter Navy for the next several months,| Signs will be placed on Seward This means not only the enrolling|Street and Third Street designat- of all nurses eligible for the First ing the Territorial Building as an Reserve, but persuading those who|air raid shelter and during future are already enrolled to serve. alerts, a warden will be stationed i An increased enrollment is an-!to direct people to the entrances, |ticipated due to the fact that the|it was decided during last nignt's base pay for nurses entering the | meeting. |Army or Navy Nurse Corps has| Greater cooperation on the part | been increased to $90 a month and of the public was marked during maintenance. Nurses are commis-|the practice alert last night and sioned when accepted for service|few violations of regulations were |with the Armed Forces, their rank reported, according to Mr. Robert- | being dependent on their remnsi-;son- — e following | |both day and night.” “fn some instances, Catalinas have ‘ary, pending funeral arrangements which will be announced later. bilities, | | Second Reserve nurses, over 40/ Burma normally exports about GET A BIGGER BAG With Better Equipment! GROUSE SEASON WILL OPEN SOON START NOW TO PREPARE! : A o .22 Rifles and Shells - Hats-Ammunition-Knives ~Compasses — Camp Axes- Waterproof Match Boxes- Gun Oils and Cleaning Equipment, and Hunting Accessories THOMAS HARDWARE CO. Phone 555 returned to their bases with more | than 100 anti-aircraft bulle tholes. | -seatng saserine tanks neea not FRANK BEEN, SUPT, OF McKINLEY PARK, ————— | be described further. 'TRAFFIC ORDINANCE Frank Been, Superintendent of Mt. McKinley National Park, arrived in COPIES OBTAINABLE “ow I“ (I" HAl Juneau from the Interior last night |and will leave shortly by small boat All Juneau motorists are urged for Glacier Bay National Monument. to obtain copies of Traffic Ordi-' Mr. Been expects to spend about nance 274 at the City Hall as soon | & week or ten days travelling in the | as possible in order to avoid viola- | Glacier Bay region in “Doc™ Silver's ! boat, Pirate. | tions of amended traffic rules. | Several hundred copies of the I R | ordinance have been printed and ure | DUFRESNE MAKES TRIP 'now available for distribution, The | new regulations set up a number of | inew limited and no parking zones.| Executive Officer Frank Dufresne | which have been established for the |of the Alaska Game Commission left | sake of safety and to facilitate the | movement of government traffic 1 along certain thoroughfares. stations in the Interior. 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