The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1943, Page 6

NAVY CRAFT IN CRASH: 19 FOUND DEAD Wreck of Big Transport, Missing 10 Days, Lo- cated in Mountains UKIAH, Calif. Feb. 1—The Sher- iff's office here informed the Navy that the Navy transport plane miss- ing for 10 days in a flight from Pearl Harbor, has been found wrecked and burned in the moun- tains 10 miles southwest of here and all aboard are dead The big transport carried Rear Admiral Robert H. English, Com- mander of the Pacific Fleet, Sub- marine Force, and other high Naval officials as follows: Capt. Robert Hol Smith, Com- pt. Robert Foie THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA of Naval E. Thomas, vessels. Navy Director of Bureau of | manding Officer Capt. Robert Civil Engineer Corps the Pacific Division, yards and docks. Capt. Donald C. Godwin, attached | to the Twelfth Naval District in San Francisco. Commander John signed to sea duties. Commander Francis L. Black, at- | tached to the Staff of Commander- in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet i Commander William G M}cn{ Commanding officer of Naval Ves-| sels Lieut. Comdr. John O. R. Coll, gunnery officer of the Submarine Force. | Lieut. Comdr. ,George R. Stone, attached to the Fourteenth Naval ASKROAD, | SEWARD TO | | AN(HORAGE With discussion of the Depart- ment of Legislature’s projects pre- |eminent, the monthly business meet- wlng of the Juneau Woman'’s Club, to be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. in the Kehoe I n i ro d uces F"’SI penltltm:; ;éwgec‘)::::g I;:::‘c]n;: Joint Memorial in {wen attendea by civic minded mem- House Today JWCMeels. Tomorrow J. Crane, as- {bers of the organization, it is ex-; ipected. - | A special invitation to attend the m(veung is issued to members of the District at Pearl Harbor A House Joint Memorial, mtro-‘lAlfl-‘ka Federation of Women's Lieut. Edna O. Morrow, navy |duced this morning by Rep. Joseph Clubs who may be in town, Mrs. nurse, and the only woman aboard.|W. Kehoe, petitions President Roose- | Tom Parke, Juneau club president, The crew included Capt. Rebert levelt and the Cougress of the Unit- said today. McNair Elzey, of Palo Alto. ed States to extend the highway Arrangements for the social meet- Other members of the crew were from Seward to connect with roads ing of the month will also be an- from California pomLs at Anchorage. nounced by legislative chairman | Marshall C. Hoppin, gegmm]‘st Harold Smith, at tomorrow’s jo | NT RulES Manager for the Civil Aeronautics| | meeting. Hoppin told the legislators thnl\ | anof - Dance Well At- islature adopted the joint rules of ental United States as a result of |the Alaska Aeronautics and Com-| . ' tended in Elks’ Hall the preceding session, with the ex- the air program and said that Al-! ¢ Authority in Alaska, was invited lo nddxew the House by Speaker ames V. Davis on the motion or\DRIVE I AlD munications Commission has great- | ly aided the CAA in establishing BIG Su((Ess‘ N off-airway stations and urged that | due consideration be given the Com- | mission’s request for an appropria- | I tion In a joint session held last Sat-| He predicted that after the war, urday afternoon in the House Cham- | Alaska probably will benefit far, ception of an amendment intro- aska has one of the greatest fu-| Funds raised nynough!r,:wl ";’p; duced by Senator A. P. Walker, and tures in airways of any area in the |Pled children's drive now total about| passed by a vote of 16 to 8. world. 181,300, the enthusiastic commit pe‘ The amendment provides that in'' Hoppin also-asked the legisators|i charge announced today. ' the appointment of conference com- to give due consideration to a zon- Describing the '\“.'"mssml ol mittees, “such committee shall con- ing regulation which would pro- m}nnuon & Vthe :"“l;d‘ (?rmfun_ci.;]l sist of three members from each tect approaches to airfields (hrough-;a"‘v"‘d at last Sa \eray "g l-:“t li House, a majority of whom shalliout the Territory. the /stmyléaneous SONEe i | from | permanently, WOODLEY PLANE T0 BE DUMPED IN DEEP WATER No Salva@?ketovered from Tri-Motored Stin- ‘| son that Crashed Here Gastineau Channel will again furnish a resting place, this time permanent, for the tri-motored Sam Knight Passes Away Characfer in Rex Beach's! “The Spoilers” Dies in San Francisco | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Feb. 1] —Samuel Knight, 72, attorney and philanthropist, member of an early Stinson plane of the Woodley Air-|family of San Francisco, died at ways which crashed in the Chan-|his home here yesterday. nel on January 19, taking with it! Knight was identified with the Don Glass, veteran pilot. | early history and pioneering of The plane, which was salvaged |Alaska. In 1900, as a member of the\ the Channel by means of [law firm of Page, McCutcheon and/ U. S. Navy equipment with the aid [Knight, he sailed for Alaska to re-| MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1943 NO SHORTAGE OF FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES at GEORGE BROTHERS Grapes -- Bananas - Oranges - Apples Pears - Avocados -- Limes -- Tangerines Bunch Carrots - Celery -- Cabbage -- Let- . tuce -- Tomatoes -- Parsley -- Cucumbers Rutabagas POTATOES Idaho, U. S. No. 1, Government Inspected 100 1b. sack $5.50: 50 1b. sack $2.95 251b. shopping bag $1.55 Where Service, Price and Quality Meet! WE DELIVER TO DOUGLAS EACH TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EORGE BROTHER of Coast Guard divers on Friday |Present a group of miners in their of last week, is to be placed aboard Pnlle ugainst organized claim a scow and towed to deep water |Jumpers. s 3 at the end of the Channel where! Kex Beach's famous novel, “The it will be consigned to the water | Spollers” dealt largely with the A. W. Woodley, own- phase of Knlghz's work. er of the pl;me. said today. ALASKA CIVIL There was no salvage recovered‘ from the plane which had been in salt water over ten days, Mr. Wood- SERVI(E To GET ley said. The tremendous pressure | i under which the plane rested,“ DIFFERENTIA[ forced salt water into every mi-| | nute part of the ship. | All mail that was aboard the| Twenty-five percent differentials| plane when it crashed, was recov- will be granted to all employees of ered and is in good shape, the Civil Service Commission in Woodley said <Alaska instead of only to the per- Investigation of the plane dis-|Sonnel recruited in the States as’ [closed that the wheels had not Was provided in the regulation is-| |been raised at the time the crash |sued on December 21, 1942. cccurred, refuting statements of The revised policy it | witnesses who said the landing gear | Which includes Alaska personnel in was retracted. ;the 25% differential provision, was Investigation drnw: up on the basis t‘i’f recon;-‘ g ¥ mendations and suggestions sub- Following completion of the in- | WHEAHPS TR0, SCBR Serviceg vestigation into the accident, Mr. R,ep Frank H. Whaley. |Card Party, Moves at Bar- bers, the Sixteenth Territorial Leg- more than any state in the Contin- ! have voted in the majority of the {card party and Elks Ballroom dance, Woodley expects to return to An- | Commission in response to the pre-| PHONE 92 7 DeLVERES DALY PHONE 95 10:30 A. M. 2:30 P. M. IN BUSINESS SINCE 1908 and still doing the largest drocery business in Juneau. agreement, | — U-Boat Commander Is Given Promotion Forly Towns Are Captured in Drive It was announced that Enrolling 9 B. Frank Heintzléman, Mrs. C. C. body from which the conference clerk Mildred Leach, has xe&lgnedlCa"e, Mr. R, H.-Wile mal committee is appointed, on the - PP and Elthea Stevens unani | other committee members issued | LONDON, Feb. 1.—Admiral Karl Doenitz, Commander of the Nazi 0f Russian Forces vious regulation which provides | fhorage tomorrow. Mr. ‘Woodley ars Hhat the differential would only ap- rived in Juneau on January 21 and ! y to personnel recruited from the was WEARPROOF SLIPS TAILORED and LACE TRIMMED SATIN ' CREPE TAFFETA Cut so they won't creep up while sitting. Sizes 32 to 44 Priced .$2.50 10 $3.95 Colors are peach, white, black, navy. Jones - Stevens PERCY’S Dinners at Percy’s Are the BEST inTown The Best Food at the Lowest Prices in Juneau — PERCY'S is cen- question upon which the conference mously elected to fill the vacancy.|g i SR L B P bl ono has is called.” The House then recessed until s erously contributed the funds The Senate voted solid for the .30 o'clock this afternoon. Seveml‘t:;fi:rc x;;kfn)[, e s po- amendment and the House Was committee meetings were scheduled. evenly divided. vJ?c‘ so successful.” - eee | Opening with a reception for med- !ica] men of the armed forces, the | {Baranof Hotel entertainment was|s | held before an audience of approx-| limately 200. | GRAND OPENING | oo e o During the reception, musical se- lections were given by the Aurora T N l G “ T {ken in that vicinity. | Pinochle and bridge were played ! FEbruarY l al Po . | following the moving pictures, and !lasted until about 1 a. m. DROPIN ... Relax and Enjoy Yourself Empire Classifieds Pay: BUY DEFENSE BONDS pictures and slides of unusual mer- |it were presented by Alvin Black-- lerby, of the U. S. Forest Service,! land Frank H. Whaley, Territorial, representative from Nome, who |brought outstanding sequences ta-| |of music for both places of enter-| tainment, and Mrs. Joe Werner to {take care of special decorations. Lu! ;List.on provided display posters for, }both events, and Walter Carl and| | Homer Garvin, were effective mem- with Mrs. Alf N. Monsen in charge {of publicity, Jack Burford in charge| Meet Your Friends Here! 282 South Franklin Street bers of the publicity committee. Dr. |{W. W. Council made a vivid radio| appeal for the cause. Dance Huge Success “Highly successful,” was the ver-| dict of both guests and committee members in charge of the event, in! describing the big dance held Sat- arday night in the Elks' Ballroom,| where Lillian Uggen’s orchestra |accident. cording to those who took part in twill {has been here since in cunnecuomsmtes with the recovery of Don Glass's| Copies of the supplement with| body and the investigation into the|the revised policy have been re- “A contributing cause of ceived by officials in Juneau. the crash was the strong Taku ->>o wind prevailing at the time,” he] & | | A baby born in New Z | said today. All indications are that '), a b);tler chance :; <::‘],?v";\ death came instantaneously toDon|inan in any i | Glass, pilot, whose body was found | in the cockpit of the plane, ac- other country. H. x. GRAVES The Clothing Man the salvage work. Burleigh Putnam, Chief of Gen- eral Inspection for CAA in Alaska and Gene Gull, Senior Aeronauti- cal CAA plane inspector, who also arrived in Juneau on January 21 to make an official investigation into the crash, are returning to |their Anchorage headquarters as soon as possible. They will make their official report to Washing- ton, D. C. Service Suspended Service of the Woodley Airways between Juneau and Anchorage be suspended until suitable Exclusive Represen- tative in Juneau for Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoals FLORSHEIM |equipment to resume the weekly service said. is obtained, Mr. Woodley WAACS ARE REPORTED | fensive west of Voronezh U-boat Fleet, has been promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, succeeding Grand Admiral Erich Raeder. This is the announcement over the German radio, received here, quoting a DNB dispatch. LONDON, Feb. 1. received here said the — Dispatches Russian of- has re- 40 more prisoners sulted in the capture of towns and hundreds of have been taken. NOTICE! Effective February 1, 1943 The experimental rate discontinued. of 25¢ for scheduled deliveries will be Calls for parcels to be delivered will be charged 50c at any time. To conserve vital equipment, and to speed delivery service, calls in by 10:00 A. M. will be delivered by noon the same day. Calls in by 2:00 P. M. will be delivered by 5:00 P. M. the same day. Parcels do not include large freight, large express, batteries, coal, oil, trunks or such items that would take up considerale space in the truck. These items and others of the same nature, as well as special deliveries will be taken care of on hours not used by the schgdu]ed parcel deliveries. This service is for your convenience! To save wear and tear on your personal car and to save you time and money. TRY IT! Call 492—Whether It Be a Message or a Half-Ton of Coal! DUANE S. MARTIN, Parcel Delivery Service. provided melodious rhythm for the lcrowd which jammed the floor of the big ballroom. In summarizing results of the, drive, especial praise went to Mrs.| R. H. Willlams’ committee in charge | of selling tickets and receiving do-| nations, which did a splendid job of covering the town in the limited {time at their disposal. | Total returns for the drive to aid| crippled children of the Gastineau| Channel area will not be in until after the big exhibition double- header basketball games to be play-| ed in the high school gym this coming Saturday night. “All pro- ceeds of the two games will go to swell the fund for crippled child- ren,” Supt. A. B. Phillips said to-| day, “and it is expected the biggest N 5 for that night's games.” et More than 100 islands comprise | {'he New Hebrides group in the southwest, Pnciflc TYPHOON SUITS ~rowd of the season will turn out [light trucks. the District of Columbia. | IN AFRICA 'First Women fo Be Sent Overseas Have Safe Arrival ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 1 — The first detachment of the American Women's Army Auxiliary Corps to {come overseas has arrived here to be part of the headquarters staff. The first women’s expeditionary force, to serve under Lieut. Gen. Ben. Eisenhower, consists of picked |stenographers and clerks, typists and telephone operators, girls ca- {pable of driving staff cars . and i .They represent 39 states and LARGE SHIPMENT of K. R. FORDHAM | RETURNS AFTER | | After a field trip 'to Petersburg, ' Ketchikan and Wrangell, which lasted several weeks, K. R. Ford-! ham is today back in the Juneau HATS EXTENDED TRP || S TETSON joffice of thp‘ Department of Pub- {lic Welfare. Among important field projects carried on by the supervisor of the‘ { Department of Child Welfare Ser- vice was a conference with the || Women's Police Advisory Board of | Ketchikan, headed by Mrs. R.nlph, Bartholemew. i The Ketchikan group had previ- ously forwarded a resolution re- .quesung assistance in obtaining passage of needed legislation for jcare of delinquent juveniles, Mr. ’F'ordham reported. Various matters pertaining to the welfare of dependent families of enemy aliens within the Ter- | ritory were also considered on the trip, as well as other cases of .child welfare in the district. ‘ For Defense Workers and Others with Priorities. ALL SIZES AT H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man trally located . . . You get QUICK Service Fine Foods .. . Step inside, and before you know it you have a tempting dish before you! STOP IN TODAY! 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